After a period of contact, Pu Hong had actually discovered that the Huns in Bingzhou were not as powerful as the legends said.
For example, in Pu Hong's opinion, the number of troops of the Huns is only about the same as the number of Di people in Guanzhong. In other words, if all the Di people in Yongqin and Qin states in Guanzhong were gathered together, they might not be as large as the ones in Guanzhong. There are even more Huns.
Moreover, Pu Hong also felt that the fighting power of these Huns was not too powerful. They were just better than the weapons and armor of the Luoyang Di people. Legends about their extraordinary bravery and tearing apart tigers and leopards with their own hands were definitely the same. A boastful rumor.
"Sir, is there anything wrong?"
After seeing Pu Hong's appearance, a handsome Di man came up to ask.
After hearing this, Pu Hong came back to his senses.
He smiled coldly, glanced around the crowd, and found that everyone had turned their attention from the treasures to himself.
"How can there be anything wrong with gold and silver treasures?"
"What I just thought about was not these gold and silver treasures, but the people who gave us the gold and silver treasures."
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why.
"those people?"
"Did your Excellency mean the Huns?"
After hearing this, Pu Hong nodded slightly.
"Yes, those Huns."
"What happened to those Huns? We sent troops to fight, and they rewarded us. Isn't this normal?"
For these Di people in Lueyang County, in the past years, in addition to paying taxes as citizens of border states and counties, they also had an important role, that is, as a source of mercenaries for the imperial court.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, many turmoils have broken out in the two states of Guanzhong, Yongzhong and Qin. In each of them, these attached Di and Qiang soldiers were rarely recruited to join the army.
After the war, there were different rewards for powerful chiefs of various tribes based on their merits.
"Haven't you noticed that the Huns' efforts to win over us are really extraordinary?"
Pu Hong said meaningfully.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Everyone was talking to each other, but apart from feeling that the Huns' reward was a bit generous, there was nothing special about it.
However, I finally noticed something unusual.
"Sir, the rewards for these Huns are very generous. Even some of the young commanders are famous."
Although there are tens of thousands of Di people in Lueyang County, almost all of them belong to more than a dozen tribes.
Although Pu Hong is the leader of the Lueyang Di people, he only really governs a part of it. Major matters related to the entire army must be discussed with the chiefs of the Lueyang Di people.
Naturally, there is no power to restrain the tribal commanders under these powerful chiefs.
Usually, the recruitment and rewards from the Jin Dynasty and the imperial court were all handed down to these Di people. There was never any direct recruitment or reward for a certain tribe's commander-in-chief.
"Yes, that's what I'm talking about."
Pu Hong nodded lightly, "Now the Huns first want to leave Fufeng County to us, and then they want to divide Chang'an equally, and now they want to reward us generously. Even these young commanders have their own names."
"Haha, in my opinion, these Huns want to turn all our tribes into registered households, just like the Ba Di people."
After hearing these words, these powerful people immediately became excited.
"These Tuge slaves really don't have any good intentions!"
"This is going to cut off our way of survival!"
"That's right. If this is the case, how can we survive without our followers!"
"Ba Di's big losers can't even control their own people. We can't be like them."
The Ba Di people Pu Hong mentioned were another group of Di people in the Bashu area.
The degree of Chineseization of these Di people is extremely deep, and they are very different from the Di people in Guanlong area. They are almost completely close to Han people.
The powerful strength of the Badi people was naturally greatly weakened, so that ordinary county officials could bully them at will.
Although Li Xiong, a Ba Di man in the Shu region today, proclaimed himself emperor and established a country, the main force he relied on was not purely Ba Di people, but the Han Di people who spontaneously rioted and fled after being brutally squeezed by Jin Dynasty officials. .
Pu Hong and others, who are powerful Di people, naturally do not want to lose the right to rule over their respective tribes.
After all, they are different from Li Xiong. The Han forces in Guanzhong have no recognition of them, and it can even be said that they are always on guard against them.
