I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 540: Chariot General
"Actually, it doesn't matter. If we also borrow grain, wouldn't we be the same as others?" Zhen Yan put down the letter from Zhen Yao in his hand and said to Mi Zhu.

After hearing this, Mi Zhu responded, "That's right. Otherwise, people who don't know would think that we can't afford the money and food!"

Over the years, relying on the emperor's reputation, even if the two did not seek personal gain for their family in public, the hidden benefits were difficult to measure. For the two wealthy families, 5,000 dan of grain was really nothing, just two barns.

Although in the chaos, the barn is worth a lot more than usual.

However, having said that, Mi Zhu originally intended to set an example in borrowing grain, but after hearing what Zhen Yan said, he could not borrow grain, otherwise he would be outdone by Zhen Yan.

Mi Zhu originally thought that, judging by the time, Mi Fang should have returned from the Western Regions long ago, and then he would let Mi Fang return to his hometown to take charge of the situation. However, he waited for a long time and there was no movement, so he had no choice but to entrust this important task to his tribesmen.

Although clansmen are not as trustworthy as brothers, I think when the General of Chariots and Cavalry arrives in Xuzhou, they will not dare to do anything small.

Just when Mi Zhu was about to discuss with Zhen Yan how much grain to donate and how much to borrow, the General Huangfu Song, whom he was thinking about, met the famous scholar Zhang Jian again.

Compared to before, Zhang Jian looks older.

However, this time, it was not Zhang Jian who took the initiative to meet Huangfu Song, but Huangfu Song who took the initiative to meet Zhang Jian.

Because at that time, Zhang Jian was distributing food, his own food, to some disaster victims who could not afford to eat.

Therefore, many people came here upon hearing the news, either for a bite to eat or because of Zhang Jian's fame and wanted to seek refuge here - in short, this place has become a gathering place for people.

Huangfu Song was worried that there might be chaos here, so he came here in person.

This time, the person following him was not Huangfu Li, but a Northern Army military commander named Yu Jin.

As early as the beginning of his leadership of the army, Huangfu Song had noticed this man, because the army led by Yu Jin was disciplined in its formation and marching, and was the best among all the Northern Army units.

After testing, Huangfu Song discovered that Yu Jin had the potential to be a great general, so he brought him under his wing to train him.

Captain Bao Xin, who had originally recommended Yu Jin, was delighted to see this happen.

"Are you short of grain?" After the formalities, Huangfu Song asked straight to the point.

What he was most worried about was that Zhang Jian's food would run out, and the people who had originally taken refuge here would become rioters due to lack of food.

Zhang Jian was over eighty years old, but he was still not confused, just a little hard of hearing. When his nephew Zhang Yuan repeated Huangfu Song's words in his ear, he replied: "There is no shortage of grain... At the beginning, when facing the hungry people, only my family distributed grain. Later, other families saw it and brought grain to gather here. I calculated that even if people keep coming, the grain here will be enough for at least three or four months."

"However, these grains are life-saving grains for the people, and they cannot be used as military rations by Yizhen."

Huangfu Song heard this and first promised that he would not take the grain here, and then asked: "When did the other grain donors come?"

"Late May."

Huangfu Song calculated the time and realized that he had just arrived in Yanzhou and had just started wielding the butcher knife.

I’m afraid that not all of these families who distribute grain are clean.

However, looking at Zhang Jian, who looked old but still personally cared about the living conditions of the people gathered here, Huangfu Song sighed.

Just let it go!
Before leaving, Huangfu Song called Zhang Jian's nephew Zhang Yuan and told him, "I will leave a garrison of soldiers and horses here for protection. If you encounter any problems, you can send me a letter in time."

Zhang Yuan agreed solemnly. Although some thieves were concerned about Zhang Jian's reputation and were unwilling to attack, after Huangfu Song swept through, he could not guarantee that there were no remaining thieves who dared to take risks.

After meeting Zhang Jian who lived in Shanyang County, Huangfu Song continued to lead his army eastward.

It has to be said that under the leadership of the emperor, the former Yulin Lang who were trained by Huangfu Li and had listened to his lectures, and are now very useful as Qujunhou and Junjiahou scattered in the army, especially when it comes to clearing out small-scale remaining enemies. They are as good as using one's own arm, and the orders he issued can always be executed accurately.

This model of training generals is indeed a good idea.

Therefore, during the journey to suppress the rebellion, Huangfu Song had one more task, which was to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of these former Yulin Lang on the battlefield so as to facilitate their improvement.

During this period, Huangfu Song also encountered the State of Lu, which was located between Shanyang County and Taishan County and was subordinate to Yuzhou. His attitude towards this was also to crush it.

Under the might of the army and the support of the imperial court, there was even a situation where the rebels surrendered upon hearing the news of the arrival of the royal army, and turned to the generals led by Huangfu Song to complain about the oppression they had suffered from the officials.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance. In a word, the rebellion of ordinary people is mostly forced.

Huangfu Song only felt that the current progress of suppressing the rebellion was much smoother than when he led troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Thinking that the slowest thing at the moment was the identification work after the rebellion was suppressed, after approaching Xuzhou, Huangfu Song sent Bao Xin, Guanqiu Yi and Yu Jin to lead troops separately to act separately to put down the rebellion first.

In this way, combined with the battle results reported from various places, he was confident that the battle could be ended within half a year, at least in the Central Plains region.

By then, without the people who have been bewitched and forced to rebel as a shield, those criminals hiding behind will have nowhere to hide!

In the military camp, Sun Ce was wiping his spear out of boredom.

In his opinion, this war should not have happened at all. As a rebel suppressor, he sometimes felt sorry for what the prisoners said, even though he knew that most of the stories were exaggerated.

Those rats hiding in the dark deserve to die!

Just as Sun Ce was gritting his teeth at the thought of this, he suddenly heard someone report that the cavalry general had arrived.

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce immediately went to meet him. The army was currently in the rest phase, so there was nothing wrong with Ma Chao coming to him to reminisce about the past.

But when he saw Ma Chao, he could tell at a glance that Ma Chao was in a bad mood.

Could it be that Ma Chao had the same thoughts as him?

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Ma Chao said, "I recently received a letter from home."

"From your brother?" Sun Ce asked casually, but seeing Ma Chao's expression, he understood that it came from Ma Teng, the governor of Jincheng.

Sun Ce knew the source of Ma Chao's depression.

Talking about Ma Teng, Ma Chao could be described as gushing: "My father wrote to me, asking me to take good care of myself and not to stand out in anything... Of course I understand what he meant, it was nothing more than nonsense like keeping oneself safe!"

"He really should go from Jincheng to Luoyang to see that the world is now different from what he imagined!"

(End of this chapter)