Chapter 49: The Pattern of Forces

In the evening, the rain and snow stopped.

A man on a donkey walked along the post road.

Behind him, there were more than a dozen carts, fifty knights, and more than a hundred servants.

The donkey's hooves tread mud and stagnant water, and walked unhurriedly.

The man on the donkey's back wears a hat and his head hangs down on his chest, jolting as the donkey walks.

He did not add a whip, nor did he bother to pull the reins, and let the donkey go on its own, protruding a wanton dash.

His gaze rested only on the surrounding desolate fields, muddy roads, and endless rain and snow.

The guards and servants were about to freeze out, but he didn't care, and even wanted to write a poem and play a song.

"Whoa!" The donkey's hooves slipped suddenly, splashing a large pool of muddy water and staining his white robes.

The man sighed and ordered to rest in a village ahead.

The guards rushed in.

Sure enough, there are still stiff corpses in the village, and judging by their attire, they should be Huns.

There are no scars on his body, I don't know how he died, probably from freezing and starvation.

The corpse had already smelled, and the guards endured the nausea, took off the fur from the corpse, looked at it carefully, and sniffed it again, planning to find an opportunity to clean it, maybe it could still be used, and it could be sold cheaper.

Others began to search house to house, and later found three bodies in a fairly intact house, with obvious sword scars on their bodies, weapons, luggage, and even horses missing.

After hastily burying the body and cleaning it, the guards invited the owner's family in.

The man on the donkey found a futon and sat down.

After he sat down, another person sat down across from him.

The servants could not find dry firewood, so they broke down the doors and windows to boil water for cooking.

"Xun Gong is really decisive." The man on the other side sighed.

"Hong Qiao, I once had a dream of being a virtuous minister and helping the world...... Xun Gong said leisurely.

"Woke up from a dream?" Hong Qiao asked.

The surname of the speaker is Yin Mingxian, the word Hong Qiao, Yingchuan Changping, and the protagonist of the idiom "put into Hong Qiao".

Sitting opposite him was Xun Xuan, the Marquis of Jibei County, and the Xuchang Shogunate joined the army.

"If you don't wake up, how can you be with you?" Xun Jian shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"It seems that there is a public problem." Yin Xian said: "I also have difficulties. ”

"What is the difficulty of Hong Qiao?" Xun Zhen asked.

"My niece is about to enter the Chen Mansion as a concubine." Yin Xian said: "Wherever the Changping Yin clan goes, they are now regarded as Chen Gong's people, otherwise, Ande and Gong go to Jibei together?" ”

Xun Jian laughed.

Jibei is his feudal country, with five counties, north of Dongping and west of Mount Tai.

In the past, he often stayed in the fiefdom, and he hardly went there for the past two years. The reason is also simple, it is not safe.

This time, the Xiongnu entered the Kou, and the top and bottom of the feudal country were almost swept away.

If it weren't for the fact that he hurried back to Yingchuan because of Xun Xian's affairs and stayed there, it would be difficult to survive this time, just like Gaoping's Chen Cui, many men died, and his wife and daughter became Xiongnu slaves, which was miserable.

But now he wants the country, because Chen Gong "suggested" him to go, guard the five counties of Jibei Kingdom, and stop letting people go in and out at will, and plundering endlessly.

Things were a bit difficult and frightening, but he had no choice but to go to work.

Some people in the Yingchuan Xun clan are officials in the court, some people are staff members next to King Langya, and naturally there are also people who take refuge in Chen Gong, and he is one of them.

The Changping Yin clan is actually similar, but they are more straightforward, some of them go south to Jianye, and some of them take refuge in Chen Gong.

The Xun family and the Yin family all have concubines, and they are generally the same.

After the country of Xunji, Yin Xian became the minister of the north - or the internal history.

The two have to work together to clean up the mess in Jibei.

"After this defeat, the Xiongnu should not come to Jibei again in a year or two." Xun Jian smiled and talked about business: "Now it's Cao Wei who should be worried. Jibei and Jinan are adjacent to each other, and it is very likely that Cao Wei will send troops to plunder. ”

"Aren't you worried about Shi Le and Shi Chao?" Yin Xian asked.

Xun Jian was silent for a while, and said, "Shi Le should only want to develop in Hebei. After Yu Zimei left, he confronted Chen Gong across the river, and the well water did not interfere with the river water, and that's it. ”

Ji Jun Taishou Yu Chen did intend to retreat south.

The direct reason is that this year's crops were all destroyed by the Xiongnu, and now there is a lack of grain in the county, and it is difficult to hold on.

In addition, under the siege for many years, he can directly control only two or three counties, this time Liu Cang sat in Hebei, and attacked two more counties, and now there is only one county left.

After the new defeat of the Xiongnu, it was just right to retreat - if the Xiongnu won or did not lose, they could not go.

I heard that Chen Gong was giving him the job of Liang's domestic history, and the matter of retreating south has been inseparable.

