Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 83 I am also a person with status

After an autumn rain, the weather gradually turned cooler, the mountains were covered with hoarfrost, the vegetation was withered and yellow, and the mountains and rivers were desolate.

In the camp of the Han army, Liu He ordered people to bring a bag of sand and soil, and fiddled with it on the wooden plate on the table, on which different mountain terrains had been piled up.

"The canyon to the west of Jiming Mountain should be even wider!" Liu He guided Cheng Xu to outline a few calculation routes.

Ji Chou and others provided clues nearby, and when the sand table took shape, everyone was shocked. Liu He's ingenious map was much more accurate than a few lines drawn on sheepskin.

Especially Ji Chou and Cheng Xu, they were even more shocked. Liu He was so familiar with the terrain of Shanggu County. They have been here for more than ten years, but they don't remember the mountains and directions here as well as Liu He.

"Hmm... almost?" Liu He patted the sand on his hands, smiled at Ji Chou and the two, "Probably the terrain is like this, and the rest of the small places can be marked on the map."

"Liu Duwei... is really a god!"

Cheng Xu stared blankly at the sand table and was too excited to speak. If there were such topographic maps in every place in the future, the marching formation would be very intuitive and simple.

Zhang Fei clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Haha, you have always had a lot of tricky ideas. This thing is great. It will be more convenient to lead troops to fight in the future."

Everyone praised, pointing to the terrain on the map compared with the current location, the two basins are the most prominent, and the next goal is to occupy Jiming Mountain and drive the Xianbei army to the basin in the northwest.

Just as they were discussing the matter of marching troops, a man from Zhuojun suddenly came with an official edict, but it was Liu He's official letter of appointment. Then go back.

This time, there are three official documents, one is the commendation edict for the yellow scarf, the other is the official appointment of the prefect of Zhuojun County, and the other is the promotion document. booth waiting.

Opening a big seal wrapped in a yellow silk scarf, Liu He was excited. This is the real power. Inside the seal box was a silver seal with a green ribbon, with a rank ratio of [-] shi, which belonged to senior officials.

Of course, what Liu He cared more about was the sentence in the imperial decree: Liu He is a clan member of the Han family, and he is worthy of great responsibility. He ordered the soldiers and horses of Youzhou to guard the border.

This means that he is not only the governor of the county, but also has military power. He can even mobilize the troops of Jichou and Zoujing, especially Jichou's Wuhuan Captain, which is an independent army directly under the general's control.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, General Du Liao and Wuhuan Xiaowei were collectively called the Second Battalion on the border. One was in the west of Youzhou and the other was in West and Liaodong.

General Du Liao's jurisdiction generally accepts exiled sinners and assigns them. At present, General Du Liao is vacant. Liu He is the general of Zhonglang, who is under the command of Youzhou soldiers and horses. This is the right to lead troops for him.

Everyone was overjoyed, and congratulated one after another: "Congratulations, young master, for being appointed general!"

"Same joy, same joy, and it depends on the concerted efforts of all of you to achieve this." Liu He returned the salute to everyone, very satisfied with the court's reaction this time.

Regardless of the size of the official position, the title of Dukang Pavilion is of great significance. In this era, status is a golden signboard for attracting talents.

However, compared to the history of Huangfu Song begging for a yellow scarf to be granted the title of Marquis of Huaili, leading Jizhou herdsmen, and eating [-] households in the city, his Tinghou seems too shabby, and the three brothers Zhang Jiao died under his hands.

They are all from the Liu family, but they are so stingy. It is not an exaggeration to be crowned king for this credit, right?
Liu He slandered in his heart, and sighed secretly that he still suffered from his age. In the eyes of those old antiques, teenagers were embarrassing after all, and it was inconvenient to be appointed to such a high official position.

But no matter what, I will be a person with status in the future!
Rubbing the cool seal ribbon, Liu He comforted himself that his goal was not just to seal the king and crack the earth.

In fact, he has been promoted to three levels in a row for half a year. In the eyes of others, he has already achieved great success. If it weren't for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he might not be able to rise so fast.

Some people compare the Yellow Turban Army to the experienced babies of the heroes in the late Han Dynasty, and this is true.

The Yellow Turban Uprising should be the worst peasant uprising in the past. Although nearly one million people in 28 counties in seven prefectures were so powerful that they shook the capital, it was a pity that none of them could fight.

The more important thing is that the Yellow Turban Army forgot their original intentions, burned, killed, looted, became short-sighted, and became the person they hated the most.

After collecting the seal and official documents, Liu He was humble, and he could not send troops at the moment, so he sent an order to hold a banquet to celebrate. This credit is not only his own, all the generals under his command will be rewarded.

At the time of preparation, Liu He promoted Guan Yu to be the captain of the cavalry, Cheng Pu to be the commander of the army, Zhang Fei to be the captain of the Kou, Han Dang and Zhang He to be the captains, and the other soldiers were rewarded according to their merits.

Not long after the banquet was ready, Liu He raised his glass and said, "It took only half a year to go from breaking the yellow scarf to conquering Xianbei. Although we have made great achievements and rewards, our expeditions from south to north show that the people of the world are not stable. I am a member of the Han family. The Kuang Fu Han family will not hesitate to do so, and will rely on your help in the future."

Everyone saw that Liu He was not arrogant at all, instead they always cared about the safety of the court, and they stood up to toast. After getting along with each other for a while, no one treated him like a young boy anymore.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-September, and the weather was getting colder and colder. It was time for the soldiers to change their winter clothes. The Xianbei people who had not yet received winter supplies became more and more nervous.

When the news spread to the camp, Liu He raised his tent and discussed the dispatch of troops around the sand table with all the generals. During this time, everyone knew the terrain of each place like the back of their hands, and they were just waiting for the troops to start fighting.

Liu He issued several orders in a row, Guan Yu and Xu Rong successively took the orders to dispatch troops, and then sent Xian Yufu to lead a thousand soldiers from Youzhou to ambush from Yanshan Mountain to Jiming Mountain to cut off the Xianbei army's retreat.

After everything was arranged, Liu He personally led [-] elite soldiers out of the camp for twenty miles to meet the enemy. From a distance, he saw dust flying on the plain, and Xianbei cavalry galloping towards them.

The two armies stopped at a stream, and the [-] Han army appeared weak and vulnerable in front of nearly [-] cavalry.

Liu He said to Zhang Fei: "Yide go to lead the battle, kill one general first, if they send another army, they will return to the camp in a false defeat."

Zhang Fei led the way, and crossed the stream alone on a leaping horse, facing the cavalry all over the mountains without fear, like a tiger roaring in front of a pack of wolves.

Xianbei people have always been rebellious, how could they stand such a provocation, immediately some people rode their horses into battle, and they were stabbed by Zhang Fei's spear just after the confrontation.

There was a commotion in the Xianbei army, and someone rushed out again immediately. Zhang Fei fought three times with them, remembering Liu He's instructions, pretending to be invincible and forcing the people back, turning his horse's head and walking back.

The Xianbei generals were in hot pursuit, and Liu He hurried forward to meet him in person. The man galloped straight across the creek, slashed at him with a big knife, borrowed his horsepower, and knocked Liu He's weapon into the air with just one move.

Liu He panicked, and hurriedly retreated to the army. The Han army was in chaos, and hurriedly fired a round of bows and arrows, and then retreated in embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)