"Shameless Han, what if you kill me today?" Husi was like a demon at this time, covered in blood, with several knives on his back, and a broken arrow in his chest and roaring: "The Han people claim to be the state of etiquette, but they are cruel and hypocritical to our other people! There will be people in the world who will rebel again! Hahaha..."

"This order is waiting in the underworld! Uh-hus—" Hus looked at the long arrow that passed through his chest, his eyes grew gray, and he fell to the ground. Xiang Ao put down his longbow, no longer paid attention to Husi, and continued to organize the clearance!

The battle was very tragic, and the 1,500 cavalry led by Jiang Yan and Jiao Jing were less than 800 in the end, and more than half of them were lost. If Xiang Ao hadn't arrived in time, it was very likely that the entire army would have been wiped out. And the rebellious Huns were almost all wiped out, Xiang Ao had no way to stay alive, the Huns had already killed crazy, and they would cut people when they saw them. The Hun cavalry accompanying Xiang Ao was originally extremely agitated, especially when they saw that their fellow Huns ended up like this.

In this regard, Xiang Ao had to explain more, always emphasizing that Husi was a rebel, and even ruthlessly killed their leader Qiangqu, and of course the Han court must affirm justice. In addition, Xiang Ao was also more than 2,000 cavalry at this time, which was on par with the Xiongnu troops at this time, but the equipment was much better, and it was difficult for those who had a heart among the Xiongnu to start.

The counterinsurgency took nearly two months, and finally came to fruition in the winter. Husi was originally captured alive, but Xu Fu and Jiang Yan strongly asked Xiang Ao to kill Husi, and after Xu Fu explained the pros and cons, he still gave Husi to death in public, and presented his head to Luoyang after a little care, accompanied by Xiang Ao's detailed description of the results of the expedition.

The remaining more than 2,000 Hun cavalry were also brought back to Shuofang by Xiang Ao as a threat, and they were disrupted and reorganized, mixing the elite Hun cavalry with the Han army. The rest of the cavalry was either incorporated into the defenses of the cities in small numbers, or unarmoured and returned to the herding people. As for the Huns captured by Xiang Ao during this period, there were also a lot, about 30,000 people, which greatly enriched the population of Shuofang.

If all the Huns on the Ordos Plateau can be gathered, it is feasible for the population of Shuofang to exceed 100,000. However, Xiang Ao didn't dare at this time, first, the grain and grass were not enough to consume, and second, too many Huns entered the country, in case of rebellion, Xiang Ao's troops were not enough. Regarding the relocation of the Xiongnu population into Shuofang, Xiang Ao urgently wrote to the emperor of the imperial court at the suggestion of Hu Zhao, proposing to revoke the post of Xiongnu Zhonglang general, and the Xiongnu were all naturalized into Han nationality and took Han names. He also requested the relocation of a large number of Han refugees here, so that it was possible to assimilate the Xiongnu from their cultural roots.

Anyway, it was already winter, and Xiang Ao planned to deal with the matter of collecting the Southern Xiongnu herdsmen after this cold winter was over. It was the end of September when I rushed back to Linrong, and under Xiang Ao's plan, Woye County had a good harvest this year. Due to Xiang Ao and Ma Jun's optimization of cultivated land and the improvement of irrigation techniques, there are even tens of thousands of acres of land in Woye County that are about to catch up with the acres of Zhongzhi fields in the Central Plains, with a yield of nearly eight stones per mu. And the fields in the entire Shuofang County can reach an average harvest of about three stones.

After leaving the grain kept by the tenants, there are more than 200,000 stone of grain in the Xiangao County Government, not counting the skin and meat and tax money produced by the herdsmen. Hu Zhao is a great talent, during Xiang Ao's expedition, Hu Zhao handled the political affairs of the entire Shuofang in the first place, and everything was fair and just. Even the requirements for the trial of all cases in each county must be made public, and if there are officials who bend the law for personal gain, the people of Shuofang can go to Linrong to beat the drum and voice their grievances, and the county government will verify and hear the case. Of course, if the people deliberately make trouble, they will be imprisoned for a short period of time, or they will be worth their lives.

