(Thanks to lcyycllcy for the two monthly passes!) ）

Lu Chen was ready to go to the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yuting Meiji, with a lot of gifts but not many people with him, only bringing 300 soldiers from Wuzhu, Lü Zhan and Cao Xing. Someone raised objections, but Lu Chen carefully followed his father's teachings and did not explain, indifferently saying that this was his own order, and the rest of the people were training, building cities, and making weapons to prepare for the invasion of the Xianbei people, so they didn't have to worry about him. Naturally, the military generals did not dare to refute and obeyed the order.

Of course, this is just a way to deal with middle and low-level military generals and officials, Lu Chen will not be so domineering in private, and several senior members within the Lu Group know Lu Chen's intentions. Almost every time he acted, he would hold meetings with Chen Gong, Pang Tong, Zhang Liao, Sima Yi, Zhang Yang and others to discuss and communicate, but Lu Bu sat on the main seat but did not speak, silently supporting his son.

The reason why Lu Chen came lightly was because he was worried that Xianbei would raid Yanmen, so he didn't dare to transfer too many people. The second is to know that the Southern Huns have many soldiers and horses, and it is meaningless to bring more by themselves, and the soldiers are fine but not many. Of course, the most important point is that Lu Chen knew that Xiongnu Shan Yu, that is, Wuzhu's father and Liu Bao's cousin, Luan Tihu Chuquan had no ill will towards him.

Of course, Zhen Mi is still very concerned about Wuzhu's departure. Before leaving, she specially picked eight and a half girls from the Zhen family to give to Wuzhu, and said that these are the most servant maids. Wuzhu was immediately grateful, took Zhen Mi's hand and called a sister kindly, and then sent the eight maids to the sheepfold to work, Zhen Mi's face darkened. Wuzhu Dao: In the Xiongnu, only cattle need to be served. Zhen Mi was speechless, and silently took back the jewelry box that was about to be sent. Wuzhu was interested in the maid, and even more interested in jewelry, so he grabbed it, opened it and saw that his eyes were full of light, and he was thankful. Zhen Mi smacked her lips for a long time, but she never spoke the truth, but her heart was dripping blood, and my sister just asked you to pick two things you liked, why did you take them all? Am I being too generous? Oh, my God! That's the jewelry I've been saving for more than ten years!

These interesting things in the back house were all told to Lu Chen by the second daughter in private, and Lu Chen didn't mind, he just smiled, he was as shrewd as Mi'er, and he would also suffer dumb losses on Wuzhu, which was really rare.

Of course, in the end, Wuzhu didn't bring a maid, she rode a horse by herself, and she didn't bring jewelry, and she had already sold and bought sheep. By the way, Zhen Mi tossed and turned all night, and finally came up with a countermeasure, and the next day he found a merchant from the Zhen family to buy a batch of sheep and sell them to Wuzhu, changed the jewelry box back, and took four maids with him.

This story once became the laughing point of Lu Chen's ridicule of Zhen Mi, Zhen Mi was not to be outdone, and rode Lu Chen under him every night and ravaged him in various ways. After more than a month of exploration, this woman has actually practiced a good kung fu, which can be described as extremely talented, and Lu Chen's fighting spirit is also strong, but she is just suffering from the little girl with cloud sleeves on the small bed at the door, and she gets up every morning in the winter to change into wet and obscene pants, which is really cold.

When Wuzhu heard that he was going back to Meiji, he was overjoyed, but he was busier than Lu Chen. Since she learned about this, she rarely showed her head, and the weather became colder, and Wuzhu was taking Fatima and Little Green and Little Red to set up tents for cattle, sheep and horses outside the city, buy forage, etc., and heard that a charcoal stove was prepared, which was warmer than her home. Two days ago, frost fell, and it was freezing cold, so she lived in a sheepfold with Fatima and others.

On the day of departure, Lu Chen set off before dawn, without alarming too many people, the little horse is also a mixture of dragons and snakes, it is not a bad thing to be able to hide it from day by day, only Zhen Mi led the maids to the gate of the courtyard.

When the sun jumped out of the east, Lu Chen had already left Yanmen Pass.

