I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 43 The progress of the war

It was also during this period that Emperor Ling got the inspiration from someone unknown. Seeing that the original Marquis of Guannei could not be sold at a high price, he upgraded the Marquis of Guannei to a higher level.

Not only will the already existing gold seal and purple ribbon be given, but also the title can be passed on to future generations. It only costs five million yuan, and there is also an annual salary to be paid, which looks very good.

It can be called a top investment with long-term returns.

With five million, you can't buy it and suffer losses, and you can't buy it and be fooled.

On this day, Liu Bian came to Yutang Hall and saw Emperor Ling in a good mood, so he asked why.

It turned out that it was Gai Xun who was suppressing the rebellion in Changsha who brought the good news.

Less than two months after he took office, he joined forces with Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, to increase county troops, promote officers, and reorganize armaments.

After that, he led his army to attack Ou Xing, who had gathered more than 10,000 people, and defeated him in a battle.

Gai Xun then wrote a letter to express his merits and told the emperor that his next step was to continue to lead the army to pacify Zhou Chao and Guo Shi, who had raised troops in Lingling County and Guiyang County to the south of Changsha County respectively to respond to Ou Xing.

What caught Liu Bian's attention the most was that Gai Xun recommended a man as an Army Sima in his memorial.

Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng.

It's a pity that Gai Xun only praised Huang Zhong's military exploits and bravery in his memorial. As for Huang Zhong's resume, he only said that Huang Zhong was from Nanyang and a county official in Nanjun, but did not say how he was discovered.

Liu Bian planned to ask Gai Xun carefully when he returned to Luoyang later.

Emperor Ling had no reason not to approve Gai Xun's memorial. The better Gai Xun does, the more it proves that he didn't make a mistake.

Because he was in a good mood, Emperor Ling spent much more time dealing with government affairs that day than in the past.

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Liu Bian originally thought that Gai Xun would be very good at recommending Huang Zhong. However, not long after, Gai Xun gave him another surprise.

In October, Gai Xungang and Wang Rui had just finished conquering Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi.

After the pacification, before the army left, Guan Hu, a native of Lingling County, called himself "General Pingtian" and led his men to plunder Guiyang County.

Didn’t this come to the knife’s edge by itself?

Gai Xun came to Jingzhou this time to quell the rebellion. Without any hesitation, he immediately joined forces with the prefect of Lingling County and led his troops to conquer.

This time, he discovered another military talent-Huang Gai and Huang Gongfu from Lingling.

Huang Gai's starting point was higher than that of Huang Zhong. He was first an official of Lingling County, and later he was promoted as Xiaolian and became the captain of Quanling County.

The process of his discovery by Gai Xun was also briefly presented in the memorial - Huang Gai was ordered by the prefect to lead the county soldiers to obey Gai Xun's dispatch.

Previously, the Zhou Dynasty and Guo Shi were defeated too quickly, leaving no room for Huang Gai to display his talents. However, there is no limit to the way forward, and "General Pingtian" fell from the sky.

Liu Bian thought that Sun Jian should have taken Huang Gai under his command during this counter-rebellion.

Considering that Sun Jian has now been granted the title of Marquis of Wucheng Township, although it is not as good as the county marquis in history, it is still good, and it is several months ahead of schedule. Wucheng County is not far from Sun Jian's native Wu County. The time of success and fame.

Liu Bian thought that he wouldn't care... right? Sun Jian didn’t know about it anyway.

Compared with Jingzhou Gaixun's success, the Youzhou rebellion was larger in scale and more difficult to suppress.

Moreover, the three Xianbei tribes active in the north of Youzhou have the tendency to take advantage of the chaos and go south to invade Youzhou and Bingzhou.

Liu Yu had no choice but to mobilize troops from the attached Southern Huns. Liu Bian knew that the Xiongnu and Xianbei in history were definitely not stable, and when he heard Cao Song say that the imperial court had cut off rewards to the Xiongnu for several years, alarm bells rang in his heart.

