In the first year of Shunxi, the imperial capital Miliang was blizzard, and countless people froze to death, and the capital was shaken.

Zhou Hydrate asked Emperor Shun to issue an edict and worship his ancestors on the altar.

The emperor obeyed, wrote down the edict of his own sin, and ordered people to build a high platform and beg for the protection of the ancestors.

Before the matter was over, bad news came.

To the west of Yunzhou, the Turks rebelled and sent troops to raid Jersey and Yueling counties in order to survive.

Jersey's Taishou Miyang and Yueling Taishou Zhang Tang were beheaded by the leader of Tuyu, Lian Zhen (Shan), and robbed countless grains, cattle and horses, and even ordinary people.

Upon learning of this, Zhou Kui was furious and wanted to send Tang Niu to lead his troops to attack Tuyu.

Strategist Li Shun advised: "Yunzhou is blizzard, and the road is suffocated and difficult to walk. The weather is cold and freezing, and when you go out on the expedition at this moment, the soldiers will inevitably be killed and injured. What's more, Lu Cong and Chu Bai are eyeing each other, and they can't be moved lightly!"

"How can you be spared by rebelling suddenly, killing my officials and robbing my people?" Zhou said angrily.

Li Shun offered advice: "This year's big cold, the surrounding alien races are all worried about winter food. The rebellion was also for food. You can send Li Hu and Shanshan to order the leaders of the two tribes to send troops to attack Tuyu. As long as you give enough food for the winter, these two alien tribes will definitely help with all their might!"

Zhou Jie immediately ordered to send an envoy to facilitate the matter.

Yu Shi Lei He came out of the ranks: "Prime Minister! Recently, this thing has appeared among the people, and the people have rushed to circulate it, which is quite bad!"

As he spoke, he took out a small paper publication bound into a book from his sleeve and respectfully presented it.

Zhou Yi stretched out his hand to take it and found that the booklet was the size of a palm, and it was made of cheap paper from Huajun.

The cover is painted with the city of Huajun, after opening it, it is also a delicate picture, and there are contents on both sides of the paper, which are the expansion of the city of Huajun, the free school, the reclamation of the people, and the content of the businessmen's transactions.

The paper is small, and it is quite difficult to draw on it with a brush. However, it seems that although these paintings are made of ink, they do not look like brushes. The lines are simple, yet concise and clear, making it easy to understand the meaning of the painting. Moreover, in order to be widely disseminated, there must be a large number of such albums, and it is impossible to paint artificially, presumably some kind of special craft.

If the earthlings see it, they will definitely recognize it, this book in Zhou Hydroxy's hand is a special comic book, also known as a villain book.

After Zhou Yi flipped through it, he put this thing on the side and looked at Lei He: "Ning Ze has improved papermaking technology, and the content is related to Huajun, so it must have been done by this person." But what's the use of these paintings?"

"Prime Minister!" Lei He said, "There are many books that have been passed down by the people, and in addition to introducing Huajun, the other six counties of Jinzhou are also among them. ”

"So what?" Zhou Yi said, "What harm does Ning Ze do with us if he leaks his information?"

"Prime Minister, there is only the policy of the counties in Golden State in the book, and there is no military intelligence or geographical information. Lei He replied, in addition, there are also various benevolent deeds of Princess Yuanxi Liu Yuanxiang, as well as visions and legends. At the same time, there is also the latest news about the various princes attacking each other. Including some of our recent border conflicts, as well as domestic disasters. The details of the records and the short intervals between events are terrifying!"

"Is this really the case?" Zhou Xuan was shocked, "What about other books?"

"Xia Guan also happened to hear the people talk about it today, and he just got this book. Lei He replied, "It is said that there are all kinds of books with different contents circulating among the people, and I don't know how to flow into Miliang. This matter should not be underestimated! First, how was Jinzhou able to obtain information from various localities? Second, why was intelligence so quickly transmitted? Third, why was the other side able to draw up information into a booklet in such a short period of time and then transmit it to various places?

