The Chinese relocated to the land, why? Because moving is equivalent to breaking the house, the loss is unimaginable. You can't move the house, you can't move the land, you can't move the furniture, you basically can't move it.

Therefore, the people of Xiliang would rather be thieves than move, so the magistrate even sent the army to tear down their houses, which was violent enough to make the demolition team and chengguan of later generations ashamed, but the effect was still very poor.

The Taiyuan royal family has 800 years of pride, including 400 years of Shihan, Wang Yun is deeply influenced by Confucian classics, and the debate of Huayi has long taken root in his heart. It is impossible for him to surrender to the barbarians, if the Han can't hold the annex state, they only have one way to move, but once they move, the vitality of the Wang family is at least half damaged, and it is not so easy to go to a new place and start again.

But Liu Xiu's question is very realistic, with the strength of the merger state, can it keep the merger?

Of course not. Wang Yun is too clear about this. Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou are all vast and sparsely populated places, and without the support of the mainland, it is impossible for them to be self-sufficient.

Wang Yun was a little unconfident and defended: "But...... The annexation state is not the annexation of my royal family, but the annexation of the Han dynasty. ”

Liu Xiu sighed: "Zishi, don't you know the current situation of the Han Dynasty, how much additional financial support can the imperial court have?" Especially for grain, I can get a lot of money from other places, but it is not cost-effective to transport grain, and I cannot afford to transport grain for thousands of miles, and it will take thirty minutes to reach one stone. ”

Wang Yun was very embarrassed, although the grain in Bingzhou was not enough to be self-sufficient, but most of the grain was controlled by large households like them, which exacerbated the food shortage, but it was also an indisputable fact.

"You want to protect your family, and I want to defend your country. Guo Linzong called you Wang Zuozhicai, you should be a person who understands the general situation, you don't need a heavy hammer to ring the drum, I won't say more. Liu Xiu looked at the black dots that were getting closer and closer in the distance, and ended the conversation with Wang Yun: "If you believe me, I can also give you a promise, as long as you don't force me, I am very willing to live in peace with you." As you know, I am a business person, and business people pay attention to win-win, not to grab with a knife. ”

He paused, then added, "Although my knife is also very sharp. ”

Wang Yun's heart palpitated for a while, but he was quickly attracted by the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, he raised his hand to his eyebrows, looked at it for a moment, and exclaimed: "Shan Yu?!" ”

Liu Xiu's eyesight was much better than Wang Yun's, he had already seen the person who was coming, a smug smile flashed in his eyes, and then he stood up in surprise: "Shan Yu came in such a hurry, could it be that something big happened?" ”

Shan Yu rushed to Liu Xiu for more than ten steps, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and burst into tears before he could speak. He chased after him on a horse for a day and a night, and finally caught up with Liu Xiu. At the same time as his heart was relieved, the Mercedes-Benz of the past few days and nights also made him tired, and the heavy psychological burden that had been pressing on his heart made him almost collapse. His coming out of Miji was a secret, and no one knew about it except for his closest ones. On the one hand, he wanted to prevent Tian Yan from knowing that he had left the royal court without permission, and on the other hand, he was more worried that the tribal leaders who had arrived in Meiji would find out the truth about the great wizard's punishment.

"My lord, please forgive me." Shan Yu had to kneel down in front of Liu Xiu several times, and at this time, he couldn't take care of any face.

Liu Xiu laughed wildly in his heart, but his face did not show a flaw, he rushed forward, helped Shan Yu up, and asked Xu Huang to spread a thick leather felt on the snow, asked Shan Yu to sit down, and drank two sips of hot wine, and then said with concern: "What happened to make Shan Yu so nervous?" Please rest assured, as long as I can help, I will definitely do it. ”

After drinking two sips of wine, his mood finally stabilized, and he asked impatiently, "My lord, what providence have you gotten?" ”

"Providence?" Liu Xiu looked at Shan Yu blankly: "When did I say that I knew the will of heaven?" ”

Shan Yu suddenly became anxious, took Liu Xiu's hand and said, didn't you let me and the Great Wizard go to you, if it wasn't the will of God, what did you want the Great Wizard to do in the past?

