Chang'an City, after listening to Li Su's report, Li Ru's face showed a contemplative expression.

Then he secretly thought in his heart: "It seems that the lord can't just treat the Yellow Turban Army as an eagle dog guarding the door." ”

Thinking of this, he took Li Su and hurriedly went to see Dong Zhuo.

……

The Yellow Turban Army Dazhai has not been so lively for a long time. All the generals under Chen Xu's account are now all gathered in the main village to receive the reward.

After the discussion between Tian Feng and Cheng Yu, Feng Tian Feng was appointed as a separate driver for the state and concurrently served as the left army division; Cheng Yu is the commander of Jinyang and concurrently serves as the right army division; Xia Houlan was the superintendent of the post, concurrently held the position of military officer, and was in charge of the law.

Zhao Yun is a general in the cavalry; Dian Wei is the general of Fenwei; Chen Hu is a general of Fenwu; Wang Yan is the general of the tiger ben; Gao Shun is the general of the Dangkou Zhonglang.

The rest of the generals were all named captains and lieutenants.

Zhao Huang and Tang Chen are partial generals under Zhao Yun's account; Chen Jing and Jiang Wu are the deputy generals under the Dian Wei account; Liu Pi and Gong are both partial generals under Wang Yan's account; Yang Feng and Bai Rao are partial generals under Chen Hu's account; Chen Qing is the deputy general of the trapped camp.

The late Qu Shuai Li Guo killed the Xianbei Khan and Lian, made great contributions, and was named the general of the exiled Zhonglang. When his son grows up, he can inherit Li Guo's official position.

In the years when there was no war, the position of general was not permanent, and even a general was very rare.

It can be said that Zhonglang General is almost the highest official position of a military general. Even the lowest-ranking lieutenant among the military attaches is very rare, and some lieutenants even have a salary of 2,000 stones.

Even compared with the governor of a county, it is not far behind.

However, since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, especially after the princes merged, Zhonglang generals and lieutenants have begun to become worthless and become the lowest existence among military generals.

As the war continued, not only the lieutenant generals and captains, but even the generals who were once extremely scarce also increased.

In order to attract talents, the princes created one miscellaneous general after another, and constantly divided them.

But now, the princes have just risen together. Although the power of the lieutenant general and the lieutenant is not as good as before, for Chen Xu's generals, they all feel that they are glorious.

After all, even the three generals including Huangfu Song, who was Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, only had the position of Zhonglang General.

After a reward, the Yellow Turban Army roared with joy. The faces of the generals were also beaming.

After the sealing was completed, Chen Xu ordered all the Yellow Turban Army to remove the yellow turbans tied to their heads.

From this moment on, Chen Xu and his subordinates will no longer be anti-thieves, but real Han officers and soldiers. As for Chen Xu himself, he is even more of a state-pastor.

Many of the Yellow Turbans were holding turbans on their foreheads, and their faces were a little complicated.

They have paid a lot of blood and tears to build a peaceful world. Who could have guessed that they would accept the court's invitation in the end?

It can be said that when Chen Xu sent a message and said that he wanted to accept Zhao'an, many Yellow Turban soldiers were unwilling in their hearts. None of them are willing to abandon their faith and re-enter the arms of this decaying empire.

But those homeless people who later defected to the cottage, each of them had a beaming face on their faces.

Chen Xu repeatedly assured those Yellow Turban Army that even if he was nominally recruited by the imperial court, he would never forget the pursuit of the Yellow Turban Army.

Moreover, if the Yellow Turban Army wants to develop and grow, and if it wants to be recognized by the people of the world, it can only change its identity and be recruited by the imperial court first.

Chen Xu explained again and again that this made the Yellow Turban soldiers who had been following him accept the fact that they were recruited by the imperial court.

The New Year has passed, and the entire Dazhai of the Yellow Turban Army Taihang Mountain is like a sophisticated machine and has started to act.

The generals gathered together, Tian Feng pointed to the map of Bingzhou, and said: "There are a total of nine counties in Bingzhou, among which only Xihe County, Taiyuan County, and Shangdang County are the most important. ”

"Among them, Shangdang County has fertile land and a large population, and it can threaten Luoyang and look at the hinterland of the Central Plains in the south; Leaving Huguan in the east and advancing eastward along the turbid Zhangshui can threaten Jizhou. ”

"And these two levels, the city is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the lord captures Shangdang, only 2,000 men and horses need to be sent to garrison the checkpoints, and the south and southeast directions of the state will be as stable as a rock. ”

"As for Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, and Shang County. There are many deserts in these four counties, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are countless Hu people, and if you want to completely control it, you can only slowly try to control it. ”

"In addition, the entire Yanmen County is surrounded by the Great Wall, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, it borders Youzhou, Jizhou, and Xianbei in the north, so its strategic location is very important. ”

"Although Yanmen County has many mountains, it is located on the east bank of the Yellow River, and there are several large rivers crossing it, and the land is very fertile."

"If it is managed properly, it will definitely become another granary of the state."

"Fortunately, our army has won the hearts of the people in Yanmen County, and after going down the Taihang Mountain, we can directly attack Yanmen County to the west. Therefore, it is not difficult to take Yanmen County. ”

"Now the lord has been named the pastor of the state, with this title, plus the elite soldiers under the lord's account, he only needs to capture Jinyang, the capital of the state. Most of the counties in the state can be passed on. ”

After Tian Feng finished analyzing, he and Cheng Yu formulated a plan.