Although he could not remember whether the Huns took advantage of the situation to rob them at this time, he had the impression that the Huns invaded the Luoyang Guanzhong area many times.

Moreover, Cai Yan, Liu Bian's current cheap senior sister, suffered great misfortune when the Huns invaded.

Liu Bian thought it was impossible to expect these barbarians to work for free.

But when Liu Bian learned about this, Liu Yu had already dispatched troops through the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, and the Southern Xiongnu Qiangqu Chanyu also dispatched troops happily.

And before that, the Southern Xiongnu had been ordered by Emperor Ling to dispatch Xiongnu soldiers once to assist Youzhou in quelling the rebellion.

The last time the Chanyu of Qiangqu sent out his son Yu Fuluo, the right virtuous king, with the Xiongnu soldiers to assist in suppressing the rebellion, he had not made any requests.

The troop deployment went so smoothly that Liu Bian felt like a villain.

He asked Lu Zhi about this, but Lu Zhi was not omnipotent and did not know much about the Southern Huns.

Afterwards, they sent people to check the past files about the Southern Xiongnu, and finally found out that the Qiangqu Chanyu did not have much advantage when competing for the Chanyu position ten years ago, and was pushed to the Chanyu position by the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bian's doubts were finally lifted. It turned out to be one of his own!

But he immediately sensed the hidden crisis.

Liu Bian said to Lu Zhi: "It is a good thing that the Qiangqu Chanyu is willing to obey the orders of the imperial court. However, the imperial court has not rewarded the Huns for their obedience for several years. I am worried that some people within the Huns will be dissatisfied because of this. In the past, the Huns also rebelled against the Han from time to time. For example, now that there is unrest in the country, the Qiangqu Chanyu may not have second thoughts, but he may not be able to control the Xiongnu tribes."

Lu Zhi thought what Liu Bian said was very reasonable, so he reported it to Emperor Ling together.

Fortunately, Emperor Ling did not ignore Liu Bian's opinions, and finally decided to issue an edict, ordering Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, to be wary of the remaining Xiongnu tribes that were not under the direct command of the Qiang Qu Chanyu, to prevent these remaining Xiongnu tribes from imitating the Xianbei invaders.

Although Liu Bian felt it was insufficient, he also knew that given the current situation of the court, there was actually no good solution.

The population situation in Bingzhou is slightly better than that in Liangzhou. Han, Hu and Qiang people also live together. The proportion of Han people is slightly higher than that in Liangzhou, but they can only account for half. The further north you go, the more Hu people there are.

The main reason for this situation is that the foreign policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty was influenced by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's "Yan Wu Xiu Wen" thought. Especially in the face of the threat of the Xiongnu, the strategy was conservative, often with more defense and less offense. The most typical manifestation is "Three specialties and three connections" for the Western Regions.

Regarding the issue of defending the northern border, Emperor Guangwu also made a policy different from the Western Han Dynasty's policy of recruiting people to station at the border. He chose the strategy of eliminating border counties and moving officials and people inland to shrink the defensive front.

Combining this with the strategies of annexing the Hu people and using barbarians to control barbarians, it is not surprising that such a population structure appears in Bingzhou and other places.

However, when Liu Bian mentioned Bingzhou, the first thing that came to his mind was the first military general in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", with three surnames... ahem.

Yes, it was Lu Bu whose courage was matched by countless people after his death.

Speaking of which, throughout Lu Bu's life, he killed Dong Zhuo, stabbed Cao Cao in the back, and repeatedly broke alliances with Yuan Shu, who rebelled against the Han and proclaimed himself emperor. He was truly a "loyal minister of the Han Dynasty"!

I don’t know if he has surrendered to Ding Yuan now...

Liu Bian suddenly remembered that when He Jin summoned foreign generals to Luoyang, one of them was Ding Yuan.

Maybe he could use He Jin to provide Bingzhou with another layer of insurance.

(End of this chapter)