Hushi City Building, Cao Hong crouched on the case, kept flipping through the account book in his left hand, holding a pen in his right hand, quickly wrote down some data, after turning over a book, he threw the account book on the pile of account books next to him, the pen was inserted next to the sideburns, pinched his fingers and calculated, frowned, and sighed: "Less than last year's thirty percent, this sword soldier together, it is really the people's livelihood." ”

"Your Excellen......cy," a city attendant hurriedly walked down and whispered a few words in his ear. Cao Hong raised his eyebrows, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Please!" ”

After a short time, two Xianbei merchants walked in, one in front was thin and pale, and the other in the back was a tiger's back, a pair of tiger eyes looked around vigilantly, and as soon as he entered the door, he stood behind the door.

"The prince is here, it's really brilliant." Cao Hong said with a grin. His biggest characteristic is that he sees everyone politely, doing business, being harmonious, and seeking wealth without anger.

He Lian glanced at it, went to the corner, took off the fur hat that covered most of his face, and owed his body, which was considered a courtesy.

"Where's Lord Liu?"

Cao Hong hurriedly took the account book on the case aside, and then brought a set of tea sets, did not answer Helian's words, but first busied out, first scooped a small half pot of water on the fire and boiled, and then used a clean silk silk to carefully wipe and wipe the already clean teacup, and when the water boiled, first scalded the teacup with boiling water, and then used a delicate jade spoon to pick out some tea leaves from the teapot and put them into the cup, then poured hot water, brewed half a cup of tea, and sent a teacup to Helian with both hands, and said with a smile: "Prince, please!" ”

He Lian was a little anxious, but after watching Cao Hong's dazzling series of movements, his mood suddenly calmed down. The dark red tea tray, the white as snow teacup, the crystal green tea leaves, the light green tea soup, just these exquisite utensils made him feel refreshed, and then smelled the fragrance of tea, he suddenly felt that the leather jacket on his body was really a little rough, not worthy of all this in front of him.

He should be the same as Cao Hong, wearing a beautiful brocade forging robe.

He Lian picked up the teacup, took a shallow sip, praised the fragrance of the tea, and felt ashamed of his image, and suddenly felt an inexplicable anxiety. Cao Hong is just a businessman in charge of Hu City, but he is a prince who is familiar with the Han classics, but in this scene, he is a Hu businessman who came to beg Cao Hong, as if there is no more elegant words except for asking for a quota.

This feeling made Helian very uncomfortable, and he wanted to ask Liu Xiu if he was not there, but he was embarrassed to say more, but he just drank tea sullenly. Cao Hong persuaded him diligently, and let him drink three times in a row, and then said embarrassedly: "Dare to tell the prince, my family has official business and is not in Yangshu Lake." ”

"Not in Poplar Lake?" He Lian was in a hurry, he rushed all the way here to meet Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu was not there? "That'...... When will he be back? ”

"I don't know." Cao Hong shook his head, "I will send the news of the prince's arrival to the camp immediately, and they will inform the adults in time, as for ...... I'm not sure when I'll be back. ”

"Is he kidding me?" He Lian's face sank, and his face became even paler.

"No, I think my lord didn't expect the prince to be so bold and come in person." Cao Hong said apologetically: "Please let the prince live in Hu City, and let me do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord." ”

Helian's brows furrowed into pimples, and his snort worsened. He came out under the pretext of chasing and killing the Niutou tribe, but he didn't guarantee that Murong Feng wouldn't know, in case Murong Feng went to find him and he wasn't there, it would be very likely to be exposed. Liu Xiu is not here, so when is it waiting?

He Lian was restless, but he had no choice but to live in Hu City temporarily. Cao Hong warmly entertained him, feasted him with different delicacies every day to eat and drink, and sold a gold and an urn of wine in Xianbei to let him drink, and every time he had to give a small gift, either a new book in Luoyang, or a brocade forging in Shu, or a new pen made of the autumn of the wolf in Zhongshan, or an ink ingot made of pine smoke in Hengshan.

