The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

The problem is that Liu Tao doesn't have many soldiers under his command now, and when necessary, he can at most bring Jian Yong in to help.

Forget about Lu Yan, he is more suitable for politics. He has a certain talent in this area, but he is not so good in other areas.It's not bad, it's just that under the genius halo of Guo Jia and others, his performance can only be regarded as mediocre.

One thing is very good, that is "full", Lu Yan can adapt no matter whether he is a civilian or a military officer.Just in a sense, it belongs to the model of 'everything is possible, everything is sparse'.Fortunately, in terms of politics, his talents are more prominent.

"Don't mention it..." Liu Tao was upset when he said this, "Sending memorials over there for two consecutive months is like a mud cow entering the sea, without even a ripple rising. Especially the first one, sending it over and sending it over to my mentor , make it clear for me to settle down and stop thinking about it."

"Then my lord, why did you send the memorial for the second time?" Lu Bu couldn't figure it out.

"I express my dissatisfaction. At the same time, the Battle of Liangzhou is equally important. There are several people I care about. Similarly, if Dong Zhuo can't rise up, then I will be happier." Liu Tao replied casually.

As far as Luoyang didn't respond, he almost thought of just ignoring the transfer order and just go there.Afterwards, he calmed down. After all, in this situation, including his going north on his own initiative, he needed a tiger talisman. Going out without that thing is treason.

From June to the beginning of October, because of the lunar calendar, converted to the Western calendar, it is the middle and late November, early winter, and there was light snow yesterday, but it hasn’t snowed here yet.

Hu Tian is snowing in August. This is what is described in the poem, and it has been like this before, but this year is indeed a warm winter.Leaving aside whether there will be a plague of locusts next year, the older generation of farmers said that next winter will be the worst.

This year is warm, and next year's winter may really snow in August.The temperature drops rapidly, and many people may be frozen to death.It's even worse on the grassland. It doesn't matter if the livestock are frozen to death. If they don't freeze to death, they probably won't be able to find food.

In the era without silage fodder, once there was a problem with the weather, the mass death of livestock was an inevitable result.

Xianbei, who was helpless, was destined to go south to raid the grass valley, or even go south to plunder in an all-round way.This Liu Tao believes that because in history, in December next year, Xianbei did go south, Kouyou merged the two prefectures, not only Bingzhou, but also Youzhou.

Next year's silage fodder is destined to be added to the agenda, and it must be studied no matter what.Perhaps a few breeding farms can be established, mainly horse farms.He doesn't like Xianbei's horses very much, some of them are very similar to the Mongolian horses of later generations.

Long-distance raids are okay, but if you want to form a heavy cavalry, you still need Liangzhou horses.This is also the most fundamental and urgent reason why he wants to go to Liangzhou.Of course, if you give it to Lu Bu smoothly, you can also find Chituma.

Anyway, Guan Yu sat down on the purple horse, Liu Tao thought it was pretty good.

"If Dong Zhuo's rise is man-made, then if we want to prevent him from rising, it means that we will go to Xiliang and face a more dangerous situation." Guo Jia joked.

It is naturally impossible for the people behind the scenes to abandon Dong Zhuo and let Liu Tao shine.How much price will Liu Tao have to pay for this move to make them give up Dong Zhuo?

Guo Jia had the final say, but unfortunately, Liu Tao's current bargaining chips were not enough to make them give up.His identity is naturally opposed to the people behind the scenes.

He, Xun Yu, and even Chen Gong calculated for a long time, thinking that Liu Tao might be able to participate in the Battle of Liangzhou, but he should not be able to make great contributions.It is even possible that he will become a victim of some kind of conspiracy, with the purpose of fulfilling Dong Zhuo.

"The question is how do they plan to stop us?" Lu Bu couldn't figure it out. "Sneak attack? We are not afraid of this one with the lord here! We are even more afraid of a strong attack!"

"Are you afraid of running out of food? Let the thieves cut off the food, but in fact they deliberately don't distribute food, making us starve for ten days and half a month." Liu Tao replied casually, people who play politics are dirty, even food is such a thing. Can do it.

This is what he thinks is the most likely, after all, Yuan Shu almost played Sun Jian to death like this.

"Dare they do that?" Lu Bu was taken aback when he heard this, and then became a little annoyed.

"They will have a thousand reasons, saying that the national treasury is out of food, and it will take time to transport it in other states and counties. Then they will play tricks on the time, delaying delivery for ten days and a half months... This situation, really I can’t even get angry if I want to.” Liu Tao shook his head.

In the era when there were no regular warehouses, the manipulation of grain prices and the allocation of military rations were, in the final analysis, not a matter of their words.

"..." Lu Bu shrank his head, realizing for the first time that politics is so dirty.It's not that he didn't suspect that Liu Tao was lying to him, so he looked at Chen Gong, but the latter shook his head, that expression obviously admitted Liu Tao's statement.

Lu Bu suddenly felt that he might not be suitable for politics at all.If possible, he would rather obediently be a general and fight on the battlefield, this thing is easier.

"Okay!" Liu Tao clapped his hands, "Clean up and prepare to go back. You guys go first. I'll go to Dingxiang to meet my third younger brother. Maybe I'll go to Beiyu to comfort the soldiers there..."

Then he pointed to the captives and said, "As for the number of enemies killed, just report two thousand. In addition, we report more casualties!"

