Chapter 23 Barracks
Xu walked out of the hut and saw Jia Xu and Jia Mu with a weird expression. She didn't expect her husband and eldest son to come back so soon.
Xu took out a piece of clothing and changed it to Jia Xu as usual, but Jia Xu used his actions to stop Xu and put it on himself, respecting each other as guests.
"I would have liked my husband who came back more than an hour earlier." Xu said to himself.
"Why?" Jia Xu asked.
"Any guest from Hedong County comes to visit you from thousands of miles away." Xu replied.
"Who is his last name? Let me know." Jia Xu paused and asked again.
Wuwei County is in the front section of the Hexi Corridor, which is far from Hedong. Jia Xu knows that it will take half a month to get to Hedong even if he rides a horse.
Liu Fanqiu was eager to find talent and came to Wuwei in just ten days.
"His name is Liu Fan. He is tall, handsome, very elegant, and a very polite boy." Xu thought for a while and said to Jia Xu.
"Liu Fan from Hedong, is it the Marquis of Xiqin Ting who has the power to resist the tripod?" Jia Xu thought of the horse-riding boy he met just now at the entrance of the village, and hurriedly asked Xu: "What's he going to do with me?"
Xu shook his head, and then told Jia Xu the words Liu Fan had before leaving: "He said you have Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's talent."
Jia Xu's expression changed. He stood there for a long time before he asked, "Liu Fan, do you know me?"
More than ten days later, Liu Fan appeared outside Jiangyi City.
"Master, you are finally back." Liu Hai, who was standing at the gate of the city, was talking to the soldiers guarding the gate, and saw Liu Fan riding a horse running over excitedly.
Guan Yu was afraid that Liu Fan would not be able to find the military camp after he came back, so he sent Liu Hai to guard the city gate and waited for Liu Fan to come back.
"Liu Hai, can five thousand soldiers be recruited intact? Can the armor and weapons be in place?" Liu Hai took Liu Fan to the military camp, Liu Fan took the opportunity to ask Liu Hai.
"Five thousand soldiers were recruited exactly yesterday; armor and weapons were also sent by Jiangyi County Magistrate Shaoyang a few days ago, including eight hundred bows and two hundred arms and crossbows." Liu Hai replied.
The crossbow is expensive, so Wang Yi has invested a lot of money, especially the two hundred arms and crossbows, and the range of arm and crossbows is 300 steps. It can be pulled apart with just two stones. It is a powerful tool to deal with cavalry.
"How many soldiers are recruited with superior martial arts than you?" Since Liu Fan recruited 300 private soldiers, Liu Hai has been very young and energetic. Except for him and Guan Yu, no one has been convinced. Liu Fan has also scolded him many times for this.
Liu Hai touched her head embarrassedly, and said with a blushing face: "At least dozens of people have better martial arts than me, and two of them are very valued by the teacher."
The martial arts trend was extremely strong during the Han and Tang dynasties. Because foreign wars were frequent, many people who could take care of food and clothing would choose to practice martial arts. The 300 private soldiers recruited by Liu Fan last time were selected from refugees, and there were few martial artists. The people who came to join the army this time came from all over Hedong, and many of them had aspirations.
Liu Hai appointed Guan Yu as his teacher, so he called Guan Yu as his teacher. The title of master in this era refers to the emperor's teacher. Among the masters, the master refers to the crown prince's grand master, and the tutor refers to the crown prince's grand master. It has been circulated during the Qin and Han Dynasties. As a master, he is a noble minister.
It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the word "master" became "master" and was used in the folk.
"Learn martial arts from Yun Chang. Yun Chang's martial arts are the top martial arts in the world. Don't be afraid of my ability to fight against the tripod and fight life and death, I am definitely not Yun Chang's opponent. As long as you learn Yun Chang's martial arts, you can become a top-notch military general. In addition, you must learn more about military strategies. Otherwise, no matter how high your martial arts are, it is just a brave man!" Liu Fan inspires Liu Hai. At the same time, he reminds himself that there are people in the world, there are heavens outside of heaven, some are left in history, and some are not recorded in history.
Although Liu Hai's martial arts are not considered a third-rate, he is only fifteen years old. Liu Hai's strength and perseverance are good. As long as it is well carved, it will be a piece of beautiful jade.
"Don't worry, master, I will definitely become your right-hand man. Whoever dares to block your way depends on whether the big knife in my hand agrees with it!" Liu Hai said with great fighting spirit. After saying that, he raised the big knife in his hand.
Not far from the military camp, they met 300 private soldiers wearing red armor. At this time, they were practicing riding. Since this was Liu Fan's first army, Guan Yu was very strict with them. He practiced riding in the morning and archery in the afternoon. Only by learning all these two items can he learn riding and shooting. Their training difficulty and training time are much more harsh than the newly recruited 5,000 soldiers. But they did not complain, because they used to be refugees who were just refugees who were unable to cover their bodies and could not eat. They were willing to use their lives to repay the favors of Xiqinting Hou to them and their families.
"Greetings to the head of the family!" Liu Fan and Liu Hai arrived, and everyone immediately noticed, quickly dismounted and bowed to one knee.
"I am a Sima of the army. From now on, you will call me Sima. In the future, you will no longer be the guardian of the Marquis of Xiqinting, but the cavalry of Hedong County. You must not violate the order!" The private soldiers' kneeling and bowing did not make Liu Fan happy, but instead scolded him.
"Meet Sima!" Everyone quickly changed their voices.
Liu Fan nodded with satisfaction and asked them to get up and continue training.
After arriving at the military camp, Liu Fan saw soldiers training everywhere, basically a team of 100 people, each training with his own hands. Each team had a leader, and it should be a young general promoted by Guan Yu.
Liu Hai took Liu Fan to Guan Yu's camp. Although the soldiers around him did not know Liu Fan, they knew that Liu Hai was Guan Yu's favorite disciple and no one stopped him.
At this time, Guan Yu was talking about the way to train troops with two young men in armor in the military camp. Both young men were more than eight feet tall, one of them listened very seriously and asked questions from time to time; the other was absent-minded and obviously did not like the way to train troops.
After Guan Yu saw Liu Hai breaking into the tent, he was about to scold him when he saw Liu Fan, who immediately entered the tent, and immediately stood up to greet him.
Seeing Guan Yu get up, the two young men naturally would not sit down, and immediately got up and followed Guan Yu. Although Guan Yu had no position, they were all recruited by Guan Yu. Not to mention anything else, Guan Yu's martial arts convinced them.
Chapter completed!