Zhou Yi was silent when he heard this, and lowered his head in contemplation.

Zhou Yuan got up curiously: "Father, can you let the child take a look?"

"Hmm!" Zhou Xuan nodded and continued to think.

Zhou Yuan stepped forward to take the booklet, and after reading it carefully, he said: "Although the painting is simple, it is very interesting. And with the text, it's easier to understand the content. The policy of Huajun is clear at a glance, and the people will naturally compare it with the city where they are located. After looking at this thing, you will indeed find the Golden State very attractive. I heard that people from all the states of Dacheng have been rushing to Jinzhou recently, and it turns out that it is because of this thing!"

When Tang Niu heard this, he took the booklet from Zhou Yuan's hand, looked at a few pages and frowned: "Father, although the child is not very literate, just looking at these paintings, he will be curious about Huajun. ”

"That's right!" Lei He said solemnly: "Prime Minister, if you sit idly by and let Ning Ze distribute it everywhere, the consequences will be unimaginable! Population growth on the other side and population decline elsewhere, whether it is taxation or conscription, will have a huge impact. If the two are really as the people have said, many publications will create the image of Liu Yuanxiang, or there will be false content that slanders our side, which will cause the people's minds to change, and we must not ignore it!"

When Zhou Yi heard this, he frowned and said solemnly: "Can I learn it?"

"Prime Minister!" Lei He shook his head, "even the cheapest paper costs a lot to produce such publications in large quantities. What's more, I don't know how the other party writes such publications in large quantities and what kind of technology they use, so I'm afraid they can't do it!"

"How do you deal with that?" Zhou asked.

"Father!" Tang Niu immediately asked for orders, "The child personally led the troops, immediately confiscated all the publications of the people, and hunted down the people who distributed them!"

"Major General Don't be impulsive!" Lei He hurriedly persuaded, "In the opinion of the following officials, they should send someone to secretly investigate, investigate clearly, and then confiscate the books and periodicals according to the situation, and find out who is behind the scenes." ”

"What are you looking for?" Tang Niu said, "At this time, we must use thunderous means to quickly confiscate all the books to prevent the people from being deceived by them!"

"Major General, if you arrest someone rashly, the other party will be alert. Lei He said, "What's more, the most important thing is to find out the way the other party quickly transmits information, and arresting people is only secondary!"

"After catching someone, you can naturally interrogate, why bother so much?"

"Ah Niu, the words of the imperial history are quite reasonable!" Zhou Xuan thought for a while and said, "The most important thing is to find out why the other party's information is transmitted so quickly. ”

"Prime Minister is wise!" Lei He saluted respectfully.

"Lei Yushi!"

"Xiaguan is here!" Lei He stepped forward.

"I order you to deal with it with all the powers, and be sure to find out the reason!" Zhou Jie said, "If you can get the other party's quick transmission of intelligence methods, it will also help our military intelligence." ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order!"

Lei He took over the task and led people to investigate.

On the other side, the envoys of the imperial city brought food on the difficult winter roads, braved the wind and snow, and finally rushed to Datong County, inviting the two foreign tribes of Lihu and Shanshan nearby.

These foreign tribes do not know how to farm, and live on grazing, and food for the winter has always been scarce. In addition, this year is particularly cold, because the weather has made less food, and when I learned that I could get enough food to survive the winter, I agreed on the spot.

So Li Hu and Shan Shan immediately sent troops to attack Tuyu.

In the face of the sudden attack of the two major tribes, Tuyu was unable to react and was defeated, and the tribe was plundered by Lihu and Shanshan.

The leader of Tuyu, Lian Xuan, led his troops to flee to Tuyu Mountain, and after rectification, launched a counterattack and attacked the Lihu tribe.

After a fierce battle, Lian Xuan killed the leader of Lihu, Ha Hao, and captured a large amount of supplies.

Tietan, the leader of the Shanshan, immediately led his troops to kill and joined forces with the Lihu tribe.

