Tanma is active on the Loess Plateau, which is surrounded by thousands of ravines.

The excerpts of Huangfu Song's exhortation and the letters to Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun have already been sent.

But except for the increasingly depressed autumn wind, for a few days, Huangfu Song still didn't wait for anything.

This city, which symbolizes the peak strength of the Han Dynasty, seems to have been abandoned along with Huangfu Song.

In a restless state, the city, which had garrisoned 30,000 troops, seemed to have fallen silent.

It's vast and vast, and people are at a loss.

The sky was gray, and it was not clear whether it was a whole cloud or a cloud of sand and dust that obscured the sky.

All kinds of worries pressed on his heart, making Huangfu Song's footsteps on the city wall particularly heavy.

Under his feet, he stepped on the wall tiles that had stretched for 400 years with the Han Dynasty, but he couldn't feel the slightest temperature.

The banner hunted loudly, but he couldn't feel the iron blood of the Jin Ge Iron Horse.

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the distant official road.

It was a long way away, more than a mile away.

But Huangfu Song heard it clearly.

It's an illusion, but the sound is in my ears.

With all his strength, he rushed down the city wall regardless of his image, and stopped at the city gate one step ahead.

Before the eunuch from the palace dismounted, Huangfu Song took the first step and asked, "What does Your Majesty say?" ”

The son can die, but the little weather that the emperor has worked so hard to open cannot be lost.

The eunuch jumped off his horse and took out a letter sealed with seals and wax.

Huangfu Song's hand trembled slightly, and he quickly opened the envelope.

"Taiwei, the imperial court doesn't have to fight this battle, but if Han Sui dies, he should be in Liangzhou!"

This is the emperor's handwritten letter, with the emperor's fierce determination in both horizontal and vertical strokes.

Huangfu Song held up the letter, stunned, and never came back to his senses for a long time.

He didn't know that if Han Sui died, it would be a great opportunity.

Can be grain and grass......

Until he returned to Xingyuan, Huangfu Song's mind was muddy.

Liang Yan seemed to have spoken in his ear several times, but Huangfu Song didn't hear it.

The son intended to assassinate Han Sui, and the person had already arrived at the place.

There is a shortage of grain and grass in the imperial court, how should this battle be fought?

"Ming Gong." Liang Yan's voice sounded like thunder in his ears.

Huangfu Song woke up suddenly and scolded angrily: "What are you doing so loudly? I'm not deaf! ”

A breath mixed with garlic came to his face, and Liang Yan immediately took a step back and said, "Ming Gong, I've said it several times." ”

He had indeed shouted several times, but Huangfu Song turned a deaf ear and did not react at all.

Liang Yan had no choice but to lean into his ear and shout louder.

"What's the matter?" Huangfu Song's tone was very bad, with a depressed aura.

Liang Yan said: "Visiting Malai reported, Ma Teng has fought a big battle with Han Sui's front troops and horses in Yuzhong, and has won a big victory, and is besieging Yuzhong City at the moment. Although there is no news from the two sons for the time being, Han Sui suddenly went against the norm and requisitioned soldiers and horses from Anding, Wuwei and other places to go south, and it seemed that there was a trend of winning or losing with Ma Teng. ”

"Marten's march is hasty?" Huangfu Song's face was slightly solemn.

Calculating the time, it was only about ten days before and after, and Ma Teng had already fought in Yuzhong.

"It's not in a hurry, Han Sui has a line of soldiers and horses stationed in the south of Yuzhong. Ma Teng made a big show this time, and the army on the middle road personally escorted the grain and grass, and it can be said that it was very slow, but Longxian was too close to Yuzhong. Liang Yan explained.

Huangfu Song's head hurts a little, not because of a headache, but because it really hurts, as if he had a stroke.

He walked slowly to the hand-drawn map, "Your Majesty's intentions are clear to me now, so be ready to wait and see." ”

"But since my son of evil has already boasted of Haikou, Ma Teng should not be suspicious for the time being. The fifth commander was ordered to lead the vanguard troops and horses to move to Huaili, repair roads, and build bridges. ”

"Whoa!"

