Liu Xiu hid his anger under the smile, but Han Sui, Wang Yun and others couldn't hold it back, Qiang Qu came with a large army without telling him, and set up a position five miles outside the camp, making them nervous for a while.

There is no need for Liu Xiu to pinch out, and there is no need to unify opinions, not long after the banquet began, Han Sui stood up, arched his hand with a smile on his face, first saluted Liu Xiu, and then turned to give a salute to Qiangqu and his son, and said very politely, "The wine is boring, so I am not talented, I am willing to sing a long song, and dance the sword to cheer up the right virtuous king." ”

King Youxian was very surprised, stroked the short beard under his forehead, and looked at Han Sui happily, the great celebrities of the Han people were willing to dance the sword for him, which was great. He didn't even dare to say it. Han Sui didn't say much, pulled out the ring knife at his waist, used the knife as a sword, and danced and sang.

Han Sui's voice is a little naturally hoarse, and he sings from a desolate and generous atmosphere, although his songs are not complicated, but the artistic conception is very lofty, and it is very ear-catching in the Qiangqu that is used to seeing the grassland desert. It's just that although he speaks Chinese well, he is not familiar with the lyrics of the Han people, and he can vaguely understand a few words, but he doesn't understand it very well, but he just thinks that the artistic conception is good, so he claps his hands and responds.

Liu Xiu listened to a few words, and immediately sensed the hostility in it, especially when he heard the sentence "A horse stomps on the Huns, and the ruler slashes Xianbei." I am willing to follow General Wei and capture the right virtuous king alive", he couldn't help but glance at Han Sui with some surprise, and said in his heart that although this guy is a celebrity, he is a celebrity from Liangzhou, and the murderous spirit in this lyrics is really enough.

Qiang Qu didn't feel anything yet, but Yu Fuluo felt hostility from it, he pulled the translator, the translator's face was embarrassed, and he squeaked and said a few words, Yu Fuluo's face suddenly sank, his black face was swollen red, and he pulled Qiang Qu's sleeve with his hand. Qiang Quzheng was fascinated by what he heard, and was a little impatient with his interruption, and reluctantly listened to him say a few words, and the joy on his face immediately disappeared.

Han Sui sang, as if he didn't see Qiang Qu's face, and calmly retreated.

There was silence in the big tent, Qiang Qu didn't speak with a cold face, Han Sui was calm, Wang Yun seemed to be afraid that the fire would not burn enough, and raised his glass and praised: "The text is a good song, which is enough to be strong." Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment, pushed Chen Chen away to take his hand, and also raised his glass and praised: "Wenyue, sing well, and dance the sword well." ”

Han Sui laughed, very happy.

Liu Xiu laughed in his heart, but he pretended not to understand on his face, and asked curiously: "Wen Yue, is your song singing to General Wei Qingwei's battle of Gaoque?" ”

Han Sui bowed: "Exactly, if there is something inappropriate, please advise the adults." ”

Liu Xiu tasted it seriously, and then said: "Wenyue, you sing this song well, but when General Wei was in Daxianbei Mountain, Xianbei was still in Daxianbei Mountain, where did he have the opportunity to meet it." He turned his head again and said to Qiang Qu apologetically: "Right Virtuous King, you shouldn't have anything to do with that Right Virtuous King, right?" ”

Qiang Qu was annoyed in his heart, but he couldn't say it, so he had to nod and say, "Lord Hui, it's okay." Not only does I, the Right Xian King, have nothing to do with the Right Xian King, but the Huns in Bingzhou have nothing to do with the Huns at that time, we are the descendants of Hu Han Evil, surnamed Twinti, and the right Xian King's surname is Gu Tu, which is not a family. ”

Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief "relieved", and "blamed" Han Sui and said: "It's not a mistake, otherwise King Youxian thinks you mean to offend, but what's good?" As he spoke, he changed his smile and said to Qiang Qu: "The hero of the Right Sage King, I don't think it will give birth to a ghost for this, right?" ”

Qiang Qugan laughed twice, "No, no. ”

Wang Yun stood up and said loudly, "My lord is too worried. Although King Youxian was also a Hunn, they were my Han friends, and these people often fought with the Han army. When Dou Che rode through the Northern Huns, there were 30,000 soldiers of the Southern Huns, and their hatred for the Northern Huns was even stronger than ours. King Youxian, I'm not wrong, right? ”

Qiangqu's old face was flushed, although he felt that it was very unpleasant, but he couldn't refute it, they killed the Northern Huns, and they were indeed more ruthless than the Han people, and every time the Han army went out of the fortress, the shadow of their Southern Huns was indispensable.