Women are fickle animals, not long ago, Wuzhu rode on horseback and looked back three times and shed tears, repeatedly told Fatima and Little Green Xiaohong and others to take good care of the little lamb, the charcoal stove in the sheepfold cannot be extinguished, but it must be kept ventilated, if there are a few sheep missing, I will take you to your life and so on. The down-and-out princess Fatima's face turned pale, and she swore that she would take care of all the cattle, sheep and horses. Wuzhu was still not at ease, and gestured with Bai Huahua's waist knife, forcing them to stay in the sheepfold day and night, and asked Lu Chen to send someone to help. Who knows, just after jumping out of Yanmen Pass, this woman's personality changed suddenly, and the prancing horse whipped away, causing all the relatives to look at Lu Chen, and Cao Xuan also asked: Do you want to catch it back? Before the words fell, he was kicked off the war horse by Lu Chen. If Wuzhu had escaped, he would have fled a long time ago, so how could he wait until now? This ignorant woman, who had just been locked up in the "sheepfold" for too long, returned to the grassland and was excited. Soon, the crisp and melodious song of the birds rushed back with Wuzhu, and she jumped off the horse, swooped into Lu Chen's arms, and kissed her. If it weren't for the Xuanlong Cloud Chasing Beast, which was an authentic sweat and blood horse, I was afraid that it would be crushed by this swoop. Lu Chen is a little reserved, he has never met such a bold girl in his two lives, and many people are watching it, so he can't stop chirping.

Cao Xing smirked for a while, and then sent the broken army away, opening the road in front, leaving and right realms, and taking some people behind the palace, only him, Lu Zhan and the other seventeen officers followed and peeped.

Then, Wuzhu rode her little red horse and walked side by side with Lu Chen, singing beautiful songs that Lu Chen couldn't understand along the way.

This is the first time Lu Chen has heard Wuzhu sing, and he is secretly ashamed in his heart, this woman probably only feels true happiness now, right? In the past, she was like a bird in a cage. It's as if I never really cared about this woman!

The cold wind is howling, the snow is drifting, and the vast slaughter of the winter grassland is particularly charming.

This is the third day after leaving Yanmen, and we will soon go to Wuzhou, and then we will go north to Hohhot. Wuzhou, which was already the territory of the Southern Xiongnu, had people there to greet Lu Chen and others and lead them west across the Yellow River to Meiji City. Meiji is the royal court of the Southern Xiongnu after annexing the Han Dynasty, and the approximate location is not far from the east of Ordos in later generations.

"Do you know what I thought when I led my troops to Yanmen to hunt you down?" Wuzhu is tired of singing, and he likes to talk to Lu Chen in the past two days.

Of course, Wuzhu never liked the stories told by Lu Chen, what dwarfs and Snow White and the like, it was very boring, she didn't understand what that princess was doing, she didn't even raise cattle and sheep, and she didn't work, it was incredible. In fact, what Wuzhu hates the most is the Pleasant Goat and the Big Big Wolf, Lu Chen told her that this story tells the story of the wolf and the sheep living in peace, and Wuzhu was immediately angry, how can this be? If the wolf does not eat the sheep, then the sheep can reproduce indefinitely, more and more? When the time comes, the grassland will be eaten by them, and at that time, the grassland will not be able to recover, and will eventually become a barren, and all the creatures on the grassland will cease to exist!

Lu Chen said this story, he just did what he liked, thinking that Wuzhu liked sheep and must hate wolves, but who knew that this was the result. However, Lu Chen was quite shocked by Wuzhu's simple wisdom, this woman was not stupid, but very smart. Yes, if the wolf is gone, the grassland is safe? This Xiongnu woman 2,000 years ago has a long-term vision than many insightful people in later generations!

"Kill us all?" Lu Chen asked. He had already understood that Uju didn't want to hear his story, and she wasn't interested in his knowledge, what she wanted was to talk.

"No, I just want my cattle and sheep back! That's my dowry! In the tribe, no one wants to marry a woman without a dowry! Uzhu said very seriously.

Lu Chen was speechless.

Wuzhu laughed again: "You Han people are so stupid! My dowry is gone, and you are still willing to marry me? Although Sister Zhen Mi is also very poor and has no cattle and sheep, I heard that her family has a lot of food and salt! But I don't have anything! ”

Lu Chen rolled his eyes, people say that there is a three-year generation gap, and he is separated from Wuzhu by more than 2,000 years, and this generation gap is completely insurmountable! I can't understand this woman's logic at all, Zhen Mi is still poor? You are a dignified Hun princess, no dowry? The dowry you paid by Hu Chuquan is worth much more than the cattle, sheep and horses you saved before!

