Gao Shun returned to Taoyuan Fort in early November, and the emperor's decree arrived shortly after.

After reading the content of the holy decree, Gao Shun was reassured, it seemed that the emperor still needed him for the time being, and wanted to use him to stabilize the situation on the frontier, so he could use the three years to rapidly expand his strength, and he had newly occupied territory, which was convenient for him to hide his strength.

Ma Gui was in a relaxed mood and said with a smile: "Lord, the emperor still doesn't know about the situation here, we have already recovered Dingxiang County, and if we haven't reported to him, he won't know, this can buy us three years; However, I am worried that after we defeat Xianbei and recover Yunzhong County and Shuofang County, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely find a way to deal with us. ”

Gao Shun was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Haha, that's three years later, who knows what will happen in three years?" As long as our strength is strong enough, no one can do anything about us, and if they want to deal with us, they must first weigh their own strength. ”

"My lord, before that, we must hide our strength and not cause His Majesty's fear and uneasiness."

Gao Shun smiled: "Hehe, now Your Majesty is already uneasy, the marriage is to win us over and tie us to the chariot of the imperial court; If the Xianbei people are eliminated, Your Majesty will be even more afraid, but fortunately, we still have use value now, and we will not do anything to us at present; And the war in Liangzhou was not going well, the war cost a lot, and Your Majesty didn't have so much money to squander at will, so Your Majesty chose to temporarily forbear, and won us three years. ”

Ma Gui said helplessly: "Well, this is also His Majesty's temptation of us, there is no good way at present, we can only maintain it for three years first." ”

Gao Shun thought to himself, the emperor still has more than three years to live, if Liu Hong is too coercive before his death, then he can cut off the north and east of the Yellow River and confront the Han court, and now it can be delayed for a day, so he ordered: "Order Wen Chou, build a fortress in Shenhepo, name it Kill Hukou Fort, cut off the connection between inside and outside the Great Wall, and outsiders are not allowed to enter and leave Kill Hukou Fort." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Ma Gui accepted Gao Shun's order and suggested: "My lord, if this is the case, it is better to rebuild Yuanyang County, as a baggage base in Wujin County, and provide support nearby, otherwise it will be very dangerous to hang inside the lonely grassland in Wujin County." ”

Gao Shun said: "Okay, let's send an order to Wen Chou together, and let him report the deployment of the existing troops." ”

Ma Gui said: "Yes, lord! ”

Gao Shun also ordered: "Build a wharf on the Yellow River in Pianguanbao, set up regular sailing ships, strengthen ties with the Huns, and accept as much as possible the Han people stranded in Wuyuan County and Yunzhong County on the west bank, as well as the mature Huns, to join us; Soon Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang will lead the troops to the Xiongnu royal court to be stationed in order to facilitate our operation; All the newly admitted personnel were resettled in the western forts; The newly occupied Dingxiang County and Yunzhong County will not be resettled on the territory for the time being. ”

Ma Gui said: "Yes, lord." ”

In this way, although it cannot play the role of absolutely blocking the news, as long as it lasts for a few more months, it will not have a bad effect if the news spreads after the Spring Festival, and it can be regarded as Dingxiang County to be recovered next year.

Subsequently, Gao Shun learned about the infrastructure construction situation.

The wide stone road to the west has been connected to the three-way fort; To the east, it is connected to the Yin Pavilion and the Daiwang City, and the farthest is Juyong Guancheng; to the north to connect to Mayi County and Shanwu County; To the south, it connects Yuanping County. The branch lines to Gaoliucheng, Pingcheng and Ningcheng, as well as the roads to Biguan and Qiangyin, have not yet been built stone roads, but they have begun to be leveled and widened, but the cold winter is coming, and it is not convenient for construction.

According to Ma Gui's opinion, within a year next year, the stone road will be built to the west to Bianguan, northwest to Jiling County, and north to Wujin, Qiangyin, Pingcheng, Ningcheng and other places; The roads from Jixian and Zhuo in the south and from Jixian to Feiru in the east should also be built; This year, the construction progress was delayed in order to build a house for immigrants.

