83, Chapter 83

The five people whose names were called came out. More importantly, among the five people, except Qin Fang, the others were all guerrilla generals. In this regard, many people looked at Qin Fang, because such a team was too strange.

Du Ke said to : "Since we are all here, you should also accompany me when we meet the leader of the Barbarian tribe. After all, this matter is also related to us."

"yes."

There are many tribes in the Barbarian clan. Counting the small tribes, there are only five large tribes. Among the five tribes, two tribes originally surrendered, one remained neutral, and the remaining two tribes did not intend to surrender.

So this time when Du Ke met with the tribal leaders, he met two large tribal leaders who had surrendered, and one tribal leader who remained neutral, a total of three people.

Although Qin Fang and others didn't understand, Du Ke didn't explain it clearly. He only said that it was related to them and they could only follow it.

Marquis Yonghe led them to the tent where the meeting was held, and then asked people to invite three tribal leaders.

After the three tribal leaders arrived, they exchanged greetings with Du Ke. Du Ke said: "I have been ordered to handle the surrender of the leaders. I also know that you are anxious to know, so I will stop talking nonsense. Let's just go ahead and deal with it." Let’s get to the point.”

The leader of the Manzi tribe said: "Shilang Du, please speak."

Du Ke continued: "After you surrender, our people will become the citizens of our Qi Kingdom, enjoy the same treatment as our Qi Kingdom people, and at the same time, they will also have to bear the same responsibilities as our Qi Kingdom people. Responsibility. Generally speaking, we are Qiguo people, and what kind of tribesmen are we?”

The tribal leaders have no objection to this. It is best for them to become Qiguo people, enjoy the same treatment as Qiguo people, and bear the same responsibilities as Qiguo people. "Then I would like to ask Mr. Du, how will His Majesty the Emperor arrange for us?"

Du Ke said: "Your Majesty has set aside several places in the territory of Qi State as a place for you to live. We have two large tribes, plus some scattered small tribes according to our statistics. There are a total of 18,000 people. These 18,000 people should not be led by the five generals opposite you. Of course, the 18,000 people are placed in different places. . After the resettlement is completed, we will have the identity documents of Qi Guo's subjects..." What Du Ke said was Qin Fang's previous suggestion, but the court was more detailed. "What do you think about this?"

The two tribal leaders looked at each other and finally agreed: "We have no objection." They sincerely surrendered to Qi State, so as long as the Emperor of Qi State treated them badly, it didn't matter how they were arranged. They could also understand the reason why Emperor Qi Guo dispersed them and settled them, "Here, thank you, His Majesty the Emperor."

Du Ke was also very satisfied with their willingness: "In that case, all the leaders, go back and organize your own people. In half a month, we will bring the people here, and we will make specific arrangements. During this period, our Yongzhou military camp will deploy 20,000 troops to the border to ensure the safety of our tribes during this period, so as not to be killed by those who want to surrender.

"yes."

The two tribal leaders had no objections. The neutral tribal leader thought about it and decided to wait and see. If they arranged things well, it would not be too late for him to surrender.

The three tribal leaders returned to the Manzi tribe with 20,000 Qiguo soldiers. The 20,000 Qiguo soldiers were personally led by Yonghe Hou Shili.

Du Ke turned to Qin Fang and the other five people. Just now, he used five generals to describe these five people, but in fact, Qin Fang was only a captain of thousands, so about his description, after hearing what he just said If so, everyone will understand that Qin Fang is going to be promoted. Du Ke glanced at the five people: "Who is Qin Fang?"

Qin Fang came out and said: "Qin Fang is in a humble position and has met the Lord."

Du Ke narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him carefully: "Raise your head."

Qin Fang raised his head, his resolute facial features were very straight, his eyes were deep, his forehead was full, and the bridge of his nose was straight. Although he tried hard to maintain his composure, his pursed lips revealed his nervousness. Du Ke has met countless people in his life, and a man of Qin Fang's age has seen a lot. He has always been with people in the military camp, so whether this person is loyal or traitorous has escaped his eyes: "Qin Fang, Your Majesty said, you are very wrong." Finally, when cold sweat broke out on Qin Fang's forehead, he spoke.

Qin Fang was stunned and immediately said: "Thank you for your compliments, Your Majesty." The excitement in his heart could not be concealed. Did a person like him also leave his name in front of His Majesty?

Du Ke smiled: "Don't be nervous, the plan proposed by ‌ regarding the surrender of the barbarians is very good. ‌ This plan was proposed by you, so you must also participate in the arrangement. So... Qin Fang took over Imperial decree.”

Imperial decree?

"Long live my emperor."

Qin Fang and others knelt down.

Du Ke: "By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict saying: Qin Fang, the commander of the Yongzhou Military Camp, is brave and resourceful, loyal, and of high moral character... He is specially canonized as a general of the fifth rank with military virtue."

