The White Horse Raids the Three Kingdoms

However, even so, Yuan Shao at this time owns most of Ji, Qingzhou and Youzhou, becoming the strongest separatist force in the north at the moment.

At the same time, the princes of all walks of life in the world are making intensive plans to deal with the next more tragic war.

890 alienated

With the retreat of Yuan Shao's army, all the soldiers and horses that were blocked on the periphery of Yijing City Pass naturally also evacuated.

The tense situation that had made the entire Yijing city jittery had finally dissipated at this time.

However, although the war was over, Yi Jing's soldiers did not cheer for joy. The attacks and siege of the past few months made them feel war-weary.

It is different from the result of the invincible and invincible battles that followed Gongsun Zan all the way to the north and south.

This time in the battle of Youji, Gongsun Zan and the others were beaten to the point of being powerless to fight back. They suffered a crushing defeat, and they almost didn't have to be held down by the neck and rubbed wantonly on the ground.

Yuan's army was raging, and the army was pressing down on them, but they could only retreat steadily, and Gongsun Zan would never support them. It can be said that what they fought in the past few months was not a battle, but suffering!

If it weren't for the fact that the grain and grass in the southern part of Youzhou had already been dimmed by Gongsun Bogui, even if Yuan Benchu ​​wanted to eat it from the enemy, Youzhou would have no food. In addition, the rear was unstable and the troops retreated temporarily. Everyone didn't know how long it would be painful.

Therefore, even if Yuan Jun retired, their first thought was just a fluke of relief, not the usual joyous celebration.

It has to be said that the army under his command has such a heart, and Gongsun Zan's inaction in the attack and defense of Yi Jing before is indeed a great responsibility.

Perhaps, it was also due to the fact that he, Gongsun Zan, was exhausted and had no ability to conquer again.

Of course, those words are far away, at least at this moment, Gongsun Zan can still breathe a sigh of relief.

Not long after Yuan Jun withdrew, Gongsun Zan moved his office from the closed attic back to Yi Jing's mansion to dispatch the generals under his command.

However, what is unexpected is that he mainly rewarded the direct descendants of the Gongsun lineage, while Tian Yu and Zhao Yun, who had not yet returned, only praised them verbally. He will prepare a gift for Gao Zhi at that time.

It can be said that Gongsun Zan's actions can no longer be described as fatuous.

Although cronyism is sometimes said, it is indeed an inevitable choice.

After all, when Yuan Shao was in a good situation in history, he also let his three sons and his favorite nephew Gao Gan each lead a state.

It's not that Yuan Benchu ​​has a brain problem, but the threat posed by his three sons and high-ranking cadres each leading a state is far smaller than the threat posed by a state handed over to other generals and the military and government. ?

???? Thinking about it again, until the Cao Wei period, the actual controllers in the border area seemed to be the direct descendants of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and the other generals, no matter how powerful they were, had to stand aside. The princes all understand the necessity of arbitrarily authorizing power at a specific time!

However, at the same time, it is also necessary to understand the dangers involved. ?

This is a troubled world, and troubled times have their own rules.

Doing what Gongsun Zan does today is a typical example of not distinguishing between rewards and punishments, and the already weak morale of the army is increasingly resentful.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Gao Zhi, who is no longer a member of Baima Yicong.

After some rest, he walked out of the tent, took a deep breath and started to stretch his body.

Not far from him, a group of soldiers were training, and from their movements, it could be seen that they were just a group of recruits.

The movements of these soldiers were not neat. Although their uniforms were fairly uniform and their movements were powerful, the overall actions lacked momentum. Apart from the relatively complete weapons in their hands, they did not look like an army at all.

In Gao Zhi's words: This is a group of rookies who have never seen blood. Now if they are allowed to meet the enemy on the battlefield, they will definitely see a one-sided massacre.

?? However, the Han system of military service is characterized by all soldiers in the whole country.

At this time, the age at which males start military service is relatively earlier.

There are three types of military service, one is the central "guard" soldiers, the other is the "garrison" soldiers in the border counties, and the last is the "servant" soldiers who serve in their hometowns.

The "guard" soldiers are the central army, guarding the capital and the palace. The "guard" soldiers are well paid and do not need to spend their own money. All expenses are provided by the central government.

However, this is not the case with the "garrison" soldiers. The "Shou" soldiers guarded the frontier land, and the actual time of defense was only three days. However, it often took a year and a half for the "Shou" soldiers to rush from their original places to the garrison area. This was caused by the Han Dynasty following the old rules of previous dynasties. .

Obviously, this is not cost-effective, so the Han Dynasty made a modification to this system. As long as they pay [-] yuan to the government, they can be exempted from the obligation to guard the border for one year.

If one hundred people are exempted from the garrison, then the total amount that needs to be paid to the government is [-] yuan.

The government used the money to hire a person who was willing to go to guard the border. After this person took the money, he had to go to the border for [-] days.

This is a workaround for the "garrison" military system in the Han Dynasty.

The local "service" soldiers are roughly equivalent to the current militia. They are usually engaged in agricultural production, and they train intensively for one month every year.

Once a war breaks out in the country, these "service" soldiers can be temporarily called to participate in the war.

These soldiers are the local "servant" soldiers that Gongsun Zan is urgently gathering now.

These people not only have simple weapons, but also low morale.

In comparison, the only remaining Youzhou cavalry not far away can maintain a strict formation, uniform movements, and vaguely chilling aura while riding on horseback, all indicating that this small number of cavalry is definitely A well-trained elite.

Shaking his head, Gao Zhi moved on.

Speaking of which, he has seen countless historical celebrities after he came to this era.

In this great era when all heroes came together at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, everyone who is unwilling to be lonely is doing his best to leave his own mark on the historical picture in his own way.

Whether long or short, thick or light, they have presented wonderful performances to the people of later generations, and left many unsolved mysteries.

In the end, what they left behind was the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, one of the most splendid eras in Chinese history.

Even the current Gao Zhi himself has already integrated into it.

It has been like this since ancient times. The only game in the world that can make a man sink deeper and deeper and finally be unable to extricate himself, but it is not an enjoyable game is politics. Drunk lying on the lap of a beautiful woman, awakening and controlling the power of the world, has not changed for thousands of years! ?

However, Gao Zhi had no intention of fighting for hegemony.

Because the starting point was too low, he was unable to compete with the heroes for the world, and he didn't want to waste his energy on such boring things as fighting for world hegemony.

All he wants to do is to preserve himself and his current family in this troubled world. Under this premise, he doesn't mind making some efforts to end the troubled times as soon as possible and preserve more strength for the Han people.

Gao Zhi, in fact, has never had the inhuman feelings of giving up "a small family for everyone". To put it bluntly, human nature is selfish.

For this reason, it is a very necessary choice to take refuge in one of the princes as the backstage and backing.

Sighing, looking up, the bright stars are twinkling endlessly, and the light of the stars spans the distant starry sky and sprinkles on this weather-beaten land.

870 An Epiphany (Chapter Name Wrong)

Silent all night.

The stars rotate, and when the morning comes, a round of fiery red sun jumps out from the sky again.

The fiery red sun rose, bursting with endless divine brilliance in an instant, and this fiery red light was reflected in Gao Zhi's slightly closed eyelids, and the space between Gao Zhi's closed eyes was suddenly filled with a bright light.

The sun is bright red, embedded in the clouds made of red leaves. In the blue sky, the white clouds seem to be cut into ribbons, winding between the sun and the clouds.