He Lian once again experienced the wealth and culture of the Han people in his anxious waiting, and if he didn't have something in his heart, he really wanted to live here for a long time, read books every day, drink wine, and be an elegant Confucian scholar. A rich and leisurely life is a dose of cartilage, no matter who it is, as long as he falls into this trap, he will fall sooner or later, not to mention that he was originally very yearning for Han culture.

On the third day, Liu Xiu appeared, and as soon as he saw Helian, he apologized again and again, and once again expressed his admiration and surprise for Helian's courage.

He Lian no longer has the initial fire, his demeanor is calm and elegant, if you don't look at his hair, no one can see that he is a Xianbei person, just a Han student who reads poetry and books. He put down the scroll under his hand and teased, "Your Excellency is so busy." ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I was wrongly loved by Your Majesty, and I was entrusted with the affairs of Northern Xinjiang, and my responsibility is shallow, so I have to make up for my clumsiness. I also want to be as leisurely as the prince, but unfortunately, we as courtiers do not have such blessings, we only hope that when we are old, we will enjoy the blessings after returning to the field. ”

He Lian smiled slightly: "We Xianbei people are different from you Han people, and being a prince is not a king, and we may not be able to do everything as we like." There are some things that adults may not be aware of. ”

Liu Xiu laughed, it seems that this little barbarian has been very depressed in the past two days, and he is anxious to find someone to talk to.

"How have you been staying for the past two days?"

"Thank you for your concern, Lord Cao is very hospitable." He Lian smiled with satisfaction: "How about it, it's time to talk about business, right?" ”

"Naturally, as soon as I heard that the prince was coming, I immediately put down my official duties and ran more than five hundred miles in one day, and you see, I came to see you before I even had time to change my clothes. If you are rude, please forgive me. ”

He Lian glanced at Liu Xiu's big shirt, official uniform and combat boots on his feet, a little moved, and a little proud, compared to him now, Liu Xiu is more like a Han family scholar, but Liu Xiu is a warrior. He knew that the warriors of the Han family could no longer be called scholars, and their status was far inferior to that of scribes.

The two sat down, said some admiring words to each other, and then got down to business. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got down to business, Liu Xiu's tone suddenly changed, and the admiration just now disappeared and became very scathing. "I think the prince did a very bad job."

And Lian was a little embarrassed.

Liu Xiu further explained that Western Xianbei was originally a close confidant of the prince, but the Wild Sand Tribe and the Wild Wolf Tribe were disobedient, so I cleared them out for you. Although the Red tribe surrendered, there was no loss of strength, and as soon as the prince arrived, the Red tribe returned to the prince. At this point, the prince has done a very good job, if you stop here, you will have complete merits, not only for your king to keep the western Xianbei, but also to bite Murong Feng back, if it wasn't for his attempt to join forces with the wild wolf tribe to eat the Hongyue tribe, how could the Hongyue tribe be forced to surrender?

But then you joined forces with Murong Feng to attack the Niutou Tribe, but it was a big mistake. When Liu Xiu said this, he stopped to take a sip of tea and shook his head again and again: "I want to ask the prince, is it your credit or Murong Feng's credit for defeating the Niutou tribe?" The Minotaur tribe is my wife's maiden family, and if you attack him, will I sit idly by? I'll tell you the truth, I've sent 20,000 troops to help, and the first target is the rebel Red tribe. ”

He Lian gasped, cold sweat trickled, and after a long while, he said in a dumb voice: "What do adults mean, what should I do?" ”

"I'll tell you a story." Liu Xiu changed the topic and told He Lian the story. The two of them went hunting together, and met a black bear in the woods, and then one of them immediately threw down everything he had, and just put on his shoes, and the other said to him, "You can't outrun the bear with your shoes on." He said, I don't have to run faster than a bear, I just need to run faster than you.

"Guess what his companion did?" Liu Xiu stared at He Lian's eyes and laughed.

He Lian was still thinking about the meaning of this story, these two people obviously referred to him and Murong Feng, what was that bear, was it the throne or the Niutou tribe, or was it the 20,000 army sent by Liu Xiu? He couldn't react to Liu Xiu's question for a while, thought for a long time, and asked, "What does he do?" ”

Liu Xiu drank tea for a while, and after a while, he said slowly: "His companion picked up the stick in his hand, broke his leg, and then said to him, Can you still run faster than me now?" ”

He Lian suddenly brightened up and nodded again and again.

