Bingzhou, Pingyang.
Pingyang has been a large city on the boundary of Bingzhou since the Han Dynasty. However, after Emperor Wu of Wei moved the southern Xiongnu into Bingzhou, Pingyang almost became the territory of the left Xiongnu.
When Liu Yuan led five Xiongnu tribes to rebel, he directly regarded Pingyang as the capital of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.
On the outskirts of Pingyang City, the ministers and imperial officials of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms were all waiting for the arrival of an important person.
Soon, on the far side of the road, a flag flashed into everyone's sight.
Led by dozens of Southern Huns cavalry, a group of disheveled cavalry arrived.
The leader, with a pair of ferocious leopard eyes, was Wang Mi who had fought all the way from Qingzhou to Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Sili.
Seeing Wang Mi's arrival, the imperial censor who came to greet him under the banner of Liu Yuan, King of the Huns and Han Dynasty, hurried forward to offer his condolences.
"Chen Jun, the official imperial censor, is here to greet General Wang on your orders!"
Wang Mi and Liu Yuan had a relationship in their early years, and they were considered old friends in Luoyang together. He said politely to the greeter.
"Wang Mi, the general of the defeated army, bothered the King of Han to send all the kings to greet him. He really didn't dare to do it."
This time Wang Mi came to Pingyang just to seek refuge with the Huns and Han King Liu Yuan. He was defeated again and again outside Luoyang City. When he was defeated and fled Qilijian, there were only a few hundred people left around him. The refugee army he had recruited before was All was lost.
Seeing that he was desperate, Wang Mi finally made up his mind to seek refuge with Liu Yuan, the Huns who were independent in Bingzhou. Although it was not a glorious thing to seek refuge with a Hu, Wang Mi now had no better choice.
Originally Wang Mi was worried that his defeated general would not be taken seriously by the Huns, but on the way here, Wang Mi heard that Liangzhou fierce man Bei Gongchun led more than a thousand Liangzhou horse troops to defeat the Huns Liu Cong in Hedong. , Liu Cong, the number one general of the Huns and Han Kingdom, also suffered heavy losses. In this case, Wang Mi's defeat seemed to be nothing.
"The King of Han asked me to tell the general that a mansion has been prepared for the general in Pingyang City. Now the King of Han is personally in the mansion, washing his honor and treating the general with respect."
The imperial censor said.
"Hahaha, okay, let's hurry into the city. We can't keep King Han waiting for too long."
When Wang Mi heard the words of the imperial censor, he was overjoyed. The gesture of Liu Yuan, the king of Han Dynasty, fully demonstrated that he valued himself. The situation that he had worried about being ignored or even annexed by the Huns would not happen.
When Wang Mi followed the Xiongnu Han envoy into Pingyang City and came to the mansion prepared for him by Liu Yuan, he met Liu Yuan, the Xiongnu Han King.
A large group of people stood beside Liu Yuan, including people wearing Jin clothes and hats, as well as warriors dressed as Xiongnu.
When Wang Mi saw Liu Yuan in such an imposing manner, although he was not very willing, he immediately saluted him.
Liu Yuan, who had gray hair and already looked old, couldn't help but feel secretly proud when he saw this.
Liu Yuan, King of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, immediately announced that Wang Mi would be appointed as the Sili Xiaowei, Shizhong, and Tejin of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom. Wang Mi's younger brother Wang Sang would be appointed as the Sanqi Shilang, and the other generals were also rewarded one by one.
During the subsequent banquet, Liu Yuan, who had failed to attack Luoyang many times, began to discuss with Wang Mi how to attack Luoyang again.
"Your Majesty, the terrain around Luoyang is small, and the surrounding areas are not enough to supply the huge population in the city. As long as a few troops can be sent to cut off the support from Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou to Luoyang, Luoyang will not be able to support it for long."
Wang Mi said with great experience that on the way here, Wang Mi had already thought that the Huns Liu Yuan would definitely ask him this question. After all, the Han State, which combined the strength of the five Huns, failed to attack Luoyang several times. It must have greatly affected the morale of the army.
"But when the Han Dynasty was first established, we only owned half of Bingzhou. There were threats from Jin Liu Kun and the Tuoba tribe in the north. We really didn't have so many troops to attack so many places from far away."
Liu Yuan said.
Although the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty have been on the offensive against the Jin Dynasty, they have only been wandering between the Yellow River and Taihang in the past two years, and have not occupied much territory at all. That is to say, the Huns are now integrated together, and their military strength Relatively some strength.
"I heard that your Majesty has a Jieren general named Shi Le?"
"Exactly, Shi Le is young and brave. I didn't expect you to have heard of him."
