Li Hong received the holy decree of the Son of Heaven and a letter written by Shangshu Linghuang Fu Song. ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ ad-free ∮

In the book, Huangfu Song detailed the imperial court's overall concept and related arrangements for the Northern Xinjiang War, and asked Li Hong to do everything in his power to complete all the objectives of the Youzhou War within the year, so that the second phase of the Northern Xinjiang War could be successfully launched next spring. Huangfu Song said that whether or not the Northern Xinjiang War can succeed has a direct bearing on His Majesty's great cause and on the stability and rejuvenation of the Great Han State, and he hoped that General Zhenbei would be able to end the Youzhou War at an early date and quickly return to the division and state to command the overall situation.

Li Hong and Xian Yufu were very excited, and hurriedly summoned the generals of the various ministries to report the Son of Heaven's determination to go out of the fortress and recover the border counties in northern Xinjiang. The generals were overjoyed when they heard the news. Although Zhu Mu disagreed, he had nothing to say in the face of the Son of Heaven's decree at this time. Since the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Kingdom is going to fight, what else can a courtier say? Be loyal to your country, be loyal to your majesty, and fight bravely.

Li Hong said: "The supply of food and ordnance will soon return to normal, and when the grain, grass and ordnance are ready, we will gather a large army and storm Yuyang." He looked at Zhang He and asked, "Junyi, how many stone-throwing trucks did the old man send you from Jicheng?" ”

"Three." Zhang He replied, "Zhong Zhi is leading people to debug. The old man said that making three stone-throwing trucks a month is already the limit of the Bingcao battalion, and he promised to give us three more next month. ”

Li Hong said with a smile: "The practice of this stone-throwing truck must not be leaked, if the Xianbei people also have a stone-throwing truck, we will be in trouble." Tell the old man to protect the craftsmen. Starting tomorrow, you use these eight catapults to attack Yuyang. Remove the ballista for the time being, we don't have much stock of crossbow arrows, so let's save a little. ”

Yin Si asked, "My lord, should we send the stone-throwing cart back to Jinyang?" If the stone-throwing truck is manufactured in large quantities by the Jinyang Ordnance Workshop, it can produce at least ten or more planes a month. We have placed these catapults in the various passes to make the passes more solid. ”

Li Hong shook his hand and said: "After returning to Bingzhou, we mainly fought out of the fortress, and what we needed was cavalry, a large number of chariots. This stone throwing truck is complicated to make, which is time-consuming and costly, so let's put it alone. After the end of the Northern Xinjiang War, there will be no war in the Great Han Kingdom, so we can do a little more appropriately, and we can place ten crosses in one pass. ”

Jade also said: "Zhong Zhi, this large stone-throwing car is very inconvenient to use. You do have to change. In order to make these rock-throwing trucks work normally, we used tens of thousands of people and thousands of baggage wagons. We have to send people to dig big stones on Jundu Mountain, transport the stones down the mountain and load them onto the car, and send the stones to Yuyang City, which is too troublesome. To make the catapult more useful, you have to reinvent it. ”

Yin Si smiled slightly disappointed.

Li Hong comforted: "You have to think of a way to make this stone-throwing cart smaller and more flexible, and it is best to be able to move synchronously with the army like a ballista." The smaller the stone throwing truck, the less money it uses, and the more convenient it is to use. Only in this way can we equip a large number of catapults with chariot battalions and give full play to the power of the catapults. Hundreds of stone-throwing trucks are placed together, and the power must be amazing. The current catapult can only attack and defend the city, and its role is limited, if you can transform it into a ballista that can be used anytime and anywhere, then the armory workshop can be made in large quantities. ”

Yin Si said excitedly: "General, this is what you said, as long as the stone-throwing cart can meet your requirements, you will make a large number of chariot battalions?" ”

Li Hong smiled: "If you are afraid that I will regret it, we will high-five and swear." ”

After Zhao Yun received Li Hong's order, he took five thousand iron horsemen to support Lucheng as fast as possible.

Su Li, the leader of the Xianbei Wood God tribe in the east, was very afraid of the leopard's iron horse. Although he was ordered to lead his troops to Lucheng, he stayed under the city and did not move, and he was worried that his soldiers would be attacked by leopard iron cavalry because they were exhausted and neglected to take precautions after attacking the city. Before leaving the pass, Milga repeatedly instructed him that the purpose of the attack was only to contain the strength of the leopards, threaten the grain routes of the Han army, and force the leopards' army to retreat to Tuyuan and Yongnu as much as possible. As for whether the Han army withdraws or not, it has nothing to do with them, as long as they send troops, even if they keep their promise and help the Karasuma people once. Micah said that this was just a show, and that it was important not to fight the army of leopards, lest you suffer losses for no reason.

