Zhang Liao looked at those Xianbei people who were tied up by five flowers, and the hatred in his eyes almost wanted to choose someone to eat.

He took a confiscated ring-headed knife and walked slowly to the Xianbei people who were kneeling on the ground in a row.

The ring head knife is a weapon that the Xianbei people are good at, and Zhang Liao wants to use their own weapons to cut off their heads.

A group of Xianbei people looked at Zhang Liao who was slowly approaching in horror, knowing that their death was approaching, and they couldn't help but cry for mercy.

Those who can speak Chinese shout 'spare their lives' in Chinese, and those who can't speak Chinese shout indiscriminately in Xianbei words that Liu An doesn't understand.

Zhang Liao ignored the shouts of those people, held the ring-headed knife in both hands, walked up to the front and back of the first Xianbei person, shouted like a vent, and suddenly raised the ring-headed knife, slashing at the neck of the first person.

The knife fell, and a bloody head rolled to the ground.

Later, when those Xianbei people saw this, they were stunned, and the horror in their eyes was even greater.

However, Zhang Liao didn't give them time to speak again at all, and after killing the first person, he seemed to be red-eyed, and then walked up to the second person, raised his knife, and slashed.

The second head also fell to the ground.

slashed more than a dozen people one after another, Zhang Liao held the knife and stopped panting.

After gasping for a while, he suddenly threw down the knife, knelt down in the direction of Yanmen, and said sadly:

"Father, the child has avenged you!"

His father died at the hands of Xianbei people, but Zhang Liao did not know who the killer was.

The only way to use the sword of Xianbei is to comfort the soul of the deceased father in the sky.

Liu An didn't come forward to disturb and waited quietly.

After a while, Zhang Liao put away the thoughts in his heart, got up and walked in front of Liu An, and bowed:

"County Mayor Liu, it's hard to say thank you. If County Magistrate Liu does not give up, Liao is willing to saddle the horse before and after the horse, and serve this life! ”

"I can't ask for such a filial person!" Liu An helped Zhang Liao up, but did not give Zhang Liao a dead card.

He is still too young, and there is still a lot of room for growth in all abilities, and the benefits from using the Death Card are too small.

Moreover, Zhang Liao is a loyal and righteous person, and since he has sincerely confessed to the Lord, Liu An does not need to worry that he will run away.

Seeing that Zhang Liao did not plan to dispose of the remaining Xianbei people, Liu An ordered his subordinates to kill them all.

Liu An then returned to the prisoner camp, selected thirty-six capable people from among the many captives, and after making sure that all of them knew a little Chinese, he used death cards on all of them.

The information that Liu An got before was that there were thirty-seven tribes in Xianbei in the west, and the leader of the largest tribe had been killed today, and there were still thirty-six tribes left.

After that, Liu An took the more than 30 people back to the guest hall, closed the door, and said to everyone:

"I need you to wait back to the grassland, and go to the remaining tribes of Xianbei in the northwest separately to persuade them to surrender. However, persuasion is only a cover. ”

"You only need to claim that you were sent by the Han court to persuade you to surrender, but you must show that you are actually unwilling to surrender, and at the same time reveal a piece of information to each tribe."

"Intelligence content is ......"

After Liu An whispered the content of the information to everyone, he told everyone the details of his plan one by one.

After finishing speaking, Liu An confirmed: "But you understand?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and only a few nodded.

Liu An shook his head helplessly, this grassland man is really brainless.

With patience, Liu An explained two or three more times, and then answered their questions one by one, and after making sure that everyone understood, Liu An asked his subordinates to bring each of them a grassland horse, each equipped with a carrier pigeon, and let them leave Jiuyuan City.

Early in the morning of the second day, Liu Bei found many carriages and loaded all the grain, grass and baggage on the carriages.

Liu An distributed the captured horses to all the pawns, and at the same time used the time to prepare grain and grass to let all the soldiers take turns to use stirrups and learn to ride horses as soon as possible.

He didn't want his soldiers to be able to fight on horseback, but only that they could learn to ride horses and keep up with the speed of the cavalry as much as possible.

By the evening, Liu Bei had finally finished preparing the grain and grass.

Because there is a lot of grain piled up in the granary in the city, there is no need to raise grain and grass everywhere, and Liu An does not have many soldiers, so he can prepare it so quickly.

On the foot guards' side, after a day of practice, all the foot soldiers were able to ride on horseback, and Liu An ordered them to follow the army tomorrow as auxiliary soldiers of the cavalry.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu An took Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, and all the cavalry to march towards the grassland.

Liu Bei led 2,200 auxiliaries and followed the cavalry.