Shuofang is different from other states and counties, there are very few scholars, and Xiang Ao has a very high prestige among the people, and he has a heavy army, no one in Shuofang County dares to touch his tiger whiskers. Although Xiang Ao coerced to buy the land of the small Shi clan in Shuofang County, he gave him a lot of money, such as selling the charcoal group to the Shi clan at a price of less than 20%. This behavior only made them earn more, and several families in Shuofang County did not make trouble.

Hu Zhao, who was sent back to the Xiongnu herdsmen before Xiang Ao's return, also moved to other counties according to Xiang Ao's request, especially Woye and Guangmu, respectively, enriching more than 10,000 people. In Xiang Ao's view, if you want to attack Xianbei in the future, you must find a way to stabilize the source of grain and grass. However, the Han court could not count on it at this time, the purchase cost of other states and counties was too great, and with such a skilled craftsman as Ma Jun in his hands, Xiang Ao planned to make great efforts to build the Hetao Plain into a grain base.

Originally, Xiang Ao planned to re-enter the Xianbei Land to get some benefits before the winter, but there were too many things that the Southern Huns needed to deal with after the event, so Xiang Ao had to give up, and it was the right thing to deal with Shuo Fang's current affairs with peace of mind. In order to be able to handle political affairs with peace of mind, Xiang Ao appointed Jiang Yan as the commander of Gaoque, and led 2,000 mixed cavalry to the Gaoque fortress north of Shuofang. Ren Gaoshun led 800 traps and 500 mixed cavalry to Jilusai for the garrison. In order to be safe, Xiang Ao also sent another 500 cavalry to Guangmu to garrison.

The rest of Xiang Ao's personal guards were all elite, and they stayed in Linrong City with hundreds of infantry. At this time, Xiang Ao did not dare to raise troops, and the Southern Xiongnu moved into Shuofang, and there was no imperial decree issued, so Xiang Ao had to be stationed for the time being. Xiang Ao was still not very relieved about the people's winter, and today he came to the government to look for Hu Zhao.

"Kong Ming, can the people of Shuofang spend the winter this year completely?"

"The peace of mind of the Lord is that Zhao has made arrangements." Hu Zhao was even more helpless, although he knew that Xiang Ao asked so much was not because he didn't believe in Hu Zhao's talent, but he was also very annoyed after listening to it too much.

"What about the 30,000 Southern Huns who moved in?"

"According to the arrangement of the lord, they are all treated with the common people of the Han Dynasty, and as for the implementation of indoctrination and name change, we have to wait for the imperial court to reply."

"That's fine." Xiang Ao was relieved for a while, and remembered Xu Fu's matter: "Kong Ming, Yuan Zhi hasn't been going out much these days, how should I talk to him in detail?" ”

"Actually, it's not difficult, but I don't know if the lord trusts Yuan Zhi."

"Yuan Zhi is my confidant, and he has helped me manage so many matters in Shuofang, so he should be extremely trusted."

"Yuan Zhi is a great talent, especially good at military affairs, and he is also a person of great filial piety. Zhao talked with Yuan Zhi many times, knowing that his ambition was to assist Ming Gong, dominate one side, and even compete for dominance in the world when the world was in turmoil in the future. The lord's performance today is extremely benevolent and ambitious, and he is the image of the Ming Gong. However, Shuofang was already remote and could not enter the court, and if this was the case, Yuan Zhi could not be sure whether he could realize his ambitions. After Hu Zhao finished speaking, he slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Kong Ming still likes to hang my appetite so much." Xiang Ao saw that Hu Zhao was so absent-minded, and he was extremely speechless in his heart.

"Don't be angry," Hu Zhao put down the teacup with a smile: "Since the lord trusts Yuan Zhi so much, it's simple, just hand over the secret edict to Yuan Zhi for a look." Yuan Zhi has such a vision, can't he see why? Besides, if such a confidential matter is known, does the lord think that Yuan Zhi dares not to be ordered? ”

Xiang Ao was stunned, and then laughed.

