Chapter 22: Who are you?
Beidi County is Liangzhou, located on the right of Anding County, north of Feng Yi, south of the Southern Xiongnu internal residence, separated from the Yellow River by Bingzhou and Hedong, and separated from the right branch of Weishui by Anding, between the two rivers. Beidi County has always been the front line and buffer area of the Han Dynasty's resistance to Beihu, and Beidi County has six counties with a population of less than 30,000. Beidi County was once invaded by Beihu, and the Han had to entrust the governance of Beidi County to Feng Yi, and now Fuping County, the seat of Beidi County, is more than 800 miles away from Chang'an.
Chen Lin and his entourage were cautious, the number of people was small, the target was small, and the main force of Li Dao and others was in the western area of Chang'an in the Fufeng area, compared to Feng Yi and other places, there were many fewer troops, and there were almost thieves and thieves here, and what was even more infuriating was that the Southern Xiongnu saw that the Han Dynasty was weak, Dong Zhuo died again, and took the opportunity to go south to rob the Han people, and there were more Hu people than Han people in Hedong, Feng Yi, and Beidi. Although Chen Lin was angry all the way, he knew what was the most important thing at this time, so he endured it again and again.
At the same time that Chen Lin was on the road, a major event happened in Fuping County. Xu Rong and Niu Fu were originally ordered to go to Hedong to quell the rebellion, and at the same time to guard against the Kwantung Army attacking from Hanoi, with 30,000 troops under them. The successive major events made Xu Rong and Niu Fu unable to cope with it, and what was even more tragic was that their backbone Dong Zhuo died, Xu Rong and Niu Fu discussed, and heard that the imperial court did not plan to let go of their old Dong Zhuo, especially Niu Fu is still Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, although Niu Fu's family is now in Chang'an, it is estimated that he is dead, but Niu Fu still wants to live, in order not to let Chang'an cut off his back road, Xu Rong and Niu Fu will have 20,000 soldiers, this is Xu Rong and Niu Fu's old soldiers for many years, although it is not Dong Zhuo's trump card, But it is not comparable to ordinary soldiers and horses. 20,000 people ran back to Beidi County in a gray manner, almost moving Hedong to nothing, Xu Rong said: "General Niu, Beidi is barren, if our army goes back in the short term, it will be fine, but it is not a long-term solution, Beidi County can not afford to support my 20,000 troops, why don't you move all the property in Hedong to Beidi." โ
This move, not as good as Dong Zhuo's relocation of the capital, but made many rich people in Hedong fall blood mold, Xu Rong Niufu except for 4,000 people, almost everyone else has become a transport team of people, it is said that the grain alone is enough for 20,000 troops to eat for a year, and there are countless gold and silver treasures. After returning to the north, there was a terrifying news coming, saying that Fan Chou and they were not convinced by Wang Yun to rush to kill them all, and raised troops to counterattack Chang'an, and hundreds of thousands of elites of Xiangguo all poured into Fufeng to attack Chang'an. Xu Rong had the heart to surrender to the imperial court, and he couldn't bear to be a thief anymore, so he said to Niu Fu: "General, although the Han is weak now, everyone in the world respects the Han Dynasty. It can be seen that the Han family's morale is not exhausted, and now Guo Li and others do not know whether they are alive or dead, and they actually raise troops to attack Chang'an, and these three people have always been at odds with the general, if the general goes, he will definitely not have much status. If we hadn't waited here to support ourselves and wait for the great change, I would have been a rich man at that time. โ
Niu Fu himself was suspicious and suspicious, and he was timid and afraid of death, so when he saw Xu Rong say this, how could he not agree. Xu Rong's skills Niu Fu knows, Dong Zhuo sent Xu Rong to Hedong is nothing more than hoping to use Xu Rong's power to protect Niu Fu, even Dong Zhuo has seen Xu Rong's ability, how can Niu Fu not believe it, you must know that Dong Zhuo has a set of people. It's just that because Xu Rong has followed Dong Zhuo for a relatively short time with Li Dao and others, Xu Rong speaks more upright and won't go to sycophants, so Dong Zhuo knows Xu Rong's skills, but he doesn't have time to reuse them.
Xu Rong's martial arts are average, but he governs the army well, plus he is very brave in battle, and he is very supported by the generals and soldiers in the army, at this time, although Niu Fu is Xu Rong's boss in fate, but as soon as Dong Zhuo dies, who cares about this relationship, so the 20,000 army is more influential than Xu Rong's words. Beihu frequently went south, Xu Rong made several plans to no avail, these Hu people are very shrewd now, if you have more soldiers to chase, I will run, and you can't keep up, you have few soldiers, I will turn around and bite you. Xu Rong and Niu Fu were harassed to the core, at this time the so-called Han had almost collapsed, and Emperor Han Xian was now unable to protect himself, where could he still manage the affairs of the Hu people. If it weren't for the high-ranking cadres over there in Bingzhou, he could be regarded as a capable general, and he contained a lot of Hu people, I was afraid that 200,000 Southern Huns would go south to loot the Central Plains. The current Southern Xiongnu were unified by King Zuoxian, which is amazing, and the western Xianbei are now a little afraid of this Xiongnu.
It is said that another brave general under Niu Fu's account is named Hu Chi'er, Hu Chi'er is a typical Han-Hu hybrid, although Hu Chi'er has half of the Hu blood, but Hu Chi'er grew up in the Han Dynasty since he was a child, and he didn't want to admit that he was a Hu person. Whoop was nine feet tall, with long legs and thick arms, and was a brave man in battle. But this person is greedy for money, very greedy for money, as Niu Fu's general, Hu Chi'er has complained about Niu Fu who is also greedy for money more than once, and always dislikes Niu Fu's less property. This time was no exception, Hu Chi'er knew that Niu Fu had made a lot of money in Hedong, but as Niu Fu's number one general, Hu Chi'er felt that it was pitiful that there was only a hundred taels of gold.
