Yan Zhong walked to Chen Cheng and whispered: "Jun Hou, I think Ma Teng just had murderous intentions. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time."
Chen Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "Where else can we go now?"
"I just met a person, who was sent by Yang Qiu from the North." Yan Zhong said: "He invited the prince and Princess Wannian to come to the north, saying that he was willing to give up Lingzhou for the prince to stay temporarily.
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Chen Cheng said "Hey" and turned around, looking at Yan Zhong in surprise. Is there really such a thing as pie in the sky in this world? Yan Zhong looked calm and said: "I heard that the Huns are approaching the north and have surrounded them.
After Lian County, Lingzhou is less than a hundred miles away from Lian County."
Only then did Chen Cheng understand. He said slowly: "So, does Bo Dao think we should go or not?"
Yan Zhong chuckled and said, "Since others have kind intentions to invite us over, why are they so embarrassed not to go?"
Chen Cheng then made up his mind and made a decision on the spot, saying: "Then let's go to Beidi!"
Yuzhong was captured from the Huns when Emperor Yingzheng ordered Meng Tian to expedition to the north. Meng Tian "repelled the Huns from the northwest, merged Yuzhong with the east of the river, and belonged to the Yinshan Mountains, which were called thirty-four counties (one is forty-four counties).
, the city and the river were fortified. Later, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, China was in chaos and was occupied by the Huns.
It was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that Yuzhong returned to China. At first it was affiliated to Longxi County, and later it was placed under Tianshui County together with the neighboring Yongshi County (Tianshui County later became Hanyang County). Later, with the Han Dynasty in the west,
His dominance was further strengthened. During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, Yuzhong County was transferred to the newly established Jincheng County.
Yuzhong County is located on the border of Hanyang County and Jincheng County. In order to deal with Han Sui's military front, more than 6,000 elite soldiers and horses are stationed all year round. With Jincheng behind it, tens of thousands of reinforcements can be dispatched at any time. Who knew it would be so fast?
It was captured by Han Sui.
Hearing that Han Sui had somehow captured Yuzhong, Ma Teng immediately knew that he could not wait any longer. Unless he wanted to bow at Han Sui's feet and pray that Han Sui would spare his life. However, Han Sui was that
A kind of broad-minded person?
Ma Teng is not optimistic about this at all. Others may be able to switch families and live under Han Sui, but he, Ma Teng, is an independent prince second only to Han Sui. Can Han Sui let him go? Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Bian Hou
Zhang, Guo Guo, and his whole family were killed.
Thinking of this, Ma Teng immediately led his people back to Pengyang City, and then summoned his civil and military generals to discuss.
The result of the discussion was without any surprises. It only took a short time. Everyone agreed to immediately send troops to attack Hanyang. While Han Sui's army was trapped in Jincheng, they gathered the princes of Liangzhou and attacked together. Even though they were almost defeated just now.
Ma Chao, who was killed by Yan Xing, also restrained his anger and said loudly: "I will be the vanguard and fight to the death with Han Sui!"
The plan was decided, and Ma Teng immediately sent people to the county government office to look for Chen Cheng. After a while, the soldiers came back and reported, "There is no one in the county government office."
Ma Teng patted his head and said: "But I am confused. Marquis Julu is still outside the city. Go and invite him over."
The counselor advised him: "My lord, why don't you go out of the city to invite me in person to show your sincerity?"
Ma Teng hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "At this time, you can't appear too anxious."
He looked at the bruises on Ma Chao's neck and spoke more firmly, "My son almost died because of his subordinate Yan Xing. I would be generous if I didn't kill him. How can I go out to greet him in person?"
Ma Chao felt the pain on his neck and his expression became very unnatural. He had always been proud of his bravery, but today he almost died at the hands of others. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to his confidence.
The civil and military generals waited in the lobby for a while. Yan Zhong followed the soldiers and walked in. After entering the lobby, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "General Ma!"
Ma Teng looked to the side and asked, "Where is Marquis Julu?"
Yan Zhong Fusu smiled and said: "This will let General Ma know that Marquis Julu has led his troops to the north."
"Leading troops to the north?" Ma Teng asked in shock: "What did he go to the north for? Where is the princess?"
"Of course the princess left with Marquis Julu."
The expression on Ma Teng's face kept changing. He suppressed the irritability in his heart and asked: "We had agreed before that we would give Marquis Julu an answer tonight. Why did we suddenly leave without saying goodbye? Could it be because I heard that Han Sui had captured
He heard the news about Yuzhong, so he felt fear in his heart, so he left like this?"
