Volume 4 East and West Chapter 27 The Four-Nation Alliance

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The brothers Adi and Amei were drinking when they saw the heads, arms, and thighs of the happy soldiers, and they were shocked by what they saw, but soon they realized that this was not a bad thing, although the soldiers had faint traces of tearing and a lot of blood, but they were all smiling and their mouths were almost grinning to the root of their ears, which was definitely not a bad thing. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

When they found out that the head was actually the Xianbei King Kirby Neng, they were so excited by surprise that they shuddered, and the horn cup in their hands was thrown far away, Adi hugged the human head, looked at it carefully for a while, and then hugged it in his arms in ecstasy, and kissed Kirby Neng a few times in succession, and then the two brothers hugged and cried.

The two brothers are not as beautiful as outsiders imagine, their father is the Hun Zuoxian King to be humble, and now he is the real power of the unnamed Hun Shan Yu, the mother is a Han talent, and now he is a professor at Xuanwu College, but they are a mongrel, in the eyes of the Han people, they are the Huns, in the eyes of the Huns, they are the dogs of the Han people, only because of a good mother is so majestic.

In order to get rid of this view, they charged into battle and fought with the Xianbei people desperately, just to make people believe that their credit was cut by themselves, not because of the relationship between the old lady. However, although the Xianbei people were defeated, their strength was still not weak, they fought very hard, I heard that Kirby could join forces with Budugen and others, they were thinking about whether to continue to chase or retreat, but they didn't expect Kirbyneng's head to appear in front of them in a bizarre way.

Whatever the reason, with this head, they can justifiably rise to another level, without fear of anyone's suspicion.

"Where did it come from?" Adi asked loudly with a wipe of tears on his sleeve.

Seeing that the adults were so happy, a few soldiers knew that the reward would not be able to run away, so they talked about the situation. Adi Gui not only didn't understand, but was even more confused, which nobleman was this, who actually captured Kirby alive and could not take the credit himself, but threw it in front of his camp?

Ah Mei was so angry that he stepped forward to kick the soldiers who were waiting for the reward, kicked them all to the ground, and then picked up the scabbard and whipped wildly, scolding while smoking: "You brutes, in order to fight for merit, can Kirby be divided alive?" Don't you know that a living Kirby can be worth more? You brutes. ”

The soldiers were beaten to the point of crying wolf, but they didn't dare to resist, in fact, they also reacted now, but at that time, when they saw Kirbyneng, their eyes were red, and everyone wanted to make the first contribution, and they didn't know who pulled out the knife first, so they cut Kirbyneng into several large pieces.

"Alright." Adi pulled the panting Ah Mei and asked with a calm face, "Who sent it?" ”

"I saw it from afar, it seemed to be a Xianbei person, one person and two horses, and he left Kirby Neng and left."

Adi rubbed his big mouth, thought for a moment, and immediately ordered: "The whole army should set up camp and prepare for battle." We are the closest to the Xianbei people, Kirby can be captured by life, and the Xianbei people will definitely come. ”

Ah Meigui did not dare to slack off, and immediately organized the soldiers, strengthened their vigilance, and prepared for battle. Two days later, Budugan arrived with an army of 30,000 men, and the Adi brothers were so frightened that just as they were about to flee, they rushed to his camp and expressed their willingness to surrender.

The Adi Gui brothers, who were surprised and delighted, couldn't believe their ears, thinking that Bu Dugen was trying to trap them, and it wasn't until they told them what had happened that they believed the sincerity of the Xianbei people's surrender. But they still didn't understand who the mysterious assassin really was, and why they had given them such a great deal.

If you don't understand it, you can think about it later, and the Adi Gui brothers immediately sent the news to Wuyuan and asked Xiahou Rong, the general of Zhenbei, to send someone to receive Xianbei's soldiers. Xia Hourong received the news, thinking that the Adi Gui brothers wanted to take credit and wanted to faint, or they drank too much wine and talked nonsense, until he saw Kirbyneng's head and Budugen's messenger, he didn't believe it half-heartedly. Xiahou Rong did not dare to slack off, and immediately led 30,000 iron horsemen to arrive, until he saw the Xianbei people all over the mountains, he really realized what was happening.

