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Chapter 128 Taking over the military and government of Hanoi

Huo Guang stayed under Huai County for a while. The soldiers on the city tower had already checked Zhu Wu's seal. When the soldiers saw the words "Qimen Sima" on the bronze seal, they hurriedly ran down the suspension bridge and opened the city gate.

When the city gate opened, Huo Guang also heard a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from the city. Before Huo Guang could lead the people into the city, more than a hundred cavalry had already rushed out of the city gate with the sound of horse hooves. The leader of these people was Feng Ning, the commander of Hanoi. He had just heard the city guard soldiers coming to report that Anyang Jun was coming in the city, so he hurriedly led his subordinates out of the city to greet him.

"The last general, Feng Ning, the commander of the Hanoi County, paid a visit to the Lord of Anyang. The Lord has suffered all the hardships all the way, so please go to the city to rest." Feng Ning was still very eye-catching. As soon as he left the city, he saw that Huo Guang was the only one among the troops wearing regular clothes and a good fur cloak, which was very different from the shape of the other people's leather armor.

Feng Ning knelt on one knee, which was considered a great worship. Speaking of which, Huo Guang's identity is indeed a bit special. In terms of official positions, he is only a thousand stone Chang'an Order, and it is not as good as the Hanoi County Chief Commander. However, the title does not come into special circumstances. Generally, the county chief commander is only at the level of Zuo Shuchang, which is much worse than Huo Guang. There are very few marquises in the entire Han Dynasty who were the prefect of a county prefect, and this situation usually does not last long. However, Huo Guang was sent by Emperor Wu of Han to preside over the quelling of the rebellion, which is equivalent to being an imperial envoy, and there is no need to worry about his official position. He is the biggest in the entire Hanoi now.

"Why are you the only one, the county magistrate Wang Wenshu?" Huo Guang did not let Feng Ning get up immediately. Wang Wenshu implemented tyranny in Hanoi. No matter what Feng Ning's purpose was, he was Wang Wenshu's accomplice. Moreover, Feng Ning could not blame the chaos in Hanoi. At that time, Huo Guang might have dealt with him, so he would not have to give him any good face.

"Go back to the emperor, the county magistrate was seriously injured in the fierce battle in Shanyang a few days ago. He is now recuperating in the mansion and cannot come to greet the emperor. Please forgive me!" Feng Ning said with his head down.

"Oh, Shanyang's fierce battle? It's been a few days since Wang Wenshu can't get out of bed. It seems that the injury is really not light? Get up first, take me to the county magistrate's mansion, and notify Huai County officials of more than 200 stones to attend the scene." Huo Guang said meaningfully, but he sneered in his heart. Wang Wenshu's miserable defeat in Shanyang was also said to be injured by Feng Ning. At this time, he was still thinking about getting rid of Wang Wenshu. It seemed that the two were really birds of a feather.

At this moment, Huo Guang stopped talking nonsense and directly ordered, ignoring Feng Ning, who was still half kneeling on the snow. He clamped his legs and went straight to the city. The sergeant followed Huo Guang into the city. Feng Ning was so busy that he quickly got up and chased after him.

Huai County was not affected by the war, and the city is still peaceful at present. However, due to Wang Wenshu's tyranny and this uprising of civilians, the huge Huai County town was extremely depressed. Now every household has closed its doors and no one can see it on the street. The entire Huai County has not opened for nearly ten days.

Huo Guang was still very disturbed. When he took Qianqian cavalry through several streets to the county magistrate's mansion, he still alarmed the people in the city. Some brave men quietly opened the cracks in the windows and looked at the neatly uniform cavalry on the streets outside, they were all wondering when Hanoi had such an army again. Some active people also guessed that this might be the army sent by the emperor to suppress the rebellion, and then they all guessed who the leader was?

"Your Majesty, except for the county magistrates, the prefect's office, the Duwei's office, and the officials of Huai County more than 200 stone have all arrived." In the Hanoi Prefect's office, Feng Ning led more than 30 Hanoi officials to visit Huo Guang. Among them are the chief of the prefect's office, Gongcao, some subordinates of the Duwei's office, and Huai County Magistrate Duwei and others.

During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, the position of county magistrate was clearly changed to the prefect. However, in custom, people sometimes called county magistrates. During this period, they were called prefect in official documents, but there were many names in private that the county magistrates were used.

"I came to Hanoi County on the order of your Majesty to preside over the quelling of the chaos. Your Majesty asked me to take over Hanoi affairs in full. You only need to obey my orders in the future. This is Your Majesty's edict and Hanoi Tiger Talisman." Huo Guang explained his purpose in front of the officials. In fact, he brought the 1,000-count army here, and these people knew what was going on. Now, Huo Guang became the de facto prefect of Hanoi in front of the officials of Hanoi.

Before the Han Dynasty, the existence of tiger talismans was quite common. Not only did the army in the court have tiger talismans as a basis, but each county also had corresponding tiger talismans because they also had regular troops. Generally speaking, the prefects of each county could not mobilize county soldiers at will. In the absence of the emperor tiger talismans, there was only one special case where the prefects could transfer county soldiers themselves, that is, the war was encountered, and this war must also happen in this county. This was also the basis for Wang Wenshu to mobilize three thousand county soldiers to Shanyang. If he held the emperor tiger talismans, there would be no regional restrictions. Now, even if Huo Guang brought the soldiers from Henoi to Chang'an, the legal theory was reasonable.

"Now the prefect Wang Wenshu is seriously injured and it is difficult to act. All things in Hanoi are complicated. The prefect's office obeys the orders. From now on, the government affairs of the Hanoi County will no longer be reported to Wang Wenshu. All matters will be handled by the Taizhong Doctor. Do you understand?" Huo Guang just casually displayed a roll of brocade and half a piece of tiger talisman. Neither Feng Ning nor other officials dared to come up and open the brocade to see if it was the emperor's will. Feng Ning did not dare to take out half of the Hanoi tiger talisman he collected to correspond to the tiger talisman in Huo Guang's hand.

