Quan Qu's eldest son, Yiyu, is not tall, but he is extremely wide, and his arms and legs are thicker than ordinary people, and at first glance it looks like a large bell made of pig iron. This person's brave name is not only in the county, but even in Pingyang has heard of it, Liu Yao heard that he led his troops to come, and hurriedly went out of the city to greet him.

When Yi Yu saw Liu Yao, he didn't bow down for a long time, and his attitude was very arrogant. General Hu was all annoyed, but Liu Yao didn't seem to care, but took Yi Yu's hand, thanked him repeatedly, and said, "Since Qing is here, Feng Yi is not decided." ”

Yi Yu said I was just about to ask you about this - "Wen Jin is in Dali, but there are only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, and the king has 100,000 male divisions, why don't you dare to go south, but want to borrow troops from our department?" ”

Liu Yao replied: "Although the Jin people are only 30,000 people, they are all elites. And from Dali to the south, across the Weishui, is Hongnong, Hongnong east is Henan, there are still 60,000 or 70,000 Jin troops in the two counties, if I go south, he will save the north, it is equivalent to my number. And the enemy relies on the city to defend, and it is not easy to attack, so it is necessary to ask Qing to come to help. ”

Yi Yu pouted and said: "The Jin people are weak, so they only dare to rely on the city to defend - but I don't know who it will be?" ”

Liu Yao replied: "Jin is in the middle of Pei Gai." ”

Yi Yu said: "I heard that in the service, I was a civil minister who participated in politics before the Jin lord, how can I know how to lead the troops to fight?" Could it be that he has been a veteran for many years, and he has to be in the center of the old age? ”

Liu Yao shook his head: "No, Pei should be only twenty years, with his family background as the crown of the Central Plains, his father was originally in power, and then died of martyrdom, so he was a young man and became a high position." ”

Yi Yu smiled: "If this is the case, why is it difficult to fight? The general is young and weak, even if he leads an army of 100,000 and has a strong city to rely on, in a certain opinion, he is just a chicken, a dog! The king is helpless and too cowardly? ”

Liu Xian stood behind Liu Yao, and when he heard the sound of "dang", he pulled out half of the saber on his waist. Liu Yao hurriedly glanced at him, blocked him with his eyes, and then said to Yi Yu with a smile: "I am old, I am no longer as brave as I used to be." How can it be compared? The battle of the day after tomorrow is all thanks to the courage of Qing. If I can break the city, I will take nothing from the jade silk of the children in Dali City, and I will reward Yu Qing with everything! ”

When they discussed privately with the generals, Liu Xian and Liu Yue asked, saying that Yiyu, the Qiang slave, is so unreasonable, why are you so low to him, the king? Liu Yao didn't answer yet, and Liu Junxian next to him smiled and said: "If you don't be arrogant first, how can you make them the first to be the first in the army, and try the difficulty of Dali first?" Then he arched his hand towards Liu Yao: "Congratulations to the king, Yiyu is arrogant and unplanned, no matter whether he wins or loses, it is easy to rob and merge, so Shangjun is already in the palm of the king." ”

Liu Yao smiled and nodded, but then said: "Yiyu is very brave, and it is not easy to rob it......" Liu Jun said that Yiyu is easy to rob, which means that this young man has no brains, so it is convenient to set him up, and Liu Yao is purely considered from the perspective of force, who do I have to send to rob him?

Liu Xian arched his hand and said: "I have a general Ping Xian, more than eight feet tall, and his strength can fight tigers, and you are good at grabbing the enemy's sword and spear empty-handed, and you can make it Yiyu in another day." Liu Yao said okay-"That is, he is Ma Mengqi, and I have Xu Zhongkang, and I am also antagonistic." ”

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When Liu Yao finally waved his army south, Pei Gai's cousin Pei Kai - Pei Wu's eldest son - was not in Dali City, and he was ordered to go to Henan to discuss with Zu Ti about the reinforcement of grain, materials and troops, and pick up people by the way.

