Mi Fang, Xu Chu, Yang Zhan and others temporarily stationed troops in a small county with Hu Cai, with a large garrison force.
Tao Shang and Xu Rong, on the other hand, led five hundred sword and shield soldiers and accompanied Han Hao back to Huai County, the seat of Hanoi County.
On the way back to Huai County, the pottery merchant asked Han Hao for details about Wang Kuang's death.
At this point, Han Hao finally had to say it.
"Mr. Tao, in fact, Wang Fujun has always had some contact with the Huns. I know something about this matter, but I don't know the details..."
The pottery merchant nodded and said nothing more, just waiting for the next step.
During this period, the Southern Xiongnu had attached themselves to the Eastern Han government and proclaimed themselves vassals. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to facilitate management, the Han court set up the post of envoy Zhonglang General of the Xiongnu, who was responsible for managing and protecting the Shanyu of the Southern Xiongnu.
As a local government official, Wang Kuang would not be considered a big deal if he had normal communication with the Huns on matters such as relocation and household registration boundaries.
But it is obvious that the political interactions between Wang Kuang and the Huns were abnormal.
Han Hao considered the words and slowly explained to the pottery merchant: "Young Master, you should know that after the Southern Xiongnu Great Chanyu left his corpse in the grave and drove the Chanyu away to become a vassal of our Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu established Nanting in Meiji County.
And they agreed with the Southern Xiongnu on a joint policy of attacking the Northern Xiongnu. For more than a hundred years, although the Southern Xiongnu tribe had rebellions and civil wars, they were nominally subordinates of our Han Dynasty. Until the fourth year of Zhongping, when the imperial court pacified the Yellow Turban, the world
In the chaos, Han court officials no longer had time to take care of the Xiongnu, which caused chaos in the internal management of the Xiongnu in Nanting, and they repeatedly invaded the hinterland. Some Huns even joined the ranks of the Yellow Turban bandits... In recent years, the Southern Xiongnu chaos has reached its peak.
The most ferocious incident was when Xiutu of the Southern Xiongnu rebelled against the Great Chanyu and gathered a hundred thousand people into Kouxihe County. The Great Chanyu was killed in Qiang Canal, leading to great chaos in Bingzhou!"
The pottery merchant nodded when he heard this, and then said: "The Huns are nomadic people and their dominance is not strong. Rebellion and civil war are common... and then what?"
Han Hao sighed and said: "After the Great Chanyu was killed in Qiangqu, the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu clan appointed Marquis Xubu Gudu as the new Chanyu... But there was one man who led his troops to flee to the interior.
He also went to the capital to see Emperor Xiaoling to complain about his grievances, and was kept in the territory by Emperor Xiaoling. This person was Luan Tiyu Fuluo, the son of the old Shanyu Qiangqu who was killed."
Tao Shang slowly digested Han Hao's explanation and said: "Han Zhizhang talked for a long time because he wanted to tell Tao that the predecessor of the Southern Huns, Chanyu Qiangqu, was killed, and Xubu Guduhou took the position of the great Chanyu.
, and Luan Tiyu Fuluo, the son of the old Chanyu who was killed, came to our Han Dynasty to seek asylum?"
Han Hao whispered: "Not bad."
The pottery merchant showed a playful smile: "So, this Luan Tiyufuluo is considered a rogue prince of the Southern Huns?"
Han Hao frowned and corrected the pottery merchant: "I think it would be better to use the floating prince to get closer."
The potter did not refute him, but continued: "If I guessed correctly, the Huns cavalry that Xu Rong saw in Baibo Valley that day were also soldiers of the wandering prince?"
Han Hao nodded dullly and said: "Yes."
The potter asked again: "Then the prince of the palace left Baibo Valley in a hurry last time to look for this little prince, right? And he and this little prince must have met a long time ago?
"
Han Hao did not deny: "Yes."
Tao Shang laughed and said: "The Huns who killed Wang Fujun were also this little prince?"
"yes."
"Ha!" Tao Shang laughed angrily when he heard this: "I didn't expect that a rogue prince who was overthrown by his own race and could not even go back home could actually have such a smooth life in our Han Dynasty. Even the princes were
I was played to death by him... What is the secret behind this?"
Han Hao's face turned red.
There was a hint of anger and disparagement in the pottery merchant's words, and Han Hao could somewhat detect it.
"After Xubu Guduhou murdered Qiang Qu, although he became the Chanyu, he died of illness in less than a year. Logically speaking, Prince Zifuluo could return to the southern Xiongnu court to inherit the Chanyu position, but we Han people
As a good strategist, the court did not support his return to the royal court to take the throne. Instead, it secretly set up obstacles so that the Shanyu throne of the Southern Xiongnu remains vacant. Everything is managed by the old kings and nobles in the tribe. In Yu Fuluo's heart
Out of resentment, he colluded with the Baibo Army many times and invaded Taiyuan, Sanhe and other places. It was not until the princes attacked Dong that his fortunes turned for the better..."
The potter could probably guess what Huvroud's turn of events was with his toes.
