Three days later.

More than a thousand soldiers with new clothes and armor, including clean horses and harness, embarked on the road back south.

Lu Bu is in the middle, with deputy general Gao Shun on the left, Zhang Liao, Hao Meng, Cao Xing and others on the right, following behind, galloping with the team.

Behind the army are thousands of camels and horses filled with wealth.

Behind them, there are more than 10,000 fine horses on the grassland, being urged and pulled by more than 100 sergeants, following closely behind.

Lu Bu returned with his troops with the spoils of hunting down the Hulu for a month.

"More than eighty million yuan, this amount of money is already pretty good!"

Riding on the horse, Lu Bu looked around, feeling secretly pleased with himself.

"Compared to the wealthy families in the Central Plains, it is a bit less, but I am in the border area, far away from the whirlpool of the court. I don't have to deal with the big shots in the court, and there is less expense!"

"Just training soldiers and forming an army, even if it recruits tens of thousands of people, is more than enough!"

"And these war horses!"

Lu Bu turned around and glanced at the galloping horses behind him, seeing a smile in his eyes.

"More than 10,000 good war horses, I'm afraid it won't be easy for the Luoyang court to come up with them now, right? Hehe!"

Although I don’t know the exact year, it is undoubtedly the late Han Dynasty.

It was a time when the imperial court was corrupt, the army was slack, and money and food were in short supply.

With the strength of the Han Dynasty, there is probably not much shortage of armor and weapons, but there is definitely not enough war horses.

He remembered that when the Yellow Turban Uprising was suppressed, almost all the soldiers and horses used by the Han court were infantry, with only a very small number of cavalry.

Although there is no need for elite cavalry to deal with the mud-legged Yellow Turban thieves, the Han court did not use cavalry. In all likelihood, it was not because they did not want to, but because they could not!

When Dong Zhuo led his army into Luoyang, he only had a mixed force of 3,000 infantry and cavalry, which frightened and annexed the imperial guards in the capital at that time, thus taking control of the imperial court.

The side shows how fragile the Han Center is at this time.

It also illustrates the lack of war horses and cavalry in the Han Dynasty.

This is no longer the Wei Huo period!

National strength is far from what it was at its peak.

Only in areas far away from the court and bordering the border areas with the Hu people, could there be a certain scale of cavalry establishment and military garrison.

For example, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Xiliang.

It was precisely because Dong Zhuo had mastered the Xiliang cavalry that he dared to be so strong and unscrupulous, even the eighteen princes could do nothing.

Not to mention the lack of unity among the princes, the final result is that there is nothing they can do.

“Bingzhou’s potential is no less than that of Xiliang!”

Looking at the rising sun, Lu Bu's eyes were incomprehensible and he thought to himself:

"With more than 10,000 war horses, I can form a powerful cavalry team and make the name of Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry awe-inspiring throughout the world!"

"The top priority is how to control the entire Wuyuan County after returning to Jiuyuan and obtain the position of county governor recognized by the imperial court!"

"Without a name or status, even if you can act in secret, without a name, it is not a long-term solution!"

Frowning his brows, Lu Bu thought to himself.

It is not difficult to secretly control Wuyuan County.

With his reputation in Wuyuan County and his position as a thief, it is not difficult to develop the army and secretly prepare forces in the name of resisting the barbarians without a county guard, chief historian, or captain.

After all, in the past few years, under the instructions of the county governor, he was originally responsible for these things.

"What a pity, Du Zan, Du Zan, why didn't you tell the court earlier so that I could become the captain now?"

Lu Bu sighed again, feeling deeply regretful.

If he is the captain of Wuyuan County, he can legitimately take charge of the frontier army, and even the county guard has no right to interfere.

If we enter the future era of separatist feudal lords, the captain in charge of the army can even blatantly kill the county governor and then take the post of governor himself.

This kind of thing was not uncommon in the Three Kingdoms era, and many princes were born in this way.

"Du Zan was the governor of a county. Even in later generations, he was still the mayor. He was also a dictatorial mayor who was grasped by the military, government and people. His death is not a small matter!"

