The reason for this is because Qingzhou has been plagued by disasters and famines for many years, and the people have no plan to survive. Therefore, since the revival of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in 188, in just over three years, it has developed to millions of people! Qingzhou can be said to be a hotbed for the Yellow Turban Army to breed and grow.

It has been more than two months since Pei Yuanshao came to Qingzhou, and he also occupied the high density of Beihai County, and since he re-launched the banner of the Yellow Turban, he has also recruited more than 3,000 people in the past two months, which is still the result of Pei Yuanshao's stricter selection of soldiers, here, as long as you have enough food, you can pull up an army counting tens of thousands in a short time!

After initially gaining a firm foothold, Pei Yuanshao naturally had contact with the Yellow Turban leaders from all over Qingzhou, Pei Yuanshao was also the old man of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and at first he also followed the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao for a while, and after some intersection, he quickly established a good relationship with several leaders. The handsome Xu He is one of them,

Therefore, this time to discuss whether it is time to send troops to Yanzhou, Pei Yuanshao was also invited.

Sending troops to Yanzhou is a big deal, although the Qingzhou soldiers are numerous, but they are not invincible, in October last year, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban sent troops to loot Mount Tai, Mount Tai Shou should be Shao defeated the Yellow Turban, beheaded thousands of people before and after, captured more than 10,000 old and weak people, 2,000 taels of baggage, and the Yellow Turban was defeated and retreated.

In the same year, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban attacked the Bohai Sea, gathered 300,000 people, and wanted to meet with Montenegro, Gongsun Zan led 20,000 people to break the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in Dongguang South, beheading more than 30,000. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army abandoned its baggage and ran across the river. Gongsun Chan waited for them to attack halfway through and defeated the Yellow Turban Army again, with tens of thousands of dead, more than 70,000 prisoners, and countless chariots and property, so Gongsun Chan's prestige was greatly shaken.

Because of these three defeats, the leaders of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban who were present were arguing over whether to send troops to Yanzhou.

Those who support sending troops are because this year's drought is almost a certainty, and millions of mouths are waiting for food, and if they don't loot, they really can't afford to feed themselves. Those who oppose sending troops are worried about the strength of the officers and troops and the fear of repeating the defeat of the previous year.

Although Pei Yuanshao is a new force that has just emerged, Pei Yuanshao's identity makes Xu He dare not underestimate it at all, because in private Pei Yuanshao once told him that Pei Yuanshao is the person who guards Zhang Liao too much of Julu! And what shocked him even more was that Zhang Ning, the daughter of the great virtuous teacher, was still Zhang Liao's wife!

If you want to talk about this Zhang Liao, but the new forces that have risen in the past two years have made great achievements in war, not to mention the fame of Hebei, just saying that he was rich under his rule and the people had enough food and clothing, which made the far-sighted Xu He envious.

What's more, Zhang Liao is also the son-in-law of a great virtuous teacher. Thinking about the dignified Han county guard, who actually married the daughter of the Yellow Turban thief leader, I think this person is different from those princes of all parties who only think about slaughtering or annexing the Yellow Turban to increase their strength.

Therefore, when Xu He thought of Zhang Liao, he couldn't help but have a trace of yearning in his heart.

Seeing Xu He ask about himself, Pei Yuanshao scratched his shiny brain and said: "Xu Dashuai, what do I mean, uh, I still hope that we don't act rashly, after all, it is not comparable to the beginning, after the melee in the past few years, the officers and soldiers in various places are much stronger than when the great sages and good teachers in Jiazi Nian started the incident, and the officials who guard all over the place are capable people. With that, he motioned for a young scribe in a black Confucian robe beside him to get up.

This scribe looked to be in his twenties, with a handsome appearance, bright eyes, a three-inch beard on his chin, and an elegant bearing, which stood out among the rough yellow turban collars.

"Who is this gentleman?" Xu He didn't dare to slack off and asked.

"Gaixian Guoyuan, I've seen all the leaders." Guoyuan saluted everyone without humility or arrogance.

The Yellow Turban Army has always been vulgar and does not like to socialize with literati, only Xu He and a few leaders returned the salute, Sima Ju and most of them did not move, Zhang Rao snorted angrily and turned his face away.

"I wonder what Mr. thinks?" Xu He glared at Zhang Rao fiercely and laughed apologetically.

Guo Yuan said lightly disappreciatively: "Yuan first wants to ask Xu Dashuai a word, Qingzhou Yellow Turban is 300,000, and his family brings millions of people, what are Dashuai's plans in the future, and what kind of ending do you want to give these people?" ”

Xu He's face was solemn, and he thought carefully for a while before he sighed: "In the year of Jiazi, I responded to the great sage and good teacher to raise troops, and it has been more than eight years now. Many of the brothers present were the old brothers who had risen with Xu He at the beginning, recalling the vigorous but defeated uprising half a year ago, and they were all emotional.

"At first, I also thought about following the great sage and good teacher to overthrow the Han family and create a great cause together, but I didn't expect that the uprising would suffer a heavy blow in less than half a year.

"At the beginning of the army, the great sage and good teacher raised the army, with the aim of overthrowing the Han family and saving the people of the world, the people of the world looked at the scenery, and between two months, the eight states rose, and hundreds of thousands of young and strong soldiers under his command were all resolute and unyielding hot-blooded men. It seems that this kind of momentum is not enough to overthrow the Han family, let's talk about it, what is the reason? ”

"It's all to blame for the cunning of the officers and soldiers, and our army has repeatedly been tricked."

"Our army lacks armor and inferior equipment, far inferior to the officers and soldiers."

“……”

Everyone in the tent, you and I say your own opinions.

After everyone calmed down, Xu He said again: "What everyone said is reasonable, but in my opinion, there is only one main reason for failure, that is, selfishness!" ”

"Think about it, at the beginning of the uprising, we killed the wealthy and saved the poor, and the people turned to the wind, why, it was because we were thinking about the people of the world. Only then will the people follow us. However, when we achieved certain results, and there were thousands of foot soldiers under the account, our thinking began to change, and some brothers began to be unenterprising, arrogant and lascivious, and even connived at the soldiers under their command to plunder the people's property, so that the people saw us as if they met the enemy, either desperately resisted, or forced to coerce the army to have two hearts, like such a scattered army, how can it beat the official army? ”

Speaking of this, Xu He glanced at everyone, and some of the leaders lowered their heads weakly.

Xu Dashuai's eyes were like torches, and in a word, he really admired Yuan. Seeing that Xu He was so reasonable, Guo Yuan couldn't help but praise loudly.

Xu He said humbly: "Mr. has won the award, Xu He is a vulgar martial artist, he doesn't understand so many truths, but he has been pondering for the past few years, and he has only recently figured out some ways, and I also know that it is impossible to overthrow the Han Court with our rabble, but the subordinates are all poor people, and they are willing to follow us in order to have a bite to eat, I only think about how to let them all live." Please also sir teach me. As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Guoyuan.

Guo Yuan said: "Xu Dashuai is polite, Yuan has the courage to say a word, and the leaders will listen quietly." If there is any offense, please don't be angry! ”