The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 201 Chapter 200
Zhang Yan offered to let Yang Xiu be the head of Taiwei's house. In addition, he asked the emperor to make Yang Biao a situ, and re-raised Yang Biao to the position of the third prince. With two prongs, he successfully won Yang Biao's support. .

After leaving the Yang Mansion, Zhang Yan asked Yang Xiu to take office tomorrow. The Taiwei Mansion's mansion is actually the General's Mansion. Zhang Yan combined the two mansions into one, but divided the mansion into two different courtyards. It is used for the office of the staff of the Taiwei Mansion, and the other is used for the office of the staff of the General's Mansion.

After Zhang Yan returned to the mansion, he formally used the position of Taiwei to recruit staff from all over the world. According to the regulations, besides Chang Shi who was in charge of the overall situation, there was still a lack of a master book in the mansion. Cao, Zuo Cao, Ci Cao, Fa Cao, Wei Cao, Thief Cao, Jue Cao, Bing Cao, Jin Cao, Cang Cao, etc., the history, history and genus of twelve Cao.

Ji is the head of each Cao, Shi is the deputy head, and the status of the subordinate is slightly lower than that of Ji and Shi, who are also in charge of the Twelve Caos.Under normal circumstances, there are only Yan and Shi in Taiwei's mansion. Unless the government affairs are particularly busy, the staff team will be expanded and subordinates will be set up to share the pressure of Jian and Shi.

Taiwei is the head of the three princes. He was originally in charge of the military. He was a senior military adviser to the emperor, equivalent to the current chief of staff.

However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with Liu Xiu's strengthening of imperial power and the gradual transfer of actual power to Shangshutai, the post of Taiwei gradually evolved into a manager of state affairs, whose powers were roughly equivalent to those of the prime minister.

The Twelve Caos under the Taiwei have the following functions and powers: used by the History Department of the main mansion of Xi Cao.The Eastern Cao Lord Erqianshi Changshi moved away and the military officials.Households Cao Zhumin households, ancestral temples, farming and mulberry.Play Cao as the main player to discuss the matter.Resignation from the Lord Cao resignation from the lawsuit.Facao is in charge of post office affairs.Wei Cao's master's death was transferred.The thief Cao is the master of thieves.Judge Cao's crime.Bing Cao masters military affairs.Jincao mainly focuses on currency, salt and iron.Cang Cao is the master of Canggu affairs.

From the breakdown of the functions and powers of the Twelve Caos, it is not difficult to see that the Taiwei in the Eastern Han Dynasty has completely transformed into an official position in charge of state affairs, which is the same name but different from the Taiwei who was in charge of military affairs in the early Western Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhang Yan asked people to recommend capable people and openly hired staff.

After the news came out, Chen Jiao, the prefect of Xiapi, heard about it and recommended Xu Xuan, Wei Jing and Liu Ying from the same county.

Xu Xuan is an old friend of Chen Jiao, a native of Guangling Haixi. When Chen Deng was the prefect of Guangling, he was appointed as the county magistrate of Haixi.Haixi is close to the sea and has a long coastline. Most of the people in the territory make salt.Since Zhang Yan promulgated the official salt and iron camp, people must obtain a license if they sell private salt. This order angered many salt merchants in the country. , led the crowd to besiege the county government.

Xu Xuan was besieged in the county government office. After learning that the rebels were all bewitched by the salt merchant surnamed Li, he made a quick decision and pretended to surrender to the salt merchant surnamed Li. When the two met, they suddenly attacked and killed the salt merchant surnamed Li.And Xu Xuan even asked someone to pretend to be Chen Deng's army to scare away the rebels.

Afterwards, Xu Xuan recruited an army of 500 people. While recruiting the rebel salt merchants to surrender, he attacked the salt merchants who were unwilling to surrender.

One month later, Zhang Yan quelled the salt merchant rebellion in Haixi, and beheaded all 37 salt merchants who participated in the rebellion in the street market. As a result, Xu Xuan's reputation in Haixi was greatly shaken.

Both Wei Jing and Liu Ying were talented and learned people in Guangling, and they were recommended to Zhang Yan by Chen Jiao.

Zhang Yan then regarded Xu Xuan as Cao Cao's thief, Wei Jing as Cao Cao's resignation, and Liu Ying as Cao Cao's resignation.

