Bingzhou Camp.
Since Zhang Huan led his army to Jiuyuan, he had corresponded with the emperor, hoping to establish a Bingzhou cavalry force there to deal with the harassment of the Xiongnu and Xianbei.
However, due to previous shortages of military supplies, provisions, and horses, Zhang Huan's plan never came to fruition.
However, since the autumn harvest, the Bingzhou army has had ample food and military funds, so Zhang Huan wrote a letter requesting the emperor to allocate five thousand warhorses to him from Duan Jiong.
It should be noted that during the Battle of Fengyishan, Duan Jiong captured more than 20,000 warhorses, making a fortune. Liu Hong also entrusted these warhorses to Duan Jiong for temporary safekeeping, to be used in various places to replenish supplies.
Duan Jiong was very pleased and with a wave of his hand, he ordered five thousand warhorses to be selected and sent to Zhang Huan. He also wrote to the emperor, preparing to send five thousand horses to Lu Zhi as well.
In Duan Jiong's view, although these Qiang people's warhorses were good, they were still not as good as his Liangzhou warhorses. Keeping them here all day would consume an astronomical amount of fodder.
The warhorses were delivered to the Bingzhou camp half a month ago, but most of the soldiers Zhang Huan brought were infantrymen, and few of them knew how to ride horses.
Moreover, there was no suitable general to train. Gao Shun was good at training troops, but only for infantry. Cavalry was not his forte, which worried Zhang Huan greatly. Until a few days ago, when Lü Bu appeared, Zhang Huan felt that there was a candidate for the commander of Bingzhou cavalry.
Under Zhang Huan's instructions, Lü Bu would visit Dong Zhuo's camp every day, except for teasing Lü Zhen for a while, to observe the daily training of the Liangzhou cavalry.
On the training ground, Dong Zhuo was directing the Liangzhou cavalry in training their formation changes during a charge, while Lü Bu stood beside Dong Zhuo, watching and thinking.
With a wave of his command flag, Dong Zhuo caused the charging troops, who had been in a single line, to suddenly disperse and quickly form a crescent-shaped formation, continuing their charge without a trace of chaos.
This greatly surprised Lü Bu, who was watching from the side. At the same time, he began to make various deductions in his mind. A flash of inspiration struck him, and he vaguely felt that he had grasped a key point of the change.
At this moment, Dong Zhuo waved his command flag again, and the soldiers of Liangzhou Army reined in their horses and stopped training.
Lu Bu couldn't help but look at Dong Zhuo beside him, "General Dong, would you mind having your soldiers rehearse the charge and formation change process again?"
Dong Zhuo hesitated for a moment. This was his secret weapon for training troops; how could he easily give it away?
After a moment's hesitation, Dong Zhuo said, "It's possible, but I have one condition..."
Lu Bu frowned, then understood. If you want to learn skills from someone, how can you do it without paying the price?
"What are the conditions?"
Dong Zhuo smiled slightly, as if his wicked scheme had succeeded, and said, "I'll have to hold Zhen'er a little longer today!"
"Okay! But only for another 15 minutes!"
"What? This is my livelihood, and you only ask for a moment more?" Dong Zhuo immediately objected.
Lu Bu's lips twitched. "At most, two quarters of an hour!"
"make a deal!"
Subsequently, under Dong Zhuo's command, the Liangzhou cavalry practiced the formation once again.
Once the drill was complete, Lü Bu nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, hey... Fengxian, I have many more amazing tricks up my sleeve. Do you want to learn them?"
"No need, I've already learned it all!!"
"Uh~"
Watching Lü Bu's retreating figure and listening to his nonchalant words, Dong Zhuo stood there dumbfounded.
This person is clearly a prodigy! They learned everything after only watching for a few days?
"Ah, a son should be like Lü Bu!"
Dong Zhuo shook his head and sighed.
"Fengxian...Fengxian..."
Lu Bu had just left the training ground when he heard someone call his name. He turned around and saw Gao Shun running towards him. Lu Bu stood still and waited quietly.
When Gao Shun ran up to him, Lü Bu smiled. Gao Shun was the first person he met in the Bingzhou army, and also the savior of him and Lü Zhen. Therefore, Lü Bu treated him very kindly.
"Brother Gongren, what brings you here?"
"The general wants to see you. He says he wants to discuss the formation of the Bingzhou cavalry!"
"Okay! Let's go together!"
Inside the central command tent, Zhang Huan was writing a letter to the emperor. He felt that winter was just a few months away, and supplies on the grasslands would be scarce at that time.
Therefore, Zhang Huan proposed opening a trade market, exchanging silk, liquor, and some grain for cattle, sheep, and horses from the grassland people, and maximizing the price of those goods to exploit the grassland people, while also preventing them from launching a large-scale invasion southward.
After all, the border troops are not numerous enough to cover the entire border. If the tribes on the grasslands find a gap and break into the Han territory, the border people will suffer again.
"Send these two letters, along with this memorial, to Luoyang immediately and deliver them to His Majesty."
After Zhang Huan finished writing, he handed the letter and another memorial praising Lü Bu's achievements to a messenger beside him.
"promise!"
The messenger respectfully accepted the letter and the memorial, then turned and walked out. Just as he reached the entrance of the main tent, he encountered Lü Bu and Gao Shun, who had come in together.
"General Gao, Young Master Lü!"
The two nodded slightly and handed the messenger over.
"Fengxian, Gongren, you've arrived!"
Upon hearing Zhang Huan's greeting, Lü Bu and Gao Shun quickly stepped forward to pay their respects.
"This humble general greets the general!"
"Bu greets the General!"
"No need for formalities, no need for formalities! Please sit down!"
Looking at his two future generals, Zhang Huan was overjoyed.
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