On January 7 of the second year of Xiping, Luoyang Palace.

The bright sun shone in the palace, and Liu Hong, who had just gone to the early court, was wandering in the imperial garden with an expressionless face.

At this time, a small yellow door came quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the battle report from the front." ”

Li Hao hurriedly took the battle report and forwarded it to Liu Hong, and Liu Hong's mood at this time was not as calm as it seemed.

This time, Goguryeo and Xianbei attacked at the same time, and Fuyu was recovering and could not attack the rear of Xianbei, so that the Han fought on two fronts, and they were both high-intensity and large-scale operations.

This is not only a major test for the treasury of the Han Dynasty, but also a test for the Han generals, if the Han does not have excellent generals, then there will inevitably be a defeat.

Liu Hong slowly opened the battle report, carefully looked at every word on the battle report, and finally exhaled softly, and a little relief appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Li Hao secretly said, "It seems that the battle on the front line is progressing well, otherwise Your Majesty would not be like this." ”

Suddenly, Liu Hong frowned, and said in a low voice, "Pass on the staff officer Cheng Jia Xu." ”

"No"

Li Hao was taken aback by Liu Hong's sudden voice, and then hurriedly agreed.

Not long after, Jia Xu appeared in the pavilion of the imperial garden, Liu Hong knelt on the cushion, and carefully fiddled with the tea cup on the table.

Jia Xu stood quietly beside Liu Hong, his eyes half-closed, as if an old monk had settled down.

"Wenhe, how is this person Qiangqu?" Liu Hong suddenly put down the teacup in his hand and said.

Jia Xuwei sighed and said, "The minister has never been in contact, I don't know what his surname is, but he can make the Southern Xiongnu win as many as 80,000 soldiers, which is enough to prove that he is a capable minister." ”

"Huh!" Liu Hong glanced at Jia Xu and chuckled.

Liu Hong knew what Jia Xu meant in his words that this person could be described as a generation of heroes!

At this time, Liu Hong only wanted to know whether this Qiangqu wanted to be the male lord of the Huns, or the male lord of the entire world.

If it is the former, it can be used, and if it is the latter, it must die.

Liu Hong didn't want to be stabbed in the back at a critical moment, although weakening his power would not change because of anything, but if he found that Qiangqu was very ambitious, then Liu Hong didn't mind solving the Southern Xiongnu problem in advance and quickly.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong said lightly, "Can Wen He know his will?" ”

Jia Xu didn't answer, but said, "Your Majesty, is there a battle report from the front line, can you give the minister a look?" ”

Liu Hong made a look, and Li Hao handed over the battle report from the front to Jia Xu, who watched it carefully, as if he wanted to see through every stroke on the battle report.

After a while, Jia Xu put down the battle report and thought about it for a while, and then said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, make plans as soon as possible." ”

"Oh?" Liu Hong looked at Jia Xu in surprise.

Jia Xu paused, and then continued, "Judging from the battle report, since the Iron Cavalry Army and the Southern Xiongnu army converged outside the city, the Xianbei army has joined forces to confront it, changing its previous eagerness to the east. ”

"The minister thought that before the Xianbei army wanted to go east, it was planning to go to the Southern Xiongnu. For Tanshi Huai, if the Southern Xiongnu are opposed, it is a great good. If the Southern Xiongnu did not rebel, they would also remain neutral, so that hundreds of miles of undefended territory appeared in the territory of the Han Dynasty. ”

Therefore, for Tanshi Huai, eastward expansion is a good and harmless thing. However, His Majesty ordered the Southern Xiongnu to go to battle, which made Tanshihuai a little puzzled, and Tanshihuai, who did not understand Qiangqu's thoughts, had to choose to retreat temporarily, otherwise he would face an army of 80,000 cavalry. ”

Liu Hong nodded, and then said with a solemn face, "Wen He is saying that the Southern Xiongnu are in private contact with the Xianbei people at this time?" Once the two sides reach an agreement, then is it time for the big war to begin? ”

"Exactly."

