In the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, who was coveting Xuzhou, secretly contacted Liu Bei of Xiaopei, and prepared to lure the snake out of the hole. Then he took action himself and led the army to send a fatal blow to the Lu Bu people entrenched in half of Xuzhou.

However, what Cao Cao and many of his advisers did not expect was that their plan to contact Liu Bei to attack Lu Bu was accidentally leaked.

This is really a stone of slaughter!

When he was in Xia Pi, when he learned that Cao Cao was secretly plotting to capture Xuzhou, Lu Bu was furious and immediately tore up the alliance with Cao and Liu families. He chose to take the initiative first and quickly ordered Gao Shun, the general stationed in Pengcheng Kingdom, to lead troops to attack Liu Bei's troops in Xiaopei.

Faced with Gao Shun's troops attack, Liu Bei, who was informed of the information, immediately sent an envoy to ask Cao Cao of Xu Du for help. Cao Cao, who was shocked, had no choice but to send general Xiahou Dun to lead troops to Xiaopei to rescue Liu Bei.

However, when Xiahou Dun arrived in a hurry, Liu Bei's troops had been defeated by Gao Shun's troops, and his wife and children in the city were captured by Lu Bu's army again.

Gao Shun, who became more and more brave, seized the opportunity of the fight. Taking advantage of Xiahou Dun's long-distance running and his men were exhausted, he decisively ordered the city wall to abandon the city wall, and the entire army came out in full swing and headed straight for Xiahou Dun's troops.

As soon as the two sides fought, the troops were exhausted, and Xiahou Dun, whose morale was low, was soon defeated. Helplessly, Xiahou Dun could only retreat back to Yanzhou with the defeated soldiers and gave up the idea of ​​regaining Xiaopei.

After Liu Bei, who escaped, successfully got rid of the pursuers of Lu Bu's army, took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Yan, Jian Yong and other civil and military personnel, and went straight to Xudu to meet the emperor and apologize.

Facing Liu Bei's defeat and surrender, Cao Cao also had many contradictions in his heart. On the one hand, this piece used to lead Lu Bu had already broken the layout of Cao Cao's decision not long ago to seek Xuzhou, and lost its due role; on the other hand, Cao Cao, as a powerful minister, was unwilling to have an ambitious man who claimed to be a relative of the Han Dynasty and had too much contact with the young emperor under his control.

However, Liu Bei was the governor of Yuzhou who responded to the imperial edict. If he suddenly turned against him, he showed no mercy and used the crime of defeat to punish him, Xiahou Dun, who was also defeated and fled, would not be able to escape the blame.

After hesitating for a long time, after listening to the opinions of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia and other advisers, Cao Cao finally chose to accept the hero Liu Bei, and made a promise to send troops to revenge, and allowed Liu Bei to meet the emperor. At the same time, he also wrote a letter to reprimand Lu Bu and colluded with the traitor Yuan Shu, and made a ill-conspiracy, asking the court to issue an edict to attack Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou to begin a large-scale preparation for the military campaign to fight Lu Bu.

At the same time, Cao Cao also closely monitored the movements of other parties, especially Yuan Shao, Hebei and Yan Xing's army pointed at the front of the army. He knew very well that Gongsun Zan was to Yuan Shao just like Lu Bu to himself, a tiger that temporarily restrained his claws and licked his wounds. Yuan Shao would first completely eliminate the major trouble behind him before mobilizing the army to turn westward to attack Sanhe, or go south to seek the Central Plains.

Therefore, he wanted to find out as soon as possible. Guanzhong Yan Xing, who had been fighting for years and finally took the lead for a while, would he be eager to see Shu and invade the steep and difficult land of Bashu, or would he restrain his troops and patiently digest the territory that has been expanding in recent years, or would join forces with Gongsun Zan, Heishan Zhang Yan and others to fight against the Hebei army that was ready to go.

However, what Cao Cao could not imagine was that all his guesses about the soldiers and horses in Guanxi were ultimately lost.

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Hedong, Anyi.

Since this year, the officials, officials, soldiers, families, and servants of the General's Office of the Cavalry have been ordered to cross the river and move westward to Guanzhong. Preliminary statistics show that the total number of people moving westward in each batch of three rivers has been nearly 100,000, which will greatly enrich the population in Chang'an in the following areas.

At the same time, this is also a major project that mobilized many people. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the various matters of the westward migration to Ba Mansion, in addition to Yan Su, who stayed in Chang'an and Pei Hui and other officials, Yan Xing, as the General of the Cavalry, was also in charge of Anyi, coordinating and commanding the people and horses from Sanhe and other places, and the supplies were continuously transported into the Guanzhong area.

Yan Xing thought that there were several major projects in Guanzhong and Sanhe lands. In this year, he should try his best to avoid any wars under his rule. The military and civilians work together to prepare for emergencies. They will also save Gongsun Zan in the coming year and join forces with the Heishan Army to attack Yuan Shao, Hebei.

However, an urgent report from Xihe County still broke the short-term peace of Yan Xing's side this year.

In the lobby.

