"Master is indeed cunning...intelligent! I will chase you now!"
Liu Chang was overjoyed, but Luan Bu hesitated a little, "King, Ji Zhu sent an envoy to surrender. We followed his envoys to attack and kill him. Isn't it too... the master is unknown?"
"Oh, this is their plan. They just want to confuse me in this way. How can I deceive me by them?"
Liu Chang immediately took Luan Bu and a group of cavalry to set off quickly. As long as he could find the location of Ji Zhu, it would be easy.
Seeing Liu Changma leaving without stopping, Han Xin stroked his beard again. Ji Zhu is indeed a little capable and knows how to use righteousness to control it. It’s a pity that if he grasps the wrong person, will someone like Liu Chang care about what kind of master is famous? The more you give in, the more Liu Chang will be more confronted.
Han Xin immediately ordered the entire army to advance again.
Tracking on the grassland is sometimes easy and sometimes troublesome. Horse manure and water sources are the best tracking objects, but wind, sand and rain sometimes affect judgments. At the same time, Liu Chang and others cannot chase them too close, and they must also prevent misjudgment from the traces left by other tribes when passing by.
Fortunately, Han Xin had thought of this for a long time, so he specially sent people to go back with the envoys... The task of these people was not to meet Ji Zhu, but to guide Liu Chang in front.
Han Xin never thought of discussing peace with Ji Zhuo. If Ji Zhuo is not eliminated, he will definitely be a confidant of the Han Dynasty in the future, and the harm will be very serious. Therefore, no matter what, he will have to be killed.
Liu Chang personally led the team, and the army was divided into three divisions. Liu Chang originally wanted to follow him with the vanguard scouts at the nearest place. However, his war horse was too conspicuous and too tall to be suitable for tracking near. He could only be in the position of the central army. The matter of tracking forward was handed over to Luan Bu. The deputy general around Liu Chang was replaced by another young man, a general of the Northern Army. The general named Chai Qi, was a fierce young man who looked very fierce. He had many military achievements before, and the generals in the army were very convinced by him.
As for why they were so convinced by this young man, it was because the young man’s father was Chai Wu.
Chai Wu ranked thirteenth in the founding military merit rankings, but he was very young, much younger than Zhou Bo. When he was attacking Han Wangxin, he led a large army to defeat the Hun cavalry and received rewards from Emperor Gao. He is currently the Nine Ministers in the court, and is taciturn and has no same intention as old ministers. He is a rare general who favors Liu Chang among founding heroes.
As for why he couldn't play with his old ministers, it was probably because of his age.
The other old ministers are about the same age. Even if there are differences, they are only in their teens. He is about the same age as Luan Bu, so he naturally cannot play with those old ministers.
Liu Chang liked Chai Qi very much about him.
The two have similar tastes. Chai Qi loves drinking, likes to eat meat, and is good at bowing and horses. Their interests and hobbies are surprisingly consistent!
Chai Qi also has a little reputation in Chang'an. Those who know his father couldn't help but sigh: "A tiger father, dog son!"
Chai Wu also responded to his feelings about others, "The family is unfortunate!"
I don’t know how the calm and meticulous general Chai Wu gave birth to such a bastard.
At this moment, the two big bastards walked together, and they felt that they met too late and burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, you are the only one who thinks I am heroic. Most people in Chang'an hate me and bully me many times. General Fu Kuan has a son named Fu Jing. Do you know him? The scar on my face was what he beat me back then!"
"Oh! I know him so much! He was almost beaten to death by me before, and never dared to go out again since then!"
"So it was the king who beat me! I was still thinking about who was revenge for me!"
"King, I know a wine shop. When we get into Ji Porridge, we will go back and drink together!"
"Oh! I'm just about to say that!"
The more they talked, the happier they became. Soon they started to collude and talk about the beauty in Chang'an.
What Liu Chang didn't know was that in history, Chai Qi was very miserable. The reason why he was miserable was that this guy had a conspiracy with a certain King Li. This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that when he began to rebel, his father Chai Wu was still alive... Chai Wu had a dark face and handed over his son who could not rebel to Emperor Wen to give him a defeat. For Chai Wu's sake, Emperor Wen did not execute him, but ordered him not to inherit the title.
