Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 132
"Occasionally there is a small victory, how dare you bother the prince to greet him in person?" Liu Pan saw that Guan Yu was dispatched in person, and hurriedly dismounted and hurried forward to salute. Gan Ning, who had a lower rank, followed him step by step.

"Haha, Shuye (Liu Pan's name) has won and returned, so we should welcome him from afar." Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled, Zhuge Liang had already ordered a banquet to celebrate his victory when the group surrounded Liu Pan into Xiangyang City.At the moment, the crowd took turns to persuade Liu Pan and Gan Ning to drink. Gan Ning could resist drinking too much, but Liu Pan was a bit lost after drinking for a while.

"Report to the Lord, my lord has an urgent message." After drinking for three rounds, a schoolboy walked into the hall quickly and presented a letter to Guan Yu. The latter took it and opened it, but said with a smile "Congratulations to Shuye, I asked my elder brother for your credit before, and now my elder brother has written a special letter to reply, and named Shuye General Huyi, leading the prefect of Pi, and he will be appointed immediately!" Everyone who was drinking was stunned. After staying, he congratulated Liu Pan again and again.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, generals were generally divided into five ranks, and each rank was divided into middle and lower ranks.The first rank is the General and the Taiwei. These two positions are now owned by Yuan Shao and Liu Bei respectively.These two positions are not only the highest military positions of Dahan, but more importantly, he has the right to appoint generals.The second rank is that there are generals of hussars and chariots on the front, back, left, and right. These generals are mainly senior generals who are in the capital or guarding some particularly important places.The third rank is the generals of Sizheng, Si'an and Siping of Sizheng, Four Towns, and some miscellaneous generals such as Longxiang, Huyi, and Zhenjun.The fourth rank is Wuwei (namely Fenwei, Yangwei, Jianwei, Zhenwei, Guangwei) and other miscellaneous generals such as front, back, left and right armies.The fifth rank is purely miscellaneous generals, such as Dangkou, Yingyang, Dispute, Fubo, Zhechong generals, including partial generals, benevolent generals, and Yamen generals.The school lieutenants and captains who are further down are the sixth and seventh ranks.In addition, there is a Zhonglang general who is quite special, and can be used as a separate miscellaneous general as a fifth rank, such as Xuzhou Zhonglang general Zhao Feng in the past, Jingzhou Zhonglang general Wang Wei, and Huo Jun. A certain place; sometimes a prefix can also be added as a specific official position, such as Habayashi Zhonglangjiang and the like.Theoretically speaking, except for partial generals, generals, generals Yamen, generals Zhonglang, and some generals of five ranks, the rest of the generals can have their own general mansion, and a corresponding group of officials headed by Chang Shi.Of course, if the general's official position is higher, the treatment of these people will be better.

Take Zhao Feng as an example, he was officially appointed as a general by Liu Bei when he first arrived in Xuzhou, and he was a general of the fifth rank. .Later, he made a lot of contributions in the process of fighting Yuzhou, and Liu Bei praised him as the general of the gangsters, and he was the top five rank.Later, when Jiangdong was fought, Liu Bei was already a Taiwei at that time, and he did not need to consult the court for the appointment of a general, so he was named General Zhengnan from the beginning, which was a military position of the third rank.Later, because of Cao Cao's intervention, he was changed to General Fenwei of the fourth rank.The last time he was demoted was from General Fenwei of the fourth rank to General Ying Yang of the fifth rank, which meant a little demotion.

Now that Liu Pan has been promoted to General Tiger Wing, it is equivalent to being promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank, which is not a small promotion. "Ah?" Liu Pan, who was drinking so much that his mind was no longer clear, was also taken aback when he heard the words, and then he said happily: "For a small contribution, the lord rewards Pan so much. I feel uneasy. After the banquet, I will go to Shouchun to thank you!" So everyone continued Drinking and congratulating did not mention it until Liu Pan was almost completely down.Guan Yu had already arranged a carriage, took Liu Pan, who was drunk like mud, into the carriage, and drove slowly to Shouchun.When Liu Pan woke up, he had no choice but to do nothing but to be his Xiapi prefect in peace.

Later, when Zhao Feng heard about this incident, he also lamented that Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were so clever. This was basically the release of military power with a glass of wine. Finally, Liu Pan did not make any big disturbances.After Liu Pan left, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu discussed and decided to let Wenpin take over his old department.Wenpin was the number one military general in Jingzhou in the past, and he has always been prestigious. It is perfect for him to take over Liu Pan's old troops.

"Ah!" Looking at the pile of tall documents in front of him, Guan Yu also sighed.Without other reasons, the mess in Jingzhou is really hard to take care of.I have been busy with Zhuge Liang for more than three months, and this is considered to be a little bit better.Jingzhou is a large place with a large population. Compared with when he was in Yuzhou, Guan Yu was more than twice as tired.

Guan Yu was tired, and Zhuge Liang was not idle either.Since most of the official positions in Jingzhou were occupied by the Cai and Kuai families before, and now these two families have been completely killed, Jingxiang is short of almost half of the middle and upper-level officials. The four counties in Jingbei once had some difficulties in maintaining order on a daily basis. .As a last resort, Liu Bei had no choice but to transfer officials from Xuzhou and Jiangdong to Jingzhou. At the same time, almost all the graduates of the fourth phase of Xuzhou College were arranged to work in Jingzhou.Zhuge Liang also invited his fellow disciples such as Cui Zhouping, Shi Guangyuan, Ma Liang and others to come out to help, so he barely managed to survive.

