And the state, Hedong County.

As one of the most chaotic states in the world, the situation in Bingzhou is not much better than that of Liangzhou a few years ago, although it has abundant fishing and salt benefits, and the state pastor can rely on the rich financial resources to recruit a good army.

In the fourth year of Hanzhongping, Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan, rebelled, and the Han Emperor Liu Hong ordered the Southern Xiongnu to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and Qiangqu Shan ordered his most trusted son Zuoxian Wang Yu Fuluo to lead the troops to quell the rebellion. It was a protracted war, in addition to the left of the Southern Xiongnu, there were also Wuhuan people who participated in the war, which was also the starting battle of Gongsun Zhan, a native of Youzhou. The war ended with the death of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, but the Southern Xiongnu was in chaos, and the people in the Southern Xiongnu vassal states were worried that the Han would endlessly recruit Xiongnu warriors to quell the rebellion and rebel, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Qiang Canal was attacked and killed by the countrymen, and then the Southern Xiongnu supplemented the Marquis of Subu Bone as the new Shan Yu.

It was difficult for Yu Fuluo to return to his hometown, so he stayed in the area east of the river, raising horses and grazing while plundering the nearby Hanjia counties, in order to accumulate strength and return to the royal court. On the other hand, the Marquis of Subu Gudu died in the second year, and the throne was vacant, resulting in chaos among the Southern Xiongnu. Most of the 10,000 cavalry commanders fell to the Han and assassinated Shi Ding Yuan, and Yu Fuluo also officially declared war on Ding Yuan in order to regain the throne of Shan Yu of the Southern Xiongnu.

Just before the war between Han and Xianbei in the last year of Chuping, the original battle of Ding Yuan was set in Fuluo, so he had the opportunity to lead the army north to resist Xianbei.

On this day, a guest came to the tent of Liu Bao, the commander of the 10,000 cavalry on the left side of the Southern Xiongnu, and this guest came to see him with a letter engraved with the seal of the Marquis of Meiyang of the Han Dynasty as a messenger.

When Liu Bao was lying in the tent and saw this letter, he immediately sat up, all because of the big seal stamped on the letter--Han Meiyanghou, Ma Yue.

Ma Yue!

The rebellious youth?

Liu Bao held the letter tightly, and the attendant at the door asked, "Where is the owner of this letter?" ”

"Back to Xiao Wang, that person is outside the tent."

"Come in, please!" Liu Bao was sitting precariously, waiting for the curtain to be lifted, but he saw an eight-foot-tall man with shimmering spirits...... Old man?

"Who are you? What about Ma Yue? Liu Bao's face changed and asked, "Where did you get his seal?" ”

Cheng Li had never seen Liu Bao, but this did not prevent him from guessing that this person was Liu Bao, arching his hand, Cheng Li smiled and said: "He is a state pastor in Liangzhou, where else can he be?" I stamped the seal myself. ”

"Come on, take it!"

As soon as Liu Bao beckoned, he summoned several Hun warriors to take down this strange old man. But I heard the old man say unhurriedly: "The old man is a subordinate of Meiyang Hou. ”

"Wait!" When Liu Bao heard that it was Ma Yue's subordinate, he hurriedly waved his hand to let the warrior go down, and said, "What do you use to prove that you are Ma Junhao's subordinate?" What is your position in Liangzhou? ”

While speaking, Liu Bao had already called a person from the Han family in the Central Plains and asked, "Does he speak with a Liangzhou accent?" ”

The Central Plains man shook his head and said respectfully: "People like Si Yan and others are definitely not cool people. Even the Liangzhou scribe had a ruthless spirit to break the net, but he didn't. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bao's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he said to Cheng Li in an unkind tone: "Are you here to entertain this king?" ”

"Xiao Wang is angry, don't care if I am a subordinate of Liangzhou Mu, you just need to know that I can help you regain the royal court and help your father ascend to the throne." Cheng Li spread out his hands and said indifferently: "If you don't have this idea, then just let the old man deduct it." ”

Time has passed, Liu Bao is no longer the prince of the Southern Xiongnu who played the piano and danced in the back house of the Liang Mansion, he almost gave up the glory of the Xiongnu royal family over the years, leading his subordinates to loot the counties in difficult times, and his hands have long been stained with blood. Although he still remembered the long banner that often fluttered behind him, he also remembered the majesty of a thousand horsemen with a word...... But that long since it has long been out of his possession.

Now he is just the leader of a field army, who can afford to support him, who has food to support a huge Hun army under his command, he can serve whoever he serves.

"Hehe, this Han gentleman in front of him, Xiao Wang has long forgotten what the Xiongnu royal court is." Liu Bao stroked his palms and smiled, spread his hands and ordered someone to fetch the futon, and said, "Please take a seat." No matter whose subordinate you are, don't mention anything to Xiao Wang, it's too far away, and this king himself can't defeat the assassination history set up by you Han people in Bingzhou, let alone those of you who need Xiao Wang's strength to fight. Sneaky, what kind of hero is it? ”

"We Huns are used to going straight." Liu Bao's face changed, with a wicked smile on his face, he pointed at Cheng Li and said: "How much grain, grass, and money you can come up with, I can lead as many subordinates to fight for you and the master behind you, and explain your intentions, Mr. Hanren." ”

