To be honest, Li Rui was quite moved. That was four hundred cavalry, the most powerful force in this era, who wouldn't be moved? With these four hundred cavalry in hand, his life was more guaranteed! Besides, he grew up in the barracks since he was a child, and he saw the last cavalry in China riding a tall horse on the ice and snowy border. He had imagined that he could join this army and command this army. Now, the opportunity has come, and he really has the opportunity to command a cavalry unit! And the scale is far greater than the cavalry unit where his father is! These 400 surrendered soldiers, plus the two hundred heaps previously incorporated in the Battle of Piaoliu, a total of 600 heavy cavalry, were enough to form a cavalry brigade in the 19th century!

And he is the brigade commander of the cavalry brigade, and he is so glorious when he thinks about it.

but……

"You said that raising these cavalry is very expensive, and the court cannot pay military salaries. I am even poorer. Where can I get money to raise so many cavalry?" he asked with a frown.

Beigong Jing said: "That depends on your ability. Just find a way to make money by yourself. If it really doesn't work, you can borrow it from Yang Xiu. If you have such a good relationship, she will definitely lend it to you."

Li Rui smiled bitterly: "Forget it, my relationship with her has not been good enough to borrow a lot of money from her."

Having said that, he still reluctantly arranged the remaining four hundred and a half cavalry. Now he, Quhou, finally, has a real name, and even over-organized one. According to the Jin army, Quhou has only five hundred troops, and now he has six hundred half cavalry alone. Anyone who is a little familiar with the military knows that cavalry, especially aristocratic troops such as cavalry, are not enough to prepare armor, weapons and horses. They also need light cavalry to assist in the battle to deal with the enemy's scouts and archers, and also need auxiliary soldiers to help build.

In camps, they harvest firewood and carry water, and take care of war horses. During wartime, they also have to serve cavalry and armor and horses. In battle, they have to help cavalry replace horses and weapons. These tasks have to be done by someone. Without the cooperation of auxiliary soldiers and light cavalry, it is difficult for cavalry to exert powerful power. For light cavalry, Beigong Jing can help, but there is no way for auxiliary soldiers, and he has to recruit himself. Generally speaking, a cavalry must have at least two auxiliary soldiers to serve, that is, in order to serve these 600 cavalry, he must recruit at least 1,200 auxiliary soldiers!

In other words, he has to raise two thousand people!

Two thousand people are small, let’s not talk about equipment and training, just eating, drinking, defecation and urination is a big problem, and it’s a headache to think about it!

However, it is indeed very easy to recruit soldiers in this troubled times. Beigong Jing has food in his hand, so there are not many people coming to join him. With Beigong Jing's help, Li Rui quickly recruited 1,400 auxiliary soldiers. Most of these auxiliary soldiers were from the beggar army and had certain combat experience, which is very important. Having combat experience means that when an enemy attacks head-on, they can deal with it calmly and not mess around. This is more important than anything else.

Someone alone can't do it, but it still needs equipment. In this battle, the Liangzhou army seized a large number of horses, weapons, and armor from the Hu people, which were too many to be used at all. Li Rui was really not polite and selected a Hun horse for each of the auxiliary soldiers. This kind of horse from the grassland outside the border, purely free-range horses, with shoulders of only thirteen and a half palms, which is 135 cm tall. Compared with the tall horses equipped with cavalry, it is like a donkey. No matter whether it is endurance, the explosive power of this kind of horse is not very good, but it has one advantage, that is, it is resistant to rough feeding and can live well by gnawing the grass. When you are about to fight, you will be given some essence and will be fierce immediately. Raising them is quite cost-effective.

As for the armor given to the auxiliary soldiers, he chose the one with a total weight of less than 20 kilograms. This kind of armor is basically immune to direct hits from a low-pound horse bow. The eighty to ninety pound step bow cannot be shot through with ordinary arrows from fifty meters away. No matter how high the pound count is, or if the armor penetration cone is used, it will be useless. The advantage of this kind of armor is that it is lightweight, the disadvantage is that the protection area is limited, the limbs are basically not protected, and it is easy to get injured. Li Rui changed it and added some protection to the elbows, wrists, knees and other parts, and he didn't know what the effect was.

As for weapons, each person had a ring-headed sword, a continuous bow, and even more than one. Li Rui's positioning of them was that they had to do all kinds of miscellaneous work. When fighting, they not only had to help heavy cavalry wear armor, change horses, and change weapons, but also had to take on the responsibility of using cavalry to expel the enemy's light cavalry. When necessary, they even had to line up to resist the enemy's impact with dense rain of arrows and help the heavy cavalry to drag the enemy down.

From this point of view, these auxiliary soldiers are also quite miserable.

