"Brother Zhao, Sister Liu, it's done, it's done!"

The next night, Li came to Zhao's house with a smile on his face, and told Zhao Qi and his wife the good news of the day, as well as Zhao Zhi, who was ashamed and did not dare to look up.

"Really? Oh my God, I can't imagine that my sister really did this, and my sister really doesn't know how to thank you! ”

After listening to Li Jing's words, he only danced with Liu's happy hands, and didn't know how to express his gratitude. From now on, my sister-in-law will be Mrs. Gongzi, so my husband and wife can be regarded as people with status in Hanoi, which is really a great joy!

Seeing his man standing there stupidly, Liu pushed Zhao Qi: "Why are you still standing here stupidly?" Go kill the chicken and cook, and treat the girl well! ”

"Oh, okay!" Zhao Qi reacted at this time, laughed, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to kill chickens and entertain guests.

Seeing the grateful appearance of Zhao Qi and his wife, Li was a little embarrassed in his heart. In fact, I didn't make much effort in this matter at all, it was simply a matchmaker entrusted by Yuan Gongzi to himself, and he was just running an errand, where was the credit. tried his best to dissuade Zhao Qi and his wife, so that they didn't bother to make trouble, but they couldn't do it anyway, so they had to rely on their husband and wife.

Three days later, the county lord Bo Tianchou personally brought a rich dowry to the door to propose, Zhao Qi and his wife received them with sincere fear, the eldest brother was like a father, and it was agreed that the ninth day of November after half a month was an auspicious day, so that the Zhao family lady prepared the wedding dress in advance, and when it was auspicious, the son personally came to the door to marry.

"Thank you Lord Bo for your trouble, please reply to Childe. Our husband and wife will prepare everything, and on the auspicious day, we will send our little sister to the sedan chair! ”

Liu looked at the rich dowry, her heart was overjoyed, and she and her husband accompanied the smiling face all the way. was about to stay with Tian Chou for lunch, but was politely rejected by Tian Chou on the grounds that he was busy with official business, left the dowry, and left with his entourage.

However, he said that Helan Sotai, the father of the Helan clan, received his daughter's letter, and immediately frowned, and felt very ashamed of his daughter. Immediately went to meet the new Shan Yu Hu Chuquan. The contents of the letter are paraphrased. I hope Shan Yu can agree to this deal, so that her daughter will not fall into the fire pit.

According to the relationship between relatives, Helan Zhi also had to call Uncle Chuquan a cousin. In order to exchange for his brother's body, he had to send Helanzhi out. I heard that if you don't agree to this deal. Yuan bought this bastard and sent Helan Zhi to a brothel. Hu Chuquan was also uneasy in his heart. Coupled with Helan Sotai's hard pleading, Hu Chuquan agreed to the deal and summoned Ah He, who had just taken over his position, to discuss the matter.

Fight for the party. Ah Hegui saw the power of the Han army's heavy armor cavalry, and was determined to build a heavy armor cavalry belonging to the Huns.

Although the "hatred of killing his father and taking his wife" are not shared, King Zuoxian of the Huns, who changed his name to Liu Bao in the future, still has some mind and vision, and immediately agreed to this transaction.

However, the conditions of Ahegui have changed slightly, in recent years, the Han family has been turbulent, the princes have been fighting, and the Huns have not entered the country to plunder, and it has long been not uncommon. Therefore, Akhguai changed the terms of the trade to one horse in exchange for seven hundred catties of iron. And told the messenger with a tough attitude, let him return to Yuan Mai, if you still want to bargain, this deal will not be mentioned again, not a pound less!

After Yuan Mai received the reply from the envoy, he summoned Tian Feng, Zhang Liao, Tian Chou, Wang Ling and others to discuss together. During this period, the value of a cavalry was equivalent to ten infantry, and the armor and weapons of an infantry were calculated to be about sixty catties [Note: one catty and six taels of Han Jin were equivalent to one catty in later generations], and the Huns asked for seven hundred catties for a horse.

A few days ago, in the encounter between Liyang and Zhu Ling, Yuan Mai led his troops to kill more than 4,000 Cao troops, and captured at least 2.67 million catties of weapons and armor, plus the baggage left by Zhang Yang, Yuan Mai smashed the pot and sold iron, collected more than 2.8 million catties of iron, and bought more than 600,000 catties of iron from the traders, and finally made up enough to trade the number of 5,000 war horses.

After equipping the supplies, Yuan Mai sent an envoy to the Xiongnu base camp 500 miles away again, and agreed to exchange materials at the Wuxian County at the junction of Han and Hu, and 3.5 million catties of iron were enough to load nearly 400 carriages, which were mighty and winding all the way, which was magnificent.

In order to ensure the safety of the baggage, Yuan Mai did his best. Sent Zhang Liao to lead the camp to protect the left and right, and borrowed the first camp of Liyi, plus the other horses under Zhang Liao's hands, a total of 7,000 infantry, escorted all the way to Wu County.

In addition, let Wang Shuang lead the newly formed 1,500 "Tiger Cavalry" as the vanguard to open the way and reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The two armies of Mabu totaled 8,500 men, escorted 400 carts of iron, and marched out of Hanoi and marched towards Shangdang, with the destination being Wu County at the junction of Shangdang and Xihe.

The location of Wu County is the junction of the three counties, and the three forces are intertwined, intricate, and full of dangers.

Xihe County was originally the territory of the Han Dynasty, since it was occupied by the Huns more than ten years ago, hundreds of thousands of Huns, old and young women and children were entrenched here, and never left, and over time, Xihe County became the base camp of the Huns.

