Chapter 18: Buying Officials (II)
Although the two eunuchs were in Luoyang, they also knew about the Yellow Turban Army's occupation of Changshe County, so now when they heard Xu Kang say that they wanted to buy the county order of Changshe County, the two of them suddenly showed surprise.
But the two quickly reacted, and the older eunuch gave a look, and the young eunuch turned back to gather the men without saying a word, and urged them to hurry up and move the boxes of copper coins placed at the door.
Looking at that posture, it seems that he is afraid that Xu Kang will regret it.
Xu Kang also noticed this, but he pretended not to see it, and instead arched his hand towards the elderly eunuch again.
"This eunuch, now the Yellow Turban occupies my hometown, kills my county officials, and robs my fellow villagers, this hatred is not shared, so I want to donate the official position of the county order, and I hope that the adult will be fulfilled!"
"Hehe, that's easy to say!"
Seeing the big boxes of money being moved in, the older eunuch's eyes narrowed with a smile, and his eyes were full of kindness when he looked at Xu Kang.
"Changshe County is a county of 10,000 people, and the county order is a rank ratio of 1,000 stones, if it is someone else, even if you take 10 million, it is not enough, but you have a heart to serve the country with a fist, and it is Cai Yilang's high feet, this time it will be fulfilled for you!"
Xu Kang: "......"
Ma Dan, this dead eunuch really dares to say it!
Although he was scolding MMP in his heart, Xu Kang's face was full of gratitude, and he hugged his fist towards the other party again.
"Thank you eunuch for your success, but I don't know when I will get the official seal? Now that the Yellow Turban is powerful, hundreds of thousands of thieves are entrenched in Changshe, and Lord Zhu Jun is surrounded by Zhu Jun, and the fact of our war is unfavorable, so I want to get the official seal as soon as possible, and then lead the soldiers, horses, grain and grass to support, I hope you can make it convenient! ”
"What? How could such a thing happen? Hearing Xu Kang's words, the older eunuch was shocked again.
Although he knew that Changshe County was occupied by the Yellow Turbans and was fighting against the Han army sent by the imperial court, he did not know the situation of the war.
Now as soon as he heard Xu Kang say that there were hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, and even Zhu Jun, the general of Youzhonglang, was surrounded, there was a scene in his heart that Changshe County had lost the battle and the Yellow Turban Army had reached Luoyang.
Thinking of this, he didn't dare to continue to stay in place, and after instructing the little eunuch to entertain Xu Kang well, he hurriedly left the West Garden and went in the direction of the palace.
Seeing his posture, Xu Kang didn't have to think much to know that he was going to report to someone, this person may be his immediate boss Shichang Servant, or it may be He Jin, the general in charge of soldiers and horses.
And who it is Xu Kang doesn't know, and he is not interested in knowing, he only knows one thing, that is, it won't be long before the purpose of his trip will be achieved!
As it turned out that he had guessed correctly, less than three hours later, the old eunuch returned, bringing with him the news he wanted.
"Xu Kang, Zhang Changshou has already agreed to what you asked, not only that, but Zhang Changshou also asked His Majesty to make you Sima of other departments, and let you lead the troops to rescue Changshe, this is your army token, take it!"
As he spoke, he stuffed a copper token into Xu Kang's hand.
"Okay, you go to the General's Mansion to report, get the soldiers and horses and set off quickly, as for your official uniform and official seal, I will send someone to send it to you before you leave, go quickly!"
Seeing his anxious appearance, Xu Kangqiang resisted the urge to laugh and arched his hand towards him again.
"Thank you so much, I'll go to the General's Mansion to report, eunuchs, please stay!"
After speaking, he held the token in his hand, turned around and left the West Garden, and walked in the direction of the Great General's Mansion.
The General's Mansion is He Jin's mansion, because he had been there once before, so this time he was familiar with the road, and he soon came to the familiar gate.
However, unlike before, in addition to the two soldiers who were responsible for guarding the door, there were four more Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes and holding dust.
