On Yanmen Mountain, there are endless new graves, and the strong men of the border pass are buried here.

On each grave, there is a branch, and at the top of the branch is a plain white tassel.

This is the memory of the martyrs, and it was the Mulan Red Lady who led the women to make it.

The Xiongnu suffered a major defeat and had retreated far away from Mobei, still stationed in the Daijun departments, and re-dispatched.

The eldest grandson Wuji led the baggage troops, all of whom rushed to Yanmen.

Li Xiucheng's department in Youzhou Dai County and Dai County, the eradication of the remnants of the Yellow Turban has basically ended.

In order to concentrate troops and lay out Yanmen, Liu Mang ordered Li Xiucheng's troops to rush to Bingzhou.

Among them, Cheng bit Jin Pei Yuanshao, led a hundred people, and rushed to Bingzhou along the Taihang Mountain with Pei Xiu, drawing a map of Taihang along the way.

Fan Zhongyan and Li Xiucheng led the headquarters and recruits recruited from the rest of the Yellow Turbans, a total of 2,000 people, and rushed to the state by road.

What made Liu Mang excited was that more than 10,000 people were willing to follow the remnants of the Yellow Turban who went down the mountain to follow. Although this group of people is not suitable for replenishment into the ranks, in this era of population scarcity, adding more than 10,000 cultivated people can also greatly improve the troops' logistical support capabilities.

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And the state, the east with the famous pass, the north forced Hu, the valley is unique, the people are rich, the place of the four battles, the field of attack and defense.

And Yanmen is the throat of the state.

At the same time, Yanmen is also a desolate place where "the wind rises, the sand and gravel hit the face, and the opposite side cannot meet".

The first step in the strategy of westward expansion and annexation of states -- stationing in and merging states -- has been achieved, and Liu Mang needs to rearrange in Yanmen to prepare for the entire annexation of states.

From the perspective of guarding against the Xiongnu, Liu Mang wanted to move his army north and enter the two counties of Dingxiang and Yunzhong.

But the current strength is not enough to divide the troops in this way, so we can only focus on Yanmen first.

Ordered Fu Youde and Man Gui to be stationed in Pingcheng and Baideng, thinking that they were horns to guard against the Huns.

Su Dingfang and Hu Luguang were stationed in Mayi on the north bank of the river, thinking that they were the barrier of the Yin Pavilion.

At the same time, he secretly ordered Wu Yong to stay in the capital Chang'an for the time being, and inquire about the news of the imperial court at any time.

Liu Mang led the rest of the troops and stationed in the Yin Pavilion.

The war was extinguished, and Yanmen was devastated everywhere.

The layout of Yanmen has been decided, and while waiting for Li Xiucheng's troops to return to the division and merge the state, he actively plans to collect and merge the state.

Although the state is not large, it has many deserts and mountains, and because of the strong division, the state is divided into five parts.

Among the five counties in the north, in addition to Yanmen, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Dingxiang are located in the desert, and are currently a vacuum zone between the Han and the Xiongnu.

Yanmen County in the north, located in the basin between the Leitou Mountains and the Heng Mountains (now the Datong Basin), is currently under the control of Liu Mang.

Among the four southern counties of Bingzhou, Shang County and Xihe County are located in the south of the desert and west of Luliang Mountain, and are currently controlled by Lu Bu.

Shangdang County, located in the southeast of Bingzhou, is in the Changzhi Basin surrounded by the two mountains of Taihang and Taiyue, and is relatively independent. It is currently occupied by Zhang Yang.

Taiyuan County is the county with the best natural conditions. There is Taihang in the east, Luliang in the west, and during the passage of the Fen River, the situation of two mountains and one river is formed.

Taiyuan, north of Yanmen, south of Sili, want to control the state, south of the Central Plains, must first control Taiyuan County.

The county guard of Taiyuan County, Wang Rou, is very old. Although cowardly, he has the reputation of an elder. There is no courage to resist the Huns, but there is a name for loving the people and cherishing the peasants, which is quite popular with the local people.

Because of this, although the surrounding strong tycoons are eyeing each other, they have always been afraid of being infamous and do not dare to enter Taiyuan.

Since ancient times, until the Western and Eastern Han Dynasty, both scholars and ordinary people can give up their lives, but they refuse to ruin their reputation.

For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Song Xianggong fought with the Chu State in Hongshui, and he must wait for the Chu army to completely cross the Hongshui and arrange the formation before he was willing to attack, which led to a great defeat. also left the laughing stock of "Song Xiangzhiren".