Liu Xiu smiled: "Prince, you are now lagging behind others, if you still want to go on like this, I can guarantee that you will definitely lose." Although I am incompetent, I don't want to work with someone who has no future. If there is no move that will give me a little more confidence, Prince, I will attack the Red Tribe again, this time, and promise not to give him another chance to turn it over. ”

"It's not necessarily, I'll personally lead the army to stop it, and besides, I'll definitely be able to win." And Lian said something in his words.

Liu Xiu laughed: "Then I'll wait and see." ”

…… Murong Gui sneered and stood in front of Luozhi Qianluoluo, "Helian is really busy, I haven't seen his figure for more than ten days, saying that he is attacking the Niutou tribe, but you have basically not moved your nest in the past ten days, and then you have surrounded the wind crack?" ”

Luo Luo Luo smiled faintly, "With the reputation of Murong Feng's handsomeness, he didn't catch the wind crack, how could we succeed so easily." As for Prince Helian, I have already said that he has secret operations and it is inconvenient to tell you. Can't we keep you informed of our actions? Don't forget, we are now under the command of Prince Helian. ”

Murong Gui was a little helpless, facing the old slippery head of Gandharluo, he couldn't grasp his handle. "Covert operations? It can't be to find the Han Chinese, right? ”

"You're really right, I'm just going to find the Han people." He Lian strode in, shook his arms, shook off the big slug on his body, glanced at Murong Gui contemptuously, and said lightly: "I just went to Yanran Mountain for a trip." ”

"Yan Ran Mountain?" Murong Gui was skeptical: "Are there Han people in Yanran Mountain?" ”

"Not before, but now there is." He Lian didn't look at Murong Gui, he sat down beside Luo Luoluo, and said with a grim face: "Dashuai, I have found out, there are about 20,000 Han people ambushed near Yanran Mountain, all of them are from Liangzhou, and the leader is Zhang Ze, the captain of Huqiang, this person has a nickname in the Han population, called Crouching Tiger, which means that he governs a place, as long as he sits there, he can control the situation." The deputy general is Beidi Taishou Huangfu Song, who is the nephew of the former Liao general Huangfu Gui and the son of Jiangmen. ”

Xianbei people don't know much about Zhang Ze, but they are very familiar with Huangfu Gui, and Luozhi Qianluo Luo once fought with him, and now when he heard this name, he didn't even have to pretend, and was surprised: "Really? ”

"It's true, I have been lying in wait in the mountains for nearly ten days, and I have seen their battle flags with my own eyes."

Luo Han said: "Then we can't run after the wind crack anymore, the Han people are coming, they must support them, if they suddenly rush out from behind us, we will die." ”

He Lian nodded reservedly, and turned his face to Murong Gui, whose face was flushed and pale: "Please go back and discuss with the marshal, let's divide the work and see who will deal with the 20,000 Han army, so as not to be caught by them." ”

Although Murong Gui didn't dare to believe whether this news was true or false, but seeing that Helian and their faces didn't seem to be joking, the original arrogance suddenly disappeared, he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly nodded in agreement, turned around and hurriedly left.

When Murong Feng heard the news, he didn't dare to take it lightly, and immediately sent scouts to the area of Yanran Mountain to reconnoitre, and after two days, the scouts came back, and they did see the battle flags of Zhang Ze and Huangfu Song, there were quite a few people, even if there were not 20,000, the difference was not big. Murong Feng was still a little suspicious, but he couldn't come up with strong evidence to say that Helian was lying, and after careful consideration, he rushed to discuss with Helian, and Helian led the Hongyue tribe to meet the battle.

He Lian was a little reluctant, he said to Murong Feng, the strength of the Hongyue tribe is not good now, even if all the men are gathered, it is only in the early 10,000s, how can it be possible to fight with the 20,000 well-equipped Han army, Liangzhou is the same as Bingzhou and Youzhou, it is the place where the Han Dynasty produces elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than our Xianbei people. The commander is strong and good at using soldiers, so you should go, and I will deal with the dying wind crack.