Hearing this, Liu Hong knew that this matter was a big deal, if it was not good, the Iron Cavalry Army and the Northland Army in Bingzhou would all be wiped out, although at this time there were less than half of the Northland Army left.

At this time, Liu Hong had a headache, knowing that Bingzhou needed soldiers and horses, but Liu Hong couldn't send a large army there.

At this time, the army around Luoyang only had three armies: the Wushuang Army, the Tiger Army, and the Shooting Army, with a total of 130,000 troops.

These 130,000 troops must leave at least one division to defend Beijing, or deal with emergencies in the country.

In this way, the army that can be mobilized is only 100,000 at most, but at this time, the Han is fighting on both sides.

On the Hanzhou side, the whole country of Goguryeo came to attack, and Liu Hong's army was kept in case the war in Hanzhou did not go well.

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Hong had a headache, and when Li Hao saw Liu Hong frowning, he came behind Liu Hong and stretched out his hands and gently rubbed Liu Hong's temples.

Seeing this, Jia Xu thought about it slightly, and then knew what Liu Hong's troubles were, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, it is better to send the Tiger Ben army to Bingzhou, and then divide 50,000 troops from the troops recruited by the military department into Hanzhou, thinking that Zhang Huan, the metropolitan governor with the Youzhou army, can calmly deal with the invasion of Goguryeo." ”

Liu Hong thought about it, but it was like this, after all, the war in Hanzhou was mainly defensive, and it was a defensive battle.

However, the enemy of the Han army in Bingzhou is the Xianbei army that comes and goes like the wind, if there is no enough elite army, I am afraid that the entire Bingzhou will be a mess.

Just when Liu Hong wanted to issue a holy decree and order the Tiger Ben army to go to Bingzhou, Liu Hong suddenly thought of the Qiang Canal, if the Southern Xiongnu problem of the Qiang Canal could not be solved immediately.

That's not a good thing, although the Tiger Ben army is about to rush to the state, but once the 50,000 Southern Xiongnu army on the battlefield suddenly defects, it will still be a blow to the devastated surname.

But at this time, he can't directly order him to return to the teacher, if so, it's not to tell Qiangqu clearly, I can't believe you, where are you going back and forth!

This kind of thing is absolutely unavoidable, as soon as he thought of this, Liu Hong began to have a headache again, and Jia Xu was also helpless about this matter.

At this time, Song Ling'er walked into the imperial garden, slowly walked towards Liu Hong, and when she was some distance away from Liu Hong, she was stopped by the small yellow door accompanying Liu Hong, after all, Liu Hong was discussing state affairs.

Song Ling'er was not a vexatious person, she just said a few words to Xiao Huangmen, Xiao Huangmen hesitated, and then walked quickly towards Liu Hong.

"Your Majesty, the Song Guiren said that the high-quality beef and mutton paid tribute by the Qiang people before, Empress Yongle likes it very much, and wants to ask Your Majesty, is there still one in the treasury?"

With Liu Hong's permission, Xiao Huangmen quickly conveyed Song Ling'er's words.

What did Liu Hong think was going on! Then he said indifferently, "Let the nobles go to the treasury by themselves!" ”

"No"

After the little yellow gate went down, Jia Xu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, maybe to solve the matter of the Southern Xiongnu." ”

Liu Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Come quickly." ”

Jia Xu said lightly, "Your Majesty can set up a Xiongnu army, appoint the Xiongnu Zhonglang to make Qiang Qu the captain of the Xiongnu military academy, and then order him to go to the land of Liangzhou, and then say that the Qiang people are unstable." ”

Liu Hong was a little puzzled, since the election of the lord of the Qiang people, the Qiang people were still calm, and sent the Southern Xiongnu army to the land of the Qiang people, and it would not take long to return to the division.

Jia Xu seemed to see Liu Hong's puzzlement, so he continued, "Your Majesty, don't forget the Northern Xiongnu. ”

Liu Hong's eyes suddenly lit up!