The lieutenant was furious and said loudly: "General Huangfu is sympathetic to the soldiers and has never deducted the soldiers' salaries. Even his own money was subsidized to those soldiers who died in battle. ”

"You talk like this, but it is as if your military salary has been embezzled by General Huangfu."

"If I don't kill you today, how can I be worthy of the great favor of General Huangfu?"

After speaking, he took his sword and stabbed at the prince.

"Boom!"

The piercing sound of metal crashing sounded, and I saw Huangfu Song pull out the saber in his waist and knock the long sword in the captain's hand to the ground at once.

Huangfu Song was born in Jiangmen, and he has been skilled in bowing and horses since he was a child, and his strength is extraordinary. Coupled with the mental calculation and unintentionality, he was able to knock the captain's long sword to the ground at once.

When the prince saw the captain's long sword stabbing at him, he was horrified, and he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, but he didn't want to be saved by Huangfu Song.

He is also a veteran of the battlefield, and he is used to being brave and ruthless. When Captain Fang drew his sword and stabbed him, there was a trace of fear in his heart.

Thinking of this, this person's face turned red, and he craned his neck and said loudly: "I admit that General Huangfu is indeed kind to us. ”

"However, I waited for the battle to kill the enemy, pinned my head to the waistband of my trousers, and now I can't even get a military salary. For those officers and soldiers who died in battle, the pensions they can receive are also very small. ”

"I'm working hard every day, if I don't save more money for my family while I'm alive. This is until I die on the battlefield, who will help me feed my family? ”

"If it weren't for General Huangfu and being my chief general, I wouldn't have been this bird prince a long time ago."

"The prince is still a military attaché, but this military attache who can't even support his own family, who is rare to do!"

After speaking, the man tore off his helmet and threw it into the tent. The helmet hit the ground, and the sound it made seemed to hit Huangfu Song's heart.

How can he not know the bitterness in the hearts of the soldiers?

Starting from the pacification of the Yellow Turbans, in the first two months, these officers and soldiers were still able to receive full military salaries. But after that, the imperial court no longer allocated salaries to officers and soldiers.

Huangfu Song has repeatedly written to the Son of Heaven for this matter, but the reply of the Son of Heaven is always just two words: "No money." ”

Such a strong man has actually reached the point where he can't afford to pay the salaries of officers and soldiers, and it really makes people feel funny to say it.

But Huangfu Song couldn't laugh, he knew deep down that there was indeed no money in the treasury.

The protracted war in Xiqiang has exhausted the national strength of the Han Dynasty. The ubiquitous corrupt officials are like evil parasites, ripping out the bones and marrow of this country.

One by one, they have thousands of dollars in their pockets and are rich enough to rival the country, but they have squeezed out the Han Dynasty and the people of the world.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Song's heart was a little gloomy.

The soldiers had no salary, and almost all the booty captured by Huangfu Song every time he defeated the Yellow Turban Army was exchanged for property and distributed to the soldiers.

But people continue to die in battle, and their pensions are astronomical. and those who have done great deeds in war shall also be rewarded.

Even if Huangfu Song did not have the slightest greed for the spoils captured by the officers and soldiers, he still could not let the soldiers get the full salary, let the soldiers who made meritorious contributions get the rewards they deserved, and let the families of the soldiers who died in the war get the due pensions.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Song sighed and said to the prince: "The soldiers can't get the full salary, and I, as the chief general, can't escape the blame." ”

Then, he fumbled around his body for a while, took out a jade pendant, and said: "This jade pendant was handed down by my ancestors, and now on my body, except for a suit of armor and weapons, only this one is the most valuable." ”

"I know the soldiers are having a hard time at home, but I've done my best. In any case, we can't let the soldiers who have made war exploits under the tent chill. ”

"You sell my jade pendant, exchange it for property, and then return the bribes you have received to others."

"I promise you that I will put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion as soon as possible and try to bring you all back safely."

Huangfu Song couldn't help but say, and stuffed the jade pendant into the hand of the prince.

When the captain saw his own commander, he took out all the ancestral jade pendants, and his eyes fell on the body of the prince, and he became more and more unkind.

He secretly swore in his heart that if this person dared to accept the general's jade pendant, he would definitely not let him have a good time in the future.

Junhou looked at the jade pendant in his hand in a daze, and his head was a little dazed. With red eyes in him, he took two steps back and picked up the long sword that had been knocked to the ground by Huangfu Song.

Seeing this, the captain was horrified, and hurriedly protected Huangfu Song's side, and shouted: "Good thief, you want to assassinate the general?" ”

Hearing the sound in the big tent, Huangfu Song's personal soldiers, all holding weapons, hurriedly ran in and surrounded the prince.

Seeing this, Huangfu Song pushed aside the captain in front of him and shouted to those pro-soldiers: "Hugh is rude, put away all your weapons." ”

Although the soldiers were reluctant in their hearts, they did not disobey Huang Fu Song's general order. They put away their weapons and kept an eye on the prince, and if he dared to make a move, the soldiers would draw their weapons and hack him to death.