"But don't worry, our Hun women are the most loyal and hardworking! I know you're also poor, but I won't be lazy like Sister Zhen Mi, and give away things all day long, I will help you raise a lot of cattle and sheep to make you the richest person! Wuzhu clenched his little fists and looked very determined.

Lu Chen smiled and sighed again, how should I communicate with her? Where is Zhen Mi so lazy to eat? She is obviously pampered. Where is the indiscriminate delivery of things? is obviously to help Lu Chen buy people's hearts. She doesn't understand these Wuzhu, she only understands what a Hun woman should understand, loyalty and diligence.

"Wow! Look, that road was the road I took when I led my troops to hunt you down, and it was green grass then, but now it's snowing! ”

"Where is the way? The one I built in Yanmen is called the road! ”

"So, you Yanmen are too poor, you don't even have much pasture, you don't raise cattle and sheep, you use them to grow grain, how can the grain be delicious? You Han Chinese are so stupid! However, don't worry, when Wuzhu helps you raise more cattle and sheep, you can recruit more knights, and then, rob their grassland! Wuzhu pointed to the vast white grassland to the west.

Why not eat minced meat? Lu Chen was embarrassed: "Hey, hey!" Your finger is in the wrong place, you should point to the north, the territory of the Xianbei people, you are referring to the west, which is your father's territory. ”

"That's right! The Xianbei people are so powerful, they can't grab it, and it's easier to grab the pastures of the Huns. ”

“……”

"You see, Wuzhou used to go all the way to Luo County by the Yellow River, and it was my territory at the beginning! However, after I was caught by you, I was robbed by that guy who was promoted to love! That damn fellow, now grazing on my pasture! It's so hateful! ”

"I'll help you get it back."

"Crossing the Yellow River, the most fertile grassland is my father's, I begged my father for a long time, but he didn't give it to me! He gave it to the son of the Tokhtok woman! I'm! Wuzhu said again.

The Totokh people are the descendants of the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan people, also known as Zahu, which did not belong to the Southern Xiongnu, and was later bullied in the north, and went south to join the Xiongnu, and then gradually sat down and became a branch of the Xiongnu. In order to win over Hu Chuquan, the leader of the Totokh tribe married his sister to Hu Chuquan. These are things that Lu Chen has heard of a long time ago, so he knows that the son of the Totokh woman in Wuzhu's mouth is the son of Hu Chuquan, Wuzhu's half-brother, and the current Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King Yelixian.

"Okay, I'll help you get it back!" Lu Chen patted his chest and said.

"And the ...... of Miji Castle"

"Isn't that your father's nest?"

"What's that? If I marry you, I will no longer be his daughter, and it doesn't matter if you kill him as a single person. However, you better not kill him, he won't live long anyway, that's what the shaman said. It's enough to grab his pasture! ”

Lu Chen was really powerless, he really didn't have the heart to occupy any grassland, if he was really ambitious, he would rather go to the Central Plains.

"......" Lu Chen didn't want to discuss the question of whether to kill Wuzhu and his father, and it seemed a little creepy to discuss with his fiancée whether to kill his father-in-law before he got married. He stretched out his hand to catch two pieces of snow and diverted the topic: "It's snowing, Ruixue is a good year!" Good sign! ”

Ruixue Zhaofeng year is scientifically reasonable. First, heavy snow falls in winter, and the rain will be uniform in the coming year, without major drought and flooding; Second, snow can freeze some bacteria and pests to death, and reduce the occurrence of pests and diseases in the coming year; Third, although the snow is cold, it has a warming effect when it is piled up, which is conducive to the decomposition of organic matter in the soil and enhances soil fertility.

In particular, it has not yet arrived before the light snow, and this year's blood has fallen early and is still very large, which is very beneficial for farming in the coming year.

"What do you mean?" Wuzhu asked, tilting her head.

