Chapter 478: Enfeoff the princes

Chapter 478: Enfeoffing princes

Chapter 477: Enfeoffment of princes

Although the Yellow Turbans now occupy most of the six states in the Kanto region, their overall strength is unprecedentedly weak, with less than 200,000 soldiers to fight. These are all left over from Zhang Jiao's previous picks.

 So if Liu Hong is determined to send troops, weakening the princes is the second most important thing, and recovering the territory is the most important thing.

After all, if the Yellow Turbans really recover, it will not be that easy to recover.

“Is it true that there is no food and grass to support the army for a month?” Liu Hong asked unwillingly.

 Such a good opportunity, Liu Hong is really unwilling to give up.

In his opinion, the Yellow Turbans' millions of troops have been defeated, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled will definitely be disillusioned when they see the Han army's conquest, so one month is enough to sweep across Kanto.

 Facts have proved that Liu Hong took it too much for granted. What can he do in a month?

 March all the way from Luoyang. If you don’t do anything, you can only go as far as Chenliu.

In addition, even if the Yellow Turbans lack combat power, they are still on the defensive side.

How many cities can the Han army capture in a month if they can't defend it?

Qin Hao lowered his head and curled his lips in disdain, and was extremely speechless in his heart. Liu Honglian didn't understand this bit of military knowledge, and still wanted to be the savior of the Han Dynasty. It was just a dream.

To Liu Hong's question, Wang Yun and others could only answer truthfully. After all, it was impossible for them to produce grain.

　　Liu Hong's face was even more embarrassed. He had been fighting for power with the aristocratic family in the past, and now he finally took power, but he found that steering a country was much more difficult than he thought.

The common people may not be wrong in scolding me. Maybe I am really a foolish king, right? Liu Hong laughed at himself.

At this moment, Yuan Feng stood up and said loudly: "Who said there is no food? Nanyang has it ready."

Liu Hong's eyes suddenly lit up. The great Han Xiang Yu slaughtered Nanyang and robbed a large amount of money and food. After Qin Hao defeated Xiang Yu, this part of the money and food fell into the hands of the Han army, so naturally it could be used as military food.

Qin Hao knew that he could no longer remain silent, so he stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, all the food in Nanyang has been used for disaster relief."

During the Battle of the Han River, 400,000 Yellow Turbans were killed in the flood, and more than 2 million people in Jingyu were affected.

As the one who benefits, the big Han will definitely attract most of the curses, while as the schemer, Qin Hao will be drowned in saliva even if he attracts less firepower.

That's why Qin Hao consumed a lot of food and grass to provide disaster relief, because if he didn't carry out remedial measures, he would not have a good reputation in the future, and he might not be able to get rid of the reputation of a butcher.

From his own point of view, it is understandable that Qin Hao uses his captured goods to help the victims, but this is not a good thing for the Han Dynasty. After all, the Han Dynasty no longer has any reputation.

Liu Hong was stunned when he heard this. He was disappointed and helpless at the same time. He didn't know what to say for a while.

A sneer flashed across Yuan Feng's lips, he pointed at Qin Hao and shouted: "Bold Qin Hao, who gave you the courage to go beyond the court and issue orders without authorization?"

The reason why Yuan Feng took the opportunity to attack was naturally to suppress Qin Hao's arrogance. The current Qin Hao was really too sharp.

Qin Hao didn't care about this. He also felt that it was not good to be too high-profile. It was time to keep a low profile. However, just because he didn't say anything did not mean that Qin Wen would be indifferent.

“Hmph.” Qin Wen snorted coldly and said coldly: “I dare to ask Mr. Yuan, why did my son go wrong in releasing grain for disaster relief?”

“The victims are only caused by moss, so it’s not as important as eradicating the Yellow Turbans. The imperial court is suffering from lack of food and sending troops, but Qin Hao is rescuing the disaster at this time. Isn’t this adding to the chaos?”

Yuan Feng said unhurriedly, not caring about the lives and deaths of the people.

