August 185 AD.

Li Hong wanted to take advantage of the numerous advantages of the Hu tribe in Shanggu County to form a cavalry.

Now the Bailu tribe can provide a unit of 1,000 people for a long time. The Wuye tribe took in many prisoners because of the Dishuiwei Battle, and they can also provide a unit of 2,000 people for a long time. If the Wuwan prisoners of more than 3,000 people were added, then a 6,000 Hu cavalry army could be formed in Shanggu. They were superb cavalry, high tactical literacy, and skilled formations, which were advantages that Han cavalry did not have. Instead of working hard to train Han cavalry and not performing ideal results, it would be better to directly recruit these Hu residents who lived on the territory of the Han Dynasty. Speaking of which, they were also Han people, but their ethnic groups were different.

This team defended the border and prevented the invasion of Hu people from abroad. It was also for their own tribe and their family relatives. For example, this time, the Bailu tribe fled to the Taihang Mountains by Tuoba Feng, and suffered shocking losses. Many scattered herders were killed by the invaders. This was a bloody lesson. When the border troops of the Han Kingdom were weak, the only way to protect themselves was at this time.

Li Hong thought it was very simple. He believed that as long as these Hu people were treated the same as those of Han cavalry, treat them equally, respect them, and let them know that this was purely to protect their own family relatives and property, he believed that they could get their loyalty and support. If it really didn't work, it would be impossible to disband, and it would lose a little money at most, which would not cause any danger to the Han Dynasty.

His suggestion was that these prisoners from Wuwan, Baishan, Shanggu County could be released back, unconditionally, and they would not want anything. But they had to join the cavalry unit of the Han border army, that is, the Fengyun Iron Cavalry Army. Their future treatment was exactly the same as that of the Han cavalry, with military pay and holidays. If they did not agree, they would kill them all.

This leopard is indeed the same as rumors. It is either a lunatic or an idiot. What else should I consider for such good conditions? I have never heard of the Han Dynasty even paying military salaries to Hu soldiers. However, when I think of the large amount of property I snatched from Li Hong, Nanlou felt heartbroken. This idiot thought he was rich and wanted such a short-lived idea to let him spend his family. When his money was defeated, who would give him military salaries? Without military salaries and the promises could not be fulfilled, the cavalry would immediately disband.

Nanlou immediately agreed. Soon, Li Hong released a group of tribal leaders and nobles such as Teng Jie and Gan Jin.

Xian Yufu left. He basically agreed with Li Hong's approach. When the border situation is unstable and there is no military available, this is indeed a good thing to win one by one. First, nearly 10,000 troops guarding the border, which is self-evident for the Hu people abroad. Secondly, the Hu soldiers from the tribes of the border county participated in the Han army, stabilizing the relationship between the Han and Hu people, and helping the border county economy recover quickly from the post-war depression. In the future, the situation in Youzhou will completely stabilize, and how this army will exist? Let's talk about it in the future. As for the establishment, because Youzhou is still in the late stage of the war, he went to Juyang to discuss with Dou Hong first. If Shanggu County can solve it, it would be best. If not, after he returned to Jicheng, he could persuade a group of officials of the governor's office before the new governor arrived in Youzhou and authorize Li Hong to temporarily form the Fengyun Iron Cavalry Army.

Dou Hong was very happy to hear this suggestion. A cavalry of nearly 10,000 people was stationed on the border, and there was no need to pay military salaries from Shanggu County for the time being. It was a good thing. However, without the prefect, he had no right to decide such a big deal. So he immediately found Ji Chou, the captain of Huwuwan. Ji Chou's injuries were delayed because of delays in treatment. Now he agreed. Before Dou Hong finished speaking, he agreed repeatedly that even if the Shanggu border army was organized, all of them would be handled by Sima of other departments.

In early August, Li Hong received a document authorized to expand the army from Ji Chou sent people and immediately started to form the work. More than 3,000 prisoners immediately reorganized the army and trained with more than 3,000 Han cavalry. With the consent of the Wuye Tribe and the Bailu Tribe, their 3,000 cavalry troops soon joined the Fengyun Iron Cavalry Army. Li Hong immediately gathered 10,000 people and the troops began to reorganize them.

Li Hong rebuilt the Wuqu troops, each of which was under three garrisons, with 600 people in each garrison. Jade, Huzi, Yan Wuwei, Hengji, and Sho Yingtong were the Qujun, Xiaolan, Fist, Lei Zi, Shohu, and Lu Huanyang were the Qujun. The personal guards were 400, and the Guding and Qichen were the left and right garrisons. The scouts, the rear guards were 300, and Zheng Xin and Tie Yue were each military guards. Because more than two-thirds of the soldiers in the army were Hu, Li Hong paid special attention to military discipline, for fear that the Han soldiers would insult and bully Hu soldiers, causing problems in the unity of the troops. He specially set up a position of assassination and traitors who were specifically in charge of military discipline, and Tian Chong was responsible for the position of assassination and defense. Since each garrison was expanded to 1,800, Li Hong ordered each garrison to form his own scouts and guards.