Before Zhao Yun's iron cavalry arrived in Lucheng, he was discovered by the scouts of the Xianbei people. Su Li received a report that it was a leopard's reinforcement coming, and without saying a word, he withdrew into the city of Endless with iron horses. Zhao Yun discussed with Liu Ming for a while, and decided to follow the pursuit and drive the Xianbei people back to Lulongsai.

After the Hun iron cavalry chased to the endless city, the soldiers obeyed Zhao Yun's order, and lit tens of thousands of torches outside the city that night, and the sound of horns came and went, and the momentum was terrifying. Sully was shocked, thinking that this must be the leopard with a large army of cavalry to attack Luronse. He abandoned the city overnight and fled.

Zhao Yun then led the army to occupy the city of Endless City. On the one hand, he informed Han Qiong in Lucheng to immediately send people to garrison Wujian City, and on the other hand, he continued to pursue with a large army. Zhao Yun and Liu Ming oversaw the army and ran wildly, approaching the iron cavalry of the Xianbei people several times. Su Li was very frightened, if he was caught by the leopard again this time, he probably lost his head. He ordered the iron cavalry not to retreat into Xu Wucheng and return directly to Lulongsai. Huaitou is even more in the lead, running faster than anyone else. The Xianbei people in Xu Wucheng saw Su Li and Huaitou fleeing in embarrassment with the army, and they didn't know what was going on, and when they were confused, they saw the banner of the Han army that came later. The Xianbei people in the city were in a big disorder, and they went out of the city one after another, running away after Su Li and Huaitou.

Zhao Yun effortlessly took Xu Wucheng smoothly, and then Lu Longsai was ahead. The Huns got in hot pursuit, shouting and shouting to kill all the way to Luronse. Zhao Yun ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and the army was stationed in Xu Wucheng, waiting for Li Hong's military order. Zhao Yun said to his subordinates, this is a mountain road to Lulongsai, we are not familiar with the terrain, and we don't know how many Xianbei people there are in Lulongsai. This time, we were able to chase the Xianbei people to the head, not because we were powerful, but because the general scared them a few years ago. The Xianbei people still have lingering palpitations and dare not fight. If they knew that the general was still in Yuyang City, they might send troops to fight back. Let's stay here and wait for them to attack the city.

After Li Hong received the news that Zhao Yun had taken Wuzhong City and Xu Wucheng, he immediately ordered Zheng Xin to rush to Xu Wucheng with five hundred black leopard Yicong. After the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Zheng Xin returned to Youzhou. Li Hong said to Zheng Xin, when you arrive at Xu Wucheng, you immediately go to Xu Wushan to find the Tian family's cottage, take all the families of the soldiers to Jicheng, and ask the old man to arrange for them to go to Jinyang. Zheng Xin asked, what about the Tian family? The Tian family has helped us a lot this time, and we have to be grateful for the pictorial. Li Hong said with a smile, when the Youzhou War is over, I will personally come to the door to thank you. If the Tian family is interested, you can send someone to Jinyang to have a look, and you can do business with us. If we are going to buy something, we can prioritize them. Zheng Xin smiled and said, what you say, can I tell the Tian family. Li Hong said of course you can, remember to bring Tian Chou back. He has grown up and should serve his country.

Zheng Xin took the black panther and entered Xu Wushan. When the families of the former Luronse soldiers saw the Black Panther battle flag, many of them cried with emotion. Zheng Xin saw familiar faces and frightened eyes, and there was no joy in his heart, only pain. Many of his comrades-in-arms had died in the western frontier, so how could he open his mouth to tell the hopeful women and children about the deaths of his comrades-in-arms?

Zheng Xin had tears in his eyes, and slowly walked to Xiaoyu's side in a sad cry behind him. Xiaoyu's face was pale, she looked at him with a pair of complaining eyes wide, and asked in a trembling voice, "What about them?" What about the lazy? What about Leizi? What about Dreadnought? What about the beard......"

Zheng Xin hurriedly choked up and said, "They are all alive, they are all alive." Arc Ding, Abandon Shen, Tie Cheng, they are all still alive......"

After Gu Yu lost Ji Ming, she was alone, lonely, Li Hong, Tian Chong, and these soldiers of Lu Longsai became her relatives, and she relied on, and every soldier in Lu Longsai became her concern.

The last time Tian Chou came back, she said that she only saw Uncle Tian Zhong and jade in the camp, and none of the other acquaintances saw it, so she was very nervous. She thought that Li Hong and these people were brothers and sisters, and went back to Youzhou to fight, Li Hong should have brought them back together, did they all die in Western Xinjiang? Tian Chou saw Gu Yu secretly crying because he was worried, and he regretted it very much. I was so happy that I forgot to ask one by one.

Xiaoyu's heart was relieved, and she suddenly mixed joy and sorrow, and tears fell quietly.

