"I'll get out of my car, and I'll be in the pasture. Since the Son of Heaven, it is said that I have come.

Summoning his servant is called a load. The king's affairs are difficult, and the maintenance is thorny. ”

The young Fa Zheng arrived in the north of the empire for the first time, and when he looked at the wide grasslands that slowly spread along the river valley in Xihe County, he suddenly felt relaxed and happy, and he remembered the poem "Out of the Car" in the Book of Songs, and couldn't help but be full of poetry, and chanted softly while riding a horse.

Xi Zhi, who was riding a horse in front, heard the sound of Fa Zheng's chanting, and a smile appeared on his face, he lightly tugged on his robe, looked back and asked with a smile:

"Xiaozhi, it's the first time I've been to Xihe County!"

"Exactly." Fa Zheng saw Xi Zhicai looking back and asking, and hurriedly urged the horse to approach, bowed down and replied.

Fa Zheng successfully stood out by virtue of his previous positive performance in the Anyi Hall in Hedong and was appointed by Yan Xing as Xi Zhicai's deputy to assist Xi Zhicai in receiving the Xianbei envoys who came to Xihe.

He was given a heavy task at a young age, and as long as he was tempered, he would definitely be reused by the hussar generals in the future.

This is something that many of the overlords are well aware of, and Fa Zheng, as a party concerned, is also aware of the importance and cultivation of the hussar generals, so he has changed his carelessness when he was not in the office, and has become cautious, and his attitude towards the officials is also polite and respectful.

Xi Zhicai looked at Fa Zheng, who was very respectful, and his eyes were full of smiles. He looked back at the steppe ahead of him, at the livestock, felt tents, and busy herdsmen scattered across the pastures, and at the piles of bundled haystacks, and his smile narrowed slightly, and he fell into a brief contemplation.

Like the Han farmers, the herders on the grasslands in autumn are just as busy: slaughtering cattle and sheep, making jerky and cheese, mending felt tents, and gathering grass to store forage for their livestock for the winter······

"Xiaozhi, since you are coming to Xihe County for the first time, what do you see?"

Xi Zhicai's abrupt question made Fa Zheng stunned for a moment, he was also silent for a while, and after thinking about Xi Zhicai's deep meaning, he smiled again:

"Playing sacrificial wine, I saw Ming Gong's ambition below!"

"Oh?" Xi Zhicai smiled slightly.

Fa Zheng continued: "Since the second emperor Huan Ling of this dynasty, the border areas have been in turmoil, Huma is rampant, and the counties have been repeatedly lost. Xihe County is called Han Tu, but in fact, the county was abandoned and relocated, and it has long been reduced to the land of Qianghu herding horses. ”

"Ming Gonglong is a tiger and a tiger, with a big mind, and intends to restore the old border barrier guard. Although he was caught in the war in the Central Plains and could not fully manage the land of the West River, he also sent Xu, Meng and other tigers to defend here, and in recent years, he recruited Han people who had been exiled to the grassland, granted the ownerless land in the West River, and allowed the soldiers to marry and marry Hu Nu here and start a family. ”

"The Han people are engaged in farming, and animal husbandry, are soldiers in wartime, serve the people in farming, refuse to huma, store grain and straw, repair the city room, prepare beacons, and over time, they may not be able to revive the prosperity of the former Han Tuntian, and turn this land of the West River into a peaceful paradise of fertile fields for thousands of miles, so that the northern barrier will be forever, and there will be no more Qianghu invasion on the border!"

Xi Zhicai listened to Fa Zheng's eloquent talk, the smile in his eyes became stronger, he was able to see the subtleties, and realized the original intention and countermeasures of the hussar general to discuss with Yan Zhi and himself to save the border and the real side, it seems that this young man from the famous clan in Guanzhong is indeed worthy of the general's personal cultivation.

It's just that there are still some problems, after all, it's shallow to see.

Before Xi Zhicai could speak, Fa Zheng spoke again, his eyes widened, he stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, and said loudly:

"The sacrificial wine, the cavalry sent to contact the Xianbei people is back!"

Xi Zhicai followed Fa Zheng's eyes, and sure enough, he saw a small cavalry team bypassing the undulating hills on the grassland, rushing in the direction of his group, and the knight led by him was holding the flag in one hand and swaggering in his own direction, which was the signal agreed before, and it seemed that the messenger of the Xianbei people had really arrived.

Xi Zhicai and Fa Zheng glanced at each other, and a thought rose in their hearts.

"These Xianbei people are coming so fast!"

···

"Great, Lord Tho Luohou, you see, the reason why the strength of the Xiongnu Shan Yu has risen sharply in a short period of time is not only because of the help of a Han army, but also because they have more Han people under their rule."

"These farmers are good at cultivating grain and catching fish and shrimp, craftsmen are good at repairing equipment and building castles, and merchants communicate with each other to bring them the salt and iron they need for their daily lives. For a long time, the strength of the Huns should not be underestimated! ”

After the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, who was gradually approaching Meiji, Zonu observed the Han soldiers and people who traveled one after another, their Xianbei tribe was close to the border of the Han people, and Kebineng took in a large number of Han refugees, so he knew very well what these Han people could bring to the Huns, he rode his horse close to the Xianbei man he called the Marquis of Tho Luo, and whispered in his ear.

