After Zhang He and others defeated the Black Mountain Army, everything in Jizhou returned to normal.
In terms of government affairs, there are Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Xun Yu, Shen Pei, etc. who help Yuan Shao to share the burden. Naturally, there will be nothing to do. The surrendered people of the Montenegrin Army were put in charge of Man Chong and Liu Ye and arranged for them to farm, and the effect was very good. According to their estimation, the food and grass problem will be completely solved by next year, which made Zhen Yan extremely happy. As the Minister of Logistics, he has always been most worried about food and supplies.
In terms of military affairs, Yuan Shao said that of course he must keep it in his own hands. The most important thing in troubled times is force. Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Yuan Shao understands this very well.
As for the navy, Yuan Shao handed over all the 30,000 surrendered Black Mountain Army to Gan Ning and the others, and asked Liu Ye to serve as navy military advisor. Gan Ning followed his own wishes and led his navy troops to drill these landlubbers hard in the Zhanghe River every day, which was considered to be a small gain. Liu Ye also went to supervise and help from time to time, and reported the movements of the navy in real time, which made Yuan Shao very satisfied.
As for the cavalry, they were trained by Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Xu Rong. I forgot to mention that Xu Rong finally surrendered after his hard work during this period.
Yuan Shao attached great importance to the cavalry, which was the main force to unify Hebei and even the world. He personally participated in the training and asked Zhao Yun and his three generals to combine the advantages of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, Baima Yicong, and Xiliang Iron Cavalry to train their own invincible cavalry - Tiger Leopard Cavalry.
As for the infantry, Yuan Shao left full authority to Zhang He, Gao Lan, Zhu Ling and other generals to be responsible for training.
Zhang He and Gao Lan planned to train an elite force specifically for climbing the city. Yuan Shao was very interested in this and personally gave them the name "First Climb Camp", which meant that they could be the first to climb the city. They were very satisfied with this and trained day and night, hoping to be able to enter the battlefield as soon as possible so that they could live up to their reputation as "first to get there".
The rest of the pikemen, crossbowmen, light infantry, etc. will naturally be handed over to Zhu Ling, Zang Hong and other new generals. By the way, there is also his nephew Gao Gan, plus his two sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi who are very curious about the military camp. Yuan Shao sent them together to train the new army with Zhu Ling and others and experience life in the military camp.
Seeing that Zhang He wanted to train a new army, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were not willing to be left alone. They also wanted to train a guard battalion specifically to protect their lord. Of course Yuan Shao strongly supports this. Nonsense, everyone hopes to have someone to protect him in troubled times. With this power, Yuan Shao said, who should I be afraid of on the battlefield?
Dian Wei saw that everyone had something to do, so he didn't want to be lonely. Although I don't know how to train the army, I can help. He found his good brothers Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the three of them trained the guard camp together. Yuan Shao was very satisfied with this and specially commended him, giving him the title of Huwei Camp. The three of them were very proud to see the name bestowed by their lord, and they became even more motivated to train the army.
In addition to these, Yuan Shao also handed over the intelligence unit of Shadow Camp to Guo Jia, making him fully responsible for this special unit, with Yuan Fang assisting him. Expansion of scale, expansion of influence, formalization and specialization are Yuan Shao's only requirements for them. Guo Jia knew what he meant and had a deep understanding of this unit. Maybe he was born to do this. In less than a month, it has already started to show results. The influence and reconnaissance scope of the Shadow Battalion has completely covered the entire Hebei Province, and the next step is slowly penetrating into Guanzhong and Jiangnan.
To sum up, Yuan Shao's command is now a prosperous scene, and the unification of Hebei has begun to appear impressive.
In comparison, Chang'an now can be considered to be in dire straits.
Why do you say this? It all started when Dong Zhuo was in Chang'an and he knew that Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan had obeyed the imperial edict and submitted to him, while Cao Cao is still fighting fiercely with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. He also knew that Sun Jian was dead. From what he knew, he was just more afraid of Yuan Shao and the others.
After knowing this, Dong Zhuo felt that no one could rival him anymore. From then on, he became more arrogant and arrogant. He called himself "Father Shang" and violated the emperor's honor guard when he came in and out. His younger brother Dong Huang was granted the title of General Zuo and Houhou, and his nephew Dong Huang was appointed the Minister of Attendant, commanding the imperial army. The Dong clan, regardless of their age, are all granted the title of marquis.
Two hundred and fifty miles away from the city of Chang'an, a separate dock was built, and 250,000 slave laborers built it. Its walls are as thick and high as Chang'an, with palaces built inside and warehouses stocked with grain for twenty years. There were eight hundred young and beautiful women among the chosen ones, and there were countless amounts of gold, jade, colored silk, and pearls. Let Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou lead an army of 30,000 flying bears to guard Xiwu, with their families living there.
Dong Zhuo traveled to and from Chang'an, either once in half a month or once in a month, and all the ministers were waiting to see him off at Hengmen. So Dong Zhuo set up a tent on the road and had a drink with the ministers. They lived very comfortably. But little did he know that danger was approaching.
Where is the danger? Of course, it lies in the old officials who care about the Han Dynasty, and they are headed by Situ Wangyun. Everyone is familiar with this guy Wang Yun. He is an out-and-out royalist, and he has an old relationship with Yuan Shao. It should be said that he has a very good relationship.
After he moved his capital to Chang'an, he pretended to be submissive to Dong Zhuo to gain his trust. The effect is still very good. At least Dong Zhuo now almost obeys Wang Yun's opinions. But the biggest gain, I feel, is to squeeze Li Ru out of Dong Zhuo's inner circle. Of course, it was probably Li Ru himself who was disheartened and quit on his own initiative. After cutting off Dong Zhuo's most important think tank, the next step is to accumulate strength and remove his wings.
Wang Yun did a good job in this regard. He first obtained the support of the royalist servant archer Sun Rui, Sili captain Huang Wan, etc., and then Dong Zhuo's cavalry captain Li Su acted as internal support.
But these are not enough. After all, although Dong Zhuo had to move his capital to Chang'an after being defeated by the coalition of princes, his strength is still there. They still lacked a main force to deal with Dong Zhuo, and together they were targeting Lu Bu.
Why is it said that it belongs to Lu Bu? Not only the Bingzhou soldiers and horses under Lu Bu are the only new force that can deal with Dong Zhuo. At the same time, they also analyzed Lu Bu's character and knew that he was a lustful person like Dong Zhuo.
Coincidentally, Dong Zhuo is very arrogant now. Since Lu Bu's invincibility myth was broken by Zhao Yun, Dong Zhuo doesn't value him as much as before. They just gave him a marquis in name only, which made Lu Bu very dissatisfied and a little alienated. Moreover, Wang Yun still has a trump card in his hand, which he will find out later.
Once Lu Bu is won over, the day when Dong Zhuo will be executed is not far away. It can be said that everything is ready, all we need is the east wind, and we just need to wait for the time to come.
People who are very scheming always take one step at a time and see the next. Wang Yun was also afraid that Lu Bu would be unreliable or unable to deal with the Xiliang army. He personally wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, asking him to lead troops to the capital to serve the king and kill the traitors.
After writing it, he asked his confidants to take it to Jizhou overnight and hand it over to Yuan Shao.
Wang Yun's autographed letter caused an uproar as soon as it arrived in Jizhou.
