Lu Dynasty

Chapter 450 Expansion of the Army
It wasn't just Yuan Shao and Cao who hadn't had a good year. Liu Bei also felt pressured by Liu Bian's edict.Originally, Liu Bei and other clansmen of the Han Dynasty always said that Cao Cao and I were traitors and traitors by coercing the emperor to order the world!But now an edict issued by Liu Bian deeply engraved the word "big man" into the hearts of the common people, and burned it into the bones of the common people.If you still say that I am a rebel, it is very unfair to me, because Liu Bian's edict reflects my loyalty to the Han Dynasty.Of course, this is what Liu Bei and those self-proclaimed loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty think so, because anyone who wants to usurp the throne will not open his eyes for the previous dynasty!
Others such as Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, etc., their New Year is very good.It is a blessing that these mediocre people can guard the door well, so there is no room for thinking about other things.The only thing that puzzles me is why Sun Ce is still alive!In fact, I misremembered again, Sun Ce is still a few months away from his death date!He died in April of the fifth year of Jian'an. Now that the Spring Festival has just passed, how could he die so early!

After the New Year, we have rested and expanded our troops.Originally, the troops under my command consisted of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei as the main generals, and Zhang He, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang as the deputy generals.The reason why I arranged this was because I didn't have many troops under my command at that time, and they were mainly cavalry.Now Gao Shun has trained nearly 40 infantry soldiers, many of whom are yellow scarves brought back from Qingzhou.I can't hold 40 soldiers in my hands, and let Guan Yu and the others take tens of thousands of cavalry to fight outside, so I decided to deploy troops to Tai Shici, Zhang Liao and others who were originally assigned to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun.Of course, I will never forget the newcomer Zhang He!

Since it is necessary to equip and expand troops, it is natural to start with the easy ones.Chang'an is my last retreat, so I must not lose anything!Xu Rong and Hua Xiong don't need to move. I asked Gao Shun to add a large number of troops to Chang'an, so that Chang'an's defense can be the best. As long as Xu Rong and Hua Xiong defend Chang'an well, they will be credited!And I also ordered Zhang Xiu, who is known as the spear king of the Northland, to go to Chang'an to help Xu Rong.Zhang Xiu is also Tong Yuan's apprentice and Zhao Yun's senior brother.Although Zhang Xiu's reputation is not as great as Zhao Yun's, his long spear is also invincible in the north.To be honest, I admire Tong Yuan a lot.According to legend, Tong Yuan had three apprentices, all of whom were well-versed in both civil and military skills.Among them, Zhao Yun is the youngest and the most famous. The Battle of Changbanpo is well known throughout the world, and the reputation of loyalty has been passed down through the ages.Next was Zhang Ren who shot Fengchu to death on Luofengpo, and finally Zhang Xiu who joined hands with Jia Xu to kill Dianwei!These three people are not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also rare generals in the Three Kingdoms period!
Arranging my own retreat, I ordered Gao Shun to transfer the 6 worst infantry under my command to Bingzhou. The original 6 troops of Li Jue and Guo Si and these 200 troops totaled [-]. All the troops in Bingzhou were led by Li Jue. Commander, and then I asked Li Jue to arrange Guo Si, Li You, Li Bie, and Li Xian to lead [-] troops each.The general of Liangzhou was originally Zang Ba. I transferred him back to Luoyang to stand by, and he was directly promoted to Yan Xing as the general of Liangzhou. At the same time, I also ordered [-] people to enter Liangzhou, and let Fan Chou, Hao Meng, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng also be in charge of [-]. The troops and the personal guards of the generals are counted separately.However, according to the regulations, each general's personal guard is only allowed to have [-] people in one Qubu, and loyal soldiers must be selected from the army.Of course, Lu Bu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun are not in this case. Who calls them my brothers!However, Lu Bu didn't like to be in charge, and never cared about his personal guards. Although Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun had personal guards, they were very measured.Don't look at the two states of Bingliang, each state has [-] troops, but when it is divided into several big cities, there are almost no people.And Bingliang's troops can be said to have the lowest combat effectiveness among my troops.After all, I don't trust Li Jue, Guo Si and Yan Xing very much!
The easiest and most troublesome two states have been arranged, and the brothers will be arranged next.In fact, the arrangement of the brothers is also very simple, just let them expand their own!Anyway, Gao Shun has already trained the troops, and the next step is to divide them into the generals.It seems that I want to divide Gao Shun's rights, but in fact I want to liberate Gao Shun.Gao Shun is now the Minister of National Defense, and his military rank is second only to Lu Bu.But Lu Bu never cared about his affairs, and Gao Shun had to train soldiers and lead the camp, which was too hard.I don't want to tire my loyal uncle to death, so I decided to transfer Zang Ba back to take charge of the Tiger Guard. With the help of Xu Yi and Dianman, it is definitely enough to guard Luoyang.Then Zhao Lei was in charge of the camp and took Cao Xing and Cheng Lian to guard Sizhou, responsible for the security of Sili, and also helped Gao Shun to train troops by the way.Of course, I won't let the trapped camp be responsible for the safety of Si Li.

