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With the advent of the cold winter wax moon, the weather is getting colder day by day.

The cold wind blows on the face like a knife, which is unbearable.

Most of the people have taken refuge in their homes, making the streets and alleys extraordinarily quiet. 、

At noon that day, more than a dozen people on horseback entered Chang'an City from the east gate.

The person at the head is a middle-aged man, this person is tall and elegant, and he is Gao Hu, a native of Bohai.

This time, Gao Hu went south to Chang'an, in addition to asking for help from Hexi on the order of Murong Hui, he also had the intention of finding a way out for the Gao family.

At the beginning, when Houyan Shenhepi was defeated, the Bohai Gao clan was faced with a choice.

It's just that at that time, Hexi had not taken Guanzhong or defeated Wei in Yecheng, and the Gao family was not very enthusiastic about taking refuge in Hexi.

Except for Gao Hu's insistence, most of the Gao clansmen decided to wait and see.

Who knew that after such a delay, by the time the Bohai Gao clan wanted to make a choice, the situation in the world had changed greatly.

After taking Guanzhong and Shudi, King Yong has basically occupied the initiative in the crowd of heroes.

Tuoba Wei, who originally seemed to be a hegemon, began to slow down greatly after the defeat of Yecheng.

As for the Southern Dynasty and the Great Jin, they failed to dominate the world after the Battle of Weishui, and there will be no hope in the future.

After thinking about it, everyone in the Gao family felt that it was most prudent to take refuge in Hexi.

After entering the city, Gao Hu and his party went straight to King Yong's mansion.

When he received the report from the guards, Wei Shuo was discussing with Cui Hao, Song Xuan, Zhang Zhan and others about the relocation of Xishu Haoqiang.

After quelling the rebellion of Hou Chande, Wang Maide sat in Chengdu and began a large-scale rectification of Shu.

As the governor of Yizhou (temporary deputy), he ordered all the heroes and commanders involved in the rebellion to move to Chang'an.

As a result, Hexi Iron Cavalry rushed into Zitong County, Shu County, Guanghan County, Ba County and other territories, and began to arrest people on a large scale.

A large number of Shuzhong families and Huluqu marshals were forced by Hexi to leave Shu and go to Chang'an.

It's not one or two hundred people who move, it's tens of thousands.

Since mid-November, the plank road from Shu to Chang'an has been full of people and carriages.

These are all the powerful and powerful Qu Shuai and their families, who moved their families to Chang'an under the escort of the Hexi Iron Cavalry.

This situation is not unfamiliar to many Shu families, because it also happened when Shu Han perished.

The original Xishu Shangshu ordered Ma Tan to be among them, and it is said that Ma Tan did not get involved with Hou Chande and should not be implicated.

Even the Ma family felt that they had been wronged and wanted to appeal to Wang Maide, but they were stopped by Ma Tan.

It's not that Ma Tan doesn't know that his family has been wronged, but he sees it clearly.

The real purpose of Hexi is to weaken the power of Haoqiang Qushuai in order to facilitate the governance of Shu.

Hou Chande's rebellion not only made the Haoqiang Qu Shuai in Shuzhong lose the trust of Hexi, but also made the people of Hexi realize that these people would never easily obey the management of Hexi.

If you don't pay attention to it, you will eventually leave a big hidden danger.

Thus, there was this unprecedented migration.

It is precisely because he understands the reason that Ma Tan will honestly embark on the road to the north.

Next, in less than half a month, the powerful families and Hulu Qushuai in Yizhou were all taken away and all moved to Chang'an.

In addition, some of the more than 400 Haoqiang who jumped up and down during Hou Chande's rebellion were also killed.

It was also that massacre that made the Haoqiang family in Shuzhong recognize the facts, and they had to move their family to Chang'an according to Hexi's request.

After listening to the reports of Song Xuan, Cui Hao, Liu Muzhi and others, Wei Shuo nodded, and was very satisfied with Wang Maide's performance.

Wang Maide is different from Cui Hao, Song Xuan, and Wang Zhenwei, he is an authentic son of a poor family.

He doesn't care about any family or not, he is only loyal to Wei Shuo.

As long as it is beneficial to Hexi, as long as King Yong gives the order, he doesn't mind killing on a large scale, even if it is a powerful family.

"Shuzhong Haoqiang has almost cleaned up the ground, and Dong Fang and Feng Ba are estimated to have arrived in Chengdu."

"As long as the Juntian system is smoothly implemented, Shuzhong will basically be stabilized."

"Although the Shuzhong family suffered this time, who made them always rebel and rebel?"

"In order to turn Yizhou into a stable rear, Lone also had to be ruthless."

"Bo Yuan, have you written the recital of the imperial court?"

