The news that the Huns dispatched troops to gather Luoyang quickly reached Liu Yu's ears.

This involves the mobilization of tens of thousands of people, and it is impossible to hide it.

"The Huns gathered a large army in Luoyang, saying that there were as many as 60,000 to 70,000. Could it be that they wanted to guard against Hanoi County?"

After hearing the news, Liu Yu was a little puzzled.

At this time, there were no people around Luoyang due to continuous combat.

Many fertile fields in the Heluo area have even turned into pastures and become places for the Huns to grazle.

Under such circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to support tens of thousands of troops relying on Luoyang's output.

"Luoyang is no longer able to support so many troops, so it must be that the barbarians will make some changes!"

Xi Jian next to him immediately said.

"Although the troops in Hanoi County are quite powerful, they did not start attacking Pingyang. At this time, the Hulu not only did not gather troops in Pingyang, but instead mobilized all the Jiehu soldiers in Pingyang to Luoyang. It is obvious that they were not intended to target Hanoi County!"

After hearing Xi Jian's words, Liu Yu also felt that it made sense.

"Your Majesty, I guess that the Hulu must use these Hu cyclists to attack the east and west!" Hua Xiu said thoughtfully.

"Speak east and attack west?" Liu Yu frowned.

Although Liu Zhi's Han army has reached more than 200,000, if tens of thousands of Hulu cavalry who are coming and going like the wind attack, it is impossible to lose a large city, but the small fort villages on the outer side will suffer losses.

You should know that in order to break the situation of the powerful local families and to prevent the generation of new forts and powerful people, Liu Yu has always implemented a small village and small village plan for refugees in the Central Plains, and try to avoid the emergence of too many large forts.

Because once a dock that gathers a lot of people appears, there will be a dock owner in it, and a new local leader will be born again.

"If you attack the east and the west, the only places where the Hulu can harass you will probably be Yuzhou!" Liu Yu said.

"Your Majesty, after the Qihuo Army originally placed in Yuzhou was transferred, although more than 20,000 military troops were added, they have only been practicing for a year and have not suffered any actual combat. If so many Hu Guan cavalry attacked, the losses would be quite large."

Xi Jian has always cared about the military affairs in Yuzhou.

At this time, Gongsun Sheng also said.

"Not only Yuzhou, but also the adjacent Yanzhou area is flat, and tens of thousands of barbarians are difficult to encircle. Once the barbarians are flooded, not only will the villages of all sizes suffer, but even the waterways in the Junyi area of ​​Chenliu County will be cut off."

In today's era, the Yellow River waterway has not yet invaded the Ji River. The Ji River is still an independent river that originates from Yuzhou and then flows into the Bohai Sea to the northeast.

Moreover, because there is the role of Yanzhou Daze Lake in the middle, the entire Jishui River channel is relatively stable and is an important waterway transportation connecting Qingzhou Yanzhou Yuzhou.

Qingzhou is the place where Liu Yu started his family. All the handmade products there are the most developed. A large amount of goods are transported to Chenliu County along the Jishui River, and then through the artificial canal between Chenliu County and Junyi, the artificial canal between Chenliu County and Junyi, and then into the tributary of the Huaihe River system, thus entering the inland areas of Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou.

"If the waterways in Chenliu County are lost, it will be even more serious than being broken into a big city." Liu Yu obviously attaches great importance to the role of waterways in Chenliu County.

After more than ten years of war, the originally prosperous central central area has almost become a ruined white land, and all important tools such as food and clothing production are seriously lacking.

In particular, all iron farm tools, harnesses, grain seeds, etc. in farming need to be supported by water transportation from Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

"Although I don't know what the purpose of the Hulu mobilizing the army to gather in Luoyang, I must first prevent the Hulu from rushing to Yuzhou and Yanzhou will cause disaster!" Xi Jian said immediately.

"If you want to guard against the cavalry of the barbarians, the best way is to use cavalry to target them!"

