Tian Chong was panicked and couldn't wait to ask loudly: "How could Lu Longsai be lost? Lu Longsai is tall and strong, with two thousand defenders, how could he be lost? Where are the people? Where are the people in Lu Longsai?"

The scout wiped his sweat from his head and replied: "Sir, the villain saw the big flag of the Xianbei people hanging high on Lu Longshu, and also saw Xianbei soldiers standing on the city tower. Those who entered and exited the pass were all Xianbei people. The villain could be sure that Lu Longshu had fallen. The villain dared not get too close and knew nothing about the specific situation. On the way back, he wanted to ask someone, but from Wuzhong City to Lu Longshu, it was deserted and could not be seen by anyone."

Xianyu Fuqiang calmed down and asked hurriedly: "Where is Wuzhongcheng? How about Wuzhongcheng?"

"Wuzhong City is still the rebels occupied by the rebels, the city gates are closed and no one comes in or out."

The atmosphere in the big tent was depressing and almost suffocating.

Xian Yuyin suddenly slapped the table hard and shouted angrily: "The traitorous eunuchs, this is all caused by the traitor. The traitorous eunuchs are in power, the court is corrupt, and our Han country is in decline, and wars are rising everywhere. The Huns are in chaos, the Xianbei people take the opportunity to attack Yanmen, the ants are in chaos, the Xianbei people take the opportunity to occupy Yuyang and trap Lulong. We fight like this, when will it be the end? We have fought in the east and west, and we have fought for several years. The soldiers have changed one after another, and the swords have cut one after another, but what is the result? The more battles are the more the country is fighting, the less the territory is fighting. What kind of battle are we fighting?"

"If the treacherous eunuchs are not eliminated, the court will be in a state of desperation. We will fight countless wars and die countless people. This great Han country can't hold on." Xian Yuyin suddenly stood up, blushed, waved his hands excitedly, and shouted loudly at Li Hong who bowed his head and said nothing, "Sir, let's kill Lu Longsai and fight to the Xianbei people to the death. Even if we die in the battle, we will fall under the battle banner of the great Han country, die for the great Han country, and be loyal to the great Han country, and surround Jicheng to beat our own people. What's the point?"

Li Hong looked up at Xian Yuyin, with a confused expression.

Xian Yuyin's words were like a huge rock thrown into a dead pond, which immediately aroused the passionate hearts of the Han soldiers in the tent. Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and others all jumped up and asked for a fight loudly.

Li Hong's heart was cold.

For the sake of the Han Dynasty, the soldiers could sacrifice their lives and shed their blood. Even if they were torn to pieces, they would be willing to do so. But can the Han Dynasty bear such heavy burden? Being powerless is the sorrow of the Han Dynasty and Li Hong.

Li Hong would rather be an ordinary soldier. As long as he was full, he would take a sword and follow Shangguan to kill the enemy in blood. He did not need to consider the Han Dynasty, the emperor, the emperor, or even the food for a day. Shangguan would arrange everything, but he was the Shangguan now. Every word and every move he had to consider the safety of the Han Dynasty, and he had to care about the emperor's thoughts and be responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire army. He felt that his responsibilities were getting heavier and heavier. These responsibilities were like a huge rock that pressed him day and night, making it difficult for him to breathe, think, and walk.

The soldiers here looked angry and wanted to kill the enemy for the country, but the emperor and the court there wanted to quell the rebellion, and they must first settle the country's internal affairs before fighting against foreign countries. This place was full of war, but the military investment was huge, but the treasury was exhausted and overwhelmed. Being caught in the middle of thousands of contradictions, they must not only take care of the views and emotions of both sides, but also try their best to safeguard the safety of the Han Dynasty. Although they have all kinds of talents and invincible martial arts, they have to solve the crisis in Youzhou today, which is simply because they have the heart but lack strength. They must first settle the country when fighting against foreign countries. Li Hong smiled helplessly. If he said Liu Yu's words, he might be afraid that Xian Yuyin would draw his sword to face him.

