Chapter 316 Liu Ba is dissatisfied and refugees come to Linwan
The Marquis Bolu mentioned by Liu Bei refers to Huo Guang.
In the 400-year history of the Han Dynasty, perhaps because of the White Horse Alliance, the highest title for ministers could only be reserved for the princes.
But in other respects, the old Liu family was sometimes generous to ministers who had made great achievements.
Taking the funeral alone as an example, not to mention how high the standard of their funeral was after Wei Huo's death, let's just say that after Huo Guang's death, Liu Xun raised his funeral standard to an unparalleled level.
"Together with the Emperor".
Not only was this kind of reward unique in the Han Dynasty, it was also rare to find it in later dynasties. No matter how favored a minister was, at most he could only receive the funeral rites of the princes and kings.
Therefore, Fei Yi had previously thought that Liu Bei would improve Guan Yu's funeral standards, but he had previously thought that Liu Bei would bury Guan Yu with the etiquette of a prince as usual.
What he never expected was that Liu Bei was going to imitate the "Xiao Xuan Story."
If there had not been this story about Emperor Xiaoxuan, then the edict issued by Liu Bei today might have caused great controversy after it was announced.
But with the story of Emperor Xiaoxuan in front of it, there may be some controversy, but it won't be too big.
They sent out their own spies one after another, all to explore the details of the battle at Xiangfan.
Even in order to escape for their lives, those Wei generals had not had a good rest in the past few days.
But Jingzhou is so important. How can one minister continue to dominate such a large state?
When General Guan Yu was still alive, he was asked to take charge of Jingzhou alone. Liu Ba had many opinions in his mind.
Although Wancheng is not close to Fancheng.
It was an extremely dirty scepter, but if you look closely you can still see its original appearance.
Cao Xiu, who was standing in front of the team, ordered the guards behind him to take out something in order to prove his identity.
On the contrary, Fei Yi had been worried because of the fierce debate between the two factions of ministers.
After hearing Liu Bei's words, Mi Yang bowed to Liu Bei without hesitation.
There is no pen, ink, paper or inkstone in Guan Yu's mourning hall, and Liu Bei's emperor's seal is not here either.
In this edict, Liu Bei clearly stated that Zhang Fei was the next governor of Jingzhou.
They looked extremely embarrassed, panicked and ridiculous.
From this point of view, there is no contradiction between these two points.
Cao Xiu could easily find a city to rest and recuperate, and personally write a military emergency report to Cao Pi in Wancheng.
According to common sense, there are many Wei cities between Fancheng and Wancheng.
But the moment the Wei generals saw the gates of Wancheng, their hearts that had been tense for the past few days finally relaxed completely.
It was just his cautious character that prevented Liu Ba from showing any abnormality in front of Fei Yi, and he temporarily suppressed his dissatisfaction in his heart.
They were afraid that they would become the names of those cities dedicated to Liu Bei.
In the absence of any clear objection from Shangshu Ling Liu Ba, Liu Bei's two edicts were quickly sent out from Fei Yi's hands and spread throughout Xinye City at an extremely fast speed.
How much damage did the 70,000 Wei army suffer in battle, and whether all the Wei generals who participated in the battle died or were captured?
When the Wei generals arrived outside Wancheng, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Cao Xiu, a high-ranking general, looked unkempt and disheveled, looking like a beggar.
And when they arrived outside Wancheng, Wancheng had already become a frying pan.
Because it was unclear what the composition of these hundreds of people was, the patrolling Wei army quickly stopped the approach of these hundreds of people with arrows.
Because of this, after learning the news of the fall of Fancheng, most of the Wei officials in Wancheng were frightened and at a loss.
Just as miserable.
After Liu Ba verified that everything was correct, he could finally issue these two edicts in the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
So after he heard that Liu Bei finally made a decision on this matter, Fei Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after Fei Yi handed these two edicts to Shangshu Ling Liu Ba for review, Liu Ba looked very unhappy.
Soon after, the contents of these two edicts were being spread to all directions in Xinye at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, as reported by spies and messengers from all sides.
Several days have passed since the Battle of Xiangfan, which is enough time to convey some news to Wancheng one after another.
They finally survived.
These Wei generals now are just like the countless refugees who were expelled and killed by them back then. Their hearts are full of panic, anxiety and a deep fear of death.
However, we can't blame the Wei army commander for his clumsy eyes. In fact, the clothes on Cao Xiu and others were too sloppy at this time.
After all, when this war started, it was an upright battle, without any fancy strategies mixed into it.
It is true that in the Battle of Xiangfan, the Han army did not face the complete Wei army.
Otherwise, the most famous own case in the history of the Three Kingdoms will occur.
