Soldiers come to the world

A few days later, Cao Pi and Chen Qun had returned to Yedu, and the north was temporarily calm. Except that Liu Qubei occupied Lingzhou, causing a large number of Qiang people to continue to flee south, there was no other news. Various places, the Han army has begun to recruit cavalry on a large scale among the Wuhuan people and Qiang people. Zhao Yun’s initial suggestion was to recruit cavalry from the Wuhuan people, but Liu Jing and Sima Yi discussed that not only cavalry could be recruited from the Wuhuan people, but also from the Wuhuan people. Cavalry was recruited from the farming Qiang people in Longxi and Hehuang who had surrendered to Han.

Especially this time when the Xiongnu captured Lingzhou and massacred a large number of Qiang people bloodily, which aroused great indignation among the Qiang people everywhere. They could take advantage of the hatred of the Qiang people towards the Huns and recruit Qiang cavalry. Liu Jing finally realized that just Relying on sharp bows and crossbows, he still couldn't defeat the prairie horsemen. He had to build a strong cavalry.

In the large military camp outside Chang'an City, there are 10,000+ Wuhuan people who have already assigned their new homes and are preparing to set off after the summer harvest. In front of the largest tent, a large red flag was planted, with two large black characters 'recruitment' embroidered on it.

In the huge sheep pen next to the camp, tens of thousands of fat sheep are kept. If they are recruited as cavalry, their family members will immediately reward three fat sheep. In addition, the family’s food subsidies during the transition period will be doubled, and they will also receive an additional [-] mu. At the same time, their family can stay in Shang County and Beidi County to engage in farming, without having to migrate to various parts of Bashu.

These tangible material rewards are a huge temptation for the Wuhuan people who are about to embark on a new life, especially the last one, which allows them to stay in the familiar Shangjun and Beidi counties, which makes Wuhuan youths flock to them.

In just three days, they recruited more than [-] young and strong Wuhuan people, but there was still an endless stream of Wuhuan young and strong people who came to sign up. This morning, Liu Jing, surrounded by guards, also came to Nancheng This is the second time he inspected the southern military camp after his return. The first time was to inspect Wuhuan immigrants and personally send off a group of Wuhuan immigrants who went to Hanzhong.

There are long queues in front of several recruitment tents, each team has at least 300 people, young herdsmen are gearing up and eager to try, the test field on the other side is noisy, and people around They cheered loudly, and at the other end stood dozens of applicants on horseback, divided into three teams, each with a bow and arrow in their hands, and their expressions were a little nervous.

The test is very simple. It is a test of riding and archery. Applicants need to gallop their horses on a [-]-pace long track for [-] steps. During this period, they must shoot at least two arrows. For shooting, there are more than a dozen straw figures placed [-] steps away from the left. The requirements are very simple. It is not necessary to shoot the straw man, as long as the arrow can hit the wooden board behind the straw man without falling to the ground.

This requirement is indeed very low. Wuhuan people are good at equestrian skills. Most children can get under the belly of a horse. Archery is basically a must-have skill for every adult Wuhuan people. The difference between Wuhuan people is the level of archery. Of course, you can shoot three arrows or four arrows. It is of course better to be able to hit the straw man with arrows and arrows, especially if you can hit the head of the straw man. served as an officer.

If you can be selected to serve as a military officer or above, you will also have the opportunity to study in Chang'an Taixue for half a year, learning Chinese and the art of war.

Therefore, the nervousness of the applicants is not whether they can complete the designated two arrows, but whether they can hit the head of the straw man. At this time, three war drums sounded, and the three recruited knights were a few steps away from each other, and they galloped out at the same time. The movements are vigorous, the legs control the horse, and the hand is stretched out to draw an arrow from the quiver on the back. The bow is an arrow, and the movements are done in one go without any lag.

All three arrows were shot at the grass man, two of them missed, and one of the arrows hit the grass man's face, which aroused applause. In the third arrow, two of the arrows hit the straw man, and the other arrow missed.

The applause all around became louder and louder, and I saw that the recruiter who shot the straw man's face had shot four arrows in a row, and the arrows hit the straw man's face, while the other two only shot two arrows each. , At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the archery expert, who was still two steps away from the finish line. At the moment when he was about to pass the finish line, he shot an arrow, which hit the straw man's forehead.

