Chapter 70 Can one, two or three [Chapter 2]
Dong Mao seemed to know why others frowned and explained to several big shots.
"When our army came from Lintao, there were only five thousand in its headquarters. The rest were all prisoners. Although they were left with marks, they could not completely eliminate their inferiority. Each army should be stable rather than rebellious. The generals of each army have been determined. The orders will only make the soldiers feel that our army is not united with the court, and they will have strange thoughts."
"Today's court is in great power, and they chose to surrender to you, but can the court really support them all year round? My father is Sima. Although the general is leading tens of thousands of troops at this time, how many soldiers can he command after the rebellion? Are the rest of them still returning home?"
"They have words on their foreheads. If you ignore them in the future, if you suffer humiliation from returning home, you will feel resentful. No one can say what will happen in the future."
"So, Huwa specifically explained before leaving that if the three adults cannot give them a future guarantee, then don't move the positions of generals of each army. As for whether the generals of each army are qualified, someone will evaluate them."
Dong Zhuo knew a lot about the promotion of the mercenaries. He turned to look at Huangfu Song, who was frowning and Guo Sheng, with a serious face.
"General Huangfu, Mr. Guo may not know that what Huwa learned is very different from the method of leading troops in our Han Dynasty. It originated from the Great Qin State in the West. The generals below may be a little worse, but they will never be too bad."
Huangfu Song and Guo Sheng were stunned. Not only the two of them, but many people in the hall looked stunned.
Dong Zhuo ignored other people's attitude and waved at Dong Mao, saying, "Tiger kids are just a lot of things. We agree to this matter. We don't move any of the bastards he raised."
Dong Zhuo agreed, Huangfu Song, Guo Sheng, and Zhou Shen could only nod. Even if they didn't agree, it would not work. Two or three thousand soldiers were charged into the 10,000 imperial army. Dong Hu and Dong Mao had an absolute advantage. If they really angered the Qiang people who had just surrendered, the defeat would be a trivial matter. It would not be unusual for these people to die in the chaos.
After the military power was allocated, the food and food resources were immediately followed. Dong Zhuo felt Dong Hu. After Dong Mao's dissatisfaction, he no longer spoke on the food and cattle and sheep. As he guessed, when Huangfu Song's nephew Huangfu Li proposed to use the cattle and sheep that Dong Buyicon first, Dong Mao refused, and the group of generals below were angry. Even Huangfu Song and Guo Sheng repeatedly promised to exchange one stone of grain for a sheep, and the court returned it to them later. Dong's army and mercenary army generals were unwilling to do so.
The two sides had a long dispute. Perhaps it was Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min who felt that it was not a big deal to be so stiff, so he looked at Dong Mao.
"Cows and sheep are the trophy of tiger kids. No matter when they reach the time, they are also the trophy of tiger kids and soldiers. One sheep and one stone of food. The court did not lose the soldiers, and the soldiers no longer ate their own food. These cattle and sheep are the rewards given to the soldiers by the court. Wouldn't it be better if the soldiers get more?"
Hu San, who was transferred to the Dong Army as the captain, would not listen to this. After hearing this, he snorted coldly without waiting for Dong Mao to speak.
"Third Master, when Didao was in crisis, the two brigades immediately rescued Didao after he had fought with Lang Meng. The third and fourth brigades immediately rescued Didao. He agreed to take care of food and accommodation, but the ended up making a thousand brothers hungry all day long. If the leader hadn't come, the two brigades would have been morbidly gone!"
"If this is not counted, what about the bows and arrows used by the five thousand soldiers? I promised that I have not seen them yet!"
"One or two, not three!"
Although Sun Niu often has a red face and thick neck with Hu San on weekdays, he nodded in agreement at this time.
"You are right! First, Prefect Li agreed, and then General Huangfu agreed, but he didn't agree. How can you convince tens of thousands of brothers? What if the cattle and sheep are finished eating, tens of thousands of brothers are hungry and the court does not give us food?"
Sanya also said with displeasure: "If the third master is a security guard, he should pay 130,000 stones of grain IOU, and the cattle and sheep can be taken away. Anyway, the monks can't run away from the temple."
Dong Mao was speechless. Not only did Dong Min's old face turn red, but Li Kuan, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo were all old faces, but the generals who suffered twice nodded.
Dong Zhuo blamed Dong Min very much, but when things came to this point, he had to look at Huangfu Song and Guo Sheng.
"What do you think, the two adults?"
Huangfu Song sighed, "The grain has not been harvested and put into the warehouse. Even in Chang'an, there is not much grain in the treasury. Moreover, even if there is grain, it will take a lot of time to transport grain."
Dong Zhuo nodded silently and said, "What the general said is, but the general also knows that Dong Buyi is not much the same as the soldiers in the imperial court. Can the general guarantee that the military rations will be returned to them as soon as possible?"
Huangfu Song frowned and said, "Does Dong Sima still question the court?"
Dong Zhuo was suddenly dissatisfied, but his face showed helplessness and bitterness. He sighed: "The general has also heard these bastard words. If they cannot fully reassure them, they will not agree."
Huangfu Song was silent for a moment... looking at all the generals who didn't believe in it, and looked back at his son Huangfu Jianshou.
"Have a pen and ink."
"My Huangfu family still has some land around Chang'an. This general uses two thousand hectares of fertile land as a guarantee. If the court does not go to the generals for food afterwards, the land will be with the soldiers."
