Chapter 231: Jia Xu

Li Ru said: "Don't worry, the lord is in a hurry, the trouble of our army is that the elite soldiers and strong generals have lost a lot, and the people of the state may not accept the king next year." It's not difficult to solve this matter, we don't have enough soldiers and horses in our hands, but there are on the edge of the state! ”

Dong Zhuo said: "You mean the White Bo Army and the Black Mountain Army?" The White Polish Army was newly defeated, the coach Guo Taidu was killed, and the rest of the people were fighting inwardly, and now they are useless. As for the Montenegrin Army, there are millions of soldiers and civilians under Zhang Yan's command, but I am afraid that it will be easy to invite them in, but it will be difficult to send them out. ”

Li Ru smiled and said, "Is it black and white in the eyes of the lord? Can't there be anything else? In the vicinity of our state, in addition to the White Polish Army and the Black Mountain Army, there are other people's. ”

"Huh?" Dong Zhuo frowned at first, then stretched out, and said: "I know who you are talking about, yes, those Huns were almost wiped out by Chen Cheng, and now is the time to be in a panic, just take them all over and use them for my use." ”

Li Ru said: "Yu Fuluo is He Jin's canonized plough Gu Tu Da Dan Yu, if he doesn't control this Huns, I'm afraid that he will fall to He Jin!" ”

"Hey, Yu Fuluo is just a Hun bastard, even if he borrows a hundred guts, how dare he do it to us?"

Li Ru said with a smile: "As long as we control the tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, there will be a rebellion next year, and we will not be afraid." ”

"What about the near ones, but what about the distant ones?"

"From afar, I'm afraid that He Jin will sweep away the Kwantung princes, and then come to crusade with the strength of the whole country. Enemy the whole country in a corner, even if it is with the wisdom of the lord, it is probably impossible to resist. Li Ru said: "Since this is the case, then let's make some stumbling blocks for the general and let him not live so comfortably." ”

"What's making him uncomfortable?"

Li Ru smiled: "The lord mentioned that person just now, why did he forget it in a blink of an eye?" ”

"Did you mention it just now? You mean Chen Cheng? Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said: "I still have some old troops in Xiliang, but the Xiliang army has been defeated by Huangfu Lao'er twice in a row, but I am afraid that I will not dare to touch Huangfu Song's tiger whiskers again." ”

"I heard that Liangzhou Mu Chen Cheng is not very old, he defeated the Xiongnu before, it can be said that he is high-spirited, but unfortunately he was defeated by the hands of Huangfu Song, and he will definitely not give up. It was the right time for the lord to contact him. The last thing a young man can't get over is a color word, the lord gives him some money, and then picks a few beauties to send over, and he will definitely receive miraculous results! ”

Dong Zhuo said unhappily: "I am the pastor of the state appointed by the first emperor himself, but Chen Cheng is a person who is arrogant, he should pay tribute to me, why do you have to do the other way around?" ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "The lord said before that Lu Bu was brave and difficult to match, but in the battle of Chen Cang, Lu Bu was injured in Chen Cheng's hands. If this person can be co-opted, the Xiliang Army and our army will advance east and west together, why worry about Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan being captured without restraint? Even Na Lu Bu will eventually become the prisoner of the lord's ranks! ”

"Wen You still wants to persuade me to take Guanzhong first?"

"Guanzhong is fertile and thousands of miles, the foundation of the king!" Li Ru's face was full of energy, and he pointed out the general trend of the world, "Take Guanzhong first, sit and watch He Jin and the Kwantung princes fight, and wait until they are both defeated, and the lord orders a general to go east out of Hangu, then Luoyang is at your fingertips, and then collect Shuzhong, and then slowly flatten the Kwantung heroes!" Lord, in this way, it is the general feat of Han Gaozu and Emperor Guangwu! ”

Dong Zhuo laughed, touched the wounds on his body, and couldn't help but gasp, but he still said happily: "Wenyou, Wenyou, you are my Zhang Liang!" If you had used your strategy before, how could you end up in defeat? It's just who should be sent to contact Liangzhou Mu? ”

Li Ru said: "Since it was my idea, let me go to Xiliang, and by the way, see how Chen Cheng and Xiliang Haojie are." ”

Dong Zhuo shook his head and said, "You are my right-hand man, and you must not leave for a while." Among the civil and military officials under his command, can't there be anyone who can be replaced? ”

Li Ru pondered for a while and said, "There is a person who has the talent to be a messenger. ”

"Oh, who is that man?"

"Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe."

"Well, Jia Xu is originally from Liangzhou, and he is suitable for sending envoys to Xiliang, so let him bring some money and beauties to Liangzhou."

Jia Xu was born in Guzang, Wuwei County, and his ancestor was Jia Yi, a famous minister in the Western Han Dynasty. Jia Xu is more than seven feet long, and he was previously a general of Dong Zhuo's army, and he is quite powerful. Yan Zhong once commented that he was a rising star in Liangzhou, with the same talents as Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. Such a person who is both civil and military, of course, is more than enough to be an envoy.

Although Jia Xu is both civil and military, he cannot be regarded as Dong Zhuo's henchman, and his status is not as good as Li Ru, nor is he as good as Li Dao and Guo Yan and other generals. Therefore, as soon as Dong Bingzhou spoke, Jia Xu had no choice but to take dozens of entourages and drive four carts through Xihe County and Shangjun in the middle of winter, rushed to Anding, and then went to Yinchuan along the avenue.

