On the surface, Liu Chengming only ordered the secret camp to send people to investigate the Huns' banditry.
In fact, secretly, the Bronze Mirror Division and the Shadow Guard Division had also sent a steady stream of information to him.
According to the intelligence, the area invaded by the Huns was terrible.
Nine out of ten people were killed.
It was devastated and almost all the houses were burned down.
According to past situations, the situations reported to the court by the officials below were exaggerated or covered up as much as possible.
Liu Cheng didn't know whether the Wuyuan Prefecture had concealed or exaggerated this time, but he believed that the three major intelligence agencies under his command In terms of investigative capabilities and loyalty, even if there is a problem with the information reported by one intelligence organization, it is impossible for the information reported by three intelligence organizations to be problematic.
If this is the case, Liu Cheng does not have to mess around.
According to Liu Cheng's original plan, he would personally go to the areas bordering the invaders to conduct on-the-spot inspections and investigations.
Only by seeing the scene with your own eyes can you have the most intuitive feeling.
However, things happened one after another, and the leaders of the three major tribes in Xianbei in the west were about to die.
Arriving in Chang'an, they were traveling faster than Liu Cheng expected.
In addition, Yuan Shu has been dishonest recently.
He could no longer eat the west, so he decided to move to Yangzhou in the southeast.
Even the administrative office was moved from Nanyang to Shouchun.
This guy made it clear that he wanted to eat Liu Yao and Liu Yao.
Devour Yangzhou.
And as expected, Cao Cao joined forces with Liu Bei to attack Zhang Chao, as Xun Yu predicted.
The war was in full swing.
Liu Cheng naturally could not leave Chang'an at this time.
Liu Cheng put away the small note in his hand, put it on the oil lamp to burn, and asked Wang Yue who was standing in front of him: "General Wang, is the situation true?
It is really the Huns Lao Wang and the shaman who are behind this."
Wang Yue cupped his fists and said: "That year, my lord defeated the Huns in Hanoi and captured and killed Huchuquan and his nephew King Zuoxian.
Only King Youxian was left to go to Bei and escape across the Taihang Mountains with the defeated people.
At that time, the last general A secret was planted next to him, and the news was confirmed from this secret."
Liu Cheng asked: "Your arrangement is that he can't take the initiative to contact you here, you can only take the initiative to contact him here."
"Yes" "There is something wrong with your arrangement," Liu Cheng pointed out bluntly.
"If you had arranged for him to take the initiative to contact us when he had important news, maybe this time the Huns invaded the border area, we would have been able to get the news in time and take precautions, so as not to let the Huns invade.
The eastern region of Wuyuan suffered such heavy losses.”
Wang Yue clasped his fists and admitted: "The general admits that the arrangement at that time was not considered.
However, the time was limited at that time and it was too hasty.
More importantly, the hidden target was a Huns.
He had not been trained by us and had no influence on us.
There is no loyalty at all.
The only way we can control him is to threaten him.
It is unlikely that he will take the initiative to collect information and pass it on to us."
Liu Cheng also admitted that what Wang Yue said was not unreasonable.
He did not intend to pursue the matter and asked: "Is there any other news?"
"Two days ago, news came that the Xiongnu king and the shaman knew that they had caused a big disaster and might be severely punished by the court, so they decided to push Qubei out as a scapegoat.
They planned to send envoys to Chang'an to plead guilty. , and handed over the culprit Qubei to calm the anger of our court.
I am afraid that at this time the Huns’ envoy has already carried Qubei’s head on the way to Chang’an.”
"Hey" Liu Cheng sneered, "These two guys thought that no one knew what they did, and they tried to avoid this disaster.
Either I don't do it.
Once I do, I will make them irreversible.
You guys?"
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Keep watching and report any news immediately."
"Follow your orders" Two days later, Wang Yue secretly asked to see Liu Cheng and reported to him: "My lord, the news just came that the situation is somewhat different from the general's prediction.
The Xiongnu king and the shaman are indeed preparing to send envoys to carry the troops to Bei."
Rentou came to Chang'an to plead guilty, but before they could take action, Qubei escaped in Shan Yuting. , disappeared.
The spies over there estimated that he was secretly on his way to Chang'an.
The Xiongnu king and the shaman also knew that something was wrong, so they immediately sent envoys to rush to Chang'an, intending to arrest the crime first.
Going to the head of Bei, you have to avoid being chased along the way, and the journey will definitely not be as fast as the messenger."
Liu Cheng laughed after hearing this: "This matter seems to be getting more and more interesting.
Pay close attention to me and the Xianbei people will also keep an eye on me.
It is already mid-October and winter is about to begin.
It is difficult to protect these grasslands."
The wolves on the mountain will not come out in force."
"promise" Just as Wang Yue left, Li Ru, who was on duty, came to report: "My lord, Zhang Jia has arrived and is waiting for the summons outside the door."
"Oh, it's outside the door, why don't you let him in?"
Liu Cheng said as he stood up and walked outside the door quickly.
He saw a strong man in armor waiting outside the door, so he shouted: "Open your jaw!"
Zhang Jia looked up, hurriedly bowed with his fists clasped and said, "Zhang Jia pays homage to the Duke."
"Get up quickly, when will we arrive in Chang'an?"
Liu Cheng asked as he helped Zhang Jia up.
He opened his jaw and said, "I just arrived.
I washed up in the post house and then came here."
