"King Youxian, time is pressing, just throw the things that are not easy to take here, and when you beat away the Xianbei people, you can't come and take them away, pick what you can take away." Liu Xiu and Qiang Qu walked side by side, and said in a consultative tone: "I need a large number of deputy horses to carry the baggage, can you give me all these war horses?" ”

Qiang Qu smacked his lips with a toothache, he was robbed by Helian, and suffered heavy losses, many of these trophies in front of him turned out to be his, and now Liu Xiu wants to take all the war horses, so what should he do? But if you don't give it, you can't say it, this battle was won by Liu Xiu, and the Huns ran behind the Changshui camp for a while in addition to being bait, and they couldn't share much in terms of credit.

"If King Youxian is embarrassed, then I can buy it." Liu Xiu's face still kept a smile, but his tone was a little unkind. "I'll pay for the share that should be given to you, how about it?"

"The adults laughed, these are the spoils of the adults, how to distribute them is the business of the adults, how dare I collect the money of the adults." Qiang Qu had a smile on his face, but his tone was very resolute: "Just ask the adults to save me some face." ”

Liu Xiu thought for a while: "Whoever of you Huns has the greatest strength will be majestic, I know your difficulties, but don't worry, Tanaka Lang is my senior brother, in the future, I will let him take care of you more, and allocate you a piece of the most fertile grassland, in a few years, you will have a large number of war horses." When the time comes, I will give priority to purchasing your war horses, are you still afraid that you won't be able to recover? ”

Qiang Qu was silent. Liu Xiu promised well now, but those are all false, if Liu Xiu doesn't give him all these loot, then he, the Right Virtuous King, is likely to be unstable.

Han Sui saw it, it was on fire, and he sank his face and said with a strange face: "King Youxian, don't forget, although we have eaten Helian's baggage battalion, but their main force is only forty or fifty miles away from here, if you don't hurry up and decide, wait for them to kill back, whose is it...... I can't tell. ”

Qiang Qu also slowly sank his face, and glanced at Han Sui with slanted eyes. This is related to the survival of his tribe, Liu Xiu took advantage of the fire to rob, and wanted to swallow the tribe and property that originally belonged to him in one bite, how could he give in. He didn't speak, but the anger on his face was undisguised.

"My lord, I think the Right Virtuous King also has the difficulties of the Right Virtuous King, if he doesn't have the strength, he really can't gain a foothold." Yuan Shao walked over and arched his hand, and said softly: "My lord, we are friends with the Huns, since we are friends, we should help each other." ”

Liu Xiu looked at him, then at Qiang Qu, who had a cold face, hesitated for a moment, and then looked at Zhao Yun, Lu Bu and others. Zhao Yun was silent, but his face was very bad, and Lu Bu simply scolded: "Lao Tzu worked hard, drank the wind all night, is it for you Huns to fight?" This is Lao Tzu's trophy, who dares to touch my share, Lao Tzu wants him to look good. ”

Yu Fuluo's face turned red, and he said loudly: "Lu Sima, the adults haven't spoken yet, when will it be your turn to decide?" ”

"Fuck your mother!" Lu Bu sprayed Yu Fuluo's face with spittle, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Lao Tzu made a suggestion to my family, how old are you, and you dare to interject and spray feces?" If you say one more thing, Lao Tzu won't want anything, as long as your mother her for two days, and then throws her to the baggage camp to make a camp record, and ...... with that one."

As soon as Liu Xiu heard that it was wrong, Lu Bu wanted to show his stuffing, so he hurriedly glanced at him and shouted: "Feng Xian!" ”

Lu Bu's eyes widened, and he was about to refute, but Zhao Yun stepped forward and hugged his shoulders, pulled him aside, and said softly, Lu Bu also understood, and slapped himself embarrassedly: "It's all my stinky mouth, almost exposed." I just can't get used to those white-eyed wolves, his mother's, why do we fight, and they fall for the benefit? ”

"Your Excellency knows it, you can rest assured." Zhao Yun squeezed his shoulder hard: "Adults never treat their subordinates badly. ”

"I believe it." Lu Bu's eyebrows fluttered and said: "I just fancy this, follow the adults to fight, and I have energy!" ”

