At this moment, Liu Yu suddenly fell ill and was seriously ill. When the war in Youzhou was not over and everything was in trouble, he could not handle Youzhou's government affairs, which was equivalent to adding frost to the Youzhou tiles that urgently needed to be cured and restored. Liu Yu immediately wrote a letter to resign as the governor of Youzhou and go home to recuperate. He ordered his subordinates to deliver his documents to Luoyang, Kyoto with an eight hundred-mile fast cavalry. At this time, the matter in Youzhou had not yet spread in Kyoto. The emperor immediately approved his request to let Liu Yu go back to his hometown in Qingzhou to recuperate.

At the same time, Liu Fan, the prefect of Shanggu County, retired and returned home on the grounds that he was old and sick, and it was difficult for him to continue to preside over the military and political affairs in Shanggu County.

Before Liu Yu resigned, he persuaded Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping County, to promote Li Hong to Sima, another unit of the Lulong Frontier Army.

The Sima position in other departments has the same salary as the Sima of the army, which means that the power is greater. He can lead the army to the expedition like the chief lieutenant and the school lieutenant, and has the command of the army. Moreover, he can lead a group of people. According to the normal border army system, there are two songs, about 1,200 people. However, Sima of other departments has a privilege, and he can lead more people, even three songs and four songs according to different situations. Like Li Hong now commands more than 4,000 people, there are more than 5 songs. However, Sima of other departments is still a low-level officer and has no subordinate history, such as the military officer who manages military affairs and equipment, the history of false prosecutors who are responsible for false prosecutors, and the external assassin and traitors who are in charge of military law violations.

Liu Yu also used his power to jointly recommend Li Hong as the commander of Shanggu County before resigning from office.

In the past, the commander was the nephew of Lord Situ of the current court. He had never seen him since the day of his appointment. No one knew what the commander looked like. This time, the Xianbei invasion, and the war had not yet been fought, and he was transferred away with a document. The commander of the border county was generally unwilling to be a powerful person. It was too far from the Central Plains, desolate, dangerous, without any oil or water, and had poor living conditions. Most of the people who served here were locals in the border county, or those who offended the powerful and demoted to this place after offending the powerful and demoted to the court, were either just named and waiting for promotion.

Liu Yu knew that with Li Hong's qualifications and background, no matter how much military merit, it was a matter of heaven and earth to sit in a position of 2,000 stone. For Gongsun Zan, his family background was good, and he was a disciple of Lu Zhi, a contemporary great scholar. He had countless military achievements and was famous in the northern border. However, it took him more than ten years to be promoted to the position of Chief Shin-Shi, a rank of 2,000 stones. Although Li Hong had a good opportunity, it happened to the invasion of the Xianbei people, and had many great battles, victory after victory, and made contributions. Under the care of several ministers of the border counties, he was quickly promoted to the position of Sima of other departments, but this was already a miracle. Many subordinates who had been officials for many years had begun to be indignant.

This time, Li Hong led his troops to participate in the rescue battle of Yuyang City. Pishishan attacked the enemy's supply convoy at night. Luting ambushed Murongji, Sangqianhe surrounded and annihilated Tuoba Tao's troops. Although the battle of Zangyue Forest damaged a large number of prisoners, causing Tuoba Feng to attack Macheng again, Li Hong led his troops to defend Macheng for more than 20 days and forced the Tuoba army to return without success. It was also a victory. In Yangjiao Mountain, in order to rescue the Wuye tribe who entered the Han Dynasty, the ambushed the 6,000 troops of Kuitou won a great victory. The above battles together killed more than 10,000 enemies and captured more than 10,000 enemies, and made great contributions to repel the invasion of the Xianbei people. According to military merits, it would be too unfair not to be reported. As for whether the court rewards or not, it is not a decision between the two people. Officials with more than 2,000 stones must be personally approved by the emperor, and no one has the right to appoint them.

Li Hong led his troops back to Yefengxiang. The Wuye tribe set up camp on the west bank of the Qiushui River, and his army was stationed in the east of the Qiushui River.

Tian Chong and Xiaolan soon arrived to meet with more than a dozen cars of property and wounded soldiers.

Hengji and Lu Huanyang bid farewell to Li Hong and his army, and led their troops back to the Sanggan River Bailu Tribe.

Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, had not sent anyone to contact him. However, Liu Fan, the prefect of Shanggu County, had already stepped down and was about to retire and return home. The new prefect would not know when it would arrive, and all the big and small things in Shanggu County were presided over by Dou Hong, the official of Wushi. Dou Hong gave them supplies once, and then he could no longer see the people from the county government.

Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping County, remembered him and sent him a subordinate to send him a promotion document, asking him to stay well in Shanggu and obey the instructions of Shanggu prefect until he drove the Wuwan people out of Guangning. Li Hong led his troops to win consecutive victories on the battlefield of Youzhou, and also won enough face for Youbeiping, which made him very happy. Now people in the northern border are rumored that the border army of Lulongsai in Youbeiping was an invincible leopard army, and its reputation had surpassed Gongsun Zan and his Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

After seeing Jade, Ji Chong, the captain of Huwuwan, was very polite, but his words repeatedly showed that he was unwilling to let Li Hong's troops intervene in the Guangning battlefield. Guangning was the capital of Huwuwan's corps, and it was the yamen of Ji Chong who managed the Wuwan people living in various counties in Youzhou. Last time, he was driven out by the Xianbei people and the Wuwan people, and Ji Chong regarded it as a great humiliation in his life. He must fight back this face by himself. Although Li Hong's official position is smaller than him and his qualifications are incomparable, Li Hong has been winning the battle, which is a fact that the entire northern border knows. If Li Hong's troops came to Guangning, everyone drove away the Wuwan people and took back Guangning, according to the current view of the people of Youzhou, this must be Li Hong's credit and has nothing to do with him. This is something he cannot tolerate in his heart.

