At the beginning of March, Yuan Shao once again stayed in Yecheng to guard Yecheng, and he personally led Yuan Xi, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, etc., and led 70,000 troops and 50,000 people to march out of Yecheng to Liyang.

The army reached Liyang, and the second son Yuan Xi was originally ordered to lead 20,000 troops to cross Baimajin first. Yu Ban, who was stationed in Baima County, did not make any reaction and let Yuan Xi cross the river.

After Yuan Xi crossed the river, Guo Tu begged to guard Liyang. Yuan Shao left 10,000 troops to Guo Tu, ordered him to garrison the retreat, distribute grain and grass, and command 40,000 troops and people to cross Baimajin again.

At this time, the Dangkou army was stationed in Hanoi, and Han Hao gathered the Panshi army to garrison the army to defend against Yuan Shaokou.

After Yuan Shao crossed the river, Yuan Xi led the army and 20,000 people to the south, first conquered Yan County, and built a trench here, which not only prevented Deng Ji's cavalry from attacking, but also threatened Chen Liujun and guarded the original flank.

Yu Forbidden Army 8,000 was also ordered by Cao Cao to confront Yuan Xi in Yan County.

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"Stomp! Stomp, stomp! ”

On the galloping road outside the gate of Yongmen City, a small group of horses rushed towards Luoyang City.

There were more than twenty horses in this group, most of them connected to each other by ropes, and there were only six or seven knights on horseback.

Although this is the heart of Sizhou, it is generally impossible for enemies and thieves to appear, but seeing the outfits of these knights on horseback, it is obvious that all of them are foreigners, and there is no Han inside, and the soldiers of the general Gu Shengbu under Yongmen are still immediately nervous.

"Seal the door!"

Under the order of the hundred generals, the soldiers immediately opened the people, blocked the city gates, erected halberds in front, and opened hard bows in the back, all pointing to the rushing knights.

The people who had entered and exited the city gates retreated to the side of the road, and most of them were not afraid. He only opened his eyes curiously to look at the rushing cavalry.

The cavalry got closer and closer. And began to slow down the horse. However, the hundred generals still shouted: "The one who comes dismounts!" ”

"Phew!"

All the way to this point, these alien knights already knew the rules of Sizhou, and after slowing down fifty paces away, they let their horses run closer and restrained their mounts.

The alien knights jumped off their mounts, and one of them, carrying a few white cards, galloped to the city gate, and respectfully handed them over to the hundred generals. Then he said in proficient Chinese: "Lord Xianbei Kebi can ask to see General Deng, hope to go!" ”

The hundred generals carefully inspected a few waist cards, all of which were handled in the land east of the river, and there was nothing wrong, so he said: "A certain envoy led you to the official residence first, and then reported to the general's mansion, if the lord wants to see, someone will recruit him!" Only in the city, don't cause trouble, and don't run horses! ”

The Xianbei man sneered: "Don't dare! ”

Only then did the hundred generals nod and send a soldier to escort these Xianbei people into the city. Then send another person to inform General Wei's mansion.

Kebineng was in the middle of several Xianbei people who entered the city, and it was the first time he had entered a big Han Xiongcheng like Luoyang. From afar, it began to shake its majesty, and after entering the city, it began to envy its prosperity, but with other thoughts, I was not in the mood to visit everywhere.

Deng Ji did not let him wait long, and sent someone to the official residence to summon him into the palace that night.

After entering General Wei's mansion, when he saw Deng Ji, Tian Feng and others, Yan Rou, who was left as a hostage, was also invited, and Kebi Neng knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "The general forgives his sins!" General mercy! The general is in charge! ”

Seeing him behaving like this, Deng Ji was naturally puzzled.

Kebi Nengcai explained: "In a border area, I have long heard that the general has made friends with Pang Zhen and Montenegro, and the state has belonged to Pang Zhen, so it is convenient for this horse to go south, and he intends to return to his son with the general." Unexpectedly, Pang Zhen's troops will secretly attack halfway, so that hundreds of troops are killed, and all horses are robbed, and the general is the master! ”

The Wuhuan cavalry of Xianbei was broken by Deng Ji, and the rest of the army was captured because of all the food, and the two sides agreed to exchange horses for prisoners. After the beginning of spring, Kebi Neng was the first to prepare the replacement horse, and when he went south last year, he knew that Pang Zhen was attached to Deng Ji, and now although he is in charge of the state, he is still the Sizhou Alliance, and it should be safe to pass from the state.

