The sea people were about to be in Zhao Chao, and thousands of families were attached to Wei, and Wei was about to defend Liu Zhun in the Bohai Sea, and the local tyrants were sealed, and the subordinates of Feng Yi were also subordinate; Don't gather to defend yourself. Min Yizhun is the history of Youzhou Thorn, and the Bohai Sea is divided into the middle of the covenant. Yan Wang Jun made Feng Yi to ask for an appointment, so that Changli was too high to open and release.

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"Fox slave raising, damn, can you change your name, it's too hard to call." Le Changshan said angrily.

The fox slave next to him smiled honestly, and then replied with difficulty in the "Guanlong version of the official dialect": "My name is taken by most of the guards." ”

Looking at the triumphant appearance of the fox slave, Le Changshan was a little surprised, "No, how could the military master give you such a name." ”

"It was when I was in Baishuiyuan, I cut off the heads of four Tuyuhun cavalrymen in a row, and when I was about to go to receive the merit with the heads, most of them saw me. So he said to me, I saw you fighting in and out of the enemy army, and no one dared to stop you, what a brave man. Finally, what is my name? At that time, I was covered in blood, and I didn't know what to say when I saw Dadu Hu ask me with a smile on his face. In the end, it was Captain Jiang who kicked me before I reacted, and then told me the name of Dadu Protector in Qiang language. Speaking of which, the fox slave raised his name in Qiang language, and the pronunciation is indeed very similar to that of the fox slave.

After listening to it, Dadu Hu thought for a while and said to me, your name is indeed a bit strange, I pondered for a while, or the three words of fox slave raising are more suitable for the sound of your name. This fox shows that you are smart and clever, slave, which means that you were born as a slave, and raising it means that you were born to raise it. It's hard. ”

Although the official language of the fox slave raising land was very difficult, this paragraph was said very clearly, almost biting out word by word, and it seemed that he had a very deep impression of what Zeng Hua told him.

"When I joined the army and said Daduhu's words and wrote my name, I burst into tears, and if it weren't for Daduhu, I would have cried loudly. My wild dog-like cheap life actually has a name, a fox slave! Lao Tzu was born as a slave. And his parents died early when he was a child. What is not born to raise? Although Lao Tzu's life is cheap, it is very hard. Wait for me to follow Dadu to protect the next family business. passed on this name, and also told future generations the origin and meaning of this fox slave. ”

Speaking of this, the fox slave was a little excited, so his words became more and more stuttering and difficult, but it did not affect the listening of the Lechang Mountain next to him. Maybe he was used to the way these Qiang, Xiongnu, and even Xianbei colleagues spoke.

After the fox slave raised finished speaking, Le Changshan couldn't help but pat the fox slave on the shoulder and said: "You and I are both lucky, just because we can be fortunate to follow the military master, no matter what, we have to fight for fame!" ”

The fox slave raised a smile. It's back to the honest appearance just now. "You bastard!" Le Changshan couldn't help but say hatefully.

In this way, Le Changshan and the fox slave raised more than 15,000 Feiyu troops, and continued north along the river as they spoke, and the destination was Fuping and Lingwu in Beidi County. Since the defeat of Liangzhou by the Zhenbei Army last year, Zhang Zuo of Liangzhou has become more and more respectful to Zeng Hua and Guan Long, and Mao Muzhi, who is in charge of Tianshui, has turned his attention more and more to the north after consulting with Zeng Hua.

After nearly a year, the Xianbei tribes such as Qifu and Bald Hair, who had migrated from Longxi and Guangwu, had been dispersed and mixed into the newly established Jincheng County and Anding County with the Juntian system. The original tribal system was relocated to Liangzhou and Yongzhou by all the leaders. After the various ministries were mixed and mixed, they began to disintegrate, and after a year of working under the uniform land system, they ceased to exist. Mao Muzhi then began to set up counties for normal management on the basis of the original target and 100 households.

At the same time as recruiting Feiyu cavalry from these hundreds of thousands of Xianbei, Qiang, and Xiongnu tribes, Mao Muzhi began to build a city in the north of Jincheng County. Jingyuan was the first to be built. It is also the starting point and base of the northward advance. Wulan, Zhongwei, and the nearest Zhongning, all lined up northeast along the river, and slowly advanced to Beidi County.

