After leaving the iron shop, Wen Yuan came to the newly built woodwork workshop. The carpenters here were working hard to make a wooden shield. This shield is in the shape of arrow feathers, seven feet long and three feet wide. The surface is wrapped with cowhide, and the lower edge is It is sharpened with tools and can be inserted on the ground during wartime. It has a handle arm at the back and can also be mounted on a baggage truck.
This kind of shield is a standard weapon provided by Wenyuan to the supply soldiers. Together with the single-sword bow and crossbow, the supply soldiers can form a formation to protect themselves when encountering enemy attacks.
After seeing the making of the shield, Wen Yuan asked the craftsmen whether the baggage cart could increase the load capacity. The baggage cart in the Han Dynasty was six feet wide and nine feet long, with two wheels on the left and right. Each cart required an ox or horse to pull it, and could carry Twenty-five to thirty bushels of grain and grass.
This load capacity is really a headache for Shang Wenyuan. According to historical records, in the first year of Emperor Yongyuan's reign, Dou Xian led "30,000 iron cavalry, Yuan Rong and light troops, and clouds and paraphernalia to cover the road, and there were more than three thousand people to attack the Xiongnu in the north." In the first year of Emperor Ling's Zhongping reign, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Huangfu's Song army and Zhang Liang's tribe fought in Quyang. Zhang Liang was defeated and sacrificed more than 80,000 people, and "more than 30,000 vehicles were burned". It was almost the second year of Emperor Xian's reign. (192), 300,000 soldiers from Qing and Xu Huangjin entered the Bohai border, hoping to fight against the Black Mountain military platform. Gongsun Zan led 20,000 people on foot and cavalry to fight. Qing and Xu Huangjin were defeated and "abandoned their chariots weighing tens of thousands taels."
Based on the calculation that a soldier consumes 21 hu of grain per year, assuming that Wen Yuan leads 3,000 troops to fight, he will consume 6,700 hu of military grain in one month, plus the consumption of food transport troops, cattle and horses, and the grain transport trucks alone It requires at least 300 vehicles. For example, in the last battle of Yangjiapu, Wenyuan seized more than 80,000 dendrobium of grain and grass. Wenyuan struggled to squeeze the grain into more than 2,000 vehicles. Wenyuan There are now more than 2,000 vehicles, and more than 2,000 cattle and horses. These livestock alone consume a lot of grain and fodder every month.
Fortunately, these cows and horses can be used to pull carts and plow the fields, and pigs and sheep can be gathered together to breed. When the young ones grow up, they can also become rations on the soldiers' tables. For this reason, Wenyuan specially allocated hundreds of troops to feed them.
The craftsmen did not dare to say anything about how to improve the baggage cart. After all, no one knew whether it would be good or bad to modify something that had been passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years.
Wen Yuan remembered that most of the trucks that carried goods in previous lives had four wheels, and some even had eight or twelve wheels, so he told the craftsmen about this idea and asked them to test whether they could improve the load capacity of the carriages.
On December 20th, Wen Yuan finally finished handling the trivial matters in the army and left Zhang Jiao to guard the city. He took Zhang Yu and more than ten personal guards to Yecheng.
In this month, Cao Cao raised his troops and sent a message to the world, calling on all regions to join forces to attack Dong Zhuo.
Before leaving, Wen Yuan went to Zhang Zhi again to discuss the matter before leaving.
On December 21st, Wen Yuan came to Ren County and sent a gift to pay homage. Tian Feng accepted it and invited Wen Yuan to come in. The two talked until dusk, and Tian Feng sent Wen Yuan to the door.
After leaving Tian Feng Mansion, Wen Yuan sighed sadly. He felt extremely regretful that he could not recruit Tian Feng to his subordinates. His power has grown to this point, and he has already been joined by generals such as Zhang Jia, Zhang Nan, Jiao Chu, Su You, etc. What is extremely lacking right now is advisers and civil servants who can make suggestions and handle government affairs for themselves. Therefore, although I know that this visit to Tian Feng is somewhat urgent, I still can't help but come to meet him.
It's a pity that they met. Although Tian Feng was very respectful to Wen Yuan, he didn't look at Wen Yuan, the head of the county, in any other way. Fortunately, Wen Yuan was quick in his thinking and never mentioned the recruitment matter, so the atmosphere was not awkward. , was kicked out early by Tian Feng.
