In Henan, where water and grass are abundant, tens of thousands of troops are busy building the county town, enclosing a vast area on the traffic arteries in Henan, and building a tall city wall, Su Jian led the pro-soldier guards to patrol and command, in front of them are laborers two by two lined up from a distance to carry the rammed earth to the direction of the city wall in an orderly manner, suddenly a person fainted to the ground, a whole basket of rammed earth fell to the ground, the people in front were also taken down, the two people who fell shouted ouch, the supervisor next to him immediately rushed over and shouted:" Hurry up, hurry up, don't be lazy. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Official, I'm tired and hungry, I really can't go. The servant who fell first replied.

"Don't pretend, be careful of me beating you. As he spoke, the overseer raised his whip.

"Slow, slow, don't do it," Su Jian immediately shouted to stop him when he saw this, and then took water and food from his horse and walked to the front of the fallen laborer, "Come, sit down and replenish some food." ”

The laborer saw that it was Su Jian, and immediately said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Hou, thank you general." ”

Su Jian turned to the supervisor and said: "Be polite, don't use violence, focus on safety, and do your best to reduce losses and casualties." ”

"No, Master Hou, but ......" The overseer stopped talking.

"If there's any difficulty, just say it. ”

The overseer gritted his teeth and said: "Master Hou, it's not this one labor that is hungry, the team that provides support has not arrived for half a month, and the labor at this construction site is about to run out of food, otherwise how can it be completed within the construction period, and if you can't complete the task, these laborers can't eat and walk around." ”

"Oh, there is such a thing, the laborers rely on physical work, how can they bear such a large amount of labor without food," Su Jian said this, turning to one of the guards behind him and said, "You hurry up and whip up the direction of Yumen Pass to greet you, and see why the team for feeding is not yet there." ”

"No. The guard mounted his horse and galloped away.

And said that the guard galloped in the vast grassland for two hours, did not see a single figure, according to the words of the overseer, the supply team should have arrived two days ago, but how can not even see a figure, is puzzled suddenly saw the grass in front of the broken Han army flag, and then look forward and couldn't help but be surprised, there are hundreds of corpses lying horizontally, immediately stepped forward to check, the guards were surprised, these corpses are all escort grain and grass supply team, the death is unbearable, there is no one left, the guard saw that the matter is more urgent, so he hurriedly turned the horse's head to report, and returned to Shuofang It was already midnight, Su Jian was looking at the construction progress report under the oil lamp, and the guard was out of breath and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, the big thing is not good, the small one found the corpse of the team that transported the supplies two hours away." ”

Su Jian was taken aback when he heard this, and put down the report: "Ah, is there a living mouth?"

"There were no living mouths, and the corpses of hundreds of people were in a horrific state. ”

"Grain and grass supplies can be on the spot. ”

"Master Hou, there is no trace of the vehicles and horses that transported supplies. ”

"Hey, it seems that the Huns are seeking revenge. ”

"Master Hou, do you need to gather people to catch up? ”

"It's been two days, they should have already left Henan, forget it, let's send someone to bury the bodies of the dead soldiers on the spot, and then write a report to Chang'an immediately, so that Chang'an can send it over as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to complete the task of building the city here." ”

"No. ”

After Su Jian arranged this matter, he was already a little sleepy, so he said to himself: "Aha, I'm too sleepy, even if I have a big event, I have to wait until I have rested." ”

Su Jian lay down on the bed, not to mention, Su Jianna was really tired, and he fell asleep without a quarter of an hour, and then walked into the dreamland, stepped on the war horse and galloped on the vast grassland, leading the soldiers to look for traces of the Huns, walking, and suddenly a large number of Hun warriors appeared behind the grassy slope in front, Su Jian and the soldiers rushed up with knives and slashed, rushed left and right to kill, the shouting shook the sky, the battle was dark, although they fought hard, but the surrounding Hun warriors were killing more and more, Su Jian had a voice in his ears shouting: "General, we are surrounded, General, we are surrounded, what should we do?" Su Jian wanted to object angrily when he heard this voice, saying how could we be surrounded and kill the enemy for me, but he couldn't make a sound, and opened his eyes with all his strength, and saw a guard standing next to the bed and shouting: "General, we are surrounded." ”

Su Jian didn't know if this was a dream or reality for a while, so he said softly: "Is this true, what kind of person, so bold, dare to surround us." ”

"General Bao, now there are Huns all around us, and some of them have rushed in from the unbuilt city walls, and our army is fighting hard. ”

"Ah, that's true, wake up everyone and follow me to fight. ”

"No. ”

Su Jian stood up with a carp, quickly put on his armor, drew his machete, hurriedly stepped out of the war horse, and headed towards the place where the fire was soaring.