In addition to building Pingliang, Gaoping (repaired) and Baiquan City in Anding County, Yongzhou, and moving the displaced people to the east to enrich it to stabilize Anding County, Zeng Hua also built Xiaoguan (now Ningxia Tongxinnan), Sanshui (now Ningxia Tongxindong), Fangqu (now southeast of Huanxian County, Gansu) in the north of Anding County, and Maomu from afar. However, these cities are very simple to build, like a fort. But they marked the beginning and trajectory of the Zhenbei Army's northward advance.

In April of the seventh year of Yonghe, after knowing that Xie Ai began to pass through Shangjun, Mao Muzhi personally sat in Jincheng according to Zeng Huadi's order, and commanded Wei Xingguo, Le Changshan, and Hu Nuyang to lead 10,000 infantry troops and 20,000 flying feather cavalry to advance north.

Le Changshan was more eye-catching than Wei Xingguo, and used his "advantage" of suppressing Wei Xingguo to let Wei Xingguo stay in Jingyuan, defend Liangzhou and consolidate Zhongwei and other places, but he and the fox slave raised and the flying feather cavalry continued to go north along the river to test the Lingwu of Beidi County.

"Fox slavery, you know? The front Fuping County (now southwest of Wuzhong, Ningxia) was set up and built in the 33rd year of the former Qin Shi Huang (214 BC), and has a history of five or six hundred years now. Le Changshan pointed to the dilapidated city in front of him and said playfully.

Seeing the fox slave raising horses standing next to him and listening, Le Changshan thought that he was suppressed by himself, and continued to say in high spirits: "There is Lingwu in the northeast of this Fuping County, and there is Lian County (now Yinchuan City) along the north side of the river, all of which were set up in the former Han Dynasty, the former was placed in the fourth year of Emperor Hui of the former Han Dynasty (191 BC), and the latter was placed in the fourth year of Yuanjia (119 BC) of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty. The terrain here is flat, there are Qin canals, Han canals to divert river water for irrigation, it was originally a rich and cultivated land, but now it is impossible to imagine the barren grass and the sky, so dilapidated and desolate, it is really a vicissitudes of life. ”

Unexpectedly, in the end, Le Changshan would sigh about history like his favorite literati and writers who loved "satirical strikes", and he couldn't help but laugh when he knew his fox slave raiser, interrupting Le Changshan's thoughts of chasing the past and feeling the present.

With Le Changshan's vicious eyes, the fox slave was raised

He smiled, and then said slowly, "Where did you hear that, my lord?" ”

Le Changshan was speechless all of a sudden, and his face was rarely a little red. He chattered for a while, and finally looked at the fox slave and said, "Of course, Lord Mao heard it." You fox slave, I really don't know if you are really naïve or fake? ”

When the two of them entered Fuping City with their subordinates, they saw that the rammed earth city wall had been broken by a knife and axe in the wind and rain for hundreds of years. The low houses were crumbling in the scorching sun and wind, the road in the middle was potholed, and hundreds of people who were still wearing tattered skins under the scorching sun looked at Le Changshan and the fox slave who walked slowly with dull eyes, without saying a word.

Le Changshan stepped forward and coughed, and then asked loudly, "Who are you in charge of here?" ”

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in an old robe but dressed a little neatly stood up. Bend down to Le Changshan and bow his hand: "Meet the General!" ”

"Who are you?"

"I'm the county magistrate here. Called the chapter. ”

"Prefectural order? Is there still a county order in this broken place? Who appointed it? Le Changshan felt strange. Is there still a county order in this broken place? And in the past, this place did not rely on Yongzhou in the south, Mo Nan in the north, Bingzhou in the east, and Liangzhou in the west, who ruled here? Also appointed prefectural order?

"General Hui was appointed by General Pingbei and Lord Liu Wuhuan of Zuoxian." Zhang replied honestly.

"Damn it. Liu Leopard's hand actually reached out here. Le Changshan scolded hatefully.