As his thoughts turned around, Lu Bu frowned and thought:

"Why do history books record that after Du Zan, there was no longer a governor in Wuyuan County?"

"Is the imperial court blind? It's an important frontier fortress, but it allows the county governor to be vacant?"

Historically, the prefects on the borders of the Han Dynasty were always appointed by famous generals who were good at conquering and fighting. If they unfortunately died in battle, they would be replaced immediately.

Therefore, once Du Zan died and Wuyuan County no longer had a governor, there must be something wrong.

Of course, it may also be that the Han Dynasty came to an end and was too busy to take care of itself that it had no energy to take care of this.

"So, what time is it now?"

"To what extent did the eunuchs and parties fight?

"Did the Yellow Turban Uprising happen?"

"Or maybe Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has passed away, He Jin is in charge of the power, and he is fighting wits and courage with the eunuchs. The situation in the court is constantly changing, and no one is in the mood to care about the frontiers?"

Recalling the historical records he had seen in his previous life, Lu Bu fell into deep thought.

At present, the most important thing is to determine the time. Only by knowing what time period we are now can we decide what to do next.

First of all, Dong Zhuo definitely did not enter Luoyang.

Secondly, Ding Yuan is not yet the governor of Bingzhou.

According to the memory of his predecessor, the current governor of Bingzhou is Zhang Yi, not the future ‘adopted father’ Ding Yuan.

"Zhang Yi seems to have died in 188 AD?"

Lu Bu thought secretly:

"In 188, the Xiongnu, Qiang and Hu tribes rebelled. Zhang Yi died during the Hu tribe's invasion. Only then did Zhijin Wu Dingyuan take office and serve as the governor of Bingzhou!"

Zhijinwu was appointed as the governor of a state, which was equivalent to decentralizing the province.

I don’t know exactly when it was, but it was most likely around the end of 188 AD.

Therefore, it must be before 188 AD.

Yellow Turban Rebellion, in 184.

"From a time perspective, the Yellow Turban Uprising is coming soon, at least close to the time period of the Yellow Turban Uprising. In other words, troubled times are not far away!"

After the Yellow Turban Uprising, a series of major events occurred in the Han Dynasty, which led to the end of this ancient and powerful dynasty.

The Qiang and Hu rebellions in Xiliang have not stopped, and the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, etc. in the north are following the rebellion at every turn. Together with the remnants of the Yellow Turbans from various places, the whole world is in turmoil.

As for the court, let alone it.

Not long after the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the policy of "replacing history with animal husbandry" came out. Later, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty hiccupped, and He Jin became the general, ranking above the three princes, and solely in charge of the court.

He Jin, the butcher, was simply one of the stupidest people in history, and he died at the hands of an eunuch!

Or was he killed by the tricks played on children?

Then Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, showing unprecedented cruelty and unscrupulousness, and opened a new page in history.

"What year is it now? Damn it, seven years of photosynthesis, I don't understand!"

Lu Bu thought distressedly.

He knew the stories of the Three Kingdoms very well, but he couldn't remember the early era names.

All he could remember was Jian'an.

That was the reign name assigned by Cao Cao when he welcomed the emperor into Xudu, and it was used for more than 20 years.

Looking around at Gao Shun, Hao Meng and others, Lu Bu curled his lips secretly.

"They are all such a bunch of reckless men. They don't care about national affairs. Their understanding of the situation outside Wuyuan County is even worse than that of their predecessors!"

The return journey continues.

Although the soldiers accompanying them were all cavalry, they were carrying nearly 100 million in huge property and more than 10,000 horses, so it was impossible to go very fast.

Fortunately, although this team was large and cumbersome, all the barbarian tribes in the grassland could not avoid it, and no one dared to come and rob it.

The power of the 'Flying General' has spread throughout thousands of miles with this month's pursuit and pursuit, and no one is unafraid!

Therefore, the road back is without surprises or dangers.

Even so, in one day, we could only travel less than a hundred miles.
Chapter completed!