August 185 A.D.

Li Hong wanted to take advantage of the large number of Hu tribes in Shanggu County to form a cavalry.

Now the White Deer tribe can provide a force of 1,000 people for a long time, and the Wuye tribe has taken in many prisoners because of the Battle of Dishui Wai, and they can also provide a force of 2,000 people for a long time, and if you add more than 3,000 Karasuma prisoners this time, then you can form a 6,000-strong Hu cavalry army in Shanggu. They have superb riding skills, high tactical literacy, and skilled formations, which are all advantages that the Han cavalry does not have. Instead of working hard to train the Han cavalry, the results were not ideal, but it was better to directly recruit these Hu residents who lived in the land of the Han Dynasty. Speaking of which, they are also Han Chinese, but their ethnicities are different.

This team guards the frontier to prevent the invasion of Hu people from abroad, and it is also for their own tribe and their own family members. Like the Bailu tribe this time, Tuoba Feng chased and fled to Taihang Mountain, and the losses were amazing. Many scattered herders were killed by the invaders. These are the lessons of blood. In the case of the weak border army of the Great Han State, the only way to protect yourself is at this time.

Li Hong thought very simply, he thought that as long as these Hu people were treated the same as the Han cavalry, treated them equally, respected them, and let them know that this was purely to protect their own family relatives and property, he thought that he could get their loyalty and support. It's really not good, the gang is scattered, at most, it will lose a little money, and it won't cause any danger to the Han Kingdom.

His suggestion was that these captives of Hakuyama Karasuma in Kamiya County could be put back, unconditionally, and nothing. But they had to join the cavalry unit of the Han Border Army, that is, the Fengyun Iron Cavalry. In the future, they will be treated exactly the same as the Han cavalry, with military pay and holidays. If you don't agree, all of them will be killed.

This leopard is really the same as the rumors, either a madman or an idiot. What else to consider for such good conditions? I have never heard of the Han Dynasty also paying the Hu soldiers. However, when he thought of the large amount of property he had robbed of Li Hong, Nanlou felt heartache. This idiot thinks that he is rich, and thinks of such a short-lived idea, so it is better to go with him. When he loses this money, I think who will pay him? Without military salaries, the promised things cannot be fulfilled, and the cavalry will immediately disperse.

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

Xian Yufu is gone. He basically agreed with Li Hong's approach, and when the border situation was unstable and there were no troops available, this was indeed a good thing that killed multiple birds with one stone. First of all, there are nearly 10,000 troops guarding the border passes, and the deterrent effect on the Hu people outside the country is self-evident. Secondly, the participation of Hu soldiers from the border county tribes in the Han army stabilized the relationship between the Han and Hu peoples, and was conducive to the rapid recovery of the border county's economy from the post-war depression. In the future, when the situation in various parts of Youzhou is completely stabilized, how this army will exist will be discussed in the future. As for the establishment, because Youzhou was still in the late stage of the war, he went to Fuyang to discuss with Dou Hong first, if Shanggu County could solve it, it would be the best. If it doesn't work, after he returns to Jicheng, he can persuade a group of officials of the Assassin Mansion to authorize Li Hong to temporarily form the Fengyun Iron Cavalry before the new assassin arrives in Youzhou.

Dou Hong was very happy to hear this suggestion, there is a cavalry of nearly 10,000 people stationed on the border, and there is no need to pay military salaries from Shanggu County for the time being, which is a good thing. But he didn't have the right to decide such a big thing. So he immediately found the captain of Gokarasuma, Mitsucho. Keihou's injuries are now serious because of the delay in treatment. Before Dou Hong finished speaking, he promised again and again that even if it was the establishment of the Shanggu Border Army, it would all be handled by Lord Sima of the other department.

In early August, Li Hong received a document from someone sent by Ji Chou authorizing the expansion of the army, and immediately began the organization work. More than 3,000 captives immediately reorganized the army and trained at the same time as more than 3,000 Han cavalry. With the consent of the two adults of the Maiha tribe and the White Deer tribe, their 3,000 cavalry troops soon joined the Fengyun Iron Cavalry. Li Hong immediately gathered 10,000 men, and the army began to reorganize.

Li Hong rebuilt the Wuqu troops, each of which governed three tuns and each tun had 600 people. Jade, beard, Yan fearless, Heng sacrifice, shooting Yingtong for each song of the army, Xiao lazy, fist, Lei Zi, shooting tiger, Lu Huanyang for each song of the fake army. There are 400 people who guard the tun, and the arc Ding and abandon Shen are the left and right tun chiefs. There are 300 people each in the scout tun and the guard tun, and Zheng Xin and Tie Yue are each in the army. Because more than two-thirds of the soldiers in the army were Hu people, Li Hong paid special attention to military discipline, lest Han soldiers insult and bully Hu soldiers, which would lead to problems in the unity of the troops. Since the number of Ququ was expanded to 1,800 people, Li Hong ordered Gequ to form its own scout team and rearguard team.

The troops immediately began field combat exercises along the border. The royal court of Danhan Mountain was taken aback, and sent heavy troops to guard carefully in the border area.

