After Lu Ning's army returned to their residence, the soldiers who went to the expedition rested for a few days, and Lu Ning called the only so-called middle-level leaders under Lu Ning to study the next work of Lu Ning's army.

After everyone arrived, Lu Ning glanced at everyone and said seriously: "Everyone knows that our army now has nearly 5,000 soldiers and more than 20,000 war horses. But our soldiers do not have enough time to train, have weak combat power, and are lax in discipline. This is not a good phenomenon! We must seize the time to strengthen the training. The enemy will not wait until our army is trained before attacking us. They may attack our army at any time. We must be prepared for various combat."

After hearing this, Zhang Liao stood up and said, "Don't worry, lord, I will train soldiers in the next step, strengthen training for new soldiers joining our army, and especially strengthen the education of military rules and military disciplines."

After hearing this, Lu Ning nodded and continued: "Now, many people flock to us from all directions every day. The total number has reached more than 20,000, which puts great pressure on us. We no longer have excess food to help the people. Although we have seized a batch of gold, silver and jewelry, it cannot solve our current difficulties. We have no way to use it to buy the food, cloth, weapons and armor and other materials we need. We have no place to buy it. Even if we can buy some of the food, it is not a long-term solution. If this situation continues, I guess it won't take long to go, the people around us will have unrest, or even kill each other. We may be attacked by the Xianbei people and the Huns and the Iron Cavalry of the Tartars at any time. This is a very serious problem. Everyone talks about what can solve our difficulties."

Lu Ning's subordinates look at me and look at you. What's the point? So, Lu Ning really lacks think tanks and staff talents now, and he has no choice but to do so. Who would be willing to follow those famous scholars who have nothing, even have no status, let alone anything else.

Zhang Liao looked left and right, and found that no one was talking, so he mustered up the courage to say, "Lord, we now have nearly 5,000 soldiers. Although we don't have enough training time and are not very strong in combat, I still think we should defeat Yanmen County now so that we have our own base and we can have a place to settle these people, otherwise we will not be able to fundamentally solve the problem. Only by allowing the people to have settlements and land can they gradually get rid of the predicament. The seized materials of our army cannot be maintained at all, and in the future, the target of our army's attack is getting farther and farther away from our residence, even if we seize a certain amount of food, we will not be able to transport it back. It is already very good for our army to be able to support the people, so we have the ability to support the people. Moreover, if we do not resettle these people well, they will not be able to protect them with the current strength of our army, and even our army will be implicated. Our army currently does not have the ability to make decisions with the Tartar cavalry."

After hearing Zhang Liao's words, the other people also said in unison that they were going to attack Yanmen County.

Lu Ning looked at them with his eyes and said, "You are not afraid of fighting on both sides or even on three sides. Once you conquer Yanmen County, there will be Dingyuan's army in front of Lu Ning's army, Xianbei iron cavalry behind them, Qiang, Hun, Xiongnu and other iron cavalry in the west, and they may attack us. Maybe even the court will send troops to clear us. If they all rushed towards us together, would we be able to bear it?"

After hearing this, Zhang Liao thought carefully for a while and said, "Lord, what you said is true. These situations may happen, but we have no choice but to resist now. As for the Ding Yuan army in front, I think it is not a big problem. As long as we capture Yinguan City and quickly grab Yanmen Pass, our army can barely block Ding Yuan's attack as long as we place two or three thousand soldiers on Yanmen Pass. As for the other two routes, it is very difficult to bear. I think as long as we plan properly and find opportunities, we may survive. If the soldiers are not equipped with enough personnel, we will recruit a little more and let them guard the checkpoints and cities while training them, and under the leadership of veterans. As long as we have two or three thousand cavalry in our hands, we can launch sneak attacks and harass tribes such as Qianghu, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and try to delay their time for us, so that we still have a glimmer of life."

After hearing this, Lu Ning nodded. Zhang Liao was indeed far away from ordinary people and thoughtfully.

Lu Ning smiled and said, "Wenyuan, two or three thousand soldiers stationed at Yanmen Pass. If you want to resist the attack of Ding Yuan's army, you must have a general, otherwise you will not be able to defend it. As far as I know, Ding Yuan has several very good generals, especially Ding Yuan's adopted son Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian. His bravery may be unparalleled today. Gao Shun, the general under Lu Bu, is a master of training soldiers and is very good at leading troops to fight. Although his courage is not as good as Lu Bu, he is not as good as Wen Yuan. His comprehensive ability is very strong. To a certain extent, it is easy to deal with Lu Bu, but it is not easy to deal with Gao Shun. The reason is that although Lu Bu is brave, he is just a brave man with developed limbs and simple minds, while Gao Shun is different. His comprehensive ability should not be lower than Wen Yuan."

After hearing Lu Ning's words, Zhang Liao said, "How did the lord know these things? Why haven't I heard of them in Bingzhou? But no matter what, we still have to attack Yanmen County. This is the only way for our army to survive. If our army does not have a base, it will be difficult for our army to gain a foothold in the north."

Lu Ning said to his subordinates: "All you all agree to attack Yanmen County?"

Everyone said in unison: "Yes, lord, we firmly agree to attack Yanmen County."

Lu Ning said firmly: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll take everyone to bet on him. You can immediately send scouts to various places in Yanmen to collect intelligence, and after we figure out all the situations, we will formulate a combat plan. The soldiers' training cannot be relaxed for a moment. We must keep abreast of their movements for the enemies around us, and report them as soon as possible."

Everyone said in unison: "All Lords orders."

In the following days, Lu Ning gathered all the people who knew the words and wrote and wrote documents, and could write and painted together to form a small team. Lu Ning told them: "You all know that the court now does not care about us, and the government does not care about it. We have no way to go now, we can only rely on everyone to manage together. In the future, you will have to show all your abilities, help me manage and resettle refugees. I don't know if you are willing?"
Chapter completed!