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The pros and cons of going to Hedong to welcome the Son of Heaven to Luoyang have been repeated many times in Deng Ji's mind when he was still in Yanzhou.

Historically, it was Cao Cao who completed this move, and then coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to occupy the political initiative. But now that his family is in the center, Cao Jun naturally didn't think that he could easily welcome the Son of Heaven back.

In addition to Cao Cao, Yuan Shao was reluctant to welcome, and geographically, only himself and Liu Biao were left among the princes.

The lack of food and the instability of the territory are indeed one aspect, but the most important thing is that Deng Ji does not know how to get along with the Son of Heaven and the courtiers.

Although the name of the thief has been removed, if you want to ask where the Han Dynasty has the most yellow turbans in the world now, there is no doubt that it is under the command of Deng Ji, who has been against the imperial court for so many years, how can the moth thieves easily accept the existence of the Son of Heaven?

Not to mention others, even Deng Ji himself doesn't want to be just a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

There was no dissuasion from a figure like Guo Tu around him, Deng Ji just subconsciously didn't want the court to come to his own realm to point fingers.

Of course, there are also benefits to welcoming the Son of Heaven, at least when others are enemies of Luoyang, they must be cautious first.

The Son of Heaven is fragrant, and at the same time it is also a hot potato, stupid as Deng Ji knows that welcoming the Son of Heaven is a double-edged sword, how could Tian Feng not know? It's just that everyone has a heavenly scale in their hearts, and the Yellow Turban Moth Thief has no weight of the Son of Heaven in his heart at all, but Tian Feng still won't let go gently.

Because the pros and cons have not been weighed yet, because the lack of food and the instability of the two counties are indeed reasons, this matter will be shelved first, and it can be regarded as Tian Feng's acquiescence to Deng Ji's "dragging" decision.

Food shortages are indeed a big problem, after that. Deng Zhi was ordered to go to Jingzhou and said that Liu Biao borrowed grain.

Half a month after Deng Zhi's trip, Deng Ji summoned the leaders of the expedition in the county guard mansion - Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Sun Kang, Wu Dun, Chen Jian, Lei Bo, Gong Du, He Yi, He Man, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, Hao Zhao, and Zhang Liao, a total of 13 people.

Guan Cheng has been appointed as the commander of the navy. In addition to the original pirates, he also selected 500 archers to join him, and he formed a sailor in Pingyin County to teach water warfare; Guan Hai wants to stay in the Huya army with Tai Shi Ci. Therefore, the two are not counted.

looked at the thirteen people standing quietly in front of him, among them there were those who were so famous and loved by their own families, and some who had never heard of them; There are those who are willing to follow, and there are those who are forced to surrender by the situation. They originally belonged to the Yellow Turban, Mount Tai, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, etc., and the sources were extremely mixed. and because of leading the crowd to himself, Deng Ji had to reward and use.

Sweeping the faces of the thirteen new generals, Deng Ji said: "Everyone votes for me, I Deng Ji can't do without it!" However, people have strengths and weaknesses, and I don't know what you can do, and you can't give you authority! After consulting with the military advisor. I only ask you to temporarily take the position of captain, each of you will lead more than 1,000 soldiers, and be stationed in Hongnong! ”

"After entering Henan, you think that you have already understood the military system under my account," Seeing that everyone had no expression on their faces, Deng Ji continued: "Except for the captain of the navy. I don't have a permanent lieutenant in Henan, so your position is only limited to half a year! ”

Among the people who went out this time, there were as many as 180,000 strong, and they had already selected the brave among them. more than 2,000 capable soldiers; After a little practice, there are 6,000 spear soldiers who can be changed to halberds; 5,000 sword and shield soldiers; 4,000 archers. A total of 17,000 people, after replenishing the losses of the Huya Army. Two armies can also be formed.

However, because the soldiers are mostly tied to the fields, they are eager to return home when they are resting, and the families of the Dangkou army are all settled in Henan, and it is not good to live in Hanoi for a long time, so they should change their guards.