The prince's eyes were red, and he said loudly: "I accepted bribes to make the subordinates dissatisfied, and I don't want the general not only not to blame, but to treat me so favorably." ”

"However, how much money does the general have to subsidize the expenses of all the officers and men in the army? If this goes on for a long time, and the soldiers are not rewarded for their military exploits, and they are not compensated for their deaths, how can the people of the three armies be effectively killed? ”

"I am full of shame, I have no face to live in the world anymore, I only hope that the general can quickly put down the rebellion and triumph as soon as possible. As time goes by, the soldiers will inevitably become war-weary. ”

After speaking, the prince wiped his neck with his sword, and blood spurted out.

When the prince just said 'no face to live in the world anymore', Huangfu Song already felt that something was wrong. He was about to stop him, but he didn't want the prince to kill himself.

Huangfu Song hurriedly stepped forward, hugged the body of the prince who was about to fall to the ground, opened his mouth, and couldn't say anything after all.

But his eyes were full of tears.

Such a warrior did not die on the battlefield, but ended his life in this way, how could Huangfu Song's heart not grieve in his heart?

Junhou's pupils had begun to dilate, and he lay in Huangfu Song's arms with a smile on his face.

"Ho-ho!"

He tried hard to say something, but he couldn't speak, he just desperately raised his right hand and handed the jade pendant to Huangfu Song.

"Smack!"

The prince lost all the strength of his body, and the jade pendant slipped from his hand, falling to the ground and breaking into several pieces.

Seeing this, Huangfu Song's heart twitched a few times, and his right eyelid kept beating.

It is said that the jade pendant has a spirit, and the broken jade pendant means that something bad will happen. Although Huangfu Song didn't believe this, he was clouded in his heart.

In the camp of officers and soldiers, since the death of the prince and the prince, Huangfu Song's desire to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army has become even stronger.

He gathered 25,000 officers and soldiers and marched south to meet Chen Xu's 3,000 cavalry.

After driving for a few days, the officers and soldiers had already arrived in Linping, and seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the Yellow Turban Army, the scouts had lost the whereabouts of Chen Xu and others.

The dividing line between Julu County and Anping Country is basically based on Zhangshui.

Chen Xu and his cavalry continued to drive north along the west bank of Zhangshui, and this passed for a few days.

Just when everyone thought that Qu Shuai would continue to go north and fight to the death with Huangfu Song. Chen Xu ordered the three armies to cross the Zhanghe River and enter the territory of Anping again.

Although everyone was extremely puzzled by Qu Shuai's order, no one objected.

In this way, Chen Xu led 3,000 cavalry, no one took off his armor, and his horse did not leave the saddle, and he ran for several days, and finally came to Xindu, the capital of Anping Kingdom.

Since the death of Cao Pengshi and Cao Pengshi, the soldiers of Anping State, and the elimination of thousands of county soldiers, the Minister of Anping State is panicked every day, and he is even more afraid of the Yellow Turban Army in his heart.

He was shocked when he suddenly saw the Yellow Turban Army coming to the city, and hurriedly mobilized the county soldiers and Haoqiang private soldiers to defend the city.

But he didn't want the Yellow Turban Army to not attack the city, but only scattered the cavalry to besiege the city, and then constantly sent people to patrol around the Xindu, hunting down and killing the scouts and messengers of the officers and soldiers.

The Yellow Turban Army flaunted its might under the city every day, shouting loudly, which lasted for several days.

After Huangfu Song lost the news of Chen Xu's Yellow Turban Army, he sent a large number of scouts to investigate every day.

On this day, another scout hurriedly ran to Huangfu Song and shouted: "General, general, the Yellow Turban thieves have entered Anping Kingdom and are attacking Xindu. ”

When Huangfu Song heard this, he was taken aback and asked, "How is the battle?" ”

The scout replied, "The villain doesn't know what the battle is like. The Yellow Turbans send out a large number of scouts every day, and if we get any closer, we will be hunted down by thieves. The villain also fought for his life to escape. ”

Huangfu Song was silent.

The war in Jingxian caused Anping to lose 3,000 men and horses, and now Anping is extremely empty.

Although the soldiers of the county and state of the entire Anping country were gathered, the strength of the officers and soldiers was still several times that of the Yellow Turban Army.

However, the Yellow Turbans were all cavalry, and generally speaking, the foot soldiers were difficult to resist. What's more, Anping State has thirteen county seats, and each county must leave a part of its troops to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from taking the opportunity to attack other cities.

In this way, the soldiers who can be used to defend the city in the capital of Anping are only about 2,000.

If the Yellow Turbans insisted on attacking the city, Xindu would most likely be breached.

Xindu is the capital of Anping State, and if it is broken by the Yellow Turban Army, it will definitely not be a trivial matter.

You must know that Julu County is the base camp of the Yellow Turban Army, but even the three Zhang Jiao brothers have hundreds of thousands of troops, but they have never broken through the capital of Julu County.

Although Puyang was also occupied by Chen Xu and others at that time, it was lost because of the mutiny of the officers and soldiers.

If the letter is broken by the Yellow Turban Army, not to mention that the county officials of Anping Kingdom will be slaughtered by the Yellow Turban Army, his Huangfu Song, as a counterinsurgency general, will also have an unshirkable responsibility.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Song didn't care about the fatigue of the soldiers, and sent the order: "The whole army listens to the order, doubles the way, and gallops to the aid of Xindu!" ”