On May, the Great Wall Fortress.

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The news of King Zuoxian's assassination shocked the Huns, and the leaders of the various departments of Shan Yuting immediately launched a fierce debate over the selection of Da Shan Yu. King Zuo Xian was assassinated, Tie Ye was killed, and the best candidate for Da Shan Yu at present is of course Yu Fuluo, King of Right Xian. However, Yuvro's tribe suffered great losses when resisting the Xiongnu rebels' attack on Meiji, and the strength was relatively low compared to that of the Japanese king. Whether Da Dan Yu was elected in the order of heirs or according to the strength of the tribe, the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes had different opinions and serious differences.

Just when Shan Yuting was arguing, Koji Yi came forward. He found Qubei and clearly told him that the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom and the Zhenbei General's Mansion were fond of Yu Fuluo. Koji Yi hoped to support Yu Fuluo to succeed Da Shan Yu, withdraw from the dispute over Da Dan Yu, rebuild Shan Yu as soon as possible, and everyone worked together to attack the Xiongnu rebels. He was very angry at Da Dan Yu's ambition to win the throne, and he said that your Emperor His Majesty has already said that Da Dan Yu is elected by our tribe itself, and others have no right to interfere. Why don't you keep your promises and go back on your word? Does this mean by the adults themselves? Was the adult bought by Yu Furo? I want to write to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom and ask your Emperor if this is what His Majesty the Emperor said?

Lu Yi's face changed suddenly, his face was like frost, and he said loudly: "If you don't withdraw from the battle of Dadanyu, my army of the Great Han Kingdom will immediately withdraw to the Great Wall fortress." ”

"Did you threaten me or order me?"

"Whether it's a threat or an order, you can do it if you don't do it."

"Your Excellency interferes in the internal affairs of Shan Yuting without permission, this is a capital crime, have you forgotten how Lord Zhang Xiuzhang, the former protector of the Huns, died?"

"You dare to threaten me?" Koji Yi pointed to his nose and sneered, "You open your eyes wide to see who I am?" Without me, you would have died a long time ago, where is there any big order? I repeat, you immediately give me the exit from the big single dispute, otherwise ......"

Qubei looked at the murderous aura in Lu Yi's eyes, the back of his head was cold, and he thought of Tie Ye for a moment. Did Tie Ye send someone to kill him? He is so good at martial arts, he will also be shot by stray arrows? Why did the Han people kill Tie Ye, and why did they force themselves out of the big single dispute? Yu Fuluo made a big single Yu, what are the benefits to the Han people? Suddenly, I woke up to humility, it turned out that the Han people wanted to stabilize Liu Bao and stabilize the 10,000 Hun iron horses in Youzhou. In order to win in Youzhou, the Han people will do anything, and it is even possible to kill themselves under the pretext of killing themselves.

Qubei sighed and nodded in agreement. Without the recognition of the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom, without the help of the Zhenbei General's Mansion and the Hun Zhonglang General's Mansion, even if he made a big Danyu, he would be a short-lived Da Danyu, and he would just seek his own death. He immediately made a request, and if he didn't mention it at this time, no one would pay attention to him in the future.

"I'm going to move my people to the south of the Great Wall."

The premise of the last time that Lu Yi promised to go to Bei and take his people to move south of the Great Wall was that King Zuo Xian came back alive to make a big single Yu, but now that the situation has changed, Lu Yi will naturally not agree, but he will not forget this matter, this is his dream wish, and he can't give up easily.

Seeing that he agreed, Koji Yi was overjoyed and said, "Yes, I keep my promise." ”

"No, my lord agreed." Qubei said, "Your Excellency will immediately send a letter to your Emperor Majesty, and I want the holy decree promised by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom." ”

Koji Yi looked at him, shook his head and smiled: "You really earned it." Okay, I'll write to Your Majesty immediately, but you can't give in vain, you always have to make some demands for Yuvro. ”

"What requirements?"

"Let Liu Bao be the king of Zuoxian, and the deputy of Shan Yuting."

Go's eyes widened, and he raised his hand and exclaimed, "My lord, how is this possible?" Whose idea was this, do you have a brain? ”

"General Zhenbei."

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Qubei took the initiative to give up and support Yu Fuluo to succeed Da Shan Yu, and the dispute over Da Dan Yu disappeared, and everyone immediately worked together to quickly rebuild Shan Yuting. However, at this time, Lu Yi suddenly put forward a request that was difficult for Shan Yuting to accept, and Lu Yi asked Da Shan Yu to appoint Liu Bao, the big pawn, as the king of Zuo Xian, and Shan Yuting's reserve and deputy. Da Dan sneered at Yu Fuluo and immediately rejected it. How is this possible? Something to talk about in the Arabian Nights. It's okay to give Liu Bao a tribal king, but let him be Shan Yuting's reserve and deputy no matter what, don't even think about it.

Does Liu Bao have a tribal clan? Is there strength? Is there any military exploits? Although your Great Han Kingdom helped us quell the rebellion and was kind to me in court, you can't just do whatever you want, and even interfere in such things as the deputy prince, right? You're going too far.

Koji Yi looked at it with his eyes. Go humbly and comprehend. Koi Yi's meaning is very clear, he wants to come forward to support Liu Bao as a reserve deputy. His own strength is strong, especially after the death of Tie Ye, the tribe of Huloulan, the king of Zuoxian, also followed him, and now he is the king of Shan Yuting's right, and his words in Shan Yuting have weight, and Da Shan Yufuluo does not dare not listen. If he hadn't taken the initiative to back down, where would it be his turn to do this big order. As long as he can lead the clan into the south of the Great Wall, he basically has nothing to do with Shan Yuting, and in the future, he can do whatever he wants as the king of the tribe, without looking at Shan Yuting's eyes at all, let alone paying tribute to Shan Yuting and obeying Shan Yuting's dispatch. For the sake of this bright future, he must serve Koji Yi well, and he can't mess with him.

