Zhao Yun was not polite to Yang Feng, and directly ordered: "Yang Taishou led three thousand troops, go north with me to attack the Huns, and set off tomorrow!" ”

The smile on Yang Feng's face suddenly froze, he was stunned for a while, and said bitterly: "Zhao Yuanjun, now is the time for spring ploughing, where can so many soldiers and horses be gathered?" ”

"Are you going to disobey?"

“........ Can't. ”

"Go back and prepare now, and get all the ones in the east of the city tomorrow morning." Zhao Yun said: "If you miss the time, the military law will deal with it!" ”

No matter how unwilling he was, when there was a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and me, Yang Feng could only obediently obey the order and follow Zhao Yun to attack Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan brothers. The Huns were blocked in the hinterland of Bingzhou by Xu Rongbu, who controlled Yanmen County and Xihe County, although there were still 50,000 or 60,000 troops, but there were less than 20,000 soldiers who could fight, and there were many old people and children, how could they withstand the attack from both sides?

Zhao Yun led the tooth soldiers, completely defeated the resistance of the Huns in two major wars, and reincorporated all the nine counties of Bingzhou into the rule of the imperial court. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Yuvro brothers wanted to flee back to the grassland, but they were blocked by Yan Xing's troops in the north. At this time, Xu Rong had already gone to Chang'an with a small number of soldiers and horses, and Yan Xing took over the position of Wuyuan Taishou and took over the soldiers and horses left by Xu Rong.

Yu Fuluo and Hu Chuquan couldn't win the fight, and they couldn't escape, so in desperation, they could only choose to surrender. Anyway, for them Hu people, wagging their tails and begging for mercy from the strong is a traditional skill, and they have never lost it. If the master can't do it, these wolf guys will definitely pull down their faces and turn their heads to bite it again.

With the pacification of the annexed states, the tooth soldiers who had originally gone out with Zhao Yun also gradually returned to Chang'an. There were still 110,000 households in Bingzhou after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but at this time there were only more than 10,000 left. Counting up, only one-tenth of the population remains. It's not that more than 400,000 people really died, and a considerable number of them hid in the mountains, or became the tribes of the heroes.

If you count these hidden populations, there should still be 20,000 or 30,000 households left in the state, which is a little better than 10,000 households, but it is also a big loss of vitality. Therefore, after Zhao Yun became the pastor of the state, the main task was to eliminate the Huns entrenched in Taiyuan County, and the next thing was to resume production.

Expand outward from the annexed states, and it is fortunate to be able to hold the Hetao area. Zhang Yan in Taihang Mountain is not good at stubble, and the Xianbei people in Mobei are an unpredictable enemy. No one knows how many Hu people are living in the ice and snow, and they may pull out an army of 100,000 to invade the south at any time.

Before the battle of Bingzhou began, Xu Rong had already arrived in Chang'an. Chen Cheng personally greeted the outskirts of thirty miles to show his attention and glory. After four years in Hetao, Xu Rong's skin has been tanned a lot, and his face looks a little older, but his waist is still straight.

"Meet the General!"

After Xu Rong jumped off the horse, he immediately bowed down. Chen Cheng stepped forward, grabbed his two arms, and pulled Xu Rong up stiffly.

"Lord, the ceremony must not be abolished!"

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Is the etiquette law set up for my generation? ”

He looked Xu Rong up and down carefully, and said with emotion: "You have worked hard in the past few years. ”

Xu Rong shook his head and said: "The minister is in Wuyuan, riding a horse and shooting every day, and the people he has to deal with are just the Huns, Xianbei, Wuhuan and other Hu people Diyi, where is there any hard work?" The lord first broke Lu Bu, and then defeated Dong Zhuo, that is the hard work! ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "If you hadn't led your troops to guard the Hetao area and covered our flanks, how would I dare to use the troops and horses of Xiliang to fight the enemy in the east?" I have prepared a mansion for you in Chang'an, General Xu will rest for the night, and tomorrow I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you! ”

