"How is the situation in this battle?" Gongsun Xun asked as he touched the dirty cases in front of him. These cases seemed to have been stolen, because there were even knife marks and blood stains on them.
"I bought this for half a leg of mutton." Mo Huzheng quickly explained. "I didn't snatch it. The people in the couch were trying to use it as firewood..."
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but smile, but he stopped touching the case: "Mo Hutou, please tell me how the battle is going."
"The battle situation is not very good." Mohu Zang sighed, but then changed his mind. "No, actually the situation should be quite good..."
"Is it good or bad?" Gongsun Xun smiled half-heartedly.
"It's bad for us Xianbei people." Mohu Zang said seriously. "But for Gongsun Shaodong and you Han people..."
"I have been crowned and grown up, and I am qualified. Just call me Gongsun Wenqi."
"Let's call him Shaodong!" Mohu Zang laughed dryly. "I am now the first level offline of Amway."
"It's up to you." Gongsun Xun shook his head and said, "Go on, why are you not at the foot of Yangle City, but here fifty miles away from Yangle City?"
"Actually, you Han people reacted too quickly..." Mohu Zang quickly started to explain seriously.
It turns out that although the situation is different from what Gongsun Xun thought, the final situation is not different. The Xianbei people are in a dilemma at this time.
First of all, Liucheng was so strong that the Xianbei people wasted their time there!
Think about it, Liucheng is the gateway for the cities outside the Great Wall to face Xianbei. The city is fully stocked with food, weapons, and soldiers. Even if it is suddenly attacked, it is not something that the Xianbei people can take... Are you kidding? It has been there for decades.
If you haven’t chewed it yet, can you chew it off this time?
Secondly, the reinforcements came too fast and too fierce!
Two hundred miles east of Liucheng is Yangle City, and behind Yangle City are Liaodong County, Liaodong Territory (the name of Changli County may be more famous), Xuantu County, Lelang County... Lelang County is farther away, but
The reinforcements from the first three counties will arrive at a moment's notice. Besides, there is also Wuhuan in western Liaoning. The main purpose of raising this dog in the Han Dynasty was to deal with the Xianbei people!
In fact, according to Mo Huzheng's description, Mrs. Zhao's captivity may have been a bit self-defeating. Instead of forcing Zhao Bao to surrender the city, it actually greatly stimulated the surrounding Han troops, and even the Wuhuan people were a little bit trampled.
The feeling of the tail.
"So, the current situation is that you divided your forces and surrounded Liucheng, and prepared to make an emergency landing in Yangle City with Mrs. Zhao as a hostage. However, before you reached Yangle City, you encountered reinforcements led by Governor Zhao?" Gongsun
Xun asked seriously, "And the reinforcements are 20,000 cavalry?"
"Yes." Mohu Zang took a deep breath and said. "There are Han cavalry equipped with iron armor and Wuhuan cavalry who mainly use bows and spears like us. Mixed together, there are more than 20,000 people. Zhao Taishou
We personally led them here... We didn't dare to fight at all, but we didn't dare to retreat, because the Han army on the opposite side was all cavalry. Once they retreated, they would probably be pursued one after another, causing countless casualties. So we could only rely on what we had built before.
The camp was in confrontation with the Han army, but the confrontation could not last more than a few days, because no one knew how many reinforcements would arrive... According to my opinion, it would be either a retreat or a decisive battle, probably within a day or two."
Gongsun Xun stared at the other person and narrowed his eyes.
"Um... that Governor Zhao's family is pretty good." Mohu Zang looked at each other and couldn't help but swallowed dryly. "Before, Lord Chubu wanted to use these people to make an emergency landing in Yangle, but now
I want to use these people to exchange for Governor Zhao to temporarily retreat and escape... In short, they all have to be of great use, so they have always been treated very favorably. The maids have not been killed, but are being guarded by the Chinese army..."
"Is this lord of your Xianbei Central Region just daydreaming?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but mocked after heaving a sigh of relief. "You still have to make an emergency landing in Yangle?"
"Indeed." Mohu Zang agreed. "I thought this method was too childish at the beginning. How could I exchange a person for a city? It's still the same now... But at this time, other than this method, I think the new Central Lord may
There is nothing you can do...Did Gongsun Shaodong come here for this matter? Prefect Zhao sent you here?"
"I'm here for this matter." Gongsun Xun nodded. "In any case, if we can save the lives of Governor Zhao's family, it will be a great achievement. But I was not sent by Governor Zhao... Think about it, if I were Governor Zhao,
How could he come from behind, from your Mohu Department?"
Mohu was slightly startled.
"I was sent here by the governor Liu who is in charge of more than a dozen counties in Youzhou." Gongsun Xun continued. "You know what a governor is, right?"
"Know."