Five out of five arrows, the arrow hit the head, can be called No.1 in two days, aroused applause from all around, even Liu Jing couldn't help applauding, his eyes were like a torch, and he could see that the knight's last arrow was completely dead. It can be shot in advance, he deliberately placed it before the pressure line to shoot, so as to have a more sensational effect, this person is quite scheming, Liu Jing secretly thought.

Liu Jing then ordered the guards, "Bring this person to me!"

Not long after, the guards led the shooter up. The shooter didn't know that the person meeting him was actually the King of Han. He thought it was just an ordinary general of the Han army. He quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you, general!"

Liu Jing was even more surprised that he could speak fluent Chinese. He looked at this man carefully and saw that he was very young, about 20 years old, tall and tall. Although he was wearing Wuhuan costumes, his face was Han. Liu Jing couldn't help laughing: "What's your name, are you from Wuhuan?"

"Reporting to the general, Xiaomin's name is Sasnu, and his Chinese name is Yang Ying. He was born in Fengyi County, Guanzhong, and grew up in the Wuhuan Asi Department of Shangjun."

The Asi tribe is a small tribe in Wuhuan, known for being good at archers. Many Wuhuan generals are from the Asbe tribe, and they were scattered and assigned to the three counties of Longxi and Bashu. Liu Jing nodded and asked: " You look like a Han Chinese, and you have a Chinese name, could it be that you were taken captive to Shangjun?"

Yang Ying wept softly: "Xiaomin's father, Yang Ji, was originally a captain of the Yuan Army. He was killed in the Battle of Guandu. In the fifth year of Jian'an, during the Battle of Bingzhou, the Huns sent troops to Guanzhong to fight against the Xiliang Army. Xiaomin was only five years old. It was at that time that he and his mother were plundered by the Huns and went to the north. Later, he was assigned to Wuhuan Asi as a slave. The army was shot to death during the battle, and Xiaomin and his mother were free."

Liu Jing was quite emotional. In the past years, I don't know how many Han people were captured and taken to the north as slaves. This Yang Ying is just one of them. It is rare that he has such superb archery and riding skills. Liu Jing asked again: "Then who did you learn archery from?"

"Xiaomin's master is General Wuhuan, who is extremely powerful. Every year, some teenagers are selected from the tribe and slaves to learn riding and archery. Xiaomin was selected when he was ten years old, and he practiced riding and archery hard for ten years."

"Then do you know other martial arts?"

"After learning the sword manual left by his father by himself, Xiaomin is born with great strength and can wield a big sword weighing fifty catties."

Liu Jing nodded, took out an arrow and gave it to him, and said with a smile: "This arrow is for you, can you read?"

Yang Ying took the arrow with both hands, and said respectfully: "Thank you, General, for giving me the arrow. The villain's mother taught me how to read and write."

Liu Jing nodded, "I appoint you as a Marquis. You can go to Taixue to learn the art of war, work hard, and take care of your mother."

"Thank you, General!"

Liu Jing smiled, urged the horse to leave the examination room, and walked slowly towards the city. At this time, Yang Ying discovered that there was a word engraved on the shaft of the arrow. He looked carefully, and saw a line of small words "Arrow of the King of Han" engraved on it, Yang Ying was stunned all of a sudden, and suddenly raised her head to look at Liu Jing's back.

The chief examiner stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "General winners are best awarded the post of village chief, but you were promoted to a military marquis in one step, and His Royal Highness the King of Han personally promoted you. It's rare! Work hard! Come on, don't disappoint the King of Han."

Yang Ying was moved in his heart, his nose was sore, tears welled up from his eyes, he wiped away the tears and said: "I will never let His Highness the King of Han down."

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Not long after Liu Jing returned to Chang'an, a carriage also entered the East City Gate. After inquiring all the way, it finally stopped slowly in front of the Hanwang Mansion. Outside the carriage was followed by several entourages on horseback. The gray-haired old man was Er Qiao's father, Qiao Xuan. He came by boat from Jiangdong, transferred from Xiangyang to Nanyang Road, passed Wuguan and entered Guanzhong, which took a full month and a half.