Qubei stood up and said that his tribesmen resolutely followed Liu Bao and supported Liu Bao. The sentence of humility was earth-shattering, and it made a group of bureaucrats and aristocrats in Shan Yuting stupid. Go to listen to Liu Bao? It's not a joke. What kind of thing is Liu Bao, who can listen to him? But since Qubei said it in public, he couldn't help but believe it. What kind of benefits did this go to humility take from Kojiyi, and help so wholeheartedly? For the sake of the 10,000 iron horsemen in Youzhou and in order to curry favor with Liu Bao, it was too much for the Han people to blatantly interfere in Shan Yuting's internal affairs.

The tribal kings and aristocratic bureaucrats of Shan Yuting quarreled, especially Yu Fuluo's eldest son and his followers, and a good prince and deputy suddenly flew away, who could accept it?

Koji Yi sneered in his heart, with a look of disdain. What is it? For the sake of power, the brotherhood of father and son is gone, and even the attack on the rebels is thrown out of the sky. He stood up and said domineeringly: "General Zhenbei said that as long as Liu Bao comes back from Youzhou, his military exploits will be there, his strength will be there, and there will be more tribes. Don't fight, so be it. He shook his hand and walked away. The Huns were so angry that they gritted their teeth and cursed, eager to cut him with a knife.

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After Yu Fuluo succeeded to the establishment of Da Dan Yu, the Huns had two Da Dan Yu. The Marquis of Xubu Gudu occupied Meiji City, and under the support of the leaders of the Seventeen Divisions, he became the Great Shan Yu of the Xiongnu rebels. The two of them, one south and one north, each established a single court, accusing each other of being rebellious. The Marquis of Xubu Gudu was powerful, and Yufuluo had the full support of the Han State, and some tribes of the Xiongnu rebels wavered between the two, at a loss. Although the tribal leaders have different hearts, they actually know in their hearts that the Huns live in the territory of the Great Han Kingdom, and if Da Danyu is not recognized by the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, or even accused of rebellion by the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, his fate can be imagined. Once the northern Xinjiang is stabilized, the emperor of the Great Han State will definitely free up his hands to fight the Xiongnu rebels, and even if the Marquis of Xubu Gudu saves his life, he will be driven out of the territory of the Great Han State. Out of the territory of the Han Kingdom is the territory of the Xianbei people, and it is better to be a slave to the Xianbei people than to be a courtier to the emperor of the Han Kingdom, and the treatment between the two is a world of difference.

However, what made the tribal leaders hesitate was that today's situation in northern Xinjiang was very unfavorable to the Han Kingdom, the Xianbei people attacked continuously, and the army of the Great Han State was overwhelmed and embarrassed. If the Xianbei people win, they can make a fortune after the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, and everyone can not only go south to plunder wantonly, but also occupy more pastures with abundant water and grass, especially importantly, at that time, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu did not need to be recognized by the emperor of the Han State at all, he was the Da Danyu of the Huns, because at that time this land was the Huns, and the Huns lived in their own territory, and the Han State had nothing to do with it. In the future, when the power of the Great Han Kingdom comes back, it will have already passed the border, and at that time, as long as the Huns surrender, the emperor of the Great Han State will agree to any conditions, and as for Yu Fuluo, whose power has declined, he has already been kicked aside.

Just when the leaders of the tribes of the Xiongnu rebels looked around and hesitated, the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Lu Yi gave them a heavy blow.

Over time, the Hun rebels got used to it, and they sometimes saw the Han army squads coming from a distance, and they didn't even assemble the army, and they raised the horn and blew it twice, and they scared the Han army away. In the middle of the year, it rained heavily on the prairie, pouring down, and the whole prairie was bathed in a hazy mist. The iron cavalry of the Han army, which haunted day and night, suddenly disappeared without a trace with the appearance of heavy rain. The Huns didn't care, and under the leadership of Dadu Wei Dangsa and Feng Che, they gathered in Guluo City one after another to escape the heavy rain.

Koji gathered 40,000 iron horsemen and braved the rain to attack Guluo Castle. When the Huns saw the Han army appear, they neither assembled nor sounded the alarm, but as before, laughed and scolded loudly, while lazily blowing the trumpet to scare the enemy, until the Han army killed the sky and rushed out of the rain curtain overwhelmingly, the Huns realized that they had been fooled by the enemy. The Huns met the enemy in a panic and broke through desperately, but because of the interference of heavy rain, several breakthroughs failed, and the casualties were heavy, Dadu Wei Dangsa and Feng Che were killed in battle, the Huns lost their command, and they were in a mess, more than 13,000 people were beheaded 7,000, and the rest of the people surrendered one after another.

The Hun rebels were defeated in Guluo City, the whole army was annihilated, and the Huns were shocked, and many wavering tribal leaders suddenly understood that the Great Han Kingdom was the Great Han Kingdom, no matter how scarred he was, but he was still a giant after all, an invincible giant, and if he offended this giant, the final end must be very miserable. As a result, many tribal leaders secretly sent people to the Great Wall fortress to express their allegiance to Yu Fuluo, saying that as long as Yu Fu Luo returned to Meiji and severely damaged the Marquis of Subu Gu and Baima Tong, he would definitely return to Shan Yuting. It is better to step on two boats than to hang yourself from a tree, it is safe and secure, and it is the only way for the small tribe to survive in the cracks.