Since we want to occupy territory in the north, of course, we must find out what forces are in the north. According to the latest information, north of Jincheng County and Anding County are mostly Xianbei, Beiqiang and a few Xiongnu tribes, about hundreds, each of which is in its own camp, wandering thousands of miles from east to west of these two rivers. Further north is the former Hetao and the Houhetao area, where is the Hexi Xiongnu, which can also be called the territory of the Tiefu Department. Their leader is Liu Wuhuan.

At that time, the Southern Xiongnu had left and right virtuous kings. King Zuo Xian was Liu Bao, his son Liu Yuan and Liu Yuanhai established the Han Kingdom in Pingyang, and his grandson Liu Cong broke through Luoyang and captured Emperor Huai of Jin.

The right virtuous king is Liu Qubei. His son is Liu Hesheng (Liu Xundou), and his grandson is Liu Wulugu (Liu Hu). In the third year of Emperor Huai Yongjia (309 AD), Liu Hu succeeded his father Xiongnu Northern Shuai, because his mother belonged to the Xianbei clan, he once belonged to the Xianbei tribe, and played the banner of the "Tiefu" department. Later, relying on the Xiongnu forces under his control, he rebelled, and was jointly attacked by Tuoba Yulu, the leader of Tuoba Xianbei, and Shi Liu, the assassin of the Jin Dynasty and the state. Liu Hu was defeated again and again, and had to lead his troops to defect to Liu Cong, the emperor of the Han State and the same sect. Liu Hu led the crowd back and was warmly welcomed by Liu Cong. Soon, Liu Hu was appointed as the general of Anbei of the Xiongnu State, the military of Jian Xianbei, and the general of Ding Lingzhonglang as a member of the clan. After Liu's defeat was defeated, Liu Hu took the throne of Dingxiang and Yanmen in Bingzhou. Since then, Liu Hu has led his troops to attack the sworn enemy Tuoba Xianbei many times, but each time he was defeated by the Xianbei army, and as a result, he was driven out of Bingzhou, crossed the river to the west, and settled in Shuofang.

In the seventh year of Xiankang (341 AD), Liu Hu was defeated by Tuoba Xianbei again, and had to go outside the Sai, and finally did not know where he died, and his son Liu Wuhuan succeeded him. As soon as Liu Wuhuan succeeded to the throne, he immediately sent an envoy to sue for peace with the country, and the acting lord Tuoba Shiyi married his daughter to him in order to stabilize his southwest. Later, Liu Wuhuan paid tribute to Northern Zhao, and as a result, Shi Hu was appointed as the general of Pingbei and the king of Zuoxian.

Liu Wuhuan and his subway Fubu Xiong occupy the Hetao area, which is a force that the Zhenbei Army will encounter sooner or later when it develops northward, but they did not expect to encounter it so soon. However, Le Changshan thought about it and felt that it was normal, it was easy to go south along the river from the Houtao area, although Liu Wuhuan could not focus on the Beidi County area, but it didn't mean that people wouldn't take advantage of the situation to reach out.

"Which one, oh, Zhang," Le Changshan finally called out Zhang's name under the reminder of the fox slave land, "What kind of people are around here?" ”

"General Hui, there are mostly Xianbei and Beiqiang tribes around here, Helan Mountain in the west and the Huns in the north, and Fuping, Lingwu and Lianxian are mostly people who moved from Guanlong in the early years, and the total is only more than 20,000 people." Zhang replied slowly.

"So, where is your ancestral home?" Le Changshan continued to ask.

"General Hui, I was originally from Fufeng in Yongzhou, and my ancestors moved their family to Fuping for refuge, and it has been fifty or sixty years."

"It's better to write to Chang'an and ask you to be the county guard of the fake Beidi and appease the tribes and people around Fuping for us, how about it?" Le Changshan said to Zhang with a rare smile.

"Back to the general, I'm afraid that the talent of the small is shallow, and it is difficult to take on such a big responsibility. It is better for the general to choose another good person to do things, so as not to delay the general's major affairs and disturb the people's lives. Zhang bowed and excused himself again and again.

