Chapter 174: Lu Bu is defeated and the cavalry returns
The fire at Yanmen Pass burned for two days and two nights before it was extinguished. After the fire, the entire Yanmen Pass inside and outside turned into a piece of scorched earth, and there was no trace of life on the earth.
In the past two days, except for Qin Hao who was on vacation due to taking a concubine, the entire Yanmen was in a busy state of mobilization.
With the help of Fan Zhongyan, the county magistrate Hao Tong mobilized a full 150,000 laborers among the 400,000 Yanmen people in just two days. Now that the fire at Yanmen Pass has been extinguished, it is natural to rush to the original site of Yanmen Pass to rebuild it. The wild goose gate is closed.
For Qin Hao, there were no other changes in concubinage except having someone beside him at night. On the third day, Qin Hao got busy at work, and Yuchi Gong was recommended by Hao Tong on the third day. Gave it to Qin Hao.
Qin Hao asked Yuchi Gong to demonstrate his martial arts skills in public, and Yuchi Gong, the blacksmith, finally became famous after being buried for nearly twenty years.
Since then, among the eighteen heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, three tiger generals have joined Qin Hao's command: sixteen Qin Qiong, seventeenth Wei Chigong and eighteen Shan Xiongxin.
After Yuchi Gong received the approval of all the generals, Qin Hao assigned Yuchi Gong to Qin Qiong's command as a military commander, but he didn't know when the two great masters would be able to create sparks.
As for Mu Guiying, he is now the commander of Qin Hao's imperial guard, the Nine Dragon Guards, and is protecting Qin Hao's safety "personally".
The original commander Yue Fei was promoted to Army Sima, so he was naturally not suitable to be the commander of Qin Hao's bodyguards. Moreover, the Nine Dragon Guards were an officer training camp established by Qin Hao. Although Yue Fei was loyal, he was not suitable to be in charge of this force.
The Nine Dragon Guards are elites who have surpassed the defeated army. Although they are small in number, they are all unruly, so how can they accept a woman as the leader?
As for these proud and powerful generals, Mu Guiying had only one word, and that was to fight!
There were only fifty-five members of the Nine Dragon Guards in total, which was not a large number, so Mu Guiying fought one by one, and finally forced the five leaders of the Nine Dragon Guards, Niu Xin, Yang Sen, Ma Miao, Hu Yan, and Hou Yao to join forces to challenge Mu Guiying.
Although it was 5vs1, they still lost in the end, which also made Jiulongwei completely convinced of Mu Guiying.
The first thing Mu Guiying did after taking charge of the Jiulong Guard was to expand the army. After several battles, the Yanmen Army slaughtered countless Huns. Naturally, many soldiers who met the recruitment standards of the Jiulong Guard were born. The Jiulong Guard finally exceeded one hundred People mark.
Mu Guiying conquered the Nine Dragon Guards, but was also conquered by Qin Hao.
Under Qin Hao's domineering offensive, Mu Guiying fell easily. Don't think wrongly, this fall was naturally spiritual.
Not eating the meat that reaches your mouth is not Qin Hao's style. The problem lies with Mu Guiying.
A man chases a woman with a barrier, and a woman chases a man with a veil;
Mu Guiying is so proactive, even a "cold" person like Qin Hao can't resist it. After the relationship between the two 'broke the ice', it naturally developed very quickly.
In just two days, except for the last step, the two of them had done basically everything.
Although Mu Guiying is trapped in Qin Hao's love trap and cannot extricate herself, she is very sober when it comes to chastity.
Mu Guiying was full of fantasies about love and wanted to give her precious first time to the person she loved most on the wedding day, but Qin Hao was not willing to force it.
In fact, even if Qin Hao uses force, Mu Guiying can't resist. When has the 'tyrannical president' ever considered other people's opinions?
It's just that Qin Hao wanted more than just Mu Guiying's body, so he didn't want to leave any regrets for Mu Guiying, so he didn't go any further.
As for Shen Wansan, Qin Hao originally wanted to recommend him to his mother as his deputy, but after asking, he found out that Shen Wansan had been sent out to buy grain by Jia Bo, so he could only wait for him to come back.
Gold will shine wherever it is.
What Qin Hao didn't know was that although Shen Wansan was in charge of Yizhou, the farthest place, he used the least amount of money to buy the most grain and grass for Yanmen.
Shen Wansan used this as a promotion step, thus gaining Jia Yu's appreciation, and gradually became Jia Yu's deputy, until he succeeded Jia Yu in taking charge of the chamber of commerce and developed and expanded, and eventually became the first businessman to be granted a title for business.
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Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
On the original site of Yanmen Pass, there were 40,000 Huns prisoners, 150,000 Yanmen laborers, 10,000 newly recruited soldiers, and a total of 200,000 people. Under the auspices of the county prime minister Haotong, they started the task of repairing the pass in full swing.
This time the Yanmen Pass repair force had no worries and no shortage of labor force, so Qin Hao decided to expand the scale of Yanmen Pass again on the original basis, so that the defense power of Yanmen Pass after reconstruction would be even greater than before.
At noon, the laborers who were having lunch after their rotation suddenly felt strong and continuous vibrations from the ground at the same time.
Everyone couldn't help but change their expressions, because this was the sound coming from the hoofbeats of a large number of cavalry.
Could it be that the Huns are back?
At this time, Yanmen Pass has no resistance at all!
The laborers couldn't help but feel a little frightened, while the Huns prisoners were ready to take action.
"Don't panic, everyone, General Zhang Liao is back!"
The supervisors held weapons and shouted to stabilize people's hearts while controlling the Huns prisoners. As long as these prisoners made any changes, they would immediately suppress them.
When the laborers heard that Zhang Liao was back, they naturally stabilized, while the Huns prisoners reluctantly withdrew their last trace of resistance.
After the ambush at Donglongkou, Qin Hao sent Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and Qin Hu, three generals, and three thousand fine cavalry to follow Lu Bu. The three generals returned with the army only three days later, and judging from the situation, the losses were not great.
As for Lu Bu's Bingzhou Army, it was a bit bleak. There were 8,000 cavalry when they went out, but less than 2,000 came back.
What a failure!
The returning cavalry did not stop at Yanmen Pass, but went directly south to Guangwu. Zhang Liao and other generals took Lu Bu's general Wei Xu into the city to resume his duties. Lu Bu did not enter the city, but stationed outside Guangwu and waited.
"General Wei Xu, we meet again!" Qin Hao greeted with a smile, not angry at Wei Xu because Lu Bu robbed three counties.
Because of Lu Bu's attack, none of the Yanmen generals Wei Xu had been friends with along the way looked down upon him, but Qin Hao didn't care. Wei Xu couldn't help but admire Qin Hao's broad-mindedness in his heart.
"I've met General Qin." Wei Xu bowed to Qin Hao and said, "My general sent me here with a merciless request. I hope the general can help."
As soon as these words were spoken, Wei Xu himself felt a little embarrassed and his face turned a little red.
Because Lu Bu, the Bingzhou Army and the Yanmen Army just had a falling out, and now they want to turn to the Yanmen Army, and no one would be embarrassed to leave this matter alone.
"Since it's an unkind request, why didn't Lu Bu come to ask my young master in person, but instead sent you Wei Xu?" Qin Yong mocked: "It seems that Lu Bu has no sincerity!"
