"Rumor!" The sound of thunderous hooves made the earth tremble.

Zhou Yang rode on the wind chasing horse and looked at the smoke and dust in front of him. At this time, Zhou Yang was wearing a new armor and did not wear an iron bag, with his head exposed.

Six years have passed. Although Zhou Yang is still as handsome as a jade face, he has become much more mature, with a thick beard under his chin. The young man who was famous at Chang'an back then has long gone, mature, steady, experienced and more vigorous.

Under the smoke and dust, a team of Han troops were advancing, with the Wei flag, which was particularly conspicuous. Under the general, there was a general with a helmet and armor, tall, strong, sharp, and bright eyes. It was Wei Qing.

Wei Qingben was in command of the army in South Vietnam and did a very good job, which was highly praised by Emperor Jing. Three years later, Zhou Yang transferred him back from South Vietnam to participate in military training.

Since the death of Empress Dowager Dou six years ago, Emperor Jing issued an order to obey filial piety according to ancient etiquette. After three years of mourning, he did not engage in conquests. The Han Dynasty missed the opportunity to use troops against the Huns.

I originally thought that in three years, I could use troops to the Huns. But I didn't expect that the death of Empress Dowager Dou had a very big blow to Emperor Jing. Emperor Jing was not in good health and was in a very serious condition. With Emperor Jing's body, he could not bear a large-scale war at all. Once the war was a big fight, there would be more state affairs to deal with, so I had to wait for Emperor Jing's illness to improve.

However, three years have passed since the first, second and third grades. Emperor Jing's condition not only did not improve, but instead became even heavier.

During these six years, Zhou Yang did not rest, that was to train troops and expand the scale of the Han Dynasty's new army. With the efforts of Zhou Yang, Li Guang, Cheng Bushi, Wei Qing, Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui, and others, the scale of the Han Dynasty's new army had reached 200,000.

"rumble!"

In the distance, smoke and dust filled another Han army. A flag with a silhouette swayed in the wind, stretching like a painting.

He rode a member of his generals with an extremely tall figure and rode on a horse like a moving iron tower, which was Zhang Tong.

A heavy sword was hooked on the weapon, and the knife head was put in the sheath. The light had not appeared, and it also showed its extraordinaryness.

Following Zhang Tong was Mo Daozhe, each of whom was tall and not inferior to Zhang Tong.

Since obtaining Zhang Liang's military strategy, Zhang Tongqin and studied, and has extraordinary achievements in military use. In addition, he loves Modao, so Zhou Yang has already promoted him to become Modao General and commands a team of Modao players.

"rumble!"

An angry dragon appeared in the west and rushed towards him. On the one hand, under the banner of Li, Li Guang was carrying a big yellow bow and a knife with a ring on his waist and a sword on his head, leading the Han army to come.

Just as Li Guang appeared, a team of Han troops appeared in the east, which were led by Cheng Buzhi.

Immediately afterwards, the Han army led by Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui, Qin Yi and others appeared and rushed towards Zhou Yang's general.

Qin Yi followed Zhao Tuo to Zhending and stayed with Zhao Tuo. Two years ago, Zhao Tuo passed away, and Zhou Yang brought Qin Yi into the army. Zhou Yang had a good impression of Qin Yi. He was smart and capable, with extraordinary strength and natural military materials. If he was not allowed to attack the Huns, it would be a waste.

Before his death, Zhao Tuo held the will of the First Emperor and kept saying: "First Emperor, I have not lost Lingnan! Lingnan has not lost!" He left quietly.

Zhao Tuo was the last soldier of Qin Shihuang's 500,000 Southern Expedition Army. After his death, Qin Shihuang's 500,000 Southern Expedition Army all passed away.

Meaning the end of an era!

The end of a legend!

The Han army led by Wei Qing arrived first. Under Wei Qing's command, the Han army quickly formed a formation. People were like dragons, horses were like tigers, and their spirits were permeated with a long rainbow and their voices were extraordinary.

Zhou Yang saw it and praised it in his heart. Wei Qing was Wei Qing, who is worthy of being a famous military genius in Chinese history. In his hands, the Han army always had more reputations that others could not reach.

"See the Grand Marshal!" Wei Qing slapped his horse and came out. He came to Zhou Yang and greeted Zhou Yang, which was also a consignment order.

"Wei Qing, not bad! You took the lead again." Zhou Yang praised with a smile.

This was a drill. Zhou Yang divided the 200,000 Han troops in different places and asked them to move towards their current position. Wei Qing had the greatest difficulties along the way. The road they were about to take was very rugged, dangerous mountains and rivers. This was what Zhou Yang trained Wei Qing and deliberately put him here.

