"My lord, this is a letter from the fooled Taishou." Taiyuan, Jinyang, Cui Geng handed over a roll of bamboo slips to Chen Mo, since Chen Mo came to Jinyang, he began to increase his combing efforts, and the large and small families who resisted Cui Geng's ruling before have died down, which also made Cui Geng breathe a sigh of relief.

"Say what?" Chen Mo glanced at the bamboo slips, did not pick them up, held a few small flags, and carefully looked at the terrain on the sand table, he almost understood the situation of the party, now the party is not a force that divides one side, Taishou has no ability, governance is not good, there are a lot of troops, but there are not many that can be taken out.

"Please move the lord to the party as soon as possible, and Taishou Zheng Li is willing to hand over the military and political affairs." Cui Geng opened the bamboo slip and looked at it, looked up at Chen Mo, who didn't have much expression, and said with a smile: "Did the lord already know?" ”

"Zheng Li, this person, his ability is acceptable." Chen Mo nodded, this Zheng Li is not famous, but he still has a good set of governance aspects, but it is a pity that he has misplaced it.

"Does the party charge it?" Cui Geng said curiously.

"It's to be collected, but not now." Chen Mo shook his head, and constantly inserted the small flag in his hand on the sand table and said: "The biggest problem in Shangdang County is not the thieves or officials, these are easy to deal with, the biggest problem is that the black mountain thieves have been attacking for a long time, if we are stationed in Shangdang now, a large number of troops and men and horses have to be put into Shangdang, this black mountain thief is different from the Ge Pi thief and white wave thief we dealt with before, this Taihang Mountain has a face of hundreds of miles, the terrain is complicated, and those black mountain thieves come and go freely, but it is difficult for us to exterminate the black mountain thief, and this thief's first Zhang Yan is definitely not Yang Feng." , Hu Cai and his ilk are comparable, and the entire Black Mountain thief is the one who has the final say. ”

If the Black Mountain Thief is the same as the White Wave Thief, it is not easy to crusade, and it can also be divided by tricks, so that it can kill each other internally, and then exterminate them one by one, even if it cannot be completely eliminated, it can also be severely damaged.

But the problem is that the Black Mountain Thieves are different from the White Wave Thieves, Zhang Yan has absolute prestige, the White Wave Thieves are entrenched in the place, and the Black Mountain Thieves are trying to survive, so they are more united.

"But the Black Mountain thieves ......" Cui Geng muttered: "They attack and harass several counties, in fact, there are also Black Mountain thieves in Hedong, lord, in addition, Jizhou, Youzhou also have many intrusions, but the state is tired, Montenegrin thieves rarely attack, why don't we unite the princes on both sides of this Taihang Mountain and hit it hard?" ”

"I want the Black Mountain thief population, Zhang Yan is also a rare talent, it would be best if he could take it for his own use, so I don't want to form too deep resentment at the moment." Chen Mo smiled.

Cui Geng was a little speechless, he had been doing it for a long time, he had taken a fancy to others, but thinking about it, what he lacked most now in Bingzhou was the population, the Montenegrin thieves were known as millions, even if there were not so many, there would always be 100,000, if the Montenegrin thieves could be moved in, the population of the state would increase a lot.

"So the lord is going to take the Yanmen first?" Cui Geng said with some amusement.

"Hmm." Chen Mo nodded: "First, this spring ploughing has passed, Yanmen only relies on its own food, but it can't feed the army, and secondly, Yanmen is the gateway to the state, there are many important passes, and it is also a place to communicate with the Xianbei people, we still have to trade with the Xianbei people, so Yanmen must be taken." ”

Of course, the elite of Yanmen is also the reason why Chen Mo wants to take Yanmen, and now that he is the assassin of the state, it is reasonable and legal to accept this elite.

After Chen Mo annexed Li Le, Hu Cai, and Yang Feng, Chen Mo's soldiers have reached 50,000, and there are many soldiers and horses, but they are not elite, this kind of veteran of a hundred battles, Chen Mo needs it very much.

"The Yanmen Taishou has sent letters several times, and he is willing to return to the lord." Cui Geng said with a smile, now that Chen Mo has won Taiyuan and the position of the assassin of Bingzhou, it is not difficult to win Yanmen.

"I know, but how to defend after taking Yanmen, only two or three thousand people like now is definitely not enough, the Xianbei people seem to have become more and more rampant in the past two years!" Chen Mo pinched his eyebrows and said, the Han Dynasty is in civil strife, and the Hu people outside the Saiwai are beginning to be unruly, and there are more and more Xianbei people who come from the clouds to loot every year, and the defense of the border areas is not enough, and the most important thing is that the deterrent power of the Han is not as good as before.

If it weren't for the war of the princes, even if there were only one or two thousand people on the Yanmen side, the Xianbei, Xiongnu and other clans would not dare to cross the border easily, but at this time, the awe of the surrounding tribes towards the Han gradually disappeared, and their behavior became more and more unbridled.

This problem is actually much more troublesome than the Montenegrin bandits, who are robbing, and although they are somewhat passive and consume more food and grass to set up troops and horses to defend themselves everywhere, they are actually not very harmful to the territory.

But Xianbei and Xiongnu are not only a matter of defense, there is also trade between the two sides, and Chen Mo is also worried about the population of the two races, whether it is trade or war between the two sides, there is a great difference between the simple attack and defense with the Black Mountain thieves.

