Chapter 31: Great Talent
Although Chu Yun made a decision to temporarily submit to Liu Kun according to the original plan, Mo Han also decided to continue to recruit the Iron Army. But neither side said it directly, as if whoever spoke first would lose. Of course, Chu Yun was confident in his heart, and he knew that Mo Han was here to beg for himself. And Mo Han maintains the basic quality of a negotiator, because his invitation to Chu Yun is like buying something, the buyer's market and the seller's market price are different, otherwise this Mo Han would not be valued by others after representing Liu Kun many times to Tuoba Xianbei, he is still very capable.
It's just that this time Mo Han found the wrong object, now is not the time for Chu Yun to beg them to take him in, plus Chu Yun originally wanted to delay the time to see the situation, so Chu Yun was not in a hurry at all, and he didn't know what confidence Mo Han had, he didn't even show a trace of eagerness, but Liu Ding took action.
Liu Ding has recovered, he is not a fool, when he saw the strong strength of the Iron Blood Castle, he immediately sent a letter to his father, and he usually often pulls several captains of the Iron Blood Castle to pull relations. It's a pity, the captains of the Iron Blood Castle are either promoted by Chu Yun personally or are afraid of Chu Yun's methods, and none of them dare to betray Chu Yun. Mo Han didn't stop watching Liu Ding's small movements all the time, and when Liu Ding had been operating for many days without any gain, he knew Chu Yun's control over the Iron and Blood Army, so he put down all his careful thoughts.
At this time, Liu Kun was not idle, with his support, his nephew Wei County Taishou Liu Yan occupied Yecheng, Yecheng has always been the state capital of Yizhou, and Liu Kun, who occupies Yecheng, is basically equivalent to occupying Yizhou. It's a pity that Liu Yan's success can't help Liu Kun too much, Liu Yan is not only facing Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou in the north, and the Xianbei people, but he also has to face Shi Le, who is about to defeat Xiang Bing in the north and Shangyizhou in the south. In addition, he is not a legitimate Yizhou assassin history, so there are still many internal problems, such as those county guards and county orders who defected to Wang Jun gave Liu Yan a headache.
In addition, the Han and Zhao armies surrounded Jinyang, and his ally Tuoba Xianbei had not yet sent troops, so although Liu Kun was not exhausted, he was also very dangerous. He ordered Liu Ding and Mo Han to convince the Iron Blood Army to surrender as soon as possible, so that he could control the cavalry force of thousands of people, and his options would be greatly increased.
"Brother Chu Xian, I have been disturbing Brother Xian for more than ten days, I deeply feel Brother Xian's ability, I don't know what Brother Xian thinks of the court?" Chu Yun couldn't help but laugh when he heard Mo Han's words, this Mo Han finally couldn't help it, but being able to endure it for so long can be regarded as admirable.
"Brother Mo, I don't know what you mean? Isn't the imperial court fighting with the Huns in Chang'an now? Although the emperor (Emperor Huai of Jin) is nowhere to be found, the holy prince is reigning (Emperor Jin Shu), and King Langya organized people in Jiangnan, and there are loyal ministers such as Liu Thorn Shi and Youzhou King Thorn Shi, I think the day of peace in the world is not far away. Although Chu Yun didn't think so at all in his heart, he still wouldn't easily say what he thought.
"Brother Chu Xian, don't deceive yourself, you and I know what the court is like now. The prince of Chang'an was besieged by the heavy soldiers of Han and Zhao, which can be said to be precarious, and the king of Langya was ambitious under the support of the southern family, and Liu Tingshi did not even dare to stay in the fiefdom, and Wang Tingshi's thoughts were well known. On the contrary, the Hu people were prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, Liu Cong of the Huns stood in the Central Plains, and Shile also swept the north of Yanzhou, and the three Xianbei were also eyeing each other. Now the world is more chaotic than the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Could it be that Brother Chu Xian said that it is now a peaceful and prosperous world, can he believe it?" After Mo Han finished speaking, Chu Yun was stunned, this is not leaving a little face for the imperial court, what does this Mo Han mean by telling himself this? Isn't he Liu Kun's envoy to win him over? What he thought before was wrong?
"What does Brother Mo mean, you can say it directly. Chu Yun stared at Mo Han and asked.
