Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 203
Hezhou, the barracks of the Han army.

Since the conquest of Xianbei, Duan Xi has never returned to the court. He led more than 2 cavalry of the Han army and stationed at the Hezhou frontier to maintain the safety of Hezhou and Xinzhou. There are only Wuhuan people around Xinzhou, which is not a concern. Youzhou is also very close. If anything happens, Youzhou can go to Xinzhou as soon as possible, but Hezhou is different. There are Dingling and Xianbei remnants around him.

Duan Yan didn't dare to leave easily, and recently, because of the Huns' case, many Xianbei remnants fled from Ding Ling. First, after the Xianbei were defeated, many tribes and people fled everywhere. Most of them fled into the depths of the grassland, which is the area controlled by the Dingling people. The Dingling people were suppressed by the Xianbei people in the Tanshihuai era.

Facing the defeated deserters of these Xianbei people, naturally they would not show mercy and sympathy. They captured these deserters and their tribesmen as slaves and oppressed them all day long, making them miserable. However, those Xianbei people who stayed in Hezhou and Xinzhou actually lived a stable life with food and clothing.

This made them unable to sit still. Coupled with the soft policy of the Han Dynasty towards these frontier people at this time, the Xianbei people fled back one after another. Duan Xi, the god of death, sits on the border of Hezhou. For these Xianbei tribes, The Dingling people didn't dare to go after them, they could only sit back and watch these former slaves escape back to the territory of Dahan. Most of these people like to migrate to Hezhou territory.

The reason for this, of course, needless to say, compared to Yang Qiu’s brutal rule in Xinzhou, Lu Zhi’s method is more attractive to these Xianbei people. Lu Zhi is very happy, more population means more manpower, For Hezhou, which has just been established and only has three counties in the entire state, the population is the most precious resource. Of course, compared to Xinzhou, which has only one county seat, Hezhou is not bad.

In the camp of the Han army, Duan Xie is formulating a plan for the Han army in the near future. Such an opportunity is simply rare for the Han army cavalry. On the one hand, there is no large-scale army around that can pose a real threat to the Han army , but there are quite a few rogue cavalry in a small area, and the Han army cavalry is divided into several small groups to fight these rogue cavalry.

During this period, Duan Xi also simply handed over the command of the army to Sun Jian, Dian Wei, Huang Zhong and others. These generals are excellent exercises for the soldiers of the Han army. In the past, there was no such opportunity to gallop on the prairie at will, and there were opponents who could let them train their troops.

These rogue bandits composed of Xianbei remnants, after suffering several small-scale encirclement and suppression, no longer fought to the death with the Han army, and surrendered immediately after being defeated, but they did not expect that after the Han army defeated them, they did not arrest them , instead of releasing them, Sun Jian would also tell them that the great Han is a nation of benevolence and righteousness, and would not slaughter them prisoners of war, so that they would not make trouble in the future.

They were easily released, and even their horses were returned to them. After these people left happily, they were once again besieged by the Han army, and many Xianbei thieves were moved by Sun Jian. He served under Lu Zhi's family, which greatly surprised Lu Zhi. With such training of the Han army, the entire Han army's understanding or experience of cavalry warfare is constantly increasing.

In particular, these generals who led troops alone, after experiencing various grassland fighting methods from the Xianbei people, tried to find ways to restrain them, and grew extremely rapidly, which happened to be what Duan Yan wanted. The enemies of the Han Dynasty all attack them from the grasslands, and it is necessary to train generals who are good at long-distance combat on the grasslands in order to defend the border of the Han Dynasty.

With these elite cavalry in Hezhou, Hezhou is peaceful and there is no chaos, but Duan Yan still has to arrange various military training plans. After staying in Hezhou for a period of time, they must be well trained. Duan Xie was busy when a close friend came to report: "The governor Lu Zhi came to visit."

Duan Yan frowned suddenly, thought for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Tell him, I'm already asleep!"

The close relative was stunned, nodded, and walked out. After a while, he walked in helplessly and said, "Lu Junyan, he has seen the general's figure from the lights. He has something important to do and wants to meet the lord." See!
Duan Yan was a little helpless, and said: "Then bring him in, and let the guards outside guard the tent!"

The close relatives went out, took Lu Zhi, and walked in, followed by a group of soldiers, who stood in line in the house, holding spears and glaring at Duan Yan, Lu Zhi looked at Duan Xi in puzzlement, then turned his head and looked at Duan Xi again. Looking at these soldiers, his relationship with Duan Xie has always been good, because he has been under Duan Xie's account as a general for a long time, and Duan Xie takes care of him in every possible way on weekdays.

For some reason, since he served as the governor of Hezhou, Duan Xie's attitude towards him has undergone an earth-shaking change. Since then, he has been talking badly to himself, without the enthusiasm of the past, he bowed his head helplessly and said: "Meet General Duan!"

"Hehe, you are an envoy, you don't have to!"

Duan Yan said coldly, Lu Zhi was stunned, and asked with heartache: "General, but how did I anger the General and lose the General's love, so that this happened?" Duan Yan laughed and said: "Never, you What's the matter?"

"General, are you worried that I, Lu Zhi, will assassinate you???" Lu Zhi looked at the soldiers behind him and asked angrily.

"That's right, if you have something to say, I don't want to talk nonsense with you!"

"Why is this??"

"Why?? The battle was fought by me as the commander of the army. Tan Shihuai was defeated by Sun Jian, and Helian was defeated by Dian Wei. What credit do you have to get the position of these two thousand stones? Why do you ask me? If you have nothing important to do, please go back first!" Duan Yan said angrily, Lu Zhi froze, and watched Duan Yan carefully for a long time, as if he had only seen him clearly now.

"General, there is a shortage of population in Hezhou. The fugitives from Dingling's side are being chased and killed by Dingling's people from time to time. I wonder if the Northern Army can be stationed in the corridor and escort these fugitives into Hezhou?"

"I came here to kill the Xianbei people, not to protect the Xianbei people, please go back!" Duan Yan waved his hand mercilessly, then turned around, Lu Zhi was insulted in front of many soldiers , flushed with anger, stood for a moment, gritted his teeth, and left angrily. Many soldiers watched him leave before looking at Duan Yan.

"Go back, too!"

"Yes!!"

Everyone walked out, and the angry Duan Yan calmed down instantly, lowered his head helplessly, and sighed.

Hey, the generals reconcile, the generals reconcile, and the generals cannot. Why don't you, Lu Zigan, understand this truth?

After these soldiers walked out, they stood in their original positions again, and they returned to their tents only after the changing of the guard. Not long after, a few white carrier pigeons flew out from the fortified place with their wings flapping. Their destination is Luoyang thousands of miles away, and their master is none other than the notorious Zhang Junyi in Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)