Lord Yuan

Chapter 222 Yuan Shao’s team confronts Yang Xude head-on

After conducting a preliminary investigation of the entire Liaodong, Yang Xu could not help but feel frightened.

As ordinary people walking in the fields and in the streets and streets, those who can be remembered unforgettably, except for the former general Yuan Shao who conquered the Liao Dynasty, are those on the front line who charged forward and made the foreigners talk about it. Soldiers.

Needless to say about Yuan Shao, when Yang Xu met Yuan Shao for the first time, he was extremely shocked by him. Many of his deeds have always been talked about by people, and Yang Xu was no exception.

For this reason, Yang Xu also deliberately chose to learn the tactics here.

In addition to Yuan Shao, a series of generals such as Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Huang Zhong, and Xu Rong frightened even him, the general who conquered the Liao Dynasty.

When he summoned these generals to participate in the meeting in the name of General Du Liao, he originally thought that they were all rebellious. After all, these frontier soldiers had been staying outside the border for many years, and they had already developed a hot-blooded temperament. Tribal warfare cannot be tolerated like this.

Unexpectedly, Yan Liang and others greeted him with joy, and even Xun You, who was always taciturn, quickly stepped forward to welcome him to the main tent of the military camp.

It can be said that at this moment, the superior attitude in Yangxu's heart suddenly occupied the peak of reason again.

Looking at the almost groveling appearance of these people in front of him, Yang Xu was very happy.

In fact, when Yang Ci suggested to His Majesty that he go to Liaodong to serve as the general of Liao Dynasty, he was actually a little timid.

After all, put aside the unfamiliarity of the place.

Yuan Shao has been in office for more than ten years and has already established absolute prestige here. What's more, he has made many achievements. Even the officials in the court far away in the capital know a lot about it, not to mention the officials in Liaodong and other places. Li Shu.

He quietly took his place, which would inevitably make the officials and generals who originally served under Yuan Shao dissatisfied.

In addition, Liaodong is far away from Luoyang. It can be said that the mountains are really high and the emperor is far away. Yang Xu can see this very clearly. He can also roughly deduce some of the medicines sold in Yuan Shao's gourd.

Although he was suddenly recalled to Luoyang and even promoted to Jiuqing, there was still some gap compared with Liaodong, who could almost be called the emperor of the earth.

The Taiwei must also know this. If time passes and the Yellow Turban Rebellion becomes more and more powerful, it is not certain whether the Liaodong's surname is Liu or Yuan.

With Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, Yang Xu accepted the warm farewells of many soldiers without changing his expression, and even immediately took out a lot of fine wine from his private collection, as if he would not return until he was drunk.

Yan Liang showed a hint of surprise at this and whispered: "General, don't you know that drinking is not allowed in the Liaodong camp today?"

As if in response to what Yan Liang said, many soldiers in the tent immediately put down their wine bowls and all looked at Yang Xu in the high position.

Yangxu was startled, and then immediately said that this was a good move and that drinking would cause trouble.

Yang Xu expressed his gratitude to Yan Liang for his generous action, which virtually exempted him from some additional expenses.

In response to this, Yan Liang's status in Yang Xu's heart began to rise sharply. In addition, Yan Liang was already brave and good at fighting, and he was the first to seize others. Yang Xu liked him even more.

If he could bring him under his command, wouldn't all the military merits he gained then belong to him?

However, Yan Liang's sudden reminder also made him feel a little confused.

There was no drinking in the camp. Could it be that those soldiers just relied on daily drills to survive?
Yan Liang recalled it for a long time, hesitated again and again, and then whispered: "This move was initiated by General Du Liao in the past, and was the first person to execute it. For this reason, many soldiers in the camp were angry about it, but General Du Liao It is true as he said, I have never drank in front of any soldiers in more than ten years."

Yang Xu retorted: "Does it mean that he is hiding and drinking, and you still dare to expose him?"

It was obvious that Yang Xu didn't believe Yan Liang's words. How could a soldier stay away from a drop of alcohol for decades? What's more, these border fortresses were already prone to frequent wars. It was even more impossible for Yuan Shao, the general of Du Liao, to Spared.

Yan Liang was about to speak out, but Xun Chen, the captain of Liaodong, stood up immediately.

Yang Xu knew that Xun Chen was the captain of the Liaodong vassal state. He could be said to be the youngest captain besides Yuan Shao.

