It was the third day of October when Liu Cun returned to Linzi City, and he suddenly heard that Zhang Ju's army of more than 100,000 troops had all pulled out of camp in the early hours of yesterday morning, and quickly withdrew to Youzhou at a shocking speed, and immediately asked if Tai Shici's battle report had arrived.

Lu Pei immediately smiled and sent a battle report: "This battle annihilated more than 4,800 enemies, captured more than 2,000 horses, as the vanguard of the raid, General Zhang He cut off the head of the first warrior of Wuhuan, Botulu, and immediately retreated eastward after a successful blow, and the enraged Qiu Liju really led 3,000 remnants to pursue frantically, and went straight into the ambush circle set up by General Xu Sheng under the Niutou slope forty miles west of the county, our army's 6,000 soldiers fired bows and crossbows together, and the Wuhuan cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and General Zhang He immediately waved his division and turned around, With the three thousand cavalry of General Taishi who were ambushed five miles away due south, the battle ended in less than half an hour, the only regret was that Qiu Liju, the commander of Wuhuan who was hit by several arrows, rushed out of the encirclement and escaped with the advantage of the war horse. ”

Liu Cun was pleasantly surprised when he heard it, and immediately praised loudly after reading the battle report in a hurry: "Zhang He is amazing!" not only made a complete battle plan, took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the vanguard of assault and lure the enemy, but also beheaded the deputy marshal of the Wuhuan cavalry Botulu, ranking first! Taishi Ziyi and Xu Wenxiang are as good as flowing, have good command, have courage and courage at all levels, and cooperate tacitly, basically annihilating the 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry army of the thieves who went south, and greatly increasing the prestige of our army! Rupe, immediately report the good news to the world! ”

"Understood! The subordinates are ready. Rupe took the order in high spirits.

Liu Cun smiled, turned around and asked Zhao Li on the side: "Is there a letter from Liu Bei or Gongsun Zhan?" ”

Zhao Li shook his head slightly: "The last letter from Liu Xuande and General Gongsun is the two that were sent to the lord eight days ago, and it is estimated that they will have no time to pursue Zhang Ju's army at this time." I'm afraid it's the same on the Jizhou army's side. ”

Liu Cun immediately ordered: "Immediately notify Mr. Botao, Mr. Zirou, Mr. You'an, Mr. Zini, Mr. Yanfang, and Mr. Maoyuan to hold a meeting in the council hall!" ”

Within an hour, in addition to leading the disciples of Langya Agricultural Industry and Business College to various places in Donglai to inspect agriculture and animal husbandry, mining and salt farming. Qingzhou Governor Shi Gongsun Pei, Bei Jia Guan Ning, Zhi Zhongyuan, Wang Lie, Ji Cheng Han Yang, and military generals Ji Wei, Lu Pei, and Xu Yan have all arrived to discuss how to restore the rule of Pingyuan County, which had been devastated by the war, and its subordinate counties, Ande County, Banxian County, and Leling County, as soon as possible.

Plains County originally had fourteen counties under its jurisdiction. In the past hundred years, due to various disasters or the adjustment of the administrative divisions of the imperial court, the four counties located in the west of the plain and Gaotang have been assigned to Jizhou and Yanzhou, and the Luoyin County on the shore of Luoshui has been assigned to Jinan, and the remaining nine counties are actually controlled by Liu Cun in Gaotang County on the south bank of the Yellow River, Pingyuan County on the north bank of the Yellow River, Ande County (now northeast of Shandong Pingyuan County), Xipingchang (now Deping Town, Linyi County, Shandong), Yanci County (now east of Huimin County, Shandong), Leling and Tatecheng (now southwest of Lijin County, Shandong, and south bank of the estuary of the Yellow River).

