The Eighth Captain of the West Garden was the product of a large-scale power struggle between the relatives of the Han Dynasty, the scholars and the eunuchs; With the strong support of the local warlords, the party lost ground for a while and was excluded from the military.

Lu Bu, Wei Xu, Cheng Lian and Zhang Ji had a close relationship, and they held together for warmth, which made His Majesty very happy.

Lu Bu was a newcomer, very low-key, and had great respect for the captain of the military academy.

The eunuchs Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were even more happy, in their opinion, plus Cao Cao's first school, which was already part of the first line of eunuchs, and the first line of eunuchs had six schools of soldiers and horses.

In the eyes of outsiders, the general controls a school, the family controls a school, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are listed as eunuchs, and Jian Shuo is regarded as a school directly controlled by the emperor, so that the power is balanced; Lu Bu and the other four schools were regarded as a line of local warlords, and they had no foundation in the capital and became the object of everyone's scramble.

Lu Bu suddenly came to the prosperous Jingshi from the bitter cold land of the border county, and suddenly became a high-ranking official of 2,000 stones from a common man, and he was very uncomfortable with the rapid change of identity; For the favor of His Majesty the Emperor, and the attraction of the generals and scholars, he didn't know how to choose, so he had to hide in the barracks every day and train hard; He decided to follow Gao Shun's example, and only having an army in his hand that could fight well was the foundation of his foothold in the capital.

The emperor and Zhang Rang and others, seeing it in their eyes and happy in their hearts, were very satisfied with Lu Bu's performance.

However, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, how can the generals and the scholars easily let Lu Bu go?

The general provided Lü Bu with a mansion in the capital, hundreds of maids and slaves, and sent Lü Bu their deeds of sale and house deeds; Lu Bu was unmoved and sternly refused; As long as he can gain the trust of the emperor, as long as he has a strong army, won't mansions, beauties, wealth, status, etc. be within reach?

The scholars also used various means to win over Lu Bu, whether it was a banquet or a gift, they were all rejected by Lu Bu.

Seeing that Lu Bu did not advance with oil and salt, the generals and scholars began to win over Wei Xu, Zhang Ji and others, hoping to isolate Lu Bu; Wei Xu and the others are not stupid, they know that there is no good banquet, and there is a conspiracy behind the noble ceremony, and they all rejected everyone's kindness like Lu Bu.

Especially the general, very annoyed, the captain of the military academy Jian Shuo is directly under the command of the emperor, he, the general can not control the eight schools of the West Garden, and his lieutenants can not be co-opted, this is a great threat to him, how can the side of the couch allow others to snore?

Since these outsiders don't know what to do, they must not be allowed to stay in the capital, the general and the scholar clan carefully calculated, and the two sides hit it off, and decided to send their four schools to the capital to carry out the task in the locality.

At that time, the yellow turbans were everywhere, and there were many yellow turban thieves in Yuzhou, and they were fierce, and the state pastor Huang Wan could not calm down and asked the court for help.

Yuzhou has been rich since ancient times, and the tax is heavy, so there can be no loss.

The general and the scholars jointly wrote a letter, hoping that the imperial court would send Lu Bu and other four colonels to quell the rebellion.

The emperor knew that this was their conspiracy, but he trusted Lü Bu very much, so he asked Lü Bu to consult.

Lu Bu stayed in the capital for a few months, spending his days like a year, just in time to take the opportunity to go out to hide, and by the way, he replied to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, the Yellow Turban Thieves are a group of rabble, and destroying them is like probing for things!" I am willing to destroy it for Your Majesty. ”

Liu Hong was overjoyed and sent Lu Bu to lead the army to battle, which could not only destroy the Yellow Turban thieves, quell the rebellion, protect the tax-heavy land, and restore peace to the people, but also to see the true strength of Lu Bu and others, if it was victorious, it could deter the general and the people in Beijing; So he readily approved the suggestion of the general and others, and sent Lu Bu to lead the four colonels to Yuzhou to quell the rebellion.

