Cao Jie came out of Tian Yan's room, and Cao Poshi had returned.

He had nothing to do in the courtyard and looked impatient, but when he saw Cao Jie come out, he immediately became obedient and well-behaved.

Cao Jie walked away without saying a word, and Cao Poshi immediately followed when he saw this.

The two entered Cao Jie's room.

"Do you want to be a prince, or do you want to be a puppet?" Entering the house, Cao Jie asked in a deep voice.

"Brother, I was wrong, I was just bored and panicked, so I went to Zhangtai ......" Cao Poshi scratched his head.

Zhangtai Street is the name of Chang'an Street in the Western Han Dynasty, and there are many prostitutes in it, and later generations will refer to the coffin of prostitutes with Zhangtai.

"Shut up!" Cao Jie turned around and scolded, looking angry.

Cao Poshi immediately shut up, although he was indulgent, he didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Cao Jie.

"You, one day, will suffer from such things!" Cao Jie wanted to scold, but he couldn't give up on his only brother.

"Hehe, brother, don't be angry, it's not good for your body." Cao Poshi saw Cao Jie's appearance and knew that he was fine, so he immediately sat down with a smile, took out the wine bowl and poured wine for Cao Jie.

Cao Jie shook his head helplessly, but he also sat opposite.

"Soon Your Majesty will send an edict to attack Xianbei, and you will go with the army at that time." Cao Jie said.

Cao Poshi had already picked up the wine glass, and he was so frightened that he almost poured it down.

"Brother, I don't know about war!" He put down the wine bowl and immediately cried out.

Let's not say that he really doesn't understand warfare, it is the land of the north, the conditions are difficult, how can there be a comfortable stay in Luoyang.

"I didn't let you go to the charge, you went to Bingzhou with Tian Yan, and stayed in the border county, I have ordered Tian Yan to take the opportunity to get rid of Yang Ming, but in case, if Yang Ming comes back alive, you will ......" Cao Jie said and made a killing move.

Cao Poshi understood, patted his chest and said, "Wrap it on me." ”

When marching and fighting, he can't arrange troops, but he has not killed people over the years, and he can do it easily.

"That Wang Meng and Wang Ji are in Yanmen at this time, I will repair a book, you go and summon the two, you can use them." Cao Jie was afraid that there were still variables, so he said again.

Cao Poshi nodded when he heard this.

He didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Cao Jie, in addition to knowing that everything was due to Cao Jie, he also knew Cao Jie's methods.

Cao Jie has many means, and those he wants to get rid of will be able to get rid of them.

……

A few days later, Liu Hong summoned the ministers in the Deyang Hall of the North Palace to hold a grand court meeting.

As soon as the matter of cutting down Xianbei was proposed, it was opposed by most of the ministers.

Cai Yong was even more sparse on the spot and analyzed the reasons why Xianbei is unbeatable.

One said that the national strength is insufficient, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the generals were excellent and brave, the financial and military endowments were substantial, but the Xiongnu had not been pacified after decades, the officials and the people were poor, and they had to make an edict of their own crimes, and today's national strength was far inferior to that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The second is that Xianbei is strong, Tanshi Huai is on the throne, Xianbei's national strength has reached its peak, with 100,000 soldiers, and elite and brave.

Three said that the border pass is lost, because the border control is not strict, a large number of iron, metal into Xianbei, Xianbei armor weapons have been greatly improved, and many Han people fled to Xianbei, become Xianbei think tank, the strength has surpassed the former Xiongnu.

If the war cannot end quickly, it will fall into attrition, and the strength of the whole country will be used to fight Xianbei, so that the inland will be exhausted, and even he made a metaphor, the pain of Xianbei, such as the small trouble of mustard in the hands and feet, and the inland hardship such as the big trouble of poisonous sores in the chest and back, because of the small loss, the gain outweighs the loss.

Cai Yong is deeply valued by Liu Hong, who previously revised the "Xiping Stone Scripture" and now revised the "History of the Later Han Dynasty", all of which are led by him, including his seven things not long ago, and Liu Hong also mostly adopted them.

But this time, Liu Hong not only did not adopt it, but was extremely displeased.

The so-called cowardice without a fight is probably the same.

