In the third year of Jianxing, at the beginning of July, General Zhenbei led 30,000 Liaodong Army to cross the Yellow River, accompanied by Liu Yao, the commander of the envoy, and Wen Qiao, the general of Jianwei, and stationed in Fushi City.

Fushi City, the original Shangjun Governor's Office, was occupied by Qianghu during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and Liu Yao and Wen Qiao recovered the entire Shangjun after crossing the river.

After entering the city, Wei Shuo briefly inquired about the specific situation of the current Guanzhong, and learned that Liu Yao had temporarily stopped the attack on Chang'an, so he relieved himself and planned to stop at Fushi City to rest for a while.

"My lord, since entering the customs, with the help of Taizhen, the forward army has recovered the entire Shangjun, and the total strength has been expanded to 15,000 people, but due to the lack of material replenishment, the newly selected soldiers can only temporarily equip the captured weapons."

Wei Shuo was very satisfied with the achievements of Liu Yao and Wen Qiao, and the two of them not only recovered Shangjun with more than 10,000 troops, but also threatened the Huns Liu Yao many times, which can be said to have overfulfilled the task.

"Zhengchang, Taizhen, you have done a good job, which greatly exceeded my expectations, and laid a solid foundation for the future Liaodong Army to conquer Guanzhong!"

"Lord, it's too much!"

Wei Shuo's army rested in Fushi City for a few days, and suddenly heard a report from the scouts that Liu Hutong, the leader of the Xiongnu Tiefu Tribe, commanded 20,000 cavalry troops from Shuofang to the south to invade Shangjun, and at this time, Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, led his army from Fengyi County to the north to attack Shangjun with Liu Hu in the north and south.

Liu Hu originally lived in the northern part of Xinxing County, and at first he submitted to the Jin Dynasty, but later rebelled against the Jin Dynasty because he believed that the tribe was gradually increasing.

In October of the fourth year of Yongjia, Liu Kun, the assassin of Jin and Prefecture, joined forces with Tuoba Yilu to jointly crusade against Liu Hu.

After the defeat, Liu Hu collected the remnants of his troops, crossed the Yellow River to the west, and garrisoned the Luchuan River in Shuofang, and attached himself to Liu Cong, the emperor of Han Zhao.

Liu Cong regarded Liu Hu as a clan and appointed him as the general of Anbei, the military of Jian Xianbei, and the general of Ding Lingzhonglang. Sealed as the building annoyance.

At first, Liu Hu didn't take the Liaodong Army seriously, but when Liu Yao and Wen Qiao swept all the way through the Qianghu tribes to recover Shangjun, they realized the threat of the Liaodong Army. At this time, Liu Yao sent someone to invite the Tiefu Department to attack Shangjun together, and promised that Shangjun would be ceded to the Tiefu Department after the matter was completed.

Liu Yao and Liu Hu came to attack at the same time, and Wei Shuo did not dare to underestimate them. Hurriedly summoned Pei Wei, Mo Han, Lu Chang and others to discuss.

After the generals came, they sat down in columns, and Wei Shuo said: "Everyone, the Liaodong Army has not gained a stable foothold in the pass at the beginning, and Shuo originally wanted to make plans after resting. Unexpectedly, Liu Yao and Liu Hu intend to attack Shangjun from the north and south, and dare to ask you what good strategy my Liaodong Army should take? ”

When the words landed, Mo Han stood up and suggested proudly: "Lord, the Hun cavalry is brave and good at fighting. The world knows everything! Now that they are attacking from the north and south, it can be seen that the enemy is bound to win against us. Hu Lu is powerful, even though the lord is brave and invincible, but after all, there is a lack of troops, and there are many foot soldiers, if the north and south face the enemy at the same time, our army will suffer. ”

"Between me, the lord might as well leave the infantry to guard the southern line and prevent Liu Yao from going north to join Liu Hu. And the lord personally led the elite cavalry to attack Shuofang, if he could capture Liu Hu in a battle. Liu Yao is not worried! ”

When Wei Shuo heard this, he thought about it carefully, and felt that it made sense, so he looked around and said, "Do you have any suggestions?" If there is no other suggestion, we will act according to Shirong's proposal, and tomorrow we will attack Liu Hu! ”

The generals commanded. Each of them went down to prepare things. Just as Wei Shuo was about to leave the house, he was blocked by a middle-aged scholar.

"In Xia Feng Yi, you will meet General Zhenbei from afar!" As soon as the visitor saw Wei Shuo, he bowed down.

As Wei Shuo's reputation became higher and higher, more and more talents took the initiative to serve him, and You Ziyuan was one of them, who was famous in history. Zhang Hua, the Sikong of the Western Jin Dynasty, once commented on his magnanimity and squareness, and later Zhao Guanzhi to the Great Situ and Lu Shangshu.

In history, because Liu Yao was at a loss to deal with the leader of the Qiang tribe, all the Qiang tribes rebelled, and Liu Yao used Youziyuan as the general of the chariot to defeat the rebels, and soon destroyed it, and convinced him not to rebel again, and made great contributions to the stability of the former Zhao rule in Guanzhong.