The four schools were all cavalry, which came and went quickly, set out at the end of September, and arrived in Yuzhou in mid-October.

They have four schools of men and horses, a total of 10,000 people, all of whom have survived the bloody battles with foreign races in the border counties for many years, and they are not even afraid of the fierce barbarians, how can they put the Yellow Turban Thieves in their eyes?

The Yellow Turbans of Yuzhou attached great importance to the arrival of the Han Central Army, and quickly gathered nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses to wait for work in Gebei. They felt that if they defeated the imperial army, they would shock the world, and Yuzhou would be the territory of their Yellow Turban Army.

Lu Bu set up a large camp ten miles away from the camp of the Yellow Turban Thieves, and he was not in a hurry to fight the Yellow Turban Thieves, wanting to understand clearly before annihilating the Yellow Turban Thieves in one fell swoop.

So he sent an army to engage in skirmishes with the Yellow Turban Thieves every day, with Zhang Ji, Wei Xu, and Cheng Lian taking turns to fight, and Lu Bu watching from a distance; His order is to make money if there is a bargain, and to evacuate in time if there is no bargain to make.

There was a lack of war horses in the Central Plains, and even the cavalry in the Han army was very few, and the cavalry among the Yellow Turban thieves was even less pitiful.

The cavalry roared, and the Yellow Turban thieves came out of the camp to meet them; The cavalry continued to speed down, and threw a flurry of fires around the Yellow Turban Thief, shooting countless kills, and then roaring away again, but the Yellow Turban Thief was powerless to pursue.

For several days in a row, the Yellow Turban thieves could only be beaten passively, suffered heavy losses, and their morale was low, so they could only defend the camp and not leave.

In the next few days, Huang Wan and others led the army to join Lu Bu, and brought information about the Yellow Turban Thieves in Yuzhou.

Huang Wan had a good relationship with Guangping Hou Fang Liang in Qingzhou, and knew the close relationship between Fang Liang and the Champion Hou and Guangnian Hou, and loved Wu and Wu, so he was very polite to Lu Bu and others.

After learning about the information brought by Huang Wan, coupled with his observations on the Yellow Turban Thieves in recent days, Lu Bu knew in his heart that the Yellow Turban Thieves were really a group of rabble, relying on the strength of the people, rushing forward, shouting while charging in chaos, and overwhelming the opponent with momentum; Their weapons and equipment are extremely poor, they have no formation, they have no cooperation, and their combat effectiveness is extremely low.

The reason why the officers and soldiers led by Huang Wan were defeated by the Yellow Turban Thieves was because of the small number of people, the second was that there were no strong generals to lead them, and the third was that they were all newly recruited and farmers who had just put down their hoes.

Lu Bu has led troops for many years and has rich experience, and when he saw the 30,000 officers and soldiers brought by Huang Wan, he knew that they could only fight a good battle, so it took ten days to carry out a simple reorganization of this army; Divide the army into warriors and baggage.

Through strict assessment, 15,000 soldiers and 15,000 baggage soldiers were selected, and the difference in treatment between the two was doubled.

Lu Bu didn't expect that the quality of the officers and soldiers would be so poor, much worse than his infantry in Heyin City, and it also reflected how strong the strength of the champion Hou should be.

The main responsibility of the soldiers is to train and fight, the salaries have been raised, the diet and life have been improved, and the weapons and equipment are also equipped with the best.

Those baggage soldiers are responsible for logistics services, baggage transportation, camp construction, security and other work.

Lu Bu did it himself, was meticulous, and arranged everything in an orderly manner.

Huang Wan saw it in her eyes and was very happy in her heart, this is the way to organize the army; Immediately glanced at Lu Bu and the others, they were not on the top of the hierarchy alone, but had real skills, and they were full of confidence in the victory of the next war.

And Lu Bu is even more confident, what he is thinking about now is not simply defeating the opponent, but how to quickly pacify the entire Yuzhou, make meritorious contributions, and establish his position.