Chapter 97 Guo Sheng's Mind [Chapter Three]
Listening to Guo Sheng's words, it was like listening to a book of heaven. The little princess flashed her big eyes. She had never heard of such a story. Without waiting for others to speak, she ran to Guo Sheng and pulled his arm to ask urgently.
"Eunuch Guo, Yan'er has heard of 1,000 or more thieves. Our champion Hou is even better than the tiger baby, but you said that the tiger baby will win, how is this possible? How can he make 1,000 or more 1,000?"
Guo Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "Dong Hu sneaked into Yan Xing's baggage camp behind him and captured Yan Xing's biological father Yan Zhong. He knew that Yan Xing must be anxious to chase him."
The little princess Liu Yan thought for a while and nodded, "Ruo Yan'er is that Yan Xing. If Daddy is caught, she will definitely chase the tiger baby!"
Liu Hong breathed a heavy breath and hummed, "It's better if you don't chase him. That tiger baby knew that the thief was chasing him, so he would definitely have a plan!"
Guo Sheng nodded and said, "As Your Majesty said, Dong Hu deliberately calculated the time. If Yan Xing came to his sight during the marching time, his horsepower would be consumed. When the man was tired and the horse was trapped, he would definitely defeat the thief with one blow."
"Not only that, Dong Hu also calculated the number of enemies who were chasing him behind him to judge whether Yan Xing was deliberately setting up a trap. If the number of bandit troops identified by Dong Hu was not reached, even if he defeated the bandit troops who were chasing him, he would give up the final pursuit of victory."
"For him, as long as he robbed the cattle and sheep and supplies of the thief army, and lost the cattle and sheep food, the thief army could only withdraw its troops and retreat to Jincheng Pass, and the trapped city of Dido was able to safely rescue the siege."
"So, as long as Dong Hu seized the baggage of the bandit army, the winner will be decided. If the bandits don't chase after him, they can still save the soldiers. If they pursue him, there is only the difference between a big victory and a small victory. Yan Xing was obviously not cautious enough, and the entire army would be able to kill the tiger baby, which would lead to a big defeat."
Guo Sheng said again: "When Dong Hu led 15 soldiers to Yuzhong City, if the bandit army fought with him, he would retreat and escape..."
"Escape?" Liu Yan was stunned.
Guo Sheng nodded and said, "It was just because he retreated and fled. The 100,000 rebels were not all elite soldiers. The Qiang people were different from our Han people. They had little food and more cattle and sheep. The 100,000 people had as many cattle and sheep as many as two million."
When Liu Yan opened her mouth when she heard so many cattle and sheep, she was obviously shocked.
"Two million cattle and sheep need to occupy a large area. Not only do they need to occupy a large area, but they also need to drive away grazing. It is much more difficult to guard the food, and cattle and sheep are easily frightened."
"If 100,000 thieves chased Dong Hu, they would be disconnected from Yan Xing's infantry and cavalry. The more they chased, the more serious the disconnected, the easier it would be to be seized by Dong Hu, who is good at rushing, to attack two million cattle and sheep."
"But if you don't follow up and chase with two million cattle and sheep, once you are attacked by Dong Hu at night, and if two million cattle and sheep are frightened and run away, you can disperse the thief camp, which is a great defeat."
Liu Yan is not old. After listening to these words, it took a long time...
"That tiger baby is too cunning!"
Everyone was speechless. Liu Hong knew about these things a few months ago, but this was a secret. After Dong Hu won the victory at Didao City that day, he only wrote a detailed report on the battlefield with Dong Zhuo. Not to mention others, even Huangfu Song didn't know the details. But who is Guo Sheng? The emperor represented by the General Attorney Guo Sheng. If others don't tell me, Dong Zhuo dared not to explain honestly to Guo Sheng?
In the Han Dynasty system, Dong Zhuo was only a middle-level general at this time, and was far from reaching the later power of the government. What's more, Dong Zhuo was unlucky because of Duan Bing and Zhang Huan. He had just become a general, so he was not qualified to offend the eunuch to death.
The little princess didn't know where the anger came from, but she was so angry that she was dissatisfied with Dong Hu's plan. Guo Sheng glanced at Empress He and knew that Dong Zhuo was her person, and that Dong Hu was Dong Zhuo's nephew. After all, she was also Queen He's disciple. She was not willing to offend someone to death, and even wanted to make friends with her.
Guo Sheng sighed: "The east and west Qiang rebelled repeatedly. The old slave was willing to kill and injure the Qiang people in large quantities. The more casualties and injuries the east and west Qiang people were, the more stable the northwest."
"But therefore, it becomes a problem when choosing a general to guard the garrison. It is unstable to be too kind or too strict. On the contrary, Dong Hu is more suitable, impartial, treats rebels without any mercy, and treats good people very kindly, but... the general under his name does not trust the court."
Guo Sheng said this, not only Emperor Liu Hong, but Empress He frowned, but Zhang Rang and the eunuchs frowned and were all unhappy.
Looking at the expressions of the people, Guo Sheng knew why, and said helplessly: "Dong Hu had never asked the court for a penny of silver when he was recruiting mercenaries. When the thieves seized the Jincheng Pass, Didao was uneasy. The prefect Li Kuan recruited soldiers from Lintao. When Lang Meng led two thousand troops to invade, Dong Hu could not draw soldiers, but after annihilated the incoming thieves, he then transferred two brigades of 1,000 soldiers."
"After a thousand mercenaries entered Didao, they promised to give food to them, but because the thief Yan Xing besieged the city, they did not give enough food to a thousand mercenaries, so that half of the soldiers were lost."
