Cao Hong was surprised and delighted, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy, and the unhappiness of Lu Bu taking away more than 1,000 people's equipment at once yesterday was swept away.

"Cheng Junhou, you ...... Who are you robbing, so many good things? ”

"Nothing." The acne on Cheng Lian's face was shining, but his mouth was very low-key: "We were lucky enough to hijack a noble lady's convoy." Hehe, this is only part of it, and some of it was too late to take it, and it was burned with a fire. Tsk, that big car is so beautiful, but it's a pity ......."

Cao Hong listened attentively and was envious. Cheng Lian was a Sima the day before yesterday, and yesterday he went out to rob with equipment, but he came back in more than a dozen hours, and actually robbed a noble lady's convoy. What satisfied Cao Hong the most was the more than 200 war horses, all of which were fat and strong, and they were first-class horses.

Liu Xiu has instructed that two-thirds of the loot of this robbery will go to the soldiers who went out to fight, and one-third will be used as a tap for unified scheduling. The horse thieves all had gains, grinning and a little embarrassed, and they all felt that this battle was too easy, and the rewards were too much. Especially Wei Yue Naqu, who followed Liu Xiu, after Liu Xiu and his personal guard battalion rushed over, there were only a few remaining enemies, and the vast majority of people just ran with knives for a while and it was over, but they got the same reward, and they couldn't help blushing a little.

They all believe Cheng Lian's words now, this Youzhou is good, and it must be very enjoyable to fight with him - if this time it is also a war. Not to mention anything else, this luck is so good that people are red-eyed, and you can get such a big benefit by just robbing it.

This is a good sign.

But Yuan Shao didn't think so, and after learning that Liu Xiu's results for the day out were to do this, they were shocked and expressed varying degrees of opposition. Yes, they should take the initiative to attack, but if they robbed Helian's wife, then it is not a matter of taking the initiative, Helian will definitely take the army of the Hongyue tribe into the Sailai, whether they want to or not, they will have to face Helian's revenge, and the initiative has become passive again.

The Hongyue tribe has more than 30,000 cavalry, and even if the troops are divided into three routes, it is still enough to defeat the newly trained Changshui battalion.

There is another thing, Liu Xiu left them behind and only took the newly recruited horse thieves to rob, what if something happened?

Liu Xiu looked at them quietly, leisurely turning the wine glass in his hand, until they finished speaking, then he said unhurriedly: "You underestimated Helian's strength. Let me tell you, the commander of the Wild Sand tribe is the brother-in-law of the commander of the Red Sand tribe, who is the uncle of the woman we just robbed, so you should also add more than 20,000 horsemen from the Wild Sand Tribe. ”

With a "pop", the wine in Chen Chen's hand fell to the ground, and the wine was spilled.

Yuan Shao and the three looked at each other, only Lu Bu disagreed, He Lian's wife Adela had already slept with him, and now he returned it to He Lian, and it is estimated that He Lian will not forgive him. Besides, he doesn't care that Helian has tens of thousands of horses, he can fight if he can, and run away if he can't, anyway, Helian can't catch him. He expressed his contempt for the shock of Yuan Shao and others.

Han Sui frowned and remained silent, he didn't understand what Liu Xiu was doing, he didn't say a word to Liu Xiu, and he didn't approve of going out with more than a thousand newly recruited horse thieves, but he was unwilling to question Liu Xiu in front of Yuan Shao.

Wang Yun sank his face, and his tone was very tough: "My lord must have made a plan for doing this, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hit it with one blow." Dare to ask my lord, what should we do next, whether to stick to the city, or to fight with the Xianbei people? ”

Liu Xiu smiled, motioned to Zhang Fei and Hao Zhao to hang up the map, walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back for a few steps, and finally stopped in front of Wang Yun: "Zishi, where is the biggest problem when we fight against the Xianbei people?" ”

"In the baggage." Wang Yun said without thinking: "If you go out of the jam for a long time, it is difficult to carry the weight for a long time, and once the food is exhausted, you can only return in vain." ”

"Hmm." Liu Xiu walked in front of Yuan Shao again, "Originally, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Shao touched the short beard under his chin and thought for a moment: "I think I can't catch the enemy's trace." If the Xianbei people are far away from the battle, it will be difficult for us to find them for a decisive battle. ”

