November, 25th.

The rebel army went to Nanluan City to rest and regroup on the second day.

During breakfast, Liu Bei and Li Mengxi discussed matters for the coming day.

Although Liu Bei didn't say it explicitly, Li Mengxi knew that Liu Bei was referring to the Yellow Turbans, Zhang Jiao. The Yellow Turban tribesmen were okay, and they could choose a place to resettle the refugees, but Zhang Jiao, the thief, must not be recruited under his command, otherwise, how would he be able to deal with the world's condemnation.

Li Mengxi thought for a long time, "I have time to go and explain to Zhang Jiao."

After another long period of silence, Li Mengxi raised his eyebrows and said, "I want to lend him Zhang Jiao's head."

Li Mengxi said it calmly, but there was a hint of solemnity in his tone.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Liu Bei respected Li Mengxi. After all, it was Li Mengxi who persuaded Zhang Jiaobu to return. Although he did not treat Zhang Jiaobu as a surrender, there is no big difference between Zhang Jiaobu and surrender now.

Liu Bei especially remembered that when Nanluan City was in emergency, the Yellow Turbans shouted "Prosperity, the people will suffer, death will cause the people suffering", and he calmly went to his death.

Li Mengxi said that this poem was inherited by his master.

Liu Bei took it for granted that when the city was about to be destroyed and there was no way to advance or retreat, the Yellow Turbans joined the rebel army because of the rise and fall of the people.

The Yellow Turban Zhang Jiaofei surrendered to the rebel army, but to Li Mengxi alone.

Li Mengxi did not make any arrangements for the Yellow Turbans and left it to its own devices, and it was not easy for Liu Bei to intervene beyond Li Mengxi.

Now that he heard that Li Mengxi wanted to use Zhang Jiao's head, Liu Bei knew that his military advisors were well aware of the importance and had a plan in mind.

After talking about the important things, Liu Bei picked up the bowl and took a big gulp of the porridge.

Liu Bei raised his head, glanced at Li Mengwen, and asked casually, "What are you doing today?"

Li Mengxi concentrated on peeling the eggs in his hands without raising his head, "Practice troops. Make wooden armor and whet wooden guns. Once the wooden guns are ready, we will leave tomorrow."

Liu Bei nodded.

Not long after, after the two of them finished eating, Li Mengxi asked his younger brother to go to class, while he himself followed Liu Bei to inspect the military training.

By the way, this third batch of troops has been training for more than ten days.

And unlike the first two batches of military training during the march, this third military training often encountered situations where the city was besieged but not attacked, or when the camp was set up and waited. This meant that not only could troops be trained at night, but also all day long during the day.

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One whole day is worth many nights.

When he went to check the training progress of each unit, Li Mengxi saw that the progress of each unit was roughly one section of running and walking, and some of the slower ones were still practicing walking in step. As for the four-way steering in the front, they had finished training.

Li Mengxi randomly selected a new recruit team and randomly checked the training effect.

Liu Bei stood by and gave orders. From the beginning of gathering and distributing, to aligning, to counting, to standing still, to various turns, and then to starting to walk, it was not a big problem. The first batch of blue scarf soldiers was 80% in order.

Li Mengxi is quite satisfied with this team.

Li Mengxi also knew very well that although the formation movements were difficult, they were not the most important. The most important thing was actually discipline, which meant standing upright and practicing military posture for a long time without moving your fingers.

For this reason, Li Mengxi ordered the new soldiers to stand at attention and let them stand there.

Then, Liu Bei and Li Mengxi waited aside to see when someone would move.

Time passed bit by bit.

Li Mengxi checked the number of 500, which was roughly 500 seconds or eight minutes. He was tired of checking, and no one moved.

Li Mengxi lost his patience and simply left, asking the recruit instructors to continue practicing.

After taking a few steps, Li Mengxi, like a monkey, turned his head cleverly, trying to make a comeback, trying to see if anyone was moving.

No one was seen moving.

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing when he saw that Li Mengxi was as wretched as a monkey.

I continued my patrol to the back and encountered a teaching team passing by.

The training team is the first batch of 40 Green Turban Soldiers. These are the 40 people who form the most complete and most well-trained ranks in the army. These 40 people are divided into several teams to demonstrate formation movements to the new recruits. So far, the teaching team has

The task was basically completed, and most of the recruits had seen the teaching team running and lining up.

That is to say, most of the more than 30,000 recruits have seen the complete queue action from beginning to end.

After a general inspection of the new barracks, we went to the Zichong Brigade. The inventory of the army's food and grass was almost completed. The rebel army was 110,000. If Zhang Jiao's department was included, the number would be 150,000. The army's food and grass could still last for half a month.

Li Mengxi suddenly frowned.

I have never paid attention to the matter of food and grass. Food and grass have been confiscated many times, so there should be no shortage.

