Jiang Ban, courtesy name Gongjun, was born in Haoxian County, Lujiang County.
Although our ancestors did not have any prominent figures, there were small officials like You Jiao and Pavilion Chief every now and then, so they had little wealth and could barely be considered a powerful family.
But the Jiang family was in bad luck.
Fortunately, it escaped the destruction of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but faced disaster when Yuan Shu separatized Huainan.
At that time, Yuan Shu's army was short of food, so he asked Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, for 30,000 hu of rice.
However, Lu Kang believed that Yuan Shu was a rebellious minister, so he flatly refused and organized his army to prepare for war. Yuan Shu was furious and sent Sun Ce's troops to attack. The battle lasted for two years and ended with Lu Kang's defeat and death of illness.
As a result, the officials and people of Lujiang County faced Yuan Shu's violence.
Not only were they burned, killed, and plundered by Yuan Shu's soldiers while the war lasted, but they were also levied and raped after the war.
At that time, because someone in the family served under Lu Kang and resolutely resisted Yuan Shu's army, the Jiang family was held accountable afterwards and was forced to escape to the mountains behind Lushan Mountain (Dabie Mountains) to survive.
After Yuan Shu was defeated, Cao Cao of Wei Wu appointed Liu Fu as the governor of Yangzhou and sent him to Jianghuai to appease the people.
Liu Fu immediately took office, built and moved the administrative center to Hefei City, recruited Mei Qian, Lei Xu and other members of Yuan Shu's remnants who had become bandits. After several years, he built schools to promote education, built water conservancy projects and cultivated farmland, and many people had already escaped.
The people who went into the mountains and rivers or fled to other counties were impressed by his kindness and returned to this county one after another.
It was also at that time that the Jiang family left the mountains and returned to their hometown to live and work in peace and contentment.
Moreover, Jiang Ban's father was summoned by the government to be the commander of the county army because he was literate and had some courage.
But in the 14th year of Jian'an (209), Emperor Wu Cao Cao planned to forcibly move the people of Huainan inland to prevent Sun Quan's attack. Liu Fu's hard work was in vain - he spent eight years and finally gathered people in Jianghuai.
More than 100,000 people were frightened and fled to the territory of Jiangdong.
The Jiang family did not go.
The reason is that someone in the family died in Sun Ce's army in the early years.
He was transferred to Anfeng County on the west side of Lujiang County to settle down. Because Jiang Ban's father served in the army, he was treated well. He was given some land and resettled, so that he had no worries about food and clothing.
It also gave Jiang Ban the conditions to learn literature and martial arts from an early age.
At the age of seventeen, he replaced his father and became a county soldier. Later, because he was the son of a good family, he was transferred to the standing army and became a cavalry commander.
Wei and Wu fought quite frequently in Huainan.
After serving diligently in 1967, Jiang Ban was promoted to Army Sima and deputy to the Cavalry Scout Battalion.
And he will soon become the chief officer of the scout camp!
Because the original chief officer was injured in the Battle of Shiting and had no improvement in his injuries for a year or two, he sought permission from Shangfeng to be discharged and returned to his field.
As a deputy, Jiang Ban also naturally began to act on behalf of the scout camp.
Now, with the former general Man Chong being transferred to the general of the Eastern Expedition, the vacancies of generals and horses in various departments on the Huainan front have also been filled, and their respective responsibilities have been fulfilled. Jiang Ban, who has been acting as the agent of the cavalry scout battalion for a year, can be called
Dawn is coming.
Unexpectedly, Xia Houhui came at this time!
Moreover, the deputy position with thousands of cavalry songs was inappropriate, so he took the initiative to serve in the scout camp.
Naturally, even without Emperor Cao Rui's private advice, Li Changshi would not have let Xia Houhui serve as Jiang Ban's deputy just because of his official position.
Therefore, Jiang Ban could only sigh with full of grievance and anger that the world is like a dog in the white clouds.
There is no other way, who would let someone's surname be Xiahou?
In the past, people with outstanding achievements such as Zhang Liao still had to listen to Cao Xiu's orders?
Using this reason to comfort his unwillingness, Jiang Ban did not reveal his indignation, nor did he rely on the prestige he had accumulated in the scout camp to secretly encourage the cavalry to embarrass Xia Houhui, or to secretly cause mischief and deliberately conceal some things.
Details of the information, and the desire to obey and disobey, planned to squeeze Xia Houhui away.
On the contrary, he was very cooperative.
Just as the civil servants led Xia Houhui into the scout camp and informed Li Changshi of his plans, he gathered all the cavalrymen in the camp and handed over the power in person.
He did this because he was wise.
Having been in the army for a long time, I realized what I had learned through trial and error and remembered the warning of my father before he retired: In today's world, an insignificant person cannot compete with the powerful in the official career.
For example, when a blocking stone suddenly appears on the road in front of you, the most correct way is not to recklessly try to smash it into pieces, nor to use your energy to hit the stone with an egg, but to find a way to pry it open.
If you really can't find a way to pry it open, then take a detour.
Yes, why did he argue with Xia Houhui?
Just the horse Xia Houhui is holding is enough to buy ten lives of a small person like him!
Even twenty.
If he violates the rules openly and secretly, does evil things secretly, and refuses to cooperate.
When the time comes, he will be held accountable for delaying the military plane, and he himself will be dealt with by military law, but the other party can escape by relying on the surname Xiahou, and continue to fight in another war zone~
After all, people cannot be compared.
