Less than three days after Ma Chao and Han Sui were defeated, Wei Yan led his army to rescue Chang'an, when he heard that not only Chang'an was safe and sound, but the defenders in the city also broke Ma Chao and Han Sui's 100,000 allied army, forcing them to retreat in disgrace, he immediately felt extremely shocked, with less than 30,000 weak brigades to break 100,000 troops, such a battle is not unheard of in history, but so simply defeated the other party, I am afraid it is also unique. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Under the command of the lord, there are indeed many talents, which is admirable." After nearly two years, although Wei Yan still can't change his arrogant character, he also deeply understands the truth that there are people outside the world, and knows what awe is, and the whole person has become much deeper and more stable.

Due to the strong counterattack of the Han in the past two years, the current Southern Xiongnu is obedient to Liu He, and does not dare to disobey at all, Wei Yan's station is only a few dozen miles away from Meiji, where the Xiongnu royal court is located, where the swaggering recruitment of the captive Han people, and let them reclaim wasteland there, develop production, in addition, Wei Yan's own army is also there to Tuntian, and exchange grain for the war horses of the Southern Xiongnu, to form cavalry, now Wei Yan has more than 20,000 cavalry, and they are all two war horses per person, The war horses were also secretly built with horseshoes, equipped with bilateral stirrups, and practiced the art of riding and archery all day long, although the Huns saw it, they did not dare to make any changes, and they had to send troops to help Wei Yan fight at any time.

It's not that the Huns don't want to resist, it's that Wei Yan is fierce enough, he alone can clash in the Hun cavalry camp and no one can be invincible, plus the cavalry under his command is all majestic, it is really difficult to provoke, so although he knows that this will only lead to the Han army getting stronger and stronger, and they are getting weaker and weaker, he can only endure it helplessly.

Soon after Wei Yan returned to the station, Liu He also led the army back to Chang'an, at this time the four counties of Hexi were all pacified, and Hexi was well governed there, and I believe that it will not be long before the Silk Road can be reopened, so that Chang'an can return to its peak, and even more than the peak of prosperity is no longer an unattainable dream, but within reach.

As for the coalition forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui, who have fled to Jincheng, I believe that after this defeat, it will be difficult for them to send troops to fight in a short period of time, after all, after this battle under Chang'an, a large amount of grain and grass of the coalition army has fallen into Chang'an, and even if they want to raise troops again, they must consider the problem of grain and grass.

What's more, at this time, Ma Chao and Han Sui were already inseparable, and even the five great generals under Han Sui were now guarding against each other, and they no longer trusted each other as much as before. Therefore, for them now, it is more important to solve internal worries than to solve external problems.

It is precisely because of this realization that after Liu He returned to Chang'an, in addition to rewarding meritorious officials, he did not actively deploy the defense of the combined forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui.

However, the generals under Liu He did not all understand Liu He's calculations, Zhou Cang was one of them, on this day Liu He was drinking with his wife and concubines in the backyard, and suddenly saw a report from his relatives, saying that Zhou Cang asked to see.

Liu He was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled: "It must be for the sake of Ma Chao and Han Sui, and let him come in and talk." ”

"The last general Zhou Cang has seen the lord, the eldest lady, Mrs. Cai, Mrs. Zhen, Mrs. Da Qiao, Mrs. Xiao Qiao, and Mrs. Diao Chan......" Even though Zhou Cang has always been very arrogant and has nothing to do, but when he saw so many peerless beauties together, he was still a little red-faced, and his speech was not good, and he hurriedly saluted to the beauties in embarrassment.

Liu He naturally knew Zhou Cang's embarrassment, and hurriedly motioned for the women to retreat, and then said to Zhou Cang: "Zhou Cang, what is the important matter for you to see me today?" ”

I saw Zhou Cang said: "Don't hide it from the lord, I will see the lord in the future, mainly to remind the lord to guard against Ma Chao and Han Sui, although they were defeated and retreated last time, but the main force under their command still exists, once they attack again, I am afraid it will also be a lot of trouble for us, although they can't capture Chang'an, it doesn't mean that they can't capture stability or Wuwei, once these two places fall, I'm afraid that the four counties of Hexi that we worked so hard to recover before will fall into the hands of thieves again." ”

Liu He said with a smile: "I didn't expect Zhou Cang that you are also concerned about state affairs now, such a performance is commendable, but you don't know that sometimes it is better to not defend than to defend, you think about it, now Ma Chao, Han Sui and other five-way warlords are all gathered in Jincheng and Youfufeng, and even they don't even dare to stay in Youfufeng, and the entire Youfufeng is now only left in the west of Yixian County and is still stationed, and other places have taken the initiative to give up, but so many people are together, Let's not talk about how to solve the problem of food and grass camping, let's just say that they guard against each other, idle things, contradictions will soon erupt, and if we force too hard, they will unite together and plot against me, which is not good, so, instead of this, we might as well not defend and let them mess up first, of course, what I said about not defending is only on the surface, because in fact, our defense has never been relaxed, haha, Zhou Cang, you just wait to hear the good news, It is believed that it will not be long before civil strife between them will break out. ”

"Really, really?" Although Zhou Cang was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask more, so he could only retreat from Liu He Shili.

After Zhou Cang left, Liu He quietly set off to a seemingly ordinary small courtyard behind the General's Mansion, walked to the hall of the small courtyard, and then said as soon as he came up: "I didn't expect it, right? You are willing to stay in Chang'an as a hostage for him, but once you are killed, he doesn't even blink his eyes, and straightforwardly recognizes the thief as his father, although there is also a side of Han Sui's demagoguery, but it is enough to show his own ruthlessness, this is a good son you are willing to give everything for. ”

As soon as Liu He finished saying this, he saw a person walking from behind the screen, if it was a familiar person, he would definitely be so surprised that his eyes could fall out, because this person was Ma Teng, who had been killed by Han Sui's arrow a few days ago!

I saw Ma Teng sigh: "It seems that I have lost my eyes, my son is really a little ruthless, but after all, he has this relationship with you, and he is also a rare fierce general, if one day he really falls into your hands, you hope you can spare his life, I will try my best to persuade him to serve you." That's what I want from you. ”