The troops immediately began a field practice exercise in the border area. Danhanshan Wangting was shocked and sent heavy troops to be on guard against the border area.

In mid-August, Li Hong sent a large number of people to use the seized spoils to exchange for money from the two major counties of Zhuo County and Yuyang. The pensions can be found for the families of the dead soldiers of their relatives. Since the war had just ended, the Youzhou treasury was scarce, and the court did not allocate part of the taxes from Jizhou and Qingzhou to Youzhou this year. In the past, 200 million yuan was allocated to Youzhou every year, so the pensions for the dead soldiers could not be distributed. Li Li Hong was afraid that this matter would be known and did not dare to extend it, so he asked Tie Yue to carry out the matter secretly. Although Tie Yue was young, he acted cautiously. This matter went very smoothly under the personal supervision of him and Tian Chong.

In accordance with Li Hong's request, Yushi went to Yuyang and visited Yuyang prefect He Yi and Duwei Tian Kai. Yuyang County is the second largest county in Youzhou in Zhuo County, with a population of nearly 500,000, far higher than other prefectures and counties, such as Shanggu County, with a population of only 700,000 to 80,000. Yuyang County has rich products and abundant salt and iron, and is the county with the highest tax revenue in Youzhou. Yuyang City and Quanzhou City both produce iron. There are many craftsmen in these two places, and the weapons and armor they create are all high-quality goods. Jade hopes to get their help, and under mutually beneficial conditions, lobby for the rich people of Yuyang to provide a batch of high-quality weapons as quickly as possible.

He Yi and Tian Kai and a group of officials received the benefits of delivering jade, so they naturally had to waste some effort and tried their best to help them buy it at a low price. Soon, they helped the jade gather a batch of swords, guns, swords and halberds and ordinary armor that were enough for 5,000 soldiers. Although helmets and armor were good, they were too expensive and could not afford it. Jade instinctively wanted to buy a set for several military waiters, but after asking about the price, he immediately shut up and didn't even look at it.

Tian Kai quietly told Yu Shi that Li Honghua's heavy investment in establishing a cavalry in the wind and clouds is a good thing for Youzhou at present, but the money in Li Hong will be exhausted soon, and the spoils will not be enough for the huge expenses of the cavalry troops in any case. Once Shanggu County and Youzhou Governors are unwilling to bear the military expenses and cannot get money from the court, the army will soon be disbanded. If the troops are disbanded, the money will be spent in vain. Why did Li Hong do thankless things? Yu Shi shook his head helplessly. He told Tian Kai that it was probably because the adults' mind was broken, and his past memories were not restored. Now he likes arbitrary behavior in his work, all based on his personal preferences. He likes cavalry. He does not rely on his future affairs.

In late August, Li Hong had a sudden idea and ordered the Wuqu troops to conduct infantry and cavalry duel exercises. The Sanqu troops changed to infantry and fought a plain battle with the two cavalry, looking for ways to restrain each other. The soldiers suffered a lot of complaints. The soldiers also came to Li Hong to discuss the matter. Why did the good cavalry not fully utilize their advantages, but instead abandon their strengths and weaknesses. Is the adult's method wrong to train infantry projects? Li Hong ignored everything, did his own way, and said he was anxious. He asked what if a horse plague occurred and the war horses suddenly died. What should everyone do? If there is no war, they will run away.

Is it? So don't quarrel. Go back and train well. If you fight for horses, you will be cavalry, and dismount the horses will be infantry. If the infantry defeats the cavalry and there is a heavy reward, each person will be given an additional month of military pay. If the cavalry is defeated, one month of military pay will be deducted, and the commanders of each army will be deducted. Now the military camp is in chaos, everyone will make plans and have new moves every day. Both sides will win and lose each other. The exercises are getting more and more intense, and gradually there are more wounded people. This scared Li Hong, and he hurried to give some money to comfort everyone first and stabilize everyone's gradually excited emotions. It is training, not war, and it will be bad if people die.

At the end of the month, Zuo Ying, the prefect of Shanggu, took office. Soon, Yang Chun, the governor of Youzhou, took office.

At the same time, bad news spread to Youzhou one by one, making people feel that the Han Kingdom, which once dominated the world, was becoming more and more fragile and powerless as if it was in its twilight years.

Last winter, the Qiang people in Beidi County, Xiliang Beidi County, the Han people in Heguan County (both counties are in southwest Gansu) could not bear the scattered taxes from local officials, and the people jointly promoted Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, a naturalized Hu people in Huangzhong County (in the southeast of Qinghai) as generals, killed Ling Zheng, the captain of the Qiang Guard, and gathered people to rebel.

This spring, Han Sui, a native of Jincheng, Liangzhou, attacked and killed Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng, and followed closely and led the people to stir up trouble. Soon, several teams joined forces to promote Beigong Boyu as the commander, and the number of troops reached more than 200,000, which was amazing.

