Chapter 85

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Fei laughed heartily,

"Big Brother, we can form an army of fifty thousand cavalry."

Liu Bei was speechless,

"Yide, have you returned all the military strategy you learned to Lu Shi? Fifty thousand cavalry—how much grain and fodder, how many auxiliary troops would that require!"

Zhang Fei felt as if he had learned military strategy and tactics, and yet as if he hadn't!

He scratched his head,

"Big Brother, those military strategies and tactics are too hard to remember. Now I only remember that one beat of the drum raises the spirit, and the second beat makes it wane!"

Everyone had black lines on their foreheads. Zhang Fei was indeed simple and crude...

Liu Bei looked at Guo Fengxiao,

"Fengxiao, tell everyone about our plan."

Guo Fengxiao cleared his throat,

"Everyone, having too many warhorses is also a burden. We can use the warhorses to exchange for grain, weapons, and so on."

"Great chaos is coming to the Central Plains, and what follows will be a skyrocketing of grain prices. The purchasing power of the five-zhu coins will drop significantly. Our short-term goal is to hoard grain and train troops."

"My lord has decided to select six thousand new soldiers from the Baibo captives. The rest of the Baibo captives will be organized to reclaim wasteland, build bridges and roads, and develop water conservancy. All other Xiongnu captives will be thrown into mines and salt wells to work."

"Except for the two battalions that will take turns stationed in Jinyang City, the other battalions will be divided into batches to wipe out the bandits and foreign armed forces in Taiyuan Commandery, protect the people, and ensure the smooth flow of trade routes."