The night breeze blew quietly through the alley, and Gao Shun met for a short time, Li Ru soon went out of the house, looked back at the closed courtyard door, waved his hand to signal the groom not to get in the car, he wanted to walk alone, leaving the alley of Gao Shun's house, there were no people in the street outside, and the deserted long street seemed to correspond to the stars and moon hidden above the night.

"Let's do a few things together...... Time should be sufficient. ”

He looked at the dark night sky and muttered under his breath. This once poisonous strategist is more than forty years old, and he has been hiding under the command of Gongsun Zhi in Shanggu County, but his status has never been low, and later Dongfang Sheng died, entrusting him with the political affairs of the entire five northern counties, and officially embarked on the military and political core of the north.

In a few years, he will also be over half a hundred years old, the past is treacherous, gloomy, and more introverted, and he looks much gentler, but people who are familiar with this scribe will not easily make friends with him, at this point, Li Ru is naturally very clear, now the three lines under the command of the lord are rolling, and the Xiliang faction is too rare, so he wants Gao Shun to lead out Lu Bu, and in the future, he will add important bargaining chips to the Xiliang system and himself.

After all, he no longer has a backer like Dong Zhuo at the beginning.

What's more, the situation in the north is changing rapidly, last autumn, Liaoxi Xianbei defeated the Ding Ling people in the further north in one fell swoop, although it was only an insignificant tribe, but he had already faintly seen the momentum of the lord swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger, once he took the broader grassland to the west, it would be a huge horse ranch for the Han cavalry. Under such an opportunity, as long as Cao Cao started a war against Yuan Shao and recuperated in the north for several years, he would really let the people of the world see what is the posture of the iron horse torrent sweeping the land.

In addition to Li Ru's urgent performance at the moment, he still has to stand firmly in the core.

"The last step should be Liaodong......"

After walking this street, the cold wind blew in his face, which made him sober up from his thoughts, and whispered softly, and soon after, Li Ru got into the carriage, and there were still many things waiting to be done on the desk.

The night wind whined and passed from here, the night gradually turned over, the east was flooded with white light, it was the next morning, the sleeping city woke up, and when the voice sounded again, a black war horse carried a tall figure out of the majestic mansion under heavy guards, and went out of the city.

To the north, thirty miles of barracks.

The morning sun rises into the clouds, piles of bonfires have been extinguished, the residual smoke is still floating, the scattered tents all the way to the largest tent in the center, the surrounding patrol is the Xianbei cavalry, the lock slave led several brave generals on the grassland, such as Batuo, Gui Ni, Yu Zhu, Tanmai, etc., among which there is also a Han general to supervise the ride, and they stand outside the tent in a line.

The camp is not large, and the Xianbei cavalry that entered the territory of Shanggu County this time is less than a thousand, but at this time, the cavalry patrolling around is more solemn than before, because the wolf king of the northern land has come.

"Shan Yu, when will the wolf king come? It's been a long time. A voice in the general asked in a low voice.

Suo Nu looked straight ahead, and when the golden glow of spring shone on his face, he looked back at his subordinates, "Wait patiently, at this time in the Han Land, don't take out the arrogance on the grassland, and when you see the governor, you can lower your voice." ”

“…… Hold...... Be. The grassland general named Gui Gui Ni looked at the Han superintendent not far from him, and changed his words, he was not tall, but he was the son of the Xianbei Lord Fu Han Luo, after his father was killed by Ke Bineng, he had to surrender, and later the lock slave killed Ke Bineng, and he helped to subdue the rest of the Xianbei nobles.

As he spoke, the roar of horses' hooves gradually sounded outside the camp, far and near, hundreds of war horses stepped on the mud and grass clippings and rushed into the gate, the first black horse, majestic and vigorous rushed to the front of the big tent, the tall and straight figure shook the cloak, turned off the horse and strode towards the lock slave, hundreds of knights around him dismounted, and the camp was a bang.

"The slave has seen the ...... of the Governor"

"Meet the Wolf King!!"

When the lock slave saw the figure coming, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, and all the generals behind him also knelt down and shouted. In the low-hanging sight, the boots covered with armor leaves came into view, and when he raised his head to look, the Wolf King of the Northland reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Get up, come here today, just deal with the Ding Ling and the Qiang Hu you brought, and take me over." ”

"Yes!" Everyone answered, and then got up.

The Xianbei general named Batuo went to the rear of the camp to arrange, Gongsun Zhi talked with the overseer in the army for a while, and then went over with Suo Nu, walking slowly, the wolf king with a temperament like a mountain turned his face slightly, "....... There are more than 7,600 people in the two departments, what do you think should be done with them? ”

"It's all at the command of the governor."

Staggering a shoulder-to-shoulder distance, the slave lowered his voice and followed. The corners of his mouth with a short beard smiled, and Gongsun Zhi signaled that he should not be nervous, then turned his head and continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back.