The Yellow Turban Army descended the mountain and divided into three routes, one route was commanded by Chen Xu, and directly took Taiyuan County; the second route, Wang Yan as the commander, Dian Wei as the deputy general, captured Yanmen County; The third road was led by Zhao Yun, and 10,000 cavalry rushed to Shangdang County.

After the transfer of soldiers and horses, before leaving, Chen Xu carefully instructed Zhao Yun: "In Shangdang County, Zhang Yang and Shangdang Taishou disagree and attack each other. ”

"After Zilong passes, when you win over one side and attack the other side, don't forcibly attack the city."

"If you can't capture the party, you must also preserve your strength. After we capture Taiyuan County and Yanmen County, we will definitely send troops to the party. ”

Zhao Yun took everything Chen Xu said to heart, and then led 10,000 cavalry south to attack Shangdang County.

In Chen Xu's opinion, Yanmen County was not difficult to capture, so he only gave Wang Yan 20,000 horses. He himself took 60,000 horses and horses, as well as the trapped camp under Gao Shun's account, and slaughtered Taiyuan County.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Army has long since faded away from the identity of anti-thieves. Chen Xu raised the banner of the state pastor, backed by the army of 60,000 tigers and wolves, and everywhere he passed, the officials of various counties all went out of the city to surrender.

Chen Xu let these officials still lead their original posts, but he led the army to kill Jinyang non-stop.

After running for more than ten days, when Chen Xu came to Jinyang City, he found that the city gate was wide open, and all the officials in the city went out of the city to welcome Chen Xu.

Seeing this, Chen Xu couldn't help but be a little surprised.

In his opinion, it will not be an easy thing to seize Taiyuan County. He didn't expect that the army would get Jinyang City without spending a single soldier.

Looking at the officials kneeling at the gate of the city, Chen Xu did not dare to slack off, hurriedly stepped forward to help everyone up, and then led the army into the city.

Although Chen Xu seized Taiyuan County, he occupied Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou. But at this time, Chen Xu realized how rare the talents in his hands were.

Even if the original officials in the city were activated, Chen Xu still felt a big gap.

In the next few days, Chen Xu spread the news to the fifteen county seats of Taiyuan County. Those county orders and county officials did not dare to slack off, and came to Jinyang with seals and ribbons.

Chen Xu was also stingy with his official position, and let all these officials return to their original positions without the slightest change.

Some people who are famous and talented in the county, Chen Xu will also raise their official positions.

Chen Xu's move made those county officials who were worried all feel relieved.

Although Taiyuan County has a nominal surname of Chen, most of those officials are local wealthy families. They don't care which state they rule, as long as they don't jeopardize their own interests.

According to Chen Xu's administrative philosophy, for these local wealthy families, they must not be allowed to let themselves go and control the military and political power in various places as before.

But Chen Xu also knew that the talents under his command were too scarce now, and he still had to rely on these people to govern the place. So at the beginning, Chen Xu was still very kind to these people.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

However, it was said that Wang Yan and Dian Wei led an army of 20,000 people, and along the way, under the banner of merging with the state pastor, the county towns did not dare to resist, and they surrendered when they heard the wind.

After attacking the **** pavilion, Wang Yan was like Chen Xu, spreading to the counties. The officials in the county towns who got the inscriptions also came to the Yin Pavilion with seals and ribbons, expressing their willingness to surrender.

However, Ma Yi City, which was adjacent to the Yin Pavilion, categorically rejected Wang Yan's inscription and detained the generals who went to pass the message.

When Wang Yan got the news, he was naturally furious, and he wanted to personally lead his troops to attack Mayi.

But he didn't want Dian Wei to get up and say: "Our army has just attacked the **** pavilion, and the people's hearts are undecided. At this time, as the commander-in-chief, you should not leave the city lightly. ”

"Please lead 5,000 men and horses to attack Mayi, cut off the head of the county commander of Mayi, take it back and tie it to the flagpole."

Wang Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that what Dian Wei said was also reasonable, so he allocated him 5,000 men and horses to carry siege equipment to Mayi.

In the past few years, the Yellow Turban Army has made a lot of siege equipment in the cottage. Now that they are going down the mountain to capture the counties and counties, the Yellow Turban Army will naturally bring all these siege equipment.

Since Ding Yuan took away tens of thousands of elite soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the entire Bingzhou county can be said to be not worth mentioning.

In Wang Yan's opinion, with the bravery of Dian Wei and Jiang Wu, the cunning of Chen Jing, and the elite of the Yellow Turban Army, it is not a problem to break through a small Mayi City.

Therefore, for Dian Wei's expedition, Wang Yan did not have the slightest worry.

Dian Wei led 5,000 soldiers to kill Xiang Mayi, although his wisdom was not outstanding, but he was also battle-hardened, and he was careful along the way, and did not encounter any problems.

After coming to the city of Mayi, Dian Wei called for battle, and a young general in the city went out with hundreds of men and horses.

After less than ten rounds of fighting with Dian Wei, the boy began to exhaust his strength, and then with a false sword, he turned his horse and fled back to his own position.

Dian Wei took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and the young general desperately fled back to the city, and then the officers and soldiers of Mayi City put down the drawbridge and fired arrows in unison.

The Yellow Turban Army did not advance in conflict and had to retreat.