On March 18, the recital of Guo Xun, the assassin of Youzhou, and Liu Wei, the Taishou of Guangyang County, arrived in Luoyang, and the news of Youzhou's victory soon spread in the capital. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Lu Zhi learned that his hometown was safe, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and secretly said that this Gao Shun does have two hits, which can not only fight against foreign races, but also calm down the turmoil and ensure the safety of Youzhou.

However, the other high-ranking officials of the noble clan felt aggrieved, and let the little vertical man come out on top; So he encouraged the emperor to send troops as soon as possible, and he couldn't let Gao Shun enjoy the war exploits alone.

After reading Guo Xun's recital, Liu Hong was overjoyed, he didn't expect that Youzhou also had so many soldiers and horses, so that the capital could send fewer officers and soldiers to the battle, which could save him a lot of military spending.

Zhang Rang was good at observing words and feelings, and guessed the emperor's thoughts, so he suggested: "Your Majesty, the minister suggests that Youzhou and Gaoshun attack at the same time, and quickly assess the situation in Jizhou. ”

"Haha, good things can't be left to his own, you have to put a little pressure on them."

"What's your majesty's plan?"

Liu Hong said: "If they join forces to clean up the Jizhou Yellow Turban, they will definitely win easily, I will have to pay a lot of rewards after the war, and their strength will be stronger after the war, this is what I don't want to see, I must use the Yellow Turban Thief to weaken Gao Shun's strength." ”

"The Yellow Turban Thieves are no match for them, how can they be weakened?"

Liu Hong smiled: "Haha, this is easy to do, I have my own way." According to Guo Tingshi's recital, Sima Fang Liang, the military commander who assisted in guarding the county seat of Jixian County, was Gao Shun's subordinate and ordered him to lead the army to aid Qingzhou, and Gao Shun commanded the remaining men and horses to eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou, so that their armies would be separated, and their strength would inevitably be weakened, and if they were defeated, they would not need too many rewards after the war, and at the same time their strength could be weakened. ”

"Your Majesty is wise! It's just that the troops are all transferred, how can Youzhou defend? ”

"Don't worry, they have 4,000 officers and soldiers recruited by Gao Shun to guard the city, and they will definitely be fine; At the same time, he was promoted to the Youzhou Thorn History Department to engage in Cao, and now Zhuo County is too guarded to be rich as Zhuo County, so that Youzhou will be safe; Let the army Sima Fang Liang and the army Hou Xu Huang lead more than 3,000 infantry, as well as the cavalry under their jurisdiction to aid Qingzhou; Gao Shun's remaining officers and soldiers are less than 10,000 people, and if Jizhou is defeated, I don't know how many people are left; Wouldn't that make it easy to weaken their strength? ”

"Your Majesty, if they win, and the battle is great, the reward will be great; Moreover, if they are defeated, the army will definitely expand a lot, and the minister is afraid that the tail will not be lost. ”

"Haha, if they win, it will be cost-effective to spend some rewards compared to military spending; Besides, it really can't be done, and then we can reward them with a position of too much; I have already given him the right to expand the army, as long as they can expand the army and recruit troops, as long as they don't need the court's money and food, if he recruits too many troops, I can transfer troops from his subordinates, which not only saves money and food, but also divides and disintegrates his subordinates. ”

"Your Majesty, they already have the three positions of Taishou County, Shanggu County and Julu County, and if they reward the position of Taishou again, it will be even more difficult to control it."

