Chu Feiyan thought for a while and said: "Fighting with the cavalry on the plains is asking for death, but we want to lead the Youzhou army to Jizhou. Although Jizhou is also a plain, there are many rivers, so it is difficult for the cavalry to exert its combat effectiveness.
, and we are familiar with the geography of Jizhou and occupy the right location, so we can find a battlefield suitable for us and have a decisive battle with the cavalry. As long as we eliminate the cavalry in Youzhou, it will be easy to occupy Youzhou!"
Zhang Niujiao pondered: "How to get the border troops from Youzhou to come to Jizhou?"
Zhang Niujiao has never doubted the strength of the Youzhou frontier army. At first, the Yellow Turban Uprising was overwhelming. However, when the Yellow Turban Army entered Youzhou, it was quickly wiped out by the Youzhou Army. It can be said that it was the fastest among the Yellow Turban Army to be destroyed.
Chu Feiyan said: "Simple, as long as we occupy all of Jizhou, the Luoyang court will definitely be anxious, and they will send the border troops from Youzhou to Jizhou! As long as we mainly merge with the border troops from the state, it will be fine."
After discussing countermeasures, Zhang Niujiao and the others made a plan to defend on three sides and use the main force to encircle and suppress the Youzhou Army.
Zhang Niujiao sent four commanders, Huang Long, Bai Bo, Zuo Xiao, and Guo Daxian, each with 20,000 Yellow Turban troops to attack the remaining four unconquered counties in Jizhou.
The main force of the Jizhou Army was wiped out, and the remaining four counties did not have much troops at all, and they had no power to resist the Yellow Turban Army, so they were easily occupied by the Yellow Turban Army.
Then Huanglong and others began to recruit refugees into their own army, and began to besiege the Wubao in the four counties. They wanted to eradicate all these Wubao, and the money and food they obtained from the Wubao would be the funds for their construction in Youzhou.
The news that the Yellow Turban Army killed Jizhou Mu Guo Dian and that the entire army in Jizhou County was annihilated spread to Luoyang City, and Emperor Ling finally became anxious.
He immediately summoned all the civil and military officials and asked: "My dear friends, the Yellow Turban Army has grown in size, and the entire Jizhou capital has been defeated by the Yellow Turban thieves. How should we deal with this matter?"
Situ Cui Lie said anxiously: "Your Majesty, we must send reinforcements immediately, otherwise the whole Jizhou will be destroyed!"
Cui Lie couldn't help but be anxious. His family was in Qinghe County, Jizhou, and now the Yellow Turban Army had passed towards his hometown. Judging from the performance of this group of Yellow Turban Army, the wealth accumulated by his family for hundreds of years could not be saved. Even when he was young,
It was dangerous. How could he not be in a hurry? He wished he could lead tens of thousands of troops and fly to Qinghe County now.
General He Jun looked at the battle report and shook his head helplessly and said: "It's over. Now the entire Jizhou has no troops except for thousands of county soldiers who have fled to Youzhou. No one thought that the Yellow Turban Army's combat effectiveness would be so improved this time."
, 50,000 county and state soldiers cannot suppress it, and the main force of the imperial court is in Liangzhou, so it is too late to support them."
Cui Lie said: "Jizhou is the food and grass for the imperial court, and it is a large state with millions of households. If the Yellow Turban Army really takes over Jizhou, the Central Plains will not be protected until they recruit enough refugees, and then there will be another Zhang.
The horns are in chaos."
What Cui Lie said was so serious that even Emperor Ling was frightened. He really thought that his throne would be lost during the Yellow Turban Uprising last year, so he agreed to He Jin becoming the general and released the imprisoned party members.
But now it seems that this Zhang Niujiao is no longer inferior to the original Zhang Jiao, so Emperor Ling cannot help but not be afraid.
He said anxiously: "Wherever the imperial court still has troops, they will immediately be mobilized to Jizhou to wipe out Zhang Niujiao and this group of yellow turban thieves!"
Guanglu doctor Zhu Jun said: "The frontier troops in Youzhou and Bingzhou have strong combat capabilities. As long as they have a good general, they are enough to deal with this group of Yellow Turbans."
