More than ten days later, Pei Xiong galloped to Jinyang to see Pei Cai.

He had previously been ordered to go north to the grassland, visit the Helan Lord, Oitou, and ask for Yu Lu's second son, after repeated consideration, Oi finally handed over the Huai Huai to Pei Xiong, and Yu Lu's other son, Shi Yiqian, to the messenger sent by Tuoba - the two eggs were separated, and each basket was placed. So Pei Xiong escorted Huainan to Chang'an, and Pei Wei arranged for someone to raise him, and he immediately carried a thick stack of letters and official documents, rushed to Jinyang, and then went to support Pei Gai.

Pei Xiong was born in the Duan clan Xianbei, and compared with the Central Plains scholars, he attaches more importance to the relationship between master and slave, and equates himself to the Pei family slave - for the nomads, the monarch is the master, and the minister is the slave, and the personality of the monarch and the minister is absolutely impossible to be equal. It is where Pei should be, Pei Xiong is naturally there, although he was once ordered to go to a distant place, but after the errand was handed over, he did not want to live in Chang'an for a long time, and waited for his lord Pei to return.

In fact, thousands of years ago, the Chinese were the same, and the original meaning of the word "chen" was male slave. Later, after the washing of Zhou rites and the teachings of Confucianism, the scholars gradually leveled their own personality with the people. That's why Confucius said, "The road is not good, and I float in the sea" - I can't tie my own life and death honor and disgrace to one person; Mencius also said that "the people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the king is light" - since the people are more important than the king, then it is not the king's place to decide their life and death, what about me?

The so-called "the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die; The father wants the son to die, and the son has to die", but after the rise of imperial power in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dregs rose again. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty system originally retained quite a lot of remnants of the original tribal system; Even in the Ming Dynasty, from the Zhu family to the scholars, they were once deeply influenced by the Mengyuan Dynasty......

Pulled back and said that Pei Xiong refused to stay in Chang'an City for a long time, insisted on going north, and wanted to follow Pei Gai's side, so Pei Wei, Tao Kan and others took the opportunity to entrust him with the relevant official documents, in addition, since Xun Song's father and daughter, relatives, friends, and friends, there are also many letters, which are also handed over to Pei Xiong.

Pei Xiong went to Jinyang, met Pei Gai, and presented official documents and letters. Pei ordered him to go down to rest and rest, and then spent the whole night dealing with related affairs. For the army to go eastward and reinforce Zu Li, the cardinal department is still planning, but in the situation of the state, Tao Kan and Pei Wei have some personal opinions, so they fell into the text, and they were prepared to submit to Pei for reading.

Tao Kan believes that it was originally planned to temporarily take the defensive position in Taiyuan to prevent the Zhao army from coming back, but now that the main force of the Zhao army is heading south to Yanzhou and taking Luoyang, the pressure on our northern front will naturally be reduced. In this situation, he suggested that Pei should go east a little under the premise of what he could, on the one hand, to contain the Leping and Shangdang armies and prevent reinforcements from going to the river, and on the other hand, to exert pressure, making it difficult for Shile on the front line to fight a decisive battle with Zu Ti with peace of mind.

It has been more than a month since the Jin people recovered the two counties of Taiyuan and Xihe, as well as some emerging counties, and a large number of cattle, sheep, and grain were transported from Pingyang and even Hedong, which basically stabilized the situation. In the counties and townships far away from the Fenshui River Valley, there are still thieves – some defeated Zhao soldiers, some hungry civilians – gathering but no longer a big problem. Moreover, on the one hand, Pei Gai used grain as bait and set up banners to recruit troops, in order to control all the young and strong people in the territory and prevent them from changing, and on the other hand, for those poor peasants who had lost their means of production, they were carried out according to the old law, so that the grain would not be given indiscriminately, and the people would have more food.