Later, Wei Wei Wang Lang also recommended three people, namely Kan Ze and Yu Fan from Kuaiji, and Cheng Bing from Runan.

When Wang Lang was the prefect in Kuaiji, he hired Yu Fan as a meritorious officer. Now that he is a Wei Wei, he will not forget Yu Fan, so he recommended him directly.

Kan Ze is from Shanyin, Kuaiji. His family has been farming for generations, but Kan Ze loves to study. Because his family is poor and has no money, he often hires people to copy books in exchange for pen and paper.After copying the book, he also recited the whole book.He memorized his master's lectures, researched extensively, and was proficient in astronomical calculation and calendar, which made him famous.Just last year, Wang Lang was promoted as Xiaolian, and he was appointed as the head of the Qiantang, so he can be regarded as one of Wang Lang's subordinates.

As for Cheng Bing, when Wang Lang was the prefect of Kuaiji, Cheng Bing passed by Kuaiji and went to Jiaozhou.Wang Lang met Cheng Bing by chance, and they hit it off right away. Only then did he know that Cheng Bing had studied with Zheng Xuan and had a very close relationship with Wang Lang.

Now Cheng Bing is a long history under the tent of priest Xie in Jiaozhou, but Wang Lang cherished Cheng Bing's talent and recommended it to Zhang Yan. At the same time, he wrote a letter himself and sent it to Jiaozhou, hoping that Cheng Bing could Come to Pengcheng.

Afterwards, Sima Zhi, the official supervisor of Ting Wei, recommended Sima Lang, his elder brother, as well as Wang Xiang and Yang Jun of the same county.The rest of the officials successively recommended talents, and Huan Jie, Ruan Yu, and Liu Yan were also hired.

In just two days, twelve sages were recommended, and Zhang Yan ordered these 12 people to be recruited to serve as the twelve Cao Caos in the mansion according to the order of Taiwei Mansion.

A few days later, Yuan Huan escaped from Yuan Shu, took his family and came to Pengcheng to join Zhang Yan.Zhang Yan then made Yuan Huan the head of the Taiwei Mansion.He specially arranged a residence for Yuan Huan, and learned about Yuan Shu's recent situation from Yuan Huan.

Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to lead an army of [-] to attack Lujiang, and Zhou Yu was his military advisor.Zhou Yu successfully persuaded Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, to surrender by virtue of his sharp tongue and influence in Shucheng.

Sun Ce led his troops to stay at Lujiang and sent someone to inform Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu had said before that if Sun Ce could lead his army to capture Lujiang, he would be the prefect of Lujiang.Unexpectedly, after the matter was completed, Yuan Shu actually broke his promise and sent his confidant general Liu Xun to be the prefect of Lujiang. He only granted Sun Ce a vain post as a general of Dingyuan, rewarded him with some money, and asked him to lead the old troops back to Liyang to garrison.

Sun Ce was greatly displeased by being tricked by Yuan Shu, and wrote to Yuan Shu, asking him for justice.

Yuan Shu reluctantly asked Sun Ce to make the Xunyang Order, and asked him to lead the old troops to station in Xunyang to guard against Huang Zu in Jiangxia.

Sun Ce was unwilling to be the magistrate of this little county, and decisively rejected Yuan Shu's canonization, but was persuaded by Zhou Yu, and hoped that Sun Ce would stay in Xunyang temporarily and make other plans.

Yuan Shu sent someone to find Zhou Yu again, and asked Zhou Yu to work for him in Shouchun.However, Zhou Yu politely declined due to leg problems, and together with Sun Ce, went to Xunyang to take up the post.

In addition, Zhang Yan also learned from Yuan Huan that Yuan Shu was actively recruiting troops and was secretly preparing to proclaim himself emperor.

After Zhang Yan knew the situation, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest. Yuan Shu was stationed in Huainan, and he was a close neighbor. On the surface, they lived in peace on the surface, but he still had to be on guard against Yuan Shu at all times.

Therefore, Zhang Yan sent Xu Huang to lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Longkang and Xiang counties to guard against Yuan Shu and to inquire about the current situation.

Since Yuan Shu's defeat in Xuzhou, he attacked Runan in the north and Lujiang in the south, and captured tens of thousands of Yellow Turban bandits. In addition, he continued to recruit troops, so that his military strength has greatly increased. The number of troops has exceeded [-]. His strength cannot be underestimated. watch for.

