Sun Qian followed the Southern Xiongnu to the south and eastward in high spirits, and they attacked and disturbed all the way, and not a single soldier dared to meet his edge in the counties of the state.

In the past, the north of Bingzhou rejected the Xiongnu, and the people were fierce, but since Ding Yuan was killed, and most of the subordinates of Bingzhou belonged to Lu Bu, Lu Bu entered Luoyang, followed Dong Zhuo to Chang'an, and was beaten back to Kanto by Li and Guo, and lived in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and finally died in Baimenlou, and almost all of the wolf riders in Bingzhou died in this upheaval and displacement.

With the most elite of the wolf riders trapping the camp, how much went to die with Gao Shun, and the wolf riders in the state have become a bubble.

After Yuan Shao occupied the state, let the senior cadres pretend to be the assassin of the state, in order to compete with Cao Cao, the people were requisitioned, the money and grain were innumerable, and the people of the state were ten rooms and nine empty.

Now, Bingzhou is the time to recuperate, and Liang Xi's men did not have many soldiers and horses to deal with the Southern Xiongnu, so he sent letters asking for help to various places. Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Kang divided one side, was obedient on the face, and did not send troops, while other states and counties did not have troops to send.

He could only fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, stick to the big cities, and ensure that every big city would not be captured.

As for the villagers outside the city, they can only be told to flee to the city or to the mountains.

Under his command, not a single major city in the state was damaged, but many villagers did not flee and were plundered.

Although Sun Qian did not like the atrocities of the Huns, he also knew that this was the price of the Huns going south.

If this matter is abandoned, Sun Gan's journey is really unspeakably refreshing, and the revenge of Cao Jun makes him a little fluttering, only to feel that the military master Pang Tong is really powerful, and some words thousands of miles away will cause the Southern Xiongnu to make waves and be exhausted.

He remembered the southern battlefield and hoped that Cao Jun could send some troops back to relieve the pressure on the lord Liu Bei.

He looked at the road ahead, and there were more than ten miles ahead, which was Lishi City, where Xihe County was located, and it was the top city in the state except for Taiyuan.

If Cao Jun is no longer hindered here, they can drive directly to Taiyuan.

Sun Gan laughed in his heart, in the eleventh year of Jian'an, Gao Gan fled to the south in defeat, Liang Xi received the history of the state assassination as Sima of other departments, and it has only been two years now, he is not a hero like Ding Yuan, Lu Bu, and Gao Gan after all.

Just thinking about it, the Hun cavalry army suddenly stopped.

Sun Qian was surprised, so he drove his horse to the front, only to see Huquan Chef Yu's face solemn, listening to what the scout was reporting.

Huquan Chef Shan Yu once participated in escorting the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang, and also cooperated with Gao Gan to attack Pingyang, and was besieged by Zhong Xuan.

He was extremely familiar with Han land and could speak some simple Chinese, but at this time he spoke Xiongnu with the scouts.

Sun Qian didn't understand, so he waited anxiously, and finally waited for the other party to finish speaking, and then he leaned over and asked, "Shan Yu, why did you stop?" ”

Huquan Chef looked solemn and said to Sun Gan: "Sun Gan, it's not right to leave the big flag hanging on the stone city." ”

Fanbang foreigners, do not understand etiquette, call Sun Gan by his name, Sun Qian has become accustomed to it, not to be angry, patiently said: "What's wrong?" ”

"There are a lot more flags, and my soldiers know Chinese characters, and they recognize some of them."

Hearing this, Sun Gan's expression also became solemn, there were more flags, could it be that reinforcements came from Xihe County? Which reinforcements will it be?

Gongsun Kang, or the soldiers and horses of Sili Captain Zhong Xuan?

"Sun Gan, come and help me think about it, the flag says Fenwu General Cheng, but the murderer named Cheng Yu has arrived?"

Sun Qian was taken aback.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, Cheng Yu is a strategist who followed Cao Cao in the early days, working hard to make the country prosperous, seeking to win the second Yuan, the credit is not small, and he has the reputation of being brave and bred.

I don't know where this man is leading, but he has also arrived.

"Also, the military advisor sacrifices wine Yuan, which one is it?"

"Yuan Lian?"

