Since Bao Xiegu withdrew his troops and returned to Hanzhong County, he lived in the other courtyard set up by Zhuge Qiao in Hanzhong.
Not only did he return many powers to temples and localities, but he also handed over all matters such as supervising the military performance of the Northern Expedition soldiers and preparing for defense, etc. to Wei Yan, Wu Yi and others, leaving him with little to do.
He also wrote a letter asking his wife Huang to bring Zhuge Zhan and Zhuge Pan, who were already able to travel a long distance, to Hanzhong to stay for a while.
In other words, it is human nature to get together with family members.
However, the prime minister, who had not returned to Chengdu since the Northern Expedition and no longer recognized his descendants, actually had the idea of teasing his grandson, which is enough to show that he really wanted to rest.
Among them, there is a small episode.
After the Prime Minister's Office released the power statement, Emperor Liu Chan also discussed with the public, hoping to record the Prime Minister's many years of service and actually enfeoff 2,000 households in the city, and 500 households would be allocated to Zhuge Qiao to be granted the title of marquis.
This move may seem unsurprising. The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials and has no chance of promotion, so he increases his salary to reward his merits.
But it is different in the Han Dynasty.
Most of the veterans who followed the late Emperor Liu Bei to start a business were those who abandoned their family businesses and followed him, and there were very few people from Bashu.
Therefore, after the former emperor established Shu, most of the meritorious officials were given officials and powers, and they were rewarded by setting up acres of land and building houses. Those who were granted the title of marquis rarely had any food or towns.
After the prime minister took over the country, he campaigned south and north. Since the Han Dynasty only had one state, the land was small and the people were small, and there were too many military registrations, it was difficult to reward those who were granted food and towns. They also adhered to this policy for those who were granted the title. Except for Zheng Pu, Jiang
Except for some Wei and others who had two to three hundred households, the rest of them were all drawing land but not having any food.
Now the Emperor Liu Chan and his courtiers have discussed that they want to grant the Prime Minister a seat. No matter how meritorious the Prime Minister is, it is hard to deny that this is an unparalleled honor.
Naturally, the Prime Minister refused to accept this suggestion.
The emperor and other court officials frequently wrote letters to persuade him, and the prime minister thanked him and accepted the offer.
However, on the grounds that he could not be distinguished from other generals, he only accepted the settlement of 500 households, and refused to divide the households and make Zhuge Qiao a marquis.
Because in the prime minister's mind, the adopted Zhuge Qiao was the legitimate son of the heir. Since Zhuge Qiao was not in the army and could not be granted a title based on his military exploits, he should inherit the title of Marquis of Wuxiang from the prime minister in the future.
It is unreasonable and legal to separate households and seal them now.
If the emperor insists on favoring Yinjue, then he will divide the households and make Zhuge Zhan a marquis after his death.
In this regard, the emperor could not defeat the prime minister.
But it also contributed to his desire to patrol the north: the emperor wanted to take advantage of the absence of war to go out to Shu in the next spring to see the situation in Hanzhong and Longyou, and to meet the prime minister, many generals and soldiers.
After all, the Prime Minister has already returned a lot of power.
The Lord of Wu, Sun Quan, often led the army on expeditions, and Cao Rui, who rebelled against the Wei Dynasty, was not trapped in Luoyang. Since the prime minister hoped that he could inherit the style of the late emperor, although he did not have the ability to personally lead the troops in battle, he should at least go to the newly restored army in person.
Liangzhou demonstrates the name of benevolence and righteousness.
The Prime Minister is happy to see this happen.
Nowadays, the world is divided into three parts. As a monarch, the most indispensable thing is this enterprising spirit.
Moreover, judging from the current situation, even if the Han Dynasty is still in the old capital and dies, there will be no shortage of national destiny battles that require the emperor to personally fight. The right is to let the emperor familiarize himself with the army in advance.
However, we have to wait for the opportunity for the northern patrol.
Let's first wait for the progress of the war between Jiangdong and Ni Wei in Huainan to see whether Ni Wei still has the foundation to invade Longyou after the war before making a decision.
If so, he would not be able to come to patrol the north.