Emperor Ling was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Okay, I will immediately issue an order to have Youzhou Border County send 30,000 cavalry, and Bingzhou Border Army will also send 30,000 cavalry to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban bandits!"
Emperor Ling was still worried about whether the 60,000 cavalry could wipe out a million Yellow Turbans. He worriedly said: "There are millions of Yellow Turbans. How can these 60,000 cavalry defeat the Yellow Turbans?"
Zhu Jun coughed twice and said: "Your Majesty, although the Yellow Turban Army is said to have millions, this is just an exaggeration. The fact that there are 300,000 young and strong among the million Yellow Turban thieves is an overestimation of them. The others are just old and weak.
Women and children have no fighting ability at all."
Emperor Ling saw Zhu Jun and said happily: "Aiqing has fought against the Yellow Turban Army and knows the inside story. Can you tell me that these 60,000 cavalry can't defeat the Yellow Turban Thief?"
Zhu Jun affirmed: "Yes!"
"It's just that I'm not sure whether Youzhou and Bingzhou can provide these 60,000 cavalry. The imperial court has recruited a lot of border troops from Bingzhou and Youzhou last year to deal with the rebels in Xiliang! The number of border troops in Youzhou and Bingzhou
It’s less rare than Liangzhou.”
Emperor Ling said angrily: "Why don't you recruit some soldiers? There have been constant rebellions in the imperial court in recent years. Are these county guards all pig-brained? I don't know how to recruit more soldiers. There are always no troops at critical moments. What happened to this big man?
The rebels can easily number hundreds of thousands, but I can't recruit tens of thousands of soldiers even if I want to! Does this world still belong to the imperial court?"
There was no reason why Emperor Ling wouldn't be angry. He was known as the Lord of the World and had hundreds of millions of civilians under his command. It was extremely difficult to raise an army of 100,000 people, but these rebels could easily reach hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
Wang Han, the chief agricultural officer, hesitated to speak. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't hold it in. He raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is all because the states and counties are short of money. An ordinary soldier in a county has a salary of three hu of grain per month, which is three hu of grain per month."
One hundred, ten thousand soldiers is three million yuan, which is thirty-six million yuan a year. In addition, plus the rations, clothing, salt, and weapons of these ten thousand soldiers, in one year, the army of ten thousand people will cost approximately
Fifty million yuan. For a medium-sized county with a household of 50,000 yuan and a population of more than 200,000 yuan, the best annual tax is no more than 100 million yuan. If it can support 2,000 soldiers, it is very good. In recent years, wars have been fought in various places.
If there is more, the states and counties that are not at war will pay more taxes, so the states and counties are short of money to raise troops."
"Your Majesty, I would like to take Youzhou as an example. Due to its poverty, Youzhou could barely support 30,000 frontier troops and could not make ends meet. However, it still relied on the imperial court to pay taxes from Hebei, Qingzhou and Qingzhou for Youzhou's use. Now the entire Jizhou has been covered by the Yellow Turbans
The thieves have occupied Youzhou, and the frontier troops in Youzhou have no food and pay, and the national treasury is already empty. Regardless of whether your majesty is willing or not, how many soldiers will be recruited to Jizhou this time, the imperial court cannot come up with the money. If your majesty does not replenish the treasury, you will
I want to conquer the Yellow Turban bandits."
Emperor Ling also knew that the situation was critical and said helplessly: "Okay, I will transfer 1 billion!"
Grand Sinong Wang Han said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Emperor Ling said helplessly: "Everyone of them is useless, I can only rely on me to help."
When all the officials saw the angry Emperor Ling, they complained. If Emperor Ling hadn't put the money from the treasury into his own small treasury, how could the imperial treasury be empty and how could it not be able to raise troops?
Cui Lie immediately said: "Your Majesty, Bingzhou can recruit Xiongnu soldiers, Youzhou can also recruit Wuwan people, and we can get 60,000 troops!"
Yilang Fu Bian said angrily: "Your Majesty, Situ Cui Lie is planning to cause trouble. Please kill Situ to appease the people!"