The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 646 Hetao Area and Yanyun Sixteen States
During the Battle of the Three States last year, because Tai Shici was appointed by the Lin Dynasty to go to Guangling to guard against Zhang Chao, Gao Shun served as a wave of Lin Chao's guards for a short time.After Zhang Yun took over, Gao Bian and Shenpei monitored Zhang Yan's siege of Yecheng.

Later, Yuan Shao was defeated and died, Qu Yi surrendered in Kaicheng, Shenpei and Zhang Yan stayed in the valleys of the Yellow River, but Gao Shun returned to Tan County with Qu Yi and the surrendered Yuan army from Yecheng.

After the whole battle of the Three States, Gao Shun's contribution is not too great, but compared to the generals who surrendered in Xuzhou, his qualifications are considered very old, and in addition he has been training for these years, so this time It is not a problem to seal a Marquis.

At the beginning of the new year, Gao Shun was suddenly summoned by Lin Chao. While curious, he didn't dare to neglect. He quickly put down what he was doing and rushed to Lin's mansion, but was taken by Zhang He to sit in the study.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Changshi's study was hailed by Xuzhou officials as the most important place after Taiwei's Mansion.

Anyone who was summoned by Lin Chao here was entrusted with important tasks.

It was the first time for Gao Shun to enjoy this kind of treatment. While he was excited, he was sitting upright, not looking sideways.

Fortunately, Lin Chao didn't keep Gao Shun waiting for a long time, and came to the study not long after, accompanied by Lu Su.

Gao Shun quickly stood up, cupped his fists and said, "See the supervisor!"

"Justice doesn't need to be courteous."

Lin Chao waved his hand and motioned for Lu Su and Gao Shun to sit on the left and right, but he made tea himself, and poured a cup of tea for them himself after a while.

"This year's new tea hasn't come out yet. Although this is from last year, it's still worth tasting."

Lin Chaomei took a sip of tea, and then said to herself.

Although Gao Shun didn't know the tea ceremony, he was flattered by Lin Chao's act of pouring tea for himself, so much so that the teacup he held in his hands trembled slightly.

In contrast, Lu Su was much calmer, and even imitated Lin Chao's appearance of drinking tea, savoring it carefully.

After a cup of tea, Lin Chaocai smiled at Gao Shun: "Gongyi has lived in the border area of ​​Bingzhou for a long time, and he is known to be talented in commanding troops, but I don't know if he is good at cavalry warfare?"

Wen Gaoshun immediately clasped his fists and replied: "The supervising army has learned a lot. The last general fought with barbarians when he was young, and he also has some experience in cavalry tactics."

After finishing speaking, Gao Shun seemed to feel something was wrong, and immediately added another sentence.

"Of course, compared to his son, General Long, the last general feels inferior."

As we all know, Zhao Yun commanded most of the cavalry in Xuzhou. Gao Shun said so to save enough face for Zhao Yun.

It was also because of this that Lin Chao took a surprised look at Gao Shun.

This tall and tall man who was usually silent has now learned some ways of the world, and it is not in vain for me to let him study with the judge for a while.

"Supervisor, but the last general is wrong?"

Seeing the strange color on Lin Chao's face, Gao Shun hurriedly asked.

Probably because he had been left idle for a long time, Gao Shun inevitably became a little impatient as he watched his friend Zhang Liao get promoted again and again.

Otherwise, as a person, he would never be so scruples about other people's ideas.

Lin Chao shook his head and said with a smile, "No, I just think that Yiyi is too modest. Since Yiyi is good at cavalry warfare, I don't know if it is possible to raise horses and train troops?"

Hearing this, Gao Shun's expression suddenly turned dark.

After making a fuss for a long time, I still asked someone to train soldiers...

It is true that Gao Shun is good at training soldiers, but he is more eager to make achievements on the battlefield.Furthermore, he has trained as a soldier for so many years, but he never got the chance to lead the army to go out, so he was naturally a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Lu Su smiled and said, "A soldier's drill is the key to winning or losing a battle. What does General Gao think?"

"What Master Lu said is absolutely true."

Gao Shun nodded.

He doesn't know the importance of training soldiers, but the soldiers and horses he has trained cannot be commanded by himself.No matter how selfless Ren Gaoshun was, he felt a little lonely in his heart.

While the two were talking, Lin Chao took out a map.

"Yiyi, you have fought against the Hulu since you were young. I don't know if you have ever been to the extreme north?"

Gao Shun nodded and said: "At the end of the first year of Xiping, the Hu captives invaded the prefecture and plundered the officials and people. Thousands of people were killed in the county, and seven or eight out of ten were taken captive.

At that time, the general was an official in the county, followed the county magistrate to rescue the captive officials and people, once reached the south of Yinshan Mountain, and returned after being defeated..."

When Gao Shun said these words, Gao Shun's voice was very calm, but Lin Chao could fully hear the sadness contained in it, even every word was bloody.

