Chapter 199 Shi Mao's plan
Liu Ji defeated the 520,000 coalition forces of the sixteen tribes in the grassland, and immediately made Liu Ji's reputation spread throughout the grassland. All ethnic groups in the grassland knew that a cruel man appeared in Chengyin County, Dai'an County, Qianzhou, Jin State.
The 520,000 troops of the sixteen tribes led by Wu Heng, Lou Fan, Rouran, Donghu and Dangxiang were all defeated by this ruthless man and lost more than half of the army. The name of this ruthless man was Liu Ji.
A grassland north of the Xishankou was occupied by Liu Ji, and the tribes near this grassland were mainly Wuheng tribe and Loufan tribe.
However, the Chengyin Army, under Liu Ji's command, suffered extremely heavy losses. In particular, the Wuheng Army paid a considerable price to redeem the two sons of the Great Khan Shurha. This made the Wuheng and Loufan tribes not have the intention to cause trouble for Liu Ji in a short time. Instead, as Liu Ji wished, he gave Chengyin Army time to train troops.
The news that Liu Ji defeated the 520,000 army of the 16 tribes in the grassland not only shocked the entire grassland race, but also made the officials of Jin who received the news feel incredible.
That is not a few thousand or tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, but a total of 520,000 Hu cavalry. How powerful is that Liu Ji?
In the prefect of Shangyuan City, the prefect of Shangyuan City, the prefect of Shangyuan City, Shi Mao, the guerrilla general of Shangyuan City, said to Zhang Chutao, the prefect of Dai'an County, with a expressionless face: "My father-in-law, the news has been confirmed. Liu Ji from Chengyin County has led his troops to repel the grassland coalition, killed more than 200,000 Hu cavalry, and captured the two sons of Wuhengda Khan Shurha alive. In order to exchange for the two sons, Shurha gave Liu Ji a large number of slaves and a large sum of gold. Now Liu Ji's reputation has spread throughout the grassland!"
Zhang Chutao, the prefect of Dai'an County, still looked sick, but after hearing Shi Mao's words, a smile appeared on his face, "No matter what, Liu Ji helped our Grand Jin again this time, but unfortunately, Liu Ji is not a loyal and patriotic general. With a small general, he dared to create so many soldiers without the consent of the court. He is simply fatherless and ruthless! Oh, now he is a guerrilla general!"
Speaking of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, the prefect Zhang Chutao glanced at Shi Mao with his eyes, and the tone of these four words also became a little more intense.
Shi Mao understood the meaning of the prefect Zhang Chutao. It was obvious that Zhang Chutao said that Shi Mao and Liu Ji were birds of a feather, but Shi Mao didn't care about it at all. Nowadays, he would have to die very quickly with the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
Shi Mao then said in a deep voice to the prefect Zhang Chutao: "My father-in-law, the Ministry of War's document to promote Liu Ji to guerrilla general and the court rewarded Liu Ji with one hundred taels of gold. At this time, it happened to be in Shangyuan City. There was no need to find any other excuses. We can ask Liu Ji to come to Shangyuan City to receive the order and then wait for an opportunity to capture him. According to the information of the son-in-law, the number of troops under his command has reached 250,000. If the son-in-law can control the 250,000 troops, no matter what changes the situation will change in the future, the son-in-law can protect Wanting and his father-in-law!"
The prefect Zhang Chutao shook his head and said, "Since Liu Ji destroyed the Cangxiong tribe of the Loufan tribe, Liu Ji has been paid attention to by the important officials of the court and even the emperor. Otherwise, he would not have been promoted to a guerrilla general. This time he defeated the 520,000 Hu cavalry of the Grassland Alliance. The court will definitely reward Liu Ji. If you take action at this time, you may cause trouble!"
"My father-in-law is such a bad word. In today's Great Jin Dynasty, as long as there are soldiers in his hands, even the emperor will win you over. If I can seize the 250,000 army under Liu Ji, then the reward for defeating the grassland coalition might fall on me. If it is operated again, let alone General Zhenyuan, maybe the son-in-law can be directly promoted to General Envoy!"
Looking at Shi Mao who became more and more excited as he spoke, the prefect Zhang Chutao sighed and said, "Ah----Since you have made up your mind, I won't say much. I will send someone to send a message to Liu Ji and ask him to come to Shangyuan City to receive the order!"
Shi Mao immediately said with surprise: "Thank you, father-in-law. As long as Liu Ji enters Shangyuan City, all other things will be arranged by the son-in-law!"
Shi Mao then left the prefect's mansion happily. As soon as Shi Mao left the room where the prefect Zhang Chutao was, Zhang Wanting, the daughter of the prefect Zhang Chutao, walked into the room.
"Father, if Shi Mao does that, if there is any mistake, it may be a disaster for Shangyuan City. You must know that Shi Mao also said that General Liu Ji's command now has an army of 250,000. Even if Shi Mao can really capture General Liu, can the generals under General Liu be willing to hand over the 250,000 army?"
When Shi Mao came to visit, Zhang Wanting was talking to her father Zhang Chutao. When she learned that Shi Mao was coming, Zhang Wanting hid out first. However, Zhang Wanting could hear the words of Shi Mao and Zhang Chutao clearly. In addition, Zhang Wanting was only concerned about eavesdropping and still did not see her future husband.
The prefect Zhang Chutao smiled bitterly and said, "Now that he is a father, he has not had much time to get married to you. You can marry into the Shi family when the three-year holiday is over. If Shi Mao really succeeds this time, then Shi Mao is not far from his day of success."
After pausing, Zhang Chutao continued, "And Shi Mao has made up his mind that even if he does not agree with his father, he can fool Liu Ji to Shangyuan City as a father. If this is not done well, it will be a mistake. Shi Mao will be your husband in the future. He must help him for his father. As for whether Shi Mao can succeed, he can only leave it to fate!"
"Father, you'd better think twice before you can start from scratch, form an army of 250,000 in a short period of time, and defeat the Hu people in the grassland in succession. That General Liu Ji is definitely not an incompetent person. My daughter feels that Shi Mao's plan is difficult to succeed."
"Oh--it's the end, it depends on Shi Mao's luck!"
Zhang Wanting opened her mouth and sighed, and did not persuade her father anymore. She actually hoped that Shi Mao would succeed. After all, Shi Mao's plan was related to her father, and Shi Mao had an undisclosed engagement with her after all.
After leaving the prefect's mansion, Shi Mao returned to his mansion in Shangyuan City. Shi Mao's confidants were all in a study room in the mansion, waiting for news from Shi Mao.
"General, has the prefect agreed?" Seeing Shi Mao walk into the study, an aide asked Shi Mao urgently.
Chapter completed!