The areas where the Taiping Taoists are most widely distributed and densely distributed were divided into war zones by the three lieutenants to target them.
As the direct superior of the three lieutenant generals, General He Jin commanded and led the three men.
Initial military preparations have been made, and the next step is the specific division of responsibilities and the formation of the army.
The difference between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty is that at the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to practical considerations and the rise of local separatist forces, Liu Xiu ordered to stop the formation and training of county soldiers in the Western Han Dynasty, and did not allow local governments to have county soldiers.
The Eastern Han Dynasty only set up the Central Army in Luoyang, and set up camps at border passes and local strategic points. When encountering wars, they were more accustomed to temporarily recruiting and forming armies, using the Luoyang Central Army as the backbone to fill in, and then go to war, and then return to the army after the war. Abolition will be carried out to save military expenditures.
Regardless of whether the temporarily recruited army can fight, the army controlled by the Luoyang Central Court is a serious professional army, and its professional skills are still very good, not weak at all.
Moreover, although the machine of the Eastern Han Dynasty is old and decayed, if it really wants to operate, it can still move forward a few steps.
On the first day of March in the seventh year of Guanghe, the emperor Liu Hong came to the stage to pay homage to the general. He named Henan Yin Hejin as the general and ordered him to take charge of pacifying the Taiping Dao rebellion.
He Jin burst into tears of gratitude and expressed his willingness to serve Liu Hong to the death.
So He Jin personally led the five battalions of soldiers from Yulin on the left and right to station in Duting, marshaled weapons, and guarded the capital.
He also ordered the garrison of captains at the eight passes of Luoyang to further strengthen the defense of the capital and prevent the Yellow Turban Army from the Kanto region from flowing into the capital and threatening the heart of the Eastern Han Empire.
At the same time, three Zhonglang generals who wanted to go to the battlefield seriously divided the Luoyang court's army.
General Lu Zhi, the general of Bei Zhonglang, led the five sergeants of the Northern Army to take charge of the battlefield in Hebei, confronting the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou that had revolted, striving to eliminate it and pacify Jizhou.
In addition, Nan Zhonglang General Zhu Jun and Dong Zhonglang General Huangfu Song each led an army, commanding the Five Schools, Sanhe Knights and newly recruited elite warriors, and were respectively responsible for the two war zones of Yanzhou in Yuzhou and Xuzhou in Qingzhou.
In terms of force distribution, the three commanders' forces are not far apart.
The five schools of the Northern Army led by Lu Zhi totaled more than 3,500 people. Including the soldiers recruited during this period, Lu Zhi could command about 20,000 soldiers, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun The number of soldiers under his command is also about the same.
It means that three lieutenants will each lead an army of 20,000 people to face the Taiping Dao Yellow Turban Army all over the country.
As a Confucian general with rich combat experience, Lu Zhi completed the reorganization of the army as quickly as possible.
He dispersed the elites from the five schools of the Northern Army as grassroots officers among the newly recruited recruits, built the skeleton of the army, conveyed military orders, and allowed the recruits to learn military orders and conduct emergency drills.
Although they are called recruits, the troops recruited by the imperial court in Luoyang and Sanhe areas cannot be regarded as recruits in the strict sense, because most of them are not recruited for the first time.
They are recruited and trained once, and they are actually more like reserve forces. Their military skills and military orders and slogans have not been forgotten.
Training them is not difficult at all.
As long as they have enough loot and food, the combat effectiveness they can exert cannot be underestimated.
During this intense and exciting preparation process, Liu Bei only did one thing.
Take the initiative to ask for help and fight for the Han Dynasty.
Lu Zhi refused.
"Xuande, your wife and concubine are pregnant. This battle will not be over in a while. If you go to the battlefield with me, if it is delayed for a long time, you may not be able to be there when the child is born. This is not good. "
Lu Zhi was unwilling to let Liu Bei follow him on the expedition.
But Liu Bei has made a lot of preparations for this.
Not only did he call Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Yong, Liu Sheng and some strong men in the village to Luoyang to join the Han army in an upright manner early in the morning, he also wrote to his close friend Lian Zhao again, hoping that he could come to Luoyang together. Yang joined the army and made great achievements.
Before, Qianzhao was still thinking about whether he should come to Liu Bei after completing his studies. But this time, Qianzhao couldn't help it. He said goodbye to his teacher Le Yin and came to join Liu Bei.
It can be said that everything is ready and all that is needed is the east wind. How could it suddenly fail at this critical moment?
"Teacher, my disciple's wives and concubines have all been sent to his father-in-law's home. He will take care of them on his behalf and watch them around the clock. They are safe. If the family is well, how can the country not be well?"