Qiang Qu didn't know what Lu Bu and Zhao Yun were muttering there, he only knew that Liu Xiu drank the unruly Lu Bu with a word, it seemed that their opinions were not unanimous, Lu Bu and Han Sui's thoughts were not Liu Xiu's thoughts, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the arrogance on his face was even stronger. "My lord, I am very grateful for your help in reclaiming the tribe for me. I, Qiangqu, am not a person who does not know gratitude, and I will definitely not treat you badly. But these tribes and animals are the foundation on which I can stand, and I beg your pardon for not being able to obey my orders. ”

Wang Yun, who was in charge of guarding the Lou Fu Battalion, rushed over, and just heard their argument clearly, he arched his hand and said: "King Youxian, otherwise, these people and livestock are still yours now, and these extra horses are lent to us." You have also seen that my family is haunted by soldiers, and there will be more and more loot in the future, and it is not something that you can compare. However, the adults of my family are now short of troops, and they are overstretched when they start a war, and they can't show their hands and feet. With these war horses, we will be able to win more battles, and in the future, if we have made meritorious contributions, the adults will return the spoils of war to you and help you recover, how about it? ”

He turned his head and said to Liu Xiu again: "My lord, Helian has already run away, and the Qiandi Ao is at most fifty miles away from us, and the main force of Xianbei is only a hundred miles away from us, if we don't evacuate as soon as possible, we are in danger of being surrounded by the enemy, and now seems to be not the time to argue about these things here." ”

Liu Xiu borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and saw the Qiangqu with an inquiring gaze. Qiangqu also knew that the situation was tense, although the battle was won, it was still on the enemy's lips, and if he was not careful, he might be embellished by the Xianbei people. Wang Yun's method is also good, Liu Xiu has gained benefits, and he has not lost benefits, Liu Xiu fought this battle really beautifully, follow him to fight, the benefits will not be less in the future, and the benefits taken by Liu Xiu will have a chance to make up for it from the Xianbei people. What's more, it can be seen from the faces of Lu Bu and these people that if they don't take advantage of them now, they may be able to give him a backhand.

"Yes." Qiang Qu said reluctantly: "But I can't give it all, I'll lend you five hundred horses." ”

Liu Xiu's heart was furious, but his face did not show anything, and he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for your generosity." ”

Qiang Qu breathed a sigh of relief, and said a few polite words without smiling.

Liu Xiu then took the Changshui camp to the east, at noon on the same day, they entered the big city (now Inner Mongolia Ordos grassland, west of the Yijin Horo Banner), the soldiers in the fortress saw so many people come at once, startled, and then heard the excited Changshui camp soldiers say that they had just won a big victory, but also cheered, while inviting Liu Xiu and others into the fortress, while urgently reporting to the Dacheng county order.

Liu Xiu stopped in Dacheng, and asked Liu Biao to immediately write to Tian Yan and Luoyang, telling them the situation here, the Xianbei people have invaded on a large scale, and the big war is imminent, although he has won a small victory, but it is obviously not what he can do to deal with so many Xianbei people, he needs to cooperate with Tian Yan and the people of Xihe Changshi, and at the same time, he also needs the full support of the Huns, so that he can have the strength to deal with the Xianbei people.

As soon as the letter to Tian Yan was sent, Tian Yan rushed to Dachengsai, and in addition to the envoy of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, he also came with the heirs of the Heavenly Master Dao, Lu Shi and Xun You.

"Your Majesty has an edict for you." Tian Yan said to Liu Xiu with a smile, turned his face, and his face was very gloomy: "Da Shan Yu wants to summon you, you think about it yourself." In addition, I formally inform you that your pastoral residence is in Shuofang, and you must not cross the Great City until you have my permission, otherwise you will blame me for being polite. ”

Before the change, Tian Yan would never talk to Qiangqu like this, Qiangqu is one of the few powerful factions among the Huns, with more than 10,000 horsemen, even if he sees him, he has to be polite, but now the situation is different, Qiangqu was disabled by the Xianbei people, and his strength is only half of what he used to be, and he is no longer qualified to enjoy the respect of others.

The people on the grassland are so practical, Tian Yan will not be embarrassed, and Qiang Qu himself does not feel that there is anything wrong with this, except for being embarrassed. If someone else is unlucky, he will reciprocate with the same contempt.

