Chapter 117 Facing the Barbarians

Xihe County Lishi County Government Office.

Everyone sat cross-legged according to their positions, discussing the fall of Fushi and the military newspapers of Lu Bu's dispatch of troops.

Lu Zhi was a little upset. He thought Fu Shicheng could hold on until he led his army to help.

Although the Hu people are quite large, they are not good at attacking the city after all, and the county is the governor of the county. The city defense should not be weak. Even if they can't hold on for a month, the guards are really incompetent!

Liu Yu sighed. He didn't understand military affairs. He only knew how miserable the people in Kushi would be in the current situation. Even if they defeated the Hu people this time, it would take a long time for Shangjun to restore their vitality.

In addition, Yanmen, Yunzhong, Dingxiang counties, and more than half of the counties in Bingzhou, which were previously looted by the Xianbei people, were greatly traumatized.

Liu Yu expressed his summary, and the rest were also deeply moved after hearing this.

However, Liu Yu and Lu Zhi both understood that it would be useless to just lament. The more they should stand up and take on the heavy responsibility.

So, they quickly calmed down and continued to discuss the situation.

Everyone also attached great importance to the situation reported by the flying cavalry sent by Lu Bu. After all, the flying cavalry is well-equipped and is one of the few local elite troops in the northern region with combat experience.

However, after learning that Lu Sima had no choice but to lead an army alone to raid the Hu people's camp, everyone had different opinions on this.

Ding Yuan and Zou Jing felt that Lu Fengxian was too arrogant and impatient. Sima dared to go deep alone. Even if the flying cavalry had good combat power, they would inevitably fall into a siege. At that time, the heavy losses would be wasted the strong soldiers that had finally gathered.

Liu Yu did not engage in military affairs and still kept silent about this.

After hearing Ding Yuan, Lu Zhi didn't say anything about Zou Jing's opinion. He turned to look at Yu Jin and asked:

"Wenze thought what would Fengxian do?"

"I think that Sima Lu may be able to do something, but he is just taking advantage of it. His military strength is insufficient, and he may not be able to defeat the Hu army..."

Yu Jin gave a bow to the few people before saying slowly.

After hearing this, Lu Zhi signaled Yu Jin in agreement. He inspected the northern border and had also investigated the record of Lu Bu's flying cavalry in detail. He loved Lu Bu's tactical ability and unparalleled martial arts very much. Now it seems that this young player sent by His Majesty also has some knowledge.

"Hahaha, Wen Ze's opinion is very consistent with my wishes. At this time, the people are trapped in the mouths of tigers and wolves. How can they ignore it? I wonder what Liu Envoy thinks?"

He affirmed Yu Jin's judgment and then politely solicited Liu Yu's opinions. After all, he was Shangguan and brought so many reinforcements.

"I really don't understand the military affairs. Your Majesty also said that the soldiers in the North can be fully decided. The army and horses I brought will be returned to the command of Zigan. I also asked General Lu to order!"

Liu Yu was also a straightforward person and had always been disdainful of the official routines, so he stood up and said simply, and ordered people to hand over the edict to Lu Zhi.

Seeing that Liu Yu was so straightforward, Lu Zhi no longer refused and immediately made arrangements.

He handed over the 5,000 troops he brought and the 5,000 Southern Army members who were still rushing to Commander Ding Yuan, and asked Ding Yuan to bring his men and horses to join Zhou Shen's troops who were transporting grain first, and then the two of them went to Yanmen to garrison to deal with the rebellion of the gentry there.

But Lu Zhi repeatedly emphasized that after Ding Yuan arrived in Yanmen, he only strengthened the defenses of various counties and could not attack without authorization.

Then Lu Zhi put forward some specific requirements for the rectification of military affairs to Xihe and several other counties that did not have any war, and asked Liu Yu to arrange the implementation step by step.

"Wenze, since I have this courage, how can we lead the Western Regions elite cavalry to help them?"

After explaining other matters, Lu Zhi said to Yu Jin who was eager to try...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Hu people's rebellion in Bingzhou is a microcosm of the Han Dynasty's borders.

Not only is it related to the nomadic peoples in the north, but there are also barbarian rebellions in the south, but the scale will be limited to a smaller range.

The Han Dynasty seemed to have a vast territory, but in fact, many places in the frontier prefectures and counties were not under the control of the Han people or the imperial court. How to deal with the ethnic relations between the Han people and ethnic minorities has always been a difficult problem that has troubled the Han court for many years.

Many people arbitrarily attribute the problem to the brutality and capriciousness of the barbarians, but they do not know that the Han people are actually the same.

The ethnic issues on the frontier are very complex, and they cannot be explained clearly by who is right or wrong.

This is Zhang Ze's general understanding of the issue of barbarian rebellion on the frontier.

He has been the governor of Guiyang County, Jingzhou for more than three years. The barbarian rebellion in Guiyang County has basically been quelled, but Zhang Ze knew that this was only temporary. If he was transferred by a fuse in a few years, he would be transferred by himself...

Zhang Ze knew clearly that his so-called achievements in suppressing rebellion over the years were only to treat the symptoms and not the root cause, but he had no choice.

As the end of the year approaches, letters come to his home, and he has not returned home for many years.

However, after reading the letter from home, Zhang Ze's homesickness was not relieved at all, but instead caused some trouble.

Most of the letters describe the tribes’ concerns about the current situation in Bingzhou. Zhang Ze understood that they were not concerned about the life and death of the Bingzhou gentry, but were worried that such things would spread to Sanfu Hanzhong...

Because the actions of the Anhui Party were not interrupted by the strong obstruction of Qingliu and the royalists, although the emperor has ordered the Anhui Party to recall its subordinates, most of the gentry in Bingzhou, including the side branches, have been executed and distributed. The wealth and land accumulated over the years have been filled into the treasury, and the Bingzhou gentry is now out of sight.

This unexpected result made the other gentry members in various places frightened, and Zhang Ze's tribe members were no exception. They asked Zhang Ze what they could do, and even wanted to send some tribe members to Guiyang to start a new job so as to leave a way out.

After all, Guiyang County, located in Jingnan, is a remote place. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. No matter how hard the eunuch party makes, it will not come here.

Just as Zhang Ze was thinking about how to reply to the clan, the minor officials of the county dynasty brought the court's new order.

Zhang Ze had some unknown premonition before he opened the edict. As he expected, the barbarians in Yulin County, Jiaozhou rebelled, and the court transferred him to take over as the governor of Yulin County...

After carefully reading the edict, Zhang Ze smiled helplessly, "Is this my life to suppress the rebellion?"

It’s okay to be a firefighter all the time. The key is that these eunuchs only know how to appoint themselves freely. They don’t mention his previous contributions and never give any praise. Now, a decree is going to transfer themselves to a more remote Jiaozhou.

Is this aware that I, Zhang Ze, is willing to swallow my anger and feel that it is easy to bully?

I remembered my hard work for many years and tried to ensure integrity as an official when I went to the danger and quelled the chaos. Zhang Ze suddenly felt very angry.

"Since you don't appreciate my hard work at all, I'll make it myself!"

He decided to follow the advice of the clan and ask the Hanzhong master's family to send people to Yulin County first, and he finally "scavenge" it in Guiyang, and then go to Yulin County.
Chapter completed!