Chapter Forty-one(1/2)
The war in Meiyang was in full swing, but Liu Qing lingered in Chang'an and did not participate. As far as the current situation is concerned, the foreign problem has been basically solved. The remaining credit should be divided among the generals.
Especially General Dong, a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty who Liu Qing took great care of.
As long as he intercepts Yi County, it is almost impossible for the Qiang people to escape intact. Maybe he will intercept and kill them as a military exploit, maybe he will surrender and strengthen himself, or maybe he will be kind and let them escape in vain. After all, Dong Zhuo Befriend the Qiang people since childhood.
These are beyond your control.
The time soon came to early June, around the time of Ear Grain, which is when the sowing of late grain, millet, millet and other summer crops is busy.
I believe that this matter must be very busy in my jurisdiction.
Suddenly looking back, only half a year has passed since the Yellow Turban Uprising. If we count history, at this time, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun would probably still be fighting against Bocai in Yingchuan, and it would be a few months before Zhang Jiao died of illness.
But now, everything has been smashed to pieces by the butterfly Liu Qing.
In just a few months, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, and in just a few months, the rebellion of the foreign tribes was put down. Not only did they subdue Ju Shuo, Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, but also Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao and other powerful generals.
According to the plan, after the three steps of the Pingwai tribe are completed, if the expectations are good, they can develop with peace of mind for a period of time.
Half a year of war has left the Han Dynasty in a state of turmoil. But just a few months ago, when the 200,000 foreign troops were approaching, the imperial court even sent out the left and right Yu Lin. When the war in the three auxiliaries subsided, Liu Hong should take a rest.
Still in Chang'an, Zheng Wei provided Liu Qing with a temporary residence. Zhang Wen's chief minister, Zhao Qi, soon left for the front line. Before leaving, he even invited Liu Qing to come, but unfortunately Liu Qing had no intention of doing so.
I’ve called you here, can’t you just enjoy it?
Isn’t it nice to take a break from your busy schedule?
In the past few days, Guo Jia went out every day. Zhao Yun and Dian Wei competed with weapons all day long, and Zhang Liao practiced martial arts with the two of them. Liu Qing, on the other hand, was lazy and took care of things, and he also spent a few days without shame.
Qian Ying’s waist strength is really good!
Every time Liu Qing ended up sweating profusely, he would lie on his back on the bed and stare blankly at the tent, thinking in his heart: "Be in control, let's set off back to Yanmen tomorrow!"
The imagination gradually turned into emotion, and the emotion turned into faint guilt.
The time of wise men is probably like this.
On that day, Guo Jia came and said to Liu Qing: "My lord, please report from the front. The danger in Meiyang has been resolved, and my lord can return!"
Is the vacation over? It seems that Zhang Wen and Dong Zhuo are also going well.
"Since we have nothing to do, we will return to Yanmen as soon as possible. I am looking forward to it. What does Yanmen look like now?" Liu Qing replied with a smile.
"Master, shouldn't he return to Changshan? The mistress should have arrived."
Feng Xiao was right! Liu Qing suddenly worried about Zhao Ji.
"In this case, our army will pass through Hedong County and Taiyuan County and return directly to Changshan."
"One more thing, General Huangfu wrote that he and General Zhu did not see any Xianbei people leaving Liangshan, so the remaining Xianbei people must have fled north."
This is a pity. This area is full of desolate mountains, and it is indeed difficult to catch the Xianbei army as it flees north to the desolate Shuofang County.
Then one day, they will return to the desert and grassland and become Liu Qing's enemies again.
"If this disaster is not eliminated, it will become a big trouble!" Liu Qing said conclusively. Now that foreign enemies are around, the imperial court can maintain balance. As soon as the foreign troubles disappear, Luoyang will immediately fall into a power struggle. If there is conflict, there will be killings. , Liu Qing really didn’t want to get involved.
It would be better to send a representative there.
But Xianbei is different. If its ghost lingers, it will seriously interfere with the order in the rear area. It will take a lot of trouble to destroy, and it will not be destroyed completely.
"My lord, how about supporting Qian Man, imitating his ancestor Tan Shihuai, and unifying Xianbei?" Guo Jia suggested.
Liu Qing disagreed. If he really wanted to do this, he would have to wait until the big man was completely stable.
"It's not appropriate at this time. When external troubles are eliminated, internal troubles will come. But it's okay to use Xianbei to control Xianbei." Liu Qing said with a smile.
He nodded and changed the topic, "My lord, Bai Bogu..."
"You guessed it too?"
"I am familiar with the lord, and he can influence the decisions of the Yellow Turban Army. That person disappeared by chance. I can't think of anyone else." Guo Jia guessed, "I just don't know if Zhang Ning is hostile to the lord at this time."
Liu Qing shook his head, "Probably not."
"How can I see it?"
Liu Qing smiled and had no answer. He could only joke: "Intuition!"
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Outside Luoyang, Xiyuan.
Since the establishment of the Xiyuan Army, Liu Hong has not been to the imperial court very often. At most, he only summoned the nine ministers of the four prefectures and other important ministers to discuss matters in the Xiyuan.
Since the news of Youzhou rebellion reached Luoyang, Liu Hong took some symbolic measures. Until today, the news of Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei's victory came, which is a rare happy event.
"My lords, Gongsun Zan has left me alone. How do you think I should reward him?"
