In September of the second year of Zhongping, early autumn.

Youzhou, Jixian County.

The wheat was ripe, the ridges were filled with people carrying farm tools, and the distant barracks neighed and brought smoke and dust billowing from the barracks, and this scene had been going on for months.

Since the newly appointed Liang Tingshi came at the beginning of the year, I don't know how much face this Liang Tingshi, who can't see anyone all day, has a lot of face, and he actually insisted on asking His Majesty to transfer back to Liaodong from Xu Rong, the commander of Mengjin who was in charge of the military affairs of the Eight Passes, and is now the captain of Yushui. Full authority over the defense of the Great Wall along the Yushui area of Yuyang County, the Great Wall of Yushui is the second line of defense in Youzhou, according to the Great Wall built by the Yan Dynasty is only 200 miles away, and it is also the last line of defense in Youzhou.

The smoke and dust in the camp ten miles outside the city was where this fishing captain went during his noon training.

On the seven-foot-tall Tian Ti, the frame of the Thorn Shi is parked there, but there are only four guards on the left and right, no flag and no guard of honor, this is the frame of the Thorn Shi, but the person in the car is not the Thorn Shi.

A middle-aged Han official over forty years old, wearing a high crown and wearing a regular robe, was pointing to his chief officer, who nodded yes while sketching with withered branches on the ground, and after explaining the matter, the Han official looked around at the surrounding wheat fields, and went down to the ridges to chat with the tenants carrying farm tools about this year's harvest.

He is the second person in Youzhou, Cheng Li. This Yanzhou man is directing and planning to divert a ditch from the fishing water to irrigate the farmland around Jixian County, but this is not just to promote farming, once the foreign invasion, this ditch will become a line of defense outside Jixian County, blocking the hooves of the foreign cavalry and increasing the strategic depth of the border guards.

Suddenly, a large area of dust rose in the wind on the official road in the distance, and he galloped several horses, and the young man led by him had a five-foot feather behind his back, leading several Wuhuan riders to gallop towards the gate of Jixian County.

The people were not at all surprised at this, and those who moved straw carried straw, and those who harvested wheat reaped their wheat. Han Chinese officers traveled between the border passes and the state with the Wuhuan cavalry, which was already commonplace for them. Some of the farmers who harvest wheat have already made up their minds, and after cutting the wheat, they go to the streets to see if there are any signs of conscription.

This is the border of the Han Dynasty, the Youzhou in autumn.

The entourage of the assassin Shi Beijia stopped the galloping cavalry, and Cheng Li stepped onto the official road, only then did he see clearly the Han officer, Shanggu County Official, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.

"Xuande, but what's the news?"

Cheng Li patted the dirt on his body, clapped his hands and asked Liu Bei.

"Phew!" Liu Bei carried the reins, the horse was spinning in place, Liu Bei pointed to the distance and nodded in response: "Don't drive when you see the process, Danhan Mountain, there is news." ”

Cheng Li clapped his hands when he heard this, and regardless of the carriage he was driving, he casually picked up a guarded horse and flew up, waved his horsewhip and said, "Let's go, go to see the assassin." ”

On the official road, several horsemen galloped up, and the guards drove the empty carriage back to their homes.

Assassin's House.

Youzhou is not as good as Wuhui, and a single coat is not enough to resist the cool breeze of early autumn. In the courtyard, there are singers playing gonghou, the vines on the pavilion grow just right, accompanied by the warm sunlight, Liang Hu wears a full-body robe and sits in the pavilion kneeling in the pavilion to read a book of "Saying Wen Jie Zi", several cases are placed with exquisite snacks and wine, the maid grinds the ink and holds a large pen, and the white silk is just waiting to be waved.

For Liang Hu, this is the normal life of Liang Menghuang in the border county, as for supervising local supervision of agricultural affairs and the like, it has nothing to do with the suave Liang Menghuang.

