Chapter 100: Good Idea

Not long ago, Chen Cheng and Yan Zhong discussed whether they should help Ma Teng attack Han Sui, or go north to help Yang Qiu defend against the Huns. Yan Zhong said without hesitation: "Of course, you should go north to attack the Huns." ”

Chen Cheng asked, "Why?" ”

Yan Zhong said: "Although Han Sui captured Yuzhong and saw that his power was even larger, since he killed Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, the scholars of Liangzhou have always looked down on him. Recently he killed the kingdom again, and the reputation is even worse. Although the Qiang people are good at fighting, if there is no scholar to assist, how can Han Sui unify Liangzhou? I'm afraid that as soon as he broke through Jincheng with his front foot, the backyard will immediately catch fire. ”

"You mean?"

Yan Zhong said: "Although Han Sui occupies Hanyang County and Longxi County, the Han people in the two places have never been subdued by him. These scholars and heroes have married each other, and they have been entrenched in Liangzhou for dozens or hundreds of years, and Han Sui did not dare to do it easily. If he didn't have the hope of reunification for two weeks, it would be fine, but if there was really a possibility of annexing the Xiliang Prefectures, it would be strange if the powerful people in Hanyang and Longxi did not rise up to rebel. ”

He said to Chen Cheng: "If you can't weaken the strength of these local scholars, no one can unify Liangzhou." ”

Chen Cheng smiled: "Bodao, you are also a famous person in Liangzhou, will it be too much to say this?" ”

Yan Zhong said disapprehantly: "Those heroes in Liangzhou only see one and a half acres of land in front of them, what I want to do is to assist the prince and marquis to reorganize the mountains and rivers, and then go down in history and be famous for centuries, how can they be limited to just one place in Liangzhou?" ”

Chen Cheng asked: "Then if we want to condense the entire Xiliang in the future, wouldn't we want to?" ”

"Use it first," Yan Zhong waved his hand and slashed down, "Then kill it!" ”

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "I am not a person who unloads the mill and kills donkeys, as long as I can abide by the law, I will never kill anyone indiscriminately." ”

Yan Zhong laughed, "Is there still a law-abiding hero in this world?" In my opinion, all the heroes, scholars, and officials in the world will be wronged if they are killed, but if they kill one by one, there must be a lot of slips through the net. ”

Chen Cheng said: "There should still be law-abiding." ”

The previous conversation flashed in his mind, Chen Cheng lifted the horsewhip, pointed in the direction of due north, and said loudly: "The Huns have surrounded Lian County, and the north is in danger, we have to speed up!" ”

With that, he immediately hit his horse and galloped forward, and behind him Yan Xing, Lu Fang, Yao Qiong, Xu Rong and others led troops to follow. More than 200 people under Yao Qiong's command were also horses, plus more than 400 people under Chen Cheng's subordinates, and more than 100 people sent to him by other departments, there were more than 700 horsemen who set off first.

These 700 or so people spared no horsepower, threw away all their baggage, each of them only brought three days' rations, and went to Sanshui from Pengyang first. Sanshui is also the territory of Ma Teng's army, but it is not far from the Yellow River, the Huns fought along the Yellow River, and the guards of Sanshui have already learned the news, it is the time of tension, I heard that Chen Cheng They went to rescue the north, and they were very cooperative, not only provided a large number of war horses for them to transfer, but also sent a large number of grains.

When the soldiers were eating and resting, Chen Cheng asked the guards of Sanshui: "General Gaoyi, we all remember it in our hearts, but we don't know what to call the general?" ”

The guard said: "A certain horse plays." ”

"Oh, the general is also surnamed Ma?" Chen Cheng asked, "But General Ma Teng's kindred?" ”

In this feudal era, blood is the most reliable guarantee, from the court to the locality, from the family to the countryside, all of them are vigorously promoting their own relatives. Although many times, the more relatives behave, the more murderous they become.

Ma Yu shook his head and said, "It's just the same surname, not a family." ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Then General Ma Teng must also be very respectful to his feet, otherwise, how could he hand over such an important place to you?" ”

Ma Yuxindao: Sanshui, a desolate place, is also called important?

Chen Cheng said again: "This passing by has caused a lot of inconvenience to the general. There are still some people who will come over one after another, and they will have to bother the general to receive one or two. There are some small courtesies here, and please don't dislike them. ”

He opened the two wooden boxes, and Huang Cancan's copper coin appeared in front of Ma Wan. There are at least 200,000 yuan in such two large boxes, which are placed in Luoyang City, which may not be enough for a meal in a luxurious house, but it is very rare in the poor jingle Xiliang.

Most of the soldiers and horses under the command of the horses that Chen Cheng saw outside the city did not even have leather armor, so they only had a cloth robe or fur on their bodies. It is no wonder that the Xiliang people are many powerful, and the soldiers are brave, but they are often drawn by the Han army and cannot find the north. In the era of cold weapons, if you don't have a good armor, you will suffer a lot when you fight.

When Ma Yu saw these copper coins, his heart moved, and his eyes glowed with blazing light. It's not that he's greedy for money, it's really that Sanshui is so remote here, although relying on Qingshui and the Yellow River, he can grow crops and graze, but there is nothing except some grain, sheep and horses. 200,000 yuan is not a lot, but it can cost him a long time.

