Winter will always pass, and spring will always come.

On this day in early February, in a meadow on the west bank of Gushui in the north of Guyin City, more than a dozen knights with bows and galloping horses were chasing their prey.

Some of them have braided hair, some have bearded hair, most of them are Hu people, and there are also one or two Tang people wrapped in curtains.

The leader was a handsome young man with a fair complexion, who was the bald and vigorous field who had not been able to move General Hulie for a long time because of his meritorious service in the Xin Er expedition to Shu last year. Following him on his horse was his younger brother Bald Boyao, and his subordinates left Huyan Panni, Huyanchi, Song Jin, Kui Chi and others behind, and the braided hair of Bo Ye and others was different, all of them were haircuts, but Qu Yuanguang and his younger brother became a man.

It is said that early spring is not the season for hunting, but last year's heavy snow in the month of Layue, intermittently, until the end of the month did not stop, in the first month of this year, followed by two more snowfalls, it was almost two months, the snow did not live much, bald Bo Ye and others were really suffocating in the camp, so they took advantage of the opportunity that the snow was almost melted, and today's weather was fine, came out to hunt, and scattered their hearts.

This pasture is the private property of the Qu Yuanguang family.

And Qu Yuanguang's father, Ba Ruoneng, moved to live in Wangcheng, although he had no real power in his hands and no longer managed the tribe, but in life, because of Xin'er's care and frequent rewards in the Dingxi Dynasty, he could really be called rich.

Ba Ruo can be a chieftain is used to being a non-productive, but his eldest son Pingluo was deeply influenced by the Tang Dynasty, but it is quite good to save money, because under the advice of Pingluo, Ba Ruo can come up with money, now in the vicinity of Wangcheng, has bought a pasture, raised thousands of sheep and horses, and nearly 1,000 acres of land, rented to the poor to cultivate, collect their rent and tax, but also in the city of the city, opened a shop, relying on Xin Er is his "brother" strong background, from the Western Regions Hu Shang to buy Western Regions specialties, sit on the ground to raise the price, resell for profit.

Ba Ruo Neng's family, and in Guyin City, where rich merchants gather, he is also a rich man.

This ranch of his family, since he bought it, he has not come to play with the bald hair, and he came here again when he went out of camp today, and there was nowhere to go.

However, the weather in mid-spring is still quite cold, and the grass is beginning to grow, except for the self-raised sheep and horses on this pasture, it is really a rare wild animal.

Bo Ye waited for several laps, but he didn't gain much.

Suddenly, he saw a wizened hare, and he jumped and ran away in panic.

Bo Ye hurriedly drew an arrow and shot it with a bow. Thinking about that Boye's archery, when he went to the Tuoba Department last year, he was admired by Zhao Guyan and others. The hare fell at the ear.

Bald Boyao, Huyan Panni, Song Jin and others cheered loudly.

Bo Ye Gu shouted: "Yuan Guang! Go and get me the rabbit. ”

And Qu Yuanguang patted his horse slowly, accompanied by a smile, and responded: "Yes." He whipped the horse and went to pick up the rabbit, and as soon as he crossed Bo Ye and the others, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he thought to himself, "Dog thing!" Come to Lao Tzu's ranch to hunt, don't be respectful to Lao Tzu, or call Lao Tzu like that, and call Lao Tzu as a little slave! Fuck it! Isn't it great to be a general? ”

General Hulie was originally the official title of Koji Shuang's younger brother Koji Zhang, and it was also because of the merit of cutting down Shu that Koji Zhang was promoted to the four-rank Fenwu general, and Bo Ye moved to General Hulie. Although General Hu Lie is only a fifth-grade general, he is the lowest rank among generals, but he is also a general. I don't know if it's a delusion, Yuanguang feels that after Bo Ye was promoted to general, his attitude towards him was even worse than before.

This is the illusion.

Bo Ye is still joking about Yuanguang as usual, but Yuanguang is depressed and difficult to achieve, and his ambitions cannot be displayed, and the higher the blocks, the worse his mentality will inevitably be, so he is more and more sensitive.

The male Cheng rode a horse to follow Yuanguang and went with him to pick up hares.

Bending down to pick up the rabbit, Yuanguang turned around and looked at the pasture along the way.

The ranch is bordered by a river to the east, farmland to the west, and an official road to the south.

At this time, it was still early, and it was quiet by the river and in the fields. The field in the distance was dark, and there was no one in the field except for a few people digging wild vegetables. On the bank of the valley, some nearby villagers, carrying simple fishing nets, stood barefoot in the shallow part of the river to fish, and a few long-legged and long-beaked herons avoided the villagers from afar, burying their heads in the reeds to catch small fish and small insects to eat.

There was a gust of wind, which made Yuanguang's body cold.

