Pei Gai discussed with Guo Mo, Pei Zhan and others, built forts along the border, and built forts to resist disturbances, from Xishan to Chaona, nearly 400 li, 20 li and one fort, a total of 19, and 100 archers stationed in each - this is a big project, and it will take at least half a year. With-Dream- . lā

After all the arrangements were set, he left Wushi and continued eastward, patrolling the road, passing through Linjing, Xishan, Meiyi, and Niyang, and arriving at Pinyang County in Fengyi County. At this time, Liu Hu had been repelled by Tao Kan, and Tao Shixing was garrisoning Suyi in the north, and hurried to meet him when he heard the news. Pei should be much more polite to Tao Kan, personally held his hand, sat opposite him, and inquired in detail about the battle with Liu Hu.

Tao Kanyu reported: "Although the weapons of the Tiefu Department are not sophisticated, their people are extremely brave, coupled with the narrow roads and dangerous mountains, and I have seen many battles, it is difficult for me to arrange a large army, so I can only fight head-on with the same strength......

Tao Kan's ability to fight water warfare is the first-class in the world, and infantry and land warfare can also be regarded as quasi-first-class, plus Feng Yi, who has been stationed for a long time, has a very thorough understanding of the terrain of mountains and rivers, so he can anticipate the enemy's aircraft first and block Liu Hu to death. But even so, except for the last battle, which took advantage of the terrain and highlighted the surprise soldiers, Liu Hu was defeated and was forced to withdraw from Feng Yi, the battle loss ratio of the two sides was very close - it can be seen that Tiefu's reputation for good fighting is well deserved.

Tao Kan said: "Da Sima stayed in Chang'an, Taiwan, that is, the battalions were combined into three armies, and they were greatly expanded, although most of the new soldiers were children of Guanzhong, and they were fierce by nature, but the training time was still insufficient, and it was difficult to be a strong enemy. However, even if it was the Rui Brigade during the Northern Expedition, it would not be easy to destroy Liu Hu head-on. With such a strong army, if the party really attaches itself to Liu Yao, it will be a big trouble for the henchmen - please ask Da Sima to examine it carefully. ”

Pei Gai couldn't help gritting his teeth and hated: "Wulu is a lonely party attached to the thief, and he is so ignorant of life and death - I will step on Luchuan one day!" ”

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Luchuan is the nomadic place of the Tiefu Department, in the old Han Shuofang County.

However, in fact, Tiefer's hometown is not here. This tribe originally belonged to the Xiongnu, and later mixed with a lot of Xianbei and Wuhuan into it, and the flow of goods was very complicated, and it was also regarded as a branch of "Zahu" - the meaning of "Tiefu", which was the father of the Xiongnu and the mother Xianbei. In that year, Cao Cao subdued the Southern Xiongnu and divided them into five parts, which were placed in the five counties of Zishi, Qi, Daling, Jiuyuan, and Puzi - Taiyuan, Xihe, Xinxing, and Pingyang Counties of Sili, which belonged to the merged states. Among them, Tiefu belongs to the northern part of the Xiongnu and is nomadic in the northern area of Xinxing County.

Xinxing County is Jiuyuan County, and it is also the main garrison of the northern Xiongnu. However, Jiu was originally the county of Wuyuan, located east of the Hetao, near the city of Baotou in later generations. However, the Han Dynasty was in turmoil, the territory shrank, and in the 20th year of Jian'an, it was forced to abolish and merge the four counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Dingxiang in the northernmost part of the state, and moved its people south to Xinxing County, and each placed a county to rule it.

So where is the location of Xinxing County? It originally belonged to Taiyuan, probably in the east of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province in later generations. Among them, the Tiefu Department is located in the county of Xuyu, that is, the later Wutai County.

