Liu Tong finally set out, joined the army that had camped outside, and went all the way to Shengle.

Shengle is a little south of Hohhot in later generations, and now it is the base camp of Yan Rou. The north and south are a horse and a flat river, the east is 200 miles to the Yellow River, and the south is more than 100 miles to Yinshan.

"Master Hou, this Shengle is 80 miles away from Shenhepi, which is not only strategically important, but also has a salt pond and cultivates a group of students." Xia Houlan carefully introduced.

Liu Tongxin said, there is a natural salt farm in this era, and it is still necessary, because salt is an important nutrient for humans and animals, and it is also a scarce thing.

"Oh, which tribe settled here?"

"Master Hou, it's mainly the head of Xianbei Suo, the leader is called Tuoba Jiefen, and there are some other small tribes such as the Luhui Department nearby."

Liu Tong rode slowly, listening to Xiahoulan's introduction, thinking that it seemed that Xiahoulan was still a careful person, knowing that he was going to Shengle and had done some work in advance, otherwise he would not have been able to understand this.

"Master Hou, look, this is Zhonglingshui." Xia Houlan pointed to a river in front of him on the left and said, "The Zhongling River, the Huanggan River, the Baiqu River, and the Jin River all flow through the territory of Shengle and flow down into the Yellow River, making Shengle the most beautiful place nearby!" ”

"The general knows the terrain and mountains very well."

"For the sake of the general, how can you not notice." Xia Houlan replied.

As he spoke, several scouts arrived. "Report! Master Hou, there is a large group of cavalry of our army coming from the north, and now it is running west! ”

"How many people? Under whose banner? Liu Tong was a little surprised, this route came from the Central Plains, and now he has entered the grassland, and there is always a sense of strangeness.

"There are about 25,000 people, and half of the whole army is Xianbei. Zhang's surname is Shuaiqi. ”

Could it be Zhang Yan? Liu informed that Zhang Yan was Yan Rou's deputy, Zhang Yan was originally the leader of the Montenegrin Army, and he had a problem with Liu Kuan, but he had a bad temperament, but since he surrendered to Liu Kuan, he and Liu Kuan released their suspicions, assisted Liu Kuan wholeheartedly, and was an important general in the north.

This Zhang Yan led the coalition army to the west, is there a war? However, Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west have a good relationship with Liu Kuan now, and they are far apart, so they should not be at war with Xiliang. Could it be with the Huns? But didn't the Southern Xiongnu live with us without incident?

"Master Hou, there should be a change, the last general thought that the Southern Xiongnu had surrendered, but judging from the situation in Zishi, the Xiongnu are constantly buying weapons privately, and their wolf ambitions are clearly revealed, and our army is going west, and it is very likely that it is at war with the Southern Xiongnu." Xia Houlan said.

"Newspaper—"

At this time, another scout came from the north.

"Report to the Hou Ye, there is a brigade of our army from the north to the south, which is less than two miles away from our army, and the humble post has already informed the other party of the situation of the scout Hou Ye leading the army."

"Oh, which general is leading the way?"

"It's the general of the town army who is here in person!"

"Third uncle!" Liu Tong said and galloped forward. Liu Tong hadn't seen Yan Rou for many years, and he missed it in his heart. While running, I wondered, Zhang Yan led the army to the west, why did the third uncle come south?

The red rabbit horse is fast, and not long after leaving, Liu Tong saw tens of thousands of cavalry coming from the north. I saw Yan Rou's handsome flag fluttering in the wind at the front, and a few people in front of the team were clearly armored, leading the fast horses of several hundred meters.

Liu informed that Yan Rou should know that he was coming, and he came quickly, and when there were still a few hundred meters left, Liu Tong saw the tall, handsome, bronze-complexioned third uncle coming towards him with a smile. Two men and one woman beside him, both in bright armor, followed closely by the guards, and the army came slowly behind.

Liu Tong turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and shouted at Yan Rou, who was flying off the horse: "Meet the general of the town army!" ”

"Stinky boy, you're pretty disciplined." Yan Rou picked up Liu Tong, patted the armor on Liu Tong's chest and said.

Yan Rou pulled Liu Tong to turn around, and Liu Tong happened to see the other two generals dismount.

"Yin Li has seen Champion Hou!"

"Liang Mao has seen Champion Hou!"

Although these two Liu Tong don't have much contact, they are also familiar. After Liu Tong saw the salute, he saw Long Duan'er sitting on the horse, his face was cloudy, and he stopped talking, so he went over with a shy face, grabbed her little hand holding the reins of the horse with his left hand, and hugged her down with his right hand.

"Duan'er, are you not happy to see your eldest brother?"

Long Duan'er blushed and glared at Liu Tong. Liu Tong saw that her complexion was not as white as before, but she was more mature and charming, and her heart couldn't help but sway, and forcibly held Long Duan'er's little hand that she wanted to break free several times.

After Xiahou Lan came over to greet Yan Rou here, the red carp came over timidly, the red carp was about to greet Yan Rou generously, but when he saw Long Duan'er looking at him, he was suddenly nervous and at a loss, and stopped a few meters away from Yan Rou.

