The Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 69 Countermeasures
In Xiangping County Yamen, Huo Yugao sat in the middle, on the right were Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping, and on the left were Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei, Xu Rong, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Liu Pi, and Gong Du , while Dian Wei and Liu Ji stood behind Huo Yu, one on the left and the other on the right. For now, Wu is more than Wen.

"Everyone, although we have arrived in Liaodong, we have just taken the first step after a long journey. We must not slack off! The current situation is very pessimistic, but Yu firmly believes that Liaodong will gradually become prosperous if we unite as one." After looking around, he found that everyone was in good spirits, so he spoke out.

"I will only obey my lord's order." Everyone saluted and replied in unison.

"Okay, now let's talk about your official positions. Xun You is the governor of Liaodong County, Xi Zhicai is the chief secretary, and Guo Jia is the military advisor of the army."

"No" The three stood up and agreed.

Huo Yu paused at this point, now Liu Zheng is the captain of Xiangping City, responsible for comforting Xiangping, this man is talented, if he is relieved of his military power, I am afraid it will be difficult to accept his heart, if he wants to take it, he must give it first, In this way, secretly observe the time and make plans.

"Come here, hurry up and invite Liu Zheng to discuss matters." After making up his mind, Huo Yu ordered to the guards outside the door.

Seeing the personal guards leading away, Huo Yu glanced at the generals, and then said: "Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Zhang Fei, Xu Rong, Gao Shun, Feng Xiaowei, Liu Ji is leading the personal guards, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Liu Pi, and Gong were appointed Sima of the army, and trained [-] soldiers with all their strength, in case of emergency, and led Gao Shun to recruit soldiers to divide the work after arriving."

"Promise", although the official position is not high, but it is better than nothing, and everyone agrees.

Now that the official position has been sealed, everyone began to discuss the current situation, and divided it into two parts: civil affairs and military affairs.

In terms of civil affairs, Huo Yu summed up the current difficulties: First, the weather is gradually getting colder, which is not conducive to farming and there is a shortage of food. Since there will be a large number of Yellow Turban captives joining in one after another, a large amount of food is urgently needed.Second, crop yields are too low; third, transportation is inconvenient.

So Huo Yu issued three orders, one was to repair the houses in Xiangping City, and issued an order to recruit talents, as long as they had skills, whether they were blacksmiths or carpenters, they could all apply.The other is to report the current situation in Liaodong to the grain and grass invited by Liu Yu, the prefect of Youzhou, and contact the Xu family and Zhen family to purchase grain and crop seeds.The third is that the order is to pay a heavy reward to find a black stone.

The yield of crops in Liaodong is low, and efforts can be made to improve farm tools and build new water conservancy, and Huo Yu proposed a method of storing manure for fertilization.After hearing Huo Yu's explanation, everyone could accept it, but except for Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, and Guo Jia, the third order was a little strange, and Huo Yu just smiled and didn't answer.

In terms of military affairs, Huang Zhong presided over the overall situation and carried out military training. Crossbowmen, cavalry, sword and shield soldiers, and spearmen must be fully equipped.After the [-] Danyang soldiers recruited by Gao Shun arrived, they were undergoing a large-scale reorganization.However, the military training must be carried out after all the houses have been repaired. At present, except for the normal garrison, the rest of the soldiers are all devoted to the house repairs.The second is how to guard against Xianbei and win over Wuheng.

When everyone was discussing, Liu Zheng walked in quickly, bowed and said: "Your Majesty Liu Zhen, I have seen the prefect."

At this moment, Liu Zheng felt uneasy. As the saying goes, when a new official takes office, there are three fires, and he is the first to be burned by such a sad reminder.

Huo Yu waved his hand and let Liu Zhen take a seat, and then motioned everyone to continue discussing how to prevent Xianbei.After all, the shortage of troops is still the biggest problem, and there is no other way but defense.

Among the people present, Liu Zhen is probably the only one who knows Xianbei best, so Huo Yu asked, "Does Captain Liu have a way to break Xianbei?"

"Master Taishou, as far as the current situation is concerned, the only option is to defend, but the premise is to collect the enemy's information well to avoid excessive losses." Liu Zhen and Xianbei have fought several times, and field battles are indeed not conducive to the Han army. , only defending the city is the best policy.

"Liu Duwei, are Xianbei people good at attacking cities?"

"Back to the prefect, there is nothing else in Xianbei's siege except ladders."

As for the method to win over Wu Heng, it is simple. Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping have been doing business with the Hu people in the north all year round. Naturally, they are in charge at this time. Through doing business, they will exchange for the war horses Huo Yu needs and some other livestock.

Fortunately, the Han people looted by the Xianbei were only used as slaves, but they didn't know how to select craftsmen from them to learn the craftsmanship of the Han people.In this special historical period, Huo Yu vaguely remembered that there had been no big traitors, and the difficulty of defending the city was much smaller.But if you want to strengthen the city defense, it seems that only one thing is suitable!As soon as this thing comes out, the matter of building the city and building the road will be solved.

After everyone discussed, Huo Yu comforted Liu Zheng and let him continue to serve as the captain of Xiangping City.After that, Huo Yu ordered people to post the notice immediately, and arranged for people to spread the notice to the entire Liaodong County.

For several days, Huo Yu went out early and returned late every day. He not only mobilized the people, but also led a group of soldiers to repair the houses in Xiangping City. Huang Zhong and Liu Zheng were responsible for the city defense.Fortunately, the houses in Xiangping City were not seriously damaged. After more than ten days of hard work, almost all the people have their own residences, and at least one shelter from the wind and cold.

One day, Huo Yu was doing morning exercises in the backyard of the county government office. Dian Wei came to report, and Xun You asked to see him, and he was already waiting in the study.In the past half a month, everyone has been very busy, and the chances of seeing each other have decreased a lot. Huo Yu came to the study and found that Xun You had lost a lot of weight, so he said: "Gongda, no matter how many things you have to do, you should also pay attention to rest. , the body is important."

"Thank you, my lord, for your concern. You are fine." Xun You got up and saluted, and then said, "My lord, now the people have been settled properly, and the winter farming is on the right track. After the recruitment order was issued, more than 300 people have come to apply. "

"I don't worry about Gongda's work. How many blacksmiths and carpenters are there among the 300 people?"

"A total of 180 blacksmiths and carpenters have been selected according to the order of the lord, and the capable ones are waiting to be summoned by the lord. You and Zhicai discussed the establishment of a recruiting hall following the example of the pre-Qin period."

"You two can decide on the recruiting hall. After lunch, summon the selected person. There is still a lot of open space in the city. No matter how hard Gongda and Zhicai choose a place, Yu wants to set up a artisan hall. .”

Xun You left as promised. Before leaving, Huo Yu once again emphasized that Xun You should pay attention to rest and not to overwork.Looking at Xun You's leaving figure, Huo Yu felt mixed feelings. He didn't have any more internal affairs talents around him, only relying on Xun You and Xi Zhicai. It seemed that he still had to find a way to fool a few talents who were good at internal affairs.

Seeing that winter plowing is approaching, I don't know how much livestock Su and Zhang can exchange for this trip, so let's solve the coal problem first!

(End of this chapter)