With the defeat of the Qiang people, the first heavy snow of winter quietly came, just one night in the world, the world has long been a plain, inaccessible ancient road, has been covered with snow, the empty and lonely world is so barren that it makes people palpitate.

In the battle of Jiuyuan City, 10,000 elite Dongqiang were killed and wounded, the Han army beheaded 8,000, captured more than 2,000 people, obtained more than 1,000 war horses, and countless military equipment, and won a lot.

Can kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800, the Han army also paid a heavy price for this, Wuyuan County defended Han Gu killed, 1,000 county soldiers did not survive 9, and the dead and wounded people were countless.

The once prosperous streets have long since become ruins and mounds.

The heavy snow that had fallen all night finally stopped, the sun that had not been seen for a long time showed half of their faces, and the people of the city walked the streets like a wisp of dead souls from the graves, wanting to breathe the first fresh air in the world.

At Gao Shun's suggestion, Lu Bu ordered the sergeant to clean up the snow while cleaning up the frozen corpses, and thousands of people died, and the corpses of the Qiang soldiers were also mixed in, and occasionally met one or two gasping ones, who were also killed by the Han army.

Lu Bu stood on the city wall as high as the foot of the mountain, overlooking the snow outside the city, the cold wind howled, and in the noise, he could still hear the breathing of the soldiers defending the city in the wind.

Under the city tower, the sound of footsteps came slowly, it was Gao Shun and Cao Xing who stepped forward and backward, Lu Bu patted off the snow on his body, and waited quietly for the two.

"General, winter has arrived, it's time for Dongqiang to retreat!" Gao Shun did not beat around the bush and cut straight to the point.

Cao Xuan crossed his arms and snorted coldly: "That is, there are few soldiers, otherwise how can they leave so easily?" ”

Lu Bu, as a military commander, led 800 troops in his spare time, and could lead 1,000 to 2,000 troops in wartime, this time Zhang Yi entrusted him with a heavy task, and made an exception to let him lead 10,000 troops to hold Jiuyuan, and after Zhang Yi returned to the division, these soldiers and horses still had to be returned to him.

Gao Shun's face was slightly solemn, and he said what he thought in his heart: "Since the disaster of the party, the four seas have collapsed, and the world has shown an irreparable separation. ”

Lu Bu pondered, if according to the development of the previous life, three years later, he and Ding Yuan sent to Luoyang, and then after several tosses, they took charge of Xuzhou.

But now that Zhang Yi is not dead, Ding Yuan has no chance to come to the state, history has not developed according to the trajectory of the previous life, no one will know what his path is and where the end is.

Thinking about it, Lu Bu suddenly found that in addition to wanting to get rid of the infamy of Ding Yuan and his previous life, he didn't know anything about the future, where he would go, who he would meet, and what the result would be.

"After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although the first evil has been punished, but the remnants of the rebellion can not be extinguished, before and after the Montenegro Zhang Yan, Hedong Guo Tai, Runan Gepi resurged, Shandong area is broken again, echoing it, Xianbei, Dongqiang, Xiongnu, Karasuma, Xidi to make chaos in the Central Plains, or lead the crowd to attack, or collude with the thieves......"

Lu Bu was stunned, but did not speak, just stared at Gao Shun calmly

Gao Shun said slowly: "In order to deal with the rebellion, the Son of Heaven has delegated military power to various states and counties again and again, such as today, it is like a chess game. ”

Lu Bu's heart trembled, he looked at Gao Shun and asked, "Does Shuda have a good plan?" ”

Gao Shun said unhurriedly: "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the princes around the country have taken shape, there are three things that the general needs to do, a place to live, a good general, soldiers, horses, grain and grass, all three are indispensable, the battle of Manyi Valley, the battle of Jiuyuan, and the generals have all made immortal achievements, General Zhang Lao will definitely ask for merit for the general, and at that time or county or county, there will be a place for the general, but ......"

"Just what?" Lu Bu looked at Gao Shun eagerly.

Gao Shun stretched out ten fingers, and then pointed to the south: "Within the Xiao Wall." ”

Cao Xuan didn't interject, and when he saw Gao Shunshen mysteriously at this moment, he couldn't help asking, "Uncle Gao, what do you mean by this?" ”

Cao Xuan didn't understand the meaning, but Lu Bu did, he turned to look at the south, and he had made up his mind in his heart.

Although the Han Dynasty is constantly fighting and fighting, but the sale of officials is still in full swing, Gao Shun's meaning is very clear, if you want to get a place to live, you must be a permanent servant.

The snow flew on the gallop road in Luoyang, and a fast horse galloped, galloping towards the palace in the north, and immediately the messenger galloped all the way, shouting all the way:

"And the state emergency!"

This shout caused the carriages and horses on the road to flash aside, and some of the nobles who rode in the carriage hurriedly ordered the servants to rush the car cover aside, and several dignitaries almost fell out of the car because they were too eager to dodge.

The messenger rushed to the gate of the palace, flew off his horse, raised his hand to take off the bag on his back, took out a fish scale letterhead with sealing mud, handed the palace gate order with both hands, and said excitedly: "In the battle of Bingzhou, 20,000 enemies will be annihilated!" ”

The palace gate order was suddenly, how dare he slack off, trotted all the way with a fish scale letterhead in his hand, ran through the outer palace room, ran all the way to the inner court, and then handed the battle report to the middle palace Shangshu Ling, and the middle palace Shangshu order was then transferred to the middle permanent servant who served the emperor.