Now Shi Le has become a quite powerful force after recruiting the Jiehu bandits from the Taihang Mountains.
"What I mean is, like Shi Le, recruit those bandits and rebels, join them under the king's command, and then harass the various states and counties of Jin so that they have no time to take care of Luoyang, and then encircle Luoyang. In this way, Jin will be able to be defeated All."
"However, the number of such people is limited after all. How can there be such a large number of people attacking and harassing several states at the same time?"
Of course Liu Yuan knew this method, and he had been actively recruiting these barbarians from all walks of life, not only the Huns of his own tribe, but also the Di, Qiang, Jie, Qihu and other barbarians, and even In order to win over Shan Zheng, the leader of the Di people, Liu Yuan repeatedly expressed whether intentionally or unintentionally that the youngest son he had with his wife Shan was smart and could be the successor.
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, don't worry about this. In the Central Plains, there may be a shortage of everything, but there is no shortage of people. Aren't all the Jin citizens from various states and counties available to me?"
Wang Mi laughed, not thinking that what Liu Yuan was worried about was a big problem at all.
"Oh? Dear brother, is there any way to make these Jin people follow our Han country?" Liu Yuan called Wang Mi affectionately.
"The people of Jin only care about their homeland and their families. Then destroy all the fields and houses in their homeland and put their families under our swords and guns. Then they will definitely follow us obediently." Wang Mi said in a normal tone.
Later, Wang Mi shared with Liu Yuan how he destroyed fields and houses in a county in Xuzhou and Yuzhou, turning ordinary people into refugees, and then into bandits who followed him to survive.
When Liu Yuan and Wang Mi were talking happily, they both raised their glasses and drank deeply, as if the plan they had discussed to destroy thousands of people was a wonderful undertaking.
Wang Mi and Liu Yuan soon became slightly drunk under the urging of the Huns and Han officials to drink.
Liu Yuan began to ask Wang Mi about the situation in the states in Shandong and the abilities of the Jin Dynasty generals.
After Wang Mi ridiculed Sima Yue and other Jin Dynasty clan members, he said that although Sima Yue now has tens of thousands of troops and more than 100,000 accompanying officials, the generals are incompetent and the soldiers are tired, and they are turning around every day in the already destroyed Yanzhou , Yuzhou no longer has much potential.
The prefectures and counties with real potential today are Youzhou, Liangzhou and Qingzhou.
After hearing this, Liu Yuan felt the same, but he didn't know much about Qingzhou, which was thousands of miles away.
He asked Wang Mi about the situation in Qingzhou in detail, and after learning about Wang Mi's former accomplice, the Donglai thief Liu Yu, Liu Yuan said softly.
"Donglai Liu Yu, so to speak, can be regarded as a strong general."
Liu Yuan thought for a while and continued.
"We are going to attack Jizhou next. If we can win Liu Yu over, then Brother Xian and Shi Le will go out from Taihang to attack the west of Jizhou, and Liu Yu will cross the river to attack the east of Jizhou. Wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort, and Hebei can almost be defeated in one battle! "
After Liu Yuan finished speaking, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that if this could be the case, it would be great. By then, the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom would have capital spanning three states, and they could attack south from three sides, and they would definitely be able to beat up a group of Sima family's winebags and ricebags. Kneel down and surrender.
After hearing Liu Yuan's words, Wang Mi didn't feel that he could win Liu Yu under the banner of the Huns. However, now that he was under the control of others, Wang Mi couldn't spoil Liu Yuan's interest, so he didn't question it.
The drunken Liu Yuan even began to plan who would be sent as envoy to Qingzhou to complete the task of recruiting Liu Yu, and what kind of official titles would be needed.
At this time, after hearing Liu Yuan's words, Liu Xuan, the Xiongnu Prime Minister who was accompanying him, spoke.
"Great Chanyu, Liu Yu in Qingzhou is thousands of miles away and may not know the majesty of our Han country. Even if he sends people to win over him, it may not be effective. Moreover, if he fails, he may lose the reputation of our Han country. .”
This Liu Xuan was the great-uncle of Liu Yuan, King of the Huns and Han Dynasty. He was extremely prestigious and scheming, and had always been respected by Liu Yuan. After hearing Liu Xuan's words, Liu Yuan also temporarily put aside the matter, but it still remained in his heart. After giving the name Liu Yu, it seemed that something would happen in the dark.
Qingzhou, Linzi.
After originally planning to blackmail King Sima Yue of the East China Sea, Liu Yu discovered that Sima Yue, the Taifu who controlled the power of the Jin Dynasty, was even poorer than himself. In addition to providing Liu Yu with a bunch of blank appointments Apart from the order, they could not provide any other useful materials such as money, silk, grain, etc. Even after Liu Yu's trading company sold them salt, there was no money and silk, but a group of craftsmen were used to compensate.
