Chapter 146: The Northern Expedition

Yuan Shao said to He Jin: "General, this must be a conspiracy of the eunuchs, trying to break us apart and monopolize the power of the government." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Cao Cao also said: "Thinking about it, in the new army, most of them are generals, although he has a general view of the whole army, it is difficult to really control it, if all the captains are sent to Beijing, then his Jian Shuo family is dominant, it must be a conspiracy." ”

He Jin said: "In this way, the general will have to delay time, just wait for the rebellion of Na Xiliang to be quelled. Qingzhou Yellow Turban is powerful, at the beginning, you will go to Qingzhou to quell the chaos on behalf of the general, Jiang Sheng and Bao Hong also went out to quell the chaos, and the eight departments of the new army went to the third, and they couldn't afford to try Liangzhou again, hahaha——"

"Minister He Jin knocks on the emperor!"

"The general doesn't have to be polite, the Xiliang Rebellion lasted for several years, the official army was invincible for a long time, you have a lot of talents, you should serve the imperial court, I plan to let you lead the army to Liangzhou, I don't know if there is any difficulty?"

"The minister Xie the emperor's trust, but Xuzhou and Yanzhou Yellow Turbans are in turmoil, and the minister has sent Yuan Shao, the captain of the Chinese Military Academy, to lead the army to conquer the Yellow Turban thieves.

"Why did the general shirk it? 100,000 new troops, won't they all be sent to beg for thieves? Jian Shuo said.

"The minister heard that Jiang Sheng, the captain of the military academy, was going to the north to conquer Zhang Chun, and Bao Hongnan, the captain of the left colonel of the army, was fighting against the thieves of Gepi, and this time Yuan Shao went to Xuzhou and Yanzhou, and most of the 160,000 new troops had gone, and they had to take into account the safety of the Beijing division.

Emperor Ling listened and shook his head again and again, "Since this is the case, let the three captains who went out to fight quickly, and take care of the thieves in Liangzhou as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty! The ministers will definitely tell the whole army to share the emperor's worries! ”

Jiang Sheng's plan was shelved by the arrival of the edict, Zhang Chun reorganized the rebels and invaded Youzhou again, and the cavalry troops of Su Muyan, the king of Wuhuan, went all the way south and forced the Qingzhou Plain.

Le'an Taishou had already received the news, so he asked Yu Ban and Zhang He to lead the army to camp on the south bank of the river (that is, the Yellow River) to closely monitor the movements of the rebels, and sent messengers to report the situation to Jiang Sheng.

Jiang Sheng replied that he had led his army out of Beijing to defeat the rebels, and ordered Zhao Yun to lead the Xuanjia cavalry to accompany the army.

After Jiang Sheng's recommendation, in addition to granting Le'an Taishou to be conscientious, he continued to implement Jiang Sheng's policy without discount, most of the powerful landlords were suppressed, and the county orders of the four counties were corrupt and taxed, and they were found out by the trial, and they were beheaded and copied according to the law, and the corrupt wind of the officials in Le'an counties was suppressed, and the tax payment was significantly increased within two months, and the tax burden should be completed in that year.

I have heard a lot about the private salt trade, but because it is Jiang Sheng's selfish interests, he does not interfere and provides convenience as much as possible. In order to expand the armament, the trial let his family cooperate with the Zhen family, carried out large-scale logistics trade, and ensured the needs of the Le'an army, Jiang Sheng replied to express his appreciation, and the appointment of personnel was also handed over to the trial and matching, and the governors of the four counties that were killed were selected by the trial and selection of successors.

The trial of this person is too upright, and in the selection of people, he uses all the smart people in Jiang Shengjun, which shows his will; Only on the staff of the Taishou Mansion, he recruited his friend Tian Feng.

Tian Feng, the character Yuan Hao, a native of Jizhou, is honest and talented, and was originally a substitute under the Jizhou Assassin History, but he was not reused. The trial knew that Jiang Sheng had a heart for talent, and it was when Le'an Wenchen was in short supply, so he personally went to Jizhou to recruit Tian Feng, Tian Feng heard the name of Jiang Shengrende, and couldn't withstand the warm invitation of the trial, so he simply resigned and went to Le'an with the trial.