Xu Huang's previous expedition to the Xiongnu gained a lot, but 17,000 new soldiers, Henan did not have so many war horses available, and the halberd knights were not conducive to defending the territory, and it was time to redivide the functions.

Therefore, after Deng Ji and Tian Feng and others discussed, they decided to form a defensive army with the newly acquired sword and shield soldiers and some archers, and the fields were the same, but the salary was halved compared with Huya, Dangkou and Henan Sibian, and they no longer gave war horses, but changed to foot soldiers to defend the land.

The thirteen people in front of him have different backgrounds, and their expectations are not the same, who is appointed and what position, but they are not easy to slacken, if they are not careful, they will make people's hearts unstable, Deng Ji simply gave the transitional military post first, and all temporarily appointed as the captain: "I have a new number of soldiers, and I will use the new group of mighty troops, and the rest will be incorporated into the garrison army!" From the discussion of the military division, to solve the situation of food shortage, I should be the army Chang'an, ask for Li Dao and Guo Yan, and welcome the return of the Son of Heaven! At that time, you should take you and the other thirteen captains as the forerunner, watch your military exploits, and draw the four captains of the mighty army, and the rest will be incorporated into the army defending the territory. ”

Among the thirteen people, although Deng Ji prefers Zhang Liao the most in his heart, as a group, he has no merit, and there is no reason to suddenly elevate him to others only based on his own preferences. And although the 400 cavalry led by Zhang Liao were elite, most of them could be selected as soldiers, but the number was really the smallest, and in the eyes of others, it was Deng Ji who gave him preferential treatment if he could be included in the thirteen captains.

At this time, everyone has the same status, how to speak with military exploits in the future, no matter what their hearts are, no one who has just arrived will have any objections, and Qi replied: "A certain class should live up to the hopes of the general!" ”

The previous words were considered to mobilize morale, and the next thing was to give the task: "Henan has an additional million people, and the fields in the two counties will not be able to support it!" Now Zhang Ji moved to Wancheng, in addition to Wuguan still has its army stationed, it can be said that the land of Hongnong has been abandoned, I can take the land first and raise the people! You are stationed in their places, you should beware of the attack and harassment of the Xiliang army in Chang'an, thieves and rebellion, and you also need to rectify military discipline and order the soldiers to drill diligently, and there is no loss! ”

"Whoa!"

The land of Henan and Hanoi counties could not accommodate such a large population, Deng Ji was most afraid of Cao Cao, and it was not pleasant to cooperate with him before. However, Li Dao and Guo Yan were not far from defeat, and the easiest new site to take at present was Hongnong County, which was already empty land outside Hangu Pass in the west. Although Hongnong has many mountains and less arable land, its jurisdiction is as large as the two counties of Henan and Hanoi, and its nine counties can also support hundreds of thousands of people.

When the world mentions Hongnong, they have to mention the Yang family, which began from Yang Chang, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and connected with the current Taiwei Yang Biao, which is also a connection between four generations of officials to Taiwei, and is also the home of the "Four Worlds and Three Princes". After the two Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Hongnong Yang family also made a high-ranking official, and Yang Jian of the Jiansui Dynasty also came from here. After the death of the Sui Dynasty, there were eleven prime ministers before and after the Hongnong Yang family in the Tang Dynasty, plus Wu Zetian's mother, Empress Yang, Yang Guifei, and many Yang horses, which can be described as extremely prominent. The Song Dynasty's loyal Yang family general is also the descendant of the Yang family of Hongnong. (Note)

Such a prominent family, tens of thousands of people, naturally not Deng Ji dared to say it easily, fortunately, his clan after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Zhang Ji's robbery, not to mention the great loss of strength, has also moved to Chang'an to join Yang Biao to avoid military disasters, and now he is no longer in Hongnong.

Although the Yang family is not there, but Hongnong County is mountainous, in this troubled world, there are many thieves, robbing refugees, and it is difficult to govern, close to Li Dao and Guo Yan, so Deng Ji sent the new thirteen captains to the station, purge the Liukou, guard against the Xiliang army, and integrate and train the army at the same time.

