Liu Xiu entered Jiuyuan City in a high-profile manner.

Wuyuan Taishou Wang Zhi opened the city gate, and the gongs and drums were noisy. The soldiers of the Changshui battalion held a large number of supplies that had just been snatched, rode on the horse with their heads held high and showed off their might, their faces were tight, the iron halberd in their hands was erected straight, and the red tassels on the halberd were beating with the pace of the war horses, like a cluster of brilliant flames, and the beautiful and impeccable military posture attracted the people and soldiers in the city to cheer in unison.

Lu Bu smiled from ear to ear, rode on a snatched fiery red warhorse, and frequently raised his hand to greet the audience next to him. He is a celebrity in Jiuyuan City, but he used to treat him with big girls and little daughters-in-law, and in the eyes of others, he was a horse thief. He himself knows that it is embarrassing, and every time he comes back, he quietly throws him a piece of cow for fear of alarming the villagers and elders.

This time is different, he is the dignified Sima of the Changshui Battalion, and he has made meritorious contributions several times in a row, and now he is the most arrogant Sima of the Changshui Battalion. Liu Xiu asked him to enter the city side by side with Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was quiet and elegant, just like his white horse, angry with books, but Lu Bu was like his newly acquired red horse, revealing indescribable arrogance.

However, there is no doubt that both of them are pretty gentlemen, and no one will raise any objections.

In fact, several Sima in Changshui Camp are all good-looking, including Liu Xiu and Liu Biao beside him, all of whom are young people with outstanding appearances, but if you want to say that the most handsome, they have to be Lu Bu and Zhao Yun. In contrast, Yuan Shao's appearance is graceful and luxurious, but he is a little less tough, which is suitable for rolling in the celebrity circle, and is not very popular in places like the military camp.

Hearing that the Changshui battalion had won the battle, the people who were now going to send the spoils of war into the city were first shocked by the neat military appearance, and suddenly felt that their waists were a little stiffer, and then they saw the two young men Lu Bu and Zhao Yun who entered the city side by side, and their emotions suddenly rose. At first, it was just the screams of the women, and then even the men nodded again and again, and while envious, they pulled their own women back.

When I saw the whole car of grain and grass again, the atmosphere of Jiuyuan City reached a boiling point, and the whole city was full of cheers.

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He Lian's face was so angry that his face turned blue, and with a "snap" he overturned the case in front of him, the cups and plates on the case were scattered, and a large pot of wine was sprinkled into the fire, and the fire made a "bang-la-la" sound, and green smoke came out, which gradually went out.

Karen threw a letter written in beautiful Chinese characters into the fire, and his heart twisted as he watched the soft paper curl in the embers. Liu Xiu wrote him a letter, a very insolent letter. He said, I have long heard that your father Tanshi Huai is a hero on the grassland, your brother Huai Zong is the most heroic warrior on the grassland, and you are the smartest person on the grassland. Now that I have defeated your brother, and I have easily defeated you next to Qingyanze, I think your brothers are a bit exaggerated, I don't know if your father Tanshi Huai is also like this.

Now, I personally raised five thousand strong soldiers, and defeated Wumeng outside Yiliang City, which is only thirty miles away from you, but you didn't even dare to move, I will now bring the Changshui Battalion to compete with you, if you have the courage to fight, we will make an appointment to fight under Jiuyuan City. If you don't dare, you might as well go back to the grassland, and as for your wife, I'll take it first. I think you are too young to marry a wife and have children too early, you should focus more on your studies, and when you dare to fight with me, come and redeem Adella.

He Lian knew Chinese characters, and there were many scholars who fled from the Central Plains in Danhan Mountain, and He Lian asked them for teaching, and he could even read the Han classics directly, and his favorite was "Han Feizi", and some passages could even be recited. Liu Xiu's letter was written very elegantly, and some allusions were used, and He Lian didn't understand it very thoroughly, but He Lian could clearly feel the contempt between the lines.

"To fight or not to fight?" He asked in a somewhat astringent voice. The baggage sent by the father was robbed, and they will soon face the desperate situation of running out of food, with the Changshui camp in Jiuyuan City, their hope of capturing Jiuyuan City is closer to nothing, except for retreating, there is only the option of fighting with Liu Xiu.