Who are we fighting for? Why are we fighting? Why are we constantly fighting? Why have we lost a large area of ​​territory after winning several years of victory? Li Hong didn't understand, and he was puzzled. Could it be that it was just because the traitor and eunuch were in power and causing trouble to the court? But did the traitor and eunuch really hold power? When he was in Luoyang, he saw with his own eyes that royal relatives, aristocratic families, and foreign relatives and powerful relatives were not powerful. Can the traitor and eunuch be harmed by the traitor and eunuch? Today, the son and the emperor's power are the

Stable, he fought with all parties in the capital for the imperial throne. Such an emperor would obey the gang of traitors and eunuchs. Are they good things about the powerful people who say that traitors and eunuchs are the ones who are causing trouble to the country? When Li Hong was fighting corruption and farming, he saw through the actions of these powerful people. They said that traitors and eunuchs are in trouble to the country. In fact, they are not the ones themselves. Eunuchs and eunuchs are corrupt and abused the law. Are those families with old officials all over the world honest and dedicated?

Li Hong looked at the passionate generals and sighed. Forget it, what are you doing with those headaches? Even if you figure it out, can you solve it yourself? I don’t know if the battle in front of you can win or not, but what are you doing? The Han Dynasty is its own home and its roots. Even if it is ragged and corrupted, he must protect it and protect it until his death. If everyone is unwilling to fight for the Han Dynasty and die for the Han Dynasty, where is the family? Where is the roots? He believes that no matter he or ordinary soldiers, they are willing to fight for the Han Dynasty and die for the Han Dynasty, willing to regret it.

"Okay, let's fight the Xianbei people." Li Hong stood up and waved his hand, "Take Jicheng and we will go north to Yuyang immediately."

As soon as Li Hong finished speaking, there was a cheer in the tent. The generals were filled with joy and excited expressions.

Jicheng must be taken, otherwise there will be no solid support to go north and there will be no transfer of food and grass transportation. In order to take Jicheng as soon as possible, Li Hong immediately ordered Yan Rou, Zhao Yun and Yan Wuwei to lead their troops back to the Jicheng camp. Then, Li Hong made adjustments to the candidates for military command. Xian Yufu still returned to the Northern Expedition Army to command the infantry army, and the Youzhou army was changed to be commanded by Gongsun Zan.

"Brother Bo Gui, you quickly lead your troops to Yongnu and Lucheng to garrison the two cities." Li Hong said: "The food and grass will be mainly provided to you next month. After you have enough food and grass, you will wait for an opportunity to seize Tuyin City, and then gather troops and grass in Tuyin City to prepare to attack western Liaoning."

Gongsun Zan nodded repeatedly, looking grateful. Li Hong asked him to command the Youzhou army, and the meaning was very obvious, that was to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions. Regardless of whether he could defeat the Xianbei people, Li Hong's northern expedition army would be damaged, and the eastern expedition might be completely gone. In the future, the eastern expedition will be his Gongsun Zan's affairs, and the contribution to quelling the rebels will be his.

"Brother Bo Gui, it's up to you to restrain the Xianbei people of Lu Longsai." Li Hong patted Gongsun Zan's back and said sincerely, "Be sure to attack Tuyincheng as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely take down Tuyin City next month." Gongsun Zan said confidently.

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In the early morning, Li Hong and Xian Yufu led a few servants to walk slowly along Jicheng.

It required infantry to attack Jicheng, but Li Hong asked Gongsun Zan to leave with Youzhou Army. Some of the generals of various departments did not understand and complained in private, but some generals had a lot of thoughts. They knew that Li Hong didn't want to fight at all, so he wanted to send someone to plead again.

