When it comes to Cao Cao's great rebellion, it is really hard to write about it, and just one house arrest of the Son of Heaven is enough to punish his nine clans. Of course, if someone really thinks about what Cai Ji did, then she will probably not be much better than Prime Minister Cao Cheng. In short, the peace between Cao and Cai is not simply maintained by a marriage contract, as long as there is a need, both parties can find a reason for a big war at any time. Like this time, Cao Cao completely disregarded the safety of his son Cao Pi, and openly drove Hou Cheng, Zang Ba and others to invade Xuzhou. It is not difficult to imagine that if Tai Shici, Zhang He and others at that time failed to control the field, or Cai Ji failed to get out in time, then Cao Cao would probably throw off his arms and personally lead the troops to encroach on the prefectures and counties under Cai Ji's rule.

However, although Cao Cao was eyeing him in the Central Plains, Cai Ji did not intend to give up Liaodong. It must be known that the siege of the White Wolf that lasted for three months alone had already affected Cai Jizai's prestige. If she retreats to the Guannai in a gloomy manner, it will completely confirm the name of the defeated army in the eyes of the world, and not only will the morale of the whole army be damaged, but even the local party leaders will take advantage of the situation to make trouble. In the final analysis, the reason why Cai Ji was able to make the clan under his rule accept the rule of a female prince at the end of the Han Dynasty was that before the Battle of Guandu relied on the power of Yuan Shao, and after the Battle of Guandu, it was all due to the proud achievements of the Qi army. As for the advantages of good governance of the people's livelihood, corporal courtesy, and compassion for the soldiers, although Cai Ji won the support of the army and the people under his rule, it definitely could not impress those unruly clan heroes.

So in a sense, Cai Ji can't afford to lose more than any of the princes. At present, not only can she not withdraw her troops, but on the contrary, she has to lead her troops to pacify Liaodong in one go, even if she retreats, she has to take the subject country of Liaodong. In this way, the siege of the White Wolf that has just passed is only a small setback, and Cai Ji can still return to the Central Plains as a victor to deter those who are about to move.

Thinking about this, Cai Ji changed the conversation and said frankly, "There are Fengxiao, Ziyi, Shiyuan, and Junyi in the Guan, and our top priority is to take Changli first." ”

Zhang Liao listened to what Cai Ji said and nodded quite approvingly. But Xin Bi on the side frowned and said to Cai Ji. "It is understandable that the Lord will make an example of the monkeys by killing the chickens and the monkeys. However, the Wuhuan people have always lived in pursuit of water and grass, and this time they learned that the lord wanted to punish his subordinates, and I was afraid that before the army arrived in Changli, the Hu people had abandoned the city. ”

"Why did he say in vain that he would punish all the departments of Liaodong's vassal states?" Cai Jidai raised her eyebrows and said, "The lonely one is the three clans of the Nine Clans and the Rebel Clans, what do they have to do with the people of Wuhuan?" ”

"Having said that, the Hu people do not obey the king's law, do not know the norm, and everything is based on the orders of the chieftain of the clan, how can they listen to the explanation of the officials and soldiers." Xin shook his head repeatedly. In fact, he, like Tian Chou, felt that Cai Ji's handling of the Bunton Department this time was too tough. It's just that considering the morale factor, Xin Bi did not dissuade his master in front of all the soldiers before.

However, Cai Ji's attitude in this matter was unusually tough, and she said solemnly with a wave of her hand. "The more this is the case, the more you can't let go of the rebels. Do not hide that the two orphans plan to put the subject country of Liaodong under the jurisdiction of Jinxi, change the land and return to the stream. ”

"Changing the land and returning to the stream? But what does it mean to change the local officials to the liuguan and abolish the subject country to the county? Simbi asked.

"It's a local official." Cai Ji corrected murderously. It is said that according to the system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, counties, kingdoms, and subject countries are all first-class local administrative divisions. Among them, the kingdom inherited the system of the Western Han Dynasty and was the fief of the prince and governed by the prime minister. The status of the same county is too guarded. The princes and kings do not govern the people, but only food, clothing, taxes and rents. A subject state is an administrative region established for the purpose of resettling alien races. Its chief executive is the Governor. "Governing the people than the county". Of course, there are occasional cases where the country is abolished and the county is turned into a county. For example, Cao Cao once abolished the eight kingdoms of Qi, Beihai, Fuling, Xiapi, Changshan, Ganling, Jiyin, and Pingyuan in the name of the Son of Heaven. Otherwise, Cai Ji would not have been able to be named the Marquis of Qi. The situation of the subject country is similar, except that Cai Ji is neither the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, nor the capital of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so he has no right to announce the promotion of the subject country to a county. It can only be claimed that "the land has been changed to the stream".