"I am obeying the orders of the emperor!" A subordinate of the prefect's office replied, bowing, which was a resignation of Wang Wenshu's position as prefect without any scruples. However, Huo Guang directly introduced Dongfang Shuo, but did not act as prefect himself, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Emperor Feng." Huo Guang paused for a moment and called out Emperor Feng Ning again.

"The last general is here!" Feng Ning is a military general, and he claimed that the last general was holding his fists and responded.

"You have worked hard these days. Now that I am here, please rest for a few days. Li Ling, you can go to the Duwei Mansion with Feng Duwei Mansion and take over the Duwei Mansion. You can reorganize the remaining soldiers in the Duwei Mansion. You will temporarily command this group of troops." Huo Guang called out Li Ling and continued. This time, he removed Feng Ning from his post and made Li Ling the acting Hanoi Duwei.

The reason why Huo Guang chose to bring Li Ling to Hanoi County on that day was actually because he wanted to take the opportunity to make Li Ling the Hanoi commander after the rebellion, so that he could make the Hanoi leader his own and Li Ling far away from Chang'an. Huo Guang asked Li Ling far away from Chang'an just to change the tragic fate of Li Ling in history. Of course, if this road is not clear, it will take at least ten years to see the truth!

Although Feng Ning had long expected that the ending of himself and Wang Wenshu would not be very good, when Huo Guang stepped down in public, Feng Ning was still lost. To be able to reach the position of a county lieutenant, everyone had experienced countless ups and downs to take office. This step was hard-won and no one wanted to lose it.

"What? What else is there in Wei Feng?" Seeing Feng Ning standing still, Huo Guang said in a deep voice.

"No, nothing... I'll go to hand over to General Li now." Feng Ning said helplessly. He was a guilty person, and Huo Guang was indeed strong. Not to mention his identity, he was even the thousand elite players of the sect who were eyeing him, so Huo Guang was qualified to easily take over Hanoi affairs.

"Military information is urgent, Li Ling, please go quickly. Dongfang Shuo, you can also go to the prefecture's office to count the cost of food, grass, military equipment, etc. Before dark, I will ask Dongfang Shuo to take over the affairs of the prefecture's office immediately. If it is in a normal period, it is impossible to suddenly change the prefect and commander of a county, and to successfully accept these affairs in a short period of time, but it is much easier to do in special periods.

After arranging the takeover of the military and political affairs of Hanoi, Huo Guang took hundreds of troops to Huaixian. This place was originally a residence arranged for the Korean officials to inspect Hanoi, so Huo Guang chose the garrison here. Huo Guang believed that Dongfang Shuo and Li Ling had come to the military and political affairs of one hundred troops, and I believe that Wang Wenshu and Feng Ning would not dare to play any tricks.

"Hmph, I have entered Huaixian County, and Wang Wenshu has avoided him. Brother Yannian, what medicine do you think he is selling in the gourd?" Huo Guang asked Du Yannian after entering the inn. From the very beginning, Huo Guang never really believed that Wang Wenshu was seriously injured and could not get under the bed. This so-called serious injury was just an excuse to not see Huo Guang.

"The Lord took over the power of Wang Wenshu and Feng Ning as soon as he came. I guess they could not be so calm. I must be discussing how to deal with the Lord. We have to be careful!" Du Yannian said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"They are unable to protect themselves now, and they may be powerless to find trouble for us. At this time, they should be trying to save their lives!" Huo Guang was not worried about Wang Wenshu and Feng Ning's small moves. At this time, it is indeed unrealistic for these two people to still want to protect their existing power. How to save their lives is the top priority.

All afternoon, Huo Guang checked the information from various parts of Hanoi County in the inn, analyzed these one by one, and began to formulate steps to quell the rebellion with Du Yannian. The ten captured counties in Hanoi, from where to where to recover, and from long-term plans are required.

On the other hand, Dongfang Shuo and Li Ling also successfully took over the affairs of the Prefect's Mansion and the Duwei's Mansion. These middle and lower-level officials dare not make things difficult for them. After all, they were sent by the court. I wish these small officials would not dare to disobey them.

That night Dongfang Shuo and Li Ling came to the inn with the food, grass, weapons and other accounts of Hanoi County to report to Huo Guang. At the same time, Feng Ning also came to Wang Wenshu's residence in Huai County alone. The prefect of a county should have lived in the prefect's residence, but since the defeat of Shanyang, Wang Wenshu moved out of the prefect's residence on the grounds of serious injuries. The place where he lives now was originally the residence of Zhao Wan, the richest man in Hanoi and the Malaysian merchant. However, Zhao Wan was later killed by Wang Wenshuluo's charges, and most of Zhao Wan's industries also fell into Wang Wenshu's hands.

"Sir, what should we do now? Huo Guang is coming in a fierce manner. If we don't leave, we may not be able to leave!" Feng Ning asked Wang Wenshu in a panic. At this moment, Wang Wenshu was wearing a brocade robe, covered with thick fur, and his face was rosy and he couldn't tell anything that was hurt.

"What's the point? It's hard to come by you and I can get to this position today. How can we give up easily? Huo Guang is just a teenager. As long as we serve his favor, it's not impossible to use him to quell the rebellion and make a mistake. Of course, we have to make the worst plan. I have already started to transfer most of the property. If we really go to any point, we will go north to the Huns!" Wang Wenshu said calmly. It seemed that he was really fearless, and he actually mentioned that he had already prepared for the Huns in Beitou.
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