Yan Zhong stopped laughing and said sternly: "Why is the Marquis afraid of Han Sui? It was General Yang Qiu who sent someone to implore the princess and Marquis Julu to rest in Lingzhou."
Ma Teng said in shock: "Yang Qiu actually agreed to give up Lingzhou? How is this possible?"
Yan Zhong said: "Maybe it has something to do with the Huns."
He looked at the surprised and disbelieving expressions of everyone in the hall, suppressed the joy in his heart, and said: "It is said that Xubu Guhou Shanyu of the Xiongnu swore an oath in Linrong ten days ago, and then led his troops south along the Yellow River and arrived at Helan Mountain.
At your feet. General Yang Qiu led his troops to fight with them, and was defeated and returned. It was probably for this reason that he hurriedly sent people to invite the princess and Julu Hou to go to Lingzhou."
Ma Teng couldn't believe it and asked: "The Huns always send troops when the autumn is high and the horses are fat. It's not yet July, how can the Huns attack?"
"I don't know about that. Maybe something happened to the Huns, or maybe they heard about the turmoil in Liangzhou and wanted to come here to take advantage." Yan Zhong said with a smile: "Juluhou once defeated Wu in western Liaoning.
Huan people, maybe General Yang Qiu thought that the Marquis was good at dealing with barbarians, so he sent someone to greet them."
He looked at Ma Chao, and then said: "Previously, Yan Xingwu, a certain nephew, offended the young general. Marquis Julu said it was all the result of his lax discipline, and he had no face to face General Ma, so he specially ordered me to come and report to him.
Major General, please apologize."
After Yan Zhong finished speaking, he said to the audience: "Bring it up!"
The entourage came forward with the box in his arms. Yan Zhong took it and opened the box, and the golden nugget appeared in front of everyone. Ma Chao's face was shy and irritable, ready to get angry, but he suppressed it, just in his nostrils.
There was a "hum" sound inside.
Yan Zhong smiled, bent down towards Ma Teng, then straightened up and said, "I'm going to chase Julu Hou, so I'll take my leave now."
After that, he went down to the hall, put on his shoes, and then took the people away. After a while, the sound of horse hooves could be heard outside the gate not far away. Ma Teng looked at the hall with an ugly face and asked: "The Huns
People are accustomed to taking advantage of the situation, so at this time we are sending troops..."
He asked the counselor beside him, "Should we continue to send troops to attack Han Sui, or should we first send troops to the north to help Yang Qiu resist the Huns?"
The counselor said: "Although Yang Qiu has few troops, the Huns have never been good at attacking cities. If they defend the city, they may not be able to..."
Ma Chao suddenly stood up and said loudly: "I will lead the troops to chase them back!"
Ma Teng asked: "Who are you going to chase?"
"Of course it's Marquis Julu and the princess!"
"What if they don't come back?"
The muscles on Ma Chao's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll invite them back!"
"Huh," Ma Teng said, "it's better to save some energy to deal with Han Sui!"
He looked around and made up his mind. "We will send out troops tomorrow to conquer Han Sui!"
The counselor asked: "How many troops will be sent? Which generals will lead them? Should we go to rescue Jincheng, or directly attack Hanyang County?"
Ma Teng: “…………..”
Yan Zhong led his men out of Pengyang and galloped on the road, taking most of an hour to catch up with the brigade led by Chen Cheng.
Chen Cheng reined in the horse and asked, "What did Ma Teng say?"
Yan Zhong's inner thigh began to hurt again. He clamped the horse's belly hard to prevent himself from falling, "What else can I say? Of course... I didn't say anything!"
Chen Cheng laughed for a while and then asked: "I originally planned to entertain everyone, but now that I can't do it, will the local heroes in Liangzhou be dissatisfied?"
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "The Huns are invading, and the princes of Liangzhou share the same hatred. Compared with this big event, the banquet is just a small matter."
He pointed to the Qiang and Hu tribesmen and the mighty Han people who were following him, and said: "I heard that the Lord is going north to resist the Huns. These are all willing to go with him. Would you like to meet their leader?"
Chen Cheng said: "These are all righteous men, so of course we need to meet them."
