My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 217: Military Expansion
After promoting and rewarding Gao Shun, Lu Yi arranged positions for other people one after another.

Among them, Cheng Lian was also promoted to acting manager and continued to manage 2,000 auxiliary soldiers.

Zhao Nong and Qian Sang were also promoted to be in charge, assisting Lu Yi in managing the civil affairs and finances of Luwu.

As for the four village heads of Jiuyuan Pavilion, they were court officials, so Lu Yi could not rashly reward them. He still did not assign them any positions in the caravan. He still called them village heads, but his treatment was raised to the same level as Zhao Nong and Qian Sang.

In response to this, Zhang Sou, Wang He and others said that as long as the salary was in place, the position in the caravan was not important.

Lu Bu and others who were elsewhere also received promotions and rewards.

Among them, Lu Bu was directly appointed as the shopkeeper, ranking above Gao Shun and Cheng Lian, and below Lu Yi.

Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu and three others were also promoted to be the heads of the affairs, ranking below Gao Shun and Cheng Lian.

However, Zhao Nong, Qian Sang and others had the same positions as Hou Cheng, but because they belonged to different military and political departments, their treatment was also different.

Now is the time to use military force. Gradually, military power is valued while culture is neglected in the world.

Although in Lu Yi's heart everyone is working hard for his own hegemony.

But Lu Yi couldn't go against the trend.

In general, although they received the same amount of money, in terms of level, Zhao Nong and Qian Sang were still one level lower than Hou Cheng and others.

"The imperial army and the Xianbei bandit army number in the hundreds of thousands. Although I have eight hundred trap camps in Luwu, it is still a drop in the bucket for a war of this magnitude."

"If we rashly charge into the Xianbei army of hundreds of thousands, it would be no different from committing suicide."

"The Xianbei's need for food and fodder is becoming more urgent. In my opinion, this situation will not last long!"

Lu Yi spoke eloquently and began to analyze the current situation one by one to everyone.

"The Xianbei are short of food? How do you know that, brother?"

Cheng Lian was puzzled when he heard this.

"Haha...originally, the old thief Hu Tuo only had a few hundred or a thousand casualties before he retreated from Jiuyuan City and Luwu. When he attacked Luwu the day before yesterday, he could already tolerate thousands of casualties!"

"This is irrefutable evidence of the Xianbei's food shortage!"

"With Hutuo's army and Tan Shihuai's central army, the Xianbei will not be able to hold out for long due to lack of food."

"If Tan Shihuai and I exchanged identities, there would only be two paths before me!"

"The first is to immediately abandon the lands of Youzhou and Bingzhou that have been conquered and retreat beyond the Great Wall. Although this move is somewhat shameful and dishonorable, it can preserve most of the strength of the entire Xianbei tribe. Although the number of people killed in the battle is a lot for the millions of Xianbei people, it is not unacceptable. They have plundered Hebei for half a year, and the spoils in their hands are enough to offset the losses this time, and there are more. In less than two or three years, the Xianbei will be able to invade again like this year, and it is very likely that they will do so every year until they completely compete with the Han Dynasty!"

"The second thing is... we must seize the opportunity now and fight to the death with the army sent by the Han Dynasty. If we can defeat the Han army again like we did the year before last, the area north of the Yellow River will no longer be under the Han rule, but will be occupied by the Xianbei people, and the land will be full of stench. If we fail, the Xianbei people will be seriously injured, and will worry that the Han army will take advantage of the victory to attack. The Xianbei people in the south of the desert will migrate to the north of the desert to avoid the Han army, and there will be no possibility of them rising again within ten years! And if the bandit chieftain Tan Shihuai dies in this battle, the Xianbei people may split up and decline from then on!"

"Either we defeat the Han Dynasty and occupy the lands of Bingzhou and Youzhou to gain living space for the Xianbei people, or we will be defeated by the Han Dynasty and stay in the northern frontier to accumulate strength for the next invasion!"

"Now that the relationship has been completely torn apart, there is absolutely no room for any compromise between Han and Xian!"