Guo Sheng said: "After that, Dong Hu led 15 soldiers to Yuzhong, and the warriors wanted to regain the two cities, blocked the thieves west of Jincheng Pass to avoid panic among the bandits, Longxi, Anding, Hanyang, and the four counties in the north, avoiding the thieves from being in danger of the three auxiliary cities, and preventing the Qiang people from continuing to join the rebels in Longxi and other counties."
"The old slave was present that day. Dong Hu did not ask the court to give silver or food, but only asked for arrows from 5,000 soldiers, but this matter has not been given yet."
"Because he did not have food, he was hungry and dispersed five hundred soldiers. Because he did not have the arrows used, when the court wanted to exchange one stone of grain for the cattle and sheep eaten by the mercenaries, the mercenaries were unwilling to do so. Huangfu Song used the three auxiliary two thousand hectares of land as mortgage, and the mercenaries gave more than 100,000 cattle and sheep to the court."
"But afterwards, Huangfu Song did not return 130,000 stones of grain or 2,000 hectares of land. After the thieves surrendered in Jincheng, Huangfu Song gave cattle and sheep to the surrendered Qiang people. Not only did Didaocheng detain mercenaries again, but he also robbed the food they planted before, which angered 30,000 mercenaries and detained Right Sima Zhoushen and thousands of imperial soldiers."
Guo Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "Three months ago, Huangfu Song promised to give grain or deliver land deeds within three months. The 30,000 mercenaries were released and then went to the Hehuang Valley alone. But three months later, the mercenaries had no grain of food. When Sun Niu, the deputy general of Yunwu City, went to Jincheng Pass, he learned that the Huangfu family wanted to take the mountain wasteland that could not be cultivated with them. Wouldn't it completely anger them? Then they crossed the border and robbed the imperial court's food."
Guo Sheng was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Rang. In his opinion, Dong Hu's men were too useful and he didn't have to spend money and food by himself. As long as he agreed to the victory, they would work hard. If they wanted their victory, as long as the court gave them money and food, they could still be driven, but you didn't even give them nothing and wanted them to work hard. No one would have to do it if they were replaced.
Guo Sheng has experienced it personally. Even when Dong Mao mobilized mercenaries that day, Sanya once took one in his hands. He knew how useful those mercenaries were. He would do whatever you say, and he would do whatever he wanted, but only one, you can't starve them.
But is this a condition? You can't be hungry in any army!
But the internal and external courts have taken a fancy to Dong Hu's massive gains. You have to rebel from the hungry ones. It would be strange if Dong Hu can give countless cattle and sheep!
Guo Sheng personally took charge of Dong Buyicong for a while and knew how useful the "Personal Army" were. He felt a little dissatisfied with the internal and external courts, but he could not intervene too much when he was in Jincheng Pass.
When Guo Sheng said this, even Liu Yan did not dare to say anything. He repeatedly violated Confidence and even made people hungry to fight. Can that make people believe it?
"The mercenary or Dong Buyi never believed in the court, and was worried that the court would let them go hungry again. But if Dong Hu would rebel, the old slave would not believe it. This time, he reported to Your Majesty that he wanted to get a title of "strong woman" for Dong. Not only did all the soldiers wear mourning for him for three days, but he also went to guard him for forty-nine days. Although he was taking two thousand soldiers, he was only two thousand children."
"Dong Hu's biological father Dong Da was a dowry of Dong. Dong Hu went to worship the spirits, which was loyalty and filial piety. He asked the entire army to wear mourning clothes. As the old slave thought, Dong Hu wanted to use his own actions to promote the righteousness of loyalty and filial piety in the army. Such a person should not be a rebel."
There was a silence in the room...
"well……"
Liu Hong sighed.
"Zhang Rang, please ask someone to write an imperial edict, and Dong's loyalty to the country, can be a savage girl in our dynasty."
Zhang Rang was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done!"
Zhao Zhong also followed and persuaded, "Although Dong is good, once he writes imperial edicts, he will be angry and opposed by the scholars of the world. Moreover... and Dong Hu is hard to distinguish between loyalty and treason. It is not hindered to not rebel at this time. But if he really rebels in the future, how should the scholars of the world view Your Majesty? How should historical books record today's events?"
As soon as Zhao Zhong's words fell, the eunuchs all stepped forward, and they all complained about Guo Sheng's troubles.
Liu Hong opened his mouth and finally waved his hand helplessly.
"This matter...this matter is to be stopped..."
Liu Hong had never thought of giving Dong a title of "strong woman". He just wanted to ask Guo Sheng to find a way to create this memorial, or ask Dong Hu to offer something to offer. But after Guo Sheng's words, his attention was more focused on Dong Hu, so he didn't think of any small matters.
The emperor was unwilling to give Dong's title to be a harsh woman. Guo Sheng sighed in his heart. He was willing to use such a name that was not expensive to win over a powerful general like Dong Hu. But if he didn't give a title, it would make tens of thousands of Dong Buyi feel that the court was harsh and he was even more unwilling to believe the court.
As soon as Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng and others walked outside, Zhang Rang spoke a little dissatisfied.
"Eunuch Guo, have you agreed on this matter? It would be fine if that boy bowed his head. If he didn't bow his head, he would just stay there and get moldy. Why did you mention that boy before His Majesty again?"
Guo Sheng said unhappily: "Look down? Eunuch Zhang, even if Dong Hu bows his head, what can you and I give him?"
"Young man is a marquis?"
"Ten thousand households in fief?"
Guo Sheng said coldly: "Han Sui led nearly 100,000 Qiang people to surrender, but whether you, Eunuch Zhang, believe it or not, if Dong Hu is willing to rebel, the surrendered Qiang people can kill Han Sui immediately!"
Chapter completed!