Chapter 42: The Change of Zhongzhou
Since Huang Lang and Wang Biao led their troops to join the Korean won, the two have not had much say in this circle, for the simple reason that their military power was deprived by the Korean won.
Han won's methods can be described as vicious, as soon as the two took refuge, Han won took the opportunity of a banquet to turn around and put the two under house arrest.
During the period when the two were under house arrest, Han Won carried out drastic reconstructions of more than 30,000 soldiers and horses brought by the two.
The more than 30,000 soldiers and horses plus the original more than 2,000 Gaoyang soldiers were divided into six brigades by the won in total, with Li Kui, Ma Erhan, Dahu, Erhu, Ermao, and Han won himself as the brigade generals.
With the exception of the Guards Brigade, each brigade has a name. From Li Kui to Ermao, the names of the five brigades are: Jianzhong, Jianlie, Jianwei, Jianwu, and meritorious service.
When the whole army was almost completed, Han Yuan released Huang Lang and Wang Biao with a pleasant face. In order to appease the other soldiers, Han Yuan specially arranged for the two to have false positions in the army, and of course, their every move was monitored by Han Yuan at any time.
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"Uncle, you know that you make any requests, Sima Zhen and Bai Junwu will definitely not agree, why do you still write a letter?"
Because Han Yuan wanted everyone to speak actively, Huang Lang in the corner took the initiative to ask in order to cooperate with Han Yuan.
Without waiting for Han Yuan to answer, Ma Erhan hurriedly said: "Yellow bald, I understand this question now, or I'll tell you." ”
Huang Lang is a bald man, and his status among the crowd is very low, Ma Erhan has always called him Huang Bald.
"Oh? You get the idea? Tell me about it? Han Won was secretly surprised.
Ma Erhan said proudly: "Uncle did this for probably two reasons. First of all, you already knew that those two cowards would not send troops, and the reason why they did this was just to give a good impression to the imperial court, and if the rebellion was put down in the future, the imperial court would have to reward the uncle. Anyway, there is nothing to lose by writing two letters. ”
"Well, go on." Han Yuan became more and more appreciative of Ma Erhan, this guy is really not simple, he didn't look away at the beginning.
Ma Erhan continued: "Secondly, Bai Junwu was originally at odds with his uncle, and now his uncle is writing to him to force him to express his position to see whether he supports the rebels or the imperial court." If he refuses to help the court fight the rebels, the uncle will have a reason to break with him. I think the uncle meant to part ways with this person. ”
Except for Han won, everyone was frightened by Ma Erhan's words. Could it be that the won really thinks this way?
"Yes, yes, you thief, you are better than everyone else." Han Won smiled and praised while clapping his palm.
"However, these words can only be said here, and if anyone dares to spread it, I have many means." Han Yuan's tone suddenly turned cold.
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked. Han Won is no longer the Han Won of the past, and now he still looks like a weak-crowned teenager, but his mind is more mature than many middle-aged men.
Originally, Han Yuan didn't plan to invite Huang Lang and Wang Biao for this secret conversation, but after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to call the two of them.
There is no way, Han won's subordinates are too short of manpower. Ma Erhan and Li Kui are available, Ermao is also reluctant, and the two brothers of the big tiger and the two tigers are completely full. After all, Huang Lang and Wang Biao have worked hard in the army for many years, and Han Yuan feels that even if these two people are not good, they must be a little stronger than the two tiger brothers. When the time comes, the won still plans to use theirs.
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In the state city, Bai Junwu lived for half a month. The imperial court is now busy dealing with the rebels, and it is too busy to take care of itself, and there is no time to send people to urge him to enter Beijing.
In the states and capitals of the Xia Kingdom, there are not a few generals like Bai Junwu. One of the most important reasons for this is that Sima Zhen, the general of the imperial court's counterinsurgency, set a bad example. When everyone looked at it, they saw that the generalissimo appointed by the imperial court did not plan to return to Shiqin Wang, so why should they be mixed with these small fish and shrimp?
Speaking of Sima Zhen, the reason why he has been standing still is not entirely out of his own selfishness. In fact, Sima Zhen still has the heart to return to the division, but most of the generals under him have opposing opinions, Sima Zhen, the generalissimo, is only temporarily appointed by the imperial court, and he can't suppress the generals at all.
The generals refused to return to Shiqin Wang, in fact, there were their own reasons. First of all, they had just pacified Zhou Xuan, the king of Yue, and the losses of all the troops were huge, and they could not immediately enter the battle again. Secondly, the military rations of these armies were originally supplied by the imperial court, but now that the rebels have entered Zhongzhou, the supply of everyone has been interrupted all of a sudden, and the counterinsurgency army that has lost its grain and grass can only retreat at the border of Yuezhou, and from time to time go to the nearby prefectures and counties, half levy and half rob, barely maintain their lives, how can there be extra energy to fight.
The intention of most of the counterinsurgency generals was to elect a leader, seize Yuezhou, and wait and see how the situation changed.
Is there anyone in this world who is truly loyal to the court? Han Yuan didn't know, Bai Junwu didn't know, Sima Zhen didn't know, maybe only those who were truly loyal to him knew. After all, the heart is in the flesh of a person, and if you don't dig it out and see it with your own eyes, who knows if it's black or red?
Nearly two months passed like this, and before I knew it, it had reached the spring equinox of the following year.
The situation in the middle state arose