Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 403: Military Competition, Central Plains Urgent Report!

Jun Hou is going to hold a military competition!

Hearing Gao Lan's words, Che Zhou's breathing stopped suddenly, and his eyes suddenly burned!

I worked diligently and conscientiously in the Qingping Military Academy, what did I ask for?It's not just to show face in front of Yuan Tan.

Let me, the lord, know that I have lived up to his trust, done things honestly, and made achievements?
Right now, this competition in the army is an excellent opportunity for him to go further in the Xuzhou army!

Thinking of this, Che Zhou looked at Gao Lan with more gratitude.

Gao Lan can delay this news, anyway, the military competition will be next month.

But after Gao Lan received the news, he hurried over and told himself to give himself an extra month to prepare.

In this way, the chances of him being able to show his face in front of Qihou will be greatly increased!
This is a great favor!
Che Zhou wanted to bow down immediately, but Gao Lan's cold words interrupted his movement: "Don't think too much, work hard, Xuzhou Army will not treat those who do things badly!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Lan was a little worried that his words were a little too blunt, after all, Che Zhou was really hardworking these days.

So he slowed down, and his tone was as gentle as possible, and added: "You have trained soldiers and horses for more than two months, and I can see the results. You have done well, keep working hard, next spring, when you will make meritorious service! "

Hearing Gao Lan's gentle tone, Che Zhou almost didn't cry. When did he hear Gao Langzhong speak so softly?
That is to say, Che Zhou didn't know that there is a mental illness in this world called Stockholm Syndrome.

Otherwise, what Che Zhou has to do now is not to be grateful, but to find a psychiatrist for himself immediately.

Seeing that Che Zhou was so grateful that he almost didn't bow down to thank him, Gao Lan felt more and more unpleasant, but there was really nothing wrong with it.

Shaking his head, he finally warned Che Zhou that he must stick to his heart and be loyal to his duty, and then hurriedly left Qingping Military Academy.

The military competition was the first important test for the [-] Xuzhou new army after they formed the army.

It was both a military training and a grand ceremony. Gao Lan was both the chief military officer and a close minister of Yuan Tan.

But knowing how much his lord attaches importance to the new army, he needs to prepare for many things in advance.

All the generals in charge must also notify in advance, so that nothing goes wrong.

He was busy until late at night, after all the generals were mentioned and notified, Gao Lan let out a sigh of relief, returned to his mansion, and was about to take a good rest.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the mansion gate.

Gao Lan turned around quickly, and his servants came in to report: "General, Mr. Xun Yu is coming to see you!"

"What? Mr. Xun Yu, please!"

Gao Lan was stunned for a moment. The military department was independent of the three departments. Except for sometimes dealing with the personnel department, the chief officers of the other two departments did not have much contact.

Now that Xun Yu suddenly came to ask for an interview, Gao Lan was full of doubts.

Xuzhou, outside the gate of Gao Lan's mansion.

Xun Yu's face was full of anxiety. After seeing Gao Lan, he quickly took out a letter from his sleeve and said in a deep voice, "General Gao, I heard that my lord intends to hold a new ceremony in the new army after the new army's achievements next month. The military competition will continue for more than three months?"

Gao Lan nodded: "It's true, but I don't know sir?"

Gao Lan's eyes fell on the letter in Xun Yu's hand.

He knew that Xun Yu, as the head of the Ministry of Rites, was not only in charge of diplomacy, but also had a group of spies under his command to spy on intelligence.

Not surprisingly, this letter was the information Xun Yu had received.

Hearing Gao Lan's nod, Xun Yu stamped his foot eagerly and quickly asked, "I wonder, has this news been notified to the entire army?"

Gao Lan was a little confused by Xun Yu's barrage of questions, but these were not considered secrets, so he immediately shook his head and said, "That's not true, I just informed the responsible officers today. The soldiers should have just heard a little wind."

Hearing that the whole army had not been notified, Xun Yu was finally relieved, but then remembered the information sent by the espionage.

The anxious look on Xun Yu's face raised again, he sighed and said, "That's all right, it's not too late, General Gao please come with me to see the lord, and I will talk to General Gao in detail on the way. what happened."

Seeing Xun Yu's expression on his face as if he was facing a big enemy, Gao Lan didn't need to guess to know that something big must have happened outside.

He nodded immediately and said, "Okay, let's go with Mr.!"

Just when Xun Yu and Gao Lan met, they went to Qihou's mansion together to ask Yuan Tan to see him.

Yuan Tan is in his study in the Marquis Mansion, starting to plan the rules for the upcoming military competition.

Ever since Qingping Military Academy was established, Yuan Tan has been planning this matter.

After three months of scientific training, the new army has improved a lot in physical fitness and combat capabilities, which is to be expected.

However, once the future Central Plains war is launched, Xuzhou will be used to fight the princes along the way.

It is still the Cao Wei Group that once dominated the Central Plains. Even though it is in decline now, it is still as united as a rock.

It is obviously impossible to expect a big war to be able to overcome the situation, and it is necessary to be prepared for consecutive wars.

In this way, the endurance training of new army soldiers is particularly important.

As for the endurance training of the soldiers, although Yuan Tan, as a traveler, is not a professional, but after all, he has seen a lot of military channels in his previous life, and he has surfed military forums on the Internet for many years.

More or less, there are still some clues.

He was preparing to hold a three-month rally in the army. To this end, he summoned Gao Lan the day before yesterday and gave himself, the military chief, a breath in advance.

Zhuge Jin was specially recruited and asked him to prepare a million shi military rations as military expenses for the next three months.

If it was in the past, Yuan Tan asked for a million shi of military rations, and Zhuge Jin would definitely not be willing to give it without clearly explaining the purpose.

I also need to remonstrate with my lord, that the way of the king should be the first and focus on diligence and thrift.

But with the end of the autumn harvest, the stock of food in Xuzhou's treasury has reached 1000 to [-] million stones, plus the remaining military food from the previous sales.

The current stock of grain and grass in the treasury of Xuzhou has exceeded the mark of 500 million shi.

Zhuge Jin could still afford a mere 100 million stones.

What's more, as my lord, my daily life is absolutely frugal, and even the Hou's mansion is built with the lowest standard.

As a courtier, Zhuge Jin felt a little sorry, so he immediately surrendered his command, and the million stones of grain and grass had been sent to a newly built small warehouse.

This million stones of food and grass will be used as the new army's food for the next three months.

The monthly salary of each new soldier was one stone of corn, five hundred per month, and after the autumn harvest, Yuan Tan directly swiped a pen.

The military rations of the Xuzhou Army were distributed with corn.

You know, these days, corn is much more valuable than copper coins.

Although the price of rice on the market has been reduced to [-] qian per stone after being stabilized by the government, it may not be possible to buy it for [-] qian.

People in Xuzhou, who had just experienced a severe drought, were more willing to store their grain in their cellars than to sell it for money.

In troubled times, for the people at the lowest level, saving food is saving their lives and saving money!

(End of this chapter)