Xianbei goes south! There is no need to deliberately publicize it, just say it in the counties, and then the counties will immediately go into a state of alert.

The people of each village immediately took their belongings and food into a special cave and hid them, and then took the rations for about three months and hid in the county seat. The major families closed the Dock Fort and then relied on the Dock Fort for defense. Preparations for defending the city began within the county, and preparations began to be made for stones. This proficiency is even more perfect than Liu Tao's arrangement......

"The counterattack is not enough, and the defense seems to be thoroughly proficient." Liu Tao couldn't help but complain after knowing it.

"To a certain extent...... Lu Yan sighed slightly, "This is the life of the people here before we came." ”

Being invaded and looted has become a norm, and how to defend has become an instinctive reaction, Liu Tao feels that at this time, the imperial court needs to reflect on why the people here are so insecure.

The problem is that it is troublesome to solve, first of all, the enemies of the imperial court, that is, these Xianbei people, they can escape into the mountains and forests, rely on the mountains and forests for defense, and use cavalry to attack and harass. Their archery skills are also good, and they suffer a lot from shooting.

They can cross the Yinshan Mountain Range through the mountains and forests to attack the south, but the imperial court can't rebuild a Great Wall around this mountain range. Perhaps the imperial court itself used this area beyond the Great Wall as a buffer for the war between the two clans.

People will also be stationed here, and there will be people living here. Conversely, if there is a war, it will be the first place of engagement. No matter what happens here, it will not affect the people within the Great Wall.

In other words, from the very beginning, the imperial court did not plan to make this place more prosperous, just like in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no longer even a taishou here, only a duwei.

Yes, Liu Tao remembers that there is a Taishou here, and it is still a matter of the Western Han Dynasty. However, Yunzhong County is not the original territory of the Xiongnu or Xianbei, if you really want to trace it, it should be set up by King Zhao Wuling.

In other words, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this place was originally the inherent territory of China.

The 5,000 soldiers have already approached the Beiyu side, and Liu Tao has ordered Guan Yu to strengthen patrols around him. Judging from the current results, it seems that no Xianbei troops have been found who have come over from Dingxiang.

"Lord, dare to ask what happened to those Xianbei people at present?" Lu Buqian asked. Five days ago, I knew for the first time that Liu Tao could actually open the eye of heaven to see the situation in the distance, and the range of the eye of heaven was ten miles away.

If only it had been so convenient to fight in the past, you could have given early warning, or even ambushed in advance.

Sometimes I feel that Liu Tao should be the Taishou of Wuyuan County, after all, his Tianyan is more useful over there. Ambushed the Hu people four or five times, then they didn't dare to come over casually.

"They have been in the mountains and forests for the past two days, and they seem to be hesitating to go south. If my guess is correct, either they will go south in these ten days, or they will return north in ten days. Liu Tao replied.

During this time, it was still in the autumn harvest season, and it was really necessary to count that there were still some people in the county, after the harvest, the millet was still drying, and it was not completely stored. At this time, if you go south to plunder, you can naturally harvest a lot of grain.

After more than ten days, the grain is put into storage, or even hidden, then it is possible to obtain it by attacking the city, but it is too cost-effective, it is obviously a loss-making transaction, and it will naturally not be done.

"Don't mean to go south at all? No, no, they don't mean to move? Lu Bu asked with some eagerness.

"That's true, but you know, I have to be focused on looking over there before I can see what's going on over there. For example, if I'm asleep, or I'm not paying attention over there, then I don't know what's going on over there. Liu Tao had to explain.

If these Hu people secretly move in the middle of the night, or when he is not looking, then it is impossible for him to notice.

"It's nothing, they don't move around in the middle of the night. After all, in the mountains and forests, the time of night is when the beasts are active. However, there is one thing to note, that is, most of the Hu people can see everything clearly in the middle of the night. Lu Bu reminded.

This is because the Hu people will also eat offal and livestock blood, perhaps supplemented with vitamin A, so there is no problem of night blindness. Anyway, naturalized Hu people with a single diet may have night blindness.

According to Lü Bu, in the early days, even the Hu people thought that this was their betrayal of Xianbei, the punishment of the gods. There's no way, any weird thing these days can have something to do with gods and ghosts......

"That's a good habit!" Liu Tao praised when he heard this, "Since they won't move casually at night, shouldn't we take the initiative to go over and send them warmth?" General Lu, you should mean the same thing, right? ”

"I don't know what you mean by 'sending warmth', but the last general does have the idea of a night attack." Lu Bu nodded, he felt that Liu Tao's meaning should be the same as his own.

"Of course I mean that, I've always been very loving." Liu Tao nodded, "Seeing that they have left their hometowns, trapped in the mountains and forests, lonely, and have to face all kinds ......of fierce beasts, they must be unbearable."

"So I took the initiative to invite them over as a guest, and this should also be done?" Guo Jia smiled, he had already begun to feel the bad taste in Liu Tao's words.

"That's certain, and since we see these poor Xianbei people suffering over there, of course we should treat them well. If they don't even have a place to go, shouldn't they provide a place to live, or even a job? Liu Tao looked compassionate, "I, a brilliant man, how can we act in vain to start a war?" ”

"So...... Lu Yan also reacted, "Recently, the counties have built bridges and paved roads and widened irrigation canals, and they do need a lot of workers. ”

"Are these scholars so insidious?" Wen Chou asked Cheng Lian beside him in a low voice.

"As far as I know...... It seems so. Cheng Lian Muran nodded, after all, the scholars he had seen were really counted, that is, Liu Tao. I have the impression that this is indeed the feeling.

"Fight, fight, why do you have to find so many reasons?" Lu Bu was a little puzzled.

"It's a matter of position!" Liu Tao replied. "We can't take the initiative to provoke a war, and even if we have to fight, it must be their problem, not ours. Otherwise, even if we win, those guys in the court will put the responsibility of lightly starting the war on us...... Of course you can't give them, an excuse to baash us! ”

In the final analysis, it is not even a chance to give those ill-intentioned guys in the court a chance to frame themselves, which is called wisdom. In the end, order has not collapsed, and many things inevitably need to be taken care of.

"So!" Liu Tao concluded, "I want to write a letter to the imperial court, indicating that at this time, and then you are ready, tonight or tomorrow night to send them warmth, if you don't like this word, just say that it is a household check." ”

"Why do you think the lord is very skilled?" Guo Jia asked.

Truly...... The others also complained silently in their hearts.