Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 434
In terms of merit, Huo Qubing's efforts to turn the tide at Hangu Pass this time are indeed worthy of the title, but so many ministers asked for the title for him at the same time, so things are not that simple.

The Southern Expedition to the Rebel Army and the annexation of the Guo State meant that many ministers and generals who accompanied the army needed to be knighted. However, as soon as the Southern War ended, the Hangu Pass War broke out, so Wang Mang had no time to do this. The thing is, all the ministers are now ostensibly granting Huo Qubing the title of marquis, but in fact they want to ask for credit for themselves.

Wang Mang was not stingy with titles, as soon as he wanted to understand the thoughts of the ministers, he said: "Huo Qubing's meritorious service is indeed notable, he should be named a Marquis, Wang Yongji."

"The minister is here." Wang Yongji said hastily.

"You are the Minister of the Ministry of War. Although the matter of conferring titles is not a matter of your Ministry of War, it has always been made by the Ministry of War first. You can count the achievements of the soldiers since the army set off, and get a preliminary award. Come up with a plan." Wang Mang said.

"I obey the order." Wang Yongji nodded hastily. This is a great honor. As a first-inspector, unless there is a problem with the submitted plan, there will be basically no revisions.

After thinking for a while, Wang Yongji said again: "Your Majesty, the achievements made by General Huo Qubing are unparalleled in the world, do you consider registering them first?"

"Huo Qubing, what do you mean?" Wang Mang looked at Huo Qubing.

"I will obey His Majesty's orders." Huo Qubing's face was indifferent. He was an extremely proud person, he would never ask for anything, and he would speak according to his strength.

"Then register it first." Wang Mang glanced at the crowd and said, "Huo Qubing is less than twenty this year, and he is considered a young man in the army. This time he used ten thousand elite soldiers to defeat the enemy's tens of thousands at Hangu Pass. If you are brave enough to win the whole army, you should be crowned as a Marquis according to the rules, according to my opinion, since General Huo is the most brave in the whole army, how about making him the champion?"

Champion Hou?
All the ministers look at me, I look at you, just by hearing this name, you can know the bravery of this person, this letter is almost the top of all the people in the world, you can think of Huo Qubing's record in Hangu Pass. The ministers were speechless, at least none of the generals they knew could achieve that level of record with [-] elite soldiers.

"Your Majesty believes that the title of Marquis of the Champion is fully worthy of the achievements of General Huo Qubing, Your Majesty!"

A group of ministers couldn't think of any reason to object, so they all kowtowed in agreement.

Wang Mang added: "Wang Yongji, from now on, General Huo Qubing's [-]% record will be used to clarify the criteria for being a Marquis."

"Abiding by the order." Wang Yongji nodded quickly, but he was shocked in his heart. Huo Qubing's record at Hangu Pass this time is too great. Even half of the record is beyond the reach of ordinary generals. This is a man-made general seal. Hou's standard has been raised to a higher level, but no one dares to object. After all, if you don't even have half the record of others, what qualifications do you have to be a marquis.

Fortunately, the records can be accumulated. Although it is impossible to achieve such a record in one battle, it is not impossible to do it many times.

A group of ministers envied and hated Huo Qubing, but they also knew that a genius general like Huo Qubing was rare in a thousand years. It was a kind of luck and a kind of helplessness for them to meet him.

Now that everyone agreed, Wang Mang immediately decreed to formally confer Huo Qubing as the champion. Wang Mang noticed that Li Guang's face was a little sad, and thinking of Li Guang's original experience, he couldn't help saying in Li Guang's ear: "Li Guang, with your merit , is a marquis your end?"

Li Guang's expression was startled, he looked at Wang Mang quite moved, and then said with great fighting spirit: "Your Majesty, our Daqin reinforcements have arrived, and Li Guang, as the vanguard general, please order to go out of the city and fight to the death with the Han army!"