"Meaning, next year's crop will have a good harvest! So, it's a good sign. Lu Chen was originally not interested in farming, but after arriving in this era, he had to be interested, for this reason, he also asked Chen Gong many questions in this regard, in terms of internal affairs and farming, Chen Gong is a good hand.

"How can you think that? This is obviously a disaster! You Han people are so stupid! I actually think that heavy snow is a good thing! Wuzhu's little face was red from the cold, and he looked at Lu Chen in surprise and exclaimed.

"Disaster? What kind of disaster is it if it doesn't freeze to death? Lu Chen smiled.

"People don't freeze to death because there is cow dung for fire to keep warm, and animal skins to wrap themselves, layer upon layer. But what about livestock? They only have one layer of skin! The south of the Hetao is fine, if you are careful, the cattle and sheep will not freeze to death too much, but the north of the Hetao is difficult. This year's snow fell a little earlier and not small, so it would be terrible if it continued like this! "Horror flashed in Wuzhu's eyes, yes, horror!

Lu Chen smiled at first, and said in his heart, the bitter cold land in the north is the territory of the Xianbei and Wuheng people, and the freezing of their cattle and sheep to death is a good thing for the Xiongnu and Han people! However, in the blink of an eye, Lu Chen's face also sank.

The year of Ruixue is a good thing for the farming people, but for the nomads, it is definitely a disaster.

In winter, the nomads were short of food and needed to plunder the outside world, and if the blizzard continued, their cattle and sheep would freeze to death more, and after a while, when they invaded, they would be even more ferocious! Because if they don't rob the Han people of their food, they themselves will starve to death! That's why the nomads to the north of the Han always covet the south!

"Father must have learned from the priest that this winter will be very cold, so he is so anxious to ask you to go to Shan Yuting to fight against Xianbei in an alliance with us." Uzhu said.

Lu Chen also thought that shamans were not all superstitious, they knew some pharmacology and astronomy.

In the face of the onslaught of the Xianbei people who are destined to come, how to deal with it?

Lu Chen didn't have the heart to talk to Wuzhu anymore, he frowned and thought about it, thinking about it and having no countermeasures, Lu Chen gradually became anxious.

The so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, Yanmen is full of 15,000 troops, half of the cavalry and infantry, this is all Lu Chen's family background, even if the people are used to pull the strong Ding, it will not last 25,000. How many people are there in Xianbei? Lu Chen didn't know, the Huns didn't know, and even the Xianbei people themselves didn't know. However, there were far more Xianbei people than the Southern Xiongnu, and the Southern Xiongnu had 150,000 cavalry! Xianbei is at least three times more than the Huns, 500,000 iron horsemen!

At this moment, Lu Chen only felt that he had been struggling in the Three Kingdoms for a year, but he was still so small, and a deep sense of powerlessness arose. If the Xianbei Iron Horse comes to the nest, how can it be stopped by a mere Yanmen Pass?

By the Huns? Unreliable!

Strictly speaking, since the civil strife in the southern Xiongnu 50 years ago, the binding force of the Xiongnu on the Xiongnu tribes has been greatly reduced, and the cavalry has also dropped from 200,000 to 150,000. The generations were no longer able to fully control the Xiongnu tribes, and the wars in the northern counties were increasing day by day. In order to avoid the disturbance of these people, the Han Dynasty moved the counties of Xihe, Shangjun, and Shuofang to the south, so the Xiongnu people who were originally distributed in Xihe, Shangjun, Shuofang and other places went south, and most of them were concentrated in the Fenshui Valley in the central part of Bingzhou.

Thirty years ago, the Southern Xiongnu tribes rebelled again and were defeated by Zhang Huan, the general of Zhonglang in the northern Han Dynasty. Twelve years ago, Qiangqu Shan was killed due to internal disagreements over whether or not to help the Han Dynasty send troops to the east. Qiangqu Shan Yu's son Yu Fuluo, Liu Bao's father, wanted to return to Shan Yuting, but was expelled. Five years ago, Yu Fuluo died, and his younger brother Hu Chuquan was established as Shan Yu, Liu Bao was dissatisfied, and has not yet recognized his uncle's position as Shan Yu. At this time, the Xiongnu were no longer as strong as they used to be, and they were often attacked by Xianbei, and there was no internal harmony.