Cui Hao hurriedly took out a scroll of silk from his arms, and respectfully presented it to Wei Shuo: "My lord, the minister has already written." ”

Wei Shuo took it, unfolded it and glanced at it and said, "That's it, send someone to Jiankang immediately." ”

In this letter to the imperial court, Wei Shuo asked the imperial court to place Yizhou under the jurisdiction of Hexi.

Although before this, Hexi had substantially won Yizhou, but it still needed a name.

Cui Hao closed the book and said in a deep voice: "My lord, once this book arrives in Jiankang, I am afraid that the government and the opposition will know that you have the heart to swallow Yiliang alone, and I am afraid it will have a bad impact." ”

Wei Shuo smiled faintly and said disapprenously: "There is no way to do it if it has a bad impact!" ”

"At this point, in fact, most people can see that Hexi is ambitious."

"But where can the imperial court take care of us right now?"

"Therefore, we must take advantage of the current opportunity to fight or pull and expand our sphere of influence as much as possible."

"What about Nanjun Gong's side?"

"Huan Xuan?"

Wei Shuo said leisurely: "Lone thinks that as long as Hexi does not threaten Huan Xuan's core interests, does not endanger Jingzhou and Jiangzhou, and does not affect Huan Xuan's monopoly on Jiangdong, he will not do anything with Hexi." ”

After everyone discussed all the things in Yizhou, Wei Shuo was about to let everyone drink tea and relax, but saw Kang Long break in.

"King, the envoy of Northern Yan, Gao Hu, asks to see you."

"High Lake? Ask him to wait in the side hall, and he will go over. ”

When Wei Shuo learned that Gao Hu was visiting, he couldn't help but think about it.

At the beginning, when Houyan perished, he thought that Gaohu would take refuge in Hexi or Wei.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the Gao family went to see Liaodong and defected to the Murong Society.

He also felt sorry for not getting Gao Hu's talent, but it was not too surprising that the Gao family went to Liaodong.

After all, the Gao family has been following Murong Xianbei for hundreds of years, and since the beginning of the Murong Diao era, the Bohai Gao family has served Murong Xianbei.

Several of Gao Hu's grandfathers and brothers all served in the former Yan and Later Yan dynasties, and they were deeply involved with Murong Xianbei.

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After Gao Hu was welcomed into the side hall by Kang Long, he sat down honestly and waited.

After a while, Wei Shuo came in from outside and said with a smile: "Dayuan, long time no see, welcome to Chang'an!" ”

At this time, Gao Hu stepped forward and saluted: "See King Yong!" ”

Valuing Gao Hu's dusty appearance, Wei Shuo put away his smile, hugged his fists and saluted: "Lord Gao has worked hard all the way. ”

"If you have anything to say, sit down and talk about it."

"Your Highness, please!"

The two sat down separately, and Wei Shuo asked the guards to serve tea again.

"What is the current situation in Liaodong?" Wei Shuo got straight to the point.

Gao Hu said gloomily: "The situation is not very optimistic! ”

"Although the king of Liaoxi successfully blocked the Wei army under the Linyu Pass, the Wei army has entered Longcheng from Lulongdao with the strength of the people."

"Now Liucheng is in danger, once Liucheng is lost, Dragon City will lose its last barrier."

"King Yan originally wanted to ask Goguryeo to send troops to help, but Goguryeo was not stupid, he didn't want to intervene in the Wei-Yan dispute, and wanted to reap the benefits."

"King Yan really has no choice, so he sent him to Chang'an, hoping that Hexi can give Yan some support."

"What support does Yan Guo need?" Wei Shuo asked.

"I wonder if Hexi can send troops to attack Shengle? If Sheng Le encounters a threat, I think that Tuoba Jue will definitely retreat. ”

Wei Shuo directly shook his head and said, "No, no, Hexi does not plan to start a full-scale war with Wei for the time being. ”

Gao Hu had expected that King Yong would not send troops to Shengle, so he quickly changed his words: "Then can you send troops to support Yan Kingdom?" ”

"Send troops? There is no land route between Yan and Hexi, and if you want to send troops to Liaodong, you can only take the sea route and go north by boat. ”

"But the Hexi Water Division is not strong, so it can send up to five or six thousand soldiers and horses at a time."

"But this amount of strength is insignificant compared to the 100,000 Wei army."

"If Lone dares to respond to your country's invitation, he is taking the lives of Hexi soldiers as a child's play, I can't do this."

"Then with the intention of King Yan, how can we ease the situation in Liaodong?" Gao Hu said helplessly.

Wei Shuo glanced at Gao Hu and stopped talking.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Beiyan has nothing to do with Hexi, and he doesn't care whether Beiyan lives or dies at all.

But he really regrets that Gao Hu is a talent, and he can't bear the other party's death in Liaodong or in Tuoba Jue.

It's just that he still wanted to recruit Gao Hu, and he was worried about causing the other party to be unhappy, so he hesitated and didn't speak directly.