In order to prevent Wei Wei from taking the opportunity to invade, he passively facilitated the emperor's personal expedition.
If not, then wait until Jiang Wei, Zhang Bao and others who stayed in Wuwei County have wiped out Liu Bao from the left of the Southern Huns or expelled them from Xiutuze before proceeding.
Yes, under the national policy of resting with the people, it does not mean that the Han Dynasty has no war.
The Han Dynasty was bound to overthrow the left southern Xiongnu tribe entrenched in Xiutuze and the Wei and Deng Ai tribe whose fields were south of Helan Mountain.
First, there is no room for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch.
There was an incident where the rebel Wei soldiers trapped the Manyin City Fortress to gain a strategic advantage. Naturally, the Prime Minister would not give Sima Yi a chance to repeat his old tricks. Therefore, the Wei troops in these two places were like a chokehold for the Han Dynasty, which was not only unpleasant.
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On the other hand, the Han Dynasty can slowly implement the plan to train cavalry.
When the Silk Road is reopened and soldiers return to their garrison, the court's food and finances will gradually be filled, and there will be a basis for establishing a large cavalry group. Just in time, Liu Bao's, Fei Yao's and Deng Ai's tribes can be used as cavalry training and actual combat.
practice.
Finally, it is a small-scale war without food shortage.
And for pure cavalry combat, one should look for opportunities to prey on the enemy.
In the Prime Minister's plan, it was an opportunity for Jiang Wei, Zhang Bao and others to decide on their own and start the war.
If there is an opportunity to feed the enemy, then use all the thousands of cavalry currently available to go there; if not, then use hundreds of cavalry to harass and plunder first to train the cavalry.
As for why Ma Dai is not the governor?
Ma Dai stepped in and gave way.
In this year's war, Ma Dai first worked with the Xianbei Tuoba tribe in Juyanze to destroy the right group of the Southern Xiongnu. Then he galloped back to Wuwei County to fight against the Wei cavalry with Jiang Wei. He spent most of the year on horseback.
Bumping above.
It also makes him, who is already in his sixties, feel that "old people cannot rely on their muscles and bones".
Simply, he asked the Prime Minister to stay at Shandan Ranch to herd horses and train cavalry for the court. Even the command of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was asked by the Prime Minister to choose another general. The same was true for his deputy general Yang Ji.
Looking for a ranch to remove armor.
To be precise, Ma Dai's thoughts were just like Wu Yi's. He felt that due to his physical condition, he would definitely not be able to participate in the future battle of Guanzhong to "return the old capital";
Wei's soldiers and horses in the field could not achieve anything outstanding after defeating them, so they had the idea of giving way to the worthy.
Alas, with the heart of an old soldier, the opportunity to be shrouded in horse leather is just an extravagant hope~
Therefore, the three thousand Xiliang cavalry are now assigned to Zhang Bao, Zhang Te and Xu Zhi respectively.
Among them, Zhang Bao will treat these more than a thousand people as low-level officers such as Rushenchang, station commander, etc., and like the heroic cavalry general Zhao Guang, he will expand his recruitment to 5,000 cavalry, which will become the main force entering Guanzhong in the future.
Zhang Te and Xu Zhi were placed under Jiang Wei's command.
Due to the nature of the region, the two thousand Qiang cavalry that protect the Qiang school will resume their original duties of guarding the border in Liangzhou and will no longer go out with the army for expeditions.
With this arrangement, it was naturally Jiang Wei's responsibility to enter Xiu Tuze and attack the left flank of the Southern Xiongnu.
As for the attack on the Wei army stationed in the south of Helan Mountain, we have to wait until Ma Dai, Zhang Bao and Zhao Guang expand their recruitment and training of cavalry before making plans. In terms of the Wei army stationed in Gaoping City, Anding County, the attack on Helan Mountain can only be carried out after
To the south, it will inevitably trigger a fierce battle between Han and Wei with tens of thousands of troops.
The current situation in the Han Dynasty makes it inappropriate to launch a large-scale war.
But what the Prime Minister, Jiang Wei and others did not expect was that Liu Bao from the left of the Southern Xiongnu took advantage of the winter to migrate back to Shuofang County before the Han army moved!
