Three Kingdoms: I am not Liu Bian

Chapter 80 Zhang Jue: Are you a charlatan or am I a charlatan?
Liu Bian, who was stationed on the slope, held a whip in his hand and followed Guan Yu's heroic fighting on the battlefield with his eyes full of undisguised admiration. He didn't care about the feelings of the generals beside him at all.

"Your Highness is too partial to Guan Yu." Xiahou Yuan curled his lips and said sourly, "Such a bandit, how could we be defeated in a surprise attack in the snow? As for taking their leader with an army of ten thousand, I, Xiahou Miaocai, can do that too!"

As he spoke, Xiahou Yuan waved the lance in his hand, slamming it heavily on the ground, sending up a shower of snowflakes. He continued, "In my opinion, Brother Fengxian, Brother Wentai, and Brother Zixiao, who doesn't have the courage to take the head of an army? Only Guan Yu is capable of that."

Cao Ren didn't say anything, but nodded, expressing his attitude with body language.

Guan Yu's words on the city wall three days ago, "I regard Zhang Niu's horns as if they were his heads being put up for sale," were really too arrogant.

You were beaten to the point of nearly losing the city. What qualifications do you have to be so arrogant?
However, Liu Bian not only did not reprimand Guan Yu for his arrogance, but instead praised his heroism and bravery. He temporarily loaned the Yulin Left and Right Cavalry under Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to Guan Yu to command, giving him the opportunity to take revenge with his own hands.

This undoubtedly further stimulated Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan. They had served as the left and right supervisors of the Yulin Army after Guan Yu accompanied Liu Bei to Jizhou. They had never met Guan Yu before, and their troops were taken away by Guan Yu, so they naturally became more dissatisfied.

When temporarily taking over other people's troops, one would always say a few polite words, but Guan Yu did not contact Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan at all, and directly took over the Yulin Left and Right Cavalry.

In fact, even Sun Jian, Lu Bu and Cao Cao, the three colleagues who had been with Guan Yu for several months, were more or less dissatisfied with him. They all followed the prince on a 700-mile march to come to his aid. How come you don't even understand the ways of the world?
Not only did he not leave the city to thank everyone at the military camp after the siege of the city was lifted, but he also tried to compete with everyone for the credit?

Usually when a person or a city is under siege, the bulk of the military merit is often given to the reinforcements as a token of gratitude and consolation for their assistance, not to mention the rest of the banquets and rewards.

Hey, the prince gave you a chance to make you proud, and you really took it?
So everyone came all the way to help you, just to play supporting roles for you?
Do you think you, Guan Yu, are Lu Jizhou?
Lu Jizhou is the Prince's tutor, a resolute and upright celebrity, a senior and an important official. Everyone is willing to play a supporting role to Lu Jizhou, but you, Guan Yu, are really too arrogant!
Among all the generals, only Fu Xie had a calm expression. He sat quietly on his horse, his eyes deep and indifferent, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Doesn’t His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that the generals are dissatisfied with Guan Yu?

He must have known.

But the prince obviously had no intention of interfering.

They are all generals leading troops, so what if they have some conflicts with each other?
If anyone dares to put personal interests above public interest, the prince will naturally let him know the majesty of military law. Since he will not put personal interests above public interest, what does it matter if there are some contradictions?
Or, wouldn’t it be better if there were some contradictions?

Fu Xie didn't know whether he was being mean-spirited or not, but the emperor's mind was unfathomable, so how could he know that this was not the prince's original intention?

Of course, Fu Xie did not tell others about these speculations in his mind, but just silently observed the situation on the battlefield.

Seeing that Guan Yu had already led the Yulin Cavalry to defeat the Black Mountain Army, the prince also ordered his generals to lead the troops to attack and expand the victory.

The generals, watching Guan Yu slaughtering people everywhere, were already itching to fight, and naturally rushed down the slope to attack the Black Mountain Army. Unfortunately, the Black Mountain Army seemed to be completely defeated, and for the generals, this battle was not very satisfying.

Moreover, Chu Feiyan, the second-in-command of the Black Mountain Army, seemed to have retreated with more than 8,000 people and tens of thousands of the elderly, the weak, women and children at the beginning of the war. He took advantage of the time when the Han army expanded its victory and fled to the mountains, leaving the Han army without the opportunity to pursue him.

But there was nothing that could be done about it. The Black Mountain Army was originally a group of bandits composed of local bandits and civilians. They were too familiar with the terrain and took advantage of it to escape the pursuit of the Han army.