He asked Lu Fang to lead the troops and continue to advance. He took more than a dozen cavalry to meet the leaders of the ministries who were following him at the roadside. There were about two thousand soldiers and horses following him, and the ratio between Hu and Han was almost seven to three. Among the Hu people, basically all were
Qiang people. There are seven leaders in these two thousand soldiers and horses, namely Xiehu from Xiqiang, Jiegang from Shaodang Qiang, Sheguangli from Bailanqiang, Balibalos from Dangxiang Qiang, and the Han powerful Li
Jun, Wang Ling, Yao Qiong.
Of course, the four Qiang leaders were dressed as barbarians, and the three powerful Han people were also dressed in Hu costumes, looking very smart and capable. The seven men came to Chen Cheng on horseback, dismounted ten steps away, and then moved forward.
After taking a few steps, they both prostrated themselves on the ground and said, "Greetings to the General Hussar!"
Chen Cheng helped them up one by one and said: "The strong wind knows the strong grass, and the rough ground knows the loyal ministers. When the Xiongnu invaded, you can stand up, which shows that you are all loyal people. I don't know what the origins of you are, but
Tell me one by one."
So they introduced themselves one by one and talked about the number of soldiers and horses in their hands. When he heard that Dangxiang Qiang had lost everything, Chen Cheng couldn't help but look at him a few more times. He knew that in the later Song Dynasty, Dangxiang people once
A Xixia Kingdom was established, and it seems that a monk was recruited as his consort.
The story of a monk becoming a consort is mentioned in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", and it is probably a myth. However, the Dangxiang people did establish the Xixia Kingdom, which once dominated the northwest for hundreds of years, and fought many wars with the great powers of the Song and Liao Dynasties at that time, with victories and defeats on each side.
But it can always exist. It was not until the rise of Mongolia that it disappeared in the long river of history.
Chen Cheng said to the seven leaders with a pleasant expression: "The Huns are coming fiercely. You can command your own troops and follow me. To facilitate communication, please send some of you to be with my troops."
So each family sent their own confidants to mix with Chen Cheng's troops. They sent out more or less soldiers and horses, some as many as fifty people, some as few as more than ten people. Although the number was small, but
The ones they took were all elite, and their weapons, equipment, and horses were better than those of ordinary soldiers.
Only Yao Qiong from Hanyang said: "I have a small number of people, and I would like to join the general's command together."
Yao Qiong said that he brought few people, but there were still more than 200 people. Chen Cheng looked at Yan Zhong beside him, and Yan Zhong smiled and said to Yao Qiong: "The Yao family is a prominent family in Hanyang. If we can help you, great things can be accomplished."
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They are all from Hanyang, and it was because of Yan Zhong that Yao Qiong brought people to join him. Just like after Cao Cao got the help of his uncle and nephew Xun Yu and Xun You, talents from Yingchuan and even the entire Yanzhou and Yuzhou came to join him one after another.
.People in this era regarded the county as their country, so they naturally believed more in the local township party.
After Chen Cheng came out of Luoyang, he decided to go to Xiliang to avoid trouble. Part of the reason was that Yan Zhong was a famous person in Liangzhou, and Yan Zhong would be recognized by many Liangzhou heroes.
He said to Yao Qiong: "In that case, how about asking me to temporarily occupy the post of Qu Junhou?"
Yao Qiong prostrated himself on the ground and said, "I will finally pay my respects to my lord."
After Chen Cheng helped him up, Yao Qiong saw the surprised looks in Wang Ling and Li Jun's eyes and thought to herself: Since you have decided to take refuge, it is better to do it sooner rather than later!
Chen Cheng looked at the sky, and then said: "It's a long way to the north. I will lead the troops and set off first, and you will catch up later."
He turned around again and said: "Zilong, I will leave the princess in your hands now. You can protect the princess and come slowly with the others."
Seeing that Zhao Yun wanted to separate, Chen Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said: "I am you, and you are me. The princess followed me to live in Xiliang. Originally, I wanted to keep her by my side to take care of her, but now the military situation
It's urgent, please take care of her for me."
Zhao Yun nodded solemnly and said, "But if Zhao Yun is still alive, he will definitely protect the princess."
Chen Cheng looked at Liu Qian on the carriage, sighed, and said, "Although the Ma family hasn't made trouble for us yet, we have to go to a more distant place."
Liu Qian said bluntly: "That doesn't matter, just wait until master defeats the Huns and then teach me archery."
"Master?" Chen Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, after we defeat the Huns, I will teach you how to ride horses and archery."