Liu Yu left his confidant Dong Ping in Jinan County and asked him to guard this important place in Qingzhou. Then Liu Yu led his army back to Qingzhou County to govern Linzi.
When Liu Yu just returned to Linzi, he learned that Sima Yue had led the army to move to Puyang. After discovering that Puyang was also poor and lacking in food and grass, he moved to Xingyang.
The distance between Xingyang and Luoyang is very close. Seeing that King Sima Yue of the East China Sea led an army almost stationed under his nose, Gou Xi in Luoyang no longer dared to ignore him.
Gou Xi and Bei Gongchun originally defeated the Huns several times in Hedong and were about to recover a large amount of lost territory. Now they did not care to continue to attack the Huns. Instead, they led the army back to Luoyang City and defended it to the death, fearing that Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, Suddenly he launched an attack on Luoyang and snatched Sima Chi away as the emperor.
Bei Gongchun and Gou Xi, two famous generals in the world, originally had a good situation in their crusade against the Xiongnu. Halfway through, Gou Xi suddenly led his army back to Luoyang. Although Bei Gongchun, who was weak in strength, was angry and helpless, he could only follow Gou Xi back. In Luoyang, since then, Bei Gongchun and Gou Xi, who were originally sympathetic to each other, have become estranged.
Although Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, always felt that Gou Xi had betrayed him and wanted to cut him into pieces, because the Huns' offensive was getting stronger and stronger, Guanzhong, Yuzhou, and Jizhou had no time to respond to Sima Yue's call to attack Gou Xi. .
When Sima Yue thought that he would have to face a world-famous general like Gou Xi alone, Sima Yue stayed in Xingyang, where there was plenty of food and grass, and did not dare to mention the crusade against Gou Xi again.
Because of the scruples of all parties, no war broke out in several northern states for a month, allowing the people of all parties to enjoy a moment of peace.
However, a greater war and military disaster soon came.
September of the second year of Yongjia.
The Xiongnu and Han generals Wang Mi and Shi Le commanded an army of 20,000 respectively. They headed east from Guanxing in Taihang and attacked Weijun in Yuzhou and Zhaojun in Jizhou.
Pei Xian, the governor of Yuzhou, resisted Wang Mi in Baima, and Wang Kan, the chariot and cavalry general, resisted Shi Le in Dongyan. The two sides fought against each other. More than 100,000 people nearby were displaced and fled north to Youzhou or crossed the Yellow River to Qingzhou.
Facing the large-scale influx of refugees into Qingzhou, Liu Yu couldn't help but feel happy and worried.
The good news is that with a larger population, there will be more soldiers and labor.
What Liu Yu is worried about is that it is now September. It is already after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The harvest of today's food has long been completed. The food that is already barely supported has to be distributed to these new refugees, which is even more stretched. .
In addition to carrying some food with them, if these refugees want to survive the coming winter, they need the Qingzhou local government to provide them with food, housing, and clothing to survive the winter. Otherwise, these tens of thousands of people will die of cold and hunger in the winter. , or continue to wander and migrate to the south.
Just when Liu Yu was wondering why winter was so difficult every year and he had to worry about food supplies, another troublesome thing came to his door.
An envoy sent by Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou, has just arrived in Qingzhou.
This envoy had met Liu Yu before and was a disciple of Wang Jun's surname You.
When Wang Jun's envoy saw Liu Yu, he was shocked when he told him the purpose of his visit.
"What?! Come to be my matchmaker?"
After hearing that Wang Jun's envoy came all the way to be a matchmaker for him, Liu Yu couldn't help but exclaimed.
Wang Jun sent someone to be a matchmaker for him. What kind of matchmaker he was going to be a matchmaker for, and who he was going to be a matchmaker for. Liu Yu was a little confused.
The messenger was calm and even said with a smile.
"The general is a high-ranking minister, but he has never married. It should have been a pity, but now it seems that it is indeed a good thing."
The envoy talked eloquently and continued, "My Duke, Boling County, has a girl who is fourteen years old. She is beautiful and has a good heart. She is good at studying poetry and calligraphy. She is a noble girl from a high family. She is a perfect match for the general."
When Liu Yu heard this, it turned out that Wang Jun wanted to marry his daughter to him. However, what did Wang Jun think? He had never had any friendship with him, so why did he use such means to win over him? ?
"I suddenly remembered recently that I once went on a study tour with my eldest brother, the general, and we are old friends." Seeing Liu Yu's confused look, the envoy continued to explain.
"The king's governor married a daughter not only for the good of the two surnames, but also for the good of You and Qingzhou."
