At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

After Zuo Feng returned to Luoyang, he went straight to Emperor Ling and reported what he had seen.

Using his lip service, he succeeded in getting the Emperor Ling to reprimand Lu Zhi for his slow action, asking Lu Zhi to understand the difficulty of the imperial court's provision of rations for the army, and to speed up to break Zhang Jiao and solve the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Then Emperor Ling thought about what Zuo Feng said about Zhang Jiao's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and felt that it might be difficult for Lu Zhi to deal with it alone, so after thinking about it, he decided to add a general to support Lu Zhi so that Put down the Yellow Turban chaos as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, generals from Kansai and prime ministers from Kandong are the norm in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because of the long-term peace in Kanto, the military has declined, but the people in Kansai are sturdy because of the mixed residence of Han and Hu.

During the Han-Qiang War, in order to contain the local forces in Liangzhou, the Eastern Han court did not use the local people in Liangzhou to suppress the rebellion. As a result, the soldiers in the Kwantung were unfamiliar with the terrain and lacked training and strength, and they were defeated repeatedly. As a last resort, the Eastern Han court could only Enable Liangzhou natives to fight against Qiang people.

The result is gratifying. The established Liangzhou Corps has strong combat power and outstanding generals. It has won the century-old Han-Qiang War. The famous Liangzhou Sanming has almost become a representative general in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, under the national policy of emphasizing literature over martial arts, Liangzhou warriors generally have no good end.

None of Liangzhou Sanming had a good end, so the relationship between the local forces in Liangzhou and the Luoyang court was quite bad, and Liangzhou's trust in the central government was very low, especially after Duan Jiong died.

Sanming's tragic end warned all the powerful generals from Liangzhou, and made them be cautious about the central court from now on, and always doubt the intention of the court.

Especially when the court wants to deprive the military power, it is even more necessary to keep your eyes open, and don't be fooled by the promise of a temporary official position.

This is a huge hidden danger.

However, the long-term peaceful life made the Kanto people not good at fighting, and the Eastern Han Dynasty had to rely on the Kansai warriors during the war. This is an indisputable fact.

It seems that at this time, the suitable candidate chosen by the Eastern Han court to support Lu Zhi was a warrior from Xiliang, Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhongying.

Dong Zhuo was born in Yingchuan, because his father was a small official in Yingchuan at that time. After he grew up a little, Dong Zhuo returned to his hometown in Liangzhou with his resigned father and started his journey of heroism.

This is also the consistent style of the children of powerful families at the end of the Han Dynasty, especially in Liangzhou where the Han and Hus live together.

Dong Zhuo, relying on his strong, forthright and loyal style, is not only popular among the big Han people, but also among the Qiang tribes. Many people are willing to follow him and do his part.

Therefore, in Dong Zhuo's trilogy, there are not only Han people, but also Qiang people and other ethnic groups. They are a powerful mixed army.

When Dong Zhuo became an adult, he was recruited by the provincial governor of Liangzhou to become an official. When he encountered the Xiongnu, he led the army to destroy the Xiongnu, beheading more than [-] people, and made great achievements. From this, he became a member of the Liangzhou martial arts group.

Later, the rebellion of the Qiang and Xianbei people broke out in Liangzhou again. Dong Zhuo served as Zhang Huan's military commander, put down the rebellion together, accumulated military exploits, and served as an official in Yizhou, Bingzhou. Implicated, dismissed.

Affected by such a blow, Dong Zhuo gradually became shrewd. Through his relationship with Duan Jong, who was also a native of Liangzhou, he was recommended by Duan Jong to enter the government, and then he was recruited by the then Situ Yuan Wei to become an official, becoming a huge group of Yuan's former officials. one of them.

Later, Dong Zhuo served as Emperor Huan's Yu Lin Lang, and rose step by step. With this experience, Dong Zhuo began to learn to use his own advantages to avoid risks, earn benefits, and fight wits and courage with the Eastern Han government that suppressed the warriors.

At this time, Dong Zhuo's position was the prefect of Hedong.

Hedong is not far from Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo has Liangzhou soldiers and horses who can conquer and fight well. Therefore, on the recommendation of the eunuch, the court decided to recruit Dong Zhuo as Lu Zhi's deputy, and obey Lu Zhi's dispatch to attack Zhang Jiao together.

The order was delivered to Lu Zhi six days later, and almost at the same time, it was also delivered to Dong Zhuo.

