Chapter 256: How about calling for help?
Liu Bei didn't know what mood he was in as he walked out of the Government Affairs Hall. The number one prince in the world, that's quite a big title.

Liu Bei originally thought that he could now take these false titles calmly, but after actually obtaining these titles, he still couldn't help but feel a little excited.

How many years did it take Liu Bei to go from a mat weaver and shoe seller to the governor of Mount Tai?
How many years did it take Liu Bei to go from being the governor of Mount Tai to being the most powerful prince in the world?

It is still vivid in my mind when I think about it.

"It seems that my will is still not strong enough." Liu Bei shook his head. After coming out of the Fenggao Government Affairs Hall, he went directly to Jie Bridge. Now he needed someone to wake him up.

"You don't go to Zichuan to solve your doubts, but come to me instead. Lord Xuande, do you think that I have learned psychology well?" Yang Ji said helplessly.

Yang Ji was very confused as to why Liu Bei would come to him for such a matter. After all, Chen Xi had always been in charge of this aspect.

"Because it was Zichuan who told me about this." Liu Bei said with a smile. He also knew that it would be inappropriate to ask Yang Ji for this matter.

But who can blame Yang Ji for speaking so bluntly? Frankness is the most touching thing.

"Tsk, Lord Xuande, you are really...considerate to your subordinates." Yang Ji said with some disdain.

"If you feel proud, then think about whether the Han Dynasty has been unified, whether the people of the Han Dynasty have enough food and clothing, houses to live in and fields to farm, and whether your goal of surpassing your ancestors has been achieved.

If so, please be as proud as you can, and take my pride with you.

If not, please continue to work hard and don't let us down, the people under your rule, and yourself." Yang Ji read out these words as if he was holding a tablet.

"Can't you read with more emotion?" Liu Bei said somewhat dissatisfiedly. Yang Ji's emotionless reading made all the excitement he had accumulated disappear.

"Isn't this what you need? What else do you want?" Yang Ji's tone was still as if he was reading aloud, which almost made Liu Bei angry.

"Tsk, can't you just make me happy?" Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly. Yang Ji's indifferent tone was really irritating.

"If you want to be happy, Lord Xuande, you can go find Fa Xiaozhi. He will let you know what happiness is." Yang Ji didn't want to spoil Liu Bei at all.

"Xiaozhi, forget it. I'd better not disturb his work." Liu Bei twitched the corner of his mouth. If he went to find Fa Zheng, he would probably be pulled up by Fa Zheng.

I don’t know what’s going on with Fa Zheng. He is only one or two years younger than Yang Ji and Chen Xi, but his personality is completely different.

"By the way, have the Yuan army on the opposite side already withdrawn their troops?" Liu Bei asked Yang Ji curiously. He had just seen a lot of people gathered outside the camp.

Yang Ji nodded, "Well, Yuan Shao has withdrawn his troops now, and the camp opposite has been completely vacated. I plan to renovate the camp opposite and use it as a temporary residence for the people who have gathered here."

"Ah? Didn't Yuan Shao take the camp with him when he withdrew his troops?" Liu Bei asked doubtfully. He thought that Yuan Shao would be like them and take away the things he brought with him or destroy them on the spot when he withdrew his troops.

"Maybe this is the legendary rich man. Maybe he really doesn't care about the supplies needed to build a large camp." Yang Ji shook his head. He couldn't understand why Yuan Shao would leave the large camp behind.

"It's true that Jizhou is rich, but they have guessed what we are going to do. It's impossible that they are so kind that they left it for us to resettle the people who have gathered here?" At this point, Liu Bei laughed. Is Yuan Shao the kind of person who cares about the lives of ordinary people?

Yang Ji also shook his head and smiled, "I checked it out, Yuan Benchu ​​and his men really didn't leave any backup in the camp, they just took away all the food, fodder, weapons and other supplies."

After discovering that Yuan Shao's army had retreated openly, Yang Ji used a special secret technique to check the camp left behind by Yuan's army to prevent any traps.

The result was just as Yang Ji said, except for food, weapons and equipment, Yuan Shao left behind a complete camp.

The empty campsite seems to be saying: Welcome.

Yang Ji seemed to have remembered something, and quickly said to Liu Bei: "Oh, by the way, before they retreated, I led the white horse to confront the first-line soldiers led by Ju Yi for half an hour."

