Xiang Ao stood in front of Tan Shi Huai with a gun in amazement at this time, and his mind was full of Tan Shi Huai standing up to meet the gun, with a relieved smile on his face. Xiang Ao was at a loss for Tanshi Huai's behavior. Why is that? Xiang Ao kept asking himself questions in his mind.

"Beware!" In a trance, Xiang Ao heard Wang Wu's voice. Xiang Ao, who woke up, felt the endless killing intent coming from behind him, and before he had time to think about it, his backhand was swept away. Xiang Ao turned around and saw that the twenty or so guards of Tanshi Huai were already crazy at this time, and they frantically raided the surrounding Han army and killed Xiang Ao. Xiang Ao snorted secretly and raised his gun to kill several people. Wang Wu saw that Xiang Ao was no longer in danger, so he immediately cut off the Tanshi Huai military flag. Xiang Ao danced a spear at the same time to cut off the head of the sandalwood locust, ran on the head of the gun, and shouted: "The sandalwood locust has died in ambush, and those who descend will not die!" ”

Except for the few people who were still fighting with the remaining guards of Tan Shihuai, the remaining guards followed Xiang Ao's voice and shouted: "Those who descend will not die!" Those who descend will not die! In response, the remaining 800-odd cavalry of the Han army tried their best to swing away the fighting Xianbei cavalry, holding their weapons and shouting. Between the shouts, the Tanshi Huai guards have all been resolved. The cavalry that came to besiege Xiang Ao on the remaining periphery was not directly subordinate to Tan Shi Huai, and after discovering Tan Shi Huai's head, most of the cavalry did not hesitate, and turned around and fled.

Seeing this, the remaining Xianbei cavalry, who rushed into Xiang Ao's army and could not escape, except for a few who resisted strongly and were killed, all dismounted and abandoned their troops and surrendered. Xiang Ao, who was originally preparing to fight to the death, was extremely uncomfortable and cut off the sandalwood locust in a short time, and his heart was even more trance-like.

Cheer up and arrange a group of soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and kidnap the few Xianbei prisoners. The cavalry, who were already extremely tired, were even more unbearable at this time, and many of them had dismounted and lay on the grass. Originally, Xiang Ao's rule of the army was extremely strict, but this time Xiang Ao did not stop it, it was indeed too tired, and Xiang Ao felt that it was extremely difficult to resist. In addition, it was the border of the state, and there were not many Xianbei soldiers, so Xiang Ao only arranged a few elite cavalry to insist.

It has been a few days since I returned to Linrong. At this time, Shuofang has changed greatly, and the 300,000 people who were stuffed into Shuofang by the small and medium-sized people in the dynasty a few years ago have been arranged and naturalized and settled. Coupled with the fact that Xiang Ao left this period of time and spontaneously fled as refugees, the population of Shuofang at this time was nearly thirty-five people. The Hetao Plain has been fully developed by Hu Zhao, with tens of millions of acres of fertile land. Hu Zhao was thinking about Xiang Ao, worried that if Xiang Ao was transferred away or even framed by the DPRK, all the fields would be under Xiang Ao's personal name.

In today's world, if only land is counted, Xiang Ao can be regarded as a big man or family. Except for nearly one million acres of high-yield fertile land that was personally controlled by Xiang Ao, the rest of the fields were all leased by Hu Zhao and handed over to farmers to take care of. The fields are mostly in Woye County and Guangmu County, so at this time, Woye and Guangmu are more prosperous than Linrong.

Thanks to the development of Shuofang's agriculture, Jiang Yan built a huge county town on the ruins of the Etuoke Banner, and the fortress on the Yellow River west of the Ordos Plateau was also completed. However, compared with the Hetao, the area around the Etuoke Banner is more herdsmen's life. In order to prevent the Xiongnu or Xianbei people from rebelling in the new county town, Hu Zhao spent a lot of money to relocate tens of thousands of Han refugees.

