A few days later, Cao Pi and Chen Qun had returned to Yedu, and the north was temporarily calm. Except for Liu Qubei occupying Lingzhou, causing a large number of Qiang people to continue to flee south, no other news came. In Guanzhong and Longxi, the Han army had 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 could recruit cavalry from the Wuhuan people, but also among the agricultural Qiang people who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, such as Longxi and Hehuang.

Especially this time, the Huns captured Lingzhou and slaughtered a large number of Qiang people in blood, which aroused great indignation among the Qiang people everywhere. They could take advantage of the Qiang people's hatred against the Huns and recruit Qiang cavalry. Liu Jing finally realized that relying solely on the sharp bow and crossbow, he could not defeat the Hu cavalry on the grassland. He had to build a powerful cavalry.

In the large military camp outside the south of Chang'an City, there are more than 100,000 people living here who have already allocated their new homes and are preparing to set off after the summer harvest. Outside the west gate of the military camp, the Han army set up ten large recruiting tents here. In front of the largest camp, a large red flag was planted with two large black words "recruiting tents" embroidered on it.

Tens of thousands of fat sheep were enclosed in the huge sheep pen next to the camp. If recruited as cavalry, their family could immediately reward three fat sheep. In addition, the family would double the food subsidy during the transition period and would also receive twenty acres of additional military fields. At the same time, their family could also stay in Shangjun and Beidi County to engage in farming without having to migrate to various places in 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 can be left in the Shangjun and Beidijun they are familiar with, which makes Wuhuan young and strong.

In just three days, they recruited more than 10,000 young Wuhuan people, but Wuhuan people who came to sign up were still in a row. That morning, Liu Jing, surrounded by guards, also came to the military camp outside the Nancheng to inspect the recruitment situation. This was his second inspection of the Nanjun Camp after he returned. The first time he inspected Wuhuan immigrants and personally bid farewell to a group of Wuhuan immigrants to Hanzhong.

There were long queues in front of several recruitment tents, each with at least two or three hundred people. The young herdsmen were eager to try. The test yard on the other side was bustling and noisy. The people around were cheering loudly. On the other side were dozens of horse-riding applicants, divided into three teams, each holding a bow and arrow in his hand, with a little nervous expression.

The test is very simple, which is to test riding and shooting. The applicant needs to ride a horse and run a hundred steps on a 100-step runway. At least two arrows must be shot in the middle. One arrow is shot on the back of the horse, and one arrow must be shot under the horse's belly. There are more than a dozen straw men placed outside the left thirty steps. The requirement is very simple. You don't have to hit the grass man, as long as you can hit the wooden board behind the grass man, and the arrow will not land.

This condition is indeed very low. Equestrians are good at Wuhuan people. Most children can get into the belly of a horse. Archery is basically a necessary skill for every adult Wuhuan people. The difference between Wuhuan people is only the level of archery. Of course, you can shoot three arrows or four arrows. It is better to shoot arrows into the grass man, especially the head of the grass man, which is the best. This is related to whether you become a soldier or an officer after joining the army.

If you can be selected as an officer above the Military Martial Arts, you will have the opportunity to study in Chang'an Imperial Academy for half a year, and learn Chinese and military tactics.

Therefore, the nervousness of the applicant is not whether he can complete the designated two arrows, but whether he can shoot the grass man in the head. At this time, three war drums sounded, and the three recruited knights ran out a few steps away from each other, and at the same time. They were agile in their movements, controlled the horse with both legs, reached out to draw an arrow from the quiver on their backs, and took a bow and arrow, and the movement was completed in one go without any slack.

All three arrows were shot at the grass man, two of which were missing, one of which hit the grass man's face, arousing cheers. In a moment, the war horse had already run away dozens of steps. The three of them drilled into the horse's belly and shot the third arrow, two of which shot the grass man, and the other arrow was shot off.

The cheers around were getting louder and louder. The applicant shot on the face of the grass man had shot four arrows in a row. The arrow shot on the face of the grass man, and the other two shot only two arrows each. It was considered that the recruited soldiers were successful. At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on the powerful archer, and they were still two steps away from the finish line. At the moment when they were about to pass the finish line, he shot an arrow, and the arrow hit the forehead of the grass man.