"It's okay, when the time comes, Fang Liang can be appointed as the Taishou in Qingzhou, where the Yellow Turban thieves have been seriously damaged, I estimate that the position of the Taishou in those places will definitely not be easy to sell, and it can disperse their military power; Anyway, it has been ravaged and dilapidated by the Yellow Turban thieves, just let them rebuild, we can still collect tens of millions of money from selling officials, in short, I will not do a loss-making business; If they don't take office, then I can't blame me for not rewarding them. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. So how does the imperial court send troops? ”

"The plan remains unchanged, ordering Lu Zhi to be the general of Beizhonglang, leading the deputy general to lead the five soldiers of the Northern Army to take charge of the Nanyang battlefield, recapture Wancheng, and eliminate Zhang Mancheng; The left middle lang general Huangfu Song and the right middle lang general Zhu Jun each led an army, controlled the five schools, the knights of the three rivers and the family warriors donated by each family, crusaded against the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan, Ruyang, Dongjun and other places, and must eliminate Peng Tuo, Bocai and other Yellow Turban commanders; The army of three men was divided equally, each leading fifteen thousand officers and soldiers. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister remembers; However, each unit has only 15,000 officers and soldiers, is it too little? For example, there are more than 100,000 yellow turban thieves in Runan County. ”

Liu Hong said angrily: "Hmph, if you lead an army of 15,000 and can't defeat those rabble, then they are incompetent. Gao Shun was able to defeat nearly 60,000 Yellow Turban thieves and behead more than 25,000 with only a few thousand soldiers and horses, which shows that the combat effectiveness of these anti-thieves is very low. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! So when will the troops be sent? ”

"Tomorrow, the holy decree will be issued first, and the troops will be dispatched within 3 days after receiving the holy decree from Youzhou; The capital needs to check a good day, and only after the memorial can the troops be dispatched, and strive to let them send troops at about the same time. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Once the holy decree was confirmed by Shang Shutai, the well-informed families in the capital already knew about it.

While the big family was envious of Lu Zhi and the other three for the opportunity to go on the expedition, they were even more jealous that the Gao Shun forces had occupied two armies, and they would definitely be able to obtain enough military merits; As for appointing Gao Shun as the Taishou of Julu County, they ignored it, and it would definitely be a mess after the war, and they would not envy the position of Taishou in that kind of place.

However, most of the small and medium-sized families are still very satisfied; The big family has 1,000 or more families, and the outstanding juniors in the family all participate in the war as junior and intermediate commanders, serving as military candidates or military commanders respectively; Small families are a few families with 1,000 people, and the juniors hold at least one position in the army as a tun chief or military candidate; This allows them to smoothly step into the military world and have a high starting point, much stronger than the cold people, at least they don't have to start as small soldiers.

Some families, even if there are no generals among the descendants of the family, also send excellent side branch children or family children to lead the army, for these people, this is undoubtedly a step to the sky, completely changing their fate, making them more loyal to the family.

In their opinion, the Yellow Turban Thieves are just a large number of people, and their combat power is definitely very low, this is a feast for them to share their exploits, no family wants to miss it, and they all enthusiastically participate in the battle, such as the Yuan family, which sent a team of 2,000 people, led by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu respectively; The Cao family also sent a team of 1,000 people, led by Cao Cao.

Even if it is a civil official family, it is not far behind, and hires some poor families and rangers to lead the family team in place of them.

Although these family members are already officers and soldiers of the imperial court, they are clearly distinguished, and each family is commanded by each family, and each thousand-person team is an independent combat unit.

Liu Hong didn't care about this, as long as they could win the battle.

Due to the fruitful harvest of the last two missions, Zuo Feng took the initiative to apply to go to Youzhou to deliver the decree this time.

Emperor Liu Hong had a good impression of this little yellow man who did not shy away from danger, but he specially told Zuo Feng that he must not forget to ask Zhuo County and Julu County Taishou for money to buy official positions.

In order to show the emperor's generosity and show that this is the emperor's reward, Liu Hong specially ordered Zuo Feng to collect 10 million yuan for each Taishou.

He also instructed Zuo Feng to consult Gao Shun, what is the output of Shanggu wine? It is hoped that Gao Shun can pay tribute to a batch of fine wine, or use the fine wine to replace the money for the purchase of the position of the giant deer Taishou. Liu Hong has been thinking about it since he drank the wine provided by Gao Shun, and he felt that the previous wine was tasteless and turbid, and the gap was too big.

Zuo Feng agreed one by one, and promised to do a good job of what His Majesty explained.