However, this time Wenyuan was not without gain. After meeting Tian Feng, Wenyuan was confident that he had left a good impression on Tian Feng. At least Wenyuan asked Tian Feng to come to Xiaquyang as a guest when he had time, and Tian Feng did not refuse.
Tian Feng also left a deep impression on Wen Yuan. He was an upright scholar, broad-minded but not particular about trivial matters. Although he was proud of his true talents and learning, Wen Yuan almost tried to recruit him several times, but when he thought of the consequences of failure,
Wen Yuan finally endured it with difficulty.
The reason is that Wenyuan is not well-known. If he wants to recruit Tian Feng, he has to wait until he has made great achievements in the future.
On the 23rd, Wen Yuan entered Ye. Without making any arrangements, he went straight to Han Fu's house to pay his respects.
Han Fu was discussing matters with everyone in the mansion. He was overjoyed when he heard about it and personally led everyone out to greet him. When he saw Wen Yuan, he laughed loudly and said, "Why is Wen Yuan so late?"
Wen Yuan bowed down in the tunnel and said: "Let my lord remember that Zhang Liao will be punished by death!" But he thought to himself: "I don't think you will live for more than two years, so why not pay homage to you now?"
Han Fu didn't know what Wen Yuan was thinking. Seeing that Wen Yuan had worshiped him as master, he was overjoyed and hurriedly helped Wen Yuan up. He stroked his beard and smiled and said: "What's the crime of guarding the old master? Wen Yuan has a loyal heart.
, it can be a model for the world! Wenyuan is willing to serve, it is really my luck to Han Fu and Jizhou!"
Everyone also congratulated one after another, Wen Yuan glanced secretly, and Du Jushou looked at Wen Yuan with a surprised look on his face, astonished and silent.
After everyone congratulated Han Fu, he held Wen Yuan's hand and entered, intending to continue the discussion. Jushou walked a few steps and pulled Han Fu's sleeves, whispering something in his ear. Han Fu said with displeasure: "Wen Yuan is not an outsider. This matter is just right."
Listen to his opinion."
After saying that, he turned to Wen Yuan and said: "Cao Mengde sent someone to send a message to Yecheng at night to invite the jujube alliance of various states and counties to discuss the crusade against Dong Zhuo. The message is here. Wenyuan can read it first."
Wen Yuan took a piece of silk from Ju Shou and said: "Cao et al. would like to declare to the world with great righteousness: Dong Zhuo deceived the heaven and the earth, destroyed the country and killed the king; he was filthy and disorderly in the palace, killing the living beings; the wolf was cruel and unkind, and the sins were full! Today I serve the heaven
Zimi issued an edict to assemble a large number of righteous soldiers, vowing to wipe out the Central Plains and kill all the evil forces. We hope to raise righteous troops to vent public anger together, support the royal family, and save the people. When the day comes, please implement it quickly!"
Wen Yuan held the appeal in hand and read it carefully. Although the appeal was only a few dozen words long, it was full of impassioned spirit. Although Wen Yuan had never met Cao Cao, he was also touched by Cao Cao's great sentiments of attacking national traitors and supporting the Han Dynasty at this time.
Among the eighteen princes who gathered together, I am afraid that only Cao Cao and Sun Jian were sincere in their crusade against Dong Zhuo. The rest seemed to be just to express their stance and put aside their relationship with the central government of the Han Dynasty. Only Cao Cao was really for the Han Dynasty! And what was in front of him was
Han Fu is just a mediocre person!
Even though Wen Yuan was too lazy to think, he was still in a surging mood when he saw it. There was mist in his eyes, and the arm holding the letter suddenly started to tremble! In full view of everyone, Wen Yuan bowed down and bowed to Han Fu!
Han Fu was a little confused by Wen Yuan's sudden excitement and asked, "What are Wen Yuan doing?"
Wen Yuan seemed to be inexplicably excited. He worked hard for a long time before he calmed down and said with emotion: "Liao has wanted to kill Dong Zhuo, the national thief, for revenge, but I didn't expect that there would be such a God-given opportunity! Liao is willing to lead three thousand of its troops to accompany the lord to fight against the thief! I also ask the lord to grant his permission.