Liu Bei's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "Are you okay?"

The opponents are the vanguard soldiers led by Ju Yi. Without the ability to dodge at zero seconds, the Wind-controlling White Horse is no match for them.

Yang Ji shook his head. "Nothing serious. Just a confrontation. No real fighting."

"Huh..." Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, and then taught Yang Ji a lesson: "You are too bold, the enemy is Commander Ju Yi's vanguard!
Even though the current vanguard is incomplete and only has a few thousand men left, they are the soul of the army after all, and are a force that can restrain the White Horse.

You dared to face the vanguard soldiers led by Ju Yi with a single white horse volunteer unit without bringing a large army, you really are..." Liu Bei didn't know what to say.

It seems that Liu Bei is blaming Yang Ji, but in fact, every detail shows Liu Bei's concern for Yang Ji.

Yang Ji shook his head and said: "The Cloud Arrow is more effective against the White Horse Volunteers, especially those who don't have the ability to dodge at any time.

But, that's for other people. For me, cloud weapon is not a difficult problem to solve. When the time comes, whether I use cloud or willpower to offset it, I can directly ignore the damage of the opponent's cloud arrows."

"You're still being stubborn. If there are less than 500 people on the opposite side and we can't launch a large-scale cloud rain of arrows, otherwise the scale of the cloud of a single legion can't stop the cloud rain of arrows from the vanguard soldiers." Liu Bei said unhappily.

This Yang Ji is just good at fooling Liu Bei. Does he really think that he doesn't know the maximum number of troops that the Xiandeng Death Squad can mobilize now?
Yang Ji touched the back of his head, smiled shyly, and did not argue with Liu Bei. After all, this was indeed the fact.

"Okay, if there's nothing else to do here, I'll go to Zilong to see how the progress is." Liu Bei jumped down from the camp wall, clapped his hands and said to Yang Ji.

"Master Xuande, take care. Zhongkang, remember to pay attention to the strange smell around Master Xuande." Yang Ji waved his hand perfunctorily, wishing Liu Bei a safe journey, and asked Xu Chu to pay attention to the strange smell around Liu Bei. "You guy." Liu Bei cursed with a smile, "Let's go, Zhongkang!" Liu Bei waved to Yang Ji and flew towards Puyang.

"..." Yang Ji looked at Liu Bei who was soaring into the sky, his eyes were a little dull, "Didn't Lord Xuande practice internal energy to leave his body? How could he fly?"

After being stunned, Yang Ji finally reacted. Who said that one who practices intensively cannot possess internal Qi at the level of leaving the body? Wasn't Xu Chu, who followed Liu Bei, practicing like this?

Yang Ji couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect that Lord Xuande has already reached this point, that's great..." Yang Ji looked at Liu Bei's back which quickly turned into a black dot.

After retracting his gaze, Yang Ji put away some of his scattered emotions. What he needed to face next was a relocation army that might number more than 300,000 people.

The relocation of civilians and the relocation of the army are not the same thing. The problems that need to be solved in the collective relocation of civilians cannot be solved by a single order during the relocation of the army.

Just getting 300,000 people to arrive in Pingyuan County without leaving behind is a big problem. The huge group of people does not have the organizational ability of a large army.

"It seems that I still have to borrow Brother Gongsun's 100,000 troops, otherwise I really have no confidence that I can bring the people who are willing to follow us to Pingyuan County safely.

Well, I can use a talent to ensure organizational strength, and a military formation to restore physical strength...

In addition to these two, what other types of military formations and secret techniques should be prepared? Oh, this is so annoying, or should I go back and get Chen Zichuan or Lu Su? "Yang Ji muttered to himself as he walked back to the camp.

“Forget it, let’s not trouble them. They are still busy with the follow-up arrangements for this large-scale relocation… Let’s also arrange for military formations or secret techniques to increase speed…” Yang Ji’s thoughts jumped from wanting to mobilize people to how to ensure the smooth progress of the large-scale relocation.

……

Just when Yang Ji was thinking about how to reduce the workload of Chen Xi and his team, Chen Xi and his team were discussing how to downsize.

Well, that is to say, soldiers who are over a certain age or under a certain age will be withdrawn from the combat sequence. The older ones will be incorporated into the garrison troops, or the urban management and patrol teams, and the younger ones will be directly thrown into the official skill training schools.

