The news that Lu Bu had defeated 30,000 cavalry and 30,000 horses in Jiuyuan quickly spread throughout the camp, and all the soldiers and civilians felt amplitude and encouragement. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is already the third big victory of the Tiance Army against the Xianbei people!

If one victory with fewer wins is not enough to prove the strength of the Tiance Army, then come to three! If three games are not enough, then it will be up to Tiance to fight again in the future across the Chisu and Xianbei people inside and outside the Yin Mountain.

After the army converged, Lü Bu ordered the whole army to rest in place for two days, and wait for the Southern Huns at both ends of the Yellow River to receive the battle report from the north side of the river, and then pull out the camp and return south, it is not too late.

The more than 3,000 Xianbei people who were captured and crossed the river learned that their big leader and company had been chased and killed by Lu Bu himself to the depths of the desert, and they became more honest. The Han soldiers who guarded them had told the Xianbei captives that there were some cavalry members of the Tiance army, which consisted of the Southern Huns, Qianghu and Xianbei people, and that they no longer had to worry about their lives.

Two days was enough for the Southern Xiongnu tribes to receive the news from across the river.

Lu Bu only relied on the number of thousands of cavalry defeats and 30,000 cavalry, which could withstand scrutiny. Because Lu Bu passed by with his troops from under the noses of the Southern Huns, he still had to leave a part of his men and horses to guard the south bank of the river, and the number of people who could fight with the Xianbei people on the north bank would definitely not exceed 4,000. As the leader of Helian, it is definitely not an exaggeration to dispatch 30,000 horses at a time.

Lu Bu easily chased and killed Helian in the depths of the desert, which fully proved the strength of the Tiance Army and Lu Bu's own use of troops.

Two days later, the Tiance army escorted more than 13,000 Han people, more than 3,000 Xianbei prisoners, and carried all kinds of supplies and horse teams, and set out from Heyin in a mighty way, along the road they had taken, and marched south.

This time, within thirty miles on both sides of the road, there was not a single Southern Hun to be seen.

Because he carried tens of thousands of Han people who could only walk on their feet, the speed of the march to the south was much slower than when they were heading north. Lü Bu planned to settle the more than 10,000 Han people from the border areas of Wuyuan in Yuanyin and Yuanyang counties, and he sent Hou Cheng to lead a team of men and horses to speed back to Lishi, and asked Changshi Luzhi and Xihe Taishou Zhang Fan to send a few capable officials to be responsible for the resettlement of these border people, and at the same time to be responsible for the administrative management and other internal affairs of the two counties.

Hou Cheng led people on fast horses and rushed back to Lishi at three times the speed of the large army.

Lu Zhi, Gao Shun and others, who stayed behind in Lishi, were very happy to learn that Lu Bu had won another battle in Jiuyuan and that their own losses were very small.

Lu Zhi arranged for his subordinates to spread the news of the Tiance army's victory in Jiuyuan to the nearby counties in a timely manner, and at the same time sent people to Jinyang to report the victory to Ding Yuan, Zhang Yang, Cai Yong, Gai Xun and others. The spread of the news of this great victory has a very good effect on boosting the morale of the army and stabilizing the people's will.

At this time, more than twenty days had passed since Lu Bu led his army north from Lishi. Yang Xiao was ordered to go to Hanoi to find two talents, one of whom had already come to Lishi.

This person is Chang Lin.

Speaking of which, Yang Xiao's luck is also enviable. After Lü Bu invited him to a full meal of beef, he arranged four more guards for him to escort him from Lishi to Hanoi along the route of Zhang Liao from Hanoi to Xihe. When passing through the Lugu Mountain area of Shangdang, Yang Xiao heard two woodcutters on the side of the road talking about a very learned scholar hidden in the mountain, so he held the idea of beating rabbits with grass and asked the woodcutter to lead the way in front, and then found Chang Lin.

