Chapter 44: Bingzhou
It took a month for the Fali Army to withdraw from Yanzhou and return to Jizhou.
In this month, Pan Feng's name was remembered by everyone again.
Eighteen camps were destroyed in one day!
Climb the city wall with one arm!
Enter the city alone and kill the enemy commander!
One man subdued an army of 100,000!
These spread to various forces with Pan Feng's name.
"Wu Shuang, look at Li Jue making you a former general. This is a position second only to Jiu Qing."
Han Fu excitedly handed the yellow imperial edict to Li Pu.
Li Pu casually took it and opened it and took a look. It probably meant that he was successful in wiping out the Yellow Turbans and was rewarded with a bunch of official posts but nothing in kind.
Now in the city of Chang'an, Li Jue and Guo Si control all affairs. This imperial edict was not the emperor's intention at all. It was probably because he was afraid that Li Pu would attack Chang'an and was short of money and food, so he was rewarded with many official positions.
Li Pu didn't care about these things at all. He didn't even respect the emperor, so how could he respect these official positions in name only.
"I know, I've been out here for a year and nothing happened, right?" Li Pu casually picked up a piece of preserved fruit and threw it into his mouth.
"Wushuang, don't worry. Jizhou is very peaceful because the civil servants are diligent and dedicated, and they have successively accepted the millions of yellow scarves you sent back. Although most of them are old, weak, women and children, they can still survive with the farm tools and animal power distributed by the government. This is the first time I have sent you
The Yellow Turbans have already harvested their first batch of grain."
Han Fu stood up and put the preserved fruit in front of him on the table in front of Li Pu.
"Well, the old man won't say it, but a widowed woman can find a man for her. If she doesn't want to, the local government must take care of it. A child whose parents have died must find someone willing to adopt him. If not, the local government will take care of him.
Adopted by the government until the age of sixteen."
It is not an insult to women who have lost their husbands to find men for them. In this era, they cannot live alone without a man in the family.
"Don't worry, there are proper arrangements in place."
"How's it going at Zilong's place?" Li Pu seemed to have remembered something.
"Kong Rong was surrounded for three days. He tried to break out of the city several times, but was stopped by Lu Jun. Kong Rong had no choice but to send people to Pingyuan County to find Zilong. Now Zilong has garrisoned in Beihai County, Jiaodong County.
To protect the counties from being harassed by the Yellow Turban Army, Qingzhou has actually fallen under our control."
"Okay, I was indeed right about the person. Zilong has great talent and can be entrusted with important tasks."
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"Well, has the news finally spread? This task is really difficult to accomplish."
Li Pu looked at the progress bar in his mind that was about to be filled.
"I don't know what will happen when the progress bar is full. If I continue to complete this task, it will obviously exceed 100%. How will it be calculated after it exceeds 100%?" Li Pu was a little curious.
"Wushuang Wushuang, let's go. I have prepared a banquet for the soldiers who are going on this expedition. I can't do it without you." Han Fu took Li Pu to the military camp.
"Brothers, my lord has prepared a celebration wine for you. If you don't get drunk today, you can eat and drink to your heart's content!" Li Pu picked up the bowl and drank it in one gulp.
"Thank you, Lord!" All the soldiers picked up their bowls and drank in one gulp, and then the scene became lively.
After marching all the way and fighting all the way, the soldiers were very excited when they finally returned safely. There were soldiers everywhere holding wine bowls and toasting.
At this kind of banquet, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates. Normally he may be your superior, but today if you can win him over, everyone will just laugh at his jokes.
And the Pharisaic Legion is extremely martial. If you don't challenge your superiors every day, you feel like something is missing.
In the past, the competition was about force. The soldiers could not defeat these non-commissioned officers, but drinking was different.
There were drunken soldiers lying on the roadside everywhere, shouting and punching all night long.
The soldiers' year-long depression was completely released at this banquet.
After Li Pu drank down the seven or eight soldiers who came up to toast him, he went to find Xu You.
"So, Ma Teng has returned to Liangzhou?" Li Pu was a little surprised.
"Yes, Ma Teng united with some ministers to try to kill Li Jue and Guo Si, but the secret was leaked. Ma Teng was defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si and fled to Liangzhou." Xu You sighed a little.
He once still had hope for the imperial court, but he did not expect that the imperial court was getting worse and worse.
"In this case, we asked the imperial court for an order to attack the rebel Ma Teng through Bingzhou." Li Pu thought for a while and said.
"Ma Teng?"
"The people of Bingzhou are fierce and brave, and with less than a million people, they can firmly block the border with the Xianbei Xiongnu and other barbarians with a population of five million and as many as one million people. If we control
By merging the state, you can recruit troops and go to the northern grasslands to herd horses and cattle, which will be of great help to people's livelihood and the military."
"How come Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, is willing to surrender to you?" Xu You was a little confused.
Watching Li Pu talk about the benefits of merging the state, it seemed as if the state was already in his hands.
"Haha, the time has not come yet. You will know it when the time comes," Li Pu said with a smile.
In fact, Zhang Yang's consent is not needed at all, because Zhang Yang will die soon.
In original history, in April of the fifth year of Jian'an, in the same month that Sun Ce was assassinated, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi County in the Central Plains, was also killed.
Yang Chou killed Zhang Yang in order to surrender to Cao Cao, but he was also killed soon after.
The person who killed him was another general of Zhang Yang, Sui Gu. Suigu did not kill Yang Chou to avenge his old master, but because he did not want to surrender to Cao Cao, but to Yuan Shao.
But no matter whether they defected to Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, their subordinates did not want to follow Zhang Yang.
Because as the north was wiped out one by one by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the king who could unify the north could only be one of them, Yuan Shao or Cao Cao.
The small warlords who are still alive will either defect to Yuan Shao or Cao Cao.
This is their only way out, especially Zhang Yang.
The chips in his hand are really too small compared to others.
Therefore, his subordinates all wanted to take his head and Bingzhou as a gift to Cao Cao or Yuan Shao for their rapid rise to fame.
Now Yuan Shao has been killed by Li Pu, and the three northern states have been unified by Han Fu.
Cao Cao only had one Yanzhou, and even the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army that was supposed to be incorporated was led away by Li Pu.
It can be said that none of Cao Cao's tasks can be compared with Han Fu. Even Zhang Yang's two men knew who to look for at this time.
In other words, Li Pu didn't have to do anything at all. Someone would offer Zhang Yang's head to Han Fu, along with Bingzhou.
Chapter completed!