"Good." Liu Xiu walked in front of Han Sui again: "Wenyue, how are the Xianbei people capable of attacking the city?" ”

Han Sui smiled disdainfully: "How can they attack any city." ”

Liu Xiu spread his hands: "In this case, what's wrong with us luring the Xianbei people to Sene to fight?" There are only more than 20,000 people in Wuyuan, and now they are basically in the city, and the Xianbei people don't have the ability to attack the city, so they are very safe. Anyway, now the ice and snow can't be planted, stay in the city, are there any Xianbei people outside, what's the difference for them? Could it be that the Xianbei people will settle here? ”

Wang Yun's face softened a little, and he was silent.

"Zishi, can Wang Ze guard Yanmen Pass?"

Wang Yun nodded: "It's definitely not a problem." ”

"Since the Xianbei people can't break through Yanmen, and the tens of thousands of people we have north of Yanmen are in no danger staying in the city, then what else do we have to fear."

"So what do we do?" Yuan Shao asked in a deep voice.

"This is our territory, and we don't need to worry too much about baggage." Liu Xiu pointed to Shuofang City and Wuyuan City, and then pointed to Linrong City in the west: "The distance between the three cities is less than two hundred miles, this is our combat radius, we can enter the city at any time to take refuge and replenish supplies, but the Xianbei people have to travel thousands of miles from the grassland, don't you think it's better than us rushing all the way to the grassland?" ”

Yuan Shao and the others suddenly realized, they understood at this time, this is what Liu Xiu said about turning passive into active.

"My lord, will Kazuren definitely come?" Wang Yun was a little excited.

"He's coming." Liu Xiu said affirmatively: "If he wants to prove that he is the right Xianbei King, he must catch me, at least a big victory." He crooked his lips and laughed: "I gave him such a good excuse, if he can't agitate the Red Yue Tribe and the Wild Sand Tribe, he really won't have a chance at all." ”

Wang Yun looked at Liu Xiu suspiciously, he didn't understand where Liu Xiu's news came from, he knew that Xu Huang took the scouts to inquire about the news outside the plug, but these news were obviously not available to the scouts.

"Zishi, you immediately send a message to Yanmen, Dingxiang and Yunzhong, so that they can get ready, those who intend to defend the city enter the city as soon as possible, and those who have the intention of guerrilla in the field should report to me immediately. This time, we want to let the Xianbei people taste the taste of exhaustion. ”

Wang Yun smiled and bowed in response.

Yuan Shao also smiled, "My lord, what ...... What to do with the Huns? ”

Before Liu Xiu could answer, Wang Yun and Han Sui couldn't help laughing. Liu Xiu led the Xianbei people to the Senei, and all the Han people entered the city to defend it, and the Xianbei people had nothing to gain from plundering, so they naturally wanted to attack the Huns. Although the Huns have been in Cyprus for a hundred years, they are no longer pure nomads, but they are still not used to living in the city, most of them still live in tents, living a half-farming and half-pastoral life, which is a good target for the Xianbei people.

"Try to win them over." Liu Xiu said calmly: "The worst plan is for them to rebel again and collude with the Xianbei people, but that won't do them any good." He turned his head to look at Wang Yun: "Pass my order, transfer a part of the troops from Taiyuan and Shangdang to Yanmen, block the Xianbei people north of Hengshan as much as possible, and if possible, prevent them from crossing the Great Wall one step to ensure that Yanmen and Taiyuan are not lost." ”

"Whoa." Wang Yun replied loudly.

"Yanmen must become an impregnable gateway, not only to keep the Xianbei people out of the door, but also to keep the Huns out of the door." Liu Xiu's face became a little hideous. "Whether they cooperate with us or with the Xianbei people, they are not allowed to step into Yanmen. Can Wang Ze do it? ”

Wang Yun shook his head and hurriedly said, "My lord, I believe that Wang Ze will do everything in his power to do it." ”

"Also, Yanmen not only has to become an insurmountable Xiongguan for Xianbei people, but also has to become our strong backing, transporting 100,000 stone rice from Jinyang to Yanmen, and we will go there at any time to replenish food. Everything we need must be available from there, except for food. ”

"Whoa."

