Chapter 862 Dian Wei Comes to Surrender

After listening to Guo Jia's opinion, Wang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Feng Xiao has been in office for a year and has not made any mistakes, which is very much to my liking. Now I lack talents under my command, and Feng Xiao should take on the responsibility. Since you are willing to expand, I will appoint you as the governor of Yanmen, and then lead the military governor's office to coordinate the logistics and military affairs.

The army is indeed short of food and fodder, and it is difficult to fight a big war, but since we are looking for expansion, we cannot be short of soldiers. The 3,000 soldiers and horses that were transferred to Youzhou last time have not yet been organized, and another 3,000 soldiers and horses from Xuanwuwei will be transferred. , a total of 6,000, a new guard was added, named Shenwu.

There is Zhao Yun, the captain of the Black Armor Camp, Zhao Zilong, who is good at fighting and has unparalleled courage. Everyone in the Black Armor Camp respects him and can be appointed as the captain of Shenwu. However, he is proficient in the way of battle formations and lacks experience in leading a large army. Fengxiao must always remind him not to waste the lives of his brothers in the army. Liao Hua, if necessary, you can also find an opportunity to dispatch him. The barbarians on the grassland are endless, you must pay more attention. "

A capable person can shine wherever he is. Obviously, Zhao Yun is such a person. In these two years, the heavy cavalry has not experienced a few battles. He has become a captain with his own hard power and led half of the Black Armor Camp's military strength, that is, 500 soldiers and horses. So he is actually the deputy captain of the Black Armor Camp, ranking after the military commander of the Black Armor Camp, and the third in command of the Black Armor Camp. Wearing heavy armor and dancing Ma Shuo, it is quite explosive.

Of course, it is not to say that the titled captain of the Black Armor Camp is better than Zhao Yun, but there is time and experience, but there is also ability. Xuanjia Xiaowei was an old subordinate who followed Liu, Guan and Zhang when they were chased and beaten from Zhuojun. He had served many titles of Xiaowei, starting with Weiwu Xiaowei, and later on Yingwu Xiaowei, etc. When Xuanjia Camp was established, he was transferred to Xuanjia Xiaowei because his physical condition was qualified.

A lot of senior military officer work cultivated his leadership level, but in terms of personal combat effectiveness, not to mention Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Taishi Ci, even Zhou Cang could kill him with one sword. Liao Hua followed Wang Yan earlier, and after training, his combat effectiveness was stronger than before, much higher than Zhou Cang, but still not a match for Huang Zhong and others.

Zhang Wu was best at training the army, and many of the current troops were based on his training. He also knew himself, so he had no complaints about various transfers, and he went wherever he was told to go and did whatever he was told to do.

More than 100 of the first 300 people died on the way north, and the remaining 200 people were all good, and the worst ones were promoted to Duwei, and there were many civilian officials, basically in the position of county magistrate. Wang Yan had fulfilled his promises, and now each of them had a wife and a family, and each family had several children...

Guo Jia understood Wang Yan's meaning. He wanted to avoid a big battle and just make a small-scale plot to take over Bingzhou. The scope of the battle was also defined for him, which was Yanmen County. This was a county in the northeast of Bingzhou. Pingcheng was under the jurisdiction of Yanmen, but now their territory was only 20 miles outside Pingcheng, and Yanmen County had not been conquered. Yanmen Pass, which strangles the throat of the Central Plains, was also in Yanmen County.

This was exactly the strategy he had talked to Wang Yan about when he first arrived in Liaodong. It's just that now he is the governor of Yanmen in name only, and he needs to take it down himself.

Of course, the development of things and the changes in the situation are unpredictable. A small-scale battle turned into a big one without knowing how. After all, Pingcheng is now an empty city. The people outside the city must have surrendered to Wang Yan, and some of the people in the city surrendered, while others moved south. The rich and the landlords must have run south, leaving their land behind, and took their floating wealth with them.

Now, there are 10,000 Bingzhou troops stationed in Pingcheng to resist the thief Wang. In the past, some of them were stationed outside the city, but they were attacked by Liao Hua and suffered heavy losses. They learned their lesson and blocked the city.

And these 10,000 soldiers are not easy for Bingzhou at present, and there will not be too many more troops to be transferred. Because Bingzhou has a small population, Ding Yuan took a group of people away from Beijing, and the princes were recruited by Dong Zhuo to fight against Dong. Bingzhou’s troops were almost exhausted, and Zhang Yang did not have many troops.

So the only one who can expand the war is Dong Zhuo. Now the army is in Luoyang, it depends on whether he wants Bingzhou. If not, then don’t care. If yes, then you have to send troops to Bingzhou.

Guo Jia understood these things in a flash, maybe he will become the governor of Bingzhou after fighting.

He smiled and bowed: "I already know what the general wants. Please rest assured, I will live up to your expectations."

"Go and arrange it if you have nothing to do. You can leave your work to Huang Xu."

"Yes, I will take my leave."

Guo Jia bowed and turned to leave.