Five arrows were shot in five, and the arrow shot in the head was the first person in two days. It aroused a lot of cheers around, and even Liu Jing couldn't help but applaud. His eyes were like torch, and he could see that the last arrow of the knight could be shot in advance. He deliberately placed it in front of the line and shot it out the moment, which made it even more sensational. This person was quite scheming, and Liu Jing thought to himself.

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

Soon, the guards led the archer to the archer. The archer didn't know that the person who met him was actually the King of Han, and thought he was just an ordinary Han general. He quickly knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See General!"

He actually spoke fluent Chinese. Liu Jing became more and more surprised. When he looked at the person carefully, he saw that he was very young, about in his early twenties, and tall. Although he was wearing Wuhuan costumes, his face was Han. Liu Jing couldn't help but smile and said, "What's your name? Are you a Wuhuan?"

"Report to the general, the little people named Sasnu, and the Chinese name is Yang Ying. He was born in Fengyi County, Guanzhong, and grew up in the Wuhuan Ass tribe of Shangjun."

The As tribe is a small tribe of Wuhuan, famous for its good sabers. Many Wuhuan generals were born in the As tribe and were disbanded and assigned to the three counties of Longxi and Bashu. Liu Jing nodded and asked, "It seems that you are a Han Chinese and have a name for Chinese. Could it be that you were captured and robbed to Shangjun?"

Yang Ying cried in a low voice: "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, in the Bingzhou, the Xiongnu sent troops to fight against the Xiliang army in Guanzhong. Xiaomin was only five years old. At that time, he was captured by the Xiongnu and plundered to the north by the Xiongnu. Later, he was assigned to the Wuhuan As tribe as a slave. He was the sheep slave of the commander of Wuhuan, and shed sheep with his mother for a living. Sas was shot to death while fighting against the Han army, so Xiaomin and his mother were free."

Liu Jing was quite moved. In the past years, I don’t know how many Han people were captured and plundered to the north as slaves. Yang Ying was just one of them. It was rare that he had such skillful archery and riding skills. Liu Jing asked again: “Who did you learn archery from?”

"Xiaomin's master is a general of Wuhuan. He is very powerful and has to select some young people from his tribe and slaves to learn riding and shooting every year. Xiaomin was selected when he was ten years old and practiced riding and shooting hard for ten years."

"Then do you know other martial arts?"

"I learned from my own teaching of the sword technique left by my father. The little people are naturally powerful and can use a big sword of fifty pounds."

Liu Jing nodded, pulled out an arrow and smiled and said, "This arrow is given to you, can you read?"

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

Liu Jing nodded, "I appointed you as the Marquis of Military Affairs, so you can go to the Imperial Academy to learn military tactics, work hard, and support your mother."

"General Thank you!"

Liu Jing smiled, urged the horse to leave the examination room and slowly headed into the city. At this time, Yang Ying found words engraved on the arrow shaft. He looked carefully and saw a line of small characters engraved on it, "The Arrow of the King of Han". Yang Ying was stunned and suddenly looked up at Liu Jing's back.

The chief examiner walked forward, patted his shoulder heavily, and smiled and said, "Overall winners are the highest position of the chief of the garrison, but you have been promoted to the marquis of military affairs in one step, and His Highness the King of Han personally promoted him. It's rare! Do it well and don't let the King of Han down."

Yang Ying was moved. His nose felt sour and tears came out of his eyes in a bad mood. He wiped away the tears and said, "I will never disappoint His Highness the King of Han."

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Shortly after Liu Jing returned to Chang'an, a carriage also entered the East City Gate. He inquired all the way, and finally stopped slowly in front of the Han Palace. Outside the carriage, several followers riding horses, were covered in dust. Inside the carriage was a gray-haired old man, Qiao Xuan, the father of the second Qiao. He came by boat from Jiangdong, turned from Xiangyang to Nanyang Road, and passed Wuguan to enter Guanzhong. It took a full month and a half.