Hearing that Cai Ji's killing of Bandun and the others was not out of simple revenge, Xin Bi thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice, "Since the Lord has this determination, it is inevitable that the night will be long and dreamy. Please also ask the Lord to send troops north as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Liao on the side also hugged his fists and asked for battle, "Liao is willing to be the vanguard and sweep away the Lord General Hu Chief!" ”

After Xin Bi's reminder, Cai Ji naturally did not dare to have the slightest slack and delay. So early the next morning, she ordered her troops and horses to march towards Changli City, the capital of Liaodong's vassal state. Of course, before leaving, Cai Ji did not break his promise, and the 20,000 captives on the river beach were all returned to freedom except for the generals and colonels. And the reason why Cai Ji wanted to temporarily detain these Gongsun generals was mainly because the Gongsun family had not yet been destroyed, so as not to let go of the other party's front foot and gather on the back foot to threaten the back of the Qi army, so he took the villain first. However, although the detained Gongsun Army General was panicked in his heart, he had to obediently follow the Qi army all the way north in the state of being a sword and a fish and meat.

As the so-called flowers bloom twice, each with a branch, and at the same time that Cai Ji kept waving his army north, a biao fast cavalry also spread the news of Qi Hou's escape to Jinxi City. When Lin Fei heard the news, he quickly released all the pigeons he raised. It is said that the reason why Lin Fei did not use carrier pigeons to deliver news before was that he was afraid that the carrier pigeon would encounter accidents on the road or be intercepted by people with ulterior motives, after all, there was some worrying bad news outside the gate at that time. Now that the siege of the white wolf has been lifted, Lin Fei naturally wishes that everyone in the world would know, "Qi Hou is out of trouble!" ”

Of course, the so-called "flying pigeon biography" makes use of the habit of the pigeon homing, that is, both domestic and wild pigeons have a strong homing habit. Generally speaking, their birthplace is the place where they live all their lives, and any unfamiliar place is not an ideal place for pigeons, and they do not feel at ease to stay, and they always want to return to their "hometown", especially when they encounter danger and horror, this "home" desire is stronger. Therefore, although Lin Fei released many pigeons, the cities that could eventually receive the flying pigeon transmission were only Jicheng, Nanpi, Longkou, Liyang, Kaiyang (Langya County) and other important towns.

But even so, the speed of the carrier pigeon is the fastest, and the fast riding cannot catch up. No, Lin Fei only released the pigeons in Jinxi at noon, and the carrier pigeon tied with the battle report was sent to Jia Xu's desk that night, which lasted only five hours. So much so that Li Mingang, the assassin of Youzhou, couldn't believe that this was true when he first saw the carrier pigeon.

"Really? Mo is not Lin Zheng's masterpiece fake? ”

"The letter is stamped with the seal of the Lord, and it cannot be faked." Jia Xu pushed the letter in front of Li Min.

I saw that the end of the letter was really stamped with Cai Ji's seal. Li Min immediately breathed a long sigh of relief, clasped his hands together and murmured, "God bless!" God forbid! ”

Jia Xu didn't think that just shouting "God bless" could solve the problem, so he saw that while putting away the letter, he said decisively to Li Minjin, "Now that the Lord has been freed from the predicament, please also ask the king to quickly mobilize grain and grass to go north to Liaodong." ”

"Isn't the Lord going south?" Li Min was slightly stunned and asked rhetorically.

"Liaodong is undecided, and the Lord will not return south." Jia Xu shook his head and asserted.

Hearing that Cai Ji would not return south in the near future, Li Min couldn't help but panic again. So he hurriedly asked, "...... the state?"

"Merge the state and compete with Zhong Yuanchang, Yuan Xiansi, and Hu Chuquan." Jia Xuyan picked up a handful of millet and fed the pigeons.

Speaking of the relationship between Xianbei and the Xiongnu, it is really called thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. During the Western Han Dynasty, Donghu was defeated by the Xiongnu. One of them retired to the Xianbei Mountain, forming the current Xianbei Division. At first, the Xianbei people were only vassals of the Xiongnu and were enslaved by them, but as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and moved Wuhuan to Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong counties, Xianbei also began to gradually get rid of the Xiongnu's control and went south to the Raoleshui Valley, the hometown of Wuhuan.

Nowadays, the Xiongnu are more civilized than Xianbei in addition to boasting of themselves. It is no longer the majesty that dominated the grasslands in the past. In the eyes of emerging Xianbei leaders such as Bu Dugen, the Southern Xiongnu royal court, which had become a vassal of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was like a tiger with lost teeth, except for being able to scare and scare some small tribes. I can't help these wolves from Mo Nan at all.

But a toothless tiger is still a tiger after all. With the dignity and pride of being a tiger. Although the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu also colluded with the Xianbei people to enter the border fortress and plunder the hinterland, after all, it was only a small fight, and it did not change the original division of power in the state. However, at this time, Yuan Tan, who joined forces with Budugen to invade Yanmen, was clearly coming to enter the state and merge the state. This move not only infringed on the interests of the Southern Xiongnu, but also gave Zhong Xuan, who was stationed in Taiyuan, an excuse to go north. The two sides hit it off, and immediately formed a coalition army, under the banner of the Son of Han Dynasty, to crusade against Yuan Tan and Bu Dugen together. And Yuan Tan and Bu Dugen were not to be outdone, relying on the fierce Xianbei cavalry, they fought with the Cao army and the Huns. So far, the three parties have their own winners and losers, and they also have their own ghosts.