To suspend the rebellion and instead go north to attack Xianbei people, you must ask the emperor to get the emperor's consent, which takes time. If the emperor does not agree, Li Hong will have to repeatedly write a letter to advise. The messenger travels to and from Luoyang, which cannot be solved in a short time. Although Li Hong is the general of Zhenbei, Li Hong has no right to take charge of such a big matter, and this battle cannot be fought as much as he wants. With such a long delay, Li Hong has a reason to siege the city without fighting. On the one hand, he can rest the army, hoard food, grass, weapons, accumulate strength, and prepare for the next attack on Yuyang City, and on the other hand, he can also make enough time to recruit rebels.

"Brother Yuxing, do you think it is better to send to the city to recruit rebels?"

Xian Yufu smiled and said, "You probably want the public to go there?"

"What? Do you think it's not suitable?"

"The affairs of Youzhou are not clear. Once the matter is frozen, there will be no room for maneuver." Xian Yufu said, "I'll go in person."

Li Hong hesitated.

"I know Tian Qiang. He is from the Tian family in Jicheng. He used to be a Sima of the Liaoxi Army. When I was in western Liaoning, I had several contacts with him. This person has a good reputation and is easy to talk to. I don't think he is a person from Taipingdao. He may be forced to join the rebels. With my friendship with him in the past, he wouldn't have killed me."

Li Hong thought for a long time and said, "Then you bring Ling Ming with you and be careful."

Xian Yufu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's okay." Then he pointed to the city wall and said, "Zimin, look, that's a section of the city wall that the Yellow Turban Army had plundered open back then, and the traces of repair were very obvious."

Li Hong looked up and asked, "It's easier to break it up than to make up. I must have spent a lot of money to repair this section of the city wall, right?"

"Yes. At that time, we had no money, so we had to summon hundreds of civilians to temporarily use stones to make a wall. After several repairs, we barely built a wall of fifty steps and two steps wide..."

"Two steps wide..." Li Hong asked in surprise, "It's only two steps wide, it's really a wall."

Xian Yufu said helplessly: "The war in Youzhou is endless, so how can you repair the city wall? It would be nice to have such a wall. No matter how many people know, what can I do if I know? Can I still use a rushing car to knock it away?"

A flash of inspiration flashed in Li Hong's mind and he smiled and said, "What if I smashed it continuously with a huge rock?"

Xian Yufu smiled and said, "There are stones, but there are some on Jundu Mountain more than a hundred miles away, but how do you smash it? It's not easy to lift a large stone worth hundreds of pounds, let alone hit the walls on the moat. Don't joke."

Li Hong turned around and smiled at Yi Cong and said, "Go to the chariot camp and call Lord Zhang and Lord Yin, hurry up."

Xian Yufu looked at Li Hong in confusion and asked, "Zimin, do you really have a way?"

Li Hong smiled but said nothing.

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Zhang He and Yin Si came as if they were flying.

"Zhongzhi, are you still working on that stone throwing cart?"

Yin Si looked at Li Hong strangely and said, "Don't you agree to do it? If you don't give money, what should I do?"

Li Hong smiled and pointed to the city wall and said, "Can you make the largest stone throwing cart to smash the city wall?"

Yin Si shook his head repeatedly: "Sir, don't tell jokes. This city wall is at least three meters wide. Don't say it's smashed. Even if it's broken, it will take a long time for hundreds of people to spread a small piece."

“What if two steps wide?”

"Two steps wide?" Yin Si gestured and said, "If you use a huge rock of more than 100 kilograms to smash it continuously on the front, it is possible."

"Okay." Li Hong said solemnly, "I'll give you money and people. You can make me the largest stone throwing cart as fast as possible."

Yin Si looked at Li Hong and said in surprise: "Sir, do you really want to do it?"

"Yes." Li Hong said with a smile, "This city wall is only two steps wide. If you smash it open, I will give you my first credit after taking Jicheng."

Zhang He and Yin Si looked at each other in disbelief.

"Sir, how do you know?"

