Great Han Empire

Chapter 92 Yanzhao Fengyun
At this time, Liu Yu suddenly fell ill, and he was seriously ill who was bedridden all day.With the war in Youzhou not yet over and a lot of waste waiting to be done, his inability to handle Youzhou's government affairs is tantamount to adding frost to Youzhou's tiles that are in urgent need of governance and recovery.Liu Yu immediately wrote a letter, resigning from the post of governor of Youzhou and returning home to recuperate.He ordered his subordinates to send his documents to Luoyang, Kyoto, on a fast ride of eight hundred miles.At this time, the news about Youzhou had not yet spread in Kyoto.Immediately, the emperor granted the imperial approval, allowing Liu Yu to return to his hometown in Qingzhou to recuperate.

At the same time, Liu Fan, the prefect of Shanggu County, resigned from his old age and returned to his hometown on the grounds that he was too old and sick to continue to preside over the military affairs in Shanggu County.

Before Liu Yu resigned, he persuaded Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping County, to promote Li Hong to be Sima of the other division of the Lulong Sai frontier army.

The post of Sima in this department is the same as the rank and salary of Sima in the army, but the authority is greater. He can lead the army like the captain and the captain, and has the command of the army, and he can lead a team, according to the normal The establishment of the frontier army consists of two troops, about 1000 or 4000 people.But Biebu Sima has a privilege. He can command more people and horses according to different situations, even three or four.For example, Li Hong now leads more than [-] people, and there are more than [-] people in Wuqu.However, Sima Biebu was still a low-level officer and had no history of subordinates, such as the history of soldiers who managed military equipment, the history of false officials who reported to the False Forbidden Division, and the external assassins and rapes who were in charge of military violations of law and discipline.

At the same time, Liu Yu took advantage of the power in his hands and jointly recommended Li Hong to the imperial court with Liu Fan before resigning as the captain of Shanggu County.

The captain in the past was the nephew of Lord Situ in the current imperial court, and he hadn't seen him since the day he was appointed, and neither of them knew what the captain looked like until now.This time the Xianbei invaded, before the war was fought, he was transferred away with an official document.The captains of border counties are generally reluctant to come from powerful families. This place is too far away from the Central Plains, desolate, dangerous, without oil and water, and living conditions are poor.Most of the people who work here are locals from the border county, or have offended the court and the powerful and were demoted here, or they are just pretending to be famous and waiting for promotion.

Liu Yu knew that with Li Hong's qualifications and background, no matter how much military merit he had, wanting to sit in this seat that was worth more than two thousand stones was simply a matter of fantasy.As far as Gongsun Zan is concerned, his family background is good, he is a disciple of Lu Zhi, a contemporary great scholar, he has made countless military achievements, and is well-known in northern Xinjiang, but it took him ten years to be promoted to the post of Liaodong Governor, whose rank and salary are less than two thousand shi. several years.Although Li Hong's chances were good, it coincided with the invasion of the Xianbei people, and he was quickly promoted to the post of Sima in another department under the care of several border county ministers after repeated battles, victories, and meritorious deeds, but this in itself has It was a miracle.Many subordinates who have been officials for many years have begun to feel aggrieved.

This time Li Hong led his troops to take part in the siege battle of Yuyang City, the night attack on the enemy's supply convoy at Pishi Mountain, the ambush of Murongji at Luting, the encirclement and annihilation of Tuoba Tao's troops at Sanggan River, and the Battle of Buried Moon Forest. The captives caused Tuoba Feng to attack Macheng again, but then Li Hong led his troops to hold on to Macheng for more than 20 days, forcing Tuoba's army to return without success, which can be regarded as a victory.In Yangjiao Mountain, in order to rescue the Wuye tribe who entered the Han Dynasty, the [-]-strong army who ambushed the leader won a complete victory.The above battles together killed more than [-] enemies and captured more than [-] enemies. They made great contributions to repelling the invasion of the Xianbei people. According to military merits, they should be rewarded, and it would be too unfair not to report them.As for whether the imperial court rewards or not, it is not something that two people can decide.Officials with more than two thousand shi must be approved by the emperor himself, and no one has the right to appoint them.