"The general has misunderstood. This happened when Yuan Jun was appointed as the general of Liao Dynasty in the past. However, because he was not good at drinking and repeatedly emphasized that drinking would cause problems, all the officers and men in the camp stopped drinking."

Yang Xu said it was difficult to accept.

Just because of you, many soldiers have lost a lot of fun in life. As a result, mutiny in the army can only happen overnight.

"From now on, all officers and men in the camp, regardless of war, can come to the General's Mansion to receive daily food and drinks."

In order to emphasize, Yang Xu even prolonged his voice: "This is the first priority for me as General Du Liao. How can soldiers go into battle to kill the enemy without drinking alcohol? Do they rely on pure discipline?"

In response, Yan Liang and others quickly waved their hands and postponed: "I beg your pardon for not complying!"

"what for?"

"I really saw that the general came all the way and spent a lot of money. I'm afraid that the general's military order has been issued but he can't complete it. The soldiers in the camp will inevitably feel resentful. Anyway, it has been banned for more than ten years, so I don't care about the past few years. .”

"What are you talking about? Is it possible that this general can't afford to provide for frontier soldiers like you? There are only a few thousand people. Not to mention that even during my term of office, even for ten or twenty years, I have no pressure. .”

Yan Liang Wen Chou's eyes gleamed as if he had seen the rich man.

As the absolute direct descendants of Yuan Shao, and as the rank of lieutenant general in the camp, they naturally need to set an example. Even a big shot like Yuan Shao has chosen to ban alcohol, so how can they get around it.

Therefore, although Yang Xu's move is somewhat suspected of winning people's hearts, it has to be said that it is indeed quite effective for the military camp that has banned alcohol for more than ten years.

As for Yan Liang Wen Chou's reminder, Yang Xu ignored it completely.

After all, he came with countless money. Even the Taiwei himself, in order to show his support for his work, actually took out [-]% of the money directly from the Hongnong Yang family's treasury.

The Yang family of Hongnong, who had accumulated savings for countless years, could be said to have a strong family. Although it was not as rich as the country, Yang Ci actually did not take it seriously in the small Liaodong.

The total population is only 30 million households, and there are not even [-] households in the imperial town of Nanyang, so why should he panic.

In other words, Yang Xu's first step to bribe these frontier soldiers was to break the unreasonable regulations established by Yuan Shao.

There are only less than [-] frontier soldiers, but they can still support themselves.

result.

In order to show the military order of General Du Liao, Yan Liang immediately ran out of the tent and began to contact the Sima, Qu Jun and other middle and senior officers under his command.

For no other reason than if, later on, General Du Liao saw too many people and was unwilling to fulfill his promise, then the subsequent soldiers would not be able to experience such benefits.

For this reason, Wen Chou and others who realized it later also immediately came to their senses. Without even saying hello to Yang Xu, in a blink of an eye, only Yang Xu, Xun Chen, Xun You, Xu You and others were left in the tent. Plus some civil servants, such as Chang Shi Cheng and others.

Xun Chen and the others were naturally well aware of Yan Liang and others' concerns, but in order to unite them in this scene, Xun Chen could only pretend to know nothing about Yang Xu's questions.

"The general is joking. Lieutenant Yan can't bear the general spending some money to comfort the army. Anyway, the rewards these soldiers can get for their meritorious service are already rich enough."

Xun Chen's idea is very simple. Although frequent wars mean that the distance to death is closer, at the same time, there are more opportunities to live and make contributions.As long as they can survive under Yuan Shao's command and have gained a lot of victories, all of them have reached the level of military commanders, starting with the commander of the army.

Strictly speaking, Yuan Shao's treatment of these soldiers can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented.

In fact, many of the ordinary soldiers were called to participate in the annual voluntary labor and guard the border. Among them, there were also many people who were unwilling to guard the border and spent some money to be exempted from labor. These rich locals were stupid and had too much money. , Yuan Shao would never refuse this approach.

On the contrary, they gained additional income comparable to the tax rate of [-]%, which was then fed back to every soldier guarding the border. The low-level soldiers participating in labor were paid zero salary every day. In the past, even the soldiers at the frontier were paid no salary. In the era when food and salary were often in arrears, no one would take care of these low-level soldiers who were considered a burden.

All in all, after Yuan Shao's arrival and the implementation of a series of policies, the phenomenon of huge differences in profits and losses was completely reversed.

In the eyes of outsiders, Yuan Shao was simply stupid and had too much money. Instead of having fun with all the money he got, he lived and ate with the soldiers who were sunburnt all day long, and even spent most of his money on it. Part of the money is used as food and salary.