The wounded soldiers brought back from Macheng were gradually recovered and were incorporated into the troops of each Qu. The horse thieves who had been getting more and more miserable in Dai County and Shanggu County ran to Yefeng to encircle and join the army. The number of troops expanded to about 5,000. Li Hong expanded the number of troops in each Qu. The number of troops was 800, and the four gates were under the jurisdiction. Like the rear guards, the number of troops was also increased to 300. In this way, the number of troops in the military commanders increased sharply, and the timely payment of military pay became a problem.

After discussing with the military guards, Li Hong began to use the property sent by Tuoba Feng to distribute military pay. Although the food was provided by the Wuye Tribe and the Bailu Tribe, the military pay of 5,000 people had to be paid. Li Hong paid in full according to the military rules of the Han Dynasty, with the military guards being 600 stones and the garrison being 200 stones longer.

In the middle of the month, Li Hong felt that the soldiers' individual training was not ideal, so he invited the Bailu tribe and Wuye tribe to send troops to the east coast of Yefeng Circle to jointly carry out tactical and practical exercises of the military formation. The leaders of the two tribes happily agreed. Lu Pofeng still asked Heng Ji and Lu Huanyang to the Yefeng Circle with a thousand soldiers. Shomo Cilang Shohu, and his nephew Shoying Yingtong took two thousand people to Qiushui to participate in Li Hongjun's training.

Li Hong then carried an army of 8,000 people on both sides of Qiushui, in the grasslands and mountains with a radius of hundreds of miles. The soldiers were attracted by Li Hong's novel and unique training methods. Everyone was full of energy and interested in participating in one ambush, charge, and battles after another. No one felt it was hard or tired.

Junjie ran into the big tent quickly and interrupted Titu's nap.

"Sir, Li Hong's troops are close to Ning County."

Tituo stood up suddenly, his face changed drastically.

"Didn't he be in Niujiao Mountain yesterday? Why did he arrive in Ning County after one night?"

"Sir, for the past ten days, the Leopard Army has been elusive, wandering around and unpredictable, and it is really difficult to find their location accurately." Jungjie said in embarrassment, "However, today all the scouts reported that the Leopard Army appeared in Hutun, sixty miles away from Ning County."

"Once Ning County is lost, our army will lose at most a retreat, and it will not be damaged. However, it is no longer realistic to continue occupying Guangning. Sir, let's withdraw our troops as soon as possible?"

The eyes of the tits flashed with strange expressions, and the expression on his face was gloomy and sunny.

"Sir, let's give King Hei Ling a face. He has sent people to travel a few times. He has to retreat early and late, so why not make a favor? The Han people are too forced to him, and his life is not easy. Giving him a favor now will be more convenient if there is anything in the future." Jun Jie said cautiously and almost begging.

Titu smiled coldly and said sinisterly: "Why don't that old ghost just give me the seat directly? Wouldn't it be solved for everything?"

"Let's get closer to the old man. After a while, we will force him." Jung Jie pondered and said slowly, "The most urgent task now is to solve the Leopard's problem."

He lifted and walked around in the big tent, anxious and restless.

"Sir, I have recently returned to Danhan Mountain and have imprisoned Kuitou. We have less support from Danhan Mountain, so it's better to be careful." Jung Jie whispered, "That leopard is good at fighting night battles. Murong Ji and Murong Gu died in the night attack in Luting. Kuitou almost died in Dishuiwei this time. All the Xianbei people have returned home. Why are we still staying here? Let's go back to Baishan as soon as possible."

"I want to kill Jichou?" Titu said viciously, "Even if I leave, I want to kill Jichou. When I think of him, I want to kill people. He is a thing, but he dares to point fingers at me. He has to take care of all the big things. If he doesn't kill him, it will be hard to eliminate my hatred."

"The Leopard's troops are constantly approaching us in the name of training and putting pressure on us. Their purpose is very obvious, and they want to drive us away. His method is indeed good. There are five thousand troops in the open and five thousand troops, and there are his troops in the secret. If they don't fight, they can scare us away."

"Okay, we will fulfill their wishes. We will leave, but it will be a disaster, and we will be in a panic and very hurrying manner. We will put all our precious property behind the army, and lure Ji Chu to come and chase him."

"We ambush him in Birch Valley. He must die ugly this time."

Ji Chou was a very principled soldier who was gradually promoted to the lieutenant by relying on military merits. He, the lieutenant of Huwuhuan, was at a higher level than the ordinary lieutenant, and even higher level than the general prefect of the county and state. He had greater power and more subordinate officials under his command, and was a very powerful position.

He is kind, has a very tolerant attitude towards the Hu people, and is also principled, especially to people he doesn't like and tribes he doesn't like. Like most Han court officials, he likes money. But what makes him different from ordinary people is that he doesn't take the initiative to ask for it. He likes others to flatter him and gives it to him.

He married seven wives and concubines, and the family expenses were high, so it was naturally not enough to rely on his salary and accept bribes. So he had another part-time job, and the horse gangs in Shanggu County had to pay him "filial piety" regularly, otherwise he would be asked to throw his body away in the wilderness if he didn't leave March.

Therefore, the invasion of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people hit him very hard, and after several months, he lost a lot of property.

The hatred between Titu and him has been around for many years. The reason is that Jichou feels that he is rich, and every time he secretly instructs the horse bandits to rob his tribe. He robs him, and he bullies Titu. Titu sends people to report it, and he arrests the person and says it is false accusation, and he also wants Titu to take valuable things to redeem the people. Titu is angry, so he bribed the assassin to assassin him, and almost killed Jichou. So the hatred between the two became deeper and deeper.
Chapter completed!