Before Qin Wen had time to refute, Ding Yuan stood up and asked stiffly: "I dare to ask Mr. Yuan, if Sizhou is hit by a disaster, we can provide disaster relief, but if Jingzhou is hit by a disaster, why can't we provide disaster relief? Aren't the people of Jingzhou a big man?" Yet?"

"Uh, this..." Dong Zhuo stood up leisurely at this time and said calmly: "What Master Yuan said makes people so uncomfortable. It should be noted that if nephew Qin Xian hadn't turned the tide, there would have been no great victory. This I'm afraid it's not good to want to erase all the achievements of Qin Xiannephew because of a single mistake, Mr. Yuan."

Ding Yuan would speak for Qin Hao because he was the governor of Jingzhou, and it was Jingzhou that benefited from the disaster relief, so how could he watch Qin Hao be discredited.

As for Dong Zhuo, it was because both families were from the Kansai faction. Once the Yellow Turbans were defeated, the Kanto family became arrogant again. As a weak Kansai faction, it was natural for them to unite.

After Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, Liu Yu, Wang Yun, Cai Yong and others also stood up to defend Qin Hao.

Seeing that most of the court was on Qin Hao's side, he suddenly got through the hornet's nest, and Yuan Feng's face suddenly turned livid.

Qin Hao, who was watching with cold eyes, said at this time: "The disaster in Jingyu was so serious that I didn't have time to ask for instructions. This is indeed Qin Hao's fault, and I ask your Majesty to punish him."

Regarding Qin Hao's performance of not being arrogant or impetuous, Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Forget it, compared with the merits of the virtuous son-in-law this time, this small mistake is nothing, and there is no need for punishment. ”

 “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

At this point, it was impossible for Liu Hong to order Nanyang to stop disaster relief, but he was really unwilling to send troops, so he came up with another bad idea... selling his title to collect grain.

Now Liu Hong doesn’t dare to sell his official position randomly anymore, but the title is different. After all, this has no real power, just reputation.

In this way, Liu Hong used this method of killing chickens to obtain eggs, and he did collect part of the military rations, but when he was preparing to send troops, he was dumbfounded.

"Report...to report to Your Majesty that the Qiang people in Liangzhou have rebelled again, and a hundred thousand troops are approaching Chang'an..."

“Report...The Xiongnu Chanyu Temujin led an army of 200,000 and captured Yanmen Pass..."

“Report… Xianbei’s 200,000 troops invaded Youzhou…”

“Report…Wuhuan’s 100,000-strong army invaded Liaodong…”

 For a time, the foreign races in the northern border of the Han Dynasty rebelled together, and the momentum was still greater than the Yellow Turban rebels a year ago.

 After all, everyone knows that compared with the Yellow Turbans, the fighting power of the foreign races is not on the same level.

 “These immature wolf cubs...” Liu Hong gnashed his teeth and cursed angrily.

Now that the four bandits have invaded, it is obviously impossible to continue sending troops to the Yellow Turbans. The most important thing is to protect the border.

 So Liu Hong issued several imperial edicts in succession, the contents of which are as follows:

 Coffed Qin Wen the title of Bingzhou Mu, General of the Northern Expedition, and Marquis of Jin;

Conferred Dong Zhuo the title of Shepherd of Liangzhou, General of the Conquest of the West, and Marquis of Liang;

 Liu Yu was granted the title of Shepherd of Youzhou, General of the Conquest of the East, and Marquis of Yan;

Hongfu Song was granted the title of Mu of Jizhou, General of the Conquest of the South, and Marquis of Zhao;

 Liu Yao was granted the title of Shepherd of Yangzhou, General of Zhendong, and Marquis of Danyang;

 Liu Yan was granted the title of Mu of Yizhou, General of Zhenxi, and Marquis of Hanzhong;

Feng Ding was originally appointed as the Mu of Jingzhou, the General of Zhenbei, and the Marquis of Xiangyang:

 Liu Dai was granted the title of Mu of Jiaozhou, General of Zhennan, and Marquis of Jiaozhi!

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