The bad news of the annihilation of the whole army made Liu Yao unable to believe his ears. But looking at the unkempt and gray-faced military academy at the bottom of the stairs, he reminded himself that this was not a dream. Although it is a fact that the 5,000 expeditionary force that carried out the surprise attack on Qinzhou only escaped back with less than 200 people, Liu Yao could not accept the facts.

The leading officer, covered in wounds, knelt down at the foot of the stairs, weeping and crying. Hearing the reason for the incident, Liu Yao stood up suddenly, drew his sword out of the sheath, and slashed the case in front of him frantically with anvils, until the case was broken and rotten all over the ground, and no one in the palace, including the prince Liu Yin, dared to come up to persuade.

The angry depression in my heart finally dissipated a little. Liu Yao gasped, sat down, gritted his teeth and said, "Liu Hu is just a branch mongrel of the nation, how dare he do this!" ”

The civil and military forces were also shocked when they heard the news, and they couldn't help but turn their heads and ears. Counseling the doctor Taisan said: "The king of the ministers. Although Liu Hu lived far away and was rude, he was an important feudal town of the country after all, and he had always been obedient to the imperial court, and he had never heard of any rebellion. Now that he is suddenly ridiculous and evil enough to commit such a crime, it is very strange, and the king of the courtiers still temporarily calms the anger of the thunder, first goes to the letter to ask Liu Hu, carefully investigates, don't fall for any tricks, and hurt yourself and siblings. ”

Prime Minister Sima Pang Chun couldn't help but say: "What's wrong? Liu Hu was originally a savage from Saibei, but relying on the favor and trust of the first emperor and the present, he suddenly ascended to a high position, and he dared to be lawless! ”

Hu Yanmo groaned, and asked the kneeling few defeated soldiers, "Can you guarantee that it is Liu Hu, the prince of Lou Fu?" If it was Liu Hu, why did he risk the world's condemnation and brazenly attack the imperial army? The stakes are very high, and it involves the country's honors and nobles, and there must be no mistakes! ”

Those defeated soldiers hesitated at first, and after thinking about it repeatedly, they all nodded and responded: "They introduced themselves that it was Liu Hu, and when General Lan was not killed, they were also called Lou Fugong when they talked to him." ”

"We were lured into a large grassy beach, then set on fire, and when General Lan was suddenly killed and his brothers were burned to the ground, their ambush men burst into slashing and slashing in all directions. Many of us heard it with our own ears, and Liu Hu kept roaring to kill us all, and then loot all the horses and supplies and make a clean deal. ”

"And! It is said that Liu Hu has a black mole as big as a copper coin on his face, and we have all seen it, and there is indeed one! For fear that everyone would not believe it, several defeated soldiers rushed to confirm it.

"Is it so much so that the desire for profit consumes the heart?" Hu Yanmo's face sank like water, and he nodded wordlessly, he basically decided that Liu Hu was indeed the culprit.

Liu Yao and Liu Hu had a lot of dealings at the beginning, Liu Hu was very polite to him, but he felt that Liu Hu was just an ordinary friend, in the final analysis, Liu Yao did not look down on Liu Hu, although they were both Huns, but Liu Yao felt that Liu Hu was from a humble background, barbaric and vulgar, and was a philistine who chased fame and fortune, and could not have deep friendships. If the imperial court hadn't been for the sake of fetters and help, where would it be his turn to be a relative of the emperor.

At that moment, Liu Yao couldn't bear it anymore, slapped the armrest heavily, and said angrily: "This fang is crazy and unreasonable!" Qinzhou is a foreign enemy, although it will never be appeased, but the internal troubles are even more troubles, and Xiao Wall cannot be ignored. If you go outside, you must first settle inside, be alone, send a soldier immediately, and ask for the guilt of the Northern Expedition! ”

Liu Yin, the son of the world, stepped forward and admonished: "Father! Now that my Chang'an overhaul is at the end, the grain and straw materials are costing a lot, and it is not good to mobilize the army in a big way for the time being, otherwise it will be done to Qinzhou as soon as possible. According to Erchen's humble opinion, he still adopted the words of Dr. Tai, and his father could first write to the imperial court, report everything to His Majesty, and at the same time send a handwritten letter to question Liu Hu, and wait until His Majesty came forward to preside, or see what Liu Hu's reaction and attitude were, and finally it was not too late to make a calculation. ”

Liu Yao was extremely unwilling. Originally, Liu Yinxian's strategy was very feasible, if the expeditionary troops could succeed after penetrating into the hinterland of Qinzhou, then they would immediately concentrate all the living forces, echo the westward march of the army, and level Qinzhou in one fell swoop; If the expeditionary force is trapped and never returns, at best, it will only lose a partial division, and it will not be fundamentally injured. This is evidence-based, which makes him think it is very true. But now he was killed by his own person Liu Hu, who was killed halfway, and inexplicably broke a big thing, how can people be able to hold the fire.

But when he broke through Chang'an and destroyed the Jin Dynasty earlier, it was Liu Yao who acquiesced in and connived at tens of thousands of Hun soldiers to frantically burn and loot, and ravaged a majestic imperial capital. As a result, he was promoted to Xiangguo and stayed in Chang'an Town for a long time to guard Guanzhong, because Chang'an was too seriously damaged by his own people, and he had no choice but to levy tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to repair and expand. A few days ago, he was still depressed thinking, this is really lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, and he is self-inflicted.

Because of the high cost of manpower, materials, military supplies, money and food, etc., coupled with the two offensives against Qinzhou, both ended in failure, Liu Yao was indeed unable to gather tens of thousands of troops at the moment and go north to attack Liu Hu. At least, we have to wait until next year to relax our self-bound hands and feet a little.