The main force of 30,000 Xianbei surrendered, and the Xianbei problem, which took five or six years for the Wei people to spend and could not be completely solved with countless money, ended in an unbelievable way. Xiahou Rong selected 20,000 elite soldiers from the 30,000 Xianbei main force, and then brought the remaining tens of thousands of old and weak women back to Bingzhou for resettlement, and recruited them as the captain of Xianbei to supervise their life in Bingzhou.

The news reached Yecheng, the king of Wei Cao Rui was overjoyed, and ordered to reward the meritorious people, and the Adi Gui brothers were promoted to generals because of their merits, and after returning to Yecheng, they were given a banquet by Cao Rui in Fanglin Garden, and they became heroes in the hearts of young people for a while.

The brothers were so happy, but they couldn't figure out who they were and why, who they wanted to give them such a great credit. They kept this secret in their hearts, and strictly ordered the soldiers not to show their mouths, otherwise they would be killed.

Unexpectedly solved the problem of northern Xinjiang, with an additional population of nearly 100,000 and 20,000 elite cavalry, Cao Rui's confidence was greatly increased, and he recalled Xiahou Rong and discussed with him the transfer of troops to the west and prepare for the westward expedition. Xiahou Rong was very sober, and after returning to Yecheng, he asked for a separate meeting and confessed to Cao Rui the reason why Wei's expedition to the west was extremely difficult. Although Cao Rui was a little frustrated, looking at the talents left by his grandfather, he still showed his due demeanor and praised Xia Hourong for his thoughtfulness.

"The minister thinks that the biggest enemy at the moment is not Kushan, but Sasani." Xiahou Rong was also very happy to see that Cao Rui could humbly accept advice, and felt that Cao Rui's decision was very wise. He spread out a map, indicating the approximate locations of the Han, Kushan, Sassanid and Rome, and then said: "After hundreds of years, the Kushan have fallen to the Western Mountain, and they are not even as good as the Romans, and they are no match for the Sassanids at all. But we are far from being ready, and it is in the best interest of the Sassanids to destroy the Kushan, but for us it is beyond the reach of the whip and has little to gain. Instead of this, it is better to reduce the pressure on the Kushans, and even help them to confront the Sassanids and inhibit the development of the Sassanids. ”

Cao Rui smiled, "Your strategy is similar to that of King Yue, he proposed the peace talks of the Four Kingdoms, and he also wanted to coerce the power of Rome and Kushan to flank the Sassanids and curb their development momentum." Kushan and Rome are adjacent to Sasanian, and as long as the Yue Kingdom supports them with some supplies, they can hold back the Sassanids and buy us time to prepare. If this strategy can really be successfully realized, it is possible that the power of my Han will expand thousands of miles away. It's a pity ......" he sighed with some regret: "For us, Sassanid is too far away, and we can't control such a far place, and the Vietnamese have warships, sailing from the sea, and they can arrive in two or three months, they have a lot of benefits, but we are making a wedding dress for him, thankless." ”

"Not really." Xiahou Rong shook his head, "King, since the debut of the Yue Kingdom, he will win every battle, what do you think his basis is?" ”

"What is it?" Cao Rui blinked his eyes and looked at Xiahou Rong with great interest, he also thought about this question, why Sun Shao was able to establish such a meritorious feat in just over ten years after his debut, Cao Rui worked hard all his life, fought for more than 30 years, and finally almost lost his reputation.

"It's a win-win situation." Xiahou Rong said solemnly: "The people who cooperate with King Yue have never suffered losses, so many people like to cooperate with him. The King of Yue fought for many years, but almost never fought in the territory of the Han Dynasty, so from His Majesty the Emperor to the ordinary Qianshou, they were all grateful for his kindness, and those young people were inspired by him to rush to Funan for thousands of miles, isn't it also for this reason? He laid down the sea frontier for thousands of miles, but he did not monopolize it, but let all the merchants of the Han Dynasty profit from it, and who else did not support him? Yue is not a country fighting, he is actually fighting with the barbarians with the talents of the entire Han Dynasty. ”

Cao Rui thought for a moment and nodded silently. He thought for a while before he said to Xiahou Rong, "My Wei State conquered the northern frontier, and the King of Yue also helped a lot. He wants to compete with the Sassanids, and we can't sit idly by, you go to Luoyang, please meet the general cavalry, see what plans he has, nothing else, cavalry is our strong point, and cavalry is indispensable to fight the Sassanids. ”

