Different from those memorandums published by scholar-bureaucrats, Feng Yong knew the details of his group of soldiers.

Although they were literate, in the eyes of the scholar-bureaucrats, they were not even close to being from a poor family, and they were still regarded as poor people.

But they are indeed different from Guizhou Cangtou, because they have begun to have a vague self-awareness, know what they want, and how to get it.

At the same time, we will independently maintain this rising channel.

Feng Yong only needs to combine what they want with the revival of the Han Dynasty and make them realize that only by eliminating the Cao thieves can their current lives be guaranteed.

They themselves know how to choose.

When a team has faith, even if the faith is not that high, it is enough to ensure that the team will not degenerate so easily.

Of course, this kind of belief cannot be achieved by Feng Yong alone.

It depends on everyone talking together.

For example, how many cities did the traitor Cao slaughter in the past, how much were the taxes, especially the example of the people in Hanzhong being moved to other places, etc. This is called remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness.

If we talk more and for a longer time, we will naturally become a common understanding.

If the students at Nanxiang Academy were not too nervous, Feng Yong actually planned to open a martial arts hall in Nanxiang and select some students to enter and receive military training in advance.

Then he was transferred to the army to do ideological work specifically.

The news brought by Zhao Yun disrupted Feng Yong's arrangements in the winter. He had to entrust the matter of Pingxiang to Zhang Ni, and then hurried to Longxi with his people.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and we must get to Longxi before the heavy snow arrives, otherwise it will be difficult to march on the road.

Although Zhao Yun could not say that he did not need to bring too many people there, for Feng Yong, who cherished his life, there was no sense of security without a certain number of disciples.

What's more, for the Nanxiang soldiers, this is also an opportunity to practice in the winter.

Entering November in Longxi, the cold wind blows on the face, faintly like a knife.

Longxi prefect Chen Shi, Chang Shima, Gongsun Zheng and other major officials, together with the officials of Xiangwucheng, stood at the gate of the east city of Xiangwucheng, preparing to welcome Feng Yong, the Marquis of Jiequanting.

Longxi was a newly established place, and it was also adjacent to Liangzhou. Chen Shi was appointed as the prefect, which was regarded as being favored by the prime minister.

But compared to Feng Yong, who began to provide advice to the prime minister at the age of sixteen and later made great contributions to the Northern Expedition, Chen Shi felt that he was much inferior.

In the ranking of officials in Longyou, although Feng Yong appears to be fourth, he is actually the second most powerful person.

Chen Shi had never dealt with Feng Yong head-on, but this did not prevent him from hearing rumors about Feng Yong from others.

He studied under an expert, achieved great success at a young age, held a high position, and had many ferocious men under his command. Also, because of Ma Su's incident, he was once scolded by the Prime Minister as a domineering general.

Generally speaking, people like this are not easy to deal with.

Chen Shi looked to the east, with some solemnity and worry in his eyes.

Gongsun Zheng, who was standing behind Chen Shi, had another thought.

Gongsun Zheng once concealed his identity and quietly went to Nanxiang with Longyou's caravan.

Not to mention anything else, just what he saw and heard in Nanxiang was enough to make him strongly curious about Feng Yong.

In the Battle of Xiangwu a few months ago, the protagonist was the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, so Gongsun Zheng could only glance at Feng Yong from a distance.

Apart from being surprised at his youth, I couldn't even say a word.

This time Feng Yong led the army over and was able to observe it up close.

From a distance, I saw a cavalry galloping towards me, it was the sentinel cavalry delivering the message.

"Report! The captain protecting Qiang is less than three miles away from Xiangwu."

There was a sheen on the sentry rider's face, which was the suet smeared on it to prevent it from being cracked by the cold.

"Okay, finally here."

Chen Shi asked the sentry rider to rest and raised his eyes to look into the distance. After a while, he saw a dark shadow starting to appear in front of him.

It’s hard to drive on the road in winter, especially if your face is coated with glycerin. Maybe it’s because of the psychological effect. My face always feels sticky and uncomfortable.

The down jacket has no zippers, and when riding on a horse, cold wind always flows into the gaps.

Fortunately, I have leather gloves sewn by Amei, so my hands won’t suffer.

Seeing the crowd of officials gathered in the dark crowd at the gate of Xiangwu City, Feng Yong pinched the horse's belly, the horse ran two steps quickly, turned over and dismounted in front of everyone.

Before he could say anything, Chen Shi, who had only met him but not interacted with him before, came forward and said, "Chen Shi has met the prince."

Feng Yong laughed and said, "Prefect Chen, don't be too polite."

As he spoke, he stamped his feet, "It's such a cold day and it's really uneasy to have everyone waiting outside."