……

When the fifth jun led the forward soldiers and horses out of Chang'an and moved to Huaili.

Another line of soldiers and horses from the imperial court also arrived at Gaonu in Shangjun.

Bingzhou has always been relatively chaotic, this land sandwiched between Liangzhou, Sanfu and the Xiongnu, now the forces of the three parties are there, but there are not many people.

Gai Xun has come this way, and by the way, he has also gathered a lot of people.

That's what he's doing in the Northland, and now he's about to get an occupational disease.

After arriving at Gaonu, Gai Xun immediately set about building the city defenses.

In addition to the scouts sent out, he arranged all the soldiers and horses he brought and the population he collected along the way.

His long history was puzzled by this, and asked, "Why did the general do such meaningless things?" The direction in which our army will go will be Liangzhou, and the city of Gaonu will be built, which will definitely not be needed. ”

Gai Xun laughed, "This is not certain, the Northland, which has a population of only a few thousand, now has a population of nearly 50,000 after we built the city. Maybe I've built a city in Gaonu, and the population of Shangjun can reach 50,000! ”

The two neighbors, Upper County and Northland, are now completely comparable.

Caught between the three forces, they have endured the poison of war for many years, and the people have basically run out.

As far as the eye can see, there are almost all ruins, and if you walk for dozens of miles, you may not be able to see a complete family.

Changshi knew that Gai Xun was talking about jokes, so he said in passing: "The general is stationed in the north, and he can rob the population of Xianbei and rescue the population who have been plundered by bandits, but we are only stationed in Gaonu for a short time, and I am afraid that your idea will be difficult to realize." ”

Gai Xun Zhengse said: "The benefits of building a city are naturally many, and this may become our back road." ”

"Your Majesty has always not advocated giving food directly to the people, let these more than 1,000 people do a little work, they will eat the food in the army to be at ease, and it will help us to fight."

Several horsemen galloped in from the place where heaven and earth intersected, dust whistling behind them.

"General Qiqi!"

Ma Teng and Han Sui fought in Yuzhong, and the two sides dispatched about 50,000 or 60,000 troops. Captain Huangfu dispatched Chang'an soldiers and horses to Huaili to set up camp and build bridges to open roads. ”

The scouts who came were sent out.

They brought an update on the battle of Liangzhou.

"Let's go down and rest." Gai Xun said.

"Whoa!"

"This battle is not easy to fight, the Imperial Captain is out of Chang'an, but it is difficult for us to enter the army again." Gai Xun muttered.

The situation in both Bingzhou and Liangzhou is relatively complicated.

In front of Gaixun was the southern part of Beidi County, where Han Sui's sphere of influence was.

The northern part of the Northland, including most of the Five Plains and Yunzhong, has been encroached upon by Gaixun in the past two years.

But the south has always been in the hands of Han Sui.

Han Sui has a large number of generals, with tens of thousands of people, and if he doesn't start a big war, Gai Xun can't easily bite this Iron King.

Even now, it's hard to bite.

The emperor's secret decree made it very clear that he had to wait for the news of Han Sui's death.

Before Han Sui died, he couldn't attack Han Sui obviously, and he needed to maintain restraint.

After walking dozens of miles forward, he had already entered the southern part of Beidi County, and he was bound to intersect with Han Sui's short army.

But if you don't go, Gao Nu is still far away from Yuzhong.

At that distance, Ma Teng could be killed by Han Sui two times back and forth.

But here, it is already the closest distance that Gai Xun has left the north and approached the battlefield in Liangzhou.

Changshi said: "General, we are waiting here!" ”

"If the war in Jincheng is tight, Han Sui will inevitably transfer a large number of troops from the north and stability to the south. We will definitely be able to make a lot of gains by pursuing at the tail of the tail, and we can also take the opportunity to bring the entire northern land and Shangjun under the rule of the imperial court. ”

Gai Xun didn't have much idea about recovering the land of these two counties, he said: "The imperial court wants to recover the land of people, and the land of these two counties now adds up to only tens of thousands of people, and the land is so vast and sparsely populated that it is almost impossible to find, what is the use of collecting it?" ”

Changshi looked into the distance and said, "What a good place to graze!" ”

"Yes, you can be a livestock officer!" Gai Xun said.