Chapter 77

To be honest, Dong Zhuo is still very happy.

No matter how you think about this kind of thing, it must be the eunuchs that he made friends with in the court to help him win this good job.

Lu Zhi has already crippled the Yellow Turban Army, and he is simply winning against the past. Can anyone encounter such a good thing?

However, Dong Zhuo has heard about Lu Zhi's personality. He was born in Kansai, but Lu Zhi is a scholar from Kanto. Can we get along with each other?

After learning about the matter, Dong Zhuo invited his important subordinates to discuss the matter.

The son-in-law Niu Fu, Dong Yue from the same clan, Xu Rong and Hu Zhen, and the benefactor Duan Jiong came to Dong Zhuo's house to discuss matters with Dong Zhuo.

"The court assigned me to lead Lu Zhi's deputy to attack Guangzong's Zhang Jiao with Lu Zhi, what do you think?"

Dong Zhuo showed the imperial edict to the five people, and the five looked at each other after reading it.

"It's not a problem to conquer Zhang Jiao, but to be Lu Zhi's deputy... Lu Zhi is only a minister in the court. It seems that the court still doesn't want me to wait for the warriors to make merits alone, and they don't worry about me waiting."

Niu Fu was the first to express his views, and his views were also agreed by others.

"This is not the first time."

Dong Zhuo smiled sarcastically: "It's not unusual for the imperial court to do this, but Lu Zhi was born in the northern county, and he has a civil and military strategy. I'm waiting for him to fight, I'm afraid I won't have the right to act cheaply."

Dong Zhuo didn't want to be treated as a spearman by Lu Zhi. The army was his lifeblood, and mastering the army was the most fundamental way to protect himself. This was the consensus of all Liangzhou warriors who had been suppressed by the imperial court for a long time.

With military power in hand, I do not panic.

However, military merit is also the foundation of their existence. A group of people talked and talked, but they decided to go out to fight for a credit and a reward.

After deciding to go out, Dong Zhuo ordered his generals to start preparing for battle, ordering troops and horses, and making preparations for the war, so that they could set off for the battlefield as soon as possible.

On the way to the battlefield, Dong Zhuo wondered if he could have a relationship with Lu Zhi, and it would be best to have a better relationship and earn credit without being angry.

At this time, Duan Xun approached Dong Zhuo and said something interesting to Dong Zhuo.

"In the beginning, Duke Ming was murdered by Yang Qiu and died tragically in prison. Yang Qiu also persecuted the great scholar Cai Yong. Cai Yong was kind to Guo Peng, now a student of Lu Zhi. In order to protect Cai Yong, Guo Peng collected evidence and confronted Yang Qiu. , and was even beaten by the Yang Ball.

But in the end, Guo Peng successfully protected Cai Yong and caused Yang Qiu to be killed. In this way, Guo Peng also indirectly avenged Ji Ming Gong. If this is the reason to make friends with Guo Peng, it may be a way. He was young, but he was a famous person in Luoyang, and he had a great reputation. Lu Zhi would listen to what he said. "

Duan Jiong was also a native of Liangzhou, and he was kind to Dong Zhuo. He recommended Dong Zhuo to serve in the central government and entered the vision of the central court of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This was the basis for Dong Zhuo to become an old official of the Yuan family in the future and to rise step by step.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo remembered this kindness and took more care of Duan Jiong's family member, Duan Xun. At the beginning of Duan Jiong's death, Dong Zhuo was deeply saddened and heartbroken.

Remembering that there is such a connection, Dong Zhuo was immediately interested.

Halfway through the march, Dong Zhuo found out about Zhang Jiao's younger brother Zhang Liang was killed by Guo Peng and Guo Peng became famous in the army, and he immediately became more interested in Guo Peng.

Although he is young, as long as he has merit, status, and connections, he is worth making friends with Dong Zhongying.

Dong Zhongying climbed to the current position from the background of the son of a public security official, relying on the advantages of being outspoken, good at making friends and being generous.

Although he is from Kansai Wu, Dong Zhuo mixes better than many Kansai Wu people.

And he also learned that Guo Peng was a tainted scholar, because his wife Cao Lan was from the Cao family in Qiao County, and the Cao family was an eunuch, so Guo Peng's wife was also an eunuch. Unbreakable stains.

With this taint, Guo Peng should be able to better understand the psychological feelings of those who have been discriminated against because of their background problems, and maybe there will be more common topics.