Although Liu Yuan built the Hu Han, in fact, the five Xiongnu, especially the Zahu, did not immediately look at the scenery, and Tiefu still carried the banner of the Jin Dynasty for a long time. It was not until the year before Liu Yuan's death, that is, the third year of Jin Yongjia, that Wulugu, that is, Liu Hu inherited his father's throne, that the anti-flag was set off.

In the following year, Liu Kun, the assassin of Bingzhou, summoned Tuoba Xianbei soldiers to help, defeated Tiefu Wulugu in a battle, and forced him to lead the remnants to cross the river and move westward, and live in the area of Yanluchuan in Fang County, Hanshuo. It was after the defeat and relocation that Wulugu officially declared himself a minister to Hu Han, and was worshiped by Liu Cang as the general of Anbei, the military of Jian Xianbei, and the general of Ding Lingzhonglang.

The pasture near the Luchuan River was abundant and beautiful, and there were Jinlian Yanze and Qingyanze, and Liu Hu successively annexed several smaller Hu tribes in the vicinity, and his power gradually grew. However, at almost the same time that Pei Gai was discussing with Tao Kan and hating Tie Fu, the Luchuan River, thousands of miles away in the north, was blazing with fire, people shouting and neighing, and there was a chaotic scene.

In the meantime, there were more than 1,000 cavalrymen, all wearing heavy armor, hanging curtains, holding long lances, and horses covered with thick felt, guarding a cavalry regiment in the middle. The knight in the center was dressed in black iron armor, covered with snow-white fur, without a pocket, and his long hair was tied in eight long braids at the back of his head, which were all tied together with a golden cord. This man was only in his thirties, with a narrow and long face, slightly high eyebrow bones, a straight nose, a bit of Caucasian flavor, and long eyes, almost as wide as his eyebrows, and always squinting, shining in the slits.

This person is not him, it is the new Xianbei Da Shan Yu, and Tuoba Yulu is also the acting king of Emperor Jin.

Originally, the Jin Dynasty had a different surname and was not a king, let alone a foreign race, but the names of the various tribes were scattered a lot - anyway, it was not troublesome. But when the Central Plains was in turmoil, only Xianbei, especially the Tuoba Department, still had a clear banner to obey Wanghua, and the Tuoba Department was also invited by Liu Kun many times to go south to fight with the Pingyang regime, so Emperor Huai of Jin was in Yongjia for four years, only because of Liu Kun's invitation, Bai Tuoba Yilu was Xianbei Dashan Yu and acting duke. Then in the third year of Jianxing, that is, shortly before Pei Gai and Zu Ti waved their divisions to the Northern Expedition, Sima Ye was forced by Liu Yao to find life-saving straw everywhere, and simply sent an envoy to promote Yilu to be the acting king.

Lu Xuan was killed by his son Liuxiu, who was killed by his cousin Pugen. Tuoba Pugen succeeded to the throne only a few months before he died, and his son was born soon after, he was the acting king, but before he was a year old, he was inexplicably hung up, and the clan supported Yu Lu to succeed to the throne - Yu Lu was the nephew of Yilu, the brother of Liuxiu and Pugen.

At the beginning of his succession, the hearts of the people in the ministry were not stable, and Tuoba Yulu urgently needed a brilliant victory to raise his prestige and calm the people's hearts. He originally wanted to go south to attack Pingyang from Liu Kun's invitation - this is the road he is used to, and the opponent he is used to beating - who wants to be still planning, but Liu Kun was instantly defeated. was feeling depressed, and suddenly the south was not bright and the west was bright, and he caught the flaws of the Tiefu Department.

To say that Liu Hu is also Yu Lu's old opponent, he was expelled from Xinxing and rushed to Luchuan, and the Xianbei cavalry was Yu Lu's rate. Yu Lu knew that although the number of Tiefu soldiers and horses was small, they were very strong and brave, and they were not comparable to Hulu, and he had not put attacking Tiefu on the agenda. But suddenly, at the invitation of Liu Yao, Liu Hu led thousands of soldiers and horses south to disturb Feng Yi.

