In March, Huang Zhong and Zhang Menglu arrived in Jinan one after another.

Wu Anguo and Yu Ban had a discussion with Huang Zhong and Zhang Meng, Huang Zhong was invincible, extremely powerful, and admirable; Zhang Meng and Wu Anguo are on par, and there is no winner or loser in 100 rounds of fighting, only Yu Ban's martial arts are slightly worse.

Now that Fang Liang was employing people, he welcomed Huang Zhong and Zhang Meng very much, and immediately appointed Huang Zhong as the governor of Taishan County and Zhang Meng as the Sima of other departments according to Gao Shun's wishes, and allocated them 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry for them to train and familiarize themselves with.

Fang Liang received the emperor's appointment to serve as the Taishou of Taishan County and Langya County (Liu Rong, the king of Langya, died in 182, and the country was divided into counties), and placed the two counties under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou; However, he has not yet taken office, but has only sent secret agents to the two places to detect the news and actively expand the army.

With the return of the secret agents one after another, Fang Liang had a general understanding of the two places.

The two counties have three powerful forces, the Yellow Turban Thief Huanglong occupies the eastern part of Langya County, Ju County, Dongwu County and Langya County, as well as parts of Haiqu County; The Taishan thief Zangba occupied Dongguan and Andong counties in Langya County, as well as parts of Gai County and Nanwuyang County in the southeast of Taishan County; The Yellow Turban thief Bu Ji occupied Chi County, Juping County and Cheng County of Taishan County, and used the hinterland of Mount Tai as a base, often plundering Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

In addition, there are a large number of thieves, distributed in various parts of Taishan County, with the advantages of terrain such as mountains and rivers, or occupy a county, or occupy a mountain, loot everywhere, endanger the township, and make the people miserable.

Taishan County Taishou only occupied a few counties around the county, and was often plundered by thieves; Langya County's Tai Code is cowering in Kaiyang City, and there is a threat from Taishan thieves and Yellow Turban thieves Huanglong in the north, and the south is also unsafe, often plundered by Yellow Turban Thieves in Donghai County.

With the gradual increase in news, Fang Liang has a comprehensive understanding of the two counties, Bu Ji occupies a small territory, but it is the most harmful, but the harm is Yanzhou and Yuzhou; Huanglong occupies the largest territory, but it does the least harm; The territory occupied by Zang Ba is all mountainous, and there are connections between Taishan thieves everywhere, and it is the most difficult to clear and the harm cannot be ignored.

According to the situation at that time, Fang Liang had a plan in his heart and decided to make it easy first and then difficult.

So Fang Liang secretly met with the steward Zhao Jin, explained to him in detail, and asked him to get in touch with Xu He, Qu Shuai Buji's subordinate, as soon as possible, and be sure to persuade Bu Ji to surrender; If he is persuaded to surrender, Huanglong will also quickly surrender; Then reorganize the Yellow Turban Army, combine the strength of the two counties, and encircle and suppress Zang Ba and the Taishan thieves everywhere.

Fang Liang imagined that in the past few years, he had traded with Bu Ji and Huanglong respectively, established a good relationship, and had spared them before, if they were not interested, they would first cut off their material supply, and then gradually encircle and suppress them.

In recent years, Bu Ji has been relatively comfortable, located in the west of the Taishan Mountains, backed by Jinan, can frantically plunder Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and then trade with Zhou Fei, there is no shortage of grain, salt, weapons, armor and war horses, etc., and have established a cavalry force of 5,000 people, he can come and go in the Central Plains like the wind, as long as he is not surrounded by a large army, he is safe; The elite infantry has also grown to 30,000, 60,000 regular soldiers, and nearly 100,000 auxiliary soldiers, including family members, with a total population of more than 400,000.

After receiving the secret signal from Steward Zhao, Xu He did not dare to slack off, and immediately secretly went to the manor controlled by Steward Zhao.

"Haha, let's meet Steward Zhao." When Xu He saw Zhao Jin, he immediately smiled and saluted.

"Okay, we've been in a relationship for a few years, Xu Shuai doesn't have to be so polite every time, please come in." The people in the manor are all system people who are arranged, and Zhao Jin is not worried about information leakage.