But seeing that he couldn't hold on now, "Kong Ming, recruits are about to be recruited, do you have time to take care of this?" Although Guan Yu was not hopeful, he still asked.He knew that just to rebuild Jingbei, Zhuge Liang wished he could split himself in half recently.

Zhuge Liang looked up at Guan Yu, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid that Liang will have too much time, and the unknown prince may take on the important task?" Definitely.Although Ma Liang is talented, he is still young and needs training.The current Jingzhou Biejia Yiji was appointed to this position only because he rescued Liu Biao and was rewarded for his meritorious deeds.Relying on him to recruit troops is simply a joke.As for generals such as Wenpin and Gan Ning, it is no problem to lead troops to fight, but it is not right to ask them to recruit troops.

"Your Majesty, why don't you write a letter to reply to the lord and ask Uncle Zhi to come here?" Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and now only Chen Dao, who is good at training soldiers, can meet the requirements.Guan Yu thought about it, and suddenly smiled at Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, what do you think if you call Bo Tao here?"

"General Zhao?" Zhuge Liang was taken aback when he heard the words, and shook his fan. Zhuge Liang sighed: "General Zhao is a famous general in the world, and he is also proficient in civil affairs. He pacified Yuzhou and Yangzhou before, and General Zhao governed after the war with ease. With his help, not to mention recruiting troops, even government affairs, he can help me a lot. It's just that the former General Zhao was demoted to Chaisang because of Wang Zhongxuan and others, how can we invite him here?"

"Hmph, these rotten scholars sit and talk about Taoism all day long, but it is useless to ask them to be directors. It's really abominable. Although Bo Tao is now the prefect of Chaisang, how many things does he need to attend to in Chaisang Town? I'll wait This man is short-handed, but he is happy in Chaisang, how can there be such a cheap thing in this world. No, tell him to come here immediately!" Guan Yu became more and more enthusiastic, and he didn't know whether he was jealous of Zhao Feng's leisure, or he was just unhappy.

"Your Majesty, General Zhao is now the prefect of Chai Sang, and he belongs to Yangzhou. How can he take care of my Jingzhou affairs?" Zhuge Liang thought for a while.

"In the past, Su Qinpei and the six countries were in contact with each other. This is still the case among the countries. Today, Yangzhou and Jingzhou are both the territory of the Han Dynasty. Why not? Write me a letter to Zhang Zhao, the shepherd of Yangzhou, and say that I have something to borrow from his subordinate Zhao Botao. Just use it, return it immediately after you use it up." Guan Yu said forcefully, and he didn't think it was a bit funny after he finished speaking.

"Forget it, just ask the lord for instructions, and call Yingyang General Zhao Feng to Jingzhou on business." Zhuge Liang held back his smile, and finally found a fair-sounding reason to ask someone for help.Guan Yu nodded again and again, urging Zhuge Liang to write the letter, and quickly sent it to Liu Bei in Shouchun for instructions.

Liu Bei's reply hadn't arrived yet. At this time, the atmosphere in Yuan Shao's camp beside the Yellow River was much more lively than Guan Yu's here. "Liu Bei is busy consolidating Jingxiang, so Cao Cao won't have to worry about it?" Yuan Shao frowned.

"Don't worry, my lord. Now Cao Cao has been defeated repeatedly, and the morale of the army is low. As long as we follow the current strategy, our army will be able to defeat Cao Cao soon." Guo Tu vowed on the side.

"Well, that's true. Cao Cao has lost consecutive battles, and I can hope to win Xuchang." Yuan Shao laughed, and all the advisers and generals next to him laughed heartily.

"What? Wuguan fell?" Cao Cao was shocked when he received Zhong Yao's bulletin.

"My lord, why did Wuguan fall?" Cao Hong asked incredulously. Cao Cao remained silent and passed the letter to everyone. "The Jingzhou navy went upstream along the Wuguan River, attacking Wuguan back and forth." Cheng Yu looked at the information and said slowly.

"Jingzhou navy!" Cao Cao said angrily.Cao Cao has always been in the Central Plains and the North, and his importance to the navy has been ignored invisibly.Now that he suffered a big loss, he realized the power of the navy.

"Fortunately, Zhong Yao responded in time and sent troops to garrison the Qingni pass, otherwise the Jingzhou army would break into the hinterland of Yongzhou, and it would be a disaster!" Cao Cao sighed.To say that this Zhong Yao is indeed a talent, others think that Guanzhong can be as safe as a rock by relying on these four passes, but he is the only one who is cautious, but still sets up checkpoints in Qingnikou, Fengyi County and other places just in case, now it seems It never hurts to be cautious.

"Meng De, do you want to send someone to take back Wuguan?" The iconic duck voice sounded again, Xu You's piercing voice reached everyone's ears, and even Cao Hong shivered.

"I'll break Yuan Shao first, then send an order, the three armies will move out and retreat to Cangting!" Cao Cao sent an order, so the three armies, big and small, immediately set out and quickly retreated to Cangting by the Yellow River.

"What, Cao Cao withdrew his troops and went to Cangting?" Yuan Shao was surprised when he heard the news. Isn't that a suicide attempt?

"My lord, it seems that Cao Cao wants to fight us to the death!" Xin Ping thought for a while and everyone nodded in agreement.Yuan Shao was not afraid either, and said with a sneer, "Cao Mengde is at the end of his life, so am I afraid of him? Order the three armies to move out and catch up with the enemy. Whoever captures and kills Cao Mengde will be rewarded ten thousand liang, named Liehou, and promoted to three ranks!" So The 30 Hebei army all set out in a mighty manner, and followed Cao Cao to kill by the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)