"Brother Chu Xian, you can command thousands of fierce men and horses at the age of a weak crown, and with Zhao Wanglun's treasure to support, I think Brother Chu Xian will definitely be able to achieve great things. It's just that the only disadvantage of the younger brother is that there is no station, if Chu Xiandi can occupy a piece of land and develop it carefully for several years, with Chu Xiandi's talent, he may not be able to compete in the Central Plains and achieve a hegemony. Chu Yun looked at this Mo Han, he really dared to say it, he didn't dare to say his mind directly, but this Mo Han said it directly, isn't he afraid that he will kill people? Could it be that he is testing himself?
"Brother Mo, your words are serious, I just want to avenge my parents, and I don't have any other thoughts, today's words come out of your mouth and into my ears, and I will treat Brother Mo as drunk. Chu Yun shook his head and wanted to leave.
At this time, Mo Han grabbed Chu Yun: "Brother Chu Xian, the Sima family is not in the right position, if they didn't bully orphans and widows, how could they get the throne." Even if it is not right, it can be made up, if you do more good things for the people of the world and do practical things, then how can the people of the world disagree with them. But what did their family do? They were good at infighting, and they smashed the world to pieces, and led the Hu people into the customs, so that Shenzhou fell. Is such a court worthy of allegiance? Brother Chu Xian, a manly husband should dominate the world, this emperor Sima family deserves it, how can Brother Chu Xian not be? I think that Brother Chu Xian should be out of this dense forest, Liu Tingshi is a loyal minister, but he does not have this ability, he is too dependent on the Xianbei people and will be defeated sooner or later. But this time, Tuoba Xianbei will not let Liu Tingshi die, so even if Chu Xiandi does not send troops to help, it will not be in the way of annexing the state. But for Brother Chu, he lost an opportunity. This time, as the plenipotentiary representative of Liu Tingshi, he promised to grant Brother Chu a county guard, and he could express Brother Chu Xian as a real general, hoping that Brother Chu Xian would seize this opportunity and achieve a career. ”
Chu Yun looked at Mo Han's eyes, from Mo Han's eyes, Chu Yun just saw sincerity, Chu Yun really didn't know what this Mo Han was going to do, did he want to bet on himself in advance? But although he has some strength, he is just a stronger ant. There are many forces that can pinch themselves to death by stretching out their hands, even the current Liu Kun can do it. His nephew Liu Yan occupies Yecheng, not to mention more. 10,000 troops can still be put together, and his subordinates look like cavalry, but they are just infantry on horseback, and they may not necessarily fight 10,000 regular troops.
But he has never shown his ambition, how can this Mo Han see it? Chu Yun didn't know Mo Han's thoughts, so he was still very cautious.
"Brother Mo, what official position do you think I should ask for from Liu Tingshi?" Chu Yun decided to spy on Mo Han's thoughts.
"Shangdang County Guard. Mo Han said with a smile, Chu Yun recalled the Shangdang County in his mind, it seemed that that place was in the middle of Zhao Han, Chang'an Imperial Court, and Jinyang, this is not a good place, isn't this the first line of resistance against Zhao Han's army?
"Brother Chu Xian, don't worry, listen to me carefully. Shangdang County is connected to Taiyuan County in the north, Hedong County in the west, and Jianxing County in the south. The party, so also, is the highest on the mountain, so it is said that the party is also. Shangdang County is surrounded by mountains and has a very strong defense, and Brother Chu's elite defense is handy. Shangdang County has a large population and strong folk customs, which is suitable for conscription. There are very few families, because Shangdang County is now in the hands of the Huns, so most of the families have gone to Jinyang and Youzhou, which is greatly beneficial to Brother Chu's ruling measures. Before Mo Han finished speaking, Chu Yun interrupted, the Shangdang now belongs to the Huns, how many heads does Chu Yun have to compete with hundreds of thousands of Huns?
"Brother Mo, don't tell me, let my iron-blooded army send troops to the party to harass the back road of the Huns to relieve the siege of Jinyang, I admit that I don't have a sin Brother Mo, why did Brother Mo harm me so much?" Chu Yun directly expressed his dissatisfaction.