"Bring your tribe's wizards." Tian Yan said to Qiang Qu very arrogantly: "Shan Yuting wants to choose a great wizard, hoping for the guidance of heaven to defeat the Xianbei people." ”

Qiang Qu hurriedly agreed.

Tian Yan glanced at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu comprehended, and hurriedly said: "Tian Zhonglang, this time the Xianbei people suddenly invaded, and the Right Xian King was caught off guard, and the loss was not small. If it weren't for him, it would have been someone else, it wasn't his fault, and if it weren't for the bloody battle between King Youxian and the Xianbei people at Poplar Lake, we wouldn't have had time to react. In the battle of Qingyan Lake, the father and son of King Youxian took the lead, and the credit is obvious to all. ”

"Humph!" Tian Yan snorted coldly, and his face softened a little: "Don't say good things for him, he has been stationed in Shuofang for many years, and it is his duty to prevent the invasion of the Xianbei people, what credit is there." Our Han army will be in the fields of Henan, but he let the Xianbei people enter the fortress and intrude, in case of delaying the agricultural time, can he bear this responsibility? Now that his strength has been damaged, he probably doesn't have the strength to stay in Mu Shuofang. I'm going to discuss it with Shan Yu and see if it's a change. ”

Qiangqu was suddenly anxious, Shuofang is the best pasture in the Hetao, the two rivers in the north and south moistened a large area of land on both sides, Zuoxian Wang Huzheng is to inherit the single position, naturally inherited the Meiji pasture, can no longer be stationed in Mu Shuofang, so the place belongs to him, and it is precisely because of this treasure land that he has today's strength, even if he has suffered such a big loss, he still has the confidence to recover his vitality. If Shuo Fang had been taken out of his hands, wouldn't he have died completely?

More importantly, if Shan Yu robbed him of his Shuo Fang, it would be tantamount to depriving him of the possibility of inheriting Shan Yu's throne.

"Adults can't do that." Qiang Qu stiffened his neck and shouted: "It is Shan Yu's right to arrange a grazing land, and it is my Huns' business, and my lord takes care of the Huns, but he has no right to interfere in the internal affairs of our Huns." ”

"Really?" Tian Yan's face turned cold: "When did I interfere in your affairs, you stuffed bird feathers in your ears, didn't you hear me say that I wanted to discuss with Shan Yu?" ”

Qiang Qu was speechless, glared at Tian Yan angrily for a moment, and walked away.

Tian Yan sneered, and pulled the horsewhip to a clattering sound, and his joints were a little white. After a long while, he slowly let go of the whip and looked at Liu Xiu lightly: "Are you still satisfied?" ”

Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled all over his face: "I am really grateful for the support of adults." ”

"It's easy to say, as long as you, Lord Liu, are satisfied." Tian Yan said nonchalantly: "If it weren't for the adult, I wouldn't be able to make this Xiongnu Zhonglang general, maybe I still stay in Luoyang Prison." But my lord, the affairs of the Huns are very complicated, and you have also seen that I, the Hun Zhonglang General, have no strength at hand, and the Huns don't take me very seriously. If you have something in the future, can you inform me first, so that I can be prepared and save me some face? ”

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes, Tian Yan's voice was not good, there was hostility in it, could it be that I overstepped my authority and did not have a direct relationship with the Huns through him? He closed his fingers and pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said to Tian Yan: "My lord, if you think there is something wrong with me, just point it out, why bother to beat around the bush." ”

"How can I be virtuous, how dare I say that adults are not." Tian Yan stood up and pulled the horse whip in his hand hard: "Your Majesty sent Mrs. Lu to Meiji, saying that she would help the Huns elect a new great wizard, such a big thing, I didn't receive any news at all, but I heard it from Da Danyu." You were in Yangshu Lake, Zhaoqiangqu and Dangyu Guduhou gathered, Da Shan Yu asked me if you had any plans, why didn't you tell him, what should I say? ”

He turned to Liu Xiu, bent down, stared at Liu Xiu's eyes, and said word by word: "Lord Liu, I don't know if I should say it to him." ”