"According to the end of the general's knowledge, now Yanmen, Taiyuan around the Xianbei forces although it is Xianbei orthodoxy, but since the death of Tanshi Huai, the eastern Xianbei has long rebelled, and later the son of Tanshi Huai and Lian have no talent to serve the public, sex and greed, unfair law, more than half of the tribes under his command rebelled, and then Lian Yuguang and four years of raiding Beidi County was shot by a stray arrow, his son Qianman was young, by his brother Kui Tou on behalf of the head, now entrenched in Taiyuan and Yanmen around the Xianbei tribe is mostly its subordinates." Cui Geng detailed the information collected during this time with Chen Mo.

Chen Mo pondered: "In other words, what is causing chaos every year now is the leader's instructions?" ”

"Not necessarily." Cui Geng shook his head and said, "The lord is not in the borderland, I don't know the habits of this Hu people." ”

"I want to hear about it." Chen Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this, although the book said some Hu people's habits, but Chen Mo did not have many clear concepts about how Xianbei governed his subordinates, and Chen Mo had a very high desire for knowledge about things he did not know.

"Hu people are not like my Han family, although Shan Yu is a little like my Han Emperor, but the binding force on the tribe is not as strong as my Han Dynasty, usually based on large and small tribes, although the total respect of Shan Yu, but on weekdays even Shan Yu does not have the ability to gather all the tribes, this spring and summer, each tribe will look for land to graze, in the autumn after the grass and trees gradually wither, the tribes will organize a large-scale hunting, at this time if you find that my border guard is not strict, you will take the opportunity to go south to commit the border, if Shan Yu intends to go south, It is also usually at this time to organize various departments to go south on a large scale, and judging from the scale of Xianbei's southward movement in recent years, it is not just to lead. Cui Geng smiled: "Of course, this is just what the last general asked the border people about during this time, and if there is anything more detailed, the last general is not very clear." ”

"It's somewhat similar to the Shang and Zhou periods." Chen Mo groped his chin and pondered: "But when this Xianbei is strong, from Liaodong in the east to the Western Regions in the west, its territory may still be above my Han Dynasty, but its people are far behind, may find the location of the leader?" ”

"It shouldn't be difficult." Cui Geng nodded, Xianbei Shan Yu had to contact the various ministries after all, even if he had no fixed place because he was a nomad, he should be able to find it by asking all the way.

"Find him, I want to strengthen the trade between the two tribes, by the way, are they short of salt?" Chen Mo asked.

"There are salt lakes in the North Sea, and Xianbei should not lack salt, even though Xianbei has been divided into several departments, but there are also transactions between them." Cui Geng shook his head, he understood what Chen Mo meant, he hoped to open up the trade relationship between the two sides through salt, but it was difficult to use this to control the other party.

"What is the main purpose of general border land transactions?" Chen Mo asked.

"The silk and porcelain of my Han are quite popular among the Huns, and in addition, the grain of my Han can also be traded with them, of course, if it is iron, bows and crossbows......"

"This won't work!" Without waiting for Cui Geng to finish speaking, Chen Mo directly interrupted and refused, the Hu people are good at riding and shooting, coming and going like the wind, the Han has been able to suppress the Huns over the years, one is because the Han soldiers are strong, and the other is that the advantage in weapons has been suppressing the Hu people, if you use weapons to trade with the Hu people in large quantities, maybe it can indeed bring huge benefits at the moment, but in the long run, it is to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Hu people, this Chen Mo will never allow it.

Although he wants to open more cooperation, Chen Mo never wants Xianbei people to become strong because of this transaction between the two parties, what he wants is to be strong himself.

"The last general understands!" Cui Geng hurriedly said.

"Anyway, contact the boss first." Chen Mo got up and said: "I will get up and go to Yanmen tomorrow, you order someone to find the leader, I will discuss this matter with them, in addition, find someone who can speak the language of the Hu people, I will learn this." ”

"Lord, there's no need for this, is it?" Cui Geng was surprised: "How can I learn foreign languages in Han." ”

"In the future, there will be more time to interact, whether it is friends or enemies, understanding their language can get twice the result with half the effort." Chen Mo smiled and said, "Knowing more, it doesn't hurt us?" In addition, the son of Helian, Qianman, should have grown up now, right? ”

It has been ten years since the fourth year of Guanghe, and the son of Nahelian was only five years old back then, and now he is fifteen years old, and he is qualified to do great things.

"If you don't die, you should have." Cui Geng nodded.

"It's better to find him." Chen Mo pondered: "If you can't find it, find a Xianbei boy of a similar age." Chen Mo smiled.

"It's not that hard." Cui Geng nodded, then looked at Chen Mo and said, "The lord wants to ......"

"Be prepared." Chen Mo said with a smile: "If the leader is willing to show goodwill with us, then everything is naturally easy to say, I, a person, generally don't like to use force to convince people, but if the leader ignores the hundreds of years of kindness and righteousness of the two states, then try to make them change to a single Yu, even if they can't, we have to secretly support a group of Xianbei people to compete with that leader, they are chaotic, and we can be safe." ”

"The lord is wise!" Cui Geng smiled at Chen Mo and said, "The general will know what to do in this matter." ”

"Also, Yang Ping's matter, if you do anything excessive, you tell me, but don't deal with it yourself." At the end, Chen Mo looked at Cui Gengdao.

"The last will understand." Cui Geng nodded, in fact, when Yang Ping came with Chen Mo's papers, Cui Geng was a little aware.