"Do you really believe he's five thousand?" Although He Lian was furious, he had not lost his mind, his eyes were red, and he glared at Luo Qiandi Ao: "Do you think that five thousand Han people can defeat Wumeng Xiaoshuai so easily?" ”

Falling Gandhi Ao blinked, and he also felt a little incredible. Wumeng had already sent a message before, saying that he had arrived nearby with his baggage, and hoped that he would send someone to meet him, but He Lian didn't take it seriously, and he didn't bother to give a tribal handsome face well. When the scout found that there was a fierce battle in the valley, Helian was a little hesitant whether it was necessary to send someone to rescue, and when he made a decision, the army had just left the camp, and the news of the annihilation of the entire Umeng army had already arrived.

He Lian shrank the army back to the camp at the first time, and did not dare to take it lightly. His reason was that the war ended so quickly, indicating that there was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, considering that the Han army suddenly appeared in Yiliang, their forces should be very limited, and it must be the Huns who can help them.

When the Marquis of Gudu only had five or six thousand people, it was far from enough, and there should be Huns in the clouds rushing over to support. Thinking of the bizarre death of a large number of scouts a few days ago, Gandhi Ao wondered if it was the army of Mambo and Meiji who had bypassed the vigilance of the Spirit Fox tribe and rushed to Jiuyuan.

Liu Xiu should just be a pretense, he is the bait to attract him, and when he really fights with Liu Xiu, those ambush soldiers will pounce on him from behind and bite him to death.

"If Meiji's Hun Zhonglang General and Manbo's Duliao General Camp come, plus the Huns, their strength will exceed our three times, and there is no reason not to attack directly." He Lian slowly calmed down, and slowly turned around in the big tent: "He is provoking me, instead of attacking directly, which shows that his strength is limited." I estimate that he is in his early 10,000s at most, which is not much more than us. ”

"Shall we fight or not?" Luo Zhi Qiandi Ao frowned, "Even if you let my father send it again now, it's too late, we have to run out of food." ”

"Withdraw!" He Lian pondered for a long time and made a final decision.

"Withdraw?" He was a little surprised: "Just withdraw like this?" ”

"Of course not." He Lian Yinyin smiled, gritted his teeth and said: "At the same time, send a message to your father, just say that we don't need to go to Dachengsai, we will surround and annihilate Liu Xiu here." ”

After thinking about it, he suddenly understood Helian's intentions, and nodded his head again and again.

He Lian and Luo Qian Di Ao slowly evacuated Jiuyuan with a large army, and at the same time, the Qiming tribe that had been stationed in Heyin City also began to evacuate. Their speed was not very fast, first, the snow was very thick, and it was very difficult for the army to proceed, and second, the army of more than 10,000 had a lot of important belts, and there was a great shortage of materials on the grassland. The baggage cart walked very slowly, and even withdrew more than 20 miles in one day, and only more than 10 miles the next day, and the speed was as slow as a turtle crawling.

Of course, this is not that He Lian really can't go fast, he retreated, and sent a large number of scouts to check the surrounding situation, although he encountered the crazy pursuit of the Han people, he still collected a lot of news.

The most surprising news for Helian was that in addition to the Changshui camp of the Han army, there was no trace of the Huns or other Han troops around, and the scouts who risked their lives to sneak into Jiuyuan City came back and said that only the Changshui camp was seen in the city, and they showed no signs of pursuit at all.

He Lian didn't believe it at first, he didn't believe that what Liu Xiu said in the letter was true, the five thousand Changshui battalion could defeat Wumeng so smoothly? Later, he said that it would be really an accident, Wumeng traveled a long way here, tired and tired, and the Han people waited for work and hit with one blow? He Lian couldn't eat accurately, and after waiting for two more days, he still didn't find any trace except for the Changshui camp, and He Lian had to admit that maybe what he said was really reasonable.

When he learned that the Luozhi Qianluo Luo was leading the main force to arrive, and at the same time, the Linghu tribe was also approaching him, He Lian stopped, quickly returned to Jiuyuan City, and surrounded Jiuyuan City again, just waiting for Luozhi Qianluo Luo to arrive, he attacked Jiuyuan City with all his strength and captured Liu Xiu and his Changshui Battalion.

