Chapter 39 Xianbei Ten Parts

Busy with the reorganization and integration of the camp, Lu Bu promulgated a new order to make the Xiongnu Zhonglang generals, two contents, the first is aimed at the bad habits in the army, in order to alleviate the contradictions between officers and soldiers, add the sixth military regulations, the superior shall not beat and scold the subordinates, the subordinates who violate discipline will naturally be dealt with by the clerk military law, and those who violate the military regulations will not be killed without mercy this time, but the first offense will be demoted to one level, and the second offense will be demoted by two levels, until they are demoted to ordinary soldiers.

The second general order was to require the Northern Xiongnu Right Xianwang Zhuo Chibu, who had completed the southward migration, plus the Southern Xiongnu departments, to transfer men of appropriate age to form a long-planned Xiongnu servant army, which was a standing army, separated from production, and organized into three cavalry brigades, with a total of 15,000 people. The commander-in-chief of the servant army was concurrently served by Gao Shun, the deputy commander-in-chief Jin Rigang, and the brigade commanders, thousand-commanders, and centurions below were Han and Huns, all of whom were officers selected from the trapping camp, and the most basic commanders were all the first batch of Xiongnu slaves who followed Jin Rigang to surrender.

This 15,000-strong servant army also has to undergo a month of recruit training, the training intensity and assessment standards are slightly lower than the standard of trapping camps, the main training subject is still the new cavalry tactics, the focus is brainwashing education, instilling loyalty to Lu Bu and the Han people, and following the Han people can eat and drink spicy food, food and clothing without worry, and there is no need to worry about natural and man-made disasters.

At the same time that Lu Bu was carefully training his soldiers and horses, Li Su, who was far away in Luoyang, had successfully established an intelligence network centered on Luoyang and covering the nearby Sili School Captain's Department, eastern Liangzhou, Hanzhong, northern Jingzhou, Jizhou, and Yuzhou, and bought off eunuchs, guards, and palace maids in the palace with a lot of money, and down to storytellers, prostitutes, and teahouses and restaurants in the three religions and nine streams, and opened some restaurants, teahouses, shops, and brothels in various places, and began to adopt and train some young men and women in a purposeful manner, mainly orphans. Teach different skills and specialties to prepare for the future entry into the residences of officials at all levels, the DPRK and China, and even the military camps in various places.

The establishment of the intelligence network, so that all kinds of information in an endless stream, Luoyang happened in the first time through the carrier pigeon to the old camp in the clouds, for example, in March, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty amnesty the world, some party members were also released, the call to lift the party ban is getting higher and higher, Huangfu Song and others have been sparse, asking Emperor Ling to lift the party ban, redress the grievances of Zhaoxue some unjust, false and wrongful cases, but now it is still the eunuch group to gain power, Zhang Rang led by the ten permanent servants from the obstruction, for the time being has not lifted the party ban.

At the same time, the power of the Ten Standing Servants also reached its peak, and twelve people, including Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Xia Yun, were all made marquises. The arrogance was monstrous, and his father, brothers, and children mostly served as county commanders, acting recklessly, and complaining. And in May, the world is drought, the people's life is even more miserable, drought year after year, crops are not harvested, many areas have reported the tragedy of eating grass roots and gnawing tree bark, and even changing seeds and eating. Conflicts over grain grabbing and resisting donations have occurred from time to time.

In particular, Li Su mentioned in his letter that in many areas of the Central Plains, there is a religious organization called "Taiping Dao" that is active in the people, and it is said that it has been preaching for more than ten years, and the Pope is Zhang Jiao, the main leader of which is his brother Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, who claim to be able to cure diseases with Fu Shui, and has hundreds of thousands of believers.

It is rumored that it has been divided into 36 parties, each of which is under the command of the commander, and there are faint signs of trouble. There is also reliable news that Ma Yuanyi, the big leader of Taiping Dao, integrated tens of thousands of sectarians in Jing and Yangzhou, intending to start an incident in Yuzhou, and even wanted to attack Luoyang, and was quietly communicating with the eunuchs Feng Yu and Xu Feng.

When Lu Bu saw this, he concluded that this was the precursor of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Lu Bu replied to Li Su, saying that he must make every effort to collect all kinds of information about Taiping Dao, especially pay close attention to Ma Yuanyi's every move, and it is best to grasp the direct evidence of Ma Yuanyi's collusion with the eunuchs, such as tokens or correspondence.

There is a great drought in the world, and the northern grasslands are also in serious drought, but the counties in the state rely on the Yellow River water system, and the drought is much better, so in recent times, the Xianbei tribes, including the Northern Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang Department, are all ready to move, if it weren't for Lu Bu's previous victory over the Northern Xiongnu Youxian King suppressing them, I'm afraid they would have gone south to plunder.