As for Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, they are still in charge of the cavalry of the headquarters, and I will expand their troops to 5.Originally, Xu Huang, the deputy general under Guan Yu's command, was transferred out and asked him and Zhang He to form an elite infantry euphorbia, as a unit to attack the city and restrain the cavalry.Of course, they will have their own troops, regardless of the commander and deputy, and they will all obey my dispatch!As for Huang Zhong, I asked him and his son Huang Xu to train a special bow and arrow unit, preferably bow cavalry, who can fly and shoot on horseback.One day we will attack those foreigners, and troops who can ride and shoot will be able to head-to-head with those foreigners.And Tai Shici and Zhang Liao are the generals I hold in high regard. I let them, like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, each bring [-] elite soldiers. Of course, they lead infantry.In the end, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were really not good enough to lead troops to fight, so I gave them [-] troops to serve as my personal guards and ceremonial guards. Although they are a bit overqualified, they are also very suitable for them.Besides, when I went to conquer in person, I couldn't be without a fierce general by my side!
After planning the strength of all the troops under my command, I asked Zhao Yun to lead Tai Shici, Xu Huang, and Zhang He to guard Wancheng, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhang Liao to guard Hulao Pass, but Guan Yu asked Guan Ping to go to Hulao with him.I think Guan Ping is not young anymore, and Lu Bu often praised him as a father, so I asked Guan Ping to take [-] infantry to go with Guan Yu. In order to prevent Guan Ping from lack of experience, I also asked Zhou Cang and Liao Hua went to help him.

In fact, I have always felt that the generals under my command are inferior, especially Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, and Tai Shici.In history, they belonged to Cao and Sun Quan, and they were all great generals who were in charge of an army alone. In my case, they can only serve as second-in-commands. This makes me feel very guilty.Now when the great Han is newly established and the soldiers are sufficient, I let them take charge of the army alone and only obey my orders. This not only makes the power in my hands more concentrated, but also allows them to give full play to their strengths!
Chapter 450

In the first year of the Han Dynasty, I let the princes of the world see the strength of our army, and also let some loyal officials of the Han Dynasty see the hope of the great Han Zhongxing.Because they knew my respect for Liu Bian, but they didn't understand that it was my care for my younger brother, not my loyalty to the Han Dynasty.However, all this does not matter.Let’s just say that the series of reforms I carried out in Luoyang have already made the aristocratic families in various places very dissatisfied. If it weren’t for Liu Bian’s support, they would have branded me as a rebel and formed a coalition to attack me.

Even if these princes and aristocratic families understand that the crusade against me is just like the crusade against Dong Zhuo back then, they will express their opposition and anger at all costs.Because my policy has broken the monopoly of the aristocratic family on the imperial court. Although they can't completely drive them away from the imperial court, they have a deep sense of crisis. Lose control of the country and the court.But now the honor controller of the Luoyang court is Liu Bian. He also has the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

One after another, some people from aristocratic families came to Luoyang to express their allegiance to Liu Bian, hoping that the Luoyang court would change its policy towards the aristocratic families, which made Liu Bian very embarrassed.I told Liu Bian not to worry, just tell those family members about our military policy, and tell them what will happen if they don't abide by our military policy, and let them figure it out.In Luoyang, without them, there is no room for bargaining. Without these aristocratic families under my rule, I can save a lot of trouble!Not to mention, it scares away many aristocratic families.However, some remained.For example, Zhong Yao, Zhong Yuanchang!
Zhong Yao would have defected to Cao under the guise of making friends with Cao when Li Jue and Guo Si were in trouble in Chang'an.It's a pity that when Li Jue and Guo Si came to ask for my opinion, I didn't agree, and Zhong Yao stayed in Chang'an all the time.However, his family is in Yingchuan Changshe.He originally wanted to resign and go to Cao Cao, but I still didn't agree. Later, Liu Bian left the mountain and Cai Yong didn't die. He has been learning calligraphy from Cai Yong, but he refused to be an official, which made me feel quite a pity.But I don't care whether Zhong Yao is an official or not, he is just a scribe with a high ability to handle civil affairs!What I care most about is Zhong Yao's son Zhong Hui!Although it is said in history that Zhong Hui once rebelled, I believe that even Lu Bu, a family slave with three surnames, can be educated well, let alone Zhong Hui?
As soon as Liu Bian's edict was issued, Zhong Yao immediately moved the Yingchuan family here.But the Zhong family, like the Zhen family and the Zhang He family, opposed my policy and refused to move to Luoyang.Zhong Yao didn't care, he took all those who were willing to leave.Those who don't want to go, let them do as they please!Zhong Yao has been under my rule for several years. Although he has not been an official, he can see the changes in Sili.Zhong Yao believes that one day, I will be able to rule the world, and the world will abide by my policies. What difference does it make if it is sooner or later?If you adapt to my policy one day earlier, maybe you can get a lot of benefits like the Mi family and the Zhen family.