Dong Zhuo had a calculation, and asked his subordinates to prepare a gift for making friends with Guo Peng.

On Lu Zhi's side, following Lu Zhi, Guo Peng naturally knew that Dong Zhuo was about to lead an army to support Lu Zhi.

The world is really wonderful, no matter how much effort you secretly put in, some unavoidable things will happen, such as the arrival of Dong Zhuo.

But right now, Lu Zhi is still the coach and Dong Zhuo is the deputy, so Guo Peng is not so worried.

He was also relieved that Zuo Feng was good at doing things, but he was very relaxed when he saw that Lu Zhi was not suspicious, but he heard Dong Zhuo's name in the next second.

Emperor Ling felt that Lu Zhi's progress was slow, so he reprimanded Lu Zhi and told him to speed up the pace. At the same time, he dispatched Dong Zhuo and his troops from Liangzhou to support Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi had heard of Dong Zhuo and said that Dong Zhuo was a good general with a wide record, and his support was not a bad thing.

At that time, he can let Dong Zhuo lead his troops to attack another city, Xia Quyang, guarded by Zhang Jiao's other younger brother, Zhang Bao.

Now that he has no ability to divide his troops, he can only send people to contain the Yellow Turbans in the direction of Quyang, and the main attack is Guangzong.

Guo Peng was noncommittal about this, and he could not interfere in this matter, and he was indeed interested in Dong Zhuo.

In early June, Lu Zhi commanded the Han army to launch the first attack on Guangzong County.

Originally, he wanted to let the Yellow Turbans in the city consume more food to reduce their endurance in the war, but Emperor Ling issued an edict to rebuke him, so he had to speed up and start besieging Guangzong County.

The Han army attacked Guangzong County from all directions. Guo Peng followed Lu Zhi and watched Lu Zhi dispatch his troops. He used various siege equipment to let the Han soldiers attack the Yellow Turbans on the city wall, and the Yellow Turbans on the city used bows. The crossbow returned fire, and the two sides fought very fiercely.

After watching it for some time, Guo Peng can only say that the siege battle is really difficult. For the siege side, as long as the defender can take care of all sides while still having the strength to attack, it is really difficult to break through the siege. Half a year is a common thing.

There were only so many positions on the city wall, and the defenders were full. The siege soldiers who climbed up through the ladder could not stand at all, and those who were lucky enough to climb up were besieged and killed every minute, and they could not form a threatening offensive at all.

The soldiers on the city can rely on the city wall for protection, but the soldiers under the city are not protected, so the casualties are often several times that of the soldiers on the city.

The siege side has siege equipment such as cloud ladders and wells, and the defender also has all kinds of terrible defense weapons. The rolling wood, stone arrows and arrows are the most basic.

Excessive hot water, boiled water in a big cauldron and poured down the city, dozens of soldiers under the city will be severely scalded, and people who have been scalded to various degrees, even just a small piece of skin, are very dangerous.

These days, there are no anti-inflammatory drugs for scalds. Now it is summer. People are very dirty. The wounds fester quickly. There is no good medicine. Soon, people will die.

Even more extreme is the "golden juice", which is a paste mixed with human excrement and urine, add a little water to boil, really boil excrement.

After being boiled and poured into the city, as long as you are scalded, you will immediately cause serious infection, and the medicine stone will not save you, you can immediately sentence to death, and that smell...

You're welcome to say that when the wind blew, the smell drifted towards the Han army camp. Guo Peng couldn't hold back and vomited all over the floor. For two days in a row, he felt the smell lingering in his nostrils. Didn't have a good meal.

Lu Zhi seems to be mentally strong, or has long been used to it.

PS: add another chapter~

Chapter 78 Dong Zhuo's Invitation

Guo Peng was an officer of the cavalry and did not need to siege the city for the time being, so he was tasked with protecting Lu Zhi, and he was often ordered to inspect the barracks.

Especially the wounded barracks, it was a tragedy in the world, and Guo Peng would never forget the scenes he saw.

Miserable injuries, desperate eyes, howling in pain, helpless death.

The battlefield is the most powerful machine for harvesting appointments. More importantly, killing people on the battlefield is not illegal, and the more you kill, the better.

Correspondingly, military medical officers are very rare in the army, and one thousand soldiers may not necessarily be able to spread to one military medical officer.

Many wounds can be healed with just a few herbs and bandages, but the lack of medics causes the wounds to inflame and die.