Located in the east of Xihe County, a large area bordering is Shangdang County, responsible for guarding the town is appointed by Yuan Shao personally appointed Taishou Guo Yuan, in order to prevent the Huns from entering and plundering, the garrison of Shangdang County is generally about 7,000 people, which is much more than the general county and country garrison.

Directly south of Xihe and Shangdang was Pingyang County, which belonged to Sizhou, and was now under the control of Cao Cao, under the jurisdiction of Xiahou Yuan, the military governor of Yongliang.

Taishou is forty-year-old Guo Ji, who governs Binh Duong. In peacetime, there were 4,000 troops stationed in the county, and since the war broke out in Hanoi, Xiahou Yuan sent the partial general Zou Zheng to lead 4,000 men and horses into Pingyang to assist Guo Ji in strengthening the defense of Pingyang, so as not to attack the Yuan army.

After receiving the report of Tanma Fei, he heard that Yuan Mai had collected four hundred carriages of baggage and went to Wu County to exchange horses with the Huns, Guo Ji was very moved, if he could rob these materials, he could not only make great achievements, but also forge weapons and armor to expand his military strength.

Immediately summoned Zou Zheng to come to discuss, and agitated: "This time, Yuan Bing went to Wuxian to trade horses with the Huns, which is only sixty miles away from my Pingyang border. It is the time to achieve great achievements, and General Zou should help me achieve great things together! ”

Zou Zheng hesitated: "I heard from the spies that the general who escorted the baggage was Zhang Liao, and he was one of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu, so I am afraid it will not be easy to win!" ”

Guo Ji looked up to the sky and laughed: "The husband is a general, how can he be so cowardly? Zhang Liao's lord Lu Bu was captured by Cao Gong, how much ability does a little Zhang Liao have? Defeated repeatedly, trapped in the lonely city of Xiapi, he did not dare to fight against generals such as Yu Ban, Xu Huang, and Le Jin, nor did he dare to face Li Tong, Xu Xi, Mao Hui and other partial generals, how much ability can he have? If even Zhang Liao didn't dare to fight, how could Brother Zou make a great contribution? Is it difficult to meet Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Liyi, who are famous generals in Hebei, and then go out to make meritorious contributions? On the day of the husband's meritorious service, in this day, he is afraid and cowering, how can it be done by the husband! ”

Listening to Guo Ji's agitation, Zou Zheng's heart was surging.

Yes, what is his little Zhang Liao, he is just a partial general under Lu Bu, even the invincible Lu Bu was captured alive, how much ability does he Zhang Liao have? If even Zhang Liao didn't dare to fight, would he expect to make meritorious contributions when he met Yan Liang and Wen Chou, who were famous all over the world?

"In that case, the little brother is willing to obey Taishou's orders!" Zou Zheng made up his mind and hugged his wrists to give a salute.

"Haha...... Well, with General Zou's help, this matter will be done! Guo Ji was overjoyed, stroking his beard and smiling.

The two of them immediately left 2,000 men to guard Pingyang, the place of governance, and led the remaining 6,000 men and horses, traveling lightly, all the way to the north, quietly entering the western region of Shangdang, preparing to ambush Zhang Liao on the halfway. However, if you can't grab all the baggage, it's good to be able to grab some of it, a total of more than 400 carriages, don't believe that he Zhang Liao won't take care of one or the other?

It's just that Zhang Liao had long anticipated the enemy, and before entering the party, he predicted that if someone had the idea of fighting this batch of baggage, it would be nothing more than Cao Bing from Pingyang and Hedong counties, and there were also high-ranking cadres and high-ranking cadres in the prefecture who had ill intentions, and they also needed to be careful. Therefore, dozens of capable scouts were sent early, disguised as ordinary people, to enter Hedong, Pingyang, Taiyuan and other counties to spy on intelligence.

Guo Ji and Zou Zhenger thought they were doing something hidden, but in fact, they had already been spying on their whereabouts by Zhang Liao's scouts, and quickly passed the information to Zhang Liao, and continued to monitor Cao Jun's movements.

After Zhang Liao got the report, he had a plan, and invited Wang Shuang to discuss: "The Cao army conspired to ambush our army, trying to loot the baggage, I have a plan today, the Cao army that can be killed will not return, and the prince should help me!" ”

Wang Shuang nodded and said, "General Wenyuan has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he must have a strategy. Gongzi asked me to ask you for more advice, but the general has orders, Wang Shuang dares to disobey his orders? ”

"Huh...... General Ziquan is polite! Zhang Liao smiled, said modestly, and whispered in Wang Shuang's ear for a while, "In this way, Cao Jun will definitely be defeated!" ”

"Haha...... The general really had a clever plan, and Wang Shuang admired the five-body throw. Wang Shuang listened to the praise repeatedly, and his admiration for Zhang Liao was suddenly like a surging river, endless.

[ps: Finally, I will give you an account of the transaction between Yuan Mai and the Huns, lest everyone think that Guzhou is a mouthful. All the information I have researched, absolutely logical.

One catty and six in the Han Dynasty is equivalent to one catty now, and the text mentions that a soldier needs to be equipped with about sixty catties of iron, which is about 39 catties now, and the armor, helmets, long and short weapons, bows and arrows, etc., are added up, which is consistent with this number.

And the value of one cavalry is about equivalent to ten infantry, so the Huns asked for a horse in exchange for seven hundred catties of iron. It takes 3.5 million catties of iron to exchange 5,000 war horses, which is about 2.3 million catties for offspring, and then converted into tonnage, about 1,150 tons. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually not much, and the demolition of a factory is much more than that. (To be continued......)