With such a great difficulty, Wei Qing was the first to arrive. His talent was indeed extraordinary.

"Thank you, Marshal!" Wei Qing pulled his horse's head, rode his horse to Zhou Yang, and stopped.

"Array!"

Zhang Tong rode a tall horse, crisscrossing the formation, and ordered the Han army to form a formation. Under his command, the Han army formed a formation very quickly. Mo Dao leaned on Mo Dao and arranged it into formations, which was very terrifying.

"I've met the commander-in-chief." Zhang Tong came to join the horse and greeted Zhou Yang.

"Zhang Tong, you are still the second one to arrive, without regressing or making progress." Zhou Yang nodded slightly: "It's pretty good!"

Since he was familiar with Zhang Liang's military strategy, Zhang Tong's progress has been very great, which was beyond Zhou Yang's expectations. However, the more good generals in the army, the better, and Zhou Yang was naturally unspeakable.

Li Guang, Cheng Buzhi, Gongsun He, Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui, Qin Yi and others arrived one after another, and after the formation, they met Zhou Yang in front. After seeing the ceremony, they stopped by Zhou Yang.

Two hundred thousand Han troops gathered here, like a sea of ​​tides, wide and boundless, and the scene was extremely shocking.

The Han army was energetic, fierce, elite, with a rainbow of momentum and murderous aura. If it appeared on the battlefield, it would definitely destroy everything.

"Haha!" Li Guang looked at the Han army, stroked his beard, and smiled: "Once upon a time, I, Li Guang, could have imagined that the great man actually had such an elite army!"

"Yes! Yes!" Cheng Bushi immediately agreed: "If there had been such an elite army, how could the Huns be rampant?"

The two of them were famous border generals, and there were not a hundred battles with the Huns, and there were dozens of them. They knew the pros and cons of the Han army in the past, with few cavalry, backward tactics, slow movements, weak attack power, and weak defense. It was okay to use them to defend the city. If there was no cover from the city, the Han army would suffer a great loss when encountering the Huns.

The Han army is good at attacking and defending. Once attacking, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of the sky and the earth, and nothing can stop their pace. If it is defending, it will definitely be like an iron barrel, and no one can shake their formation.

The three powerful weapons, such as the Modao, crossbow formation, and light cavalry, can be attacked and defended, attacking like a thundering wind and defending like an iron barrel.

"This is all the achievements of the general!" Gongsun He exclaimed with a smile.

"Yes! If there was no commander, how could such an elite army come from!" Gongsun Jian, Qin Wuhui, Wei Qing, Zhang Tong, Qin Yi and the others were busy agreeing.

If it weren't for Zhou Yang, there wouldn't be Mo Dao. The most fierce fighting style in Chinese history wouldn't appear in advance. This is indeed Zhou Yang's credit.

"It's too much, this is the result of everyone working together!" Zhou Yang smiled slightly, waved the flag in his hand, and the Han army rumbled away and returned to the camp.

"When will we use troops against the Huns?" Li Guang patted his forehead in annoyance.

"Six years have passed! We only trained troops, but did not go to the battlefield." Cheng Bushi sighed very much: "Now, the army has been trained but is not allowed to fight. Isn't this a life-threatening person?"

This is not only what they want to say, but also what Zhou Yang thought. It is really uncomfortable to only train troops and not fight. It seems that Zhou Yang is born to be a military man.

"Report to the Grand Marshal, the Emperor has sent an order." Zhao Ponu rushed over and handed a bunch of silk to Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang took it in his hand, opened it and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Master, what did the emperor say? Is it going to start a war?" Li Guang asked quickly and rushed to ask.

This was exactly what Cheng Buzhi and the others were asking. They looked at Zhou Yang without saying anything.

In the past six years, they have been looking forward to a war with the Huns, but they have not received permission from Emperor Jing, which has made them very worried.

"No, the emperor summoned us back to Chang'an!" Zhou Yang shook the imperial edict in his hand.

"Return to Chang'an?" Cheng Buzhi raised his eyebrows: "Is something wrong?"

Emperor Jing was seriously ill and could die at any time. He said this, but he didn't dare to say it clearly.

"Actually, this is the will of the prince." Zhou Yang handed the imperial edict to Cheng Bushi.

"Crown Prince?" Li Guang raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the idea of ​​the prince?"

The current crown prince is the future Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che. After King Liang's death, the biggest obstacle to establishing a crown prince had been cleared. Emperor Jing chose an opportunity to make him the crown prince and changed his name to "Che", which means clever and sage.