The era in which the saying "Princes and generals are contented with each other" is applicable has already passed with the era of separatist rule among heroes.
Therefore, Jiang Ban's current hope is that the thief Wu Sunquan quickly raises troops to invade the country.
Only the thief Wu joins the bandits, and the scout battalion can establish meritorious service. This descendant of Qiao Pei, who fell from the sky, will have completed his "meritorious service" experience at the bottom, and can be transferred.
Yes, in Jiang Ban's eyes, Xia Houhui, who was only in his weak years, was just a playboy who came to gain achievements and add to his resume.
Just think about it.
This kind of descendant, who was born into wealth and wealth, is no different from the Wei clan. As long as he doesn't commit any crime, even a mediocre person can have a smooth career. How could anyone volunteer to come to the scout camp for training?
Not to mention the extreme hardships of having to eat and drink the wind and drink the dew all the time, spending the night in the wild, the mortality rate of the scout battalion was the highest in the entire army!
Often, before the war begins, the scouts of the two armies have already fought each other.
People with the surname Xiahou can have the power of central control without accumulating much merit. Why do they need to go to the front line to lick blood?
And for someone he can't afford to offend, why would he, Jiang Ban, make himself uncomfortable by being obedient and submissive?
If you are so free-spirited, you might as well actively cooperate and let Xiahou Hui finish his military exploits and resume as soon as possible, leave the scout camp as soon as possible, and let himself be promoted as soon as possible.
As for this approach, I still feel dissatisfied.
Alas, the situation is stronger than the people.
No matter how unwilling you are, it won't help. It's just a matter of time and effort.
I can only hope that this dandy boy will not show off his strength, make arrogant changes in military affairs, give random orders, and send us and other cavalry in the scout battalion to the blade of the thief Wu.
Perhaps, after hitting rock bottom, no matter how hard you try, you will always climb up.
Xia Houhui is really what Jiang Ban expected.
From the moment he entered the scout camp, he did not show the natural superiority of a nobleman. When Jiang Ban handed over the affairs of the camp, he humbly claimed that he had never been on the Huainan front. He had no idea how to spy on the enemy.
He did not understand matters such as formulating the scope of scout investigation, so Jiang Ban continued to handle daily military affairs on his behalf.
In this regard, Jiang Ban declined several times cautiously.
There's no way, he can't be cautious~
People who were transferred directly from Luoyang, the capital, are the best at slander and frame-up tactics.
What if Xia Houhui is playing tricks and intends to use him to establish his authority?
For example, just after he agreed, Xia Houhui turned around and went to Li Changshi, claiming that he was being domineering and did not hand over the command of the scout camp because of his seniority, so he should not be expelled from the scout camp and demoted to the light barracks.
Being a pawn?
However, Xia Houhui said that "scouts are the eyes and ears of the army and are related to the success or failure of the war", so he allowed him to continue to act as an agent with state affairs as the top priority, and with a sincere face, he categorically claimed that he would never interfere. This made Jiang Ban still
Complied.
And Xia Houhui really meant what he preached.
After entering the scout camp for a month, he not only never commented on Jiang Ban's arrangements, but also regarded himself as a very ordinary scout, following Jiang Ban, and never complained every time he went out to inspect or inquire.
The journey is long and there is no time to eat or spend the night in the wilderness and other hardships.
This also completely reassured Jiang Ban.
I feel like this dandy is not that unbearable.
At least, he is a very peaceful person and is worthy of praise for his self-awareness.
No coincidence.
Man Chong, the general of the Eastern Expedition, also felt that Xia Houhui was a decent person and quite peaceful, so he finally entered Xia Houhui's name in the blank column for the chief officer of the scout camp.
Yes, it was Li Changshi's idea to let Xia Houhui enter the scout camp.
After learning that Xiahou Hui was sent to the cavalry camp in Huainan, and that Emperor Cao Rui privately praised him in the document, Man Chong planned to let Xiahou Hui serve as deputy in the cavalry camp.
As a deputy position in the cavalry, you just have to do it as ordered, it's not very important.
In this way, the emperor Cao Rui's intention of cultivating the descendants of the clan's founders could be achieved, and it would not interfere with the dispatch of various ministries in Huainan.
Because the scout camp is of great significance to the war!
Whether the spying on the enemy's situation is timely and accurate can sometimes determine the success or failure of the war, and there is no room for sloppiness.
Therefore, after learning that Li Changshi sent Xia Houhui to the scout camp, Man Chong was still a little angry.
How could you be so negligent!
How could a young man from a powerful position with no military experience serve as the chief officer of a scout battalion in the army!
You can’t be careless in military affairs!
Even if Xia Houhui is favored by the emperor, he must undergo actual inspection before being entrusted with important tasks!
With this in mind, Man Chong never put pen to paper on a formal transfer order.
He planned to take advantage of the fact that the spring plowing had just ended and the thief Wu Sunquan would not raise an army to invade, and wait and see whether Xiahou Hui could be left alone before making a decision. Now, after learning that Xia Houhui was very law-abiding in the scout camp and did not act recklessly, he
Only then did he feel at ease, and he accepted Li Changshi's plan.
However, both Man Chong and Jiang Ban were mistaken.
As someone who dared to go to court to refute General Cao Zhen's strategy of conquering Shu, was Xia Houhui a peaceful person?