He wanted to exchange the captured sons and daughters before Budugen, and after Kaichun had gathered enough horses, he was ready to set off on the road.

More than 3,000 horses were to be transported, and some mounts were reserved for the return of the son, and in the end, Kebi was able to personally lead a thousand horses to drive more than 5,000 horses south, and he was also sending an envoy to inform Pang Zhen.

It's just that although Pang Zhen occupies and annexes the state, it is not easy for his command to get war horses, and the time for his rise is short, and now he only has two or three thousand horses, how can he not be greedy when he learns this news?

If there is no windfall, how can the gap between the state and the other princes be narrowed?

Kebineng was afraid of death, and did not dare to enter the city in Bingzhou, but although he was careful, he finally encountered a large number of thieves in the wilderness, and Kebineng escaped with only 800 horses, and all the horses he transported were taken.

No need to ask, this group of thieves must be dressed up by Pang Zhen's subordinates!

Ke Bineng is still more scheming, and he is even more afraid that this matter is because Deng Ji is unwilling to keep his promise to let him go to his son, and secretly conspire with Pang Zhen and the two families to steal his horse for nothing, in order to figure it out, he himself led people to turn around and follow the thieves, and sent people south to Shangdang and Sizhou to find out the relationship between Deng Ji and Pang Zhen. Many of the "Xianbei" in his tribe were actually Han people who fled to the border areas to avoid disasters after the chaos in the world, and it was very convenient to listen to the news.

The thieves eventually returned to Jinyang, and two days later began training cavalry outside the city, without a herd of horses heading south. And the news from the south also came back that Deng Ji and Pang Zhen are now facing each other and separated from each other, and many old thieves from Montenegro have abandoned Pang Zhen and gone south to join Deng Ji.

Kebineng determined that the horse robbery had nothing to do with Deng Ji, and boldly went to Luoyang to cry.

Although Shangdang captured a lot in the first battle, and there was no longer a shortage of horses in the army after Xiliang was pacified and Han Sui surrendered, Deng Ji was still extremely angry when he heard the news.

It is unlikely that Kebi can lie, and the truth of this matter will be known as soon as it is checked.

More than 3,000 of the 5,000 horses robbed by Pang Zhen belonged to Sizhou, which was another provocation by Pang Zhen!

After hearing the news, Deng Ji's eyes lit up fiercely, and he asked left and right: "Tian Shi, Jia Gong, Yuan Zhi, Pang Shuangji has repeatedly damaged me, now Yuan Cao's vicious battle is imminent, and there is no time to take care of it, can you use troops and merge the state first?" ”

Tian Feng groaned: "Our current urgency lies in the establishment of the country; The second is to watch the battle of Yuan Cao. Both of these are critical and should not be done separately. ”

With Yan Rou and Ke Bineng, Tian Feng didn't explicitly say that the armies would stay to defend against Yuan Tun Cao, or Cao Tun Yuan, but Jia Xu and Xu Shu both understood, and nodded in agreement with Tian Feng's point of view.

To establish a great country, everything needs to be built, and the soldiers are in urgent need of recuperation after years of vicious battles, and it is really not suitable to start the war lightly at this time, after thinking about it, Deng Ji reluctantly nodded and agreed to endure this evil breath for the time being.

Deng Ji was not ready to send troops, but Kebineng's matter had not been resolved, and he cried again: "If you suffer this calamity again, the ministry is tired, and you really can't afford to raise a horse to change your son." A certain in the border area, I have heard the name of the general Kuanren for a long time, and I begged for mercy one or two, and Xu Zhongerlang returned. If you get the grace, you will be grateful for the five inside! After that, there was a general's order, and no one dared to disobey! ”

Yan Rou has a good relationship with Xianbei and Wuhuan, and seeing his miserable situation, he couldn't help but help beside him: "A certain Yu Yang, you have to hear about the system of the public state, and the Ming Jun of the real world!" I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I want to beg for the use of Xinyuan, and I hope that the public will not abandon it with vulgarity! The stupid people in the border land may also have a simple view: the new dynasty of the public Great Yuan, Weide should be passed on in the United States, so that the border Yi will be happy to obey the dynasty. Than can be Xianbei adults, has always been very public for the border people respect, now lost its horse, not the original intention, if the public is lenient and allowed to go, the sense of virtue, or can be used! ”

After Yan Rou spoke, Kebineng cried and begged again, Deng Ji said to Yan Rou: "I have lived in the border for a long time, and I have won the heart of a foreign race. Only the root of the step and the stumble have not yet arrived, and the release of the prisoners cannot be lightly allowed! ”

If Kebi can come empty-handed and still be able to release the captives by Deng Ji, what will he think when Budugen, Badun, and Lou Ban send the horses to come? Or is it also called robbery after hearing about it?

