Guo Bin took the edict and handed Yuan Shao's letter to Xi Zhicai.

When the drama was opened, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, and Xu Shu gathered around to look.

Guo Bin slapped his right leg and fell into deep thought.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Son of Heaven Liu Hong worshiped Lu Zhi as the general of the North Middle Lang, Huangfu Song as the general of the Left Middle Lang, and Zhu Jun as the General of the Right Middle Lang. Lu Zhi took the general of Wuhuan Zhonglang as his deputy and went to Jizhou to pacify the Yellow Turban Army. Jizhou is Zhang Jiao's hometown and the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army. Before the Taiping Daoju incident, tens of thousands of elites were dispatched from Jingzhou and Yangzhou, which greatly strengthened the strength of the Jizhou Yellow Turban. At the beginning, Ma Yuanyi was in charge of this task.

When Guo Bin first met Ma Yuanyi in Yanshi, he was organizing the Taiping Road between Jingzhou and Yangzhou on the way north to Jizhou.

Among the two armies of the imperial court, Lu Zhi's army of the North Route was the most powerful. This is also the prestige accumulated by Lu Zhi, who was both civil and military, and had twice quelled the barbarian rebellion in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou. The Southern Route Army, with Huangfu Song as the main force and Zhu Jun as the auxiliary, led a part of the sergeants in the five schools of the Northern Army, as well as the cavalry of Sanhe (Hedong, Hanoi, and Henan), and recruited strong men at the same time, totaling more than 40,000 people. The two of them each led a unit to jointly suppress the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army.

Whether it is Lu Zhi's Beizhong Lang General, or Huangfu Song's Left Zhonglang General, or Zhu Jun's Right Zhong Lang General, they are all more than 2,000 stones, which is the same as Guo Bin's rank of 2,000 stones. However, due to the different sergeants under their command, the edicts they received were different, and their strength was also very different.

Guo Bin, the cavalry captain, was promoted more and more, and the sergeant he commanded was only a battalion of sergeants in the Yue cavalry battalion, and his status was far from that of Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun.

Originally, Qin placed Zhonglang, to the Western Han Dynasty divided into five officials, left and right, and each Zhonglang will lead the emperor's guards, which belongs to Guangluxun. When Emperor Ping, he also placed the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General, and the Tiger Ben Lang was the same as 2,000 stones. Later, he placed the general of Yulin Zhonglang, commanded the Yulin army, and the same level as the general of Huben, and the rank ratio of 2,000 stones, lower than the generals.

In other words, Zhonglang General is under the emperor's personal guard, in easy-to-understand terms, Zhonglang General is like the commander of the imperial guards of the Qing Dynasty, and his subordinates are Zhongnanhai bodyguards. And Guo Bin, a cavalry lieutenant at the same level as General Zhonglang, commanded the Yue Cavalry Battalion in the five schools of the Northern Army, which was far from General Zhonglang.

This kind of gap is like comparing the commander of a certain cavalry battalion of the Beijing Military Region with the commander of the Central Security Bureau.

And the most important thing is that all three of them are "kept-free". In ancient times, there were often a variety of names, but whether it was "false festival", "holding festival" or "making holding festival", "false festival (or "false yellow festival"), they were all of the same status, indicating that on behalf of the emperor, regardless of size, officials below the middle level had to be killed.

Therefore, this edict placed Guo Bin under the command of Huangfu Song, and he needs to listen to his dispatch, this is the difference!

The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first". Although he received an edict to send troops to support Huangfu Song as soon as possible, Guo Bin had to straighten out his soldiers, prepare grain and grass, reconnoiter the enemy, arrange the defense of Yangzhai County, and get in touch with Huangfu Song's army. When everything is arranged, the troops can be dispatched.

After some discussion, in order to prevent being copied by the Yellow Turban Army, Zhao Yun stayed behind in Yangzhai and assisted by Xu Shu. Because Zhao Yun was originally the commander of Yangzhai County, it is his duty to stay in Yangzhai County, and Xu Shu has managed the affairs of Yangzhai County for nearly half a year, and there has never been a major mistake, and the two of them have been quite commendable in guarding Yangzhai this time, and the cooperation between them is also very tacit, and they are both highly trusted by Guo Bin, so it is undisputed that the two stay behind.