Cheng Li also smiled, on the way here, he was afraid that Liu Bao would disdain to participate in the battle of the Han people with the glory of the past, but when he saw the scene in front of him, his heart was completely relaxed. A pair of old eyes that seemed to be dim stared at Liu Bao's eyes, and said slowly and neutrally: "Send 5,000 troops to launch an attack on Hanoi County in May this year, plunder the counties in the county, defeat the local defenders in Hanoi, and contain the imperial court reinforcements." In July, return the same way, support another army attacking the state assassin Shi Ding Yuan, defeat them, collect the remnants of your Southern Xiongnu, and defend the new state assassin history. ”

Liu Bao's eyes widened more and more, and in the face of such a plan, it was difficult for him to keep himself calm. Attack on Hanoi ...... The nearest city in Hanoi County is only the distance from Luoyang to the Mengjin ferry, but if he wants to attack Hanoi from Shangdang, he must lead his subordinates across the Wuding River and climb the Taihang Mountain, not to mention that there is no road for the horse team to run, and even if there is, it is difficult not to be ambushed by the officers and soldiers of the state and county.

"Are you Dong Zhuo's person?" Liu Bao knew that Niu Fu, the number one general under Dong Zhuo, who was known for a while, was stabbed in a hole in the military formation by Lu Bu, who was known as the 'flying general' under the command of Shi Ding Yuan, who was assassinated by Shi Dingyuan, and cut off an arm. Liu Bao shook his head and said: "This is not appropriate, whether it is from the state or by the division, if you want to ensure that 5,000 troops attack in the Central Plains, I want to instigate tens of thousands of troops to march at the same time, which has exceeded my own troops and horses, besides, after this battle, your emperor will condemn me, once you fail, our entire Southern Xiongnu can not be saved." ”

"I was going to kill you, but a man like you with crazy ideas should continue to live in this world." Liu Bao waved his hand a little tiredly and said, "You go, I will order you to leave." ”

To his surprise, Cheng Li, who was rejected, did not change in the slightest, but said seriously: "Aren't you a little interested in hearing our reward?" As long as you agree now, there will be a steady stream of convoys that will bring you a year's worth of grain and taxes from the big county, and two thousand spears. By the way, there is also a kind of clothing called cotton clothes that has just appeared recently, and it is difficult to find one piece for ten thousand dollars in the Sili area, and we will give you a hundred pieces. ”

What is the annual food income of a large county? Liu Bao was unmoved, the grain income of a large county can feed 3,000 people for a year at most, and it is only enough for him to send troops and horses for three months...... The other party pinched the number very carefully, and Liu Bao was keenly aware that the unsmiling Han old man in front of him was likely to have something to say.

Sure enough, Cheng Li continued: "If it happens, you will get the reward you deserve, and when the new state pastor takes office, it is you, or your father will ascend the throne, all of this is in your will." And there will be a county of land in the state as the southern court of the Xiongnu. ”

Liu Bao's breathing was short. His eyes narrowed tightly, and then after a moment he came to his senses and said, "I can't make my own decisions about this matter, I need to ask my father before I can give you an answer." Mr. Hanren, please take the trouble to stay at the residence for a few days. ”

"Old man Cheng Li, then it will disturb Xiao Wang. The old man waited for good news in Guidi. After that, Cheng Li turned around and said, "Xiao Wang, I hope you think about it carefully, this is not to provoke your father-son relationship." But in the old man's heart, you are more suitable than your father to be single. If you do a single thing, it will be more beneficial to my Han family and more beneficial to the nobles. A long period of peace and peace between the two ethnic groups is more advantageous than years of chaos. Come to think of it, Xiao Wang understands this truth better than Ling Zun. ”

Liu Bao chuckled politely, nodded and sent Cheng Li out of the tent, and when the tent was empty, his face became solemn, with a little lost soul.

Is he going to let his father make the decisions? If the other party is Dong Zhuo, I'm afraid even it will be difficult for him to get along with him, but if it weren't for Dong Zhuo, who else could there be? There must be Ma Yue's shadow behind this matter, but Ma Yue can't lead it in person and shepherd it, right?

Xiongnu Shan Yu, that is the position he has always wanted to sit in, since he was a child, everything he has done is to ascend to the single position...... But do you have to turn against your father in order to be alone?

Liu Bao fell into deep thought.

At the same time, there were more rangers and merchants wandering on the official roads in the land of Sanfu, and these people came from all parts of the division, some were tall and some had clear eyes, and they traveled back and forth to various cities. Gradually, all the cities of Sanfu began to walk about Yuan's bad words, there are nursery rhymes, there are songs, and rumors just like this.

What's more, each time these caravans came to a city, they were always outnumbered less.

The commanders of the county garrisons, the chiefs of the tun or the small officials of the county government, these originally insignificant pawns had more 'friends' around them almost at the same time, and in their leisure time, they either drank or played, and the lives of almost most of the lower-level officials and small leaders of the defenders suddenly became richer.

Every night, among the poor families scattered in the countryside outside the city, men who looked like poor peasants picked up pens by candlelight and wrote small characters on thin pieces of wood. The pieces of wood will slip inadvertently from men's sleeves onto wheelbarrows full of firewood the next morning, and be sent to places that only a few people know about, along with the firewood that people don't bother to buy.

Many insignificant anomalies are quietly happening in the land of Sanfu, and no one in this era can compile and report them to the imperial court.

This war, before it began, had already begun!