Chapter 307 Preparation
In the next few days, Zhao Lei recruited about 1000 soldiers in the city, and then handed them over to Ma Chao for training.Although Zhao Lei let Ma Chao lead the army with a let-go attitude, he would still check on Ma Chao's usual training from time to time.

Zhao Lei found that Ma Chao usually led his soldiers to train on the hillsides and woods outside the city. At the same time, Zhao Lei carefully observed Ma Chao's training methods. After training with discipline and discipline, the overall effect is not bad.

Zhao Lei was also very happy to see that Ma Chao trained the troops in an orderly manner.In fact, the reason why Zhao Lei recruited a group of soldiers to Ma Chao was to let Ma Chao have his own power in the Yangzhou Army.In Lujiang City, except for Ma Chao's 1000 troops, there are only Zhao Lei's [-] troops left. In addition to Zhao Lei's orders, these troops will also obey Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Zhang He, and Gao Shun. Order.And every time Zhao Lei sent Ma Chao to execute the military order, he had to take out the troops from these generals and give them to Ma Chao. It was very common in the ancient army.It is more or less inconvenient for Ma Chao to command other people's troops, so it is imperative to recruit troops for Ma Chao.

Now that these newly recruited soldiers are getting along well with Ma Chao, Zhao Lei can rest assured that Ma Chao will have his own foothold in the Yangzhou Army.

And Zhou Yu's problem is also very similar to Ma Chao's. As Jia Xu said, Zhou Yu is new to the Yangzhou Army, and his foothold is not stable.So Zhao Lei handed over the task of sweeping Qiaojiazhuang to Zhou Yu this time, and asked Wang Yue to help Zhou Yu collect intelligence, and at the same time let Zhou Yu command the battle.Zhao Lei is only responsible for reviewing Zhou Yu's strategy, and together with Jia Xu, he does behind-the-scenes work for Zhou Yu.

Within three days, Wang Yue returned to Lujiang with [-] dead soldiers, and reported to Zhao Lei Zhou Yu's combat deployment for the past few days.

In the past few days, Zhou Yu just sent two people, Gan Ning and Zhou Cang, to wander around Qiaojiazhuang with his own army and horses every day.Because many sentinels and officials from Qiaojiazhuang would go out of the city every day, Zhou Cang and Gan Ning would dress up as bandits and use the method of ambush and sneak attack.The advantage brought by this method is that the people in Qiao's Village don't even know who is behind the sneak attack. In just a few days, most of the guards were assassinated, and a deputy owner of Qiao's Village was also killed. A lot of food and property.As soon as the news came out, Lujiang was shaken.

Even when Ou Xing was there, Qiaojiazhuang was afraid of three points. After Zhao Lei took charge of Lujiang, he suffered successive blows. About the governor?Could it be that these bandits were so rampant at the behest of the governor?However, the common people have doubts, but they are still very happy after hearing that Qiaojiazhuang has been attacked one after another.However, this situation made Qiao Xuan very annoyed. Originally, Qiao Xuan had already started to deal with Zhao Lei, but now such an unreasonable disaster happened.In desperation, he had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being, and took three thousand soldiers from Qiaojiazhuang to conduct a carpet search around Zhuangzi. This time, Qiao Xuan wanted to deal a fatal blow to these bandits.

And Zhao Lei continued to ask Wang Yue to report to him the news of Zhou Yu and Qiao Xuan's confrontation, while he secretly prepared to pack up the troops, and planned to send troops to Qiao's Village after Zhou Yu attracted Qiao Xuan's troops.

The news of Qiao Xuan's dispatch of troops quickly reached Zhou Yu's ears. In the past few days, several small-scale battles took place between Qiao Xuan's army, Gan Ning, and Zhou Cang. After observing several battles, Zhou Yu ordered Gan Ning to He Zhoucang was not allowed to fight the enemy head-on, but dragged Qiao Xuan's troops into the dense jungle to avoid the enemy's attack.

In the hall, Zhang Liao complained to Zhao Lei: "My lord, what is Zhou Yu doing this week? Private soldiers like Qiao Xuan are simply miscellaneous troops, while Gan Ning and Zhou Cang have regular Yangzhou troops. Why hide away."

Zhao Lei said with a smile: "Zhou Yu's method is to use the enemy's advance and retreat, and the enemy's retreat to fight. The purpose is to wear down the enemy, and then give the enemy a fatal blow! Zhou Yu's tactics are not wrong."

Zhang Liao said: "My lord, I know this, but Zhou Yu turned the Yangzhou army into thieves to rob Qiao Xuan this time. Wouldn't it affect the reputation of the lord if it spread?"