"In that case, then I'm relieved." Liu Xiu raised his glass and said loudly, "Cheers to our friendship with King Youxian." This time, we will fight side by side, hoping to kill all the Xianbei people and recapture the homeland that the Huns have invaded by them. ”

Qiang Qu eased his face and raised his glass in response. Wang Yun and the others also tacitly toasted together. Next, Wang Yun sang another song, and Yuan Shao was not to be outdone, so he also sang a song. probably felt that their anger was too strong, and Chen Chen also took the rare initiative to chant a Han Fu, but he chanted too much, not only did they not understand Qiangqu, but even Liu Xiu seemed to understand.

Seeing the Han people's celebrities performing talents one by one, Qiangqu's father and son were envious and ashamed. Although they don't understand it very well, they also know that this is a symbol of culture, no matter how good the riding and archery is, it is useless, if they can't chant poetry, they are barbarians after all, and they can't be recognized by the Han people. They not only feel that the Han people are weak and do not want to become like them, but also feel that the Han people are elegant, and hope that they can be like them and be accepted by them, and their complicated feelings make them a little confused.

After the banquet was over, Qiangqu and his son once again invited Liu Xiu and others to the banquet tomorrow, and only after getting their promise did they get on the horse and leave. Han Sui and the others did not end, they stayed around Liu Xiu, and almost said in unison that the Huns were too arrogant, and if they didn't hit their arrogance, I am afraid it would be difficult to drive them smoothly.

Only Chen Chen expressed a different opinion in vehement. The Huns are arrogant, but if there is no cavalry of the Huns, what can you thousands do? What good is it to provoke the Huns at this time, if they fight back on the battlefield, will you still be able to return to Luoyang alive? Since the Huns have been attached to our Han, we should have the measure of the master, and don't care too much about the details. They're barbarians, but you're not.

Liu Xiu has always had a bad impression of Chen Chen, he subconsciously regarded their father and son as hypocrites, at least pseudo-celebrities who could only talk but could not move, but this time after listening to Chen Chen's words, he didn't simply scoff at them. It's not that he agrees with Chen Chen's virtue to convince people, but he thinks that Chen Chen is right, he has the upper hand when drinking, and he takes advantage of his words, which looks cool, but in fact, it has little effect, and sometimes it may even backfire.

Especially against the Huns, it is useless to pay lip service, and the key depends on whether the fist is hard enough.

"Qiangqu said, Xianbei people may have movements, what do you think?" Liu Xiu quietly raised the most important question. Qiangqu may just say it casually, but what if it's true? When he arrived in northern Xinjiang, the news would inevitably spread to the grassland, although Huai Zong did not die at his hands, but it was inseparable from him, and it was reasonable for Tan Shi Huai to kill him to avenge Huai Zong. The Northern Army now has less than 4,000 people, not to mention the newly trained soldiers, even if it is a hundred battles of heroes, it is impossible to deal with the Xianbei people alone.

"To be on the safe side, Tanaka Lang should be notified immediately to recruit the Huns." Wang Yun thought for a while, and then said straight to the point: "At the same time, notify General Duliao and Xihe Changshi, so that we can have nearly 10,000 Han troops and have a certain strength to deter the Huns." ”

Yuan Shaomo rubbed his palms and asked a question: "Wuyuan County is nearly five hundred miles from east to west, and there are dozens of fortresses. ”

Liu Xiu also scratched his head, the lack of troops is his biggest problem at present, every time the Xianbei people invade, they never fight alone, they are all out of several ways, and each road has at least three or four thousand cavalry, it is impossible to prevent it, even if the Huns help, it is difficult to completely block the Xianbei people, there are always a few ways to kill into the Saine.

