Chapter 212: The Class Master Returns to the Dynasty
After talking about the deal with Dong Zhuo, Ye Chen was idle again, and the good news ahead kept coming, but there was no news of Zhang Liang, Jizhou had been fully recovered, but Zhang Liang was missing.
The troops sent out came back one after another, and the camp was lively again, and Huangfu Song sent a battle report to Luoyang, asking the court what to do next.
A few days later, news came from the imperial court, ordering Dong Zhuo to immediately lead troops to Liangzhou, it turned out that the imperial court found that Xiqiang had signs of instability, and Liangzhou also had signs of instability, although so, Dong Zhuo was not so quick to go back.
Before Dong Zhuo wanted to go back, he also came to visit him and win over him. Ye Chen promised that the cooperation between the two would continue, which reassured Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo left, the camp was much empty, not only Dong Zhuo left, in fact, Liu Bei left a few days ago, because he couldn't get the credit he wanted when he stayed here, and Huangfu Song's battle report only wrote one sentence, saying that Liu Bei, the leader of the righteous army, brought 500 men and horses to participate in the battle.
There is only one sentence, and it does not say how much credit he has made and how many enemies he has killed.
After a few more days, it is now winter, and the year is about to pass, and Zhang Yu has been out fighting for almost a year. In fact, what Ye Chen didn't know was that Liu Hong had already intended to let their class teachers return to the court, but He Jin, Yuan Kui and others said that Jizhou was where the thieves' nest was, and Zhang Liang escaped, so they were afraid of another incident, so they stayed where they were.
Why did He Jin and Yuan Kui stop Ye Chen from going back? The reason is very simple, they haven't thought of any way yet, at present, Ye Chen's merits are world-over, and he can't suppress it if he wants to, and now he is the general of the Left Army, and he doesn't have to remove his position as a general after the war.
Once Ye Chen is allowed to take control of the army and garrison it in Luoyang, or near Luoyang, then Zhang Rang's power will inevitably go to the next level, and when Zhang Rang's power is even greater, it will definitely not be a good thing for them.
So the two groups led by He Jin and Yuan Kui united again.
But they couldn't delay long, and after Huangfu Song's detailed battle report arrived in Luoyang, Liu Hong thought that there was no need to maintain such a large army, so he ordered the division to return to the court.
Huangfu Song's battle report also wrote later that Ye Chen was willing to accept more than 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers and let them work for Ye Chen, and at the same time was willing to pay a million dollars to ransom them.
When Liu Hong heard this, he shouted loyal ministers, in fact, those who could send money to Liu Hong were loyal ministers, originally Liu Hong wanted to kill them, but now they can still sell them for money, so Liu Hong agreed to Ye Chen's request and handed over more than 10,000 yellow turban troops to him.
Although the courtiers felt that Liu Hong's move was too ridiculous, they really didn't dare to do it with Liu Hong about money, it was the loyal minister who gave him money, and it was the traitor who stopped him from making money.
In this way, a few days later, Ye Chen and Huangfu Song both received orders from the imperial court, asking Huangfu Song to lead his troops back to Luoyang, and at the same time leave 5,000 soldiers and horses to continue to garrison Jizhou and pursue Zhang Liang.
Receiving the news that the imperial court agreed to let him dispose of the Yellow Turban's surrender, Ye Chen was naturally very happy, so he began to make arrangements.
"Fengxiao, there is nothing big now, our rear base is the most important, so I want you to return to Liaodong with troops to help develop the base." Ye Chen called Tai Shici, Guan Yu and Guo Jia over.
"Lord, I really don't have much effect on going to Luoyang this time, but it's not my forte to deal with government affairs, and I'm afraid I won't be able to help too much." Guo Jia said.
"You don't have to worry about specific things, now the territory is not very big, the original team can do a good job, Fengxiao only needs to grasp the general direction, and I have already written a few letters, you bring them back, they will listen to you."
Ye Chen said so, Guo Jia agreed, and then Ye Chen explained some things that Guo Jia should pay attention to. The main thing is to tell Guo Jia about his development ideas.
Next, Ye Chen mainly develops the economy, in addition to strengthening trade with the northern grasslands, that is, focusing on the development of the southern market, in addition to Jizhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, some other places have not been well developed, and now after the war, many families perished, leaving a lot of blanks.
Ye Chen is going to take this opportunity to penetrate and occupy more markets. Especially along the Yellow River, where Ye Chen's fleet can reach, at the same time, some supply points at sea should be built, as for the Yangtze River coast, although the fleet can reach it now, but the distance is too far, there are many accidents on the road, it is not safe, and it is a little uneconomical, so Ye Chen only arranges a small fleet to maintain contact with that side.
"Big brother, Yun Chang, you two take two thousand men and horses and follow me to Luoyang, if it is not bad as expected, the court will also reward them this time."
After the matter was decided, Ye Chen took two thousand men and horses to Luoyang first, because Huangfu Song was mostly infantry, and the scale was huge, and the original Han army led by Ye Chen was also handed over to him, after all, if Ye Chen continued to lead them, there would be many people who couldn't sleep after arriving in Luoyang, at least He Jin and Yuan Kui had to find a way to get rid of him.
Then Ye Chen took 2,000 people to break away from Huangfu Song's large army and returned to Luoyang first, while Guo Jia returned to Liaodong with more than 3,000 horses and more than 10,000 Yellow Turbans.
On Ye Chen's way to Luoyang, Luoyang was already surging with an undercurrent, and the reason was how to arrange for Ye Chen.
This troubled the tripartite, Zhang Rang wanted him to lead the troops to keep Luoyang, but there are not many soldiers and horses that Luoyang can arrange at present, and there are quite a lot near Luoyang, but the people who are currently stationed are He Jin's people, so Zhang Rang wants to find a suitable position for Ye Chen.
As for He Jin, he naturally wants to exclude Ye Chen, if he wants to keep Luoyang, he must be relieved of his military power, and then he will not play much role in Luoyang. But he knew that Zhang Rang's energy was great, and it was not so easy to stop it, so he was worried again.
The clan group headed by Yuan Kui is also trying to find a way to stop Ye Chen, as soon as Ye Chen arrives in Luoyang, he will be rewarded, and no one can stop him from being promoted.
But Ye Chen is a person on Zhang Rang's side, and the Shi clan group is already weak in the DPRK under the suppression of eunuchs and relatives, and if Zhang Rang continues to expand, I am afraid that there will be no place for them in the DPRK in the future.
Ye Chen galloped all the way, naturally he didn't know that his return would make so many people uneasy, Ye Chen also had his own careful thoughts, but his core still wanted to master a certain amount of military power, and it was justifiable to master it.
The guard battalion could exist before, it was because Ye Chen's reputation was not obvious, and he deliberately covered it up and did not expose it, now Ye Chen has received too much attention, if he dares to have so many private soldiers, there will definitely be people everywhere who will trouble him, so he must justifiably master an army.