After another two days, he rushed to the city of Jiuyuan, he brought a total of more than 13,000 people, only 3,000 people were left under the city of Shuofang, at the same time, he told Helian a good news, the banquet of the wild wolf tribe also came, and he could reach Jiuyuan in two days at most.

He Lian was overjoyed, the wild wolf tribe has always refused to support him, why did he suddenly make a move this time?

Luo Zhi Qianluo said, I don't know yet, but with Yan Liyou's temper, if it wasn't for enough benefits, he wouldn't make a move, and in addition, he only listened to the king alone, maybe the king gave some promises.

When He Lian heard this, he was even more happy, if it was really Danhan Mountain who gave Yan Liyou a promise that led to Yan Liyou's troops, it means that the king still has his place in his heart.

A day later, Helian heard better news, Danhan Mountain sent troops to Shanggu and Daijun, one of the famous generals under Tanshi Huai, Murong Feng, the marshal of the Golden Eagle Tribe, entered Yanmen County, and made the Xiongnu Zhonglang General Tian Yan and Xiongnu Shan Yu lead 20,000 Han and Hun troops to Pingcheng to block it.

and even stroked his forehead and celebrated, almost crying. After all, the king is still the king, he did not give up on himself, his measures are enough to contain Tian Yan and the main force of the Huns, now he only needs to defeat Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu only has five thousand Changshui battalions, and the only Huns who can support him are the five original ones who are the Gudu Marquis and the Huyan Gudu Marquis in the clouds, their strength is limited, and the total is only five or six thousand people.

He Lian's confidence doubled, and he actively planned to attack the city, he wrote a letter to Liu Xiu in the city, saying that you want me to fight a decisive battle, I am ready now, do you dare to come out?

Liu Xiu quickly replied to him with a letter, you let the settlement of the Hongyue tribe Qianluoluo retreat, I will take the Changshui camp, you bring the same people and horses, and we will fight a decisive battle.

He Lian scoffed and gave the order to launch a strong attack.

There was a sudden sound of killing under Jiuyuan City. The city has been fully prepared, to the siege of the Xianbei people to face the attack, Taishou Wang Zhi personally supervised the battle, up and down, one heart, one after another to repel several attacks of the Xianbei people.

Helian was not discouraged, he cheered up the Luoluo and his subordinates, saying that the siege was originally a war of attrition, and it was impossible to break it in one go. None of you are familiar with siege, and by the time you have fought for two days, you will be able to get used to it, and then there will be far fewer casualties. We have an absolute numerical advantage, and we will definitely be able to break through Jiuyuan. There are tens of thousands of Han people in Jiuyuan City, as well as a large amount of grain and grass, including Wumeng, which was robbed by them. Not to mention anything else, there are 5,000 people in the Changshui Battalion, and their weapons and equipment alone are a staggering asset.

He has a very strong mouth, and he hits the weakness of these people at once, and what they crave most is the armor and weapons made by the Han people. As more and more Han people fled to the grassland, the Xianbei people can now also build iron weapons and armor, but both in quantity and quality, they are much worse than the Han people, on the one hand, the technical level is not enough, on the other hand, the source of iron is relatively small, the Xianbei people have no iron ore, they need to buy iron billets from the Han people, although there are many people who are willing to sell iron to them now, they still cannot meet the requirements, seriously limiting their combat effectiveness.

It is their dream to be able to equip the army with iron weapons like the Han people, and the reason why the Han people can use a small number of troops to deter the grassland in a long time is that the advanced surname on the weapons is one of the important reasons.

The Xianbei people were full of confidence and were excited about the wealth that was about to come, and no one noticed a single question until they were left to ask Helian, why haven't we seen the battle flag of the Changshui camp, and are they in the city?

He Lian patted his chest and said, they must be in the city, I have been closely monitoring Jiuyuan City these days, and I have not seen Changshui Camp go out of the city.

Just as he was patting his chest, a massacre was going on under Shuofang City.