Murong Feng sneered, the wind crack is dying, you can't clean it up, don't forget that you brought the three major tribes to attack him the year before last and didn't get any benefits, and now there is only one Hongyue tribe left, do you still want to catch him? He is a traitor to the king, and I must take him back to the king.

He Lian sneered, and the two quarreled for a long time, and finally gave in to Hebian and agreed to take someone to block it first, but he asked Murong Feng to solve the wind crack as soon as possible, and then come over to support him, and he couldn't support it for too long with the strength of the Red Yue tribe alone.

Murong Feng agreed.

Although the fall of Qianluo Luo was puzzled, but he was still calm, but the fall of Qiandi Ao was anxious, and shouted at Helian, with our little strength, we still have to deal with the 20,000 Xiliang army? You're crazy. He Lian sneered, don't worry, follow me, and promise that you won't suffer. Murong Feng wants to take advantage of me, it's not that easy, this time, I want to make him suffer a little.

And Lian rushed to the vicinity of Yanran Mountain with the Red Said tribe, met the vanguard of the Han army near Longcheng, the two sides fought a vicious battle, the Han Army was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, broke through, and the company led the army to advance rapidly, and the main force of the Han Army met, the two sides launched a chase battle in Yanran Mountain within a radius of 100 miles, each other won and lost, with the progress of the battle, the Red Said tribe was not strong, did not dare to fight hard, relying on the familiarity with the terrain, and the Han army began a guerrilla war, and the war was stalemate.

He Lian asked Murong Feng for help, the Red tribe suffered heavy losses and couldn't support it for too long, please Dashuai solve the wind crack as soon as possible, and then hurry over to support us.

Murong Feng sneered and said nothing, save you? Just wait for yourself. He sent people to inquire near Yanran Mountain, and saw with his own eyes that the Red Yue tribe was full of wounded soldiers and demoralized. He Lian flew into a rage in the face of the messenger and threatened, "If you don't come to the rescue again, I will report to the king Murong Feng's despicable behavior of borrowing a knife to kill people."

Murong Feng was dismissive.

He Lian really sent a messenger to report to Tan Shihuai, saying that Murong Feng thought about the friendship with the wind split, passively slacked off the battle, and was unable to lay down the victory with superior forces, and was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, so he asked the king to remove a reliable general to replace Murong Feng, and at the same time sent troops to support the Hongyue tribe and block the Han army, so as not to connect the Han army and the wind crack.

Of course, Murong Feng was not far behind, he sent someone to report to Tan Shihuai that although the wind crack was not strong enough, but the terrain of the North Sea was special, and the wind crack had warships and strong crossbows supported by the Han people, and he rescued the wind crack several times when he was about to win the victory, and now he was thinking hard about how to break the enemy. And Helian was passive and sluggish, and the relationship between him and the Han people was unclear, and the last letter was a clear proof of his weakness.

Tanshi Huai is indifferent, on the one hand is his most trusted general, on the other hand is his only son, these two have been fighting for the inheritance of this Xianbei king for a long time, and it is reasonable to attack each other. But the two of them were reasonable, Murong Feng couldn't defeat the traitor Feng Split for a long time with superior forces, which made Tan Shihuai very annoyed, and the letter sent by Murong Feng that was smeared beyond recognition also made him suspicious of He Lian, and he didn't know who to believe.

Tan Shihuai had to give an order to the two of them, urging Murong Feng to speed up the progress, and also asked Helian to hold on for a while longer, the main force of the Han army was attacking north, and he could not spare troops to support Helian for the time being.

And connected to the return, sneering. He stood on the hillside, his face red from the setting sunset, and the flames of fire in his eyes. He was very disappointed in Tan Shi Huai, judging from the handling of this matter, Tan Shi Huai obviously believed more in Murong Feng, a cronie, than in his son. You must know that Murong Feng is not in danger now, but he may die at any time in the face of 20,000 Han troops.

Could it be that he really thinks that I will die, and then pass on the position of the king to Murong Feng, and the general is closer than his son? If it was Huai Zong, would he still do it?