Li Hong pointed to Xian Yufu and smiled and said, "Lord Xian Yu was in Youzhou Prefecture in the past. He has been in Jicheng for several years and is clear about this. Zhongzhi, how long does it take for you to build a stone throwing cart?"

"At least one month."

Li Hong's face changed and he said, "No, it's at most half a month."

Yin Si shouted with a desperate look: "Sir, how is that possible? The craftsmen and I can't do it even if we don't sleep."

"Then don't do it anymore. I didn't say this." Li Hong threatened.

Yin Si spread her hands so anxiously that she shouted, "Sir, you always have to reason..."

Li Hong ignored him and took the horse away.

"Sir Xianyu, please help me beg for mercy. This time is really not enough..." Yin Si said pitifully at Xianyufu.

Xian Yufu smiled and said, "Zhongzhi, you do it first and then talk about it in half a month, okay?"

Zhang He and Yin Si were overjoyed when they heard this and rushed away. Xian Yufu caught up with Li Hong and asked about the stone throwing cart. After Li Hong's explanation, he remembered that there was such a sum of money given to Tian Chong, a military camp, but he didn't know that the money was used for the stone throwing cart.

"Yu Xing, if Tian Qiang is tough and will never surrender, then forget it. Half a month later, I will tell him to die ugly."

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In the end of April, the Great Wall Fortress.

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Qu Yi, the general of the Huns, led a large army to cut off the rear and covered the Shanyu Ting's troops to retreat south. Soon, they met King Rizhu and the Right Daduwei Tieye. After the two teams met, they were blushing to fight against Meiji.

Of course, Yu Fuluo and Tieye strongly advocated fighting back and regaining Meiji City, but Qu Yi refused to do it. Qu Yi said, my 20,000 people only brought food, grass and weapons for war, and the rest of the supplies were thrown into the Duliao camp. The Youxian King brought the Shanyuting army, some royal nobles and a large number of tribes to retreat in a panic, basically without any. At most, they were just some treasures and horse and ox carriages carrying things. King Rizhu and the Grand Commander rushed north to the north. The soldiers did not even bring any livestock as food except for dry food and weapons. They originally expected that they would be able to supplement it when they arrived in Meiji. Such an army ran back to fight with the Hou of Subugudu and the White Horse Copper. What to fight? The rebels were dragged for five days and we would not fight back.

Yu Fuluo and Qubei said that when you hit Meiji, you will have livestock and food. If you don’t want to fight, you will definitely not want to suffer losses.

Qu Yi was very angry and said that if I was worried about being damaged, I would have left Chanyu Ting and ran away, and would accompany you to talk nonsense here. Now the rebels have killed the Great Chanyu and captured Meiji. The morale is at a high level. The attack momentum must be strong. If we want to fight, our damage will definitely be greater. The Shanyu Ting and the Left Tribe are just a few people, killing one less. After you basically finish the battle, can you sit in the position of the Great Chanyu? Which tribe is convinced? What are you doing in the Huns without strength? Even if you have the support of His Majesty of the Emperor of our dynasty, you will not last for a few days. Whoever becomes the Great Chanyu will die, and you will not live long. Besides, if you lose your strength, His Majesty of the Emperor of our dynasty sees that you cannot suppress the Huns tribes and will not support you. Your Majesty will definitely support the Hou Bugudu.

Tieye immediately said, "Your Majesty is the most clearest way to say this. You just don't want to fight, you just want to go back and wait to see what your Emperor Majesty says, do you still recognize our great chanyu? If your Emperor Majesty turns to support Xubu Guduhou as the new chanyu, you probably want to kill us, saying that we are rebellious, right?"

