Xu Ji's tone and mind were enough to shock Yan Rou, the disobedience in Xu Ji's tone could be described as explicit, and the words that casually asked Yan Rou to assassinate the history of Youzhou were even more devastating. Xu Ji is a concubine and is not qualified to appoint a state assassin by himself, not to mention that Xu Ji is just a assassin now.

But it was Xu Ji's majestic bearing and ambition that made Yan Rou feel convinced, if it was said that the previous tricks only made Yan Rou ashamed of himself in intelligence, but after Xu Ji said this, he was already happy and convinced of Xu Ji, not only Xu Ji's bearing, but also the iron blood in the bones of the Han people and the worry about the people's suffering, which made Yan Rou feel close to him. Yan Rou even made an oath under Xu Ji's words, but as long as he lived for one day, he would never let Xianbei and other aliens set foot in the Central Plains for half a step.

Xu Ji was not surprised by this result, the courage of blood and qi in the bones of these scribes of the Han Dynasty had not yet faded, and they were not as good as they did after the Song Dynasty, and the scribes at this time were still real aspirants who knew all six arts. Although Yan Rou is not a scribe in the true sense, his rough and turbulent life makes him care more about the so-called "national integrity", and this is also what Xu Ji wants to see.

And of course, Xu Ji is not without gains, as Yan Rou, who has also been in the territory of the Xiongnu, of course has enough understanding of Fuluo. And because Xu Ji listened to some of Yan Rou's methods to deal with the Xiongnu, he also quickly began to act, first recommending the heroes of the Southern Xiongnu to serve in the central government to prevent them from making waves in the grassland of Bingzhou; secondly, to immediately conscript strong men as troops for the expedition; For the general Xiongnu troops, they took advantage of the central army to go out to fight and distinguish them as "bravery". Such. It can not only replenish the elite army for the country, but also open up opportunities for the Xiongnu to establish military merits. After the departure of the difficult ones among the Huns. Then they moved their families to the mainland as a hostage. As for those who do not obey the dispatch and the decree. then it will be suppressed. For the state border celebrities, they are all hired according to the amount of talent, or the Gonda court. With such a multi-pronged approach, the Huns were obedient and servant, and they were the same as the household. In this way, the problem will naturally be solved.

"The lord may leave a single order in Fuluo to prevent him from confusing sentient beings; Ordered the more obedient Youxian King to go to Beibei to do state affairs: divide the Huns into five departments to reduce their power; Then he ordered the Han people to be the Sima of each ministry to collect the power of the Xiongnu nobles. So. Then the state can be determined! Yan Rou's words were still in his ears, but Xu Ji had reservations about this method, which seemed to be very effective for a while, but it also left a hidden danger for the land of China. This kind of divide-and-rule policy is fine when the central government is still in control of the overall situation, but when political corruption or civil strife erupts, it will lose control and even be overthrown.

Of course, Xu Ji knew that the national cohesion of the Xiongnu was extremely strong. Even if Shan Yu is separated from his own tribe, most of these princes are still enough to make trouble, such as Liu Bao, the historical king of Zuoxian of Bingzhou, unless he continues to divide his power, of course, if he can manage to move those Xiongnu who are mixed with the Han people to the border. can completely cut off the root cause.

But the problem is that it is very difficult to do so, according to Yan Rou, the Southern Xiongnu people in Bingzhou have now become very sinicized. Many of the Xiongnu had already started agricultural production, similar to the Han Chinese tenants. Farming for Han landlords, and even Xiongnu women were sold into slavery. In a word. Most of the living habits of the Han people are already very similar.

It is necessary to know that when natural disasters and man-made disasters have disturbed the people of all ethnic groups who cannot live in peace, forcibly relocating a large number of Xiongnu people may cause resistance, Xu Ji wants to raise a butcher's knife against the Huns, but at least there must be a reasonable reason.

Now that Xu Ji is still too busy to take care of himself in the face of war, where does he have the spare strength to deal with these foreigners? However, Xu Ji knew that Lu Dao must not let the Xiongnu stay in the land of Bingzhou for too long, and these Southern Xiongnu people now seem to be inactive on the surface, but they are just vassals of warlords. However, the Xiongnu had been in the fortress for too long, and their subordinates gradually engaged in agriculture and mastered the more advanced production skills of the Central Plains, and the upper commanders were also familiar with traditional Chinese culture. Although its national cohesion was preserved, many of the population were reduced to tenants, slaves and maids, and were deeply oppressed and exploited by the Han landlord class, which could be used by the Xiongnu upper class aristocracy.

What worries Xu Ji even more is that this is only the Southern Xiongnu clan, in the north of China, in addition to the Southern Xiongnu, there are also Qianghu, Xianbei, and Karasuma. All of them are looking at the Central Plains.