The soldiers of each city who have been counted and surrendered, as well as the newly recruited soldiers - of course, most of them can only be counted as auxiliary soldiers, in addition to daily training, many of them are sent to repair city defenses and build fortifications - there are already 20,000 or 30,000, and Liu Yang, Beigong Chun and other regular soldiers are also about 20,000. In this situation, unless the Zhao army reinforces the party from Ji and You, and attacks on a large scale, the defense of Taiyuan and Xihe is basically stable.

As for Zhao Jing in the east, it seems that he can't catch it, but he can't help but try it a little. Pei's plan made Beigong Chun, Chen An and others lead two to three thousand elite cavalry, go east from Yangqu, cross Shouyang Mountain and enter the north of Leping County, although there are many mountains, but the situation is not very dangerous, and there are many small plains in the mountains, which can be used for cavalry. In addition, is it possible to consider bribing the Tuoba other troops in Yanmen County with wealth to send troops to help?

Pei should have discussed this matter with Xu Xian, Pei Kai and others for a long time, and finally decided - nomads are accustomed to looting, once they are summoned to the south, they are likely to avoid the Zhao soldiers, but they will kill the Zhao people, you must know that the so-called "Zhao people" of the Qianzhi are the Jin people of the past! So forget it, it's better to just go with the goods, and exchange them for cattle, sheep, horses, furs, and other things.

In addition, Pei Wei also suggested in the book that since Yunshi Le sent the troops of the country to the south, Youzhou would inevitably be empty, and the Ming Duke might as well write Liu Sikong and Murong in Liaoxi, and order them to go west and attack Youzhou, in order to copy the thieves. Pei Gai couldn't help but hesitate in the face of this offer......

If Liu Kun and the Murong clan join forces, they can really take the opportunity to seize Youzhou, or even just recover some counties, it will definitely deal a powerful blow to the Zhao regime and put heavy psychological pressure on the soldiers on the front line, which is indeed a good policy. But the problem is that Xingtai's jurisdiction does not include Youzhou and Pingzhou, and although he Pei Dasima is nominally the military power of the world, it is impossible for the Chinese army to directly order the transfer, let alone Liu Kun's department?

Liu Yueshi has been in Bingzhou for a long time, and he has been estranged from the imperial court for a long time, and the independent tendency of his soldiers and horses is bound to be serious. Moreover, Liu Kunzhi was an important minister of the Jin Dynasty, still before Zu Li, in terms of qualifications, Pei Gai himself was far from being able to attain, even if he was famous, he was only able to surpass him in recent years. He is not only friends with Zu Li, but also has a certain understanding of Liu Kun's temperament, this public heart is arrogant, although he has been repeatedly frustrated, he may not be able to change his long-cherished will, if he orders directly, it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among the other party.

Since they are dissatisfied, they can go a long way, and the situation is not suitable for excuses, and refuse to accept orders. And even if Liu Kun is ordered to go west, he has a pimple in his heart, can he still do things honestly and move forward?

Therefore, after repeated consideration, Pei Gai finally wrote a sincere private letter, analyzing the situation and persuading Liu Kun and Murong Diao to join forces and go to Youzhou. still ordered Pei Xiong to send this letter to the north, hand it over to his uncle Tuoba Tou, and ask Tuoba Tou to transfer it to Liaoxi - the enemy territory or the grassland outside the Saiwai, and possibly through the jurisdiction of the Yuwen clan, then it is more stable to send a letter to the Tuoba clan.

Because the road is far away, Pei Gai is naturally not clear, in fact, at this time, Liu Kun and Murong have already mobilized their troops, but they are not to Youzhou in the west, but to Pingzhou in the east.

Liu Yueshi was defeated again and again, and was forced to migrate east to Changli County, and when Pingzhou assassinated Shi Cui Bi heard the news, he immediately sent troops to resist, all relying on the Murong clan's peace - in fact, coercion and intimidation - Cui Yu was forced to give up Bintu County to Da Sikong Xiema.

Liu Kun naturally won't miss Cui Yu because of this. One is that Cui Yu is the remnant of Wang Jun, and the two families have a deep grudge; Second, theoretically speaking, he is the great Sikong of the imperial court, and the great Sikong enters the realm of you, and you refuse to meet him, but instead wait for the soldiers, and in the end he only spits out one county, so humiliating me, how can you not report it?!

