After leaving the canyon and coming to the side of the Fenhe Plain, the troops led by Qu Yi had completely wiped out all the Southern Huns. The soldiers were taking care of the battlefield at the moment. In this battle, except for Qu Yi's military formations, all of them showed their strength.
In addition to their invincibility, Han Hao's Taishan soldiers also performed outstandingly, and Xu Huang himself, holding a mountain-breaking ax, followed the formation of the large army to kill more than 30 Huns cavalry, which was also impressive.
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The Tao merchant came directly to see Qu Yi and said: "Congratulations to the general for your victory over Yu Fuluo. This battle is enough to be famous throughout the ages and to shock foreigners. Tao just led his troops and intercepted dozens of defeated Xiongnu cavalry in the northeast canyon."
, I have killed them all, all relying on the general’s power.”
Qu Yi laughed loudly, waving his hands while laughing: "Master Tao, you are humble. Without your help in planning, I would not have been able to catch Yu Fuluo so quickly. Speaking of which, Master Tao's contribution is still very great."
Yes, when I return to Jizhou, I will definitely report the truth to Yuan Jizhou!"
The potter smiled and suddenly asked: "Have you caught Humphrey?"
Qu Yi was suffocated when he heard the words, and shook his head with a long sigh: "It seems not, but I can't say for sure... Alas, it's my fault that I was too heavy-handed for a while, and there was no one alive at the scene. This foreign prince was originally
Not many people recognize him, he is dead now, there are so many corpses, I don’t know which one it is... That’s all, in short, the serious problem has been eliminated, we can return together tomorrow!”
After Tao Shang and Qu Yi exchanged a few words, Qu Yi needed to take charge of the aftermath of the battlefield, so he went to deal with the chores first.
The pottery merchant went to see Xu Huang again and consulted about the specific development issues of this East County bachelor. He said that he was going back to Xuzhou and whether Xu Huang should come with him. On his way back, he could stop by Jizhou and help Xu Huang.
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Xu Huang was naturally unhappy and quickly nodded in agreement.
The pottery merchant was so happy that he tricked Xu Huang into traveling with him, but he never thought that something would surprise him later.
Han Hao came over on horseback, raised his hands to the pottery merchant and said, "Master Tao, do you still want to keep what you said before?"
Tao Shang couldn't help but feel nervous. He had said too many things. He didn't know which one Han Hao wanted to talk to him about.
"Han Zheng, what do you mean?"
Han Hao said dryly: "Young master wants to hire me to go back to Xuzhou next time, do you still want to do it?"
Upon hearing Han Hao's words, Tao Shang seemed to have a change of heart, and hurriedly said: "Han Zhizhang is willing to follow me back to Xuzhou? But... why did you change your mind?"
Han Hao was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Young Master Shicai was not on the battlefield. After I followed Qu Yi to defeat the Fu Luo army, I rescued Duke Zhang Yang from the Huns. I didn't expect that Qu Yi would directly tell Zhang Yang about Yuan Shaozhi.
Order him to temporarily take charge of Hanoi County on behalf of the Prince!"
At this point, Han Hao's face became deformed with anger, and he said angrily: "Zhang Yang, in terms of status, is no more than the former general under Ding Yuan's tent, and he is close to Lu Bu! This time, he was killed because he couldn't control Yu Fuluo.
How can such a person be qualified to inherit Wangfujun's legacy if Wangfujun dies? However, Yuan Shao made Zhang Yang the lord of Hanoi because he was his vassal. Although I am not talented, how can I serve such a dull person?
It’s better to leave with the young master!”
It's better to leave with the young master?
The potter pursed his lips and sighed helplessly.
Although Han Hao's willingness to surrender is what he has always dreamed of, but hearing him say it now...why does it feel a bit like a helpless move because he really has no choice?
It's so frustrating to say.
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After pacifying the Xiongnu troubles, the pottery merchant began to really pack up and prepare to return to Xuzhou.
He returned to Huai County, Hanoi in advance, and first met with Sima Lang, the head of the Sima family.
Sima Lang took the pottery merchant to follow Qu Yi to Hedong to pacify Yufuluo. During this time, he sent people to Chang'an to secretly meet with his father Sima Fang, explaining that the pottery merchant invited the Sima family to Xuzhou and asked for his father's opinion.
The letter Sima Fang replied to Sima Lang was very simple, with only a few sentences: "The north is uneven, Xuzhou is feasible, and if Situ goes there, the Sima family can rely on it."
After seeing these few words, Sima Lang finally made up his mind, so he agreed to the pottery merchant's family relocation and followed him to Xuzhou.
After more than a year, the pottery merchant finally began to return to his hometown in Xuzhou from Hanoi.
Before setting off from Xuzhou that year, Tao Shang only took Mi Fang and a few captains including Yang Zhan with him, and 5,000 Xuzhou troops.