"Jingsheng, six hundred miles urgently ask Your Majesty for an order, asking the Beidi County of Liangzhou to cooperate with us, and if necessary, we will need to take refuge in the Beidi County for a while." Liu Xiu smiled, "Write to Huangfu Song and tell him that the Xianbei people may visit him." ”

Liu Biao smiled and nodded.

"Now there is only one last thing left, how to tie the Huns to our chariots." Liu Xiu glanced around: "Remember, we robbed the Helian woman, only a few of us know at present, we can hide it for one more day, don't scare the Huns' courage, and in turn encircle and suppress us with the Xianbei people." The terrain of the state is much more familiar to them than the Xianbei people. ”

Yuan Shao: They are all smart people, of course they know the stakes here. Although they felt that Liu Xiu was a little damaged by doing this, they all saw the arrogance of the Huns, and they also hoped that this time they could make the Huns and Xianbei people bite and bite, and it was best to lose both.

"If we can cripple the Wild Sand Tribe and the Hongyue Tribe this time, the pressure on the Merge Prefecture and Liangzhou will be much less." Liu Xiu further said: "We don't have to be in a hurry, we have to eat bite by bite, we have to fight little by little, don't be greedy for a war to cripple the Xianbei people, we don't have that kind of strength, the Changshui battalion is not strong enough to that point, so we must give full play to the advantages of local warfare, fight if we can, run if we can't, don't be too thin, kill one by one, if we can do it with war, it would be great." He glanced at the three Sima and one don't drive, and said loudly: "We have two tasks, one is to beat the Xianbei people fiercely, so that they don't look too blind, and the other is to forge the Changshui camp into an indestructible sword, so that the Xianbei people, including the Huns, will be frightened when they hear our name, and they will be unable to eat." ”

Yuan Shao and the others looked at each other, long and tight, clenching their fists in response.

……

When Yu Guduhou is more than sixty years old, his body and bones are still strong, but his lungs are not very good, and he coughs non-stop in winter. Before he reached Yangshu Lake, he heard the news that the right sage king Qiangqu had arrived. After hesitating for a moment, he did not come to see Liu Xiu first, but visited Qiangqu first.

Qiangqu's strength is twice as strong as him, and he fell out with Qiangqu, even the Han people can't keep him.

Qiangqu received him very warmly, welcomed him into the big tent, greeted him with warmth, and then vaguely reminded him not to fall for the Han people, the Han people are not as good as before, they still have to rely on the Huns to fight, they have no strength at all, and they do not have the courage to interfere in the internal affairs of the Huns. What's more, Liu Xiu is not even a general of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, he just went to northern Xinjiang to make some capital, maybe he will return to Luoyang to be an official soon.

When Yu Guduhou nodded again and again, expressing his unconditional support for Qiangqu, he also said to Qiangqu that he came to Yangshuhu just for the sake of politeness, and there was nothing special. He was stationed in Muwuyuan, and when Liu Xiu was in Jiuyuan City, he happened to be absent, so he didn't rush to meet him, so he just came over to make up for the favor, and he had no other intentions.

Qiang Qu answered quietly, and mentioned intentionally or unintentionally, where is the wizard of your tribe? When Yu Guduhou's face stiffened for a moment, he continued to say that he coughed badly in winter, and he was not at ease without a wizard by his side.

Qiang Qu didn't ask any more. It is beyond reproach that the sorcerers of the Huns have the function of healing, but it is enough for him to know that it is true that the Marquis of Gudu brought the sorcerer to Yangshu Lake. Two great wizards died one after another, and Shan Yu sent several candidates to Luoyang, hoping that the Han people could help him choose one, but Qiang Qu felt that the Han people could not help him in this matter as soon as possible, and the great wizards would probably have to be selected from among the wizards of various tribes in the future. There is no doubt which tribe's wizard became a great wizard, and it was more or less biased towards the original tribe. When Yu Guduhou said that he took the wizard just for the convenience of healing, he didn't believe it.