Qiao Xuan came to Chang'an because he received a letter written by Princess Tao Zhan of Han. From the letter, he learned that Liu Jing intended to take Xiao Qiao as his concubine, so the real reason why Liu Jing took Xiao Qiao to the Han Palace in Chengdu made Qiao Xuan suddenly realize.

Although Qiao Xuan was not very willing to marry Liu Jing, no matter Cao Cao or Liu Jing, such a hero in the world, would not take women too seriously. However, compared to Cao Cao, Liu Jing could still be accepted by Qiao Xuan, at least he was about the king of the world.

After understanding this, Qiao Xuan decided to fulfill his father's responsibilities and traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an. He hoped to complete the matchmaker's words and parents' orders. He hoped that Liu Jing would marry his daughter, not take him.

Although they are both concubines, the nature of marriage and marriage are completely different. Just like Dong Zhuo marrying Huangfu Gui's widow, although he is taking a concubine, he still shows off his grand occasion, and carries a hundred vehicles, twenty horses, and slaves make money and silk, and marry them in a grand manner.

Although Qiao Xuan does not intend to be so arrogant, he also hopes that his daughter can get started by marrying, which is extremely important to Xiao Qiao's future status.

The carriage stopped in front of the Han Palace, and a entourage came forward to report. After a moment, Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang went out to hear the news. Xiao Qiao was surprised and happy, and stepped forward to hold his father's hand and said, "Dad, why are you here?"

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

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

Sun Shangxiang greeted him and bowed and smiled: "Welcome to Chang'an by the elderly in the country!"

Of course, Sun Shangxiang was extremely happy to see the people in her hometown. She especially wanted to know the situation of her mother's burial. Sun Shangxiang invited Qiao Xuan into the mansion and ordered the housekeeper to arrange a residence. At this time, Tao Zhan also rushed over and Qiao Xuan hurriedly said, "See the princess!"

"Your Majesty Guo, don't be polite. I hope to come to our place, just like going to your own home. You please!"

Xiao Qiao knew that Tao Zhan was in poor health these two days and came to see her father specially to give her face. She was moved and worried that her father would take her away, so she seemed to be worried and went to the end.

Tao Zhan knew the world better than Sun Shangxiang because she wrote to Qiao Xuan. When she heard that Qiao Xuan was coming, she knew that Xiao Qiao's entry was finally natural. Of course, Qiao Xuan would not come to pick up his daughter, but could only come for Xiao Qiao to remarry. This incident has bothered their family for a long time and finally there will be a result.

Although Tao Zhan is a tolerant woman, no woman is willing to see her husband marrying other women one after another. Tao Zhan had no choice but to know that she had already made her husband unhappy last time. If she obstructed Xiao Qiao's affairs, the consequence would probably be that she could not bear it.

During this period, Tao Zhan also felt that her husband was a little cold towards her and often did not return to the mansion. Even if he returned to the mansion, he would go to Shangxiang's place, which made Tao Zhan feel extremely uncomfortable. After all, it was because he had too few wives and concubines. For example, Cao Cao had hundreds of wives and concubines, and Sun Quan also had dozens of wives and concubines. However, his dignified King of Han only had two wives and one concubine, which was not even comparable to ordinary wealthy families. It was ridiculous to say.

More importantly, there have been many rumors since the beginning of the year that in order to protect her son's status, she did not hesitate to obstruct the Han King from taking a concubine, which led to the Han King only having two sons so far. Now the responsibility of the Han Prince's son being relatively young has been on her. In addition, Xiao Bao's mother was unfortunately miscarried not long ago, and even the military began to be dissatisfied with her. The huge pressure made Tao Zhan unbearable.

It was precisely because of this that Tao Zhan decided to let Xiao Qiao enter. Fortunately, Qiao Xuan arrived in time, so Tao Zhan wanted to talk about this with Qiao Xuan. Everyone sat down in the guest hall and exchanged some greetings casually. At this time, Qiao Xuan smiled and said, "I have a few words to say to the princess. Can Shangxiang and A Lian avoid it first?"

Sun Shangxiang and Xiao Qiao were stunned. Although they felt strange in their hearts, out of politeness, they still stood up and retreated temporarily.
Chapter completed!