Hu Zhao not only managed the people's livelihood in an orderly manner, but also helped Xiang Ao recruit the 10,000 soldiers promised by Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty to Xiang Ao in Shuofang County. Xu Fu even made a reasonable arrangement of troops, coupled with the local officials on duty in each county, Shuofang County was almost impassable. Gao Shun, Jiang Yan and others were also very tired from training the six or seven thousand recruits who could not be recruited.

After Xiang Ao returned to Shuofang, he hurriedly wrote to Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. The first is to present the pickled sandalwood locust head to the court, and the second is to ask the court for the name of the city and the county after the reconstruction. Xiang Ao is also only favorable, and handed over the naming of Xincheng and New County to Liu Hong, Liu Hong must be happy, plus the head of Tanshi Huai, there are people in the court who cannot stop Xiang Ao's promotion. Xiang Ao did not inform Lu Bu, but also focused on Lu Bu in the previous book, and Lu Bu was also given a lot of credit for killing Tanshi Huai. In Xiang Ao's view, Lu Bunai is a hero on the border of the Han Dynasty, and it is a pity that he is buried without being rewarded by the imperial court.

No matter how big or small, Xiang Ao took care of it very easily under the auxiliary rule of Hu Zhao and Xu Fu. It's just that there are too few people available in Shuo Fang, and Emperor Han Ling can't help. Xiang Ao wanted to recall Jiang Yan, Gao Shun and others who were outside, but they couldn't do it.

"I don't know if what I did was right or wrong. Such a conquest is a hardship for both the Han and the foreign people! ”

"The lord doesn't need to sigh like this, the manpower is poor, and it is not easy for us to keep the people under our rule from suffering, but the world is like this." Hu Zhao poured a full wine bottle for Xiang Ao and persuaded Xiang Aodao.

What Kong Ming said is extremely true. Fu still remembers the teachings of Cao Degong: for the benefit of the official, for the defense of the foreign race, if one day we enter the court, we can benefit the world. The lord's worries are true, but they are indeed too sad. ”

"Yuan Zhi! Don't be presumptuous! Seeing that Xu Fu was so disrespectful, Hu Zhao shouted solemnly.

Xu Fu is a great talent, and he is also extremely conceited, but for some reason, Hu Zhao, who is upright, does not dare to say much at the moment, as if he has seen a brother.

"Fu Ru, please forgive me!" Xu Fu hurriedly got up and bowed.

"Yuan Zhi, there is no need to be like this, I am not angry!" Xiang Ao beckoned Xu Fu to sit down, and turned his head to Hu Zhao: "Kong Ming doesn't have to be so serious, the three of us are friends in private, and Yuan Zhi has such a temperament, so don't blame." ”

"My lord! Don't waste the ceremony! Hu Zhao saw that Xiang Ao was even more serious, and stood up and said: "Even if it is a friend in private, you need not to forget the courtesy of the lord and minister." For the time being, the Lord's staff has only the two of us, and there are more and more talented people who will come in the future, if the Lord is less majestic, how can he serve the public? I hope that the Lord will reflect more on himself in the future. ”

"Yes, yes, I can hear Kong Ming's words!" Xiang Ao hurriedly got up and agreed. Among the three, Xiang Ao was more casual, and there were not too many ministers and officials. Xu Fu's nature is a little off, not that he disrespects Xiang Ao, but because of his nature, he occasionally offends. Hu Zhao is extremely concerned about etiquette, and he is even more straightforward, and his requirements for Xu Fu are also very high, and even Xiang Ao has never shied away from it at the moment.

Xiang Ao couldn't, after all, everything Hu Zhao did was for Xiang Ao's consideration. Hu Zhao was also helpless about Xiang Ao's casualness, and his advice remained unchanged several times.

In order to avoid Hu Zhao's non-stop nagging, Xiang Ao quickly diverted the topic.

