The turmoil in Luoyang was so chaotic that it was overwhelming.

Just saying that in just one year, the country's reign names were changed from Zhongping to Guangxi, Zhaoning, and Yonghan, we can know what kind of chaos the country was in.

Within one year, a unified dynasty changed its titles four times, which was unprecedented and unprecedented.

Cao Ang was in Langya Kingdom and had been paying close attention to the situation in Luoyang.

Until Yuan Shao fled and Dong Zhuo deposed, the stone that had been hanging in Cao Ang's heart suddenly fell to the ground. This feeling was not happiness or excitement, but a sense of relief that history would develop according to its original path.

Perhaps only in this way can Cao Ang feel a sense of security.

Basically, the situation in Luoyang will not change significantly. The Yuan family has been completely defeated and there is no possibility of turning around. For Cao Ang, this situation is what he wants to see.

Next, the princes will challenge Dong, and the heroes will compete.

On this road to hegemony, Cao Ang has made as many preparations as possible and can face possible results calmly, even if it is failure.

After receiving the news of Liu Xie's ascension to the throne, Cao Ang sent Zhang Hong to Luoyang to pay homage to the emperor on his behalf.

As far as Cao Ang was concerned, it didn't make much difference whether Liu Bian or Liu Xie was the emperor. Since history destined Liu Bian to have no chance of making a comeback, it would be better to go with the current situation and still get a favor from Liu Xie.

In the future, no matter how difficult Liu Xie is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others, he will miss Cao Ang more.

Of course, Cao Ang also had another main purpose in sending Zhang Hong to Xuzhou, which was to obtain the position of Xuzhou Mu, otherwise Cao Ang would not be able to legitimately manage Xuzhou.

As for whether Dong Zhuo would give it, Cao Ang never worried.

Cao Ang believed that Dong Zhuo was a smart man, and it would be much better for Cao Ang to stay in Xuzhou than to return to the court to fight for power with him. Moreover, with the precedent of Liu Yu, Cao Ang would not attract criticism as he served as the governor of the state as prime minister.

Cao Ang is still quite afraid of Dong Zhuo. Since Dong Zhuo has only a few years of good life, there is no need to confront Dong Zhuo head-on. Therefore, Cao Ang hopes that Zhang Hong's trip to Luoyang can create a fragile balance between himself and Dong Zhuo, waiting for him

Once you completely control Xuzhou, you will be able to advance and retreat freely.

After sending Zhang Hong away, Cao Ang decided to go north.

With the arrival of winter, the green and yellow scarves are already heading south, and the battle is already here.

Millions of refugees have always been in Cao Ang's heart.

Cao Ang went north in person, leaving Guo Jia, Le Jin, and Du Ji to guard Langya Kingdom.

Guo Jia hoped to follow Cao Ang. After all, being a staff advisor was much less troublesome than being a prime minister. Unfortunately, as soon as Guo Jia opened his mouth, Cao Ang blocked him.

Don’t even think about it!

In fact, it was enough to have Yue Jin in Langya's Chinese language and Du Ji in martial arts. Guo Jia was left mainly to control the situation.

The identity of Cao Ang's number one counselor alone can intimidate a large number of people.

When Cao Ang went north, he was afraid that the powerful clans of Langya would cause trouble and cause chaos in the rear.

Especially the farming affairs.

Moreover, Guo Jia also has a very important task, which is to replace local officials and middle-level officials, replacing them with his own people as much as possible.

This matter is difficult to do in Cao Ang's capacity. Overstepping management is always easy to attract criticism.

Moreover, once the position is changed, some people will definitely be offended, and it may even cause some troubles. With Guo Jia at the front, if something big happens, Cao Ang can also intervene to save the situation.

Cao Ang knew very well that his subordinates could quarrel with local clans, but Cao Ang himself could not.

In order to ensure the stability of the Langya Kingdom, Cao Ang left nearly 10,000 troops in the Langya Kingdom. In addition to the two thousand county soldiers in Le Jin's hands, Cao Ang also handed over the three thousand Langya Jun soldiers from the five counties of Xuzhou to Du Ji to supervise the farming ministries.

