When Cao Liang arrived in Hedong County, the governor of Hedong County was not in Anyi, but went to Pingyang to quell the rebellion of the Xiongnu in the south.

At the beginning, Cao Cao divided the Southern Xiongnu into five divisions, and the Southern Xiongnu were placed in Puzi County.

Puzi County is adjacent to Bingzhou, but it is under the jurisdiction of Hedong County, which is the northernmost county of Hedong County.

Puzi County belongs to the remnant gully area of the Loess Plateau. The walls in the territory are high and wide, the ravines are criss-crossed, the mountains are continuous, and the hills are undulating. Due to the isolation of the terrain, the Xiongnu people living here did not have any contact or entanglement with the Han people in other surrounding counties, and they have been in peace for decades.

It's just that the Xiongnu rebellion on the side of Bingzhou was quite fierce this time, and naturally it also affected the southern Xiongnu in Puzi County.

The Huns have always been a nomadic people living on the grassland, living a life of chasing water and grass, poor living conditions and a life without a fixed place, creating a fierce and barbaric character of the Huns, since the Warring States, the Huns have always been the great enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty, even Qin Shi Huang, who dominated the world by force, there is no good way to deal with the Huns, only to build the Great Wall, the implementation of passive defense.

Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty who had just obtained the ambition of the world, waved his army to the north, but was surrounded by the Xiongnu Shan Yu Mao Dun in Baishan Mountain, and almost lost his life, but fortunately Chen Ping bribed Mao Dun's wife, which was able to break through.

After that, the Han Dynasty could only use the means of harmony to encircle the Xiongnu, until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, sent Wei Qinghuo to break the Xiongnu and solve the great trouble that could not be solved by relying only on the Great Wall.

By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were divided into two parts, the northern Xiongnu lived in Mobei, and the southern Xiongnu moved south to the middle of the Guanzhong in Bingzhou, where they lived together with the Han people.

Although the Xiongnu accepted the canonization of Cao Cao and the Wei court, it does not mean that the Huns can change the wildness in their bones by living a life of half-farming and half-pasture.

Due to the long-term discrimination and oppression by the court officials and the local Han people, the Xiongnu people were extremely hostile to the Han people, and the contradictions gradually accumulated, just like an active volcano that had accumulated steadily, once it erupted, it would be unstoppable.

The rebellion of the southern Xiongnu was later than that of the other Xiongnu, and when the Xiongnu rebellion in the various departments of the state was in full swing, there were some small-scale riots in the southern Xiongnu.

Some of the local Han people were plundered by the Huns, and the matter was naturally reported to the Taishou in Hedong.

At that time, Han Jian was still alive, in order to quell the riots of the Xiongnu, Han Jian specially sent the commander of the county to lead a thousand soldiers to the north to Puzi County to suppress the Huns.

The suppression of the officers and soldiers could not make the Huns succumb, but made the scale of the rebellion bigger and bigger, Lin Duwei fought fiercely with the Huns in Puzi for more than a month, had to be able to win, and the loss of generals, heavy losses, and finally even Puzi County was broken by the Huns, Lin Duwei had to lead the remnants of the defeated generals, all the way to Pingyang County.

After the victory of the Huns in Puzi, their morale soared, and they gathered a crowd of 10,000 people to surround Pingyang City.

At this time, the Taishou Han Jian had already hanged himself, and the new Taishou had not yet arrived, and it was Ding Juncheng who temporarily held the post of Taishou in the county.

Ding Juncheng was only a civil official in charge of civil affairs, and he was purely ignorant of this march and war, not to mention that when Captain Lin left, he had already taken away the county soldiers of the county, and the remaining county soldiers could no longer be moved lightly, and they would have to guard the county seat.

Under normal circumstances, Ding Juncheng could only submit an emergency document to the imperial court and request reinforcements from the imperial court.

But even if Hedong County and Luoyang are next to each other, but if you really have to wait for the imperial court to send reinforcements, it is estimated that Pingyang will not be able to hold it, after all, the disparity between the enemy and our forces is too great, and it is indeed difficult to block the crazy offensive of the Huns with the remnants of Lin Duwei.

At this time, Ding Juncheng thought of Cao Liang, the general of Pingbei.

Although Cao Liang's destination is Bingzhou, Pingyang is on the way to Bingzhou, Ding Juncheng and Cao appear these days, thinking that Cao Liang is not the kind of person who does not care about himself, so he came directly to Cao Liang and asked Cao Liang to send troops as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Pingyang.

After Cao Liang heard this, he immediately said: "It is Cao's duty to pacify the Xiongnu rebellion, Ding Juncheng can rest assured that he should send troops as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Pingyang." ”

Ding Juncheng was overjoyed, got up and bowed: "The lower official has thanked the general for the people of Hedong." ”

Cao Liang smiled slightly and said: "Ding Jun is polite, it is Cao's responsibility to quell the Xiongnu rebellion, not to mention that all of his subordinates are children of Hedong, and An Neng will not do some modest help for his hometown." ”

Ding Juncheng nodded with satisfaction, it seems that he came to Cao Liang today, he found the right person, Ding Juncheng asked, "I don't know when the general will be able to send troops?" ”

It's not that Ding Juncheng forced Cao Liang to make a statement, but the situation in Pingyang is too critical, the sooner Cao Liang sends troops, he may be able to save it, and if he sends troops late, it may be too late.

Of course, Cao Liang knew that these soldiers were like fighting fires, he groaned for a while, and said: "It's too late today, Rong has a plan, and tomorrow is the time, and set off on time!" ”

Ding Juncheng was overjoyed, it stands to reason that the army went out, everything was complicated, if Cao Liang could promise to send troops within three days, Ding Juncheng would already be satisfied, I didn't expect Cao Liang to promise to send troops tomorrow, it was really unexpected for Ding Juncheng, he thanked him again and again.

Cao Liang smiled slightly: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the most important thing in this march and war is the supply of grain and grass, and now the grain and grass on the side of the court have not yet arrived in full. ”

It's not that Cao Liang is ripping off bamboo, but that the grain and grass delivery on the side of the court has not been in place for a long time, if the troops are sent early, the shortage of grain and grass will be a relatively big trouble, so Cao Liang handed over this grain and grass gap to Ding Juncheng, and he will be responsible for solving it.

Hedong County lacks soldiers and major generals, but what is not lacking is grain and grass, even if the treasury can not be taken out, but there are many families in Hedong, which is related to the safety of Hedong, Ding Juncheng believes that these wealthy families will not stand idly by, if Pingyang is lost, then the Huns can drive straight down, and the entire Hedong County is in danger.

Ding Juncheng believes that under the threat of his life, these big families can still take it, not to mention that Cao's army is only 10,000 people, and a dignified Hedong County can't afford to raise 10,000 soldiers and horses?