Mo Han laughed out loud: "Brother Chu Xian, don't worry, of course Brother Fool doesn't want you to fight with the Huns now, but wants you to express an attitude towards Liu Tingshi and the imperial court." Brother Chu Xian is too young, and he has no foundation, except for this Shangdang County in the face of a strong enemy, in fact, Brother Chu Xian has very few choices, think about it, you want Xihe County, you want Xinxing County, the imperial court and Liu Tingshi may agree? I let you choose to be the county guard of Shangdang County, which is to give Liu Tingshi an illusion to the imperial court, so that they think that you are loyal to state affairs and do not focus on selfish interests, so that you will have a starting point for Shangdang County and County Guard, and the road ahead will be much easier. You may think that I am uneasy and kind to recommend Shangdang County to you, and you also think that Shangdang County is in the hands of the Huns, and I want to provoke you to fight to the death with the Huns. None of this is true. I'll tell you the truth, Liu Tingshi must ask Tuoba Xianbei to come to help, even if the Xianbei people are for themselves, they will not let the state be annexed by the Huns, so these places occupied by the Huns will all be spit out sooner or later. Because of this defeat, it was impossible for the Huns to attack and merge the state again in a short time, which gave Chu Xiandi time to gain a firm foothold. With the talent of the virtuous brother, give you a few years, I think the virtuous brother will at least protect himself in Shangdang County, and when the time comes, whether the virtuous brother responds to the call of the imperial court to attack the Xiongnu in the south, or goes north to the grassland, or even goes west to Liangzhou to occupy a stable place, or east to Yizhou and Youzhou, it is the virtuous brother who has the initiative. Now Brother Chu still thinks that Brother Fool is deceiving you, right?"
Chu Yun was overjoyed after hearing this, this idea that Mo Han gave himself did not conflict with his strategy at all, and even strengthened it to make his plan more likely to be realized. Chu Yun took Mo Han's hand and didn't speak, looking at Mo Han excitedly, Mo Han stroked his beard and smiled.
"Brother Xian, what Brother Fool wants me to say to you first, you have to remember that the people are suffering, I hope you will be successful, and you must be kind to the people. After Mo Han finished speaking, Chu Yun admired it even more, this is a person who really wants to do good things.
"Brother Mo, don't worry, I can really succeed, and I will never forget Brother Mo's instructions. I will never forget Brother Mo's great kindness, but I am short-sighted, and I hope that Brother Mo can come to help me achieve great things, even if I give up the position of the leader of the Iron Blood Army to Brother Ren. Chu Yun said to Mo Han sincerely, he was sincere, Chu Yun would rather be a general or an errand than become the leader of a party, he was forced out in order to survive.
"Brother Xian, Brother Foolish, I am still more useful to Brother Xian under Liu Tingshi, you don't know, although Liu Tingshi is a well-deserved husband, but those people under him are all villains. And Liu Tingshi's ears are soft, if the foolish brother does not mediate for the virtuous brother in front of Liu Tingshi, the virtuous brother will take up most of the time just by dealing with the dark arrows behind him, and there is still time to gain a firm foothold. Chu Yun was still very moved when he heard Mo Han think about himself like this, the two of them discussed for a long time, Mo Han was ready to reply to Liu Ding, and the two of them were ready to leave to tell Liu Kun.
Just as Mo Han was about to walk out of the house, Chu Yun couldn't help but open his mouth and ask the question in his heart: "Brother Mo, wait a minute, Yun has a question for Brother I'd like to ask." ”
Mo Han stopped and looked at Chu Yun with a smile waiting for his inquiry. Chu Yun was no longer polite: "Brother and I have only met for the second time, I don't know why my brother is helping me so much?"
"Hahahaha, I thought Brother Chu wouldn't ask me this question, and I didn't want to betray my friend, since I asked, then I'll tell Brother Xian. The Fang family is the best friend of my Mo family, and Uncle Fang Qing's daughter-in-law is my cousin, so the patriarch of Fang is still my elder. I heard what Brother Chu Xian did from his mouth, and I was very impressed, so I felt that I could do something for Brother Chu, I wonder if Brother Chu Xian could promise Brother Chu not to be embarrassed by Uncle Fang? He did this for the future of the Iron Army. ”
Only then did Chu Yun know that this was the case, he agreed to Mo Han, and Mo Han said goodbye and left again, but Chu Yun took this matter to heart, Fang Qing was indeed for his own good, but in case Mo Han was not so generous and a villain, wouldn't everything about himself be leaked out? Therefore, Chu Yun decided to establish a supervision agency internally, of course, this matter is not in a hurry now.