"Kong Ming, the political and military affairs of Wushuo Fang are all in place, but the officials and generals who can lead the army are too scarce. Only these few people are not enough! I don't know if Kong Ming has another way to recruit some talents? Of course, people who are not from a family are better. Xiang Ao had to add the last sentence, Shuo Fang's situation at this time, it is not appropriate to introduce too domineering families, so as not to destroy Xiang Ao's plan.

"The lord only saw the court now, and before he knew the lord, Zhao planned to live in seclusion. There are very few friends with confidants, so I'm afraid Zhao can't help the lord. Hu Zhao frowned, and said with great shame: "But Zhao thinks that the lord can find the uncle and the prince, and maybe he can get something." ”

"My lord, I have a lot of friends when I am a ranger, and there are a few learned people, so I will write to him tomorrow to see if I can recruit talents for the lord."

"Kong Ming doesn't have to feel guilty, I can get Kong Ming better than thousands of people in the court, and getting Yuan Zhi's help is also lower than thousands of troops. Let's take a slower time. ”

"No!" Being so valued by Xiang Ao, the two of them were also extremely moved. If Xiang Ao is like this, he will definitely be able to enter the court and even the frontier ambassador one day. At that time, neither of them can take revenge in their hearts for the benefit of one party.

Xiang Ao and Hu Zhao also talked for a long time after that, but they still couldn't get rid of the knot in Xiang Ao's heart.

Hero, the word heavy. In Xiang Ao's view, Lu Bu is a hero, and no matter whether he can be reused by the imperial court on the border of Bingzhou, he still spares no effort to resist foreign tribes and protect the people. Tanshi Huai is a hero, but also a national hero of Xianbei. Xiang Ao's investigation for several days finally knew why Tanshi Huai had the actions and eyes of that day.

Although Xianbei is unified, there is still a constant struggle between the various departments, except for the sandalwood acacia, the various departments are not convinced by each other. If Tan Shihuai simply died in the royal court, whether his son and Lian could keep Shan Yu's position on the throne and whether Xianbei would not split again is uncertain.

There are also rumors that his son and Lian are greedy for money and lustful, and do not take care of political affairs, and the situation of Xianbei is even more dangerous. Coincidentally, when Tanshihuai was critically ill and helpless, Xiang Ao appeared in Xianbei, and even plundered and slaughtered everywhere, causing the anger of the Xianbei people. Xiang Ao guessed that Tanshihuai should know that his time was short, and instead of dying in the royal court, it was very likely that it would lead to discord in Xianbei, but it was better to die at the hands of the Han people and establish a unified enemy for the Xianbei tribes. If you can't avenge Tanshi Huai, even if someone has the intention to split Xianbei, there will be a lot of obstacles.

, and the reason why Xiang Ao was selected is because Xiang Ao is too guarded by the identity, and after killing Tanshi Huai, he will definitely rise and guard the northern frontier. And Xiang Ao's martial arts are not short-lived, as long as Xiang Ao is in one day, even if his son is not a climate, the spearhead of Xianbei can be uniformly pointed at Xiang Ao.

Tanshi Huai felt that his time was running out, and although Xiang Ao's plan might not necessarily develop towards Tanshi Huai's imagination, at least he had expectations in his heart. Xiang Ao didn't care whether the above was his own imagination, but still felt that Tanshi Huai was a hero. Planning for Xianbei for life, but also counting his life in the end to increase the bargaining chips, so if he is not a Xianbei hero, who is?

Although Tanshi Huai was the enemy of the Han Dynasty and poisoned many Han people, Xiang Ao was still in reverence. If it were him, Xiang Ao couldn't be sure that he would be so righteous as Tanshi Huai. After all, Xiang Ao cares more about the people around him, if he really wants to choose between the people around him and the Han world, Xiang Ao feels that he is very willing to choose the people he cares about, not the Han world. But what imaginary things have not happened yet, and who can know how things will develop in the future?

After the hero's incident, Xiang Ao didn't think much about it after he got entangled, after all, he didn't face it, let alone choose it. After letting go, Xiang Ao began to try to find some talented people so that he could help Shuo Fang develop.