Liu Xiu couldn't cry or laugh, Meng Tian had 500,000 people attacking the Huns in the north, and Wei Qing had 100,000 people fighting the Huns, but he was good, 10,000 people, or three people, it was really Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and a year was not as good as a year. He touched his head in frustration, "Jingsheng, report our situation here to Your Majesty quickly, and ask Your Majesty to transfer troops to help." ”

"Whoa." Liu Biao bowed in response, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "My lord, what is the strategy?" ”

"Strategy?" Liu Xiu smiled more ugly: "What do you think can be done now?" ”

Liu Biao was dumbfounded, and he didn't have any opinion at all, so what would His Majesty say.

"The magic of using soldiers is to be single-minded." Liu Xiu saw that Yuan Shao and the others were a little gloomy, and he didn't want them to be too depressed, so he turned his mouth and said: "Fight more with less, the fighter is very important, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will go, how can there be a predetermined strategy." I said these words to Your Majesty before I came, and I think Your Majesty should be able to understand them. ”

"What your lord says is very true." Han Sui touched his chin and looked at the fortress marked on the map, his tone was calm, but he was full of confidence: "We are short of troops, if we are satisfied with defending, we will not be able to defend it well after all." Rather than this, it is better to focus on the anti-customer and take the initiative. ”

"Take the initiative?" Yuan Shao's eyes lit up if he realized: "Yes, the Xianbei people are used to arrogance, they are not concentrating troops, but dividing the troops." In this case, there must not be too many people on each road, and we can't defend it thoroughly, but if we concentrate our forces to attack all the way, there is still a chance. ”

Liu Biao listened and agreed very much, and the three of them turned their eyes to Liu Xiu in unison. Liu Xiu nodded again and again: "Clever plan!" ”

"My lord, is it available?" Han Sui and Yuan Shao glanced at each other and became excited.

"Of course it does." Liu Xiu laughed, his thoughts suddenly brightened, he turned to the map, and quickly glanced at it: "Zishi, as far as you know, how many places are there that Xianbei people often come and go?" ”

Wang Yun also reacted at this time, he quickly walked to the map, pointed at it, and said loudly: "There are three big tribes in Xianbei in the west, namely the Red Said Tribe, the Wild Sand Tribe, and the Wild Wolf Tribe. They generally do not act in tandem, but invade separately. Bingzhou is facing the station of the Red Tribe. There are three places they usually invade, one is Yunzhongsai, the other is Jilusai, and the other is the area of Poplar Lake where we are. ”

Wang Yun pointed to the map and explained it carefully, and Liu Xiu and the others listened attentively, discussing with each other from time to time. Although a breakthrough has been found, the situation is still not optimistic. The Red tribe is strong and strong, even if the soldiers are divided into three roads, the men and horses of each road are equivalent to them, and it is a tough battle to meet any way.

"It seems that the Huns are still indispensable." Liu Xiu snapped his knuckles and slowly turned in circles in the tent: "This is the first time the Changshui Battalion has attacked, and the first battle will be won, otherwise we will not be able to boost our morale in the future." This battle must be morale-driven, and it cannot rely entirely on the Huns, otherwise their arrogance will become more and more arrogant. ”

Wang Yun and the others nodded yes.

"Let's do it, let's train with battle, pick up the easy ones first, accumulate small victories for big victories, and then gnaw hard bones when the teeth are sharpened." Liu Xiu made up his mind and turned his head to look at them: "How?" ”

Wang Yun smiled: "What the adults said is exactly what I want." ”

Han Sui and Yuan Shao also nodded yes.

"In that case, don't stimulate Qiangqu in the past two days." Liu Xiu smiled a little helplessly: "At the moment of the great enemy, it is better to suppress the anger first." ”

Wang Yun disagreed and did not say anything. Han Sui smiled noncommittally, but Yuan Shao very much agreed with Liu Xiu's opinion, and he also felt that it was of no practical significance to engage in a battle of will at this time.

"Guys go and prepare, I still have to think about how to deal with Qiangqu tomorrow." Liu Xiu sighed, he was very unhappy, looking at the Huns was not pleasing to the eye, but he had to envelop him, although it was a big husband who could bend and stretch, he was not the kind of person who wanted to die to save face and suffer crimes, but when he thought of saying good things to the Huns, it was always not a taste in his heart.