Originally Zhong Yao didn't want to be an official, and I couldn't force him to, but now he offered to be an official, and I naturally agreed.Anyway, he can still share some civil affairs!But Zhong Yao, an old boy, actually said that he still wanted to continue his studies and hoped to find a more leisurely position.When I got angry, I threw him to the Ministry of Rites to spank (chat) with Kong Rong and Mi Heng!As for his son Zhong Hui, Zhong Yao told me that there was no such person in his family, which made me very puzzled.It was only later that I remembered that Zhong Hui should not have been born yet!Because Zhong Hui was the youngest son of Zhong Yao, who was born in 74 A.D., Zhong Yao was 80 years old at that time!I really don’t know if it’s because the ancient Chinese are more powerful, and they can still have sons at the age of [-] or [-]!

Zhong Yao's family relocation touched Cao's nerves severely, because Cao originally valued Zhong Yao very much.Because Zhong Yao's reputation was too great, Cao Cai didn't dare to challenge him.But now Zhong Yao actually abandons him, which makes Cao very unacceptable!However, Zhong Yao was not the only one who wanted to abandon Cao, but also Ma Teng who was tricked by Cao to go to Xuchang.

Ma Teng regretted going to Xuchang when Liu Bian ascended the throne. When the imperial edict of the first year of the Han Dynasty was issued, Ma Teng regretted it even more. Come play under my command!It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, so Ma Teng plans to escape from Xuchang.But is it so easy for Cao's Xuchang to escape?Although Ma Teng planned well and executed well at the beginning, but who are Cheng Yu and Xun Yu, and Ma Teng has abnormalities, how could they not see it.At the moment Ma Teng escaped from Xuchang City, Cao Chun chased him out with his Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!

Ma Teng's martial arts are good, and Ma Dai and Ma Tie are not idle people. Although I don't like Ma Tie's martial arts, Ma Tie is just as good as Cao Chun!Just like that, Cao Chun was left behind by Ma Teng and the others.Ma Teng thought he could run out of Cao's territory, but the second wave of pursuers would not be so easy to dismiss.

The Xiahou brothers received Cheng Yu's order to arrest Ma Teng, they raised their guards and chased after him.Because the Xiahou brothers knew that Ma Teng was a hostage in Xuchang, and he didn't have many troops under his command. A few hundred personal guards would be enough.And Brother Xiahou is also very confident in his martial arts.Facts have proved that Ma Teng, Ma Tie, and Ma Dai are indeed no match for the Xiahou brothers and Cao Chun. Moreover, Cao Chun also brought three thousand tiger and leopard riders. Ma Teng and the three can only approach Hulao Pass while fighting.

Ma Teng understood that if things continued like this, they would be killed by the Xiahou brothers before they arrived at Hulao Pass. Ma Teng said to Ma Dai, "Dai'er, you have outstanding martial arts skills and a good mount. You should first break out of the siege and catch up with us." Go to Hulao Pass for help, Tie Er and I will help you block the pursuers! Back then Lu Feng valued you very much, I think he will definitely help you!"

"Uncle, you and Brother Tie go first, I'll help you block the pursuers!" Ma Dai also knew that going to ask for help is a narrow escape, and resisting the pursuers is a near-death!He didn't want to see Ma Teng who treated him like his own son die here, so Ma Dai wanted to use his life to fight a bloody way for Ma Teng!
"Confused! I'm dead, and my family still has Meng Qi who can inherit the blood! If something happens to you, how can I face the dead brother! If you go and come back quickly, Tie'er and I still have a way out, you are grinding here Ji, we all have to die here! Hurry up and go!" Ma Teng is a very loyal person, if he hadn't been with him from time to time, he should be a person who can't be inferior to Guan Yu.Ma Teng's life experience is very similar to that of Lu Bu, which is also the reason why he is not taken seriously.Because Ma Teng has foreign blood on his body, and his mother is a Qiang!
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