and the state border.

Yanmen County.

Guangwu City.

After three consecutive days of galloping, Zhu Ling, the deputy general, also quickly crossed along the Great Wall and arrived at Guangwu City in Yanmen County.

Originally, since the Han Dynasty, Yanmen County has always been the Yinguan City located outside the Great Wall, but due to the weakness of the Han Court, the Saiwai Hu people frequently entered the Kou, plundered the Han land, burned the houses, and plundered the people!

As a county outside the Great Wall, the Yin Pavilion has no buffer, so it is naturally the first choice for the Hu people to plunder, and it bears the brunt.

Therefore, after Cao Cao unified the north, under the comprehensive trade-off, he moved the county to Guangwu within the Great Wall, relying on the line of defense along the Great Wall, and concentrated on the frontier on one side to garrison troops and fortify the other side to replenish military rations.

Inside the city.

County capital.

At this time, Zhao Zhao and Zhu Ling sat down with each other's eyes, sitting on the futon under the seat, and in front of them was a simple table.

It's just that although Guangwu is a county government, because it is located in the frontier, the facilities in the house are extremely dilapidated, with gray cases, broken futons, and so on.

After a long time, Zhu Ling smiled and bowed his hand and said, "Brother Qian, at present, we have sent several waves of secret agents to secretly infiltrate the outside of the Saiwai to investigate the situation of the various departments of the grassland. ”

"However, the royal order that the King of Wei handed over to us is to unite the Budugen Division, so that they can raise troops to intersect with the former mortal enemy Kebineng, so as to disperse his strength."

"At the moment, what do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Ling smiled at this remark.

After listening to it for a while, he couldn't help but look contemplative, stroked the scarce beard under his forehead, and said half-loudly: "Wenbo, don't be impatient!" ”

"At present, we don't know the movements of the Hu people's various departments for the time being, it is better to stay ahead of the troops according to the moves, and make a decision after the sentinels return!"

"Hmm...... So far, that's the only way to go. ”

Originally, after they accepted this royal decree to negotiate with Budugen, they all thought that the task would definitely be extremely difficult to complete.

After all, this is also a negotiation alliance with the Hu people, and there is no guarantee that there will be any forks in it.

But along the way, the security in the border areas of Yanmen and Yunzhong has gradually stabilized, and most of the people in the county can live in a stable environment.

This matter couldn't help but arouse Zhu Ling's extreme curiosity, and then he personally visited more than ten households, investigated and collected evidence, and found that it had been nearly four or five years, and they were not being attacked by large-scale Xianbei knights on the border.

Of course, the people also said that small and medium-sized tribes close to the county often entered the pass and plundered property.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ling couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "I didn't expect that Bu Dugen was still so knowledgeable about current affairs, and he was afraid of my Great Wei Bingfeng, and he didn't dare to plunder my Han land easily." ”

"This person is interesting!"

"Interesting?"

Hearing this, he muttered softly, couldn't help but muttered to himself, and then said: "I can't see it, this is very likely to be a goodwill signal from Budugen to our army." ”

After thinking about it, he said in a relaxed and half-joking manner: "Wenbo, you should also know that since the death of Budugen's brother Kuitou, he has taken over his brother's position as Khan. ”

"But due to his lack of prestige, he has been in charge of most of Xianbei for so many years, not only has he not had the slightest merit in expanding his territory to the outside world, but even most of the tribes under his rule have turned their backs on him and become enemies with him!"

The most typical is the one who now dominates one side and is strong for a while.

He also broke away from most of Xianbei early in his early years, and relied on his own ability and skills to stand on his own.

This is also the key reason why in the past ten years, Kebi has been able to frequently expand its territory, exterminate Suli and other tribes, as well as expeditions to the east, so that Fuyu and other ethnic groups have been intimidated by the Xianbei army's soldiers and have to be forced to surrender.

On the other hand, the root of the step is not up or down, and the strength is limited.

Originally, the stone acacia created an extremely powerful Xianbei, but at this moment, it has gradually died out, and its strength is no longer as good as it was at the beginning!

Over the years, the root of the step has not expanded at all.

"Wenbo, let's discuss how to formulate reasonable countermeasures against the Budu Root Department and induce it to gather the troops to attack Ke Bineng."

"Huh?"

"According to the spirit, let's use the pastures with abundant water and grass as a bargaining chip!"

"Since the strength of Budugen's department is far from it, the ordinary interests must have been unable to enter his eyes, and he needs to deliberately bring some special interests as bargaining chips."