"Sir, don't shirk it, that's it. Mr. is talented and virtuous. Respected by the people, he should take on this great responsibility. Le Changshan had already turned over and dismounted, sincerely took Zhang's hand, and asked him to serve as the county guard of Beidi, which had not yet been formally established. The "temperament" of a scholar in this chapter should be a child of a family who fled from Fufeng to this place; In front of thousands of soldiers, he was not afraid or panicked, he answered all questions, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and he talked moderately. This insight and courage are naturally not comparable to ordinary people. And the people all shrank and shrunk behind him. Headed by him. It seems that it is highly respected here. Le Changshan has been by Zeng Hua, Mao Muzhi, and Che Yin for so long, and he doesn't have any eyesight, so he is really embarrassed to come out and mix.

Seeing that Zhang still wanted to excuse himself, the fox slave next to him couldn't help but add: "Sir, don't say anything else, just for the sake of the tens of thousands of people in the three cities, Mr. should also come out." ”

Zhang glanced at the Qiang general in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's okay!" Zhang Mou will respect this position. ”

"Our first task is to restore the three cities of Fuping, Lingwu and Lian County, and with the city, we can rely on the people to gather the people. Gather strength, and then start to dredge the Qin Canal and Han Canal, and re-divert the river water for irrigation

A land of abundance. That night, at the Le Chang Mountain, Fox Slave Breeding, and Chapter Meeting, Le Chang Shan said very boldly.

"I'm afraid that's not right. The population of the three cities in the north is now less than 20,000, and the people are already exhausted and poor, how can they afford to repair the city? There is also the grain and grass of the more than 10,000 soldiers under the general, which is even more problematic. Zhang said with a frown.

"Don't worry, sir!" Le Changshan said happily, "Mr. Grain and Grass of our army don't have to worry. We've been planning to stay here for a long time. He brought cattle, sheep and horses with him. Here and in the west, the Helan landscape is beautiful and the grass is fertile. Even if you put hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, there is no problem. ”

"That's great!" Zhang nodded in praise, and half of his heart was relieved.

"As for the construction of this city, it is a good thing for the people of Northland. Sir may not know that the construction of cities, roads, and bridges under the jurisdiction of my northern government is not arbitrary. Instead, they recruited the people to do it with money and food. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but be stunned, I haven't heard of such a policy since ancient times, repairing official affairs is not to levy people's husbands but to recruit, isn't this obviously sending money and food to the people? In this way, as long as the government uses money and grain to recruit people to build cities and ditches, the people scattered around, whether they are Jin, Xianbei, Beiqiang or Xiongnu, will not rush to come? In this way, the people scattered in various places can be gathered in the three cities, and they can also take advantage of the opportunity of overhauling official affairs to distribute food to the people, so that they can be slightly hungry.

But is this food enough? If you don't give half of it, it will cause even more confusion, and it is better not to give it at the beginning. Since this Guanlong is all recruiting, this Guanlong is so big, and it is in ruins, it must be a big construction project everywhere, and no amount of money and food is enough.

"Is this enough money?" Zhang asked hesitantly.

"To tell the truth, this money and grain Guan Long himself is not enough, and he has to rely on money to buy food from Jingxiang and other places. Every year, in order to build these official affairs, the Beifu is empty at the end of the year. Le Changshan told the truth.

Zhang almost wanted to cry in depression, big brother, didn't you make fun of me?

"But Guan Long can't give money and food, there is something else to give!" Le Changshan saw that Zhang's face was not good-looking, and hurriedly showed his hole cards. "Last month, Liangzhou Zhang Zuo sent a large number of grain, grass and cattle and sheep to Guanlong, Qinzhou Thorn Shimao has received a letter from Chang'an Zeng, this batch of grain, grass and cattle and sheep are all used in Beidi County, and will be escorted up in two days, these grains, grasses and cattle and sheep are enough for us 20,000 or 30,000 people to live a year. How dare I say that to you? ”

"That's good! That's good! Zhang was overjoyed in his heart, and all the stones in his heart fell to the ground. Although he knew that Liangzhou was beaten by Guan Long last year, he didn't know why Liangzhou would give Guan Long such a heavy gift. If you have grain, grass, cattle and sheep, you can take care of it!