And he has already heard of what Cai Yong has done for Yang Ming, killing Wang Fu is a real hero, but he can't do heroic things like Xianbei?

The opposition of the ministers was still the majority, and Liu Hong got up and looked down at the ministers: "If Qing and others can scatter their wealth to raise military funds for the country like Cao Jie, I will follow your words." ”

As soon as Liu Hong's words came out, the Deyang Hall was silent.

Seeing the courtier's reaction, Liu Hong sneered in his heart and turned around and left the hall.

The Northern Expedition is determined by this.

……

On this day, Yang Ming was discussing with Yang Qi when to go to Beihai, but received a message from Jian Shuo.

Yang Ming couldn't help frowning.

"What's wrong?" After the arraignment person left, Yang Qi asked.

"Your Majesty wants me to accompany the army on the Northern Expedition." Yang Ming said.

"How so?" Yang Qi's face changed greatly.

He also opposed the Northern Expedition, he was a servant and knew the border situation well.

During the period of Emperor Huan, the border counties and Xianbei still had each other's victories and defeats, and now there is only passive defense, regardless of combat strength and morale, the bottom is the valley, and the chance of winning the forced expedition is slim, and the northern expedition with the army is nine deaths.

Yang Ming has just come out of the tiger's mouth, and he is going to enter the wolf's den again?

"Cao Jie Jinyan." Yang Ming continued.

Yang Qi was silent when he heard this, this was the eunuch's revenge.

Yang Ming also fell into thought.

He also expected the eunuchs to retaliate, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

He was safe in Luoyang, because if he died, it would be the eunuch's hand.

But when he got out of the border, even if he still didn't dare to kill him openly, there were many ways to kill him, such as arranging for him to go all the way with Tian Yan or Xia Yu.

This kind of operation is very common in both history books and film and television dramas.

His situation at this time is probably the main reason why no one dares to confront the eunuchs.

Liu Hong relied on eunuchs to control the imperial power, and the wind blew in the ears of the eunuchs, and the scholars were powerless to resist.

"Father went to find my uncle to write a book." Yang Qi got up as he spoke, he also thought of this, it was impossible to watch his son die in vain.

"Father." Yang Ming called out to him, "A few days ago, at the Great Court Meeting, the Son of Heaven said that Cao Jie and other regular servants raised money for military expenses, and the eunuchs donated money, and the scholars contributed, and I am afraid that it will only backfire if you write a book." ”

Yang Ming still had something to say, and the person who carried the letter also said what happened to Lu Qiang, and Lu Qiang was not informed of the donation of money by the middle attendant, but Liu Hong found that only Lu Qiang did not donate money among the twelve permanent attendants, and he was very alienated from Lu Qiang.

Cao Jie's methods are even more powerful than he imagined.

Yang Qi also reacted and sat back helplessly.

Neither of them said anything more, and after a long time, Yang Qi sighed: "How should this be!" ”

"Father, if you kill Wang Fu, you would have expected such a situation, you just need to see the move." Yang Ming's brows were already relaxed.

Seeing Yang Ming's appearance, Yang Qi looked puzzled, and then asked, "How to dismantle the move?" ”

"What Cao Jie and the others want is nothing more than to blackmail me with military orders and force me into danger, so I just need to invite myself to be Sima of other departments." Yang Ming replied.

The military system of the Eastern Han Dynasty is a multiple of five, five people are a team, there is a captain, ten people are a tithe, there is a chief, a team of fifty people, there is a captain, a hundred people are a tun, there is a tun chief, five hundred people are a song, there is a Qu Junhou, the song is the department, there is a Sima, the department is the battalion, there is a captain.

Department, which is second only to the battalion.

And the other parts that Yang Ming said are not among the main parts.

In other parts, it means to assist and maneuver.

In terms of Yang Ming's understanding in his previous life, it is equivalent to an independent regiment.

Yang Qi nodded when he heard this.

If it is another department, Yang Ming will have autonomy on the battlefield, and the hope of survival will naturally increase greatly.

"And how do you recruit troops?" Yang Qi is still worried.

At this time, the Han court had already recruited all the soldiers who could fight, and if they invited themselves to be other departments, they needed to recruit additional troops, and the source of troops became a big problem.

