The road back to Liangzhou is still difficult.
But the news that Liu Bei successfully defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Sichuan and Sichuan had successfully arrived in Luoyang, entered the palace, and flew into Liu Hong's ears.
And Liu Hong, who had been depressed these days, really laughed for once.
"It's still Xuande, it's still Xuande! Only Xuande can really take care of my worries! He can defeat the rebels with a snap of his fingers and easily relieve my worries. Who else is there besides Xuande? Grandpa! Who else is there besides Xuande?" You really thought about me!"
After laughing, Liu Hong couldn't help but wipe his tears.
It’s not Liu Hong’s fault. He finally ended the crisis in Hedong that lasted for more than a year. However, within a month, the empire was at war and four states rebelled. Anyone would be depressed for a while, not to mention Liu Hong’s mentality. An emperor of poor quality.
And except for Liu Bei, the other three new state pastors have very limited achievements.
This can't all be blamed on them. They don't have Liu Bei's deep knowledge and the fruits accumulated by Liu Bei's hard work for so long. They can easily lead a powerful army to put down the rebellion.
They also learned from Liu Bei's "advanced experience" and recruited some soldiers and horses in the Land of Three Rivers and the Land of Guandong.
Each of the three people took the money and food given by the court and some sponsorship they brought in to raise a starting army ranging from 10,000 to 15,000 people. Then they trained separately and recruited a team of starting talents who were willing to obey orders.
But the elite army is not so easy to get. They do not have the starting team that Liu Bei prepared in advance, the talent team that Liu Bei has trained, and Liu Bei's "Infantry and Riding Manual" and rich practical experience.
Among the three, Liu Yu is the only one who has some prestige and experience in handling affairs, but Liu Yu's prestige and experience were mainly developed in Youzhou. His prestige is relatively large in Youzhou and does not involve other areas.
Not to mention Huang Wan and Liu Yan.
In the Sanhe area, the prestige and reputation of the three of them are not as good as Liu Bei alone.
Therefore, the army can be recruited through funds, but the composition of the talent team under their command is relatively ugly, and the combat effectiveness of the army is almost negligible. They do not have enough time to train the combat effectiveness of the army.
The only good thing is probably that the enemy they face is not a powerful enemy.
After Huang Wan arrived in Runan County, he fought small-scale battles with the Runan Yellow Turbans one after another. Sometimes he won and sometimes he lost. Generally speaking, he maintained the war situation and successfully curbed the further expansion of the Runan Yellow Turbans. This was considered a success. A little bit of success.
But it is still difficult to mobilize the resources of the entire Runan for his use.
Especially in Yuzhou, a large state in the Central Plains that is filled with a large number of powerful families, not to mention Runan County, which is full of sages and demons. The Yuan family, the life and death enemy of the modern literary school, is in Runan.
When Yuan Wei learned that Huang Wan had been appointed as the shepherd of Yuzhou, he was full of malice towards Huang Wan. He privately contacted many of his disciples and former officials who were officials in Yuzhou, and asked them not to forget to give Huang Wan eye drops.
Huang Wan is just a Yuzhou shepherd, and I am the powerful Situ. You must think clearly, if you blindly follow Huang Wan and cause trouble, don't blame me for being ruthless!
Therefore, during Huang Wan's campaign against Runan County, there were always problems with his logistics. Sometimes he clearly defeated the Yellow Turban Army, but was unable to expand the results because his logistics could not keep up.
Huang Wan was very angry about this, and he knew in his heart that Yuan Wei was up to something, so he went to the court to accuse Yuan Wei of manipulating local officials to ruin his affairs. Yuan Wei looked innocent and cried out, and then gave a lot of money to the eunuchs. , bribed the eunuch to speak for him.
The one near the water tower gets the moon first. After collecting the money, the eunuchs will do their work.
Zhang Rang chose to take action, so Huang Wan's complaint did not receive any response, and Liu Hong did not know about the matter - Zhang Rang did not want Liu Hong to know too many things that were detrimental to him, especially when Liu Hong was willing to trust him and And since the intelligence network was mainly in Zhang Rang's hands, Zhang Rang was even more unwilling to let Liu Hong know too much.
