Of course, the cavalry of Que Yi and Zhang He's pursuit of Zhang Ju did not have any results.

It took most of the time difference. If this could not be eliminated, Zhang Ju's hero's plan would not be in vain.

However, while following the three-way flood water along the Yanshan hillside, Zhang Ju's troops suffered some losses. However, these losses came from Zhao Yun, who was already patrolling upstream.

There were hundreds of cavalry under Zhao Yun's command, and soon discovered Zhang Ju, and then he bit and harassed him like a maggot attached to his bones.

Zhao Yun's army was only one-quarter of that of Zhang Ju, and Liu Bei's cavalry was expanded for a while, and many soldiers had not had a lot of experience in cavalry and bows, so of course it was impossible to bear it head-on.

But because Zhang Jujun was eager to escape and was a little frightened, he did not dare to fight back and pursue him after being harassed by Zhao Yun. He could only be beaten passively and counterattacked with defensive counterattack. It was really uncomfortable.

Moreover, Zhao Yun had an additional advantage, which Zhao Yun himself did not expect at the beginning - Zhang Ju's army was reluctant to let go of gold, silver, and fine, so their horses carried at least 100 kilograms more, which would significantly affect the horse's speed and endurance.

So after the first day of contact, Zhao Yun quickly discovered that Zhang Ju couldn't catch up with him. His tactics became more and more comfortable, and he would harass him if he wanted to.

It took Zhang Ju two days to completely cross three tributaries of the Huo River, and specialize in walking in remote areas, and escaped the Youzhou Army's defense zone in Yanshan. During this process, at least four or five hundred cavalry were shot and killed by Zhao Yun, while Zhao Yun lost only more than 30 people.

Because of the ample time and the battle is calm, the team has received great training.

In three days and two nights, Zhao Yun himself shot more than a dozen arrows (fifty guns per pot), and the rebel cavalry that he shot with his own hands reached a hundred people, with an average of seven or eight arrows capable of killing one person-

Don't underestimate this hit rate. This is the hit rate of the mobile target in both sides' Mercedes-Benz state. It's a relatively large combat distance. One person who scored seven or eight arrows is already a famous general of the world.

Moreover, the continuous practical feeding tricks made Zhao Yun, who was just in his early twenties, clearly felt progress and experience. At first, he could only hit one arrow about ten arrows, but later his touch became more and more hot, and he had improved to seven arrows.

The biggest result was that he shot and killed a Gudu Marquis of a small Wuhuan tribe, plus a commander of a thousand men. Unfortunately, Zhang Ju always guarded him and had no chance to shoot Zhang Ju himself.

...

While Zhao Yun and Zhang Ju were harassing and chasing in Yanshan, Liu Bei had already cleaned the battlefield on the main battlefield of the Huoshui River on the southeast line, and was called back by Liu Yu, the governor of the state, to report on his performance.

This day was the third day of the July 19th, the second day after the rebels' materials were intercepted. Liu Bei only brought dozens of cavalry guards and rushed to Jixian County, the prefecture.

As soon as he entered Ji County, before he could meet Liu Yu, Li Su found him to find out: "I'm going to ask about the seized accounts today. Have you done it?"

Liu Bei understood and nodded: "I know, I asked Mi Zhu to report the 200 million yuan seizures. According to the example, even if you want to share 100 million yuan, you should do it."

As soon as the two spoke, they could hear that they were old people.

Now that the authority of the imperial court is still there, it is impossible for the Han army to completely belong to the combat troops in war. This is a common rule.

Unless the coach has an extra favor before the battle, such as encountering a particularly tough battle, promising to "not seal the sword after entering the city for three days, and all plunders belong to individuals", that is all to individuals, and it is a special case.

Under normal circumstances, the state governor or general who holds the ritual will take away at least half of them, and distribute a part of them to subsidize other attacks and act as restrained friendly forces. Otherwise, the friendly forces will not be willing to do the chores of carrying the harm and attacks in the future.

Take the Youzhou battlefield as an example. The commanders of each county have their own division of labor and efforts. However, Liu Bei assigned the task the most fat, and I must be grateful for the lack of fertility in the state governor and the lieutenant.

However, after seizing the combat troops, hiding a part of them and making false accounts and concealing them, are all basic operations. This is a stubborn disease that is inevitable for any pre-modern army and cannot be investigated in detail.

So Liu Bei seized 350 million yuan this time, and he didn't want to do too exaggeratedly in his accounting, so he just made 200 million yuan. In this way, he could only divide Liu Yu into 100 million yuan.

I believe that Liu Yu will fully repay his kindness. Everyone is a "benevolent person", so there is no need to say these words openly.