Xiahou Rong bowed down to receive the order, he rested for two days, and immediately rushed to Luoyang to see Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang had already heard the news of Northern Xinjiang, and he was inexplicably excited, and when he saw Xiahou Rong, he laughed, took his arm and said: "Uncle Miaocai is really blessed, several sons are dragons and phoenixes among people, and Youquan is a rare talent, and in a few years, he actually made the Xianbei people surrender." ”

Xiahou Rong was a little embarrassed, and told Cao Zhang what he felt puzzled. When Cao Zhang heard this, he also felt a little strange, what kind of person had such great ability, he actually captured Kirby Neng, but gave the credit to the Adi brothers. They thought about it, but they couldn't think of anyone, whether it was the Huns or the Cai family, it seemed that they couldn't find anyone with such extraordinary martial arts and courage. Besides, if it was really the Huns or the Cai family, who had made such a great contribution, how could they give the credit to the Adi Gui brothers, but they drifted away.

"Maybe it's a high-ranking person who doesn't want fame and fortune, so let's not think too much about it." Cao Zhang waved his hand, no longer thinking about such a thing: "You came to me, I also guessed what it meant, let me tell you, I also intend to cooperate with the King of Yue, and prepare to talk to the people of Guishan, to see if I can station the army in the territory of Guishan." It's just that we don't have any relationship with the Guishan people, and we have to talk to the Guishan people through the king of Yue. Youquan, Queen Yue Guan Feng is going to return to Funan in the near future, I plan to go to Funan to meet King Yue to discuss this matter, are you interested? ”

Xiahou Rong frowned and pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I think it is unlikely that the people of Guishan will agree, tens of thousands of troops are stationed in Guishan, can they rest assured?" And even if it is Guishuang, it is thousands of miles away from Liangzhou, relying on the people to transport grain, we can't afford to transport it, and buying grain on the spot in Guishan, I'm afraid the people of Guishan can't support it. Once the food is gone, how can the army survive? ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Cao Zhang laughed heartily: "Don't we have the God of Wealth of King Yue?" Why bother transporting grain from Liangzhou, in that case, it will hollow out the entire Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and I'm afraid it won't last long. Let the king of Yue buy grain from Tianzhu, where it is close, and there are large sea ships, which is much more convenient. No matter how bad it is, it is more convenient to let those merchant ships transport grain than to transport grain from Guanzhong. ”

"The way is a good way, but will King Yue agree?" Xia Hourong said worriedly: "This is not a small amount. ”

"I don't know." Although Cao Zhang said it easily, he was actually a little worried, "However, don't ask him how he knows?" It's useless for us to fantasize, so it's better to talk to him face to face. ”

Xiahou Rong nodded again and again, he immediately sent the news back to Yecheng, Cao Rui agreed to his request, and sent him and Cao Zhang to Funan to meet Sun Shao to discuss the major matter of uniting Rome and Kushan to contain the Sassanids.

In October of the 14th year of the Republic, Guan Feng, who had stayed in Luoyang for more than half a year, took his newborn son Sun Zhao and returned to Funan by boat with his brother Guan Xing, accompanied by Cao Zhang and Xiahou Rong. Because of the season, the north wind began to rise, the wind was not strong, and the ship did not go very fast at first, but after entering the territory of the South China Sea, the speed increased, and at the end of December, they rushed to Temu City.

Seeing Cao Zhang and Xiahou Rong, Sun Shao was very happy, first congratulated Xiahou Rong on the victory of Saibei, and then asked with great interest about the battle, and was also amazed by the mysterious assassin.

Cao Zhang and Xiahou Rong explained their intentions, on the way, they repeatedly discussed the way of cooperation, and felt that if there was a war, Sun Shao would definitely need the help of the Wei cavalry, and if the Wei cavalry wanted to help, there was only one way for them to discuss, the key was to see if Sun Shao could convince the Guishan people, after all, tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Guishan, whether it was economic pressure or psychological pressure, the Guishan people were very likely not to accept it.