In mid-August, Li Hong sent a large number of men to exchange the captured booty to Zhuojun and Yuyang counties for money and beneficials for the families of the fallen soldiers whose relatives could be found. Because the war has just ended, Youzhou's treasury is scarce, and this year, the imperial court did not transfer a part of the taxes from Jizhou and Qingzhou to Youzhou, and basically allocated 200 million money to Youzhou every year in the past, so the pension of the fallen soldiers could not be distributed. Li Lihong was afraid that this matter would be known, so he didn't dare to do it, so he asked Tie Yue to do it secretly. Although Tie Yue was young, he acted cautiously, and under the personal supervision of him and Tian Zhong, the matter went very smoothly.

According to Li Hong's request, Jade went to Yuyang and visited He Yi, the Taishou of Yuyang, and Tian Kai, the Duwei. Yuyang County is the second largest county in Youzhou after Zhuo County, with a population of nearly 500,000, much higher than other prefectures and counties, such as Shanggu County, with a population of only 70,000 or 80,000. Yuyang County is rich in products, rich in salt and iron, and is the county with the highest tax revenue in Youzhou. Both Yuyang City and Quanzhou City produce iron, and there are many craftsmen in these two places, and the weapons and armor they create are all of the highest quality. Jade hopes to get their help, and under the condition of mutual benefit, lobby the gate valve tycoons in Yuyang to provide a batch of high-grade weapons as quickly as possible.

He Yi and Tian Kai and a group of officials accepted the benefits of jade, so they naturally had to waste some effort and try their best to help them buy it at a low price, and soon helped Jade to gather a batch of swords, guns, swords, halberds and ordinary armor enough for five thousand soldiers. Helmets and armor are good, but they are too expensive to afford. Jade instinctively wanted to buy a set for a few military candidates, and after asking the price, he immediately closed his mouth and didn't even look at it.

Tian Kai whispered to Jade that Li Hong's heavy investment in building the Fengyun Iron Cavalry was a good thing for Youzhou from the current point of view, but the money in Li Hong's hands would soon run out, and those spoils of war would not be enough for the huge expenses of 10,000 cavalry troops anyway. Once the Shanggu County and Youzhou Thorn History Department were unwilling to bear this military expense in the later period, and could not get the money from the imperial court, this army would soon be disbanded. The troops were disbanded, and the money was not spent in vain. Why does Li Hong do thankless work? Jade shook her head helplessly. He said to Tian Kai that it is estimated that the adult's brain is broken, and his past memory has not been recovered, and now he likes to act arbitrarily when doing things, all according to personal preferences. He liked cavalry. Nor is he anxious about the future.

In late August, Li Hong had a whimsical idea and ordered the Wuqu troops to carry out a drill of infantry and cavalry duel. The Sanqu troops were converted into infantry, and the two Qu cavalry fought on the plains, looking for ways to restrain each other. The soldiers tossed Li Hong unspeakably bitter and complained. The military candidates of various ministries also came to Li Hong to discuss this matter. A good cavalryman, why don't you give full play to your advantages, but instead abandon your strengths and learn from your weaknesses and train infantry projects, is it the wrong way for adults. Li Hong ignored all of them, went his own way, and said that he was in a hurry, so he asked if there was a horse plague and the war horses suddenly died, what should everyone do? If you don't fight, will you all run away? So don't make any noise, go back and train well, and strive to get on the horse to be cavalry, and dismount to be infantry. If, during the exercise, the infantry defeats the cavalry, there is a heavy reward, and each person is paid an extra month's salary. If the cavalry is defeated, one month's military salary will be deducted, and the commanders of each army will be deducted double shares. Now the barracks are in chaos, everyone has their own tricks, every day there are new tricks, the two sides have each other's victories and defeats, the exercises are becoming more and more intense, and gradually more and more wounded. This frightened Li Hong, and hurriedly sent some money to comfort everyone and stabilize everyone's gradually excited emotions. It's training, it's not fighting, and it's not good if someone dies.

At the end of the month, Kamiya Taishou took office. Soon, Yang Chun, the assassin of Youzhou, arrived.

At the same time, bad news spread to Youzhou one after another, making people feel that the Great Han Kingdom, which was once mighty all over the world, seemed to be in its last years, becoming more and more fragile and powerless.

Last winter, the Qiang people of Xiliang Beidi County and the Han people of Caohan County and Heguan County (both counties are in the southwest of Gansu), because they could not bear the tyranny of the local officials, the common people jointly promoted the naturalized Hu people Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou of Huangzhong County (in the southeast of Qinghai) as generals, killed the Qiang Commander Ling Zheng, and gathered a crowd to rebel.

In the spring of this year, Liangzhou Jincheng people Bian Zhang, Han Sui attacked and killed Jincheng Taishou Chen Yi, followed by the crowd to start an incident. Soon, several teams joined together and promoted Beigong Boyu as the commander, and the number of troops reached more than 200,000, which was amazing.