"Who among the princes has your Royal Highness had an affair with?"
Han Hao's face turned blue after hearing this.
After being silent for a long time, he complained bitterly: "Master Tao, I think it might be more appropriate to describe this matter as 'union'..."
How long have you been, and you still care about such a non-nutritious thing? Han Hao's willingness to be serious made the pottery merchant not very appreciative... Give him a bad review.
I saw Han Hao let out a long sigh and continued: "Dong Zhuo entered the capital, and the sky was angry and people were resentful. Before all the princes raised their troops to fight against the thieves, Luan Tiyu Fuluo sent people to Zhang Yang, one of the princes, and worshiped through his door.
He served under Yuan Shao and became Yuan Shao's vassal. Together with Zhang Yang, he stationed troops in Zhangshui to respond to the coalition forces..."
It turns out it's Yuan Shao again... It seems that no major event in the world has anything to do with the old Yuan family.
All the powers in the world, high or low, come from the Yuan family.
Sure enough, it was so powerful that the potter even felt a little trembling.
Hearing this, Tao Shang understood something, and continued: "Since the little prince Yufuluo has been on the line with the leader of the Yuan Alliance, and the prince and the prince have always been on good terms, the prince naturally knows that the little prince
position... When we attacked Baibo Valley, the little prince's scout team suddenly appeared... It means that he did not follow the agreement with leader Yuan and crossed the line! No wonder Wang Fujun suddenly left Baibo Valley."
Han Hao saw that the pottery merchant's analysis was very accurate, and he was quite impressed: "I know some of these things, but I don't know everything... The former prince led an army to leave Baibo Valley because of the Xiongnu
The appearance of the cavalry, according to Wang Fujun's opinion, the troops of the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court will definitely not go so deep into our territory. The ones coming must be Yu Fuluo's troops. Although Yu Fuluo is already under Yuan Shao's jurisdiction, after all, he had fought with Yu Fuluo back then.
There was a collusion between the Bai Bo Army, and Wang Fujun was afraid that something would happen, so he went to Zhangshui at night to find Zhang Yang, hoping to work together with him to put pressure on Fulo and make him be more honest..."
Without Han Hao's further explanation, the pottery merchant could guess what the result of the two of them's joint pressure on Fulo would be...
Han Hao finished his words sadly: "I never thought that Yu Fuluo would pretend to plead guilty, but secretly sent troops, first breaking Zhang Yang's company camp in Zhangshui, and then attacking Wang Fu Jun's army camp. Wang Fu Jun couldn't react in time, and was killed by Yu Fu Luo.
Luo was killed, and Zhang Yang was also held hostage by Yu Fuluo... It seems that Yu Fuluo was determined to rebel against the leader of the Yuan Alliance."
The potter blinked and frowned, and said, "How do you know this?"
Han Hao took out a roll of slips from his sleeve, handed it to Tao Shang and said: "Not long after the young master left Baibo Valley, Alliance Leader Yuan sent someone to send a letter to Hanoi, clarifying the key points... Oh, maybe it can't be done now.
It’s more appropriate to call him Alliance Leader Yuan, or Yuan Jizhou…”
"Yuan Jizhou?!" Tao Shang's heart moved, Yuan Shao captured Jizhou so quickly.
Looking at the slightly surprised expression on the pottery merchant's face, Han Hao showed a wry smile and said helplessly: "Just when we were in a stalemate with the Baibo Army, Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, was afraid that Gongsun Zan would move his troops south, so he had already moved the soldiers of Jizhou.
The land was given to Yuan Shao. Alas, the famous family of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes occupies a rich land like Jizhou. With Yuan Shao's ability, he will be proud of the world in the future. I'm afraid it is not empty talk..."
I didn't expect it to be so fast.
The potter grinned, took the scroll from Han Hao, unfolded it and read a few paragraphs carefully, and said curiously: "Yuan Shao asked me to temporarily settle things in Hanoi for the prince, and assist him in destroying the troops he sent.
Little Prince Humphrey?!"
Han Hao nodded and said: "Yes, Yuan Shao must have calculated that Mr. Tao would still be in Huai County at this time, so Xingye sent someone to deliver the slips and asked him to help take charge of the overall situation. It seems that Yuan Shao is very fond of Mr. Tao.
It's trust and care... This is why I, Xingye, chased the young master and invited him back to Hanoi."
Before the pottery merchant left Luoyang, he expressed to Yuan Shao that he was willing to be his vassal. After several contacts, Yuan Shao had a very good impression of the pottery merchant, and he also had a lot of support for this young junior.
As he continued to read the slip, Tao Shang's heart beat wildly.
In the letter sent by Yuan Shao, in addition to asking Tao Shang to help preside over the overall situation, he also mentioned the name of the general he sent to attack Yu Fuluo's army, and stated in it that with this person present, Tao Shang and Han Hao only need to be a
Guide, the matter of fighting can be decided in one go by leaving it to this person.
"Leader... Qu Yi." The potter chanted word by word.