Zhang He's words made everyone fall silent for a while. Compared with wealth, they are still more willing to retain their rights! They have been fighting for more than ten years, and they don't know how to do anything else except fighting.
But they also know that except for the Yellow Turban Army, the Daqian Army has never taken in military generals and officials from other forces. In recent years, Lei Gong has captured Youzhou, Jizhou and Yanzhou, and is willing to recruit some mud-legged officials who are just waiting for a few words. , and he was unwilling to recruit the children of noble families as officials. Lei Gong would rather spend a huge price to train mud-legged generals than to accept the service of these Han generals who had experienced hundreds of battles!
If they didn't know that the soldiers had no morale, they would definitely lose in the battle with the Daqian Army. Even if they had a 10% chance of winning, they would fight for it.
But Yuan Tan, a dandy, destroyed everything in Sili and their future. They had no choice but to retain some of their wealth.
A school captain was unconvinced and said: "It's okay if Lei Gong accepts the Yellow Turban Army. Why does Lei Gong accept these rebels in Xiliang? Is it because they rebelled at the same time as Lei Gong, so Lei Gong regards the Xiliang rebels as one of their own!" Among the rebels in Xiliang, there are many people from noble families, why can they join Lei Gong!"
"There are also many border families in Bingzhou and Youzhou who have been accepted by Lei Gong. Now many of them have climbed to the top of Daqian Army. Lei Gong said that they protected the borders of Dahan, and Yu Guoyougong accepted them, but we Guanzhong people You have done nothing for the country!" However, the captain was unconvinced and said that he also had the idea of joining Da Qian, so he collected many of Da Qian's policies. However, he found that it was impossible for Lei Gong to accept him, so he had no choice but to surrender. .
When everyone heard this, they were also angry. The world is not worried about few but about inequality. It would be fine if Xu Weizhen didn't accept them at all, but there were still some people with the same background as them, but they were accepted by Lei Gong. !
But at this time, Zhang He's eyes lit up and he said: "Go and invite Mr. Zhang Zhi to come over and say that I have something important to discuss!"
Zhang He's subordinates didn't understand and said: "General, what do you want Zhang Zhi to do? Although he is the son of the famous general Zhang Huan, he has no military knowledge at all and has been led astray by the scholars in Guandong!"
Zhang Zhi is the eldest son of the famous general Zhang Huan. He came from a noble family and refused to be recruited by the imperial court. He studied calligraphy with great concentration. He is good at cursive writing. He changed the ancient cursive method of distinguishing characters and separating strokes into a new writing method that involves up and down and is full of changes. He was full of originality and had a great influence on later generations, so he was called the Grass Saint.
Of course, in these troubled times, most military generals look down on him. As the eldest son of the famous general Zhang Huan, he has no knowledge of martial arts and military affairs. He has done nothing in this troubled times. He is like a transparent person in this situation! It can be said that he is After being thrown into the face of the famous general Zhang Huan, after Lei Gong occupied Xiliang, he took his family to Guanzhong and settled in Chang'an.
But Zhang He said: "Mr. Zhang Zhi is the eldest son of Zhang Huan, and General Zhang Huan has spent his whole life in Xiliang and Bingzhou to quell foreign invaders, and is called Xiliang Sanming. Doesn't this fit the Zhang family's claim that Lei Gong said it belongs to the state?" achievement!"
"And don't forget, Dong Zhuo is Zhang Huan's protégé. At that time, Dong Zhuo was able to make a fortune thanks to the promotion of General Zhang Huan. Now Dong Zhuo's remaining subordinates, Li Ru and Niu Fu, have become Lei Gong's subordinates, among which Jia Xu is still the subordinate. As Mr. Lei Gong’s confidant, if old Mr. Zhang Zhi can say something for us, maybe we can get Mr. Lei to accept us!”
The Zhang Huan mentioned by Zhang He was a native of Yuanquan County, Dunhuang County, Liangzhou (now Anxi County, Gansu Province). He was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He, Huangfu Gui and Duan Xi were collectively called "Liangzhou Sanming"
Zhang Huan was a virtuous family member during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. He was number one in countermeasures and was awarded the title of Lang. He served successively as the captain of Anding, the governor of Wuwei, the general of Liao Dynasty, and the general of guard of the Huns. He won many foreign wars, appeased foreign tribes, and promoted border peace. , outstanding meritorious service. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne and moved to be a minister of agriculture. He was used by the eunuch group to attack the general Dou Wu. Afterwards, Shangshu defended Dou Wu and others. After being moved to Taichangqing, he resigned and returned to his hometown to teach. Books, no more official posts.
Zhang Huan's life was perfectly in line with what Lei Gong said about his meritorious service to the country, so he wanted Zhang Zhi to help them speak in front of Lei Gong.