"That's good. To be honest, you Xianbei people openly kidnapped the mother of a county guard this time, which is really a taboo. Not only did they move quickly outside the Great Wall, but also in Lulongsai. Soldiers from several counties
The horses are already in place. To be honest with Mo Hutou, before I came, Governor Liu had already stationed 30,000 troops there, and urgently dispatched 5,000 cavalry, preparing to attack Liucheng quickly and cut off your retreat..."
Mohu's face changed drastically.
"Mo Hutou," Gongsun Xun took some time to click on the few cases in front of him. "You are a rare smart person. My mother said that you are particularly good at handling matters... In this case, you should know that during my trip
, not only gives you a chance to make meritorious deeds, but also saves the lives of your entire tribe! Our business is done, I will promote you and make you rich. If you fail, I will die in this Xianbei camp, and your whole tribe will also have to fight with me.
I’ll be buried with you!”
The camp was so quiet that even the breathing of the two people could be heard clearly. In fact, Mohu Zang's breathing seemed to be getting clearer and clearer.
Just like that, I don’t know how long it took, but Mohu Zang finally laughed dryly: “Actually, even if Governor Liu didn’t send five thousand cavalry to attack Liucheng, I should still try to assist Shaodong... This leader of the Chinese army
My name is Ke Zuitan, and he is the nephew of Ke Zuique. He has just taken over the throne a year ago, and the situation is not very stable yet. If he really finds out about Ke Zuique's incident, he is afraid that he will kill me to win over the people of the headquarters.
…”
"Then what?" Gongsun Xun interrupted the other party impatiently.
"Then please Shaodong save me once more, and my whole clan once more!" Mo Huzhang finally couldn't hold on any longer, and knelt down with a plop, with tears streaming down his face, and he kowtowed like garlic. "What do you want me to do?
It doesn’t matter…just be sure to save me!”
Gongsun Xun nodded with satisfaction.
"Shaodong, please give me the order. What do you want me to do?" After finally wiping the tears and snot from his face, Mohu Zang immediately raised his head and asked expectantly.
"What are we going to do?" At the same moment, in a small tent dozens of steps away from Gongsun Xun and Mo Huzhi, in the dim light, Gongsun Fan put down the earthen jar in his hand with a look of disgust and turned around.
And he asked the people around him seriously.
"It's just adapting to circumstances." Lou Gui replied calmly. "I don't know what to do."
Gongsun Fan had a look of astonishment on his face, and then looked at the person in front of him carefully as if he were meeting for the first time: "Isn't it your idea? Is your clever plan to sneak into the enemy's camp and then adapt to changes?"
"so what?"
"Then..." Gongsun Fan wished he could kill this guy right now.
"What Lou Zibo means is that the military situation is changing rapidly, and we can only set a general strategy. It is impossible to react when everything is unknown." Cheng Pu, who was drinking porridge at the side, suddenly said. "And we only have five people.
There are not many things that people can do..."
"I dare to ask Brother Demou," Gongsun Fan ignored Lou Gui and turned to Cheng Pu, who looked more stable. "What is the so-called general strategy?"
"Well……"
"First we need to know whether Mrs. Zhao is still safe." At this time, Lou Gui suddenly spoke again, forcing Cheng Pu to continue drinking porridge. "If Mrs. Zhao has been killed, it will be useless for us to stay longer. I'm afraid she will die soon.
Sneak out and report the news to Prefect Zhao. If Mrs. Zhao is still there, the main task is to rescue Mrs. Zhao... After all, she is the mother of the Liaoxi County Sheriff.
As a county official, Gongsun Wenqi's morality lies, so as long as he can save this man among the thousands of troops and fulfill the loyalty and filial piety of Zhao County, not to mention the eunuch himself will burst into tears, even the whole world will want him.
What a surprise! Of course, it would be great if you could do something that would help the battle besides rescuing people..."
Gongsun Fan suppressed his heart and said sarcastically: "As for how to save people and how to contribute to the war situation, Lou Zibo, all you can do is adapt to circumstances? The rest, you have to ask my brother to take risks on his own?"
"After all, I remembered for Wen Qi how to break the situation." Lou Gui sneered. "I wonder what Gongsun Fan, your younger brother, did?"
Gongsun Fan immediately turned red from holding back his emotions.
"You two." Cheng Pu had already finished a small pot of slightly fishy mutton porridge at this time, and placed the earthen pot on the ground. "You two, one is Gongsun's younger brother, and the other is Gongsun's.
Ji's guest, the so-called serving brother, serving the king... Now, Gongsun Ji is alone outside dealing with the enemy, his life or death is unknown, but the two of them are here holding meat porridge, bickering and fighting, this is the difference between being a younger brother and being a guest.
