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The generals suddenly agreed. "I would like to accept His Majesty's instruction."

Liu Xie turned his eyes back to the faces of Han Sui, Han Yin and his son, and said solemnly: "Han Qing, you will have to pay 5000 to [-] casualties to capture the small city of Fanghan. Isn't this price too high? How much? Every city in the Kanto region is larger and stronger than Shuhan. If you don’t spare casualties, what price will you have to pay?”

Han Sui blushed and bowed to promise.

Liu Xie pointed to the sand table made of rice. "It's good that your pinch of rice is a mountain. The geography of the mountains and rivers is clear at a glance. If you want to talk about the shortcomings, it is inconvenient to move. It would be even better if it can be made fixed and easy to move."

Han Sui's heart moved and he nodded repeatedly. "The minister must follow what His Majesty said and make improvements."

"It's good for Han Qing to put his heart into it." Liu Xie said with a smile, "Xunzi said that if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles. You father and son have taken the first step today. Congratulations. Work hard!"

Han Sui was so excited that he took orders loudly.

Liu Xie looked at the generals again, and said with a smile: "When everyone first learns to walk, they will inevitably falter and stagger. But as long as they dare to take a step forward, one day they will be able to walk like flying. Today, the father and son of General Zhenxi After taking the first step, I hope you can follow up, speak freely, and take your own first step. In such a rare situation, is there anyone willing to share their thoughts?"

The generals looked at each other with excited expressions, all eager to try.

It is a rare opportunity to speak in front of the emperor.If you speak well, leave an impression on the emperor, and even get a word or two of praise, your official career will be much smoother in the future.

Almost instantly, a young man stepped forward. "Your Majesty, Hanyang False Captain, I have something to say."

"Hanyang people?"

Jia Xu came over with his ear. "This son's surname is Jiang, one of the four surnames in Tianshui. Not long ago, he was appointed as a false lieutenant by General Zhenxi to take over the vacancy left by Prince Wei."

Liu Xie smiled.He not only knows who Jiang Jiong is, but also who Jiang Jiong's son is.

"tell me the story."

"Wei." Jiang Jiong responded excitedly, walked up to Han Yin, and stretched out his hands.

Han Yin was stunned for a moment, and handed over the thorn in his hand.Jiang Jiong took it in his hand while looking directly into Han Sui's eyes.

Han Sui was helpless.He had prepared so much, he only wanted to show Han Yin's face, but he didn't expect that the emperor's few words would turn into a stage for everyone to perform, and he made irresponsible remarks about Han Yin's plan.

But at this moment, it is not easy for him to express his objection, otherwise it will make people think that he is jealous of his talents, deliberately suppressing the generals under his command, and only wants to let Han Yin show his face alone.Once such an impression is left, it will be difficult for him to lead the team.

Now that Jiang Jiong has stood up, he will not sit back easily.

The lesser of two evils, he can only follow the trend, agree with the emperor's opinion, and let these people speak freely.

Han Suiqiang laughed twice, and patted Jiang Jiong's shoulder encouragingly.

"Zhong Yi, work hard."

"Here, thank you, General." Jiang Jiong walked up to the rice mountain with a thorn in his hand, and counted the points on the hillside next to the city of Fanghan. "I think that we can set up high platforms and archery towers in these places, suppress them with strong crossbows, and cover the siege..."

Liu Xie stared at Jiang Jiong pointing. "The hillside is steep, can we build high platforms and archery towers here?"

"Sure." Jiang Jiong was full of confidence. "You can use the method of building plank roads to open holes and stand trees on the cliff." He turned and pointed. "On this point, Cheng Tiancheng of Wudu County has the most experience. Your Majesty may wish to ask him."

Liu Xie followed Jiang Jiong's gaze and saw a middle-aged man with a sad face standing in the crowd.

"The Prime Minister of Wudu County, Chen Cheng, has seen His Majesty. What Jiang Wei said is indeed feasible. There are soldiers who are proficient in technology in the camp. If you give me half a month, you can build five or six archery towers on this hillside." , to provide a foothold for more than a dozen crossbowmen. If you want to be quick, there is an easier way, which is to make a few wooden cages and hang them from above, but it is easy to be blown by the mountain wind, so it is more dangerous."

Chapter 440 Seeing Xian Siqi

Surprised and delighted, Han Yin turned to look at Han Sui. "Aon, can you still do this?"

When attacking a city, the most lethal is the crossbowmen at the top of the city.