He Lian's heart was extremely aggrieved and disappointed, his blood was burned hot with anger, and the green tendons on his head were pulsating violently. He clenched his hands, looked at the valley in the distance, and pondered for a moment: "Retreat to Dragon City to rest." ”

Luo Luo Luo's thick eyebrows furrowed: "Do you really want to do this?" ”

"If I don't do this, I'll die, and so will Adella." He Lian turned his face sideways and looked at Luo Luo Luo with a cruel gaze: "Do you think Murong Feng will let you go in the end?" ”

The corners of his eyes twitched, and he finally sighed and ordered to retreat.

Zhang Ze and Huangfu Song, who got the news, quietly rushed north with an army of 10,000, they advanced thousands of miles, arrived near Beihai, and in a time when Murong Feng tried his best to attack the Niutou tribe, and when the two sides were in full swing, five thousand Han army elite cavalry killed from behind, and Zhang Ze, the captain of Huqiang, took the lead and killed viciously, and immediately killed Murong Feng's rear army in chaos.

Murong Feng is worthy of a generation of famous generals, and in this case, there is no chaos, he let Murong Gui continue to attack Feng Crack, and on the other hand, he personally led the guard battalion to counterattack, after a hard battle, Feng Crack was once again picked up by the warship, Murong Gui turned back to assist Murong Feng and flanked the Han army. Zhang saw that the situation was not right and broke through. Murong Feng was reluctant to pursue, but he didn't catch up with Wuli, and crashed into Huangfu Song's ambush circle.

In an instant, thousands of strong crossbows and two thousand strong bows were fired at the same time, and the arrows rained down, giving the Xianbei people a head-on blow, and the Xianbei people after the hard battle were caught off guard, and for a time there was a big chaos, with heavy casualties, Murong Feng was hit by two arrows and almost fell to his death.

After the storm-like rapid shooting, Huangfu Song led 4,000 troops to kill, and Zhang Ze rushed up again with a feint of defeat and trampled on the Golden Eagle tribe that had been severely damaged by the rain of arrows.

Murong Feng was injured, and seeing that the situation was already unfavorable, he was afraid that the wind would crack or He Lian would come out from behind again, so he didn't dare to fight and broke through.

In the battle, the Han army beheaded more than 5,000 people and captured more than 3,000 people, Murong Feng fled with less than 5,000 people, and died of injuries endlessly, which was unbearable. Murong Feng was angry and anxious, and reported to Tanshi Huai and connected with the enemy, allowing the Han people to quietly pass through the defense area of the Hongyue tribe and suddenly appear behind him.

When He Lian got the news, he also sent a messenger to Tan Shihuai, saying that Murong Feng was passive and slack, and he couldn't save him when he saw death, and he was invincible in a hard battle, so he could only retreat to Longcheng, and it was Murong Feng who was careless and was attacked by the Han people, and it had nothing to do with him.

Tan Shihuai received the report of the two, and sighed angrily, one of the two fierce generals he could fight the most had defected and became his enemy, and the other was defeated by the Han and became his son's enemy. Regardless of whether this matter was done by He Lian or not, now that Murong Feng's strength is seriously insufficient, and He Lian has shown enough scheming and ruthlessness, the current situation of the great enemy, dealing with him will only cause a greater backlash, and may even force He Lian and the Hongyue tribe to throw themselves into the Han people, that is a big joke.

Tanshi Huai had no choice but to appease them first, and a few words were not painful.

and the reply connected to the sandalwood acacia, one is happy, and the other is worried. The good thing is that just like the story told by Liu Xiu, he broke Murong Feng's leg with the stick of the Han people, and now Murong Feng's strength has been greatly damaged, and he can't outrun him in the short term. The worry is that Tan Shihuai's current attitude is also expected by Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu said, if your father is angry, or even transfer you back and relieve the military power, then it is no problem, this is just Lao Tzu beating his son, you are safe, if he just says a few words and does not take actual action, you are in danger, because he now regards you as an enemy.

Am I an enemy of my father? Kazuen's mouth was bitter, and he felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire, and although he was holding a stick in his hand, it was also pushing him towards the center of the quagmire, making his situation even more dangerous.

(To be continued)