Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 337
AD 230, November, Wudu County.

It was dusk, the clouds reflected the setting sun, and the sky was blushing red, setting off the deepening twilight. The evening wind carried the coolness of winter, and as the twilight layered the forest, the fallen leaves fluttered in the wind.

"Is Your Majesty in the house?"

Dong Yun held several battle reports, stood in front of the door, and asked.

Li Gui held the long sword in his hand, looked relaxed, and replied: "Your Majesty is still eating in the house, please wait a moment for Dong Shizhong!"

Dong Yun nodded, stood in front of the door and paced slowly, waiting for Liu Chan to finish his food.

After an unknown amount of time, a sound of footsteps came from the house, and the servants rushed out with the dishes that had already been eaten.

Li Gui cupped his hands towards Dong Yun, and said in a low voice, "Wait a minute, I will inform Dong Shizhong."

"Your Majesty, Dong Shizhong is asking to see you outside the door!"

"Xuan!"

Dong Yun walked to the door, bowed his hands to Li Gui, and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Li Yulin!"

"Don't dare!" Li Gui answered with his head bowed.

Dong Yun stepped inside, only to see a handsome maid walking out of the house with red cheeks.

Dong Yun glanced at it, then walked into the hall suspiciously.

Liu Chan knelt down on the couch, sipped the bitter tea to get rid of the taste of rice left in his mouth, swallowed it, and asked, "Xiu Zhao is seated, is there something important?"

Dong Yun put the battle report on the case, instead of rushing to report important matters, he cupped his hands and asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, where did that maid come from?"

Liu Chan put down the teacup, stared at Dong Yun with both eyes, and said, "Do I need to inform Xiu Zhao about this too! This is my private matter, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to ask me."

Dong Yun did not show any weakness, looked up at Liu Chan with a solemn expression, and replied: "Your Majesty's affairs are not private matters, but are important affairs of the country. As ministers, you are servants, and you should have the right to ask them."

Liu Chan glanced at Dong Yun, and said calmly: "This maid is the one whom Taishou Yang sent to serve me because he saw that there was no one around me. Is there a problem?"

Dong Yun lowered his head and clasped his hands in response: "I ask your Majesty to punish Wudu prefect Yang Xi?"

Liu Chan showed displeasure, and asked: "Yang Qing is not at fault, is there any basis for punishment?"

"The prefect's job is to govern the people for His Majesty, and he has no responsibility to present a daughter to flatter his superiors. If he is not punished today, the prefect Yang will be promoted in the future, and everyone will criticize him. I dare to ask your Majesty how to serve the people. I hope that your Majesty will be a clean and fair official of the Han Dynasty. Wind, think of it!"

Dong Yun bowed his head to the ground and said sincerely.

Dong Yun's remonstrance is not unreasonable, no matter what Yang Xi's intention of dedicating his daughter is, but this is still not his responsibility, once this opening is opened, it will definitely bring bad influence.

Liu Chan's face was not very good-looking, he waved his hands and said, "According to Xiu Zhao's words, I ordered to reprimand Yang Xi and fine him three months' salary as a punishment."

"Promise, Your Majesty is wise. Please also bring this woman back to the palace when Your Majesty returns to the palace, so as to keep your Majesty's selfishness from being heard by outsiders." Dong Yun got up and continued.

Liu Chan's expression slowed down slightly, skipped this topic, and asked, "I don't know if Xiong Zhao came in, but is there anything else important?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the battle reports from all ministries have arrived. At present, our Han battle is progressing smoothly, and the army may return to the division in a few days." Dong Yun replied.

As he said that, Dong Yun handed over several battle reports, and said: "According to Liu Dangkou's report, General Wei Zhen of Wei has already led his army to withdraw. Judging from the date when the letter was written, Wei Zhen's troops should We will withdraw from Chencang Road."

Hearing this, Liu Chan's brows were filled with joy, and Wei Zhen's army, as a latecomer army, wanted to take the Chencang Road to harass Hanzhong, and now they are about to retreat, which basically means that the war is about to end.

Liu Chan raised the battle report, got up and said with a smile: "In this battle, Ke Zhong and Xiu Ran have contributed a lot!"

Dong Yun took a battle report and spread it out, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, General Zhenbei's battle report said that Wuwei County has been recovered, and Zhangye County has also been recovered. The remaining counties will send their generals to conquer. Sima of Qinzhou Deng Ai went to the north to discuss the West Sea, and Jiang Wei, the captain of the Qiang guard, went to the west to collect the two counties of Jiuquan and Dunhuang."