When Huangfu Song spoke this, Huangfu Jianshou and Huangfu Li were both shocked, but both of them were stopped by Huangfu Song. Seeing the three of them like this, Sun Niu and Hu Sanyi were a little hesitant. After saying this, he thought he would not break his promise again, but Sanya nodded.
"After General Huangfu said this, I think there will be no more violation of his promises, but this matter concerns the belly of countless brothers. It is better to be a villain first and then a gentleman."
Huangfu Song felt anger in no way, but he didn't say anything. He took a bamboo stick and wrote down his contract with each other in a few seconds. Perhaps Huangfu Song was really angry and did not let others send it over, or asked Sanya to come closer to pick it up, but threw it over, but fell to the ground with insufficient strength.
Sanya seemed to have not felt Huangfu Song's anger, so she went up to pick up the bamboo stick, looked at it, then carefully put it away, and fucked Huangfu Song with her, and the atmosphere became three more heavy.
First, there was a battle for military power, then cattle, sheep and supplies, and then the formulation of combat plans...
Perhaps Sanya really angered Huangfu Song. During the battle plan, it was enough to be assigned to the generals under Dong Zhuo, but the rest were all assigned to irrelevant places, or in the queue of attacking Jinchengshu. Dong Yao, who was Zhou Shen, was the first wave of soldiers who attacked Jinchengshu. But even so, no one opposed it.
Dong Hu didn't know what happened in Yuzhong, but he knew that his raiding would definitely anger Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, and Zhou Shen for no other reason, because his troops exceeded all the troops and horses in quelling the rebellion, and the one who made the greatest contribution would definitely become the bird that shot out the first bird.
But he still sent troops. No matter whether it is necessary in reality or in the long term, he must take the risk of sending troops. This is his last chance.
Some things should be abandoned, and there should be competition for them. If they want to, they can give them 30,000 soldiers, Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo and Zhou Shen, he can give them all, but Dong Hu knew very well that these people did not really want these soldiers, or they did not want to raise these soldiers. At this time, no general in the Han Dynasty could have raised so many soldiers, even the emperor could not afford them.
It sounds funny, Dong Hu knew that during the Three Kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were often used, but why could the Han Dynasty not afford to support only 30,000 soldiers?
But this is the reality. The regular soldiers in Luoyang were only four or five thousand soldiers in the fifth battalion of the Northern Army, and only thousands of soldiers in each city gate. The battalion generals of several counties were only two thousand soldiers. Only during wartime would some soldiers be recruited temporarily. Generals of all sizes were recommended by the state and county. After the war, they would go home and their own kids. Only the generals who could get some benefits could have become honorary officials due to their military merits. When the next war broke out, there would be no need for others to recommend them. Generals like Huangfu Song were directly mobilized.
Whether it is 30,000 soldiers or 100,000, they were temporarily recruited by the court. After the war, they were disbanded and returned home. The only ones who could gain benefits were the generals and compete for the command of the troops. The final result was just to gain weight. Of course, Dong Hu also believed that there would definitely be many true loyal and righteous ministers, and there would definitely be loyal and righteous ministers who would worry that he would become another big disaster.
Dong Hu has a soul that does not belong to this era. He knows how many people died in the war in the Three Kingdoms, and also knows that the Northwest will continue to be turbulent for decades in the future. He instinctively wants to eliminate some wars as much as possible. Even if he can't stop it, he must reduce the intensity of this turbulence as much as possible. Reducing the number of soldiers who are in the source of the turbulence is one of the most effective means.
To reduce the source of unrest, we must find ways to support them instead of letting them scattered among the people. However, it is impossible for Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, or the court to raise them. If they cannot raise them, they need to maintain the integrity of the Dong-sen Legion and the mercenary legion.
Dong Hu's attitude is very clear. He can earn merit for them if he listens to the tune or not, but if he breaks up and interferes in his own army, it won't work.
Before leaving Yuzhong, Dong Hu explained to the brothers very clearly, and this thousand-mile raid was to seize a self-supporting base to raise tens of thousands of soldiers.
One person and two riders are far less powerful than one person and three riders, but the marching of five thousand riders is still very fast.
The river pass is surrounded by rivers and mountains, and along the lower or upper reaches of the Yellow River, there is not a lack of this terrain. The reason why Emperor Xuan of Han established a fortress here was because the river surface here is wide and the water flow is smooth and easy to cross.
There are mountains to the north of Jishi Mountain, and there are even many mountains that have snow all year round. If the north of the mountain is the sea, the Yellow River will have abundant water even in June and July, but the north of the mountain is Shaanxi and Gansu, which is prone to drought. When the snow is warm in spring, the snow water in the mountains will melt in large quantities. In March, the water level of the Yellow River will gradually rise. However, after entering the hot summer, if it were not for heavy rain, the water volume will decrease by one day, at least Jishi Mountain is like this.
With the reduced water volume, Dong Hu could easily cross the Yellow River even if he didn't use a raft.
The marching speed of one person and two riders was very fast. In just ten days, Dong Hu crossed the Heguan Pass.
After a few days of marching, not only the personnel and the horses needed to rest, but Dong Hu also needed to know the specific situation in Yunwu City. However, he did not expect that the scouts who went out had not yet returned, and a black and thin girl actually discovered them. They were not someone else, but Mengdu's youngest girl.
Chapter completed!