The next day, Zheng Xin left Xu Wushan with some of the families of Lu Longsai's soldiers, and some of them stayed behind voluntarily. When their relatives are gone, what are they still going to Jinyang for?

Li Hong saw Zheng Xin coming back and asked carefully about the situation. He heard that the families of the fallen soldiers had not left the mountain, and he felt very uncomfortable. Jade comforted, we have given double shares of the original Lu Longsai's memorial, which can be regarded as a little heart. In the future, when the northern Xinjiang is stable and there will be no war, we will settle them down again, so that they will not suffer and be poor, so that the comrades-in-arms under Jiuquan can also turn a blind eye.

Li Hong shook his head and said resolutely: "No, I want to go to Xu Wushan in person, and I want to take them to Jinyang." ”

Xian Yufu persuaded: "People, we are now fighting everywhere, we have no fixed place, and we may die on the battlefield at any time, how can we have the ability to let them all live a good life?" Even if you bring them to Jinyang, how many years can you take care of them? You are now the general of Zhenbei, guarding the frontier, and you have the ability to take care of them, but what about in a few years? If there is no war in Northern Xinjiang, you will not be a general of Zhenbei, how will you take care of them when you arrive in Luoyang? People, we are just an ordinary subject of the Great Han Kingdom, we have no ability to take care of them for a lifetime, let alone let them have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. To put it mildly, if we die on the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang, what will these people do in Jinyang? They are helpless, how will they live in the future? Now that they are staying in Xu Wushan, they have a piece of land that they have cultivated by themselves, and they have a ration that can sustain their own survival, isn't it better than following us? ”

Li Hong sighed helplessly and painfully, bowed his head and was speechless.

Zheng Xin looked at him and said sadly: "People, Xiaoyu is not willing to go out of the mountain. ”

Li Hong was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, gloomy. Xian Yufu is right, he is just an ordinary subject of the Han Dynasty, he has neither the power to cover the sky with one hand, nor the mountains of money, what can I take care of them? What do I do to protect them? I may be able to live as much as I want, but what about when I die?

Tian Chou stood beside Li Hong and whispered, Sister Xiaoyu said that her relatives were all in Xu Wushan, and she was going to guard her father's tomb in Xu Wushan, the tomb of Brother Ji, and the tomb of all Lu Longsai's fallen soldiers. She didn't go anywhere, she stayed in Xu Wushan. She told me that she would be content as long as the General and all the Luronse soldiers were safe.

Li Hong was silent for a long time, and then said to Zheng Xin: "Write a letter to the Tian family in my name and ask them to take good care of Xiaoyu." As long as I live, I will not treat his Tian family badly. ”

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Gongsun Chan took 3,000 iron horsemen out of nowhere, frequently attacked the territory of the Karasuma people, and in less than 20 days, killed more than 5,000 people of the seven tribes of Karasuma in Liaoxi, and beheaded 4,000 Karasuma soldiers. Wherever Bai Ma Yi went, there were no chickens and dogs, and blood flowed like a river. The Karasuma people gritted their teeth and vowed to catch Gongsun Chan and chop him into pulp.

In mid-August, Gongsun Chan returned to Feiru City with the exhausted righteous soldiers to rest. As soon as he entered the city, he got a good news that he was promoted to Zhonglang General by the Son of Heaven, and his subordinates Yan Gang Guan Jing and other subordinates were also promoted. Gongsun Chan was very happy, and he triumphantly said to his subordinates, "In two months, I can put down Karasuma's rebellion." Then he received a letter from Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou. Liu Yu reprimanded him in the letter, although the words were not very intense, but the words were full of anger. Liu Yu said, I sent people to the Karasuma tribes in Liaoxi and Liaodong to persuade them to surrender and appease, and after a lot of effort, I finally made some Karasuma people agree to be appeased, and even Qiu Liju, the king of Bailang, was shaken. But just when I was about to accomplish a great thing, you led your troops deep into Karasuma's territory to wantonly kill without the consent of me and General Zhenbei, which not only angered the Karasuma people, but also made the appeasement come to naught. Liu Yu said, I order you to garrison troops to be fat, and without my order, you are not allowed to send troops to kill the Karasuma people.

Gongsun Zhan was furious, scolded Liu Yu in front of the generals, and then angrily took three thousand iron horsemen out of the city. This time, he killed directly near Liucheng, first deceived the main force of the Karasuma people with the strategy of attacking the east and west, and then took Yi Cong all the way into the tribal territory of Qiu Liju, killing thousands of Karasuma tribesmen, and also cutting off one of Qiu Liju's arms.

Gongsun Chan ordered his subordinates to pick up Qiu Liju's broken arm, "Wrap it up and give it to Lord Liu, and say that this gift is the best to appease the Karasuma people." ”

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