With the cover of the city wall, crossbowmen can shoot accurately at the soldiers who are besieging the city, effectively killing them.If it is on flat ground, the attacking party will build a large number of high platforms and archery towers higher than the city wall, and send crossbowmen to suppress them.But in a city built in a valley like Fanghan, with steep slopes and cliffs on both sides, it is too difficult to build high platforms and archery towers, which was not mentioned in the plan that Han Yin just described.

If Jiang Jiong and Tian Cheng's plan is feasible, and the archery tower can be built on the cliff, the battle damage during the siege will be significantly reduced.

Han Sui was embarrassed.

Jiang Jiong was a young talent specially promoted by him, but Jiang Jiong didn't tell him such a good way, but brought it up in front of the emperor.

But if you think about it carefully, you can't blame Jiang Jiong, because he didn't ask Jiang Jiong for advice at all. On the contrary, the emperor gave these county lieutenants a chance to speak freely.

A careless move, self-defeating.

At this moment, he didn't have the heart to answer Han Yin's question.

Liu Xie inquired about Jiang Jiong and Tian Cheng's plan in detail, and felt that it was feasible to a certain extent, and then asked other people if they had any additional opinions.

Seeing that the emperor is approachable, other people also became active and offered advice.

Someone mentioned that there is a Yi nationality in Yizhou, called the Bo people, who can hang heavy coffins on the cliffs hanging on the bank.If there is such a technology, several arrow towers will definitely not be a problem.

Immediately, someone said that the Bo people's method was actually not complicated, and there might be a craftsman association in the camp, let them try it out.

A word from you, a word from me, the seemingly unsolvable problem quickly found a solution.

Seeing that the atmosphere was complete, Liu Xie took control of the situation in time and brought Han Sui and his son, who had been left aside in the cold, back to the center of vision.

"General Zhenxi has a lot of talents under his command, this plan can be made more detailed."

Feeling relieved, Han Sui hurriedly got up and said that he must convene the generals to discuss again, collect everyone's opinions, and come up with a more complete plan to minimize casualties.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very warm, and the understanding between the monarch and his ministers increased.Han Sui held a banquet to welcome him, and the governors and lieutenants of each county were honored to participate in the banquet.

When the wine was hot, Han Sui ordered a kabuki performance.After a few exotic songs and dances, Han Shaoying got up and said that these melodious sounds were not suitable for the barracks, and she wanted to perform with a few female knights.

Han Sui was very upset, but he couldn't stop him directly, so he had to forcefully respond with a smile.

Han Shaoying called two blond-haired and blue-eyed female knights to perform spear-throwing skills.

Looking at these female knights with special looks, Xi Wenwu had already opened his eyes. Seeing these weak female knights struggling to throw the short spears in their hands, they accurately hit the big shield ten steps away, and knocked out a large shield. Big hole, couldn't help but applaud loudly.

Even Liu Xie couldn't help nodding and applauding when he saw this scene.

Sure enough, powerful beauty is the most attractive, which is much more exciting than the performances of those singers.

Taking advantage of the warm atmosphere, Han Shaoying performed spear fighting with another female knight.

With a spear that is one foot or two feet long in hand, the two of them come and go, blocking and stabbing each other, in a thrilling move.It didn't look like a performance at all, but it looked like a life-and-death struggle. It was frightening to watch, and I was afraid that blood would splatter the next moment.

Han Sui was also quite frightened, but he immediately realized that Han Shaoying's martial arts had made a qualitative leap.Compared with before entering the female cavalry, her current martial arts skills are exquisite, and every spear thrust is full of power, which is not to be underestimated.

The generals who watched were also taken aback.

They all knew about the female knights of the Habayashi, but almost no one really took those female knights seriously. They all thought that they were just decorations, and at most they were regarded as honor guards of the emperor.After watching the performance of Han Shaoying and others, they suddenly realized that these female knights may not be considered real masters, but they are definitely qualified knights.It really went into battle, not weaker than most of them.

If every female knight in the women's battalion has such martial arts, then they can't treat the women's battalion as a display.

Han Sui was also surprised. "Your Majesty is really good at training soldiers. Women can also serve in the army."

Liu Xie was somewhat surprised. "Han Qing is serious. This is not my achievement, but the credit of Ma Yunlu and Ling Ai. It is they who practice martial arts hard every day, and also ask other people for advice, learn from others' strengths, and refine their own martial arts."

"Yunlu, Uncle Han underestimated you before." Han Sui gave Ma Yunlu a thumbs up.