The defense of Jiuyuan City, Liu An handed over to Cheng Ze and Sanqian Xiangyong.

At the same time, the northern steppes, the Yaksh tribe.

He is the leader of the second largest tribe in the Northwest Xianbei.

Early this morning, he received the news that the Butt tribe had failed to attack Seoul in the south, and then Barth's son sent an envoy to ask for revenge for his father.

The Bat tribe, which had 6,000 capable warriors, was defeated by the Han court, and he only had 3,000 capable warriors under his subordinates, so what could he do to avenge his father?

He only said that he would consult with his subordinates, and sent the messenger away.

Immediately afterwards, he received news that there was a Xianbei man who claimed to be an envoy of the Han Court outside, asking to see him.

Hanting envoy? But it's a Xianbei person?

Suspicious, he had the messenger brought in.

The envoy carried a basket made of bamboo straw behind him, and his appearance was rough, and his dress and physiognomy were indeed more like Xianbei people.

So he asked in Xianbei language: "As a Xianbei person, why did you become the messenger of the Han court?" ”

"Lord Hui, I was originally a member of the Bart tribe, a few days ago I attacked Seoul with Lord Bart, failed and was captured, and the magistrate of Seoul County saw that I was clever and specially ordered me to come to persuade my lord to surrender."

At this time, the lord was the title of the leaders of the eastern, central, and western tribes of Xianbei, and Bart and Kakesh obviously did not reach this level, but only offered them as sycophants.

When he heard the people of the Bat tribe call himself an adult, he didn't say anything on the surface, but his heart was a little fluttering.

Even so, he would never agree to the persuasion that this person said.

His face sank at the moment, and he said: "As a native of the grassland, not only do you not want to work hard for the nation, but you surrender to the Han court for your life, but you also want to persuade me to surrender, in the words of the Han people, it is simply shameless!" ”

When the envoy heard the words of the Emperor, his face made a look of shame, and then he said with a generous face: "What the Lord said is reasonable, I have reflected on this issue after saving my life, so when I heard that the Han people were going to find an envoy to persuade the Lord to surrender, I actively behaved, so that I could come back and deliver information to the Lord!" ”

"Oh? So, your heart is still humble to me? ”

"Not bad. I am a dignified prairie man, how can I descend to the Han Court who can only play with power? The envoy looked proud, and then revealed to the Akish: "My lord, I have heard that the Han court has sent many envoys like me to the grassland, and they are all like me, who have come to persuade the various tribes of Xianbei in my northwest to surrender. Hanting also gave me and others a carrier pigeon to use to deliver the news, and asked me to send the news back regardless of the success or failure of persuasion, and the carrier pigeon was in the basket behind me. ”

With that, the messenger also took off the basket and lifted the corner of the lid, revealing the carrier pigeon inside for Akish to see.

When he saw this, he couldn't help believing the messenger's words.

"Then the strength of the Han army is really so strong, and Bart's five thousand men were defeated by the Han army?"

When the envoy heard this, he said with a look of resentment: "Yes! I don't know, the Han court cavalry tens of thousands, all of them are elite, countless foot soldiers, the city is densely packed with people, the city under the ten thousand cavalry will besiege us and others, a charge, my Lord Bart died in the chaos, my army of more than 5,000, only less than 1,000 people escaped, the rest of the people either died or surrendered, now I think about it, it is still terrifying! ”

"This ......" When he heard that the other party had such a huge army, he was shocked, and even had the idea of fleeing east with his troops on the spot.

It's just that he hasn't seen the opponent's army yet, and he can't make a hasty decision based on the other party's words.

And he was also curious, since this person knew that the other party was so powerful, why could he still have the heart of resistance and inform himself of the information, so he asked:

"Han Ting seems to be going to deal with me this time, there is a huge gap between us and Han Ting, even if we unite with other tribes, we may not be able to win, even if you tell me this, it's useless!"

When the messenger heard the words of Raksh, he exclaimed, "My lord, you must not unite with other tribes! ”

"Why?"

"My lord, the Han Court has sent envoys to all the tribes to persuade them to surrender, what if there is a spineless soft egg who descends to the Han Court, and then pretends not to surrender, unites with us, and then cooperates with the Han Court to harm us and others?"

"This ......" was mentioned by the messenger, and Akish also thought of this layer.

But again, he couldn't trust what a man from another tribe said.

So he whispered a few words to the left and right and asked them to investigate two things.

First, whether any of his tribes also went to the Han Court envoy today.

Second, go to the Bart tribe to find out the reality of the Han army.

The fugitives from the battle with the Han army have returned to the tribe today, otherwise the news of the defeat of the Bat tribe would not have spread.

