Steel Dynasty - Chapter 367

[Chapter 367 Youzhou City]

On the city wall of Shanhaiguan, everyone looked at the barbarian territory.

After Zhan Xingchang raised the question, Xiao Ming nodded. Niu Ben’s words were correct, and Zhan Xingchang’s words were also correct.

So after summing up, he said: “Leave the review of slave soldiers to the long history of the army. They are the most suitable for ideological work. Those slave soldiers who can stay in the army must not be retained. Those who cannot stay in the army must not be retained.” “What I want is an absolutely loyal team, not a large number.”

Niu Ben and Lu Fei nodded. They are only responsible for making suggestions. This ideological work is naturally the responsibility of Zhan Xingchang, Pang Yukun and others. .

Because in their opinion, it would be a waste to not use so many slave soldiers.

After inspecting Shanhaiguan and giving instructions on the reconstruction and formation of the Youzhou Army, Xiao Ming said to Lei Ming who was following him, “Lei Ming, you are from Youzhou. The soldiers in Guan Ning’s cavalry are also from Youzhou. This Youzhou Army You are also responsible for the formation of the army. If you perform well, I will hand over the leadership of the Youzhou Army to you in the future. “

Lei Ming came with Xiao Ming this time.

On the way, Xiao Ming told him that the Guan Ning Cavalry would be stationed in Shanhaiguan from now on. After all, Youzhou was recovered, and they, the former children of Youzhou, would have a hometown from now on.

After being displaced to Cangzhou, Lei Ming didn’t think about regaining Youzhou for a day. He rode a tall horse back to his hometown of Youzhou City with great courage and high spirits.

Now that this opportunity has come, and he still has the opportunity to become the top military commander of Youzhou, how can he not be happy?

Overjoyed, he said to Xiao Ming: “Yes, Your Highness, you can tell if these slave soldiers are really from Youzhou by just asking a few questions. If you want to sneak into the Youzhou army and make bad plans, you have to ask me and answer them.” No.”

The other generals laughed immediately when they heard this, but they forgot that there was also a Guan Ning cavalry.

These are all elite cavalry composed of Youzhou people. With these people serving as the backbone of the Youzhou Army, it will be no problem to form the Youzhou Army.

Seeing others laughing, Lei Ming felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, “Your Highness, the general is too impatient. It’s a bit awkward for the commander of the Youzhou Army to ask me to be the commander…”

“Don’t pay attention to them. Soldiers who don’t want to be generals can do it. “

If you are not a good soldier, a general who does not want to be a general is not a good general.”

Xiao Ming patted Lei Ming on the shoulder.

Since the Guan Ning cavalry was handed over to Lei Ming, the cavalry team has expanded almost three times, which can also be seen from Lei Ming’s ability.

And as Lei Ming said, this team is also the most ruthless against the barbarians.

After talking about the Youzhou Army, Xiao Ming Niuben said: “The Shanhaiguan Pass has been recovered, but now there is still a problem that needs to be dealt with.”

“Youzhou!” Zhan Xingchang guessed the answer.

Xiao Ming nodded, “Yes, it is Youzhou City. Now that the barbarians have abandoned Youzhou City, we have to take over. After all, Youzhou City is now an empty city.”

Everyone nodded.

Niu Ben said: “Your Highness, now all the barbarians in Youzhou City have been withdrawn. At this time, Youzhou City is just an undefended city. At the end of tomorrow, I will lead the three thousand cavalry of Guan Ning’s cavalry to follow Your Highness.” It’s just that they are all from Youzhou, so it’s unlikely that it will work wonders.”

Xiao Ming nodded and agreed with Niu Ben’s words. He was a little tired after a busy day, so he rested in the military town that night.

The next day he and his oxen rushed towards Youzhou City. This time he left Jiansheying and Zhan Xingchang behind in Shanhaiguan. After he went to Youzhou, he was ready to return to Qingzhou.

This time, they put down the rebellion in Jizhou, defeated Beishan, and captured Shanhaiguan. Such an important event must have shaken the capital.

In addition, he was about to get married to Fei Yue’er, so his second trip to Chang’an was inevitable.

Youzhou City is in the southwest of Shanhaiguan. Starting from Shanhaiguan, they arrived at Youzhou City the next day.

“This is the city where King Kang once lived. After ten years of hard times, this city is still like this. It really hasn’t changed at all.” Niu Ben said with emotion.

The terrain changes slightly after entering Youzhou City. Rivers, woods, trails and some farmland can all be seen.

This was also the only place where he could feel the difference in the grassland after entering it.

Lei Ming followed closely behind Xiao Ming. He looked a little nervous at this time. He was only thirteen years old when he left Youzhou, but now he has reached his thirties.

Looking at his former hometown, he couldn’t help but feel a little sad, and every bit of his life here slowly flashed through his mind.

“Your Highness, these barbarians are really abominable. Originally there was a lot of cultivated land in Youzhou, but now it is all abandoned and turned into grassland.” Lei Ming said angrily.

Although the barbarians took over Youzhou, they still couldn’t change their grazing habits, so they turned the cultivated land into grassland.

It is precisely because of this that in ten years, this place has become a grassland-like place.

Xiao Ming said with a smile: “So I hope that your Youzhou Army will retaliate and deal with them severely in the future.”

“Please rest assured, Your Highness, Lei Ming will definitely make them pay back ten times.”

Niu Ben also smiled, and said The man talked all the way and soon arrived at the foot of Youzhou City.

At this time, there were many people wandering outside the gate of Youzhou City. When they saw them coming, they were so frightened that they fled back into the city.

“Your Highness, I will take someone into the city to investigate.” Lei Ming said.

After that, Lei Ming led five hundred cavalry and rushed into Youzhou City.

Xiao Ming looked at Youzhou City in front of him. At this time, there were more than a dozen dry corpses hanging on the top of the city. The corpses were now in full glory and seemed to be some years old.

The words “Youzhou City” on the city gate were also severely damaged, and the words “Youzhou” could not be seen.

From the outside, the entire Youzhou City looks like an isolated island on the grassland.

When coming to Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming also passed by other cities, including Shunzhou and Yunzhou.

However, at this time, these cities were left with broken walls and damaged houses. There was no one in the city, only hares and rats running around in the city.

Therefore, Youzhou City was the only city among the sixteen states of Yanyun that still had a population.

“Back then, the barbarians were massacred after entering the customs. Almost all the people in other cities were killed and injured. The remaining population was also driven to Youzhou. I hope that the population of Youzhou City can be larger.”

Taking advantage of the thunder, he went to the city to inspect .

While walking, Niu Ben talked about the past.

“The brutality of the barbarians is really outrageous.”

He remembered that the population of King Kang’s fiefdom was once at least one million households. According to the current situation, at least 500,000 or 600,000 households were massacred.

There were more than one million people. Thinking of this, Xiao Ming felt heartbroken. After conquering Shanhaiguan, he almost got a blank land.

The two were chatting outside the city, and Lei Ming quickly ran back with blood on his saber. He said, “Your Highness, there are still some slave soldiers left by the barbarians in the city.”

(End of Chapter)