I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 38 Take Over Yanmen
Seeing that the time for the Yellow Turban Uprising is getting closer, there is not much time left for Li Shimin.Li Shimin finished handling the internal affairs in Mayi and made arrangements.So he took Gan Xinhan, Zhang Liao and Xi Zhicai and set off for the Yin Pavilion of the Yanmen County Government.

Most of the time Huangfu Jie is stationed at Yanmen Pass. He is both the prefect of Yanmen and the chief general of Yanmen Pass. However, Huangfu Jie's health has been deteriorating recently and he has been recuperating in the Yin Pavilion. The defense of Yanmen Pass has been handed over to Lieutenant Hao Zhao.

Some time ago, Huangfujie had received a letter from Zhang Yi, which stated that the governor appointed Li Shimin as the captain of Yanmen County and ordered him to assist Huangfujie in guarding Yanmen.In fact, Huangfu Jie also knew that Zhang Yi's potential intention was to let Li Shimin succeed him.

According to the recent news, Huangfu Jie already knew that Li Shimin was the grandson of Li Ying. After being famous, he would naturally feel more at ease about this person. Therefore, he was happy to see Li Shimin take over Yanmen County.

After Li Shimin arrived, he immediately went to see Huangfu Jie. At this time, Huangfu Jie looked older than when he saw him last time, but his iron frame was still the same as before.

"Shimin, you are here, come and sit down." Huangfu Jie seemed very enthusiastic.

Seeing the old general with great military exploits, his head full of white hair, and the hero's twilight, Li Shimin also felt sad, and said emotionally: "Old general, take care of your health, Yanmen County cannot do without you."

"In the future, Yanmen will still be handed over to you sooner or later. If you take over, I will feel more at ease. This is what Governor Zhang meant. Don't disappoint our trust." Huangfu Jie said solemnly.

"Master Taishou, how can I bear such a heavy burden." Li Shimin said modestly.

"Shimin, don't underestimate yourself. The governor and I are optimistic about you. Besides, you are also a famous family. I believe you will not insult your own family." Huangfu Jie said with a smile: "There is another person I want to entrust to you. I also know."

As he spoke, he called out Hao Zhao who was standing behind the screen, and said to him, "Bo Dao, you are not good at words, calm and composed, and good at defending the city, but you come from a humble family, and I'm old enough to take care of you. From now on, you will follow Li Shimin, he is a rare hero, I believe that under his command, you will be like a fish in water in the future."

"General, you can't drive me away. You brought me out with your own hands. I won't go anywhere. I'll just follow you." Hao Zhao was obviously moved by his true feelings, and began to cry with a low head.

"Don't act like that woman. A man stands between heaven and earth. He should make contributions and serve the country. Shimin is a genius in the world. If you follow him, you will naturally be able to make a difference. You may not know that Shimin is also a descendant of a famous family. , the grandson of Li Ying, will not dishonor your reputation." Huangfu Jie was obviously very reluctant.

Li Shimin also didn't expect that this Huangfu Festival actually meant to be a little lonely, and he gave his confidants to himself. For a while, he couldn't figure out whether he had other goals, but for Hao Zhao, he wanted it very much. Under the command of income.

Hao Zhao had no choice but to agree. He also knew a little about Li Shimin during the Mayi battle before, and he had dealt with him some time ago, so he was quite familiar with him.

After Hao Zhao left, Huangfu Jie explained to Li Shimin alone for a while, introducing the generals in the army one by one, and explaining some details.

With the strong support of Huangfu Festival, and the cooperation of Zhang Liao, Gan Xinghan, Hao Zhao and others, Li Shimin quickly mastered most of the troops in Yanmen County, but he could mobilize no more than [-] troops.

Yanmen County has always had a heavy army on the front line against Hu. Among them, 5000 people at Yanmen Pass guard the fortress, and the remaining 1 people are distributed in Loufan Pass, Yinguan and other key defensive areas.

This force is indeed only enough for defense, and the threats of the Hu people are so lingering in their throats that Li Shimin dare not easily mobilize his forces.It's just that before Yanmen is fully grasped, he dare not recruit troops privately.

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Time flies, and after the new year, it will soon be 184 AD (the year of Jiazi). After some operations by Li Shimin, he finally became the acting prefect in his own name and "converted" to the official prefect, which really cost a lot of money.

He first secretly sent a letter to his uncle Li Jue, asking him to do some activities on his behalf, to help win the position of Yanmen prefect as soon as possible. Ask the old homeowner for help.

Li Jue was the first to find Linghu Chu, the two of them had a close relationship, and Linghu Chu also had a good impression of Li Shimin, so naturally he was very willing to help the governor to promote his younger generation.

Zhang Yi also wanted Li Shimin to succeed Huangfu Jie, and he also noticed that his daughter Zhang Rui might also like Li Shimin very much, and she seemed to have decided to live forever.

Zhang Yi was naturally very annoyed at first, thinking that Li Shimin was too rude, but after thinking about it, the two of them were not out of line, and for the sake of his daughter's happiness, Zhang Yi pinched his nose and recognized him.

Of course, Zhang Yi also felt that Li Shimin's family background, family background and his side were well matched, and Li Shimin himself was also a rare handsome person. Zhang Yi was extremely satisfied with these, so he was happy to see it come true.

Zhang Yi immediately sent a letter to the court to recommend Li Shimin to succeed Huangfu Jie who was about to take office. Generally speaking, the governor's recommendation is a sure thing.However, Ding Yuan also wanted to get involved and recommended his subordinate Zhang Yang to be the prefect of Yanmen.

This matter has added a lot of variables. Fortunately, the Li family is also a family with a strong background. Through various relationships, it has entrusted favors to Shi Changshi Zhang Rang, and of course it has cost a lot of money.

Zhang Rang praised Li Shimin during Lingdi's meal, blowing up Li Shimin as a Wenqu star alive, and finally Lingdi ordered Li Shimin to replace Huangfujie as the prefect.

This time to seek the prefect of Yanmen, the Li family exerted great energy, helping them so much regardless of the cost, Li Shimin felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, but he couldn't figure out why they helped him so much for a while.

In the end, he became the prefect of Yanmen as he wished, and his territory, military strength and war potential have been greatly improved.

Before the Yellow Turbans were disrupted, Li Shimin had to complete his military deployment.First of all, Feige sent a letter to Zhou Cang in Yunzhong Mountain, asking him to clean up the bandits in Yunzhong and Taihang Mountains.

At the same time, he sent Cao Wenbao to guard Loufan Pass to protect Mayi. The three thousand reorganized new army in Yunzhong Mountain became a regular army guarding Loufan Pass in a blink of an eye.

Transferred Guan Yu from Mayi to Yanmen Pass, and brought the [-] elite soldiers who had already been reorganized to Yanmen Pass.

In addition to the original 2 regular army in Yanmen County, Li Shimin now has 1 troops under his control, but only less than [-] can be mobilized. This manpower is obviously insufficient for the world hegemony.

Li Shimin transferred all the 1 people he could use to Yanmen Pass, and his next goal was the Yellow Turban Army...

(End of this chapter)