The Xianbei man who was called the Marquis of Tho Luo obviously also noticed the number of Han people in Meiji Shan Yuting, he had been observing the daily life of the Huns and Han people along the way, often frowning and pondering, at this time hearing the words of Zonu, he shook his head, lowered his voice and said:

"No, Zonnu, you only see the surface of things, and this peaceful situation will only be temporary. At present, for the Xiongnu Shan Yu, with the assistance of these Han soldiers and people, his strength has increased, but what about the long past? ”

"I have already felt the fear in the hearts of the Huns, these Han people are not their slaves, they are subordinate to the rule of Han officials, Han people will compete with them for the beautiful girls in the tribe, will dig ravines, fence the way to divide their original pastures for running horses, and will easily exchange some delicate utensils for their tribe's horses."

"And the craftsmen who make utensils and instruments in the Huns will lose their original role, the herdsmen will find themselves more and more unable to buy the goods of the Han people, and the wealth and status of the original wizards and nobles are even more precarious, they are afraid of these Han people, if they do not want to be restrained, they will raise their bows and knives again, and face the Han people, I have smelled the smell of danger and death!"

Zonu was taken aback by this humble man's words, and hurriedly opened his eyes to look around him, and after confirming that the Han merchant who was traveling with him did not eavesdrop on the conversation between the two of them, he asked in a whisper again:

"This, this, my lord, in the future, will this really be the case?"

Hou Luo Hou glanced at Zonu and lowered his eyelids again.

"Yes, there's going to be a riot here, there's going to be a fight, and flesh will return to dust here, and—"

"What happens then?" Zonu asked cautiously, trembling inwardly.

Hou Luo smiled bitterly, revealing his teeth.

"Then it will become fertile land for the Han people, and they will build more cities and chambers here, build pavilions and barriers, and erect beacons to prevent the cattle and sheep from the grassland from entering their farmland, and drive the tribes on the grassland to migrate to the cold north."

"This ,,," Zonu didn't know what to ask again, he didn't know if what the Xianbei man in front of him said was true, but Rao heard that there was such a possibility, which was enough to make him feel uneasy and fearful in his heart.

Tho Luohou did not pay attention to the strange color on Zonu's face, he sat down on the back of his horse, and murmured:

"These Han people—I suddenly regret coming here in person!"

The conversation between the two came to an abrupt end with the Han cavalry team who came to contact, and Shan Yuting of the Xiongnu was already close at hand.

In order to gain a foothold in Xihe, the Xiongnu, with the assistance of the Han people, relied on the topography to rebuild a small city in Meiji, as a new residence for Shan Yu Huchuquan and a group of nobles, where the Han army was also stationed, and the caravans of the various grasslands would also gather in the pastures outside the city to form a mixed and lively trading market.

Here, they met more Huns and Han Chinese.

Although the Marquis of Tho Luo spoke bleakly about the future of Meiji, when they went deep into this land inhabited by the Huns and Han Chinese, they still heard a lot of joy and laughter.

"Zonu, listen, what are those Huns singing?"

Hou Luohou pointed to a few Xiongnu herdsmen driving sheep not far away, and asked.

Zonu hurriedly listened for a while, and then said carefully: "Lord Tho Luohou, they are singing the ballad of the Huns praising their Da Dan Yu Mao Dun Shan Yu. ”

Although Hou Luohou had rarely heard the songs of the Huns, he still showed a strong interest and even took the initiative to ride his horse to listen to the songs of the Huns.

I only heard the Hun herdsmen singing in a rough voice, singing one by one:

"I am a vulture of the steppe,"

My wings fan the wind and clouds,

Chaofei lives in Yanze,

Overnight in Guyan Mountain,

flew for three months,

You can't fly out of Shan Yu's palm! ”

The ballad of the Huns does not have flowery rhetoric, it is easy to understand, and the reverence for their former generation of male lord Mao Dunshan Yu is also overflowing, and the Hou Luohou only listened to it once, and learned this ballad of the Huns.

He smiled, slapped his saddle, and sang aloud along with the Huns.

His singing voice was high-pitched and loud, and soon attracted the attention of the Hun herdsmen who were singing, and the Hun herdsmen couldn't help but become enthusiastic when they saw that this steppe man was also singing a familiar song, and even some of the Hun herdsmen shouted loudly to invite the Hou Luo Hou to drink in his felt tent.

It's just that there was a sneer on the face of the Hou Luohou, he replied to the invitation of the Xiongnu herdsmen without saying a word, and sang his own ballad by himself, and suddenly the song suddenly changed, and the ballad at the end changed its flavor instantly.

"One hand covers the earth,

He was famous during his lifetime,

And now he is dead and returns to the loess,

The graveyard is nowhere to be found. ”

When the Huns were strong, they broke Donghu in the east, chased the Yue clan in the west, attacked Ding Ling in the north, invaded the Han land in the south, and the territory was vast and thousands of miles, and there were countless tribes under their rule. Today's Xiongnu hometown has been taken away and occupied by the tribes of the Xianbei people, and even the former dragon city has been annihilated under the hooves of the Xianbei people, which can be described as a great shame for the Huns.

At this time, he was mentioned by Tho Luohou, coupled with his provocative sneer, which suddenly made those Xiongnu herdsmen furious, and they rushed towards Tho Luohou on horseback.