He rubbed his ears, which were a little uncomfortable from the wind and sand, and walked back, saying, "Wait and see." ”

Changshi nodded and followed in Gaehoon's footsteps.

They are now like the grass on the wall that sees the wind and the rudder, and they have to look at the direction of the wind.

……

Gai Xun is going to wait for a month in Gaonu, and he is also preparing for Gaonu's affairs at this time.

But just a few days later, a big change happened in Jincheng.

At a banquet, Huangfu Jianshou, who was sitting next to Han Sui, suddenly broke out.

He pulled out a short sword that was only the length of a palm and the thickness of a thumb from his boots, and suddenly stabbed Han Sui twice.

Although Han Sui was born in Liangzhou, his own ability is not low.

He reluctantly grabbed the cow bone on the case and struck it Huangfu Jianshou's head, forcing Huangfu Jianshou to retreat.

Huangfu Jianshou was so instinctively dodging, so that Han Sui seized the opportunity to escape, and also made Han Sui's generals in the hall react, in the face of everyone's rush, Huangfu Jianshou rushed left and right, but he was not an opponent after all.

Two fists were no match for four hands, and he was quickly knocked to the ground.

Han Sui, who had already hid behind the soldiers, stood up again.

He walked over, stepped on Huangfu Jianshou's wrist with his foot, and picked up the weapon that had assassinated him.

"Kill me, you use such a small thing? Are you insulting me? Han Sui was furious, and his feet were fierce.

Huangfu Jianshou was so painful that his whole face was twitching, but he didn't shout in pain, "Use a cow knife to kill a cow, and a chicken knife to kill a chicken." And you, too, deserve such a small knife. As a courtier, Your Majesty did not treat you harshly, and the court did not disappoint you, but you supported the Qiang people and rebelled against the court. Thou treacherous treacherous man is worthy only of this kind of knife. ”

"The knives of the palace are bigger than this, hahaha!"

"Come on, kill me, and let your Han Sui's reputation spread all over Kyushu from now on!"

Han Sui grabbed the small sword with two fingers, "Children's things, how can Huangfu Song have such a stupid son as you?" ”

He pinched the small sword, squatted down, and puffed twice on the shoulder of Huangfu Jianshou.

"Yo, unexpectedly sharp!" Han Sui looked like he was still a little surprised.

Then he switched to the other shoulder and poofed twice!

"Come, stab your neck, don't stab your shoulder, it doesn't hurt!" Huangfu Jianshou, who was pressed by several big men, raised his neck with great difficulty, and shouted fiercely, "You anti-thief can even rebel, don't you dare to kill me?" ”

"You don't need to provoke me, it's useless." Han Sui smiled coldly, "I really can't kill you!" ”

"You are the son of Taiwei, the only concubine of Huang Fu Song, if you die like this, Huang Fu Song will definitely go crazy."

"But if I keep your life in my hands, what do you think Huangfu Song will do?"

This consequence was already thought about by Huangfu Jianshou before he came.

His father may be sad because of him, but he definitely cares more about the big picture.

"Dog thief, you better give up this mind as soon as possible. You want to threaten my father with me so that he can be a rat trapper? You are not worthy to be my father's opponent. Huangfu Jianshou scoffed.

Poof!

Han Sui raised his hand and stuck it on Huangfu Jianshou's shoulder twice, "The person who really doesn't understand your father is you, kid." ”

"You pretended to spread the emperor's will, but in fact you came to assassinate me, so the court wants to support Ma Teng and kill me?"

"The little emperor is going to cross the river and tear down the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey!"

“我早就应该知道的，现在的朝廷哪还有什么信誉可言！”