After making up his mind, Xiang Ao was not in a hurry to find Xu Fu, and waited for the arrival of the holy decree before going to Xu Fu to talk in detail.

In a flash, it was more than ten days, and the court documents were also sent to Xiang Ao. The meaning is very simple, the Southern Xiongnu originally belonged to the Han Dynasty, Xiang Ao did not have much merit this time, and his position was not changed, but Xiang Ao was allowed to build a city on the Ordos Plateau and strive to restore the area controlled by the Western Han Dynasty. It is feasible to educate the Southern Xiongnu, but this matter must be supervised by the imperial court, and simply put, it needs to be supervised by the scholars.

The matter of relocating refugees is extremely easy to pass, and it will be issued in the states of Dahan after the beginning of spring next year, but the effect is unknown, but Xiang Ao expected that there are so many refugees in Dahan, and many boundaries make the Shi clan extremely headache, and there should be a lot of refugees to move next year.

In addition to the population, for Xiang Ao, the biggest harvest is the remaining war horses after the Southern Hun cavalry was wiped out, there are more than 3,000 horses, plus the Hun cavalry after the subduation and dispersal and the original one, Xiang Ao now has nearly 10,000 war horses, if it is not for Xiang Ao's success, but the grain and grass of nearly 10,000 war horses will make Xiang Ao bankrupt. Xiang Ao now has less than 4,000 cavalry, and redundancy is a waste.

In addition to the needs of the army, Xiang Ao left 1,000 good horses to breed on horse farms outside Guangmu County, and the remaining 3,000 or 4,000 war horses Xiang Ao sold to the Central Plains through the Zhen family channel. With such a good horse in Bingzhou, even if Xiang Ao doesn't look down on it, the price of a horse starts at 100,000 yuan when he gets the Central Plains, and after three or four thousand horses are sold, Xiang Ao counts the money softly.

After getting this money, Ao is not too worried about the relocation of refugees next year, 30,000 or 40,000 gold can be exchanged for nearly 200,000 stone corn, even if there are seven or eight hundred thousand refugees, Xiang Ao is confident to swallow it in one bite.

In the middle of October of the second year of Guanghe, there was a big vibration in the Han Dynasty that Xiang Ao had been paying attention to. Situ Liu He, Yongle Shaofu Chen Qiu, Wei Wei Yangqiu, Shangshu Liu Na and other eunuchs Cao Jie and others. When Cao Jie heard the news, he threatened and sold Chen Qiu's father-in-law Cheng Huang, and he did his best to get Liu He and others. So Xiang Ling falsely accused Liu He and others of communicating with the kings and plotting against them, and Emperor Ling was furious and put Liu He and others to prison and executed. The world vibrated for it, and the people of the noble clan all wanted to kill the eunuchs and then quickly.

"This. This. This..."After Xu Fuguan Wan Xiang Ao's secret edict, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Xiang Ao and Hu Zhao looked at Xu Fu with a smile and didn't say much.

After a moment, Xu Fu calmed down. "What a Kong Ming, he actually gave Fu a trap like this."

Remembering that Hu Zhao mysteriously summoned Xu Fu to the county government before, Xu Fu was still extremely curious. Xu Fu now also knows that such a confidential matter is known to him, and I am afraid that Xiang Ao will have to control Xu Fu and prevent this secret from leaking out. The key is that Xiang Ao's secret edict made Xu Fu see hope. Xu Fu did not hesitate, and bowed to Xiang Aozuo: "Fu has seen the lord." ”

"Hahaha..."Xiang Ao stepped forward to help Xu Fu and laughed: "With Yuanzhi's help, I am like a tiger with wings." ”

"Congratulations to the lord for his great ability, and congratulations to Brother Yuan for finding Minggong." Hu Zhao smiled again and congratulated. The three of them looked at each other, knowing what each other was thinking, and they laughed again.