Li Wei listened to Jia Xu's promise, and knew in his heart that Li Qin was in the name of righteousness, and it was not good to say this in person, and it was not good to ask him to send his son as a hostage, so Jia Xu could only come forward, maybe this idea was still Jia Xu's idea!

He didn't have the idea of being unwilling, but was very at ease, which meant that he could be the main general in the Western Regions with peace of mind, and his son could also enter the power core of the next generation of the Fujiao Army, which was a good thing for their father and son.

Li Wei hurriedly said: "Then there is Lao Jia Juncheng, this apprenticeship gift, when I go back and pick up my son, it will be held, Jia Juncheng, do you think it is good?" ”

"Okay, of course, there's no problem on my side!" Jia Xu laughed.

Li Wei was quite happy, he couldn't leave Li Qin's army for the time being, but he immediately sent someone back to pick up his son Li Shi, and asked his wife to send his son over to Jia Xu quickly, but he had a matter on his mind.

The news was quickly sent to Li Wei's home, and Li Wei's wife, Yang, heard that her son was going to be taken as a hostage and sent it to Li Qin, so she cried and fainted several times in a day. She is extremely doting on her son Li Shi and is reluctant to let her son leave her side.

In real history, Li Dao once turned his face with Guo Yan, and after a call, he wanted to make peace again, and the two discussed exchanging their sons as hostages, but because Li Dao's wife Yang loved his son Li Shi too much, she resolutely refused to send her son to Guo Yan, and Li Dao had no choice but to discuss with Guo Yan again. Guo Yan had no choice but to agree, and the two exchanged their daughters as hostages and formed an alliance again.

In the historical event of the exchange of hostages, this can be said as a joke, but it can also be seen how much the Yang family loves his son Li Shi.

But what qualifications does Li Dao have now not to send his son to his daughter, he has no hope of proclaiming himself a big Sima in his life, and the Yang family can only be the wife of a local military general in this life, and he has no chance to go to Chang'an to say anything. Don't say that Li Qin just wants Li Wei's son, even if he wants to go with the Yang family and Li Shi, Li Wei doesn't dare to say a word, and the Yang family has to go obediently!

After crying a lot, Yang had no choice but to pack up Li Shi's things, hand over his son to the soldiers, and when Chengren was brought to Li Qin, she only dared to cry bitterly, and she didn't even dare to say a word of complaint, and she had to repeatedly say to the soldiers who came that Li Shi could worship Jia Juncheng as a teacher, which was really a great honor for his Li family.

A few days later, Li Shi was sent to the Fujiao Army, under Li Wei's "repeated bitter begging", Jia Xu only "reluctantly" accepted Li Shi as a student, and the generals of Fujiao sent gifts one after another, congratulating Li Wei's son for worshipping a good teacher, and Jia Xu accepted a good student, everyone knew it, just cheering, no one said it, but many people saw this matter, and actually had the idea of embodying it, and they all wanted to stuff their son to Jia Xu's side, so as to gain Li Qin's trust.

Li Qin didn't have time to care about this, he had already received the news from the scouts again, the news said that Liu Jiu was defeated, and in the case that it could not be confirmed, it was said that Liu Jiu had been killed and cut down by the Xiongnu Shan Yu, but the corpse of the horn soldiers could not be obtained, and this news could not be confirmed.

Li Qin called Jia Xu, and when he saw Jia Xu's face full of red light, he said: "I accepted a proud protégé, look at your beauty!" ”

Jia Xu smiled: "I'm beautiful, I'm happy, I'm happy." But it's not because I accepted a proud protégé, there are too many people in the world to worship me as a teacher, and I can fill the world with peach and plum at any time. What I'm really happy about is that from now on, the Western Regions will return to you, Aqin, and I'm happy for you! ”

Li Qin also smiled and said, "When you say this, even I am happy." He handed the letter to Jia Xu and said, "Our scout said that Liu Jiu was dead, but he couldn't confirm it. ”

After reading the letter, Jia Xu said: "Whether Liu Jiu is really dead or not, the news will always come out, but it is impossible for the Xiongnu to tell the truth to the grassland immediately, he is afraid that Liu Jiu's allies will take the opportunity to attack." But this also hints at an important news, that is, the Xiongnu Shan Yu suffered heavy losses in the battle with Liu Jiu, and it has reached the point where he can no longer fight with Liu Jiu's allies immediately, so he can only rest and recuperate, and encroach on Liu Jiu's allies, and the whale swallowing is a no-brainer! ”

After a pause, he smiled and said: "In this battle, my Fujiao army will wait for work, and the strategy of Hu to control Hu will be successful, and the two major forces of the Xiongnu will be defeated and injured, but I can protect the northwest border, and I will be peaceful for twenty years!" ”

Li Qin shook his head and said: "I have also thought of this, but I can't see Liu Jiu's corpse, I am not at ease after all, otherwise I will personally lead the troops to the north to deter the Huns Shan Yu, and let him hand over Liu Jiu, to see people alive and corpses to die, what do you think?" ”

Jia Xu waved his hand and said: "You don't have to, with our current strength, and the extent of the Huns' losses, if you want to get the actual news of whether Liu Jiu is dead, you don't need to really bring troops over, as long as you write a few words on parchment, you can make the Huns do it obediently, if you don't believe it, let's make this bet, I'll write this letter, how about it?" ”

Li Qinha smiled and said, "Okay, then you can write it, but you don't have to gamble, you have nothing to lose to me anyway!" ”

"But it doesn't have to be me who loses!" Jia Xu said with a smile, he took out a piece of parchment, wrote a very simple "war letter", called into the Fujiao scouts, and asked them to send it to the Xiongnu Shan Yu.

