"Hezhou Mu Lu Yu, I've seen General Zhang!"

The same is two thousand stones, between Lu Yu and Zhang Liao, there is no relationship between superiors and subordinates, however, Zhang Liao also has a title, because of the war and marquis, so after learning that the southern army arrived, Lu Yu hurriedly took many local officials to meet, this is a small county town on the border of Hezhou and Bingzhou, called Ming County, for a time, the general of the southern army and the pastor of a state arrived here, so that the officials here are heartbroken, dare not slack off.

Zhang Liao did not bring people into the county, but was stationed outside the county, accompanied by the military Sikong, very well undertook the task of building camp tents, the so-called military Sikong, and the temple of the past Sikong is different, this is responsible for the construction of military fortifications in the military officials, although these people do not understand, why Zhang Liao did not take the soldiers to rest in the city, but also dutiful.

When Lu Yu arrived here, he was also a little surprised, and said to the left and right: "General Zhang is stationed in an area less than three miles away from the county seat, thousands of miles away from the enemy, but he can still build fortifications so carefully, so that the soldiers will not be on guard, those famous generals in ancient times are probably like General Zhang." ”

After entering the camp tent and seeing Zhang Liao in the main camp tent, Lu Yu hurriedly bowed and greeted.

Zhang Liao was also very polite to him, got up and saluted back, smiled and let him sit down, Lu Yu sat aside, looked at the many generals under his command, and saw the young man sitting at the door, trembled, and was even more polite to Zhang Liao, and said with a smile: "My Hezhou has been plagued by thieves, and when I learned that the general came, I Hezhou was happy..." How much grain and grass the general needs, and how much baggage he needs, I will definitely get it together despite the orders! ”

Zhang Liao smiled, this family is able to speak, obviously the temple ordered him to provide supplies for the southern army with all his might, what he said was voluntary, however, Zhang Liao also likes to deal with such a smart person, he stood up and said: "I want to discuss the heavy matter with the state pastor, you gentlemen, go back, have a good rest, three days later, the army will be pulled!" ”

The generals left one after another, and only Lu Yu and Zhang Liao were left in the camp.

Zhang Liao looked at Lu Yu on the side and said seriously: "Lu Jun, this expedition, we don't need Hezhou to bear the burden... I won't bother Your Excellency...", Lu Yu was stunned, thought seriously for a moment, and then said: "Then over there in the temple, I have to bother General Zhang to personally write to inform you... Otherwise, if someone falsely accuses me with this, then I will no longer be able to help the general on the expedition..."

"It's natural."

"Is there anything else you need my help with?"

"There's... Please go to Yangcheng in person, be ready to accept the captives, and provide me with twenty strong guides! ”

"Respectfully!"

Lu Yu left quickly, without asking anything, however, not long after he left, Hezhou still sent more than 200 sheep for the soldiers to eat.

Everyone was overjoyed, even Hu'er, sitting among the soldiers, holding a leg of mutton, ignoring the prince's face, gobbling up, so three days passed, Zhang Liao ordered to go out, the southern army quickly pulled out, rushed out of the county seat, and drove towards the outside of the Saiwai, after stepping out of the border stopper, Hu'er finally saw some unusual scenery.

The endless prairie, under the leadership of many guides, the southern army began their rush, along the way, they are very hidden, bypassing a lot of animal husbandry areas, sometimes, if you meet the herdsmen who are grazing, the scouts will also quickly attack, capture them, Hu'er along the way, are very confused, he doesn't know, what Zhang Liao is dodging, according to the strength of the Han army, shouldn't it be all the way to the past?

After such a long journey, Hu'er also felt the pain of the march for the first time.

And at this time, Zhang Liao will call him over from time to time, ask about the situation of the military rations, on this day, the army is stationed on a high slope, Hu'er does not know what place this is, as early as after entering the grassland, he has lost his sense of direction, after sunset, the weather is exceptionally cold, Zhang Liao does not allow everyone to light a fire, everyone can only eat air-dried meat, and can not bear the cold.

Hu'er was dressed very thickly, but he could also feel the biting chill, and he shivered from time to time.

"How's the food?"

"It's enough for the army to eat for another twenty days, but unfortunately it can't be lit, just eating meat and fruits, the consumption is huge, and the soldiers have been marching for many days, and the soldiers have not been able to warm up with hot water...", Hu'er said tremblingly, Zhang Liao nodded, thought for a moment, and then said: "It seems that we still need Hezhou to help, it's best to let the people of Hezhou send us some more grain and grass.. Build tents and forts along the road..."

"If you want to conquer this outside the Saiwai region, you have to constantly encroach and use the city to expand the territory of the Han Dynasty, otherwise, there is no point in going on an expedition, probably using millions of people, hehe, but ah, those stupid things in the temple, what kind of busy farming time, let the people without clothes come here to build the city will harm them, and many people will starve to death...", Zhang Liao said disdainfully.

