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Xue Qiangbi was built by him himself, which took many years, and a large number of material reserves were transferred, and thirty percent of the tenants of the Xue family were mobilized, and two percent of the strong men were settled, and these material resources and manpower were now all firmly pinched in Xue Ning's hands. If he returns to the village, his uncles and even his brothers will have a lot, even if Xue Tao is not there, and Xue Ning is Xue Tao's brother, he may not be able to hold down the scene, and he may not be able to speak in turn. In Xue Qiangbi, it is relatively easier to control the whole clan under the banner of sister-in-law and nephew.

He also sent out a large number of cronies, went to various places to inquire about the news, and secretly contacted all ethnic groups in Hedong, delaying the offering of grain and straw as much as possible, and pulling the Hu army back. In Xue Ning's mind, since Brother Hu has already attached himself and has become a general, even if Liu Cang returns victorious, as long as he sacrifices himself, the Xue family will easily get rid of responsibility; And what if the Hu army is defeated? With his own strength, he can not only protect the Xue family, but also the possibility of taking his brother and replacing him.

Death or wealth, five or five, I bet!

The only thing to worry about is that his credit to Pei Da Sima is not big enough. He once sent someone to Pei Dasima or Tao Fujun to spread the news that Liu Cang wanted to cross from Xiayang, but the kid went and did not return, and he didn't know if the letter had been delivered; As for contacting the various clans, delaying the offerings, and keeping things secret, they may not be able to be used to show merit - if the Jin army takes advantage of the victory to pursue and enter Hedong, it is estimated that most of the families will open the wall to greet each other, and then take all the credit for the Hu army's lack of food and straw on their own heads.

So how can you make great achievements and think that you have advanced to the next level? Xue Ning was thinking all day long, but he couldn't get the essentials.

On this day, a cronie returned to Xue Qiangbi and reported him a special news: it is said that Liu Cang summoned Jinyang Shihu to lead the army south to help defend Caisangjin, but who would have thought that Shi Hu took the opportunity to annex Xihe County and killed him directly in the heart of Pingyang!

When Xue Ning heard the report, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "In this way, if Liu Cang can't break through the promotion within ten days, he will inevitably return back!" ”

Xue Ning also has a general understanding of the civil war in Fengyi County, although the great Sima Pei should be besieged in Haoyang City, but that is because most of the Jin troops of the various departments are in Qinzhou and have not been able to return in time. Judging from Liu Cang's rapid attack for a few days and the immobility of Haoyang City, the possibility of separating the winner in the short term is very small - so Xue Ning has to delay the supply of grain as much as possible. It is said that the Jin army of Qinzhou has returned, stationed in Pinyang and Dali, and firmly locked the road in and out of the Weishui Valley, which is obviously an attempt to confront each other for a long time, waiting for the Hu army to retreat.

It is believed that when the news of Shi Hu's entry into Pingyang County reaches the Hu army, the army's morale will inevitably be shaken, and Liu Cang will retreat back to Hedong in a few days. And if the Jin people can learn of this news in time and have preparations, they can take advantage of their retreat to chase and kill from behind, and they will definitely gain great benefits. Xue Ning secretly thought about this, I must spread this news to Guanzhong!

The Xue clan has been operating in Fenyin County for a long time, and their forces are intertwined, infiltrating the defenders on the east side of the Xiayang River like a sieve. Previously, Liu Cang was in the county and strictly ordered to block the news, but when Liu Cang crossed to the west, the ferry was still restored to the control of the Xue family. It's just that Xiayang City on the other side has been lost, and it is more difficult to send someone to pass the news from Xiayang.

It is best to take the Yangdu. Xue Ning knew that there were sailors in the city of Haoyang, and blocked the section of the Yellow River near the ferry, after the Hu army tried to transport grain from the river, but all of them were burned by the Jin army. If you pass the message from here, you can go straight into the city of Haoyang and send it to Pei Dasima's desk.