The scouts ahead kept coming to the latest news, informing the envoys where they were going.
Surprisingly, these envoys were moving all the way to the north. According to the original information, Liu Chang presumed that Ji Zhu was in the east. It seemed that this inference was wrong. Ji Zhu also came here, perhaps because he wanted to avoid the sharpness of the two brothers.
At this time, Hutu had occupied a large number of territory and gathered many tribes.
He was particularly excited. He himself never expected that things would go so smoothly and that his brother would be so vulnerable.
At this moment, Hutu was riding a tall war horse and wearing the decorations that the big khan could wear, and he seemed to have regarded himself as Maodun's successor. At the same time, he also valued Lu Jia and Ge very much. In order to take care of Lu Jia, who was not good at riding, he even built a luxurious car specifically for Lu Jia to ride.
Everyone stopped on a high slope, and the soldiers began to get busy, but Hu Tu smiled and helped Lu Jia get out of the car.
Seeing Hu Tu so respectful to him, Lu Jia couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that the king actually knew the truth of respecting the wise and the poor."
"Haha, you don't know that when Ah Father knew that there was a warrior among the Donghu people. In order to let this man follow him, he gave him his most precious war horse. He slaughtered livestock every day to invite him to feast. Finally, he received the help of this Mengshi, who shot the enemy's chief general with one arrow and defeated them."
"Oh? Then where is this Mengshi now?"
"I fell ill and died eight years ago."
"There are not many people left around my father... I also want to get help from many people like my father and help me achieve great things!"
Hu Tu helped Lu Jia sit down, then hurriedly asked: "Mr. Lu, Ji Zhu has retreated, what should I do next?"
"King, Ji Zhu has not retreated. He wants you to fight against Tao Gu and consume your strength..."
"Ah... that's it, but you don't know that Tao Gu is a man who is arrogant and has declared himself a great Shanyu before me. He will definitely be trapped and attack me. Before he attacks me, we should destroy him, take down his tribe, and then deal with Ji Zhu!"
Hutu said loudly, Lu Jia was also in trouble. When he first came, what Chen Ping told him was to let Hutu and Tao Gu join forces to clean up Jizhu.
However, Ji Zhu retreated without fighting, and even wanted Longcheng, so he was determined to let the two brothers fight first.
So what should I do now?
Lu Jia just hesitated for a moment and said, "The king is right. Tao Gu is indeed a great enemy and will be eliminated sooner or later... However, I am afraid that when fighting with him, Ji Zhu will take the opportunity to attack us... Or let the Great Wu Ge calculate it?"
"he?"
"Master, have you forgotten that he had calculated the ambush before?"
"Okay, let him do it!"
Ge hurriedly took out the stone, looked at Hutu with a smile, then looked at Lu Jia, and then began to divine. Soon, he replied seriously: "If you fight with Tao Gu, it is very bad, and if you pursue Jizhu, it will be auspicious."
"Okay... Then I'll send someone to negotiate with Tao Gu first and continue chasing Ji Zhu!"
Hutu immediately made up his mind. Just when Hutu went to enjoy the food, Lu Jia called Ge to his side, "It's done well... Contact the generals of each department... and establish his own position as soon as possible."
During these days, Lu Jia has been helping Ge quickly determine his status. Hutu must be used by Tang State, but Hutu himself cannot believe it. It is best to have a person with sufficient prestige and control to play a role. Ge is obviously the best candidate. The identity of the Great Witch, and with Lu Jia's help, he can quickly establish a foothold in the Hutu department and make everyone gradually convinced.
...........
In a large tribe in the north, the envoys were reverently explaining the situation.
"King, this is the envoy of the Han Dynasty who came with us!"
"Han General Han Xin treated us very politely and was willing to let us surrender!"