Now times have changed, and when we return, this team is so strong that it is unbelievable.
In addition to the original 5,000 Xuzhou soldiers, there are also 4,000 Fuyun Huangjin soldiers and 1,000 Xu clan soldiers, as well as more than 110,000 Baibo troops, old and young, 3,000 Taishan troops, and Hanoi locals who are willing to
More than 4,000 people from the formation army who left with Han Hao also went with them.
In addition, there are Xu Chu, Xu Rong, Wang Yun, Huangfu Song, Diao Chan, Han Hao, Xu Huang, Hu Cai, Xiao Ying'er, Yu Erbi, Liu Hubi, etc., oh, and the big family of Sima Lang and little Sima Yi
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I wonder how dad Tao Qian would react when he saw this lineup.
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Hebei, Yecheng.
A young man with a thin appearance, a sallow complexion, and a somewhat shabby appearance walked out of the main hall of the Jizhou Mu Mansion.
This man's name is Guo Jia, whose courtesy name is Fengxiao. He is twenty-one years old this year.
Guo Jia was born in Yangzhai County, Yingchuan, and the name of the Yuan family in Runan has spread throughout Yuzhou. As a student of Yingchuan, Guo Jia is naturally very familiar with Yuan Shao, the most famous among the Yuan family, and he worked tirelessly this time.
, traveled thousands of miles from the land of Yingchuan to Jizhou, Hebei Province, wanting to pay a visit to this leader who is known as the leader in Guandong.
Under Yuan Shao's tent, there were two people from the same hometown as Guo Jia. They were both Yingchuan students in the past, and they were quite familiar with each other.
One is Guo Tu and the other is Xin Ping.
After Guo Jia arrived in Hebei, he went to meet Yuan Shao under the guidance of Guo and Xin.
To be honest, Guo Jia was quite satisfied with Yuan Shao's character during this meeting.
And through the talks between them, Guo Jia discovered that Yuan Shao was broad-minded, had unique insights, had his own thoughts, and was quite humane, which was quite in line with his own requirements and standards for his lord.
But there was only one thing that made Guo Jia very helpless.
Guo Jia was very dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's appointment after discussing with Guo Jia.
Weijun planner!
Frankly speaking, a person who has just joined the job can become a county official, in charge of books and regularly submit accounting documents to the county governor, and audit the household registration, cultivated land, money and grain, prison and promotion reports reported by the counties under the county.
, the right to participate in reduction, reward, and punishment can be said to be a very promising position, and it is also a position with great development prospects.
If it were anyone else, as a scholar from a poor family, if he could get such an unusual appointment, he would rush back to his hometown to visit his ancestors' graves and see if the ancestors' graves were smoking or breathing fire.
But Guo Jia was different. He was unhappy with this appointment.
Guo Jia could see that Yuan Shao could tell what he was mainly good at through chatting with him!
I am a military planner, not a financial accountant who audits accounts.
But Yuan Shao still holds the position in this way, and his intention is very clear to Guo Jia... Military positions are very troublesome, and military positions are also the key positions that can best benefit the noble families under his command at this time!
Guo Jia came from a poor family and was not qualified to participate in important military duties in the Yuan Group.
It is true that Yuan Shao did not have any spare military posts for him. He needed to use these important posts to win over famous families who would join him.
After all, it’s because of the word “poor family”.
When he thought of this, the mocking smile on Guo Jia's normally bohemian face became even more intense.
He knew in his heart that in this era, there was an insurmountable gap between the poor and the nobles.
As a leader of the noble clan, Yuan Shao now needs to recruit noble nobles for his use, and use their families as the backing to strengthen and develop his own power. If he randomly appoints a poor boy to hold an important position in the army, he is afraid that he will be supported.
He was treated coldly by his fellow nobles.
There is no way, compared with the aristocratic family, the children of the poor family in this era are just an addendum... Let alone the poor family, even if you are a concubine from a noble family, your status among celebrities is thousands of miles away from that of your direct descendant. In the eyes of your direct descendants, your status is
Not much different from a maidservant.
A case like Yuan Shao's where concubines prevailed over direct descendants cannot be said to be unique, but it can definitely be regarded as one in a million.
Guo Jia looked up at the sun in the sky, took the wine gourd tied around his waist from behind, raised his head and took a sip, exhaled heartily, and walked outside.
Behind him, at the entrance of the main hall, a person hurriedly chased him out.
"Guo Fengxiao!"
Guo Jia turned around to look, but his former compatriot Guo Tu chased him out.
Guo Tu and Guo Jia are from the same hometown and are of the same race, but they can only go back several generations.
In today's generation, the two families of the Guo family are basically distinct. Guo Tu was born in the clan family, while Guo Jia's branch has declined and can only be called a peripheral branch.