Ma Yunlu bowed his body to salute, the cloud was calm and the wind was light. "Uncle Han is serious. In fact, it is not the case in the women's camp. Yulin and Huben are the same. Practicing martial arts during the day and reading at night, everyone is conscious. Even if His Majesty has a lot of work every day, he must do morning exercises every day. You can't leave your fists, and you can't leave your tunes. Mastery makes perfect.”

Ma Teng stroked his beard proudly, very satisfied with Ma Yunlu's answer.

Han Sui was secretly startled.All the soldiers under the emperor must study?This is probably too exaggerated.But with the performances of Han Shaoying and others in front, he couldn't help but not believe it.

If it is true, the strength of the three or 4000 people around the Son of Heaven cannot be reflected by the number of people.

No wonder he was able to defeat Li Jue and Guo Si in the Battle of Huayin and turn the tide.

If he also acts according to the law, in the future tens of thousands of elite soldiers will be sent out of the customs, will Yuan Shao still worry about whether Yuan Shao will be defeated?

For a moment, Han Sui's heart was surging.

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After seeing off the emperor and his party, Han Sui returned to the big tent, pacing back and forth.

After a while, Yan Xing and Han Shaoying arrived hand in hand.Han Sui immediately put on a smile and walked up to meet him quickly.

"Yanming, Shaoying, you are here."

Han Shaoying pouted. "Ah Weng, if you have anything to say, hurry up and talk about it, we still have something to do when we go back."

"Look at you, Aweng specially invited you here, so there must be something important." Han Yin was very dissatisfied with his sister's attitude. "You are really married, so you don't have the Han family in your heart?"

"What's the use of having the Han family in my heart? Do you regard us as members of the Han family?" Han Shaoying retorted angrily. "Why didn't you ask our opinion before you decided to show yourself in front of the emperor? It's too late to come to us now that you've lost face."

Yan Xing stopped Han Shaoying and asked, "What advice, Uncle?"

Han Sui sighed and invited Yan Xing and his wife to the upper seat. "Yanming, Shaoying, you are right. I did not pay enough attention to it before, but I turned a blind eye to it. I invite you to come today, just to ask about the training methods in the imperial camp, and see if I can learn something. two."

"Are you serious?" Han Shaoying said.

"Could it be fake?" Han Sui smiled wryly. "Shaoying, don't I want to be like the Son of Heaven who wins more with less and achieves a record like the Battle of Huayin, leaving a name in history? Don't you brother want to be like Yan Ming and Meng Qi, become a rising star and be valued by the Son of Heaven?"

Han Shaoying didn't refute any more, and the expression on his face softened a little.

Yan Xing thought for a moment, and said unhurriedly: "Actually, there is no secret at all. As long as my uncle can pay attention to soldiers, gather their experience, and save the essence from the waste, you can get a lot of things that you can't learn in military books. .”

"It's that simple?" Han Sui frowned slightly, feeling that Yan Xing was perfunctory.

Yan Xing nodded, and then said: "As for the specific battle, for example, the battle in front of us is a siege battle that we don't have much experience in, and we need to ask those veterans who have siege experience for advice. The process of collecting suggestions is also The process of understanding each person's strengths and weaknesses, and then arrange for those who are good at attacking the city to attack the city, and those who are good at bows and crossbows to cover the city, and each perform their duties, will naturally be able to get twice the result with half the effort."

Han Sui stroked his beard and fell silent.

Chapter 441

"Can Han Sui learn it?" Liu Xie asked casually.

Inside the imperial tent, Liu Xie and Jia Xu were sitting opposite each other, drinking tea and exchanging what they saw and heard in Han Sui's camp today.

When Yan Xing and Han Shaoying received Han Sui's invitation, they naturally wanted to ask for leave, and Liu Xie could guess what Han Sui would think.He was not afraid that Han Sui would learn his way of training soldiers, he was only worried that Han Sui would not be able to learn it.

Comrades are not afraid of many.On the contrary, the more comrades there are, the stronger and thicker his foundation will be.

"It's his good fortune to learn it well. It's his fate to fail to learn it." Jia Xu said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty teaches by precepts and deeds, and he is benevolent and righteous. You can't say it by ear."

Liu Xie said with a soft smile: "I am young and have little experience. Han Sui may not be able to bear this face. But Mr. is different. He may ask you for some dragon-slaying techniques and make a great achievement."

"From the great to the simple, there is no dragon-slaying technique that can win thousands of miles away." Jia Xu said lightly: "As His Majesty said, it is unrealistic to climb a mountain and soar into the sky. Put your head down , walking steadily, accumulating steps to reach thousands of miles, is the real way of asking."