Zhang He, who has been fighting on the front line against Lei Gong, knows the strength of Da Gan's army best. Da Gan learned from the Qin Dynasty's system of all-people soldiers. If it were not for the constant restrictions on food and grass, with the current population of Hebei, hundreds of people would be able to fight. All the troops of Wan Da were idle.
Especially in the past two years, the territory occupied by Da Gan has become larger and larger, and more and more food and grass can be obtained. Da Gan's strength has gradually begun to be revealed. Last year, Lei Gong mobilized more than 600,000 troops in the Central Plains War. This was actually It is not the limit of Daqian, and he also knows that Hebei will have a good harvest this year, and it is possible for Lei Gong to attack them with a million troops!
He clearly knew that it was almost impossible for the Han Dynasty to win against such a powerful Da Gan army. Unless, like Emperor Shizu, a meteor appeared from the sky and annihilated hundreds of thousands of Da Gan troops in one fell swoop, severely damaging Hebei. Only in this way could the Han Han have the possibility of turning defeat into victory. But the hope is too slim. Zhang He has no hope at all!
So after Daqian captured Yanzhou, Zhang He had the idea of surrendering to Hebei and had been collecting information about Hebei. Unfortunately, the information he got was not good. Lei Gong really did what he said and completely abandoned it in Hebei. Members of the noble gentry were appointed as officials, and ordinary people were re-promoted to take the imperial examination to become officials in Hebei. This made Zhang He envious. If he could become an official so easily, he would not become a military general.
The whole of Hebei has now become a whole new world. All the noble families of the Han Dynasty were wiped out by Lei Gong. The only thing that surprised Zhizhang was that Lei Gong did not completely abandon the wealthy families of the Han Dynasty. There were many families on the border of Bingzhou and Youzhou. , can only be regarded as small local tyrants. At first, the noble families in the Central Plains dismissed these people as local barbarians, but they did not expect that they would now turn around and become a member of the large army. What if Thunder Lord conquered the world, and these small wealthy families on the border may not be able to become big families like the noble clans of Guandong.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The only thing that makes Zhang He feel helpless is that he is from Hejian, his family is not on the border at all, and he joined the army and became a county soldier in Jizhou. Not to mention guarding the country's borders, their focus was on suppressing the Yellow Turban Army of Jizhou who had now taken refuge with Lei Gong. To put it bluntly, he had enemies everywhere in Hebei. If Lei Gong had not always had an outstanding reputation, he would not have dared to surrender to Hebei!
The words of his subordinates just now reminded him that Dong Zhuo was once a disciple of the Zhang family, and Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and confidant. Now he can only rely on this relationship to get the army to accept them. Zhang He is confident that as long as Da Qianjun accepts them, he can make a name for himself in Hebei!
In early May of the second year of Jian'an (AD 197)! Hedong County!
Liu Bao and Liu Meng entered Yong'an County, Hedong with hundreds of elites!
Liu Bao and Liu Meng were originally Huns. After the Huns were completely annexed by Xu Wei, in order to integrate into the Daqian army and become Han people, the Huns all began to change their surnames to Han. However, due to the marriage between the Huns and the Han royal family, they all Over the past hundred years, most of the Huns have changed their surname to Liu, so that Liu is now the most common surname in Hebei!
The reason why Xu Wei sent Liu Bao and other Huns to Hedong was because Hedong was close to the territory of the Southern Huns, and a large number of Huns were also entrenched in the Hedong area. They were either captured and became slaves by the nobles in Hedong, or they became slaves of those nobles. private soldiers, so there were a large number of Huns at the bottom of Hedong. Liu Bao and others came to facilitate them to launch an uprising of the Huns at the bottom.
At this time, Hedong was already extremely nervous. The wealthy nobles in Hedong deployed the troops controlled by their own children on the front line. Pei Jie, the governor of Hedong, wasted no time in strengthening the camp on the mountain, and at the same time he had people place a large number of rolling stones and wood on both sides of the valley. , in order to block the attack of the Daqian army.
And other families in Hedong also know that if they can't resist the Thunder Lord this time, they will be ruined. Therefore, the big families in Hedong have money and people. The most elite soldiers in Hedong are all in Yong'an County, and even the small ones The artillery supported 50 guns on the front line. The attack of the local Daqian army was resisted desperately by the nobles and nobles in Hedong. In addition, Daqian did not have an advantage in the terrain, so the 50,000 Daqian army had not invaded Hedong after a month of fighting. !
At this time, although the frontline defense of Hedong was strong, the interior of Hedong was not as strong as the front line. Only some second-line soldiers were stationed in the counties inside Hedong. It cannot be said that the internal defense of Hedong was loose, it can only be said that the people inside Hedong were oppressed by powerful gentry. , it is naturally impossible for them to stand on the side of the powerful nobles and resist the attack of the Daqian army.
