The combat methods of the Wusun steppe cavalry were very different from those of the Central Plains. [ ] The cavalry on the steppe came and went like the wind. It's more of a big army-style fast interspersed battle, and it is not popular for generals to go head-to-head on the prairie.

When the horse cavalry first arrived in the Wusun grassland, he was not familiar with the tactics of the Wusun cavalry, and he had suffered some small losses, but later, the horse was familiar with the tactics of Wusun, and unconsciously Zhongke began to imitate the tactics of the Wusun people. So when Wang bought it alone, Ma Qiu unceremoniously gave Wang an arrow.

Ma Dai took the lead and rushed to the gate of Shangdang City. At this time, the internal defense of Shangdang City will be in a dilemma. If you don't close the city gate, the enemy will rush into the city, and if the city gate is closed, Wang Mai outside the city will definitely not be able to save it, if you wait until Wang Ling comes back and knows that Wang Mai was captured and there is no rescue in the city, these generals in the city will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

The generals in the city hesitated for a moment, and Ma Dai had already rushed to the city. At this time, it is too late to close the city gates.

The cavalry rushed into Shangdang at a gallop, and in the face of the elite cavalry, the defenders in Shangdang City were unable to resist at all. After holding out for only an hour, the defenders of Shangdang City gave up their resistance.

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Xiahou Ba sat on his horse and slowly walked forward, at this time, Xiahou Ba was still pondering whether his decision was right or wrong.

Under Adou's persuasion, Xiahouba finally decided to surrender, and also sacrificed Yingchuan.

Although Xiahou Ba is the son of Xiahou Yuan, his special identity allows Xiahou Ba to be left and right, as Adou promised, in Wei, Xiahou Ba can be a big official, and in Shu Han, Xiahou Ba can be a big official. So where the official is, it's almost the same for Xiahou Ba.

But in that situation at that time, Xiahouba knew that he had to surrender if he didn't surrender. People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, Xiahou Ba will not surrender, although Adou will not kill Xiahou Ba in the face of his relatives, but this official is gone. It's better to surrender. Especially when it was confirmed that the state was about to be unprotected, Xiahou Ba knew that the Wei State was no longer good.

At this time, next to Xiahouba, Zhang Bao was humming a little song with a smile on his face, looking quite in a good mood.

Zhang Bao is also Xiahouba's nephew, so Adou sent Zhang Bao to follow Xiahouba to Xudu. It can also be regarded as stabilizing the heart of Xiahou Ba.

Finally, Xu Du appeared in the sight of the two, and Xiahou Ba took a deep breath. At this time, Xiahou Ba knew that he had no way out at all.

Xiahou Ba stepped forward and came to the gate of Xu Du, but before he could speak, the guards in the city saw that the person who came was Xiahou Ba.

"It's the general who is back, open the city gates quickly." The castle guards immediately opened the gates.

Behind, Zhang Bao simply hid in the crowd, led a bunch of Han soldiers, and followed Xiahouba under the banner of Cao Jun.

Since the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian to Xudu, and Xudu became the capital of the Han Dynasty.

Decades is enough time to build Xudu into a big city. And Yingchuan was originally the most concentrated place of the families around Luoyang, so in the city of Xudu, there are many children of great families living, and Yingchuan is also a place where talents gather, and there are many talents in the Three Kingdoms era, including Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Zhong Xuan, etc.

Cao Wei has been operating in Yingchuan for many years, and many big families in Yingchuan. has already had the imprint of the Cao family. Just like the children of the Zhong family and the Xun family, there are dozens of officials in the Wei State, and it can be said that the fate of their family has long been linked to the Wei State.

Xiahou Ba surrendered in Kaicheng, but many of the children of the families who lived in Xudu would definitely not agree to surrender in Kaicheng. The soldiers of these families are also a great force, so now Xiahou Ba's task is to get rid of these children of the Xu Du family.

Xiahou Ba is not a mediocre talent, with the help of Zhang Bao, Xiahou Ba first arrested those officials in the city who are not the same as him, and at the same time sent people to inform the major families, telling these family children Cao Zhen is dead, Yanzhou has also been lost, Yingchuan has become a lonely boat, Xiahou Ba himself has surrendered, and then Xiahou Ba let these children of the family watch it. If you want to go to Yecheng to be a loyal minister of Wei, Xiahou Ba can let him go, if you want to take refuge in Shu Han, Xiahou Ba is also welcome, but if you want to find trouble, you will not be forgiven.

Xiahou Ba has soldiers and generals in his hands, and Zhang Bao's help, none of the children of the family are fools, and they will be uncomfortable at this time, so these families instantly appeared polarized, and some immediately packed up their things and prepared to flee to Yecheng; Some of them were very peaceful as obedient people under Adou's rule, and more of them sent people to investigate the situation on the front line. At the same time, a wait-and-see attitude was adopted.

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Huainan, Shouchun.

Counting, Sun Deng is also a good emperor, since he ascended the throne, he has worked hard, exhausted his efforts, got up before dawn every day to go to court, and reviewed the folds until late at night.

In recent years, under the governance of Sun Deng, with the assistance of 6 Xun, Zhuge Jin, Gu Yong and others, Dongwu has flourished.

