"Lord Zhou, the Hu people are in turmoil, and Beidi County is ravaged by Ma Lanqiang and Lu Shuihu, causing the local people to leave their hometowns one after another. Therefore, our current priority is to repair the city destroyed by the Hu people, with the city as a support, we can gather the people, gather strength, and then start to dredge the Qin Canal, the Han Canal to re-divert river irrigation, and finally we have to distribute land to the common people, and reproduce the rich land of the past! At the banquet that night, Sima Shu said to Zhou Xun very boldly.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, the three cities of Fuping, Lingwu, and Niyang in the north are now less than 100,000 Han people, and they are already tired and poor, how can they afford to repair the city? There is also a problem with the grain and grass of the more than 6,000 soldiers under His Royal Highness. Zhou Xun frowned and raised an objection with some concern.

"Lord Zhou, don't worry!" Sima Shu said happily: "Don't worry about the grain and grass of our army, we have already prepared to garrison here for a long time, and we have brought some grain and grass and horses here." In addition, we also plan to attack the Hulu River and Helan Mountain in the north, where the water and grass are fertile, and there is no problem in grabbing hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep. As for the population? Isn't there still a lot of Hu people in Northland County, and they can also be hired. ”

"That's great!" Zhou Xun listened to the prince's words, nodded in praise, and half of his heart was relieved.

"In addition, Gu must explain to Lord Zhou here that this fortified city can no longer make the people serve as before, but must hire them with money, which is a good thing for the people of Northland County. Lord Zhou may not know that Lone once built cities, roads, and bridges in the new city not to recruit people at will, but to recruit people with money and food. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Xun couldn't help but be stunned, he had never heard of such a policy since ancient times, and the official affairs of renovating the city in the past dynasties were almost all levies for the people, and like the current prince, isn't it obvious that he is sending money and food to the people?

In this way, as long as the government uses money and grain to recruit people to build cities and ditches, the people scattered around, whether they are Han Chinese, Xianbei, Beiqiang or Xiongnu, will not all rush to come? In this way, the people scattered in various places can be gathered in the three cities, and they can also take advantage of the opportunity of overhauling official work to give food to the people, so that they can be slightly hungry.

But is this food enough? If you don't give half of it, it will cause more confusion, and it is better not to give it at the beginning. "Is this enough money?" Zhou Xun asked hesitantly.

"To be honest, don't think that Guanzhong can support us with this money and grain, Lord Zhou knows that at present, Guanzhong is in chaos, and the grain production in the Guanlong area is not enough, and it is necessary to rely on the imperial court to buy grain from Jingxiang and other places with money." Sima Shu told the truth.

Zhou Xun almost wanted to cry in depression: Big brother, didn't you make fun of me?

"But Guan Long can't give money, there are other places to give food!" Sima Shu saw that Zhou Xun's face was not good-looking, and hurriedly showed his hole cards. "In the next period of time, Gu is ready to lead the cavalry troops to sweep the small Hu tribes around, and the stolen grain, grass, cattle and sheep will be used in Northland County, and in less than two days, there will be spoils transported to Northland County. Otherwise, how dare Lone say that to you? ”

"That's good! That's good! ”

Zhou Xun was overjoyed in his heart, and all the stones in his heart fell to the ground. Although he knew that the Hu people in the north would suffer in this way, but he had been in the north for many years, and his concept had already changed a lot, as long as he had food, grass, cattle and sheep, who cared about the life and death of the Hu people!

"In addition, Lone will also provide you with a large number of Hu prisoners of war, and those dangerous and heavy physical tasks can be entrusted to them to do. In addition, this is the uniform field system implemented by Lone in the new city, and the effect is very good, so Lone plans to implement it in Northland County, you can take a look and understand it first. ”

"Yes!"

Sure enough, after the chaos was the Great Governance, and after the Hu people raged in Beidi County, there was no one or force here who could stop Sima Shu from implementing the new policy. Even Zhou Xun just glanced at it and said that he would go all out to implement the Juntian system in Beichi County.

A few days later, Sima Shu led 6,000 cavalry and began to sweep away the Hu rebels in the entire Beidi County, while Zhou Xun, the fake Beidi County Guard, began to recruit people of all ethnic groups, both young and old, men and women, to build city walls and dig channels to earn grain, cattle and sheep.

The army of the six thousand princes was divided into two parts: one patrolled and guarded near the cities of Fuyang, Lingwu, and Niyang in the north; The other sent troops to Helan Mountain to subdue the Hu tribes there, and fought a few battles with several Tuoba Xianbei cavalry in the north, but to Sima Shu's reassurance, the Xianbei people did not move south because of this.

"Your Highness, in front is the Lushuihu tribe, with a total of 23,500 households and 15,000 cavalry, who followed the Huns Hao Duyuan to rebel." Li Teh pointed to the gourd river in front of him and said.

"Lu Shuihu? This lonely knows that they have the elements of the Xiongnu and Yue, and they have absorbed the tribes of the Qian, Diqiang and even Han in the evolution of the nation, but they are obviously not the same kind of people as us. Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Sima Shu's eyes.

