When Li Ru met Qubei, Liu Cheng was also talking to Yan Xing at his home.
Charcoal fires were burning in the two charcoal basins, which dissipated some of the cold air.
After the maid who brought tea and water retreated, only Liu Cheng and Yan Xing were left in the lobby.
Yan Xingdao: "Brother, if you have anything to do, send someone over and tell me.
I will rush over immediately.
Why do you have to go there yourself?"
Liu Cheng smiled and said: "You think I came here specifically to see you.
I came here mainly to see my nephew.
I haven't seen this little guy for a while.
I miss him so much."
"This kid is too naughty."
Yan Xing shook his head and shouted outside: "Come here, go and invite the princess.
I just said that the eldest brother is here and wants to see my nephew."
"promise" After a while, Princess Wannian walked in with a little boy over two years old.
Liu Cheng stood up and clasped his fists at Princess Wannian and said, "I have met Her Majesty the Princess."
Princess Wannian made a Wanfu saying: "Uncle, you're welcome, Bin'er, please give me a present as soon as possible."
"Hello, uncle."
Yan Bin, who is more than two years old, can't salute yet, but he speaks clearly.
After speaking, he stretched out his little hand: "Uncle, a gift."
Yan Xing hurriedly scolded: "Bin'er, how could you be so rude for ten thousand years?
Why do you spoil your child like this?"
"Haha, it doesn't matter.
This is the true temper of my second brother.
In the past few years, you have been in the army most of the time, and the princess has taken care of everything at home.
It is not easy for a woman to live in a house.
I think Bin'er is good like this.
I like it very much.
"Liu Cheng waved his hand.
He walked to Yan Bin and squatted down, took out a top and a small leather whip from his arms and said in front of the little guy: "Look, what is this?"
Yan Bin shook his head.
Liu Cheng rolled the top with a small whip and put it on the ground and pulled it hard, and the top started spinning.
Then he whipped it with a small whip and the top spun faster.
Xiao Yanbin's eyes lit up and he shouted: "Wow, I want it, I want it" Liu Cheng handed the whip to Xiao Yan Bin, and Xiao Yan Bin happily took it.
Yan Xing said to Princess Wannian: "Take the child to the yard to play, I will talk to the eldest brother."
Princess Wannian nodded and took Xiao Yan Xing to play in the yard with the top.
“How is the situation in Jizhou?”
Yan Xingdao: "The reorganization of the surrendered soldiers went smoothly, and there was no resistance.
However, some wealthy families fled one after another, fearing that the imperial court would find them to settle accounts.
Lao San had already established a foothold in Changshan and gained support from the local people.
With their support, Yuan Shao suffered great losses in this battle.
In a short period of time, Wei County did not have the strength to counterattack.
He only had a few thousand troops of Ma Chao and lacked official management.
In a short period of time, it would be okay for army officers to do so, but over time, he would be afraid.
Something will go wrong” Liu Chengdao said: "It doesn't matter if those wealthy families run away, the court can justifiably take back their fields and give some of them to the local people for farming.
The rest can be cultivated by the army.
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There are too many fields for the wealthy families.
There is still a lot of surplus for the people to cultivate.
If If left idle, it will soon become a wasteland, allowing the army to set up farmland to solve the problem of food and grass, and also allow them to have work to do after training.
As for the officials, the imperial court has begun to examine the candidates and will appoint them on a selected day.
It won’t take too long to take office, up to ten days.”
"That's good.
I'm still worried on the way back," Yan Xing said.
Liu Cheng took a sip of tea and asked, "Do you know about the Xiongnu invasion?"
Yan Xingdao: "I heard that these Huns are really abominable.
The imperial court kindly took them in and let them live in Wuyuan, Hexi, Hedong and other places.
Unexpectedly, they also repeatedly plundered the border areas.
Brother, no matter what happens this time, How to severely punish, it is best to do it once and for all, so that this kind of thing never happens again."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, we used to be very angry when we heard about this kind of thing.
But at that time, our status was humble, and our anger was in vain.
We were powerless and just cried out for help.
But it is different now.
We have the power to solve this matter.
It is also our responsibility”
Having said this, Liu Cheng paused, looked at Yan Xing and said: "I have already considered it.
The imperial court will definitely send troops, but now it is almost winter, and I am afraid I have to wait until next spring to prepare for the expedition.
But this matter , the imperial court must respond as quickly as possible, let the world see that the current imperial court is by no means the former imperial court, and any infringement of our great Han Dynasty will be punished by the imperial court.
They would not remain indifferent, so this time the court decided to send a force of troops to Wuyuan first.
Someone in the court suggested that the strong Xiongnu men from Xihe County and Hedong be recruited, so that they could provide their own horses and weapons, and a batch of grain and grass would be allocated from the local government.
After all, It eliminates the process of preparing weapons, horses, and food.
After the recruitment order is issued, it only takes three to five days at most to assemble all the required troops."
Yan Xing thought for a while and said: "Brother, I'm afraid I'm not the fastest.
If you want to respond as quickly as possible, why not directly send a cavalry from Chang'an to Wuyuan to follow up with follow-up grain and grass supplies?
For the winter clothing you need, just purchase sheepskin blankets from the local area.”
Liu Cheng shook his head and said, "You said it very lightly.
Can you wear sheepskins and blankets directly without sewing them into clothes?
How can you march and fight without them?
It's already very cold over in Wuyuan County.
