Gao Yue was extremely emotional in his heart, and Yang Tao was also shocked. Deng Heng was surprised: "Xiaomin really doesn't know who the ancestor Deng Ai is. The general was so surprised, could he have known something, or, was it extremely familiar? ”

Gao Yue froze, looked at Yang Tao, shook his head slightly, and said in a word: "Uh...... I heard that Deng Ai was a famous official in the imperial court and had meritorious service to the country, so he admired him more, where would he be familiar with it. Besides, according to my age, how can I know your ancestors well? ”

Deng Heng suddenly couldn't help but laugh and apologize to Gao Yue. Gao Yue waved his hand, his impression of him was even more special, and he immediately said: "Lord Deng helped my subordinates eliminate traitors, I am very grateful." I don't know if City Lord Deng came to see me, but what do you want? I should do my best to show my gratitude. ”

Deng Heng hurriedly responded: "Xiaomin is here to express my sincerity in person, and I want to talk about my humble opinions to the general in person. I studied with my late father in the past, and I also knew that the land of the Saibei Hetao was the territory of the state in ancient times. But now, the world is in chaos, and the Hetao is even more lonely, except for the Tiefu people in the north who come to plunder from time to time, no one else wants to ask, as if he is a young son abandoned by his homeland, and the thought of it makes people sad. ”

"But the land of the Hetao, with a radius of thousands of miles and fertile land, is a pity to leave it desolate and ignored. And there are also many Li Shu people, who feel like lost dogs, and they want to belong to the Central Plains and be placed under the formal management of the jurisdiction, and they are also eager to be edified. We have always wanted to find an opportunity to meet with the court and appeal for our wishes. Now the country is gone, but the powerful general still represents the imperial court to rule the northwest. Therefore, we are willing to belong to the general, just as a distant wanderer longs to return to his parents. ”

"Therefore, if the general is willing to accept my Jingbian and the countless tribal cities around it, it is really the best of both worlds, and the small people are also willing to serve as a guide to promote and educate the general in the north and recruit the Quartet."

Now that the Jin court has been destroyed and the central government has fallen, the local government recognized by the imperial court exists and can temporarily replace administrative powers. Jingbian City, where Deng Heng is located, and Nanhetao, which is within a radius of thousands of miles, are often plundered and invaded by the Tiefu people in the north, and they are overwhelmed. But without that strength, he can counterattack on a large scale so that he will not dare to attack again. Therefore, when all these reasons are combined, there is a desire to attach a strong political power to ensure local peace. Deng Heng had also heard before he came that now in the northwest, Liangzhou is too far away, and he has never dealt with it, in addition, the high mountains of Qinzhou are relatively strong, and it is reasonable to belong to it, both in public and private.

Gao Yue was very surprised, and said: "City Lord Deng has such a pure heart, which is very admirable. He thought for a while, and then said: "But in the north, Hu and Han live together, and all kinds of problems are more complicated, I'm afraid it's not easy to accept and manage, right?" ”

Deng Heng said eloquently: "Xiaomin explained one or two things to the general. The Hetao area is roughly divided into the upper Hetao and the lower Hetao, and the Shanghetao is now mainly entrenched by the Tiefu Huns, so let's not talk about it for the time being, only talk about the Lower Hetao. The scope of the Xiahetao is thousands of miles wide, in addition to my Jingbian City, there are dozens of cities, in addition to hundreds of tribes of all sizes. As far as Xiaomin knows, most of the people are still willing to be attached to it, and they are eager for the central government to send officials to educate the pastoral guards. So at this level, the general can dispel doubts. ”

"After taking control of the Hetao, the general can recruit strong men of all ethnic groups, concisely form an army, and then go north to sweep and expel the Tiefu tribe, holding the entire Dahetao in his hands. By that time, the general's territory was vast, his household registration was sufficient, and his troops were strong. So what else in the world can stump you again? ”

Gao Yue's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help nodding frequently, and his mind quickly surged. It's not that he was fooled by Deng Heng's words, but he thinks that Deng Heng's words have spoken to his heart word by word.

Since ancient times, the land of Hetao is rich in resources and vast land, where the Han people can cultivate and the Hu people can also graze, and it is indeed a fertile place. Taking advantage of the fact that no one in the Central Plains is still interested in it, and there is no such strong indigenous person as Li Yuanhao in the later generations, if he can really rely on it in time, then his strength will immediately increase significantly. On the one hand, it recruits exiled and migrated households to enrich the population, allocate land and rapidly increase productivity; On the other hand, recruit soldiers and train them into an army. And the people outside the plug, regardless of Hu Han, are mostly fierce and fierce, and they seem to be born with superior combat effectiveness, as long as they are restrained by various rules, then they can form a strong army on the ground. At that time, as Deng Heng said, it is not empty talk to go north to attack the Tiefu Department, encompass the entire Hetao in one fell swoop, and then go south to cooperate with the army of Benzhou to jointly crusade against the Xiongnu and Han States to achieve a great cause.