However, judging from Yuan Huan's recent situation, Yuan Shu had just pacified the Runan and Lujiang counties, and was still in the digesting stage. He should not make any major moves for at least a year and a half.

Around this time, news came from Yu Jin and Zang Ba respectively from Yanzhou and Qingzhou that Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, finally quelled Zang Hong's rebellion after more than half a year of siege.

At the same time, Yuan Shao and Liu Yu's old troops further besieged Gongsun Zan, almost sweeping across the entire Youzhou. Today's Gongsun Zan is only sticking to Yijing City, and it was difficult for Yuan Shao to capture it for a while, so he had to lead his army back to Yecheng.

However, Yuan Shao was not idle. Under Cao Cao's suggestion, Yuan Shao suddenly turned around and pointed his troops at Bingzhou.

Although Zhang Yang was granted the post of Bingzhou Mu, his jurisdiction was limited to Shangdang.Yuan Shao suddenly went to war without declaring, and personally led a large army to attack Bingzhou. For a while, Zhang Yang's army suffered setbacks one after another, losing consecutive battles, so he had to stick to Huguan.

Huguan was easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, Zhang Yang secretly contacted Zhang Yan, a Black Mountain bandit.

Later, Cao Cao suggested to Yuan Shao to send out surprise troops, bypass Huguan, go north to Taihang Mountain, go to Taihang Eight Xings, first take Jinyang, then go south from Jinyang, and attack Shangdang with the army outside Huguan.

After Yuan Shao heard this, he was very happy, but he was quite embarrassed when it came to selecting generals.

Therefore, Cao Cao volunteered, and Mao Sui recommended himself, willing to lead a partial army northward.

Because Cao Cao had good generals and elite soldiers, Yuan Shao agreed to Cao Cao's request and assigned three thousand elite soldiers to Cao Cao's command to attack Jinyang. Yan's troops.

Cao Cao led five thousand elite soldiers, with Xia Houyuan as the vanguard, left Yuan Shao's large army and headed for Jinyang.

When the news came, Zhang Yan knew that Zhang Yang would be defeated, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Gongsun Zan had completely lost the strength to fight Yuan Shao. Although he hadn't been wiped out yet, he was still alive and would be wiped out by Yuan Shao in a short time.

If Yuan Shao defeats Zhang Yang and captures Bingzhou at this time, then Yuan Shao will occupy Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and part of Qingzhou, thus gaining the capital to compete for supremacy in the world, and it will also become a big worry for him.

At the same time, Zhang Yan was also worried that once Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in Huainan and secretly linked with Yuan Shao, the two Yuans sent troops at the same time, and the north and the south attacked him.

Therefore, Zhang Yan must first deal with one of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, and solve his worries, so that he can concentrate on dealing with the other.

Yuan Shao dominates Jizhou, with strong strength, a lot of talents under his tent, and Cao Cao's help, it is really too difficult to deal with.

In comparison, Yuan Shu's strength is slightly weaker than Yuan Shao's, but that's the case. Zhang Yan is not yet sure enough to deal with Yuan Shu at this stage. After all, Yuan Shu's military strength has surpassed him. Yuan Shao will inevitably go south to attack.

Therefore, Zhang Yan must rely on external forces and unite with other powerful princes to jointly eliminate Yuan Shu. Only in this way can the possibility of fighting on two fronts be avoided.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan immediately made a decision and asked Yang Xiu to write two letters, one of which was sent to Jingzhou, which was for Liu Biao, and the other letter was sent to Xunyang, which was for Liu Biao. It was given to Sun Ce.

In addition, Zhang Yan gave an order to Henan Yin Zhang Hong and former general Tai Shici. Tai Shici was the commander-in-chief and Zhang Hong was the military adviser. He led an army of [-] troops across the Yellow River to Shangdang to rescue Zhang Yang.

In addition, he asked Yu Jin to lead Mi Fang, Bao Shao, Li Dian, Mao Jie, etc., a total of [-] soldiers and horses, to cross the Yellow River north to rescue Zhang Yang with great fanfare.

Zhang Yan then dispatched Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Wei Xu to Luoyang, where they belonged to Tai Shici's tent, and together they went to rescue Zhang Yang.

(End of this chapter)