It has been destroyed by war or abandoned due to natural disasters, and the county (now south of Dezhou City, Shandong) is located in the north of Pingyuan City, and the county (now the north of Linyi County, Shandong) is located on the south bank of the Qingji Boundary River. It can become a huge granary and a trade distribution center facing the two states of Youji and even the prairie, and Liu Cun and his henchmen Wenwu will not give up no matter what.

The reason why there was no rush to recover the above two counties was because the battle of hundreds of thousands of people between Youji and Hebei had not yet been decided, and they were afraid that they would suffer another disaster after the huge investment.

Now that all the rebels of Zhang Ju have retreated north, and the armies of Han Fu and Gongsun Zan have risen up to pursue and regain the lost territory, Liu Cun must take the lead and recover the counties in the north that already belong to him, send troops and officials at all levels to exercise power, and then slowly take in the refugees to recover their vitality. Completely bring the entire county of the plains under his rule.

The former Pingyuan Taishou Pei Qian, Zhang Chun, and Zhang Ju had been promoted to Shangshu in the early stage of the rebellion, and the successor Taishou saw that Jizhou and Qingzhou were fighting in the dark, and all the officials in the counties north of the Yellow River in Pingyuan County resigned from their official positions and fled in flocks, and they turned around and went home in fear before they left Luoyang.

Until now. The imperial court did not know that Zhang Ju's army of more than 100,000 had withdrawn northward, and Liu Cun had to recommend his own people to the imperial court and Emperor Liu Hong to serve as the three most important positions of the plain taishou, the group of princes, and the county governor before the important ministers of the court and the powerful family reacted.

Discuss to the end. Now Xihai County, Langya State, Cangci and Cangxiao Ren have been unanimously respected, and Huainan Cangci is not only a famous scholar in the world. Moreover, it is through the formal examination channels that he has stepped into the Han officialdom step by step. It has always enjoyed a high reputation.

Cangci has deep political talent, Xihai County after more than a year of his governance, has now become a rising star in the two states of Qingxu, under the rule of 150,000 displaced people through the reclamation of grain and sea salt production, living a comfortable life, the whole county is grateful to the diligent, honest and gentle Cangci as jade, Emperor Liu Hong received the Langya King Liu Xi and Langya Guoxiang and other people, twice praised Cangci's character and talent in court.

With such a talented person recognized by the world to serve as the Taishou of the Plains, not only Liu Cun and his henchmen can rest assured, but the emperor will also rest assured, and those ministers with ulterior intentions have nothing to say, because so far, they don't know the relationship between Liu Cun and Cangci.

The governor of Pingyuan County finally determined Xu Sheng, which was the result of Gongsun Pei and Guoyuan's strong recommendation, Guan Ning was very much in favor, Liu Cun originally wanted to promote Xu Sheng to Sima of other departments, and train Xu Sheng as the leader of the Langya Army, and become his military right-hand man together with Tai Shici, who would lead the Qingzhou Army in the future.

Now it seems that Liu Cun can only succumb to the opinions of the strategists, the strategic position of Pingyuan County, which hangs alone on the north bank of the Yellow River, is too important, at present, except for Xu Sheng, I am afraid that no one can trust Tai Shici, who commands the Langya cavalry, is the best candidate to sit in Linzi, or the righteous brother of the lord Liu Cun, and is more suitable than anyone else to lead the eight thousand Langya cavalry troops that may be conquered at any time.

As for the candidates for Pingyuan County, Liu Cun didn't care too much, even if the imperial court sent people down, it didn't matter, as long as Taishou and the county orders of each county were his own people.

According to the usual practice, as long as Liu Cun is recommended, it will generally be approved, and the important ministers of the court and the children of the family who are above the top are also willing to make friends with Liu Cun, who is as powerful as the sky, for the sake of the positions of several district and county orders.

When all the affairs are decided, immediately write a recommendation chapter, Guan Ning, Guoyuan and Wang Lie are all easy to do about it, and Liu Cun only needs to write a recommendation chapter for Xu Sheng.

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