Li Su thought about it and felt that Liu Bei's account was a little rougher, but time was tight, so he didn't want to persuade him anymore. Anyway, he wouldn't have to worry about this.

He led Liu Bei and went to the provincial capital to talk about the overall situation recently: "Brother is in Yongnu, and may not pay much attention to the war on the northern front - yesterday my brother won a great victory in the Khao River, but half a day later, yesterday evening, Zhang Nan, the commander of Yuyang, fought with a Xianbei cavalry who came to pick up Zhang Ju at Wuzhongdu, in the Yuyang-Youbeiping County border, and was reported to be the Xianbei Suli tribe in western Liaoning.

Zhang Nan fought for a long time, and many casualties were killed and injured until late at night. However, Zhang Nan's defeat also delayed Suli's troops for one day, forcing Suli to bypass Wuzhong's crossing and find a way to move westward. If Zhang Nan had not delayed, I'm afraid that my brother would face the enemy behind him as soon as he finished fighting with Zhang Ju on the front battlefield. This time, the brother handed over the war with the envoy, and the envoy would probably give Zhang Nan's pension."

There is also a boundary river between Youbeiping County and Yuyang County, but that river is easier to cross, far less easy to defend and difficult to attack than the boundary rivers of Youzhou and Jizhou. Zhang Nan tried his best to defend the ferry in Wuzhong County, which only made Suli delayed the detour and could not be blocked for a long time.

This information can only be mastered from the perspective of the provincial governor’s overall situation. Liu Bei was just a county magistrate and commander, so of course he didn’t know it. After listening to Li Su’s explanation, he nodded frequently to express his understanding.

...

The two of them soon arrived at the provincial governor's office. Liu Bei went in alone to meet Liu Yu. With Li Su's advance notice, he handled it very well. Liu Yuti's affairs were indeed similar to Li Su's estimate.

Seeing that Liu Bei was so generous, he agreed to give 50% of the spoils according to the rules and handed over. Liu Yu smiled with relief: "Xuande, you are also the most loyal model among the younger Han family members who are loyal to the court and diligent in the affairs of the king. In the future, don't call yourself a humble position in front of me every time, you and my uncle and nephew will be called together."

Liu Yu was 45 years old, Liu Bei was only 27 years old, and Liu Yu was indeed a senior in the genealogy. Seeing the leader's favor, Liu Bei quickly agreed: "Thank you uncle."

Liu Yu nodded: "This time I will pay 100 million yuan, and I will give 20 million yuan to the pension of Zhang Nan, who suffered heavy casualties. After all, he will help you withstand the rest of the money. I will keep it for his own use - it is not that I am stingy, but that the war will last for one day, and the people will suffer for one day.

I have always had prestige in Youzhou. Even when I reach the current situation, I will still not give up suing some of the Hu people and abandon the secret and invest in the light. This money will be used as compensation for the owed salary to show good to the surrenderers, but the time is not yet ripe."

Liu Bei's attitude towards the Hu people was between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan. He neither planned to urge him to persuade him like Liu Yu, nor did he want to massacre and exterminate him like Gongsun Zan.

But now they are not in their position and do not plan their own affairs. Since Liu Yu is the governor of the state, even if Liu Bei and Li Su persuade him, they will be useless. At best, they can only do their best to do things well when the governor of the state sets the general policy and do their best to benefit the Han Dynasty.

"It makes sense for my uncle to decide that he is, so there is no need to explain this to my nephew." Liu Bei's attitude was very straight and he didn't say a word of much.

Liu Yu smiled self-deprecatingly: "I know you and other generals don't want to settle the score more. I'm telling you that this is to tell you that the 100 million yuan handover is probably not enough. You have to pay additional money, please ask Tuo Yi and Pan Feng for a few more days to help the battle and comfort them.

Moreover, Zhang Ju's property was plundered from the people of Jizhou after all. If you take it back from Zhang Ju, you will get the money again and avoid the bad reputation of directly plundering people's wealth and ointment.

I am not weak to my colleagues in Jizhou, but since the Xianbei Suli army defeated Zhang Nan, they would arrive at the north bank of the Huo River within one or two days. Suli should not know that Zhang Ju had completely failed, abandoned the camp and fled, and even gave up most of his property. He would definitely act as a full-time support to Zhang Ju.

If in two days, when the news of Suli's arrival spread to the surrounding areas, and when Cou Yi and Pan Feng also know, we will give them money and let them help fight and attack Suli's, I'm afraid that the little money that we took the initiative to appease them now will not be able to pay."

After hearing what Liu Yu said, Liu Bei immediately felt that the money was worth it.