Hua Xiu said here and immediately spoke to Liu Yu.

"Your Majesty, I would like to cross the river to the south with Xianbei Yi from Hanoi County."

"In this case, once the Hulu really invades Yuzhou, they can quickly culminate and expel them!"

Now, as the hawks of the Han army, the Duan tribe and the Yuwen tribe, about 10,000 Xianbei cavalry have gathered in Hanoi County, preparing to serve as the Yicong cavalry, Zu Ti, the general of the Han army's western expedition, to support the subsequent plan to attack Pingyang.

After the internal migration at the end of the Han Dynasty, although the living habits of the Xiongnu, Jie and Qiang were still very different from those of the Han people, they had already accepted a considerable degree of sinicization. The original nomadic customs on the border of the grassland have changed greatly.

This led to the cavalry combat capability of the Hulu's cavalry, which was slightly regressing compared to the Xianbei people who were still on the grassland.

Therefore, although these Xianbei cavalry only had more than 10,000, they were still sufficient to interfere with the invading barbarians.

Hua Xiu's suggestion seems to be more feasible, but after Liu Yuluo thought about it, he didn't want to use it at all.

Liu Yu shook his head and said lightly.

"Although these Xianbei people surrendered, they still have the hearts of barbarians. They are just afraid of the power of our army and not following the education!"

"If I were in Hanoi County, it would be fine as the hawks and dogs under Zu Ti, but I would definitely obey the orders and dare not disobey anything."

"But if they were allowed to enter the Yanzhou area of ​​Yuzhou, and if they wanted to beware of the Hulu, they would definitely allow them to engage in cheap work. In this way, it would be like letting beggars enter the rich home, which might not be much better than the Hulu."

Liu Yu still completely distrusts the integrity of these Xianbei cavalrymen.

If it were in Hanoi County, there were tens of thousands of Han troops under Zuti, and these Xianbei cavalry would never dare to act rashly.

But if you really think that these Xianbei cavalry will do their best to fight against the Huns after they have autonomy, then Liu Yu is either too stupid or too naive.

"After all, the Xianbei is afraid of the power of the Han Dynasty, so I'm afraid not to be arrogant." Hua Xiu still didn't want to give up.

Liu Yu sighed softly in his heart that scholars like Hua Xiu, who are from a high family, have always had problems that are difficult to get rid of.

After hundreds of years of aristocratic family development, these high-ranking scholars always regarded these barbarians as naturally lowly people.

Just like the A-Sanshi Continent in later generations, the untouchables in the eyes of Gaomen would never dare to act rashly, especially after having military advantages, they even deeply imprinted this concept in their hearts.

As for the Huns who had rebelled and established a country, well, at the beginning, scholars like Hua Xiu actually regarded Liu Yuan and his son as their own.

Even though Liu Yuan was a clear and clear Hun, he was also a noble family among the Huns and was no longer a Xianbei slave on the grassland.

"Before the Han Dynasty was revived, the ambitions of the barbarians became great. If they were allowed to enter Yuzhou and Yanzhou, the internal weaknesses and reality would be exposed. If there were strange ambitions and thieves among the barbarians, there would be a great disaster in the future!" Liu Yu explained patiently.

Once when the world was peaceful, the richest states were Sili and Yuzhou, and Jizhou in Hebei had to be behind.

However, today, Yuzhou has already been empty and its pastoral land is deserted. Even after more than two years of restoration by Liu Yu, it still looks like everything is in a mess. There are still many gaps compared to Jizhou in Hebei.

As the heart of the Central Plains, if the Xianbei people knew the truth and reality of Qingzhou and Han dynasties, it might lead to some ambitious people's contempt.

"If this is the case, how will Your Majesty deal with it?" Hua Xiu finally understood Liu Yu's thoughts.

"Since cavalry is used, it is not a Xianbei cavalry. We ourselves have cavalry," said Liu Yu.