"Juluhou, please rest assured, I don't have anything else here, but I still have some food. The brother in the back is wrapped around me. He thought for a while, and then said to Chen Cheng: "I have the heavy responsibility of guarding this place, and I can't lead the troops to the north together, but I can provide a hundred cavalry for the general to drive!" ”

Chen Cheng stepped forward, held the horse's hands, and said with a smile: "Then thank you!" ”

Ma is tired of playing in his heart, he is a rough general, but he can't play the things of the rabbit master. He hurriedly pulled out his hand and said, "I'll go and select elite soldiers and send them to the general!" ”

It's really Chen Cheng who looks too delicate, and he is not the same style as the heroes here in Xiliang. He was not born like this, but after the "agility" value increased, his control over the body became deeper and deeper, and in addition to accurately controlling every muscle in the body, he was also gradually able to control the secretion of technology in the body.

In order not to get into some troubles, he reduced the amount of male hormones in his body, so his appearance became more and more neutral. The effect is also obvious, he is able to focus more time and energy on other things, and his concentration has improved a lot when doing things.

After leaving Sanshui, under the leadership of the locals sent by the horse play, more than 800 riders continued northward, through the mountain road, straight to Pupyeong. Fuping is on the edge of the Yellow River, surrounded by rare plains, the land is fertile, and can provide a large amount of grain and straw every year, which is better than the land environment of Sanshui.

From Fuping to Lingzhou, and even Lian County on the west side of the Yellow River, it is where the elite of Beidi County is located. Aside from this long strip of plains, the rest of Northland can be described as barren land. Seeing more than 800 elite cavalry coming from the south, the guards at the Fuping gate nervously closed the gate.

With Chen Cheng and the others, there was a person sent by Yang Qiu to Pengyang to move rescue troops, named Yang Cheng, who was said to be Yang Qiu's clansman. Yang Cheng hit his horse and shouted at the city: "I am Yang Cheng, and this one behind me is the Julu Marquis, the hussar general Chen Cheng, why don't you open the city gate quickly?" ”

The guard general listened and said loudly: "You wait a while, I will go and call the general over." ”

More than 800 cavalry were divided into several parts, and the soldiers and horses of each division rested outside the city, but one of the soldiers and horses was in a neat queue, and there was no sign of scattering. Although the soldiers jumped off their horses and were feeding the horses beans and wheat, there was not much sound in the queue, which made people know that they were elites at a glance.

After a while, Yang Qiu's armor went to the top of the city, looked down, and shouted, "Yang Cheng, is it you?" ”

Chen Cheng was stunned when he heard this, how could this sentence sound familiar and strange?

Yang Cheng responded: "It's me!" ”

Yang Qiu laughed at the top of the city, and shouted below: "Open the city gate quickly and go out to meet the Julu Hou!" ”

He couldn't help but be unhappy, these days, he was beaten miserably by the Huns. In fact, he was not afraid of the Huns, if the two sides were equal forces, he could beat the Huns to the ground. But this time the strength of the Huns was 60,000 or 70,000, although the equipment was very bad, and the combat effectiveness was average, but there were many families.

All the males in Beidi County combined, there are not as many troops as the Huns. In a battle outside Lingwu Valley, he first used 10,000 troops to break the advance of the Huns, but then the Huns' army arrived, relying on the strength of the people, and directly crushed the soldiers and horses under his command.

When the follow-up soldiers and horses arrived, he used nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses to fight with the Huns for a whole day, but those township soldiers and Qiang troops took the lead in retreating, causing the entire battlefield to jump. If he hadn't seen the situation and retreated early, he was afraid that he would have died in the battle array.

As soon as he thought of the overwhelming Hun cavalry, Yang Qiu felt a headache. There are so many of them, it's really scary. Xiliang was already poor enough, and the Huns were even poorer. The Huns, who were covered in a piece of animal skin, had nothing but weapons and horses, and they were simply poor and wanton.

Yang Qiu occupies such a fertile territory from Fuping to Lian County, and can feed more than 10,000 soldiers and horses every year just by collecting rent, where is he willing to fight the Huns? I don't know what crazy those Huns were, so they sent troops to fight at this time, and they were not afraid of tossing all the horses to death.

He also sent letters of help to the other Xiliang princes, but Yang Qiu knew the temperament of his other companions, and those who had the ability to rescue him were all ambitious, so he was afraid that it would be easy to ask the gods to send them. Those who are not so ambitious are not strong enough. There are also some Qiang people, usually dissatisfied with his oppression, after the Huns called, there is no idea of defending the country at all, anyway, they are semi-nomadic, driving cattle and sheep to run, the little thing in the field can not run, and then come to collect some grain in the autumn.

Therefore, after hearing that Chen Cheng was in Pengyang, he immediately sent someone over. Chang'an said that Chen Cheng "plundered the army" and "burned Luoyang", and accused him of many crimes, describing him as a heinous bad person. However, it was because of such a description that Yang Qiu made up his mind.

Xiliang is much more barbaric than the Central Plains, and the more vicious the guys, the more they can get the awe of those Qiang and Hu people. It just so happened that Chen Cheng didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and after pulling him over to help fight, he was not afraid that he would turn against him. After Yang Qiu thought of such a good idea, he immediately put it into practice, and he didn't waste any time.

After the soldiers opened the city gate, Yang Qiu himself walked out. When he was at the head of the city, he was already surprised by Chen Cheng's appearance, but after getting closer at this time, he looked more carefully, and the surprise in his heart was a little more.

Yang Qiu looked at Chen Cheng's face for a while before he arched his hand and said, "I've seen Julu Hou." ”

After coming out of Luoyang, he traveled on the road for many days, and stayed in Pengyang for a long time, Chen Cheng's height jumped up a little, and his body became a little thicker. He returned the salute to Yang Qiu, and then asked directly, "How is the situation now?" ”