February, Changning County.

Pegasus, a spy lurking in Luoyang, rushed back to Xicheng and reported all the information to Lei Heng, who hurriedly summoned his confidants and officials to the school captain's mansion to discuss countermeasures.

When everyone arrived, Lei Heng first introduced the information collected from the feedback: "He Jin used Tang Zhou to arrest and split Ma Yuanyi, the leader of the Jingyang area of Taiping Road, and forced Zhang Jiao to launch the 'Yellow Turban Uprising' in advance. Fighting broke out in 28 counties in seven prefectures across the country, and the Yellow Turban Army was like a bamboo, burning down government offices, killing officials, and looting everywhere, shaking Kyoto. He Jin has been invited to be a general many times, but he has been blocked by Zhang Rang and other regular attendants. At present, is it according to the previous plan to ask for Jingzhou? ”

Xi Zhong hurriedly admonished: "Lord, loyalty is impossible. ”

Lei Heng was stunned, and directly spoke out against it... Isn't it true that Jingzhou will be recruited?

Seeing that everyone looked at him in surprise, Xi Zhong realized that he was too eager, and hurriedly explained: "My lord, loyalty is not a denial of the three strategies of public business. On the contrary, Chung admired the foresight of the public industry. It's just that the times are also trending, and no matter how good the strategy is, it should be adapted to the situation. My lord, ladies and gentlemen, imagine the difference between the imperial court begging us to send troops and Changning taking the initiative to write a book. ”

Lei Heng still didn't quite understand, but Zheng Tai and Zheng Hun suddenly realized, and praised again and again: "Zhicai is talented!" ”

Xi Zhong said modestly: "Zhicai, Duke Wen has a good reputation. It's just a matter of loyalty. Seeing that Lei Heng was still ignorant, he further explained: "My lord, if I, Changning, take the initiative to write a letter to request to go to Jingzhou, what kind of impression should I have in the hearts of Emperor Ling and the ministers of the imperial court?" Even if it is allowed, it is only to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and the two phases are weakened, and most of the money, food, armor, and pensions for the expedition are still responsible for my Changning, and the credit will be deliberately reduced. As for the court begging us to send troops, hehe... Not to mention that we can take the opportunity to take more baggage, and ask for the allocation of strategists, fierce generals, and elite soldiers, if he quells the rebellion one day, this will be a great contribution to the stability of the country. ”

After listening to Xi Zhong's explanation, Lei Heng also realized instantly, and after admiring it, he also said his conjecture: "But start with Feng Zhen?" ”

Xi Zhong said with a smile: "The lord is wise, and he is using the momentum of Zhang Rang, Feng Yu and He Jin. He Jin has already made great achievements in detecting the rebellion and capturing and killing the head of the thieves, and he also knows what the queen knows about inside, and there is the aggressive trend of the Yellow Turban Army outside, and the position of this general will be awarded to He Jin sooner or later. And once He Jin is in power, he can let go of the eunuchs who have deep grudges. These must be Zhang Rang, Feng Yu and others are also clear, and they will not be willing to sit still. At this time, if a shrewd and eloquent person goes to Luoyang, and asks Zhang Rang to confide in the lord's father, and convinces me of the strength of Changning, then the eunuchs will ask us to send troops to share the credit of He Jin, and support us to contain He Jin. Then he joked: "In this way, the lord must think about the things he asks for earlier..."

Zheng Hun also added with a smile: "When the strong is shown to Zhang Rang, and the weak is shown to the imperial court, both parties take advantage." It is necessary not only for Zhang Rang to give practical benefits, but also for the imperial court to allocate baggage. ”

Lei Heng nodded and asked, "I don't know which gentleman is willing to go to Luoyang for me to facilitate this matter?" ”

Zheng Tai immediately got up and asked, "Tai is willing to go to Luoyang." ”

Lei Heng also felt that Zheng Tai was the best candidate, so he said: "The public industry can take 5,000 gold to facilitate this matter, and I will order Dian Wei to lead the guards battalion to escort it." ”

Zheng Tai got up and excused himself and said: "Tai can take the headquarters to protect it, and General Dian Wei has a great responsibility to serve the lord, so he can't be moved lightly." ”

Lei Heng remembered that there were no bandits along the way, and there was no intelligence mentioning that there was a rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army nearby, so he nodded in agreement.

Zheng Tai urged Lei Heng again: "I also hope that the lord will determine the things he has sought from Zhang Rang and Feng Yu as soon as possible, so as to facilitate Tai's mediation." ”

Lei Heng asked Xi Zhicai and Zheng Hun and said, "I don't know what the two gentlemen think should be better to seek first?" ”

Xi Zhicai thought for a moment and replied: "The wise man, the general of the bear and tiger, and this 'Governor Ning Tai's guard' should also be changed." ”

Zheng Hun replied: "It doesn't hurt if you don't change it, you can take the history of the Yizhou Assassin or General Yangwu, General Pingkou and even General Anxi." ”

Belch... For the first time, the opinions of the two strategists were very different, and Lei Heng was surprised.

