Chapter 28 Guan Yun's long glass of wine released the military power Cao Mengde led the army to Cangting

"I have a small victory. How dare I bother you to meet you in person?" Seeing that Guan Yu had gone out in person, Liu Pan quickly stepped forward to salute. Gan Ning's official rank was low, and he followed him step by step.

"Haha, Shu Ye (Liu Pan's words) won and returned, and he should be welcomed from afar." Guan Yu smiled and said that the group hugged Liu Pan into Xiangyang City, and Zhuge Liang had already ordered people to set up a banquet to celebrate. At present, everyone took turns to persuade Liu Pan and Gan Ning to drink wine. Gan Ning was too much to resist. Liu Pan was a little uncounted after drinking for a while.

"Report to the Marquis, the Lord has an urgent message to deliver." After three rounds of drinking, a small schoolman quickly walked into the hall and presented a letter to Guan Yu. The latter took it and opened it, but smiled and said, "Congratulations to Uncle Ye. I asked your brother for credit the other day. My brother now wrote a special letter to reply, adding Shuye as the Tiger Wing General, and led Pi Taishou, that is, you can go to the post!" The people who were drinking were stunned, and then congratulated Liu Pan.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, generals were generally divided into five grades, and each grade was divided into middle and upper and lower. The first ones are the general and lieutenant, which are now owned by Yuan Shao and Liu Bei respectively. These two positions are not only the highest military positions in the Han Dynasty, but more importantly, he has the right to appoint generals. The second grade is that there are cavalry and riding generals in the front, back, left and right. These generals are mainly senior generals in the capital or guarding some particularly important places. The third grade is General Siping of Sizheng Sizhen, Si'an, as well as some miscellaneous generals such as Long Qiang, Hu Yi and Zhenjun. The fourth grade is Wuwei (i.e. Fenwei, Yangwei, Jianwei, Zhenwei, Guangwei) and the front and rear left and right armies and other miscellaneous generals. The fifth grade is purely a miscellaneous general, such as Dang Kou, Ying Yang, Rebellious, Fubo, and Zhe Chong generals, including partial generals, generals, and dental generals. Further down the captain, the captain is the sixth grade and the seventh grade. In addition, there is also a special Zhonglang general, which can be used as a separate miscellaneous general as the fifth grade, such as Zhao Feng, the former Xuzhou Zhonglang general, Jingzhou Zhonglang general Wang Wei and Huo Jun, which are generally valid for a certain place; sometimes a prefix can also be added as a specific official position, such as Yulin Zhonglang general. Theoretically, except for partial generals, generals, dental generals and middle-aged generals, as well as some five-grade miscellaneous generals, the rest of the generals can have their own general's mansion and the corresponding officials led by a long history. Of course, if the general's official position is higher, these people will be treated better.

Take Zhao Feng as an example. He was officially appointed by Liu Bei as a middle-ranking general when he first arrived in Xuzhou, and he was also the highest-level local general that Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou at that time. Later, he made a lot of contributions in the process of fighting Yuzhou, and Liu Bei expressed that he was a general of Dang Kou, and he was the fifth grade. Later, when he fought against Jiangdong, Liu Bei was already a lieutenant at that time. There was no need to ask the court to appoint a general, so he was awarded the title of General Zhengnan at the beginning, which was the military position of the third grade. Later, due to Cao Wei's interference, he was changed to General Fenwei of the fourth grade. The previous demotion of the official was demoted from General Fenwei of the fourth grade to General Yingyang of the fifth grade, which was slightly degraded.

Now Liu Pan has been promoted to General Tiger Wing, which is equivalent to being promoted from the fourth grade to the next third grade. This promotion is not small. Ah?" Liu Pan, who was drinking so clearly, was also stunned when he heard the words, and then said happily, "A little credit, the master is so uneasy. After the banquet, you should go to Shouchun to thank you!" So everyone continued to drink and congratulate, until Liu Pan was almost completely poured down. Guan Yu had already arranged a carriage to send the drunken Liu Pan into the car and slowly went to Shouchun. When Liu Pan woke up, he could only do nothing but to be his subordinate Taishou.

Later, when Zhao Feng heard about this matter, he also lamented that Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were so smart. This was basically a glass of wine to release the military power, and finally did not let Liu Pan make any big noise. After Liu Pan left, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu discussed and decided to let Wenpin take over his old department. Wen Ping was the first general in Jingzhou in the past. He was once prestigious, and it was most suitable for him to subdue Liu Pan's old department.

"Alas!" Looking at the pile of tall ultimatums in front of him, Guan Yu also sighed. There is no reason. The mess in Jingzhou is really difficult to take care of. I and Zhuge Liang have been busy for more than three months, which is a little bit. Jingzhou is large and has a large population. Compared with being in Yuzhou at the beginning, Guan Yu is more than doubled.

Guan Yu is tired, and Zhuge Liang is not idle. Since most of the official positions in Jingzhou were occupied by the Cai family and the kuai family, now these two families have been killed cleanly. All of a sudden, almost half of the middle and upper-level officials in Jingxiang were missing. The four counties of Jingbei once had some difficulties in maintaining order. As a last resort, Liu Bei had to transfer officials from Xuzhou and Jiangdong to Jingzhou. At the same time, almost all the four graduates of Xuzhou College were assigned to Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang also invited his fellow brothers such as Cui Zhouping, Shi Guangyuan, Ma Liang and others to come out of the mountain to help, so he reluctantly held on.

