Let's say that Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, held a court meeting in order to determine the candidates for the Yellow Turban. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As a result, he didn't have time to say that he would ask the ministers to recommend a few candidates, but he didn't want Zhang Ji to report directly: "Your Majesty, now there are no troops around Luoyang that can be mobilized, there are still some stocks of weapons and armor, and some horses can be mobilized, but military rations and soldiers have become a problem." ”

Last year's catastrophe meant that the harvest was not good, and it was a fact that there was a shortage of grain in the treasury, and there must have been something on the books, but in fact, there was nothing to check it in, and I don't know how many years ago it was a leftover problem.

Not to mention the source of troops, the forbidden army wants to defend Luoyang, naturally it can't be transferred casually, and the defenders around Si Li have also been cut in order to save military spending in the past ten years, so now the troops are insufficient, and the generals are also insufficient. Even if a few people are elected to command the army now, what if there are no soldiers to adjust?

"Can't I even get tens of thousands of soldiers?" Liu Hong was furious when he heard this, patted the imperial case and roared.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are many people in the Han Dynasty, not to mention tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people can take it out, but these are new soldiers in the end, and in the face of millions of Yellow Turban rebels, control can't play a role. The top priority at the moment is how about transferring the border troops back to suppress the bandits? Zhang Jicheng admonished with fear.

Liu Hong couldn't refute anything when he heard this, and hundreds of thousands of Xinding were unreliable against millions of yellow turban thieves. But if he wants to transfer the border army back, it will also be impossible. The duty of the border army is to defend the border, if it is transferred back, those Xianbei people who hear the truth of the border are afraid that they will invade the south, and those southern Xiongnu are not good birds.

At that time, not to mention whether the Yellow Turban Rebellion can be quelled, and to say that most of the states and counties in Bingzhou and Youzhou were razed to the ground by foreign races, this price will inevitably be too great.

"Hmph, what about the recruits? Even if it is the current forbidden army, most of them are recruits who have never been on the battlefield! Your Majesty, if you can recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, as for how to turn them from recruits to elites, it is the responsibility of the commanders of the army. If you don't even have this ability, then what kind of general and what kind of battle will you fight? Yang Ci came forward to report.

"Boss, even so, there are no recruits and no generals ......," Zhang Ji retorted with his best efforts.

"Aren't there still a lot of forbidden troops? Select a group of officers from the forbidden army or the forbidden army to join, and serve as intermediate and senior generals, as for the chief and the captain, they can be selected among the recruits! "Yang Ci has already thought of a countermeasure.

"But that's the forbidden army, how can they be willing to give up their identity as forbidden troops to become officers of a new army?" Zhang Ji was about to cry. How many families and clans are involved in the forbidden army, how many people are messing around in it, let them go into battle to fight, it is really a shame that Yang Ci can say it.

"Aren't they all fighting for Your Majesty and serving as soldiers for my big man? If so, what about the forbidden army, and what about the new army? Besides, they are going to be promoted, is there anyone in the world who doesn't want to be an official? Yang Ci immediately retorted.

"Where is the captain of my big man so easy to seal?" Yuan Kui couldn't look at it and reminded him. According to what Yang Ci said, how many captains are needed to recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops? And what about the lieutenants?!

The regular captains of the Han Dynasty are all famous, almost a radish and a pit, and no matter how much there is, it will be gone. It is naturally impossible to come up with a dozen or even dozens of lieutenants and adjutants at once.

"That's why the old minister is planning to ask His Majesty for so many captains!" Yang Ci arched his hand and said.

Everyone instantly understood that it was not to be the title of orthodox captain, but to form a large number of miscellaneous captains. This thing is not worth mentioning at all compared to the orthodox captain, basically there are as many as you want, and there are even many such miscellaneous captains in some border towns.

It's just that the problem comes out again, the gold content of the miscellaneous captain is not high, and others are afraid that even a non-commissioned officer of the forbidden army is much higher than it, let alone those generals. Let them give up their identity and go to the recruit camp to be a miscellaneous captain, who would want to? Whether they are willing or not is one thing, and whether the families of those generals are willing or not is also a serious question!

The forbidden army involves the interests of too many people, and there are people in the military, families, and even the eunuchs.

"So be it! The captain said well, no matter where you are a soldier, you are my soldiers, if you don't even want to do this, then don't be a forbidden army, and I don't feel at ease if this kind of guy defends the capital! Okay, who's going to be in charge of commanding the army, and you're going to nominate some of them! "Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty knew that it was time to stop this chattering quarrel, and it was pointless to quarrel in the first place.

"Shangshu Lu Zhiyun Wen Yunwu should be the commander of the army!" Naturally, someone from the family faction stood up, Lu Zhi was originally from the family, and he was also a rare existence of Yunwen Yunwu, so he could be used as a representative of the family.

"To say that Yunwen Yunwu Emperor Fu Song is also rare and valuable, he can be a general!" But the people who didn't want to be eunuchs jumped out and protected Huangfu Song, but in fact, in recent years, Huangfu Song did throw himself into the eunuch party. Among the eunuchs, only he is the most suitable for those who can handle it at present.

"Zhu Jun is a stable person, although he was born in a poor family, he was promoted to Taizhong Doctor with meritorious service, and he is also very familiar with the method of battle formation, but he can be a big responsibility!" Seeing this, Taiwei Yang Ci also jumped out directly and pushed Zhu Jun out, which can be regarded as returning his personal favor. Zhu Jun also represents the military, so many of the generals in the military also support him.

Others also recommended others, but in the end, Emperor Han still chose these three people. In fact, the courtiers fought back and forth, just because they wanted their respective factions to occupy an extra seat. Earlier they were dismissive of the New Army, but now when it comes to power, these guys are just as bickering as the big aunts in the wet market.

In the eyes of Emperor Han, one person from each faction is just right, which not only balances the forces of all parties, but also makes it more convenient for him to control. The three men went to meet at the edict, and the Han Emperor announced their appointment and told them that they would be the ones to form a new army.

These three people also put forward what they thought were the most reasonable demands, but Lu Zhi, a rotten Confucian who had studied hard, proposed to remove the party and promote the virtuous, which made Emperor Han a little unhappy, and secretly said that this guy was still resentful of the eight strategies of the first year of Guanghe?

As for Huangfu Song's request for war horses, Emperor Han also promised to allow 30,000 war horses to be put in, in other words, each army could get 10,000 war horses. If you save a little money, it is 10,000 cavalry, and if it is formed according to regular cavalry, then there are 5,000 cavalry available.

It's just that in terms of grain and grass and military salaries, Situ Yuan Kui said that there is no way to provide food and grass, but a group of emergencies can be mobilized, and the rest can only be prepared by a few generals themselves, as for money...... Yuan Kui looked at Emperor Han.

Liu Hong was helpless, he knew that this year's financial income was not good, and finally had to take out the internal money to subsidize the military, and it could be seen that he was really heartbroken at the moment.

The money is not much, at least tens of thousands of people are really not much, but he can only take out so much. In addition, some of the subsidies from the treasury are barely enough, and the rest can only be left to the three of them to figure it out on their own. Fortunately, there are still a lot of stocks of armor and weapons, otherwise it would be a problem to fight a war.