Hou Cheng, who was disguised as a merchant, had been in Guluo City for several days. www.biquge.info As the de facto intelligence leader of the Tiance Army, Hou Cheng has always been under the direct command of Lu Bu in the army, and he is indispensable for all major reconnaissance missions.

Last time, he was in charge of escorting Liu Bian, the king of Hongnong, to escape from Luoyang, and it was done very well, judging from Dong Zhuo's reaction, if it wasn't for Lu Bu taking the initiative to admit that Liu Bian was in his hands, maybe this secret would have been kept for a long time. Even if Dong Zhuo knows now, although the forces in other fields are suspicious, they still can't prove that Liu Bian is in the hands of Lu Bu.

On this trip, Hou Cheng was entrusted by Lu Bu to go to the north to find out the inside news of the Southern Huns, and by the way, spread the news that Yu Fuluo intended to return to Shan Yuting to compete for the throne. According to Lu Bu's meaning, Yu Fuluo must not be allowed to return to Meiji alive, otherwise the Southern Huns with a new king will form a group, which will pose a greater threat to the Tiance army.

With Lü Bu's cruel approach to the Yufuluo tribe at the beginning, if Yufuluo became the Shan Yu of the Southern Huns, the first thing he would do was to bring a large army to fight Lü Bu desperately

Hou Cheng took dozens of capable subordinates, carried some pottery and cloth with a horse team, set off from Gaowolf, along the bank of the Yellow River all the way to the north, passing through Yuanyang and Yuanyin, which are located in the westernmost part of Xihe County, and then touched into Baitu and Zhenlin in the north of Shangjun, and finally arrived at Guluo City, which was less than 100 miles away from Yuting in Nandan.

The area of Xihe County is very large, and it seems that the name should be west of the Yellow River, but in fact half is in the west and half is in the east. The actual scope of Xihe County currently controlled by the Tiance Army only accounts for one-fifth of the entire territory of Xihe at most, and the rest of the places still need to be carefully explored by a bold and careful spy like Hou Cheng.

The secret reconnaissance along the way made Hou Cheng feel very bad. The danger encountered along the road came second, and the key was that after Hou Cheng saw the bad situation around the Tiance Army, he had a deep crisis and worry about the future.

The two counties of Yuanyang and Yuanyin, located on the west side of the Yellow River, have been completely occupied by the Qiang and Tuan Hu people of Shangjun. In the north of the entire upper county, there is no place for the Han people. The Southern Xiongnu took full control of the territory of Xihe County, north of Yuanyin and west of the Yellow River.

The Southern Xiongnu seem to have reached some kind of agreement with the Qiang tribe and the Hu tribe, the Southern Xiongnu will not plunder Yuanyin and Yuanyang to the south, and the Qiang will not occupy Guluo City to the north.

The Qiang forces in Shangjun were not easier to deal with than the Southern Huns in the north of Xihe County, they migrated from Liangzhou, and even Dong Zhuo's Western Liang army could not deal with them.

Tiance Mansion has very limited knowledge of the Shangjun Qiang and Tuzhu Hu people, and obviously underestimates their potential threat to Lishi. Hou Cheng had an idea, after returning to Lishi this time, he suggested that Lu Bu set up a special spy organization, aiming at the situation of the Southern Xiongnu, Qiang, Xianbei, and Tuzhong Hu people, as well as Shangdang, Taiyuan and Hedong, divided into seven or eight teams, and each team sent capable people to the destination for long-term lurking, and provided important news for Tiance Mansion at a critical time.

After some secret inquiry, among the news that Hou Cheng obtained, the only good news was that after the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, who had obtained the position of Shan Yu of the Southern Xiongnu through rebellion, was killed, several of his generals were competing for the position of Shan Yu, and no one was willing to go south to welcome Yu Fuluo's return.

The horse team brought by Hou Cheng began to trade with the Southern Xiongnu, Qiang, Xianbei and Tuchong Hu people in the city of Guluo. In the course of the transaction, news spread that Furo had suffered a defeat in Hedong and joined the Baibo army.