Because of the estimated time, Xiong Yizhi guarded Xun Song's father and daughter, and should be about to arrive in Luoyang. Pei should write a letter with detailed content, and asked Pei to hand it over to Xun Song, saying that I have obtained the status of your old man to participate in politics, and after you enter Chang'an City, you must have a good relationship with Liang Fen and raise my prestige in the court; As for Xun Guanniang, there is no need to follow my father into Beijing, just wade through Weishui from near Huayin and come to Dali.

When Pei Kai arrived, Zu Ti was supervising the repair of the palace room, and planned to wait for the project to be roughly completed, and then he would play a concert to invite the Son of Heaven to return to Luoyang. He met Pei Kai on the construction site, Pei Kai handed Pei Gai's letter, and after Zu Shizhi finished reading, he first said: "Pei Gong's family has passed Xingyang, and I have sent someone to greet him." Then asked Pei Kai: "Qing has come from Dali, do you know when Liu Yao will invade the south?" ”

Pei Kai replied: "It is not known yet, but it is estimated that it will not be postponed to autumn." ”

Zu Ti said: "If after the autumn, although Henan and Hongnong are broken, I will take Xingyang and Shangluo Xinmai, and I can also provide it." However, if summer comes, the grain is really stretched...... "To be honest, although he has searched the inventory of the newly occupied territory, the grain and grass are not abundant enough, and he has to rely on Xu Fang partly, where is the spare grain to provide Pei Gai?"

Pei Kai said: "It's okay. Today, the grain storage in Dali is still enough for half a year, enough to keep until the end of autumn. However, Feng Yi only had to go through half a county, and after repeated soldiers, the households were scattered, and the land was barren, so after the autumn, he had to rely on Sizhou's supply and loss. ”

Zu Ti said that this is no problem - "Pei Gongbei Fu Second County, as a strong enemy, in danger, how can I sit idly by and not save it?" As he spoke, he smiled: "I have a good relationship with Pei Gong, and even if this is not the case, I am not a member of Koji Zhongke and Suo Juxiu." ”

Pei Kai took advantage of the compliment and asked: "But I don't know how many troops Sizhou can send to rescue the enemy once Dali engages the enemy?" Zu Ti replied that this is not good-" Since Liu Yao is here, Liu Cang may also send troops to Henan to echo it. Even if Pei Gongxin Zhongyun and Liu Cang will not come by himself, but he only needs to send one or two thousand troops to harass and tie up, after all, the cities in Henan are ruined, Luoyang is still in ruins, and I am afraid that I will not be able to personally help Feng Yi. After thinking about it, he said, "Wait for tens of thousands, and you can still support it." ”

Pei Kai said that it was enough. Zu Ti leaned forward slightly, and asked with a smile: "Qing and the others are confident that they can be the enemy of Dali Lonely City, and when they are twice as many enemies - Liu Yaohu's general, not Liu Cang, please also send a message to Pei Gong, thousands of thousands, not to be taken lightly." ”

As he was talking, a soldier came to report: "Duke Liu of Bingzhou sent an envoy to worship." Zu Ti was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Liu Yueshi finally remembered the feeling of smelling chickens dancing in the past?" ”

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When Zu Ti was still in Yuzhou, he was separated from Bingzhou by 108,000 miles, and there were Hu and Han forces in between, so it was difficult for him and Liu Kun, two old friends, to communicate with each other. When the troops entered Henan, and then the Yanshi won a great victory, Zu Ti sent an envoy to go around in a big circle, cross the river from Xingyang, pass through the three areas between Ji and Wei, cross Taihang, and go to contact Liu Kun. Although the envoy successfully brought back Liu Kun's letter, Liu Kun did not send anyone to pay a return visit.

Zu Ti was a little unhappy about this-what do you Liu Yueshi mean? Is it because my family's name is much higher than mine, so I look down on my old friends? Or do you have no strength to march to Pingyang for the time being, echoing with me from north to south, so you don't have the face to send someone to meet me? Fortunately, the depression did not last long, and after a month or two, Liu Kun finally sent someone.