The more Liu Hong knows, the greater the restrictions on him. And judging from the actual situation, Liu Hong was too busy and worried some time ago and did not have time to enjoy life. Now he is making up for it, and I am afraid it will not be enough. Don't want to know too much.
The more you know, the more you worry.
After Huang Wan appealed many times to no avail, he realized that as a Yuzhou shepherd, he actually did not have much say in Yuzhou. To establish prestige and consolidate his position, he still needed military exploits, time and skill.
It is not possible to become the ruler of Yuzhou by becoming the shepherd of Yuzhou. He has too many things to worry about.
Thinking of this, Huang Wan couldn't help but start to envy Liu Bei.
Although Liangzhou is a poor place, there is no behemoth like the Yuan family in Liangzhou who can weave a net for him from the center to the local areas, making him unable to break free and very helpless.
He can only dance while wearing shackles, and he has to find a way to dance well.
How difficult.
Compared with Huang Wan's difficulties, Liu Yu and Liu Yan were relatively better off.
After Liu Yan arrived in Xuzhou, he tried his best to fight against the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans. However, the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army was large in number. The troops brought by Liu Yan and the local troops in Xuzhou were not enough. The combat effectiveness was not enough for a while, so the battle situation was Not very good.
However, the equipment on Liu Yan's side was relatively good, so he barely managed to lose in the battle. For the time being, he was able to maintain a 50-50 draw with the Yellow Turban Army.
Liu Yu is different.
After arriving in Qingzhou, relying on his own experience of successfully conquering Youzhou, he proposed a method of mainly appeasing and supplementing by extermination, striving to negotiate peace with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans instead of taking the initiative to start a war. He hoped to use his sincerity to impress the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. Army, make them give up causing chaos.
But it hasn't been successful yet.
The common people who decided to rebel were not so easy to fool, and it was not easy to trust an unfamiliar official. Liu Yu wanted to impress them with sincerity, which was still a bit difficult and took a long time.
The achievements of these three people are relatively limited, but the chaos in the three states can be regarded as having someone directly responsible.
As the second person responsible, Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief after Liu Bei defeated the Yizhou Yellow Turban Army, felt a little more relaxed, and then prepared to promote Liu Bei.
Liu Bei solved the problem for him and brought him trophies, which made him very happy. This comfort should be rewarded.
Liu Bei was already a Cavalry General before, and the original Cavalry General Zhang Wen was dismissed due to the crisis in Hedong. The post of Cavalry General was vacant. Liu Hong waved his hand and decided to hand over the position to Liu Bei.
The Hussar General was first appointed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He has a golden seal and purple ribbon and has the same position as the Three Dukes. After Liu Bei was promoted to the Hussar General, although he did not have the position of the Three Dukes, his political status was equal to that of the Three Dukes.
Liu Hong thought that this position was very suitable for Liu Bei, and then with a wave of his hand, he added two thousand households to Liu Bei's food court, bringing Liu Bei and Fan Yanghou's food court to 12,000 households, making him the first in the world.
The rewards, promotions, etc. of Liu Bei's subordinates were fully approved according to Liu Bei's wishes, and the court did not make any changes.
After this incident was over, Liu Hong planned to relax and give himself a holiday to relieve the fatigue caused by days of hard work, but Zhang Rang did not intend to let Liu Hong rest so easily.
He still had something he wanted to do.
This matter is inseparable from He Jin.
To be precise, this matter is not Zhang Rang's personal behavior. Liu Hong is also concerned about this matter and does not find it troublesome——
Zhang Rang proposed to Liu Hong and suggested that Liu Hong recruit strong men outside Luoyang's existing army system and organize a new army directly under the emperor to defend the imperial power and maintain the emperor's status.
PS: Showa veterans can’t withstand the passage of time after all. Although I haven’t watched Jack much, as someone who started watching Ultraman when I was five or six years old, I am still very emotional...