Qin Fang was stunned. His body was shaking and he was kneeling stupidly. He had completely forgotten his reaction. At this moment, his mind was blank. From the moment he entered the military camp, he worked hard to practice martial arts, train hard, and read words. After getting married, he did not dare to neglect, hoping that he could be successful and worthy of Yanyan. But now that he had become a fifth-level general, he suddenly felt that he could not believe it.

General Ao saw this and gave him a hand: "Qin Fang."

Du Ke said: "It doesn't matter, young people, it is inevitable to be a little excited."

Qin Fanghuang came to his senses and kowtowed three times: "I will definitely die for Your Majesty."

Du Ke laughed heartily. The young man with red and swollen eyes and good manners was very satisfied. Honesty and honesty are what I want. "By the way, there is also an imperial edict inside, which is for your wife." Generally speaking, when the husband gets promoted, his wife's imperial edict will also follow.

But sometimes, the emperor would go out of his way to suppress it. There is also a situation where those who were promoted to captain of thousands before Qin Fang were appointed by the emperor, but the procedures were actually handled by the Ministry of War, and even the emperor would not remember such things. ‌, so let alone give a seventh-grade imperial edict to the wife of the chief captain.

Qin Fang received the imperial edict again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Lord Du."

Du Ke nodded with satisfaction: "The position of commander has been vacated. Remember to arrange for someone to take the position. And we..." He said, "The five of us are here to serve..." The surrendered barbarians can be accompanied by two seventh-grade Zhongxian captains, and at the same time, they can take away 200 people from the Yongzhou military camp. In addition, after they have settled the surrendered barbarians, they also have two important responsibilities. One is to monitor the surrender. Secondly, as the garrison general of the county town, the garrison general can organize a force of one thousand, and we will bring two hundred, and the remaining eight hundred will be selected from the local people."

Qin Fang and others: "Yes."

Du Ke: "Let's go and retreat, Qin Fang stays."

"yes."

Qin Fang, who was left alone, was also nervous. He was a little embarrassed and Du Ke knew what the Minister of War was going to say.

Du Ke not only did not make things difficult for him, nor did he say anything in a roundabout way. In his eyes, people like Qin Fang are not worthy of beating around the bush. So he said bluntly: "As for the position of captain, do you have a suitable candidate in mind?"

Qin Fang didn't expect Du Ke to ask this. He was about to say Han Zhen, but his reason stopped him. For some reason, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "Do you have anyone to recommend, sir?" He was just a captain, so he shouldn't be worthy of the attention of Du Ke, the Minister of War, but he did pay attention to him and reminded him specifically. So Qin Fang couldn't help but think a little more before asking this question.

Du Ke glanced at him: "What do you think of Wei Wu?"

Qin felt relieved, of course it was not good. Like other children from aristocratic families, Wei Wu must be a really good person. He is also very cooperative when on duty, never spoiled, and has a very good temper. But in terms of qualifications, he is good. In Qin Fang's view, Han Zhen is more suitable to be a captain of thousands.

‌However, since Du Ke asked this, it meant that he wanted Wei Wu to be the captain of thousands. But Qin Fang could not speak out against Wei's conscience, but he couldn't say it.

Du Ke said: "It doesn't hurt to just say it."

Qin Fangxin filtered his thoughts again and again before saying: "The commander-in-chief and the commander-in-chief have a more suitable candidate in mind, and it is Han Zhen. Han Zhen was originally a centurion. When he competed with the commander-in-chief that day, he lost to the commander-in-chief. His skills ‌Fan is also a cautious person. As for Wei Wu, given his character, he still deserves the position of ‌capion, but he can be trained as a centurion and make a final decision later, do you think it is okay?" If Du Ke insisted on Wei Wu becoming the commander of thousands, he had no choice. He is just nominating, and it is not up to him to decide who will be the candidate.

Duko pondered for a moment: "Okay, I'll follow your suggestion."

Qin Fang took a breath and finally breathed a sigh of relief when Du Ke agreed. "Excuse me, sir, do you have any advice regarding the captain?"

Du Ke smiled again: "I can take away two hundred people from you. It's up to you to choose the captain. I'm in charge of this." He is just a captain guarding the city in a county. ‌Of course he won't care about trivial matters.

Qin Fang said: "Yes."

Du Ke waved his hand: "Okay, let's go back and make arrangements."

Qin Fang: "Yes, I will retire at the end."

Qin Fang retreated respectfully. It wasn't until he got outside that he felt like he was dreaming just now. He twisted his thigh hard and it hurt, which meant that this was a dream. He was promoted, became a general, and... finally could afford to support a family.

Qin Fang jumped up happily, attracting the attention of other soldiers. Qin Fang snorted and left quickly with a straight face.

Returning to the 18th district, he immediately summoned the centurions under him to come to his side for a meeting.