Great Han Empire

Chapter 166

Li Hong returned to the big tent with a heavy heart, only to find that Xian Yuyin had arrived.He was chatting with Zhang He, Gao Lan and others.

Xian Yuyin paid homage to Li Hong, and immediately said: "I received a letter from your lord, and I traveled northward day and night, and finally arrived at Daying. Is your lord in a hurry?"

"The imperial court wants to recruit us to the Xiliang battlefield, did Zilong tell you?"

"I've said it. It's just that the Yellow Turban Army has not been defeated yet, and Zhang Yan's forces are still stationed in Changshan. It may be very difficult for us to solve the Jizhou Yellow Turban issue before April." Xian Yuyin said cautiously.

"It's not just difficult, it's simply impossible." Li Hong said, "But it doesn't matter, I already have a solution."

Wen Chou, who was sitting next to Li Hong, immediately yelled, "What's the matter? I think my lord can help me? Each of you loses two hundred dollars to me, and you are not allowed to go back on your word."

There was laughter in the big tent, and everyone's laughter was obviously much easier.

Li Hong handed the four volumes of bundled documents to Xian Yuyin, and said with a smile, "Rush to Youzhou immediately."

"First go to Jicheng to meet Lord Yang, the governor of Youzhou, and explain to him the situation of the battle in Jizhou and our upcoming westward expedition. At the same time, he asked to take away all the prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army who were detained in Youzhou. Lord Yang must be very happy to hear this request. Here It is not an easy task to provide food and clothing for [-] captives. In addition, we must always guard against their troubles. It is estimated that Master Yang has already made a lot of trouble for these captives. Let's do a good deed and help him get rid of it."

"Then you went to Zhuocheng to visit Lord Zhuojun Taishou Wang, and you said the same thing. After obtaining his consent, you went to the captive camp outside Zhuocheng and handed over my letter to Huang Ting. If there is no accident, he will Together with you, I will bring the captives to Fanyang to meet Zhang Baiqi. I still have a letter to Zhang Baiqi, Zuo Yan and Fang Biao."

"My lord, do you want to tell them about going west to Liangzhou?" Xian Yuyin asked.

"Of course I have to. I also mentioned this matter in my letter. You tell him that no matter whether he agrees to submit to the imperial court and join the Han army, or whether they are willing to go west to Liangzhou, they must rush back to Jizhou immediately. Next In a few months, the emperor may pardon the world, and even if they don't serve as soldiers, they can still go home and farm." Li Hong said seriously.

"Amnesty to the world?" Xian Yuyin asked back in surprise, "Why do you predict that His Majesty will give amnesty to the world?"

Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Wen Chou also looked at Li Hong suspiciously.

Zhao Yun sat on the side and smiled, "Your Excellency wrote a memorial, a very convincing memorial. Mr. Xianyu has already rushed to Luoyang with this memorial. Submit it to His Majesty for review, this matter may be possible."

"So, my lord is very sure?" Zhang He asked.

Li Hong shook his head, "Who knows what His Majesty is thinking? But at this time, the benefits of amnesty outweigh the harm, and the possibility of His Majesty's consent is still very high."

"My lord, time is urgent, I'll start heading north now." Xian Yuyin stood up and said.

"Let's go tomorrow. You've worked too hard, rest overnight today, and tomorrow you and Heng Ji, She Yingtong, and Lou Lu will go on the road together." Li Hong waved him to sit down as he spoke.

"Aren't we going to attack Zhending City right away? My lord still asks them to leave the army at this time?" Xian Yuyin asked in bewilderment.

"There may not necessarily be a battle when we reach Zhending, so it doesn't matter if they are in the army or not." Li Hong said worriedly, "On the contrary, they returned to their respective tribes this time to ask the leaders of the tribes on behalf of us whether they are willing to send troops to participate in the Western Expedition. That's what's really important."

"Right now, the entire Fengyun cavalry is basically people from the Wuye tribe, the Bailu tribe, and the Black Ling King of Baishan. For such a big matter as entering Liangzhou westward, they must be consulted anyway. If they disagree with their soldiers going west Come on, we can't recruit by force. Have you forgotten about Gongsun Zan? He forcibly recruited the Karasuma people, and in the end they broke up in a commotion, just making a joke of themselves."

"What if they disagree?" Wen Chou asked.

"Let them go back to northern Xinjiang and their hometown. They have made great military exploits, and they should return with money and honor." Li Hong sighed and said slowly, "We have no reason and no right to stay Get them down, they're already heroes."

There was silence in the big tent.

"My lord, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, we can forcibly recruit. Without them, there would be no Fengyun Cavalry. Without Fengyun Cavalry, what are we going to Xiliang for? With Zhang Baiqi's fifty thousand Yellow Turban captives, we can defeat the powerful Can the Qiang and Hu cavalry defeat the Xiliang iron cavalry?" Xian Yuyin asked with a heavy heart, "If the amnesty order comes down, Zhang Baiqi and the others will quit and go home to farm. At that time, where will we collect [-] cavalry? The army is marching west? My lord, what happened to you?"