So Xu Ji also realized that under the current situation, it seems that his strategy may have to change somewhat, Xu Ji clearly realized that once he unified the north, these barbarian alien races would inevitably choose to temporarily retreat and surrender, but how could Xu Ji leave such a hidden danger?

Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but sigh again, and secretly told himself in his heart that it was best not to think so much at this time, the most important thing at the moment was nothing more than to start preparing for the expedition, Xu Ji knew that he didn't have much time, and he wanted to subdue and annex the state in the shortest possible time.

The next day, Chang Lin, who had fled unbelievably in Anze, and Chang Juan, who had been defeated by Yu Fuluo who had suddenly crossed the river in Guyuan, only brought more than 3,000 people back to the Shangdang County administrative office, and reported to Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang was furious, but he did not kill the two, not to mention that Chang Yu had already shirked the responsibility to Yan Rou.

Zhang Yang gathered his subordinates to discuss how to fight against Yu Fuluo. Chang Yu had a bad idea at this time, he thought that the Huns were good at horse warfare, and they were not good at siege warfare at all, and now that it had been discovered that Yu Fuluo's target was not Wang Kuang but his publicity, then it was better to divide the troops to defend the various cities of Shangdang County, so that after Yu Fuluo could not be attacked for a long time, because there was no source of food and grass, he would naturally retreat. On the surface, it sounded like a very good idea, so Zhang Yang immediately adopted it, so Wuxiang, Qinxian, Tunliu, Changzi, and Gaoping counties were all arranged by Zhang Yang with heavy troops.

As a result, the situation developed completely unexpectedly.

Xu Huang continued to pretend to be Yuan Shu's envoy at Fuluo according to Xu Ji's instructions, and gave advice to Yu Fuluo, because of Xu Huang's outstanding performance, Yu Fuluo trusted Xu Huang very much. At this time, Xu Ji had already expected that Zhang Yang would adopt the strategy of dividing troops to defend. Therefore, it was implied that Xu Huang made a statement to Yu Fuluo, hoping that Yu Fuluo would temporarily put down his attack on Zhang Yangjun. Go north to ambush Wang Kuangjun.

Yu Fuluo accepted Xu Huang's advice and began to wave his army north. And Zhang Yang has had enough of the loss with Fuluo. I learned to be obedient, and I didn't care about the news of Fuluo's northward trip, and I just blindly defended.

As a result, there was a strange situation in Shangdang County, which was obviously a life-and-death enemy, and the two sides did not fight each other, going north to the north, and defending the defense.

At the same time, Xu Ji issued an order to the Gaoshun army that was besieging Zhan County, Leping County: storm Leping.

For a time, the Leping war was tense again. Although Zhang Yang sent three rounds of rescuers, he was beaten back by Gao Shun. So Zhang Yang sent a fourth rescuer.

At this moment, Xu Ji appeared in the important town of Shangdang County with Le Yi and the four thousand phantom elites in full armament: the eldest son. It was late at night when I arrived.

The eldest son is located fifty miles southwest of Changzhi. The city was not large, let alone grand, but the fortifications were extremely strong: the walls were two feet and five feet high; There is a moat more than three meters wide and two meters deep along the city, and the water in the trench is waist-high, and there are some sharp iron products in the water; In particular, the structure of the castle wall is very ingenious and unique, and crossbow arrows can be used to shoot directly and sideways on different horizontal lines, which is highly guarded and difficult to attack. At this time, there were quite a few sentinels standing on the city wall. And the sentries are also coming and going all the time, if you want to sneak into the city, even with the elite skills of the Phantom, you are helpless. This eldest son city, together with the defenders in the city, is a flamboyant elite army of about 8,000 people. The number of people is more than twice that of the Shadow Elite. Even if the Phantom Elite has the ability to be one of ten, they still don't have the certainty of winning this kind of city head-on. The only thing that made Xu Ji feel a little relieved was that he hadn't heard of any well-known generals in this city, otherwise it would be Xu Ji's idea. This battle is really not easy to fight.

Looking at the eldest son city opposite, Leyi, who was lying on the ground, scolded in a low voice. Turning his head to Xu Ji, he said, "Lord, although this eldest son city is not big. But it looks like it's quite difficult to fight, so I think it's better to wait for General Gao Shun to come over. It would be easy for him to take the city with 10,000 elite soldiers. ”

Xu Ji scolded with a smile: "It's really strange, I didn't expect our General Leyi to have such a humble time." Le Yi's face turned red, and he suddenly became embarrassed.