Sun Qian blurted out that the official position of the military advisor sacrificing wine was set up by Cao Cao specifically for the strategist Guo Jia, Guo Jia died in Liaodong last year, Dong Zhao succeeded him for a period of time, and later because Cao Cao abolished the empty prime minister, the people in the shogunate were promoted, Dong Zhao entered the court as an official, and his successor was Yuan Lian.

Coincidentally, Yuan Jian also has the reputation of Yongguan Benyu, and two of the three Yongguan Benyu are already here.

Sun Qian's brows furrowed, the military priest was not high, but his words were very weighty, and Yuan Jian had also arrived, so he really didn't know how many soldiers and horses the other party had brought over.

"And ......"

"Who?"

Sun Qian's lips were dry, this barbarian, why can't he finish his words at once.

"Captain Tiger Guard, which one is it, not even a general, and he also hung the flag."

"Who?"

Hearing this flag, Sun Qian only felt dizzy and held his forehead.

"Captain Huwei, I've been in the Central Plains for many years, and I've heard a lot of official positions as a captain, but I've never seen this name."

Sun Gan had already ignored him, he drove his horse back, found his interpreter, caught up with the scout, and asked the words on the banner himself.

The scout recognized the Chinese characters, but he couldn't recognize them all, and after carefully describing them, Sun Qian only felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost fell off the horse.

Huquan Chef asked, "Sun Qian, what's wrong with you?" Who is the Captain of the Tiger Guard? ”

Sun Gan held his chest, all the vigor just now was gone, and he said bitterly: "This person ...... Shan Yu may not have heard of the name, but he must have heard of his deeds, he is the tiger idiot Xu Chu. ”

"Xu Chu?"

Huquan Kitchen was also shocked, he was far away in the north, and he had also heard that Cao Cao had a guard, with superior brute strength, and was called a tiger idiot.

He knew Han Di and was also a smart person, so he instantly understood why Sun Qian was so flustered.

Xu Chu has arrived at Lishi, could it be that Cao Cao has also arrived?

But how is this possible, isn't Cao Cao fighting in the south, Xihe County is two thousand miles away from the Yangtze River, how can Cao Cao be here?

……

Xu Chu, the captain of the Tiger Guard, walked in tiger steps and walked at the head of Lishi City.

Liang Xi, the assassin of Bingzhou, bowed down and walked behind him in small steps, and he was naturally not Xu Chu, but Cao Cao in front.

Since Wulin's assassination, Xu Chu didn't dare to let people get too close to Cao Cao, even if Liang Xi was a scribe who didn't seem to be very capable, Xu Chu also separated him.

Liang Xi didn't have any displeasure, his face was mixed with panic and excitement.

He didn't expect that the letter for help didn't ask for soldiers and horses, but it asked Cao Cao to come.

Cao Cao traveled thousands of miles north from Xudu, only Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Du Xi, Yuan Lian, Xu Chu, and his entourage, more than 100 horsemen followed, traveled lightly, went straight to the state, and arrived at Lishi before the Huns attacked Xihe County.

Liang Xi was afraid that Cao Cao and the others would lose, and he was glad that he had the backbone, and he didn't dare to come out behind Cao Cao, and the other strategists were further away, and no one could give him an idea, what to say and what not to say.

Cao Cao said: "Ziyu, the strong wall is clear, you have done a good job, and you will not lose the big city." ”

Liang Xi nodded yes, waiting for the following, he knew that he had failed to protect the scattered people in the state, so he waited for Cao Cao to reprimand.

However, Cao Cao didn't mention anything about it, he said a few interesting things about the merger of states, and then discussed the situation of merging states.

Liang Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Chu saw it in his eyes and didn't say a word, he understood the prime minister, the prime minister has always only made trade-offs, the big city can be saved, and the prime minister will not care about the people.

What's more, the people in the prime minister's heart are not the same as the people in Liang Xi's heart. It is the people who are useful.

Cao Cao and Liang Xi talked for a while, and the three of them had arrived at the head of the city.

Du Xian, one of the strategists in the back, suddenly came over with a letter and bowed down to report: "Lord, Xu Du Xun Lingjun's letter has arrived. ”

Cao Cao said: "Read." ”

"This ......"

Du Xun hesitated slightly.