Liu Xiu sighed and said ashamedly, Shan Yu misunderstood, things are like this. After I passed Junzijin, I was able to afford it and asked King Zuo Xian to call for Zheng to meet me. As soon as I saw Hu Zheng, I felt that something was wrong, and I didn't think of anything at the time, but then I remembered that I had a dream when I was on the road, and I dreamed that a person looked exactly like Hu Zheng.

At this point, he deliberately paused, as if there was something difficult to say. Shan Yu couldn't think too much, and hurriedly asked, what happened later?

Liu Xiu hesitated for a while before he said, I dreamed that the man who looked like Hu Zheng was sitting on the throne of Shan Yu, but the head was in the hand of a woman wearing bird feathers, and there were many people lying next to him, and from the costumes, most of them were Huns, and it seemed that there were Han people. I didn't understand what this meant at first, I always thought it was Xianbei and Han, you Huns and Xianbei people are dressed similarly, right? When I saw the call, I realized that the people in the dream were not Xianbei people, but Huns. I don't understand, I heard that your great wizard is good at channeling spirits, so I wanted to invite you to come over and discuss, but I didn't expect it...... Liu Xiu spread his hands, I don't need to talk about the rest of the matter, we don't want to come. You don't want to come, I can't help it, I heard that the great wizard is dead, and you are still choosing a new great wizard, I guess I won't have time to interpret my dreams for a while, just go to the north first, and ask when I come back, I guess the great wizard should have time at that time.

"Grand Wizard?" Shan Yu smiled bitterly: "The Great Wizard is dead." ”

"I know it's dead. I mean your newly elected archwizard. Liu Xiu continued to pretend to be confused.

"Dead too." Shan Yu's heart was so confused that he didn't have time to look at Liu Xiu's face. He was frightened by this dream that Liu Xiu said, and Hu Zheng sat on Shan Yu's throne, so where was he? The head of the call was held in his hand again, and he was also killed? The man in the feather clothes, that's the great wizard, could it be that the great wizard killed him? The corpses of the Han and the Huns, does it mean that the Huns and the Han people clashed, and in the end both were defeated and died together? One question after another made a mess of Shan Yu's brain, and he couldn't figure out a clue at all.

Liu Xiu said suspiciously: "You mean...... The Newly Chosen Grand Wizard...... Also dead? ”

Shan Yu nodded again and again, and asked impatiently, "My lord, what else have you dreamed of?" ”

"I have so many dreams that I can remember them all." Liu Xiu couldn't cry or laugh: "Besides, every dream is related to you Huns." I am not your great sorcerer, and I can get inspiration from the gods and predict the fate of your Huns. ”

Alone in the big disappointment.

Liu Xiu thought for a while, and then said: "But then again, before I saw Hu Zheng, I didn't expect that dream to be related to you Huns. If there are any dreams related to you Huns, maybe I can remember them when I see the right people. ”

Shan Yu was helpless, so he had to respond in frustration, although Liu Xiu didn't give him a satisfactory answer, and finally didn't make him despair, at least his attitude was still sincere. Now one can only hope that the gods will give him more revelation and see more of the future. He looked at the vast snowfield in amazement: "My lord, it seems that Hu Zheng can't go to Luoyang, two great wizards died in a row from divine punishment, how should I deal with the situation in front of me, and ask my lord to help me come up with an idea." ”

Liu Xiu smiled secretly, it seems that the death of the two great wizards has left Shan Yu and the six gods without a master, and he actually asked himself about the plan. It's good to save yourself the trouble of inducing him.

"Shan Yu, you can't go to the expedition, but you still have to send a servant to Luoyang to invite you after all." Liu Xiu "excused" for a moment, and then reluctantly said: "Why don't you send the great wizard to accompany the servant to Luoyang, and ask the heavenly way to my Han's spiritual platform?" Since the Xiongnu are now one with the Han people, presumably Your Majesty will not sit idly by. With the support of the Great Han, which tribe would dare to disagree? And my Han has a lot of people who are skilled in Taoism, let them help you purify, maybe there will be some turnaround. ”

Just thinking about it, it seems that there is only this way, anyway, first confuse the current predicament. Liu Xiu said to him again, it doesn't matter if you can't choose a great wizard, you can send a few more people to Luoyang, maybe you can get a revelation in Lingtai, and maybe you can choose a great wizard.