It turned out that when the Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang raised an army to crusade against Dong Zhuo, he once sent some protégés to search for the mistakes of officials and ordinary people in various counties of Hanoi, and once they were discovered, they were immediately imprisoned, and then sentenced to the guilt of these people, and let them use money or food to atone for their crimes, and if they did not pay the money and grain after the expiration date, they would destroy their clans to set an example. Chang Lin's uncle had a dislike with one of Wang Kuang's protégés, and the protégé reported Chang Lin's uncle to Wang Kuang, and Wang Kuang detained Chang Lin's uncle for questioning.

After Chang Lin learned about this, he went to intercede with Wang Kuang's fellow villager Hu Wubiao, who was Hu Wubiao's brother who was later killed by Wang Kuang. At that time, Hu Wuban had not been sent to Hanoi by Dong Zhuo to act as a lobbyist, so Wang Kuang's relationship with Hu Wubiao was quite good, Hu Wubiao immediately met Wang Kuang and accused Wang Kuang of arresting people indiscriminately, and Wang Kuang let Chang Lin's uncle go.

Later, Wang Kuang was ordered by Yuan Shao to kill Hu Wuban regardless of his in-laws, and the Hu family and Wang Kuang turned against each other. Chang Lin saw that Hanoi was becoming more and more dangerous, and was worried that Wang Kuang would trouble the Chang family again, so he took his family north through Tianjing Pass and lived in seclusion near Lugu Mountain, thirty miles west of Changzi County, Shangdang County.

After Yang Xiao saw Chang Lin, he made his intentions clear, and especially emphasized that Zhang Fan, a famous man in Hanoi, specially recommended him to Tiance General Lu Bu. Chang Lin learned that Zhang Fan was so considerate of him, so he had the idea of wanting to repay his kindness, he readily agreed to Yang Xiao's invitation, and then proposed to Yang Xiao to go by the way to recruit Hu Wubiao, who also avoided trouble and went to the party, maybe Hu Wubiao, who is now desperate, will also agree to go out.

Under the guidance of Chang Lin, Yang Xiao met Hu Wubiao. At this time, the Hu family had fallen into decay, and the two minor sons left behind after Hu Wuban's death still had to rely on Hu Wubiao to raise them, and their lives were extremely hard. Yang Xiao invited Hu Wubiao to Xihe to be an official for Lu Bu, and Hu Wubiao heard that Chang Lin had agreed, so he pushed the boat down the river and decided to take the Hu family and Chang Lin to Xihe to join Lu Bu.

Yang Xiao successfully completed half of the tasks assigned by Lu Bu, and then passed through Tianjing Pass, entered Hanoi from Taihang, and continued to look for Yang Jun, another talent recommended by Zhang Fan to Lu Bu.

A few days after Chang Lin and Hu Wubiao came to Lishi, Lu Zhi had already personally inspected these two people, and felt that there was absolutely no problem in letting them serve as the county commanders of any county in Xihe.

Hou Cheng came back to spread the word, saying that Lu Bu wanted to place the border people of Wuyuan in Yuanyin and Yuanyang, and leave a force to garrison, Lu Zhi and Zhang Fan discussed, and decided to appoint Chang Lin as the commander of Yuanyang County, and Hu Wubiao as the commander of Yuanyin County.

Yuanyin County is in the west of Yuanyang County, closer to the territory of the Southern Xiongnu and Qianghu people, Hu Wubiao was able to organize soldiers and assassins to kill Wang Kuang after his brother's death, proving that this person's courage and means are not bad, so that he can block the west for Chang Lin, who was born as a scribe, and can be regarded as making the best use of his talents.

Now that the county candidate had been decided, Hou Cheng escorted the two and their families to Yuanyin and Yuanyang counties to take office.

Yuanyin and Yuanyang counties originally belonged to the jurisdiction of Xihe County, only more than ten years ago by the Qianghu people, these two counties close to the lower reaches of Yuanshui, although the county of Xihe is a little far away from the stone, and there is also the Yellow River in between, but the land that can be used for cultivation is actually more than Gaowolf, Lin County and Zhongyang County, and it is also more fertile.

If the Tiance army can completely control the two counties of Yuanyin and Yuanyang, whether it is to send troops north to deal with the Southern Huns, or to go west to fight the Qianghu people, there will be a base with sufficient food and grass to advance.