Because this trip to support Huangfu Song is different from when he rushed to aid Yang Zhai, there must be all the Yellow Turban Army along the way, so mobility and assault ability are extremely important. Taking into account the factors of military training, Guo Bin decided to leave the people of the Yue Cavalry Battalion in Yangzhai County this time, and only led 100 special soldiers and 600 "local cavalry" from Yangzhai County, and gathered 700 people to support.

The so-called "local cavalry" refers to the fact that since Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang brought war horses to Guo Bin, Zhao Yun selected sergeants who were strong, loyal and reliable, and had a certain industry in Yangzhai County or Fulong Villa, and trained them strictly for several months, which was regarded as a small success. In the defense of Yangzhai County, at the beginning of He Man's arrival, under the leadership of Zhao Yun, he attacked the Yellow Turban Army, won a lot, and severely frustrated the spirit of the Yellow Turban Army, which preserved Yangzhai.

It can be said that this unit is one of the few units with large-scale corps combat experience in Guo Bin's troops in Yangzhai County.

Along with Guo Bin, Wenchen included Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Xun Yu, and military generals were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. As for Chen Dao, he was left by Guo Bin in Fulong Villa to assist Guan Hai in training soldiers. And He Man, after all, was the general of the Yellow Turban Army, and he was deeply valued by Bocai. In order to take care of his mood and reduce unnecessary trouble, Guo Bin ordered him to follow Zhao Yun and work together to garrison Yangzhai.

When everything was arranged, the scouts who went to investigate the situation of the enemy returned with a handwritten letter from Huangfu Song. According to the letter, Zhu Jun led a large army to take the lead in fighting against the Yellow Turban Army, but was defeated by Bocai because of the light enemy's rash advance. The soldiers retired from the long company, and their morale fell slightly. Now Bocai led an army of 200,000 to besiege Changshe, but fortunately there was enough food and grass, and there was no risk of defeat in the urgency. In the end, Guo Bin chose the opportunity to send troops and come to the Changhe army to discuss the yellow scarf.

The wording of the letter was quite polite, and he did not rely on his identity as the commander of the army to force Guo Bin.

I also know that although Guo Bin is not very old, his official position is not low, and he is well-known for his favor. Although he was far away in Yangzhai, he had written to the court several times. Every time, it hit the nail on the head, causing chaos in the DPRK and China. And every time he writes a book, he can always get the approval of the Son of Heaven, and he does what many old ministers can't do with all his efforts.

It is said that such a person should always come out with red eyes and say that Guo Bin is a courtier, but whether it is in Beijing or locally, instead of saying bad things about Guo Bin, there is a voice of praise. is in the rivers and lakes, Guo Bin's name of "anxious and righteous little Meng" is also very loud.

Why? There are many reasons, and the most critical of them is Guo Bin's identity. He is not only a disciple of Sima Decao, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, but also a teacher of Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and other great Confucians, and can be regarded as the "own person" of the entire Shilin. And recently, it was a letter to the heavens, persuading the Son of Heaven to lift the ban on the party, and his reputation spread all over the world, which can be said to be a great kindness to the entire Shilin.

The only deficiency is that Guo Bin is broad by nature and often does some out-of-the-ordinary things.

It is said that when he first entered Beijing to face the saint, he hooked up with the Son of Heaven and called him a brother, which made some old gentlemen unaccustomed to it, and sighed that today's young people don't know etiquette.

But Huang Fu Song's views are different, he thinks that only extraordinary people can do extraordinary things, if a person who follows the rules in everything, how can he be valued by the Son of Heaven? How can the Son of Heaven appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince because of a letter? How can the ban on the party, which has lasted for nearly 20 years, be loosened with a single letter? These things are things that can't be done by a veteran minister who has worked hard and spent many years, but Guo Bin has done it in less than half a year!

