Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 123 White Wave Thief

The current commander of the bus quickly sent all these urgent memorials to the palace.

There were about dozens of urgent memorials in this batch, and they were sent from six counties: Wenxi County, Anyi County, Jie County, Yishi County, Pishi County, and Fenyin County.

The contents of more than a dozen memorials are similar, they all say that in the Hedong area, the Baibo thieves united with the Yellow Turban rebels, and the number of rebels is increasing, and now it has exceeded [-]. If the imperial court does not send troops to stop them, they will abandon the city and flee.

These counties all have specialized armed forces, but compared to the [-] Baibo thieves, the number is pitifully small. According to Zhang Ming's estimate, the number of officers and soldiers in these small counties will not exceed [-]. These officers and soldiers strangle the newly born refugees The uprising is still not a big problem, but trying to stop the Baibo thief is simply a daydream.

Although Zhang Ming was ashamed of these county magistrates and county magistrates who wanted to abandon the city and flee, he could not force these county magistrates and county magistrates to defend the city, because this kind of behavior was common during this period. At first, the Yellow Turban Uprising At that time, almost all the county magistrates in the city where the Yellow Turbans passed by had fled or surrendered. If it weren’t for the imperial army killing the leader of the Yellow Turbans in time, the entire Han Dynasty might have collapsed in that wave of Yellow Turban uprisings.

The white wave bandits have been lingering in the Hedong County area. They were originally the Yellow Turban Remnant Party, but in the process of development, their leaders gradually realized the truth that the strength of a large number of people, so before they grow stronger, they do not directly attack the counties. As a result, the armed forces in the counties did not clear up the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in time, and the white wave thieves continued to absorb refugees from all over the country, gradually growing, and now the number has reached [-].

The white wave bandits now have four leaders, namely Yang Feng, Li Le, Hu Cai, and Han Xian. Among the four, Li Le, Hu Cai, and Han Xian joined the white wave bandits later, so the real core The leader is Yang Feng.

Zhang Ming didn't know much about Yang Feng. After all, Yang Feng didn't have any famous behaviors in history, but he knew that there was a general under Yang Feng in history, named Xu Huang, but now he was not sure if Xu Huang had In this group of white wave thieves.

In this group of emergency memorials, Zhang Ming found some introductions about Yang Feng. It seems that these county magistrates are not all trash.

Yang Feng, who was born in the wealthy family of Hedong, also joined the Baibo bandits later. In fact, the original Baibo bandits were indeed disorganized and undisciplined, and were quickly defeated by the surrounding counties. Subdued in secret, it became an armed force to consolidate the Hao family in Hedong.

Later, Yang Feng continued to receive nearby refugees and some Yellow Turban rebels, and this force gradually grew. Under Yang Feng's restraint, the Baibo thieves did not rob houses in various ways like the previous Yellow Turban rebels, but It is secretly accumulating strength.

It may be that there are too many Baibo thieves, and even relying on the local wealthy family, there is no way to support so many people, so Yang Feng began to move the idea of ​​occupying the surrounding counties and becoming a prince along the way.

Of course, this kind of thinking was soon noticed by the county magistrates of the surrounding counties, so the magistrates of the counties kept sending emergency memorials to the imperial court.

And the earliest of these memorials was already ten days ago. At that time, Chang'an City was facing the siege of the enemy, so Shang Shutai concealed all these urgent memorials, if Zhang Ming had not dealt with Shang Shutai's matter two days ago , I'm afraid he didn't know about it until the area of ​​​​Hedong County fell.

Of course, at that point in time, even if Zhang Ming discovered these emergency memorials, he would just ignore them, because the officials of Chang'an City need confidence, and the defenders of Chang'an City also need confidence.

"Cui Ming, the Minister of the General Department has summoned me, and I have something to discuss with him."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cui Ming agreed, and then left the Gaomen Hall and went to the Mingguang Hall. Generally speaking, when His Majesty summoned high-ranking officials, he would go there in person.

Today's Mingguang Hall has been completely changed into the appearance of the military department. The main hall is the place where the military department discusses affairs, while the branch halls are the various departments. The military merit department is located in the southeast of the main hall. Two officials, Yang Xiu and Sima Lang They have all taken office, with Sima Lang as the main one.

At this moment, Huangfu Song, Sima Lang, and Yang Xiu are discussing how to deal with military merit rewards in the main hall.