If you recruit displaced people as soldiers, the battlefield will inevitably collapse at the first touch.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Knight of the Three Rivers." ”

The so-called Three Rivers are the three counties of Hedong, Hanoi and Henan, and the Three Rivers Knight refers to the children of the three families, that is, the sons of good families.

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with scriptures, and the good family had to learn the "six arts" when they were young, and the archery and royalty were all basic exercises, and they could become an army as long as they had a little training.

Yang Ming's ability to think of these things is also related to what he knew in his previous life.

In the Yellow Turban Rebellion in history, Lu Zhi took away the main force of Luoyang, the Fifth School of the Northern Army, to crusade against the main force of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun went to crusade against the Yellow Turban in Runan, and the main force led by them was the Three Rivers Knights.

The children of the nobility of the Han Dynasty, even in the last years, were not the same concept as the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

"Yes!" Yang Qi was overjoyed when he heard this.

……

Half a month later, the imperial court raised Tian Yan as the general of Xianbei Zhonglang and officially opened the Northern Expedition Xianbei War.

According to the plan, Xianbei Zhonglang led Tian Yan to lead 10,000 troops and sent troops from Yunzhong County; made the Xiongnu Zhonglang Zang Min and the Southern Xiongnu alone lead more than 10,000 Huns to ride and send troops from Yanmen; Captain Xia Yu led 10,000 troops and sent troops from Dai County.

The three-way army, a total of more than 30,000 people.

Of course, fighting a war is not an overnight thing, the so-called three armies have not moved, grain and grass first, when the servant uses mules and horses to transport grain, grass and materials to the three counties first, and then the battalions assemble and pull.

Whether it is food or grass, or a large army, it takes time, and the preparation time for this is about one to two months.

This means that the actual start of the war will not start until July and August.

Therefore, Xianbei will inevitably respond, depending on how the generals of the two sides will arrange their troops at that time.

Soon after the war began, Yang Ming received an edict ordering him to be a fake Sima and follow Tian Yan all the way.

Fake Sima, if there is no Sima in the headquarters, then the fake Sima has the right to replace Sima, if there is Sima, the fake Sima is Sima Adjutant.

Yang Ming's situation, which obviously belongs to the latter, is famous, but has no power.

As soon as the edict was issued, Yang Ci wrote a letter to make a statement, on the grounds that Yang Ming did not know about the war, please replace him with someone else, but the Son of Heaven did not allow it, saying: Yang Ming is a true hero, and he should fight for the country.

Yang Ci was helpless, so he said again, hoping to take Yang Ming as the Sima of other departments and recruit troops on his own, and Liu Hong agreed.

Because of the urgency of time, after obtaining the permission of the imperial court, Yang Ming quickly began to recruit troops in Luoyang, with the Wang brothers as his right and left hands.

For a time, there were countless conscripts in Mikawa.

After all, there are only a few people who can be inspected by the probation system, and there is no shortage of people who are ambitious and talented but have no opportunities.

If it were in peacetime, they would naturally be unhappy to let these people join the army, after all, the children of the family don't have to worry about food and clothing, who is willing to take their lives to fight for military merits?

It is better to wait at home for the inspection or the opportunity to recruit.

But when Yang Ming recruits troops, the meaning is very different.

Yang Ming is now the most dazzling rookie among scholars, and his every move attracts the attention of everyone.

And the light can shine on the people around you.

If you can go out with Yang Ming, wouldn't it have a better chance than waiting at home?

Within a few days, there were three or four thousand applicants.

Among them, in addition to the sons of good families, there are also many children from poor families.

For them, the motivation is simpler, and it is best to make contributions, even if they can't, they have a connection with Yang Ming, and they have a better chance of getting ahead.

Yang Ming did not recruit all of them, but selected 500 people from them based on the requirements of size, skillful bow and horse, and character.

Wu Qi has clouds, and the soldiers are not many but fine.

However, after selecting the candidate, he immediately encountered another problem.

When he went to the arsenal to pick up the equipment, the arsenal order replied: There is no shortage of weapons, but the armor can only provide forty percent.

And the servant who was in charge of the horses also told him that there were no horses in Luoyang and the surrounding horse farms at this time.

There are horses for cavalry, and no horses for infantry, the difference is huge!