The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 235 Chapter 234
Although Liu Xun was beheaded, he still had more than 2 people outside the city. If all these people could not be recruited in time, they might cause chaos because of Liu Xun's death.

Zhang Yan asked Xu Huang to go to Liu Xun's barracks with the imperial decree, mainly for two purposes.First, Mei Cheng was arrested for the crime of conspiracy and executed on the spot.Second, incorporate all Liu Xun's followers.

But Zhang Yan was a little worried, so he asked Li Dian and Mi Fang to lead 2 people each to move to the left and right sides of Liu Xun's camp in the name of training.
However, the so-called imperial decree is also true if it is true, and it is also false if it is false.

Because this edict was written by Zhang Yan, not by the emperor Liu Xie, it can basically be regarded as a false edict, so it is false.

However, the imperial decree was stamped with the seal of Chuanguo Yuxi, which also proved his authenticity.Theoretically speaking, this decree is true again.

Regardless of whether the imperial decree was true or false, Xu Huang accepted the order gladly. After taking the imperial decree, he immediately left the hall, ordered a hundred elite cavalry, and headed directly to Liu Xun's camp.

As soon as Xu Huang left here, only Zhang Yan and Lu Meng were left in the hall, Zhang Yan ordered someone to untie Lu Meng, and immediately asked: "A man, born in troubled times, should carry a three-foot sword, and make great achievements in the world. I see that you are also a good man, I wonder if you would like to join my army and serve me?"

After hearing this, Lu Meng was extremely excited, and immediately clasped his fists and said: "I have heard about the great reputation of the general for a long time, and now the general is inviting me again. If the criminals refuse, they will be so ungrateful! It is really a great honor to serve in the middle school. If the general does not dislike it, Lu Meng is willing to be the pawn of the general, to lead the horse for the general, and to do the work of a dog and a horse! It's just..."

"Just what?" Zhang Yan thought that Lu Meng was going to reject him, so he asked hastily.

"It's just that the prisoner has a group of brothers. They are all from the same town as the criminal. Their parents and brothers also died under Yuan Shujun's brutality. They also participated in the robbery of the prison car. They are also the same as the criminal. The general has admired him for a long time, and he also hopes to join the general's army and serve him, but I don't know if the general can forgive them the same way he pardoned my sins?"

"Hahaha... This is easy to handle. Not only do I want to pardon them, but I also want them to join my army with you. By the way, how many are there?"

"About [-] people, but now I don't know too much, because everyone has dispersed. I heard from General Xu that there were several other generals who went with him. I don't know if they are still alive..."

"That's how it is..." Zhang Yan thought for a while, and then said, "I will give an order to the other generals, so that they don't make things difficult for your brothers, and you go and gather all your brothers together , count the number of people and see how many people are left, then come back here and tell me, I will group you together, give you an official position, and let you lead them, how about it?"

"Thank you General, the criminals are grateful!" Lu Meng said happily.

Zhang Yan nodded, waved his hand and said, "Then go and handle this matter quickly!"

"Here!"

Lu Meng turned around and ran out of the hall. Zhang Yan immediately called a few scouts and asked them to inform Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and the others not to kill them. If they were caught, they would be taken back to Shouchun.

Outside Shouchun City, Xu Huang led a hundred fine cavalry, holding the imperial decree, and came to Liu Xun's camp in arrogance.

Xu Huang reined in the horse, did not go in, but stopped at the gate of the camp, and then shouted into the camp: "The imperial decree has arrived! Let Mei Cheng come out to receive the decree!"

The soldier immediately relayed the news to Mei Cheng. Mei Cheng was falling asleep in a daze. In his dream, he dreamed that several beauties were waiting for him.When he heard the imperial decree coming, a trace of surprise immediately appeared on his face, thinking that something good was about to happen, he hurriedly put on his armor, took three steps at a time, and soon came to the gate of the camp.

Mei Cheng saw that Xu Huang had turned over and jumped off his horse, and was standing in front of the gate of the village. The soldiers behind him all looked mighty and extraordinary.As soon as he left the gate of the village, he immediately knelt down in front of Xu Huang, and said in a loud voice: "Subordinate Mei Cheng, kneel to listen to the imperial edict!"

