Li Hong continued: "According to Your Majesty's wishes, we will assemble 50,000 troops in Jizhou. However, after war disasters, the finances were extremely tight and they were unable to provide military pay, equipment and food supplies for 50,000 troops. If we arrived at the Xiliang battlefield like this, its vulnerable combat effectiveness would probably not help solve the problems on the Xiliang battlefield. Therefore, we ask Your Majesty to raise funds for us immediately. At the same time, we ask Your Majesty to immediately give us the march route to Liangzhou. All counties where the troops go must provide us with food and grass."

"In addition, we will immediately issue a recruitment order to the Youzhou Governor's Office. All military reserves, armor, bows, arrows, swords and guns and other weapons and various equipment in the arsenals of Yuyang, Zhuo County and Guangyang must be sent to Handan in mid-March."

"Issued a recruitment order to the Jizhou Governor's Office. Recruitment of Wei County, Bohai County and other counties that have not yet been attacked by the Yellow Turban Army will immediately provide all their military supplies and food reserves, and they must be delivered to Handan in mid-March. Also, ask them to send me the military pay for this month immediately."

"Tell the governors of the two states that if there is a person who refuses to follow the order of resistance, he will be killed."

"Issue a letter to the garrisons of various counties in Zhao State, ordering Xian Yuyin, Yan Rou, Yan Liang, Zhang He and Gao Lan to send a few soldiers to guard the county government and maintain their daily work, the rest of the soldiers immediately return to Handan, train and prepare to advance westward."

"Shoot the tiger, go and invite Zheng Junhou Hotan Jun to the big tent."

Wen Chou couldn't help but scream: "Sir, what are you playing again? Why don't you even fight Zhendingcheng?"

"The Yellow Turban Army will retreat immediately and there is no war to fight." Li Hong said seriously, "Write a book for me, don't worry about fighting all day long."

"How do you know?" Wen Chou shouted dissatisfied. Li Hong was so angry that he kicked him gently, "Go away, go away."

Zheng Xin strode into Li Hong's tent.

Wen Chou and Zhao Yun were writing at their desks, so busy that they didn't even have time to raise their heads.

Zheng Xin pulled Li Hong to the side of the tent, leaned into his ear, and asked quietly, "Zimin, have you seen them?"

Li Hong nodded.

"How was the talk?" Zheng Xin asked anxiously.

"Three days later, we will enter Zhending." Li Hong said softly, "Zhang Yan is also a person who can take it and put it down, very happy."

"That's great." Zheng Xin said excitedly, "The great man won Zhending City without bloodshed, which will definitely surprise everyone."

"It's not that I was shocked, but that I beat my chest and stamped my feet. Why did I meet Li Hong again with such a good luck? Haha..." Li Hong laughed.

"Where is Chen Ming?" Li Hong asked, "If you think he is good, let him be your deputy. You have always been responsible for the scouts alone, and it is very hard."

"Thank you, sir. What's your time to ask me for?"

"There are a few documents here. I will send someone to send them out immediately with a quick ride, and there is no delay." Li Hong pointed to Zhao Yun and Wen Chou and said, "You ask the messenger to wait outside the tent. Once they have finished writing it, set off immediately."

Tian Chong also hurried over.

"Sir, what are you looking for me?"

Li Hong asked Tian Chong to sit down and said with a smile: "Old man, we are about to fight the West. You go home and have a look. Maybe, this time, your old bone will be thrown in Xiliang."

Tian Chong smiled knowingly, "Have you thought about it?"

Li Hong nodded, "I've thought about it. Bring me some money to Xiaoyu, please ask the Tian family to take care of it. In addition, go to Lu Longsai to see Hu Zi and other comrades' families, and leave some money for them. If Lu Longsai has any accidents in the future, ask them to escape to Xu Wushan and not stay in the pass. Please give as much pension as possible for the families of the fallen comrades."

Tian Chong smiled helplessly and said, "Sir, do you ask Xiaoyu to be so casually entrusted to a stranger to take care of?"

"Isn't the head of the Tian family your life and death brother? Why is he a stranger?" Li Hong smiled bitterly, "What should you do if you ask me? What can I do? I don't know my future. Where will I die?"

Tian Chong smiled and said, "Die with me, you must die on the sunset land."

Li Hong patted Tian Chong's hand intimately and said, "It's a matter of determination. You should take a few people to set off right away. Is there enough money?"

"Heng Ji, She Yingtong and Lou Lu took away the pensions of the fallen Hu soldiers, so I am very poor now and have a shortage of money. But I can barely deal with it. But you have to find a way to pay for this month's military pay." Tian Zhong said worriedly.

"Don't worry, go." Li Hong said while sending him outside the tent.

He had just returned to the big tent and came in with Shi Weizheng, the soldier of Zhongshan Kingdom.

"The Prime Minister has always been good?" Li Hong hurriedly came forward and asked.

Wei Zheng knelt down on the ground and said with a grief and anger: "He is the Prime Minister..."

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Zhang Chun was finally convicted of losing Zhongshan Kingdom and was ordered by the emperor to escort back to Beijing in a prison car for trial.

Li Hong didn't understand. Zhang Chun was beaten by the Yellow Turban Army and fled to Zhongshan. That was half a year ago. It was not the case that the court had not issued an order to punish Zhang Chun. Why did he suddenly issue an order to punish him when Zhongshan was basically stable? Did Zhang Chun offend some powerful people in the court? He decided to go and see Zhang Chun.