"After the two wars of Heze and Gaoping, I feel that Liu Han's expansion was interrupted." Yin Xian said: "Chen Gong and Liu Cang competed, fought hard, the casualties were not counted, and in the end, they were actually dividing each other's territory. ”

Xun Jian nodded slightly.

After this year, there should be a tacit understanding between Liu Han and Chen Gong, the north of the river is yours, and Yuzhou and Yanzhou are mine, isn't it just to divide the territory?

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But dividing the territory is not something that can be done by talking about it, it has to be fought first, and a result that both sides can acknowledge by pinching their noses.

After the Huns were frustrated in the south, it is estimated that they will focus on Hebei and Guanzhong.

In particular, Guanzhong surrendered and rebelled, and troops needed to be sent to suppress it.

After the "town" is finished, it has to be "touched". In the long run, Guanzhong will inevitably restrain some of their energy.

In fact, there is only one Taiyuan left.

It's not that the Xiongnu don't want to fight, it's mainly because they're worried about Tuoba Xianbei's attitude. In addition, Liu Kun was almost no threat, so he could not breathe.

The real important thing may be Hebei.

It's not good, the Xiongnu will no longer hand over Hebei to Shi Le and Shi Chao, but will send their own troops and horses to intervene in depth and turn Hebei into a county directly under Liu Han - this is all difficult to say.

Sometimes, one or two wars, not so earth-shattering in scale, suddenly determine the strategic landscape for a long time.

People of that era were not necessarily aware of the far-reaching effects of the war.

But decades later, it dawned on people that the war was worthy of history because its impact was so far-reaching.

A series of battles formed the main body of the Jin-Hun War in the fifth year of Yongjia.

Now that the dust has settled, the pattern is becoming clearer.

As a scholar in Henan, if your mind is still clear, it's time to further increase your weight.

Anyway, Xun Jian has increased his size, so let him go to Jibei if he goes to Jibei.

He invited Yin Xian to go to Jibei together, and Yin Xian agreed, which also explained some problems.

"In the first month of next year, Chen Gong will marry the daughter of the Yu family, the scene must be very lively, right?" The servant brought warm wine to the two, and Yin Xian poured a bowl for Xun Jian first and said.

"The world's attention is also a thing." Xun Jian sighed: "The little lady of the Yu family is ignorant, and I don't know if I can carry the status of the eldest woman. ”

Yu Wenjun was born in Yingchuan in the end.

Xun Jian and Yin Xian are both Yingchuan scholars, so they naturally hope that Chen Gong and Yingchuan scholars will be more intimate.

Yu Wenjun is one of the most important bonds, but I don't know if she can do it.

It's not enough to teach her husband and children and serve her mother, I don't know if anyone has taught her.

And speaking of the wedding itself, it is actually a political event.

Those who hold authority have no purely private affairs.

Chen Gong understands this, the Yingchuan scholars understand this, and the entire Henan scholars also understand this.

After marrying Yu Wenjun, the integration of the entire Yuzhou will be accelerated, and Yanzhou will also be more deeply controlled.

The value of the Luoyang court gradually decreased for Chen Gong.

The value of those who cooperate with him in the court will also be reduced.

Wang Yifu, isn't he in a hurry?

"The Son of Heaven has recently discussed moving the capital, what does Duke Xun think?" After drinking a bowl of wine, Yin Xian only felt that the chill in his body was dispelled, and he asked another question.

"Where can the Son of Heaven move the capital?" Xun Jian asked rhetorically.

Yin Xian thought about it, but there really wasn't.

Since Cao Mengde played a game of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this trick is no longer very easy to use.

Since the beginning of the dynasty, basically whoever touches it dies.

Would Shao Xun like the Son of Heaven to go to Xuchang? Not necessarily.

Because he can't be a real minister, he doesn't have this foundation.

Langya Wang Rui can be a powerful minister, but is he willing the Son of Heaven to go to Jianye? Most of them don't want to.

It's not a fuel-efficient lamp, and wherever he goes, something will happen, so no one welcomes him to his own territory.

Maybe Shanjian and Wang Cheng in Jingzhou are willing, but there is a shortage of soldiers over there, so it is not suitable to go for the time being.

Moreover, once the Son of Heaven leaves Luoyang, his authority will be greatly reduced.

Now he can still issue an edict to order the world's uncles to send craftsmen, female musicians, and doctors to Beijing for duty, and can arrange the positions of Taishou, Assassin Shi, and Governor, so that the states can transfer rents, but once they leave Luoyang, these may not be available.

Even if there were, it might have to be greatly discounted.

The Son of Heaven was erected in Luoyang, it's as simple as that.

"General Wei Liang Fen went to Nanyang to quell the rebellion again, and soon he won a small victory, and Wang Ru's decline has been ......"

"If you are a Kansai refugee, choose one among Wang Ru and Liang Fen, who is more famous?"

"Also, Wang Ru's death is not far away."

"Drink."

Xun and Yin sat and drank together, the atmosphere was hearty, and the sky soon darkened.

At dusk, the wind and snow began to fall again.

In this snowstorm, Shao Xun's economy is yin, and he is almost in the city.

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