Although he was in Guanzhong, he had also heard of Jicheng Tuhu, and even learned that Wei Shuo had defeated Shi Le, Duan Ji, Lu Jun, Murong Diao and other heroes on his own.

When he learned that the Son of Heaven had ordered the general of Zhenbei and the Mu Weishuo of Youzhou to be the governor of the conquest, he realized that Liu Yao was not far from destruction. As soon as Wei Shuo's army crossed the river, Youziyuan rushed to Fushi City in light clothes and casual clothes, and stopped Wei Shuo who was about to go out in front of the palace gate.

Wei Shuo and the others looked at You Ziyuan, and You Ziyuan was also looking at Wei Shuo and the others. He found that the legendary and famous general Zhenbei was only about twenty years old, but he was more than eight feet tall, with a dignified appearance, a talent, and a faint extraordinary momentum on his body.

Although the expedition was imminent, he still politely invited You Ziyuan into the living room, and everyone sat down, Wei Shuo spoke first: "I don't know what happened to Mr. You?" ”

"I have heard for a long time that General Wei loves the Magi, and what I see today is really like this, Ziyuan is really the master of the Ming."

Wei Shuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and first introduced Pei Wei, Mo Han, Lu Chang, and Wen Qiao to You Ziyuan, and then ordered someone to prepare a banquet immediately, to pick up the wind for You Ziyuan, and then pointed to You Ziyuan and introduced: "Ziyuan is a famous man of Feng Yi, and he has come to defect today, and Shuo first appointed him as a record to join the army in the name of General Zhenbei, and then serve as a counselor in the military aircraft, and then take the post with merit after pacifying Guanlong in the future!" ”

"Mr. Ziyuan came just in time, I was about to send troops to recruit Liu Hu of the Shuofang Tiefu Department, and there is still a lack of a person in the army who knows about the Guanzhong Zhuhu Department, I wonder if Mr. has good words to offer?"

Seeing Wei Shuo's question, You Ziyuan knew that this was a test for him, as a native of Guanzhong, he was no stranger to Zhuhu entrenched in Shangjun and Shuofang.

After glancing at everyone, I saw that Youzi Yuan got up with a deep groan and said: "Lord Lord, Liu Hu of the Tiefu Department has recovered his strength after several years of recuperation after Yongjia was defeated by Liu Sikong and Tuoba Xianbei in the fourth year. At present, Liu Hu has more than 40,000 cavalry and more than 130,000 subordinates, and is the more powerful commander of Huluqu in the north. ”

"However, he will come lightly and unprepared, if the lord quickly goes north with tens of thousands of fine horses, and sets up an ambush at the foot of the Great Wall to wait for labor, he will definitely be able to win a big victory and capture Liu Hu under the horse in one fell swoop!"

"Ziyuan coincides with me, pass on my general order, and the army will immediately set out to conquer Shuofang!"

On the second day, Wei Shuo left the general Mao Baotong's infantry to guard the city of Fushi, while he himself took Duan Wenyang, Ji Tang, Zhang Biao, Nengchen, Liu Yao and others to ride more than 30,000 people to meet Liu Hu.

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Shuofang County, located in the plain, the city is vast, is the seat of Shuofang County. Since the outbreak of the Yongjia Rebellion, Shuofang County has been occupied by the Xiongnu Tiefu Department. After Liu Hu occupied this place, he took this as the foundation and ran the Tiefu Department, hoping that one day he could also set foot in the Central Plains like Liu Yuan's father and son.

Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiefu Tribe, was ambitious and not willing to only possess Shuofang, but in the past, Shangjun was the residence of the Qianghu tribe, and Qianghu surrendered to Liu Cong, even if he coveted Shangjun, he would not dare to get involved easily.

But this time, the Liaodong Army swept through the Qianghu tribes, which not only threatened Liu Hu's interests, but also made him see the opportunity to annex Shangjun. As soon as he received Liu Yao's invitation, Liu Hu led 30,000 cavalry soldiers to the south quickly.

At this time, Liu Hu was sitting on horseback with great ambition and shouting his command to the south, in order to occupy Shangjun as soon as possible, he constantly urged the cavalry to speed up, and it took only seven days for the army to travel 300 miles. Liu Hu did not pay attention to the Liaodong Army that was going north, and his understanding of the Jin Army only came from the soldiers of the original annexed state.

Think about it, if the Liaodong army is defeated and the Shangjun is taken, the power of the Tiefu Department will definitely rise because of this, and maybe they will be able to take revenge on Tuoba Xianbei. Hearing that there was a civil strife in Tuoba Xianbei and his power was greatly reduced, Liu Hu felt that as long as he got Shangjun, he could hope to defeat Tuoba Xianbei who occupied the Hetao and then unify the entire Hetao Plain.

If such a great feat is accomplished, he must be the greatest leader of the Tiefu Ministry, thinking of this, Liu Hu couldn't help but have a smug smile on his face, he touched the scimitar on his waist, and couldn't help but be ambitious, so Liu Hu took the beautiful ideal all the way to the foot of the Great Wall with the army of the Tiefu Ministry.

It's a pity that the arrogant Liu Hu didn't expect that Wei Shuo had already laid out his pockets at the foot of the Great Wall and waited for him to crash in. (To be continued.) )