Hearing the envoy's words, Ji Zhuo was a little panicked. He looked at the envoys in front of him and laughed hurriedly. After saying a long sentence, the envoys of the Huns turned around and looked at the Han officials who were accompanying him and said seriously: "My king said that you are very welcome to your arrival. He is willing to take the map to pay homage to the King of Tang, lead the entire tribe to surrender to the King of Tang, and respect the King of Tang as the main body, and never change his mind!"
Several people who came with him smiled and paid homage to Ji Zheng, who hurriedly arranged a banquet to entertain them.
Sitting at the banquet, Ji Zhu looked uninterested, looked depressed, and didn't talk much to several envoys.
The Hun explained: "My king just lost his father, not because he was intentionally neglected. Please don't blame me."
Then, the Huns said a few words to Ji Zhuo, Ji Zhuo nodded, cheered up and started chatting with the envoys.
After the banquet, these people were sent to rest.
After entering the camp, the person in charge immediately spoke, "What's wrong."
"Um?"
"I heard that Ji Zhu is a heroic lord of a generation. Even the king is afraid of him. But the Ji Zhu we saw today looked uneasy and didn't even dare to look at us. Where did he have the style of a heroic lord? At the banquet, he didn't even dare to say much, just lowered his head to drink. This was not true."
"Maybe it was because of Maodun's death?"
"No, you all heard it too. The general told Ji Zhu just now, telling him not to let our hearts be cold."
The few people here obviously understood the Xiongnu language. They nodded, but the person in the leader said, "But his name is wrong. When the Xiongnu called his king, the word you used differently. He did not use the respectful title to the king just now... This guy must not be Ji Zhu. Ji Zhu wanted to send someone to pay homage to the king on his behalf and fool us!"
"He can't even deceive us in this way, how can he cheat the king than the one?"
"Haha, he didn't want to deceive the king, he just wanted to delay the time!"
"But, is Ji Zheng himself here?"
"Then let's destroy it first!"
Several people discussed it and rested for a while. In the middle of the night, several people quickly got up, took their weapons, and sneaked out. There were not many soldiers guarding outside the door. Taking advantage of the night, several envoys launched an attack at the same time and killed several soldiers. The rest of them reacted. Everyone fought together, but the envoys were not in love with the battle. The torches in their hands were thrown around, and someone snatched the war horses and roared loudly, causing riots along the way.
At this moment, with the fire, the sound of horse hooves sounded from afar.
The Huns stood up in panic, picked up their weapons, lit the bonfire, and prepared to face the enemy.
In the light of fire, a strong man riding a white horse and wearing heavy armor led the way into the Hun camp. Liu Chang waved his spear, knocking down the Huns in front of him and charging forward continuously. No one could stop him. His spear was extremely long. With stirrups at this moment, he was like a human-shaped millstone, directly crushing a road among the Hun cavalry. The spear in his hand was constantly waving. Relying on the advantage of the long soldiers, no one could approach him at all.
Luan Bu and Chai Qi followed him and soon led their own teams to rush to the Huns from three directions.
Liu Chang was already playing with such an attack. It was difficult for the prepared Huns to fight. If they wanted to retreat, no one could stop them. However, such unprepared Huns were just lambs to be slaughtered. Some were killed before they could get on the horse, and some got on the horse, and they didn't know where the enemy was. They could only wander around like a headless fly in the camp.
The camp suddenly became chaotic, and there were shouts of killing on all sides. Before fighting, Chang Liu had already formulated a very detailed combat deployment: kill through the enemy!
Although this is a large tribe, the number of cavalry is only 6,000. Liu Chang has an advantage in all aspects. The battle did not last long. Liu Chang was not strong enough to kill. The war ended. The Huns fled in large numbers, and many surrendered.
Chang Liu did not relax his vigilance. He wiped the blood on his face and asked Luan Bu to find Jizhu!
There were only two envoys who had caused riots in the camp. Under their leadership, Luan Bu quickly found out the "Jizhu". The man was dragged to Liu Chang in front of him, begging for mercy and shouting loudly.
"What is he talking about?"
"He said he was not Jizhuang..."