At this time, Lu Chen realized that the real figures in the Three Kingdoms era were not Liu Bei and Sun Quan, but Gongsun Zhan, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and others, because it was these people who withstood the strong pressure from the Xianbei tribe in the north in the case of continuous internal disputes. Although Yuan Shao did not want to forge ahead, he did not let the Xianbei people Wuheng go south wantonly, not to mention Cao Cao, the northern expedition to Wuheng went down in history, and even the ghost Guo Jia died of illness because of this.

At the beginning, Lu Chen chose to come to Yanmen in order to avoid the blades of the domestic princes, but he ignored the giant beast Xianbei.

"Phew!"

After thinking hard for a long time, but not knowing the essentials, Lu Chen spat out a mouthful of saliva, and the saliva fell to the ground. It's too cold in the Northland! Far colder than the Hereafter! Lu Chen shuddered, and when he saw Wuzhu waving to him a little in front, he raised his head, and Wuzhou had arrived.

I also thought of a way!

Entering Wuzhou City, Lu Chen didn't care about resting, so he wrote a letter, instructing Chen Gong and others to build thirty ten-zhang high cities in Yanmen within one month at all costs, and then fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and hide all the military and civilian grain and grass into the city.

This trick was learned from sweeping and counter-sweeping, not unusual. Of course, it is difficult to build 30 fortified cities in a month, one every day! Actually, it's not difficult, in winter, just build an ice city, this is fast! Thirty cities do not need to be too big, but they must be high and strong, relying on the large and small towns in Yanmen as the foundation, splashing water into ice to strengthen and increase the height of the city wall.

Lu Chen wrote another letter to Pang Tong, asking him to buy wool and animal skins sold on the grassland. It won't be long before a large number of cattle and sheep will freeze to death, and the Xianbei people will feast for a while, and at the same time exchange their furs for grain, salt and iron with the Han people, and prepare for the attack. At that time, fur will be cheap. Lü Chen allowed Pang Tong to exchange iron with them, but he would never allow them to give salt to the Xianbei people, and at the same time, arrest any merchants who sold salt through Yanmen, and prohibit the sale of salt to the Xianbei people, and this ban will last until next spring.

In the end, Lü Chen wrote another letter to Sima Yi, giving him a glorious and arduous task, which was also his first mission to join Lü Chen-to envoy Yecheng. The purpose given to Sima Yi is very simple, please ally with Yuan Shao to deal with Cao Cao. This task is like a fool's dream, and Lu Chen doesn't believe that Sima Yi can talk about it, what he wants is a promise to retreat, and no longer stab Xianbei people in the back when they go south.

After the three letters were sent out by his cronies, Lu Chen was dragged by Wuzhu to go shopping, and he heard that the person who came to pick them up would only arrive tomorrow, and they were arranged in a post house. The Han and Hu people live here together, but it is quite distinctive.

The city of Wuzhou in winter is not depressed, and at least until December arrives, the merchants will not stop their pursuit of wealth. Han merchants from the south traveled to the north through Mayi, Wuzhou and other places to buy the skins or meat of livestock that the Xianbei people froze to death or had to be executed in winter, and they also brought with them the salt, iron and grain that the Xianbei people craved. The Xianbei people would not have imagined that this would be the last batch of salt they could buy this year.

Wuzhu is not a Han girl who likes to go shopping, she does not take Lu Chen to the shops, nor does she covet silk and fine food, but as a host, she takes Lu Chen to wander around the city and give him instructions. In the past, Wuzhou to Luo County was the territory of Huchuquan, which was assigned to Wuzhu for management, which was regarded as her dowry, and she naturally knew it well. Wuzhou is not big, it is said to be a county seat, but in this era, it lives in the border area, in fact, there are only two or three streets, not as good as the small town in later generations, and it will be done in a short time. Wuzhu was not satisfied, and wanted to take Lu Chen out of the city to see where she used to herd sheep, but before Lu Chen could speak, the eighteen pro-horsemen led by Cao Xing objected. The reason is also very simple, before leaving, Lu Bu chatted privately with Cao Xuan for two hours, and the central idea was concise and to the point, if my son is missing a hair, I will kill your whole family, Cao Xuan said that this is what it should be. Therefore, they naturally would not let Lu Chen out of the city, after all, this was not their own territory.