Xu Huang opened the imperial decree and read it immediately: "By heaven's blessing, the emperor ordered that Liu Xun and Mei Cheng be investigated today, gather disciples, conspire to rob Yuan Shu, the crime is heinous, according to the law, behead..."

Mei Chengcheng was still happy in his heart, but when he heard the contents of the imperial decree, his face immediately changed color. When he heard the word "cut", his heart suddenly "thumped", this is to kill him.Before Xu Huang finished speaking, he stood up immediately without saying a word, and ran towards the camp.

Seeing that Mei Cheng was about to run away, Xu Huang immediately pulled out the steel knife he was wearing, and shouted at Mei Cheng, "Where are the traitors fleeing!"

Before the words were finished, the steel knife came out, Xu Huang directly threw the steel knife out, the steel knife screamed and stabbed at Mei Cheng who had just ran two or three steps away, but heard Mei Cheng scream, the sharp blade, It directly pierced Mei Cheng's body, and stabbed Mei Cheng's heart with a single knife. He fell to the ground with a bang, blood was flowing, his whole body twitched a few times, and then he died.

Almost all the soldiers in Liu Xun's camp saw this bloody scene, their faces were full of shock, they didn't know what happened at all, out of fear, they all held the weapons in their hands tightly, already prepared psychology.

Xu Huang walked to the side of Mei Cheng's body, directly pulled out the steel knife that had been pierced into Mei Cheng's body, and then wiped off the blood on Mei Cheng's clothes before sheathing the knife.

"Everyone inside listen to me!" Xu Huang stood majestically at the gate of the camp, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly to those in the camp, "Liu Xun and Mei Cheng gathered disciples to plunder the rebellious officials and thieves!" Yuan Shu's prison car wants to meet Yuan Shu again. This is a heinous crime, and the crime should be punished! But the crime is only Liu Xun and Mei Cheng, and it has nothing to do with you, so you don't have to worry about it. From today, you All are merged into the tent of the general, and everything is at the disposal of the general, if anyone dares to be disobedient, Liu Xun and Mei Cheng will be punished!"

Most of Liu Xun and Mei Cheng's confidantes are in the camp. They suddenly heard that Liu Xun and Mei Cheng were dead. They wanted to gather a crowd to rebel and avenge Liu Xun and Mei Cheng, but before they could start their actions, they saw the camp Smoke and dust billowed from both sides, and the sound of dull footsteps came from far and near. Everyone looked around, but saw Zhang Yan's two well-equipped and well-equipped troops approaching slowly. The flags are densely covered, and it looks so majestic!

Seeing this, the confidants of Liu Xun and Mei Cheng did not dare to move anymore. There are 10,000+ troops gathered here, and they are only 2. Moreover, even if they are incited to rebel for Liu Xun and Mei Cheng, they will not be seen. How many people can there be.Now that Liu Xun and Mei Cheng are dead, and the rest of them have no crimes, why should they make unnecessary struggles?

Therefore, officers at all levels in the camp spontaneously gathered together, and after some discussion, they decided to submit to Zhang Yan's subordinates.

Afterwards, the officers walked out of the camp one after another, ordered the soldiers to lay down their weapons, bowed in front of Xu Huang, and expressed their willingness to submit to Zhang Yan's subordinates.

Seeing that the matter had been satisfactorily resolved, Xu Huang finally felt relieved.At first, he was worried that Liu Xun and Mei Cheng's confidants would make trouble. He only had a hundred riders, and if a fight really broke out, he would be surrounded.Therefore, he did not enter the camp, but declared the decree outside the camp.

Of course, Xu Huang didn't know that Zhang Yan sent troops over to threaten him. When a group of officers knelt in front of him and expressed their willingness to submit to Zhang Yan's subordinates, Xu Huang was relieved and secretly admired Zhang Yan's thoughts. very thoughtful.

