Although Wang Qing and Tian Hu both struggled with more than 200,000 yellow turbans, Li Xiang was not worried at all.
First of all, Bingzhou has formed an army of 150,000 troops in recent years. In addition to the 60,000 troops who followed Meng Tian to guard Yanmen among the 150,000 troops, there were also 30,000 troops scattered throughout Bingzhou to guard various places in Bingzhou.
In other words, there are still 60,000 troops in Bingzhou ready to set out at any time to meet Wang Qing. Although the enemy is numerous, they are all composed of farmers who have just stepped out of the farmland. Their equipment is simple and their combat power is seriously insufficient. Although our own soldiers are few, they are all elites who have been trained for many years. They are well-equipped and powerful.
As for how Bingzhou could maintain an army of 150,000, it was naturally through farming. As a person of later generations, Li Xiang is naturally willing to imitate policies that were effective in history and adapted to the situation at that time.
Anyway, for Li Xiang, as long as he can strengthen himself, plagiarism is not important. Anyway, there was no so-called intellectual property rights and patent rights during the Three Kingdoms period.
In the original history, the farming method practiced by Cao Cao during the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms was naturally Li Xiang's first choice. After all, Cao Cao was able to become the largest overlord of the Three Kingdoms through Yanzhou, which was almost defeated in several wars. The farming method introduced by Zaozhi was of great use.
In history, Zao Zhi is famous because he initiated and implemented the farming system, which solved Cao Cao's long-standing food problem.
Since Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the brutal exploitation of the landlord class and the long-term tyrannical merger wars have severely damaged agricultural production in the vast northern region. The situation in the countryside is that "the land has no permanent owner and the people have no permanent residence." People all over the country are suffering from hunger, refugees are everywhere, and society is seriously unrest.
Many princes even lost in wars due to severe lack of food. In the first few years of his campaigns, Cao Cao was often forced to withdraw his troops midway due to lack of food supplies, giving up the military victory he was about to achieve. There are even unofficial records that Cao Cao even used meat as military ration during the most difficult period. From this, the food problem at that time can be seen clearly.
The appearance of Zao Zhi solved Cao Cao's big problem. Zao Zhi suggested that Cao Cao reclaim land in the Xuchang area, integrate soldiers with the people, and unite the soldiers and people to cultivate fields to solve the food problem. Cao Cao adopted his suggestion and appointed him as the captain of the field, fully responsible for the affairs of the field.
Zao Zhi lived up to Cao Cao's expectations. The implementation of the farming system enabled the agricultural production in the north, which had been damaged by the war for a long time, to recover and stabilize in a short period of time. Farmers who had lost their land returned to the land, many barren farmlands were reclaimed, and Cao Wei's forces also accumulated a large amount of food, which provided guarantee for the subsequent war.
Let’s not mention the farming matter for now, let’s talk about Wang Qing’s matter first.
There is another reason why Li Xiang is not worried about Wang Qing's threat, and that is the existence of the Eight Paths of Taihang. With the Eight Paths of Taihang, the Yellow Turban army mobilized by Wang Qing from surrounding famous states could not enter Bingzhou at all. The Tian Hu forces already inside Bingzhou did not pose a threat at all.
Previously, when dealing with Wang Qing and Tian Hu, although Li Xiang deliberately let loose due to some reasons, this did not mean that the opponent had no losses. In fact, Tian Hu, who is still hiding in Bingzhou, now has only ten thousand defeated soldiers left.
The current Tian Hu is not qualified enough to cooperate with Wang Qingli and threaten Bingzhou.
Just when Li Xiang was preparing to raise troops to attack Wang Qing's Yellow Turban Army, an order from the Luoyang court, or more precisely from Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong, disrupted all Li Xiang's plans.
Anyone in a desperate situation will unleash hundreds of percent of their potential to save themselves. Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong was no exception.
Facing the plight of the Han Dynasty, despite the full support of the Han family, the Yellow Turban Army has no signs of being suppressed for the time being. In this case, Emperor Han Ling finally panicked.
No emperor, no matter how stupid, wants to be the king of his country, so how could Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty be an exception?
When the building was about to collapse, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty first ordered to delegate more military and administrative power to the governors of the thirteen states, and allowed local powerful men to recruit private soldiers to work with officers and soldiers to suppress the Yellow Turban Army.
Perhaps Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty thought that this was not enough to suppress the Yellow Turbans and resolve the crisis, so he immediately issued another order. That is to abolish the history and establish the shepherd, and use the clan and important ministers as the state shepherds. They will be superior to the governors and prefects in the local area, and monopolize the power to stabilize the people.
Of course, the most shocking thing about Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong this time was not this order, but what he did after issuing this order.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty granted the title of six prefecture pastors one after another. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty appointed Liu Biao as the shepherd of Jingzhou, Liu Yao as the shepherd of Yangzhou, Liu Yu as the shepherd of Youzhou, and Li Yang as the shepherd of Bingzhou. He ordered the four to mobilize elite troops to go to the Central Plains to quell the rebellion. Each state only had to leave a small number to maintain the state. Just the military strength.
Later, Lu Zhi was made the Mu of Jizhou, Huangfu Song was the Mud of Yuzhou, and Zhu Jun was the governor of Yuzhou. They ordered the three of them to gather reinforcements from the four states and make every effort to eliminate the Yellow Turbans in the two battlefields of Jizhou and the Central Plains.
When Emperor Ling's decree was issued, all knowledgeable people in the world were shocked, and Li Xiang was no exception.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty really wanted to fight for his life, but Li Xiang had to say that this was indeed a good method if necessary, and he had the intention of risking his life and living later.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty successively sealed Jing, Yang, You, and the four prefectures as prefects. He said that he would only leave a small number of necessary troops to maintain the situation, and sent the remaining elite troops to the two battlefields of Jizhou and the Central Plains. In fact, this was to use the four prefectures. With a bet, they concentrated their forces in Jizhou and the Central Plains to deal with the main force of the Yellow Turbans.
This is a big gamble. If you win, the Yellow Turbans will be destroyed, and the big man will have a chance to breathe. But if they lose, I am afraid that the land of Han Dynasty in Guandong will be exported.
The sealing of the four prefectures as state shepherds, the granting of military and political power to the state shepherds, and the creation of powerful private groups in the local areas were probably all intended to hold back the Yellow Turbans in the four states and prevent them from affecting the main battlefield.
The historical abolition of history and the establishment of animal husbandry were proposed by Liu Yan, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and this proposal also laid the fuse for future feudal princes to separate their regimes and lead to successive wars.
However, this time the abolition of Shili Mu was proposed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty himself. I don't know what will happen to this move in the future, but in the face of the current crisis, it may really give the Han a chance to survive him.
Regarding this, Li Xiang could only secretly think that, as expected, people were forced out. Even an emperor like Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could come up with such a bold idea.
But the decree of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty interrupted Li Xiang's plan. Faced with the will of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, should these soldiers be sent out? If troops were to be sent, how much would be needed to not affect the security of Bingzhou and cater to the wishes of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty? If troops are sent out, how will the battle be fought? Should we conserve our strength or fight quickly?
For a time, because of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's decree, countless questions were placed in front of Li Xiang.
