As soon as he said this, Liu Xin regretted it a little, and he found that he had nothing to use as a token at all. He had come down from the battlefield and had not taken anything with him to signify his royal status. Even in normal times, he only likes to wear an ordinary robe, and he also does not carry ornaments such as jade pendants.

When Zhen Mi heard that Liu Xin was going to give her a token that she could freely enter and leave the Chang'an book collection, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a deep blessing: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Liu Xin then understood what Jun Wu joked about, so he had to reach out and touch it twice, took out a flying knife from his waist, coughed dryly, and said: "I didn't bring anything good with me, this flying knife has been with me for many years, so it should be used as a token." ”

The knives shone with a cold light, and they were extremely sharp. Most girls have little interest in weapons, and are even a little afraid, and Zhen Mi is no exception. But thinking of the many books in Chang'an City, Zhen Mi didn't know where she got the courage, stretched out her slender jade hand, took the flying knife, and said happily: "Big brother, I want to go to Chang'an as soon as possible!" ”

Zhen Yan was startled and said: "Now that there is chaos outside, our Zhen family has no property in Chang'an, how can you go as a girl." ”

Zhen Mi pursed her lips and looked at Liu Xin as if asking for help. Liu Xin sighed and said, "It's okay, I will return to Chang'an in a few days, if it is convenient for Miss Zhen, I can go with me." I just don't know if your eldest brother will agree? ”

In fact, Liu Xin came to Zhen's house this time, just to see how beautiful the legendary Luo Shen was, and had no other ideas. But what Liu Xin didn't expect was that Zhen Mi was still just a little girl whose body had not yet grown. Besides, even if she is a beautiful girl to be married, Liu Xin can't be much interested now, after all, she has reached the age where she can be her father, and he has not paid off the romantic debts caused by Shanshan, and he doesn't want to make any more extraneous branches in Yecheng.

The reason why Liu Xin said that he would take Zhen Mi to Chang'an was because he was sure that Zhen Yan would not agree to this matter. After all, as an old family, he would not easily let his unmarried daughter go with a strange man. But Liu Xin miscalculated one thing, because for the family, the prosperity of the family is more important. Zhen Yan is worried that he can't find a backer, and he can't ask for such an opportunity.

After listening to Liu Xin's words, Zhen Yan nodded again and again, and said with a smile on her face: "The little sister can return to Beijing with His Majesty, and the little people will be relieved." ”

Liu Xin had nothing to say, turned to Xin Bi and said, "George, this matter will be handed over to you, remember to inform the Zhen family when I leave." ”

Xin Bi naturally responded to the promise. Everyone left the Zhen family and went straight to Yuan Shao's general's mansion. At this time, Yuan Shao's wife and concubines and several sons were all taken into prison, and the house was also cleaned, leaving only a few maids and slaves. Although the huge general's mansion seemed empty, it still couldn't hide the extreme luxury and extravagance.

Liu Xin sat in the hall and listened to the generals report the results. Wen Chou has been ambushed, since Yuan Shao and below, the judge, Feng Ji, Xu Yu, Xun Chen, and Guo Tu have all been captured, Xin Ping died in the chaos, and the families of these people have also been taken into custody, and the result waiting for them is to be given to the meritorious heroes as slaves.

Seeing that Xin Bi's expression was a little gloomy, Liu Xin sighed: "George, I don't want to see your eldest brother's death, so you go and bring his family back." ”

Simbi walked out thankfully. Xu Huang arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do with these captives?" ”

Liu Xin thought for a while and said: "Degrade Xun Chen and Guo Tu to commoners, deport them back to Yingchuan, and behead them on the street." Judging is upright and faithful, let him be restrained in his good life. As for the other two, they are treacherous and greedy, but they must not be spared, and they must be violently corpsed for three days as a punishment! ”

Zhang Fei suddenly shouted: "Big brother, slaughter Yuan Shao's house." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "How can you be so cheap for him, escort him to Chang'an first." ”

Xu Huang said again: "Your Majesty, the war here is over, you should return to Beijing." ”

"Junyi, the Hebei area will be handed over to you. It is imperative to eliminate the remnants of the enemy and let the people settle down as soon as possible. All the property copied from the homes of Yuan Shao and others was used to help the people, and if there was a shortage of food, supplies could be mobilized from Jiangnan. Gongming and Yide, the two of you will lead the troops to Taiyuan on the same day to help Zilong and Wenyuan. Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "After the Xianbei army is destroyed, I will set off to return to Beijing." ”

While he was talking, a personal guard walked in and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation from Taiyuan." ”

Liu Xin hurriedly took the letter, glanced at it twice, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that I can return to Chang'an tomorrow." ”

It turned out that Zhao Yun took advantage of the brutality of the Xianbei people to fully win over the hearts of the people in Yanmen County and the surrounding counties of Taiyuan, and used the old Great Wall in the north to set up a defensive line, completely blocking the retreat of the Kuitou; On the one hand, the team pretended to be Xianbei people to attack the Xianbei team that went out to plunder scattered, which made the contradictions between the various Xianbei tribes that were not very united become more and more acute.

