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268. Wanshi Prefect

Liu Yu was on the way to Shangjun at this time. In his eyes, Lu Fang was no longer worried. As long as Tian Wuji occupied Zhongweisus, Lu Fang would become a turtle in the jar, waiting to be caught and the leader Chang'an was suspended.

As for the Xiongnu soldiers who came to reinforce, it would be too difficult for them to attack the fortress. The Xiongnu were born hunters. They were good at hunting on the vast grasslands, biting them, gnawing and tearing the prey into pieces, but if they faced the city walls, their aggressiveness would be greatly reduced. Moreover, the Han army was not prey, but elite soldiers who were best at attacking and defending the city.

The emperor believed that the eight thousand Huns who came to rescue could not break through the fortress guarded by Tian Wuji and three thousand elite soldiers, so that the Huns could see the strong soldiers of the Han Dynasty and let them be honest from now on and not always attempt to invade the Han border.

With Tian Wuji as a guard at the fortress, he blocked Lu Fang's way back. Yang Yin, Fu Chang and Wu Mi squeezed from both sides. Lu Fang's army would probably collapse from the inside without having to fight.

The emperor saw almost all the possibilities, and his judgment was very accurate. Neither the Huns nor Lu Fang were able to break through the central defender guard guarded by Tian Wuji, and Lu Fang was indeed forced to go desperate.

The emperor even thought that Lu Fang might escape from a certain beacon, which would become a long-term hidden danger to the border, but he did not expect that Lu Fang fled westward into the vast desert and lost his trace. After Tian Wuji chased him for two days, he had to return to the army because he could not distinguish the path.

Lu Fang disappeared, no one was seen alive, no corpse was seen when he died, and just disappeared from everyone's sight.

The Lu clan, who was in trouble with the border county, was destroyed. Lu Qin died under the knife of Hou Guan Hu Jin when Tian Wuji raided Zhongweisai. Lu Cheng fled with Lu Fang, and the two brothers disappeared.

Hou Guan Hu Jin was promoted to the commander of the Central Wei Sai and the killing of Lu Qin. Three months later, he was attacked and killed on the way home while returning drunk and late. The murderer was never brought to justice. Some people speculated that it was done by the local Rangers in Sanshui.

The Lu family had deep roots in Anding County. Although they were destroyed by the clan, their influence remained, especially in the Sanshui and Zuogu areas. Lu Fang once raised many heroic and dead soldiers. When the heroic revenge became popular at that time, it was normal for someone to avenge the Lu brothers.

In order to avoid hidden dangers and remove the roots of the Lu family, the emperor followed Emperor Wu and moved the powerful and rangers near Sanshui to Wuling and placed them separately. Under the powerful military deterrence, the powerful people had no resistance at all. These local snakes were powerful and rampant in the local area. When they arrived at the inner county, they all became earthworms in the soil and could not make any big waves.

The two counties of Anding and the northern region were pacified. Yang Yin garrisoned in Anding for half a year before the county was slowly getting the county government on the right track, while the position of Anding Prefect has been lingering. If the locals are used, it will be difficult for the emperor to rest assured. If the officials sent out are used, they will need to use a capable official who is strong in military and political capabilities, which can not only suppress the local tyrants, but also resist the Huns and purify the Qiang people. The emperor thought about it and had no suitable candidate, until Yang Yanshou proposed a veteran figure.

This person is Xu Xuan.

Xu Xuan was the second leader of the Red Eyebrow Army. He was able to govern the army, the people, and both civil and military. He was really a talent. He was not suitable to be the prime minister, but he was more than enough to be the prefect of a county.

Originally, the emperor appointed him as the Grand Tutor and hanged him up high, and did not intend to hire him again. However, Xu Xuan was just in his forties and was at the age of being able to do things. He was unwilling to be silent, so he entrusted Yang Yanshou and expressed his tactfulness that he was willing to govern a difficult county and share his worries for His Majesty.

Although the level of the prefect is far inferior to that of Wanshi's Grand Tutor, Xu Xuan did not dislike it. He had already seen clearly that his position was rather awkward and he could not have a position in the court. It would be better to show his strengths in counties and realize his ambitions.

The emperor praised this and formally appointed Xu Xuan as the prefect of Anding. At this point, the Han Dynasty had two prefects of Wanshi: Grand Tutor Xu Xuan and Grand Tutor Yang Yin.

This is all a story.

The emperor inspected Anding and Northlands, giving favors and winning people's hearts, and allowing the local tyrants to see the military power of the Han Dynasty and develop a sense of fear. Such kindness and power are very beneficial to stabilizing the local rule.

He set up a net for Lu Fang, so he could wait for news of his prey while leisurely continuing his journey to the border county. His next stop was Shangjun.

Shangjun is a big county. Although its population is still far from the prosperous counties and states in the mainland, it ranks among the top among the border counties. Shangjun has twenty-three counties, and the county is under the jurisdiction of the Huns. The Huns are under the jurisdiction of the Huns. From the name Huns, we can see that this was set up to resettle the Huns who came to surrender.

The Duwei system of the Han Dynasty was inherited from the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty called the local military commander the Wei, and was renamed the Duwei during the reign of Emperor Jing of Han. The Duwei was the deputy of the prefect, with a salary of 2,000 stones and a Duwei of 2,000 stones, which is a very important position in the local area.

In the Han Dynasty, there was only one commander in the inner county, but in the border counties, because they had to resist foreign enemies and guard the border, they had heavy military tasks, and generally had lieutenants in branch offices. For example, Shuofang had Western Commander, Central Commander and Eastern Commander, and the Western Commander in Xihe had Northern Commander, Southern Commander and Western Commander; there were also commanders specially set up for obstacles, such as the Hunhuai Commander in the north; the commander who was set up to protect the barriers, such as the Wuguan Commander; in addition, there were also commanders who were vassal state to manage foreign people who were attached to the inner tribe.

The military commander of the border counties is called the Duwei, while the military commander of the same level in the central government is called the Cunwei. Recently, there was an additional lieutenant in Shangjun, which was Liu Biao, an animal husbandry commander who raised horses under the emperor's order. Because there was no large grassland in Zheng County, he went north to Shangjun and Xihe to find grasslands, purchase good horses, breed and train, and reserve military horses for war.

Only a few months after Liu Biao came to Shangjun, he had expanded the animal husbandry camp several times and established two horse farms. In addition, there was also a horse farm in Xihe County.

It is inevitable to deal with local officials in the local area. Everyone knows that he was exiled from the emperor to the animal husbandry camp. They all think that he has lost his holy family. Although he is well-mannered on the surface, he does not do so much in contact with specific affairs, which is a bit slow to him.

In the past, Liu Biao had already had a bad temper and got angry on the spot, but he actually endured it so that his former subordinates could not stand it and wanted to argue with others, but were reprimanded by Liu Biao.

This time the emperor inspected Shangjun and summoned local officials, not only the prefects but also the chief lieutenants, but even the county lieutenants were not summoned.
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