In the first year of Hongwu, on the ninth day of November, Sima Shu left Chang'an and went to Guzang, the administrative office of Wuwei County, Liangzhou in the northwest. 3,000 guards, 3,000 dragoons, a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses. Huangfu Zhen was unable to accompany because he had to deal with Yongzhou political affairs.

This trip was the largest since Sima Shu's patrol, and the momentum was so great that even the surrounding separatist forces knew that the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty was going to Liangzhou to inspect.

Before leaving, Sima Shu issued an edict, ordering civil and military officials above the seventh rank to write a letter with the title of "On the Settlement of Border Policies", hoping to find a better way to deal with the problem of the northwest border. The northwestern border was too serious and had become a major problem for the imperial court since the end of the Han Dynasty.

On November 25, the saint drove through Anding County, Yongzhou.

On the 27th, the holy car arrived in Wuwei County, Liangzhou, and Zhang Liangling, the governor of Liangzhou, also served as the governor of Liangzhou, and the civil and military officials greeted the holy car here.

On the 28th, the team entered Guzang City, Liangzhou.

Speaking of which, Liangzhou is an important town in the northwest, and it is the first line of the imperial court to resist the invasion of the Qiang people in the northwest. Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is synonymous with **, and several conquests in the late Han Dynasty have failed to completely quell the rebellion of the Qiang people, and for more than ten years, Sima Shu is still the first time to come here.

"Shiyan, if you can successfully find cotton this time, the imperial court will give you a big credit!" As soon as they met, Sima Shu praised Zhang Liang, the assassin of Liangzhou, "Hehe, Aiqing, you have been in the northwest for a few months, so tell me about the specific situation in the northwest." ”

"This is all the credit of His Majesty, and the minister does not dare to take credit." Although Zhang Liang was proud in his heart, he didn't dare to reveal the slightest on the surface, "To say that the situation in the northwest is indeed complicated, it is not easy for Master Zhou to maintain the previous situation here." Speaking of which, the main enemies of our dynasty in the northwest are still the Xianbei people, especially the bald Xianbei, who control the Hexi Corridor and pinch the choke point connecting the imperial court with the Western Regions. ”

"Hasn't the bald Xianbei been defeated by the imperial court? If I remember correctly, the first Emperor Wu sent a large army to kill tens of thousands of bald Xianbei people, and even their leader Bald Tree Function died in the northwest, why did they rise again? ”

"Your Majesty, since the bald tree function rebellion, the tribes did not disperse, but went north to recuperate, after the bald tree function died, his cousin bald hair pill succeeded to the throne, under his hard work, the current bald tribe has more than 100,000 households, about 500,000 mouths, about 80,000 people who control the strings, it is considered a hegemon of one side, and it is undesirable under urgency."

"Well, this bald hair pill is also a character, forget it, I don't have the energy to deal with the northwest problem now. After a few days, I plan to go south to Xiping County and Jincheng County to have a look, and Aiqing will act with me! ”

"Obey the order!"

At the beginning of December, Sima Shu left Guzang and went all the way to the south, passing through Guzang County, Xuanwei County, Yici County, Cangsong County, Xianmei County, Lijing County, Fanhe County and other counties along the way to inspect the places, and only arrived in Jincheng County on December 15.

On December 18, Sima Shu summoned the Tuyuhun envoy in Xiping County. After leaving Yanmen, Murong Tuguhun traveled westward, finally through the territory of Xianbei in the west, crossed the Hexi Corridor, and finally settled near Qinghai Lake. Although this place is the sphere of influence of the Qiang people, because there is no strong and unified tribal alliance within the Qiang people, Tuyuhun and they can gain a firm foothold here.

On December 20, a bald envoy suddenly arrived, saying that the Khan Bald Pill should come to meet the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty at the end of the month.

Originally, Sima Shu planned to leave for Beijing at the end of December, but the arrival of the bald envoy made him delay some time in Xiping County, one was to wait for the bald hair pill, and the other was to deal with some affairs in the northwest.

Pei Wei walked in the desert for more than half a year, and achieved remarkable results, not only allied with the tribes of Mobei, but also induced Tuoba Yi Lu to fight with the Huns in Yanmen Pass. It was only because of the steep terrain of Yanmen Pass and the fact that Tuoba Yilu did not really want to fight the Huns, so there was no great progress.

After returning to Liaodong after Murong Diao pacified the southern part of Youzhou, he ordered his eldest son Murong Han and others to lead an army of 30,000 troops from Liaodong along the Mazishui (now Yalu River) to the east, and defeated the Goguryeo army to make the Liaodong crisis turn around, but it was only a little more than a month, and all the departments on the west bank of Mazishui surrendered one after another.

The information of the two armies was sent to Luoyang, the cabinet was transferred to Chang'an, and Chang'an was sent to Liangzhou in December.

Sima Shu Xingwen Privy Council ordered Zu Ti, Li Te, and others to send additional cavalry of 9,000 chambers into Jizhou to monitor the Xianbei people in Youzhou, and increase 30,000 chambers of troops to die on the front line of Shangdang to prevent the Huns from going south to invade Sizhou.

Seeing that he could not return to Beijing for the New Year, Sima Shu was busy and leisurely, and discussed with the local military and political chief of Liangzhou how to spend the Spring Festival in the future. After a few busy days, Sima Shu finally had a free rest, but not long after lying down, he heard a rapid knock on the door.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Deng Zi said outside the door, and there was a kind of eagerness in his voice.

"What's the matter?" Sima Shu's voice was a little impatient.

"A few adults are waiting in the lobby, and they have something important to report." When the royal car arrived in Xidu County, he naturally requisitioned all the official offices of Xiping County, and the hall of the Xidu County Guard, which was the seat of Xiping County, has now become the Jinluan Palace.