Because of this, Huo Guang is still recognized by the world as a great hero of the Han Dynasty, and "Yi Huo's merit" is the highest goal in the hearts of all Han officials.
And in his heart, he actually did not favor either Zhang Fei or Mi Yang.
Therefore, Fei Yi had to go to Liu Bei's real dormitory, draft an edict for Liu Bei, and then submit it to Shangshu Ling Liu Ba for review.
In this captain's impression, weren't those big shots all glamorous in the past?
A young captain dared to scold him, and all the Wei generals couldn't help but laugh in anger.
"Stay and watch for Yun Chang with me."
Under this situation, Cao Xiu and other Wei generals, protected by hundreds of Wei troops, arrived outside Wancheng after many days of extremely difficult work.
After seeing the orderly patrolling Wei troops inside and outside Wancheng, the eyes of the Wei generals became even more intense.
Therefore, Cao Xiu and other Wei generals did not dare to surrender to any city at will.
Liu Bei's order fulfilled his wish.
Eventually it spread to the world.
After seeing the scepter, the Wei army captain's face instantly revealed a look of horror.
Liu Ba, who was originally dismissive of Zhang Fei, became even more ugly after learning that he had become the governor of Jingzhou.
However, as a close minister of Liu Bei, it was impossible for him to join this controversy from a natural standpoint.
After Fei Yi listened to the contents of Liu Bei's edict, a look of relief appeared on his face.
Because the Wei army in Fan City was in an extremely chaotic state that day, and Cao Xiu and other Wei generals fled very quickly.
Fortunately, Cao Xiu and the hundreds of people who escaped from Fancheng were mostly dirty because of the escape, but their khaki military uniforms were still quite obvious, which made the Wei army patrolling outside Wancheng feel soft.
With such hard power, how could the Wei army lose?
Therefore, there were not many Wei troops following them, and they did not even carry much food with them.
Among their team of hundreds of people were Cao Xiu, a clan member of Cao Wei, Zhu Shuo, a friend of the Emperor of Heaven, and Zhao Yan, a famous scholar in the world. But at this time, they all behaved the same regardless of their status.
Even Emperor Xiaoxuan of the Han Dynasty, who buried the Huo Guang family with his own hands, thought so.
This is not because Cao Xiu and other Wei generals did not pay attention to their appearance. In fact, during the escape process, the Wei generals lived a very miserable life.
Therefore, after Fei Yi heard the edict that Liu Bei asked him to draft, although he had a look of shock on his face, he did not have any objection to Liu Bei's edict.
But they were angry, and Cao Xiu and the other Wei generals were not stupid. They would not set their record at this time.
Of course Fei Yi knew about the "Zhang Mi Controversy" that had been causing quite a stir in Xinye City recently.
Because he and Cao Cao had many similar ideas in dealing with things, Liu Ba had secretly informed Liu Bei many times to ask him to pay more attention to this point.
In addition, although Huo Guang's family ended badly, no Han official had objections to his own achievements for hundreds of years.
After learning this, most of the Wei officials in Wancheng were frightened and at a loss.
It's just that Captain Ren never imagined that the people standing in front of him were all powerful figures in Cao Wei in the past.
Liu Ba was not dissatisfied with Guan Yu's funeral arrangements.
This is enough to raise Guan Yu's mourning and honor after his death to a height that is difficult for a minister to reach.
What's more, in addition to the 30,000 Wei troops, there were more than 40,000 foreign troops recruited by Cao Pi from various places.
Just like when they arrived outside Fancheng, the Wei army team of hundreds of people who had escaped from Fancheng was rushing towards Wancheng with the last breath in their bodies.
The Wei ministers in Wancheng were like ants hanging on by a thread in a frying pan, eagerly sending people out to find out the news.
Now the result of the Wei army's defeat in the battle at Xiangfan is a definite fact, so the most important thing now is to find out as soon as possible how miserable they were in this battle.
How badly they were defeated in the Battle of Xiangfan.
It was because just the day before yesterday, some bad news had spread back to Wancheng from the front line.
After listening to the two edicts issued by Liu Bei and seeing that Liu Bei had no intention of speaking, Fei Yi respectfully left the mourning hall with some doubts in his heart.
Just when Liu Bei, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, locked himself in his room because of Guan Yu's death, hundreds of miles away in Wancheng, the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi, also adopted the same approach as Liu Bei under different circumstances.
At least no one person will be allowed to hold the power of Jingzhou alone.
Suspicion is a common problem among the kings and ministers of the Wei Dynasty.
On the day when the Xiangfan battle between the Han and Wei armies ended, when Mi Yang led the Han army to raid Fancheng, Cao Xiu and many other Wei generals who had just fled to Fancheng embarked on the road to abandon the city and flee.