"It's not urgent." Wang Mang said: "First write a letter to Han Jun's general Shi Gandang, I want him to meet before the pass!"

Shi Gandang?
Li Guang was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Han army has replaced Gongsun Yang as the main general now, and Shi Gandang is no longer the main general of the Han army."

"No." Wang Mang shook his head and said, "Gongsun Yang did bring reinforcements, and indeed controlled the hundreds of thousands of Han troops in front of Hangu Pass, but the seal of the Han army's commander is still in Shi Gandang's hands. Shi Gandang is still the main general of the Han army."

"But in this way..." Li Guang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said: "I understand what your majesty means."

Li Guang pushed himself and others, thinking that if he sat in Gongsunyang's position, and now the local government is only willing to meet with a nominal coach, then he would definitely not want it, and Gongsunyang must be the same.

Moreover, Li Guang also discovered that the meeting between Gongsun Yang and Shi Gandang was not pleasant, and even had a fierce conflict. Now that Wang Mang wants to meet Shi Gandang, to a certain extent, it is a kind of fuel for the relationship between the two. .

Sure enough, when Li Guang's messenger arrived at the Han army's tent, he was taken away by Gongsun Yang's men. In front of the messenger, Gongsun Yang threw the letter on the ground and said, "Go back and tell your emperor that the Han army is now The coach is my Gongsun Yang, and Shi Gandang is a sinner, he is not qualified to speak on behalf of Han Jun, so go back and write a new letter."

The messenger silently picked up the letter, raised his head and said, "Your Majesty said that he only talks to those who hold the commander's seal. Do you have the commander's seal?"

Gongsun Yang was furious, pointed at the messenger and said, "Here comes, drag him out and chop him up!"

"The two armies are at war, don't kill me!" The messenger yelled: "Gongsun Yang, if you dare to kill me, you will become the joke of the whole continent!"

"Bold as hell!" Gongsun Yang's face turned red with anger, and he said directly: "It's nothing to kill you, an unknown soldier, come here, let me take you down and cut him to pieces."

When the courier was dragged away by a group of Korean soldiers, Yuan Hong said calmly: "When the two armies are at war, it is a rule not to kill the envoy. The rules cannot be broken. Let him go back. Messenger, remember to bring a message to him." Wang Mang, just say that no matter how much he jumps, he is still defeated, and asking him to switch and surrender directly will save lives."

"Your words, I will bring them to His Majesty." The messenger glanced at Yuan Hong coldly, and said with a sneer, "If you really think about the common people in the world, and you really don't want to lose your life, then why are you doing unrighteous things in Korea? Don't retreat? Why don't you just give up the title of the country and merge into our Great Qin territory?"

Yuan Hong's expression turned cold, and he said: "When the two armies are fighting, it's true that if you don't kill the envoy, the death penalty can be escaped, but the living penalty is inevitable. Gongsun Yang, you have someone abolish his cultivation, break his muscles and bones, and then let someone put him to death. Let him carry it back, just say that he accidentally fell."

Gongsun Yang quickly agreed, then looked at the messenger viciously, stepped forward to kill the messenger, and then ordered people to break the messenger's bones inch by inch, and then ordered people to carry him back to Hangu Pass, and then returned to Yuanyuan. Beside Hong, he said in a doggy manner: "Master Yuan, do you think this is okay?"

"Not bad." Yuan Hong nodded lightly.

When the courier was carried back to Hangu Pass, Li Guang looked at the courier whose bones had been smashed to pieces, and said angrily, "Where is the Han soldier who sent him back?"

"They put down the courier and were about to run away. We chased it fast and we have already detained it." Immediately someone replied: "Do you want to smash their bones and send them back?"

"Otherwise?" Li Guang said angrily, "Keep them for the new year!"

Wang Mang also got the news at this time and rushed over. He frowned when he heard Li Guang's order, but he didn't stop him.

"How are you?" Wang Mang stepped forward and asked.

(End of this chapter)