Qu Yi was so angry that his blood was spitting out. These ungrateful Manhus, who had done their best to help them, actually suspected that they were not in good intentions. But then again, he did have this idea. Acknowledging that the Hou of Xubugudu was the new Shanyu could quickly stabilize the chaos in the Huns, but what was terrible was that once this matter reached the ears of Zuo Xianwang, he would immediately rebel, and the general's Northern Expedition Army would be in chaos. So he had to be steady first, contact Xu Rong quickly to listen to his opinions, and then take a look at the court's tone. If all parties unanimously support Zuo Xianwang Huloulan to succeed as the Great Shanyu, it would not be too late for him to attack again. Moreover, there is insufficient food, grass and livestock, and the Hun soldiers are panicked and their morale is sluggish, which is indeed not the best time to counterattack.

Qu Yi suppressed his anger and brought out all kinds of things such as the situation in the Huns, the situation in the northern border, the strength of both sides, etc., and analyzed the left and right, and said that he had done it, but the three of them were still stubborn and insisted on attacking. The Hou of Xubu Gudu killed the Great Shanyu and killed their relatives. How could this revenge be revenged?

Qu Yi said that in addition to slaughtering all ethnic groups and the other tribes of the right tribes, other tribes may not be truly rebelling. They may be watching and seeing who the emperor of the Han Kingdom finally supports to become the Great Shanyu. If the Hou Bu Guduhou did not receive the recognition of the Emperor of the Han Kingdom, it has always been a rebellion of the Han Kingdom. They might surrender to the Shanyu court again. Who would want to be implicated? The clan was exterminated? So wait for a while, and when the Hun rebels split and internal strife, we will attack the Hou Bu Guduhou and the White Horse Tong again, wouldn’t it be twice the result with half the effort?

This sentence finally moved the three of them, and they all returned to the Great Wall Fortress together.

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In order to resettle tens of thousands of tribes from the Xiongnu Shanyuting and the left tribe, Qu Yi hurriedly wrote to Xu Rong overnight, and at the same time wrote to the emperor, asking the Xiongnu people to temporarily move into the Great Wall, Shangjun on both sides of the Yellow River, and some places with lush water and grass. If they stay north of the Great Wall, these old, weak, women and children of the Xiongnu were very likely to be massacred by the Xiongnu rebels.

At this time, the wind and sand were strong, and Lu Xian and others led the Wuqi Camp to the Great Wall Fortress. The 50,000 troops were distributed on the line of pacification and Baitu, and they repeatedly repelled the rebels' attacks, but no one dared to pursue them north. Qu Yi had an order that anyone who led the army north to attack the Xiongnu rebels would chop off his head.

At the same time, food and grass weapons began to be continuously transported from Chang'an to the Great Wall Fortress.

The letter from General Zhenbei's Mansion came from a letter. Xu Rong's opinion to Qu Yi was very clear and firmly supported Huloulan to succeed the Great Shanyu. If the Great Han Kingdom surrendered to the Xiongnu rebels, what was the majesty of the Great Han Kingdom? What was the majesty of the Great Han Kingdom? Who was afraid of the Great Han Kingdom? The Huns became brave and invaded every year without scrupulously. What should we do if the border counties of the Great Han Kingdom? Kill and resolutely suppress the Xiongnu rebels. The more they killed, the better.

The imperial court wrote a letter. The emperor agreed to the request of the General Mansion of Zhenbei and the General Guarding the Xiongnu General, and issued an order to release the Great Wall fortress switch and temporarily move the Huns to a large area south of the Great Wall and west of the Yellow River. The emperor also agreed to the Zuoxian King Huloulan to succeed the Great Shanyu and ordered Qu Yi to resolutely suppress the Xiongnu rebels. How could the great Han Dynasty let the barbarians be humiliated?

The Right King, King Rizhu and the Grand Commander, were grateful to the emperor and were grateful to each other and led the clans to worship the south and shouted long live. The three of them sent the clans south to the Great Wall, then found Qu Yi, and pestered him to ask north to attack the Xiongnu rebels.

Qu Yi was very quick this time, and agreed to summon the generals to discuss matters. His first words were shocking, which made the generals and the two princes and commanders of the Huns so angry that their eyes widened.
To be continued...