Chapter 738: Conferred the Title of Marquis
As early as after receiving the news from Zhao Rui in Hongnong, Huangfu Chaobo and his people knew that Zhu Jun and his people's idea was impossible to realize. So everyone in Sizhou began to prepare for the second westward expedition to Hedong.
The army was not dispatched at any time. It took time to recruit soldiers and prepare food and grass, so it took at least a month to prepare before the official expedition.
After entering Chang'an City, Zhao Rui and his party were arranged in a large courtyard not far from Li Jue's Jingzhao Mansion. As for meeting the emperor, it was not possible to meet him at any time. Zhao Rui and his party had to report to the court first, and then wait for the emperor's summons.
After arranging the military convoy, Zhao Rui first personally delivered the things dedicated to the emperor to the palace, and then began to send people to Chang'an City to understand various aspects of intelligence. Although Shadow has always set up a point in Chang'an, all the information sent back to Luoyang by pigeons is only a rough idea, and the specific information still needs to be understood in detail by oneself.
Sun Ping was busy contacting his master Wang Yue. He and Shi A were originally brothers. After he went to Luoyang with Shi A, he stayed beside Huangfu Chaobo to guard him. So when he returned to Chang'an this time, Huangfu Chaobo designated him to take over the shadow of Chang'an.
That afternoon, after Zhao Rui returned to his residence, he went to Guo's house for a dinner. Pang Tong and others had already told Zhao Rui about the trip to Chang'an. No matter which force wanted to make friends with him, he should not refuse, but he could not make any promises.
Pushing all things to Luoyang, his own task was to escort the tribute to meet the emperor, and then find a way to stay by the emperor's side in Chang'an to protect him. As for other things, he could not control them.
Zhao Rui took the gifts to Li's house for the banquet and did not return until late at night.
The next morning, he received an invitation from Guo Si's house, and went to Guo's house for a banquet that night.
It was not until the fourth day that the people of Sizhou received the emperor's order to see him. So Zhao Rui led Ma Jin and Sun Ping to the palace to pay homage to the emperor.
On April 20th, Zhao Rui and the other two received an audience with Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, in the front hall of Weiyang Palace.
The emperor first praised Huangfu Chaobo's loyalty, and then said that he had heard that the army of Sizhou had defeated Lu Bu's rebellion. He himself had seen the strength of Lu Bu's army and was very interested in the soldiers who defeated Lu Bu's army. He said that he wanted to see what the brave soldiers under General Pingdong were like outside Weiyang Palace.
Guo and Li did not care about this and agreed to the little emperor's request. In their opinion, it was just the curiosity of a teenager.
That's right, a child. Although Emperor Xian of Han has been on the throne for several years, he is still only thirteen years old. So in front of Li Jue and Guo Si, these Xiliang men, he is still a child who has not grown all his hair.
What they don't know is that these are the methods discussed by Pang Tong and others to arrange 500 soldiers to enter the palace.
After meeting with 500 Sizhou soldiers outside Weiyang Palace, the little emperor was even happier. Although these soldiers were in ordinary clothes and armor, they looked very powerful.
So the playful little emperor directly issued an order to take these 500 soldiers as palace guards and organize them into Yulin Camp. He imitated the Yulin Guard of Emperor Wu of Han and appointed Zhao Rui, the loyal and righteous general, as the Yulin General to lead the Yulin Camp and perform martial arts for the emperor in the palace.
Yes, it was a martial arts performance. Guo and Li saw that the little emperor was in high spirits and did not stop him. In their opinion, although these 500 soldiers looked elite, they had 200,000 troops. What if the little emperor had 500,000 troops around him? Could he really get rid of his control?
So the two of them waved their hands and agreed to the emperor's request to send Zhao Rui's 500 troops into the palace to form the Yulin Camp.
On the third day, Emperor Xian of Han discussed with Guo and Li, and decided to reward General Pingdong Huangfu Chaobo, and decided to promote Huangfu Chaobo to the third-rank General Andong and confer him the title of Tinghou.
As for what Tinghou to confer, Li Jue and Guo Si played a little trick and conferred Huangfu Chaobo the title of Cangtinghou. Where is Cangting? Under the rule of Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou,
it is a pavilion with hundreds of households in the southeast of Dongwuyang County, Dongjun.
The emperor's reward was sent to Luoyang a few days later. Huangfu Chaobo did not expect that his casual behavior would get such a big benefit, both promotion and title of marquis. He seemed to have become the first player to be conferred the title of marquis.
At the same time as Huangfu Chaobo's imperial edict of conferring the title of marquis, another imperial edict was issued. The little emperor decided to change the reign and change the year name to Zhongping, which means that this year is both the fifth year of Chuping and the first year of Zhongping. By next year, the reign name of Chuping will officially enter the garbage heap and can only be called the second year of Chuping.
This was one year later than the change from Chuping to Zhongping in real history.
However, Huangfu Chaobo could not care about these things now. The chess pieces had been laid out, and he did not know how to use them in the future. What he was considering now was to send troops to Hedong.
On May 5, 194, Huangfu Chaobo summoned his civil and military officials in Luoyang to discuss matters. After arranging the government affairs in Luoyang, Huangfu Chaobo once again assembled an army of 100,000 infantry and cavalry and sent troops to Hedong in the morning of the 6th.
This time, the Sizhou army was divided into two routes. One route entered Hedong from Jiguan again, and the other route entered Pishi by water, then crossed the Fen River and attacked the cities south of the Fen River. After conquering the cities of Anyi, they went north along the Fen River all the way to Yong'an, and brought all the cities in Hedong under their control.
Wang Yong, Zhao Yun's deputy general, led 20,000 troops north to Henei, joined Su Zhi's 20,000 troops in Henei and entered Jiguan, and then took the Chijing that entered Hedong the last time. Zhao Yun and Huangfu Chaobo led 60,000 troops and were escorted by Zhou Tai and the navy to Pishi. The two armies set out at the same time on May 6.
Ten days later, Wang Yong entered Dongyuan City, and after a short rest in the city, he continued to lead his troops along the Chijing to Hedong. At this time, Zhao Yun's army had arrived in Pishi. After a short rest in Pishi, the army began to cross the Fen River and attack Fenyin County on the south bank of the Fen River.
As Pang Tong expected, the Hedong Army, which had lost the support of the Xiliang Army, was far less powerful than the first battle of Hedong. The 8,000 defenders of Fenyin County only lasted one day under the attack of Zhao Yun's 60,000 troops, and opened the city to surrender with less than a thousand casualties. Huangfu Chaobo ordered Yang Feng to leave 1,000 soldiers and 1,000 guards to defend the city and to reorganize the captured army.
Then, Zhao Yun's army continued to move south and approached Puban City. Five days later, Puban Port, the largest port in Hedong, was captured. The next day, Puban City was also successfully captured by Zhao Yun's troops. At this time, Wang Yong's army had entered the Hedong Basin and crossed the river to capture Wenxi County.