Zhao Yun, Lu Bu and Han Sui each led their headquarters to rush back and forth in the camp of the Xianbei people. The more than 3,000 people left behind by Qianluoluo did not expect that the Changshui camp would be killed from the direction of Yangshu Lake, and when they understood it, the outcome had been decided, Yuan Shao and Wang Yun were responsible for blocking the fish that slipped through the net around the camp, and the other 3,000 people ploughed the Xianbei people's camp back and forth like a multi-toothed plough twice, which completely crushed the courage of the Xianbei people to resist, more than 1,000 Xianbei people were killed on the spot, more than 500 were seriously injured, and the remaining more than 1,000 people were so frightened that they laid down their weapons one after another and raised their hands to surrender.

When Yu Guduhou, who arrived later, looked at the high-spirited soldiers of the Changshui Battalion in the Xianbei camp in front of him, and was speechless in shock.

"Your Excellency, you ...... Aren't you in Kuhara? ”

"I went to Jiuyuan, but that was a few days ago." Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Are you okay in Xi'anyang?" ”

When Yu Gudu Hou was very embarrassed, the duty of the Huns was to protect the Sai, but the Xianbei people were fierce, and the first battle crippled the right Xian Wang Qiangqu, when Yu Gudu Hou estimated his strength, he did not dare to fight against the Xianbei people, and hid directly in Xi'anyang, leaving his responsibilities behind, and now Liu Xiu asked him face-to-face, he was very ashamed.

"Have you received any news from Shan Yuting?" Liu Xiu didn't dwell on this issue, and asked politely.

"Roger." When Yu Guduhou frowned, "The sorcerer of my tribe has returned, she said that when she received the gods, she saw a fire, and a group of Huns stood and danced around the fire, she didn't know what it meant." ”

"Fire? Dance? Liu Xiu frowned curiously: "What did the wizards of other tribes see?" ”

"Most of them also saw the fire and the Huns, but some danced, some sat upright in the fire, but there were no burns, some had nothing, and everyone did not have a unified opinion, and the choice of the great wizard has not yet been decided."

Liu Xiu turned his head and said to Liu Biao, "Jingsheng, what does this mean?" ”

Liu Biao pondered for a moment: "If you don't burn into the fire, this fire should be harmless." My Han is Huode, this harmless fire for the Huns, will it represent my Han? ”

Liu Xiu smacked his lips and didn't say anything. When Yu Guduhou was concerned, he pulled Liu Biao and asked. Liu Biao explained, my Han is Huode, and I am friends with you Huns, so of course it will not be unfavorable to you. And from the perspective of the five elements of our Han people, the south is fire, the north is water, for you Huns, we are warm fire, and you are inseparable water for us. On the other hand, the water people, the soldiers, you Huns help us fight, it is our water.

Liu Biaodong talked about it, and finally said, I also guessed, I don't know if it's right or not, just for reference.

When Yu Guduhou pondered for a while, looking at the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion wearing red armor in front of him, his heart suddenly moved, could it be that the fire was referring to the Changshui Battalion of the Han people, if it wasn't for the care of the gods, how could they fight thousands of miles with five thousand people, and defeat the Xianbei people one after another?

Liu Xiu looked at Dang Guduhou's face with his spare eyes, and when he saw that his eyes were rolling wildly, he stroked his beard and was silent, and smiled secretly. He had already received the news from Tian Yan that the Lu clan had used her Taoist skills to successfully subdue the sorcerers of the various tribes gathered in Shan Yuting, and many of them claimed to have seen the god of fire, and some even said that they had received the revelation of the god, but the revelation of the god was very vague, and it was not sure what it meant now. Under the guidance of the Lu clan, some people have already linked the fire they saw in the state of receiving gods with the Great Han, so although the Great Wizard has not yet been selected, most of the Wizards agree to be friendly with the Great Han.

It was in this context that Shan Yu gathered nearly 20,000 horsemen, and Tian Yan united with Xihe Changshi and Duliao General Camp to go north to block the Xianbei people sent by Danhan Mountain, especially the Xianbei famous general who was as famous as Fengxi, and Murong Feng, the marshal of the Golden Eagle Tribe. Tian Yan said that Murong Feng is a very difficult opponent, this person also likes to wear a red robe, and the battle is as fast as wildfire, and he has followed Tanshi Huai to fight for many years and has never been defeated. Before defeating Murong Feng, he did not have the strength to support Liu Xiu, and the only things that the Huns could allocate were Youxian Wang Qiangqu and Dangyu Guduhou, as well as Huyan Guduhou in the clouds, hoping that Liu Xiu would deal with it carefully, get in touch with these Huns as soon as possible, and fight side by side.