"Hehe, Wen Yuan was too worried. Since Zhou Yu dared to do this, he has done a good job of keeping secrets. There is no need to worry about this."

Zhang Liao wanted to say something more, but Zhao Lei stopped him, and Zhao Lei asked Zhang Liao to wait patiently for the result.

"My lord, General Meng Qi is here." Just as Zhang Liao was complaining to Zhao Lei, Ye Wei walked into the hall and said to Zhao Lei.

"Let Ma Chao in!" Zhao Lei said.

Above the hall, Ma Chao began to report to Zhao Lei the results of the ten days of training. Under the training of Ma Chao, the 1000 people were very disciplined. During the break, Ma Chao also put down his airs and talked with the soldiers all over the world. When it comes to training, soldiers are soldiers, generals are generals, and discipline is discipline. , which should not be confused.

Hearing what Ma Chao said clearly and logically, Zhao Lei nodded again and again, and was very satisfied with Ma Chao's performance.

"Meng Qi, you will be in charge of this army from now on. I know you were born in Xiliang, so I plan to turn this army into cavalry in the future, and they will be iron cavalry." Zhao Lei said.

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "Master, this is absolutely impossible."

Zhao Lei asked strangely, "Why?"

"My lord, if you want to train iron cavalry, you must have a good horse. The horses in Jiangdong have always been weak. After putting on the armor, they will be overwhelmed." Ma Chao said.

"Hehe, don't worry, when I was at Anfengjin Port, I had already discussed with two Xiliang horse sellers. The horses used by your army must be the best Xiliang horses." Zhao Lei laughed. .

Hearing that Zhao Lei was already prepared, Ma Chao also smiled slightly, and said, "In this case, this subordinate must train these 1000 men to become an excellent iron cavalry for the lord."

After hearing Ma Chao's words, Zhao Lei nodded in satisfaction.

After the military meeting, Zhao Lei promised to go to Er Qiao's yard with him under Zhao Yun's pleas to see Er Qiao.At this time, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were chatting happily. Seeing the two sisters talking and laughing, Zhao Yun walked over immediately and asked loudly, "Da Qiao, what are you talking about with your sister? What are you talking about?" So happy?"

Seeing Zhao Yun approaching, Xiao Qiao stood up hastily, bowed her body and said, "Young lady, please see your lord!"

Da Qiao went straight to Zhao Yun's side, took Zhao Yun's arm, and said with a smile, "I'm talking about you and the lord! Fool!" When Da Qiao spoke, he touched Zhao Yun's head, looking extraordinarily affectionate .

"By the way, you two girls. I have already handed over to Zhou Yu the matter of clearing Qiao's Village. I believe that the two girls will be able to meet your father soon. It will be up to you to persuade your father to surrender at that time." .”

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao bowed at the same time and said, "Thank you, my lord!"

"Da Qiao, after your father returns to the lord, I will come to propose marriage and marry you." Zhao Yun said seriously at this time.

After being told by Zhao Yun, Da Qiao was overjoyed and nodded with a blushing face.

"My lord, who is Zhou Yu this time? Is he also your lord's general?" Zhao Lei's subordinate Xiao Qiao had only seen Zhao Yun before, so he asked.

"Hehe, Zhou Yu is not my general, but my military adviser. He is resourceful, and his wisdom is no less than that of my second brothers Zhang Han and Jia Xu." Zhao Lei said.

Zhao Yun also echoed, "That's right, Second Brother, Mr. Jia, Feng Xiao, Gong Jin, Mr. Xi, and Zi Jing are the think tanks of Big Brother!"

"My lord, Xiao Qiao also wants to be the lord's think tank, I wonder if that's possible?" Xiao Qiao said suddenly.

"You also want to be my military adviser?" Zhao Lei asked strangely.

Seeing Zhao Lei's unbelievable look, Da Qiao helped his sister and said: "My lord, my sister has read military books since she was a child. She knows astronomy and geography. She will definitely be no worse than those men."

"This..." Zhao Lei hesitated.

"Report! My lord, Mr. Zhou Yu is asking to see you outside the courtyard!" A soldier came in at this moment and said, interrupting everyone's words.

"Zhou Yu, why is he here? Shouldn't he be fighting Qiao's Village?" Zhao Lei asked strangely.

"My lord, quickly invite Zhou Yu in! We two sisters also want to see what Zhou Yu is like." At this time, Er Qiao said in unison.

Zhao Lei nodded, waved to the soldiers, and signaled for the soldiers to call Zhou Yu in.

(End of this chapter)

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