When Yan Rou saw the red carp, she also half-turned around, "But Miss Luo?" ”

Seeing that Yan Rou's eyes were soft and full of love, the red carp suddenly felt more courageous in his heart and knelt down.

"Red carp has seen the general!"

Although the red carp is called Jinxiu, Wang Ling'er Erniang, and Sanniang in Liu's Mansion, they dare not call Wuqiu Jian, Yan Rou and others as uncles.

"Good boy!" Yan Rou gave a hand, and said, "Today is not the time to talk about the family, how many people have you brought with you?" ”

"Five thousand cavalry, a large amount of ordnance and some food and grass."

When Yan Rou heard this, she said happily: "Very good! He waved behind him and shouted, "Yan Zhi! Go take over the supplies. ”

After that, he jumped on his horse and ordered Xiahou Lan: "Xiahou is the front army, and it is marching to Pingyang at the speed of running!" ”

Liu Tong saw that Xiahou Lan received the order and immediately went to order the army, and after a while, the chariots and horses transporting baggage, ordnance, grain and grass under the command of the young general named Yan Zhi retreated to both sides to make way for the army, so he also let go of Duan'er's hand, jumped on the horse and rode with Yan Rou.

"Third uncle", Liu Tongyuan passed, "I just passed through Pingyang, what happened in Pingyang?" ”

"When did you pass by?"

Liu Tong calculated that he had been delayed in Xihe for more than ten days, and Pingyang County was still south of Xihe County, and it was a month ago that he passed through Pingyang.

"It's been more than a month."

"Luan Tihu Chuquan was bullied by Xiliang Ma Chao, and was instigated by Yuan Shao's old department, Guo Yuan and others, and has rebelled, and yesterday I received a report that Hu Chuquan has broken through Pingyang County."

When Liu Tong heard this, he was shocked, first, he had just passed through Pingyang, and he was still calm a month ago, but he didn't expect that he would be attacked by the Huns not long ago. The second is that he remembers that the Southern Xiongnu did make a rebellion in Pingyang in history, could it be that the crossing of his father and son has changed so much, but it still has not changed the Pingyang Rebellion in Huchuquan?

Liu informed that after Luan Tihu Chuquan was defeated by Cao Cao and Ma Chao in this rebellion, he was placed under house arrest by Cao Cao, and the Southern Xiongnu were also divided into five divisions and were divided and ruled.

"Why did General Zhang Yan go west?"

"I originally wanted to deal with the problem of the Southern Xiongnu, and earlier I had suggested that the prime minister appoint Ma Chao as the captain of Si Li to supervise the army, and let him march from the west. It may also be that Hu Chuquan knew the information and made a mess in advance. This time, let General Zhang Yan and Suotou Tuoba Liwei, Wulu Hui Dou Bin from north to west, our army went straight to Pingyang, Hu Chuquan knew that there was only a dead end to the south, and did not dare to go deep into the Central Plains, so he would definitely flee to the northwest into the grassland, and fall into the encirclement of us and Ma Chao! ”

"Third uncle, I found out that Xihe Taishou Xu Yu had colluded with the Huns, and even resold ordnance to them. Is Hu Chuquan's sudden rebellion because Xu You was arrested and the matter was revealed? ”

"Their rebellion is inevitable, and Xu You's arrest may be the trigger. Hey, that's it...... Not good, they will not necessarily sack the counties of Binh Duong one by one, and they will not necessarily flee to the grassland! Yan Rou slapped her thigh and shouted.

Liu Tong immediately reacted, this Hu Chuquan will definitely go to Xihe County to rescue Xu You, Xu You is deeply rooted in Xihe County, they get Xihe County, they can attack and defend, they can replenish a large number of men, horses, ordnance, grain and grass, and even play some banners against Liu Kuan, such as revenge for Yuan Shao. If you really can't do it, you can also loot it and retreat to the grassland.

"Third uncle, go to Zi's family! The Zi clan is empty, once Xu Yu has already united with Guo Yuan and Hu Chuquan, it will be a bad thing! Liu Tong said and told Yan Rou about the crimes he had found in Zishi, especially the fact that the Huns continued to obtain weapons from Zishi.

When Yan Rou heard this, she was very surprised, but when she heard that Liu Tong had sent Xu Yu to prison, she was a little relieved, and said to Liu Tong: "Dahe is reasonable, Zi's is not far away, let's go to Zi's first, I hope it will be in time, you and Duan'er will go to the army later." ”

Liu Tong saw that Yan Rou was chasing after the Xiahou Lan Department of the former army, so he stopped his horse and waited for Long Duan'er to come, Luo Tie stared at Long Duan'er strangely, and the red carp saw that Luo Tie's eyes were not good, so he whipped him on the back of his horse, and then chased after him.

When Liu Si and the others saw that the red carp had left Liu Tong, they were also quite eye-catching, reined in the reins of the horse, and fell far behind Liu Tong and Long Duan'er.