Yu Furo was in high spirits and asked Koji to immediately take advantage of the victory to attack Miji, but Koji refused. Koji Yi said unceremoniously that the battle of Guluo City took advantage of the time and place, and it was indispensable. Now that the army is short of food, grass and weapons, the men and horses are tired, and the rain on the grassland is constant, there is no condition to gather the army again to conquer the outside of the Saiwai, in addition, the rebels will definitely learn a lesson from this heavy encounter, be cautious, and will not give themselves such a chance again. Now the rebels are heavily garrisoned in Meiji, and if they want to fight, it will be a hard and bloody battle, and the gap in strength between the two sides is large, and it is impossible to carry out a decisive battle. Let's be patient and wait for the opportunity.

Yu Fuluo was very angry, thinking that Lu Yi was deliberately making things difficult for him, so he wrote to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Kingdom several times, begging the Son of Heaven to urge Lu Yi to send troops to attack Meiji as soon as possible.

The Son of Heaven listened to Shang Shutai's advice and did not agree to Yu Fuluo, he issued an order to reward the soldiers of the Han army, and ordered the soldiers of the Han army to continue to divide the troops to fight guerrilla, drag the Xiongnu rebels, and be sure not to let them divide their troops to support Yanmen Pass.

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In mid-May, Jinyang.

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Although Koji Yi won a great victory at Guluo City, it did not play the slightest role in improving the critical situation in the entire northern Xinjiang.

Xu Rong read Liyi's success report, and was overjoyed, and suddenly thought of a way to encourage the morale of the Yellow Turban Army. He hurriedly ordered Li Wei to rush to Jinyang and invited Master Xiangkai to the Zhenbei General's Mansion. Xu Rong did not shy away from explaining the sinister situation in northern Xinjiang to Xiangkai in detail, "I invited the master to come, I wanted to use the master's strength, one is to stabilize the people's hearts, and the other is to inspire the Yellow Turban Army soldiers to fight for the country." ”

Master Xiangkai obviously knew the inside of the Yellow Turban Army very well, and he was silent for a long time, his face was sad, "My lord, the affairs of the Yellow Turban Army are indeed a bit difficult to handle. However, the adults can draw a group of loyal righteous people from the Yellow Turban Army to form a 10,000-strong elite army. If there are 10,000 people to help Yanmen Pass, it should be more than enough to hold on. ”

Xu Rong smiled bitterly, spread out the map on the desk, pointed to Yanmen Pass and said: "Master, please see, the battle situation in Northern Xinjiang is currently complicated, we are controlled everywhere, and there is no chance of victory. If we continue to be beaten so passively, we will lose not only the four northern counties of Bingzhou, but also the north of the Great Wall Fortress, the northeast of Youzhou, and even the entire Youzhou. Therefore, our problem now is not to hold the Yanmen Pass, but to break this deadlock, change the passive to the active, and completely reverse the unfavorable situation in the entire northern Xinjiang. ”

"General Zhenbei and the emperor of Shangshutai have written several times, and both adults believe that the key to reversing the current unfavorable situation lies in the battle of Yanmen Pass."

Master Xiangkai's white eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly realized, "My lord wants to defeat the Xianbei people?" ”

"Yes." Xu Rong smiled slightly, and said slowly, "Guarding Yanmen Pass will not help the whole battle situation, although the Xianbei people can't enter the pass, but the strength is still there, as long as the Xianbei people have the strength, they can invade at any time, therefore, we can only defeat the Xianbei people and beat them to the ground, in order to shake the foundation of the Xianbei people, in order to break the balance between the forces of the Xianbei parties." Once this balance is broken, the Xianbei people will have civil strife. What we are waiting for is this civil strife, as long as the Xianbei people have internal strife and fight each other, they will not be able to invade the south, and we can take the opportunity to stabilize the northern frontier and recover the lost territory. ”

Master Xiangkai patted the case table and exclaimed in a low voice: "Good plan, good plan." ”

"However, now the Xianbei people outside Yanmen Pass have reached 100,000, which we did not expect in advance, and General Zhenbei and Lord Huangfu did not expect that in the current situation, if we want to defeat the Xianbei people, we will have to recruit at least 200,000 troops."

Xiangkai was dumbfounded, "How is this possible?" ”

"Lord Koyi of the Great Wall Fortress has taken the lead in inflicting heavy losses on the Hun rebels in Guluo City, and now his army has shrunk and now only uses a small force of cavalry to harass the Huns, so as to hold back the strength of the Hun rebels." Xu Rong pointed to Jicheng and continued, "General Zhenbei is about to launch an attack on Jicheng, and take the Tuyin City in Youbeiping, and make a posture of continuing to attack Liaoxi, so as to contain Murong Feng's army. Both sides will face off with the enemy next month in order to support us in our mission of defeating the Xianbei. ”

"Next month?" Xiang Kai asked incredulously, "Your Excellency only has such a short time to prepare?" ”

"As long as nothing happens, there's enough time." Xu Rong said confidently, "At present, food and weapons are being transported to Jinyang in a steady stream, and the only thing missing is these 200,000 troops. The master may help me? ”

"Of course I do, think about the big battle of 300,000 people, it's exciting. All the disciples of my Dazhitang are at the disposal of the adults and resolutely participate in the war. ”

"No, no." Xu Rong said with a smile, "At present, the master and your disciples are not participating in the war, but using the Dharma altars in various places and the teachings of the Taiping Sutra to encourage more than one million people in Bingzhou to resolutely support us in defeating the Xianbei people, so that these people will rush to the Yellow Turban Army camps in various places in groups and ask them to fight. The Yellow Turban Army wanted to protect not only the territory of the Great Han Kingdom, but more than one million people in the state, as well as the peaceful and prosperous era in the minds of more than one million people. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I don't need to tell you about this, and we are obligated to do it. It is a matter of course to defeat the Xianbei people and defend our own homeland, and the people know it, and the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army also know it, so why do you need to agitate and motivate? As long as the adults raise their arms and shout, millions of people in the two counties of Bingzhou will follow behind the adults and go north to attack Hu. ”

Xu Rong stood up and bowed down to thank him, "Everything is up to the master." ”

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In mid-May, Youzhou Jicheng.