In a word, now he has the heart but the power.

The hall below was full of civil and military gossip, but then they all looked at him with their eyes, waiting for him to make a final decision. Resisting the urge to tear everything apart, Liu Yao took a big breath and finally opened his mouth hatefully. “…… All right! Lonely and restrained for the time being, according to the words of Dr. Taiwan. Your Majesty, and move the table to blame Liu Hu, and look at his attitude! ”

Saibei goes to the Loop, head Manchester City.

As a far north place away from the Central Plains, Touman City was the first generation of Xiongnu monarchs, Touman Da Danyu stationed, and with Touman City as the center, the first powerful state power of the northern nomads was established. His crown prince Mao Dun Da Dan Yu although he killed his father and stood on his own, but Mao Dun's ability was more rebellious than that of Touman, and in the hands of Mao Dun, he established the most powerful state of the Huns, and even coerced Han Gaozu to raise his head for a while.

After Maodun, Toumancheng was the location of the Mobei Xiongcheng and the orthodox Xiongnu royal court, and the successive dynasties rose or left here. Passed down from generation to generation, spinning up and down, to the time of the Jin Dynasty, the lord of the Xiongnu is Qiangqu Shan Yu reigning. Qiangqu Shan Yu himself is not very famous, but his great-grandson is Liu Yuan, the founder of the Xiongnu Han State, and his nephew is Liu Hu of the Tiefu Department.

Tiefu is a branch of the Xiongnu in the late Han Dynasty. In the north, the descendants of the Huns, Wuhuan people and Xianbei people are called Tiefu, so they are also called Zahu. The Huns themselves also regarded Tiefu as a low-status and impure branch of blood, which could not be compared with the noble son of heaven. Therefore, Liu Hu lived alone and stood on his own in the Beihetao area, and simply called himself the Tiefu Ministry.

Liu Hu used to be the Shunmin of the Jin Dynasty, and then briefly attached to the Xianbei Tuoba Dynasty, and later because of repeated violations of the border of the Dai Kingdom, and raided Shanxi and other places, once wanted to cross the Yellow River to expand his power to the east, but was the Dai Guo United Jin Dynasty and the state of the assassin Liu Kun, joint attack, Liu Hu defeated and returned to the head of the Manchester City lair, then to Liu Yuan called the minister, looking for a backer. Every day, he goes south or east, anyway, he is looking for opportunities to plunder, see the seams, and when there is resistance, he will kill them all if he can fight, and quickly flee if he can't beat them, so for the time being, he can be regarded as enjoying himself and being at ease.

But at the moment, Liu Hu was extremely depressed, very aggrieved, and confused. Early this morning, Liu Yao's messenger came from Pingyang and delivered two edicts from the emperor and the king of Zhongshan. Liu Cong expressed his shock and anger at the Changcaotan incident in the holy decree, asked Liu Hu if he had committed such a serious crime, and asked him to immediately return to Shangshu when he saw the edict; And Liu Yao's handwritten letter was even more imposing, strongly blamed him, and told him bluntly, "If you are willing to be a disobedient and a criminal minister of the country, the head will not be protected in the future." This made him feel deeply offended by the impudence.

However, the emperor and the king of Zhongshan would never give such a solemn and solemn edict for no reason. Speaking of which, it all revolves around a long grass beach incident, accusing him of daring to attack the imperial army in order to fill the ravine of selfish desires, and also killed the general Lan Yang of the Dangjin Dynasty with his own hands, which is simply outrageous.

If you want to talk about burning, killing and robbery, this kind of thing is simply commonplace for Liu Hu, and it is not worth mentioning. But God testifies, what you haven't done is what you haven't done, how can you plant it on your head! Liu Hu thought about it, he hadn't gone south to rob for a long time. The latest military operation was to the east, plundered three villages and towns in the west of the Tuoba Dynasty and returned, and then nested in Toumancheng, and never moved the nest again, where would he go to the long grass beach in the south, not to mention taking the initiative to attack and kill Liu Yao's army!

Liu Hu was dumbfounded, shocked, suspicious and angry, regardless of the fact that the envoy was still in front of him, he couldn't help but shout angrily, it was really a hell of a life, saying that it was definitely not his own doing. But the envoy shook his head very calmly, told him in detail about the incident from beginning to end, and told him that the human and material evidence were all there, and bluntly said that even the moles on your face were clearly seen by the surviving soldiers, and the sin of violent rebellion was probably difficult to shirk.

I have been staying in Touman City, but I somehow blame him for committing a ridiculous case in Xiahetao, hundreds of miles away. Liu Hu felt that his personality and IQ had been greatly insulted. Like a hyena that has been beaten severely, he jumped to his feet, shouted loudly, stomped his feet with red faces, swore curses again and again, and said that he wanted to go to Pingyang in person and make it clear to His Majesty the Emperor in person. The messenger saw that he was agitated and anxious, and his expression was quite aggrieved, not as if he was a fake, but also very convinced. When expressing deep sympathy, the envoy said helplessly that he was only preaching an edict and had no right to decide, and the rest of the love could not help.

"I say no, I don't have it! The court and the king of Zhongshan don't believe it, what do you call me...... Then I will ask the angel to stay with me for a few days. I'm going to go to the Lower Hetao right now and check what is going on! ”

Later, Liu Hu became obviously irritable, and the messenger did not help but say, and ordered him to not leave first, and then make arrangements after he went to Xiahetao to investigate and returned.