After that, Zhu Ling smiled slowly and glanced at the tricks, and then explained: "After all, Kebineng has conquered all the grasslands in recent years, and basically conquered a large area of pastures with abundant water and grass in the eastern grassland. ”

"If our army can promise that as long as the matter is completed, Kebi can be expelled and driven away, then the pasture is his Budugen, in this case, I think Budugen and they will raise their hands and agree."

"The most important thing is, of course, that even if we expel the Kebineng Department, we can't stay in the grassland for a long time, the class teacher is certain, if this is really the current situation, it is better to be a favor to push the boat along the river and give him the pasture with rich water and grass."

Xi Jianzheng's words slowly settled.

After a long groan, Zhu Ling seemed to think of something, and said eagerly: "Budu is fundamentally afraid of our army in the front of the soldiers, so he does not dare to blatantly plunder our army's frontier. ”

"If our army is supplemented by grace and charity to the grassland pastures, then they will definitely be attached to our Great Wei, and from then on they will become the key to guarding the Yanmen frontier."

The words of the Tao were well known to all the generals, so they did not dare to refute them.

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Zhao was also very interested at this time, and nodded frequently, indicating that he was also very much in favor of Zhu Ling's suggestion.

To be honest, the Dao plan that Zhu Ling is proposing so far is not an extremely ordinary plan.

After hearing this, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, and left separately for the time being, dealing with internal affairs and defense on the one hand, and rectifying the sergeants in the army on the other.

Merely.

The purpose of their battle was not to lead the crowd to kill as many Hu people as they wanted, but to successfully unite with the Budu Gensuo to defeat Kebineng.

If they can't convince Xianbei, the plan will fail!

At present, although Cao Cao, the king of Wei, led the people to the north, the momentum is also extremely huge, but because there is Wu Shu in the south and Wu Shu to divide one side, he does not dare to take it lightly, and then arrange the corresponding troops to garrison the important places, the actual force used for the northward march is only more than 50,000 foot cavalry.

Although these tens of thousands are all elites, they are still extremely difficult to deal with compared to the 100,000 heavy horses of Kebineng!

If he didn't mobilize and disperse his forces, then even if Jia Xu's encirclement and annihilation strategy was successfully implemented, it would not be a complete attack, but would allow Kebi to take the opportunity to chisel through the Han army's military formation, take the opportunity to kill into the hinterland of the Central Plains, and threaten all places.

It's been a few days!

At this time, the secret agents who were sent to Saiwai to inquire about the news had also returned to Guangwu City one after another to report the specific situation of the various departments of the grassland to Zhaozhao.

"You mean, the Hu people are now in the midst of attacking each other?"

After hearing this, his eyes couldn't help but become solemn, and he asked slowly.

"Yes."

"General Qian, this is what the villains saw with their own eyes, after we sneaked into the grassland, we each killed some herdsmen to destroy their corpses, and then pretended to be herdsmen and mixed into some small and medium-sized tribes, and it was from the Hu people in these tribes that we learned about it."

"Now the Hu people are fighting fiercely in the Styx area of the Donglin tribe, and the two warring sides are the Budugen and the Xianbei Mud in the west."

Daodao words, the burly spy not only spoke firmly, but his expression was also extremely obvious, and he affirmed it every word.

That's the truth!

"Mud?"

After a while, he muttered to himself: "Western Xianbei also participated in the war?" ”

"Then this show is getting more and more exciting?"

"If you have a good life, will it set off a bloody scuffle on the grassland?"

For a while, when I heard the words at this time, I couldn't help but think about it, and I thought about it more, so I thought about it in my mind.

After a long groan, his face suddenly turned overjoyed, and his expression suddenly became angry, and he stretched out his hand to guide him excitedly: "Hurry, hurry, you and the others will retreat first, and go and summon General Zhu Ling to the county government!" ”

"No."

As soon as the order was given, the spies dared to hesitate, and immediately surrendered their promises and went to find someone.

Time passed minute by minute, and after getting the information, Zhao Zhao quickly rushed to the county mansion and sat down, quietly waiting for Zhu Ling's arrival.

Half-loud kung fu.

The sound of galloping sounded like a verdant whistle, and as it got closer, there were hurried footsteps.

Then, he looked up, and as expected, it was Zhu Ling who arrived in a hurry.

"Wenbo, please be seated!"

Seeing this, he stretched out his hand first to guide Zhu Ling and let him sit down, before he said slowly.