"It's hard work for a prince. He has to lead the army in the cold winter. I'm afraid he will suffer a lot along the way. Shi has prepared hot food and soup to keep the soldiers warm."

Chen Shi looked at the entourage and bodyguards behind Feng Yong, and saw that everyone was wearing a strange-looking sheepskin hat with their ears covered, their bodies wrapped in sheepskin jackets, and their feet covered with long boots.

You can tell it's very warm just by looking at it.

In particular, the clothes of the personal guards are all exactly the same. It seems that they are uniformly customized for the Qiang Guards Army.

This made Chen Shi secretly dumbfounded. Although the style of these clothes looked a little strange, at a glance it was clear that they were not ordinary items. They were most likely produced by Nanxiang workshops.

Feng Junhou actually used this kind of clothing material that could only be used by wealthy people and distributed it to his personal guards, which was quite generous.

However, these personal guards did not look tired from the long journey. Instead, they were in high spirits and stood neatly behind them.

Although he was silent and didn't even have much expression on his face, he might still look a little stupid and indifferent.

But Chen Shi, who had been in the army for a long time, knew at a glance that this was the favorite soldier of all military generals.

These soldiers have undergone rigorous training and are extremely obedient. They have also been on the battlefield and are not afraid of swords and guns. When the general gives an order, they will fight in conflicts and rarely retreat.

With this thought in his mind, he said to Feng Yong, "Your Majesty has come a long way, why not go to the city to rest first?"

Feng Yong waved his hand and said, "Please come first, I will wait for a while."

As he said that, he turned around and looked back.

If he doesn't move, the officials in Longxi can only continue to wait.

Many people looked in the direction Feng Yong was looking.

Only then did he realize that after a while, in the open space not far away, the soldiers brought by Feng Junhou had already begun to line up.

The unique passwords of Nanxiang soldiers came from time to time, and even Chen Shi could not understand what military orders they were.

They just feel that every time a team leader gives an order, there are always soldiers who respond loudly, and then they can quickly form a line.

This time Feng Yong brought over a thousand regular soldiers, but there was no Modao team.

Five hundred men were armed with spears, a bow, three strings, and thirty arrows.

Five hundred men were armed with swords, one crossbow, three strings, and thirty arrows.

Everyone wears leather armor and carries a bag of dry food.

There are also two hundred auxiliary soldiers and some medical workers accompanying the army.

A thousand people, say more or less.

In less than a moment, a neat square formation appeared in front of everyone.

No one spoke, not even a cough.

Only their breath filled the air.

"I have heard for a long time that Feng Junhou managed the army well. He led his soldiers and fought with the elite soldiers led by the famous general Cao Cao in the street pavilion without losing. It really makes sense."

Watching Feng Yong walking toward the square formation, Gongsun Zheng whispered to the horse.

Ma nodded, "Although it's not yet severely cold, in such weather, even after rushing here from Pingxiang, we were able to form such a neat military formation in such a short time. Zhang's defeat is not unfair."

When Chen Shi heard the conversation between the two, he felt proud and interjected, "What is this? I heard that the Nanxiang soldiers led by General Feng are very good at running attacks."

"At the beginning of the military training, the king asked the soldiers to rush from Nanxiang to Jincheng within half a month. Later, they rushed all the way to win the battle of Longguan."

"I heard that the monarch's military requirements require soldiers to travel at least sixty miles a day if they are equipped with sufficient weapons to be considered qualified."

"This time from Pingxiang to Xiangwu, according to some estimates, it is a normal march of forty miles in one day. For the soldiers led by Feng Junhou, it is the easiest."

Hearing Chen Shi's words, Gongsun Zheng and Ma couldn't help but look horrified and looked at each other.

Ma Zhibing immediately couldn't help but ask, "Prefect, wouldn't this make the soldiers very tired?"

It makes sense to travel forty miles in one day.

One is to prevent the soldiers from being overtired, and the other is to quickly form an army when encountering the enemy.

Chen Shi smiled bitterly and said, "The king treats his soldiers very kindly. In the whole Han Dynasty, he is the only king who dares to ask the soldiers like this."

Although the words are not stated clearly, the meaning is clear.

Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the clothes of the soldiers, and you can understand how kindly Feng Junhou treated the soldiers.

Gongsun Zheng and Ma Zai remembered that they had formed a square formation in a very short time, and they both remained silent.

After Feng Yong finished lecturing the soldiers, he came back and said apologetically, "I have kept you waiting for a long time."

Originally, some people thought that Feng Yong brought his maid (Amei) here and felt that this young man was a little too hedonistic.
To be continued...