Half an hour later, the battle report that changed hands several times was finally delivered to Liu Hong.

The content of the war report is concise and to the point, describing that the Han army broke Dongqiang and Lushuihu in Manyi Valley and Jiuyuan City, captured and beheaded more than 20,000 people, and the remnants of Cheriji and Moth fled back to Mobei, and the rest of the foreign tribes were defeated and all withdrew to Saiwai.

Liu Hong read the battle report, his sickly face showed excitement, he put the battle report down gently, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He was also young, ambitious, and wanted to build up his feats like his ancestors and go down in history.

In the third year of Xiping, he desperately launched a war against Xianbei, this battle used a large army of 60,000, and the soldiers were divided into three routes, with the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zang Min, the Hukaramaru Zhonglang general Xia Yu, and the Qiang Zhonglang general Tian Yan as the commander.

Not only that, but he also specially asked the Southern Xiongnu Tu Teruo corpse to be singled out, and the Xiongnu tribes in the eight counties of the state were recruited to cooperate with the Han army's actions.

But the final result was beyond his expectations, the Han army went out to fight, was beaten by Xianbei to lose their armor and flee in the wilderness, and there were nine out of ten soldiers and horses, and even the Southern Xiongnu participated in the injury and died.

With the passage of time, his heroic ambitions have been polished clean by the wasted years, and now that he heard of the great victory in the Battle of Bingzhou, he seems to see a little more hope.

Zhang Rang made a cup of hot tea for Liu Hong and asked, "What is Your Majesty happy about, say it and let the ministers be happy!" ”

"See ...... for yourself" Liu Hong lay lazily on the couch, and seemed to be still in excitement: "Back then, Zhang Huan Duan Xi was on the edge of the town, and the Saiwaiyi people didn't dare to step on the river for half a step, but now Zhang Huan has passed away, Duan Xi died unjustly, I thought that no one could defend the Han Frontier, but I didn't expect Zhang Yi to have this ability!" ”

"Your Majesty, this merit is not Zhang Yi's work, and it ......"

"Huh?" Liu Hong closed his eyes and turned his head to look at Zhang Rang: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Rang slowly spread out the battle report, pointed to the contents inside, and said, "Your Majesty, take a closer look." ”

"You say and listen to me," Liu Hong closed his eyes and waved his hand at Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang carefully covered Liu Hong with the futon, and then said: "At the beginning of the autumn, Lu Shuihu invaded the south and besieged Zhang Yi in Manyi Valley, if it weren't for a military Sima named Lu Bu who led his troops to help, I'm afraid Zhang Yi would have died, after the victory in Manyi Valley, Lu Bu was ordered to lead his troops to fight with Dongqiang Jiuyuan, and defeated Dongqiang in the case of breaking the city, so he raised my Han Tianwei, and if the state victory is the first merit, it is none other than this person!" ”

"Is that really the case?" Liu Hong subconsciously opened his eyes, and there was obviously a trace of anger in his words.

Back then, Duan Xi died because of Wang Fu's injustice, and Liu Hong has always been worried about this matter, and this scene is just similar to what happened to Duan Xi back then.

Zhang Rang was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled to the ground, and said conclusively: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, but that's what the battle report says." ”

Zhang Rang is really not to blame for this matter, Liu Hong only saw 'Minister Zhang Yizi reported, and won a great victory in the state, and captured more than 30,000 enemy heads', and he didn't read a word of the content after that, and this time he read it carefully, only to find that it was really as Zhang Rang said.

"I can't imagine that Zhang Yi is so selfless, if the important ministers in the court are like him, what are you afraid of?"

Liu Hong glanced at Zhang Rang, who was still prostrate on the ground, and asked, "Do you know who this Lu Bu is?" ”

Zhang Rang did not dare to slack off, and replied respectfully: "Lu Bu is now the commander of Zhang Yi's account, and his grandfather Lu Hao is the captain of my Han Yue cavalry, and his father Lu Liang died in the first year of Yanmen, and his father Lu Liang was the general of the Wuyuan guard, and he died in the eighth year of Yanxi in Heshuo......"

"That is, the door is full of loyalty," Liu Hong slowly got up, slowly paced back and forth in the main hall, and suddenly paused and said to Zhang: "Then crown him as Shuo Fang Taishou, make the Xiongnu Zhonglang General, and Duting Marquis." ”

Zhang Rang was taken aback and admonished: "Your Majesty, is this too much?" ”

"Is it much?" Liu Hong asked rhetorically: "Actually, it's not much, I just want everyone in the world to know that whoever has made meritorious contributions to the Han Dynasty will be rewarded without hesitation, so go and draft an edict quickly." ”

Seeing that Liu Hong had made up his mind, Zhang Rang no longer admonished, he originally wanted to ask for an official and a half position for Lu Bu, but he never thought that Liu Hong would directly entrust him with an important position.

Shuo Fang is too guarded, so that the Huns are the generals, Lu Bu is really lucky, if it were not for the fact that the Son of Heaven has just been relieved of the party, with his qualifications, he will never take on this important position.

If it is true, everyone has their own destiny, and God is destined.