"Kushuang? No way. As soon as Sun Shao opened his mouth, he vetoed their suggestion, shook his head again and again, and asked Xiahou Rongdao: "For example, if you want to levy Fuyu, and I have tens of thousands of sailors stationed in Liaodong, can you agree?" ”

Xiahou Rong smiled awkwardly: "If the king wants to help, how can we not agree." ”

"Hypocrisy!" Sun Shao smiled, pointed at Xiahou Rong and said, "Even if you believe me, can King Wei believe me?" If there is a small contradiction, everyone will neither believe each other nor explain it, which will inevitably lead to a big disaster. We are all Han Chinese, not to mention that the Kushan people are still aliens. This is not an appropriate solution, don't even think about it. ”

"Then what is the king's good idea? Don't want our help, does the king want to take on this battle alone as a sailor? Or did the king intend to form cavalry? If that's the case, I can ask the Son of Heaven to send some riders from Wanmatang to come and help. ”

Wanmatang is the original Sun Shao let Zhao Yun they set up a special training cavalry generals of the martial arts hall, at first in Tianzhu, later Cao Zhang said, Tianzhu has no horses, the role of cavalry is limited, it is better to move to Longxi, on the one hand, there is suitable for riding, and there are many good at riding in the six counties, on the other hand, close to the frontier, the actual combat is also convenient, and later moved to Shangtai, recruited two or three hundred Longxi, Shangjun, Yunzhong Han Liangjiazi to study. Two years ago, Zhao Yun died, and the matter was handed over to Cao Zhang to preside over in person, with Li Yan as the deputy.

Sun Shao glanced at Cao Zhang, smiled silently, and took a cup of coffee to himself. Cao Zhang was a little embarrassed, and said in a loud voice: "Isn't the king already a suitable candidate?" Don't look down on our Wanmatang students? ”

"Cao Ziwen, do you know that you can't lie?" Sun Shao scolded angrily: "You have a little ghost eye, I don't know?" Aren't you afraid that I will take this opportunity to form a cavalry, and then return to fight with your Wei State? ”

Cao Zhang was poked by him, and touched his head a little embarrassed: "The king is serious, I don't mean that." ”

"Really?"

"Of course not." Cao Zhang patted his chest and said, "I admire the king the most, how can I miss you so much." ”

"Well, let me make it clear, I really want to form cavalry." Sun Shao said half-truthfully: "I told you that the place called Arabia produces good war horses, and I am ready to station a large army in that place, and it is estimated that in three or two years at most, tens of thousands of elite horsemen can be formed." ”

Cao Zhang was stunned, looked at Sun Shao in surprise, and then looked at Xiahou Rong. Xiahou Rong smiled quietly: "Tens of thousands of elite horsemen, do you need generals, it seems that there are not enough people in Wanmatang." Did the king deliberately transfer people from Liaodong over? ”

Sun Shao didn't answer him, but just smiled: "I have prepared 60,000 cavalry, and 30,000 infantry already have a commander, and now there is still a cavalry commander." A student of Manmado? Hehe, it's not me saying that if General Zhao Yun is here, maybe he will still be competent, but now......"

"Me!" Cao Zhang couldn't hold back any longer, patted his chest and stood up, his eyes widened and he shouted, "Me! When it comes to riding, who else can be better than me? ”

Sun Shaoqiang couldn't help but smile, looked at him seriously, nodded, and shook his head with some regret: "If you want to talk about the ability to ride, of course you are the most suitable person." But you are the general of the court, and you are a high-ranking and famous person, how can I command you? ”

"Command me?" Cao Zhang understood that Sun Shao wanted to seize the command of this operation, and he didn't want to pay for nothing, of course, this is understandable. If you want any command according to Cao Zhang's own thoughts, as long as you hand over 30,000 cavalry to me. But as soon as he saw Xiahou Rong, he knew that this was not only his business, but also the matter of Wei, and he couldn't agree hastily, so as not to fall into Sun Shao's hands. "The king wants to conquer in person?"

"I don't do it myself, which of you can settle so many things?" Sun Shao leaned back and smiled relaxedly: "The news from Rome has come back, and they gave me a piece of land in the country of Axum in order to let me go to Rome to negotiate with them. The coffee you're drinking now is the product of my new territory. Hahaha......"