Zhang Yun looked at Li Hong, and asked puzzledly, "My lord, you don't want to go to Xiliang?"

Gao Lan said in a low voice: "My lord, if you don't have [-] troops, you will be beheaded if you refuse to obey the order."

Li Hong shook his hands, and said firmly: "There is no room for negotiation on this matter, and the matter of beheading is not up to His Majesty alone."

Wen Chou asked strangely, "Who else?"

"Me." Li Hong said with a smile, "I came back from Xianbei, so I can't go back from Dahan."

Everyone was stunned, and then roared with laughter.

"My lord, you are a general of Zhonglang, and you still want to be a horse thief, give it up, give it up." Wen Chou gasped heavily with a smile, and shouted loudly.

"My lord respects the Hu people so much, they should be more considerate of your difficulties. The victory of the Western Expedition is also a good thing for them and their tribe." Zhang Xi said, "If they treat you as brothers, they will You should firmly support the adults."

Li Hong said with a solemn expression: "This is wrong. If they go west, they will travel thousands of miles with me, and the bones of many people will be discarded in foreign lands forever. If it were you, would you like it? They all miss their homeland, and so do I, and you are no exception."

"If we are brothers, we should have no hesitation." Wen Chou shouted.

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Yuanshi City is far away.

A group of people galloped to meet them.Li Hong saw it from a distance, and hurriedly dismounted to meet him.A group of soldiers who came to pick him up from the opposite side were taken aback, jumped off their horses one by one, and ran over in a hurry.

The officer walking in the front was in his twenties, of medium build, with a white face and short beard, piercing eyes, handsome and heroic.Behind him was a nine-foot man with a face like a jujube, a two-foot long beard, lying silkworm eyebrows, and red phoenix eyes, majestic and majestic.Next to the big man was a young man under the age of 20, eight feet tall, with a strong figure, slightly dark skin, a handsome handsome face with a pair of big and powerful eyes.

"Qingzhou Pingyuan County soldier Cao Shushi Liu Bei pays his respects to your lord."

Li Hong helped Liu Bei up, and asked in surprise, "You are Liu Xuande?"

Liu Bei smiled and said, "It's the next official." Then he pointed to the two behind him and said, "These are my two brothers, Yun Chang and Yi De."

The two of them immediately took a step forward and paid respects.

"The villain Guan Yu."

"The villain Zhang Fei."

Li Hong quickly helped them up one by one, and said with a smile: "Brother Xuande's two brothers are also from Zhuojun?"

Liu Bei asked in surprise, "How does your lord know that I am from Zhuojun?"

"I'm also from Beijiang, so I naturally know." Li Hong smiled.

"Your Excellency is making a joke." Liu Bei smiled slightly: "When Your Excellency was fighting bloody battles with the Xianbei in the frontier fortress, I was still selling straw mats in Zhuocheng. At that time, Your Excellency led the cavalry to kill the Xianbei people and fled. He has never been to Zhuo County before, so how could he know us rural folks."

Li Hong laughed, "Brother Xuande is too modest. I am from Beijiang, and I am also a subordinate of Master Liu, so I naturally know Brother Xuande."

Liu Bei suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Master Liu returned to Beijing via Handan."

"Yes. Master Liu mentioned you again and again, and he was full of praise for you." Li Hong smiled, "He said that you were the first to kill the Yuan Clan tower and made a great contribution."

Liu Bei's fair face immediately turned red, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Master Liu is ridiculous."

Then he said solemnly: "My lord, please enter the city. Captain Pan and Captain Zhang are welcoming you at the south gate."

Li Hong shook his head and said with a smile: "I won't go into the city anymore. I will lead the troops to Zhending City first, and you will follow. Let's meet up at Zhending City in a few days."

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to the city to rest for a day?"

"No." Li Hong said, "Time is too tight. After you return to the city, I will tell Captain Pan and Captain Zhang that when Zhending City is captured, I will offer wine to apologize."

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei looked at the backs of the cavalry roaring away, a little at a loss.

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Li Hong and Zhang Yan held hands together.

Zhang Yan was pale and very haggard.Since the death of Zhang Niujiao and Ying Tao's retreat, the Yellow Turban Army has reached the verge of life and death.For this reason, he couldn't sleep at night, thinking about how to save the Yellow Turban Army day and night, thinking about how to save the army that was on the verge of collapse.

When Yang Feng suddenly appeared in Zhending, he knew that the turning point had come.Did you see Li Hong?He thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go for a meeting.Now that the Yellow Turban Army's chances of survival are slim, Zhang Yan has to find a way out for his tens of thousands of brothers and hundreds of thousands of refugees following the Yellow Turban Army.

When Zhang Yan saw a leopard for the first time, he couldn't believe his eyes.He even wondered if he had fallen into the leopard's trap.It turned out that his opponent was so young.

"Even if we have a blood feud, we still have to sit down and talk about it today." Li Hong said with a smile, "It's not for anything else, it's for survival, and I can live for you."

He forced a smile and said, "My lord's words are true."

(End of this chapter)