The troops stationed in Langya were all adapted from former bandits, and their moral standards were pitifully low. Cao Ang would not be worried if there was no army to suppress them.

Cao Ang had six troops. Cao Ang left the central part of Xincuo to guard Jiqiu and monitor Tao Qian in the south. He also ordered Chen Tiao to lead the rear part and sit in Ju County to protect the army's food routes.

With tens of thousands of troops, no matter who comes, Guo Jia can stabilize the situation until Cao Ang returns.

After arranging everything in Langya Kingdom, Cao Ang led the rest of the troops to go north.

At this time, in addition to the four pro-army troops, Cao Ang also had four troops in the formation, accumulating crossbows, and fierce attacks, and the number of troops was close to 20,000.

As Cao Ang's stalls grew larger and larger, the troops at his hands became stretched. In order to supplement his troops, Cao Ang had to recruit troops on the spot.

Taishan County is an important source of troops in the north, and Taishan crossbowmen are the most powerful for a while.

If possible, Cao Ang is absolutely willing to recruit tens of thousands of troops, all equipped with powerful crossbows, so that they can become a cavalry nemesis like the Qin army. However, Cao Ang is not like Yuan Shao, who has people providing food everywhere, so Cao Ang has no ability to fight against the troops. In the short term

We can only control the strength with elite soldiers.

Cao Ang recruited a total of 3,000 Taishan soldiers, divided into six songs, five of which were composed of Jinu tribe, with Cao Ang's confidant Cao Qing as the army commander.

The remaining song was compiled into the pro-military camp.

In addition, Cao Ang reintegrated the troops from the five counties of Xuzhou.

Although the combat strength of these county soldiers is average, they have been somewhat tempered after fighting in the Langya battle. They are all used as auxiliary soldiers, but it is really a waste.

The 9,000 county soldiers were divided among Du Ji's 3,000 soldiers. After deducting losses and the elites selected into the personal barracks, the remaining 5,000 soldiers were reorganized by Cao Ang and divided into two divisions: Li Feng and Zhe Chong.

Among them, the Li Feng tribe is mainly composed of soldiers from Pengcheng County, while the Zhechong tribe is mainly composed of soldiers from Guangling County.

Each of the two parts has five songs, which is the standard arrangement of the Han Dynasty.

The military system of the Han Dynasty, taking the border army as an example, each troop has 500 people, which is equivalent to a battalion in later generations, and each troop has 2,500 people, which is equivalent to a regiment in later generations. This is the core organization of an army. Cao Ang did not

We are not prepared to go to war, nor are we prepared to use the three-three system of later generations.

There are certain reasons why this era is accustomed to the two-to-five system. Blindly imitating later generations would go too far.

Qingfeng, the son of Kuji, and Cao Ang's personal guard general Cao Yan served as army commanders.

However, the two combat forces are not trustworthy for the time being. They are basically responsible for appeasement of local areas and need long-term training.

On September 8, the main force of Cao Ang's troops set off from Kaiyang and headed north, quickly arriving at Gumu County (which governs today's Shibuzi Village, Shinanbuzi Town, Anqiu City, Shandong Province).

This is already the northernmost part of the Langya Kingdom, and the seat of the Langya Commandery in the Western Han Dynasty was here.

If the Qingzhou Yellow Turban goes south, the first stop is Gumu.

The county magistrate of Gumu is Li Yan, who was arranged here by Cao Ang in advance to run the place.

At this time, Gumu was sparsely populated and people's livelihood was in decline. Even though Li Yan had been here for three months, he could only maintain the road surface.

After Cao Ang entered the city, he met with Li Yan immediately. According to Li Yan's report, at this time, six or seven groups of yellow turban bandits had gathered in Gaomi County in the south of Beihai County (which governs today's Southwest Qiantian Village of Gaomi City, Shandong Province) and other places.
Chapter completed!