After several days of fighting, the Tuyu tribe was short of troops and temporarily retreated to Tuyu Mountain.

The leader of Shanshan and the new leader of Li Hu joined forces, and the army attacked Tuyu Mountain and besieged Lian Xuan.

When Datong County heard about this, Taishou led his soldiers and horses to the battle, wanting to annihilate Tuyu in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lian Zhen wrote a descending table and sent it to the hands of Datong Taishou, saying that the Tuyu tribe had no food for the winter and had to loot Jersey and Yueling. Now that he knows that he is wrong, he is willing to surrender and accept his guilt.

Datong Taishou got the table down, and hurriedly sent someone to the imperial capital to ask how to deal with it.

Unexpectedly, Lian Xuan was just a delaying tactic, and by lowering the table to paralyze Datong Taishou and Lihu and Shanshan, he secretly escaped from the encirclement, attacked from the rear, broke the Lihu tribe, and captured nearly half of the Lihu soldiers. Later, he fought with the Shanshan tribe, killed the Shanshan leader, countless Shanshan generals surrendered, and the army all surrendered.

Lian Zhen's power increased greatly, and he immediately attacked the Datong army.

Datong Taishou led his troops to meet the enemy, and his subordinates Wang Ting, Cao Han and Lian Zhen faced each other, but they were easily killed.

Lian Zhen led his troops to charge, the Datong army was defeated and retreated, and the general Feng Yuan surrendered.

Sudden Yu won a big victory and took advantage of the situation to attack Datong County.

Many county towns in Datong were breached, countless grains were taken away, and thousands of people were arrested.

Lian Zhen led the victorious army to break through Datong.

Datong Taishou held the city, and a local Mei Xu spontaneously joined the army and led the rebels to assist. On the battlefield, he fought with Lian Zhen for 80 rounds without a win.

Lian Zhen's attack on Datong was unsuccessful for several days, and he couldn't get cheap in the hands of Mei Xu, so he temporarily withdrew his troops.

Mei Xu asked for orders to attack Tuyu, and Datong Taishou obeyed his words and went out of the city.

The army was killed to Tuyu, Mei Xu and Lian Zhen fought head-on, and Datong Taishou led the troops to rush out from the rear, and defeated the Tuyu army in front and back.

Lian Zhen was defeated and fled, losing countless soldiers and horses, and retreated to Tuyu Mountain again.

The Datong army surrounded Tuyu Mountain and suddenly fell heavy snow.

In desperation, he could only withdraw for the time being.

The remnants of the Turks were able to breathe.

Zhou Xuan received the front-line battle report, first surrendered for Lian Xuan, and broke the anger of the Li Hu and Shanshan troops. Later, when he learned about Mei Xu, he was very happy, and named Mei Xu as the general of Pingyu, responsible for exterminating Tuyu.

Mei Xu received the order, recruited troops and horses to train day and night, and only waited for the heavy snow to pass and set out.

Lian Zhen also hurried to recruit soldiers, and forcibly recruited the young and strong of the three tribes of Tuyu, Lihu, and Shanshan, and soon established a strong army to fight against the Dacheng soldiers.

After the heavy snowfall, Mei Xu immediately sent troops to break out and fight fiercely with Lian Xuan.

The two sides have been fighting for more than a month, and each has won or lost.

Mei Xu set a trap and deceived him to pursue him. Lian Zhen didn't know that there was a deception, and he chased after him, so he fell into the trap and was captured by Mei Xu.

The dragons were leaderless, and the remnants of the army were defeated.

Mei Xu broke through Tuyu, captured Lian Zhen alive, and personally escorted him to the imperial city.

Zhou Jie was overjoyed, and crowned General Mei Xu Zhengxi, leaving it for reuse.

Lian surrendered and vowed not to rebel again.

So Zhou Ji left him in the imperial city and ordered the Tuyu tribe to elect a person to succeed him as the new leader.

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