Before Xu Rong, Fu Gan had just finished his debriefing and went to Luoyang to take office. Chen Cheng didn't go to deal with political affairs for several days, so he feasted them in Weiyang Palace. It was Fu Gan before, and now it is Xu Rong. At the banquet, Chen Cheng said to Xu Rong: "I wanted you to take over Zilong's affairs in charge of the tooth soldiers, so that you can rest in Chang'an for a few years." But after thinking about it, I still feel that only you can deal with Cao Cao. ”

Xu Rong said angrily: "The husband hates the meritorious deeds!" Now that the world is in turmoil, it is the time for our generation to use force. If the minister goes to Henan, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao for the lord! ”

Chen Cheng waved his hand and said, "Although most of Cao Cao's troops are now trapped in Xuzhou, we can't send a large army to Yanzhou. Xu Qing went to Henan, as long as he held Chenggao and Xingyang, at least he had to defend Tiger Pass and Luoyang. I'll wait until after the autumn harvest to talk about the rest. ”

After Huangfu Song died of illness, his son Huangfu Jianshou sent the body back to his hometown in Liangzhou, and then was taken away by Chen Cheng and worshiped as the Huangmen squire. At this time, Huangfu Jianshou was also at the banquet, but he was different from the elated and high-spirited people of others, and he looked depressed and unhappy, and his face was full of sadness.

Chen Cheng caught a glimpse of Huangfu Jianshou's incompatible appearance with the celebratory atmosphere of the banquet, pondered for a moment, picked up the wine glass, walked over and said, "I have already presented to the Son of Heaven and posthumously crowned Huangfu as a hussar general. After you live in Chang'an for a year and deal with the affairs at home, you will be asked to take command of General Huangfu's old department, but you don't know what your opinion is? ”

When Huangfu Jianshou saw Chen Cheng coming, he got up and bowed down, and said: "When my father was alive, he repeatedly warned that the descendants of the Huangfu family were not allowed to lead troops to fight again, and the good intentions of the general could only be understood in my heart. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

Huangfu Jianshou said: "My father once said: Three generations are generals, and there is no future to them? He also said: He led his troops into battle and killed a lot. Although he was serving the country and had to do it as a last resort, he was often uneasy. Therefore, before his death, he repeatedly told him not to allow his descendants to lead troops into battle. ”

Chen Cheng's heart was shaken, he had always thought that although Huangfu Song's ability to use soldiers was unique in the world, but later he was pedantic and stubborn, and he was dissatisfied with Huangfu Song's order to slaughter hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, thinking that this person was too cold, so he didn't like him very much in his heart.

But I didn't expect that Huangfu Song would leave a legacy of "children and grandchildren are not allowed to lead troops into battle". Chen Cheng's heart fluctuated, remembering Huangfu Song's magnificent life, and couldn't help but be stunned. After a long time, he sighed and said: "The Emperor Fu is powerful in the world, and no one in the world can beat him with the ability of soldiers." Although the immortal has passed away, he should also record his life deeds, so that future generations will know that there are heroes like Huangfu in my Han family. ”

He turned his head, looked around the hall, and said to Wang Cang: "Zhong Xuan, come here!" ”

Wang Cang is now a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, because the general is disgusted with all complicated etiquette, he lives a very leisurely life, and after every day, he either chats with his boss Cai Yong, or delves into "Chen Xue" in the office, which is simply not too comfortable.

Hearing Chen Cheng call him, Wang Cang confessed to the people on the side and walked over with the smell of wine. When he arrived in front of Chen Cheng, he bowed to the end, then straightened up and asked, "What do you have the lord's command?" ”

As a rare cultural person in this era, Wang Cang admires Chen Cheng very much. The original Chinese culture has developed for thousands of years, forming inherent genres and contexts, and later generations are just tinkering with the original path. And the "Chen Xue" that Chen Cheng made up was a new one, throwing aside all the original knowledge system and digging out a new source.

