The spread of the sour jujube song is faster than ordinary people imagine, especially with the bamboo board singing, this novel tune has made many people very interested, and the people of Kanto who learned the truth began to despise and reprimand the fleeing sour jujube princes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the princes who were satirized in the song were all thunderous! Except, of course, Cao Cao and Bao Xin.

Cao Cao, who was on his way to Danyang to recruit troops, laughed for a long time after hearing the sour jujube song, and even laughed out of tears, he not only felt funny, but more importantly, the depression in his chest emanated, and he was keenly aware that under such circumstances, the second crusade against Dong Zhuo seemed to have great expectations, and he stepped up the pace of recruitment.

In the Qinghe Kingdom of Jizhou, Yuan Shao, who had already recruited tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to practice, couldn't help but be secretly happy when he heard that the princes of Sour Jujube were defeated. Since he was defeated by Zhang Liao in Hanoi, the prestige of the alliance leader has been greatly reduced, the princes of Sour Zao have lost control, and Zhang Miao has turned a blind eye to his orders, and Yuan Shao naturally has a secret hatred for this.

After the defeat of the sour jujube princes, everyone became a difficult brother, fifty steps without smiling and a hundred steps, Yuan Shao had the opportunity to rebuild the prestige of the alliance, so at the suggestion of Feng Ji and Xu You, Yuan Shao in the name of the general of the chariot cavalry, spread the word to the county of Zhuzhou, calling on the princes to hate the enemy and crusade against Dong Zhuo for the second time.

At the same time, Guo Tu, a famous man in Yingchuan, was also running, lobbying all the princes.

Just when the Kanto prefectures and counties were boiling, a caravan appeared near Yingchuan Yangzhai, the leader of the caravan was named Zuo Su, who was said to be the righteous son of Mr. Wujiao Zuo Ci, and the people didn't believe it, but when they saw the caravan passing, even a few yellow scarves rampant in the Ruying area also rushed to escort them, so they couldn't help but believe the rumors of Mr. Wujiao.

And there is an extra yellow scarf in the Ruying area, the leader is a high and methodist, occupies a fortress of powerful bullies, and does not plunder the county, but accepts the homeless, cultivates the wasteland, trains every day, and slowly forms a force, attracting many rangers and ordinary people to follow.

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And Zhang Liao, who made up sour jujube songs and secretly promoted the situation behind his back, has returned to Luoyang.

On the same day, in order to wait for Guo Jia, Zhang Liao ordered Zhang He and Dian Wei to bring thousands of soldiers and horses back and forth, thinking that they were suspicious soldiers, and delayed Li Min for half a day, and then quickly evacuated from the east of the city, and left Yingchuan on the same day and returned to Xingyang.

At the same time, Zhonglang took Xu Rong with grain, grass and baggage, and also traveled 300 miles from sour dates and rushed back to Xingyang.

When Xu Rong learned that Zhang Liao actually broke Yingchuan again, he couldn't help but admire.

Three days later, the two received Dong Zhuo's order and rushed to Bi Gui Yuan to receive the reward, which was naturally a celebration banquet in Bi Gui Yuan, and Zhang Liao was officially promoted to the rank of captain of the school, becoming a second-class general under Dong Zhuo after Zhonglang General.

Zhang Liao knew that Dong Zhuo liked money, so he gave Dong Zhuo all the money and pearls and jade obtained from Yingchuan, and gave all the cloth and silk that Dong Zhuo rewarded him and other booty obtained from Yingchuan to the soldiers.

Because the time was not right, Zhang Liao did not rush to plan the affairs of Hedong, but started a large-scale military training in the area of Xingyang Jing County.

He had more than 4,400 soldiers under his command, and after dividing Gao Shun's 800 traps and 400 archers, only more than 3,000 remained. However, Zhang Liao had previously captured more than 6,000 people on the battlefield of Xingyang and another 8,000 in Yingchuan, and now his men were approaching 18,000 people.

If all the captives were incorporated into soldiers, then he would become the strongest general under Dong Zhuo's command except for Dong Min, Dong Huang and Niu Fu!

Of course, this is impossible, not to mention that the full number of captains is 12,000 people, even if he can command 20,000, he will not be organized so much, he still understands the principle of making a big move, and he is even more afraid of causing Dong Zhuo's jealousy.

Therefore, Zhang Liao screened more than 14,000 captives, and finally selected the most elite 3,000 people, and expanded the battalions, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Euphorbia Battalion from 800 to 1,600 people, the Tiger Battalion had the highest requirements and was the most difficult to select, expanding from 400 to 800 people, the Marksman Battalion to 1,400 people, and the Scout Battalion to 400 people, while the personal guards and brakes still maintained 200 people.

In this way, Zhang Liao's subordinates, excluding Gao Shun, who was far away in Yingchuan, did not count the number of soldiers who were 6,200, which was no more or less, but they were all real elites.

As for the remaining more than 9,000 captives, they were all strong men selected from the original state and county, Zhang Liao used them as reserves, and let them be responsible for service, cultivating fields, building houses, and training regularly, but these people did not lead the army salary and military rations from Dong Zhuo, but Zhang Liao himself paid for them.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao obtained a large amount of grain and grass from Yingchuan, which can support the use of several months, as for the grain and grass after that, Zhang Liao now organizes these people to farm and breed by themselves, and soybean and rice can also be planted in this season, and the autumn harvest is just right, which can alleviate the urgency of grain use.

At the same time, Zhang Liao, under Guo Jia's suggestion, began to establish an intelligence system, named the Shadow Division, led by Zhang Jian, based on the pro-guard battalion, and also transferred some from the scout battalion, and the rest was to slowly absorb new members from the more than 9,000 reserves, the main function is to develop secret spies in various states and counties, and collect intelligence and talents. As for the information collected, it was handed over to the military advisor Guo Jia, who analyzed it.

The establishment of the Shadow Division is not an overnight effort, and it requires a lot of money, but Zhang Liao is just ready to get up early, under his arrangement, some of Zhang Jian's original guards have been dispersed after basic intelligence gathering training, and have entered the Kwantung Prefecture, the number is not large, but it is a beginning.

In addition, it was the Confucian teachers and students who were snatched back from Yingchuan, and Zhang Liao sent them all to Xiaopingjin to sort out the thousands of books collected from the palace. These classics are all treasures of the palace, the content is the richest, how can ordinary people see, those Confucian teachers and students are people who love books, see that Zhang Liao is not lying, there are really thousands of classics, put aside the resentment when he landed, immersed in the sea of books.

At the beginning of June, Yin gave birth to a boy and named He Yan according to He Xian's original wishes.

Because Tang Wan and Su Wan were both far away in Yingchuan, Zhang Liao handed over military affairs to Guo Jia, asked Dong Zhuo for leave, and accompanied the Yin family in Xiaopingjin for a month and a half.

Although He Xian is not Zhang Liao's own bloodline, but he is the descendant of the general He Jin, He Jin is kind to him, and the eldest son He Xian entrusted him before his death, plus Yin Yue's relationship, Zhang Liao can be said to love He Yan like a parent, which moved Yin very much, and comforted He Xian's spirit in the sky many times.

In August, Zhang Liao couldn't stay in Xiaopingjin, and Dong Zhuo ordered him to return to Luoyang as soon as possible.

Because under the call of Yuan Shao, the Kwantung princes raised troops for the second time, and the scale this time was even better than the first time! (To be continued.) )