When the father-in-law saw his son-in-law, he was indeed generous.
Liu Chan was naturally very satisfied.
However, Liu Chan didn't know that this was just an appetizer for today, because then Prime Minister Zhuge Liang came out again and said: "Your Majesty, General Wei Yan, the general who controls the north, and General Zhang Bao, who Yangwei, have captured the Hetao area, the northern part of our Han territory.
We have reached the Great Wall."
"Yes!" Liu Chan nodded with satisfaction.
"Wei ministers request an edict;" Zhuge Liang said, "I will give you a reward for Wei Yan and General Zhang Bao."
Wei Yan and Zhang Bao each led 5,000 elite troops and rushed thousands of miles to the Hetao area, capturing the Qiang and Hu royal court in one battle. Liu Chan had read the battle report before.
According to the battle report——
When Wei Yan and Zhang Bao went out to fight, they did not join forces. Instead, they imitated the strategy of Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty, and the general Huo Qubing. They ran thousands of miles east and west to attack the Qianghu King's Court at the foot of Helan Mountain.
The Qiang and Hu Shanyus had no preparation at all, and the royal court was captured by Wei Yan and Zhang Bao. Most of the Qiang and Hu Shanyus and his nephews and officials were killed on the spot.
The royal court was captured and Shanyu was killed.
Soon the entire Hetao area surrendered to Wei Yan and Zhang Bao.
In order to prevent the Huns on the northern grasslands, Wei Yan and Zhang Bao immediately stopped the fortifications on the spot. At the same time, Wei Yan also used concrete developed by Liu Chan to reinforce the Great Wall border defenses.
In order to stabilize the northern defense line, Wei Yan and Zhang Bao, who captured the Hetao area, did not return to the court with troops, but stationed on the spot to stabilize the security of the Hetao area.
In this battle, they naturally achieved great success.
Award.
A reward must be given.
As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Liu Chan said: "Okay, let's do it according to Xiangfu's wishes."
But Zhuge Liang was stunned because he had not yet said how he would award the reward, but the emperor still said the same habit as he did when he was in Chengdu - do as your father-in-law wants.
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang saluted again and said: "I thought that both generals were promoted to one level, Wei Yan was promoted to former general, and Zhang Bao was promoted to Pingbei general. They were given hundreds of pieces of brocade and hundreds of bottles of Shu wine to reward them.
Subordinate soldiers and generals."
"Accurate!"
Liu Chan approved it immediately without even thinking about it.
After all, he is not good at the matter of rewarding based on merit. Also, he is even more glaring at the question of who the two of them should be named generals.
If you let him decide, maybe the two of them will fall instead of rising.
Because he is not that familiar with the titles of military commanders.
Therefore, leaving this matter to the Prime Minister is the most correct choice.
Then Zhuge Liang asked for an order to reward the meritorious generals in the Battle of Liangzhou. Liu Chan still approved them one by one. According to Zhuge Liang's wishes, the main recipients of Jin titles in this Battle of Liangzhou were General Guan Xing and Zheng Zheng.
General Chen of the West arrived.
Both of them were promoted to one level each, Guan Xing was promoted to General Pingxi, and Chen Daojin was promoted to General Zhenxi.
As for other generals, although they were not promoted, they also received some brocade and other rewards.
The generals who received the reward were naturally happy, such as Guan Xing and Chen Dao.
But Liu Chan also noticed that there was a person in the main hall who seemed a little silent.
This person is the old general Zhao Yun, because Zhuge Liang did not take the old general with him when he went to Liangzhou this time, but asked him to stay in Chang'an.
As an old general who followed the late emperor in his southern and northern campaigns, although he did not care so much about rewards, he was just a little sad because he could not embark on the right path again.
But——
Liu Chan really didn't want him to go to the battlefield again. After all, he had fought all his life and made immortal contributions to the Han Dynasty. As for future wars, he should still give some opportunities to young generals.
After all, the current Han Dynasty is no longer the Shu Han in history.
At this time, the Han Dynasty had many generals who were good at fighting.
Such as Wei Yan, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Jiang Wei, Guo Huai, Hao Zhao, Chen Dao, Ma Dai, Liao Hua, Zhao Tong, Gao Xiang, Wang Pingping.