After reading a page, Liang Hu looked into the distance and rubbed his eyes, and the sound of fighting came from the martial arts arena across the wall, which was Zhang Yide starting to hone his martial arts again.

Zhang Fei is good, indeed good, martial arts and calligraphy are good, what is commendable is that he is extremely studious, and that appearance is simply better than Ma Yue, who is full of arrangements all day long.

No one's excellence is earned by doing nothing.

There was a neighing of horses in front of the mansion, and Cheng Li led Liu Bei over with a quick step, and went to Liang Hu's side to salute and said: "Assassin Shi, Xuande is here and has brought news of Xianbei people." ”

Liang Hu put down the wolf hair he had just gotten in his hand, and asked casually, "Xuande is back, what's the news?" ”

Half a month ago, a small group of Xianbei troops appeared outside the Great Wall of Shanggu County, and swept several villages one after another. Liu Xuande, the official of Shanggu County, pretended to be a fleeing slave and mixed with the people of the Han family, and lost contact with the Han family.

Liu Bei handed over a roll of bamboo slips, and said: "Lord Thorn Shi, the Xianbei people's defense situation is like this, in the border is divided into three Chen soldiers with 6,000 cavalry, and the seven tribes north of the upper valley are scarce and the men are old and weak, and the lower officials guess that there are differences within them, in the past few years, the western adults Putou have been strong during the day, and the central tribe Budugen is closely united, and the northern part of Youzhou is the subordinate of the Xianbei East Luoda Mijia, protecting the former Xianbei King and Lian's son Qianman who failed to ascend the throne and was constantly attacked, this year they should have no spare strength to go south. ”

Liang Hu sat up straight, he didn't understand strategy, but he also knew that Xianbei was the enemy of the Han people, and he should give him a head start when the enemy was sad, he said: "If this is the case, should the old man go to Your Majesty, send troops from Youzhou to attack Xianbei, and attack the eastern part of Xianbei under the enemy's back, so as to open up the territory for Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard Liang Hu ask, he was just a small and medium-sized official in a county, and such military affairs as sending troops to Xianbei were not at all a matter of consideration for his duties. After thinking for a while, he said: "Lord Assassin Shi, this kind of thing has a lot to do with sending troops to Xianbei, last year's Zhangjiao Rebellion Youzhou was greatly affected, and the people had no time to recuperate, so is it a bit hasty to send troops?" ”

"Sloppy?" Liang Hu was stunned for a moment, he really didn't know the military situation in Youzhou, so he asked Cheng Li: "Zhongde, what do you think?" You should know something about the military affairs in Youzhou, right? ”

"Yes." Cheng Li bowed down and said: "Last month, my subordinates went to the border to interrogate the smuggling merchants, and brought back a lot of information from those sinners, which is similar to what Xuande said. First, the soldiers that can be fought in Youzhou are nothing more than the soldiers of the three counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, and Liaoxi, and the two counties of Yuyang in Shanggu are only 6,000 troops, even if they are only afraid of conscription, it is difficult to fill 10,000, and the two counties of Liaodong in Liaoxi need to defend against Goguryeo and Fuyu, and the 7,000 border troops stationed there cannot be moved. An offensive of less than 10,000 people, regardless of whether it can be meritorious or not. The subordinates are just afraid that the Xianbei people will be forced by the pressure of the Han to temporarily unite, and the assassin will not gain more than he loses. What's more, if this battle is lost, the battle losses in the hinterland of Xianbei are huge, how many of the 30,000 farmers who have been requisitioned can return to the south of the Great Wall, and whether there are still troops to guard against the Xianbei counterattack when they return to the south of the Great Wall? Think it through. ”

"Therefore." Cheng Li Shili said: "It is not recommended for subordinates to ask for soldiers. ”

Liang Hu nodded and picked up the pen again.

"In this case, Zhongde, you have full authority to carry out military and political affairs on behalf of the old man, and the old man wants to write a picture of national peace and security for Your Majesty and present it to Your Majesty!"