It can be seen that although half a month has passed, the last incident has indeed left a lot of psychological shadows on He Jin.
However, these were no longer within Xu Kang's consideration, and after coming to the gate of the General's Mansion, he showed his other Sima token to the soldiers guarding him, and then walked in generously.
Jun Sima is a subordinate officer of the general, and Sima of other departments is a subordinate of Jun Sima, because the difference in rank is too big, so Xu Kang did not see He Jin after entering, but just registered his basic information, and went to the barracks outside the city to order troops.
As a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, He Jin was nominally in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, but in fact, the soldiers and horses he now controlled and could mobilize were only 40,000 people guarding outside Luoyang City.
Of course, he was reluctant to give these soldiers and horses to others, but now that the emperor has given orders, he has no choice, so he can only assign 3,000 people to Xu Kang.
Although nominally it was 3,000 people, in fact Xu Kang received only about 1,000 people, and they were basically infantry, and the cavalry had less than 200 people.
This is true even for those who distribute it, not to mention the grain and grass that is allocated.
The grain and grass that was supposed to be distributed for 3,000 people is now only a share of 1,000 people, and the rest, of course, has fallen into He Jin's pocket.
After this incident, Xu Kang couldn't help but sigh in his heart again.
"Sure enough, the upper beam is not right, the lower beam is crooked, and the middle beam is not falling, and at this time I don't forget to fill my pockets, it seems that the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty is really not an accident, and fortunately I didn't expect to take these people to fight, otherwise it would really not be enough for the yellow scarf to clean up."
As the saying goes, "ants bite elephants to death", no matter how poor the Yellow Turban Army's weapons and equipment are, and it lacks effective command, but under the huge number of bases, fighting a war is like a huge wave, which can be called devastating!
This is called one force to ten meetings!
Moreover, the soldiers of the Eastern Han Dynasty are not like the soldiers of later generations, they have no faith, and they only serve as soldiers to eat, so it is good to fight if it is a tailwind, but it is not possible if it is against the wind.
In ancient wars, once the battle loss ratio exceeded 5%, the soldiers would flee, and if the battle loss ratio exceeded 10%, the battle line would completely collapse, and then cause a great rout.
Therefore, in ancient warfare, morale became the top priority, once morale was strong, then it could reduce the probability of soldiers fleeing when they were damaged in battle, and increase the probability of victory.
This is also the reason why in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the two armies fought first.
Because once the opponent's generals are slaughtered in front of the battle, the morale boost is almost immeasurable, and in this way, the battle is basically half won.
As the saying goes, "a soldier is the power of a general, and a soldier is the courage of a soldier", this is not nonsense, which is why the princes of the Three Kingdoms period attached great importance to military generals, and even the great hero Cao Cao took great pains to keep Guan Yu.
This is called "a thousand troops are easy to get, but one will be hard to find"!
Take Liu Bei as an example, he was able to win one after another in the battle with the Yellow Turban with a small number of soldiers and horses, and the two fierce generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can be said to have contributed a lot.
Xu Kang knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, so he didn't think about fighting with the Yellow Turban at all, the reason why he shouted that he wanted to lead troops to support the Changshe was actually just to earn fame for his work.
"Anyway, the Yellow Turban will soon be defeated by Huangfu Song and them, all I have to do is take these people to the Changshe, and then hand them over to Huangfu Song, say a few more words, and then wait to lie down and win."
It was precisely because of this idea that he didn't care how many men and horses He Jin gave him, and after receiving the soldiers and horses, he led them out of the barracks and headed in the direction of his home.
At the same time, the Xu family was also in trouble at this time.
A man in a black official uniform blocked the door of the Xu family with more than a dozen people, and opened his mouth to Xu Fu, who was angry, and Xu Shi, who had a sad face, with an arrogant face.
"You are just a few outcasts, but you ignore the grace of shelter, repeatedly delay and do not pay the land tax, and now you refuse to hand over the land deed, you are really a wicked people, then don't blame me for not being merciful, come to someone, follow me in to search!"
"No!"