I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 49: War, connecting counties across states

"Brother, don't think too hard."

Wang Ze, the prefect of Daijun, shook his cattail leaf fan and looked at the farce in front of him.

The eldest brother, who was over fifty years old, was standing by the pond with a flushed face, holding a wine gourd and stretching his neck, keeping aloof from the two servants around him, and was about to dive.

"If you can't think about it, don't stay here with me."

"Bastard - it's okay for Liu Yu to bully me. You are my brother, but you still humiliated me like this!

What's the point of my life? It's better to die. It's better to die! "

Although she shouted so, Wang Rou moved lightly and stared at the two servants.

"I'm going to jump, don't touch me, I'm going to jump!"

Unable to bear the ardent look, the two servants finally gritted their teeth and rushed forward, hugging Wang Rou down.

"Brother, we have been brothers for decades, what's the use of acting like this with me?"

Wang Ze rolled his eyes

"Although Liu Bo'an received the emperor's order to suppress the rebellion, he is just a local governor. Why should you be afraid of him? If he asks you to go, just go."

"You know this, but you still accuse me of acting? You are asking me to die!"

Wang Rou blew his beard and slapped the table.

"As the saying goes, a successful cat is more ferocious than a tiger, and a fallen phoenix is ​​less ferocious than a chicken.

It is not a matter of debate whether Liu Yu is a fierce tiger now that his holy family is prosperous and he is sitting on the heroic soldiers of Youzhou.

But for the sake of brother, I am now a bare commander, and I am not as good as a proper chicken. You want me to go see him?
If he asks me where the Huns soldiers assigned by the emperor are now for missing the deadline, how do you want me to reply? "

If you want to ask why Wang Rou, a dignified envoy of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, hid in the mansion of his younger brother in Daijun and was very afraid of Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, then we have to talk about the incident in Youzhou after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, led by Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju. A rebellion was launched.

Let’s not talk about the specific reasons for now. Just before the intensifying rebellion made the imperial court dissatisfied and appointed Liu Yu as Prime Minister of Youzhou, Wang Rou also received an order to recruit Xiongnu generals to assist.

Wait, there may be smart people here who are about to realize something is wrong.

Why did the governor of Youzhou, whose authority should be supervised by the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, turn around and command his old superior?

In addition to the prestige of Liu Yu's royal family members, the biggest reason is the expansion of the power of local state pastors after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. This time Liu Yu is no longer an ordinary local governor, but a dignified state pastor!

It was not long ago this year that Liu Yan, who was ranked first among the nine ministers, wrote to the court, believing that the governor and prefect bribed officials and exploited the people, causing rebellion and alienation.

Those incorruptible and important officials in the court should be selected to serve as governors of local states and counties, and they should be granted the title of state pastor to guard and stabilize the world. And they, the royal family members, should contribute more to this, and they even asked Cochin Shepherd to set an example.

It sounds nice, but in fact this policy is to consolidate all local financial, military, and personnel power into one person. Such state pastors seem to have the potential to form a vassal town.

Liu Yan himself knew this very well. No, after the attendant Guanghan Dong Fu quietly told him that Yizhou had the spirit of the emperor, he immediately wanted to change to Yizhou again.

So back to the topic, the result of this wave of dispatches from the Zhoumu University is that it is naturally more difficult for the superior leaders who have few soldiers under their command to get these local bosses to obey as before.

Yes, the famous Xiongnu Zhonglang General actually had very few personal soldiers. His station in Meiji Tuntian on the edge of the Yellow River grassland could only support a few hundred people. He was able to control everything by relying on the governor given to him by the central authority. He has the responsibility of leading the command, and the Hun mercenaries he can directly influence.

Yes, if the local commander could not move, he still had the Huns to control. This was why the imperial court did not simply remove him from this position, but asked him to mobilize the Huns to come for support.

But maybe this is the unlucky fate of having a leaky house and a continuous rain, and a broken boat and a strong wind.

Not long after Wang Rou transferred 3,000 people from Yu Fuluo's army to Youzhou from the old Shan Yuna, news came that the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu royal court had launched a rebellion, colluding with the Xiutu tribes who had rebelled earlier, and surrounded them. Meiji plans to establish a new king and a series of bad news.

Although he had done enough information control, the news still reached the ears of Youxian King Yufuluo before. Then the hateful Yu Fuluo took advantage of Liu Yu to send them to change their defense station, tied up Wang Rou and threw him on the roadside, and defected at night.

If not for the businessman who passed by and rescued him the next day, he, Wang Rou, would have become the first Hun general in the Later Han Dynasty to starve to death due to being abandoned by his Hun soldiers!
"It's over, it's all over!"

Wang Rou pressed her face with her hands, looking up and wailing.

"Last time when I was still in the army, Liu Yu dared to let a mat weaver and shoe seller join me.

This time I lost all my subordinates. I'm afraid he didn't want to cut off my sacrificial flag! "

"Weaving mats and selling shoes?"

Wang Ze was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know who this elder brother was angry with, he still comforted him.
"In my opinion, Liu Bo'an is not such a ruthless person."

“Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts!”

"But even if you hide here, you won't be able to get Nayuvro back."

"So...you'd better let me die!!!"

The soldiers he led were gone, so he didn't dare to go to Liu Yu. The station was gone, and he didn't dare to go to the emperor.

He, Wang Rouzhen, is facing dead ends on both sides, with no way out, despair!

"No, no, no"

Wang Ze grabbed the elder brother who was pretending to jump.

"My younger brother has a plan to appease my elder brother."

"Oh? Are you planning to come out?"

"This plan is called hiding, but it's not hiding here with Yudi, but going back to Jinyang."

"Jinyang? You dare to drive me home?!"

Seeing that his eldest brother was about to hit someone, Wang Ze slowly explained.

It turned out that he had received a report from the imperial palace from Beijing today. The new governor of Bingzhou, Ding Yuan, had completed his duty report and would go to Bingzhou to take up his post soon.

"Bingzhou is in chaos. The court obviously can't think of my eldest brother's affairs for the time being. However, Liu Bo'an has a good personal relationship with my younger brother. As long as there is no order from the court, I won't embarrass my eldest brother for this."

"This, the imperial court really can't remember me?" Wang Rou couldn't believe it.

"Brother has been outside the customs for a long time. I'm afraid he still doesn't have a clear idea of ​​how chaotic the world is today."

Wang Ze shook his fan and said
"In addition to the rebellion in Youzhou, there was also the Xiliang rebellion that was getting worse. Han Sui and Ma Teng allied forces to attack Sanfu (around Chang'an) and besiege Chencang. Although left general Huangfu Song and former general Dong Zhuo went to rescue them, But I don’t know what the outcome will be yet.

Finally, Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, was beheaded by the Xiongnu rebels who massacred Gehu. The Bingzhou army was almost completely wiped out in one day. The imperial court hastily sent the new governor Ding Yuan to clean up the mess, without mentioning anything during the whole process. Your name, brother, are you at ease? "

After listening to her brother's words, Wang Rou's face turned blue and white for a while.

Of course it would be great if the court couldn't remember him, and his life would be safe.

But he, the majestic commander-in-chief of the Northern Han Dynasty, has now been forgotten. It feels like it would be better to kill him. What does this mean? Doesn't it mean that the court has no expectations for him? It's hateful.

But think about it again, the war between Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou is burning from the northwest to the northeast of the Han Dynasty. There is no peace anywhere on the northern border. The situation in the world is in danger. How can we count on him? What is the role of this polished commander?

(End of this chapter)