He shrunk his neck, looked at the rabbit in his hand, and thought disdainfully, "Thin as dry firewood, too!" What a shallow eyelid! He pretended to cough, covered his mouth, and secretly spat twice on the rabbit, satisfied.

When he was about to send the rabbit to Boye, the sound of horses' hooves came to his ears.

Yuan Guang turned his face to look, and saw that there were more than a dozen horsemen running from the west on the official road.

It was not too far away, and Yuan Guang could see clearly that half of the dozen horsemen were dressed as Tang people, a few were Sogdians with hair cut and eyebrows, and one had a very flat head, Yuan Guang knew that the head was not born deformed, it must be a Qiuzi person.

They were all dressed in hakama-laka garments, carrying lances or bows.

Pingluo also saw these more than ten horsemen and asked: "Brother, it's Tang Dynasty again, it's Western Regions Hu, and they're all in the attire of soldiers, these people can only come from the Western Regions, either they are from the Western Regions Protectorate, or they are from the Captain's Mansion." Strange, what are they doing in Guyin? ”

Yuanguang said: "I don't know. His heart moved, and he thought, "Look at their hurried behavior, as if they have something important." Isn't there something wrong with the Western Regions? Thinking of this, I felt a little excited in my heart.

Hearing Bo Ye calling him, Yuan Guang answered, urged the horse to gallop back with Pingluo, and gave the hare to Bo Ye with a flattering smile.

Bo Ye glanced at the rabbit a few times and said, "Why are you so thin?" Can't squeeze three taels of oil! He didn't answer, and said jokingly, "Yuanguang, I've rewarded you!" Wait until noon, you're baked and eaten! He gently clamped the belly of the horse, whistled, and galloped back to hunt with Huyan Panni and the others.

Yuanguang regretted that his saliva could not be used, but fortunately it was his own saliva, and when he had to eat it at noon, he was not dirty, threw the rabbit to Pingluo, and quickly patted the horse and his entourage.

Pingluo was right, Yuanguang didn't think it was right.

These more than ten horsemen did come from the Western Regions, but there was no chaos in the Western Regions.

They were ordered by Captain Zhang Shao to deliver a military report to Xin Er.

But last winter, at the banquet arranged by Cao Fei, after hearing the news of Murong Hui's illness and death, and He Hun's self-reliance, Xin Er judged that Pu Qin would definitely not let go of this opportunity, Pu Mao and Meng Lang would inevitably seize this opportunity to attack Wei, and once Pu Qin used troops against Wei, then for Dingxi, this was an excellent opportunity to seize Shuofang, and even Nan'an, Tianshui and other counties.

Because of this, after careful discussion with Yang Chao, Tang Ai, Zhang Gui and others, Xin Er made a decision,—— as Meng Lang expected, transfer the garrison of the Western Regions to the east, and as soon as Qin Wei started the war, he immediately launched a strategy against Shuofang, Nan'an and other Qin counties.

However, due to several snowfalls in Layue last year and January this year, the road between the Western Regions and Longzhou was difficult to travel, and some sections were even blocked by heavy snow, so the troops of the Western Regions have not been able to officially set off until now.

Zhang Shaojin sent military officials to Guyin, just to report to Xin Er, the snow has disappeared, the road has been opened, his troops can be pulled out of camp in the near future, as late as more than a month, as short as less than a month, can arrive in Guyin.

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The military officials from the Western Regions entered the middle city of Guyin, came to the general's mansion, met with Xin Er, and submitted Zhang Shao's military report.

After watching it, he said to Yang Chao, Zhang Gui, Gao Chong and others present in the hall: "Captain Zhang said in the military newspaper that he will send troops in five days. At the beginning of February, when he led his troops to Guyin, it was almost March. The warm spring of March is the time to use troops, but it does not delay the strategy of cutting down Qin that I and Qing and others agreed before. ”

asked Zhang Gu and said, "Changling, has Pu Qin made any changes in the past few days?" ”

Zhang Gu replied: "The Qin soldiers in Shuofang, Nan'an, Tianshui and other counties have not moved; Although the Qin soldiers in Longdong, Anding, Fufeng and other counties had already gathered in the eastern border of the Qin Dynasty and were stationed in Pingyang, Hedong and other counties bordering the Wei Dynasty, there seemed to be no signs of a large-scale attack and invasion of the Wei Dynasty. ”

Xin Er said: "Pu Mao and Meng Lang are very patient! Xiao and Yang Xian and Gao Chong said, "The two of them are obviously waiting for He Hun and Murong Yan to fight and lose before they are willing to enter the army." Asked Zhang Gu and said, "How is the battle between He Hun and Murong Yan?" ”

After Murong Hui's death, Murong Yan followed Murong Hui's last policy, first kept his funeral secret, and summoned He Hun evil into Yedu, but the result not only did not deceive He Hun evil, but was also his first-class strategist Zhang Shi, so he saw through Wei Ting's reality and guessed that Murong Wei was dead, and He Hun evil was in turmoil; Since the plan failed, Murong Yan followed, and he inherited the position of the lord of Wei and became the new monarch of Wei.