Li Hong led his troops back to Yefeng Siege.The Wuye tribe camped on the west bank of the Qiushui River, and his army was stationed on the east bank of the Qiushui River.

Tian Zhong and Xiao Lan soon came to meet up with more than a dozen carts of belongings and wounded soldiers.

Heng Ji and Lu Huanyang bid farewell to Li Hong and a group of military officers, and led their troops back to the Bailu Tribe in Sanggan River.

Liu Yu, governor of Youzhou, never sent anyone to contact him.However, Liu Fan, the prefect of Shanggu County, has resigned and is about to retire and return home.I don't know when the new prefect will arrive, and all the big and small things in Shanggu County are presided over by Dou Hong, the five sense organ.Dou Hong sent them supplies once, and then he never saw the people from the county government again.

Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping County, remembered him, and sent a subordinate to bring him a promotion document, asking him to stay in Shanggu and obey the prefect's instructions until the Karasuma people were driven out of Guangning.Li Hong led his troops to win consecutive victories on the Youzhou battlefield, which gave You Beiping and Liu Zheng enough face, which made him very happy.Now people in northern Xinjiang are widely rumored that the frontier army of Youbeiping Lulongsai is an invincible leopard army, and its reputation has surpassed Gongsun Zan and his Liaodong cavalry.

Huwuwan Captain Ji Chou was very polite after seeing Yushi, but he expressed his unwillingness for Li Hongbu to intervene in the Guangning battlefield many times in his words.Guangning is the administrative office of Huwuwan Xiaowei, and it is the place where Jichou manages the people living in Wuwan in various counties of Youzhou.The last time the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people jointly drove him out, Ji Chou regarded it as a great shame and shame in his life.He must fight for this face himself.Although Li Hong's official position is smaller than him, and his qualifications and prestige are even more incomparable, Li Hong has been winning battles all the time, which is a fact known to the whole northern Xinjiang.If Li Hong's troops came to Guangning, and everyone drove away the Karasuma people and recaptured Guangning, according to the views of the people in Youzhou now, it must be Li Hong's contribution and has nothing to do with him.This is something he can't tolerate in his heart.

The wounded soldiers brought back by Tian Zhong from Macheng were healed one after another and incorporated into various troops.In Dai County and Shanggu County, horse thieves who were getting more and more sad, ran to Yefeng to encircle and join the army.The number of troops expanded to about 5000 men.Li Hong expanded the number of troops in each song to 800 people, governing four villages.Like the Weiwei Tun, the Scout Tun also expanded to 300 people.As a result, the number of military marshals and village chiefs has increased dramatically, and the timely payment of military salaries has become a problem.

After discussing with the soldiers, Li Hong began to use the property sent by Tuoba Feng to pay the soldiers.Although the food was provided by the Wuye tribe and the Bailu tribe, the military pay for 5000 people had to be paid.Li Hong distributed the full amount according to the military law of the Han Dynasty, with six hundred shi for a military officer and two hundred shi for a village chief.

In the middle of the day, Li Hong felt that the individual training effect of the soldiers was not satisfactory, so he immediately invited the Bailu Tribe and the Wuye Tribe to send troops to the east bank of Yefeng Wai to jointly carry out tactics and actual combat drills.The leaders of the two tribes readily agreed.Lu Pofeng still asked Hengji and Lu Huanyang to rush to Yefengwei with a thousand soldiers.Shemo gave Shehu his nephew She Yingtong led 2000 people across the water to participate in Li Hongjun's training.

Immediately, Li Hong led an army of 8000 people on both sides of Qiushui, in the grasslands and forests with a radius of hundreds of miles, and started a arduous training.The soldiers were attracted by Li Hong's novel and unique training method. They participated in ambushes, charges, and confrontations one after another with full energy and interest every day. No one felt hard or tired.

Trent hurried into the tent, interrupting Tito's nap.

"My lord, Li Hong's troops are already approaching Ning County."