A few days later, several strong Southern Huns came to see Hou Cheng and demanded that all the remaining goods of Hou Cheng be bought, on the condition that Hou Cheng leave Guluo City with them and send the goods to Guangyan City.

Guangyan City is only ten miles away from Guluo City, and the road is very close, so Hou Cheng has no reason to refuse.

Hou Cheng came to Guangyan City with his men and horse team, and then met the King of Ligu of the Southern Huns. The right valley Li King is the noble title of the Xiongnu, in the Xiongnu princes, the status is very high, and the left Xian Wang, the left Gu Li Wang, the right Xian Wang together called the "four corners".

Among the four corners, the left Xianwang is the highest, and the right valley is the last.

King Liwang of Yougu carefully inquired with Hou Cheng about the news about Fuluo, Hou Cheng pretended to be unintentional, and said everything he wanted to spread, and there were some hidden contents that he concealed.

Hou Cheng couldn't see whether the king of Yougu Li wanted to greet Yu Fuluo or wanted to guard against Yu Fuluo. But this did not prevent him from "selling" to the king of Yougu Li, the more than 1,000 adult female slaves of the Southern Huns who were selected by the consolation camp in Shicheng.

Hou Cheng told the king of Yougu Li that he had a relative who was an official in the Tiance Mansion, mainly responsible for managing slaves, and had "peddled" the female slaves of the Southern Xiongnu to him before leaving, but because his capital was not enough, he did not accept the deal.

After listening to Hou Cheng's words, King Liwang of Yougu did not express his position immediately, but invited Hou Cheng to live in Guangyan for a few days. Hou Cheng speculated that the King of Yougu Liwang may not have received much news from the Tiance Army, and this was to send someone to the vicinity of Lishi to find out the truth and falsehood.

Hou Cheng made an excuse that the horse team still had to go west to Dachengsai to buy goods, and he himself could stay, and the caravan should rush over first. King Liwang of Yougu did not embarrass Hou Cheng, paid Hou Cheng the money for the purchase of pottery and cloth, and let Hou Cheng's caravan leave Guangyan.

Hou Cheng stayed in Guangyan City for another five days, and the King of Yougu Li came to see him and asked him to help connect with Tiance Mansion and want to buy the slave girls. Hou Cheng pretended to hesitate, and reluctantly agreed to this matter under the coercion and temptation of the King of Yougu Li. According to the agreement, the king of Yougu Li was willing to exchange two hundred high-grade war horses for these more than 1,000 female slaves.

Two hundred war horses may seem like a small number, but after the Han people lost the land of the Hetao, high-quality war horses were already very rare. Now the land of horse breeding that is still in the hands of the Han people is only a corner of Liaodong. As for Xiliang Ma Teng, he is a Qiang and Han mongrel, and he will lead the Qiang people to make trouble at every turn, and he will never sell his war horse to the Han people.

The news that Hou Cheng reached a trade intention with the Southern Xiongnu Right Guli King soon spread back to Lishi, and along with this news, there was also news about Yuanyang and Yuanyin, and about the situation around Guluo City.

Lü Bu didn't care too much about this deal, he attached great importance to the information about the Qiang people in Shangjun, as well as the internal situation of the Southern Xiongnu. Lu Bu asked Hou Cheng to bring a message, and put the place of the transaction north of Yuanyang and west of the Yellow River, and when the time comes, the Tiance Mansion will send someone to send the female slave over, hand over the person with one hand, and exchange the horse with the other

The king of the right valley has no opinion on the place of the transaction, and the vicinity of Yuanyang is exactly in the middle of Lishi to Guangyan, and the two sides need to travel three hundred miles each, which is more fair. If the Tiance Army had placed the trading location near Guluo City, the Right Gu Li King would not have agreed. There are many people in the area of Guluo City, and it is easy to be discovered.