"You have an idea in your heart, but you don't dare to say it, it's right, you are a very capable person, and it's better than going to be humble, over the years, your Xianbei in Liaoxi has prospered, most of them are worrying about labor, it's normal for him to be jealous, but you should be happy."

The lock slave bowed his head: "Yes." ”

Stepping across the gate checkpoint of the back camp, Gongsun Zhi looked at the Xianbei soldiers guarding a few times, helped them sort out the weapons on their waists, and said as usual: "....... Everyone in this world has their own position, sit wrong, stand wrong, it will be all chaos, what the consequences are, no one can say, Jizhou wants to fight, we have to clear the rear, this year to smash Liaodong, then you need Liaoxi Xianbei to contribute. ”

"Yes."

In fact, in Gongsun Zhi's words, the lock slave naturally heard the meaning of beating himself, and reminded him intentionally or unintentionally not to make unusual moves, after all, most of the Xianbei people and nobles were placed near the Qiu Shui as hostages, and it was not impossible to rebel, but the consequences were really unbearable for him.

As he spoke, he walked into the back camp.

The sound of wailing and crying penetrated into the ears, and on the huge school field, a figure was either kneeling or lying on the ground in a black pressure, and there were traces of blood everywhere in the mud, and at the edge, there were a few naked female corpses, and several Xianbei soldiers were tying up their pants under the scolding of Batuo.

When Suo Nu frowned, Gongsun Zhi, who was striding forward, said indifferently: "Kill those people and hang them on the flagpole." Then, he turned around and walked to the high platform of the school field, Li Ke and Dian Wei followed left and right with weapons, and the rest of the wolf riders held swords and bows to guard the wooden steps, or surrounded the high platform.

Someone brought the chair that had been made earlier, and Gongsun Zhi sat down, and the previous overseer had already brought a tall and strong Ding Lingren, who was bound to death, and pushed the other party not far to his feet, and the latter sat on his knees and sobbed in fright, and desperately slammed his head on the ground, and said something he didn't understand.

"Dudu, he's begging for mercy." The overseer was the first to follow the Han cavalry in the far north of the grassland with Suonu, and stayed for two years, and he could understand the language of Ding Lingren to some extent.

"You've been there for a long time, what do you think of Ding Lingren and Qianhu?"

"Back to the capital, Ding Ling people have no ambition, after all, the population is a little small, but I heard that there are more Ding Ling people in the Western Regions, and the slaves are only attacking them, most of them are Ding Ling people who are not in winter, they will run to the grassland to plunder the cattle and sheep of the Xianbei people for the winter, these are strong, hardy, and good at foot combat, if there are not many people, it is difficult to be defeated. As for the ...... of the Qianghu," the overseer hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said: "It is brutal and tight, but the population is sparse, most of them hide in the foothills, and they are very capable of fighting in the mountains, and there may be some hidden mountains and forests over there in Liaodong." ”

Gongsun Zhi nodded, "I see...... Lock slave you up! When he looked at the lock slave under the stage, the latter's head hung lower, trotted up to the high platform, and before he could speak when he knelt down on one knee, the figure sitting there on the opposite side kicked him to the ground.

"Your reason for sending troops before was not sufficient......."

The figure on the ground struggled, and on the big chair opposite, Gongsun Zhi's appearance was originally majestic and rough, but at this time, a slight ferocity shot out from the bottom of his eyes, staring at his skin, feeling as uncomfortable as a pinprick. After the beginning of spring last year, the letter sent by Suonu to Shanggu County did not say in detail about the situation of Ding Lingren, but only said that the other party attacked Xianbei for no reason every year, and even the cattle and sheep that were rushed to Shanggu County were robbed by the other party.

In a moment, there were several terrible screams on the other side of the school yard. The Xianbei soldiers who killed Ding Ling's woman were hung on the flagpole by several wolf riders, and the delicate and sharp knives slowly peeled off the skin on their backs little by little, two of them couldn't stand the pain and died directly, and the other three died slowly because of excessive bleeding.

This cruel punishment was seen by everyone, no one dared to speak out on the huge school field, and Gongsun Zhi, who was sitting on the high platform, was equally quiet and terrible.

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished, and so are they, and so are you."

After half a ring, Gongsun Zhi spoke a word, looked at the lock slave who was kneeling on the ground, covering his chest, and slowly stood up: "....... In the future, the docile Ding Ling people will be placed on the grassland, and they will be closer to you Xianbei, and I will use them in the future, and as for the two thousand carrots, they will all be killed. ”

He said this, and then sat there and watched the distinguished Karmahu people being slashed in a pool of blood with a knife before leaving.

Out of this temporary camp for Xianbei slaves, not long after, there were several horsemen waiting there on the far road, Qubei hurriedly got off his horse and surrendered his hand, Gongsun Zhi talked and laughed with each other like a friend, and the previous indifference and cruelty were a different look.

In the afternoon of that day, a messenger from Liaodong presented a letter to Gongsun Zhi.

"Gongsun Du really dares to think about the king......."

He looked at the lamp and lit the silk and threw it to the ground.