Moreover, once they reached the mountain, not to mention the cavalry, even if the infantry led by Huangfu Song arrived, they would be helpless as they looked at the mountains and forests. However, the biggest headache for Liu Bian was the placement of the prisoners. Over 5,000 heads had been beheaded, and over 60,000 prisoners had been captured. Of these 60,000, at least 50,000 were the elderly, the weak, women, and children. How to place them became a major problem.

It is impossible to abandon these 60,000 people. Not to mention that 60,000 refugees will be a disaster that will keep people awake no matter where they are placed, even if it is simply for the sake of reputation, these elderly, weak, women and children must not be abandoned.

However, if we leave them behind, not to mention how much material will be spent, the subsequent supply of food and fodder, arrangement of camps, etc. are all meticulous arrangements. Unfortunately, the officials of the Prince's Mansion are really unable to cope with the speed of the rapid march, and no one can accompany the army. But in the current situation, we can't let the Prince handle these trivial matters personally, right?
Exactly one hour after the battle, just after the preliminary cleaning of the battlefield, Xun Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Guo Tu and others hurried to catch up with the prince and arrived at Handan City.

Liu Bian immediately handed the matter over to Liu Dai and Chen Qun. Liu Dai temporarily took over the position of Handan magistrate and was responsible for monitoring the movements of 60,000 prisoners to prevent any changes, while Chen Qun was specifically responsible for the resettlement of the prisoners.

However, just as Liu Bian breathed a sigh of relief, Xun Yu reported to him two bigger troubles that were even more troublesome than the accommodation of 60,000 prisoners.

First, there was heavy snow in Beihai State, Donglai County, and Langya County, and the ice in the wells was more than a foot thick, and they urgently needed assistance from the court.

Secondly, the Qingzhou governor Jiao He wanted to use ghosts and gods to defeat the enemy, but his troops were defeated. Jiao He was beheaded by Zhang Rao, the leader of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou, and displayed his head to the public!
The first piece of news was still within Liu Bian's acceptable range. In order to cope with the winter of the Little Ice Age, Liu Bian had discussed the contingency plan for local snow disasters with the Shangshu Tai early on.

However, the second piece of news really left Liu Bian dumbfounded, and he once suspected it was fake news.

Qingzhou had well-trained soldiers and sufficient food supplies, and its treasury was rich. However, the total number of the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou was only tens of thousands of people, and the scale of the rebellion was smaller than that of Xuzhou. The largest group of troops had only more than 10,000 people. Therefore, Liu Bian did not replace the governor of Qingzhou at the beginning, but he did not expect that Jiao He was actually a humanoid creature!
As the governor of Qingzhou, Jiao He spent his days in office doing nothing, and he usually enjoyed fame and empty talk about philosophy.

Facing the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he not only did not seek advice from the state's literati and military officials, but instead used divination on his own, was superstitious about ghosts and gods, and prayed to various gods to bless him with victory. The diviners and witches never left his side.

Moreover, faced with the rebellion that was rampant in the state, Jiao He did not even send out scouts to patrol. He had calculated that the outcome of the battles for nearly a month was unlucky, so when he saw the Yellow Turban Army, he led his troops to flee in panic without even exchanging greetings or fighting.

What made Liu Bian most uneasy was that Jiao He was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would take advantage of the frozen river to cross the river, so he actually kept Taoist priests to refine the so-called "Ice Pills". He planned to throw the "Ice Pills" when the Yellow Turban Army crossed the frozen river, melt the river surface and annihilate the Yellow Turban Army.

The final result is naturally self-evident. When Jiao He saw that the "Ice Pills" were ineffective, he was immediately frightened. The Yellow Turban Army took this opportunity to cross the river, and the Qingzhou Governor Jiao He was tragically killed in the chaos.

"Wenruo, are you joking with me?" Liu Bian frowned and looked at Xun Yu.

Xun Yu's face was bitter as he replied helplessly, "This is a memorial submitted by the Qingzhou Governor-General to the Secretariat. I don't think it's a fraud."

No one had expected that such a magical humanoid creature would appear in the great Han Empire. When Zhang Jue saw him, he began to doubt who the real charlatan was.

However, no matter how angry they were, the death of a provincial governor in battle shocked the whole world and made the officials and people of Qingzhou panic-stricken. It was necessary to send a capable person to serve as the governor of Qingzhou to boost the morale of the officials and people of Qingzhou.

Liu Bian selected for a long time from the list of candidates reported by the Secretariat, and finally picked up a red pen, added a name, circled it, and regarded it as his approval. Then he returned the memorial to the Secretariat.

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