Does that make sense? I, Cheng Pu, came here to express my gratitude to Master Gongsun for his courage and loyalty. I came here to do great things, not to listen to these two women making noises!"
"Brother Demou is right." At this time, Han Dang had also finished a can and was helping himself and Cheng Pu to fill the bucket with meat porridge. "Although I, Han Yigong, don't know any tricks, I do.
We know that there are only five of us on this trip. Whether it is rescuing people, fighting an army, or even escaping for our lives immediately, it all requires strength, and nine out of ten we will have to fight for our lives... Don't you two
Eat, can you really hold on?"
Gongsun Fan and Lou Gui looked at each other with shame on their faces, then they each lowered their heads and swallowed the fishy meat porridge.
Just like that, when the time came to noon, when the four people in the camp were confused and uneasy, Gongsun Xun followed Mo Huzhen to the Chinese army camp.
"Mohu people!"
"Lord Mohu!"
"Chief Mohu!"
"Mo Hutou, my lord lets you go in...just put the knife here, and the same goes for the warrior behind."
Things are changing. For some people, for more than a year, it is nothing more than a trip to Luoyang and being looked down upon by high-end people for their intelligence. But for the small tribes on the border, it is like turning over and becoming the masters.
.
In the winter of the year before last, Mohu Zang was just a fringe tribal leader who could only raise a hundred and eighty crooked melons and cracked dates. But now he was a powerful leader who could raise three hundred warriors, and he was equipped with weapons, leather armor, bows and arrows.
Man... The Xianbei people have a very direct view of superiority and inferiority. This change is enough to make people who originally looked down on him start to respect him.
"Lord Ke Da." After taking off his weapon and entering the tent, Mohu Zhi bowed his hands in a salute and then knelt down.
"Sit, sit, sit... don't worry." Ke Zuitan, who was sitting at the top, was a young man with disheveled hair, unkempt beard and a wolfskin robe. At this age, he could command tens of thousands of cavalry. He was really more popular than anyone else.
dead.
Comparatively speaking, Gongsun Xun actually had to bow and salute to the other party...it was a shame that he was not allowed to kneel down!
Mo Huzhi sat cross-legged on a dirty mattress next to the door, while Gongsun Xun lowered his head and stood behind him. As soon as he stood still, he heard a cat meow...
Looking sideways, I found that the reason why Ke Zuitan didn't bother to let me wait for others to salute was because he was teasing the cat! Should I thank this cat ancestor?
"The Mohu people came to me suddenly...Did someone steal your Mohu things again?" Ke Zuitan asked helplessly while stroking his cat.
"That's right!" Mohu Zang's face turned red immediately after hearing this. "Master Ke, you have to make the decision for me! This is the fifth time. I have lost four or five bags of grain and seven or eight weapons. No matter how rich you are,
The tribe can’t resist this kind of stealing, right?”
As soon as he said this, everyone in Ke Zui's circle sitting around laughed.
"I understand this." Ke Zuitan, who was above, was also a little helpless. "But Mo Hu, you don't have to worry too much about this...I won't hide it from you. Tomorrow we will send out our troops to fight the Han army. Then
A group of savages from the north of the desert can't steal it for the sixth time."
The reason he had thought up was blocked when he came back. Mo Huzhang couldn't help but hesitated, but as he was lightly hit on the back, he immediately shook his head again: "Master Ke, it's not me.
I'm causing trouble to you, sir, but our Mohu tribe can't live with those tribes even for one night... This morning, if I hadn't been able to control it well, I'm afraid there would have been a fight on the spot... The tribesmen's
Too angry!"
Kezitan let go of the kitten in his hand and couldn't help frowning: "Then what do you want? Mohu people, I have to warn you, there is a Han army watching in front of you, you have to take care of your people for me...
…If chaos really breaks out, I won’t be lenient!”
"Sir." Mo Huzhi looked sincere. "That's why I came to you... There are so many Han people in front of us. If chaos breaks out, the entire camp will suffer, but the anger among the people is getting stronger and stronger...
…I mean, can we move our Mohu Department to another place right now? This will save us the trouble."
Ke Zitan didn't speak for a moment after hearing this, but a close confidant from the headquarters couldn't help but look at Mohu Zang with a wary look on his face: "Where does Mohu want to change to?"
"How's the back camp?" Mohu asked with a hopeful look on his face.
As soon as these words came out, everyone else in the camp changed their expressions, and Ke Zitan simply sneered: "Why didn't you tell me to allow you to withdraw today? They say you are so cunning, and today you are indeed
You see...are you planning to take your tribe back as soon as the war starts tomorrow? And annex two empty small tribes by the way?"
Mohu Zang shook his head repeatedly: "How could it be? You must believe me, sir. Am I such a despicable person?"