Liu Xiuquan understood, he smiled faintly, raised his wine glass, and took a sip with taste, without a trace of embarrassment or apology on his face: "Lord Tian, you know about the violent death of the Great Wizard of the Huns, the Son of Heaven sent Mrs. Lu to assist the Huns in selecting the Great Wizard, and he came to Meiji first, if you hadn't just told me, I wouldn't know." ”

Tian Yan snorted: "Do you dare to say that you didn't inform Luoyang about the Great Wizard in advance?" ”

"Such a big matter, can I not inform Luoyang?" Liu Xiu slowly stood up and glared back at Tian Yan's gaze: "My lord thinks that I should ignore it?" ”

Tian Yan was stunned, thought for a moment, and then asked, "What do you say about Yangshu Lake?" ”

"Whether it's Qiangqu or being the Marquis of Gudu, they took the initiative to visit me at Yangshu Lake, why didn't I summon them? Besides, you Tian Da is a dignified envoy of the Huns, and if you want to summon them, you are also the right to summon them, how can I have this qualification. Lord Tian, could it be that in your eyes, I am such a good person to seize power? ”

Tian Yan crooked his mouth and did not answer.

"I am in charge of the military of the state by the edict of the Son of Heaven." Liu Xiu paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and forth for two steps: "I want to ask Lord Tian, is this matter of the Huns considered a matter of merging states?" Now that the Xianbei people are invading, and half of the states are in their arms, what should I do? The lord is in charge of the affairs of the Huns, should the Huns be organized to fight back at this time? ”

Tian Yan's face was red, and he hesitated for a moment and said: "Two great wizards died one after another, the Huns are in chaos, at this time, how can Shan Yu have the heart to fight against the Xianbei people, and you have also seen that I, the Xiongnu Zhonglang, have no strength, and they may not listen to me." ”

"They don't listen to you, so you're coming to me for trouble?" Liu Xiu sneered: "Do you think I'm a bully?" ”

Tian Yan wiped his face embarrassedly and changed his affectionate tone: "Deran, why do you say so ugly, I'm not ...... Isn't this holding back the fire in my heart, so I confide in you, why should you take it seriously. ”

"There's fire? Okay, I'll find a camp for you to vent your anger. Liu Xiu said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "But don't send the fire to me." The Huns are so arrogant, I still have a belly of fire, who should I send it to? ”

He turned around and said to Zhang Fei: "Bring that Xianbei woman out of the baggage camp, wash it, and send it to Lord Tian later." ”

Tian Yan shook his hand again and again, and said helplessly: "Am I here to ask you for a woman?" Miji has no woman? He stopped Zhang Fei, threw the horsewhip into the hands of the guards, and sat down: "Speaking of business, the Xianbei people are here, what are you going to do?" Qing Yanze's battle was beautiful, but it didn't hurt the muscles and bones of the Xianbei people, and they still have to fight next. ”

Liu Xiu also became serious, spread out the map, and explained his intentions. Tian Yan touched his beard, listened quietly, and finally asked two questions: "What if the Xianbei people grab it and leave?" What if the Huns couldn't send troops to help? ”

"Xianbei people won't leave easily this time." Liu Xiu said confidently: "Helian's wife was robbed by us, and if we don't save her, he won't stop." ”

"Who?" Tian Yan didn't understand it all of a sudden.

"The wife of Helian, the daughter of Gandra." Liu Xiu laughed evilly: "It's the woman I was about to give you to taste, but you didn't want it." ”

Tian Yan didn't have the heart to joke with him, so he jumped up all of a sudden, surprised and delighted. He probably knows some of the current situation of the Xianbei royal court, and Lian wants to be the prince, but his strength and prestige are insufficient, if he can't recapture his wife this time, he will lose his face, and his hope of being the prince will be completely dashed, and the Hongyue tribe is Mrs. Helian's maiden family, and there is no reason why they should not go all out.

No wonder the Xianbei people invaded on a large scale at this time, Tian Yan understood it all at once. He also understands what kind of credit it will be if this battle kills Helian. As soon as he thought of this, Tian Yan's blood suddenly warmed up.

"What should I do about the affairs of the Huns?" Tian Yan immediately thought of the key question.