In the process, they encountered danger more than once. The snowy ground, the vagaries of the weather, the hungry beasts, and so on all caused a lot of trouble for this small team. But the most dangerous thing is people.

While passing through Shangjun, they encountered a group of Huns. The Huns' force numbered more than a hundred, twice as many as this mission. The two sides confronted each other on the ice field from a distance of dozens of steps, and the atmosphere became very tense, seeing that a fight was inevitable, Jia Xu stood up and said loudly in Xiongnu: "I am the envoy of Dong Zhuo, the pastor of Bingzhou, and I am leading the delegation to Liangzhou. If you dare to be rude to us, you will provoke the State Pastor and the Liangzhou Pastor at the same time, and you will inevitably be hit by the two State Pastors like thunder! ”

The Huns, wrapped in furs and riding horses, first looked at the mission coldly. After Jia Xu finished speaking, there was a restlessness among the Huns, and they talked to each other for a few words, and then a nobleman-like slave chief came out of the crowd and said something loudly. Then he took the Huns to turn the horse's head and disappeared into the ice field.

The other people in the mission were greatly impressed by Jia Xu and asked, "Fortunately, Du Wei can speak Xiongnu, otherwise, this time it would be really dangerous." ”

When the weather is too cold, the bow and crossbow cannot be used, and even if it is barely used, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and it is better to throw javelins and throwing axes directly. If the two sides fight, it can only be hand-to-hand combat. The Huns had twice as many troops, and even if they could win, the men in the mission would almost die. In this kind of ghost weather and a place where there is no village and no shop, an injury is basically equivalent to death.

Jia Xu smiled: "When I was a teenager, I also learned some Xiongnu dialect, and I didn't want to use it today." ”

Everyone was amazed and admired again, and someone asked about what happened just now, "What did the Hun nobleman say when he left?" Is it cruel or what? ”

Jia Xu pondered for a while and said, "What he said is: For the sake of General Shenweitian's face, let us go today, but don't let them meet next time." ”

"It's ....... The Huns won't go and come back, right? ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "I don't know about this." ”

Someone exclaimed, "So what are we waiting here for?" It would have been terrible if those guys had attracted more Huns! ”

Everyone else was frightened, so they sped up their progress at the risk of falling on the ice field. By the time Jia Xu and his party arrived in Yinchuan, there was only one day left before the Chinese New Year, and there were many non-combat attritions in the mission.

Chinese New Year has been one of the most important festivals for Chinese since a long time ago, and after a whole year of hard work, after a whole year of thrift, you can finally eat something good in these days of the New Year. If the family is wealthier, they will also make a new dress for the family member. In addition, both the poor and the rich will make some bamboo, and it will be burned on the night of the New Year, which is said to drive away the terrifying "New Year Beast".

All other activities in and around Yinchuan stopped, and except for a few people who were still on duty, everyone else was caught in a carnival. Jia Xu walked to the gate of the city and shouted loudly: "I am the envoy of the pastor of the state of Bingzhou, and I was ordered to come to visit the envoy of the pastor of Liangzhou, please open the city gate!" ”

The forbidden army guarding the city gate poked its head out of the city, looked at it first, then shrank back, and said to Shi Chang, who was roasting the fire in the city tower: "Chief, more than 20 people have come outside, saying that they are the envoys of the governor of the state, who have come to visit the lord. ”

Shi Chang was wearing a thick long cotton coat, still uncomfortable from the cold. He was sitting by a fire and took two sweet potatoes to roast on them. Before the sweet potatoes were ripe, I heard that someone was going into the city. He couldn't help but curse, "What messenger of the dog day? Running over at this time? It can't be a lie, right? ”

The soldier looked at the sweet sweet potatoes and replied, "They are all on horseback, and they have several carts, and they don't look deceitful." ”

Shi Chang saw his subordinates looking at his sweet potatoes, and scolded again, "I just had lunch, what's the matter, I am worried about Naigong's sweet potatoes again?" ,, stop looking here, take me out and see what the hell is going on! ”

The soldier looked at the sweet potato, his throat couldn't help but move, and he swallowed his saliva. Shi Chang went up and kicked him, and scolded: "There are several large baskets in the side room, and it is your turn to bake them yourself when it is your turn to rest!" Now come down with me, if something happens, everyone will be out of luck! ”

He took the ring-headed knife and hung it around his waist, and then opened the city gate with a few Praetorian soldiers. When the gates were opened, a gust of wind blew from the north, rolling up the snow on the ground, and the whole cave was filled with snow and wind. Shi Chang was trembling in the cold wind, and when he looked out, he saw a man standing first, and the north wind blew the man's robe, and the snow drifted from behind the man, but the man stood very steady, motionless in the wind and snow.

Shi Chang was able to be arranged to guard the city gate, not only because his martial arts were good enough, but also because he was very discerning. You can see at a glance what others are coming from. Now as soon as he saw Jia Xu, he suddenly remembered someone in his mind. His heart moved, and he said secretly: How can he be so similar to Yan Shangshu?

Yan Zhong is now one of the most powerful people in Liangzhou, not only in a high position, but also rich and rivaling the country. If it can be compared to Yan Shangshu, wouldn't it also be a big man?

Although the person who came was the envoy of the state, he couldn't control the Liangzhou coming, but ........ Shi Chang put a smile on his face and stepped forward to ask, "Are you envoys from Bingzhou?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Exactly, in Xia Jia Xu, there are documents from Dong and Zhou, which should be presented in front of the case of the pastor of the state." ”