It's all good, Gao Yue knows it, but this doesn't mean that you can do it right away. Putting aside the internal reasons, he fought with the Xiongnu and Han not long ago, although it was not a head-on decisive battle of the main attack, but after spending a lot of energy in vain, his side did not take any advantage, and it also proved that the opponent was indeed a strong enemy, compared to Sima Bao's forces, it was really much higher. And Liu Yao is already strong, and now he has occupied and controlled the entire Yongzhou, as well as Pu Hong and Chen An, the two pioneers who are willing to take the lead, it is when Gao Yue does not dare to be careless, he feels that there should be no spare strength to develop the side plug at this time.

Although his mind had been moved, he was very eager to try, but his reason and concerns made Gao Yue have to hesitate. He is the supreme leader of Qinzhou, if he makes a wrong decision, it will lead to unimaginable consequences, and even lead to devastating disasters.

Gao Yue was silent, thinking to himself. When Deng Heng saw his appearance, he thought that he was full of enthusiasm and was poured cold water, and he was a little disheartened, so he arched his hand and said astringently: "Since the general is disdainful, the little people are disturbed and leave." After saying that, he turned around and left, without a trace of hesitation.

"Stop!"

Gao Yue broke off his drink, and a large number of heavily armed guards immediately poured in, and rushed over with swords and spears to surround Deng Heng in the hall, staring at him with fierce eyes. These soldiers, regardless of the reason, only listen to the results, as long as Gao Yue bursts out half of the killing word, Deng Heng will definitely be killed on the spot.

Deng Heng stopped, his suspicious gaze slowly swept over the guards, but there was no fear. Then he turned around, looked directly at Gao Yue, and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to kill me, dare to ask me what my crime is?" ”

This Deng Heng, sure enough, is a Han who grew up in Biansai, although he has an educated and polite side, but after years of immersion, he naturally has a rough and untamable wildness in his bones.

Yang Tao and Deng Heng have not known each other for a long time, but they also have a good relationship, and they belong to the people who can talk about one place. And because Deng Heng brought Xiangwu by himself, in case something happened, for Gao Yue and Jingbian City, Yang Tao felt that he was not good at being a person on both sides. At that moment, he couldn't help but get nervous all of a sudden, hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, made gestures to stop the aggressiveness of the guards for the time being, and hurriedly bowed to Gao Yue and said, "General! This city lord Deng has a straightforward personality and does not have any malice, and he asks the general to be magnanimous, forgive him. ”

Gao Yue smiled slightly, waved his hand to let the guards retreat, and said straightforwardly: "City Lord Deng once helped our army, and he came from afar to see me sincerely, and he has insight to teach. I want to be a good friend, to be close to each other. City Lord Deng didn't deliberately offend me, so where would I have any intention of punishing! You have misunderstood, how can I repay people for revealing their true feelings? ”

Deng Heng also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He had already heard that in the past, many high-ranking officials and nobles were very cold and contemptuous of the people of Biansai Huhan, thinking that they were rude and ignorant mud legs who could not be put on the stage, and they were flogging, insulting, and even killing at will, which was not surprising. Originally, I was worried that Gao Yue was also his generation, but now it seems that there is a difference between cloud and mud. He regretted slightly, he shouldn't have acted willfully, in case Gao Yue was furious because of this, he would want to kill his head and vent his anger, then he would probably have already separated his head at this time.

"The small people are rude and rude, but fortunately, the general is as generous as the sea and does not punish him, and the small people are really ashamed and embarrassed." Deng Heng bowed deeply and thanked him.

Gao Yue waved his hand and said, "It's okay." In fact, the words of the city lord Deng are very much in line with my wishes, but the reason why I don't answer is not because I am pretending to be contemptuous of you, but because I am in Qinzhou at present, I do have a lot of difficulties, and some of them can't pull out. I see that you and General Yang are more compatible, so please ask General Yang to introduce you on your behalf. ”

After listening to Yang Taoluo's introduction to the current situation and difficulties faced by Qinzhou, Deng Heng suddenly realized that he was very sorry and said: "In this way, it is really a sin that Xiaomin is too impatient and misinterprets the sincerity of the general." However, since the general will not turn us away, then Xiaomin is a bit foolish. ”

"It is reasonable that the general should go all out to guard against the Han State at present. However, I don't think it would prevent the North from being accommodated at this time. The general did not need to take any laborious action, and sent a partial division, or an official who sensed the will of the people, to go to the north of the country at the same time, and then the small people contributed some modest efforts, basically there would be no chaos, and then it could ensure that the Nanhetao, at least nominally, had been placed under the command of the general. Then reward and return as appropriate, punish and disobey, and then everything is logical. ”

Gao Yue snorted, seeing that Deng Heng was always enthusiastic and active, he couldn't bear to chill his heart, so he smiled and said, "Okay." I have written down the words of City Lord Deng. However, the stakes are high, and I do not want to act arbitrarily, and I will wait for some discussion with my colleagues before making a decision. If City Lord Deng is fine, he can stay in my Xiangwu City first, and let me entertain him for a few days, how about it? ”