The more Sun Shao thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help laughing: "The Romans are really anxious, last year, the Sassanids continued to increase their troops to Asia Minor, the Romans are like a great enemy, the troops are seriously insufficient, and the north has become a racecourse for the barbarians." He laughed twice, and then sighed with some emotion: "Who would have thought that the mighty Rome would be today?" Ziwen, Youquan, have you thought about it? ”

Cao Zhang and Xiahou Rong have not read much information related to Rome in recent years, and they are also very clear about the process of the Romans growing from a small city-state to a large empire, and now they have fallen to this point, and their faces show some sadness of the dead fox.

"We big men can't go that way." Xiahou Rong slowly straightened up: "The rise and fall of the Romans has its own laws to follow, if we can't learn a lesson from it, if we just sigh, I'm afraid we will have to follow their back path sooner or later." Besides, isn't my big man also on the verge of overturning? The stones of other mountains can be used to attack jade. Wang, there are many heroes in Funan College, can you do some research on these issues? ”

Sun Shao looked at Xiahou Rong appreciatively, a genius is a genius, as long as a crack is opened in front of him, he can discover a new world by himself. He nodded: "There are some people who have begun to study the history of the Romans, and there are some small achievements, but they are still very scattered, and there is still a lot to do. If you're interested, I'll have someone send you the article later. ”

"That couldn't be better." Xiahou Rong rubbed his hands and said with some excitement: "Of the five major colleges of the Han Dynasty, Yue Guo accounts for the second, and the collection of foreign materials is also dominated by Funan College. If you can go to Funan College to see some information, you must be able to open your eyes. ”

"Don't have any information, what about the riders?" Cao Zhang was anxious, and took a few steps to Sun Shao's knees, eager to pull his sleeve.

"Didn't you say that the knight's thing is not easy to do." Sun Shao deliberately teased Cao Zhang: "I don't dare to command you, the general of the chariot and cavalry, otherwise the Son of Heaven will blame me, and I can't afford it." ”

"That'...... Is that still not easy? Cao Zhang and Xiahou Rong looked at each other: "This time Wei and Yue are in a joint operation, although I am the general of the court's chariot and cavalry, but the title is not as high as yours, so I should be headed by the king." Aren't you still the general of Fuyi in the court? ”

"Then Youquan is still the general of Zhenbei, this thing is worthless."

Xiahou Rong smiled: "Then this will not work, let's invite the Son of Heaven, please crown His Royal Highness as a general, and command the general of the chariot and cavalry and the generals of Wei and Yue to fight with the respect of the general, isn't that justified?" It's just that the general will go to Luoyang to serve in the future, and after the war is over, whether the king will resign or go to Luoyang, it will all be up to the king. ”

"You two, none of you have anything good." Sun Shao nodded at them and pouted: "I'm only in my thirties, so let me go to Luoyang for the elderly?" When my son takes over the throne, I will go again, not now. He laughed twice, put away his smile again, and said solemnly: "To be honest, not only can I not go to Luoyang, I'm afraid I can't stay longer in Temu City, although the war has not started yet, but once the war starts, I am afraid it will not end in a few years." You Cao Zhang is the general of the court's chariot cavalry, and the commander of the infantry is the general of the Wu State, plus the few horsemen who are not afraid of heaven and earth, if I don't sit in person, it's really not good. ”

"Wait!" Cao Chang interrupted Sun Shao's words: "You mean, the infantry commander you chose is Lu Xun, the general of the Wu State?" ”

"yes." Sun Shao nodded.

Cao Zhang pursed his lips with some disdain and stopped talking, but it could be seen from his eyes that he did not have any sense of honor to fight side by side with Lu Xun, only because Lu Xun was Sun Shao's brother-in-law, so he did not speak out. When Xiahou Rong saw it, he hurriedly said: "In this way, this is not only the joint operation of Wei and Yue, but also the participation of the Wu army, does the king have the intention to bring the Shu Kingdom in?" ”

"That's a must." Sun Shao was disdainful of Cao Zhang, he always knew that with Lu Xun's current record, he couldn't suppress Cao Zhang, because the generals under him were not too cold to Lu Xun, so he had to lead the team personally. "I've sent someone to contact the King of Shu, and if nothing else, their reply will arrive soon."

(To be continued)