Cao Cao said: "Ziyu is from my family, and they are all my own people. ”

Liang Xi heard this, his heart was grateful, he knew that he was two pounds, he had been a local official, although he had briefly entered the Cao Cao shogunate, but he was not a heavy minister, only because of his strong ability to govern the place, he was transferred to take over the devastated annexed state.

Now that the prime minister actually admitted his identity in front of Du Xian, a famous man in Yingchuan, how could he not be moved.

He didn't know that when Cao Cao appointed him, he had already thought a lot, if he was suspicious, how could he hand over the position of the feudal official to him.

Now saying this to your face is just an invitation to buy people's hearts.

Du Xun unfolded the letter and read it.

Xun Yu first explained that he was sick, and later reported on the situation in Xudu.

When talking about the impeachment of Cao Wu by hundreds of officials, Cao Cao's brows were obviously furrowed, but he immediately unfolded and did not make an evaluation.

"Anything else?"

Du Xi took out another letter and said, "This is given to you by General Beifu, and it is a letter from the family." ”

Cao Cao nodded, took it apart, and looked at it alone.

When Du Xi and Liang Xi raised their heads again, Cao Cao's face was already full of smiles.

He smiled and then laughed.

The laughter of "haha" resounded throughout the city, the guards did not dare to look at it more, and Xun You and the others did not know why Cao Cao was laughing.

After a while, Cao Cao smiled and said to Du Xian: "Let them raise the banner of Lone." ”

Du Xun didn't dare to slack off and hurried down.

Xun You and the others looked at each other, and for some reason the prime minister suddenly decided to hang out the Cao Ziqi again, and could only guess that Cao Wu had done something that Cao Cao admired very much.

Jia Xu's eyes were serious, and he found that since Cao Wu went south, General Beifu's activities had become more and more frequent, and he seemed to have begun to enter the court because of the arrival of a certain point in time.

Jia Xu remembered that Cao Pi had begged him for help many times, and sighed.

This year is really eventful, and I don't know whose head is about to fall to the ground.

……

Southern Huns, horses stopped.

When the big pole of "Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, Jizhou Muxing Riding General Cao" was erected at the head of Lishicheng, Huquan Kitchen was dumbfounded.

At that moment he thought of many things.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan, Gao Gan.

The princes who died at the hands of Cao Cao or indirectly because of Cao Cao, it seems that each one is beckoning to him.

And Morton, who was only that kind of brave ancestor, had long since left him.

After attaching to Emperor Guangwu, they went south to the Xiongnu, occasionally went south to plunder, and when they reached him, they were long gone.

In the battle of Pingyang, he was already scared out of his guts.

A Zhong Xuan, it's so difficult, let alone Cao Cao?

After seven years, he went south again, just to learn from the ancestors, and use this as a bargaining chip to talk to Cao Cao about the conditions and see if he could exchange some capital.

But with his 100,000 guts, he didn't dare to talk to Cao Cao in person.

What's more, it's still on the battlefield!

"Withdraw troops, withdraw troops!"

Huquan Kitchen chanted in Xiongnu language.

Sun Qian couldn't understand what he was saying, but he knew what they were going to do by looking at the movements of the Huns.

Sun Qian said hurriedly: "Shan Yu, you can't withdraw, you can't withdraw!" Maybe the thief didn't bring a single soldier, maybe the flag at the head of the city was fake? ”

Huquan Chef was not kind and pleasant, and looked at Sun Qian coldly: "No matter how noisy it is, I will hand you over to Meng Degong!" ”

Sun Qian had to retreat, and he found out that Huquan Chef knew the honorifics in the Chinese dialect, but this honorific was not said to him.

He wanted to say more, but he didn't know where to start, he only dared to speak, and he didn't dare to bet that Cao Cao was not in the city, or whether he received many reinforcements.

Cao Cao crisscrossed the north, and his name was the best reinforcement.

Huquan continued to shout: "Withdraw troops, withdraw troops!" Don't want those people, drop everything you robbed! Withdrawal! ”

More than 10,000 cavalry, more than 10,000 cavalry across the state, more than half a month, not a single arrow fired, not a single battle fought, not a city broken.

In this way, they came and went, and were frightened away by a handsome flag, and they didn't even dare to take away the people they had taken captive before.