After these two days of communication, Huang Fusong found that although these two men were young, they were very knowledgeable, and their intelligence was not inferior to that of the army staff, they were rare talents available.

"Military Minister, what do you think of this distribution method?" Yang Xiu said
"I plan to do this. We will lead a team of [-] people, bring the imperial court's rewards and military merits, and then go to each military camp to distribute the rewards one by one."

"Are these hundred people all officials?" Huangfusong asked
"No, just call a guard in the palace." Yang Xiu continued.

"You mean to use the imperial guards to supervise the distribution of military rewards." Huangfusong said with a little understanding.

Huangfusong realized that the reason why His Majesty took so much effort to establish the Military Merit Department is because under the new military merit system, the military merit rewards are too rich, and the enthusiasm of the soldiers has been mobilized, but these soldiers need to really see the military merit rewards. Otherwise, the new military merit system is just a piece of waste paper.

Under the new military merit system, the owl is the first to receive rewards several times that of before, and most importantly, all soldiers who have obtained military merit can receive rewards, which is an unprecedented feat.

Therefore, the first important thing after the establishment of the military department is to discuss the distribution of military merit rewards, because this is related to the future combat effectiveness of the army.

Soldiers in the Han Dynasty did not have faith. The way they became soldiers was either conscripted, drawn men, or simply militiamen. When fighting, they rushed to the front and died. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the army often depends on the general Training, management, this is why the combat effectiveness of the same group of soldiers can change drastically under the leadership of different generals.

In previous battles, these ordinary soldiers did not have a target, because all the rewards had nothing to do with them. Even military merits were invisible, so ordinary soldiers often collapsed very easily in the face of war. In many cases, a general's command is improper, and the entire army collapses.

Of course, for some trained soldiers, there are military formations that restrict the progress of every soldier, but this kind of combat still lacks personal enthusiasm.Therefore, Zhang Ming wanted to mobilize the enthusiasm of ordinary soldiers to fight through the new military merit system, and all of this required clear and practical military merit rewards.

"Yes, Minister of the Military Department, you can apply to His Majesty for dispatching an Imperial Guard Army. Boda and I will lead the Hundred Guards Army to distribute rewards to the soldiers one by one." Yang Xiu emphasized again.

"I also feel that De Zu's idea is just right. With the surveillance of the imperial guards, His Majesty must be at ease." Sima Lang also added.

Huangfusong pondered for a while. In fact, he could mobilize his subordinates to complete the task of distributing military merits. However, His Majesty has no way to explain this, although his subordinates are more efficient and capable than the imperial guards. Strong, but after all, he is not someone who directly obeys His Majesty.

"This method is good. Then I will go to the Gaomen Hall to apply to His Majesty for dispatching an Imperial Guard. When the time comes, the two of you will take the Imperial Guard to the treasury to receive the rewards, and then go to the barracks to participate in the distribution."

Just as Huangfusong left the main hall, a guard of Mingguang Hall walked in.

"Shangshu, the Zhongchang attendant said that His Majesty has an order to go to the Gaomen Hall to discuss matters."

Huangfu Song stood up, followed by Yang Xiu and Sima Lang.Afterwards, Huangfusong walked out of the Mingguang Hall and saw Cui Ming who was waiting outside the hall.

"Shangshu of the Military Department, His Majesty said that he has something important to call for you." Cui Ming said politely.

"I'm always serving you in trouble." Huangfusong responded politely.

The distance from Mingguang Hall to Gaomen Hall is not too far, you only need to walk through two palace gates to get there, and it takes about a quarter of an hour.

After Huangfusong entered the high gate hall, he said, "I don't know what your majesty is calling your ministers to come?"

"Come here, show these memorials to General Huangfu for review." Zhang Ming said to the eunuch beside him.

Huangfusong took the memorial from the eunuch, opened it, and read it one by one.

Huangfusong's expression didn't change much. He had fought with the Yellow Turban rebels too many times, and he didn't have the slightest fear of the rekindled Yellow Turban remnants. On the contrary, he felt a little excited.

After Huangfusong finished reading these memorials one by one, Zhang Ming said, "I don't know General Huangfu, what do you think about this matter?"

"The mere yellow turban thief actually disturbed His Majesty, it is really the minister's fault."

"Your Majesty only needs to allocate [-] elite soldiers to me, and I can easily repel this group of Baibo thieves." Huangfusong said disdainfully.