It's a pity that the ferry opposite Haoyang is located in Xie County, not the territory of the Xue family. The main clans in Xie County are Liu and Liang, and the Liu family Tai is half south, and recently I heard that he ran to Guanzhong to attach himself to Pei Gai; The main branch of the Liang clan has long entered Guanzhong in the west and merged with its Wu branch. Although the two family members who are still from Xie County have not been outstanding, they have always been deferential to the Hu and Han regimes.

The reason is also very simple, the cunning rabbit has three holes, two heads to bet, since a part of the family has gained a firm foothold in the Jin Dynasty, then the rest of the family will naturally have to attach Hu to protect themselves, lest the eggs be put in a basket, and the family will be smashed when the time comes.

Therefore, before ordering his cronies to pass on the news of Liu Cang's Xiayang crossing, Xue Ning ordered him to bypass the Haoyang Ferry and go south to the Puban Ferry - he was not afraid of guarding the Hu soldiers, but he was afraid of the local clans, and they stepped on each other, I am afraid that the dispute between Jin and Hu would be more fierce than that of Jin and Hu. But now is different from the past, when Liu Cang rushed to Xiayang, it is estimated that even if the news reaches Guanzhong smoothly, the Jin army will not have time to block it, and there is nothing to be done, just talk about his heart; Now if the news of Shi Hu's harassment of Pingyang is delivered late, the Jin army will not be able to catch up, and Liu Cang will escape smoothly, and this afterthought will be meaningless!

Xue Ning was wandering around the room, at a loss-should I take the risk of sending someone to cross from Xiayang or Haoyang to hit the big luck, and gamble that I would not be captured by Hu Jun and the Liu and Liang clans? Once the incident is leaked, maybe I will have to give up the industry and flee alone......

Judging from the current situation, the Hu army will be defeated in sixty percent, and at most it will return in vain, and from then on, it will be increasingly popular, so it is pointless to give my head to protect the clan.

At this time, suddenly the door came to report, saying that Liu Chengzhen of Xie County asked to see him.

Xue Ning couldn't help but be stunned - what was he doing here?

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Liu Cheng is really famous, and he is the second son of Jin Runan's Taishou Liu Qi. Liu Qi died before the "Yongjia Rebellion", and his younger brother Liu Chun was in charge at that time, leading his two sons Liu Xi and Liu Zhuo, as well as his brothers Liu Gong and Liu Ju to flee to Runan, and then fled to Xiangyang. But the brothers Liu Gong and Liu Ju did not go further south, they stayed in Runan County for a while, and finally sneaked back to Hedong - they were really reluctant to have a huge industry.

Although the Liu Gong brothers did not come out, their attitude towards the Hu and Han regimes was relatively deferential, and they were considered outliers among the various ethnic groups in Hedong - in the original history, Liu Gong finally became the Later Zhao and took up the post of Hedong County Guard. Therefore, Xue Ning secretly contacted the families before, knowing the benefits and disadvantages, and asked them to suspend the supply of grain and straw to the Hu army, but the Liu family refused to comply.

In fact, Xue Ning's reason is very sufficient: Jin has the intention of rejuvenation, and Hu is declining, so even if each family does not attach to Jin, they should wait and see for the time being, and should not get too close to the Hu and Han regimes. Besides, last year's Huhan famine, this year is a normal year, Pingyang Mansion has a grain stockpile, I'm afraid there are not as many of our private warehouses, Liu Cang led the westward expedition this time, he has a request for us, not for us to ask for him, so why waste his own property in a hurry?

If Liu Cang loses, he is likely to be angry with us, and even if he wins, on the contrary, won't he want to take advantage of the victory to annex the various tribes in Hedong? If the grain is left, it can still resist the enemy in the future, if it is all given to Liu Cang, when the army is approaching, it will be too late to regret it!

