Chapter Eighty-Eight: Gentle Beauty
Far water does not quench the thirst of the near, although it has won the Yong service of 20,000 townships in Zhuo County, but if this army can be replenished into the active army and even have combat power, at least until next summer. The conscription system prevailed in the early Han Dynasty and it took a year to die and a year to become an army, and now these new soldiers have the heart to fight, but they have no actual battle array...... Courage alone can't overcome the white horse righteous servants under the command of Gongsun Zhan.
That's right, in Yanbei's heart, the Youzhou army, which pursues the policy of elite soldiers, does not need those indiscriminate village warriors, and it is very unwise to let the people carry spears to the battlefield, any courage will be crushed by the overwhelming rain of arrows under the battle of the large army, and when the morale of an army collapses, it will lead to the defeat of the entire battle.
In the early years, Yanbei trusted the horse bandits and robbers who were full of courage and loose military discipline, but later many battles proved that the fierce Yellow Turban Yu Dang, robbers and bandits have never been able to be promoted to the regular army to protect the needs of the territory and the people, and even after the war, it will be a disaster in the township, and people will mention the name of Yanbei with disdain in their hearts.
The frustrated Tun Tian Ce solved such a trouble for Yanbei very well, but the memory that Chen Zhong's incident brought to Yanbei was not only the scars on his back, but also the determination to arm an army that could be comparable to the five schools of the Northern Army in terms of military discipline.
In the next few months, the Wenxian Naval Division will become the transport fleet of Youzhou, continuously transporting food, ordnance, and armor to Guangyang, and then sending it to Zhuojun by land.
However, at present, Yanbei, who is well versed in business, has planned a grand blueprint for the manufacture of armor on the land under his rule.
Yuyang's sword, Liaodong's armor, Lelang's bow, the horses outside the plug, and hundreds of thousands of young men in the entire Youzhou will constitute the entire combat power of the Youzhou army!
The sailors of Wenxian County, who had crossed the sea, brought his concubine and a letter from Zhen Jiang, the lady of Youzhou, to their Youzhou pastor and Duliao general Yanbei.
"Gentleman, Sister Ah will give birth in February, and the war in the state is peaceful, Sister Ah wants to ask you to name the child and send a rider to send a message back to Xiangping." Concubine Zhen Rong lowered her eyebrows and said the news of Zhen Jiang to Yan Bei in the military tent, and then put the food box prepared on the road next to the case, and secretly glanced at her husband in the process, and said with a somewhat sad expression: "The gentleman is emaciated." ”
Yan Bei raised his hand and stroked his cheek indifferently, it seemed that there was less flesh on his face, he smiled and took a bronze mirror and shone it on his face, he had been commanding troops in Zhuo County for months, although he did not catch up with the big battle that required him to personally lead the people to fight, but it was not easy to manage the livelihood of more than 100,000 people, and his face was not only more frosty but also a little sad, which was a look that he had never had in the past. He simply patted Zhen Rong next to the couch and let him sit next to him, tilted his head on his plump thighs, closed his eyes, and said vaguely: "Zhuojun was looted by Bogui's good son and there was not a grain of rice left, and Yan's military rations were not enough, how could he not starve...... Zhen Qing will trim my beard for me, I'm a little tired. ”
Now it's not wartime, and it's not a big deal to have female dependents in the tent, and there are guards outside the tent on the left and right, and people won't let people break in without notification.
Zhen Rong nodded in response, she and her sister A Miao's temperament is completely different, she responded gently, took a three-inch beard knife and gently sharpened it on the sand and gravel a few times, and the servant girl who followed her went out of the account to boil hot water, taking advantage of this effort, Zhen Rong raised her green finger and pressed it lightly on Yan Bei's forehead.
"It's just a message, just let the rider come over." Yan Bei was pressed extremely comfortably by Zhen Rong's fingers, his whole mind relaxed, and he suddenly felt extremely tired, and said softly: "You are here, only Zhen Dao is in Xiangping, can Ah Miao do it?" It's just that Ah Miao is suffering, and I can't be with me at this time of production. ”
"The gentleman does great things, and although the concubine sisters are women, they also know the difficulties of the gentleman." Zhen Rong rubbed Yan Bei's forehead, saw Yan Bei's somewhat blackened collar, and knew that his man was suffering a lot outside, so he couldn't help but chuckle. If you want to say that this man looks like a child, he can toss himself into a charcoal ball as dirty as soon as there is no woman around him, but in the end, it is her Langjun, but the more he looks at it, the happier he becomes, and he then said: "The gentleman's robe is decadent, where is it like a general who sends troops to win...... As long as the gentleman does not forget the concubine sisters, it is enough. ”
Yanbei really can't refute the dirty clothes, he has been nervous all day long since he entered Zhuo County, either because he was worried that the love of the front-line battle would be lost, or he was worried about what kind of chaos would happen to the displaced people in Zhuo County, not to mention that there were letters from all over the country waiting for him to review every day, and he was busy all day long, where could he still boil hot water to bathe, laundry, and even the moon was sleeping in clothes and sleeping on the pillow and sword, and only when he was next to Yushui, he jumped into the river and took a bath, not more than half a month, but it was dirty like a wild horse, or the kind of cool and long-haired in the north and west.
"You haven't seen my subordinates of the mud monkeys, isn't this the case with this army and horses, in the early years, I went to Zhongshan Country outside the fortress, there was a big curtain everywhere, the wind and sand blew in the mouth and ears, and the whole way was only washed by the giant horse water, and it was not all like this."
In fact, Zhen Rong didn't care what these were because of this, whether it was the busyness of the battle outside, or the fact that the sergeant was unable to take care of himself, she didn't care. Zhen Jiang sent her here at this time just to want Yanbei to have a warm bed by his side, so that he would not be too lonely. In Zhen Rong's opinion, Yan Bei's sleeves are black, and his neck is dirty and can rub the mud, which means that he is safe enough not to find some wild little girls to enjoy, and this side is enough.
In Zhen Jiang's words, no matter how their sisters are, they are all sisters, but they don't want to find some more women to earn in the inner house in Yanbei, where they are out to fight and release horses. Taking a step back, it's not a matter that there is no woman around this man. How can he become a herd like a child rolling in the mud every day?
It's just these things, Zhen Rong won't tell Zhen Jiang's thoughts to Yanbei and let him listen to them.
The hot water-soaked linen towel was covered under the chin, accompanied by the sound of the salsa gently scraped by the razor knife on the side of his face, Yan Bei's tense spirit was loosened to the most, and he fell asleep on Zhen Rong's plump legs...... He hadn't slept so deeply in about half a year.
When he woke up again, it was already sunset, and Yanbei did not leave Zhen Rong in the military village together, but found a new wooden house with her outside Zhuoxian County to sleep.
Months of fatigue dissipated on this night.