Chapter 458: A Fierce General
It is already mid-February.

During this period, Li Yuanhui first bestowed titles on a number of meritorious officials.

More than ten people including Murong Sanzang, Luo Shixiang, Zhang Zhen'e, Yuchi Jingde, Liu Yuanqing, Duan Wuda, Lou Jun, Zhang Qiong, and Shi Yanchao were all rewarded for their outstanding military achievements.

Among them, Murong Sanzang was granted the title of Duke of Chengyang County, Luo Shixiang was granted the title of Duke of Heyang County, Zhang Zhen'e was granted the title of Duke of Hanzhong County, Liu Yuanqing was granted the title of Duke of Pengcheng County, and Yuchi Jingde was granted the title of Duke of Gaoping County for the first time.

What followed was Li Yuanhui's reform of the military system.

In fact, he had wanted to do this after the Battle of Baigou, but because of the prisoner exchange and the subsequent war, he had no time to do it.

Now that the Yan army has retreated and the Battle of Mangshan has been won, Li Yuanhui must take advantage of the situation to reorganize the situation.

Those who should be dismissed should be dismissed, those who should be promoted should be promoted, the establishment should be formally determined, and those vacancies should be filled.

The personal army under his command was still organized into 18 battalions, with 3,600 men. Dou Fengjie was the left commander-in-chief and Wang Jie was the right commander-in-chief.

Wang Jie was Li Yuan's nephew. He was born in the Wang family of Langya and was the brother of Wang Yi, Duke of Qi. He had followed Li Yuanhui for a long time and was brave and good at fighting. In this battle, he followed Luo Shixiang and led 200 cavalrymen to attack the army of more than 10,000 people. His performance was extremely outstanding. Therefore, he was promoted.

Zhao Da's former troops originally numbered 6,000. After this battle, there were only about 5,400 left. Li Yuanhui replenished the number to 6,000, and still divided it into two.

The 3,000 troops originally under the command of Zhao Er were named "Longjie Army". Zhang Qiong, who had made outstanding contributions in this battle, was appointed as the left commander-in-chief, and Ma Renyu as the right commander-in-chief.

Another 3,000 people were named "Shen Ce Army" with Shi Yanchao as the left commander-in-chief and Han Duo as the right commander-in-chief.

The Tian Ce Mansion, which had only a team of subordinates but no actual military power when it was first established, now commanded the six armies of "Zhaoxia", "Xiaoguo", "Shenwu", "Shence", "Beiwei" and "Longjie".

Among them, his personal troops numbered 3,600, the Beiwei Army and the Xiaoguo Army each numbered more than 2,000, and the Shenwu, Shence and Longjie armies each numbered 3,000.

The total number is over 16,000.

Li Qinglian was appointed as the Guard General of Tiance Palace, Yu Zhongheng as the Commander-in-Chief, and Zhao Jiong as the Protector-General of the Central Army to supervise all the troops.

The guards of the Prince of Qi's Palace still had the structure of six guards, maintaining the structure of 6,000 people, but with the addition of a few hundred sons of Luoyang nobles, Jianghuai nobles, and sons of generals from various armies to serve as escorts and personal guards. Li Yuanhui also specially gave them the title of Tiance Daidao Sheren.

Among them were Zhu Deyu's nephews Li Bao and Zhu Wenzhen, Duan Wuda's nephew Duan Xiaoxian, etc. Of course, the most prominent one was the prince of the previous dynasty, Xincheng County Duke Murong Kexie.

Because this boy was naughty and did not work hard, he was forced by his own sister, Princess Qi Murong Jiayin, to serve as a guard for her brother-in-law.

Li Yuanhui was very happy to see that Murong Kexie was neither good at civil nor military affairs. After all, he was a prince of the previous dynasty and the uncle of his eldest son. It would not be good if he was both civil and military and had great ambitions.

As for the troops under the jurisdiction of other provincial governors, after personally reviewing them, Li Yuanhui found that he might have made a preconceived empiricist mistake.

The more than 10,000 troops in Yanzhou, Southern Yuzhou and Northern Yuzhou actually had a very good level of training, but they had no experience in combat.

The Xuzhou army, which was farther away, actually had more impressive combat effectiveness because it was trained by Pei Minzhi, but it was not transferred here this time.

After the battle of Luoyang ended, Li Yuanhui did not let the reinforcements from these prefectures and counties go back immediately. He originally planned to wait until the left and right guards from Jianghuai were transferred up before sending them back.

This is a good opportunity to let the thousands of soldiers and horses in Southern Yuzhou return and support the war in Jianghuai on the way.

There is no need to worry too much about the war in Jianghuai. He has chosen people who are conservative and steady for the defense along the river. It is not easy for southerners to go north.
"Color, color, color"

On the parade ground, Li Yuanhui, who was sitting in the main seat in the warm shed, was interrupted by the sudden cheers.