On the surface, it was a disarmament plan proposed by Chen Xi in order to reduce military spending. Secretly, it was a plan prepared by Chen Xi to hide the soldiers among the people and to solve the worries of those soldiers who retired due to injuries.

At the same time, the military force can be expanded without increasing military expenditure, and enough soldiers can be stockpiled in various cities.

Lu Su, Xun Yu and others looked at the plan submitted by Chen Xi with rather subtle expressions on their faces.

It is not easy for Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai and other newcomers who have just entered the Fenggao Government Affairs Office to say much in this regard, but it is different for Lu Su, Fan Qin and others.

"Zichuan, can I ask you a question, have you discussed this plan with Zi Yu? You are not going to reduce his authority openly while he is busy relocating the people?" The good old man Lu Su did not care what other people thought of this plan, but first spoke up for Yang Jiming.

Fan Qin, Jian Yong, Jia Xu, Li Ru and others did not say anything, but their eyes revealed their opinions. It can be seen that their ideas were similar to Lu Su's.

Chen Xi glanced at Xun Yu and the others who were silent, "Don't you think that the size of our army is too large after we take over Yanzhou?
And how come there are old men over sixty and kids under fourteen in the army?"

As soon as Chen Xi said this, everyone from Liu Bei's faction subconsciously looked at the people from Cao Cao's faction, and then withdrew their gaze under strong control. After all, they were colleagues now, so they had to give them some face.

Although Chen Xi did not name who he was referring to, it was impossible for the civil officials of Liu Bei's faction not to know what Chen Xi was talking about.

After all, their army has Yang Ji guarding it, so there is no way they would allow a sixty-year-old man or a fourteen-year-old child to enter the barracks.

Anyway, Yang Ji would kick out anyone he met. The older ones would be promoted one level and then sent to the garrison troops to serve as a team leader or something, or he could ask Zhao Yun to allocate a piece of land for him to return to the fields, which was also a good solution.

The younger ones are directly handed over to Chen Xi. Anyway, the skills school established by Chen Xi is quite large and can accommodate many children of similar ages.

Moreover, the total number of troops in their Taishan battle sequence was under the control of Yang Ji, and was maintained at around 300,000, and the number of troops in the garrison sequence was even greater.

However, Yang Ji only restricted those guys whose age was not suitable for staying in the army. Others, such as those who were 32 years old but not yet a captain, or 35 years old but not yet a centurion, were none of Yang Ji's business.

After all, as long as these people can ensure that they have enough food, their fighting capacity is still very guaranteed. (Although people of this age are already qualified to call themselves old men in this era.)
Cheng Yu was very embarrassed at this time. After all, Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai rarely hung around in the military camp, so they were not very clear about the situation in the Yanzhou army, but Cheng Yu knew it very well.

Cheng Yu knew very well that what Chen Xi was talking about just now was the Yanzhou army originally under Cao Cao's command.

"Those who have not reached the rank of captain by the age of 32 or the rank of centurion by the age of 35 will be expelled from the military and sent to the local areas to be reorganized into city management and patrol teams.

The disabled soldiers were promoted one level and incorporated into the garrison troops. They did not participate in the garrison work, but were only responsible for the management and training of the garrison troops. "

Chen Xi explained his plan for military reform to them as clearly as possible, and at the same time answered questions from Lu Su and others from time to time.

As for Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others, let them stay aside. It's because the newcomers have no human rights. Moreover, most of the problems are basically caused by the Yanzhou Army originally under Cao Cao's command.

"Well, next is the matter of Jingling Palace." Chen Xi took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. It had been a long time since he had talked so much.

"The names of every soldier who died on the battlefield must be engraved on the stele in front of the palace. The four seasons are determined by... We offer sacrifices, and no livestock or animals can be missing. The etiquette is the same as that of the princes. This can be the final destination of all our soldiers."

Before the retired soldiers are sent to other places or go home, and before the new soldiers join the army, they are all brought to the Jingling Hall for worship before being resettled. "Chen Xi said solemnly.

"Although it is a bit beyond the etiquette, but after considering the reasons... it should be approved." Man Chong and Liu Ye looked at each other, and after confirming that Liu Ye, a member of the royal family, had no objection, they nodded and agreed to the relevant plans of Jingling Hall.

(End of this chapter)

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