And Gao Shun is most concerned about three things now, the first is to form the Yellow Turban forces, the second is to blitz Xianbei, and the third is to repair the road to Zhiyangle in Liaoxi County.

The formation of the Yellow Turban Force was for self-protection, and at the same time to facilitate the occupation of Jizhou in the future; The blitzkrieg Xianbei is to stabilize the rear, otherwise the imperial court will suddenly exert force, and he is likely to face a north-south attack and fight on two fronts; The road to Yangle County, Liaoxi County was built for the future operation of Liaodong Prefecture.

Then, Gao Shun discussed with Ma Gui the idea of forming the Yellow Turban Force, and originally planned to release personnel to Taihang Mountain on the return trip, but there were too many people to follow, and it was inconvenient to move, so he gave up.

Now that he has a falling out with the emperor, it is particularly important to form the Yellow Turban Force, which is also for the sake of the future road and for the convenience of occupying Jizhou in the future.

After listening to Gao Shun's story, Ma Gui thought for a while and suggested: "My lord, only send middle-level military attachés, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it, if it is swallowed up by other Yellow Turban forces, or exterminated by the government, the gains outweigh the losses; Or release a guard to establish a huge Yellow Turban force in Taihang Mountain, and at the same time, annex other Yellow Turban forces; I believe that with our covert support, we will definitely be able to develop and grow rapidly. ”

Gao Shun asked Ma Gui to plan carefully, and started to act a year ago; There are less than two months to go before the New Year, Gao Shun is ready to go out again, take the opportunity to release personnel to Taihang Mountain to form a force, and arrange all affairs, so that he can come back for a stable New Year; He hasn't spent the New Year at home for several years in a row, and he feels very sorry for his mother and others; Now that the living conditions are better, I don't have time to spend with them.

After that, Gao Shun and Ma Gui discussed the matter of blitzkrieg Xianbei, Ma Gui's opinion was that Cheng Li and Tian Feng should be combined, flexibly grasp the timing of the attack, and join forces to attack, from east to west, the entire line must be attacked, and give the Xianbei people a hard blow.

At the same time, Ma Gui suggested: "My lord, I suggest that we strike hard at the central and eastern Xianbei, and temporarily slow down the attack on Helian and the western Xianbei, and focus on driving away, otherwise, without external pressure, we will lose our use value, and Your Majesty will definitely change people." ”

Gao Shun said: "For the central and eastern Xianbei, or mainly to plunder, killing second, as long as we are here, the Xianbei people will not dare to go south to loot, if it is replaced, I believe that the Xianbei people who are tortured by poverty will go south to plunder frantically, except for us, no force can resist." ”

Gao Shun is also carefully calculating, there are still more than three years for Liu Hong to hang, when the world is in chaos, he must stabilize the relationship with the imperial court in these three years, and take advantage of the situation three years later, seize the most territory in the first wave of attacks, and establish the advantage of dominating the world; In the past three years, try not to use the soldiers of the system, and rely entirely on the recruited natural person soldiers, and the officers and soldiers synthesized by the system can be suddenly released after three years to grab the territory.

Soon, Gao Shun's refusal to marry the emperor spread in Taoyuan Fort and the controlled area, which invisibly enhanced everyone's trust in Gao Shun and strengthened the cohesion of the forces.

Xu Lin and Xu Fu were the most moved.

Gao's mother entered Luoyang for the first time and accepted the queen's banquet, which became her capital to show off, Ge Mu and others were very envious, but when Gao's mother talked about refusing to give marriage, everyone sweated again, and Xu Ting was even more excited to hug Gao's mother and cry.

Ge Mu suggested: "The prince has been crowned, it is better to get married as soon as possible." ”

Gao's mother accepted this Jianye and consulted Gao Shun's opinion, Gao Shun set the wedding date in the first month after the Spring Festival, and suggested that it should be handled simply, and the emperor must not be stimulated by this, otherwise unexpected things will happen.

Gao Mu and Xu Ting and others accepted Gao Shun's suggestion.