The noble families in Hedong also knew this very well, so even though the fighting on the front line was fierce, they did not relax their supervision of the people inside Hedong, for fear that their rebellion would cause them to be defeated by Lei Gong from both inside and outside!
When Yuan Shao occupied the entire Sili, it could be said that everyone expected him to do so. At that time, the entire Sili family needed a reputable leader to lead them to resist Lei Gong, and Yuan Shao was the most suitable candidate!
After Sili was occupied by Yuan Shao, resisting Lei Gong became Yuan Shao's most important matter. He knew clearly that Lei Gong could recruit hundreds of thousands of troops, and it was impossible to defeat Lei Gong with the Han military system of tens of thousands of elite standing troops. And he thought To defeat Lei Gong, expanding his army and preparing for war is Yuan Shao's only choice.
But to form an army of hundreds of thousands, it was impossible to gather all the power of the court at the beginning, not to mention that Yuan Shao only occupied three states of the Han Dynasty, two of which had been beaten to pieces.
So Yuan Shao and his confidants thought for a long time and came up with the farming system that was very popular in the late Han Dynasty. At that time, Sili was in a fierce war and a large number of people died. In addition, the imperial court moved the capital to Xiangyang City, which allowed Sili to free up a lot of land.
Yuan Shao then asked the wealthy nobles in Hedong to give up some land and control the farming soldiers in exchange for the wealthy nobles in Hedong not to prevent him from implementing the farming system!
And with Xu Wei as the sword hanging over the heads of the noble families in Hedong, they had no choice but to accept Yuan Shao's farming system and spit out some land!
But any good policy will go awry. Yuan Shao's system of field soldiers at the beginning was to give land to these soldiers. Yuan Shao did not provide monthly salary and let them support themselves.
But soon Yuan Shao discovered that it was difficult for him to resist Lei Gong with only 300,000 troops. He also needed to build a large number of strong walls and fortifications in Sili and Yanzhou, and manufacture a large number of weapons and armors, all of which required a large number of people.
, and he had 300,000 soldiers recruited in the three states, and a large number of people were needed to serve as corvees.
Yuan Shao changed the rules so that the families of the soldiers in the field had to perform corvee service. However, Yuan Shao initially asked the families of these soldiers to perform corvée service nearby! Everyone could tolerate it, but later Yuan Shao had to build more and more cities, and the time for corvee service was getting longer and longer.
As time went by, many families of the field soldiers began to go bankrupt, and the land that had just come into the hands of these soldiers was once again concentrated in the hands of Sili's noble family!
When Yuan Tan succeeded to the throne, the soldiers could no longer support themselves and their families without monthly salary, so Yuan Tan had to pay monthly salary to the soldiers. After the banknotes went bankrupt, many soldiers could not even support themselves. Faced with the increasingly changing life
Under the threat of poverty and even starvation, civil unrest broke out in many places.
This means that the noble families in Hedong must not only resist the Daqian army, but also guard against rebellion within their own ranks! The noble families in Hedong scolded Yuan Tan to death. They always threw the blame on the big man, but this time they took the blame for Yuan Tan.
, Sili's noble family wanted to appease the people, but Yuan Tan drained Sili's supplies and caused prices to skyrocket. They did not dare to easily use the few supplies they had.
And because they don’t believe in Yuan Tan, Sili now doesn’t even have a leader. Naturally, it is difficult for the powerful noble families to unite to quell the unrest in Sili. Therefore, now the powerful noble families in Hedong can only defend themselves against Lei Gong externally and defensive internally.
The people are in chaos!
Several hundred people from Liu Bao and Liu Meng were called Mars. As soon as they arrived in Hedong County, they found a farming village and said that their subordinates, Thunder God, were here to help everyone deal with the powerful nobles!
When these people heard that Liu Bao and the others were the people of King Lei Gong, they immediately became excited. Everyone in the village expressed their willingness to follow Liu Bao and the others to work for King Lei Gong!
Millions of people have made a fortune in the countryside of Hedong. In just three days, the number has expanded to 30,000 people. Of course, these people are old, weak, women and children, young and strong are extremely rare, and they are still hungry and skinny.
Sili's economy collapsed, and the food supply of these rural people was basically deprived of by Yuan Tan and others. If Liu Bao and others did not come, these people would not survive this winter!
So as soon as Liu Bao said he would lead them in an uprising, all the local people joined in. With 30,000 tribesmen, Liu Bao immediately led these people to surround a Wubao in the east of the river and used gunpowder to blow open the walls of the Wubao.
All the people rushed into the Wubao, killed the owners of the Wubao and their lackeys, and had a feast in the Wubao.
Liu Bao said to them: "Let's go find more people. Now the noble families in Hedong are trying to find ways to resist our rule. They are unable to resist us. Now everyone can take revenge and complain, and take what belongs to you."
Get all the food back!"
When the people heard this, they cheered and shouted: "Revenge, revenge!"