However, Liu Gong replied and cross-examined, saying that the Jin Dynasty did have a tendency to revivenation, but Hu Han showed no signs of defeat - Wang Pengzu was killed before, Liu Yueshi fled, and north of the Yellow River, almost all of them were in Hu's hands, why can't you see it? The key is that you don't treat Hu and Liang as two families, Shi Le is still serving Pingyang Zhengshuo.

As you said, Liu Cang's westward expedition has a five-five victory, but if we supply grain and grass in time, his chances of victory will increase. If Liu Cang is defeated, it will be fine, if he really gains a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and even pacifies Yong and Qin, when the time comes, turn around and settle accounts after the autumn, do you think we can resist the soldiers of Hu and Han just by relying on more food?

The key is that the various ethnic groups in Hedong are armed and have no more than the Xue family, so Xue Ning has the bottom in his heart - I rely on this Xue Qiangbi to carry your army of 350,000 for a whole year, and the world is undecided, do you really dare to raise a national army to fight me a small local wealthy family? The Liu family's industry is not under the Xue family, but it belongs to the traditional Gongqing family, and the military ability of the Liu Gong brothers, as well as the organizational strength and combat effectiveness of the clansmen and dependents, are far inferior to the Xue family, so they are afraid of the Hu army.

In the original history, the various ethnic groups in Hedong were headed by the Xue family, and they were in a semi-independent state for a long time, not to mention the former Zhao and Hou Zhao, even if the former Qin unified the Yellow River Valley, Fu Rong wrote to appoint Xue Qiang, Xue Qiang did not answer, Fu Jian patrolled to Hedong, and came to Xue Qiang to summon him in person, Xue Qiang did not even show his face, and ordered someone to reply: "There is no minister in this city, but there is a general of death." ”。 All the generals asked to attack it, and Fu Jian was afraid that the teacher would not get anything, so he said: "I must be leveled, bound by my face, and give up to persuade the monarch." "Lead the troops away.

After the collapse of the former Qin, the Later Yan army prospered, and Xue Qiang commanded the troops of Hedong to defeat Murong Yongyu Chenchuan. After Qin Yao Xing heard the news, he sent an envoy to pay tribute, worship Xue Qiang as the right Guanglu doctor, the seven soldiers Shangshu, and Feng Yi County Duke, Xue Qiang considered that the Jin situation was sluggish, I am afraid that it will be difficult to go on the Northern Expedition, and he is also old, and his children are not good, so he reluctantly agreed. The Xue clan took the lead, and the various ethnic groups in Hedong successively appeared in Hu, and then served in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

This group of heroes and heroes regained their prestige, and until the Tang Dynasty, Pei, Xue, and Liu were all famous, not under Guandong Cui, Lu, Zheng and Guanzhong Wei and Yang - of course, the most powerful is still Pei.

Pulled back and said that Liu Ju Liu Chengzhen personally came to visit Xue Ning, and after meeting, he greeted Xue Ning for a long time, and then his words flickered, and he went around in circles repeatedly. Fortunately, Xue Ning is also a scholar, and his brain is not slow, so he finally found out the true meaning of the other party - Liu Ju came to find the bottom of the stairs, and he really had the heart to attach Jin.

There are two reasons why Liu's banner changed the map, one of which is that it is difficult to endure Hu Han's excessive demands.

Liu Cangruo is still in Hedong, it is estimated that all families dare not disobey the yang and the yin, no matter how much Xue Ning contacts around, most of the families still have to honestly hand over the grain. The problem is that Liu Cang has already crossed to the west, leaving only Wei Zhong, the general of Zhenxi, to coordinate the grain and materials, so he will not be able to control the field at all.

In Liu Cang's mind, Wei Zhong is a native of Hedong, and he is familiar with all the furniture, so he is responsible for the affairs of the county as a person from the county, and he should be handy. But he couldn't have imagined that it was precisely because Wei Zhong was from Hedong that many families did not sell it—if he left a Hu general here, I am afraid that the situation would be different.