This year, the death rate of wounded soldiers is too high.

So Guo Peng proposed to Lu Zhi that the Changshui Cavalry had no combat mission for the time being. He asked to bring hundreds of people to learn simple methods of cleaning and dressing wounds, helping the soldiers who were slightly injured to solve this problem, and doing his best to restore the wounded. .

Lu Zhi thought for a while and agreed to Guo Peng's request, so Guo Peng took the Changshui cavalry to learn the simple methods of cleaning and dressing wounds from the military medical officer, and immediately devoted himself to the work of the wounded barracks.

Lu Zhi originally thought that this was just a drop in the bucket. The death of wounded soldiers was a common thing, and it was nothing to worry about. However, after Guo Peng brought the Changshui cavalry into the wounded soldier's battalion, he miraculously reduced the death rate of wounded soldiers. .

Lu Zhi was surprised by this and asked Guo Peng. Guo Peng's answer was the same as before. Many of the wounded soldiers were not seriously injured. As long as someone gave him timely treatment, he could save a life.

It's a pity that no one did it. The lack of military doctors, the lack of medicine, let those who could have survived die.

Guo Peng then elaborated on the gap between the veterans who returned from injury and the newly recruited recruits in his opinion. Guo Peng said that he would rather save a veteran with medicine than train a new recruit from scratch.

Guo Peng's opinion influenced Lu Zhi. After careful consideration, Lu Zhi agreed with Guo Peng's opinion, so he specially allocated part of the military expenditure to purchase medicinal materials in various counties and counties, and recruited doctors who were good at treating sword wounds into the army to treat wounded soldiers. .

In this way, the army has really controlled the death rate of wounded soldiers, greatly reduced this ratio, and facilitated many wounded soldiers to return to the team after recovery.

During this process, the peculiar incident of Guo Peng leading the Changshui Cavalry to save the dead and wounded was widely spread, and the whole army knew it, and Guo Peng's name became more and more resounding.

Then Dong Zhuo came.

Dong Zhuo led [-] Liangzhou cavalry and [-] Hedong soldiers recruited, a total of [-] soldiers, to the Guangzong battlefield to meet Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi hosted a banquet for Dong Zhuo and his generals.

In the process, Guo Peng met Dong Zhuo, who was tall, tall and bearded.

He looks like he is not easy to mess with, he speaks in a rough voice, his voice is loud, and the rudeness between his words is very obvious.

His eyes are not big, compared to his sturdy figure, they can even be regarded as small eyes, but there is a sparkle in his eyes, which shows that Dong Zhuo is by no means a simple warrior without a brain.

During the banquet, Dong Zhuo and Lu Zhi jokingly chatted, while Guo Peng accompanied him and did not speak.

However, Guo Peng found that one of the generals under Dong Zhuo's command was a man in his 30s who was always staring at him. Seeing him looking over, he raised his wine glass and toasted Guo Peng.

Guo Peng raised his glass in return, which was very strange.

After the banquet, Lu Zhi announced the transfer of [-] soldiers and horses to Dong Zhuo, and ordered Dong Zhuo to lead his own soldiers and horses along with the [-] soldiers and horses he had given him to go north to Quyang, to restrain Zhang Bao's Yellow Turban Army, and make Zhang Bao unable to go south. To support Guangzong, if there is a chance, just attack Quyang.

Dong Zhuo was happy that he could fight independently, and he thanked Lu Zhi with great joy.

That night, Dong Zhuo's troops set up camp and rested, waiting for a few days to gather troops and horses before going on the expedition, and all kinds of ordnance materials had to be allocated corresponding quantities, which took time.

On the second day, there was no offensive mission all day, but only in charge of defense. Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo inspected the frontline battle situation together.

They looked at Guangzong City together, erected a lot of pennants, and specially picked cavalry to take them with them, looking imposing.

Lu Zhi wanted to use this to tell the Yellow Turbans in the city - I have reinforcements and a large number of cavalry, you wait!

This is a common deterrent on the battlefield.

In the afternoon, when it was about to eat in the afternoon, Guo Peng received an invitation from Dong Zhuo.

Guo Peng never thought that Dong Zhuo would actually invite him.

Dong Zhuo's current status is the prefect of Hedong and Lu Zhi's deputy. In terms of rank far exceeding his position as a long-water Sima, what is the matter with him inviting him?

Invited with Lu Zhi?