Of course, there are also the young generals Guo Wei, Yang Tongshan, and Lu Peng who were promoted by Liu Chan.
As well as Chen Xin, Tian Mu, Tu Lianhu, etc. who were selected through the military examination not long ago.
Moreover, the territory of the Han Dynasty has also expanded. Historically, the Shu Han Dynasty only had Yizhou, but the current Han Dynasty already encompasses the three states of Yiyong, Liang, and the Hetao area south of the Great Wall.
Dahan is developing healthily in another direction.
Furthermore, Liu Chan also knew that if historical records were to be followed, Zhao Yun should have died three years ago, just because Liu Chan taught him to practice Tai Chi every day in advance. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun, who had practiced Tai Chi, was actually better than him in history.
Live longer online.
Talking about this Tai Chi.
This is thanks to the elders in the community where Liu Chan lived in his previous life, because they would practice Tai Chi or Tai Chi Sword every day, naturally for the purpose of fitness.
Liu Chan was so idle that he went to learn from the elders for a while, so although he cannot be said to be a Tai Chi master, he still knows some basic moves
As Zhuge fans and Zhao Yun fans in his previous life, Liu Chan certainly didn't want to see his idols in his previous life die prematurely like in history. He had to save their lives, so he taught Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang to practice Tai Chi not long after he traveled through time.
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According to Liu Chan's secret understanding, Zhao Yun and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang are not the only people who practice Tai Chi every morning in the Han Dynasty. In fact, many ministers in the court either learned from Zhuge Liang or learned from the veteran general Zhao Yun.
I also practice for half an hour every day.
Zhao Yun has now been extended his life for three years.
If the prediction is correct, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang will not die of exhaustion in Wuzhangyuan like in history, because not only does he practice Tai Chi every day, but he also has Xu Shu, the imperial censor, to share his worries about national affairs.
Just——
After his life extension, Zhao Yun became increasingly dissatisfied with old age.
Every time he encounters a war, he wants to put on armor and go into battle to contribute to the country.
So at this time, he was somewhat envious when he saw that several of his juniors could lead troops on expeditions.
Looking at the somewhat frustrated Zhao Yun, Liu Chan couldn't help but feel a little distressed and admired.
However, at this time in the main hall, he could not comfort the old general, so he could only take time to visit Zhao Mansion again.
After the prime minister awarded the meritorious generals, he brought another surprise to Liu Chan. Zhuge Liang said: "After the Hetao was returned to the Han Dynasty, the former general Wei Yan collected more than 10,000 war horses and sent them back to Chang'an in a few days."
???
Upon hearing this, Liu Chan's eyes suddenly widened.
More than 10,000 war horses.
This is too much of a surprise, okay?
Because according to the Prime Minister's original plan, the purpose of the first Northern Expedition was to occupy the five counties of Longyou, and then take the opportunity to annex Liangzhou, thereby obtaining the horse breeding land in Liangzhou.
Horse——
The big man needs war horses so much.
Because the Han Dynasty lived in the middle of Shu before. Although there were horses in Shu, the Shu horses were petite. If they were used to carry military rations, it would be fine. If they wanted to use Shu horses to form a cavalry, I don’t know how many years it would take to form a cavalry.
Powerful cavalry.
Even from the time when the late emperor entered Shu until the prime minister's Northern Expedition, the Han Dynasty had only managed to collect two to three thousand Shu horses that could be used as war horses. Previously, if the Han Dynasty needed horses, they had to think of various ways to buy them.
It was also because the Han army lacked cavalry that when Wei Yan proposed the Ziwu Valley plan, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang did not adopt it because he knew very well that Cao Wei had a large number of cavalry.
Once Wei Yan was frustrated in Guanzhong and the Han army encountered Cao Wei's cavalry head-on, the Han army would face disaster. However, he did not expect that Liu Chan would still take the Ziwu Road in the end.
Before this expedition to Liangzhou, the Han Dynasty captured Guanzhong and captured a batch of Cao Wei's war horses, so that they could form 20,000 cavalry. Wei Yan, who attacked the Qiang and Hu royal courts in the north, and Zhang Bao's 10,000 horses were all newly formed Han troops.
Cavalry.
Now——
The big man obtained more than 10,000 war horses.
As the emperor of Han Dynasty.
Liu Chan, can he not be excited?
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This chapter has been completed!