After all, if you have to face a group of elite Xianbei cavalry with a scale of 6,000 people, there is no hard battle with any tricks. It is best to have friendly troops to resist damage - the combat power of the Xianbei in the late Han Dynasty was still above the Wuhuan, especially the morale of the Xianbei people was very bloodthirsty.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth: "Does my uncle need to withdraw some from the 100 million yuan of money left by our army?"

Liu Yu waved his hand: "Okay, do you think I won't look at the accounts? You reported the 200 million yuan of seizures, all of which are copper coins, cloth, and food. Why are there no counting cattle, horses and livestock?"

Liu Bei was immediately embarrassed when he was exposed.

Mainly, when fighting in the mainland, the capture of animals is generally not counted in statistics. Only when fighting outside the border areas are involved in counting animals. People generally classify carrots into military supplies such as war horses and weapons, and directly use them to supplement the military's combat damage. This is also the unspoken rule of the court to make accounts.

However, the proportion of the special case was too exaggerated. Zhang Ju plundered the people of Jizhou. After Liu Bei took it back, so many oxen were used as oxen to pull carts.

Liu Bei did not withdraw this huge amount of wealth to the account at all, otherwise he would have even exceeded 350 million.

Although the cow is not as expensive as the horse, it costs more than 30,000 yuan per head. If the 8,000 cows seized by Liu Bei could be sold, it would be worth 200,000 to 300 million yuan. However, too many cows were invested all at once, which would easily lead to a backlog of depreciation and would not have so much sales.

"Our army... indeed got four thousand cattle that were used as supplies to carry animals." Liu Bei reported in half again.

Liu Yu made a decision: "Then let it go - you divided a thousand cows, and today I will give Que Yi and Pan Feng five hundred each. I came forward to tell them that they were commending them for coming to help the war, so I rewarded them.

At that time, I will drink and eat more meat and work hard to entertain them for three days. During the banquet, the front line came to report that the Xianbei Suli tribe was invaded by the territory and the Hang Shui River. I think that Tuo Yi and Pan Feng would not be so thick-skinned that they would not help the battle after getting the money.

In addition, since you are willing to reward the Jizhou army's wealth, I will give you another explanation - a scout came to report this morning. Yesterday, when the Wuyan tribe in Wuhuan in Youbeiping broke through, I heard that Wuyan himself died in battle. Now he is wandering to the remnants of Wuyan tribe in Pingyuan County, he is actually the commander of his younger brother Wusu.

But there is no conclusion on who Wu Yan died at the moment. It was originally believed that you and Tuo Yi would still compete for me. Now I am making the decision and let Tuo Yi not make any arguments. This is considered to be the one who shot Guan Yu from your army to death.

I took advantage of the credit for killing the Wuyan clan and combined with my previous battles, and promoted your civil service to the magistrate of Jixian County in Zhengqianshi and transferred it to me to do things. Your position as a chief lieutenant will be changed to be guarded by you, and will be changed from Zhuo County to Guangyang Duwei.

While I am giving your Majesty a letter, I will prepare some "gifts" to congratulate you for your victory, so you don't have to worry about the money for the palace repair. This promotion will be handled well. It is entirely due to the merits. It is claimed that you did not receive money for the palace repair for the Majesty. As for your subordinates, it is not a problem to have more Simas from other departments."

One thousand cows, worth 30 to 40 million yuan, bought the Jizhou army and helped fight a war. At the same time, Liu Bei's civil service was promoted from the Liangxiang County Magistrate of Zhengqianshi to the Jixian County Magistrate of Zhengqianshi, which was finally matched with Liu Bei's military position as the Chief of Zhengqianshi.

Although Liangxiang and Jixian are both county magistrates, county magistrates and county magistrates are also different.

Just like the prefecture-level cities in later generations, the provincial capital is often half a level higher.

Ji County is the former capital of Yan State and the capital of Youzhou. It is the leading county in Youzhou, so the magistrate of Ji County is also much higher than other counties.

Another advantage is that the commander of Guangyang County, where Ji County is located, will have more military ranks. When Liu Bei was the commander of Zhuo County, the commander of the court only helped him raise two thousand soldiers. However, Liu Bei actually has four or five thousand troops now, and the extra ones are considered "country chariots". There is no court rank. Liu Bei raised money and paid military wages and rations by himself.

After becoming the Guangyang Commander, you can get a formal position of 3,000 troops, and you can pay less of the salary of 1,000 soldiers out of your own pocket. In the long run, you can save thousands of dollars every year.

But no matter what, the promotion of "spends money and pretends not to spend money" is actually several times more expensive than buying an official position with "blatantly spending money"...

The extra money is equivalent to the necessary expenses to protect your reputation.

If you want shame, you have to spend money.

Liu Bei was already used to it after being baptized by two gentlemen who cherished their reputation.

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Chapter completed!