"Mo Hutou!" Ke Zuitan sat up straight with his legs crossed and said seriously. "I can tell you clearly that we are counting on your warriors for tomorrow's battle. The rear camp will never let you go. You
Don’t make this request again, and if you keep saying it, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
Mohu looked embarrassed: "Then...how about the Chinese Army?"
"What?" Ke Zuitan couldn't understand for a moment.
"Chinese Army..."
"Meow..."
At this moment, the guards with swords and spears in the camp, the 'officials' from central Xianbei, the confidants of Ke Zuitan's headquarters, and Ke Zuitan himself were all suddenly attracted by a cat's meow...
...I saw that the 'exotic beast' that looked like a little tiger that had been snatched from the car of Governor Zhao's family came up behind Mohu Zang at some unknown time and faced his tall samurai attendant.
Screaming...and trying to crawl up his trouser legs.
Gongsun Xun was motionless, but cold sweat was running down his back.
By the way, he just wanted to thank this cat ancestor for raising it for several months in vain, saving him from the humiliation of kneeling down. However, now he is going to die here because of the kindness of raising him for these few months.
Where?
"This little thing... actually recognizes the warriors of the Mohu tribe?" Ke Zuitan couldn't help but asked Mohu with a smile.
"Speaking of which, this warrior is a bit unfamiliar, isn't he?" A bald Xianbei leader sitting opposite Mohu couldn't help but said. "What I wanted to ask just now, wasn't the person who followed Mohu the whole time?
Is he a warrior with braided hair? His name seems to be Que Li..."
Mohu Zang turned around with a stiff expression and looked at each other with Gongsun Xun... To be honest, the former was so nervous that he could not speak.
The cat at his feet meowed again and tried to climb Gongsun Xun's trouser legs again. There were already people around him poking their heads to look at Gongsun Xun, who had his head lowered.
But at this critical moment, Gongsun Xun suddenly stretched out his hand into his arms... This action made Mohu Zang's heart feel cold. He felt that he was no longer unlucky. In fact, there were already Xianbei warriors around him who were on guard.
When he got up, someone even vaguely pointed a spear at him.
However, at the next moment, this tall warrior with disheveled hair and black oil on his face took out a piece of dried meat from his arms, then squatted down and fed it to the 'alien beast', and that '
The strange beast also took advantage of the situation and started licking the opponent's hand.
The whole camp burst into laughter, and even Ke Zuitan, who was sitting on top, couldn't help but slap his knees.
Mohu's cheeks turned red, but he couldn't hold back the smile on his face: "I made the adults and leaders laugh. This man is the most gluttonous. He came out with me and brought dried meat with him..."
"What is this?" Ke Zuitan shook his head and said with a smile. "I just thought it was a close guest of Governor Zhao who sneaked in and wanted to assassinate me?!"
Mohu laughed again.
"Mo Hutou just said that he wanted to move the camp to the Chinese army?" The close aide of Ke Zitan's department who was at the top also thought of the conversation just now.
"Yes!" Mohu Zang quickly came back to his senses and begged Ke Zuitan seriously. "If you come to the Chinese Army, you will no longer suspect that I want to run away, right? Even if there is a battle tomorrow, I can also be the vanguard and follow.
Your Excellency’s main army is at the front..."
Ke Zuitan stopped laughing, and then stared at Mo Hu Zhi with great interest...or maybe he was staring at the 'exotic beast' next to Mo Hu Zhi who was trying hard to chew the dried meat.
In short, after watching for a long time, the young man from the central part of Xianbei finally spoke: "Well, that's right... It just so happens that the Chinese Army also has something to do, and we need to trouble the Mohu Department who is proficient in Chinese to do it!"
Gongsun Xun, who was feeding the cat, couldn't help but feel something in his heart.
"The border counties in western Liaoning faced Xianbei and were invaded many times. Taizu lived here and fought against them many times at a young age. He once attacked the enemy camp with thirty cavalry at night, causing life and death in an instant; he also once sneaked into the enemy's army with a few men.
, facing the enemy chief directly, he was in danger. He was not afraid of life and death, so he was famous in Yangzhou County. His mother was responsible for the danger, and Taizu thanked him face to face, but he still did not change it. Many people in the state and county praised him for his loyalty, Taizu said it in person, and he later solidified it.
Laughing. Everyone was puzzled, because Lou Zibo had been following him for a long time, so he decided to invite him. Zibo said: "The public is accustomed to business and travel, so he knows where the profit lies since he was a child... He used thirty horses to rob the camp and stopped him."
The way is, if a few people sneak into the army, they will know where the merit lies. Acting openly is like forgetting life for small gains, and not hesitating to do great things! How can it be harsh, and how can it be praised?'"
——"Xin Yan Shu". Volume 70. Biography of Lou Gui
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