"Help them choose a great wizard as soon as possible, of course, choose one to listen to...... Words of the Great Wizard. ”

"The archwizard who controls them?" Tian Yanyi frowned: "How can this be done?" ”

"We can't do it, but Mrs. Lu can do it." Liu Xiu smiled, "What do you think Your Majesty sent her for?" ”

Tian Yan suddenly realized, patted his forehead vigorously, and laughed loudly. He laughed a few times, sighed again, shook his head, showed a little melancholy, put his hands behind his back, looked at the leaden gray sky outside the hall, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "You are responsible for the western front, and I am responsible for the eastern front." ”

Liu Xiu hesitated for a moment and nodded. "I'm based in Dachengsai, you have to ensure the smooth flow of grain between Dachengsai and Taiyuan, and I need to return here at any time to replenish supplies."

"I will do my best to ensure the smooth flow of this section of the grain road, as for whether Taiyuan County can transport the grain in time, that's your business." Tian Yan glanced at Liu Xiu with complicated eyes: "I also need a lot of food, can you also transfer some from Jinyang to me?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled silently: "Mr. is in Jinyang, will he starve you?" ”

Tian Yan nodded with satisfaction.

Liu Xiu immediately invited the Lu family. As soon as the Lu family met, he said to Liu Xiu: "Zhang Jiao told His Majesty about the ring. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, "What did Your Majesty say?" ”

"I don't know." Lu Shi shook his head, "I wasn't there at the time. However, I would like to warn you that His Majesty may be upset. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, and then turned the topic to the matter of the Great Wizard of the Huns, and he asked the Lu Clan, can you pass our request to the Great Wizard in the divine will, indirectly control the Huns, and let him act according to our hopes.

Lu Shi was stunned, glared and said, "You want to pretend to be a god?" ”

Liu Xiu was very embarrassed, as if a magic stick had been pierced on the spot, although Lu Shi was right, he just wanted to fish in troubled waters and control the Huns through the divine will of the great wizard, but he was somewhat embarrassed to say it in front of him.

"I ...... I also have no choice, the Xianbei people invaded, if there is no help from the Huns, with our little strength, it is not enough to repel the Xianbei people. Liu Xiu explained, "If you can't drive the Xianbei people out as soon as possible, it will delay spring sowing, and this is not Jiangnan, a delay is a year, and I don't know how many people will starve to death in winter." ”

Lu shook his head again and again: "You obviously have a divine will, but you refuse to accept it, and in turn you have to pretend to be a divine will, aren't you holding a golden bowl as a beggar and asking for trouble." If you want, why do you need me to come all the way here? ”

"Hehe, pretending to be a ghost, I will say, I won't do it." Liu Xiu spread his hands, "You also know, I don't know any Taoism except for being able to fight." ”

"Those two great wizards were really cursed?"

"This ...... Not really. Liu Xiu touched his nose and said honestly: "It's the handiwork of Wang Daochang." ”

Lu couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty still knows your surname best, and he said that the great wizard of the Huns must have something to do with you, and sure enough." You say, how to choose this great wizard. She glanced at Liu Xiu: "Also, this thing is done, how can you thank me?" ”

Liu Xiu's heart fluttered, and he said in his heart, you just talk well, why use this kind of look, you don't know how attractive this look is when you have been practicing health for many years. The body of a thirty-year-old and the face of a twenty-year-old are much more lethal than those of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

"Madame misses me...... How can I thank you? ”

Lu Shi was taken aback by the sudden warmth in Liu Xiu's eyes, and quickly coughed and put away his smile. Liu Xiu was startled, secretly wiped a cold sweat, left Luoyang for a few months, and never touched a woman, as if he had been suppressed for too long, and actually became lustful at this time. The woman in front of her is not Adela or Fengxue, if she starts to fly, she may not be her opponent.

"This ...... I'm sorry, I've been with the soldiers for too long, and I'm more casual in my speech, so please don't blame Madame. Liu Xiu rubbed his hands in embarrassment and regained his solemnity: "What does Madame want?" ”

"I ......" Lu Shi smiled with relief, hesitated for a moment, and then laughed lightly: "I hope that if you have the opportunity in the future, you can teach my son Zhang Lu a little martial arts, so that he can protect himself and stand on his own." ”

Liu Xiu understood, martial arts are virtual, and support is real. He nodded and bowed: "It is a great honor for me to be friends with the Heavenly Master Dao sages. ”

(To be continued)