Guo Tu came to Guo Jia and grabbed Guo Jia's sleeve. He was about to say something serious, but suddenly he frowned, sniffed hard, and said dissatisfied: "Just drink it in broad daylight?"
"You care about me?" Guo Jia was a prodigal and said with a smile on his face: "I'm not drinking to death."
Guo Tu really can't understand what this freak's etiquette standards are... If you don't drink to death, you are justified?
If it weren't for the fact that he was from a branch of his own family, Guo Tucai wouldn't bother to care about him.
"Fengxiao, aren't you usually very free and easy? Why do you take such frivolous things so seriously now? When Yuan Gong appointed you as the planner of Wei County, you are extremely useful! He just took charge of Jizhou, so many things still have to be done.
Thinking carefully before acting according to one's ability is not something you can do casually based on your will. You have to understand Mr. Yuan's difficulties!"
Guo Jia didn't say anything, he just raised his hand to pick his nostrils. Guo Tu's scalp felt numb and he couldn't help but loosen his grip on Guo Jia's sleeves.
After digging out the boogers, Guo Jia curled up his fingers and flicked the boogers away. He said with a smile: "Guo understands the difficulties of Mr. Yuan very well. If you want a position in the army, you still have to give it to the important people in the noble clan."
The character is retained. After all, although Jizhou is determined, Duke Yuan currently does not have the title of state pastor, and the land of Hebei seems to be peaceful and chaotic. It is impossible for Duke Yuan to support Youzhou pastor Liu Shijun as the emperor. In terms of policy,
Very passive."
"Look at you, you obviously know everything!" Guo Tu stamped his feet fiercely and said in confusion: "You know what else are you going to do?"
"I understand, I understand. The problem is that Mr. Guo... is just unhappy. What do you think of this?" Guo Jia laughed and spread his hands, as if helpless.
Guo Tu became a little angry: "Guo Fengxiao, who do you think you are? Mr. Yuan can bear it, but you can't bear it? You are so angry with me. You deserve to be in the official position because of your skills. If you continue like this, you will go home.
Go drink the northwest wind!"
Guo Jia smiled at Guo Tu, clasped his fists and said: "A wise man can carefully judge his master, so he behaves well and makes meritorious deeds. Yuan Gong wants to imitate Zhou Gong's etiquette, but he doesn't know how to determine the position according to his talents.
If you want to be a king, it will be difficult!"
Guo Tu stared blankly at Guo Jia's pretentiousness, and the two-character mantra popped out in his heart: "Bah!"
"Fengxiao, if you don't serve Mr. Yuan, where will you go?"
Guo Jia turned around, waved goodbye to Guo Tu, and said with a smile: "The sky is high and the sky is wide. Guo should go out and make more friends!"
Seeing Guo Jia's figure gradually disappearing into the distance, Guo Tu gave a fierce "spit", stamped his feet and said: "Let me see what kind of bad friends you can hand over in the end... Hause!"
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At this moment, the team of pottery merchants returning to Xuzhou had already arrived at the border of Liyang with Qu Yi. At this time, turning further north was Yuan Shao's base camp, Yecheng.
Going down from Liyang, you can go to Yanjin Ferry, cross the Yellow River, turn to Yanzhou and go straight to the border of Xuzhou.
During this period of time, Tao Shang had not been idle, brainwashing Xu Huang almost day and night, instilling in him the idea that Yuan Shao's family had many noble families and powerful families, and it was difficult for ordinary children to get ahead.
Unable to resist the pottery merchant's deception, Xu Huang was hesitant about whether to join Yuan Shao.
At this time, the pottery merchant brought in the heavyweight Huangfu Song!
The master and apprentice came together to fool Xu Huang and promised real benefits. The pottery merchant even asked Huangfu Song to guarantee Xu Huang. After arriving in Xuzhou, they would find him a daughter-in-law from a wealthy family as his wife, and Huangfu Song would marry him.
Become a matchmaker yourself.
Faced with so many temptations, Xu Huang finally found it difficult to resist, compromised and surrendered, switching his position to Xuzhou instead of Yuan Shao, and returned to Pengcheng with the pottery merchants.
At this point, the pottery merchant and other large groups of people also parted ways with Qu Yi, each side going their separate ways, Qu Yi went to Yecheng, and the pottery merchant went to Xuzhou.
Before Qu Yi left, he left a gold-lettered banner embroidered with the word "Yuan" to the pottery merchant.
The potter didn't understand its meaning.
Qu Yi patiently explained to him: "I have sent people to Yecheng at night to report the matter to Yuan Gong. Yuan Gong was afraid that there would be many strong thieves on your way back to Xuzhou, so he specially asked me to mark this side with other people.
The banner with your name is left to you. Before you leave Hebei, if there are really strong thieves or local princes and governors who want to stop you, you can use this banner to report your name to Gong Yuan as a deterrent!"