After leaving left and right, he then said to the envoy: "Since we cannot unite, and it is impossible for us to be the opponent of the Han army, what is the use of you telling me these things today?" ”

"My lord, the Han court only sent envoys to the northwest Xianbei tribes, but the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei did not, why didn't your lord ask the central Xianbei for help?"

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Central Xianbei is too far away from here, I'm afraid I won't have time to support!" ”

The envoy added: "Then first pretend to surrender to the Han court, and use this carrier pigeon to transmit the news back to the Han court, but the letter needs to state that it will be prepared for a period of time, so as to stabilize the Han court, wait for the day when the central support comes, and then raise a large army to attack the Han army." ”

"Hmm......" Akish touched his chin and muttered, "Let me think." ”

There was silence in the tent, and Akish pretended to be thinking, but in fact he was waiting for news from his men.

The messenger is not in a hurry, his own ability is one of the more outstanding in Xianbei, and after the addition of the Dead Soldier Card, his abilities in all aspects have been improved.

He could see that Akish was already excited, and that he would only have to wait for him to make up his mind that his task would be completed.

After a full two quarters of an hour, the men sent by the Yakshi to inquire about the news finally returned, and at the same time brought back the news that the northwestern tribes had indeed received outsiders today, but it was impossible to determine whether they were envoys of the Han court or not.

It's just that these people are all from the south, and it is very likely that they are envoys of the Han Court.

When he heard the news, most of his doubts were gone.

After another quarter of an hour, the man who went to the tribe of Bart also brought back the news, and the man received the news from the son of Bart that the cavalry of the Han army did not exceed two thousand at most.

At the same time, the man brought back Bart's son once again asking Taksh to send troops to avenge his father.

After hearing his subordinate's words, his face suddenly fell.

Less than 2,000 cavalry, but 5,000 Xianbei cavalry? Is this fooling me for a fool?

Especially after hearing his subordinates finish talking about Barth's son's request, Qikeshi thought that Bart's son deliberately weakened the Han army in order to deceive himself into sending troops.

In contrast, he felt that what the Han Court envoy said was the truth.

So he called his henchmen and told the messenger to wait outside the account for the time being, and then inform his henchmen of the information he had obtained, and discuss what to do next.

After some deliberation, his subordinates had approved the strategy of pretending to surrender and stabilizing the Han court, while sending people to the central Xianbei for help.

After that, he waved his subordinates back, summoned the envoy again, and personally wrote a letter wishing to surrender to the Han court, but needed some preparation time, and handed it to the envoy.

Then he watched as the messenger stuffed the messenger into the mailbox next to the pigeon's paw and released the pigeon.

During this time he asked the messenger how he could be sure that the pigeon would send the message back.

The envoy replied that he didn't know, and the Han people only said that it was enough to release carrier pigeons, and he didn't dare to ask more about the specifics.

The same situation is played out among the various tribes of the steppe.

Of course, there is one tribe exception.

In the Bart tribe, as soon as Bart's son Qi Yan heard that the person who came was an envoy of the Han Court and intended to persuade him to surrender, he dragged him down and beheaded him without saying a word.

It's just that the other tribes don't know the inside story of how he directly beheaded people.

The people of the tribes who came to inquire about the news only knew that the Bat tribe had also received people who were suspected of being envoys of the Han court, and they were also suspicious of him, fearing that he had surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and no one dared to think about uniting with him again.

In this way, among the various tribes of the grassland, there are either those who ask for help from the Xianbei in the central part of the country, or there are those who directly raise their troops to migrate after hearing that the Han army is strong, but there is no doubt that they have estranged and feared other tribes, but if anyone dares to mention the matter of unity, they will instantly become the target of public criticism, and the first one to be suspected of whether they have secretly surrendered to Han.

On the other side, a subordinate of Cheng Ze, carrying many letters sent back by carrier pigeons, caught up with Liu An's army alone.

At this time, two days had passed since Liu An's departure, and the army finally left the Han border and entered the Saiwai grassland.

After Liu An heard that it was someone sent by Cheng Ze, he immediately ordered the whole army to rest and recuperate.

He himself took the stack of written cloths handed by the man.

Liu An unfolded the first letter and silk, and some Chinese characters were written crookedly on it:

I, Kesh, am willing to bring my troops to the Han Court. However, there are many personnel and livestock in our department, and it will take more than ten days to prepare for the migration of our troops, so I ask General Hanting to wait for a few days, and when I am ready, I will take my troops to the south and obey the general's arrangement.

In just sixty or seventy words, not only is it crooked, extremely ugly, Liu An even saw more than a dozen typos on it.

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