But now, too many prisoners have been captured, and almost all the Yellow Turbans have been taken for their own use, and food and grass are suddenly running out.

Li Mengxi asked Liu Bei if half a month of food and grass would be enough to drive back to Zhuozhou.

Liu Bei said that he couldn't. He could only purchase food along the way, or send people around early to buy food and grass.

Li Mengxi was very familiar with procurement-related matters. On his way out of Zhuozhou, he encountered many villages. However, the current situation is not good, and there are few grains in the countryside. The amount of 150,000 grains cannot be supplied even in the entire land.

It is a bit risky to try to supplement military rations through purchasing.

Unless you meet a big grain merchant and can buy tens of thousands of stones, you will be worry-free.

However, Li Mengxi didn't know what connections he had, and Liu Bei must have never met any grain merchants.

Li Mengxi felt a headache.

Not mentioning the matter of putting down the food and grass, Li Mengxi asked again, "Back to Zhuozhou, can Zhuozhou have enough food to support 150,000 people? Is there enough land to support 150,000 people?"

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, "I'm afraid it's nothing."

Li Mengxi's frown deepened. It seemed that there was a desperate situation ahead. Li Mengxi did have a way to solve the desperate situation. When he was in Zhuozhou, he had robbed a wave of powerful people and got a lot of food and grass. Otherwise, he would not have been able to settle the 20,000 Yellow Turban refugees. The powerful people were hiding

There is plenty of food.

If we seize the powerful, we can help 150,000 people...

Li Mengxi's eyes moved slightly.

On the side, Liu Bei said, "Although there is little food in Zhuozhou, it will not be difficult for us to spend a lot of money in Zhuozhou and go out of the state and cross the border to buy food and grass."

"...That's fine." Li Mengxi nodded absently, "Take one step and take a look."

After leaving the Zichong camp, Li Mengxi ordered to count all the weapons in the army, collect all the long and short sticks in the army, and send them to the carpenter camp.

Li Mengxi also went to the carpenter camp.

Today, the Carpenter Camp is still busy step by step.

When Li Mengxi arrived, Lu Li, the adjutant of the craftsman camp, came to greet him and said, "The camp is in full swing, and there are new cars ready."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Mengxi first praised him, and then told Lu Li that he would go over and get the food in a while.

Then, Li Mengxi said to Lu Li, "Lu Li, all work has stopped today. The carpenter camp will only make two things today, a wooden spear and a bamboo spear, and a wooden armor."

Then, Li Mengxi told the craftsmen how to make wooden guns and wooden armors.

Wooden guns are easy to use, as long as they are long sticks, you just need to sharpen them to a point. Once you sharpen them, put them on the fire and roast them for a while. But the quantity is troublesome, you need tens of thousands of wooden guns.

As for the wooden armor, Li Mengxi saw the yellow scarf wooden armor yesterday. He probably found wooden sticks. The length of the cross chest does not matter. The square and the thickness of the sticks do not matter. Then, he tied the sticks, wooden strips and wooden boards one by one to form a bamboo raft.

Tied up.

Because the rope is exposed, in order to prevent it from falling apart with a single cut, when tying the wood, not only the two ends must be tied, but also the middle. It is best to use more rope between the wooden sticks. In this way, the whole piece will not be cut down with a single cut.

Dispersed.

After the explanation, Li Mengxi asked, "Who has any good ideas? Please put them forward."

Ask who has a good idea and who can think of a good method, and you will be rewarded.

The carpenters chatted quietly.

"...I don't even have enough sticks to make a wooden gun." A carpenter whispered.

Li Mengxi heard this and called the carpenter over, "You picked up the first place and will be rewarded with ten kilograms of grain. Come and get it later."

The carpenter's face was full of joy.

Li Mengxi asked everyone in Xiangjiang camp again, "I don't know where to find the sticks. What about you? Think of something."

"Let's go chop down some trees?" a carpenter said.

Li Mengxi thought for a moment and asked, "Is it too late to cut down the tree?"

"It's too late! It's too late! Just say it's too late. Can't we do it on the way?"

Well said, you can do it on the road and you can do it tomorrow.

"Twenty kilograms of grain, I'll pick it up later." Li Mengxi said.

"Otherwise, I see that hoes, shovels, etc. all have poles. If the poles are removed and made shorter, can they be used as guns?" Another carpenter suggested.

Li Mengxi did not expect this. He repeatedly seized a lot of farm tools such as hoes, shovels, forks, etc., but they were all stored as tools. In addition to some being distributed to civilians as collection tools, there were also many stored in the Zizhong team.

move.

Li Mengxi frowned and asked Liu Bei, "Hey, Mr. Xuande, do you think it is more powerful to use a hoe as a weapon, or to take away the hoe and sharpen the hoe pole and use it as a weapon?"
To be continued...