Liu Chang frowned, jumped off the horse, grabbed the man's neck, and asked angrily: "If you tell the truth, I can spare your life, otherwise I will kill you now!"
The man shouted loudly again.
The envoy translated again: "He said he was not Jizhu... it was Jizhu who asked him to make a fuss... King, we thought something was wrong before... This guy may really not Jizhu..."
Liu Chang was furious and threw the man to the ground.
"This guy is very cunning... If he is not here, where is he?!"
Liu Chang was indeed very disappointed. He thought he could take down Ji Zhu's head in this battle and make great contributions, but he did not expect that Ji Zhu was so cunning. Although this battle defeated a large tribe and made a lot of gains, he could not catch Ji Zhu, so this gain was nothing at all.
"The whole army will rest! Send someone to inform the master quickly!"
"Jizhu is not in the north!"
Liu Chang rested here for a few days, escorted the prisoners and went to meet with Han Xin.
At this moment, Li Zuoche's troops of the Tang Dynasty encountered a great enemy, and it was not Ji Zhuo who fought against them, but Mao Dun's three sons. After Hu Tu sent people to flatter Tao Gu, showing his willingness to follow him as the main force and continue to chase Ji Zhuo, Tao Gu completely let himself go. He quickly attacked the north, wanting to seize many areas around the Qilian Mountains to stabilize the position of his new Shanyu.
Immediately, he encountered the Tang army heading here. Tao Gu was not afraid. The two sides fought and fought for more than an hour, leaving behind thousands of corpses. After Tao Gu evacuated here, and there were many casualties in the Tang army. Li Zuoche did not expect the enemy's main force to appear here. However, he was worried that he could not find the whereabouts of the enemy. After clarifying the enemy's position, Li Zuoche immediately made arrangements.
This battle was different from before. The Huns no longer fought with the Han Dynasty with all their might, and their whereabouts were uncertain, and the internal and external war situations were particularly chaotic.
Just when the war began in the north, in Chang'an, the empress dowager was holding a banquet to entertain the ministers.
In the Xuanshi Hall, the Empress Dowager had a stern face and looked quite serious.
The ministers sat on both sides, with different expressions, and many ministers were a little uneasy at this moment.
Zhang Liang was also invited to sit among the ministers, and it is rare for father and son to appear here at the same time.
"I haven't drank with all the ministers for a long time. I miss you so much. I specially summoned you today."
"Are you all safe?"
"I am fine! Please ask the Queen Mother is fine?"
"I'm fine, too."
Empress Lu looked at everyone and said to Zhang Buyi: "Buyi... Among the people here, you are the youngest and you can toast everyone!"
Zhang Buyi hurriedly stood up and toasted the ministers around him. Many ministers, holding the wine cup, trembled.
Empress Lu pointed to Zhang Buyi and said, "In these days, many ministers have impeached him... they are young and polite. They regard this wine as a plea and apologize to him. I hope they can forgive him!"
"Don't dare!"
Zhang Buyi's sudden arrival made the ministers feel uneasy. Should the king gradually replace him with these young people? Zhang Buyi was determined to use open conspiracy to get rid of them, either by me, or by the king after killing me! Faced with such a stubborn fool, the ministers could only invite Zhang Liang, hoping that he could persuade him to persuade him to stay in his own fool. All of this seemed like a mirror to see clearly in the Empress Dowager.
"No doubt...you have to remember that these are your elders, and you can't be rude to them anymore..."
"I understand!"
Zhang Buyi leaned over to the Empress Dowager and looked at Chen Ping in embarrassment, "Mr. Chen, I have let down your high hopes and implicated Chen Mai. It's my fault. Please forgive me!"
At that moment, the eyes of the ministers were concentrated on Chen Ping.
"Guohou" picked up the wine cup in his hand and took a deep breath.
“No obstacle.”
Zhang Liang then said, "Mr. Chen, I will entrust this man to you from now on... Please give him more advice. If he did something wrong, even if he punished him, he would treat him as his own son."
Chen Ping's face became even more ugly. After enduring for a long time, he spit out a word from his teeth.