Unlike Sun Quan, Sun Deng's policy was more gentle, especially when dealing with Shanyue, Sun Deng adopted a gentle policy, which had a better effect than Sun Quan's time. Although the Shanyue people will add some small troubles to Sun Deng every year, they are harmless, and the vast majority of Shanyue people still welcome Sun Deng's soft policy.

Huainan was originally the granary of the world, and the population of Jiangdong was relatively small, so in a few years, Soochow accumulated a large amount of grain and grass. And Sun Deng used the food in his hands to recruit some Shanyue soldiers.

The Jiangdong Naval Division is strong, but the 6th World War has always been the weakness of the Jiangdong soldiers, in order to compete in the Central Plains in the future. Sun Deng has made great efforts in the 6th battle. All the 6th armies were sent to Huainan and Wancheng for training to adapt to the environment of the 6th World War in the Central Plains.

In today's Jiangdong Dynasty, there are three bigwigs, one is Zhuge Jin, the second is 6 Xun, and the third is Gu Yong.

Among the three, Zhuge Jin is the most proficient in the way of being an official, handling things smoothly, and not losing advance and retreat; Gu Yong is humble and does not like to fight with others; 6 Xun is well versed in military and political affairs, and he is decisive in handling things. The three assisted Sun Deng. It is also said that it helped Sun Deng a lot.

However, Sun Deng has always had a certain suspicion of Gu Yong and 6 Xun. On the contrary, we should trust Zhuge father and son more.

6 Xun and Gu Yong are both Jiangdong clans, and the two are relatives, take 6 Xun as an example, the official positions in the family include Lujiang Taishou 6 Kang, Yulin Taishou 6 Ji, Cao Shangshu 6 Mao, Sword Dance Captain 6 Kai, Jiaozhou Thorn Shi 6 Yin. Among the Gu family, Gu Shaowei Yuzhang Taishou and Gu Tan were the envoys of the left section, and Che Du Lieutenant and Gu Cheng were Fenwei Lieutenants. Even Yao Xin, the nephew of 6 Xun and Gu Yong, is too often. 6 Xun plus Gu Yong's forces occupied half of the imperial court from the local to the central, how could this not make Sun Deng worried.

Moreover, 6 Xun and Gu Yong are both quite meritorious, and the civil and military generals such as Buqi, Pan Jun, Zhu Ju, and Lu Dai in the DPRK are all friendly with the two, if you count those forces that faintly support the two, more than half of the people in the DPRK are related to the two. This makes Sun Deng reuse the two at the same time, and he has to be on guard against the two at all times.

Sun Deng looked at the folds on the table, in the folds, it was Zhuge Jin who invited Sun Deng, hoping that Sun Deng could accept a concubine, and the candidates for this concubine were all women from Jiangdong, Huainan and Jingzhou, and at the forefront, there were 6 Xun's nieces and Gu Yong's daughters, and the most exaggerated thing was that there was also the daughter of an indigenous king of Shanyue.

Sun Deng naturally understood what Zhuge Jin meant. Zhuge Jin hopes to use this method to envelop the forces of the DPRK and China, especially those big families in various places, and Sun Deng also understands the benefits of this, but thinking about it carefully, Sun Deng feels cold.

As an emperor, it is naturally necessary to enlist courtiers, which is originally a political marriage. But now that the power of the Gu family and the 6 families has reached such a large level, Sun Deng even faintly feels that he has to entrap the two.

"Hey......" Sun Deng sighed, and at this time, Huang Hao handed over a bowl of tea at the right time.

Sun Deng took the tea, took a sip, and then asked casually, "Huang Hao." What do you think of the prime minister's niece and Gu Yong's daughter as concubines? ”

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, it is naturally a great joy to accept the concubine." Huang Hao replied immediately.

"Okay, Huang Hao, don't be a sycophant, I just want to hear your opinion."

"Your Majesty, the slave and maid are just eunuchs, and eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, so Your Majesty should not be difficult for slaves and maids."

"Politics? Hehe, I forgive you for your innocence. And I am a concubine, it is my family matter, although you are a eunuch, but you are also my big housekeeper. This master takes a concubine, and you, who are a housekeeper, are not an exaggeration to say a word or two. Sun Deng said.

"Uh......" Huang Hao hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Then the slave maid said it." The slave maid felt that His Majesty had better take a long-term view of the matter of taking a concubine. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Your Majesty, the slave maid has not read a few books, the dictatorship of eunuchs and relatives is a great harm to the court, and this Han Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of relatives and eunuchs. Now the two adults are already extremely human ministers, if they are relatives......"

Huang Hao didn't continue, but Sun Deng understood what Huang Hao meant.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs and relatives took turns to take power, and finally the coup d'état that brought the Han Dynasty to the brink of extinction after the death of Emperor Ling was caused by the struggle for power between eunuchs and relatives. It can be said that if there was no controversy, so that the young emperor An at that time sat down peacefully, the next Dong Zhuo rebellion and the division of the world's heroes would probably not have been born.

6 Xun and Gu Yong are already extremely popular ministers, if they put on the title of a relative, they will inevitably be even stronger, and it will be even more difficult to weaken the power of the two at that time. Maybe the two of them will use a trick to turn themselves into puppet emperors.

At this moment, the eunuch hurriedly ran in, came to Sun Deng, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhuge Jin and General 6 Xun ask to see you." ”

"En......" Sun Deng nodded: "Please invite the prime minister and the general to come in." ”