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Lulongsai is now Xifengkou, Hebei. It is located in the easternmost part of the foothills of Xuwu Mountain, between two mountains. On the left is Meishan, and on the right is Yunshan.

Lulongsai is a city built on the mountain, with three walls forming a defense system in the shape of a "曰". The periphery main city wall is five zhang high, three zhang wide, one hundred zhang long, is piled up by the whole stack of stones from the inside to the outside, and the center erects one or two zhang high city tower, called Wangshulou.

At both ends of the main city wall, auxiliary walls were built along the mountain, and there was also a floor on each wall. Standing on the plum mountain is called the plum building, and the building on the cloud mountain is called the cloud building. It starts with the auxiliary walls on both sides and extends further up the hill. The Han Dynasty built a wall of about 200 li to prevent the invasion of the Hu people.

The main city wall is a hundred steps back, and between the two mountains, a tall city tower is built, and the height and width of the city wall are the same as the main city wall, and it is fifty zhang long. On the first floor is named Lu Long. The two sides are connected to the main wall by stone walls. On either side were two columns of soldiers' barracks. Further back, a hundred paces away, is the Crescent Tower facing the official road. This city wall is four zhang high, two zhang wide, eighty steps long, and there is a floor called Crescent Moon Tower. On both sides of the area were storehouses for storing grain and grass, horse sheds and wooden huts for the treatment of wounded soldiers.

Lulongsai belongs to Liaoxi, and there are more than 13,000 households, 43,000 people, and 6,800 soldiers in the city, which can be regarded as a big city in the frontier.

Liu Taide, who was training soldiers and horses in the right Beiping, reported that Tan Shihuai led the two Xianbei in the Middle East and Wuheng to march 110,000 troops into Lulongsai and plundered Liaoxi, and most of the convenience people moved into Lulongsai, but thousands of people still died under the rule of the Hu iron cavalry.

The furious Liu Tai raised 30,000 soldiers and horses in Beiping, 20,000 soldiers and horses in Jizhou, 20,000 guards and 30,000 Liaoxi troops in the right overnight, and rushed to Lu Longsai, which was weakly defended.

Due to the urgency of the military situation, Liu Tai didn't say much about the oath, but just said, "Those who commit a strong man will be punished even if they are far away!" He led the army to Lulongsai, although there were not many words, but it aroused the heart of 100,000 soldiers to protect their homes and defend the country, and the atmosphere of 100,000 troops was particularly heavy, except for a few Jizhou soldiers and Yanzhou soldiers.

After two days and one night, the army finally entered Lulongsai, fortunately it arrived before Xianbei attacked, otherwise how could Lulongsai's 6,800 border army alone withstand the army of more than 100,000 Hu tigers and wolves.

"Child, you died so miserably." An elderly woman cries out in pain as she clutches a corpse that looks like it has been dead for many days.

"My sons, grandchildren, all died at the hands of the Hu people, God, open your eyes, save tens of thousands of people in my Han frontier." An old man with a dead and crazy look on his face.

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Along the way, Lu Longsai was full of the sound of bitter women mourning their children, and Liu Tai, who was sitting on the war horse, looked particularly heavy, and sighed heavily and instructed Yan Liang beside him: "Wen Heng, your three thousand people will cremate all the dead bodies in the city, if there is a family member, let people take it back for burial, if there is no family member... Let's dig a grave. ”

"No!!" At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were many burials, although he wondered why Liu Tai wanted to be cremated, but Yan Liang did not dare to disobey the military order, and hurriedly went down to arrange it.

"Why does the lord want him to be cremated?" Xi Zhicai on the side couldn't help but step forward and ask, after all, if it is cremated, it will be disgusted by the people at all, which is really unfavorable to Liu Tai, who is now good at winning the hearts of the people.

Liu Tai shook his head, his brows furrowed, his nose moved, he smelled the smell of dead bodies all over the city and said: "If the corpse is buried at will, I am afraid that it will cause a plague for a long time, and for the sake of more people, it is better to be cremated." ”

"Huh?" Xi Zhicai nodded, he had also heard that if the corpse of a person after death is not handled well, it may turn into a plague, but Fang Cai did not expect it, and now after being reminded by Liu Taiyi, he immediately came back to his senses.

"The lord should tell the soldiers, and when he collects the corpses, he should give a good explanation to the people who have families." Xi Zhicai said.

Liu Tai nodded and said: "Yes Tai is not thoughtful, Dian Wei, you go and tell Wen Heng not to use force on the people, if there is a request, you can explain it well." ”

Dian Wei, who was on the side of "Nuo", received the order in response to the call, and immediately rushed to the direction where Yan Liang was.

"I don't know who is responsible for this Lu Longsai, why didn't he come to welcome Tai into the mansion at this time?" Liu Tai frowned, after entering the city, Lu Longsai's official did not react at all, except for the border army who came to lead the way, almost no generals came to continue their posts.

"General Liu...."The soldier who was in charge of guiding the way on the side, his eyes were a little red and swollen, and he said with a snort.

"Huh?" Liu Tai found that the armor soldier's expression was wrong, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

"General Liu, the commander of the Lu Long Sai Border Army has died in battle when he was rescuing the people outside the Cypriot Republic." The armor snorted and bowed to the ground and said.

"What..."Several exclamations sounded at the same time, and Liu Tai said angrily: "Why don't you report to General Ben earlier, damn it, fight!" ”

Liu Tai, who was furious, hurriedly rushed to the mansion of the commander of Lu Longsai, and immediately Liu Tai thought: "His grandmother's, but it is an intelligence department of the component, the general of Lu Longsai died in battle, and no one came to inform me, if Xianbei invaded Lu Longsai this morning, wouldn't it be a big deal." ”

However, the person in charge of the intelligence department is really difficult to find, for more than half a month, Liu Tai has been looking for candidates, but there are no intelligence talents under his command, originally Xi Zhi is the most suitable, but Xi Zhicai is not in good health, and now the burden of the Ministry of Rites is on him alone, plus the Intelligence Department, I don't know how to die even if I die.

"Report, lord, the Xianbei army has descended ten miles away from Lulongsai, and the army is all over the grassland." A scout in military uniform, with a frightened expression, hurried in the direction of Liu Tai, then hit his horse and shouted.

"What??" Liu Tai screamed in surprise, and looked back at Huang Zhong and the others who followed behind him: "Han Sheng, the rate of 30,000 troops will accept the defense of Lu Longsai, and send additional scouts to explore the camp, and every move of the Xianbei army will be reported to me." ”

"Loyalty." Huang Zhong responded and led a team of 30,000 people to the city wall of Lulongsai to receive defense.

"Angrily, you will lead the soldiers and horses under your command, and move all the old and young in the city to the rear near the city and county."

"Wen Chou takes the order." Wen Chou bowed down and answered.

"Wait." Liu Tai recalled Wen Chou, who was about to leave, and instructed again: "Remember, you can't use force on the people, if you really don't want to leave, let them stay." ”

"No." Although he was puzzled by Liu Tai's order, Wen Chou still carried it out meticulously.

"Lord, let's go to the Commander's Mansion first, it's not bad, General Lu Longsai should be in the Commander's Mansion." Xun Yu on the side stepped forward and bowed and said.

This party went on the expedition, Xun You and Xi Zhicai came with the army, Chen Gong and Xun Yu stayed in the rear, delivering grain and grass for the army, as for Guo Jia was still young, he was arranged by Liu Tai to be appointed as an assistant under Xun You, and he learned to help Xun Yu deal with government affairs.