Chapter 21 Recruiting new troops for 10,000 years
Tian Jing accepted the appointment of Emperor Xian and entered the palace to thank him. After the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info dispersed, Li Wei pulled Tian Jing out of the hall hand in hand, naturally announcing to everyone that this Tian Jing is my person, don't mess with your mind.
Taiwei Yang Biao saw the two of them walking in front of him, although he was preoccupied, he couldn't see any clues on the surface. A few days ago, I heard my son Yang Xiu say that although Tian Jing is still young, he still has a loyal heart, why did he take refuge in Li Dao all of a sudden, and when he went back, he still found that kid to ask him well.
Tian Jing and Li Dao left the main hall and asked Li Dao how to prepare for the construction of the Hu Cavalry Captain's Camp. Li Wei didn't expect him to take it seriously, but it was also a good thing that he thought he would have an extra weapon that he could control. So he said let Tian Jing do it, and if there was anything that couldn't be solved, he would go to him again. The current lieutenant of the Northern Army is Li Wei's younger brother Li Wei, who is the direct officer of the lieutenants of the Northern Army, and all issues related to the construction of military camps, weapons and equipment, and soldiers, horses, and salaries are directly managed by Li Wei. Fortunately, Tian Jing is now a close confidant of Li Wei, so it is not difficult to communicate with Li Wei.
According to the ancestral system, Captain Hu Qi should garrison Chiyang, but now Chiyang is Li Dao's fiefdom, so it is naturally managed by his cronies. Li Wei decided to place the residence of Captain Hu Qi in Wannian. Fan Chou turned out to be the Marquis of Wannian, and after the soldiers left Feng Yi and Li Dao's nephew Hu Feng were killed, Hu Feng led Fan Chou's troops, and there are about 5,000 cavalry and infantry. Put Tian Jing there, on the one hand, if the original Fan Chou tribe rebelled, they could help Hu Feng to quell the rebellion nearby; On the one hand, if Tian Jing really had different intentions, Hu Feng's 5,000 soldiers and horses could immediately wipe him out. Li Dao is monitoring each other, and he really has a good calculation.
After Tian Jing met Li Wei, he received the official seal and tiger talisman, and ordered Zang Shun to lead people to hand over armor, weapons, grain and grass to the officers below Li Wei. Captain Hu has a quota of 736 people, and Li Wei is very generous, and all the materials are equipped according to the maximum limit, but there is not a single military horse. In fact, this is not the original Li Wei, because after Li Dao Guo Yan controlled Chang'an, all the soldiers and horses under his command were self-directed, and the military system of the original imperial court had been completely disrupted. Now the soldiers, horses, and supplies are in the hands of the two, and the imperial army is only an empty shelf. The Northwest Army is mostly good at riding and shooting, and the demand for horses is very large, and occasionally horses are transported to Chang'an, all of which are divided by the troops of Li and Guo Yan, so Tian Jing wants to build a battalion of Hu Cavalry Captain is not a military horse. Fortunately, Tian Jing has more than 600 reserve white horse followers, so he is not too worried.
The current five lieutenants of the Northern Army have 700 people in each school according to the regulations of the imperial court, but now Li Meng, the captain of the tun cavalry, Zhang Bao, the captain of the infantry (the same name as Zhang Fei's son), and Wang Fang, the captain of the Yue cavalry, are all Dong Zhuo's old troops, and the soldiers and horses he leads are also his original troops, with more than 2,000 people and fewer than 1,000 people. Captain Wu Xi of Changshui is a close confidant of Guo Yan, and Captain Li Shi is the son of Li Dao, and these two people basically only have one name. Wu Xi commanded Guo Yan's 3,000 northwest wolf cavalry, which did not belong to the Northern Army; Although Li Shi is the son of Li Dao, he likes literature and Taoist spells, and he has no soldiers under the command of the captain of the shooting voice, and Li Wei is also up to him, and only uses the food and salary of the shooting captain battalion to support the generals and subordinates in the house.