Xu Ji said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid we can't wait for Gao Shun to arrive, because Zhang Yang's army is all gathered in the north, although Gao Shun's army of cavalry and foot soldiers coexist, and they are the most elite troops under my command, but if you want to fight here, I'm afraid it will take a while to fight here, during this time, Yu Fuluo is only afraid that he has already won the victory over Wang Kuang's army, and then Yu Fuluo will wave his army eastward, and we will use him to see through it, which is quite inconvenient for my future planning." More importantly, in a short period of time, we still need to use Yukora to stabilize the situation for us, but if we want to summon this kid, we must show strong military strength. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ji paused for a moment before continuing to speak: "Once we attack the city of the eldest son. Zhang Yang will panic, and at that time, Zhang Yang, who is naturally afraid of death, will mobilize his army to besiege the city of the eldest son, so that Gao Shun's army can drive straight into and capture Shangdang in a short time. ”

Le Yi frowned and said, "But my lord, at that time, Yu Fuluo is afraid that he has already won the victory, if he finds that he is being used, won't he still turn his head and attack us?" Didn't the letter in which the lord deceived him say that he wanted him to launch a surprise attack on Gao Shun's army after the defeat of Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang in order to cooperate with Yuan Shu to raise troops in Yuzhou? ”

Xu Ji smiled and said, "Fenwu, have you forgotten whose banner we are under now?" Otherwise, why do you think Yu Fuluo would listen to Xu Huang so much? ”

Le Yi slapped his forehead and scolded himself with a smile: "Look at my memory, we are no longer the Yanzhou army, but the family soldiers sent by Yuan Shu to merge the state. ”

Xu Ji was amused in his heart, and deliberately put on a straight face and said, "Of course, didn't you say it?" Change all of our surnames, Xu Huang is called Yuan Huang, my name is Yuan Ji, and your name is Yuan Yi. ”

Le Yi couldn't help but laugh and said: "I understand the lord's plan, the lord has actually asked Xu Huang to tell Fuluo that he wants him to go north to attack Wang Kuang's army with peace of mind, and the party will naturally have our so-called 'Yuan family army' to contain it, so Yu Fuluo will go north with peace of mind." Even if we attack the Eldest Son City now, it is only in the name of Yuan Shu. ”

Xu Ji nodded and said: "Soldier, treacherous, you can't get tired of eating." Fighting a war is a soldier who never tires of deceit. We told Fuluo that we were Yuan Shu's people, but when we attacked Zhang Yang, we had to pretend to be Yu Fuluo's people. In this way, Zhang Yang will panic, and Zhang Yang should be clear in his heart. Once our so-called Yufula army takes the city of the eldest son, it proves that Yufuluo can drive straight into it at any time. Zhang Yang will definitely make mistakes when he is flustered, and Gao Shun's army will definitely take advantage of the situation to defeat Zhang Yang, in this case, Zhang Yang can't give up on the party if he wants to. ”

Le Yi nodded vigorously. Xu Ji's eyes were full of longing and hope, and he said: "Once Zhang Yang retreats and Wang Kuang is defeated again, there will only be three armies left in Bingzhou, Yu Fuluo's army, Gaoshun's army and us, Yu Fuluo has always thought that we are Yuan Shu's people, and thinks that he will join forces with us to give Gaoshun's army a blow." As everyone knows, the person who was really flanked was Yu Fuluo, not the Gaoshun army. If you want to receive and pay to Fura. If he wants to do things for me with all his heart, it is not easy to teach benevolence, righteousness and etiquette, and they only regard the strong and strong as kings. Fight him first. ”

The root of Le Yi's teeth itched and said: "Why doesn't the lord directly eliminate Yu Fuluo, the so-called 'non-my race, its heart will be different'." ”

Xu Ji sighed and said, "Fenwu, you are too young after all, do you think I don't want to?" But have you ever thought about the consequences of doing that? The number of troops under our command is only about 100,000, of which nearly 80,000 are defending the three states, including elites like Gao Shun's army and Chen Zhi's elite cavalry, and the rest of the army is all out on the march. Now Fengxiao is plotting to seize Xuzhou for me, which is really the limit of the strength of my two states, just imagine, in this case. We have killed Yu Fuluo, but we are not able to kill his men, and our army will be unable to defend and annex the state. And the Huns were a people on horseback, and they were extremely vindictive. Accustomed to riding horses to and fro like the wind, wouldn't that be a long-term harassment of my state? Even if we want to use troops against them, it will not be until we unify the north. Now we can only endure it, with the help of Fuluo to stabilize the border defense of the state, but this situation will not be too long, hum! I'm going to clean it up in Fura. When I said this, I couldn't help but think of Cai Wenji in history.

By this time, the night had grown deeper and deeper, and only a bright moon hung high in the sky.