Because Jia Xu repeatedly emphasized that there was no need to wait in the Western Regions, the Fujiao army could be pulled out, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu would definitely be obedient, so Li Qin did not wait any longer, and ordered the army to pull out the camp and slowly retreat to Liangzhou, distributing wealth along the way to attract people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions to vote.

When they were about to arrive in Dunhuang, there were finally Fujiao scouts chasing after them, and they brought back Liu Jiu's head!

Things are exactly the same as Jia Xu expected, the Xiongnu Shan Yu really didn't have the strength to fight anymore, he couldn't fight anymore, the loss of troops was serious, and he didn't get any benefits, because Liu Jiu didn't bring tens of thousands of carts at all, and the Huns of the Nine Accounts Department launched a suicidal charge against Shan Yu's army before they were eliminated, the Nine Accounts Department was destroyed, but Shan Yu's army was also disabled, Shan Yu not only couldn't face Li Qin's war book, but even the other tribes of the Xiongnu steppe couldn't be suppressed, and even the Khan position could not be kept. It's all unknown.

Li Qin managed the Huns to ask for Liu Jiu's body, Shan Yu didn't even hesitate, cut off Liu Jiu's head, put it in a wooden box, and sent it to Li Qin, and begged Li Qin not to be angry, not to levy him, anything to discuss, he didn't even dare to ask for the usual tribute on the Silk Road in the Western Regions, all of them were given to Li Qin, and Li Qin collected taxes in the future!

Li Qin saw that the Xiongnu Shan Yu was so weak, he almost didn't return to Liangzhou, and wanted to attack Shan Yu, and took advantage of the situation to destroy the Xiongnu Empire!

Jia Xu hurriedly stopped him, he told Li Qin, although the Xiongnu alone lost a lot of power, but could not defeat the Fujiao army, but other Xiongnu tribes are still there, if the Fujiao army goes to attack at this time, then the Xiongnu departments will immediately unite to resist the Fujiao army, but it is easier to hold together, the Fujiao army not only can not win, but will have huge losses.

But if the Fujiao army does not go at this time, then the Xiongnu departments will fight the idea of single Yu, and they will take advantage of the situation, plus everyone wants to benefit from the destruction of the Nine Accounts, and it is very likely that they will attack each other.

Li Qin adopted Jia Xu's strategy, no longer thinking about attacking the Xiongnu Shan Yu, but let the Huns fight themselves, and when they can't fight, it is not too late for the Fujiao Army to send troops again, drive them all to the west, and go to scourge Europe!

All the way to the east, not only one on the road, the Fujiao army returned to Fujiao Fort, Li Qin immediately wrote to the imperial court, and sent Liu Jiu's head together, and wrote a letter to Zhang Rang, hoping to get control of the Western Regions, by the way, he also proposed that he wanted to contribute more to the imperial court, can he be the assassin of the state again, and be the captain of the Qiang school, although there are too many requirements, but the court can promise one piece, the sky asks for the price, and the land pays back!

After the letter was sent, Li Qin wrote a letter to Zhang Qin in Bingzhou, asking Zhang Qin to help, saying good things to himself, and asking how the state was doing, whether the situation was stable, and he repeatedly told Zhang Qin in the letter that the taxes in the state should be reduced or exempted this year, and he must not go on a business trip, he got a lot of property in the Western Regions, and he did not need materials for the time being, and the taxes to be handed over to the imperial court could be delayed as much as possible, and there was no need to rush to give, on the grounds that the war had just ended, if it could be delayed until next year, it would be the best.

Li Qin knew in his heart that at the beginning of next year, the Yellow Turban Uprising that shook the entire Han world was about to break out, in common words, this is the inevitability of historical development, he is powerless to stop it, so he can only comply, what he has to do is to get the greatest benefit in this chaos, so that the world can restore stability as soon as possible, and don't let the princes fight.

While waiting for news from Luoyang, Li Qin engaged in production in Fujiaobao, and sent troops to publicize and reassure the people in all directions, so that the people nearby could live a well-off life, which he could not do in a few years, and it can be regarded as a grand goal, but let the people settle down, don't follow the chaos in the Central Plains, this is a small goal, and it can still be achieved.

Summer goes to autumn, and after the autumn harvest, the winter solstice comes. The winter in Liangzhou is far colder than that of the Central Plains, and it is already snowy, and it is silver and white in all directions.

This said, Li Qin ate breakfast, dressed neatly and went out, today is a big day, the winter solstice, he wants to review the new army, the new Fujiao army has been trained, the total number of new and old Fujiao soldiers has reached 24,000 people, if you count the auxiliary soldiers, the total number has reached 40,000, the elite soldiers of the entire Liangzhou, all gathered in his Fujiao Fort, Liangzhou Thorn History has been erected.

When he went out of the house with his parents, Li Qin saw that the generals of the Fujiao Army who lived near his house were already waiting on the street, the generals were fully armed, and Jia Xu was standing at the front.

Li Qin smiled: "Brother-in-law, why are you also wearing armor?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "With you Qiu Ba, of course I want Qiu Ba myself, so as not to stand out too much!" ”

Everyone talked and laughed, and rushed to the newly built colonel's military field, at this moment, several cavalry galloped in the distance, and the leader shouted: "I want to see Li Lang, where is Li Lang?" ”

Jia Xu sighed and said, "It seems to be a messenger from Luoyang, why is he in such a hurry?" Could it be that something happened in Luoyang? ”

(To be continued)