Chapter 80: The Eared Thief is enfeoffed as a Marquis

Zhang Rang and other eunuchs saw the Emperor getting angry and hurriedly pointed at Lu Zhi,

"Minister Lu, you tell us what to do!"

Lu Zhi was already prepared to speak,

"Your Majesty, Cavalry Commandant Liu Bei has already led his army from Henei into Hedong Commandery. He is brave and good at fighting, has defeated the Yellow Turban Army repeatedly, and dealing with the White Wave Army should not be a problem."

Liu Hong frowned,

"Liu Bei? That student of yours who traveled a thousand miles to send his teacher? He has loyalty, but he might not have the ability. He has less than ten thousand men, while the White Wave Army has more than one hundred thousand, and they have the Xiongnu cavalry of Yufuluo to assist them."

Liu Hong looked at Grand General He Jin,

"He Jin, the Empress often says that your brother He Miao is brave and good at fighting. How about sending him to Hedong?"

He Jin cursed inwardly; if that trash He Miao led troops there, I'm afraid he would be even more useless than Niu Fu and implicate me.

Moreover, this He Miao was not of one mind with him—a brother by a different father and mother, only valued by Empress He, and he had obtained the position of Chariot and Cavalry General.

"Your Majesty, He Miao's army just defeated the peasant rebels in Xingyang, and the soldiers are exhausted. I'm afraid they won't be able to fight again in the short term."

Liu Hong slapped the table in anger; none of them could be relied upon!

He looked at Lu Zhi,

"Minister Lu, prepare yourself and lead the army to Hedong to wipe out the Baibo Army!"

"Yes!"

Liu Hong was worried to death. He had sold so many official positions, but he hadn't used much of the money he raised—fighting the Yellow Turbans, fighting the Qiang people...

Now the Baibo soldiers had come, and the money was almost spent. Not one of them shared his worries!

Just at this moment,

a eunuch came to report,

"Great joy, Your Majesty! Liu Bei has defeated the Baibo Army in Yang Xian, Hedong, captured 60,000 Baibo troops, and killed Baibo bandit leaders Guo Tai, Yang Feng, and others!"

Liu Hong stood up excitedly, took the battle report, and looked at it,

"This Liu Bei is actually so capable!"

"Lu Zhi, your student is very good!"

Lu Zhi cupped his hands,

"Your Majesty has a discerning eye. Sending Liu Bei to Hedong gave him the opportunity to display his talent."

Zhang Rang and the others looked at each other and thought to themselves: this is bad. This Lu Zhi is already very good at fighting, but I didn't expect his student to be so good at fighting too!

Must suppress him!

Lu Zhi continued,

"Your Majesty, the White Wave Army and Yufuluo have colluded, and now there are still eighty thousand people entrenched in the Taiyuan area, who could move south to Hedong at any time."

Zhang Rang paused. Hmm, no rush to suppress him.

Liu Hong thought for a while,

"Good, pass my decree: promote Liu Bei to Breaking-the-Captives Commandant and enfeoff him as a Pavilion Marquis (village level). Immediately move north to attack Yufuluo and the remnants of the White Wave Army!"

As long as he didn't have to spend money, giving a commandant position and the lowest Pavilion Marquis title didn't matter!

At Cai Yong's residence,

Cai Yan was chatting with Gan Mei,

"Sister Gan, how do you think Xuande is doing now?"