Xi Zhicai explained: "To suppress Fuzhou County, it is necessary to fight in all directions without a wise man and a general of a bear and a tiger. I have only three Changning strategists, and I will only have six soldiers, so how can I expand my territory? ”

Zheng Hun also explained: "If the lord wants to become famous and achieve the momentum of the old Qin, he must premeditate these official positions. If he is the one who fights for hegemony, he will be subject to it everywhere. ”

Lei Heng had a headache, and the two of them made a lot of sense, whether they wanted talents or officials, they were all preparing for the future hegemony of the world, and they were all necessary strategies, and what they needed to choose by themselves should be in order.

Lei Heng thought about it again and again, if he asked Zhang Rang and Feng Yu for talents, he remembered that the only fierce generals who had served in the state and county during the Han Ling Emperor were Jingzhou Huang Zhong and Yizhou Yan Yan, and the only strategists who had already been appointed were Jizhou Fu Zhu and Si Li Zhong Xuan, and the information he knew was only that. Others are either unborn or young, or they don't know where they are.

If you want to be an official, you can't remember what year Liu Yan suggested to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to "abolish the history of the pastor", the current Yizhou assassin history authority does not seem to be as high and powerful as the state pastor of the Three Kingdoms period that he is familiar with, but the position of general Yangwu is already a general sequence, and he is in charge of the expedition, which can not only make himself gain more experience in achievements, let the skill system provide more service items for himself, but also win the name of the division for him to crusade against the Yellow Turban and capture Yizhou.

Lei Heng sorted out his thoughts and slowly said his decision: "On this public trip, the official must be at least a military position with real power such as General Yangwu, and the rest will not follow, and then move to Yizhou Yan Yan (after the wedding, Yan Yan returned to Qiqi County), Jizhou Fuzhu, Jingzhou Huang Zhong, and Sili Zhong Xuan accompanied the expedition. ”

Xi Zhong hurriedly agreed: "Obey!" ”

Xi Zhicai asked: "It's hard to find just his name, and how did the lord know about it?" ”

Lei Heng was speechless, and had to explain embarrassedly: "I heard his name by chance, they are all wise men and fierce generals, and they serve in counties and counties, for Zhang Rang and others, it is no problem to find them." Xi Zhicai didn't ask anymore.

Zheng Hun continued: "Dare to ask the lord, why don't you seek the position of Yizhou assassin?" ”

This Zheng Hun is really a tendon, Lei Heng had no choice but to hint again: "If it is Yizhou Mu, I will do my best to take it." When Zheng Hun heard this, he frowned and thought for a moment and stopped talking.

Lei Heng saw that the three of them had no objections, so he urged Zheng Tai to go to Luoyang quickly, Zheng Hun and Xi Zhicai prepared money and food soldiers, and Dian Wei, Han Hao, Lin Sheng and others trained soldiers and waited for Luoyang's information.

In March of the seventh year of Guanghe (184 AD), there was a war in 28 counties in seven states across the country, the Yellow Turban Army was like a broken bamboo, the state and county were lost, and the officials fled, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty saw that the Taiping Road was so powerful, and hurriedly took He Jin as the general on the Wushen Day (the third day of the first month) in March, and led the five battalions of Yulin to be stationed in Duting, and the weapons were ordered on the hour, and the Beijing division was guarded; He Jin's brother He Miao was the Yin of Henan to quell the rebellion in the Sili area; In addition, from the Hangu Pass, Otani, Guangcheng, Yique, Yuyuan, Revolving Gate, Mengjin, Kopingjin and other Kyoto Passes, set up the garrison of the Commandery; He ordered all prefectures and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, count weapons, and gather rebels.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty accepted the proposal, granted amnesty to the party members on Renzi Day, returned the migrants, asked the ministers to donate horses and crossbows, and recommended the descendants of the generals and people with a deep strategy to the public car office for interviews. On the other hand, he sent elite troops to suppress the chaos in various places: Lu Zhiling, the deputy general, led the five colonels of the Northern Army to take charge of the northern front and deal with Zhang Jiao's main force; Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun each led an army, controlling more than 40,000 people from the Five Schools, the Three Rivers Knights and the newly recruited elite warriors, to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan area. Zhu Jun also recruited Sun Jian from Xiapi as the Sima of the Zuo Army, and brought more than 1,000 Huaisi elite soldiers and Zhu Junjun to join the army.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Feng Yu finally moved for Zheng Tai, and united Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun and other internal servants to persuade Emperor Ling to agree: "Move the captain of the Southern Barbarians, and Lei Heng, the governor of Ningjun, will be the general of the Southern Barbarians, worship General Yangwu, lead the Changning Taishou, crusade against the rebellion in Jingzhou, and cooperate with the Jingzhou Assassin History Department." In addition, the edict was immediately issued to Yizhou and Jingzhou, and Yan Yan and Huang Zhong were strictly ordered to lead their headquarters to arrive at Xiangyang County, Nanjun County, before the first day of the fifth month. Zheng Tai knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurried day and night with the edict, official seals and other items, and arrived in front of the Taishou Mansion in Changning at noon on March 18.