When Xianbei went south to invade the border, more than a thousand people were killed in just one county, and most of the population was taken away. What a hell on earth it must be!

But the Han people are martial after all. As a magistrate of a county, he dared to take the initiative to rescue the captive people. What a heroic spirit!

It's a pity that it ended in a disastrous defeat. Although Gao Shun didn't say why he failed, other than being outnumbered, there could be any reason.

After sighing, Lin Chao continued: "Gongyi thinks, what is the fighting power of the Xianbei people?"

As soon as this question was mentioned, Gao Shun didn't care about the occasion, and immediately snorted coldly and said: "These barbarians are nothing but local chickens and dog ears. If they dare to face the enemy head-on, they will be sure to... kill them all." Absolutely!"

Just four words, declared Gao Shun's attitude towards Xianbei people.

In fact, this is also the attitude of everyone from the frontier.

But Lin Chao didn't want to be dominated by this kind of hatred, so he said again: "Gongyi, I'm going to speak to Duke Xuande in a few days, raise troops to recover Youzhou, and then go north to conquer the Hulu."

Hearing this, Gao Shun's eyes lit up immediately.

"The supervisor is serious?"

Lin Chao was quite satisfied with Gao Shun's reaction, nodded and said, "Of course it's serious. But war doesn't happen overnight, not to mention that we just regained the land of the three states last year, and now it's a matter of recuperating.

Furthermore, the first heavy cavalry of the Northern Expedition.Now that Youzhou is not in our hands, naturally there are not many cavalry available. If you want to conquer the Hulu, you have to raise horses and train soldiers. What does justice think? "

Having said that, Gao Shun finally understood Lin Chaozhao's purpose for coming here.

Gao Shun got up and cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, the supervisor, you only need to give the general a few years, and the general will be able to train a fine cavalry, and it will not be a problem to sweep the barbarians!"

Well, very energetic!

All you need is your words!

Lin Chao smiled and said, "I'm very pleased with Gongyi's determination. If Gongyi can train a fine cavalry, when the time comes for the northern expedition against the Hulu, I will play Xuande Gong and worship you as the commander of the army." , Let you personally lead the army to crush the barbarians!"

Gao Shun was so straightforward, how could Lin Chao not give him a guarantee.

"Thank you for your support!"

Gao Shun said excitedly, his face was almost the color of Guan Yu.

"There is one more thing, please discuss with Gongyi." Lin Chao pointed to the map and said, "Where does Gongyi think is suitable for raising horses and training soldiers in the Northland?"

An elite cavalry soldier cannot be synthesized from infantry plus a war horse, nor can it be simply trained.

Only when people and horses reach a certain level of tacit understanding can they be called a qualified cavalryman.Otherwise, it is not easy for ordinary people to control a war horse, so how can we talk about fighting?

Therefore, the training of cavalry must be done by man and horse together in order to be effective.

Hearing this, Gao Shun didn't even look at the map carefully, so he raised his finger down.

"The general thinks that these two places are suitable for raising horses and training soldiers."

Lin Chao looked down and saw the two places Gao Shun pointed out, one was Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and other places in Bingzhou.The other is Shanggu, Guangyang, Yuyang, Zhuojun and other places in Youzhou.

"Why these two places?"

Lin Chao only knew that horses were suitable for breeding in the north, but he didn't understand the real way of doing it, so he asked this question.

Gao Shun clasped his fists and said: "The supervisor is talented, horses like high cold, not for Yan Fang's benefit. Since ancient times, the best war horses have all come from the north. And if a horse wants to become a war horse, it needs to be brought to an open field for training. .

The two places that the last general pointed out just now are places with lush water and grass, suitable for grazing, and naturally suitable for training cavalry. "

Seeing that Gao Shun spoke clearly, Lin Chao couldn't help but nodded, thinking that he had found the right person.

The horse is a species that does not like heat by nature.Let's just say that in the scorching summer when the temperature is over 30 degrees, even people can't bear it, not to mention the hairy horses all over the body, they must die in patches.

Therefore, it is not that the Central Plains cannot raise horses, but that it cannot raise good war horses.

After listening to Gao Shun's explanation, Lin Chao looked at the map again, and suddenly made an astonishing discovery...

The so-called Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and other places are exactly the Hetao area in the population of later generations!

This is a real treasure land of geomantic omen, and it is also a natural horse farm.

The most important thing is that this is not only a racecourse, but also the junction of the Central Plains and foreign races, and the Great Wall is built along this place.

As a place like a springboard, when the Central Plains was in chaos, foreign races would invade along this place.

When the Central Plains was strong and prosperous, the army also started to conquer foreign races from here.

As for Shanggu, Guangyang, Yuyang, Zhuojun and other places, there was another name in the later Song Dynasty—Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures!

It is not surprising that the Song Dynasty, which lost this place, has been unable to stand up in terms of cavalry, and has been pressed on the ground by foreigners in the north.