Zhang Zuo supported Zhang Chonghua's eldest son Zhang Yaoling to succeed him and once again proclaimed himself a vassal to the Jiangzuo court. Zhang Yaoling was named the Duke of Liang, worshiped in the service, held the festival, the general of Zhenxi, supervised the military of Liangzhou and the Western Regions, and the pastor of Liangzhou, while Zhang Zuo worshiped the general of the Fu army, and Zhao Chang continued to control the power inside and outside Liangzhou. But Zhang Zuo is not satisfied with this, and wants to go to the next level. But the biggest obstacle to his usurpation of the throne was the northern army of Guanlong Town, which could be driven over at any time in the east.

So Zhang Zuo sent envoys to Chang'an to repeatedly test Zeng Hua's attitude. Since you are here, you must not be empty-handed, and you can't be too stingy, every time you see Zeng Hua, you are dotted up and down with big bags and small bags. Liangzhou is located in the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and has been living behind closed doors for decades, accumulating enough money, grain, cattle and sheep for Zhang Zuo to give gifts.

And Zeng Hua's attitude will be relaxed in a better direction after each "smile". In March of this year, Zhang Zuo sent an envoy to prepare a large amount of money, grain, cattle and sheep to tackle Zeng Hua again. After Zeng Hua once again smiled at the unprecedented amount of money and grain, cattle and sheep, he finally agreed to express Zhang Zuo as the pastor of Liangzhou, holding the festival, the general of Zhenxi, the governor of Liangzhou, and the military of the Western Regions, and only leaving Zhang Yaoling with the empty title of Duke of Liang.

After Zhang Zuo's envoy was overjoyed, Zeng Hua ordered the money given by Liangzhou to be sent back to Chang'an, ready to go elsewhere to buy grain and other materials, and the grain, cattle and sheep were allocated to Beidi County, which was passing through, so Le Changshan was also so confident.

Beginning in mid-May, the False Beidi County Shouzhang began to recruit people of all ethnic groups, young and old, men and women, to go to the construction site to repair the city wall, dig channels, and earn grain, cattle and sheep. The 15,000 Feiyu army was also divided into three parts, one to help the people build official affairs, one to patrol and guard near the three cities, and the other to send troops to Helan Mountain, subduing the Xiongnu tribes there, and fighting a few battles with several Tiefu cavalry in the north, but they never saw the situation that Liu Wuhuan led the army south as expected by Le Changshan.

At the end of June, Jiang Nan led 6,000 flying feather cavalry troops to suddenly rush to Beidi County and brought the latest information. It turned out that Xie Ai figured out that his biggest enemy in the north was Liu Wuhuan's Tiefu Division, and his power spanned the entire two river loops. In order to avoid being defeated by Tiefu, Xie Ai sent Jiang Nan to the west along Haoyan Water when Lu Zhen began to march north of Haoyan Shui, and soon came to Beidi County after passing through Haoyan City (now northwest of Jingbian, Shaanxi) and Haoyanze, and also received the latest order from Zeng Hua conveyed by Xie Ai. Yongzhou newly set up Beidi County and Shang County, with Luxury Yanze as the east and west boundary, Le Changshan and Hu Nu raised 10,000 infantry troops and 20,000 Feiyu troops to be responsible for the Beidi County Economic Strategy, Lu Zhen, Hou Ming, and Dang Tu led 10,000 infantry troops and 15,000 Feiyu Army to be responsible for Shangjun Economic Strategy, Jiang Nan, Gong Tangxiu and Dangsu led 10,000 Feiyu troops to go to Ge Yuyancheng and were responsible for the connection between the two counties. Xie Ai and Jiang Kui led 10,000 infantry troops to sit in Yan'an City and were responsible for the overall command. In addition to allocating supplies of grain, grass, cattle and sheep, Zeng Hua also sent an additional 10,000 infantry troops and 5,000 flying feather troops to make up for the gap in their current troop deployment.

Hearing the news, Le Changshan and the fox slave raised that Le, especially Le Changshan, held Jiang Nan's hand tightly and said, "Captain Jiang, it's really time for you to come, no wonder I heard the magpie cry early in the morning." ”

Jiang Nan smiled and did not refute Le Changshan, because this desolate Fuping has no magpies except for crows.