Chapter Eighty-Four: Recruiting Townspeople
At the end of February 182 AD, the Han Dynasty after the mediocre and incompetent Huan, the notice of the Second Emperor Ling for decades, the accumulation of malpractices, excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the trend of corruption and corruption are rising, and the signs of decay and decay of the Han Dynasty have begun to faintly appear, the most obvious is that now the barbarians under the rule of the border areas of the Han Dynasty began to move. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In the north, the Wuhuan Xianbei people began to plunder frequently, knocking on some villages in the north of the Han Dynasty, robbing property and population.
The Qiang people in the northwest have begun to show their ambitions, although they have not openly resisted the rule of the Han Dynasty on the surface, they have also secretly accumulated strength and planned independence.
The pirates and thieves on the eastern coast frequently invaded the coastal villages and cities, and everywhere they passed, they were all scorched earth.
In the southwest, the barbarians united, under the order of the barbarian king Meng Shu, they had actually achieved an independent status, and several Taishou sent by the imperial court were all driven out of the Nanban territory or were brutally killed.
The southeastern states and counties have frequent changes, and the mountains are crossed, and the thieves are eager to try, and the troubles are on the one side.
All of a sudden, the Taishou of the various borders of the Han Dynasty were in a hurry and sent an urgent message to the Han royal court, requesting that troops be sent to rescue and suppress the thieves.
But these urgent documents were stopped by the ten permanent servants who controlled the government at this time, joking, fighting? In recent years, the Ten Standing Servants have obtained a lot of money from the treasury through various means, and the country's finances are actually already strong and middle-class, and they can't support a war at all.
In order not to expose his behavior, in the end, Emperor Ling of Han got the news from the mouth of the ten permanent servants that the world was good, the wind and rain were smooth in various places, and the state and county guards came to the table one after another to thank the emperor for his grace.
The court of the Han Dynasty did not move, and the Taishou of the states and counties could only recruit troops by themselves, form an army to suppress the Kou, and begin to exterminate the rebels and bandits under their rule.
"According to the order, the Shanyue rebels have been rampant recently, poisoning the township, causing great resentment among the people in Yuzhang County. 2,000 government troops were dispatched to suppress the rebels. In addition, the villages in Yuzhang County sent village warriors to assist the government army in suppressing the rebellion. The number of villagers dispatched is divided according to the size of the village, with 50 people from each small village and 100 people from each intermediate village.
Task rewards, according to the number and contribution of the bandits, reward a large number of copper coins, experience, meritorious service, and low-level official positions in the imperial court. ”
In Yuzhang County, every village received such a warrant from Taishou, requiring the dispatch of its own soldiers, Xiang Yong, to assist the imperial court in suppressing the Shanyue rebels.
The imperial court sent more than 2,000 elite soldiers this time, which was actually more than enough to deal with more than 800 Shanyue rebels. If you want to fight against the imperial court, you have to weigh how much color you have first.
However, the Taishou warrant in Lin Ran's hand was different from other villages, the number of Taishou required by it was as high as two hundred, and there were certain requirements for level and equipment, and it must be the absolute elite in Xiaobai Village.
Lin Ran took the warrant, and sighed in his heart that this old treacherous and cunning man who was too guarded, it seemed that his situation had been unconsciously explored by others.
This is a mandatory task issued by the imperial court, if you don't accept it, you will be turned into a rebel column by the imperial court, Lin Ran can only select ninety masters from the first legion of Xiaobai Village, and at the same time, he also secretly let Ah Fei's newly established ten cavalry with him.
These ten cavalry were newly formed by Lin Ran, each cavalry is a strong high-level militia, not only equipped with good horses, but also specially equipped each of them with iron weapons, bows and arrows, crossbows and other long-range and short-range weapons, combat effectiveness is much stronger than ordinary infantry units, with extraordinary mobility and attack power.
Lin Ran was originally reluctant to let these ten precious cavalrymen go to the battlefield together, but the warrant pointed out that there must be ten cavalry among the two hundred people, and Lin Ran had no choice but to take these ten cavalry with him.
Some small villages are much more active in getting this kind of task than those intermediate villages, and they take the initiative to bring many people without the regulations of the imperial court, preparing to make valuable contributions on the battlefield, so as to facilitate the upgrading of the village in the future.
The village warriors of each village stipulated that they should gather outside Nanchang City, and Lin Ran took the carefully selected players and cavalry out of the village.
He has handed over the affairs and government affairs of the village to Zhao Ying, Ah Fei and them have dealt with it, Chu Tiankuo is the commander of the first and second army of the village, mainly responsible for the defense of Xiaobai Village. Xue Min concurrently served as the commander of the Third and Fourth Army Corps of Xiaobai Village, responsible for assisting Chu Tiankuo.
With Zhao Ying and Ah Fei's abilities, it was more than enough to manage this middle-level village with a large population, and Lin Ran didn't have to manage Xiaobai Village like before, doing everything himself, and he couldn't leave the village for a day.
Lin Ran led the troops out of Erlidi and met Jiu Ge and Yuehua head-on, and they also led 100 people each in the direction of Nanchang City.
Recently, the head of Yuehua Village didn't know what channel to go through, and he didn't raise too many raw materials, and he also got a blueprint for the upgrade of an intermediate village, and now he has also been upgraded to an intermediate village.
When Jiu Ge saw Lin Ran, he warmly greeted Lin Ran over and walked forward together.
Yuehua saw Lin Ran, walked beside him, smiled lightly, and didn't say anything.
"Tsk, Xiaobai, your lineup is a little too luxurious. The cavalry has all been obtained, what benefits did the Taishou promise you? With such a big investment? Seeing the elite players behind Lin Ran, Jiuge Village smacked his lips and said.
"Nothing good. It's just that Taishou has set the requirements for our village to be graded and equipped. Why, he didn't stipulate that for you? Lin Ran asked.
"No, it's just a 100 people. It seems that our Lord Taishou is still enough to take care of you, the first village in the world. Jiu Ge said half-jokingly, half-jokingly, but instead of giving people a disrespectful attitude, he was more affectionate.
"I brought two hundred rookies and novices this time, you can't be too active in fighting for the imperial court, why are people looking for you here? That's what makes you cannon fodder. If there is danger, we will not be able to take our turn. ”
Lin Ran nodded, noncommittal about Jiu Ge's statement, I personally have my own opinion. He felt that this crackdown on bandits was an important opportunity for him to step into the officialdom of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
For a long time, the Han Dynasty still had a large number of loyal followers, and if you can get an official position this time and officially step into the Han officialdom, it will be worth the loss.
I don't know why, although Yuehua has been riding quietly on the horse and not speaking. Lin Ran could vaguely feel that the other party was looking at him from time to time, observing his words and deeds.