"In this way, Your Highness, please repair the book and play the Son of Heaven, and shut up those fools in the temple, our southern army is on a conquest and suffering here, is the lives of those people more important than us? If you go to the book, the people in the temple will not dare to dissuade you like this..."

Hu'er was stunned for a moment, but he hesitated a little, and he asked, "Will the damage be great?" How many people do you want to use? ”

"If you are conscripted, you probably have to let the people of Hezhou, Xinzhou, and Ningzhou go out, probably to use millions of people, build cities outside the fortress, transport grain and grass, etc., Your Highness don't worry, in the past, Qin conquered all over the country, didn't it only use millions of people, and now there are so many people in the Han Dynasty, even if millions of people die, what can it do?" , Zhang Liao asked rhetorically.

Hu'er frowned and was silent for a moment before he asked angrily: "How can a general kill millions of people because of his military exploits?" ”

Zhang Liao said innocently: "This didn't start with me, as early as more than 20 years ago, the temple conquered Guishan, and the commander at that time, Dong Taiwei, was in order to smooth the war, and levied the conscription of Liangzhou, and millions of young people were responsible for transporting grain and grass, and even coordinated operations, building fortifications, raising livestock and making food, so that the battle of Guishan was a big victory!" ”

"What about the people of Liangzhou?"

"A lot of deaths are said to have ruined Xiaokang's twenty years of work, but who cares about those? As long as we can continue to conquer, the Son of Heaven will be happy, and we will also have credit to take. ”

Hu'er gritted her teeth, "I won't help you fix the book!" He said angrily, turned around and left, and when he left, Zhang Liao smiled bitterly, the Son of Heaven handed over to him is indeed not a good errand, but, from General Duan to now, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty are bleeding outside the fortress, and the prosperous world that they are guarding cannot be destroyed because of a warlike Son of Heaven, so thinking about it, this is also what I should do.

Angrily returned to the camp, Jiang Wei and Lu Meng saw that the prince was so angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, Hu'er then informed them of Zhang Liao's words, Lu Meng heard it, and was immediately stunned, and then became furious, and shouted: "Good guy, Zhang Liao, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, often teaches me to be a man, it turns out to be such an unbearable, shame of the Southern Army!" ”

Jiang Wei is not as reckless as him, General Zhang is not like such a person, he treats the soldiers very gently on weekdays, and the general who is unwilling to trample on the people's ploughing land when marching, will he be a person who can say such words? As soon as Jiang Wei had a flash of inspiration, he understood why Zhang Liao would say this, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you can't blame General Zhang for this." ”

Hu'er was stunned for a moment, looked at him, and asked rhetorically, "Could it be that Boyo also agrees with his idea?" ”

Jiang Wei hurriedly shook his head and said, "General Zhang doesn't think so, he is...", Jiang Wei suddenly stopped and didn't continue, Hu'er was still very puzzled, and asked, "What do you think about that?" Jiang Wei looked at His Highness in front of him, if he told His Highness General Zhang's true thoughts, would he destroy General Zhang's hard persuasion?

"Your Highness, since ancient times, most of the generals have been like this, and this can't be blamed on General Zhang."

"What kind of rule is this, Zhang Liao also said that this is Qin's own, my Han's northern and southern armies, is it the same as Qin Neng? The Northern and Southern Army is not engaged in farming, daily drills, but a standing army, Qin is a soldier in wartime, and farming on weekdays, so it is necessary to make millions of people serve in wartime, my Han Southern and Northern Army has always been raised by the Son of Heaven, and the people need to help in the war, what is this! ”

"Qin is the one who destroys and conscripts! These generals, hum, are angry with me! ”

Subsequently, Zhang Liao never mentioned these things to Hu'er again, after more than 20 days of marching, the southern army became more and more cautious, and the speed of the march slowed down, according to the scout's report, they finally saw the other party's king's tent, the first big battle after the expedition, finally about to break out, Hu'er was particularly excited, holding a spear, under the escort of two relatives, prostrate on the grass, waiting for Zhang Liao's order.

Everyone hid in the grass for a whole day, under Zhang Liao's arrangement, everyone finally completed the siege of the king's tent at night, saying that it was the king's tent, but in fact it was just a tribe with one or two thousand people, the leader claimed to be the great-grandson of Tanshi Huai, in this area, the power is the largest, the merchants often trade with them, and the guides know them very well.

At night, with the roar of war drums, the Southern army slaughtered.

Xianbei Yu ran out of the yurt in a hurry, and saw the cavalry charging head-on, but they didn't have time to take out their ordnance, they were beheaded by the cavalry, and everyone rushed to the king's tent, here, finally encountered some decent resistance, called himself the thief chief of the great-grandson of Tanshi Huai, holding a strong bow, scolded and walked out of the yurt, the whole person was stunned, he looked at the cavalry in the distance, and looked at their flags.

Gradually, his mouth widened.

What the hell... The Southern Army of the Han Dynasty??

The thief chief was very crisp, dropped the longbow in his hand, and knelt on the ground.

"We Will !!"