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The Xianbei people were stationed in Yuyang and Lulongsai, and there was no sign of going south.

Li Hong sent a large number of scouts to Yuyang and Lulongsai. Concerned about the safety of the families of the soldiers living in Lulongse, he sent the Black Panther to sneak to the vicinity of Lulongsai several times to inquire about the news, but found nothing. Although Li Hong was very anxious, he had no choice but to ask for God's favor. He was awakened by Xiaoyu's cries several times in his sleep, which made him restless in his sleep, and he wanted to attack the endless city in advance several times, but he was worried about alarming the Xianbei people, causing the army to ignore the end of the army, so he had to endure his grief and support it hard. He secretly swore that if he found Xiaoyu, he would never let Xiaoyu leave his side again, and he could no longer bear such fears. If Xiaoyu has something long and short, he will have no face in his life to return to Lu Longsai and return to Ji Ming's tomb.

Huangfu Song's letter reminded him and made him suddenly realize that the current war situation in Bingzhou and Youzhou is closely linked, and the war in Northern Xinjiang is a whole, and it is an undefeated situation carefully planned by Murong Feng. This made him even more afraid of Murong Feng, compared to Murong Feng, compared to Huangfu Song, whether it was the use of soldiers or vision, he was too far behind.

He summoned Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Zhu Mu, Song Wen and Yu Peng to repeatedly study the battle situation in northern Xinjiang. If you want to break this deadlock carefully designed by Murong Feng, you can only make a fuss about the internal contradictions between the Xianbei people.

There are contradictions between Tuoba Feng and Murong Feng, and there are contradictions between the major tribes and Danhan Mountain, and now these contradictions have been squeezed down by Murong Feng by using the war and the territory of the Great Han Kingdom, and if you want to reactivate these contradictions, then as long as you hit the Xianbei people at Yanmen Pass, break the balance of power between the various forces of Xianbei, and crush their dream of capturing the territory of the Great Han Kingdom. The Xianbei people were defeated and fled, and the rest was immediately infighting, just like the Xianbei people returned from the defeat of the Western Xinjiang. That Xianbei people were originally going to have civil strife, and Tuoba Feng had already led an army of 50,000 to Danhan Mountain, but the imminent infighting was easily put down by Murong Feng, and it is estimated that Murong Feng gave Tuoba Feng the plan that had been implemented now. In the face of the greater good, what reason does Tuoba Feng have to continue to fight the civil war? Of course, it was a handshake. If Tuoba Feng suffers another heavy blow in Yanmen Pass this time, he will not give up no matter what, if he does not control Danhan Mountain again, he will lose the opportunity to dominate the grassland forever, and he is very likely to swallow Murong Feng, who has not been damaged so far.

They found a way to break the enemy, and a group of ministers of Huangfu Song and Shangshutai, who were far away in the capital, also stayed awake all night, and they also saw that the battle of Yanmen Pass was the key place to survive in the war in northern Xinjiang, so they petitioned His Majesty several times to increase the supply of food and weapons to help Xu Rong win the war as soon as possible and reverse the passive situation in northern Xinjiang.

Xu Rong was under tremendous pressure and independently supported the overall situation of the annexation state, but his reticence was questioned by the ministers of the DPRK and China. Xu Rong does not have a prominent family background, no brilliant achievements, this person is following General Zhenbei to accumulate military merits and become a Zhonglang general, does he have this ability? Now the war in the state is no longer as simple as sticking to Yanmen Pass, but to defeat the Xianbei people, and hit the Xianbei people hard, can he win this battle? Can it have the effect of turning the situation in northern Xinjiang? Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi had no bottom in their hearts, and no one dared to talk nonsense. No one in the court knew Xu Rong, and with this suspicion, it immediately attracted a call for replacement. The Son of Heaven immediately ordered Li Hong to return to Bingzhou to preside over the war, Li Hong refused, and he wrote to His Majesty that the minister left Lord Xu Rong to preside over the Zhenbei General's Mansion in Bingzhou, so he naturally trusted him absolutely. If Xu Rong does not win this battle, he is willing to accept his fault and thank His Majesty for his death. Li Hong also said that compared with the battle of Yanmen Pass, Youzhou is more important. There is Murong Feng in the north of Youzhou, and there are rebels and Karasuma people in the east, and it is easy for the state and county to lose everything.

The Son of Heaven still had to continue to insist, and another shocking battle report was transmitted in Youzhou, and Kamiya Karasuma and Daijun Karasuma rebelled, gathering 30,000 troops to storm the Flying Fox Fortress. The emergency documents of the Flying Fox Fortress are reported three times a day, and each one is more urgent than the other. The Son of Heaven was dumbfounded, no matter what, the mess in Youzhou would be left to Li Hong to clean up.

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Huangfu Song and the ministers of Shangshutai urgently consulted, and then urgently wrote to Jizhou Mu Yang Qi, and made every effort to deliver grain and grass to Youzhou as quickly as possible. In this way, even if the Chi Road of the two states of Youji was cut off by the Karasuma rebels, Li Hong's army could still hold on for a while.

Without hesitation, Li Hong immediately ordered Yan Rou to take Yan Wudaunt's 5,000 iron cavalry into Juyong Pass, and at the same time recruit 2,000 iron cavalry from each of the two tribes of Maiye and Bailu to accompany him to the battle, ensuring Shanggu County and preventing the Karasuma rebels from threatening the safety of the army from the flank.

