Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 721

Nanyang County, Wancheng.

In the prefect's mansion, Zhang Jai and Fazheng were talking about something, and suddenly there were rapid footsteps outside.

"General Zhang, the law is in, Luoyang has an order." Li Yan arched his hands.

Zhang Jai stopped talking and looked at him: "What order does the general have?"

"Zhangjai is the general of Zhennan, and Fazheng is the general of the military, raising food and grass, commanding the army northward, and joining the generals in Hanzhong to defeat Zhang Lu!"

Zhang Jai worked hard, and guarded the south all the year round. At this moment, he was entrusted with the post of Zhennan general. He couldn't help but smile, but his face soon became serious.

"So the general is going to take Hanzhong in one fell swoop?"

Li Yan replied: "It is true. Now the reinforcement horses and grain and grass from Guanzhong have been dispatched continuously, with a total of 20,000 troops and 200,000 stones, grain and grass."

"Two hundred thousand stones, grains and grass?"

Fa Zheng was slightly surprised. This is not a small amount. A soldier can eat about one stone of grain and grass in a month, and 200,000 stone of grain and grass is enough to feed an army of 50,000 for four months. The number of soldiers and horses mobilized in the Guanzhong direction must be more, I'm afraid not. Want to have half a million stones, food and grass?

"In addition, the general has a secret order here to open it after Zhang Zhennan breaks Shangyong."

Li Yan took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Chi.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and took the letter in his hand.

"Xiaozhi, do you think how many troops should our army send in this crusade against Shangyong and Hanzhong?" Zhang Jai asked Fazheng on the side.

Fazheng pondered for a while, and said: "Zhang Zhennan, my Nanyang County has 20,000 troops, plus the general's 20,000 troops, so there should be 40,000 troops."

"Although our army previously frustrated Cai Hao's offensive, the Jingzhou army still has the strength, so some people should be left to garrison."

Fa Zhen pondered for a while, and said: "In that case, you might as well send 25,000 troops and stay behind 15,000. Ten thousand of them are recruits and five thousand are veterans. In this way, the old soldiers will lead the new soldiers, and the recruits can be quickly transferred. The combat effectiveness has increased."

"Great."

Zhang Jai nodded and squeezed his fist ambitiously: "Immediately mobilize troops and horses to gather in the direction of Rang County. As soon as the grain and grass are in place, our army will send troops immediately!"

"promise!"

...

Ten miles away from the east gate of Chang'an City, thousands of Liangzhou soldiers and officials were displayed on both sides of the road, maintaining order, and behind them were tens of thousands of people who looked forward to them, all craned their necks and looked at them eagerly. , Seems to be waiting for the arrival of some big man.

The two headed men were both literally and arrogant. The generals were majestic and eager to be self-confident, while the civilian officials were about seventy years old, with beards, gray hair, and smiling faces. They were Ma Teng and Fazhen.

"Hehe, the general hasn't returned to Guanzhong for five or six years after he left, right?" Fa Zhen smiled slightly.

"Yeah, Guanzhong calmed down, the people were rich in life, Qiang Hu did not dare to make chaos, the general was looking forward to the east, but he has not returned for many years." Ma Teng said with emotion.

Guanzhong was dilapidated, so when the Qiang people were in trouble, the Emperor Ling even discussed with the court ministers whether to abandon Sanfu? Sanfu is Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi, You Fufeng, and Sanfu guards Chang'an. Such areas must be abandoned, not to mention the more remote counties such as Wuwei, Beidi, and Tianshui.

One of the most important reasons for this is that the Qiang people made chaos. Duan Ying, one of the "Liangzhou Sanming" famous generals in the late Han Dynasty, pretended to accept the surrender of the Qiang people. As a result, they killed the leaders of the Qiang people cleanly. From now on, the Qiang people repeatedly made chaos.

However, Liu Ye ordered the use of both suppression and care. As long as the Qiang people dared to make trouble, they would immediately use thunder to punish them, but for some small Qiang tribes, it was mainly to appease them and let them plant the land.

As more and more small Qiang tribes came to join, some of the larger Qiang tribes gradually became tempted, and Fazhen immediately sent people to educate them, so more and more Qiang tribes gradually joined.

However, there are more and more Qiang people, and it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with the Han people in Guanzhong, so Fazhen racked his brains and suggested to Liu Ye that it is better to set up a "Jilu County", which is an area inhabited by ethnic minorities. Liu Ye immediately swiped his pen and agreed. Since then, the contradiction between the Han and Qiang tribes has been much less.

The two were talking. Suddenly there was smoke and dust in front of him, and a huge "Chinese" character Dazhu gradually emerged. A black and overwhelming cavalry team gathered around Dazhu. Ma Teng, Fazhen and a dry Liangzhou soldier, The officials and tens of thousands of people in Liangzhou were excited and excited.

Holding a banner, Yiqi galloped towards him, shouting: "The general is here!"

"The general is here!"

Tens of thousands of people were eagerly looking forward to it, and nearly a thousand horses were surrounded by one person finally arrived. The man in the middle was draped all over, probably in his thirties. It was just when he was young and vigorous, and his whole body revealed a vigorous spirit, like the five mountains. , Yuan Zhen Yue Zhi, with extraordinary tolerance.

"General!"

"The general has returned to pass, he is back to see us!"

"Mother, is that the general?"

A Han child with a bunch of hairs on his head pointed to Liu Ye on horseback and asked the middle-aged woman next to him.

The middle-aged woman frowned: "Yes, what's the matter?"

The child sucked the finger in his mouth, and said loudly: "The general is so handsome, and the child grows up to be a general like a person."

The surrounding people burst into laughter when they heard the child's words, but the woman looked distraught, fearing that the child's words would cause trouble.

Liu Ye couldn't help but glanced at what the kid said and smiled at him.

"Mother, the general smiled at me!"

The child laughed.

"Don't be rude." His mother hurriedly reprimanded.

"Don't worry, Siniang."

An old man next to him said: "The general loves his people like a child, and he doesn't care about his children."

"That's good, that's good..."

Amidst the cheers of the tens of thousands of people, Liu Ye rode forward, and Ma Teng and Fazhen went forward together and bowed to the ground: "Subordinates pay respect to the general."

"Fargo, Ma Zhenbei please get up soon."

Liu Ye jumped off the horse, first helped the trembling Fazhen up, and then helped Ma Teng up again.

"The general has not been for several years. I really thought that the next time I would wait until Zhen passed away before I could see the general again." Fazhen laughed. He served as Yongzhou Dongjiao, and managed Guanzhong's political affairs for several years. Better than the black, and a lot older.

Liu Ye suddenly sighed with emotion: "Thanks to Fa Gong and Ma Zhenbei Town Fuguanzhong in the past few years, otherwise, even if he had the power to reach the sky, he would not be able to calm Hebei."

"The general is out on the battlefield, and it is right for the two of me to do a little bit of the last effort."

Ma Teng waved his hand and said: "A banquet is set up in the city, please come in, the general."