Han officials

Chapter 41 Luoyang and the Four Barbarians

Da Xiyuan died, and it was Qifu Xiang who chopped him off personally.

Therefore, Da Xiyuan died with his eyes open, and even when his head fell to the ground, his eyes were fixed on Qi Fuxiang.

However, Qi Fuxiang was not afraid at all, and even spat on his head.

"Bah~ old dog!"

Looking at the tragic scene of Da Xiyuan's head and body being separated, Qi Fuxiang felt so happy!
You should know that in order to capture Cantai City, the Mo army suffered more than 800 casualties, which was a serious blow.

If he wasn't worried about angering Wei Zhe, he would even have prepared to make Da Xiyuan's head into a wine vessel to play with.

The other warriors of the Qianmo tribe who were carrying out the execution also felt refreshed.

It was clearly Wei Zhe who forced them to attack the city, but at this moment they were actually somewhat grateful to Wei Zhe.

Such is the complexity of human nature.

Sometimes a small gesture of goodwill from a superior is enough to erase all previous mistakes.

When Wei Zhe learned about this, he didn't say anything.

There is a one in ten chance that Da Xiyuan will run into him, which only means that he deserves to die.

Besides, he asked the Qian Mo tribe to carry out the execution just to let them vent their grievances.

As for making the two tribes become complete enemies, that was just a byproduct.

Besides, the Han army also suffered 59 casualties this time.

This shows that the difficulty of siege is indeed not comparable to field warfare.

Even Mucheng had to be prepared for heavy losses.

Of course, Wei Zhe also had shortcomings in this battle.

Compared with cavalry warfare, Wei Zhe does lack experience in siege warfare.

After all, in several battles during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he mainly fought on cavalry and basically watched the infantry attack the city.

Now it seems that seeing it a thousand times is not as good as seeing it once.

So after dealing with the issue of prisoners, Wei Zhe was secretly summarizing the lessons learned from this battle.

……

A moment later, they arrived at Xi Yuan's residence in Cantai City.

Xi Zhicai walked in, looking exhausted, holding a scroll of bamboo slips, followed by a bald man.

"Mingsir, I've counted and found that this city still has over 8,000 hu of grain, and ten warehouses of fodder."

"Then let's follow the old rules!"

After saying that, Wei Zhe looked at the bald man next to him with interest.

"Are you Shi Jinde?"

"In reply to the general, it was me." Without another word, the man knelt on the ground and expressed his loyalty to Wei Zhe with a terrified look on his face: "The Cantai tribe does not know the will of heaven and deserves death. I am willing to serve the general."

Shi Jinde obviously misunderstood the "old rules" that Wei Zhe mentioned and thought he was going to be stabbed again.

Wei Zhe burst out laughing when he saw this.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'll even give you a life of wealth and prosperity." Wei Zhe smiled at Shi Jinde, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "From now on, the leader of the Cantai tribe is you!"

When these words were spoken, Shi Jinde was stunned on the spot. After all, there is no deputy who doesn't want to become a regular.

After coming to his senses, Ji Jinde immediately crawled on his knees towards Wei Zhe with an excited look on his face, then prostrated himself on the ground with his hands clasped together.

This is the ritual used by the Cantai tribe when offering sacrifices to the gods, expressing respect and submission.

The huge psychological gap in such a short period of time made him even forget to express his gratitude in words for a while.

It is obvious that in Shi Jinde's eyes, he is no different from Wei Zhetian as a god.

As for the previous "Eleven-draw Killing Order", Shi Jinde had obviously forgotten about it. After all, it wasn't him who died.

He even secretly felt fortunate for this, after all, if it weren't for this order, Da Xiyuan wouldn't have died.

If Da Xiyuan had not died, he would not have been able to become the leader of the Cantai tribe.

After listening to the guide explain the meaning of this etiquette, Wei Zhe was obviously very satisfied with his attitude.

"Get up, go down and rest up. In a few days, I will gather the young and strong men to follow me to Dongqian City."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jinde immediately knelt on the ground and said humbly, "General Cantai is your most loyal servant!"