Huxian, Huayin, and Lushi counties were either remote or too close to Chang'an, and Deng Ji was only ready to settle 60,000 households in the six counties of Hongnong, Shaanxian, Huangchi, Xin'an, Yiyang, and Luhun.

The intention was to do so, but the newly selected 17,000 soldiers were not yet stable, and the official warehouse could not take out food to settle the people for the time being, so they could only station the people in Hanoi and Henan counties first, and had not yet built household registers for them, nor did they make the strong soldiers forcibly become families.

All this must be done after getting enough food, and there was a great famine in several states, Tian Feng and Deng Ji had nothing to do, and they could only count on Deng Zhi's trip to Jingzhou.

Nearly a million people without household registration were crowded in the two counties, so the public order was greatly damaged, and the only benefit was that the strong people were sent by Deng Ji to participate in the construction of Hanoi, and the construction of "Du Gongwu" was very fast, and one by one the land was erected in the interior of the river.

The people have not yet moved to Hongnong County, and the thirteen captains first went out of Hongnong to clear out the chaotic people and thieves in the territory.

The thirteen commanders under the command of the original department were not the original old department, and the soldiers selected by their subordinates had already been broken up by Deng Ji, and some people were transferred from the Huya and Dangkou armies to settle in.

On the seventh day of Hongnong, the commander He Man was escorted to Luoyang for the purpose of supervising and questioning his soldiers, and Deng Jiling beheaded him to Ming Ji.

He Man was beheaded, which caused He Yi to be terrified, and he led dozens of old troops to abscond in the mountains and forests, and then he was robbed, and then he was conscripted by Sun Guan and killed in battle.

The above two people were born in the Yellow Turban, which is not surprising, and Chen Jian had the old habits of Yuan Shu's army, and died of assassination by his subordinates because of his unfair handling and recklessness in the army.

However, in more than ten days, the thirteen lieutenants of Deng Jixin's committee had been broken into three, and the soldiers under his command had to be broken up again and merged into the remaining ten departments.

Originally, when the force was weak, many of the soldiers under his command could take care of it, but even so, it took a long time for the old moth thieves who followed Deng Ji to integrate military discipline, and the "Seven Virtues of Brave Soldiers" gradually gained popularity. Nowadays, most of these lieutenants are old thieves, ruffians, and outcasts, who are unfamiliar with each other, unfamiliar with the generals, and lack a sense of identity with Deng Ji, so it is impossible to be stable for a while.

The Zang Ba and Sun brothers are quite talented, and the military discipline and leadership of the original Taishan thieves are much better than those of the Yellow Turban and Yuan Shujun.

Erhe and Chen Jian's lessons from the previous car were not far away, and several captains were unstable in the army, Deng Ji had to leave Tai Shici in Luoyang to soak in the soup, and dispersed the schools of the Huya Army to Hongnong to accompany the ten lieutenants of Tun, and someone supervised them, Liu Pi, Gong Du, Huang Shao, and Lei Bo began to tremble, and carefully figured out the military regulations of Henan, and followed his subordinates to learn the seven virtues of bravery.

The generals were like this, and the old thieves and soldiers also slightly reined in their old habits and began to slowly integrate into the army, and the situation had to improve.

A month later, Deng Jiling rewarded Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, who governed the army strictly, and Hao Zhao and Sun Guan, who had meritorious service in suppressing bandits.

Note: The descendants of Yang Feng in the Hongnong Yang clan are prominent, but many people mistakenly believe that this Yang Feng is Yang Feng, the general of Li Dao, but in fact it is just a duplicate name, Yang Feng, the ancestor of the Yang family, is the grandfather of Yang Biao, the Taiwei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

(Say it loudly, the tiger should be kept on the home page, there is no recommendation for a good position, brothers will be rewarded with praise~~ to praise!) Kudos! (To be continued......)