"Does Your Majesty refer to the cavalry of the Yulin Guard and the Central Army?"

Xi Jian immediately said the topic.

"But, Your Majesty, the cavalry of these two armies is mainly equipped, and it is probably not their strength to drive out the cavalry of the strife."

The Wei and Jin Dynasties were the beginning of the gradual rise of heavy cavalry, and cavalry equipped with men and horses was the mainstream in the next three or four hundred years.

Whether it was the Murong clan of the Former Yan in history defeating Ran Min, the Former Qin annexing the North, the later Northern Wei founded the Northern Dynasties, and then dominated the world by the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they all had powerful heavy cavalry playing this important role.

Therefore, Liu Yu's cavalry army attached almost the most importance to the cavalry equipped.

"Why use a ox knife to kill a chicken?" Liu Yu smiled softly.

"I heard that the Hu barbarians in Luoyang are all Qiang, Hu, Jie, Hu, and Hu. Although there are many people, the tribes do not belong to each other. They only need to severely damage one of them, and the rest will definitely retreat cowardly."

"So, the most important issue is that once the barbarians invade, they must discover the fastest and then pounce on them to fight."

"For such a mission, Yulin and the Central Army's equipped cavalry are somewhat useless."

After hearing Liu Yu's words, Xi Jian, Hua Xiu and others looked at each other.

Nowadays, the Han army's cavalry, except for the equipped cavalry of the two armies, is the Xianbei and Wuhuanyi, who has been in charge of the cavalry, but Liu Yu does not want these barbarian cavalry to escape from control.

"Where does the cavalry that Your Majesty wants come from?" Xi Jian was a little confused.

"I have heard that Yan and Zhao are so generous and powerful. Now that the soldiers of Jizhou Prefecture are prosperous, they are already a strong state!" Liu Yu praised in advance.

"However, Youzhou is located in the northern border, with a narrow and cold weather. The explanation is far inferior to Jizhou. Whether it is the number of soldiers in the palace or the strength, it is no longer as good as Jizhou."

Liu Yu's words were immediately agreed by Xi Jian, Hua Xiu and others.

If you only look at the land area, Youzhou is not much smaller than Jizhou.

However, Youzhou has many mountains and rivers and is close to the cold outer world. Since ancient times, it has been far inferior to Jizhou's production capacity.

If Fanyang County, the richest in Youzhou, was in Jizhou, it would be similar to mountainous counties like Changshan.

This led to many problems in the military troops deployed by Liu Yu in Youzhou after a year of development.

Even if the land is divided into the same number of acres, the output of the military field in Youzhou Prefecture is far less than that of the military field in Jizhou Prefecture.

However, if the number of employed land is to be increased, the arable land area in Youzhou is much smaller than that in Jizhou.

As for the land in western Liaoning and Daijun, it is not within Liu Yu's consideration.

Therefore, although there are many military soldiers in Youzhou, they have to lead their families to farm and participate in training. The output of the land is not high, which has led many people to be very dissatisfied with the current situation.

As the saying goes, you don’t worry about the lack of worries but the unevenness. Youzhou and Jizhou can be said to be one of Yan and Zhao. Everyone is the same military army, so why are there such a big difference in life?

In order to stabilize these Youzhou military soldiers, Liu Yu naturally wanted to make some improvements.

"Youzhou is close to the frontier, and most of the people are practicing riding and shooting, many of whom are not inferior to the Xianbei Wuhuan!" As Jizhou, Hua Xiu is very familiar with Youzhou, which has a strong folk custom.

"Yes! I think so too." Liu Yu said happily.

Because of the threat that Yuzhou may encounter this time, he suddenly had a way of having the best of both worlds.

"Youzhou has poor cultivated land and is prone to cold disasters. The output of military soldiers' land is really unstable."

"So, I think among the Youzhou Army's soldiers, select those who are good at cavalry and shooting, and then organize them into new Cavalry Army's soldiers!"

"The cavalry's army?"
To be continued...