What relieved Huangfu Song the most was that Guo Bin dared to reprimand Zhang Rang in front of the Son of Heaven, that was not to save face at all! But the Son of Heaven didn't even say a word of reprimand, even Zhang Rang didn't dare to reply. That's Zhang Rang! He is the most trusted eunuch of the Son of Heaven! How many literary leaders and how many pillars of the country have fallen into his hands!

Therefore, although Huangfu Song has never met Guo Bin, he is very interested in this unconventional teenager. The tone of the letter to Guo Bin this time was also very tactful and polite.

Guo Bin convened everyone in the county hall to discuss matters, although he no longer served as the county commander of Yangzhai County, everyone did not think that there was anything wrong with him sitting in the county hall of the county government. After a while, a group of civil and military personnel gathered, and Guo Bin circulated the handwritten letter of Huangfu Song brought back by the scout to everyone, and said to Xi Zhicai, who had been following him: "Zhicai, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Xi Zhicai has been following Guo Bin since he entered Beijing for the second time, and he has been involved in military affairs, except for Guo Bin, who knows the earliest. It can be said that the current Xi Zhicai has become the chief of staff of Guo Bin's army. is the ghost talent Guo Jia at this time, and because he is still young, he is far from it. Xun Yu's strength lies in organizational mobilization and strategic planning, and in terms of military strategy, he is slightly inferior to Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai has been in the lobby all the time, so he had already finished reading Huangfu Song's handwritten book with Guo Bin before everyone arrived. Immediately sorted out his thoughts and said: "My lord, the right Zhonglang general Zhu Jun was newly defeated and retreated to Changshe, and the army led by General Huangfu was also trapped here. Judging by the contents of the letter, the army did not seem to be in danger. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "It seems that General Zuo Zhonglang has a plan in mind. ”

Xun Yu agreed: "Yes, General Huangfu has been on the border for a long time, and in the matter of using troops, the princes of the court, except for Beizhonglang, have no one to beat." Moreover, Yu had heard that Huangfu Song attached great importance to the lord, and praised the lord many times in public, as if he had already written to the Son of Heaven to abolish the party ~ ban, but he didn't expect the lord to do it this time. ”

After Xun Yu said this, Guo Bin Fang suddenly realized that in history, isn't it that Huangfu Song wrote to Emperor Ling before going out to fight against the Yellow Turban, and Fang took the opportunity of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to abolish the party~ ban? I cut off my beard with this hand, but I stole the limelight from Huangfu Song!

At the moment, he threw away the chaotic thoughts in his heart and asked, "So, how should we enter this time?" Which way to go? Do you have any suggestions? ”

Xi Zhicai said: "If the official army loses the first battle, the morale will inevitably be frustrated. General Huangfu asked me to choose the opportunity to enter the army, in my opinion, it was to ask the lord to choose the opportunity to attack the Yellow Turban Army, so as to redeem the adverse impact of General Zuo Zhonglang's defeat on the morale of the army. ”

Guo Jia said: "Yes, our army has recently defeated the Yellow Turban Army, and it should be the top priority to defend the whole army, and this will definitely be unexpected by the Yellow Turban Army." ”

Xun Yu also interjected: "If our army goes out day and night, we will be able to catch the Yellow Turban Army off guard, and the morale of the officers and soldiers will be high, and we will definitely defeat the Yellow Turban thieves in one fell swoop." ”

Xu Shu said: "Yangzhai County's Zhongyi should have supplies and people's husbands, and they have already prepared to stop, and they are waiting for the lord to give an order." ”

Guo Bin heard that the four military advisors under his command all agreed, and made up his mind in his heart, and said: "In this case, then immediately send troops to exterminate the Yellow Turban!" ”

The crowd agreed!

In March of the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban was in turmoil, and the left Zhonglang would Huangfu Song, and the right Zhonglang would Zhu Jun be ordered to exterminate the Yingchuan Yellow Turban. Lost the first battle and retreated to the long shrine. Taizu was ordered by the Holy Order, day and night, to rush to the aid of the officers and soldiers. The Yellow Turban Army was caught off guard, and the morale of the officers and soldiers was revived.

--"Taizu Benji"