Of course, according to the rules of the Huns, the possible surname of Yu Guduhou to be involved in Shan Yu's position is also negligible, and he is at best limited to being able to elect a wizard he trusts as the great wizard, and if Yu Gudu Hou can support his successor Shan Yu, he has no objection to giving this benefit to Yu Gudu Hou as a reward.

Listening to his vague promise, Yu Gudu Hou was grateful.

Qiangqu was relieved, and invited Liu Xiu to the banquet again, Liu Xiu was very polite, and said that I should invite you, I just made a small fortune and am willing to share it with King Youxian. Qiangqu was a little strange, and said in his heart what kind of wealth Liu Xiu had made, so happy. He didn't think much about it, and specially made an appointment to come to Liu Xiu's camp for a banquet with the Marquis of Gudu.

Seeing them appear together, Liu Xiu's face was a little unnatural, Qiang Qu saw it in his eyes, happy in his heart, and quietly pointed to the dozen or so beautiful Xianbei wine maids and jokingly said, My lord, who is this robbing, such a good-looking woman is not easy to buy, robbed it, right?

Liu Xiu said I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, didn't my subordinates just recruit a group of horse thieves, this is their meeting gift to me. I don't know which one it is, anyway, these women are really good-looking, does King Youxian have a fancy to it, if so, I'll give it to you.

King Youxian was humble again and again, and said that the adults should keep it for themselves. I was careless for a while, and I didn't notice that there was no one waiting around the adults, and it was already a sin to not send a few beautiful women to the adults, how could I still ask for a woman from the adults. Liu Xiu laughed and said very sincerely, we are all friends, what do we share with each other, maybe we will have to fight side by side in the future, and when the time comes, how can a few women compare when we divide the spoils.

Qiang Qu also nodded solemnly.

Liu Xiu ordered the feast, the banquet was very rich, there were fresh fish caught from the poplar lake, and the newly slaughtered cattle and sheep, and some ingredients that had just been grabbed, all of which were good things that the royal court of Danhan Mountain gave to the marshal of the Hongyue tribe to settle Qianluoluo, after Liu Xiu brought the chef from Luoyang to cook with skillful hands, the taste was so delicious that it was staggering, and Qiangqu and Dangyu Guduhou were addicted to eating and full of praise.

When the wine was in full swing, Liu Xiu instructed the dozen or so Xianbei wine maids to dance to cheer up, the big tent was steaming, the wine maids were dressed very little, and their dancing posture was enthusiastic and unrestrained, which lured a few Huns to have blood in their blood, and it was inevitable to go up and down. When they were dizzy and hot, Helian's wife, Adella, was called in dressed as a dancing girl, and while dancing, she poured wine for everyone present.

Liu Xiu and Qiangqu were talking hotly, the two got together, laughed, and knew each other like a family, Adela poured wine for them with a wine jug, and Qiangqu, who was already half drunk, saw that she was beautiful, and couldn't help but reach out and touch her chest, Adella screamed in fright, and almost knocked over the wine jug in her hand.

Qiangqu laughed, "This woman is interesting. ”

"Do you like it?" Liu Xiu pretended not to see her, and said with some regret: "It's a pity, I have already rewarded her to Lu Bu, otherwise I would have given it to King Youxian." The Right Virtuous King picks something else. ”

As soon as he heard that it was given to Lu Bu, Qiang Qu didn't dare to make a mistake, so he retracted his hand a little embarrassedly, and said with a wry smile: "The adult said that it was funny, if I like it, I will grab it myself, how dare I ask for the adult's loot." ”

"The right sage is wise." Liu Xiu raised his finger: "This woman can't be given to you, but I still have to give you a generous gift to thank King Youxian for his good intentions." ”

"Thank me? Why? Qiang Qu didn't understand.

"If it weren't for King Youxian reminding me, how would I have known that the Xianbei people were about to invade." Liu Xiu waved his hand, signaling Adella not to stop in front of him, and then whispered to Qiang Qu for a long time, and laughed together.

Adella frowned, thoughtful. She actually knows a few words of Chinese, what Liu Xiu and Qiang Qu said, she can vaguely understand some, originally saw Qiang Qu and Liu Xiu so enthusiastic, she was already a little worried, and after listening to Liu Xiu's words, she suddenly thought of her robbery.