After waiting for him to kneel down, Zhu Ling's face was serious, and he arched his hand and said softly: "Brother Ling, I don't know if the situation on the grassland has changed?" ”

"Why are you so impatient to summon the last general?"

"Hey."

Just as he said this, his face was still showing a hint of casualness, and he inadvertently yawned, which made him more and more sleepy at this moment.

However, he also knew that now that the three scriptures were summoned in the middle of the night, there must be something important to discuss, so he held on to his spirit and forced his eyelids not to close.

Not only that, but at this moment, a cold wind was blowing outside the hall, and the moon, which was originally hanging high in the sky and shining in a large starry sky, gradually disappeared into the clouds!

As the moonlight faded, the lighting in the hall became much grayer!

Observing for a while, seeing that Zhu Ling was sleepy, and the two dark circles under his eyes were still competing, he pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but apologize: "Wenbo, I've disturbed your rest for my brother." ”

"I apologize here!"

"Where, where."

"Brother Ling, this doesn't matter, you and I are both in the army, how can we not even overcome this bit of sleepiness?"

After that, Zhu Ling also returned the salute.

Immediately after that, the two of them began to talk about business in the gloomy county hall.

"Wenbo, according to the report of more than a dozen secret agents who have just returned urgently, they have basically grasped the situation of the Hu people outside the Saiwai."

"One of the most dazzling events is that the Budu Root Department is fighting in the area of the Styx River in the territory of the Donglin tribe."

Speaking of this, he groaned for a while, and couldn't help but say in a low voice: "According to the move, this is estimated to be an opportunity for our side, if it is planned properly, not only the Budu Root Department, but I am afraid that the Western Xianbei can also be involved, and unanimously confront the Kebi Neng Department." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ling was stunned, half speechless, and muttered softly: "Brother Ling, what do you think?" ”

At this time, Zhu Ling's face was extremely puzzled!

Immediately, at this moment, he was extremely confident, thanks to the fact that in his early years, he was often stationed at the border of Bingzhou to guard against the movements of the Hu tribes such as Xianbei.

"Wenbo, Zhao thinks so, why does Budugen have a bad relationship with the Western Xianbei, causing the two sides to attack each other?"

"Is it really just about competing for fertile pasture?"

"What do you want to say?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhao pondered for a while again, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao thinks that this matter will never be so simple. ”

"I remember that a few years ago, there was an extremely large alliance ceremony in the western Xianbei of the grassland, and Budugen and Kebi.

"But what happened in the end was extremely unexpected, so that no one could have imagined that the Great Khan of the Western Xianbei Dynasty was directly killed by Kebineng at the meeting of the Alliance, and his subordinates were also swallowed up."

"His son is also attached to Kebineng."

"Could it be that the mutual attack between the Western Xianbei and Budugen is related to Kebineng?"

For a while, the trick was gradually analyzed, and the brows on his face couldn't help but wrinkle more and more, and he groaned softly.

After hearing this, Zhu Ling on the side couldn't help but think for a moment, then smiled and said, "Brother Ling, I see!" ”

"Judging from the speculation of the last general, it should not be accidental that the two sides attacked each other, according to what you just said, because of the alliance meeting, Fu Luohan was directly assassinated by Kebineng, and then his subordinates were also annexed one after another."

"The current big examples show that this incident is by no means such a coincidence, but that Kebi can do it intentionally!"

"Yes!"

"It's just intentional!"

Suddenly, the two of them thought of each other, and couldn't help but shout proudly.

In the next second, the face of the lead move loosened, a slight smile appeared, and he said in a deep voice: "It seems that Kebineng already has the idea of annexing the forces of the Budu Root at present. ”

"Secretly adjusting the mud to intersect with the step root is probably the first fire test."

When the words fell, Zhu Ling couldn't help but say: "Since this is the case, we must stop this matter." ”

"Supporting the root of the step and striking at Kebi can be the right way."

"At least Budugen is not capable of doing so, and he does not have the ambition of being as ambitious as Kebineng, and the threat posed to my northern Xinjiang region is limited."

"As long as our army can defeat the Kebi Neng Department in this battle, then it will definitely be able to stabilize at least a few years in the future, and the King of Wei will be able to avoid worries, recuperate, and prepare to invade the south again at any time, level the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, destroy the division of Wu Shu, and unify the world."

After speaking, Zhao Zhao thought about it, and then said: "Now that the matter is over, Zhao Xiang will personally go to the Saiwai Royal Court!" ”