In April, the rebels, under the leadership of Bian Zhang, went on a campaign and occupied most of the counties of Liangzhou. In May, they began to attack Sansuke. (Sanfu is the three counties of the Han Dynasty: Jingzhao County with Chang'an as the center, Fufeng County to the right of Chang'an, called "Right Fufeng", and Fengyi County to the left of Chang'an, called "Left Fengyi".) The center of Fufeng is Xianyang, and the center of Feng Yi is Dali) The Xiliang rebels are strong, and they are like a bamboo, and they are invincible. The Han army had no power to parry at all, and retreated in defeat after defeat, and Chang'an was in a hurry.

The Son of Heaven was shocked, and hurriedly transferred the left chariot cavalry general, Jizhou Mu, and Huaili Hou Huangfu Song to the west of Chang'an, leading the troops to meet the enemy.

In June, Huangfu Song went to Chang'an and led an army of 50,000 and Bian Zhang, Han Sui and other troops to fight continuously in the land of Sanfu. But the strength of the rebel army is indeed huge, the number of troops is too large, Ren Huangfu Song has great ability, and there is no way to repel the enemy, so he can only stabilize the battle line in Suyi, Luyi, Qixian, Yunyi, and Chencang. By August, Beigong Boyu was short of grain and grass, and the army retreated to Liangzhou. Huangfu Song led his troops to withdraw to Chang'an. Unexpectedly, not only did he not receive a reward, but he was heavily reprimanded by the imperial court under the pretext that he had failed to fight and spent a lot of money, and was removed from all official positions, received the seal of the general of the left chariot cavalry, cut 6,000 households, and even sealed the capital of the townspeople, and 2,000 households.

It turned out that when Huangfu Song was conscripting the troops of Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turbans, last year, he led his army through Zhencheng in Wei County, Jizhou, and saw that the residence of Zhao Zhong's family, which was very luxurious and extravagant, comparable to the palace, completely violated the regulations of the Han Dynasty on the construction of houses by all kinds of officials, so he angrily played the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven was short of money in his hands, and he was overjoyed when he saw the concert, and immediately confiscated it, and scolded Zhao Zhong. After defeating the Yellow Turban, Huangfu Song made outstanding achievements, and was awarded the title of General of the Left Che Cavalry, leading the Jizhou Mu, sealing the Marquis of Huaili, and eating Huaili and Meiyang counties, totaling 8,000 households. Zhang Rang, the regular servant, thought that he had contributed to the reward of Huangfu Song, so he sent someone to find Huangfu Song and asked him to give him 50 million yuan. Huangfu Song hated his shamelessness, was angry, and scolded. Huangfu Song therefore settled his grudge with the two. This matter was purely framed by the two in order to take revenge on Huangfu Song. The general He Jin also ignored Huangfu Song after seeing his contributions, and was very angry, and also played a role in fueling the trouble.

Huangfu Song dismissed the official and returned to his home in Luoyang.

As soon as Huangfu Song left Chang'an, Beigong Boyu, Bian Zhang, Han Sui and other rebel leaders immediately led an army of more than 100,000 to attack Sanfu again. The autumn harvest season is approaching, and it is a good time to send troops to grab grain. The Han army, under the leadership of Zhou Shen, the general of Dangkou, and Dong Zhuo, the general of Zhonglang, rose up to resist, but they were invincible, and retreated all the way to Wugong, Chiyang, and the first line of ten thousand years was held, and the land of Sanfu was basically lost. All the autumn grain was looted by the rebels. Poor Fufeng, more than 200,000 people in Fengyi and Fengyi counties were not only displaced, but also suffered from hunger, which was unbearable.

At the same time, the Yellow Turban of Zhongshan Kingdom, Changshan Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, Julu County, and Ganling Kingdom rose again, supporting troops and rebelling, gathering crowds to expose the rods, innumerable, thousands of small ones, tens of thousands of big ones, or killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, or occupying mountains and cutting land as kings, or flowing as thieves and bandits, and it is becoming more and more intense, and there is a great tendency to burn the prairies.

It turned out that since Huangfu Song left Jizhou this spring, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans who had been hiding in the Taihang Mountains felt that the threat had been removed, and immediately went down the mountain to continue to attack the city, burn the official mansion, and loot the city. Among them, Jizhou Boling Zhang Niujiao is the most powerful, with more than 100,000 troops. Zhongshan Huanglong, Zhang Baiqi, Changshan Chu Feiyan, Sun Qin, Wang Dang, Zhao Guo Yang Feng, Zuo Xiao and other dozens of Yellow Turban forces immediately gathered under the banner of Zhang Niujiao, gathered five or six hundred thousand people, they attacked the city, burned the official mansion, swept away the dock forts of the wealthy lords in various places, and gradually formed a huge force.

In September, when the autumn harvest was approaching, the Yellow Turban rebels swept through most of Jizhou as if they had suddenly erupted. The county officials and wealthy families fled, and the Han army could not be defeated, so they could only defend the city and not go out.

The eastern and western states of the Han Kingdom were in chaos at the same time, shocking Luoyang.