Gao Shun's words inspired Lin Chao a lot, and he strengthened his determination to win these two places.

With these two places, you have the initiative on the cavalry battlefield, otherwise you are controlled by others everywhere.

After pondering for a while, Lin Chao asked again: "Gongyi, if I give you enough manpower and supplies, how long will it take to train [-] elite horsemen?"

"Seventy thousand elite riders!"

Even though Gao Shun was always steady, he was really shocked by this number.

"That's right, seventy thousand."

Gao Shun smiled wryly and said: "Superintendent, it takes three years to become a war horse, and most of the mares only give birth to one foal every time. Even if the supervising army gives the last general [-] mares, they want to become [-] war horses." , it will take at least six or seven years."

"so long!"

Lin Chao was obviously also frightened by this time.

It has only been less than six years since the army started from Zhongshan in the fourth year of Zhongping, and it has now dominated the land of the four states.

And it takes seven years to raise [-] war horses!
Lu Su cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Long History, the conquest of the Hulu is the achievement of opening up the territory and expanding the land, and it will be famous in the history. The officials think that seven years is not a long time, and the long history is in full bloom, so why be afraid of seven years of time? ?”

"What Zijing said is very true, but..."

Lin Chao smiled wryly.

Fighting for world hegemony is not as simple as a game. In fact, not only the growth of war horses takes time, but also the population. Even the crops in the fields are only harvested once a year.

In the long river of time, everything seems so small.

Fortunately, the land in the three states that was laid down last year also needs in-depth governance, and it will take several years to turn these lands into a monolithic one.

With Xuzhou's current ruling strategy of supporting the people to make a living, coupled with the new policy of taxation per acre, compared with other princes, the speed of accumulating strength is very terrifying.

After waiting for seven years, it shouldn't be a problem to start a war against all the princes in the world at the same time.

At that time, the world will be wiped out in World War I, but it will be neat and tidy.

"Forget it, seven years is seven years..."

At the age of myself and the Xuzhou officials, I can afford to wait.

When Lin Chao wanted to ask Gao Shun some details, there was a knock on the door, and then Zhang Yun walked in.

"What's wrong with Junyi?"

Lin Chao asked.

Zhang He clasped his fists and said, "Supervisor, the lord is here, and he is already in the courtyard."

Why is Liu Bei here at this time?
Hearing this, Lin Chao quickly stood up: "Zijing, Gongyi, come out with me to meet Duke Xuande!"

……

Along the way, Xun Yu and Cui Yan also explained the reason.

It turned out that not only Guo Jia's school affairs office received the news, but also the inner government and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also received a thick stack of letters.

Of course, the narrative is different.

Officials who implemented the New Deal in Yanzhou, while reporting the matter to the inner government, also handed over impeachment notices to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After hearing what Jia Xu had done in Yanzhou, Xun Yu and Cui Yan did not dare to be negligent, and immediately rushed to Taiwei's Mansion, but finally came to Lin Chao's home together.

As Liu Bei, he could naturally break into Lin Chao's study, but he didn't do that. Instead, he asked Zhang Xi to pass the news while he waited in the courtyard.

Not long after, Lin Chao rushed to the courtyard with Lu Su and Gao Shun, bowed his hands and said, "See Duke Xuande!"

"There's no need to be too polite...justice is here too!"

Liu Bei waved his hand and smiled.

It's just that when he saw Gao Shun, a trace of doubt inevitably flashed in his eyes.

Lin Chao waved his hand, and Gao Shun and Lu Su immediately bowed to Liu Bei and bid farewell.

Afterwards, everyone came to the study, and Liu Bei naturally unceremoniously occupied the seat that originally belonged to Lin Chao.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Take them out and show them to Zichu, and ask him to give us an explanation."

The three of Xun Yu nodded, and handed over the secret report of the school office, the report of the inner government, and the impeachment letter from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Lin Chao.

As the instigator, Lin Chao certainly knew what was in it, but he couldn't make it too obvious, so he pretended to read it carefully.

Immediately, he said angrily: "It's unreasonable! Jia Wenhe is so reckless about human life and poisoning innocent people, it is simply lawless, and the crime is heinous!"

Hearing this, the four of them, including Liu Bei, couldn't help but roll their eyes.

Put it on, put it on!
We asked you to give an explanation, but you are fooling around here, is it interesting?

Liu Bei frowned, and smiled cooperatively: "Since that's the case, how do you think Zichu should deal with this matter?"

Lin Chao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Xuande, Jia Wenhe's crimes cannot be absolved of death. But because he has made great achievements many times, the court thought that he should be deprived of his official rank and demoted to a commoner!"

In addition, the court also has the responsibility of ignoring it, and it should also be dismissed from office to serve as an example. "

With that said, Lin Chao took two quick steps, took down the ax that had been hanging in the study, and offered it with both hands.

Crowd: ...

Lin Zichu, which play are you singing?

(End of this chapter)