The management of these five lieutenant battalions is so chaotic, Tian Jingjian and Hu cavalry lieutenant battalions have less worries, even if a few hundred more people are recruited, it is estimated that no one will take care of them. Early in the morning of the second day, Tian Jing led Zang Shun, Leping and 600 reserve white horses to rush to Wannian.
The barracks and garrisons are ready-made, all of which were built by Fan Chou. Tian Jing and the others arrived in Wannian County, and after setting up camp, they asked the soldiers to go out and post a list to recruit soldiers. He discussed the next step with Zang Shun and Leping.
Zang Shun doesn't care, anyway, he has no opinion on coming out with Tian Jing to practice, whether he returns to Youzhou or stays in Chang'an. Leping is from Youzhou, and his parents are in Youzhou, so his ideas are very important. Leping didn't have any loyalty to Emperor Xian, but he just felt that it was hard to come out to play, so it was better not to go back too early. He just cared about when he could pick up Li Kang, and he couldn't always let him follow Xu Huang in Hangu Pass, even if he wanted to go back to Youzhou, there was no reason to leave him alone in the Central Plains.
Speaking of Li Kangtian Jing, I miss it very much, I don't know how he has learned martial arts in the past two months. On the other hand, I thought that if I chose to assist Emperor Xian this time, I would have to face Cao Cao sooner or later, so the attitude of Xu Huang, who was guarding Hangu Pass, was very important, and Li Dang had better stay there first.
Tian Jing asked Leping to repair a letter and asked his cronies to send it to Hanguguan, which introduced the recent situation of their party in Chang'an, and let Li Dare learn art with peace of mind, and he would definitely be notified to meet when the time was ripe.
The three of them were chatting, but they heard the guards outside talking to each other, saying that it was Langzhong Yang Xiu who was visiting. Tian Jingxin said that this Yang Xiu was a warm-hearted person, and he originally wanted to win over him more, but he didn't expect that he would take the initiative to come to the door every time.
Tian Jing asked Zang Shun and Leping to arrange affairs, and he went out to meet Yang Xiu in person. As soon as they met, Yang Xiu first gave Tian Jing a salute with the etiquette of a lower official meeting a higher official, "Langzhong Yang Xiu has met the school captain. ”
Tian Jing laughed, "Don't come here this time, since we are friends and our brothers are commensurate, what kind of official position is a life." ”
Yang Xiu saw that Tian Jing was a captain of Hu Qi but didn't care at all, and he didn't have an official frame, but he admired it very much, and felt that he was not wrong, Tian Jing was a person who could achieve great things. He didn't think that Tian Jing would chase after him as soon as he arrived in 10,000 years, mainly because his father reprimanded him in the first place, saying something like not knowing people to make Li Dao bandits increase their wings, and he was also told by his father that there was no way to come to Wannian.
Tian Jing had already guessed seven or eight points when he looked at Yang Xiu's appearance, "Brother Yang values Tian so much, it's really flattering, I just drank in Chang'an a few days ago, and today I came non-stop for ten thousand years, could it be that Brother Yang is looking for me in a hurry?" ”
Yang Xiu knew that although Tian Jing was born as a military general, his resourcefulness was not under him, and he was afraid that he had already seen his intention when he came this time. simply didn't hide it, "I can't hide it, it's my father's intention to come to see Brother Tian this time." My father has a sentence I want to ask the general, there is Liang Ji in the front, and Dong Zhuo is rampant in the back, and the general is abusive? ”
Tian Jing laughed after hearing this, "Brother Dezu can tell Ling Zun that Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he will see the hearts of the people over time, so why should the old lady be in a hurry." ”
After listening to this, Yang Xiu knew that Tian Jing would not give up on Li Dao if he thought what he thought, and after explaining his father's affairs, he just happened to say something off-topic. "Fix this, General Jiantian asked the soldiers to go around to recruit new soldiers, I don't know if the general can know about the situation in Wannian County?"
"It's not a secret, I really don't know much, is there something wrong with this?" Tian Jing asked.
"Is there a problem, but I'm afraid that if this gang is posted, no one will come to apply for ten days and a half months?" Yang Xiu said.
"Why is this?" Tian Jing looked confused.