Zhang Gui said: "In the first battle of Hulu County in Gaoping County, the general Diao besieged the city to send reinforcements, and Tao Zhen led two thousand Gao Li to ambush the Wei reinforcements in Changyi, but because of the timely rescue of Hulu City Da Lou Tizhi Bichi, both sides did not take any advantage, and Diao withdrew his troops back to Xu; And He Hun leopard invincible, for He Hun evil Ke to take the Qingzhou counties in the southeast of the river, Tu Linzi, these two things, Ming Gong knows.

"Murong Yan appointed his brother Murong Wutai to take Luozhou (Luoyang) to prevent the Tang army from going north; Ren Murong Zhandu supervised the military of Yanzhou, sat in Changyi, and now fought with He Hun evil department in Yan, and Ming Gong also knew about this. Other than that, there is no other information at this time. ”

"He Hun leopard is invincible, for He Hun evil to conquer Qingzhou, slaughter Linzi", this sentence refers to the fierceness and brutality of He Hun leopard.

He Hun leopard's size is not high, seven feet five inches, but he can bow his horse vigorously, he is brave and unmatched, and he has a good way to govern the army, and he is strict and not annoying, and no one in Qingzhou can beat his front, and it only took more than half a month for seven or eight counties in Qingzhou to be located in the southeast of the Yellow River were all captured by him, and all of them were returned to Xu.

He Hun leopard has a cruel temperament, he believes in Buddhism, and greatly respects a monk from the Western Regions who is translated as "Wu", every time he fights, he uses this monk to join the army, and the monk suggests to him, saying that "although the Xiongnu Zhao clan and the Xianbei Murong clan have entered the Central Plains, the number of Tang people in the Central Plains is still very large, and the heart is to the left of the river, and it is advisable to add slaughter and labor to Changhu Yun." ”

Therefore, when He Hun leopard fought with the Eastern Tang Dynasty army in the past, he was captured every time, that is, all of them were killed, and this time he attacked Qingzhou, he brought his previous style with him, and every time he broke a city, he slaughtered the Tang people, including the Xianbei people, and it was also a big killing, but if the Tang people and Xianbei people were killed, there would be no slaves and maids available, so he would also leave some not to kill in each city.

However, that Linzi but because of its defense will be a lonely city and resist the Hehun leopard, to the Hehun leopard's troops caused a large casualty of the cause, after the city was broken, the Hehun leopard then ordered the whole city to be slaughtered, the corpses of the killed Hu and Tang soldiers and the people, piled up like a mountain, thrown into the Zishui in the east of Linzi City, the water was red, and the river was cut off.

In the end, Qingzhou is too far away, the specific situation, Xin Er and others can not know, only from the three words "Tu Linzi" on the intelligence, they can't imagine the tragic scene at that time, yes, although Xin Er and others think that He Hun leopard is tyrannical because of this, at the time of receiving this information, they did not make too many comments on it.

"Ren Murong Zhandu supervised the military of Yanzhou, sat in Changyi, and now fought with the evil department of He Hun in Yan", this is talking about the current war situation of Wei State.

After occupying most of Qingzhou's borders, last month, He Hun Xie again sent troops to attack Yanzhou. Although He Hun was good at fighting, Murong Zhan was also a famous general of Wei, and the two fought inseparably in Yanzhou. The three counties of Rencheng, Jiyin, and Dongping are the key areas of the war between the two sides, and the evil department of He Hun has a slight upper hand in Rencheng, while in the two counties of Jiyin and Dongping, they have not been able to enter it.

It's only mid-spring, the weather is not very good, He Hun and Murong Zhan have not yet used large-scale troops, Xin Er predicts that by March or April, the two of them may have all their troops and horses and fight a big battle in Yanzhou.

After listening to Zhang Gui's report, Xin Er thought for a while and said: "The war situation in Yanzhou and the civil strife in Wei may change at the turn of spring and summer. No matter who wins or loses Murong Yan and He Hunxie, as long as one side wins or loses, or falls into a stalemate, Pu Mao and Meng Lang will definitely take the opportunity to attack Wei. At that time, it was the time for our army to take Shuofang in the east and attack Nan'an and Tianshui! ”

Yang Chao and others all think so.

Xin Er said: "The soldiers of the Western Regions can reach Guyin in a month, and they need to transfer this matter to the governor of Koji. "Tell Yang Chao, "Shidao, you send someone to do this." ”

Sheep fashionable promises.