Shan Yu was relieved, and left the gift with a thousand thanks, leaving ten personal guards to accompany him to show his gratitude to Liu Xiu, and then hurried back to Meiji. As soon as Shan Yu left, Liu Xiu immediately called Liu Biao, and he said to Liu Biao that the great wizard of the Huns was dead, and there was a possibility of civil strife, so please Your Majesty the Emperor must seize the opportunity to strengthen his control over the Huns. The Xiongnu occupied half of the annexed states, and if they could be effectively controlled and included in the Han Dynasty's household Qi people as soon as possible, they could not only solve the problem of troop resources, but also resolve the hidden dangers caused by their internal relocation in advance.

Liu Biao knew the meaning of it, and did not dare to slack off, so he immediately repaired a letter and sent someone to send it out quickly.

After sending off the urgent report, Liu Xiu and the others continued to go north. Two days later, they arrived at the city of Kuhara, the county of Gohara. Jiuyuan is in the north of the Yellow River, the southern foot of Dayin Mountain, the approximate location is in the west of Baotou City, Shimen water flows into the Yellow River here, it is a good place with abundant water and grass, and the famous Wuyuan Fortress is in the Manyi Valley in the north of the city. Out of the Wuyuan Fortress is the boundless Mongolian Plateau, where the nomadic people thrive. It was also the front line of the defense of the agrarian peoples against the steppe peoples, and apart from the merchants and refugees, few Central Plains people further north. In fact, since the Qin and Han dynasties, the defensive line has been moving southward, when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, the battle line would be pushed along the Great Wall, and when the Central Plains Dynasty declined, the battle line would be retracted all the way back to the vicinity of Taiyuan.

Wuyuan Taishou Wang Zhi went out of the city to greet him. Wang Zhi is Wang Fu's younger brother, Wang Fu was killed by Yang Qiu, and he is now worried, not as arrogant as before. He was quite strong, perhaps because he had been in the north for a few years, and he was a bit rough and arrogant.

After Liu Xiu entered the city, he sent the reward of the Son of Heaven as soon as possible, and then said to Wang Zhi, I need to recruit soldiers now, I don't want to move the county soldiers under you for the time being, you can see if you can recruit some people from the Han people in Wuyuan County, and is there anything else that can be used in the prison?

Wang Zhi shook his head again and again, and laughed "sneering". There were only more than 20,000 people in Wuyuan County at most, and in recent years, there have been many people who have escaped, and there are probably less than 10,000 people left, and there are ten cities in Wuyuan County, and at least three cities are now empty, and there is not even a ghost. Other people will not come to be soldiers, they have the strength, they organize themselves to protect their homeland, and those who do not have the strength go out to be robbers, usually they look quite honest, they are a common people, but once there is a tempting convoy passing by, they become thieves. How good it is to be a thief, whatever you get is your own, and you don't have to pay taxes, let alone look at people's eyes, you can beat if you can beat it, and run away if you can't beat it, and you are free. Will they be willing to be soldiers?

Liu Xiuzhi scratched his head, he remembered what Tian Yan said, most of the people in the northern counties have gone to be horse thieves, and it seems that what he said is true.

"Is there a man named Lu Bu?"

"Lu Bu?" Wang Zhi was a little surprised that Liu Xiu actually knew this name, and he shook his head disappreciatively: "That Hun cub is good at riding and shooting, but he probably won't be a soldier, he now spends most of his time hunting on the grassland, and rarely returns to Jiuyuan." ”

Wang Zhi told Liu Xiu that Lu Bu was a native of Jiuyuan, his grandfather's name was Lu Hao, who had been a captain of the Yue cavalry in the Northern Army, and followed the cavalry general Dou Xian to the north to conquer the Huns, and later stationed in Wuyuan. After Dou Xian's defeat, Lu Hao was also implicated, lost his official position, and became an ordinary pawn. Lu Bu's father is called Lu Liang, his martial arts are very good, but he is poor, so poor that he can't afford to marry a wife, and then he didn't know where to rob a Hun woman back, so he gave birth to Lu Bu.