But what those outsiders don't know is that the diet of these frontier fortress soldiers may actually be much worse than that of the high-ranking officials in Luoyang, but compared with others, after Yuan Shao's vigorous promotion and various improvements, , what these soldiers look forward to most every day is the opening of meals in the camp canteen.

Every time at this time, the soldiers in the camp who had been working all day, cultivating good land and guarding the border fortresses seemed to be different people, rushing towards the canteen in a swarm.

Under these subtle influences, these frontier soldiers had long since treated Yuan Shao as an emperor.

No, even worse.

After all, apart from standing on a high podium and delivering a few superficial remarks, the emperor had no real rewards.

Yuan Jun is different, he is really there when something happens.

The issue of military merit has always been criticized.

Whenever military merit is achieved and a large reward should be given, the officials above will always use various methods and means to stop it. Even the emperor himself has issued an edict to award the reward, but these officials still have their own ways.

As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. They will not send all the fat they get to the border fortress.

After Yuan Shao found out, he immediately began to write letters non-stop, explaining the reasons to His Majesty.

Then he invited his father, uncle, Cao Cao and others to write to Liu Hong in various tones to make him understand the importance of this matter.

It has always been said that the Ming army was not satisfied with its pay and was invincible if it was fully paid.

Even if it is placed on the Han army, this sentence is still reasonable.

In an era when the Han army was equipped with all the elite equipment, there was a saying that one Han enemy was the enemy of five barbarians.

At that time, no one of the Han army had the Hu people and the Huns riding on their heads.

Yangxu was a little unhappy.

He was about to have a seizure when suddenly, the movement outside the tent attracted his attention.

Before he could react, Yan Liangwen Chou, who looked happy, immediately rushed to the account.

"General, except for some brothers who have not returned from their missions, the rest are all waiting outside the tent for the general's reward."

Yan Liang's words instantly dissipated Yang Xu's dissatisfaction just now.

Look, when I first became General Du Liao, I was able to have such a remarkable appeal. I am afraid that even Yuan Shao is far behind me.

It was just a matter of luck that he got the right time and place, won some battles, and gained some fame.

Before he formally came out to meet these battle-hardened soldiers, he deliberately tidied up his appearance.

He didn't want to fall into the inferior category in the first impression of these soldiers.

Xu You reminded you at an inappropriate time: "General, we are here for the first time and it is so grand. I am afraid that if someone is aware of the big trees and the wind, I will report to Your Majesty again."

Xu You didn't finish his words, but there was something strange in his words.

Yang Xu was a little surprised and immediately turned his attention to Xu You.

"you are?"

"I am Xu You of Nanyang. In order to seek fame and fortune, I came to this frontier fortress."

"People from Nanyang, it is not easy to endure such bitter cold. As for your suggestion just now, I am very pleased. I have nothing to worry about with you by my side. However, the morale of the soldiers is high at the moment. As General Du Liao, I should fulfill my promise. Let’s put this matter aside for the time being. I’m a newbie here, so I think no one will be biased against me. It’s okay.”

Xu You's words really alerted him. As a disciple of the Yang family of Hongnong, this relationship was well known to everyone in the government and the public. He also seized this opportunity and rose to the top.

The Hongnong Yang family is deeply rooted, so naturally there will be many opponents. Although these people will not openly target the Taiwei and other Yang family members, they do not have such a good temper towards a popular man like him.

Therefore, Yangxu must maintain absolute concentration and cannot be complacent and proud just because of his achievements at this time.

Not to mention, the former General Du Liao, although he was already successful and famous, was not accidentally sent to the Taiwei with a piece of memorial. From this, he launched a series of crusade. Yuan Shao's incident.

Among them, Yang naturally took the lead.

Yangxu got ready and walked out of the camp, facing the thousands of imaginary soldiers.

As a result, when I saw the spectacular sight of a sea of ​​people in front of me.

Yang Xu was shocked.

The military camp, which can accommodate almost 5 people, is already overcrowded at this moment.

Even the place where he stayed was occupied by a lot of equipment.

Yangxu stared at the scene in front of him in stunned silence, with 1 question marks running through his heart.

Is this still the imagined Liaodong?

This is exactly like a Han army review ceremony.

Yang Xu had never seen so many soldiers gathered together. His previous highest official position was just the governor of Lujiang. He had never experienced such a scene.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

At the same time, I began to sympathize with Yan Liang's previous worries.

(End of this chapter)