Therefore, Jia Xu said that he wanted to let the three families fight for the state, and Li Min can understand it to some extent. Thinking of Cai Ji again, he is out of trouble. With a big determination in his heart, he immediately replied, "Then act according to the plan of the military advisor." ”

However, not everyone who received the news was as jubilant as Li Min. The pigeons released by Lin Fei flew more than a thousand miles, and finally arrived in Kaiyang City, Langya County, three days later. But in the face of the good news that fell from the sky, Xiao Jian was really shocked into a cold sweat. It must be known that just over a month ago, he also hinted that Zhang He on the other side had changed his court, and he had thought that today Zhang He would put the battle report of Qi Hou's escape from the predicament in front of him in a dignified manner.

Now, Xiao Jian is secretly glad that the connection between himself and Cao Ying is only a verbal promise, and he has not left any handwriting. I could only smack my tongue in a sour tone, "Everyone can fly slaves (carrier pigeons) to travel thousands of miles a day, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation." However, the letter is only a few words, I don't know what the war situation is in Liaoxi, it's a pity, it's a pity! ”

In fact, Zhang He didn't know about the small actions that Xiao Jian was doing behind his back, but for the sake of Xiao Jian and his many years of work, Zhang He didn't plan to debunk it, and he didn't want to continue to study it. After all, Xiao Jian is a celebrity in Xuzhou and has a very high prestige in Langya, and Zhang He, as an outsider, has to rely on the assistance of such celebrities if he wants to rule Langya and other places for a long time. What's more, Xiao Jian has not made a substantial betrayal so far. Therefore, ignoring Xiao Jian's sour words, Zhang He handed over the battle report to the front of the road, "Please also draft an article in Zhizhong to announce that the entire territory of Xuzhou Qi Hou has been freed." ”

Seeing that Zhang He didn't pursue his intentions, Xiao Jian wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, quickly stretched out his hand to take the battle report, and replied repeatedly, "The old man is going to write this article, this is going to be a draft." ”

In this way, as the carrier pigeons arrived in the capitals of the prefectures and counties under Cai Ji's rule, the news that "the white wolf has lifted the siege and the Marquis of Qi is safe" soon spread throughout most of the Central Plains. Even Dongwu, as far south of the Yangtze River, has heard of it.

"Cai Anzhen is out of trouble?" Sun Ce, who was in the Danyang Mansion, grabbed the skirt of the messenger who came to report the news, and asked impatiently, "What about Zhongmou?" Is there a whereabouts of Zhongmou? ”

The person who sent the letter would know Sun Quan's whereabouts, but he was forced by Sun Ce like this, so he had to stammered in a panic and responded, "Two... The second general was unharmed. ”

"Haha! Lone early said that Zhong Moufu has a great life! Sun Ce let go of his hand, and immediately announced generously after being excited, "Someone is coming!" Tip! ”

The frightened messenger accepted the reward, hurriedly kowtowed to Sun Ce three times, and then crawled out of the study. Seeing this, Sun Ce, who was on the rise, didn't care at all, turned his head and smiled at Zhou Yulang, "Cai Anzhen has been out of trouble, and the war in the Central Plains is not far away. ”

Sun Ce's reference to the Great War of the Central Plains refers to the battle between Cao Cao and Cai Ji. It is said that since Cai Ji was trapped in Liaoxi, Cao Cao stopped his strategy against the southern counties, and instead allowed Hou Cheng, Zang Ba and others to invade Xuzhou. It is reported that Zhong Xuan, who was in Bingzhou, also took advantage of the opportunity of Zhang Liao and Pang Tong to rush to the rescue in western Liaoning, and annexed Yanmen County on the grounds of going north to defeat Yuan Tan. Now that Cai Ji has been freed from the predicament, he will naturally not give up. Therefore, in Sun Ce's view, the war between Cao Cai is on the verge of breaking out, and all he has to do is to wait for the two sides to fight, and then see the right time to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

However, Zhou Yu was not as optimistic as Sun Ce, so he waved his hand and shook his head and said, "Bo Fu's words are wrong. It is still unknown whether Cao Cai will fight. ”

Sun Ce smiled, frowned and asked, "Why did Gong Jin say this?" ”

"Cai Anzhen is out of trouble, and the morale of the Qi army will be greatly boosted. If Cao Mengde fails to invade the east, he is afraid that he will move south to attack Jingyang. Bo Fu must not be careless! Zhou Yu reminded Sun Ce earnestly.

"If you can't invade the east, you will make a surprise attack in the south?" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows and snorted angrily, "If Cao Mengde dares to bully no one in Jiangdong, he will definitely tell him to come and go!" (To be continued......)