Liu Xiu didn't know if Tian Yan was true or false, whether he really didn't dare to take Murong Feng lightly, or whether he deliberately didn't give him reinforcements. Qiangqu has been disabled, and now there are only more than 5,000 people left, and there are some contradictions with himself, and even Yu Fuluo, who was his personal guard, has withdrawn. When the Marquis of Yugudu and the Marquis of Huyan Gudu combined, there were only five or six thousand people, but what he had to face was the three major tribes of Xianbei in the west, with fifty or sixty thousand people.

What's even worse is that he captured Helian's wife, left Gandluo's daughter Adella, and threw him to the baggage camp as a camp record, and it is estimated that the Hongyue tribe will not retreat easily. Even if he was willing to admit it and send Adella back, no one could spare him.

Don't look at him, he is quite beautiful even after a few battles, but the strength of the Xianbei people is still very strong, as long as he is defeated once, his previous record is a floating cloud, and there will never be a chance to turn the tables again.

He glanced at Xun You, Xun You was silent, and there was a fire beating in his eyes.

The plan of striking east and west, showing up in Jiuyuan, and then plugging out of Wuyuan, traveling more than 200 miles west from the northern foot of Daqing Mountain, and killing Shuofang City from behind Yangshu Lake was proposed by Xun You. Xun You has a strange problem, he doesn't like to speak in front of everyone, what is the plan, he just wants to talk to Liu Xiu in private, and then as Liu Xiu's idea to tell others, when everyone is discussing, he just listens quietly on the side, Liu Xiu feels that most of the time he is not looking at others, but watching his reaction, seeing how he arranges and implements his plan, and how he explains his intentions to several military horses.

And for Liu Xiu to do this, he must first deeply understand Xun You's plan, and then turn his plan into a practical plan. For a plan to become a combat plan, it is like a blueprint and a building, and there are countless differences in between.

Even after more than half a year's allocation, even if it had been with the Changshui camp for a few months, Liu Xiu still felt very difficult when implementing these plans. Because Xun You's ideas are simply wild and often unexpected, these ideas look beautiful, but the first impression is often a dream.

If it weren't for Liu Xiu having heard countless stories of winning with wonder, he would have felt that Xun You was a madman, even if he was a famous strategist in the history of the Three Kingdoms, he would have felt that Xun You was just a piece of jade now, and he had not been carved and was not a qualified strategist. Just like Lu Bu, although he was born brave, he has not yet reached the peak and cannot be called the first master.

In fact, when Liu Xiu put forward these plans, almost everyone, except for Lu Bu, felt that it was nonsense, an adventure, and an unrealistic dream. If it weren't for the fact that Liu Xiu had already had several successful battles, it would be impossible for them to accept his plan.

Traveling more than 200 miles west on the territory of the Xianbei people, this is not as simple as robbing in Guanglu City at the beginning, at that time their camp was in Yangshu Lake, and there was no such heavy snow, and it was a day to come and go. Now it has just snowed, and the snow outside the fortress is thicker than Henan, and the march is very difficult, and after leaving the Wuyuan fortress, they have no rear to speak, once they encounter the enemy, except for fighting to the death, it is a dead end.

But such a crazy plan actually came true, thanks to Liu Xiu's insistence on the military discussion, he ignored the opposition of Yuan Shao and Wang Yun, called several military marquis to the meeting together, and even invited a few horse thief leaders, it was one of the horse thieves who told him that the nameless small lake that was too small to be called a lake could not only be used for the army to rest halfway, but also could unconsciously bypass the people and horses left in Yangshu Lake by Qianluoluo, and suddenly appeared under Shuofang City.

This almost miraculous action made the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion once again endure the test of severe cold, strengthened their confidence in Liu Xiu, and also made Liu Xiu realize Xun You's almost genius tactical thinking.

Except for Xun You and Liu Xiu, everyone didn't know that this was Xun You's suggestion, and Liu Xiu didn't know if Yuan Shao would regret his idea of treating Xun You slowly if he knew about it. Anyway, since Xun You himself was unwilling to show his edge in front of everyone, he was happy to take these credits.

(To be continued)