It has already rained."
If it snows, the army will lose its combat effectiveness due to freezing overnight without warm clothes.
It is not that I and the court ministers have not considered these issues, and have also discussed them with the officials and staff of Da Sima Mansion.
This is just one of them.
The reason why it was suitable to directly dispatch the imperial troops and horses; there was also another reason that the population of the Xihe Army and the Huns in Hedong had grown rapidly in recent years.
The increase in their population began to compress the living space of the surrounding Han people.
The imperial court planned to take advantage of this.
The opportunity allows them to fight among themselves to consume some of the Xiongnu population and relieve the survival crisis of the Han people in Xihe County and Hedong.
The Huns do not need to prepare warm clothing, they themselves have it."
Yan Xing suddenly realized, "So that's what the elder brother meant when he told the younger brother this matter."
Liu Chengdao: "Quebei has already fled to Chang'an.
The imperial court decided to support him and planned to select a general from the imperial court to recruit Huns soldiers in Hedong and Xihe counties, and then lead troops to assist the Huns who went to Wuyuan County in Beibei to attack Meiji City.
Shan Yuting, after much thought, I'm afraid this task will fall on you.
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I don't feel comfortable sending anyone else there.
You are my brother.
If I have a problem, I can only ask you for help."
Yan Xing quickly stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Big brother, what are you talking about?
But if I have an assignment, I will never give up even if I die."
"That's okay, but don't be too anxious about this.
You just came back and rested at home for two days to go to Binali.
I still have to make some arrangements.
This time I send troops, I have to let him be honest."
The next day, Liu Cheng still did not see Gobei.
He saw off Zhang Jia at the Baqiao Camp.
This time Zhang Jia was ordered to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Nanyang.
The troop movement was extremely secretive and very few people knew about it, so they wanted to block the news. , so that Yuan Shu could not react in time.
In the Baqiao camp, Liu Cheng was riding on horseback and walking side by side with Zhang Jia, but Zhang Jia was slightly behind.
"Jun, this expedition is your first battle since you returned to the imperial court.
I absolutely trust your character and talents.
Don't have any worries.
Go boldly.
If anyone in the army dares to do so because you are new here, If you despise you and disobey your military orders, you can be punished according to military discipline.
I firmly support you."
Zhang Jia didn't know what to say for a moment.
He hadn't done anything yet, and he was so trusted.
He could only do his best to fulfill his duties.
He clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your trust, Duke.
I don't know if I will go here."
There are specific combat missions or goals to be achieved.”
"You don't have much time left.
Take the entire territory of Nanyang before winter and hold on to it.
If Yuan Shao makes any changes, send people back to Chang'an immediately to report the military situation.
The imperial court will consider how to deal with it as appropriate."
"Follow your orders" Zhang Zha left with 10,000 troops and headed southeast from Baqiao.
Liu Cheng returned to the Grand Sima's Mansion in the city, and then sent someone to notify Li Ru to arrange for him to receive him to go to Bei.
Li Ru led people to bring Qubei to Da Sima's Mansion, and Liu Cheng received him in the lobby.
"My lord, you have to make the decision for Xiao Wang.
Old men like Shan Yuting and the shaman priests have sidelined Xiao Wang.
They sent troops to rob the Han people this time.
Xiao Wang strongly opposed it at the time.
But they didn't listen at all.
They also knew that the matter was serious this time.
They wanted to arrest Xiao Wang and kill him.
They brought Xiao Wang's head to Chang'an to plead guilty.
In fact, they wanted Xiao Wang to be the scapegoat, so Xiao Wang The king bribed the guards and escaped."
Liu Cheng slapped the table and shouted: "Go to Bei, back then you brothers and your nephews sent troops to plunder Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Hanoi.
I haven't settled the accounts with you yet.
You still want me to make the decision for you today?"
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Qubei was so frightened that his face turned pale and he hurriedly said: "My lord, please calm down.
At that time, the little king was just the right virtuous king.
He could not disobey the orders of Huchuquan's uncle and nephew.
After the villain fled back to Meiji City with hundreds of remnants of the defeated general, he I originally wanted to send someone to apologize to the Duke, but as soon as I returned to Meiji City, they were controlled by a bunch of old guys.
I couldn't help myself.
Xiao Wang's loyalty to the big man can be seen from the sun and the moon.
I ask the Duke to take a closer look."
Liu Cheng stood up and walked to Qubei and said, "No matter how ridiculous you talk, why should I support you?
Why should I uphold justice for you?"
Qubei was stunned, and kowtowed quickly: "Little Wang is a dog of the Duke of Guo.
As long as the Duke of Guo takes back the position of Chan Yu, Xiao Wang will definitely obey the instructions of the Duke of Guo, follow his lead, and will never disobey."
"Why should I believe you?"
Qubei thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Little Wang has a son who is fostered in a family in the east of Hedong.
Xiao Wang can leave this son with the Duke to serve you."
Liu Cheng stood up, turned around and walked to his seat, saying: "It's very nice to come.
Send someone to pick up the son of Qubei."
"promise"
Liu Cheng sat back in his seat and looked at Qubei and said: "Quebei, remember what you said today.
I have asked someone to prepare a resting place for you.
You can rest here for two days.
Someone will take you away in two days.
There will be a The soldiers and horses will follow you to attack the Huns in Meiji City."
"Xiao Wang, thank you so much, Mr.
Guo, I am deeply grateful":