Yuan Shao and the others retired one after another, and when they were about to turn around and leave the account, Liu Xiu said: "Zishi, I know that you are both civil and military, and the soldiers recruited from Taiyuan and Yanmen will be led by you for the time being." ”

Wang Yun was overjoyed and thanked him again: "Thank you, sir." ”

Liu Xiu turned around and said solemnly: "Zishi, Benchu, Wenyue, you are all rare generals, as the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to obtain, and a general is hard to find, it is my honor to be able to fight side by side with you." I hope that we can play the majesty of the Changshui battalion and the prestige of the Han army this time, not only to let the Xianbei people and our Han army not insult, but also to let the Huns know that the knives of our Han people are still sharp! ”

Wang Yun and the three of them put away their smiles and responded in unison: "Oh! ”

After sending Wang Yun and them away, Liu Xiu was still a little difficult to calm down, and his frustration, anger, and unwillingness were mixed together, which made him a little upset. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had 600,000 border troops, the Huns fled from the wind, and now the Han population is 60 million, but the number of border troops is not more than 10,000, and they still have to rely on the enemy to fight, this is a victory? Many people think so, countless Confucian scholars like Cai Yong boasted that Emperor Guangwu's Wenzhi was better than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's martial arts, and even famous generals like Zhang Huan had this idea.

Yes, it is indeed economically cost-effective to use the Huns to guard the border. Don't look at the Han Dynasty giving the Huns nearly 200 million money a year, but 200 million money to raise soldiers, absolutely can't afford to support so many people. The most basic expenses of each soldier are more than six or seven thousand yuan per year, and if there is a battle, the cost will rise even more sharply, and 200 million yuan is to raise 20,000 soldiers, but 20,000 soldiers is far from enough.

However, can the heavy responsibility of border defense be placed on the shoulders of the Huns because of the low cost of money? The Huns are not a credible security company. Besides, I've heard of companies hiring security guards, but I've never heard of a big country handing over its national security to mercenaries.

Liu Xiu paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back.

"Your Excellency, you're upset." Wang Zhi, who had been standing in the corner, suddenly said.

"Huh?" Liu Xiu didn't understand for a while, and after a while, he nodded a little embarrassedly: "Don't hide it, I don't know now how heavy this burden is on my shoulders." If my decision is wrong, it is likely that the lives of thousands of soldiers in the Changshui Battalion will be lost. ”

Wang Zhi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I thought that the adults were worried about not being able to fulfill His Majesty's trust, but I didn't expect that the adults were worried about the surnames of the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion. My lord is really compassionate, but I don't think it's necessary, since I am in the army, life and death should be put aside. Although I don't know much about military affairs, I have heard people say that the more fearful a general is, the more likely he is to make meritorious contributions. ”

Liu Xiu shook his head: "That's what I said, but after all, this is a fresh life, and the death of a person may be a broken home, how can I be indifferent." ”

Wang Zhi raised his eyebrows: "It's really rare for an adult to have this kind of benevolence, but since an adult is a general, he can't have the kindness of a woman." Lao Jun said that the avenue is wasted, and there is benevolence and righteousness. A true saint is unkind, just as a true saint is unkind. ”

Liu Xiu's heart moved, and suddenly seemed to think of something, but he couldn't catch it for a while, he stood there in a daze, tilting his head, as if looking at Wang Zhi, but in fact, his mind was not on Wang Zhi at all, and he didn't even pay attention to what Wang Zhi was talking or not.

Until Li Yifeng interrupted his train of thought: "My lord, there is someone who wants to see you." ”

"Who?" Liu Xiu was interrupted by him, and he was a little unhappy for a while.

"He refused to say, but asked me to give this to the adults, saying that the adults would definitely see him when they saw this."

Liu Xiu took a piece of bamboo handed over by Li Yifeng, glanced at it, and immediately perked up: "Please let him in." ”

Li Yifeng turned around and went out, and soon brought an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in, who was wearing thick clothes, wrapped in a cold air, with leather ropes on his legs, and his feet were full of slush, and it seemed that he had walked a long way.

He stood motionless in the tent. Liu Xiu waved his hand and motioned for Li Yifeng and Wang Zhi to go out, Wang Zhi glanced at the man in some surprise, didn't say anything, turned around and went out.