The Xiongnu woman is said to have some Han blood, is the descendant of the palace maid who went out with Wang Zhaojun, not only beautiful, but also literate and hyphenated, so Lu Bu has followed his mother to learn some words since he was a child, and he is also considered to be knowledgeable in this area, plus he looks like a talent, good martial arts, very famous in Jiuyuan, whether it is a Han or a Hun big girl, little daughter-in-law, when it comes to Lu Bu, his eyes are shining, many people in order to have a private meeting with him, deliberately take money to wander around in the place where he often haunts, hoping to be robbed by him once.

Although Lu Bu is poor, he lives very comfortably, do you think he will go to the army?

Liu Xiu's eyes were opened, and Lu Bu was so popular, he was simply a friend of women. Wang Zhi spoke so sourly, did his wife and concubine also hook up with Lu Bu?

Liu Xiu said to Wang Zhi, since this is the case, then the trouble Taishou will help me issue a notice, I want to recruit troops in Wuyuan, whether it is ordinary people or horse thieves, and when the time comes, arrange official positions according to their ability, especially horse thieves, you tell them that after the conscription, I will suppress the bandits, and then there will be no such a good chance to surrender.

Wang Zhi was very cooperative, nodded and agreed, but still refused to leave, and said with a smile: "My lord has traveled thousands of miles to Wuyuan, not only the border guards are grateful, but we are also admired." Adult, wisdom slightly prepare thin wine for adults to catch the wind, if adults can take the time to appreciate the light, wisdom and the five original squires will be remembered in the five. ”

Liu Xiu ate hard dough cakes for a few days, and he really wanted to reward himself, and seriously, if he put on an honest appearance, it would really be difficult to work with these Taishou in the future. It's just that Wang Zhi's expression seems to be a little overly enthusiastic, and he can't help but feel a little weird.

"Your Excellency...... Something? Liu Xiu asked tentatively.

"It's okay, it's okay." Wang Zhi's face turned red and shook his head again and again.

Liu Xiu thought about it, and said in his heart that he wouldn't be because he was afraid that I would think he was Wang Fu's brother, and Wang Fu would fall, I would deliberately fix him, right? He rolled his eyes and said very gently: "My lord, you probably don't know, Brother Ling also did me a favor, Xiahou Yuan, the current infantry captain in the Northern Army, was released from the Peijun prison by Brother Ling to give me face." ”

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and smiled more enthusiastically: "What the adults said is true, what the adults said is true." The deeds of the adults in Luoyang, I have heard of them even if I am far away in Wuyuan. I read every issue of Ta Kung Pao, which was pioneered by adults, and as soon as I saw those articles, I admired the demeanor of adults very much, and I couldn't wait to ......"

Wang Zhi pounded his chest hard, as if he couldn't express his admiration if he didn't do this, Liu Xiu hurriedly stopped him, and said in his heart, Don't beat yourself to vomit blood, then I can't afford it.

"Lord Meng's kindness, I will definitely arrive, I will definitely arrive." Liu Xiu agreed, and Wang Zhi left satisfied. Seeing his courtesy of going out backwards, Liu Xiu thought about it and called Xu Huang. "Gongming, you go and visit, see how this Wang Zhi's official reputation is, he has nothing to do, he is either annihilated or robbed, this Wang Zhi is too out-of-line."

Xu Huang bowed in response, turned around and went out. Liu Xiu tilted his head and thought for a moment, and couldn't help but smile, this Wang Zhi is really too practical, if Wang Fu is still there, he is afraid that he will be a different face.

Wang Zhi's matter is not important, the important thing is how to find Lu Bu, whether it is from the sense of achievement of collecting famous generals, or for the future border defense, if such a person cannot be collected for use, then he should also be eliminated, and it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me outside, in case it is used by others, the harm is not small. Not to mention anything else, send a few scouts out to find out the news, how can there be a way to survive when encountering such a fierce man. But if he is recruited to his subordinates, there is Xu Yu in the next step and Lu Bu in the future, then who else can stop him? This is a peerless fierce man who can be a hundred.