Sui Sheng helped Zheng Tai into the lobby on the one hand, and on the other hand, he assigned his subordinates to inform Xi Zhong, Zheng Hun, Zhang Qian and other core subordinates, Han Hao, Lin Sheng and other important generals to discuss matters in the Taishou Mansion. Within a quarter of an hour, a group of people hurried to the conference hall one after another. After a short rest, Zheng Tai, who barely recovered his spirits, hurriedly introduced the situation to everyone:

"My lord... Tai Xing did not disgrace his life. The imperial court named the lord as the general of the Southern Barbarian Zhonglang, worshiped the general of Yangwu, led the chief Ning Taishou, led the troops to quell the rebellion in Jingzhou, and urgently ordered Yizhou Yan Yan and Jingzhou Huang Zhong... Each rate of the headquarters of the troops to Xiangyang County, Nanjun County, will meet the army within a limited time. The edict and the official seal are all here..."Zheng Tai unfolded his personal baggage, and the official seal and edict were clearly visible.

Zheng Tai took a breath and continued: "Emperor Ling appointed He Jin as a general and He Miao as Henan Yin, lifted the party ban, and ordered all prefectures and counties to prepare for battle, train soldiers, count weapons, and gather righteous troops... distributed elite troops to suppress the chaos in various places, and Lu Zhi was in charge of the northern front to deal with Zhang Jiao's main force; Huangfu Song crusaded against the rebellion of the counties of Yuzhou; Take my Changning as the main to pacify the Jingzhou Yellow Turban. However, Emperor Ling did not issue an edict to Jizhou in the name of not saving the fire from far water, and Si Li Zhong Xuan wrote that he was seriously ill and could not go on the expedition, and Emperor Ling had allowed him to recuperate at home..."

It is reasonable that Jizhou is far away and does not recruit frustration, and Si Li Zhong Xuan said that he was more likely to be unwilling to serve himself in his heart, Lei Heng knew it, and he did not say anything, but said loudly grateful: "I have worked hard for public work, this is a great achievement, and I will definitely reward my meritorious deeds after the war." ”

Zheng Tai was very grateful and said with relief: "Thank you, lord." Tai is not good at military strategy, and is willing to stay in Changning and stabilize the rear for the lord. ”

Knowing the strengths and weaknesses, knowing how to advance and retreat, is indeed a good talent. Lei Heng agreed with satisfaction: "Okay, just stay in Changning for me." He asked the other two strategists softly: "Zhicai, what is the intention of Duke Wen?" ”

Zheng Hun was the first to answer: "Hun is also willing to stay in Changning and supply the people for the Lord." ”

Seeing this, Xi Zhong smiled and said: "In this way, according to the policy of Duke Wen, I will follow the lord to Jingxiang." ”

Lei Heng was also happy to get the consensus of his advisers, so he directly assigned the task.

"Zheng Tai, Zheng Hun, Han Hao, Zhang Qian..."

"In!" The four of them got up in unison.

"With Zheng Tai as the mainstay, Zheng Hun, Zhang Qian Zuozhi, and Han Hao as the generals, stay in Changning." Lei Heng handed over the official seal of Changning Taishou and the official seal of Hunanban Zhonglang to Zheng Tai and Han Hao respectively.

"No!" The four of them responded in unison.

"Xi Zhong, Dian Wei, Sui Sheng, Lin Sheng..."

"In!" The four of them also stood up in unison.

"With Zhicai as the military advisor, Dian Wei, Sui Sheng, and Lin Sheng as generals, and 5,000 soldiers will be selected to go to Jingzhou with me."

"No!" The four of them shouted their orders.

Lei Heng looked at Yan Shu and the others who were anxious and worried, and said with a smile: "Yan Shu's martial arts are outstanding, and he went out with him, and he was in the army; Xiao Di stayed in the Taishou Mansion. ”

Yan Shu also learned from Xi Zhong and the others, and happily got up to receive the order: "No! The people in the hall laughed when they saw this.

"Hurry up and prepare, and swear to go tomorrow!"

"No!"