Yan Xing, wearing a crown robe, sat upright, looking at Xi Zhicai, Zhou Liang, Sun Zi, Fa Zheng and others at the table, and said in a deep voice:

"Xihe County urgently reported that Xu Ziyu and Hu Chuquan led their troops to attack the pastures of Tugego's tribes in Yanmen. Unexpectedly, they fell into the trap of Tugego's tribes and were ambushed by Tugego's, Xianbei and Wuhuan. The attacking Huns were defeated and returned with armor and sticks and baggage. The Hu people on the northern grasslands were then ready to move. Many commercial posts were robbed and burned, and the commercial routes were basically cut off. The situation of Meiji Shanyuting was becoming increasingly dangerous!"

Amid Yan Xing's heavy tone, the staff counselors present had already taken the relevant documents from the clerk Fu Gan's office, and passed them to the sight one by one. Fu Gan also waved his hand to ask the two minor officials to help him hang a map of Xihe in front of everyone.

Compared with the map that conquered the Southern Xiongnu a few years ago, the territory of this map has expanded several times. It also included Shangjun, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen around Xihe County. The Shangshuo, which were established in various places, the gathered grassland Han settlements, the Qiang and Hu tribes that had not yet been officially contacted, and the Wuhuan tribes were also marked one by one, which allowed the people in front of the map to have a general understanding of the situation in Xihe Meiji.

After looking at the map in front of him, the chief clerk Sun Zi thought about it and spoke first:

"Ming Gong, although the power of the Southern Huns has declined, its strength is still above the Hu Hu. Besides, Xu, Meng and other generals led our elite troops to guard the horses and cavalry, and they also had the advantages of Han armor and weapons. In the past, they attacked the grasslands and whipped the Hu Hu. They repeatedly attacked the crowd with few attacks, but they were in trouble. Why did they now attack and slaughter all kinds of people, but suffered joint attacks from Hu Hu and returned in disgrace."

"The reason is intriguing. I think that the important thing now is to first find out the reason for the defeat of the Xihe army, and then send troops to rescue the Southern Xiongnu."

Yan Xing nodded after hearing what the chief clerk Sun Zi said.

This is a serious and stern word, and it is not without reason. In the urgent report of the feudal edict, it also mentioned that the slaughter of Galgahu encountered this time appeared. The elite cavalry with strong armor and excellent weapons appeared. The large number of armoured slaughtered cavalry obviously did not flow out of the workshop in Hedong.

It was vaguely revealed that the black hands behind the various Hu people had already been exposed.

Thinking of this, Yan Xing couldn't help but look at Zhou Liang.

When he met Yan Xing's gaze, Zhou Liang's face was unrestrained. The Shangyi on the grassland also had personnel for school affairs, but the sudden movements of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people did not play an early warning role. The next accountability board will inevitably fall on him, the military conspirator.

Although most of the school's energy is now focused on Hebei and the Central Plains, Zhou Liang, who is unforgivable to blame for such a big incident that has already occurred on the grassland, still had to bite the bullet and stand up, face the complicated eyes of everyone and express his opinion:

"Ming Gong, Liang has urgently ordered Xihe's school affairs to find out the inside story of the defeat of the Huns as soon as possible. I believe that detailed information will be obtained soon."

Yan Xing nodded slightly, unexpectedly not holding the school accountable, but waved his hand and let Zhou Liang sit back.

Before something happens, it is difficult to figure out the inside story first, but after something happens, it doesn’t take much time and energy to follow the map, follow the clues, and figure out the specific situation.

Although there are many internal problems in the school affairs, it is not the time to deal with it now.

Turning his eyes to the map on one side again, Yan Xing looked at it for a while, then turned to Fa Zheng and asked:

"Xiaozhi, what do you think the current situation should be dealt with?"

Since Fa Zheng was expelled from the General's Mansion, this is the first time he has participated in a major military and national event of this level.

Therefore, once Yan Xing personally asked, although he was surprised and happy, he quickly got up and left the seat, came to the map, pointed to the area of ​​Xihe, and said to everyone:

"Ming Gong, Meiji seized the river and guarded the danger, but the barrier to the northeast of the river should not be lost. In the past, Ming Gong did not hesitate to work hard, and personally fought against the Southern Xiongnu and attacked Fuluo in order to consolidate the barrier in the north. At the moment, the Huns were newly defeated, and people were in panic. The huts were rising and arrogant. Although there was a reason for this, Meiji's danger was like a drowning person, and they must be saved."

"Therefore, he was brave enough to suggest that the Ming Duke send brave generals in the army to lead elite cavalry to Meiji, to stabilize the hearts of the Huns, to protect the commercial roads, and to make advance arrangements to pacify the Huns in the north, to explore the reality of the Hu people on the grassland, so as not to miss the opportunity because of sitting and observing the situation, causing a big mistake."

Fazheng's concept is obviously different from the steadfast Sun Zi. Although he did not enter the General's Mansion for a long time, his vision was undoubtedly longer and sharper. He realized the importance of the Huns to Yanxing's strategy, and also knew what the vast grasslands mean to Sanhe and Guanzhong when the Han people were harming their neighbors. The war horses, furs, tendons and oxen that were transported back from the trade routes of the northern grasslands were the strategic materials that were essential for the General's Mansion to fight and farming.

More importantly, Fa Zheng discovered that General Husband was familiar with capturing fighter jets, and in the past wars, he was often able to seize opportunities and take the initiative.
Chapter completed!