In the study of the manor, Xu He asked, "Steward Zhao suddenly summoned He, I don't know what to order. ”

Zhao Jin had already thought about it many times, and decided not to spare the bend, and said directly: "Xu Shuai, presumably your ministry has learned that the prince of my family has been ordered by the emperor to concurrently serve as the Taishou of Taishan County and Langya County. ”

When Xu He heard Zhao Jin say this, he already knew it in his heart, and said with a serious expression: "Yes, Steward Zhao, we have heard of it, I don't know what the Marquis of Fang has to say?" ”

"The emperor ordered my prince to expand his army and pacify the two counties, and there must be no uncontrolled forces to continue to exist; This is an opportunity for your department. ”

"Please make it clear to Steward Zhao!" Xu He's heart moved.

Zhao Jin continued: "My prince and marquis hope to incorporate your department, Bu Qushuai can serve as the Sima of other departments, Xu Shuai can serve as the post of military Sima, and their big and small marshals will be arranged according to their abilities, and the military and civilians of your department can choose the best to join the officers and soldiers, and the remaining people can arrange land, distribute food, and settle for the people." ”

Xu He asked rhetorically: "Is the position of Sima of other departments too low?" You know, we now have 100,000 soldiers. ”

Zhao Jin said with a smile: "Hehe, Xu Shuai, if we cut off the trade with your ministry and send elite cavalry to blockade your department, I don't know how long your ministry can hold out?" This is a great opportunity for your ministry to change its doors and gain official status. ”

Xu He was moved by what he said, they just wanted their families to live a good life, but they didn't expect the Yellow Turban Army to be easily exterminated by the imperial court, if it wasn't for the Youzhou Army to let them go, they would have been wiped out when they were in Licheng County, but now they are strong and strong, they are not willing to surrender to the imperial court easily, and they must be exchanged for enough benefits.

Seeing that Xu He didn't speak, Zhao Jin continued: "Hehe, I believe you don't want to be thieves and bandits for generations, why don't you think about future generations?" ”

Xu He raised his head and said: "Steward Zhao, I also want to surrender to the imperial court, but the position of Sima in other departments is too low, and there is a serious deviation from Qu Shuai's current identity, and it is estimated that Qu Shuai will not agree easily." ”

Zhao Jin said: "Haha, I hope that Bu Qushuai will not be stubborn and obsessive, not to mention that your army is vulnerable in front of the Qingzhou army, even if it is the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai who has already surrendered, it is not easy to achieve the position of Sima of other departments now, for example, Zhang Meng, the Qu Shuai who has just been transferred, has fought against foreign races in the frontier, and has worked hard for so many years, and he only served as the Sima of other departments, but they were gradually mentioned from the military rank. ”

Xu He thought for a while, Sima of other departments was already a big military position in the imperial court, and he raised a new question: "Steward Zhao, can we become an independent army?" ”

"Haha, Sima of other departments can lead the army independently, but the soldiers are uniformly trained and distributed after the army, the military Sima and the military candidate are appointed by the prince of my family, and the military positions of the tun commander and below the level need to be challenged, and the positions of the successful ones are exchanged, this move is not to bury the talents, I hope Xu Shuai understands."

"How will the people be settled?"

Steward Zhao smiled: "Haha, Xu Shuai still doesn't worry about us?" The many people left behind in Licheng County, have we ever been wronged? ”

Xu He's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "Haha, and lost his words, please don't blame Zhao for management." ”

"Haha, well, let's say, we'll be a family from now on, how can we care about such a trivial matter?"

Xu He was very moved by the many opinions put forward by Zhao Jin, in this way, hundreds of thousands of people would live a stable life, isn't this their original goal? And there is no need to worry about the life of fear, and seek a future for future generations, so he said: "Steward Zhao, this matter involves the fate and future of hundreds of thousands of people, and he can call the shots, please allow him to be in charge for a few days, report to Qu Shuai, and after discussion, he will give Steward Zhao an answer as soon as possible." ”

This matter cannot be forced, nor can it be rushed, and Steward Zhao readily agreed to Xu He's request.