First, although Wei Zhong is from this county, his family is not high, even if Shihu becomes the general of Zhenxi, it is still difficult to be valued by the family in his hometown. If Wei Zhong is a Jin official, it will be fine, although Jin is a joint regime of a wealthy family, but in a wild family, it is better to be a cold family - just like Zhang Hua was also from the Shu clan back then, who would dare to be contemptuous among the scholars? It's just that Wei Zhong is Hu Zhongshi, and the Hu Han regime only talks about tribes and doesn't look at the portal, so unless you are a Xiongnu or even a dignitary of Tu, how can a local wealthy family look down on you?

Second, when Wei Zhong was in the opposition, he deeply felt the turbidity of the times, the disorder of the government and government, the Sima family killed each other, and the high-ranking officials and eunuchs were often shy to attach themselves to the thieves, so they studied behind closed doors and rarely interacted with the villagers. Pei Yu and Zhang Hua have been recruited many times, but he shouldn't, Yu Pei's family is still like this, what about other families in Hedong? To put it bluntly, this man is pretentious and overly proud, and there is no one in the village who does not hate him.

Therefore, Wei Zhong stayed behind to coordinate the money and grain, and most of the ethnic groups in Hedong refused to respond, only Xie County Liang and Liu were willing to be perfunctory because they had always been obedient. But the time is tight, the task is urgent, and Wei Zhong is not a person with any clever plans, so in desperation, he has to put all the burden on the heads of those two families. He apologized to the two families many times, saying that for the sake of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, there is no shortage of food and straw, and he will succeed immediately, so he will wronged you for the time being, and when His Royal Highness returns to the teacher, then all those families who are in favor of the yang and yin will have to bow their heads, and I will definitely squeeze out their oil and water to compensate your family.

However, no matter how big the blank check is, it is not as good as the immediate interests, and the two families watched a large amount of grain and straw move out of the clan treasury, and their hearts ached as if they were dripping blood. And if the grain can be successfully transported to the front line, it will be fine, but it is waded from near Haoyang, but it was burned by Tao Kan and all the boats - it was basically all the grain of the Liu family, and some of the Liang family's ......

The Haoyang ferry was blocked, and he was forced to transfer from Xiayangdu, but Wei Zhong could not mobilize many soldiers and force, so he was forced to beg the two families, asking them not only to provide food, but also to send people to help transfer hundreds of miles. The Liu brothers were annoyed and indignant because of this-when will it be a head? Do you really want to run out of the grain in my family's treasury and exhaust all my family's manpower? When the time comes, if Liu Cang doesn't unload the mill and kill the donkey as Xue Ning said, my dignified Liu clan itself will collapse!

Only then did we begin to examine whether the plan to attach Hu was really in the long-term interests of the family.

There is a second reason, that is, the Jin Dynasty came and enveloped the Liu family.

The people who came were not sent by Liu Xi and Liu Zhuo in Guanzhong, and to tell the truth, the two brothers wished that their cousins Liu Gong and Liu Ju would be attached to Hu, so when the Great Sima soldiers entered Hedong in the future, we could naturally take back the position of patriarch. The patriarch of the big family has always been elected within a certain range of blood, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Liu Xi brothers are still a large clan, and they are qualified to replace the Liu Gong brothers. But even so, if the Liu Gong brothers are convicted for attaching Hu, and their own family has the support of the Jin government, it is not a dream to regain the position of the great sect.

And as far as Liu Gong and Liu Ju are concerned, it is precisely because Liu Xi and Liu Zhuo are attached to Pei Gai that they can't party with Xue Ning and help Guanzhong - no matter how hard I try, for Da Sima, it's not as close as those two brothers, if Hu loses and wins, the position of patriarch will definitely not be guaranteed!

But what I didn't expect was that Henan actually sent someone to contact ......