"Good! Good! Zijun really lived up to me. He defeated Zhang Yun thousands of miles away and shocked Lianglong. Now he conquered Guzang County and pacified the counties in the west of Hexi. This is a great achievement!"

Liu Chan laughed loudly, pacing back and forth excitedly, unable to restrain the excitement in his heart.

"Xiu Zhao, draw up an edict for me. You crossed the danger of the great river, chased the enemy for thousands of miles, defeated the rest with labor, and defeated the crowd with the few, defeated Zhang He, pacified Hexi, and Feng Yi of the later Han Dynasty. This honor not only defeated Wei, but Yongning On the right side of the river, I have no desire to look west!"

Dong Yun wrote the following and wrote letters one by one according to Liu Chan's intention.

Liu Chan stopped, thought for a while, and continued to add: "I have missed you for a long time, and I am afraid that you will live in Badi for a long time, and you will not be comfortable with the severe wind and sand in the northwest. Now I give it to you with a fur coat sewed by the queen to help you protect yourself from the severe cold in the northwest. The Qing family is very safe, Zi Wangxun has studied with Qiao Yunnan (Qiao Zhou), don't worry!"

After a while, Dong Yun put down his pen on the case, cupped his hands in praise and said: "Your Majesty's benevolence, Zijun will be grateful thousands of miles away."

Liu Chan calmed down, walked to the window, looked at the sky full of red clouds, and said with a sigh: "These words are really just the voice of my heart. Now Liangzhou will fall, and great things will come true."

After a pause, Liu Chan continued to ask: "How about the three wars, the prime minister of Shang, the governor of Liangzhou, and Ma Canjun (Ma Zhong)?"

Dong Yun opened the other two battle reports, and said: "The prime minister has not received any battle reports yet, so he must still be in a stalemate with the Wei army; the governor of Liangzhou has the prime minister's military order to besiege the two cities of Jincheng and Yuzhong, so as to force the two cities to defend The army surrendered."

Liu Chan nodded slightly, and said, "Yes, the overall situation in Liangzhou has been decided. The Golden City is not enough. We should besiege these two cities and force them out of the city to surrender when they run out of food, so as not to damage our troops."

If it was Zhang Gong, the prefect who stood firm in Jincheng County, there was still a possibility of surrendering, but Yang Fu, the governor of Liangzhou, guarded the city himself, and it was almost impossible for him to surrender.We can only besiege slowly, wait for the food in the city to run out, force them to surrender, or force them to take the initiative to fight to reduce the losses of the Han soldiers.

Dong Yun looked at the content of the battle report, and reported: "Ma Canjun has gathered soldiers from various ministries, and a total of 3000 people have conquered the rebellious Qiang tribe in Wenshan County. The captain Zhang Yi led a few battalions of soldiers as the vanguard. Zhang Yi, the prefect of the county, supervised the transportation of military supplies. The army has now moved up the Shuojiang River (Minjiang River), and has arrived at Mianlu County, the prefecture of Wenshan County, to formulate military strategies."

"At the same time, according to Yinping Prefect Ganling Wang Junbao, there are few Qiang people in Yinping County rebelling, only a few tribes on the border should rebel against Wenshan County, and the city has been sealed off to appease the people."

Liu Chan frowned in thought, turned around to look at Dong Yun, and said: "Wei Zhen's army has retreated, and there will be no fighting at Maling Pass. The soldiers can return to Hanzhong to stockpile the land. Therefore, the soldiers stationed in Hanzhong can be redeployed and ordered immediately. Duo Le, the governor of Wu, and [-] elite sergeants from the Second City of Han, went south to support Ma Canjun's headquarters."

"No!" Dong Yun raised his pen.

Liu Chan took a few steps in front of the window, settled his thoughts, and said, "pass on the order. Tomorrow, I will go to Malingguan to work in the army to comfort the soldiers guarding the city. At the same time, let Gong Yuan, who stayed in Hanzhong, call up together. Today's battle will end." It is useless to let him stay in Hanzhong."

"promise!"

After a while, Dong Yun drew up the edicts, put them on the case one by one, and asked Liu Chan to seal them himself.

Liu Chan raised the jade seal and covered it with the scarf and silk on the case. When it reached Wang Ping's letter, he hesitated for a while and said to Dong Yun: "Xiu Zhao, this letter from Zijun will not be sealed, it's not an official business. , is the private friendship between me and Zijun."

"promise!"

Dong Yun sorted out all the scarves and silks on the case, put ink pads on them, and arranged for them to be delivered by postmen.

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