At the same time, Zhao Yun got in touch with Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and the two armies, one south and one north, constantly compressed the scope of activities of the Xianbei people, encroached on the counties around Taiyuan, and gradually formed a siege of Taiyuan City and the Xianbei army stationed in the surrounding area.

The three brothers Kuitou, Fu Luohan, and Budugen, who stayed in Taiyuan City all day long, did not realize that something was wrong until this time, and they should resign to **, and wanted to lead their troops back to the Mobei Grassland, but it was too late. Not only has their road to the grassland been blocked by the Han army, but even the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry stationed outside the city have lost contact with each other.

The Han army surrounded Taiyuan City on all sides, and did not attack, but first cleared the Xianbei tribes on the periphery. Although the Xianbei cavalry was fierce, the cavalry of the Sixth Legion had also been trained on the grassland for a long time, and their equipment was more sophisticated than them, and they had the absolute upper hand in the duel with each other. Moreover, the Han infantry has already scattered many horse nails around the camp of the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people dare not leave the camp. Because war horses are their most important property, no one wants their war horses to be damaged.

In fact, the Xianbei cavalry outside Taiyuan City had an advantage in numbers, and its combat effectiveness was far stronger than Yuan Shao's army, but the Han army adopted the strategy of breaking them one by one, and the Xianbei army outside the city would be defeated so quickly.

After clearing the Xianbei cavalry on the periphery, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun commanded the infantry to begin the siege. The trebuchet attacked continuously for a day and a night, and before the official attack began, the eastern, northern, and southern gates of Taiyuan City were opened.

These days, the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City are fed up with the atrocities of the Xianbei people, and they also hate the groveling of **, coupled with the powerful offensive of the Han army, they have no hope of being able to hold the city, so they took advantage of the night to open the city gate and let the Han army in. The three brothers and ** were all pulled out of the bed by the Han soldiers, and the entire Taiyuan County fell into the hands of the Han army.

Ma Chao, who went deep into the Mobei grassland, also sent back the news. He led 20,000 cavalry all the way to Liaodong, swept all the steppe tribes he encountered on the way, and then turned south and entered the territory of Wuhuan. Many small tribes have taken the initiative to surrender, including the Xiongnu tribe in Alding and the Xianbei tribe in Yuwenjing.

Yu Wenjing had personally experienced the Battle of Taiyuan, and tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry were defeated by the Han infantry. He escaped back to the grassland, but when the Han army attacked, he hurriedly persuaded the herdsmen in the clan to come out and surrender, and he didn't want to be an enemy of the Han people again in his life.

There were so many small tribes that asked for surrender that many of the tribal elders were willing to serve as hostages in the Han army, including Yu Wenjing and the lame Aldin. How to deal with these small tribes and hostages, Ma Chao couldn't be the master for a while, so he had to stop temporarily in the Wuhuan territory and send someone Pegasus to report to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun didn't dare to make a claim, and wrote this situation into the military intelligence report and sent it over.

After the military intelligence report was read in everyone's hands, Zhang Fei suddenly jumped up and said loudly: "Zilong is really, do you still need to ask Your Majesty for this trivial matter?" It's not enough to just kill all those steppe people. In the future, there will be no threat to the northern border of the Han Dynasty, wouldn't it be convenient? ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said: "In this vast grassland in the north, there was Di Rong in the first Qin period, and then there were the Xiongnu, after the Xiongnu were defeated at the hands of Emperor Wu, Xianbei gradually rose again, have you ever thought about what the reason is?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Liu Xin had already continued: "It's just that my Han people are mainly farming and are not suitable for life on the grassland, even if they are defeated, there is no way to completely control this grassland. Maybe killing them all now can be exchanged for decades of peace, but what about decades later? Perhaps there will be other steppe tribes that will gradually rise, and when the time comes, they will threaten the peace of the Han Dynasty. ”

Xu Huang bowed down and said, "Your Majesty knows the situation on the grassland well, so he must have a good plan." ”

Liu Xin smiled and said, "The best way is to let those grassland peoples gradually integrate into our Han people, so that they can all be proud and proud to be a member of the Han Dynasty." Therefore, for these small tribes who take refuge in the net, it is still necessary to open the net. ”

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "It's a pity, big brother is going to release those hostages." ”

"Nope! Send all these hostages to Chang'an and let them participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony! Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "The war in the north should also end." Ordered Ma Chao to lead the army south on the same day, and after cleaning up the Wuhuan departments, he went straight to Youzhou! ”

Although there are still many places in the northern states that have not officially fallen under Liu Xin's rule, with the successive downfall of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, it is only a matter of time before the country is unified, and Liu Xin's mood is completely relaxed, and he rests beautifully in the General's Mansion for one night, and sets off for Chang'an early the next morning.

Zhen Yan and Zhen Mi brothers and sisters, who got the news, waited in front of the mansion early, and more than 30 carriages lined up in a long line, many of which were full of cages. Liu Xin was taken aback when she saw this posture, and asked in surprise: "Miss Zhen, are you going to the capital to study, what are you doing with so many things?" Could it be that he even brought the dowry? ”