"Urgently order the Zhenbei General's Mansion, recruit and transfer Captain Lou Lu and the cavalry of Kamiya Karasuma to rush back to Youzhou."

"Call Yan Liang to come, let him support the Flying Fox Fortress with five thousand foot soldiers, resolutely block the Karasuma people, and ensure that the gallop between the two states is unimpeded."

"......Slow down," Yan Wuxing suddenly called out to the herald.

Li Hong looked at him strangely and said with a smile: "What? Daring Do You Want to Go to Flying Fox Fortress Yourself? ”

Yan Wuxing smiled: "My lord, can I have a few words with you in private?" ”

Xian Yufu, Yan Rou and Jade looked at each other, and Qi Qi laughed and said, "Fearless, they are all their own brothers, what do you have to say here, why do you want to say it privately with adults, what?" Are you still afraid that we know? ”

These people have been fighting side by side since they were in Youzhou, and they have deep personal feelings, and they have always had nothing to say. Yan Wuxing's attitude made them very strange.

"yes, Daring No." Li Hong smiled, "We are all old brothers, what can't we say in person?" That's it. ”

Yan Wuxing smiled, just a few of us will say this in private, you should not have heard it. He said Wen Chou's complaints again, "In my opinion, several Jizhou generals, adults are the best for Zilong, and they do look at Zijun a little differently." ”

Yan Rou couldn't help laughing, "People, someone is dissatisfied with you, haha......"

"Really?" Li Hong asked Xian Yufudao, "Brother Yu Xing, do you think so too?" ”

Xian Yufu sighed, "When Yan Liang was not there, he was the leader of Gao Ran, and in comparison, Wen Chou really didn't have much chance. The commander of the five infantry battalions, Gao Ran and Wen Chou are still lieutenants, if he is promoted, Gao Ran will definitely be more qualified than him. Dauntless is right, this time let Wen Chou lead the army to the Flying Fox Fortress. ”

Li Hong smiled: "This is my negligence. Compared with Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Wen Chou is much calmer and steady, when he was in Jizhou at the beginning of last year, if there was no Wen Chou, Yan Liang almost had to poke the basket. Guarding the Flying Fox Fortress is indeed more suitable for Wen Chou, but there are not many people in Wen Chou's battalion. He thought for a moment and said, "Let Gao Ran come to the big camp to join the military, and merge the two battalions to make up 4,000 people." Gao Shun, Xu Huang and Zhang Zhen are all fierce generals, let them go together, the Flying Fox Fortress can't be lost. ”

"Isn't 4,000 a little less?" Jade frowned and said, "Do you want them to pick another two thousand strong soldiers to go with them?" This is a Hu beater, and the soldiers are all Han Chinese, they should be able to distinguish right from wrong? When the Han people in northern Xinjiang heard that they were beating the Hu people, they always took the lead bravely and did not flinch. ”

Li Hong immediately nodded when he heard this: "Congyi is right, this is a good way." At present, we will not fight with the Xianbei people for the time being, and we can use these few months to train a group of soldiers to supplement the infantry army, which is a good way. ”

"I think so, rebuild two battalions of foot soldiers, call Gao Lan, Xu Huang, Gao Shun, and the military marquis of each department to stay, and the tun commander and team leader are drawn from other departments, and immediately select 10,000 soldiers from the prisoner camp to start training."

"Tell Wen Chou to take Zhang Zhen and Wu Xiong, 4,000 soldiers, 2,000 soldiers, a total of 6,000 soldiers, and ride to the Flying Fox Fortress to support."

Wen Chou was very happy when he received the military order, and happily ran to the big tent to bid farewell to Li Hong. After Li Hong instructed a few words, he said with a smile: "Zijun, if there is anything in the future, you will come to me in person, and I will agree to you if I can promise you." Didn't you like to talk to me in the past? Why is it serious now? ”

Wen Chou smiled: "My lord is a general now, and he is busy with military affairs, where do I dare to disturb you and delay your time." As long as the adults remember to bring me with them when they were fighting, I would be grateful. ”

Li Hong talked and laughed with him all the way and sent him out of the big tent. Seeing Wen Chou galloping away like a dragon and a tiger, Li Hong couldn't help but sigh, as the official became bigger and bigger, and there were more and more things, it was rare for him to sit with his old subordinates and talk and chat. Everyone is often not together, they are much more estranged, and they even speak politely, which seems very angry. He suddenly remembered the old crutch. It's an old friend, and I don't know how long I haven't seen him, at this moment he wants to see him very much, and wants to sit with him and chat, "Ling Ming, go, go with me to see an old friend." ”

The old crutch who was busy in the Bingcao camp looked at Li Hong in surprise, and his eyes suddenly moistened, "Adults have grown a beard?" ”

Li Hong took his hand and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I want to come and see you, are you okay?" ”

"Thank you, sir. I'm okay, a bunch of old brothers are okay, let's go, I'll take you to see them, everyone hasn't seen adults for more than a year, and they miss you very much. ”

Li Hong's heart trembled, and tears immediately soaked his eyes.

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Li Hong accompanied Lao Gui and a group of Lu Longsai veterans to dinner, and everyone had a long time of nonsense, and then happily returned to the camp with Pang De.

In the big tent, Jade was talking with a young Confucian student, and when Li Hong saw him, he was surprised and delighted, and he didn't say anything for a long time. The young Confucian was also overjoyed when he saw him, knelt on the ground, and said loudly, "Tian Chou has come to see the general. ”

Li Hong hurriedly walked a few steps, helped him up, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "You have grown up, you have grown up." Did your father give you a word? ”

"Father, give the word Zitai." The young and handsome Tian Chou replied, "My lord, I heard that after you came to Youzhou with a large army, I immediately came to Jicheng to look for you. ”

"Why did you find me now?"