"Come on, let's go in and sit down and talk."
"yes"
The two of them sat down in order in the lobby.
Liu Cheng first exchanged greetings with Zhang Zha for a while, and then said: "It was all thanks to Zhang Zha that the war in Yecheng ended this time.
The people of Yecheng will remember it, and the court will also remember it."
Will remember” Opening his jaw and clasping his fists, he said: "The general was deeply shocked after reading the Duke's autograph letter."
Liu Cheng asked: "Yuan Shao sent troops this time out of anger.
But he didn't expect that stealing chickens would end up losing rice.
Not only did he not vent his anger, but he also lost three counties near the Taihang Mountains.
Do you think he would be able to calm down after he recovered?"
Send troops to retake these three counties?"
He opened his jaw and thought for a while, clasping his fists and saying: "From the general's perspective, Yuan Shao suffered heavy losses this time.
Not only did he lose 50,000 troops and three counties, he also lost his military base.
Not only was his eyesight damaged, but It will have a big blow to his prestige and reputation.
He needs internal stability.
Gongsun Zan in the north will definitely take advantage of the situation.
Even if he wants to counterattack, I'm afraid he will be powerless for the time being."
Liu Cheng nodded.
Zhang Jia's analysis was quite reasonable.
He thought for a while and said: "Yuan Shao is your old master after all.
Yuan Shao also has your former glory in the army.
Let you lead the troops to fight against the old master. old days It's really hard for you to fight against each other with swordsmen.
Well, Yuan Shu has been very dishonest in Huainan during this period.
The court wants him to be more honest and plans to send a general to lead an army to attack Nanyang.
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Are you interested?"
Zhang Jia immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Lord, for your understanding.
I will act as ordered."
"Well, it's settled at this time.
The army still needs to be assembled for the expedition, and food, grass, ordnance and supplies still need to be prepared.
It may take three to five days.
It's not a problem for you to stay in the post house.
I have ordered people to prepare it for you.
This is a mansion given to you by the imperial court.
You can rest at home for a few days.
You can also walk around and get to know each other with the ministers and generals.
It is inevitable that you will be ministers in the same palace in the future.
We need to meet and deal with each other” "promise" Liu Cheng waved his hand: "Come here, lead General Zhang to the house that the imperial court rewarded him with."
"promise" A few days later, Zhang Liao's army also returned to Chang'an.
He, Yan Xing and Jia Xu came to resume their duties.
Liu Cheng praised them and worked hard, and issued rewards on behalf of the court.
At the same time, Liu Cheng also received the exact news that Qubei had indeed sought asylum on the way to Chang'an.
Qubei knew very well that only the Chang'an court in the world could provide him with asylum, and only the Chang'an court could provide him with protection.
Deliver justice and even help him regain his rights.
After Liu Cheng got the news, he immediately summoned his close aides to discuss how to handle the matter of going to Bei and the Huns to invade the border.
"Tell me your own opinions, what should be the best way to do this?"
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and drank tea.
The officials and staff discussed for a while, and Xun Yu was the first to stand up and said: "My lord, the impact of the Huns' invasion of the border has been very bad.
It has caused too serious harm to the people on the border with us.
It is indeed unforgivable and should be severely punished." , the subordinates thought that the leader of the Huns We need to replace people and reduce the strength of the Huns, but we cannot completely eradicate them.
At least it is not realistic in a short time.
Moreover, doing so will easily cause criticism from all over the world and will be detrimental to the reputation of the lord and the court.
More importantly, we have to Worry about the reaction of the princes of Guandong" Although Xun Yu didn't say it clearly, he had already made his attitude clear.
He had to fight.
If he didn't hurt the Huns and make them scared, they would dare to do it again in the future.
But he couldn't mobilize the whole country to eradicate the Huns.
The princes of Guandong were eager to do so.
Foreigners are causing trouble for the imperial court.
They are worried that they will not find an opportunity to throw dirty water on the imperial court, and are looking for opportunities to send troops to seize territory and benefits.
Liu Cheng looked at the others and said, "Li Ru, what do you think?"
Li Ru stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, my subordinates believe that what Master Xun said is true.
The Huns' actions should be severely punished, but there must be a degree of restraint.
This not only takes into account the external impact, but also We must consider that they themselves are ferocious and barbaric people.
Once they are cornered, they will jump over the wall.
By then, they will kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
The princes of Guandong are just waiting to watch the fun."
Liu Cheng touched his chin and asked, "Wen He, what do you think?"
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Master Xun and Master Li have finished speaking.
What else can I say?
The problem now is to set the tone.
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If the master sets the tone, then the subordinates can speak.
You can't set the tone.
No matter what you say, it’s useless.”
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Okay, according to the opinions of Xun Yu and Li Ru, severe punishment will be imposed on the Huns.
The Xiongnu king and the shaman must die, otherwise the souls of the people who were massacred in Wuyuan County will not be freed."
Jia Xu clasped his fists and said: "This is easy to handle.
Instead of us hastily sending out troops to fight the Huns now, it is better to let them fight on their own.
Isn't it already on the way to Chang'an?
Give him some soldiers, horses, and food, so that He went to seek revenge from the Hun king and the shaman, and let them fight to the death first.
When spring comes tomorrow, the court will send out an army to clean up the mess, and the matter will be settled."
Liu Cheng was surprised and said: "Where can I get some soldiers and horses from Qubei?"