By June, on the surface, he was still a businessman outside the mouth, but in fact, Hu Dahu Er, who had been developed into an intelligence officer by Lu Bu and Li Su, sent the latest information on the grassland, and the Xianbei tribes were completely divided, although the son of Tanshi Huai and Lian succeeded to the position of tribal leader, but he was a man with no ambition and no talent, and he was greedy and lustful, and his father's old department and the leaders of various tribes did not obey him and stood on their own.

First of all, the western Xianbei broke away from the jurisdiction of the royal court, moved west to the Hexi region, and grabbed territory with the Northern Xiongnu. The eastern Xianbei also did not obey the control of the royal court, and were divided into several small tribes, scattered on the edge of Liaoxi, Youbeiping and Yuyang counties in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and fought fiercely with the original Wuhuan people.

The original strongest Central Xianbei also split into three major groups, the strongest of which was He Lian and his so-called Golden Family, who controlled the royal court of Danhan Mountain and the surrounding large area, as well as the royal court Janissary Army created and left behind by Tanshi Huai.

To the south of Helianbu, near the border county of Dahan Yunzhong, Yanmen is the tribe of Helian's nephew Kuitou and Budugen brothers, and the last major force is the tribe of Kebineng, which controls the area north of Daijun and Shanggu, and borders the Wuhuan people and Xianbei in the east.

Although the Xianbei tribes have been divided, the residual power of Tanshi Huai is still there, and the royal court iron guard of the golden family is still there, so Helian still regards himself as the big leader of the Xianbei clan, and the other clans do not oppose it on the surface, and bow down to the courtiers, but this royal order cannot go out of the royal court.

This time there was a great drought in the grassland, the cattle, sheep and horses were all gone, and the Xianbei people were about to starve to death, and Lian thought that this was a good time for him to re-establish the king's authority, so he issued a convening token, summoning Xianbei's most powerful head now, the Kebineng Department, the Murong Department, the Yuwen Department, the Suli Department, the Duan Department, the Tuoba Department and the Bald Department and the Begging Department of the Western Xianbei plus himself, and the Ten Divisions went to the Danhan Mountain to join the alliance, wanting to reproduce the scenery of the Great Xianbei.

Among the ten departments, the strength of the eastern and western Xianbei departments is scattered, and the single part is very weak, and in the face of the royal family's orders, although they are reluctant but dare not disobey. Because of this drought, the disaster in Xianbei in the east and west is not serious, and it is the three major tribes in Xianbei in the middle that really need to go south to plunder, but their own strength is not good, if they do not agree to go south together, I am afraid that the three major tribes will come to rob their pastures first.

Therefore, he did not dare to disobey the call of the three major tribes, especially the golden family, although Helian did not have the majesty of his father Tanshi Huai, but he was a lord who would repay him, and there were 80,000 royal court iron guards under his command, this Tanshi Huai was created single-handedly, and the battle-hardened iron cavalry was only loyal to the golden family, and the head and Kebi Neng Department could easily pull out 50,000 people who controlled the strings. The sum of the three major tribes has long exceeded the combined strength of the other tribes, so they can only obey orders.

Lu Bu estimated the total strength of the Xianbei troops after they were assembled, and he couldn't help frowning. He summoned military advisors Jia Xu and Gao Shun, as well as the brigade commanders and deputy brigade commanders of the three brigades, to discuss the latest military situation. Everyone was also shocked by the strong strength of the Xianbei people.

Gao Shun spoke first, "Even if the Xianbei Ten Divisions will not come out, I am afraid that there will be 200,000 people, and our soldiers and horses plus the Xiongnu servant army, plus the county soldiers and border troops of the counties of the state, I am afraid that we will be able to draw out more than 40,000 people, a five-fold gap, this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Don't forget, my lord, you are the general of the Huns, you can directly report this important military situation to His Majesty the Emperor, and ask the soldiers and horses of the nearby Youzhou, Jizhou, and Sili Captains to be reinforcements, so our army will not fight alone." ”

A word to wake up the dreamer, Lu Bu slapped his forehead, "Yes, why didn't I think of asking for help?" The military advisor can immediately draft a document for me, write a table, and implore His Majesty the Emperor to send troops and horses to Youzhou, Jizhou, and Sili Commander's Department to help, and ask the Emperor to take me as the main general, and allow me to take the initiative to attack according to the enemy's situation. Gao Shun ordered all brigades to prepare for the battle, and he had to quickly send a letter to his father-in-law in Jinyang, asking him to dispatch soldiers and horses from various counties to help, collect grain and grass, recruit young and strong, strengthen the city, and assist in defending the city. ”