"After the rebels raised troops in Youzhou, our family and people immediately moved to Xu Wushan." Tian Chou said, "We have been hiding in the mountains and dare not come out, and only once a month we send a few hunters to the foot of the mountain to inquire about the news. A few days ago, several rebel deserters ran into the mountains and were caught by us, and we learned that the adults had already left the customs and defeated the rebels last month. As soon as I heard about it, I came out of the mountains to find you. ”

Li Hong looked at the excited Tian Chou, endured his anxious mood, and slowly asked, "Xiaoyu ......?"

"Sister Xiaoyu heard that you were back, and she cried happily......"

Li Hong's heart was relieved, and the thousand pounds of heavy stones on his body suddenly unloaded with Tian Chou's words, and his whole body was extremely comfortable, he didn't listen to Tian Chou's words later, his mind was full of Xiaoyu's big sad eyes, Ji Ming's heart-rending shout, he was full of joy, and he couldn't wait to yell loudly, suddenly, he found that Xiaoyu was so important in his heart, and if Xiaoyu had any accidents, he was willing to exchange his life.

"You know how Luronse lost it?" Li Hong asked suddenly.

Tian Chou was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "It was all betrayed by Zhang Ju, the dog thief." Before Zhang Ju's incident, Lu Longsai's defenders were all replaced, and the guard general Hou Sui was Zhang Ju's protégé. At that time, I felt that something was wrong, and strongly opposed my father sending Sister Xiaoyu to Lulongsai. After Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun got up, the people who lived in Lulongsai were immediately driven out by Hou Sui under the pretext of guarding the pass, and they had nowhere to go, so they had to flee to Xu Wushan. ”

"And now what about these people?" Li Hong was shocked and angry, and asked eagerly.

"Don't worry, adults, they were all taken to the cottage by their father, and now they are with us."

"Thank goodness." Li Hong took a long breath and raised his hand to celebrate, "Immediately pass a letter to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, and ask Lord Xu to tell the soldiers of Youzhou in all departments that the family members living in Lulongsai are all safe, and ask them not to worry." ”

"Ling Ming, hurry up and invite the old man, just say that the little prodigy of the Tian family in Endless City is here."

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After five days of delay, the stone-throwing truck was finally completed, this is a huge vehicle, only the lever is four feet thick, more than three feet long, it takes 300 people to pull the rope at the same time to shoot more than 150 pounds of boulders, the range is about 70 steps.

Zhang He and Yin Si took the soldiers of the chariot battalion and the craftsmen of the Bing Cao battalion to put the catapult into position, and then immediately erected dozens of huge shields in front of the catapult to prevent the rebels in the city from firing with strong bows. At the same time, thousands of chariot battalion men drove wagons and ox carts to transport a large number of boulders from the military capital mountain hundreds of miles away. Everything is ready, just waiting for Xian Yufu to come out of Jicheng.

Tian Qiang refused Xian Yufu's offer. He thought that with the tallness and sturdiness of Jicheng, 5,000 soldiers, and abundant grain, grass and weapons, it would definitely not be a problem to defend it for a month or two. One more day of his stay would give the rebels who had fled to Liaoxi an extra day of respite. When the mountains and rivers are exhausted, it is not too late for him to lead the army to surrender, and at that time, he will be worthy of his teacher Zhang Ju and a group of Yellow Turban Army brothers. In order to surrender smoothly on the day when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he is quite polite to Xian Yufu, although the two sides cannot talk, but the atmosphere is still harmonious. Xian Yufu's persuasion was ineffective, so he had to take his leave and take Pound out of the city.

Li Hong ordered the siege of the city.

Zhao Yun, Nie Xiao, Jiang Wu, Liu Ming, and Liu Bao each led the cavalry battalion to surround the four gates, waving their flags, the war drums sounded in unison, the roar was like thunder, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and they were about to attack the city.

Behind the catapult, Xian Yuyin, Yan Liang, and Hua Xiong lined up behind the chariot battalion with their respective infantry battalions, ready to charge at any time.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Yushi, Zhu Mu and others stood behind the stone-throwing cart, he looked at the crowd busy around the stone-throwing cart in the distance, and said to the generals with a smile: "If this guy is easy to use, we will do more in the future, so that we can kill many brothers less when attacking the city." ”

Tian Zhong smiled: "My lord, it was you who didn't agree to do it last time, and it's you who want to do a lot this time, don't you say it easily, do you have so much money?" ”

Li Hong said embarrassedly: "It's not that I didn't want to do it last time, it's that the situation doesn't allow it." But now it's different, I can make it without money. ”

"Oh, what's your master's trick?" Jade laughed.

"You know what? Lord Xu has already expanded the ordnance workshop in Jinyang and Anyi, using the money of local tycoons, anyway, 100 million yuan on credit is also credit, and 1 billion dollars on credit is also credit, so let's just make a hundred stone-throwing carts on credit at one time and put them in fortresses all over the country. In the future, when the Hu people come to attack the city, we will use this thing against them, and it will definitely work. ”

Everyone was talking and laughing, and they heard a shocking roar in front of them, "boom......", as the lever was raised high, a hundred-pound boulder rose into the sky, and the boulder smashed towards the high city wall with a terrifying whistling sound.

The boulder crossed the city wall in a blink of an eye, and it was gone.

Zhang He and Yin Si glanced at each other, their faces full of shame, and hurriedly beckoned the craftsman to adjust the distance. It's a shame now, the first shot is dumb, and what about the artillery car?

The second shot was even worse, falling directly into the moat and splashing high waves.