After Liu Che was appointed as the crown prince, he first studied and practiced calligraphy under Wei Wan's teachings. Speaking of study, Emperor Wu of Han was amazing, and he had to be convinced and was called a child prodigy. When he was four years old, he could recite tens of thousands of words of talisman book, showing amazing memory.

Wei Wan is a famous scholar who is proficient in the academic studies of hundreds of schools. Under his guidance, Liu Che made amazing progress.

Emperor Jing's health was getting worse day by day. In order to teach Liu Che, he handed over some state affairs to him. Emperor Jing originally asked him to practice his skills, but he didn't expect that the Emperor of Eternals was the Emperor of Eternals, and was born with this material, and it was easy to deal with it. At the beginning, he was a little awkward and inexperienced. As more and more state affairs were handled, he became more and more sophisticated, just like a veteran who had been dealing with state affairs for decades, not like a teenager.

The most important point is that he often has amazing insights and unexpected ways of dealing with them. Even Emperor Jing, who has been emperor for many years, was very convinced.

Over time, the prince's wise reputation spread and was deeply convinced by the ministers.

"It's really the prince's handwriting." Cheng Buzhi looked at the imperial edict and smiled: "I guess it's for sending troops, and I'm sure it's for all the troops."

"I think so too." Zhou Yang nodded.

"If you really want to send troops, it's certainly good. But what is the emperor thinking?" Li Guang tilted his neck and was puzzled.

A few years ago, Emperor Jing was in poor health, and now he was much better. At that time, Emperor Jing refused to send troops, but now his health is worse. Instead, he wanted to send troops. What is the reason?

No one could understand this, Zhou Yang said: "Don't think about it, let's go back to Chang'an! When you arrive in Chang'an, everything will come out."

This is the truth. Li Guang and the others no longer speculated. They packed up their luggage, rode their war horses, and headed straight for Chang'an.

The place where Zhou Yang trained troops was no longer the Chencang River Valley, nor in the north, but in the Central Plains. Although the Chencang River Valley was secret and a good place for training troops, it was limited. It was no problem to train 30,000 troops. It would be too small to train 200,000 troops, so it had moved out long ago.

The Chencang River Valley became a military academy of the Han Dynasty, where the officers of the Han army were trained.

The training of the 200,000 army is best placed in the north. The terrain is open and not only can it be trained, but it can also fight the Huns from time to time to increase practical experience.

However, being too close to the border makes it easy for the Xiongnu to detect military information. There are me in the enemy and I in the enemy. The Xiongnu buried many spies in the Han Dynasty, so this matter has to be guarded against.

After choosing, I finally found a flat land of hundreds of miles near Leishou Mountain, which is similar to the desert terrain and can be used to train soldiers. What is even more rare is that there are mountains on all sides of this flat land, which are relatively secret and easy to keep secret.

It takes one or two days to rush from the Central Plains to Chang'an.

What you saw on the road made Zhou Yang feel very happy. Today's Han Dynasty not only has an elite army, but its national strength has become stronger than six years ago. The people of the Central Plains live and work in peace and prosperity, and are even richer.

After Zhao Guo's efforts, the technology of ox plowing, field replacement, and carts were promoted nationwide, and agriculture underwent earth-shaking changes. In the rich Central Plains, people had full grain in the warehouse and had meat. Although they had not yet reached the point of eating meat every meal, they could at least have a meal every now and then.

Before Zhao Guo promoted farming technology, even in the rich Central Plains, it was good that people could eat meat a month. Now, they could have a meal every now and then, which is a huge improvement.

What made Zhou Yang even more pleased was that this was just the beginning. As time went by, the Central Plains would become richer, the Han Dynasty would become stronger and the lives of the people would get better and better.

When the people's lives are better and their bodies are strong, the population will increase. As long as there is enough population, the Han Dynasty can do earth-shaking things, and it is not impossible to conquer the world.

"Brother Tong, is there any news about my eldest father?" Zhou Yang rushed to Zhang Tong.

Three years ago, when the national mourning period of Empress Dowager Dou ended, Zhou Yang married Princess Nangong. Not long after, with Princess Nangong, Zhang Ling'er married Zhou Yang with satisfaction. He told the outside that Zhou Yang married a concubine, but in fact, the two were as good as sisters, regardless of size.

"No!" Zhang Tong looked sad.

Since Zhang Buyi left home six years ago and was going to find his younger brother, he has not heard anything yet.
To be continued...