Hearing Deng Ji say this, Yan Rou stopped persuading him anymore, although Kebineng was helpless, there was nothing he could do.

Deng Ji nodded and let go, and Kebineng stayed in Luoyang City temporarily.

Yan Rou was willing to go out, and Deng Ji forgot his original hostage identity, and two days later, he was invited to the county guard mansion to assist Tian Chou in doing things with Yan Pu, and became familiar with Sizhou political affairs.

Kebi can first get enough horses to replace the south, and when Yu Bingzhou was robbed, Budugen was also on the road, and when he learned of this halfway, he immediately changed his route and drove the horse around the old land of the Xiongnu. After the Dangkou army conquered the Hetao and Liu Bao's army defeated Hedong, the Xiongnu forces were greatly hit, and they have not eased up until now, and can only control the range of hundreds of miles around the Xiongnu royal court, and are unable to intercept Budugen.

The two departments of Badun and Louban took advantage of Yuan Shao's army to go out and ruled the emptiness, so they drove horses from Youzhou to exchange prisoners.

Badun and Louban waited for Yuan Cao's war to start, and the steps were far behind Kebineng, but Kebineng was robbed, and stayed in Bingzhou to watch and explore for a long time, and the interval between several groups of people was greatly shortened.

Nine days after Kebi was able to arrive in Luoyang, Zhang Yi hurriedly sent a letter to Luoyang, informing Budugen to drive the horse into Hedong; Three days later, Jia Kui's messenger also arrived, reporting that Lou Ban had entered Hanoi.

Deng Ji ordered the military horse farm to send officials to Hedong and Hanoi, selected seven thousand good horses from three families, and was satisfied, so he ordered Luoyang to send the three captives to Heyang County, Hanoi, and led them by Budugen, Bang Dun, and Lou Ban.

However, after Sizhou released the people, Bu Dugen led a few people to cross the river and rushed to the city of Luoyang, asking to see Deng Ji, one to thank him for keeping his promise to release the people, and the other to beg not to let go of the Kebineng troops.

One waited to intercede and let go, and the other didn't let go, Deng Ji and Tian Feng were a little difficult to decide.

Jia Xu recruited Yan Rou to carefully ask Kebineng and Budugen about their past behavior, and after feasting and drinking with the two of them several times, he said to Deng Ji: "Looking at the two chiefs of Xianbei, Kebi can have eloquence and ambition, and Budu Gen is straightforward." If the lord wants to envelop the Xianbei Department for use, the two cannot be both, it is better to help the root of the step and be able to do it. ”

Deng Ji asked Tian Feng and Xu Shu again, and Tian Feng said: "Wenhe is extremely accurate, and I regard Ke as a better person, and I am not willing to live under others." ”

Xu Shu said: "Hearing its two parts, this Ke is stronger than the ability and the step is weak, if the lord wants to close his heart, just help the weak to take the strong, it is easy to get!" ”

So Deng Jiling transferred the captured Kebi Neng people to Bu Dugen, the Xianbei people basically did not have the national concept, only the weak were subordinate to the strong, and they could be supplemented by the Kebi Neng Ministry, Bu Dugen was naturally grateful, and when he parted, he knelt on the ground and cried thanks: "The people of our department, so far they are the ministers of Deng Gong, and they will never rebel!" If Deng Gong has something, send someone to call him, and he will be driven! ”

With these words, Deng Ji let him attack and harass the state when he got the opportunity to go back.

Kebi could hear that his captured son Lang was given to Bu Dugen, and he was so frightened that he fled from Luoyang that day, and after leaving the city for three or four miles, he turned his horse's head, pointed at Luoyang with a horsewhip, and said hatefully: "One day he will be the lord of this city!" ”

(There are a lot of things today, so I can only change it every day, so forgive me.) Ask for commuter passes, recommended tickets) (to be continued.) )