Although the Yellow Turbans now occupy most of the six states in Kanto, their overall strength is unprecedentedly weak, with less than 200,000 soldiers to fight, and these are all left over from Zhang Jiao's previous picks.
Therefore, if Liu Hong is determined to send troops, weakening the princes is the second most important thing, and recovering the land is the most important thing.
After all, if the Yellow Turbans really recover, it won’t be that easy to recover.
"Is it true that there is no food and grass to support the army for a month?" Liu Hong asked unwillingly.
Liu Hong is really unwilling to give up such a good opportunity.
In his opinion, the Yellow Turbans' millions of troops have been defeated, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled will definitely be disillusioned when they see the Han army's conquest, so one month is enough to sweep across Kanto.
Facts have proved that Liu Hong took it too much for granted. What can he do in a month?
If we march all the way from Luoyang and do nothing, we can only go as far as Chenliu.
In addition, even if the Yellow Turbans lack combat power, they are still on the defensive side.
How many cities could the Han army capture in a month if they could not defend themselves?
Qin Hao lowered his head and curled his lips in disdain, and was speechless in his heart. Liu Honglian didn't understand this bit of military knowledge, and still wanted to be the savior of the Han Dynasty. It was just a dream.
Regarding Liu Hong's question, Wang Yun and others could only answer truthfully. After all, it was impossible for them to produce food.
Liu Hong's face became even more embarrassed. He had been fighting for power with the aristocratic family in the past, and now he finally took power, but he found that steering a country was much more difficult than he thought.
Maybe the people were right, maybe I am really a fool, right? Liu Hong laughed at himself.
At this moment, Yuan Feng stood up and said loudly: "Who said there is no food? Nanyang has it ready-made."
Liu Hong's eyes suddenly lit up. Xiang Yu of the Han Dynasty slaughtered Nanyang and robbed a large amount of money and food. After Qin Hao defeated Xiang Yu, this part of the money and food fell into the hands of the Han army, so naturally it could be used as military food.
Qin Hao knew that he could no longer remain silent, so he stood up and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, all the food in Nanyang has been used for disaster relief."
During the Battle of the Han River, 400,000 Yellow Turbans were killed in the flood, and more than two million Jingyu people were affected.
As the profiteer, the big man will definitely attract most of the scolding, but as the schemer, Qin Hao will be drowned in saliva even if he attracts less firepower.
That's why Qin Hao consumes a lot of food and grass to provide disaster relief, because if he doesn't carry out remedial measures, he will not have a good reputation in the future, and he may not be able to get rid of the reputation of a butcher even if he wants to.
From his own point of view, it is understandable that Qin Hao would use his captured goods to help the victims, but this is not a good thing for the big man. After all, the big man no longer has any reputation.
After Liu Hong heard this, he was immediately stunned. He felt disappointed and helpless at the same time. He didn't know what to say for a while.
A sneer flashed across Yuan Feng's lips, he pointed at Qin Hao and shouted: "Bold Qin Hao, who gave you the courage to go beyond the court and issue orders without authorization?"
The reason why Yuan Feng took the opportunity to attack was naturally to suppress Qin Hao's arrogance. Now Qin Hao is really too sharp.
Qin Hao didn't care about this. He also felt that it was not good to be too high-profile. It was time to keep a low profile, but just because he didn't say anything didn't mean Qin Wen would be indifferent.
"Hmph." Qin Wen snorted coldly and said coldly: "May I ask Mr. Yuan, what was wrong with my son in the beginning when he distributed grain for disaster relief?"
"The victims of the disaster are only caused by moss, so it is not as important as eradicating the Yellow Turbans. The imperial court is suffering from lack of food and sending troops, but Qin Hao is providing relief at this time. Isn't this adding to the chaos?"
Yuan Feng said calmly, not caring about the lives and deaths of the people.
Before Qin Wen had time to refute, Ding Yuan stood up and asked stiffly: "I dare to ask Mr. Yuan, if Sizhou is hit by a disaster, we can provide disaster relief, but if Jingzhou is hit by a disaster, why can't we provide disaster relief? Aren't the people of Jingzhou a big man?"
Is it done?"
"Uh, this..."
Dong Zhuo stood up leisurely at this time and said calmly: "What Mr. Yuan said makes people so uncomfortable. It should be noted that if nephew Qin hadn't turned the tide, there would have been no great victory. I want to erase this mistake
With all the credit given to nephew Qin Xian, Mr. Yuan, I’m afraid this is not good.”
Ding Yuan would speak for Qin Hao because he was the governor of Jingzhou, and it was Jingzhou that benefited from the disaster relief, so how could he watch Qin Hao be discredited.
As for Dong Zhuo, it was because both families were from Kansai factions. Once the Yellow Turbans were defeated, the Kanto family became arrogant again. As a weak Kansai faction, it was natural for them to unite.
After Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, Liu Yu, Wang Yun, Cai Yong and others also stepped forward to defend Qin Hao.
Seeing that most of the court was on Qin Hao's side, he suddenly got through the hornet's nest, and Yuan Feng's face suddenly turned livid.
Qin Hao, who was watching with cold eyes, said at this time: "The disaster in Jingyu was so serious that I didn't have time to ask for instructions. This is indeed Qin Hao's fault. Please punish me."
Regarding Qin Hao's performance of not being arrogant or impetuous, Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Forget it, compared with the merits of the virtuous son-in-law this time, this small mistake is nothing, and there is no need for punishment.
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"Thank you, Your Majesty."
At this point, it was impossible for Liu Hong to order Nanyang to stop disaster relief, but he was really unwilling to not send troops, so he came up with another bad idea... selling his title to collect food.
Now Liu Hong doesn't dare to sell his official position, but the title is different. After all, this has no real power, just reputation.
In this way, Liu Hong used this method of killing the chicken to lay the eggs, and he managed to collect some military rations, but when he was about to send out troops, he was dumbfounded.
"Report...to report to Your Majesty, the Qiang people in Liangzhou have rebelled again, and a hundred thousand troops are approaching Chang'an..."
"Report...The Xiongnu Chanyu Temujin led an army of 200,000 and captured Yanmen Pass..."
"Report...Wuhuan's 100,000-strong army invaded Liaodong..."
For a time, the foreign races in the northern border of the Han Dynasty rebelled together, and their momentum was still higher than that of the Yellow Turban rebels a year ago.
After all, everyone knows that compared with the Yellow Turbans, the fighting power of the alien race is not on the same level.
"These immature wolf cubs..." Liu Hong gnashed his teeth and cursed angrily.
Now that the four bandits have invaded, it is obviously impossible to continue sending troops to the Yellow Turbans. The most important thing is to protect the border.
So Liu Hong issued several imperial edicts in succession, the contents of which are as follows:
Qin Wen was granted the title of Bingzhou Mu, General of the Northern Expedition, and Marquis of Jin;
Dong Zhuo was granted the title of Mu of Liangzhou, General of the Conquest of the West, and Marquis of Liang;
Conferred Liu Yu the title of Youzhou Mu, General of the Conquest of the East, and Marquis of Yan;
Emperor Fusong was granted the title of Jizhou Mu, General of the Conquest of the South, and Marquis of Zhao;
Confessed Liu Yao as Yangzhou Mu, Zhendong General, and Danyang Marquis;
Confess Liu Yan as the Mu of Yizhou, the General of Zhenxi, and the Marquis of Hanzhong;
Feng Ding was originally appointed as the Mu of Jingzhou, the General of Zhenbei, and the Marquis of Xiangyang:
Confess Liu Dai as the Mu of Jiaozhou, the General of Zhennan, and the Marquis of Jiaozhi!