"Koji Dudu" is not talking about Koji Shuo, but Koji Shuang.

Koji Shuo died of a serious illness in the middle of last year's lunar month, and has passed away more than a month ago.

Before Koji Shuo died of illness, he was promoted to take over his post of "military governor of the southeastern counties".

In order to stabilize the alliance with the Koji clan, Shin Er did not object.

Who expected that after Koji Shuang successfully took over this position, but he was unwilling to leave the capital, he also had his reason, the Koji clan was an official in the royal city, only his official position was the highest, and he could participate in the government, and the rest were not qualified, if he left the royal city, I am afraid that the Koji clan would be far away from the center, which would lead to the Koji clan would be slowly marginalized, so he cited his younger brother Koji Zhang, acting as the "military governor of the southeast counties", and at the same time, he expressed his long Shi Tian Ju as General Xuanwei and Tang Xing Taishou, and put them together with the subordinate generals Tian Mingbao, Peng Linian and others were sent to Tangxing County, while himself, who was also a lieutenant, remained in Wangcheng.

His behavior, to put it nicely, is for the sake of the family, and to say that it is not good, it is greedy for power.

Xin Er was slightly dissatisfied with it.

Xin Er originally envisioned that after Koji Shuang left the court, Cao Fei would take over as a lieutenant, but he didn't know that he was eating in the pot and looking at the bowl, but he didn't leave, and there was no way. However, this is a small matter, so let it be.

And there is another thing, Xin Er can't tolerate it.

That is the Lu Shuang in a letter to the central government a few days ago, suggesting that a separate state be set up in the southeast of Longdi, including Huangshui, Taoshui and Guangwu, Tangxing and other eight counties on both sides of the river, and the names are all good, because these counties are near the Yellow River, they are called Hezhou; and suggested that Koji Zhang should be appointed as the assassin of Hezhou.

This is simply excessive!

The Koji clan has Koji Qiu as the assassin of Qinzhou, and the military of the eight southeastern counties has long been under the capital of the Koji clan. Then the power of the Koji clan in Dingxi will inevitably be too great!

Lu Shuang's request, Xin Er did not express his position, nor did Chen Sun and others, so it was put on hold for the time being.

But Xin Er is sure that Koji Shuang will not stop there, and when he brings it up again, how can he refuse him? Xin Er hasn't thought about it yet.

Pulling his thoughts out of this trouble, Xin Yi smiled and said to Gao Chong: "Jun Chang, you go on. ”

Gao Chong came to report a new piece of Jiangzuo information to Xin Er, but he was interrupted by the officials from the Western Regions just now. At this time, the officials have retreated, and Zhang Shao's dispatch of troops has been briefly discussed, so he can continue.

Before Jiang Zuo came back last time, Gao Chong's two servants were appointed as officials by Jiang Zuo and stayed in Jiankang, and this information was sent by them.

Gao Chong said: "Chong Shicai said that Huan Jingzhou was successful in the war against Shu, and was worshiped by the imperial court as the general of the expedition to the west, and after he heard that He Hun betrayed Wei, he asked for the Northern Expedition. ”

Xin Er nodded and said, "How did Jiang Zuo Chaozhong reply to him?" Is it allowed? ”

Gao Chong said: "The princes in the Jiangzuo Dynasty mostly thought that although the capture of Wei was in turmoil, Murong Yan and his younger brother Murong Wutai guarded Luozhou, Murong Wutai is known as a brave warrior, and if he attacks rashly, he may not be able to win, so it is better to wait and see first, and then move." ”

Xin Er said in his heart: "Last time Huan Meng's war in Shu, Jiang Zuo was already full of resistance, and he had no choice but to go to the table and do it, without waiting for the approval of the court; This time, Huan Meng proposed the Northern Expedition, and Jiang Zuo did not allow it, is it because he is worried about Murong Wutai's bravery, or is he afraid that if Huan Meng's Northern Expedition is allowed, he may make another great contribution? The princes in the Eastern Tang Dynasty are no different from the Song Dynasty, with only the door and the ears of the family. ”

Two people came in from outside the hall, one was Tang Ai and the other was Guo Daoqing.

Xin Er asked him to sit down, but neither of them sat down.

Tang Ai was excited, waved a feather fan, and said, "Ming Gong, Qin can't help it!" ”

He didn't end up with what he said.

Xin Er slammed for a moment, puzzled by what he meant, and asked, "What?" Before the words fell, he thought of something, got up on the couch, and asked, "Pu Qin?" ”

Guo Daoqing was nervous, and said in a hurried voice: "I just received an urgent report, the puppet lord of Qin, Pu Mao, has arrived in Hedong, and will personally command the Qin soldiers and capture Weiluozhou. ”

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