Chapter 116 The Giants Meet

Xihe County, Bingzhou, is the capital of Lishi County.

The neighboring Shangjun was raging by the rebel Hu cavalry, and the atmosphere in Xihe County was naturally very tense. All counties closed their city gates and quickly reserved the city guard supplies.

In theory, if the county soldiers and soldiers in the entire Xihe River were gathered together, there would be nearly 10,000 people, but the new county magistrate Duan Liang never thought of sending troops to support Shangjun.

Although the new Shangjun magistrate Xia Yi is also a subordinate of the official party like him, the official party is also divided into factions, Duan Liang's master Duan Gui and Xia Yi's master Xia Yun had no friendship every day.

Even if there is friendship, Duan Liang must first keep his jurisdiction without any problems.

In his opinion, if he had left the city to support Shangjun and encountered Hu cavalry in the wild, wouldn’t he give the Hu people heads and equipment? It would definitely be the fate of being massacred.

Since that's the case, it's better to stay in the city and defend yourself, not seeking merit but seeking no mistakes...

A few days later, the Hu cavalry besieged Shangjun County and put them in the management of Shangjun County for many days, but they were unable to make any progress. Shangjun County Magistrate sent people to ask for help again.

Duan Liang felt much more at ease when he heard this news. The Hu people were indeed not good at siegeing the city, so he would have more time to rectify the city defense. As for sending troops to rescue...

Haha, that's the affairs of the court masters.

He just transferred the person asking for reinforcements to the capital, and he also added a memorial that was not in good condition and could not take care of himself.

The military and civilians in Lishicheng were nervous for a while and found that there was no big change, so they gradually stabilized. Except for some young and strong people who had to perform labor service and strengthen the city walls, most of them had restored their daily rhythm of life.

At this moment, two "big figures" who came to meet overnight broke the tranquility of Lishi City.

These two people are Liu Yu, the new Bingzhou governor, who came from the capital, and Lu Zhi, the new Huxianbei general who came from Dai County of Youzhou.

Of course, there were nearly 10,000 troops following them!

Liu Yu brought five thousand elite Han cavalry, these were all elite cavalry in the Western Regions disguised as the Southern Army, and the remaining five thousand real imperial guards were still marching behind at this time, because these were all infantry and army journeys slower.

Lu Zhi led a thousand Han cavalry and three thousand infantry troops to come. These were his newly recruited new troops, and the military equipment that his family's Fanyang Lu family joined forces with some familiar gentry to "advance" him...

The two stationed the army outside the city, and they brought their guards into the city.

When Duan Liang heard the news, he immediately came to show his charm to greet Liu Yu, but he did not get the good face of the Bingzhou Guard.

He immediately opened the edict he brought, announcing that the eunuchs in Bingzhou must return to the capital to report their duties immediately, and then left Duan Liang and his men with extremely dark faces and walked straight to the county magistrate's office.

Lu Zhi entered the city from the city gate on the north side and had already been waiting in the government office.

After the two met for a few words, they both felt a little appreciation for each other, and the atmosphere in the government office was very harmonious.

It is said that Lu Zhi's official position is much lower, but Liu Yu did not have the attitude of an important minister of the court, and he seemed to be in harmony with the great scholars of the Northern Land.

Lu Zhi was originally of a great scholarly temperament, and his dusty military uniform could not stop his humble and straightforward style.

After a little greeting, the two introduced to each other the subordinates they brought to each other. After all, they will need long-term cooperation in the North in the future.

The number of people following Liu Yu was huge, including the Chief Secretary Zou Jing, who was about to take over as the county magistrates of Xihe County, Wuyuan County, Shuofang County, Yanmen County, Yunzhong County, Shangjun County, Pang Ji, Cai Xing, Xun Ao, Xun Sheng, Liu Qi, Ma Kui, etc., as well as the county magistrates and the chief officials of various counties and other middle and senior officials.

Considering that if the disciples of the official party were transferred back to the Bingzhou county, the system of middle and low-level officials, which was already convicted by the officials of the gentry or resigned, would be even worse, and there would be no one available to the government office.

Therefore, taking advantage of Liu Yu's appointment this time, the Xun family arranged many royalists led by their children from the clan to supplement the lack of officials.

Liu Yu himself was not very familiar with them. He found that there were even some students from Lushan Academy from Jingxiang. The current situation was urgent and he just read the resume introduction a little, thinking about waiting for it to slowly select and adjust it.