Huang Xu is Huang Zhong's son. Wang Yan has been with him for several years. After the treatment, he looks almost like a normal person, but he looks normal. In fact, he is still weak. But he can do his job well. This child also wants to be strong. He knows that a lot of good things have been used to treat him. He doesn't want to be a useless person all day, so he has been a child laborer in the general's mansion at a young age.

Huang Zhong would come back to see his eldest son and his other son and daughter under the guise of reporting military affairs every few days. The relationship between father and son is always deep. In the past, Huang Xu was dying, and Huang Zhong cried and wiped his tears, frowning. Now that he knows that he can live for more than ten years, he feels much worse...

After General Wang's order was issued, the general's mansion became busy.

Guo Jia passed on the order, and a clerk went to the Military Governor's Office to report it. The Military Governor's Office then made some arrangements and sent several messengers to pass on the message. This was a normal work process, and it also involved various personnel changes and a lot of work. The transfer of personnel needed to be noted in the military register, and the newly established Shenwu Guard needed to be filed, and so on.

This time, the troops under Huang Zhong were drawn up, so they naturally had to be replaced. This was something Wang Yan had prepared long ago. In the past, all the men over 20 years old in Youzhou had gone through a selection process, and they knew who was good and who was not. They were just added to the team, which was also considered as an expansion of the army.

At the beginning, the combat effectiveness of these new recruits was definitely insufficient, but Huang Zhong still had more than 3,000 veterans under his command. With the support of the veterans, it was impossible for them to be without combat effectiveness.

This time, Wang Yan's previous thoughts were fulfilled. Liaodong was overwhelmed and could not continue to recruit soldiers. After the spring plowing, the soldiers aged 32 and above in the current army retired and returned home, and the men in Youzhou were the ones who filled the vacancies.

In this way, the proportion of recruits in Liaodong was reduced little by little, and the number of soldiers in Youzhou and the grassland Xianbei people was increased. This would not only restore the vitality of Liaodong, but also use the army as a powerful melting pot to blend the differences between regions and races and accelerate the integration process.

The Xianbei people who had been in the army were definitely supporters of the general after they returned. With more such people and intermarriage, three generations would be enough.

As for the gap of the front-line rotation, even if Yuan Shao had eight guts, he would never dare to attack this side at this time. In fact, the border between the two sides is very peaceful, and the army is farming over there. It's just that Yuan Shao set up a corresponding checkpoint according to the checkpoints set here, and defended it with his face.

The people will never be let go. In fact, the people on Yuan Shao's side have moved more than ten miles south, just to prevent them from knowing the actual situation on Wang Yan's side. On weekdays, only caravans come and go, which is a treaty agreed upon before. Wang Yan relies on merchants to prosper trade, and Yuan Shao himself also relies on merchants to make money. Not to mention iron, salt is also a rare commodity. Now in the entire Han Dynasty, only Wang Yan's side produces fine salt.

On the other hand, caravans from other families also have to go north to trade. Liaodong has many good things, such as medicinal materials, furs, glass, fine salt, four treasures of the study, glass creations, etc. These are all hard currencies and the demand is quite large. In addition, there is the Wenchang Daily, which is an important cultural and ideological exchange. There are swords and swords every day. Since its inception, the war of words has never stopped. The cultural people of the Han Dynasty are waiting to see it.

Yuan Shao did not dare to offend the public and block these caravans. Besides, he also needed trade goods, so although the two sides were at loggerheads, it was still very stable overall.

Even after noticing the mobilization of troops here, Yuan Shao wrote a letter to ask about it. This was because he thought about it and didn't understand what Wang Yan was going to do, so he wrote a letter directly. Of course, the words were quite polite, as if Wang Yan's forwarding of the letter to Han Fu had never happened before. The main reason was that Yuan Shao was afraid now. They all knew that Wang Yan didn't fight them not because they couldn't beat them, but because they were temporarily short of food and fodder and couldn't support it. This gave them a chance to breathe. So now that they know about the mobilization of troops, of course they are nervous.

Yuan Shao asked sincerely, and Wang Yan answered sincerely, saying that he appointed the governor of Yanmen.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao understood, and he relaxed, but also nervous. It had nothing to do with Wang Yan. He was still preparing for the autumn harvest, and food was the most important thing.

In the final analysis, what limited him from conquering the world was not the shortage of civil officials and military generals, but food. Even if everyone had enough food, he could still lead his troops to fight around the world.

Just like Liaodong before, the people of Youzhou would never sell the rest of their harvest except for the one they handed in. They just relied on the little money from the previous public construction to buy basic living necessities, and they would never spend more. They were just as simple, just saving.

This was a manifestation of lack of security, fear of hunger and poverty. Not to mention this life, they had never felt such a life in the past four hundred years. The tax on farming was one tenth, and there were no other taxes, which was unthinkable.

Wang Yan understood very well. After all, there was a precedent in Liaodong. They should start to release a small amount of food next year, and the year after next, the grain stacks at home would start to be changed every year.

To be honest, the people under his rule still don't have enough food to eat, they can only be guaranteed not to be hungry. This is the treatment of the people in Liaodong. There are still supplementary foods there, oil and salt are not bad, and they can supplement some, but they still dare not eat and drink freely. They can collect food because they have gotten rid of hunger and are no longer the same as before. They also know how to exchange and balance some things according to their own situation.