In April, under the leadership of Bian Zhang, the rebels fought everywhere and occupied most counties in Liangzhou. In May, they began to attack Sanfu. (Sanfu was the three counties of the Han Dynasty: Jingzhao County with Chang'an as the center, Fufeng County on the right side of Chang'an, called "You Fufeng", and Fengyi County on the left side of Chang'an, called "Left Fengyi". The center of Fufeng is Xianyang, and the center of Fengyi is Dali). The rebels in Xiliang are strong, and they are unstoppable all the way, and they are defeated. The Han army had no power to resist and retreated one after another, and Chang'an was in a hurry.

The emperor was shocked and urgently dispatched the left cavalry general, the governor of Jizhou, Huangfu Song, the Marquis of Huaili, to Chang'an west and lead troops to meet the enemy.

In June, Huangfu Song arrived in Chang'an and led 50,000 troops and Bian Zhang Han Sui and other troops to fight continuously in the Sanfu. However, the strength of the rebels was indeed huge and the army was too large. Ren Huangfu Song had great skills and could not resist the enemy. He could only stabilize the front line at Suyi, Fengyi, Qixian, Yunyi, and Chencang. By August, Beigong Boyu had insufficient food and grass and led his troops back to Liangzhou. Huangfu Song led his troops to retreat to Chang'an. Unexpectedly, he was not rewarded, but was also punished by the court on the excuse of being ineffective in fighting and was extremely costly. All his official positions were removed, and the seals and ribbons of the Left Cavalry General were reduced to 6,000 households, and he was also granted the Duxiang Marquis with a fief of 2,000 households.

It turned out that when Huangfu Song attacked the troops of the Yellow Turban leader Zhang Jiao last year, he led his army to pass by Yecheng in Wei County, Jizhou. He saw that the residence of the Zhongchang Shi Zhao Zhong family was very luxurious and luxurious, which was comparable to the royal palace, which completely violated the Han laws on building houses by various officials. So he angrily reported to the emperor. The emperor was short of money in his hands. After seeing the memorial, he was overjoyed and confiscated immediately. He scolded Zhao Zhong. After defeating the Yellow Turban, Huangfu Song made outstanding achievements and was named General Left Cavalry, Governor of Jizhou, Marquis of Huaili, and Food Huaili and Meiyang counties have 8,000 households. Zhang Rang, the general of the Central People, thought he had made great efforts in rewarding Huangfu Song, so he sent someone to find Huangfu Song and asked him to give him 50 million yuan. Huangfu Song hated him for being shameless, and was angry and cursed. Huangfu Song therefore relieved his grudges with the two of them. This matter was purely framed by the two in order to revenge Huangfu Song. General He Jin ignored him after seeing Huangfu Song's achievements, and was very angry, and also played a role in fueling the fire in this matter.

Huangfu Song was dismissed from office and returned to his home in Luoyang.

Huangfu Song had just left Chang'an. Beigong Boyu, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and other rebel leaders immediately led more than 100,000 troops to attack Sanfu again. The autumn harvest season was about to come, and it was a good time to send troops to grab food. Under the leadership of the general Zhou Shen and the general Dong Zhuo of the Central Army, the Han army rose up to resist and could not fight. They retreated all the way to Wugong, Chiyang, and defended the line of ten thousand years, and the land of Sanfu was basically lost. All the autumn grains were looted by the rebels. Poor Fufeng, the 200,000 people in the two counties of Fengyi were not only displaced, but also suffered from hunger, which was terrible.

At the same time, the Yellow Turbans of Jizhou Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao, Julu County, and Ganling Kingdom rose again. There were countless people who rebelled and gathered to raise the stakes. The small ones were thousands and the big ones were tens of thousands. They either killed corrupt officials, occupied mountains and cede land to become kings, or became thieves and bandits, and it became more and more intense, with a prairie fire.

It turned out that since Huangfu Song left Jizhou this spring, the remaining Yellow Turban forces who had been hiding in Taihang Mountains felt that the threat had been eliminated. He immediately went down the mountain to continue to attack the city and siege, burned the government, and gathered the towns. Among them, the Zhang Niujiao tribe in Boling, Jizhou was the largest, with more than 100,000 troops. Huanglong, Zhang Baiqi, Chu Feiyan in Changshan, Sun Qin, Wang Dang, Yang Feng in Zhao State, Zuoxiao and other dozens of Yellow Turban forces immediately gathered under Zhang Niujiao banner, gathering 500,000 to 600,000 people. They attacked the city, burned the government, and swept the forts of the rich families and families in various places, gradually forming a huge force.

By September, when the autumn harvest was approaching, the Yellow Turban rebels swept across most of Jizhou as if they were suddenly erupting. The officials and wealthy families of counties fled. The Han army could not fight, so they could only defend the city to the death without leaving.
Chapter completed!