Liu Ding and Mo Han quickly said goodbye and left, Chu Yun believed that when they came back, he would be the moment he mixed into the imperial court system, so he also began to prepare, Shangdang County is just west of Taihang Mountain, even if it is moved, it will not be as troublesome as moving to Jinyang. And this time he must be patient and wait for the Huns to be repulsed, so he can't move for a while, so Chu Yun is ready to take two thousand five hundred people to report to Liu Kun's name, and the rest of the people continue to develop here.
Now that the Iron Blood Army has been continuously absorbed, its strength has reached 5,000 people, leaving half of the manpower behind, which is enough to defend its lair. It's just that there is one problem, which makes Chu Yun very surprised, that is, Fu Yi and fifty subordinates who first went to Jinyang to contact are nowhere to be found, Chu Yun never believes that Fu Yi will say goodbye, but they have not come back now, they must have encountered a problem. You must know that Fu Yi is the only one who knows the specific location of Zhao Wanglun's treasure, Fu Yi told Chu Yun, but Chu Yun has never been to Yecheng, so he just didn't understand it at all. Chu Yun is also going to take some treasures to strengthen himself, but now it seems that Fu Yi is not there, and he is helpless.
How did Chu Yun know how miserable Fu Yi and the others were, at that time, Fu Yi and the others were captured by Liu Kun's generals, Zhang Qiao saw that Fu Yi and the others were skilled in bowing and horses, so he regarded them as his own soldiers. It's a pity that Zhang Qiao was defeated in a battle, Fu Yi and others for the sake of loyalty, escorted Zhang Qiao to escape, but were targeted by the Huns, Zhang Qiao died in battle, Fu Yi and the only dozen people left were captured as prisoners, and now they are digging fortifications in front of Jinyang City. Their horses are gone, and they are still wounded, so it can really be said that there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.
Liu Ding and Mo Han returned to Changshan City and met Liu Kun. Because Liu Kun received the assistance of Tuoba Yilu, the leader of Tuoba Xianbei and Liu Kun's brother, Liu Kun's need for Chu Yun's iron-blooded army was much less, but even so, he was still surprised when he heard his sons Liu Ding and Mo Han talk about the strength of the iron-blooded army.
Liu Kun gently twisted his beard, in his heart, the Iron Blood Castle has been labeled as a careerist like Wang Jun of Youzhou, otherwise why don't you contribute to the imperial court with this strength, but instead raise troops in Taihang Mountain to plot against him? If Chu Yun knew that Liu Kun's thoughts were not to spit on his face, Chu Yun would rather become a big young master and concentrate on practicing martial arts at home, no one would want to live a life of swords and swords all day long, and his life was not guaranteed.
Because Liu Kun had this idea, he just asked indifferently what Chu Yun wanted, in his heart Chu Yun was already a careerist, he would definitely want officials, money, and land, and if he wanted it ruthlessly, Liu Kun would be sure that Chu Yun was a careerist, and when the time came, he would let his nephew Liu Yan mobilize people to get rid of Chu Yun.
But when Mo Han said Chu Yun's request, Liu Kun felt for the first time that he had done something wrong: "What did you say? He wants to go to Shangdang County, where hungry wolves are around, and stationed there, which is the front line of the fight against Zhao Han." Liu Kun secretly doubted in his heart, could it be that he was wrong?
Mo Han glanced at Liu Kun secretly, and thought to himself, Brother Chu, there is only so much that my brother can help you, Mo Han, this essence, saw Liu Kun's thoughts in an instant, and immediately changed Chu Yun's request from the county guard of Shangdang County to go to Shangdang County to station. And he was not ready to show a good relationship with Chu Yun in front of Liu Kun, but wanted to pull him to the opposite side, so that Liu Kun could believe his words more.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to say bad things about Chu Yun, which made Liu Kun even more suspicious.
"Thorn History, you don't know how hateful that Chu Yun is. With Mo Hanming's derogatory description, Chu Yun's image in Liu Kun's heart slowly changed.