"Brother, your analysis is so thorough that it really opens my eyes!" Cheng Lian couldn't help but admire him when he heard it, and Gao Shun and others also felt the same way.

Listening to Cheng Lian's flattery, Lu Yi smiled, waved his hand and continued.

"Therefore, expanding the army is the only way to quickly increase combat power at the moment!"

"But time is running out, and it is difficult to expand and train a strong army in such a hurry."

"Quality is more important than quantity. Although I have 2,000 auxiliary soldiers in Luwu, they are more than enough to defend the city, but not enough for field battles."

"If we want to fight against such a large number of Xianbei troops and win, we must have elite soldiers as good as those in the Xianzhen Camp."

"Only in this way can we ensure that we will not be annexed by the Xianbei." Everyone agreed with Lu Yi's words, but they did not know where to recruit such elite soldiers in such a hurry.

"Brother, what you said is very good. We in Luwu only have 2,000 auxiliary soldiers now. I wonder where we can get the elite troops?"

"Lüwu doesn't have it, but that doesn't mean other places don't have it either!"

Lu Yi smiled.

"I have learned from the Xianbei captives that the Han army commanders Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, and Huangfu Song have joined forces. The 100,000 Han soldiers are too powerful. Tan Shihuai feels the pressure and has ordered people to gather troops to prepare for the battle. The Hutuo army has also been ordered to return if they cannot capture Luwu within 20 days."

"But what does this have to do with our recruitment?"

Cheng Lian was still puzzled.

"Could it be... that big brother wants to gather assistants from Fengxian and others?" Gao Shun, on the other hand, was quick-witted and immediately realized something from Lu Yi's words.

"That's right!"

"That's exactly what I meant!"

"Brother Gao Shun still understands me!"

Lu Yi looked at Gao Shun, whom he had placed high hopes in, with admiration and continued to explain.

"Right now, in addition to the eight hundred trap camps in Luwu, we still have more than seven hundred sets of full armor, and we still need seven hundred elite soldiers."

"There are thousands of elite soldiers in the Mayi Great Wall Pass. These are veterans of the frontier army. They are experienced and have outstanding combat capabilities. They are worthy of being entrusted with important tasks."

"Although Huang Yi would certainly not agree with my brother Fengxian abandoning the pass and marching out in full force, he has no choice in this emergency."

"Besides, except for Huang Yi's trusted members, the rest of the soldiers have been receiving salaries from my Lu family and have been corrupted and recruited by Fengxian. They no longer obey Huang Yi's orders."

"Therefore, it won't be a problem to leave half of the troops to collect the pass and order Fengxian to gather 500 people to help in the battle."

"These border troops have been fighting against the Hu people for a long time. Not only are they skilled in archery and horsemanship, but they also have a deep hatred for the Hu people. They can be a strong reinforcement!"

"There are also 200 elite soldiers of the Zhang clan in Jiuyuan County not far away. These people are the elite among the thousands of Zhang clan members. They are strong and capable of using bows and arrows and riding horses. They can be used at least!"

"Cheng Lian, you lead 500 auxiliary soldiers to Jiuyuan County and hand them over to Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Wei Xu and other three commanders.

"With these three generals, plus 500 auxiliary soldiers and other militiamen in the city, we will be able to protect Jiuyuan County. Zhang Xun and his 200 elite soldiers can come to Luwu to reunite with us."

Lu Yi said this, looking at everyone with sharp eyes.

"In this way, not only can all 700 armored soldiers be put to use, but you can also use the name of Jiuyuan County Magistrate to command us to fight the Heavenly Army in the name of militia. This way, we have a legitimate reason to fight!"

"Although 1,500 armored cavalrymen are not many, they are still a force that can give the Xianbei a headache!"

"If you take them by surprise, you might be able to reap miraculous results!"

"Even if we can't achieve any success, such a strong army must have more than 10,000 troops to encircle and suppress them. It can also tie down a lot of Xianbei's power. At the very least, we can return to Luwu safely!"

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