At this time, Su Jian's people and horses responsible for security and vigilance had already woken up and struggled to meet the enemy, even tens of thousands of laborers also participated in the battle, the two sides started a melee, and suddenly shouted to kill, Shuofang's construction site became a battlefield, just when the group was inseparable, a large number of people galloped in the distance of the broken city wall, about three or five thousand people, all holding torches, murderous rush into the battlefield, Su Jian thought it was the Hun enemy, so he took off his shirt and raised his arms bare-chested and shouted: "Give me a fierce kill." ”

At this time, a general rushed to Su Jian and said, "General, the rescue of his subordinates is late, and the general is frightened." ”

Su Jian looked under the torch, and let go of his hanging heart, this is the soldier and general who he arranged to patrol three miles away from Shuofang, and it was the men and horses he led who joined the melee, Su Jian realized that he had won the victory in his hands, so he shouted loudly: "Kill the Hun robbers for me, and I will never leave this place alive if I don't win." ”

"No. ”

The sound of the battle between the two sides became smaller and smaller, the invading Huns saw that they could not win, they heard a long sound of the horn, the Huns instantly withdrew from the battlefield, Su Jian led the soldiers to chase after them bravely, chasing out of Shuofang for five or six miles, but seeing that it was dark in front of him, he was worried that the rear would be lost, so he stopped chasing and retreated to Shuofang to strengthen his vigilance until dawn.

Usually sleep and wake up after the dawn, I feel that the night is too short, but when people are looking forward to the day as soon as possible in a state of not resting, the waiting time feels so long, and finally the east of the grassland appears fish belly white, sparse and sparse distance did not see anything abnormal, Su Jian was relieved, and said to his guards: "Usually the Huns wait until the night of the full moon, but last night they came to attack in the dark night, which shows that they can't wait for revenge." ”

"The general has a point. ”

"We must step up patrols, and advance the perimeter guard outward for another thirty miles, so as to detect the signs of a sneak attack by the Huns in advance. ”

"No. ”

"The progress of building the city wall should be accelerated, so that it can effectively defend against the enemy's sneak attack, and then report the situation here to the emperor as soon as possible, and then urge the provisions, otherwise this major matter of building the city will be disturbed by the Huns. ”

"No. ”

After everything was arranged, Su Jian led everyone to start cleaning up the battlefield, burying the corpses of the Xiongnu and Han soldiers who died in battle, and concentrating all his strength to speed up the construction of the city wall all the time.

Liu Che, who was far away in Chang'an, received two reports from Su Jian, and waved his hand to Prime Minister Xue Ze and the imperial envoy Gongsun Hong in the early court: "It seems that the Xiongnu are not willing to lose Henan, I must build Henan into a fortress in Chang'an, so that the Huns will no longer dare to covet Chang'an, I am ready to send more soldiers and recruit laborers to support, what is Aiqing's suggestion?" ”

Before Xue Ze and Gongsun Hong could speak, the master father interjected beside him: "Your Majesty, I don't know if the minister has a suggestion?"

Liu Che was stunned for a moment and saw that it was the master father, so he smiled slightly and said, "Of course, let you hear it." ”

The master father is really a person who is unassuming all the time, and he is also a person who has figured out Liu Che's temper, so he cleared his throat and said: " Your Majesty, Shuofang and Wuyuan two counties are under intense construction, and now a large number of labor and military service are needed, so that a large number of personnel are needed to go, Your Majesty can issue an edict throughout the country to recruit people who are interested in devoting themselves to the construction of border passes and defending the frontier, in order to improve their enthusiasm, those who voluntarily go can be added to the rank of knight, and the slave and maid are exempted from the status of slave and maid, and enter the ascending track of the title, so that there will be a large number of people to respond to the edict. ”

The more Liu Che listened to the words of the master father, the more he felt that it made sense, and slowly stood up and said: "What Aiqing said is reasonable, reasonable," and then said to Xue Ze, "The prime minister will do it according to this method, and the edict will be issued to the whole country as soon as possible, and then add another article, if the prisoners in the prison are willing to go to the border to do labor, they will be exempted from punishment, and those who have made meritorious contributions will be added to the official ranks, and then send 100,000 laborers to build Shuofang and Wuyuan County." ”

Xue Ze listened to Liu Che's will, and couldn't stop nodding yes, but Gongsun Hong next to him couldn't hold it back, so he coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have different opinions." ”

Liu Che, who had just finished speaking, instantly sank his face and said, "Gongsun Aiqing, tell me your high opinion." ”

Gongsun Hong then repeated the old tune: "Your Majesty, what the minister said is not a high opinion, but according to the laws of nature, I know that at present, our Han must not have a large labor dispatch, the more labor and rest are dispatched, the greater the cost, and the treasury will eventually be exhausted one day, you know that our Nanyi labor has been in operation for eight years, consuming a lot of manpower and money, Shuofang and Wuyuan County City continue to be consumed like this, my Han will not attack itself, don't listen to the words of the villain of the master father Yan anymore." ”

This time, Liu Che was a little unhappy, so he didn't say in a good tone: "What I build is the defense of the frontier, foreign enemies can't invade, see who dares to move in the country, I'm waiting in Chang'an here, my Han has not yet reached the point of self-defeat." ”

"Your Majesty, please think again. Gongsun Hong couldn't convince Liu Che, so he could only take a step back and stand aside.