"What's the matter that can't be discussed?"

"Your Majesty, it's a messenger sent by the Military Intelligence Agency, and I have something important to report."

Sima Shu secretly pondered to himself, "The Military Intelligence Agency is in such a hurry to send people, I'm afraid there is really something big." He hurriedly got up and headed to the lobby.

Above the lobby, Zhang Rail and other ministers of the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion were already waiting, especially Zhang Rail himself was anxious, not only anxious, but also afraid.

"What's so alarming?"

"Your Majesty," replied to Zhang Liang, the assassin of Liangzhou, "The secret spy of the Military Intelligence Agency has sent a letter from the secret agent of the Hexi Xianbei Bald Hair Tribe Khan Bald Hair Wu Pill who has set off from Hexi to the southwest of the river ten days ago. ”

"I sent him here."

"But the emperor, the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency shows that Bald Hair Maru summoned a total of 100,000 horses from all the Xianbei tribes in Hexi and 50,000 people from the Qiang tribe in the northwest to go south together."

Sima Shu was completely shocked when he heard this, did he also have to go through the siege of Baideng and the siege of Yanmen?

150,000 Hu cavalry! The "audience" of the bald hair service pill, needless to say, knows what he wants to do.

This is something that has not happened in history, and at this moment Sima Shu hates the butterfly effect a little, and this effect is too great!

Too careless! Sima Shu always thought that his opponents were only Liu Yuan in Bingzhou, Tuoba in Mobei, Murong Diao in Liaodong, and Sima Rui in Jiangdong, and never took the Qiang people in the northwest region and Xianbei in Hexi in his eyes.

Looking at this situation now, after twenty years of recuperation, Bald Hair Pill is ready to avenge the original revenge!

Now is not the time to regret it, so let's think about what to do! The bald and humble army of more than 100,000 people came to attack, not only for the sake of the country and the nation, for his own survival, but also because Sima Shu had a beloved woman and child by his side, and in the distant Beijing Luoyang, Sima Shu's children were waiting for him to go home.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what should we do now?"

"Emperor Chenqi, there are few small soldiers in the western capital, and the 150,000 troops of the Hu coalition army may be difficult to deal with, so we should immediately return to Chang'an and transfer a large army to protect them along the way."

"No," it was Liangzhou Thorn Shi Zhang Liang who spoke, "There is no brigade of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, and it is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, how can the holy car be faster than the Xianbei cavalry?" ”

"Chang'an is too late, but you can go to Jincheng, Jincheng is the capital of Jincheng County, the city is tall, compared to the Western Capital, it is much safer." Liang Governor Shi Songpei said.

"I'm afraid it's too late to go to Jincheng now, the Xianbei army has already been dispatched, and now I'm afraid that the entire western capital is under the surveillance of the enemy, if it is chased by the enemy in the field, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with." Zhang Liang is still opposed.

"Is it impossible to stay in the county seat of the western capital? The defenders of the western capital are only 3,000, and even if they mobilize local government soldiers and militias, in a hurry, there are only 10,000 available soldiers. Although the Su Guards and Dragoons can be used as one as ten, they are brave and good at fighting, but the Xianbei and Qiang coalition forces have as many as 150,000, and the western capital is not solid, and the grain stock is limited, how can they resist it? Chang Shi Song retorted.

"The minister thought that the emperor was amiable and elite, and before the Xianbei people arrived, he immediately hid his tracks and returned to the east, not to say that he could reach Jincheng. Ministers and other civil and military bureaucrats and retinue eunuchs can stay in Xidu County to confuse the enemy. Xianbei went south this time, just for the emperor to be on the side, if the emperor got out safely, Xianbei could not succeed, and naturally retreated. Zhang Liang's words are tantamount to blocking the way of life for himself and others, and he will inevitably offend some of his colleagues.

"What do you mean by that? How can the king of a country abandon the pillars of the court, thousands of loyal and brave soldiers, and tens of thousands of people in Xiping County? The Hu people are greedy and cruel, and the western capital is broken, who can be spared? How can I face the people of the world, the ancestors and the ancestors? Sima Shu said angrily, although he was a little suspicious, but Sima Shu knew very well in his heart that he must not leave alone, otherwise Xiping County would definitely not be protected, and the construction results accumulated by the imperial court in the past few years would be destroyed.

Zhang Liang's face turned red, and he said impassionedly: "Your Majesty is the foundation of the country, how can there be a mistake?" ”

Sima Shu knew that Zhang Liang had good intentions, and he couldn't hurt the other party's heart, so he comforted: "I know that you are thinking about me, and you are afraid that I will not be surprised, so I would rather sacrifice myself than take care of me." However, if I lose you, how can I rule the world in peace? ”

Everyone present was infected by Sima Shu, and everyone said in unison: "The ministers are willing to serve death." ”

The night was chaotic, and the royal driver met the enemy in Liangzhou, and then issued an edict ordering Xiping County and the local governor's office to try their best to hold the city and move the people outside the city into the city. Xianbei came here, the purpose was the emperor himself, and if he wanted to come to other places, he would suffer from military disasters, and it should be limited.

In the early morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, before dawn, several roads of men and horses hurriedly drove out of Xidu County, in order not to affect the march, all of them were one person and two horses, light horses and fast travel, and went to Jincheng County, Wuwei County, Longxi County, Qinzhou, Chang'an and other places to report the news, and transferred troops to the Western Capital Qinwang. After receiving the news, the army has risen to prepare to come to the rescue, this is a godsend, who doesn't want to win a jackpot! (To be continued.) )