Wuzhu was not very happy, but there was no reluctance, Lu Chen took her to the post house to compete in archery, and Wuzhu won a big victory.

"Liu Qubei's son is in Luo County?" After deeply despising his archery skills, Lu Chen asked about Lu Zhan, who had returned, and as soon as he arrived in Wuzhou City, he was told that he would go to Meiji tomorrow, but no one came to greet him, which was a bit strange, so Lu Chen sent Lu Zhan to inquire.

"No, Hesheng Love is in Wuzhou." Lu Zhandao.

Lu Chen frowned, this Yu Shengai was the person responsible for sending Lu Chen to Meiji. Since he is in Wuzhou, why don't he come and say hello? It's okay to look down on himself, there's no reason for him to ignore Wuzhu so much, right? No matter what, Wuzhu is still Shan Yu's daughter now.

"He Sheng fell in love with me and asked me to convey to Xiao Junhou that he is not in good health today, so he can't send us to Meiji. However, he also said that tonight he had prepared the wine Mei Ji in his tent, and asked Xiao Jun to come over and drink. Lu Zhan was also suspicious, and added, "I don't think he looks bad, he is as strong as a cow!" Of course, there is no little gentleman waiting for burly! ”

"I'm stronger than an ox, that means what?" Lu Chen smiled, but he wondered in his heart, what does this love mean? Still drinking when you're not feeling well? It's weird. Besides, what does he mean by being condescending first and then respectful? How did he occupy the pasture that originally belonged to Wuzhu? Does he represent Shan Yu Hu Chuquan? Or is it the right virtuous king Liu Qubei?

Lu Zhan was a little flustered.

Lu Chen patted him on the shoulder, and was about to agree, but unexpectedly, Wuzhu suddenly rushed out and stopped Lu Chen: "Did he send us to Meiji?" You didn't tell me! Don't go tonight, we'll go to Meiji by ourselves tomorrow morning, without his escort! I know the way! ”

Apparently, Uzhu was a little flustered.

Lu Zhan stepped aside, and Cao Xuan and the others also consciously dispersed.

"What the hell is going on with this Ascending Love?" Lu Chen frowned and looked at Wuzhu.

Wuzhu's eyes were a little evasive, and his face turned red.

"Damn! No way? ”

Lu Chen's heart shook suddenly, and he took a step back.

"You...... You know? How would you know? Wuzhu looked at Lu Chen in horror, tears rolling in his eyes.

"I can't guess what you look like? Do you owe him, or does he owe you? Lu Chen thought to himself, Wuzhu likes himself and it shouldn't be fake, but looking at his appearance when he heard the name of Hesheng Ai, he should also have some love debts, the Huns are far more open than the Han people, and with Wuzhu's age and identity, it is normal to be a little in the past. Besides, the fact that this Hesheng Love occupies the grassland left by Wuzhu is proof of this!

"I owe him before, but I've paid it back!" Wuzhu lowered her head, nervous.

"What did you get back?" Lu Chen observed Wuzhu, this woman should still be a chick, and it is impossible to repay the debt with her physical body.

"Grassland!" Wuzhu tugged at the corners of his clothes and fiddled with his waist knife, which was quite unnatural.

"Oh! This, that ......" Lu Chen felt a little guilty in his heart, but, in the future life, this is not a matter at all! What woman doesn't have a bit of a past? Besides, Wuzhu is still perfect, and he is dead set on Lu Chen, what else can't he let go? After thinking about this, Lu Chen was relieved, "It's okay! I can understand! You are so beautiful, it is reasonable for him to fall in love with you, I won't be angry! ”

"Huh? What did you say? Wuzhu suddenly raised his head and looked at Lu Chen strangely.

"What? You said that you owe the love of Hesheng, and you will pay it back with the pasture! ”

"Can you owe love? You Han Chinese are so stupid! I owe 6,000 head of cattle to Heshengai...... This, that, we compared archery last year, the bet was too big, and I lost...... He invited you to drink this time, and he must have forced you to help me return the cow! How can you have so many cows? Besides, he also occupies my pasture! I'm afraid that you will be stupid, and you will be poor enough, if you lose another 6,000 cows, oh my God......"

In Lu Chen's heart, 10,000 grass and mud horses galloped past, and the ground shook: "......" (to be continued.) )