Liu Hu is also a wise man, one Pingyang issued an edict, ordering him to go south, and the other Liu Yao offered a large amount of wealth to lure, of course, more importantly, he thought that it was difficult for Yu Lu to sit on the throne of the king in a short period of time, and he would not send troops to the outside world for the time being, so he dared to leave Luchuan temporarily. Who thought that Yu Lu only led 5,000 elite horsemen, then crossed the Yellow River and launched a swift and fierce surprise attack, and the remaining soldiers and horses of the Tiefu Department collapsed in an instant......

Let's say that Yu Lu was standing proudly under the protection of the tribe, and suddenly a knight rushed over from a distance, and Tuoba Heavy Rider saw that he recognized it, so he separated left and right, and let him go straight to Yu Lu. The man did not dismount, but only stretched out his hand and took off his helmet, revealing a round face and a bare head, put the helmet to his chest, and bowed his head and reported: "Congratulations to Da Dan Yu, congratulations to Da Dan Yu, Lu Gu has descended." ”

- Lu Gu is Liu Hu's younger brother, shouldering the heavy responsibility of staying behind, but this guy has always been careless, but he was attacked by Tuoba Xianbei and couldn't resist, and his troops collapsed in an instant, and in desperation, he had to surrender.

"May I ask Da Shan Yu, do you move all the iron to the north of the river, or stay where you are?"

Yu Lu smiled slightly, and asked the bald general: "Brother, do you know why this place is called Yanluchuan?" ”

This general is also Tuoba himself, the same generation as Yu Lu, named Tuoba Tou, originally a party of six repairs, and was once ordered to go to Jicheng to contact Wang Jun, saving the lives of Tao De, Lu Zhifu and others. After the death of Pugen's father and son, he preemptively embraced Yu Lu, and the bald head was like a tumbler, swaying from side to side, always standing - now he is Yu Lu's henchman.

Hearing Yu Lu's question, Tuoba couldn't help but reach out and scratch the back of his head, and replied with a smile: "This is a question for me, how do I know?" Please also give a large order. ”

Yu Lu smiled: "Brother, Ru Jin's words are better than mine, and you can also know Jin characters, the day before yesterday, Pei Da Sima came to write, didn't you also translate and explain it for me?" This Lu is the voice of the Jin Dynasty, you try to think about it, and see how similar it is to He Yan? ”

Tuoba frowned, and read the word "wanton" several times, and then he realized something, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Is it ......"...

Yu Lu suddenly restrained his smile, nodded vigorously, and said, "Yes, Lu Chuan, the original intention should be 'Suo Lu Chuan'!" ”

"Suolu" is the Jin people's contemptuous name for many nomads in the north, which means "braided hair". Of course, not all nomads have braided hair, for example, Di and Qiang are more distributed, and some miscellaneous beards have hair; As for the Southern Xiongnu, because they have lived in the Central Plains for a long time, most of them also have their hair combed like the Jin people, and it is impossible to check whether their ancestors on the grassland are distributed, braided or hairy. Xianbei has more braided hair, especially the Tuoba Department, and the original family name is "Suotou".

Therefore, in the original history, in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasties used to call the northerners "Suolu". In these days, the slur is not so widespread.

Yu Lu therefore said: "Although this name is indecent, it can also be seen, this Lu Chuan should have been led by my department, how could it fall into the hands of Tie Fu?" I intend to move the captured Tiefu to Shengle as a slave, and close the road to become the Tiefu chief, so that the rest of the Tongfu will still live here, and move the deer back to here, and mix with it. ”

- Wuluhui, also known as Sudouling, is also the surname of the Tuoba Department, and it is said that its ancestor Dou Bin once guarded the ancestor of the Tuoba Department, Liwei.

