System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

"You two are more than qualified to be my generals."

"Will you guys be able to handle Puyang even without me in the future?"

Xiahou Dun's face darkened, and he was obviously dissatisfied with the two people's behavior of bypassing him.

"In an emergency, we must make decisions based on our circumstances."

"Don't blame me, General. I have a jar of good wine in my house. I will send it to you later."

Shi Huan explained from the moral high ground, then smiled flatteringly.

"Why late?"

"It will be delivered tonight."

When Xiahou Dun heard that there was good wine, he immediately forgot his dissatisfaction.

Dunza has a virtue that is very worth learning.

frugal.

Perhaps it can be said that the two brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan lived a very frugal life.

Naturally, people are reluctant to spend money to buy wine or use scarce grain to make wine.

Therefore, he could only rely on bribes from his subordinates to get a snack on weekdays.

Han Hao and Shi Huan are both smart people.

He often deliberately offended Xiahou Dun and found ways to send him a pot of Erguotou.

Although the Xiahou family is a wealthy family, being a wealthy family does not mean that everyone can get a share of the resources.

What's more, it was normal that some so-called prestigious families could not afford cotton trousers during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.

Many sons of prefects and inspectors made their way to see Laozi by collecting wood and driving donkeys.

Having been poor, I know that good days are hard to come by.

Besides, following Cao Cao and going hungry nine times out of three days is not a good life at all.

When everyone returned to Puyang City, Xiahou Dun sat in the hall wearing farming clothes and called everyone to discuss matters.

"Han Hao, how is the soldiers' training going?"

Xiahou Dun looked at Han Hao and asked.

"Reporting to the governor, we have 10,000 soldiers in our army. They train every five days and are all elite."

Han Hao cupped his hands and answered truthfully.

Training once every five days is admittedly a bit too little, but these are veterans.

During the spring plowing and autumn harvest, he planted and harvested the land. When there was nothing to do in the summer, he followed Xiahou Dun to suppress bandits.

In terms of combat power, they are not as good as the best but better than the worst, and are considered to be relatively elite among Cao's army.

"We have cavalry, don't we?"

"I remember I asked Meng De for five hundred war horses last time."

Xiahou Dun nodded and asked again.

"The governor remembers correctly that you did ask the lord for five hundred war horses last time."

"But you forgot one thing, the lord didn't give it to you."

Han Hao replied with a strange look on his face.

"..."

Xiahou Dun's face flushed.

Cavalry, which general doesn’t like it?

But this thing is too precious, and Cao Cao doesn't have many decent cavalry under his command.

It is said that Cao Cao was inspired by the Flying Bear Army and wanted to form the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

At present, there is still a shortage of more than a thousand war horses and more than two thousand five hundred sets of armor before the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry can be fully formed.

Cao Cao was so short of it, so it was naturally impossible for him to give it to Xiahou Dun.

"Meng De is going backwards as he gets older."

"I just want 500 war horses. Can't I buy 500 war horses with the money I invested?"

"How stingy."

After a long time, Xiahou Dun complained with a red face.

"..."

"Prefect, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

"War horses are not even for sale right now. One war horse has been sold for half a million coins."

Mao Jie complained, feeling both amused and helpless.

"..."

"It's better not to mention it, it's better not to mention it."

Xiahou Dun's face turned redder and he waved his hands repeatedly.

He felt that the little money he donated could not buy 500 war horses.

Not to mention five hundred horses, even ten horses would be enough.

It’s too expensive. When did war horses become so expensive?

He remembered that a few years ago it was only 70,000 or 80,000 yuan per horse, and a better one was only 200,000 yuan.

Of course, this was made possible by Dong Yu's warhorse blockade.

Now the entire north is under Dong Yu's control. In order to curb the development of the princes in the Central Plains, war horses have become an absolute ban.

At most, there would be some fearless horse dealers who would take the risk to smuggle a few horses.

"Report!"

"Oh no!"

"Sir, our scouts have learned that a cavalry unit of four to five thousand is heading towards Puyang."

"According to estimates, it's at most sixty miles away from Puyang."

Lu Qian ran in quickly and reported in a hurry.

"what?"

"So fast?"

Xiahou Dun's expression changed.

The cavalry came and went as fast as the wind.

Sixty miles is only half a day's work.

This also takes into account the fact that the cavalry needs to rest to avoid the horses running out of strength in sudden situations such as encounters.

If you are in a hurry and just take a short rest along the way, it may only take two hours to travel sixty miles.

"General, there are still many people farming outside the city."

Han Hao reminded with a serious expression.

Puyang is not the only city in Dongjun.

To the west, there are two cities, Yancheng and Baima, as well as three small counties.

These counties must be notified immediately, otherwise when Lu Bu's cavalry arrives, they will not know where to attack first.

"Lü Qian, take all the scouts in the city and notify the county magistrates and heads of each county to close the city gates and move all the people into the city."

"I will personally lead the army out of the city and delay Lu Bu for as long as possible."

Xiahou Dun looked serious and gave orders to everyone in an orderly manner.

"General, are you going to stop Lu Bu?"

"How can you stop it?"

Shi Huan's expression changed and he questioned.

"I have my own way."

"After I leave, Shi Huan, Han Hao, and Mao Jie, the three of you must defend Puyang to the death."

"Lü Bu is a cavalryman and not good at attacking cities. Just hold the city walls and he will retreat."

Xiahou Dun did not explain much and immediately handed over power to the three people he trusted most.