"Your Majesty, you can be worshiped by the general Zhonglang and be granted the title of capital pavilion. In addition, Liu Bei and Xiang should also be rewarded for their meritorious service!"
"Liu Bei? Who is he?" Liu Hong asked curiously.
Lu Zhi, the minister who was reinstated, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande, is a native of Zhuo County. He is the queen of Prince Jing of Zhongshan. He and Gongsun Zan are both my students."
"Oh? He's actually a member of the Han clan? How brave is he? What was Liu Bei's previous position?" Liu Hong asked.
"Liu Bei has meritorious service in slaying the Yellow Turbans, and he was granted the title of Lieutenant of Julu County. For his merits in this battle, he should be rewarded as appropriate." He Jin suggested.
"Is there any objection?" Liu Hong looked around and saw no one said anything.
Zhao Zhong stepped forward and reminded him without losing the opportunity, "Your Majesty, the clan members of the Han Dynasty need to be examined carefully."
Liu Hongshen thought so. How could he be considered a Han clan member just because his surname was Liu? The wanted criminal Liu Pi who was on the run in Runan was also surnamed Liu!
"Then he will be appointed as the county magistrate!" Liu Hong said straight to the point, "In addition, I have thought a lot about Youzhou. Liu Yu will listen to the edict!"
Liu Yu, who had just been promoted to Zongzheng not long ago, stepped forward to salute.
"Bo'an, you used to be the governor of Youzhou. Now there are frequent turmoils in Youzhou. Gongsun Zan has temporarily gained an advantage. You have a good understanding of the Wuhuan issue, so I appointed you as the shepherd of Youzhou!"
As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, all the ministers sighed. This was Liu Hongfeng's third state pastor, Youzhou pastor Liu Yu. The first two were Jizhou pastor Huangfusong and Yizhou pastor Liu Yan.
Except for Huangfu Song, who was awarded for his military exploits, the rest were conferred by Liu Hong himself, and their identities were all clan members of the Han Dynasty.
It was clear to all the officials, especially old foxes like Yuan Wei, that His Majesty was going to create a new force, with Han and Liu as the axis, starting from a remote continent.
"I accept the edict!" Liu Yu said.
Liu Hong asked some other questions. At this time, a little Huangmen came running quickly!
"His Majesty--"
While running, he shouted, "Your Majesty——, General Huangfu is reporting urgently!"
Zhao Zhong was smart and quickly stepped forward to take it and carefully handed it to Liu Hong.
Liu Hong took it casually, opened it and read it.
Zhao Zhong looked at His Majesty's expression, his eyebrows gradually relaxed, his expression gradually became happy, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems to be good news.
"Hahahaha——" Halfway through, Liu Hong laughed out loud after seeing the military report that the Southern Xiongnu army had been destroyed and the Xianbei army had fled.
All the ministers looked at each other.
"My lords, the danger in Hedong has been resolved. The entire southern Xiongnu army has been destroyed, and the Xianbei army has fled into the mountains. Hahahaha -" Liu Hong said happily!
The Southern Xiongnu were completely destroyed? Xianbei fled?
Isn't it said that the coalition has a hundred thousand troops? Huangfu Song leads the left and right Yu Lin. How can they defeat an army of one hundred thousand? Even Ding Yuan's army is far from enough!
Doubts arose in the hearts of all the ministers.
Liu Hong himself was also very curious. Should the weak defeat the strong? Or annihilate them all? Is Huangfu Song really such a genius?
With anticipation, Liu Hong simply read in front of the class:
"...I attacked from Pishi and led the troops across the river. Later, together with the governor Ding Yuan and the prefect Liu Qing, I went south to pursue the pursuit. The Xianbei army was about to leave the valley to attack Zuo Fengyi. General Dong Zhuo planned a strategy and garrisoned Xia Yang in advance, with thousands of troops.
The human army is holding on to the siege of tens of thousands of Xianbei troops..."
Liu Hong couldn't help but stop and praise: "General Dong is so strong!"
Then he continued to read: "The Xianbei army lost ground and had no way to go. It had no choice but to kill the horses, wrap up the horse meat and escape over the mountains! Our entire army met in Xia Yang and went to Meiyang in Guanzhong to help Zhang Sikong."
After reading this, Liu Hong suddenly felt enlightened!
Huangfu Songyan said that he would rush to help Guanzhong, that is, there is a way to solve the crisis of Meiyang. If the progress goes well, maybe it will take less than a month to drive the Qiang army out of the land of Sanfu.
"Your Majesty, does the letter say why the Southern Xiongnu were destroyed?" He Jin asked, as if he had never heard this before.
Liu Hong felt the same way, so he read on: "In this battle, Governor Ding guarded the river valley and did not send a single soldier into the hinterland of Hedong. However, General Dong advanced to Xia Yang in advance, which can be called a clever use of troops, and the Xianbei army fought under the city.
, refused to give in an inch, and Prefect Liu..."
After reading this, Liu Hong was once again stunned. Liu Taishou was Liu Qing, and there had been no news about the Southern Huns. Could it be that...Liu Hong suddenly had a bad intuition.
Huangfu, what kind of broken style of Spring and Autumn calligraphy is this!
Liu Hong suddenly lost his mood and stopped reading. Instead, he read it quietly by himself.
Lords:???
To be continued...