In addition to the rigid tactical concept, Song Xianggong's actions are very important because of the word "reputation". Refusing to attack in advance is afraid of bearing the "notoriety" of "taking advantage of people's danger".

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world attached great importance to fame no worse than in the Spring and Autumn Period.

As mentioned before, Li Ying lived in seclusion in the mountains, because of his virtuous name, even the thieves did not dare to harass him, for fear of ruining his reputation.

This is true of the bandits, and even more so of the scholars and doctors. Even when an enemy is addressed, he is rarely called by his first name, but by his name.

For example, Dong Zhuo, although he regarded the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu as thorns in the flesh, even slaughtered the Yuan family in Beijing. But when it comes to the Yuan brothers, they are still used to calling them "Yuan Benchu" and "Yuan Highway", rather than "Yuan Shao" and "Yuan Shu".

In short, the current social climate is that it is okay to kill, but not to be rude!

It's just that there's a limit to politeness.

Now, all forces are plotting to merge states, and the fattest Taiyuan, of course, is what the powerful people are most concerned about. Wang Rou's virtuous name is already difficult to stop the ambition of the strong man.

Taiyuan, sandwiched between Liu Mang's Yanmen, Lü Bu's Xihe and Zhang Yang's Shangdang.

The three forces all want to take it for themselves, and they can't help but worry. "Reputation" is still secondary, but I am afraid that once I annoy other forces, I will be attacked by a group.

Liu Mang is also worried.

Liu Mang's boredom is not only how to take away Taiyuan, but also the system also makes Liu Mang crazy.

Youzhou Mu Liu Yu said that he was the Taishou of Yanmen, and it had been a long time, but the system had not given a hint of official promotion.

Liu Mang is in a hurry!

Promotion is a small matter, and a promotion is a big matter!

The five measurements are only two points short of reaching 300, reaching 300, and more system information can be opened, and there are unexpected surprises!

Liu Mang inquired about the system, and the reply he got was that the county guard was too guarded, a local high-ranking official, and he was not officially appointed by the imperial court, so it didn't count!

"It's up to you whether it counts or not!"

Liu Mang hates this, but what can be done?

There is no way to be promoted, and there is no other way to be called.

In the previous paragraph, the summoning queue was overcrowded, and it was always in a state of "traffic jam", but now it is good, because there is no chance to summon, except for the two talents who have been summoned and have not yet been recruited, there is even a summoning queue idle.

Liu Mang didn't have time to worry too much about the system, and there were too many things in Yanmen.

And what surprised Liu Mang the most was that the imperial court sent a document to promote him to Taiyuan County Guard!

Liu Mang immediately summoned Liu Bowen, eldest grandson Wuji, Fan Zhongyan, Li Yan and others to discuss together.

It's unexpected, but it's also very simple.

The imperial court was under the control of Dong Zhuo, and the promotion of Liu Mang must have been Dong Zhuo's meaning.

Youzhou Mu Liu Yu played Liu Mang as the Yanmen Taishou, but when he went to Dong Zhuo, he changed the Yanmen Taishou to Taiyuan Taishou.

Taiyuan is far richer than Yanmen, which is undoubtedly a great gift from Dong Zhuo to Liu Mang.

Needless to say, the eldest grandson Wuji, who is proficient in the art of power and scheming, even Liu Mang understands that Dong Zhuo is trying to win over and buy himself.

In the current situation, while grabbing territory, princes from all walks of life often rely on feudal officials to win over people's hearts, so that there are often situations where there are several county guards in one county town.

As for who can really become this official, it depends on the individual's strength and ability.

Since Liu Yu played Liu Mang, and Liu Mang has actually controlled Yanmen, then, regardless of whether the imperial court approves it or not, Liu Mang must be the county guard of Yanmen.

Dong Zhuo changed Liu Mang's Yanmen County Guard to Taiyuan County Guard, which was just icing on the cake, and it was also an empty favor.

And Dong Zhuo's purpose in doing this, everyone can easily analyze it, Dong Zhuo just hopes to win over Liu Mang and contain Yuan Shao.

Only appointed Liu Mang, but Wang Rou was not exempt, Dong Zhuo's meaning was obvious, if Liu Mang did not express his attachment to him, then Dong Zhuo would not remove Wang Rou from his position, and Liu Mang would not be able to justifiably enter Taiyuan County.

Dong Zhuo's "gift", do you accept it?