Liu Kun was sent by a heavyweight figure in later generations, surnamed Wen Mingqiao and Taizhen, who was Liu Yueshi's nephew and served in the army in Jinyang. Zu Ti was going back to the camp to entertain Wen Qiao, but after thinking about it again: I will greet me warmly when an old friend sends someone, and I will meet casually on the construction site when a new friend sends someone, so can Pei be happy in his heart? Besides, now that Pei should be promoted to the three divisions of Shizhong and Yitong, his official position is similar to that of Liu Kun, what reason do I have to favor one over the other? So he commanded, "Please come here and meet you too." ”

After meeting, by the way, Wen Qiao and Pei Kai introduced each other. After a few words of greeting, Wen Qiao presented Liu Kun's letter, Zu Qi opened it and took a look, couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked Wen Qiao: "What does this mean?" ”

Wen Qiao arched his hand and replied: "The former Shi Le sent Zhang Ji to send a letter to his uncle, Yun knows the past sorrows, and has the intention of doing it anyway, begging Wang Jun of Youzhou to help himself, and his uncle has promised it......"

Zu Ti interrupted him: "But it's ridiculous! Shi Le, Hu Jiangye, Wang Pengzu, Jin Chen, I know that my uncle and Wang Pengzu are not on good terms, but how can Xu Hu Lu attack his colleagues? ! ”

Wen Jiao repeatedly explained, saying that Wang Jun can no longer be regarded as a Jin minister - "Although he was specially met by the Great Sima, he was in the secluded capital, and he did not go south before a soldier to attack Hulu and save the Son of Heaven; Now they have set up hundreds of officials, made their own flags, and acted on their own, with a hidden intention of usurpation. And he has repeatedly fought at the western foot of Chen Taixing, trying to annex the state, so his uncle can't devote all his strength to attacking Pingyang in the south - if Yun is a colleague, how can there be a reason for colleagues to fall against each other? Since Shi Le has a self-effective heart, he can make it enter Youzhou and remove the country's cancer. Once there is no warning signal on the western front, my uncle will inevitably go south with the whole division, and when the time comes, my grandfather will cross the river and go north, and the two sides will attack, then Hu Kou will be destroyed, and the society can be safe. ”

Zu Ti turned his head to look at Pei Kai and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Pei Xingxing said, hey, why do you ask my opinion on this matter? At that moment, he replied respectfully: "How can you be short-sighted, how can you talk about the big plan?" However, I heard that Pei Shizhong once said...... "After all, he is too far from Pei Gai's official position, and now he is serving under Pei Gai, he really can't be like Wen Qiao, called by family relationship, for example, "Brother" - "The country's great trouble, I'm afraid it's not in Hulu, but in the thief." Shi Lesu is ambitious, and now he occupies Hebei, and his soldiers are strong, how can he have the heart to surrender anyway? I think it's just a worry about merging and joining forces with the army, copying their back roads, so this trickery is just effective. ”

Zu Ti smiled at Wen Qiao: "What Pei Gong said is true, his insight is far away from Uncle Qing!" ”

Wen Qiao didn't think so, and quibbled: "Pei Gong knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other." If Zu and Pei Ergong did not return to Henan, Shi Le naturally had a heart of rebellion, but with the current situation, Hu Lu was defeated inside and outside, only Pingyang, Hedong, and Shangdang counties remained, and the day of their annihilation was expected to be not far away, so Shi Le was naturally timid, and he was willing to repent and surrender.

"And my uncle and Wang Jun have never been on good terms, and everyone knows that the former Shile attacked General Shiren (Liu Yan) in Santai, Wang Jun did not save him, how can he now go north to Youzhou, and our army wants to go east to Taihang to rescue Wang Jun? In this case, why should Shile worry about sending a letter to his uncle in the name of self-efficacy?

