The next day, Liu Fan ordered a return to Yanmen.

He no longer attacked the Xianbei tribe around Shan Yuting, nor did he go south into Yunzhong County.

Xun You is right, after repeated battles, the men and horses are exhausted.

Digest the results of the battle, and then swallow the loop steadily.

He didn't just want the fertile Hetao Plain, the four counties of the Hetao.

It is also necessary to take the Wolf Mountain, the Elechuan, Danhan Mountain, Helan Mountain, etc. as Han land.

Liu Fan ordered the Xianbei captives to drive horses and livestock for them, and let the fierce Dian Wei and the archer Huang Zhong lead 3,000 cavalry to keep a firm watch on them.

Although the weapons of these people were confiscated by the Han army, they drove war horses, and it was easy for them to escape on war horses. Therefore, it is necessary to take strict precautions.

Truckloads of gold, silver, and jewelry formed an endless convoy heading towards Yanmen.

In addition to the nobles and soldiers in the court, the captured Xianbei people also had to beg for the ministry and the Wan Qi department. A total of 20,000 or so much.

They pulled those gold, silver and jewelry, and Xu Chu led his troops to guard them on both sides.

Liu Fan ordered Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to each lead a thousand cavalry to the rear of the palace in response to the mutation.

At this juncture, the surrounding Xianbei tribes must not be reconciled, maybe they will hide around, waiting for an opportunity to move.

If Xianbei comes to raid, let Guan Yu and Zhao Yun go to the battle to deter the enemy, because the two of them are the most elite cavalry under Liu Fan, the Yinshan Iron Cavalry.

Three days later, the army returned to Qiangyin without danger.

Thousands of Xianbei cavalry came to pursue the Han army on the way, and after a short confrontation with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, thousands of people were killed and wounded, and they fled in embarrassment.

After returning to Qiangyin, Liu Fan ordered Guan Yu and Huang Zhong to go to Yinguan and Mayi to recruit soldiers respectively.

Considering the population problem of Yanmen, Liu Fan planned to recruit 20,000 troops first, and the 20,000 were planned to be trained as cavalry.

The conditions for recruiting soldiers are still the same as when recruiting soldiers in Hedong, and the requirements are strict.

Only with good physical fitness can you be brave and alive on the battlefield.

A month later......

In these two battles, the Han army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and this month, Liu Fan handed over the bereavement pensions of the dead and wounded soldiers in these two battles to his family to comfort the hearts of his family members and comfort the hearts of the army.

In addition, military merit leaves will be issued to soldiers, and some meritorious soldiers will be promoted and rewarded.

Guan Yu performed well in this battle, and obtained another silver leaf, now four silver leaves, and no matter how tired he is accomplished, he can hang a gold leaf on his chest.

Huang Zhong killed the commander of the Xianbei Murong Department, was brave on the battlefield, and won countless pieces, two silver leaves, and now three silver leaves. In terms of military merits, he is only one level weaker than Guan Yu.

Xu Huang added a silver leaf, and accumulated to three silver leaves, and Huang Zhong and so on.

Zhou Cang worked hard to two silver leaves. Zhao Ji worked hard to five copper leaves. Zhang Liao worked hard to five copper leaves. Zhao Yun worked hard to a silver leaf.

Gao Shun's battle outside the Yin Pavilion City was enough to be listed as a classic battle of winning more with less, and the Yin Pavilion was in danger, so Gao Shun was directly awarded a silver leaf.

Grant Chu three copper leaves.

Because the beggar bone killed by Dian Wei was the first warrior of Xianbei, Dian Wei was awarded four copper leaves.

The rest of the soldiers were all awarded or added military merits, regardless of foot and cavalry, and there were more or less.

The soldiers were very happy, fighting desperately on the battlefield just to get military merits.

The military merit leaf also represents the betterness of the family, the more preferential treatment of the family, and the honor.

Subsequently, Liu Fan wrote to the Son of Heaven again, requesting that he be a soldier and an official.

Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Xu Huang and other lieutenant generals, captains, and Sima can no longer suppress their military exploits.