"Just because all the prime of life from the age of twelve to forty in the entire Right Feng Yi County were captured by Fan Chou and Zhang Ji's troops, either to serve as soldiers or to serve in labor, let me ask where the general recruited troops from?" Yang Xiu said.
"Is that so?" Tian Jing used to worry about this problem, but thinking that he only recruited a few hundred people, there should be no problem. Now when I heard Yang Xiu's introduction, I realized that the situation was so bad. "All the young and strong laborers have been arrested, so who will farm the land, and where will the tax burden of the imperial court come from?"
"Hey, where is the current Li Dao Guo Yan who is in charge of the country, they only care about their own taxes, and they don't care about the lives of the people. Now the whole Yongzhou is afraid that this is the case, the people who work in the fields are old and weak, and the grain output cannot keep up, so Li Dao, Guo Yan and others led troops to rob everywhere. In addition, the wealthy families in Chang'an City also paid a lot of taxes, and there was also the confiscation of Dong Zhuo's family property at that time, and there were many cattle, sheep and horses in the northwest counties to pay tribute, and the current imperial court could barely maintain it. Yang Xiu said, his tone full of worry.
Tian Jingxin said that it seems that this Han Dynasty is really a mess, and it seems that the recruitment of troops has to be found somewhere else. The epidemic in Hongnong County has passed, and maybe some young people can be recruited. This one asked people to notify Xiaoliu to start immediately. There is also the fact that it is necessary to develop to the northeast to Hedong County, I heard that there are many remnants of Baibo there, if this group of people is defeated, then the source of troops should not be a problem.
When Tian Jing was thinking about something, he didn't move, and Yang Xiu waited for a while, interrupting his train of thought. "It seems that Brother Tian has already made up his mind, and these little things shouldn't be difficult for you. By the way, I still have something I want to tell Brother Tian, Zhang Quan went to the post house to find you twice after that day, but unfortunately you were not there. He asked me to greet him on my behalf, and at the same time invited General Tian to come to the house at his convenience. ”
Tian Jingxin said that this Zhang Quan's martial arts are not weak, and he is the son of his uncle, and now that he has a foothold in Chang'an, he should go to meet him. asked Yang Xiu: "What do you think of Zhang Quan?" ”
Yang Xiu thought for a while, "This person is sincere, outstanding in martial arts, and he can't dominate the young man's heart in Chang'an, if he has something to do, he can be the general's help." ”
Tian Jing laughed, but I thought of one place, but seeing that he was more low-key, I hope that Li Dao and others still think that I have a grudge against Zhang Quan, so that in the future, there may be benefits that I have no intention of. ”
"Brother Tian is thinking about it quite far-reaching, so I will explain this matter to Zhang Quan, and let his subordinates threaten to seek revenge on General Tian in the Chang'an Street Market. It's just that when will we meet, Brother Tian will be in charge? Yang Xiu asked.
"In this way, you tell Zhang Quan that I just need his help with something, and I still have more than 20 parts and a few female dependents to stay in Hongnong to recuperate. Now I want to take them for ten thousand years, but I don't want Li Wei to know. I sent someone to inform them to go north around Fengling and go north to Linjin, and asked Zhang Quan to help me pick it up. When the people arrived, I came to Jin to meet the Marquis of Pingyang. Tian Jing suddenly thought that the more than 20 people led by Xiao Liu were still concealed, and it might be of other use in the future. And Miss Lu Wen's injuries should be almost better, so they don't feel at ease if they always stay in Yang Feng's territory.
Yang Xiu didn't react for a while, it turned out that in addition to the more than 600 cavalry around Tian Jing, there were more than 20 parts left in Hongnong, and there were also female dependents, could it be Tian Jing's wife? Now with his position as a captain of Hu Cai, he should be able to take them to come for ten thousand years generously, but he entrusted Zhang Quan to enter quietly, and he didn't know what was hidden in it. Tian Jing didn't say anything, and Yang Xiu naturally didn't ask in detail. The two chatted about some things in the court, and Yang Xiu got up and said goodbye and went back to Chang'an.