Wen Qiao, Cui Yue and others all suggested that they should borrow troops from the Murong clan and take Pingzhou from Cui Yu in the east, but they could use Pingzhou as a basis, slowly accumulate, and resist the thieves in the west. Otherwise, Liu Kun now has no more than a few thousand soldiers, and the land is only a hundred miles, all of which have to rely on Murong's support, once the Murong clan does not come to the rescue for various reasons, then Youzhou will send a partial division, and I will be difficult to resist! Cui Yu set up a visit between Yiwulu and Qingshan, and when the time comes, there will be no way to go east, and there will be only the sea in the south, so there will really be no place to die.

Liu Yueshi was the first alliance to expand, and then according to the Duan clan, the power seemed strong at first glance, but finally was defeated, after so many things, he finally realized: everything can only rely on himself, others can not be trusted, together with the palace as a minister, can turn friends into enemies - for example, Wang Jun - what about foreigners? Murong Diao is currently very loyal and honest, what will happen in the future, who knows? Besides, Liu Kun also noticed that there were many contradictions between Murong Diao's eldest son Murong Han and his sister-in-law Murong Hao, in case Murong Diao died in the future, and the two sons were in dispute and civil strife, just like Tuoba at the beginning, where would there be a spiritual head to protect themselves.

Only by first securing a piece of territory and pulling up the soldiers and horses again is the right way.

Therefore, he paid tribute to Murong Diao many times, hoping that when the time was ripe, he would send troops to help him chase Cui Yu and take Pingzhou.

Besides, Zhang Bin was ordered to go north to replace Kong Chang to guard the thistle, and as soon as he took office, he immediately sent people to contact Yuwen's family with money and goods to meet and watch. Fan Yuan, the guard of Fanyang County, reminded Zhang Bin: "The army of Youzhou, seventy percent of them went south with General Kong, and the rest of the garrison was not enough, if Murong and the Liu clan came to attack, Yuwen's troops were really not enough." When the people in a hurry blocked the border, cut off the news, and prevent the eastern captives from knowing ......"

Zhang Bin smiled: "No. I heard that Murong Diao had an appointment with Liu Yueshi, and he would join forces to attack Pingzhou. Now, if I close my borders and prevent the news from leaking out, they will be suspicious, and if they are suspicious, they will not dare to act rashly, and they will even invade the east to test me. It is better to leak the emptiness of Youzhou a little, then they will be at ease, and they will definitely strangle their troops and go east.

"Thinking about it, Liu Yueshi's remnants are only thousands, how dare he return to Youzhou? If he didn't come, Murong Diao naturally wouldn't come. How could Liu Yueshi be willing to lose Youzhou in my hands and fall into the hands of Murong again? If Murong Diao insists on going his own way, Liu Yueshi may be in harmony with Cui Yu and restrain Murong, and I will get Yuwen's help again, and it will not be difficult for the thief to be abroad. ”

Sure enough, when the news reached the Murong Ministry, Murong Hao suggested taking advantage of the emptiness of Youzhou to send troops to attack it, or completely flatten the Yuwen Department in one go. Murong Diao's mastermind, Lu Chang, a native of Daijun, said: "Although Shi Le made Kong Chang lead his elite soldiers south, he ordered Zhang Bin to take the town of Youzhou. Most of the attacks are difficult to win. As for Yuwen, Xun Nickyan has been repeatedly broken by our army before, and its land is shrinking, and it is not difficult to destroy it; However, the person he relied on, not only Zhao Ye, but also Tuoba, if Tuoba sent troops to the east to help, how to deal with it? And if I destroy Yuwen, the land will be connected with Tuoba, and the two families have a grudge, I am afraid that the war will not stop, which is not the blessing of the country.