But how can you get him? Liu Xiu was very worried.

…… Yuan Shao gritted his teeth, inhaled the cold air, and finally took off his combat boots from his feet and threw them on the ground with a "bang". Although he usually practices martial arts often and his health is not bad, but these days he is still tired from traveling, walking in the snow, the people in front of him trampled the snow rotten, mixed with the mud, wet and slippery, and it was particularly difficult to walk. I want to have a good night's sleep at night, Han Sui has to patrol the night every day, Liu Xiu himself has to check the battalions every day, and only sleep after pretending to comfort the soldiers, he is not good at being different, so he has to follow to make an appearance, but in this way, he can't lie down in less than half of the night every day. Even if he hid in the marching bed, it was difficult for him to fall asleep, and the bones all over his body were crying out for the bitterness of the frontier.

If it weren't for the hard work, not wanting Liu Xiu and them to underestimate him, Yuan Shao would have been unable to hold it a long time ago. He had long expected that it would be bitter to the frontier, but he didn't expect it to be so bitter.

Chen Chen staggered in, glanced at Yuan Shao sitting on the seat with his legs crossed, frowned, but didn't have much strength to say him, and sat down crookedly, he raised his legs and signaled, and hurriedly rushed over, taking off his silk shoes that were already dirty.

The guards lit fires and set up kettles. When the fire was up, the room was warmer. Yuan Shao stretched out his soaked feet to the fire, and a foot stench rose with the mist, and the room was suddenly filled with an indescribable strange smell.

"Primordial." Chen Chen couldn't help but remind: "The gentleman is cautious." ”

"Mr. Ji Fang, you have to adapt to this kind of life as soon as possible." Yuan Shao reminded him with a smile, looking at Chen Chen's miserable appearance, his heart was inexplicably more comfortable, and even the pain in his body was reduced a lot. "This is just a march, you can eat and rest on time every day, if it is a battle, I am afraid that people will not disarm, horses will not leave the saddle, and then it will be a hundred times more bitter than this."

"I was miserable by your uncle." Chen Chen sighed and regretted it. He patted the case angrily and said: "I heard your uncle say that when Liu Xiu was in the Northern Army, he threatened their fifth lieutenant, saying that he would let them and the soldiers fight together and eat chaff vegetables, but then it was over, so I followed." I didn't expect him to play real this time. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing, he touched his beard habitually, and his hand, which had been holding the horsewhip for a few months, became a lot rougher, and these days it has blown enough north wind, cracking a lot of saliva, and bursts of stinging. He looked at his hand regretfully, a little unable to believe his eyes. Is this still my hand?

"Originally, Wang Zhi was going to have a banquet for Liu Xiu tonight, would you like to go?"

Yuan Shao was silent for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "I'll go, you don't have to go, take a good bath, and rest early." ”

Chen Chen nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Actually, you can also report illness, there is no need to be so polite with this kind of person." You are from the Northern Army, and you should have little to do with him in the future. ”

"I'm not trying to deal with him, I'm very curious about what Liu Xiu is thinking." Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, and he said while thinking: "He has to do everything himself, this is buying people's hearts, I can understand it, but what is there to say about him and Wang Zhi?" If it were me, wouldn't it be easier to buy people's hearts by killing Wang Zhi? Wang Zhi hadn't done anything good in Wuyuan, and it was too easy to find a reason to kill him. ”

Chen Chen sneered: "He's not you, he's a turbidity current." When he was in Luoyang, he had a relationship with Wang Fu's father and son, right? ”

Yuan Shao nodded.

"In Jinyang, he talked to Dong Zhuo for so long, who is Dong Zhuo? A vulgar martial artist, but he became an official by currying favor with the eunuch, and Liu Xiu is not, including his teacher Duan Cheng, who is all a raccoon dog. I said at the beginning, you have to keep your distance from them, otherwise when you return to Luoyang in the future, how will you face your former close friends and relatives? ”

"That'...... I'm not going either? Yuan Shao was shocked by what he said, looked at his hands, and couldn't help touching his face.

(To be continued)