The man stretched out his hand and touched his hair for a while, took out a small black paper scroll, and handed it to Liu Xiu with both hands: "My lord, this is the news from the drama master." ”

Liu Xiu took it in his hand and did not open it immediately, but said solemnly: "Hard work!" ”

The man smiled faintly, gave a salute, and turned to go out. Liu Xiu slowly opened the paper scroll, only glanced at it, and his eyes narrowed. He pursed his lips, smiled disdainfully, and threw the note into the fire. The fire in the fire pit was booming, and at once he licked the note, which quickly burned to ashes. As soon as Liu Xiu raised his hand, the ashes flew away.

Lu Bu galloped on the snowfield, behind him was a mighty crowd of more than 1,000 people, with his prestige among horse thieves, plus Liu Xiu's brand-new military uniform, he only walked out of the plug, and recruited more than 1,200 horse thieves. Of course, there are also people who don't know each other, but as soon as they spit out a word, Lu Bu, who was in a very bad mood, danced his halberd on his horse, and neatly picked them under the horse, and then Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and others rushed up with their guards and killed those horse thieves who dared to reject his kindness Lu Fengxian.

It was cold and frozen, which made it convenient to save the head, and with the help of the heads of the leaders of the horse thieves, the recruitment task behind was unusually smooth, and almost all the horse thieves within two or three hundred miles from Jiuyuan to Shuofang were absorbed by Lu Bu.

Thinking of what Liu Xiu had said, Lu Bu's mood that had been depressed for many days was finally relieved.

"Feng Xian, do you think the adults will really let you be Sima?" Cheng Lian caught up and ran side by side with Lu Bu.

"If he dares to break his word, I will kill him with a halberd." Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said.

"Hahaha......" Wei Xu laughed and said, "Fengxian, do you think that the adult is a horse thief, and he can let you pick it with a halberd?" ”

Lu Bu's face suddenly darkened, and Wei Xu wanted to say more, Cheng Lian shouted: "Xuzi!" Wei Xu noticed Lu Bu's face at this time, shrunk his neck, and swallowed back the words that followed.

"Lianzi, you say...... Can I really not beat Master Liu? Lu Bu was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "What did he mean by what he said?" ”

Cheng Lian touched his head and said with a blank face: "I don't understand either." Their readers' minds are the same as the belts of women, sometimes they can be untied, and sometimes they are twisted and twisted, and they can't be untied. ”

"And, just your point." Lu Bu spat on him, and while rising and falling with the gallop of the horse, he said to himself: "I've been thinking about that thing for the past two days, it's so embarrassing, I'm such an adult, and it's the first time I've met such a sinister person." He actually played a trick and attacked me with a halberd tail. ”

Wei Xu pursed his lips and disagreed. If you lose, you lose, and it is a bit unreasonable to say that people use yin tricks, and when you go to the battlefield, you can use whatever tricks are useful, and how can there be any yin tricks that are not yin tricks.

Lu Bu saw Wei Xu's expression and opened his mouth, but he was embarrassed to say it, he himself felt that this reason was unspeakable. Cheng Lian twitched the war horse hard, and suddenly said: "Fengxian, I thought of something, I don't know, right?" ”

"Tell me about it."

"I think it's not an exaggeration to say that Master Liu is insidious. You think, you competed with him, it was a temporary idea, and he was not prepared at all, but he was different, he was looking for your grandmother to find it, and he asked the old acquaintances of Jiuyuan to witness, and he also made so many formations, not to mention anything else, the thousand people stood there, and I was a little panicked. Didn't you panic at the time? ”

Lu Bu frowned and did not answer Cheng Lian's words. Cheng Lian didn't care, and continued to take care of himself: "If you want me to see, he is just ready and waiting for you to compete." Compared with the number of people, he is a hundred times more than us, shouting a voice, compared to weapons, the halberd in his hand is definitely not a commonly used weapon in the army, compared to war horses, how can your zebra compare with his fiery war horse. I dare say that his horse is one in a million even on the grassland. ”

Lu Bu nodded, and said with some admiration: "It is indeed a good horse, and it also starts together, that horse is much faster than mine, otherwise I wouldn't have suffered such a big loss." He suddenly understood, "That's what he said?" ”

"It doesn't matter what he means, as long as he talks and counts, let you be Sima, and we will all be military marquises, then it will be done." Cheng Lian moved his brain for a while, and then felt a little headache, slammed a whip, and laughed: "I think that Youzhou is quite good, even if the martial arts are not as good as yours, it will not be bad, and it must be very enjoyable to fight with him." ”

(To be continued)