Huangfusong naturally had the capital to say such a thing, after all, he had killed more than [-] Yellow Turban thieves in a few years, and his hands were covered with the blood of Yellow Turban thieves.

"With [-] Baibo thieves, is it enough for the general to only need [-] elite soldiers? Besides, these memorials were all made a few days ago, and there have been no new memorials recently. I am afraid that the Baibo thieves have already occupied these cities."

Zhang Ming found that he seemed to have underestimated Huangfusong's military talent, and the hundred thousand white wave thieves seemed to be nothing in Huangfusong's eyes.However, out of prudence, he still needs to ask a few more questions, after all, Huangfusong is now at a time when the spring breeze is in full swing.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to boast. I say that [-] elite soldiers are [-] elite soldiers. If I can't wipe out the Baibo bandits, it won't be too late for Your Majesty to come and punish my crimes."

Zhang Ming doesn't doubt that Huangfusong's words are false. After all, Huangfusong has rich combat experience. Although the number of Baibo thieves is large, in the final analysis, they are just a large number of Yellow Turban thieves. It's just that Huangfusong is now a minister of the military department. If you send them out to fight, won't the affairs of the military department be delayed for a long time.

Besides, Huangfusong cannot be the only general who can fight in the current court. Although Lu Bu can fight, he is unreliable, so Zhang Ming needs to use this battle to train some other generals, and he is also very clear that Huangfusong will not live for a few years. Yes, he needs to train a new batch of generals at this point in time.

"I believe what General Huangfu said is true, but now that General Huangfu has been promoted to the Minister of the Military Department, General Huangfu needs to worry about military matters, so I don't plan to send General Huangfu to this battle, and according to General Huangfu, The Baibo thief is not too powerful, so I plan to let some young generals go."

"No, Your Majesty." Huangfusong didn't think too much after listening to His Majesty's words, but directly responded loudly.

"Although the combat abilities of the white wave thieves are mediocre, the equipment in the army is poor, and there is almost no training, but the number of [-] white wave thieves is still too many. Although the young generals need experience, this battle is not suitable." Huangfusong was heartbroken. Said.

"If Your Majesty must not allow the minister to lead the army, the minister can recommend someone who can also easily defeat the Baibo thief with his military skills."

Huangfusong gradually realized that his current contribution is really too great. If he conquers another hundred thousand Baibo thieves, he will surely make great achievements. At that time, I am afraid that His Majesty will be even more worried about him. Although His Majesty keeps saying to train new generals, but I'm afraid he also meant to guard against him, so he definitely couldn't go to attack the Baibo thief this time.

However, although Baibo is only a Yellow Turban thief, it should not be underestimated. The new general may be able to defeat Baibo, but the army may lose a lot. This is not a situation that Huangfusong is happy to see.

"I don't know, who is the person whom the Minister of the Military Department wants to recommend?" Zhang Ming said with a little joy. The person Huangfusong recommended must also be a military expert.

"Zhu Jun, Zhu Gongwei, like the minister, he once went to Jizhou as the right middle man to exterminate the Yellow Turban bandits." Huangfusong said.

The legendary Three Heroes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi, Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, and Zhang Ming still knew about it. Unfortunately, only Huangfusong was in Chang'an City, so although he knew the names of these people, he couldn't call them.

"I've heard of Zhu Jun's name, but if my guess is correct, Zhu Jun shouldn't be in Chang'an City right now?" Zhang Ming asked suspiciously.

"Your Majesty does not know that Zhu Gongwei opposed the traitor Dong Zhuo moving his capital at that time, so he stayed in Luoyang. However, after Dong Zhuo died, when Niu Fu led the Luoyang army to besiege Chang'an, Zhu Gongwei also got the news, so he took his cronies to Zheng County to pay close attention. The situation in Chang'an City."

"Four days ago, after Zhu Gongwei knew that Niu Fu was defeated, he led his cronies to Chang'an City to join his minister. Yesterday, Zhu Gongwei had already arrived in Chang'an City. In the evening, Zhu Gongwei went to the minister's mansion, and told him about the past. .”

"So today when His Majesty talked about the Baibo thief, I thought of my good friend. His military ability is not weaker than that of my minister. If Your Majesty must use this battle to train new generals, it is better to let Zhu Gongwei lead the army."

Huangfusong is not a person who is jealous of talents, so even though he knew that Zhu Jun's arrival might affect his position in His Majesty's heart, he did not hide anything.

(End of this chapter)