Jiang Sheng didn't know about Tian Feng at first, and occasionally saw Tian Feng's name in a letter from the trial, and was overjoyed, and appointed Tian Feng as the county governor of Le'an, assisting in the trial and management of Le'an, while Yang Feng was reappointed as the county lieutenant and was responsible for public security and other matters in Le'an.

Tian Feng and Jiang Sheng have never met, but they have been appreciated by Jiang Sheng and have taken on a heavy responsibility, which deeply moved Tian Feng, who is not famous, and is determined to serve Jiang Sheng to the death.

In ancient times, these advisors were like this, usually pretending to be high, but if they showed favor and let them agree to serve, they were loyal people, Tian Feng and Xian Pei were among the representatives.

In November, Bao Hongnan, the left captain of the auxiliary army, attacked the Yellow Turban in Gepi and suffered a fiasco, Emperor Ling was furious, and sent him back to Beijing to ask for the guilt.

On the Jizhou side, Jiang Sheng led 20,000 officers and troops straight to the plains, and Zhao Yun led 2,000 Xuanjia cavalry to join the army of thieves, and fought a big battle with the Wuhuan cavalry in Pingyuan County.

Jiang Sheng's official army only had 2,000 cavalry, while the cavalry of Su Muyan, the king of Wuhuan, had 10,000 cavalry. When the enemy was outnumbered, Jiang Sheng ordered Zhao Yun to lead the army to ambush in the mountains and woods, and he led 2,000 cavalry to meet the Wuhuan cavalry.

Seeing Jiang Sheng's 20,000 soldiers and horses from afar, and the number of cavalry was very small, Su Fuyan, the king of Wuhuan Cliff, was overjoyed and sounded the trumpet to fight.

The Wuhuan cavalry is already extraordinary, and the power of ten thousand cavalry charging at the same time is enough to make people fearful. Jiang Sheng ordered the infantry to use the baggage cart as an obstacle to block the Wuhuan cavalry's charge, and behind the baggage cart were dozens of four-bow bed crossbows transported by Yang Feng, these four-bow bed crossbows were operated by four soldiers, carried by war horses during the march, and temporarily assembled during battle.

The Wuhuan cavalry didn't know Jiang Sheng's secret weapon, and ran quickly in formation, Jiang Sheng rode safely on the horse, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and then waved the red flag in his hand, and the soldier who operated the bed crossbow saw the signal and hurriedly turned the winch to the extreme.

When the Wuhuan cavalry approached, hundreds of crossbow arrows shot out, and the war horses of the cavalry that rushed to the front were shot through, and the slightly weakened arrows shot through the belly of the horses behind.

The Wuhuan cavalry only heard the sound of breaking the air, and saw the crossbow arrows flying, but they flew very low, the target was not the knight, when everyone was puzzled, the war horse under the crotch stumbled, and they fell to death, and those knights were thrown out due to inertia, and fell to the ground with blurred flesh and blood. The war horse behind was tripped by the war horse that fell to the ground in front, and there were another dead and wounded.

Su Fuyan, the king of Wuhuan Cliff, still didn't know where he was, thinking that there was a horse trap in front of him, so he blew the trumpet and regrouped.

Those Wuhuan cavalry were originally running fast, but the sound of the trumpet stopped for a short time, and the cavalry quickly gathered together.

This time, Su Fuyan, the king of Wuhuan Cliff, saw clearly what was going on, because the second round of shooting of the four-bow bed crossbow had arrived, and only the sound of "poof-poof-" could be heard, and each crossbow arrow pierced five or six war horses in a row, causing heavy casualties.

Seeing that the crossbow arrows were powerful, Su Fuyan, the king of Wuhuan Cliff, ordered all his troops to scatter and attack, as long as they rushed to the front and made the crossbow unusable, the officers and troops would be defeated.

Jiang Sheng saw the intention of the Wuhuan cavalry, so he ordered the soldiers to turn the winch to the extreme, turn the bed crossbow on their side, and then pull the tenon to shoot the crossbow arrow laterally.

Each four-bow bed crossbow was fully loaded with five crossbow arrows, and after being shot horizontally, it was not one target, but five targets, although the Wuhuan cavalry was a skirmisher line, but it could not withstand the horizontal crossbow arrows, and was shot down in a short time.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Jiang Sheng ordered the soldiers to beat the war drums rhythmically.