"What's even more hateful is that these Hu people mongrels have repeatedly come to my Jin Dynasty to burn, kill, and plunder! Xuan Xiu! Chuan Gu order: Kill all the way! Except for good horses, cattle and sheep, people and animals are not left! Li Itch, Li Liu, you lead the left and right battalions to fight in two ways, and you have to move quickly. Even if we want to burn and kill it, we need to be fast, and after that, we will continue to march north. Sima Shu began to order: "Xuan Xiu, you go and supervise them, and you must not let anyone escape from here." ”

"Yes, I promise that I will never let a fly fly out of here!" Leeter bowed down to receive the order.

"At present, our strength is still small, whether it is Tuoba Xianbei or the White Huns, their strength is stronger than ours, as long as they learn the news of the annihilation of the Lushui Hu tribe in the Hulu River Basin, the Hu tribes in the Hetao area will naturally be ready to move, once those greedy Hu people know that the Lu Shuihu army in the upper reaches of the Hulu River, which is rich in water and grass, will not give up such a golden opportunity. Therefore, we must move quickly and stealthily, and before they can react, we will take down Lu Shuihu in one fell swoop! Sima Shu explained

Sima Shu gave an order, Li Teh rushed to the front with the cavalry, and Li Qi, Li Liu, and the six thousand princes' troops behind them followed behind and killed the Hu people.

The Lu Shuihu tribesmen, who had just finished robbing the Han Chinese, were busy preparing for the long winter, and they had to prepare enough forage to keep their cattle, sheep and horses safely through the winter. At this time, although some of their young and powerful people were all in the tribe, they encountered six thousand wolf-like Jin troops in an unsuspecting situation, and the result can be imagined.

When Li Teh was the first to rush into the Lu Shuihu camp, the Lu Shuihu woman, who was standing there to clean up the sheep that had just been slaughtered, straightened up and looked at Li Te, who rushed into the camp on a horse, and watched the saber waved in Li Te's right hand getting bigger and bigger in front of her eyes, and finally turned into a white light, and a chill then came from her neck. As she fell, more and more cavalry were rushing after Lit.

The six thousand Jin troops rushed back and forth in the Lushuihu camp, and when they saw the people fleeing in a panic, whether old or young, whether men or women, they immediately went up with a knife; When he saw a tent and other flammable places, he threw a torch and suddenly ignited a raging fire. I saw screams and flames in the camp.

Sima Shu, who was standing in the distance, quietly watched the killing in front of him, listening to the screams one after another, and a trace of pleasure swelled up in his heart.

Li Fu quietly glanced at Sima Shu who was standing in front of him, only to see that his face was as silent as water in the whirring wind, and he couldn't see any joy, anger and sorrow in his slightly narrowed eyes.

The screams became less and less, and the fire began to slowly become smaller. Sima Shu turned his head and said to Li Fu and dozens of guards: "Okay, it's quiet here, it's time for us to move on." Let's go! ”

When Sima Shu and the others rode their horses around the camp to the west, it didn't take long for them to see Li Teze riding horses and dozens of guards running over first. When he walked up, he hurriedly reported to Sima Shu: "Your Highness, there should be no living Bailu people in this camp, Li Liu and they have swept back and forth three times. Among them, more than 200 fast-moving Bailu people rode north, and were chased by 300 horsemen led by the minister, and shot more than 200 people, leaving more than 30 people to be hacked to death by his men with sabers. ”

After a while, Li Liu came over with three thousand cavalry satisfied, and when he walked up, Li Liu also opened his mouth and reported: "Your Highness, we have cleared all the population, cattle and sheep in the camp, and captured about 15,000 good horses, and at the same time replenished a batch of arrows, weapons, and grain and grass, and all the rest that we could not take away were set on fire with the corpses. ”

Sima Shu saw that there were indeed one or two more war horses around the prince's army, and there were a few packages and swords, guns and arrows on them. Looking up again, the camp in the distance saw dozens of raging fires rising in countless puffs of black smoke.

"What about the casualties?" Sima Shu turned around and asked.

"Three hundred and nineteen brothers died, one hundred and fifty-one wounded, and we buried the dead alive, and I told them to support each other and take care of them, and ride back to Northland County." Leeter added.

"Good! Now immediately assemble and line up to move on. From now on, Li Teh and the guide continued to lead the way in front, all the people changed horses, not people, and said that they had to rush to the periphery of Fushi before dark tomorrow! ”

"Yes!" The crowd shouted in unison.

In the night that began to darken, the cavalry of the 6,000 Jin army began to line up in three rows, divided into two groups, the front and the back, and converged into a stream of iron rolling north, and soon disappeared into the night.

At this time, Tulan, the leader of Malanqiang, looked at the endless crowd in the camp and listened to the bustling excitement of the whole camp, and felt very relieved. This time, he followed Hao Duyuan to rebel against the Jin Dynasty, and he not only plundered enough oil and water from the Jin Dynasty, but also further expanded his power to the vicinity of the Hulu River. Seeing Ma Lanqiang thriving in his own hands, the leader of Ma Lanqiang couldn't help but feel proud.

The complacent Malanqiang people did not know that a group of Jin troops were rushing towards them, and perhaps they did not expect that the Han people's revenge would come so quickly and so violently.

The 6,000 cavalry of the Jin army marched all the way across the Hulu River, and on the way, they also easily wiped out a small Qiang tribe of less than 10,000 people, and this Qiang tribe of less than 2,000 households was wiped out under the sabre of the Jin army. However, this time, the Jin army did not set fire except for killing people, so except for the corpses in disarray, the camp was not as bright as Lu Shuihu.

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