He Lian had been in the Hongyue tribe for two months, and he had a lot of effort to persuade Luozhi Qianluoluo to send troops to invade the state, but he never got his wish, so he sent someone to return to the Khan Mountain, asking her to return to the Hongyue tribe with a heavy gift and personally persuade her father.

Huai Zong's death at the hands of Liu Xiu caused a great shock to the Xianbei people, and the biggest impact was the heir of Tanshi Huai. The Xianbei people are not like the Huns, they have not yet formed the custom of passing on their sons, and the tribal marshal is not hereditary, but who has the strength and who is the marshal. Tanshi Huai is an immortal hero among the Xianbei people, it is he who united the Xianbei people, established a powerful tribal alliance, and he himself became the first Xianbei king. In this position, whether he wants to or not, he will hope to pass on this inheritance to his son, Huai Zong is both civil and military, and has been carefully cultivated by him, he is the best candidate, whether it is by ability or hereditary, it will not cause criticism, almost everyone thinks that Huai Zong is the next Xianbei king who deserves it.

But Huai Zong died, and things took a major turn for the better, because He Lian did not have the ability of Huai Zong, if he competed with strength, he could not become the king of Xianbei at all, and if he wanted to succeed to the throne, there was only one possibility left, that is, let Tanshi Huai focus on cultivating his strength, so that he could have strong strength first. Tanshi Huai is now in the prime of life, if he is willing to spend more than ten or twenty years cultivating Helian, Helian still has a great chance.

And if you want Tanshi Huai to set him as the heir to cultivate, you must also let Tanshi Huai see that he has this potential.

He Lian racked his brains for this matter, but he never found a suitable way, Liu Xiu went to northern Xinjiang, creating a golden opportunity for He Lian. Liu Xiu is the culprit of Huai Zong's death, and he is the biggest enemy in Tan Shi Huai's heart, if anyone can kill Liu Xiu, who is Tan Shi Huai's benefactor, will get his greatest reward.

Who can kill Liu Xiu? And even have the best chance. The marshal of the Hongyue tribe who is facing the state is the father of Helian's wife Adella, and the marshal of the wild sand tribe to the west is Adella's uncle, and with the support of these two tribes, it is a piece of cake to attack the state, and it is not impossible to catch Liu Xiu.

He Lian asked Tanshi Huai for orders at the first time, and rushed to the Hongyue tribe, trying to persuade Luo Luo to support him, but to his surprise, Luo Luo Luo was very hesitant, and he didn't give He Lian a letter for two months. Helian had no choice but to invite Adella back to the Red Tribe, hoping to convince her father and brother as soon as possible.

Adella and Helian made an appointment to meet in Guanglu City, and everything went according to plan, the only change was that she walked a little faster, perhaps because she was in a hurry to see her father, or maybe because there was no horse thief on the road, she was a day earlier than scheduled.

She never thought that this day would have such a big impact, and she was actually robbed by the Han people. How did the Han know about her convoy and how did they catch the time difference? You know, if they stay too long, they are likely to meet Helian. There were only a thousand of them, and there were at least so many of them who came to pick him up, that they had little chance of succeeding.

But they succeeded, so clever that people couldn't believe it, Adella originally thought that this was fate, but now she doesn't think so, she thinks that it was the Huns who revealed the news to the Han people.

She hated Qiangqu to death, and even hated Lu Bu and Liu Xiu.

Qiang Qu didn't know that he had become the object of Adella's curse, and after he heard Liu Xiu say that the Xianbei people might really invade Wuyuan, he patted his chest and said, Don't worry, if the Xianbei people dare to come, let them see how powerful our Huns are, whether he is the Hongyue tribe or the wild sand tribe, or the wild wolf tribe, let them have no return.

His voice was so loud that Adella could hear it clearly.

Liu Xiu stood up, raised his wine glass, and said loudly: "Cheers to the brotherhood of Han and Hungary!" ”

Yuan Shao and the others immediately stood up and responded: "Cheers to the brotherhood of Han and Hungary!" ”

The Huns, who were already drunk and dizzy, did not think twice and responded loudly: "Cheers!" ”

(To be continued)