Emperor Ling was startled by the roar and asked, "How could Situ be so evil?"
Fu Bian said: "The imperial court has been recruiting Hu people to the border counties in order to use the Hu people to control the Hu people. But now the Yellow Turban bandits are in Jizhou, which is the heartland of our Han Dynasty. The Hu people have loose military discipline, burning, killing and looting. They do all kinds of evil and cannot be controlled at all. Let's When they go to Jizhou, there will be no way for the people of Jizhou to survive. At that time, the people of Jizhou will blame His Majesty for the bad things done by the Hu people. His Majesty will lose the hearts of the people of Jizhou forever. If the hearts of millions of people in Jizhou turn to the Yellow Turbans The thief, the Yellow Turban thief, has truly become a serious nuisance, what is Situ’s motive for not booking the whole place to cause trouble?”
Cui Lie said angrily: "Fu Nanrong, you are going too far. The yellow turban thieves in Jizhou have no way to control them. I am just trying to choose the lesser of two evils. Are the yellow turban thieves who are raging in Jizhou any better than the barbarians? The yellow turban thieves want the empire of the Han Dynasty, and The Hu people just want some money and food, so what if I give it to you with my strong background? As long as the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou is pacified, the people will naturally live a stable life. Don't you understand your majesty? You speak so righteously, I Let me ask you, do you have any way to deal with the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou?"
Fu Bian said resolutely: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops and fight to the death against the Yellow Turban thieves to protect my country, the Han Dynasty!"
Emperor Ling was a little happy when he heard this and said: "Okay, I will make Aiqing the general of Beizhonglang, and command the soldiers of the two states of Bingyou to exterminate the Yellow Turban bandits!"
Cui Lie said: "Your Majesty, the important thing is that we don't have troops. If we don't recruit the Hu cavalry, the total number of troops that Bingyou Neng can bring will not exceed 30,000. With 30,000 people fighting against hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits, Huangfu Yizhen may not be able to do it." It can be done!”
Emperor Ling was a little angry when he heard this. Is Huangfu Song the only famous general in the world?
Zhu Jun also said at this time: "Your Majesty, we can see from the battle of Jizhou that the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou now is not comparable to the Yellow Turban thieves last year. Although the frontier army has strong combat effectiveness, it is difficult to resist the Yellow Turban thieves who are more than ten times more powerful. They still have to fight." Mobilize troops and horses from Yanzhou and Qingzhou to supplement it. It is best to have 100,000 troops to ensure complete victory!"
"100,000!" Emperor Ling was frightened. Xiliang's 100,000 horses had already eaten up 2 billion yuan a year. If another 100,000 horses came, his Wanjin Hall would be empty.
Emperor Ling said to General He Jun: "Let Bingzhou and Youzhou find a way to recruit 30,000 soldiers. I don't care what method they use! In short, they can find a way to recruit 30,000 soldiers in one month."
He Jin said politely: "I obey your order!"
Then Emperor Ling said to Fu Bian: "I can only give so many soldiers. I hope General Bei Zhonglang can eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves in Jizhou within half a year! Otherwise, the imperial court will not be able to support the soldiers who love you."
Fu Bian saluted Emperor Ling and said, "I will try my best to restore peace to this great man!"
Weijun, Yecheng.
Xu Wei helped Zhang Niujiao and the others conquer Yitao City and returned after holding a celebration meeting.
After Wang Lei heard that Xu Wei was back, he immediately went to Xu Wei and asked: "Captain, are we going to the battlefield?"
Xu Wei asked strangely: "Do you really want to go to the battlefield?"
Old Man Wang hit Wang Lei and said: "I have a field for you to cultivate well, and you can kill and kill whatever you want every day!"
He didn't want his son to go to the battlefield to fight and kill. He thought farming like this was the most stable life.
Wang Lei hid from Old Man Wang and said impatiently: "I just don't want to farm!"
Others fought vigorously and made many military exploits, but he led 10,000 people to farm. This made Wang Lei so tolerable!
Xu Weidao said: "Now you don't need to farm. You can take 10,000 troops to station in Shexian County to guard against the enemy appearing from Hukou!"
"Niu Gui, find a way to find out the movements of the imperial court. If any Han army crosses the Yellow River, you must report it in time."
Since Julu County was captured, the only directions the Han army could attack Xu Wei were the Bingzhou Army in Hukou and the Yanzhou Army south of the Yellow River.
Xu Wei himself recruited 60,000 field soldiers and began to arm and train them, hoping to quickly form combat effectiveness. Because he did not know whether Zhang Niujiao and the others were reliable, so it was obviously more important to increase their own strength, and now
It is already the slack time for farming, so training soldiers will not affect the food harvest.
It is now May, and there is only more than a month left before the sweet potatoes they planted will mature, and it will take 4-5 months for the wheat to mature, which means that they will have to occupy Wei County for at least half a year.
Waiting for this batch of grain to be harvested, Xu Wei now has to prepare to deal with the Han soldiers and horses. The next wave of Han attacks may be coming soon. He only hopes that Zhang Niujiao and the others can withstand it for half a year!
June, the second year of Zhongping.
Since Emperor Ling issued the order, Youzhou was required to provide 30,000 frontier troops to fight in Jizhou. Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, tried his best to recruit soldiers and help provide supplies for the 30,000 frontier troops.
He is a relative of the Han Dynasty, so he naturally knows what the Yellow Turbans' occupation of Jizhou means to the Han Dynasty. If he is not careful, the Han Dynasty may be destroyed.
After receiving the imperial edict, he tried his best to seek help from the powerful nobles and nobles, borrow money and food from them, borrow private soldiers, and promote Youzhou generals, such as Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, and Tian Kai.
As for the powerful people in Youzhou, after hearing about the fate of Jizhou's powerful noble families, they were also extremely afraid of the yellow scarf thieves in Jizhou. If they really wanted to be beaten into Youzhou, they would still have a good life, so they donated their money generously and asked for people to help others.
, asking for money to arm the frontier troops in Youzhou. Finally, within a month, they gathered 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, and helped them collect enough food and wages.
Then Liu Yu used Gongsun Zan as the vanguard to attack the Yellow Turban bandits in Zhongshan County!
30,000 people from the Huanglong tribe were stationed in Zhongshan County. After hearing that Youzhou's vanguard had entered Zhongshan County, they immediately concentrated all their forces on Lunu, the seat of Zhongshan County, and immediately sent someone to notify Zhang Niujiao.
Bring troops to encircle and suppress the Youzhou army.
When Gongsun Zan surrounded Lu Nu with 10,000 cavalry, he frowned when he saw the tightly defended Lu Nu. He brought over all cavalry. Although he said he could attack the city, the casualties would be too high.
So he asked Liu Bei beside him: "Xuande, how do you think we should fight in the first battle?"
Liu Bei saw the yellow turban thieves on the city wall and said: "These thieves are attacking the city in Jizhou. They should not be underestimated now. The cavalry is the main force of our Youzhou. If they are consumed on the city wall, I am afraid that is what the yellow turban thieves want. If we lose the cavalry
, even more unable to deal with the Yellow Turban thieves. It seems that it is better for me to surround the point and call for reinforcements. Lu Nu’s Yellow Turban thieves must have asked for help. We can use the mobility of the cavalry to eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves who come for reinforcements!"