Iron Dynasty

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

After Zhan Xingchang questioned, Xiao Ming nodded, Niu Ben's words were right, and Zhan Xingchang's words were also right.

So after summarizing it, he said: Let the review of the slave soldiers be handed over to the long history of the army. They are the most suitable for ideological work. For these slave soldiers who can stay in the army, they must not stay in the army. , what this king wants is an absolutely loyal team, not a huge number.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei nodded. They were only responsible for making suggestions. Naturally, this ideological work belonged to Zhan Xingchang, Pang Yukun and others.

Because in their opinion, so many slave soldiers don't have to be a waste.

After inspecting Shanhaiguan and giving orders to rebuild and form the Youzhou Army, Xiao Ming said to Lei Ming, who was following him, Lei Ming, you are from Youzhou, and the soldiers in the Guanning Iron Cavalry are also from Youzhou. This Youzhou Army You are also responsible for the formation of the army, and if you perform well, the king of the Youzhou army will be handed over to you to rule in the future.

This time, Lei Ming came along with Xiao Ming.

On the way, Xiao Ming told him that Guan Ning Cavalry would be stationed in Shanhaiguan in the future. After all, Youzhou was recaptured, and these former Youzhou children would have their hometown since then.

After Dian Pei was displaced to Cangzhou, there was not a day when Lei Ming did not want to recover Youzhou. He rode a tall horse, majestic, and returned to his hometown, Youzhou City, in high spirits.

Now this opportunity has come, and he has the opportunity to become the supreme military commander of Youzhou, why is he unhappy.

Overjoyed, he said to Xiao Ming, Yes, Your Highness, are these slave soldiers really from Youzhou people who can see through them by asking a few questions, and if you want to infiltrate the Youzhou army and make bad ideas, you have to ask me. Do not agree.

The other generals burst into laughter when they heard the words, but they forgot that there was 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 is no problem to form the Youzhou Army.

Seeing others laughing, Lei Ming felt a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, Your Highness, the last general is too impatient, this Youzhou Army commander asked me to be a little...

Don't pay attention to them. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a general who doesn't want to be a general is not a good general.

Xiao Ming patted Lei Ming on the shoulder.

Since the Guanning Iron Cavalry was handed over to Lei Ming, the cavalry team has almost tripled, which shows Lei Ming's ability.

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

After talking about the Youzhou Army, Xiao Ming Niuben said: This Shanhaiguan has been recovered, but now there is still a trouble to deal with.

Youzhou! Zhan Xingchang guessed the answer.

Xiao Ming nodded, Yes, it is Youzhou City. Now that the barbarians have left Youzhou City, we are going to take over. After all, the current Youzhou City is an empty city.

The crowd nodded.

Niu Ben said: His Royal Highness, now the barbarians in Youzhou City have also withdrawn. At this time, Youzhou City is just a defenseless city. At the end of tomorrow, the three thousand cavalry of Guan Ning's iron cavalry will be led by His Highness. That is, they are all from Youzhou, and it is impossible to say that they will have a miraculous effect.

Xiao Ming nodded and agreed with Niu Ben. After a busy day, he was also a little tired. He rested in the military town for the night.

The next day, he rushed to Youzhou City with the cattle. This time, he left the construction camp and Zhan Xingchang in Shanhaiguan. After he went to Youzhou, he was ready to go back to Qingzhou.

This time, the turmoil in Jizhou was quelled, Bei Shan was defeated, and Shanhaiguan was taken down. Such an important matter must shake the capital.

In addition, he is about to marry Fei Yue'er, and the second trip to Chang'an is inevitable.

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

This is the city where King Kang once lived. After ten years of wind and frost, this city is still like this. It really hasn't changed at all. Niu Ben said with emotion.

Entering Youzhou City, the terrain changes slightly, and you can see rivers, woods, trails, and some farmland.

This is also the only place where he can feel the difference in the grassland after entering the grassland.

Lei Ming followed Xiao Ming closely. At this time, his expression was a little nervous. He was only thirteen years old when he left Youzhou, but now he has reached his thirteenth year.

Looking at his former hometown, he couldn't help but feel sad and sad, and the bits and pieces of living here slowly flashed through his mind.

Your Highness, these barbarians are really hateful. Originally, there was a lot of cultivated land in Youzhou, but now it's all deserted and turned into grassland. Lei Ming said angrily.

Although the barbarians entered Youzhou, they still could not change their grazing habit, 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 this king can hope that your Youzhou army will fight back against them in the future and deal with them ruthlessly.

Please rest assured, Your Highness, Lei Ming will definitely let them return it tenfold.

Niu Ben also had a smile on his face, the three of them talked all the way, and soon arrived at the foot of Youzhou City.

At this time, there were many people wandering outside the city gate of Youzhou, and when they saw them coming, they were frightened and fled back to the city.

His Royal Highness, the last will lead people into the city to investigate. Lei Ming said.

After all, Lei Ming led five hundred cavalry into the city of Youzhou.

Xiao Ming looked at the city of Youzhou 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 completely elegant at this time, and they seemed to be some years old.

The words of Youzhou City on the city gate were also badly damaged, and the words of Youzhou could not be seen.

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

When he came to Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming also passed through other cities, including Shunzhou and Yunzhou.

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

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

Back then, after the barbarians entered the customs, they slaughtered wildly, and the people in other cities were almost killed and injured. The remaining population was also driven to this Youzhou City. I hope the population of this Youzhou City can be larger.

While Lei Ming was inspecting the city, Niu Ben talked about the past.

The brutality of the barbarians is appalling.

He remembered that the population of King Kang's fief once had at least one million households. According to the current situation, at least 50,000 to 600,000 households were massacred.

This is more than one million people. Thinking of this Xiao Ming, I feel distressed. I almost got a blank piece of land when I went down to Shanhaiguan.

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