When Tuoba heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and hurriedly asked: "Could it be that the main direction of our department's attack in the future is to the west?" ”

Yu Lu bowed his head and said, "Brother is really sharp. The West is vast, the pasture is fertile, and it is said to be extremely rich. 'The Yellow River is harmful, but only one set of riches' ......"

- In fact, the name of "Hetao" began in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not in this year, Pei Gai also casually mentioned it in his letter to the Tuoba Department, and Yu Lu actually remembered it in his heart.

"I heard that my uncle Tuyuhun moved thousands of miles west and pastored in Liangzhou, if I can open up the road and join forces with it, the south of the desert will be the pasture of my department! If I don't go west, I can only go east, but the previous six cultivation expeditions to Liaoxi lost troops, although I did not follow, it can be seen that it is not easy to attack. And whether it is Murong or Yuwen or Duan, they are all my Xianbei lineage, if I have thousands of miles of pastures, millions of households, and 100,000 victorious soldiers, there is no need to conquer, they will be willing to bow down and surrender! ”

Tuoba waited for a while, and when he heard that Yu Lu didn't seem to have anything to do, he cautiously asked, "Why don't you go south to fight Hu and Xuan?" The day before yesterday, Liu Cang and Shi Le both came, asking for an alliance, although Da Dan Yu did not refuse, didn't he also say to us, is this an expedient measure? ”

Yu Lu shook it gently and said, "It's not easy to go south...... In the past, Liu Sikong was in Bingzhou, and I could send troops to help him attack Pingyang, supply and deliver materials on the road, and seventy percent of what he plundered was with me. However, now Liu Sikong is defeated, Taiyuan falls into the hands of the slaves, Shi Hu sits in Jinyang, divides his troops and builds a fortress to resist me, and the Jin people are thousands of miles away, how to respond and supply? Therefore, I did not insist on rejecting the envoys from Pingyang and Xiangguo, and promised to open a mutual market and barter goods for accumulation.

"Besides, the south is the land of Jin after all, even if it is taken down, if the Jin people ask for it, what should they do? If it is, it is a futile effort and nothing to gain; If you don't, you will rebel against the court and start a war with the Jin people......"

Then he looked at Tuoba and said: "I was about to ask my brother, since my brother is proficient in Jin language and knows Jin characters, can you go to Luoyang and Chang'an for me?" Let's look at Pei Dasima and General Zu, how human they are. If it is a mediocre person, we don't have to pay attention to it, and only wait for Jicheng Liu Sikong to summon it. If it is a heroic figure like Liu Sikong, he may be able to follow his orders and attack Hu and ......"

Tuoba smiled and asked, "What kind of hero is Liu Sikong, how can there be a hero who occupies a state and can't destroy Hu for many years, but is chased by the slaves?" What if I go to Luoyang and Chang'an and see that Pei Dasima and General Zu are several times stronger than Liu Sikong? ”

Yu Lu said with a smile: "In Pei Da Sima's book the day before yesterday, he hinted that I came to attack Lu Chuan, and what kind of praying mantis, what cicada ......?"

Tuoba reminded: "It's the praying mantis catching the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind." ”

Yu Lu nodded and said, "Yes, this statement has a lot of meaning, maybe it is really a character - if there is Allah in China, our clan will take Pingyang and give it away, it is also worth it." But when he said this, his eyes flashed, but he did not seem to mean it......

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At this time, of course, Pei Cai didn't know that Tuoba Yulu had defeated Tiefu, and he also vowed to set foot on Lu Chuan...... However, even if Luchuan is still based on Tiefu, sending troops to attack is also a plan for the distant future, and at present, we must also pay attention to the near future and consider the problems related to Liu Yao.

Before Pei Gai left Jicheng, he had an idea and planned to take the initiative to attack and give Liu Yao a blow to the head, so that he would not dare to seek to invade the south again for several years. So when discussing with Tao Kan, he immediately inquired about Tao Shixing's thoughts, but Tao Kan frowned, shook his head again and again, and said: "It's not easy to ......."