When Qiu Ye walked into Zhao Xi's study and saw Zhao Yong looking at him with a smile on his face, his unruly eyes finally became a little relaxed, and he saluted Zhao Yong deeply: "Your Majesty! ”

"Get up, Lone still has to accept your love." Zhao Yong said, "If it weren't for your sacrifice, Lone's injury at the moment is estimated to be even more serious, and from this point of view, you can be regarded as Lone's benefactor." ”

"The last general will not dare." Gu Song's face was solemn, the muscles on his body showed his true colors, and he arched his hand and said, "Although we are Hu people, we know that this incident is caused by us, if we can obey the military order and prepare the military flag when we leave the city, there will be no such thing." Therefore, it is we who have caused everyone, and the king will not kill me for this crime, we are already very appreciative. Between the words, there is still some pride.

"Hehe, to have this heart, Lone already feels very relieved." Zhao Yong waved his hand, knowing that this kind of general was born to worship the strong, and he played a bitter trick by himself, at most let them respect it, as for the so-called obedience and awe, it is far from being reached. "Lonely and ask you, are you from Donghu? Annoying building? Or the Linhu people? ”

"The last general will come from Donghu."

"Donghu? Have you ever talked about this Donghu for Lonely? ”

"Don't dare not go out." Qiu Liquid said.

In fact, at this time, the so-called Donghu was a part of the Xiongnu, and it was called Donghu because it was located in the east and northeast of the Central Plains. Donghu was not a unified regime, at least in this era, it was simply a collective name for a number of tribes of the same or similar ethnicity, language, and customs, and they formed different alliances according to their own choice.

The relatively large Donghu forces include Wuhuan, Xianbei and the Duanbu, Tuoba, Qifu, and Bald tribes that are differentiated from Xianbei, in addition to Kumoxi, Murowei and other tribes. Some of these clans are from the Central Plains, and some are from the Xianbei tribe near the Great Xianbei Mountain.

Since Donghu is a tribal alliance, it is impossible to completely defeat it. Moreover, the Donghu people have lived in the grassland for generations, and from the perspective of the three talents of heaven and earth, the people of the Central Plains cannot pass through the terrain. Therefore, for Donghu, it can only be said to be expulsion, not the so-called extermination.

"So what is the relationship between the Xiongnu and Donghu?" Zhao Yong asked.

"The Xiongnu are actually relatively loose and not a complete country. Mainly relied on a few relatively large clans to support the development of the Xiongnu, so that it was not as scattered as Donghu. Like the Han clan, the Huyan clan, the Qiulin clan, and the Xu Bu clan, they are all relatively noble clans in the Xiongnu, and others, such as the Lang clan and the Dangyu clan, are also relatively powerful clans. ”

"So, the Xiongnu didn't have the heart of annexation of Donghu?" Zhao Yong held his chin, thought for a while and asked.

"Although there are occasional wars, we can get along fairly well."

"Hmm, okay." Zhao Yong nodded and said, "However, I heard that you also know a lot about Lin Hu and Lou Fu's situation, so you might as well say it together." ”

"Whoa." Qiu Ye nodded, thought for a while and said, "I was captured as a slave in the battle of Lin Hu. Yes, let's talk about Lin Hu first. ”

"Yes."

"The Lin Hu that I am talking about now is actually mainly the Hu people who graze and live near Jiuyuan and Yuanyang. These people mainly live in the vicinity of the Great Blackwater River Valley. The terrain is flat, the water and grass are abundant, which is suitable for grazing and arable land, with the Yin Mountain as its barrier and the Heishui River flowing inside. It can be said that it is an excellent training place for cavalry. Even the Yan Kingdom once occupied this place, but the descendants of later generations did not have the ability to keep this place. ”

"Oh? And such an allusion? Zhao Yong seemed to have heard something new, and thought he had heard it wrong.

"Your Majesty." Zhao Gu said, "What Qiu Liquid said is the so-called cloud location of the former Jin Dynasty. ”

"In the clouds?" Zhao Yong and the others all looked at Zhao Gu suspiciously, and they all wanted to hear what this Xiangbang had to say.

"Yes." Zhao Gu pointed to the clouds and said, "This place used to be owned by the Yan State, and later the Jin State attacked the Yan State and expelled the Yan State from this place. After my Zhao Kingdom got this place, in order to expel Lin Hu and Lou Fu, Wu Gong built Yunzhong City here, and he had this place for a long time. ”

"I see." Zhao Yong nodded, and looked at the two places marked on the sand table, Yunzhong and Yuanyang, at least from the sand table, the location of Lin Hu is indeed a place with abundant water and grass. Zhao Yong would not have thought that this Yuanyang and the so-called Yunzhong were roughly near the later ********, and Yunzhong City was the first city recorded in historical records in Inner Mongolia.

"And what about Lou Fu?"

"Lou Fu and Lin Hu Biju, the western part of Dai County. But this place is very different from Linhu? Qiu Liquid said.

"What's the difference? Let's hear it. Zhao Yong asked.

"In fact, the ancestor of Lou Fu is not Di Rong, but a prince divided by the Zhou royal family, but after a long time, Lou Fu is only a viscount, causing people to forget him, and they can't even think about it, they were also the people of the Great Zhou." Qiu Li, for this, he also learned later.