Although the two rounds were dumb, the huge power of the stone-throwing truck still opened the eyes of the tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, and the cheers one after another were deafening.

The third shot hit the battlements of the city wall, and with a loud bang, the battlements disappeared along with the boulders.

Zhang He, Yin Si, Zhang Xiao and a group of officers, the soldiers of the chariot battalion, the craftsmen of the Bingcao battalion, and thousands of people raised their hands and shouted wildly, and the excited roar rushed straight to Xiao Han, "hit the ......"

"On the stone...... Upper Stone ...... Smash...... Smash ......"

"Boom...... Boom......" The boulders smashed into the city wall one by one, and the huge impact sound was earth-shattering, and even the ground under his feet began to shake, and the city wall trembled and groaned under the violent impact of the boulder.

The rebel soldiers discovered the main direction of the Han army and gathered one after another, but they saw that the Han army had a terrifying chariot that was constantly throwing boulders, and they were all frightened and frightened. The soldiers trembled and crouched behind the city wall, not even daring to raise their heads, and several soldiers were very unfortunate to be hit by the boulder, and their flesh and blood were blurred, and they didn't even have time to shout out their souls to heaven.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu and the others were also excited, and they shouted behind the soldiers, completely forgetting their identities.

The soldiers of the chariot battalion became more and more accurate, and the boulders concentrated in the middle of the city wall, and began to bombard wildly, and the city wall shook more and more.

From noon to dusk, the stone-throwing truck shot more than 150 boulders in a row, and the devastated city wall finally collapsed after a violent shaking.

Thousands of archers from the Strongbow Battalion fired arrows at the sound of an order. The ballista then aimed at the rebels who had already lined up behind the city walls and began a frenzied slaughter.

As soon as the ballista roared out, the first batch of 1,000 soldiers besieging the city, led by Yan Liang, roared loudly, and rushed towards the collapse of the city wall like a tide with dozens of ladder bridges across the river. The siege soldiers quickly climbed along the boulders to the top of the gap in the wall, and until then they had not seen a single enemy soldier. The rebel soldiers had already been killed and wounded by the ballista and scattered.

The sharp ordnance of the Han army was so powerful that it scared the rebel soldiers into the air, and they no longer dared to show their heads near the city walls. The Han army took advantage of a big advantage, and thousands of soldiers followed the siege front army and quickly climbed over the boulders, rushed through the collapsed city walls, and swarmed in, and fierce street battles immediately unfolded throughout Jicheng.

In accordance with the order of the Shangguan, after entering the city, the Han soldiers only did one thing, that is, they took a team of 100 people, rushed desperately, absolutely did not entangle with the enemy, and scattered the enemy until they were scattered, so that the enemy's soldiers could not find the generals, and the enemy's generals could not find the soldiers, and they rushed to pieces.

Yan Liang rushed to the front, and he took his personal guards to run for several miles in one go, until he rushed into Tian Qiang's mansion. Tian Qiang saw that the city wall was breached, and he was leading people to prepare to hold on to the government and find an opportunity to surrender, but the impact of the Han army was too fast, and before he could even shout the words of surrender, he was cut into several pieces by a group of wolf-like Han soldiers, and he didn't know where to kick his head.

By midnight, half of the 5,000 soldiers had been killed, and half had surrendered.

Zhao Yun and his cavalry were so angry that the infantry soldiers only cared about slashing and killing themselves, and they didn't even bother to open the city gate for them. The cavalry had nowhere to go, so they could only scold under the city, eager to fly into the city with wings. Later, the city gate was finally opened, but the battle in the city was over, except for helping the infantry soldiers to guard the prisoners, they did not even raise their swords.

Zhao Yun looked at Yan Liang, who was full of murderous anger, and asked angrily, "Is the eldest brother a good one?" ”

Yan Liang shook his head and said with a disappointed expression: "I ran for two miles in one go, and I didn't do anything except stomp open a door. Now these subordinates are sharp, and wherever I go, the enemy soldiers are gone, and I can only stare dryly. ”

Zhao Yun was angry and laughed wildly.

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In mid-May, Luoyang.

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Since the beginning of this month, the Son of Heaven has successively issued orders to recruit celebrities and scholars and a group of old ministers to serve in the inner and outer courts, but several old ministers who have great influence in the government and the opposition have politely shirked for various reasons and refused to take office. The old lady Yuan Kui is one. The Son of Heaven very much wanted Yuan Kui to re-enter the court. The Son of Heaven thought that if he could push the Dao general He Jin and get Yuan Kui's support, the gate lord clan would definitely gather and respond, and it would be a matter of course to abolish the heirs and establish a concubine. In order to let the old lady reappear, the Son of Heaven specially sent a heavy gift to Yuan Kui on his birthday. Yuan Kui didn't dare not enter the palace to thank him, he pretended to be old and entered the North Palace with a cane.

The weather has been bad in the past few days, and it has been pouring rain every day, and Yuan Kui sat aside after giving the Son of Heaven a courtesy to the monarch and ministers. The Son of Heaven chatted with him casually, and asked some trivial matters with concern, and then the Son of Heaven sighed for a long time, saying that there was no mainstay like the old man in the court, which caused the Great Han Kingdom to be in turmoil, and he did not have a day of peace of mind, "If the old man can return to the court and share his worries for me, it is a matter of great prosperity in the Great Han Kingdom." ”

Yuan Kui coughed non-stop, looking like an old dragon clock, and he hurriedly bowed to the ground to thank the Son of Heaven for his grace. Yuan Kui said that as long as the minister is still physically supportive, he will definitely return to the court to be loyal to His Majesty, but now the court is full of protégés and former officials of the middle officials, that is, the current three important ministers are also a group of people who tend to be inflammatory, and the power of the middle officials is so strong, they completely control the authority of the inner and outer courts, and the ministers are entering the court, what can they do to help Your Majesty?