Liu Bei said this lightly, but it was not an easy task to convince Han Ning and Han Xiaodie to accept the fact that he was going to war during pregnancy, and Liu Bei himself was a little reluctant to part with it.
However, this situation really did not allow him to indulge in his children's affair, so he could only endure his worries and asked his father-in-law and mother-in-law to take care of Han Ning and Han Xiaodie.
Of course there is no problem for the father-in-law and mother-in-law to take care of Han Ning and Han Xiaodie, but in this matter, they are also worried about Liu Bei's choice.
It was quite difficult to convince them, but in the end I was convinced.
Facing Liu Bei's request to fight, Lu Zhi had nothing to say and could only pat Liu Bei on the shoulder.
"Xuande is dedicated to serving the country, and the Han Dynasty has many people."
So just like a few years ago, Lu Zhi accepted Liu Bei's participation in the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and based on Liu Bei's ability and previous military exploits, he appointed Liu Bei as Army Sima, commanding an army with a strength of 1,000 men. , follow him around and listen.
After Liu Bei took over the military post, he packed up his team and stuffed all the 107-person Liu family's personal soldiers into these 1,000 people to become his own military team.
But in addition to Liu Bei's own original power, many people became agitated after learning the news of Liu Bei's expedition.
For example, Zhen Yan, who was able to take up a position in Shangshutai because of Liu Bei's care and promise, was very anxious when he learned that Liu Bei was going to fight, and directly petitioned for a fight.
After getting permission, he put aside his position, put on his armor, brought twenty skilled knights from his family, prepared their own weapons and equipment, and joined Liu Bei's army. He wanted to personally serve as Liu Bei's personal soldier, guarding him to the death. Protect Liu Bei's safety.
"You will never be in any danger until you die in battle!"
He gritted his teeth and swore to Liu Bei.
In addition, the children of the six families in Luoyang who had a good relationship with Liu Bei and who had received Liu Bei's promise, namely the Zhao family, the Li family, the Wang family, the Zheng family, the Yin family, and the Han family, were also collectively agitated.
Since the future has been promised, how can the present threaten the future?
When Liu Bei went to the battlefield, they had no reason not to follow him.
They reported to their families and parents one after another, prepared their own weapons, horses, and crossbows, and led several or more than ten family soldiers who were brave and good at riding and shooting to join Liu Bei's army and were willing to risk their lives to protect Liu Bei.
In addition to the inner circle around the Liu family in Zhuo County in the future, more than a hundred heroes from Luoyang and Sanhe areas who admired Liu Bei's reputation also came to Liu Bei's house and asked Liu Bei to follow him in battle and be willing to protect his safety. , at the risk of risking his own life for this.
They all said that if anyone wants to harm Liu Bei, they must step over their corpses. Before their entire army is annihilated, Liu Bei's life cannot be shaken!
So successively, Liu Bei relied on his own appeal and influence to directly recruit more than 400 skilled knights who joined the army just to protect him. Among them, more than 100 were even good at riding and shooting, and had mastered the skills of riding. Such high-end skills as shooting.
These people did not join the army to defeat the Yellow Turban Army. Their highest or only mission was to protect Liu Bei so that not even a hair on his head would be harmed.
Of course Lu Zhi was happy about this and thought it was a good thing that Liu Bei had so many people protecting him, so he accepted their participation in the army, prepared rations for them, and provided logistical assistance.
In addition to these people who were willing to follow Liu Bei on the battlefield, Yuan Shao, as Liu Bei's "close friend", quietly sent Liu Bei some fine swords and crossbows, as well as ten good horses, hoping to help Liu Bei on the battlefield. Things add support.
"These things are not enough for outsiders, but I really can't worry if they are not given to Xuande. Xuande must cherish himself. When Xuande returns home in triumph, I will definitely hold a celebration banquet for Xuande."
Yuan Shao looked reluctant to leave Liu Bei.
Of course, he was really reluctant to let Liu Bei leave, because although the war was going to be fought, the political whirlpool in Luoyang City was still fierce. Yuan Shao felt that he was really a little unable to control the lack of Liu Bei's counselor.
But Liu Bei had to leave, so he had no choice but to secretly obtain these contraband items through his own channels and give them to Liu Bei so that he could protect himself.
Liu Bei expressed his deep gratitude for this - look, I just said that it is useful to have a good relationship with Yuan Shao. Although he is not particularly rich now, you can still get some wool from him no matter what.
Compared with Yuan Shao, the Cao family, which was directly favored by Liu Bei and could change the fate of the next generation of the family, was even more direct.
When Liu Bei was nervously preparing for the expedition, Cao Cao brought two strong men directly to Liu Bei's house.
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PS: Because I rubbed my eyes with my left hand when I woke up this morning, I will add another chapter and ask for a vote~
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