"What? Liu He is willing to surrender? That's great news. Pei Qing was overjoyed after getting the news, and he hurriedly said to Pei Mao: "Father-in-law, in this way, we can get one more county, from Beidi to Hedong to Hanoi, from Shangdang to Taiyuan to Yanmen, and finally to Daijun, we have built a complete line to defend against the Xiongnu, this is the first step, and when the situation is better, we will lead the army to conquer the Xiongnu and completely solve the threat of the Xiongnu to our Han, so that we can deal with the Central Plains without worries." ”

Pei Mao also nodded again and again when he heard it, as the former Shangshu Ling of the court, he had read countless files, and naturally he was more aware of the brutality of the Huns, he originally thought that it was a troubled era now, but he didn't expect that the Han still had the strength to crusade against the Huns, this really can't help but say that it was the blessing of the Han, otherwise I really don't know how long the people will be bullied by the Huns?

In fact, Pei Mao didn't know that the reason why Pei Qing was determined to crusade against the Xiongnu now was not only because the Xiongnu brutalized the people, nor just because the Xiongnu had been treacherous before, suddenly closed the field, and launched an attack on his Hedong, mainly because Pei Qing fell in love with the Xiongnu's cattle and sheep, which is a massive amount of food, if hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep are plundered, it is enough for half a month's ration for 100,000 troops, and as long as it is made into bacon, it can be stored for a long time, and it is easy to carry, which is simply an artifact for the soldiers who have traveled long distances. What's more, the Xiongnu have abundant water and grass, and herding is their natural occupation, and the number of cattle and sheep owned by the clan is not more than millions?

Since he had tasted the sweetness before, Pei Qing would naturally go further to get this sweetness, so that his food problem could be solved, at least to solve the urgent need of insufficient grain and grass.

However, when Pei Qing announced the news, it immediately sparked a heated discussion among the civil and military forces under his command, and the scribes represented by Chen Qun, Yin Hao and others thought that if they accepted Daijun, their own front would be too long, and it would be difficult to transport supplies, plus it would face the threat of Xianbei, Xiongnu, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan at the same time, and it would be very difficult to hold it, not to mention the cost of a lot of money and food, and it might not be able to hold it in the end, so there was really no need to agree to Liu He.

And Xun You, Hu Zhao and others are another attitude, they think that with the current situation, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan have a bitter hatred, and there is no possibility of reconciliation at all, so it is impossible to jointly attack Daijun, at most it is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, as for the Xiongnu, because the Xiongnu led the army to attack Hedong before, but was repelled by Xu Huang's army, and now the morale is frustrated, and there is not much possibility of launching an attack on Daijun in a short time, as for Xianbei, there is no need to worry too much, after all, Daijun has the danger of the Great Wall, as long as you can't hold on, The other party is helpless, as for the transportation of grain and grass, there is no need to make too much effort, only the sergeants stationed in the cantonment are required to implement the cantonment, which is enough to ensure the supply of grain and grass.

The latter's point of view is consistent with Pei Qing, so of course Pei Qing supports the latter, and in the end he said categorically: "This matter is so decided, Daijun must take it back, so we must accept the surrender of the other party this time, Youzhou Mu Liu Gong has always been allied with Yuan Shao, but Liu Gongzi can surrender to us on behalf of the county regardless of his friendship with Yuan Shao, which shows that Liu Gongzi can forget his selfishness and trust us in particular, how can we live up to the kindness of others?" ”

Immediately, Pei Qing became the son of heaven, named Liu He as the Marquis of Xiangling (county marquis), worshiped as a counselor, and served as the assassin of Youzhou, although all of this was a false position, but it also gave Liu He great glory.

In fact, it is not that Pei Qing is unwilling to give Liu He real power, it is really that Liu He himself is unwilling to be an official, since Liu Yu was killed, Liu He's greatest wish is to avenge his father, and later, although Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhan, but after occupying several counties, he never started the next move, which made Liu He disheartened, so he contacted his father's old ministry and surrendered to Pei Qing on behalf of the county, hoping that Pei Qing could help him avenge him, but he didn't want anything else, even these false positions, Pei Qing persuaded him to accept them after saying bad things.

So Pei Qing appointed Pang Shu as the Taishou of the county, and took Wang Cang as the military advisor, leading the generals Wen Ji, Mu Shun and Pan Feng to take office, and the main task was to stabilize the situation and do a good job in defense.

However, at this moment, a piece of news suddenly came, and after the news came, the world shook, and it turned out that the Taishou Duan Xuan of the Northland was suddenly killed, and the Huns took the opportunity to occupy the Northland County.

Before this, because Beidi was isolated from Liangzhou, Duan Xuan took the initiative to ask for Beidi County to be handed over to the Sili School Lieutenant Department for trusteeship, and Pei Qing agreed to push the boat, so although Beidi was actually in a state of pattern, but nominally it belonged to Pei Qing's rule, and now such a thing happened, the actual ruler of the local area was assassinated, and the Xiongnu took the opportunity to occupy the entire Beidi County, if there is no connection between the two, it is absolutely impossible.

"Poor 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers in the north, except for a few thousand, fled, and the rest were forced to surrender to the Huns, especially the people there, who were oppressed by the Huns from now on, which made their already difficult days even worse. As the rulers of the Han Dynasty, how can we watch the people suffer and remain indifferent? ”

After hearing the news, Pei Qing's face was full of worry, he gathered all the civil and military forces, bitterly stated the benefits and disadvantages, and expressed his opinion: "No matter how difficult the conditions are, we must crusade against the Xiongnu and recover the northern land, at least we must maintain the situation before Duan Xuan's death, and recapture the two counties of Niyang and Fuping." ”

However, this move was opposed by many people, Chen Qun once again expressed his opinion, and persuaded Pei Qing: "Lord, our food has been too tight this year, when we fought with Yuan Shao before, our army's grain and grass have been barely supplied, and then our army recovered the three counties of Shangdang, Taiyuan and Yanmen, not only need to spend more grain and grass, but also the transportation line has grown a lot, and now the food problem is already very urgent, if we go to attack the north again, we have to make a food shortage again, so my lord, There's really no way to fight this battle. ”

For Chen Qun's statement, those officials engaged in internal affairs all nodded in agreement, not that they didn't want to do their best, but it was too difficult to do, the last time they raised food because of Yanmen, they racked their brains, and collectively discussed for a day before finally gritting their teeth and making a decision, opening the only emergency granary for disaster relief in Chang'an City, which is really urgent, because if there is really another disaster in the future, they are really going to stare dryly.

But I didn't expect that this problem had not been solved, and Pei Qing was going to attack the Northland again, which was really unbearable, so these internal affairs officials were all big and hurriedly tried their best to oppose it.

However, he saw Pei Qing and said: "Changwen, Zhugong, don't be so nervous, we don't actually need to spend much grain and grass in this battle, as long as you can help provide three days' rations, this must not be difficult for Zhugong to do, right?" ”

"What? Just need three days of rations? Is this, is this true? Chen Qun's face was full of disbelief after hearing this, and he said to Pei Qing.