On this day, Hu Chi'er drank some wine, and rushed into Niu Fu's mansion while the wine was strong: "General, the last general's war horse is too old, I don't know if the general can give the red horse to the last general, so that the last general can go into battle to kill the enemy." "Hong'er is a rare and peerless BMW that Niu Fu got in Hedong, and Niu Fu is reluctant to ride it on weekdays. When Niu Fu heard this, he was furious, and he dared to ask for his own Hong'er, and Niu Fu scolded Hu Chi'er.
Hu Chi'er returned to the barracks angrily, Hu Chi'er has been in the army for many years and has a few cronies, these cronies are not a good thing, when he saw Hu Chi'er like this, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "General, what's wrong?" Hu Chi'er scolded and scolded and said Niu Fu and so on, when the cronies heard it, these people didn't want to be soldiers for a long time, but they went home empty-handed, and they were unwilling, this was a good opportunity, so several people tried to persuade Hu Chi'er: "General, you have worked hard and made great achievements-General Niu is too deserved-General, you should be the master of this northern land--Niu Dafang is something--if the general is against his mother's Niu Dafang--Defection to Chang'an-It's not bad to be a rich manโโ It is said that there are no less than a million taels of gold in Niu Dafang's mansionโโ"
The more Hu Chi'er listened, the more justified he felt, Niu Fu shouldn't have done this to himself, he didn't do anything, and more than 20 Hu Chi'er's guards came to Niu Fu's mansion at night with their identities, closed the door, and opened the killing ring. When Niu Fu opened the door, where did he think that Hu Chi'er would do such a thing, there are a few wives in Niu Fu's mansion plus domestic servants and guards, and there is not a single person left in the fifty or so people. Xu Rong rushed to lead the troops when he heard the news two streets away, where is there still a trace of Hu Chi'er, Xu Rong was shocked, now one less ally is one less strength, Xu Rong hurriedly divided his troops to chase and kill Hu Chi'er.
Hu Chi'er killed Niu Fu, ran away with dozens of catties of gold on his back, at this time, it didn't work for any cronies or anything, one by one either died or ran away after robbing the money, where is there anyone who cares about Hu Chi'er. Hu Chi'er regretted it, but life mattered, Niu Fu died, Xu Rong must not let go of himself. Running south, going to Chang'an, I don't dare to take refuge in anyone, I can always be a general with my brute strength.
"Lord, there is movement." During the march, Zhou Cang waved his hand and called Chen Lin and the four of them, and the four of them quickly stopped, Zhou Cang's ability to hide and track in the wild during this time has completely conquered everyone, Zhou Cang said that if there is movement, then there must be movement. After the five people left Chang'an, they didn't have horses to ride, and they had been walking for ten days at this time. I saw Zhou Cang unload the big knife, lie on the ground and put his ears on the ground, it is said that this is the original learned from the Hu people. Zhou Cang's black eyes rolled wildly, and he jumped up, startling Chen Lin.
"There is only one man, one fast horse."
Oh, Chen Lin Xindao now calculates the distance, it's almost to Fuping, even if he doesn't arrive, it's almost there, this is not a populated place near the official road and there are no villages or the like, how can anyone ride a horse to fight here. No matter what, a person, even if he rides a horse, he is not afraid, he will catch it first, this is the Northland, maybe it is still a Hu person, let alone rushing at that horse, and he can't let it go easily.
After making up his mind, Chen Lin commanded the other three to spread out and hide in three points, but Chen Lin and Zhou Cang stood upright in the middle of the path, waiting for the horse to come. After a while, the sound of the horse's hooves was heard, and it was getting closer and closer, and the people seemed to be in a hurry, and kept shouting for the horses. What a tall man, although that person is riding on the horse mountain, Chen Lin can still see at a glance, Yi, a good horse, a war horse covered in red, with a wide chest and thick hooves, a good horse. Why is that person so flustered, and he keeps looking back, he must not be a good person.
The man also saw Chen Lin blocking the road, and he didn't know if he was a thief or if he was willing, but he saw this person shouting and stopping the war horse, stopped, and shouted at Chen Lin: "Who dares to block the road." โ
Chen Lin saw that this person was still a practitioner, and his voice was loud, but his expression was wrong, and he seemed to be running away from something and covering up something. Chen Lin shouted: "The official sees that you are also a Han, but you are panicked, who are you?" Chen Lin asked, and the man didn't answer immediately, but three people rushed out from the side, surrounded the person, Duan Yu shouted: "Lord, the last general recognizes this person, this person is Hu Chi'er, a subordinate of General Niu, this person must be a deserter when he appears here alone, hahaha, the famous Hu Chi'er is a deserter." "It seems that Hu Chi'er has a great reputation among Dong Zhuojun, and even Duan Yu knows it.
When Hu Chi'er heard this, she was shocked, someone recognized her, and saw that Chen Lin and the five people were obviously prepared, and they actually surrounded themselves. Hu Chi'er was furious, and rushed towards Chen Lin with his war horse, who called Chen Lin to stand on the trail to the road. Zhou Cang Narong Hu Chi'er was arrogant, and rushed over with a roar, and Duan Yu and the three of them also raised their knives and surrounded them, roaring angrily at the Savior.