Lu Zhi brought only two people, Deputy Chief Clerk Ding Yuan, Sima Yu Jin, and Chief Secretary Zhou Shen was still leading the baggage team to Xihe.

"Can the envoy come from the capital, and he has the will of this day?"

After everyone's introduction, Liu Yu signaled everyone to go to the inn to rest, leaving only Zou Jing, Ding Yuan and Yu Jin. When everyone walked away, Lu Zhicai bowed and asked Liu Yu.

"Don't worry, Zigan, your Majesty has trusted you very much. All the requests from the king have agreed. When Yu left, he said that all the military affairs in the northern border can be handed over to the Lord, so what countermeasures do Zigan have to do? You can say everything."

Liu Yu smiled and replied, it seemed that Lu Zhi was still doubtful about His Majesty's decision this time.

He didn't know that Liu Hong's plan was one of the first people to know, except for the few people around him.

Although Lu Zhi received some tips from Xun Shuang, he was still unclear about many details, and it was normal to have doubts about His Majesty’s true thoughts.

"In addition, according to Your Majesty's order, I brought five thousand elite Western Liang iron cavalry to come as the Southern Army to be driven by General Zigan. His soldiers were equipped with two horses, horse spears, and armor, and had extremely strong combat power. I hope the general can use it well and quell the Bingzhou rebellion as soon as possible."

Seeing Lu Zhi still frowned and pondered, Liu Yu continued.

As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Zhi's eyes lit up:

"Your words are serious!"

"How could Yu say such a big thing? Zigan just keeps at ease to defend the enemy. Yu Zidai should do his internal affairs well, manage his logistics, and help the general with all his strength!"

Liu Yu said solemnly and gave another salute.

"In this way, the phyton should be able to relieve the worries in my heart! I don't know that the sandalwood and stone locust will be a big man in the future. In the future, the Xiaguan patrols the northern border and can understand the situation of the Xianbei invasion this year, so that he will be completely eliminated without any mistakes..."

Lu Zhi finally felt relieved about the generous conditions given by the above.

Although Lu Zhi didn't care much about the current rebellion in Bingzhou, he was not very concerned about it. After all, these rebels were either mobs or Hu people without foundation and strategy.

What he really worried about was the Xianbei people in the northern grasslands. Now that the northern army is deserted for many years, there are rebels disturbing him. If they attack in the beginning of spring, they will never have the possibility of competing with their new army alone.

Now that these 5,000 elite Han cavalry are still under the number, if you make good use of the terrain, you will not be able to fight!

Speaking of the strong enemy Xianbei in the north, Zou Jing, beside Liu Yu, suddenly stood up and saluted everyone, and then proposed a plan:

"Since the Xianbei is so powerful and difficult, the subordinates have a plan. I don't know what the envoys and generals think..."

Zou Jing's plan was very simple. He looked for the dead soldiers to pretend to be a caravan and went to the grasslands in Mobei to find an opportunity to assassinate Tan Shihuai.

Although this plan seems clumsy, it is actually often used by people in the Han Dynasty, and it is very easy to use for both their own and Hu people...

For example, in another time and space, Tan Shihuai's successor, Ke Bienn, was killed by assassins sent by the Han people before he unified the grassland Xianbei tribes again.

Even Tan Shihuai himself, who was in another time and space, suddenly died. Although there was no clear record, there was no possibility of dying from an assassin...

Zou Jing believed that the rise of the Xianbei was caused by Tan Shihuai's great talent. If this person died, the Xianbei group had no leader and would inevitably cause chaos. Even if it could not be completely destroyed, its strength would inevitably decrease sharply.

If the assassination strategy can be achieved, it will give the military and civilians from the north a precious opportunity to breathe.

Liu Yu and Lu Zhi looked at each other. They thought this plan was not very glorious, but the situation was pressing at this time. If it could be successful, it would be a powerful medicine...

Liu Yu finally agreed to Zou Jing try to find someone to do it, but he doesn’t have much hope...

While several people were discussing, a soldier suddenly came to report that Fushi City had fallen. Liu Yu and Lu Zhi were shocked when they heard this.

Soon, another flying cavalry commander came to report to Sima Lubu's plan to lead the flying cavalry to detour the Hu cavalry camp...
Chapter completed!