Titus stood up abruptly, his complexion changed drastically.

"Didn't he be in Niujiao Mountain yesterday? Why did he arrive in Ning County overnight?"

"My lord, for the past ten days or so, the Leopard Army has been haunted, erratic, and their whereabouts are erratic. It is really difficult to find their location accurately." Trent said in embarrassment, "However, all the scouts reported today that the Leopard Army is in Foxtun. Appeared, sixty miles away from Ning County."

"Once Ning County is lost, our army will lose at most a route of retreat, and it will not hurt our muscles, but it is not realistic to continue to occupy Guangning. My lord, let's withdraw our troops as soon as possible?"

Titto's eyes flickered with a strange look, and the expression on his face was cloudy and uncertain.

"My lord, let's give Black Ling Wang a face. His old man has already sent people to go a few times. He will withdraw early and late. Why not be a favor? The Han people are too hard on him. His days It's not easy either. Giving him a favor now will make things easier in the future." Trent Jie said cautiously, almost pleadingly.

Titus smiled coldly, and said darkly: "Why doesn't that old ghost just give up the seat to me, and everything will be settled."

"Let's get closer to the old man. After a while, we'll force him again." Trent pondered, and said slowly, "The most urgent task now is to solve the problem of the leopard."

Tito walked up and down in the big tent, restless.

"My lord, He Lian has recently returned to Tanhan Mountain, and has already imprisoned the leader. We have lost the support of Tanhan Mountain, so we should be more careful." Trent said in a low voice, "That leopard is good at fighting at night. Murong Ji, Murong The invaders died in the night attack at Luting, and Kuitou almost died in Dishuiwei this time. The Xianbei people have all gone home, so why are we still guarding here? Let’s go back to Baishan with our things as soon as possible.”

"I'm going to kill Jichou?" Titus said viciously, "I want to kill Jichou even if I leave. Thinking of him makes me want to kill someone. What kind of thing is he, he dares to point fingers at me, it's a big shit He has to take care of it. If I don’t kill him, it’s hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart.”

"The leopard's troops are constantly approaching us in the name of training and putting pressure on us. Their purpose is very obvious. They want to drive us away. His method is indeed good. There are five thousand troops in Ji thick in the open, but there are his in the dark The troops, one light and one dark, can scare us away without fighting."

"Okay, let's fulfill their wishes. Let's go, but we must appear in a hurry, panic and hurry, and put all the valuables behind the army, so as to lure Ji Chou into chasing them."

"We ambushed him in Birch Valley. This time he must die an ugly death."

Jichou is a very principled soldier who was gradually promoted to captain by virtue of military merit.His Captain Hu Karasuma is higher than the average captain, even higher than the average prefect of the prefecture.He has a relatively large authority, and there are many subordinate officials under him, so he is a very powerful position.

He is relatively kind, and his attitude towards Hu people is very tolerant and principled, especially towards people and tribes he dislikes.Like most Han court officials, he likes money.But what makes him different from ordinary people is that he doesn't take the initiative to ask for it. He likes people to fawn on him and give it to him.

He married seven wives and concubines one after another, and the family's expenses were high, so it was not enough to rely on his salary and accepting bribes.So he had another part-time job, and the caravans in Shanggu County had to pay him "filial piety" on a regular basis, otherwise his body would be thrown into the wilderness within three months.

Therefore, the invasion of the Xianbei people and the Karasuma people hit him very hard. After a few months, he lost a lot of property.

There had been an enmity between Titus and him for many years.The reason is that Ji Chou felt that he was rich, and every time he secretly ordered the horse bandits to rob his tribe.He robbed and robbed, and he bullied Titus.Titus sent people to report, but he arrested them and said it was a false accusation, and he wanted Titus to redeem them with valuables.Tituo couldn't get angry, so he bought an assassin to assassinate him, and almost killed Ji Chou.As a result, the hatred between the two deepened.

"What did you say? Tituo abandoned the city and ran away." Ji Chou's eyes widened, and his voice was as loud as thunder.

(End of this chapter)