"Then why did you become one of Dijon?"

"It's similar to Daiguo, it's all because I'm on the border, I've been with Dijon for a long time, and I'm slowly getting used to Dijon's customs. So much so that later, Di Rong took advantage of it and became the de facto monarch of the country. Speaking of which, Lou Fuguo can also be regarded as a remnant of the Central Plains. ”

"It's no wonder why among the three hus, only Lou Fu has established a vassal state." Zhao Yong nodded and said.

"Yes, and among the three Hu, although Donghu is the most powerful and Lin Hu is the most threatening, only this Lou Fu is the most powerful. Because he is not a loose tribe, but a real nation. Qiu Liquid said.

"Yes, it's a plate of loose sand, it's easy to deal with, but if you get together and become a desert, it's terrible." Zhao Yong smiled bitterly. "So where is the sphere of influence of Lou Fu Country?"

"Your Excellency, please see." Li Yan knew that it was time for him to behave, so he pointed to the sand table and said, "It's about south of Yuanyang, including Yunzhong, Yanmen, Shuozhou and other places. Although there is a castle, it has a wide range of activities. ”

Zhao Yong carefully looked at this area, from the sand table, the terrain of this area is undulating, the terrain is high, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhao Yong pondered for a while, and said to Zhao Xi, "Old general, what do you think we should do with Sanhu?" ”

As soon as Qiu Li heard that he was going to arrange a marching plan, he was about to leave. Zhao Yong hurriedly called out to him, "You wait for a while." When Qiu Li heard this, he thought he had heard it wrong, looked at Zhao Yong, and when he saw him nodding, he knew that he had heard it correctly. But there are still some doubts, isn't Zhao Yong worried about betraying information?

"Among the three Hu, Donghu can be ignored for the time being. It is only necessary to go on the defensive here. Zhao Xi pointed to a fortress-like place and said, "The Infinite Gate is the northernmost point of our country's border, which is intersected by the Donghu sphere of influence, and can also go south to the Yan Realm. In the past, the ancestors built a city here to prevent the entry of Donghu and Yan. The old minister thought that it would be enough to still handle it according to this. ”

"And then?"

"Lin Hu and Dong Hu, in fact, can be dealt with together, as long as we use it properly, it is still possible." Zhao Xi said confidently, it seems that General Zhao is really not idle here, and he already has some ideas about Sanhu.

"Please give the old general advice."

"Don't dare." Zhao Xi said, "Your Excellency, please see, the area west of this county is mostly plateau and mountainous, and the Hu people live in grass, and of course they also choose places with abundant water and grass as their habitat. Especially in the Linghu area, although their whereabouts are uncertain, there is a place where their whereabouts can definitely be found. ”

Zhao Yong looked at the sand table and pondered for a while, then said, "Dahei River Valley." ”

"Not bad." Zhao Xi said, "The Great Black River Valley can be said to be the only way in and out of the Linhu area, and it is suitable for grazing, and the people of Linhu also live here, so the Great Black River Valley must be owned by me in order to avoid being harassed by Linhu." It is precisely because Lin Hu occupies this place that they are allowed to come and go like the wind, and they can come and go freely. ”

"In that case, we must possess Yuanyang."

"Yuanyang is a good place. Why did Linghu move around here? Isn't it because this is the main way in and out of the Great Black River Valley? If you want to graze in the Great Black River in peace, you have to take possession of this place. Zhao Xi said, "In the same way, we occupy this place, and we can use it as the center to establish a riding town belonging to our Zhao country." In this way, our supply of military horses has a stable place, not to mention, the water and soil in this place, and the horses raised are still better than those of Daijun. ”

"The most important thing is that if you control Yuanyang, you will control the scope of Lou Fu's northward expansion." Li Yan took Zhao Xi's words and continued, "Take Yuanyang as the important city in the north to prevent Lou from going north. Sent troops from Daiwangcheng and went south to Shuozhou. Mainly cavalry, supplemented by foot soldiers, and chariot soldiers, although it is not easy to eliminate Lou Fu, but it is still easy to drive it into the mountains. ”

"It seems that the generals have lived in Dai County for a long time, and they still care a lot about the surrounding neighbors." Zhao Yong made a joke. To make Zhao Xi and Li Yan a little embarrassed. Qiu Ye found out for the first time that this gentleman was still quite approachable.

"Okay, I know you've said all this because you just want to support some of your suggestions, right?" Zhao Yong looked at Zhao Gulou, and then at Zhao Xi and Li Yan, their dodging eyes all told Zhao Yong that they did have ghosts in their hearts.

"The king's eyes are like torches, but these things should really be done for Zhao Guo." Zhao Guliang didn't speak for a long time, but at this time, he was the only one who could break this embarrassing situation.

"What is it done? When was it done? Zhao Xiang is in an important position, I'm afraid he knows better than me. Zhao Yong put away the laughter just now and put on his own shelf. As soon as Zhao Gu and the others saw it, Zhao Yong said that if he changed his face, he would change his face. Hurriedly prostrate himself on the ground, and confessed his sins again and again.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room suddenly cooled down.