After saying this, the man backed away with a humble look on his face.

However, as soon as he left Da Xiyuan's residence, Shi Jinde couldn't help but reveal a look of ecstasy on his face.

...Let’s not even talk about how happy Shi Jinde was.

After he left, Wei Zhe discussed the next arrangements with Xi Zhicai.

"Notify the fleet and have them send a ship to take the wounded back to Qianmo City for recuperation."

"Also, the former Mo tribe performed well today, so let's reward them well."

Upon hearing this, Xi Zhicai immediately bowed in response.

Indeed, even when training a dog, there should be rewards and punishments.

The Cantai tribe sent cattle and sheep to reward the Qianmo tribe, which was in line with the principle of reward and punishment.

However, there were some things that Xi Zhicai really didn't know how to deal with.

"Mingsir, we've seized a lot of iron coins, but they're all mixed together, and we can't tell which ones are ours."

Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai was a little amused and helpless.

Although they are the ones who minted the counterfeit coins, they themselves cannot tell the real from the fake.

In this way, these iron coins have become useless.

After all, it would be waste if I took it back, but it would be a pity to throw it away.

Wei Zhe felt a little upset when he heard this.

As a result of this incident, I'm afraid that counterfeit currency will be rampant on the Korean Peninsula for a long time to come.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhe simply said, "Give out the reward! Since the Xianbei people recognize this money, give it to them."

You should know that these iron coins are good things in the eyes of the Yi soldiers of the Qianmo tribe.

And this thing can circulate among them, so there is actually no difference between real money and counterfeit money.

After hearing what Wei Zhe said, Xi Zhicai was speechless for a moment.

Apart from anything else, at least once this reward is distributed, the morale of the former Mo troops will definitely be greatly boosted.

You have to know that they had fought for their leader in the past, but never received any reward.

Training a dog also requires discipline.

……

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

While Wei Zhe was causing chaos on the Korean Peninsula, undercurrents were also surging in the Luoyang court.

First, Taiwei Yang Ci was dismissed because he angered the emperor during an argument with him.

Afterwards, the emperor appointed Deng Sheng, the former governor of Bingzhou with rich experience, as the Grand Marshal.

Deng Sheng was Wang Yun's mentor and even saved his life. It was thanks to Deng Sheng's promotion and advocacy that Wang Yun's reputation grew, eventually leading to his appointment as the Governor of Yuzhou.

However, Deng Sheng did not serve as the Grand Marshal for many days and was soon dismissed due to illness.

No one knew whether Deng Sheng was really seriously ill, but there were rumors in the capital that the emperor was very dissatisfied with his close contacts with party members, so he dismissed him and instead appointed Zhang Yan, a descendant of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Liu, as the Grand Marshal.

By the way, the courtesy name of General Zhang is also "Gongwei".

No one knows what kind of game is behind this.

Anyway, when Wei Zhe conquered the Qianmo tribe, Yang Ci was promoted to Sikong.

However, when Wei Zhe led the army to attack Dongqian City, Sikong Yang Ci died!

The emperor then appointed Guanglu Dafu Xu Xiang as Sikong, and the former Si Tu Chen Dan was imprisoned and died for speaking out against the emperor.

Within a few months, the three highest officials were replaced three times and two died, which shows the instability of the court.

And misfortunes never come alone.

Just when the court was in turmoil, a "stem borer disaster" broke out in Sanfu.

The so-called "stem borer disaster" refers to an insect pest caused by the larvae of the stem borer moth.

Whenever a "stem borer plague" breaks out, a large number of stem borer larvae will bite the inside of the grains, causing crop damage or even death. It is an extremely serious disaster, almost the same as a locust plague.

For a time, rumors spread throughout Guanzhong, and even some people in the market said: The emperor has no virtue, so God is warning him.

The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, but in the end nothing was found and the case was left unresolved.

It can be said that in the autumn of the second year of Zhongping, the political situation in Luoyang was no less treacherous than when the Yellow Turbans rose up last year.

No one knows why the emperor suddenly became irritable...

(End of this chapter)