Chapter 305 Governor Guan Yu Frontier Defense

Although the generals responded, they still couldn't figure it out, why should they report less?Generally speaking, others are eager to report more, and for this reason, they will kill the good and pretend to be meritorious.

"Military division..." Lu Bu had to find Chen Gong and ask him for advice, after all, this person seemed to understand immediately.

"One thing is that Luoyang can't be too afraid. There are no casualties, so let's leave five thousand Xianbei cavalry. They rarely appeared in the past, and they only appeared during the defense of the city." Chen Gong explained.

For a long time, the imperial court was not that good at dealing with the clansmen of the Hu people. How Dong Zhuo got his start in the first place was to be able to quell the harassment of the Hu people.Therefore, generals who are good at dealing with Hu people will generally attract the attention of the court.

"Isn't this what the lord needs?" Lu Bu still couldn't figure it out.

"The last time we reported [-], but just after a month, we reported another [-]. What does the imperial court think? They will probably suspect us, whether we are killing the good and pretending to be meritorious..." Chen Gong reminded.As it is now, the imperial court probably has to doubt how much water is in it.

Yes, the time between the two wars is too short, and the key ancient communication is insufficient. Luoyang, who doesn't know the situation on the front line, probably thinks: Is this Liu Tao, who knows the taste by eating the marrow, deliberately killing the good and defrauding rewards? !

"Then there is absolutely no need to report it..." Lu Bu thought about it and thought it was the same, and then replied.

"But after all, it's a real contribution. If you don't report it, the soldiers below will probably not be reconciled." Chen Gong shook his head, as long as things really can be that simple.When the number of people increases, many things will become very troublesome.

Especially for those who came from Jizhou, many good families defected to Liu Tao for the sake of making meritorious deeds.

"My lord, did you report the amount of two thousand just to appease those people?" Lu Bu probably understood.

"At the moment, I can only think that way. At the same time, in order to prevent the people over there from suspecting, I have to report the battle damage. I calculated, based on the calculation of 2000 people, at least 2000 soldiers must be killed in battle, and the total casualties are [-]. Man, this is safer." Chen Gong said after some calculations.

"It takes so much trouble to fight a war...Obviously even if they come to investigate, they can't find anything." Lu Bu teased.

"Who should be sent to investigate?" Chen Gong retorted, "Eunuch? The bribes that will be paid at that time are estimated to be more than the rewards received. If the service is not good, there may be merits. I don’t want the imperial court to know his truth.”

"..." Lu Bu suddenly understood that this kind of politics was really something he couldn't afford.

"As for the other reason..." Chen Gong said this, and looked at Lu Bu with a smile, "If the world is in chaos and the lord raises troops, then the rewards and appointments from the court will be meaningless to the lord."

"This is actually..." Lu Bu was taken aback for a moment, but then he was relieved.When it really came to that time, the general would grant Liu Tao whatever he wanted, and reward him whatever he wanted, so there was no need for the imperial court to worry at all.

The most important point is that at that time, what kind of status you can achieve will depend on how well you can fight.As long as you are willing to fight and can fight, then it will not be a problem to become a Hussar general in the end.

"Perhaps, my lord intends to take advantage of this victory to provoke His Majesty." Chen Gong savored the product carefully, and then muttered in a low voice, "It's like mocking Your Majesty for not excluding him from going to Liangzhou..."

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard the words, His Majesty dared to provoke openly, and there is probably no one except the lord, and he was a little impressed.

"So, what is brother's actual idea?" Zhang Fei came to Liu Tao's side, "We wiped out five thousand Xianbei cavalry, but only reported two thousand."

"How should I put this..." Liu Tao looked around, "On the one hand, the captured war horses are only [-], I don't want to give that much to the court, after all, there seems to be a great demand for horses there. According to the words of [-], give it to someone About five or six hundred horses. In addition, the number of casualties is large, and maybe you can apply for some pensions or something..."

It was also thanks to Chen Gong not being here, otherwise he would probably faint in the toilet after hearing this.

The main force began to return to Yunzhong County, but Liu Tao was escorted by Zhang Fei's troops to Dingxiang County.Guan Yu gave people the feeling that he was a little more mature. After all, he was in charge of the military administration of a county alone, and he had a little more temperament of a superior.

"Yun Chang, are you still used to it here?" Liu Tao asked.

"I'm really not used to coming here at first, but now I'm trying to get used to it." Guan Yu replied, "Since my brother has come here, it means that all the thieves have been crusaded. Unfortunately, Guan can't participate in it."

"There will always be opportunities in the future. Although Xianbei is also fighting internally, their combat power is much greater than ours. We are destined to not be lonely in this place in the cloud." Liu Tao said with emotion.

Some of Guan Yu's soldiers were soldiers under Liu Tao's original command, and some were from Jizhou.But in the final analysis, it is still mainly infantry.If you use infantry to go out of the city to fight cavalry, it's not that your brain is broken, but your brain is gone.

Following Guan Yu into Dingxiang County, the construction here is completely based on military fortresses, and there is not much infrastructure.According to Guan Yu's introduction, most of the supplies here need to be purchased in Yuanyang County.

Of course, that was an urgent need. Normally, there would be caravans coming from Yuanyang to trade with them.Most of the items can be bought, and thanks to this, the residents of Beiyu and Dingxiang counties, which are purely military fortresses, do not have difficulties in life.