If there were no tribesmen, they would completely become servants of the Huns.
"Then what do we do?"
"Sir, if the Huns have such intentions, why are we still here? Let's just lead the army back to Lueyang. We have already robbed enough!"
"That's right, after this trip, I can get through this year's autumn and winter easily!"
"Yes, yes, no more fighting in Chang'an, just go back to Lueyang!"
These powerful Di people were instantly filled with anger and became wary of the Huns.
For them, whether they are Jin people or Huns, there is not much difference. If anyone is not good for them, these powerful Di people will rebel without hesitation.
When Pu Hong saw everyone's appearance, he felt slightly proud.
He stretched out his hand to stop the noise and continued.
"Of course the Huns can't only be good to me. They are just using us."
After hearing what Pu Hong said, the powerful Di people asked one after another.
"Sir, if this is the case, what should we do!?"
"Yes, we have just rebelled against the Jin people. If the Huns come to plot against us, we'd better not stay here in Chang'an."
"That's right. Let's return to Lueyang. As long as the pass near Longyuan is blocked, no one can do anything to us!"
Hearing the strong intentions of these Di people, Pu Hong flinched, but Pu Hong didn't care.
"What are you afraid of!"
"Now, in the two prefectures of Yong and Qin in Guanzhong, the number of us and Qiang people is far greater than that of the Huns. What do the Huns dare to do to us?"
"On the contrary, they will definitely use the best means to win over us. Otherwise, how can they win over the remaining tribes?"
"As for the little idea of the Huns, they just want to establish more reputation among our tribe. After you go back, just take more care of your handsome men and servants."
After Pu Hong said this, all the powerful Di people didn't have much to worry about.
However, other concerns have been raised.
"Sir, now that the Huns are besieging Chang'an, but there is no movement, don't they want to besiege without attacking? If that is the case, we can't afford it."
"Yes, these Huns' strategies must be such a stupid method."
Since Pu Hong came back from the Xiongnu camp, he told these Di people that the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong had already found a way to break through Chang'an.
However, several days have passed, but these Huns are just trying to uproot the Wubao Walled City outside Chang'an City. They have no intention of attacking the huge Chang'an City and just surround it.
"Hey, to tell you the truth, I have already learned about the Huns' strategy."
Pu Hong suddenly smiled mysteriously.
When everyone heard this, they immediately gathered around and began to ask eager questions.
"Now the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Suo Wei, the general of the Jin Kingdom who conquered the east, are still in Anding County and have not come yet. Do you know why?"
"Of course I know this. Don't they say that Suo Wei and Qu Yun are angry and want to fight?"
"Well, this is not bad. If the attack on Chang'an is too urgent, Suo Wei will definitely not continue to sit idly by. When the time comes, a battle outside Chang'an City will naturally be indispensable. And the Jin army occupies a convenient location, I am afraid that the Huns will attack I can’t eat or live.”
Everyone looked worried when they heard this.
If this is the case, the Huns will definitely retreat and return to Pingyang, and then they, the Di people, will have to bear the revenge of the Jin army in Guanzhong alone.
"Sir, what are the Huns planning to do?"
"I just heard that the Huns just want to take advantage of this to make Suo Wei think that the Huns are helpless against Chang'an, and then buy time."
"Buying time? What do you mean Huns?"
Pu Hong shook his head at this time, "I don't know the details yet, but I heard that Liu Cong already has a way to quickly capture Chang'an!"
"real or fake?"
Pu Hong thought to himself, I also want to know the truth, but Shan Lao, who is a thief in Shanbu Di, didn't tell him what the method was.
The wife of the deceased former Huns Emperor Liu Yuan was this Shanbu Di woman. This Di people can be said to be one of the confidants of the Huns and Han Dynasty.
Shan Bu Di and Lueyang Di have been friends for generations, but Pu Hong still believes in Lao Dan's words.