If they had not always held a strong belief in their hearts, I am afraid that these Wei generals would have been unable to survive in the difficult environment.
Why were all the Wei ministers so out of character?
However, within a few days, both the spies previously sent by Wancheng and some counties close to Fancheng have recently returned the latest news about the Battle of Xiangfan.
After Liu Bei issued this edict, he asked Fei Yi to draft an edict to seal Zhang Fei.
But with the story of Xiaoxuan in front of him, and the great achievements made by Guan Yu in front of him, Liu Ba could reluctantly accept Liu Bei's arrangement.
One thing that can be concluded from this news alone is that the Wei army was definitely defeated in the battle that was personally directed by Cao Pi and devoted all the attention of the Wei monarchs and ministers.
Liu Bei gave Guan Yu the same funeral specifications as Huo Guang, which shows that in Liu Bei's heart, Guan Yu was his minister of Yihuo.
After forcing the hundreds of beggars to stop, the captain of the patrolling Wei army team quickly rode his horse to a short distance in front of them, and then scolded the hundreds of beggars in a condescending tone:
"Which army are you soldiers from?"
In the absence of food and horses, Cao Xiu and other Wei generals' escape to Wancheng was full of hardships.
But when this group of hundreds of people, like beggars and refugees, kept approaching Wancheng, their actions were quickly discovered by the Wei army patrolling outside Wancheng.
At least before they learned about the loss of Fancheng, most Wei Chen believed that their side was bound to win.
Even when Guan Yu was alive, he didn't look down on Guan Yu very much because of his noble character.
These are the next things that will profoundly affect Cao Wei's national policy, and they are the last hope in the hearts of all Wei officials.
In the past, such little people were not even qualified to talk to them.
It's just that Liu Bei has never responded to Liu Ba's repeated secret reports before.
This battle represents a head-on confrontation between the Wei army and the Han army.
After Fei Yi left, Liu Bei finally looked at Mi Yang.
Originally, Liu Ba thought that after Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei would change his mind and change the political structure of Jingzhou under his previous secret instructions.
Not only did Cao Cao represent the righteousness of the Han Dynasty at that time, but also because Cao Cao's tactics of checks and balances were very appealing to Liu Ba.
The person Liu Ba admires most is actually Cao Cao.
Although the time was still short and most of the Wei generals who participated in the war had not yet returned to Wancheng, many of the details of the war were unknown to the Wei monarchs and ministers in Wancheng.
Both of these two men are known to be powerful ministers, but at least for now, they are also known to be loyal ministers.
But compared to the distant Wancheng, there is no doubt that it is easier and faster to learn about the battle situation of Xiangfan in the Wei city near Fancheng.
The Han army led by Guan Yu, with a seemingly impossible victory, severely shattered the hearts of all the monarchs and ministers of Cao and Wei in Wancheng.
As the contents of these two edicts quickly spread throughout the world, there was also the result of the previous battle at Xiangfan.
How badly did they lose in the battle at Xiangfan?
And just when many Wei officials sent spies, Cao Xiu and other Wei generals who had fled back like refugees finally arrived outside Wancheng.
How could Wei Jun lose!
This is a consensus that has been spread among Cao Wei and Cao Wei since the time of Cao Cao, and it is also a pride for them to regard themselves as the Zhengshuo of China and the great power of the Celestial Dynasty.
But despite this, the 30,000 Wei army led by Zhang Liao alone had given many Wei officials great confidence.
And in this world, when the Wei army fought head-on with any army in the world, how could it ever lose?
The Wei army had the upper hand in terms of soldiers, food, generals, and even weapons.
A total of 70,000 troops, plus Zhang Liao, Cao Xiu, Xu Chu and other famous generals participated in the battle. What a powerful force it was.
Not long after Fei Yi left, he, who had excellent literary talent, immediately polished the two edicts that Liu Bei asked him to write.
He actually made all the big shots in front of him look like ghosts!
The captain's question revealed his opinion of the identity of these hundreds of people, who were the defeated Wei army who had fled back from the front line.
But from the news reported by the spies, we know that the Han army has even entered Fancheng.
What shocked the Wei monarchs and ministers in Wancheng was that the news was all bad news.
But under the fact that the Han army entered Fancheng, this consensus has become a joke, and that kind of pride is a seemingly unrealistic obscenity.
But what he never expected was that Liu Bei still went his own way.
Just one chapter today.
Regarding some readers’ questions, Soy Sauce will answer them here.
This is Ji Han's auxiliary article.
Liu Bei and Guan Yu are so good to the protagonist, so the protagonist will not do what Wang Cao did.
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