Just when Li Rui, Beigong Jing and others were busy recruiting soldiers, Sima Yue commanded the Jin army to advance rapidly, breaking through the enemy camps and taking down towns. Wherever the troops arrived, the Huns army retreated. The Jin army was as powerful as a bamboo shoot. In just a few days, it reached Xin'an and surrounded the city. This wonderful situation of unstoppable momentum and frequent successes of good news has appeared again and again since the Huns and Han countries launched the first attack on Luoyang. The court and the people were amazed and said, "The Taiwei's sword is not old, and he uses troops like a god. It is a blessing for the country to fight the captives. With the Taiwei here, my great Jin should be as safe as Mount Tai!"

For a moment, the people in Luoyang City were excited, and the praise for Sima Yue surged like a tide. Almost everyone regarded him as the savior. Sima Yue had a huge reputation.

However, not everyone will cheer for Sima Yue's victory, at least today's emperor Sima Chi will not. In his opinion, those good news was Sima Yue's show-off and provocation to him. Every good news was like a bundle of dry firewood, burning the fire in his heart more and more vigorously.

Inside Tai Chi Palace.

The young emperor paced back and forth with a gloomy face, like a beast trapped in a cage, and many porcelain utensils made him smashed. As the emperor, this behavior was undoubtedly very rude, but Yang Chen had no intention of correcting it. He stood with his hands down, his eyebrows and eyes were low, calm and composed, and turned a blind eye to the emperor's rude actions.

The emperor stood up suddenly, stared at Yang Chen, gasped slightly, and asked hatefully: "The old thief's ability to fight was obviously not very good, why did he win in a row this time with a strong battle?"

Yang Chen said calmly: "The old thief Sima just picked up the advantage of the Liangzhou army. In the three battles between Xincheng, Piaoliu and Yiyang, Shi Le and Hu Yanyan's troops were killed and injured more than 30,000 people, and they were completely destroyed. The old thief Sima was defeated by the remnant general who saved his life under the sword of Liangzhou. Moreover, along the way, the barbarians were basically about to leave and did not fight him much. He seemed to have won one after another, but in fact he did not win many things."

Sima Chi became more and more irritable: "But the whole world only knows that he has won a great victory. The Hu people are defeated under his military front. No one cares about how many enemy troops he has captured. Those idiots only know that the old thief is winning over and the Hu people are defeated under his military front!"

Speaking of this, the young emperor was already restless: "The old thief is already powerful and has a lot of followers. Now he is victorious on the battlefield, and there will inevitably be more people who will defect to him. At that time, if the old thief makes any unjust acts, who can control it!"

Yang Chen was still calm and smiled calmly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the old thief's record is very weak and he can't stand the scrutiny at all. Your Majesty will allow him to be proud for a few more days. When he is proud of his lies, he will definitely lose face and feel ashamed!"

Sima Chi calmed down a little, "Take it serious?"

Yang Chen said: "Nature takes it seriously."

Seeing that Sima Chi was still uneasy, he sent a reassurance to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the morale of the third battalion of the Imperial Army in this battle has been fully developed. In addition, the brave and powerful Liangzhou army is enough to fight against the 40,000 imperial guards under the old thief. In addition, the Duke of Dongping County is loyal to Your Majesty and is very angry at the old thief's act of deceiving the king. Your Majesty only needs an edict and he will raise an army to respond. Tens of thousands of loyal and brave troops enter the capital to serve the king. Even if the old thief has three heads and six arms, it is hard to resist. If you want to capture and kill it at that time, it is just a matter of Your Majesty's words!"

The Duke of Dongping County as Yang Chen mentioned is actually Gou Xi.

Gou Xi is from Shanyang County, Henei County. He is not from a prominent family and has a low starting point. He was originally in the Sili School Command, but later he had good luck. He first got Shi Jian, and then was appreciated by Sima Yue. His official career began to be prosperous, and he worked all the way to the prefect of Yangping County. Like Liu Kun and others in the Eight Kings Rebellion, he also changed his camps in the dark and dark melee that lasted for several years. He changed several bosses and stumbled all the way. When the Eight Kings Rebellion came to an end, he actually made him become the governor of Yanzhou.

In Yanzhou, this man found a stage that truly belonged to him. The Eight Kings Rebellion was over, but the war was not over. The Hu people with murderous intent in the north and northwest had tens of thousands of refugees in the Central Plains. In Shandong, Gongshifan, Jisang, Shile, Wang Mi... were lined up to rebel, and they defeated Shandong and Jianghuai areas into a mess. Gou Xi took on a heavy burden in the background of chaos, recruited and trained a strong combat force, blocked east and west, and cut down whoever came, and killed Gongshifan, Jisang, Lu Lang, Liu Bogen, defeated Shile and Wang Mi one after another, and were invincible, just like the firefighting captain of the Western Jin Dynasty. The people of Jin admired his military talents and compared him to Han Xin and Bai Qi. Even Sima Yue bowed to him to win over this brave and warlike general.

However, this year, the two brothers of the Beggars have had a terrible quarrel.
Chapter completed!