Li Hong ordered Zheng Xin, Wen Chou and Zhao Yun to station outside Zhending City with their troops. Once Zhang Yan's Yellow Turban Army withdrew from Zhending City, the large army was not allowed to enter the city, and only Wen Chou and Zhao Yun were allowed to enter the city with one hundred people to maintain order. After the commander of Pan Feng of Julu County arrived with the next 6,000 troops, they would take over Zhending City. The credit for the recovery of Changshan was to be given to the soldiers of Jizhou.

Li Hong, led by Wei Zheng, rushed to Xiaquyang day and night, and caught up with the convoy escorting Zhang Chun.

Zhang Chun was very grateful to see Li Hong traveling hundreds of miles to see him off. Zhang Chun was much thinner, but in good spirits.

Li Hong asked very angrily: "Master, what's going on? When I left Zhongshan Country, didn't you say it was okay?"

Zhang Chun smiled and said, "Men, I'm fine. Don't worry, even if I'm taken to Beijing, there will be no danger. When you left Zhongshan, the Yellow Turban Army was rampant in Jizhou. Who dared to ask for trouble to serve in Zhongshan? Since no one was willing to come, the court would certainly not punish me, so I barely supported it. So it was definitely fine at that time. It's different now. Since the Battle of the Yellow Turban Army and Zhang Niujiao, the Yellow Turban Army leader, died, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated and could not recover. Now everyone knows that Jizhou is not in danger. So now the position of Prime Minister of Zhongshan is very popular, and everyone wants to rob me. I have become a stumbling block, so I will naturally be punished and imprisoned."

Li Hong asked strangely: "The Zhongshan Kingdom has damaged the Yellow Turban Army very seriously. The people are all hungry. Rebuilding and governance is very heavy. What's so popular?"

Zhang Chun said: "That's because you want to do things steadily and share the worries of the country and the people, so you think this is not a good job. But for those who are corrupt and abused and have enough money, this is a good job. According to the emperor's will, all prefectures and counties that suffer from the Yellow Turban disaster will be exempted from one year of taxes. Zhongshan is a big county, and if the harvest is good, the taxes will be quite considerable one year. If the incumbent officials are insatiable and forcefully collect tyrants, they can make a lot of money in one year. With the secretly intercepted disaster relief funds, it will be a problem to make a bowl."

Li Hong was very sad and angry and disappointed. Why is this world so dark? Even if you become an official, it is difficult to become a better official, as if there is no place to establish a foothold in the world.

"Think a little bit, it's okay." Zhang Chun smiled, "I'll be exempted from being punished by spending some money. There is no danger. Now in the Han Dynasty, as long as you have money, you can buy anything except the emperor. Haha..."

Li Hong originally wanted to ask him if he had any money to move in the capital and open up the upper and lower joints, but when he thought that he was penniless and could not help Zhang Chun, he swallowed his words back.

The two of them chatted for a while, and Zhang Chun continued to ask: "Zimin, how is the matter of clearing out the Yellow Turbans in Changshan?"

"I have taken down Zhending City, and several nearby counties are also coming soon." Li Hong said, "A few days ago, the emperor issued an order to take 50,000 troops to the Xiliang battlefield before April."

Zhang Chun was shocked and said loudly: "Xiliang? 50,000 troops? People, how is this possible? Where did you collect 50,000 troops? This is the excuse of the court killing you."

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Take one step, count it."

Zhang Chun looked at him with great sympathy and said, "You are such a poor background, so young, without an old master, and no family. Just relying on military merits, I slashed a general of the Central Army out with one sword. Think about it, why are you not jealous? Now someone openly frames you and slanders you, that's normal. There are more people hiding in the corner and want to kill you at all times. Such talents are the most terrifying. Do you know? You must be careful of this kind of sinister villain who stabs the knife in the back."

"Now is a war-torn period. You have a prominent reputation and great value for use. Even if something goes wrong, the emperor will not kill you. So you just need to be careful. The danger is not very high. But in a few years, the war will be quelled and you will lose your value for use. When it comes to cooking a dog and hiding a bow, if you are still as naive as you are now, you will be killed sooner or later."

Li Hong widened his eyes and asked dissatisfiedly: "Why am I childish?"

Zhang Chun scolded him fiercely, and then said, "I am all a criminal in the court. You have left the front line and came to see me privately. What's not your childishness? Do you think I'll be happy to see me? You're taking the death penalty for yourself. I've died and implicated you. Do you think I'll be happy? You have been leading troops to fight for more than a year, from a small soldier to a general in the Central Army, and are still so confused. If you continue like this, you will never make progress and will die soon. And you will also bring your tens of thousands of subordinates to accompany you to die in an unknown way. Do you know? If your mind is still good, after we break up today, you will have to think about this every day."

Li Hong was stunned for him and asked foolishly: "What do I think about every day?"

Zhang Chun was so angry that he cursed a few more words, and shouted loudly: "You have to think about how to avoid being killed, how to kill others, how to live, and how to make the people who follow you live."

Li Hong nodded repeatedly and said gratefully: "Thank you for your teachings by Prime Minister Guo."

Zhang Chun pointed to Wei Zheng again and said, "Son people, Zhongshan State has 5,000 troops, all of them were the Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers from the past. Take advantage of your chance to lead troops to Liangzhou and take them all away."

Li Hong said with a smile: "Even if you don't say it, I will order the recruitment."

Zhang Chun looked at him silently and said slowly: "I'm leaving."

Li Hong hurriedly said, "Sir, take care of yourself all the way. After I come back from Xiliang, I will definitely go to see you."

Zhang Chun shook his head and said sadly: "I'm afraid there is no chance. Please take care of yourself."

The two bid farewell to each other.
Chapter completed!