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he suddenly had a calculation in his heart. This hometown life turned out not to be unwilling to enter the court, but to put forward conditions to himself by the reason for entering the court. As long as you are willing to enter the court, what about the conditions that I promised you? Zhongguan is powerful, on the other hand, in fact, the scholar clan is small, I just promised you that it is okay to be a lieutenant again, but you have to give me a reason.

Yuan Kui said: "The disaster of the party, the scholars were persecuted, and the party once had no place to stand, but Your Majesty can take a look, since the disaster of the ant thief, who fought for Your Majesty bloodily?" Who is defending His Majesty's home and country? After all, the lieutenant is a minister of the inner court, and he is not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility of governing the country. Your Majesty should think about the future generations, vigorously select the virtuous people, and ...... in the future"

What the Son of Heaven wants to hear is this future, Yuan Kui's meaning is already obvious, but the Son of Heaven is not at ease, and asks, "The Zhongguan retreats to the inner court, but in the future, the foreign relatives and important ministers ......."

"Your Majesty, Liang Yi and Dou Wu are lessons from the past, their relatives are in power, and they are still the source of the troubled country, and we scholars may not have a good life, so we ......"

The Son of Heaven understood what Yuan Kui meant. The enmity between the scholars and the officials is as deep as the sea, and isn't there also a lot of contradictions with their relatives? Once a relative is in power, where is there a place for the scholars? For their own sake, of course, the Shi clan hopes that Xiao Donghou will inherit the unification. It's just that now that the general has a heavy army in his hands and is powerful, how dare these gate lords and scholars put these thoughts on their faces? If this kind of mind is leaked out, an old guy like Yuan Kui is still looking for death?

If the power of the Zhongguan decreases and the power of the scholar clan recovers, won't the general be even more isolated? The Son of Heaven figured out the key, and his spirit immediately lifted up, and he smiled: "When will the old man's body get better?" ”

Yuan Kui shook his hand and coughed even more, "The old ministers are not good, and the other group of old ministers are even worse, Your Majesty should think about young people, young people with protégés and disciples all over the world." ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, and his small eyes looked at Yuan Kui in confusion, waiting for him to continue.

"Taixue sacrifices wine and horses, and there are so many disciples that I am afraid there is no one else in the world."

The Son of Heaven suddenly woke up. In addition to the opposition of the scholars and bureaucrats above the court, there is also an opposition force that is the students of Taixue. The boss deserves to be the boss, and it seems that he really thinks about me.

"Your Majesty, although Fan Ling and Xu Xiang are the third dukes, they are both unscrupulous people and are despised by scholars, how many honest and loyal scholars in the world are willing to tarnish their reputation as officials in the same dynasty with them? Your Majesty should exclude him from the court, fulfill the wish of the world's corporals, and return the Han Dynasty to a clear and clear society, so that those who enter the government as officials are not eager to gather together? ”

The Son of Heaven smiled and understood.

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Under May, Jinyang.

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The winter wheat harvest in Taiyuan and Shangdang entered a climax, and at the same time, the disciples of Dazhitang spread all over the two counties, and on the occasion of preaching the Taiping doctrine, they wantonly spread the righteousness of protecting the country and defending the family, and tried to arouse the hatred of the people for the invasion of the Hu people, and encouraged the people to pick up swords and guns, defend their homes, and kill the Hulu.

The Yellow Turban Army was shocked by the people's enthusiasm for killing the enemy and their tragic cries, and countless enthusiastic soldiers took the initiative to ask for help, asking to go north to Yanmen Pass to kill the enemy and serve the country and defend their homeland.

Zhang Yan, Yang Feng, and Zhang Baiqi gathered at the Zhenbei General's Mansion to discuss the formation of an army of 200,000 day and night. In accordance with Zhang Yan's military order, the marshals of the Yellow Turban Army of all departments led the army to assemble at the Longshan camp. A few days later, the Zhenbei General's Mansion, the Pingnan Zhonglang General's Mansion and the Diannong Duwei's Mansion jointly ordered the requisition of 130,000 Tuntian soldiers to the Longshan Battalion to form a new army.

Due to the frequent requisition and transfer of the Yellow Turban Army, the establishment of all departments was disrupted, the officers above the Sima level of the Yellow Turban Army were continuously transferred, and the morale of the generals in the army fluctuated, which finally gave Zheng Xin a chance, and he got the secret meeting of some middle and lower-ranking lieutenants of the Yellow Turban Army. Just when Zheng Xin was trying every means to investigate whether they were secretly plotting a rebellion, Xiao Lao, who was far away in the south of Shangdang and led the army to suppress bandits, sent someone to send a Yellow Turban Army officer who knew the inside story. This person was a small leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Montenegro, who used to be a Confucian student, and when Li Su raided the Yellow Turban Army late at night, he was captured alive. This person was afraid of death, Li Su hadn't beaten him yet, he recruited all of them, and he took the initiative to confess that the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro went down the mountain to grab food and was arranged by Xiao Hong, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army stationed in the eldest son city, and also said that this person contacted a group of middle and lower-level lieutenants of the Yellow Turban Army, conspired to kill Zhang Yan, set up another commander, and raised troops to fight back. Zheng Xin interrogated overnight and gained a lot.

After Zhang Yan and Yang Feng read Zheng Xin's documents, they sighed and were speechless. These officers of the Yellow Turban Army who participated in the rebellion are now in the Longshan camp, and they were all arrested within a day. Fuyun flatly denied that he knew about it, but it was about the battle of Yanmen Pass, and he was still locked up.

130,000 Tuntian soldiers braved the heavy rain and began intensive training.

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