Xu Ji summoned several elite leaders of the shadows, and said coldly to a man with a large body: "Zhang Hu, you want to find a way to capture the eldest son Beiguan, and then ascend the city at the north gate. It has to be fast,"

Zhang Hu took the order and left. Xu Ji looked at a man who was very alert and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Li, you give me a feint to attack the east gate, find a way to contain the enemy, and pay attention to avoid casualties as much as possible." ”

Zhou Li nodded and said, "Zhou Li knows." Then he couldn't help but say: "Lord, can we use some special means." ”

Xu Ji smiled and said, "Zhou Li, why did you say this? The purpose of war is victory, and it is okay to use any means for victory, and if you still have any scruples, then when I am not there, I will do what I have to do. ”

Zhou Li nodded with a smile when he heard this, turned around and went, Xu Ji pondered for a long time, turned his head to look at the two people behind him, and said in a deep voice: "I know that the two of you are both civil and military, and this matter can only be relieved if it is handed over to the two of you to do, and the two of you will find a way to occupy Xiguan first, and then attack from Ximen." "One of these two people is called Zhao Gaofeng, and the other is called Yu Xin. They are all elite players who have joined the shadows from the beginning.

The two of them were ordered to leave. Le Yi stared dryly on the side, and couldn't help but ask, "Lord, isn't there anything wrong with me?" ”

Xu Ji looked at Le Yi's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but smile: "Of course not, we have more important tasks." Le Yi's spirits perked up, Xu Ji beckoned to him, and quietly walked north with the remaining shadow elites.

Half an hour later, the moon rose high in the sky, so round, so white, like a private part of Mei Ji's body, people can't help but think about it.

Standing on the city wall, you can hear the neighing of the war horses in the wind. The wind was blowing from the extreme plateau, and the time for the changing of the guard was already in sight.

Chen San, who was standing under the banner of Daxu on the east city wall, sighed in his heart, as long as it took another quarter of an hour, it would be considered a good deal tonight. When he thought of the old wine in the barracks and the women who had been looted and sold from all over the country, it was as if there were hundreds of ants crawling around. "Even if we die tomorrow, we can always have fun tonight."

Chen San turned his head and looked in the direction of the military camp in the city, and seemed to be able to hear the sound of music and bamboo in the city and the sound of women pouring wine. Chen San's eyes narrowed.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, and Chen San only felt a flash in front of him, and then a carved arrow appeared between his eyebrows. "Can't you play all night tonight?" Before Chen San could shout, he had already fallen.

At the same moment, the other sentries who were standing on the city wall at the same time as Chen San also suddenly fell in rows, screaming one after another. The procession on the city wall, which was originally neatly arranged, suddenly became a chicken and egg fight, and people turned on their backs. After a while, a terrible cry sounded from the city wall: "Enemy attack??! "The eastern wall of the city of the eldest son was in great turmoil.

The siege of the eldest son began.

Under the illumination of the torches of the eldest son city, the defenders of the eldest son city were shocked to find that within the range of the bow and crossbow of the eldest son city, there was a shadowy army releasing bows and arrows at the eldest son city.

It's really evil, how can it be within the range of a bow and arrow that can be attacked from such a distance!

Of course, they didn't know that the Phantom Elite was holding a Divine Arm Bow in his hand, and the range of the strong bow made by Xu Ji according to the structure of the compound bow in later generations was far greater than that of the ordinary strong bows of this era, especially these Phantom Elites were good at "projectile". That's why the current situation has arisen, the archers in the city will be suppressed by the archers on the ground. What frightened them the most was that the archers on the opposite side saw a blurred shadow, and there were about 10,000 people. This situation made them give up the idea of attacking out of the city, and this number of archers was enough to destroy the Zhang Yang army that rushed out of the city, even without the protection of infantry. Faced with this situation, they had no choice but to retreat in the city.

In fact, if it were daytime, they would have found that this was just a joke, because most of their so-called more than 10,000 people were disguised by the Shadow Elite. There were scarecrows among them, but what they got was trees in the distance, but in the panic and in such a dark day, where could the defenders tell the difference?

This handful of elite Shadow troops managed to pin down the enemy.

At the same time, the real siege battle in the west of the city was quite smooth, and Zhao Gaofeng captured Xiguan in only a small amount of time. Then Yu Xin also entered the city, and soon occupied the city wall as well. As soon as the two teams climbed the city walls, they took out their standard crossbows and began to shoot at the enemy who was rushing like a tide.

There were even a few "strong crossbow snipers" trained by Xu Ji in this era who climbed to various heights of the occupied sites, and used sniper crossbows to start shooting the enemy's generals and colonels, so as to prevent the enemy from losing command. There is also a group of swordsmen and pikemen on his side, and he is also ready to charge at any time.

At this time, Zhang Hu, who was attacking the north of the eldest son city, encountered difficulties. (To be continued......)