Qiao Xuan came to Chang'an because he received a letter from Tao Zhan, Princess of the Han Dynasty. From the letter, he learned that Liu Jing intended to take Xiao Qiao as a concubine, so the real reason why Liu Jing took Xiao Qiao to the Han Palace in Chengdu was also the real reason. Qiao Xuan was stunned.

Although Qiao Xuan is not very willing to marry his youngest daughter to Liu Jing, no matter whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Jing, such a generation of heroes in the world will not pay too much attention to women, but compared to Cao Cao, Liu Jing can still make Qiao Xuan accept. , at least the same age, at least he has the appearance of the king of the world.

After figuring this out, Qiao Xuan decided to fulfill his father's responsibilities and traveled all the way to Chang'an. He hoped to fulfill the matchmaker's words and parents' orders. He hoped that Liu Jing would marry his daughter instead of accepting his own daughter.

Although they are both concubines, the nature of marrying into the house is completely different from that of entering into the house, just like Dong Zhuo married Huangfugui's widow. Money and silk filled the way, and a beautiful marriage entered the door.

Although Qiao Xuan didn't intend to be so ostentatious, he also hoped that his daughter could get married through marriage, which was extremely important to Xiao Qiao's future status.

The carriage stopped in front of King Han's mansion, and an attendant went forward to report. After a while, Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang greeted him after hearing the news. Xiao Qiao was surprised and happy, and took his father's hand and said, "Daddy, what are you doing?" coming?"

Qiao Xuan smiled and said, "Come and see you, can't you?"

Xiao Qiao was a little worried. She was worried that her father was here to pick her up and she would not want to marry herself to the Wen family again!

Sun Shangxiang greeted him with a salute and said with a smile, "Welcome the old man to Chang'an!"

Sun Shangxiang was of course very happy to see people from her hometown. She especially wanted to know about her mother's burial. Sun Shangxiang invited Qiao Xuan into the mansion and ordered the housekeeper to arrange a place to live. At this time, Tao Zhan also rushed over after hearing the news. Qiao Xuan quickly saluted: "See Princess!"

"Don't be polite, Mr. Guo, I hope to come to our place, just like coming to your own home. Please, Mr. Guo!"

Xiao Qiao knew that Tao Zhan was not in good health these two days, so she came to see her father specially to save face. She was moved in her heart, and worried that her father would take her away, so she seemed preoccupied and went to the end instead.

Tao Zhan knew more about people than Sun Shangxiang, because she was the one who wrote to Qiao Xuan, and when she heard that Qiao Xuan was here, she knew that Xiao Qiao's entry was finally a matter of course. Of course, Qiao Xuan didn't come to pick up his daughter, but for Xiao Qiao remarried and came here. This matter has troubled their family for a long time, and finally it will come to a conclusion.

Although Tao Zhan is a tolerant woman, no woman would like to see her husband marry other women one after another. If Qiao's affairs were obstructed, she might not be able to bear the consequences.

During this period of time, Tao Zhan also felt that her husband was a little cold towards her, and he often didn't go back to the house. Even if he went back to the house, he would go to Shangxiang's place, which made Tao Zhan feel extremely uncomfortable. In the final analysis, it was because of his too few wives and concubines. Cao Cao had hundreds of wives and concubines, and Sun Quan also had dozens of wives and concubines, but his majestic King of Han had only two wives and one concubine, which was not even comparable to ordinary wealthy families, which makes people laugh.

More importantly, there have been many rumors since the beginning of the year, saying that in order to protect her son's status, she did not hesitate to prevent the King of Han from taking concubines. As a result, the King of Han has only two sons so far. The former little Bao Niang unfortunately had a miscarriage, and finally even the military began to dissatisfy her. Tao Zhan couldn't bear the enormous pressure.

It was for this reason that Tao Zhan decided to let Xiao Qiao in. Fortunately, Qiao Xuan arrived in time, and Tao Zhan wanted to talk to Qiao Xuan about this matter. Everyone sat down in the guest room and exchanged a few casual greetings. , Qiao Xuan said with a smile: "I have a few words that I want to say to the princess. Can Shang Xiang and Alian avoid it first?"

Sun Shangxiang and Xiao Qiao were taken aback, although they felt strange in their hearts, but out of politeness, they got up and retreated temporarily.

At this time, Qiao Xuan smiled at Tao Zhan: "I want to talk about Alian's matter with the princess."