"And before that, he promised to capture Pingzhou for him, if he betrayed his trust, he was afraid of losing the good of Dasikong, and even being held accountable by the imperial court. Half of the households under the jurisdiction of the general are Jin people, because the general is a Jin minister, and the restoration is good in the big Sikong, so he can obey the law and cultivate and weave with peace of mind. Once the good of the great Sikong is lost, and it is sinned by the imperial court, the Jin people will inevitably be centrifuged, and the Jin land will be difficult to govern.

"Zhang Mengsun deliberately leaked the emptiness of Youzhou to urge me to go east, and I had to go east. Now Youzhou has the power of garrison, no enterprising momentum, I can have no worries, concentrate on Pingzhou. Hou Da Sikong received Pingzhou, the two joined forces, then Zhao Zhao is not afraid, Tuoba is not afraid, at that time, are you still afraid that you can't destroy Yuwen and set the thistle? ”

In the end, Murong Diao agreed with what Lu Chang said, so he left Murong Hao to defend the country, and ordered his eldest son Murong Han to recruit 5,000 troops in Jindi.

In the original history, it was Cui Yu who made the first move, and met the Duan, Yuwen and Goguryeo families to attack Murong together, but Murong Di broke Yuwen first, and the other families were afraid and sued for peace. But in this timeline, the Duan clan was destroyed first, and Liu Kun was still there, which led to Murong's great power, and Cui Yu did not dare to plot against Liaoxi easily.

However, Cui Bizhi originally attacked Murong Ye because his own reputation was too stinky, which led to the exile of the Central Plains scholars in the Northern Wilderness, and most of them took refuge in Murong Diao, and few people went to Pingzhou; Cui Yu not only did not bow to self-reflection, but believed that it was Murong Diao who robbed the exiles on the way, and detained them again and did not send them, so he hated them deeply. Although history has changed, this has not changed, except for a Pei Wei who went south in the early stage and did not vote for Murong Diao, such as Daijun Luchang, Beiping Yangtan, Beihai Fengxian, Beiping Xiqian, Bohai Fengxuan, Xihe Song Zheng, Pingyuan Song Gai, etc., all entered the curtain, and there were many talents for a while, which was the crown of Beizhou.

For the offensive of the coalition army, the Pingzhou soldiers were difficult to resist at all, and Cui Yu set up along Yiwulu and Qingshan to block Liu Kun's defensive line, but it was broken in just four days. Immediately, Murong Han took Xuansu in the north, and Murong Diao and Liu Kun led the main force to kill Liaodong. Cui Yu panicked, on the one hand, he sent an envoy to Goguryeo for help, and on the other hand, he sent his nephew Cui Tao to the front of the coalition army to question Liu Kun, saying that we are all ministers of the Jin family, why didn't Da Sikong go to recover Youyou and Ping, but united with Murong to attack my Pingzhou? Isn't this a matter of bitterness and hatred?

When Liu Kun heard this, he was speechless for a while...... In troubled times, although they belonged to the same camp, it was common for them to attack each other - for example, he attacked Wang Jun back then, and Shi Le also annexed Wang Mi - but it was unreasonable after all. Now Cui Tao is responsible for the righteousness, and Liu Kun is also a face-saving person, so he can't help but feel ashamed.

Fortunately, Wen Qiao was next to him, and immediately stood up and scolded: "Da Sikong is an important minister of the country, and he has the important task of resisting the enemy, and he has entered Pingzhou, but Uncle Ru refuses to accept it, and he is obstructed by the anti-digging base, and his treachery is obvious, how can he not be killed?" After the civil strife is settled first and Pingzhou is calmed, the great Sikong will go west to recover the secluded and annexed, why wait for your buzz?

"Moreover, Pingzhou assassinated the history, but in the past, Wang Da Sima signed, Wang Da Sima Xuan was victimized by the thief, and his performance did not reach Luoyang, and the court did not have a clear order. Now Uncle Ru steals from Pingzhou, and he has no name, how can he say that he is in the same dynasty? It's just a mountain thief and a bandit, who can't be cut down?! ”

After saying something, Cui Tao was speechless.