And he himself, there is nothing to seal.

Liu Fan obtained countless gold and silver treasures and captured millions of livestock. He did not forget to honor the imperial brother.

to abandon small wealth, cover up big wealth, and gain greatly.

"Acquisition" is both intangible and tangible.

The surprise attack on Yinshan can be compared to the surprise attack of Gaoque, and the battle of Qiangyin also captured Xianbei Shan Yu and Lian, which is worse than the battle of Mobei.

This is not only Liu Fan's own victory, but also the victory of Dahan.

Dahan has been suppressed by Xianbei for many years, and now the new and old hatreds have been avenged together, and he is proud of himself.

With these two battles, Liu Fan's military achievements directly pursued Wei Huo.

What about the high power of the Lord? Liu Fan stayed in Yanmen and would not return to Luoyang. They had kicked him out, and now he had many reasons to excuse himself.

Back in Luoyang, Liu Hong may not embarrass himself. But those people will try to stumble on themselves.

On this day, Liu Fan led Xun You, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhao Ji and other personal guards to a lake 200 miles north of Qiangyin. This place is outside the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The lake is surrounded by low mountains, hills, and terraces, and the shore is a flat grassland, with reeds, abundant aquatic plants, and waterfowl.

Liu Fan ran around the lake for a long time, and he didn't finish a circle.

Liu Fan estimates that the lake is more than 100 miles wide from north to south.

Liu Fan secretly thought: This is the Yellow Flag Sea of the future generations! But now it is certainly not called Huangqihai, because Huangqihai got its name from the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Fan saw at least a dozen rivers flowing into this lake along the way.

The lake is inland, the basin is closed, there is no drainage road, and the lake water is consumed by evaporation.

"Does the military advisor know about this lake?" Liu Fan asked the erudite Xun You.

"Gu Ze." Xun You replied to Liu Fan.

"It's not a good name. From now on, it's going to be called Summer Lake! Not only that, but I want to expand the territory of Yanmen to the city of Decadence, which is 200 miles away from Xia Lake. First restore the entire territory of Yanmen in the Western Han Dynasty. Liu Fan said loudly.

Destroy the Tuoba Department, the battle of Qiangyin, the surprise attack on Yin Mountain, and there are no nomadic tribes around Yanmen that can threaten him.

"Summer Lake, good name." Everyone said yes again and again.

"Is there a reason for the general to come here?" Xun You asked.

"I plan to build Xianbei Shan Yuting here, and then build a horse farm here. Let the Xianbei people herd horses for me. Liu Fan said.

In the past month, Liu Fan has been planning almost this matter, and he must stabilize Xianbei as soon as possible.

"This is a natural livestock pasture, there are more than 20,000 Xianbei prisoners, and if the general wants to firmly control this group of Xianbei prisoners, at least 5,000 cavalry need to be stationed here. Most of the 20,000 people are old and weak, and they need to consume a lot of food for our army. I wonder what the general thinks? Xun You asked Liu Fan again.

"Then I stationed 10,000 cavalry here, training troops and guarding Xianbei prisoners. The old and weak women can also herd horses and sheep for our army. The most important thing is that I should take this batch of Xianbei as the core and take the initiative to educate. Liu Fan understood what Xun Yu meant.

Liu Fan will not kill the nomads, nor can he kill the nomads.

Yidi enters China, then Huaxia.

Historically, Xianbei was only passively indoctrinated and integrated with the Han people. Liu Fan wanted to take the initiative to educate and integrate them with the Han people.

Indoctrination can make them forget hatred. The Xianbei aristocracy has admired the Central Plains culture very much, and they have a very shallow concept of nationality, and they are indeed barbaric in comparison.

After receiving the baptism of Central Plains culture. They will consider themselves Han Chinese.

This is the difference between a high civilization and a low civilization.

One year no, two years. Not for two years, ten years.

When they wear Hanfu and speak Chinese, with Han customs, they are Han people.

As for Helian, Liu Fan will imprison him, he is just a pawn laid out by Liu Fan.

(End of chapter)