The martial arts performance held in the East City camp today was proposed by Central Guard General Li Qinglian. It called on all armies to send out brave warriors to compete in a variety of skills such as archery on foot, archery on horseback, weapons, wrestling, horse combat, foot combat, tug-of-war, etc.

The top three in each competition will receive generous rewards.

Li Yuanhui naturally had to be present at such a grand event, and so did the generals. All those who could come came.

The one who could make all the onlookers cheer was no ordinary person. A hero from Youwei Guard won the championship in the three subjects of horse fighting, foot fighting and foot archery.

In the horseback archery competition that was currently taking place, he again surpassed all the others in skills, using a powerful bow of 1.6 stone to shoot 12 arrows in a row, all of which hit the center of the bull's eye.

Zhu Deyu standing by also praised him highly, saying: "This man is extremely brave and valiant. He is the best in stabbing, riding and shooting. He is comparable to Chang Yanheng!"

Li Yuanhui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, because this evaluation sounded very familiar.

However, seeing the heroic figure of this brave general galloping in the martial arts field, one could not help but agree that he was comparable to Chang Yanheng.

"Whose general's men are these?"

Li Yuanhui asked casually.

Chen Zhen said, "My king, this man is the Guoyi Commander of the 12th Zhechongfu of the Zuowei Guard, a native of Fuli, Pei County, and his name is Fu Weixue."

Li Yuanhui thought for a moment, then continued to ask: "But who was the first to capture Heqiaobei City and Zhongyu City?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it was this man who led 200 elite soldiers into the city first and beheaded 32 people in one battle. He was the first to achieve the victory in capturing the city."

"Such a talented person is just a brave captain?"

After Li Yuanhui asked this question, Chen Zhen was choked. What could he say? As a general of Zuoweiwei, he could only be promoted to the rank of Guoyi Duwei of Zhechongfu at most.

Besides, although this man was brave in battle, he was also a troublemaker and had only been in the army for a short time. He was recruited by the army when he was recruiting soldiers in Xuzhou in recent years. He seemed to be a colleague of Chang Yanheng before. He also followed several rebel kings in the previous dynasty, but none of them became successful. Chen Zhen had to be cautious when using such a person himself, and did not dare to recommend him to Li Yuanhui rashly.

But today's grand military display by all the armies made him completely famous. It was truly a stroke of luck that he caught the eye of the King of Qi.

"Order him to come forward."

Fu Weixue, who had just dismounted, was still in an excited state. Among the tens of thousands of people, his skills surpassed all others. For a warrior who values ​​honor, this achievement is far beyond the reach of any bounty.

When he saw the guards in red robes coming to summon him, his heart started beating wildly. King Qi? King Qi wants to see me?
Following the guards who led the way to the stage, Fu Weixue saw that among all the generals, there was only one young man who was not wearing an official robe or a long coat. He bowed and said, "General Fu Weixue pays homage to His Royal Highness the King of Qi."

Li Yuanhui saw that this man was eight feet tall and had a strong and muscular figure. He immediately liked him and said with a smile, "Stand up and come forward."

Fu Weixue stood up, took a few steps forward, looked up, and had the impression that the King of Qi was very handsome, then he quickly lowered his head.

"Keep your head up."

Fu Weixue raised his head and met those eyes, then he felt a chill on his back and quickly lowered his head again.

Li Yuanhui looked at him again and saw that the clothes and armor he was wearing were a little old, and there were grooves left by arrows on the iron chest guard on his chest. But he smiled and said, "He is a heroic warrior. Pass on my imperial decree and grant him a full armor of fish scales, a brocade robe, and a precious sword."

Upon hearing this, Fu Weixue said happily, "Thank you, Your Highness the Prince of Qi."

Fish scale armor is very expensive and has very good protective capabilities. For military generals, it is something that can save their lives on the battlefield. As for brocade robes and precious swords, don’t worry about their value, they are bestowed by the King of Qi!

Just in terms of the symbolic meaning, it is priceless.

Li Yuanhui continued, "Although I was an opponent of Cao Yuanjing of the Eastern Wei, I also thought he was a hero. When he passed away, I sent an envoy to offer my condolences. But this little Cao Yan, during the mourning period for his father, wanted to send troops to invade our prefectures. How can this be tolerated? Today in this training ground, I saw General Fu talking about Zhang Zhiyong. I wonder if General Fu is willing to help me defeat the bandits?"

Fu Weixue immediately fell to the ground and bowed, saying, "The king has ordered me to do this, even if I have to stand on the sharp edge of a sword and die, I will not refuse."

"Okay, I will order you to lead a thousand cavalrymen as the vanguard, and rush to Jianghuai with Governor Guo to provide assistance."

"The last general takes orders."

(End of this chapter)