But now I can't hold on. "Kong Ming, we are about to recruit new recruits. Do you have time to take care of this?" Although Guan Yu was not hopeful, he still asked. He knew that it was just for the reconstruction of Jingbei, and Zhuge Liang had recently wished to split himself in half.

Zhuge Liang looked up at Guan Yu and said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid it's difficult for Liang to have time. I don't know that the prince may bear the heavy responsibility?" The situation is very serious now. Except for the two of them, no one can handle such a big thing as recruitment. Although Ma Liang is talented, he still needs to exercise when he is young. The current Jingzhou is not a native of Iraq. It is only because he once rescued Liu Biao and rewarded him for his merits. It's a joke to rely on him to recruit troops. As for the generals such as Wenpin and Gan Ning, it is no problem to lead troops to war. It's not the right way for them to recruit soldiers.

"Your Majesty, why don't you write a letter to reply to the master and invite your uncle to come?" Zhuge Liang thought for a few times. At present, only Chen, who is good at training, is more in line with the requirements. After thinking about it, Guan Yu suddenly smiled at Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, what do you think if you transfer Bo Tao here?"

"General Zhao?" Zhuge Liang was stunned when he heard the words and shook the fan. Zhuge Liang sighed, "General Zhao is a famous general in the world and is also proficient in civil affairs. The previous pacified Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and General Zhao's post-war governance was handy. With his help, not to mention recruiting, he can help me a lot of government affairs. It's just that General Zhao was demoted to Chai Sang because of Wang Zhongxuan and others. How can he invite him to come here?

"Well, these corrupt Confucians sit and talk about it all day long, but it's useless to ask them to be a director. It's really abominable. Although Bo Tao is now the governor of Chai Sang, how many things do he need to do in Chai Sang's small city? I am short of manpower here, but he is happy in Chaisang. There is no such cheap thing in the world. No, I'll call him right away!" The more Guan Yu talked, the more energetic he became. He didn't know whether he was jealous of Zhao Feng's leisure or just unhappy.

"Jun Hou, General Zhao is now the Taishou of Chai Sang, who belongs to Yangzhou. How can he take care of my affairs in Jingzhou?" Zhuge Liang thought for a time.

"In the past, it was said that the six kingdoms of Su Qinpei were seal, and it can still be like this between the countries. Now it is said that Yangzhou and Jingzhou are both the territory of the Han Dynasty. How can't they? Zhang Zhao, the pastor of Yangzhou, wrote to me, and said that I had something to borrow Zhao Botao under his command to use it, and I would return it immediately after using it. Guan Yu was unreasonable, and after saying that, he didn't feel a little funny.

"Well, just ask the lord to ask General Yingyang Zhao Feng to come to Jingzhou." Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing and finally found a high-sounding reason to ask for help. Guan Yu nodded repeatedly and urged Zhuge Liang to write the letter and quickly send it to Liu Bei for approval in Shouchun.

Liu Bei's reply has not been sent yet. At this time, on the side of the Yellow River, in Yuan Shao's camp, the atmosphere is much more lively than Guan Yu's. Liu Bei is busy consolidating Jing Xiang. Isn't Cao Qian worry-free? Yuan Shao frowned and said.

"The lord can rest assured that now Cao has been defeated repeatedly and his military is depressed. As long as we follow the current strategy, we will not say that our army will be able to defeat Cao Wei. Guo Tu swore on one side.

"Well, that's true. Cao Zhan was defeated in a row, and I expected to take Xu Chang. Yuan Shao laughed, and the first group of counselors and generals were all laughing.

"What? Is the Wu Pass lost? Cao Wei was shocked when he received Zhong Yao's express.

"Master, how could Wuguan be lost?" Cao Hong asked in disbelief. Cao Jian was silent and presented the letter to everyone for reading. Jingzhou sailors followed the Wuguan River and broke through the Wuguan River. Cheng Yu looked at the intelligence and said slowly.

"Jingzhou Mariner!" Cao said with hatred. Cao Wei has been wandering between the Central Plains and the north, and has ignored the important surname of the sailor invisibly. Now I have suffered a big loss, and then I realized the power of the sailor.

"Fortunately, Zhong Yao responded in time and sent troops to guard the green mud gate, otherwise the Jingzhou army would break into the hinterland of Yongzhou, which would be a great disaster!" Cao sighed. If you want to say that Zhong Yao is indeed a talent, others think that Guanzhong can be as safe as a rock by relying on these four passes. Only he is cautious, but he still sets up checkpoints at the green mud pass, Feng Yijun and other places just in case. Now it seems that there is always no harm in being cautious.

"Meng De, can you send someone to recapture Wuguan?" The male duck's voice sounded again, and Xu You's harsh voice came to everyone's ears, and even Cao Hong shuddered.

"I'd better break Yuan Shao first, pass the order, the three armies to withdraw to Cangting!" Cao Wei sent an order, so the three armies, big and small, immediately withdrew and quickly retreated to the Cangting on the side of the Yellow River.

"What, Cao Wei withdrew his troops to Cangting?" Yuan Shao was surprised when he heard the news. Isn't that a way to die?

"Lord, it seems that Cao Wei wants to fight with us!" Xin Ping thought for a time, and everyone nodded and said yes. Yuan Shao was not afraid. He sneered and said, "Cao Mengde is at the end of the road. How can I be afraid of him?" He ordered all three armies to start and catch up with the enemy. Who captured and killed Cao Mengde, bounty of 10,000 taels, made him a marquis, and was promoted to the third level!" So all 300,000 Hebei troops set out and followed Cao Wei to kill by the Yellow River.

(to be continued)