Although Shi Le controlled Hebei and won 100,000 soldiers, Wang Jun also had a solid foundation in Youzhou, which should not be underestimated. By that time, my uncle and grandfather will have successfully destroyed Hu and recovered Pingyang, so why be afraid of a little slave? ”

Pei Kai couldn't help but interject: "Wang Pengzu seems to be strong, but in fact, he is old and dizzy, and his subordinates are centrifugal, if Shi Le goes all out to attack Youzhou, I am afraid that he will be defeated if he is less than half a year old!" ”

Of course, this is not Pei Kai's own insight, but from Pei Gai's gossip. Pei Gai often discussed the general trend of the world with Pei Wei, and as long as it did not involve military secrets, Pei Kai and Pei Zhan brothers were often allowed to sit and sit and listen - also to cultivate these two brothers of the same clan. Once, Pei Gai asked about the situation in Youping and Ping, and said Uncle, you are from Pingzhou, and I believe you know Wang Jun better.

Pei Wei replied honestly and unceremoniously: "Xikong Beihai and Liu Xuande talked about Yuan Highway, and the cloud 'dry bones in the mound, why do you mind', and now you can use this eight-character test to add Wang Pengzu - both of them look like behemoths, famous all over the world, and have the heart of not usurping the subordinate, which is the same."

"The former king Peng Zu was appointed by the Great Sima, and could not send a soldier and a pawn to the south to attack Hulu, but to compete with Liu Yueshi and Liu Shiren for Hebei. It was Brother Jing Si (Pei Xian), Xun Yanshu (Xun Xuan), and Huo Xiuming (Huo Yuan) who refused to give in, and Wang Pengzu actually killed Huo Xiuming with rumors! The heart of the scholars in Youzhou has been far away from it ever since!

"Cui Yu is the wife and uncle of Wang Pengzu, so that Mu Pingzhou, I have been to him, and his people are not only not loyal to the country, but also not loyal to Wang Pengzu, only think of Pingzhou and self-proud - relatives are still like this, but others are ?..

"In fact, Wang Pengzu owns only half of Youzhou, and the ministers and officials of Youbei and Hebei are just perfunctory and refuse to die for it. The male of Youzhou, in fact, depends on Duan Bu and Murong, and it is a pity that Wang Pengzu cut off his arm......"

Wang Jun once united with Duan's Xianbei and went south to attack Shile, but was raided by Shile and captured Duan Mochu, forcing Duan's alliance with him. After that, Wang Jun wanted to send Duan's troops south, basically he couldn't move, if he was capable and knowledgeable, he should try to separate the relationship between Shi and Duan, and find a way to pull Duan's back to his side, Wang Jun was good, he actually bribed Tuoba Xianbei to the west and sent troops to attack Duan!

Pei Wei therefore said: "The former Tuoba changed hands ......" refers to Tuoba Liuxiu's killing of Tuoba Yi Lu - "There are 200,000 households who fled to Jinyang, and Liuxiu was bribed by Wang Jun to go to the Eastern Expedition, will Liu Yueshi take the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition and cut off his arm?" ”

It's like saying that one of your arms is sick, not that you are treating it with medicine, but directly asking someone to borrow a knife to cut off your arm to save your heart - is there anyone more stupid than Wang Jun in this world?

Pei Gai smiled slightly and said, "Or he thinks that if you go outside, you must first settle inside." ”

Pei Wei shook his head disapprovingly: "The so-called 'brothers are on the wall, and the outside is insulted', An Nei should tie up with kindness and righteousness, and affirm the meaning of hatred and hatred, rather than fighting each other." Now the king Peng Zu rebelled and left, and still thought that the authority was not replaced, just like Yuan Highway in Huainan, he actually thought of the Han Dynasty - I expect that Wang Peng Zu will die at the hands of Shi Le! ”

Pei Zhan next to him interjected and asked: "If Shile goes north to conquer the secluded, how long does my uncle think it will take to destroy King Peng Zu?" ”

Before Pei Wei could answer, Pei Cai said first: "You only need to be arrogant, pretend to support it, and send troops to attack, and within a month, Wang Pengzu's head will fall into the hands of the slaves!" ”