Wang Cang has been smart since he was a child, and his family scriptures have already been studied very thoroughly. But after coming into contact with "Chen Xue", he immediately threw the scriptures aside. In the face of the new body of knowledge, "the Six Classics note me" and "I note the Six Classics" are simply children's tricks, and they are not worth mentioning at all.

He even accepted the saying that "the great general is a god in the world" that circulated in Guanzhong, believing that even if Chen Cheng was not a god, he was a far greater existence than Kong Sheng.

Chen Cheng said to Wang Cang: "I heard that you are writing a book called "Heroes", but it is too brief, I will send some people to you, be sure to write it in detail." This is the son of General Huangfu Song, you have a good life to talk to him, and write down all the affairs of Huangfu Gong, so that it can be passed on to future generations. ”

Wang Cang is uninhibited, and although he listened to Chen Cheng's instructions, when he wrote his "Heroes", he still wrote very briefly, at most he just added a few more strokes.

After Wang Cang sat down and talked to Huangfu Jianshou in a low voice, Chen Cheng returned to the position of the head and said to Xu Rong on the side: "Where is Ling Lang Xu Gut?" Why didn't you see him come to the feast? ”

Xu Rong Zhengse said: "The people who come to this Weiyang Palace are all state officials, Xu Dan is still studying, and he has no official position, how can he attend such an occasion?" ”

Chen Cheng sighed and said, "Xu Qing, Xu Qing, you are good at everything, but you are too serious and square!" ”

Xu Rong said: "The nature of the minister is like this, and he can't change it if he wants to." ”

Chen Cheng shook his head and smiled, and said, "You will rest in Chang'an for ten days, and then take 10,000 soldiers and horses east out of Tongguan and go to Tuntian, Henan." How many soldiers and horses can be dispatched after the autumn depends on how well you and Fu Gan are doing in Henan. Xu Dan's talent and martial arts are very good, this year is the third grade, right? When I was interning, I was assigned to the guards. ”

Xu Rong is a strong person, and he heard that Chen Cheng wants to put his son by his side to cultivate. It's just a slight bow.

"You," Chen Cheng stretched out his hand and nodded at Xu Rong, and said, "This kind of temper, no wonder it has not been able to rise in the Northern Army." ”

Xu Rong said disapprehantly: "The husband has something to do, and he doesn't do something." Although he has been in the Northern Army for several years, he has also met the lord because of this. If he was still in the Northern Army, even if he had the ambition to help the world, he was afraid that he would have turned into a handful of loess long ago. ”

Chen Cheng laughed, then sighed again, and Yan Zhong on the side asked, "Why did the prince come here?" ”

Jia Xu was also on the side, but he just glanced at it, then took his gaze back, still maintaining a smiling expression on his face. It seems that as long as Chen Cheng doesn't let him express his opinion, he will always keep saying nothing.

Chen Cheng stretched out his hand and patted Xu Rong's shoulder and said, "In terms of the ability to fight with soldiers, Xu Qing is only above me, nor is he below any heroes and heroes in the world. If it weren't for the fact that there were really no manpower in the first place, how could you have thrown a general like you on the edge for several years? ”

"Heroes - Huangfu Song": "Huangfu Song, the meaning of the word is true, and the people of Anding County, Liangzhou are also. A famous general of the former dynasty, the son of Yanmen Taishou Huangfu Festival. He is dedicated, courageous, and strategic. The first filial piety, the relocation of Langzhong, the county order. The Yellow Turban was in chaos, Song was the left middle Lang general, and the North Middle Lang General Lu Zhi, and the right middle Lang General Zhu Jun, broke the Yellow Turban together, and the killing was very heavy.

Bai Jizhou Mu, the general of the left chariot, was falsely accused by Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong and demoted to the marquis of the capital. When Liangzhou was in turmoil, he went out of the town to help the wind, and then Henan Yin, who died in office. ”