Liu Xie laughed.After a while, he said, "I'm afraid he doesn't have such patience."

"It's not just him, in fact, most people don't have such patience." Jia Xu picked up the teapot on the fire, added a little water for Liu Xie, and filled his own cup. "The minister was a filial and incorruptible minister in the past, and he was a man in the court. He also traveled in the Taixue. Thirty thousand Taixue students thought that they could be the emperor's teacher after reading a few sage books. Whenever they were dissatisfied, they called friends and friends. The letter. If the court refuses, it means that the emperor is stupid and the powerful ministers are dead. But let them be a county magistrate, will they be able to govern well? In the end, they will not be as good as the light."

Liu Xie couldn't help but laugh.

The four words "Heguang Tongchen" are used very well, and they are very detrimental.

But Jia Xu said that the biggest problem of scholars is that they are idealized and unrealistic.Once ideals hit a wall in the face of cruel reality, the vast majority of them will abandon their ideals and succumb to reality.

After all, ideals cannot be eaten. After all, those who are truly willing to fight for their ideals for life are a minority, and they are often criticized by empty talkers.

"The merits and demerits of thousands of years, I will leave it to future generations to tell." Liu Xie pointed at Jia Xu, and pointed at himself. "It's enough for you and me to live up to our original aspirations. Do your best and try to add more meals!"

Jia Xu also laughed. "With His Majesty's good words, I also want to live a few more years and see the peaceful and prosperous world with my own eyes."

"Peace and prosperity can be expected, but the immediate matter must be dealt with first." Liu Xie pulled out a few pages from the side and pushed them in front of Jia Xu. "Sir, here are a few things I drafted, take a look."

Jia Xu put down the teacup, took it with both hands, and read by the light.

This is a draft plan written by Liu Xie himself. The title has been revised several times, smeared and smeared, and finally changed to the Bingliang Revitalization Draft. There are several programs written behind it, including Zhimuyuan, Iron and Steel, and Trade Road. But the first one is to promote education.

Jia Xu moved the light closer and read carefully.

In terms of promoting education, Liu Xie proposed to set up schools in the army to teach soldiers to read, to know loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and proposed to establish a teacher system in the army, not only to teach soldiers to read, but also to assist generals in combat.

Jia Xu pondered for a moment. "Your Majesty, it shouldn't be difficult for scholars to teach soldiers to read. But assisting generals in combat, isn't it..."

"Mr. is also a scholar, and he is also a master of the art of war." Liu Xie said: "Although Bingliang has entered the territory of China for hundreds of years, many people do not have much faith in China. This is not their fault. The food and clothing are not enough. Who It also takes care of etiquette and righteousness. The purpose of assigning teachers is not only to let them know etiquette and righteousness, but also to preserve and refine their survival wisdom so that they can live better, including of course surviving on the battlefield."

"Your Majesty's intentions are far-reaching, which is naturally good, but in such a hurry, how can there be so many teachers available?"

"That's why I discussed it with my husband." Liu Xie smiled. "I would like to ask Mr. to teach some young people, and let them teach others after they have finished their studies. One time to ten, ten to one hundred, that is, two or three years of work, there are probably enough teachers available. This matter I originally wanted Yang Xiu to be responsible, but he went to Hanyang, so I can only work hard, Mr.

Jia Xu waved his hand and pondered for a moment. "Your Majesty wants to teach and educate in Liangzhou, and I can't ask for it. It's hard to say. It's just that Liangzhou's household registration is limited, and there are not so many idlers available, so we can only choose from the army. This course should not be too difficult, otherwise the effect will be too slow."

Liu Xie clapped his hands and smiled.

He knew that Jia Xu would not object, so he discussed with Jia Xu as soon as he prepared the draft.This matter not only requires Jia Xu's approval, but also Jia Xu's implementation.In two to three years, one thousand teachers will be trained to control one hundred thousand troops and turn them into the elite of the court, not the trilogy of generals like Han Sui.

Only with such an army can he safely take him out of the customs and calm the world.

If he is still like Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, wouldn't he lead the beast to eat people?

"Your Majesty, please think twice and prepare the lecture notes."

"It should." Liu Xie raised two fingers. "Handouts should include at least two aspects: why to fight and how to fight."

Jia Xu raised her eyebrows lightly, a gleam of light flashed in her deep eyes, and then she regained her composure, and bowed in worship.