Xu Huang went back to report to Zhang Yan, and Zhang Yan immediately ordered Xu Huang to take over the subordinates of Liu Xun and Mei Cheng for the time being, and reward them separately when they returned to Pengcheng.

At noon, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Chen Ying returned to Shouchun one after another. They tossed around, but they couldn't find a single robber. Knowing that Lu Meng was taken away, everyone waited there anxiously.

Later, Lu Meng returned to the cave, gathered with his brothers, and said that he would lead them to the general's subordinates, and everyone cheered for joy.

There were 220 of them in total. In the cave, Xu Huang killed 20 of them, and the remaining 200 returned to Shouchun with Lu Meng.

After Lu Meng saw Zhang Yan again, he reported the exact number of people he had brought, and Zhang Yan made Lu Meng the Marquis of Qu Jun, in charge of commanding the 200 men, who were temporarily assigned to Gao Shun's subordinates.

A day later, Zhang Yan summoned all the generals to discuss the return of the class teacher to the court.Due to the importance of Huainan, Zhang Yan changed Jiujiang County to Huainan County, appointed Liu Ye, the admonisher, as the prefect of Huainan County, and made Lu Su, the servant of Shangshu, the prefect of Lujiang.

In addition, instead of losing troops and generals in this battle, more than 9 soldiers were surrendered one after another.

[-] troops, to Zhang Yan, this is not a small number, if they are all incorporated, with his current strength, it must be more than enough.

Due to his repeated battles, money and food were consumed extremely quickly. Once the 14 army was recruited, he was really afraid that his financial resources would not last long.In addition, He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man also had [-] troops, making a total of [-] troops.

14 people, in today's period of population scarcity and low productivity, is undoubtedly a large number of good labor force.

Zhang Yan and Jia Xu, after some discussions, planned to reduce the army and turn a large part of the people into militias for farming.

Therefore, Zhang Yan ordered Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to select 2 strong and strong men from the 7 army to form a regular army, and the remaining [-] people to become militiamen. In the area of ​​Pei and Chaohu Lake, wasteland was reclaimed and farmland was carried out.

The so-called militiamen are civilians when farming is busy and soldiers when farming is slack, training while farming.

Zhang Yan made an appointment with the [-] militiamen who were garrisoning the fields, and would no longer provide them with military salaries. They only received [-]% of the annual land tax, and the remaining [-]% belonged to them privately. Liu Ye was fully responsible for the management of the garrison affairs and the [-] militiamen. .

In addition, Zhang Yan sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun each with [-] troops to garrison Xunyang and Wan counties in Lujiang respectively.

In addition, Zhang Yan appointed Xu Huang, the general of Yulin Zhonglang, as the tiger-winged general to lead the prefect of Runan, responsible for commanding He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man's [-] troops, and carefully selected [-] strong men from among them. The remaining [-] people turned into militiamen in the same way, returned to Runan, and started farming, while He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man all belonged to Xu Huang's subordinates.

In this way, about Zhang Yan selected 14 elite soldiers from an army of [-], and the rest were all put into farming.

In addition, Zhang Yan also exempted the people in Huainan County, Lujiang County, and Runan County from paying taxes for one year, and encouraged the people to cultivate.

After finishing these things, Zhang Yan led the army and returned to the court.

After Zhang Yan returned to Pengcheng, the emperor ordered that Yang Hong, Han Yin, Yuan Yin and Yuan Shu's family who had followed Yuan Shu's rebellion be beheaded for public display.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan went up to play the Son of Heaven, rewarding those who had contributed to the pacification of the Huainan Rebellion.

Therefore, Xu Huang was officially named General Huyi, Zhang Liao General Huya, Xu Chu General Huben, and the rest Jia Xu, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Yang Xiu, Gu Yong, Chen Deng, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Gao Shun, Chen Ying, Li Dian, Lu Dai, He Yi, Liu Pi, He Man and others were all rewarded with money according to their merits.

In addition, Zhang Yan promoted Tai Shici to General Hu Lie.

In this way, Zhang Yan only needs one person to form the Five Tigers, and Zhang Yan has been looking forward to getting another general...

(End of this chapter)