In fact, in 1993, after the comprehensive abolition of food stamps, the people in this land were truly free from hunger, but not completely, because many places have been poor areas for hundreds of years, and the supply of materials is not balanced.

Of course, the escape after two thousand years is definitely different from the escape now. It is not hungry, but it is far from being full.

So if you want to raise troops on a large scale again, it will take at least three years.

When General Wang was busy with the autumn harvest statistics and the mobilization of troops, a soldier came to report one day. It is said that there are warriors who come to join the caravan.

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows: "May I ask his name?"

"His surname is Dian, given name is Wei, courtesy name is Shunyi, from Chenliu Jiwu. He was originally under Zhang Miao, and now he is joining the caravan."

Hearing this name, Wang Yan was somewhat surprised. At this time, Dian Wei should be a subordinate of Zhang Miao, and it was not time for him to join Cao Cao, but now he came to him, and he also had the courtesy name of "Shunyi".

"Bring him to see me." Wang Yan waved his hand and asked his men to report.

Now that the princes are rising up, there is unrest in all places, and no one has come to join for a long time. The main reason is that there are only a few scholars now, and those who are willing to come have almost all come, and those who don't want to come will not come again.

After a while, the sergeant led Dian Wei inside. As soon as he came in, Dian Wei knelt down on one knee and said, "Chen Liu Dian Wei, pay homage to the general."

All I saw was that he had a leopard head with ringed eyes and a full beard. He was nearly two meters tall, with big shoulders, a round waist, and a bulging belly. He had the figure of a serious military commander, and he could definitely beat someone.

Dian Wei's fighting ability is quite sufficient. He fought with Xu Chu back and forth, and Xu Chu fought against various famous generals, which proved Dian Wei's fighting ability. There is also a theory spread two thousand years later that one Lu, two Zhao, three Dian, Wei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei. Although this statement is not accurate, Dian Wei is definitely not bad.

Dian Wei died unjustly, and Lao Cao raped his aunt Zhang Xiu. Dian Wei was Lao Cao's personal guard and gatekeeper. Zhang Xiu couldn't hold back and wanted to kill Lao Cao. Dian Wei fought hard to kill the enemy and saved Lao Cao's life, but he himself died and became the backdrop for Lao Cao's fame that has been passed down for thousands of years.

"No need to be polite, sit down and talk." Wang Yan waved his hand, motioning Dian Wei to sit on the chair opposite him, and asked with a smile, "Looking at your size, I know that you have courage and strength, and you are a fierce general. Since you are Zhang Miao With this kind of courage under my command, it will certainly not be difficult for him to stand out, and he will treat you kindly. How can you abandon him and join me instead?"

Dian Wei cupped his hands and said, "To be honest, general, I went to attack Dong. He recruited Zhang Miao to join the army. I also wanted to kill Dong's thieves. However, he was only a small soldier in the army. After several battles, he was promoted to a hundred generals, but he could not do anything important. Not to mention the Dong thief, he was not in the formation at the time of Hulao Pass, but was defending elsewhere. Later, on the way back to the army, the army discussed the reason for the withdrawal, and it was known that it was because the general went south to Youzhou.

After returning home, he sent us home. The general said that Zhang Miao was treating me kindly, but I only met Zhang Miao once during the march. How can I treat him so favorably? After hanging out in the countryside for a few days, they heard that the general killed Gongsun Zan, but Yuan Shao and Han Fu did not raise any troops. At that time, someone knew that the great Han Dynasty would perish.

Hearing that the general treated his soldiers and civilians favorably and was determined to ensure that all the people in the world were well fed, he even sent his fleet to sea to seek grain from heaven. A certain person was born in a poor and miserable family. If he had not been born with great strength, it would be difficult for him to have such a body. He had already died young, so why did Dian Wei come to be today? Looking at the princes all over the world, a general has the common people at heart, and a certain person thinks that the general will conquer the world. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a wise minister chooses his master to serve. Although a certain person is not talented and cannot be considered a good bird or a wise minister, he has some courage and is willing to help the general achieve great things. "

Wang Yan smiled and nodded. Dian Wei made it clear that he had been treated unfairly. After all, someone as strong as him could be dismissed and returned home, and he was dissatisfied when he thought about it. Coupled with the news I heard from various channels, the princes were fighting on their own and felt that they had no future. I felt that he could do it, so I came here.

"Do you know my rules?"

"You must not bully the people, abuse the people, and dominate the people."

"This is my foundation, but it is not the rule I ask you." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, and said, "What I call the rule is that no matter who he is, no matter how talented he is, he must start from the rank of the commander of the pavilion, and he must start from the rank of soldier in the army. First, would you like to join the army as a soldier?"

"But it's up to the general to make the decision. The general has clear rewards and punishments. Someone will come forward in the future." Dian Wei cupped his hands, his big round face full of seriousness.

"The manpower is sometimes poor. When you join the army, you must not hold on to your own strength and march wildly in the army, humiliating the soldiers. At that time, military law will judge the crime, and it will be too late to regret."

Dian Weiying claimed that it was so and repeatedly promised...

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