Since the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was so confident, he must have a way to break Chang'an City.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to take such a big risk and stay outside Chang'an City while the grain road is being harassed.
The current situation in Guanzhong is that if the Huns want to break the city, they must first defeat Qu Yun and Suo Wei. However, after Suo Wei and Qu Yun join forces, the Huns are not strong enough to have an advantage.
According to the current trend, as time goes by, they will retreat hungry after the army rations are cut off.
Unless at this time, the Huns have strong reinforcements arriving.
Pu Hong thought about it for two days and two nights, but he still couldn't figure out where the Hun Emperor Liu Cong's confidence came from.
Jizhou, Xindu.
In May, the scorching sun has made the air sultry.
On the street outside the Jizhou Governor's Office, a huge brick wall with a white background faces the street.
There were many people crowded around the wall, all looking eagerly at the gate of the Governor's Mansion.
Everyone seemed to be waiting anxiously for something.
No one cared about the sultry weather, everyone was waiting quietly.
Suddenly, with a creak, the heavy door of the Governor's Mansion opened.
"I'm coming!"
Someone in the crowd shouted, as if by magic, the annoyance on everyone's faces disappeared in an instant, and everything turned into nervousness.
A group of state soldiers armed with spears and spears surrounded an official and walked out of the governor's mansion.
The official held a large red-backed thick paper roll in his hand and walked among the crowd with his head held high.
I saw him clearing his throat and shouting loudly.
"cough"
"In the third year of the Hongwu period of the Han Dynasty, the Jizhou Six Arts Selection Scholarship Examination was held in May. The following seventy-two people were selected and recommended..."
The official recited some formulas loudly, and then the two dental soldiers behind him took the red-backed thick paper roll, swiped it with paste, and pasted it on the white-backed wall with great confidence.
This huge red paper is densely covered with names of people from right to left. Behind the names is each person's first name and place of origin.
This is the list of successful candidates in Jizhou's first civil service examination.
Unlike the popularity of the imperial examination in later generations, although Jizhou today has been warming up for two months, the system of selecting officials through the imperial examination is far inferior to that of later generations.
In many remote counties, there are still many people who do not know the system of selecting officials through the imperial examination.
In other words, even if some people know about these new imperial examination systems for selecting officials, they still have great doubts about whether they can really do so regardless of family background.
Therefore, Liu Yu directly ordered that in Jizhou, where the imperial examination was first started, the examination would be held once a month, and then go to the capital the next month.
When the time comes, in the capital, Liu Yu will personally select and appoint him from the high school examination.
That is to say, those who are successful in the state examination today, just like those who were successful in the provincial examination in later generations, have the power to be candidates for officials, and are selected to enter the scholar register.
When they arrived in the capital, after passing Liu Yu's re-examination, they could be directly awarded official positions. Naturally, each person had different skills with no common skills at all.
Although such a rough imperial examination system is not sophisticated enough for future generations, for these poor people who are used to getting officials based on their family status, as long as they are selected, the lowest standard is to become a county official, which is enough to protect themselves. Clan.
As soon as this huge red list was posted, it immediately ignited the crowd.
From time to time someone would exclaim with joyful voices.
"Hey, I got hit!"
"Hahaha, I got hit too!"
These joyful sounds immediately aroused the envy of everyone around them.
As long as one is successful in the examination, at least one of the counties will be engaged in the position of Lang.
It doesn't matter whether you are a member of a high-ranking family or a commoner from a poor family, this is the case.
Since there were happy people in the crowd, there were naturally also frustrated people, and some even sighed and cried unwillingly.
Immediately attracted the people walking next to him to persuade him.
"My dear brother, don't be sad, the worst is to come back next month! I see you are still on the list, you can continue next month, work harder!"
"That's right. I think my article is a bit lacking, but I can put more effort into riding and shooting. I'll be able to pass next month!"
"Oh, that's the only way it can be. If I don't win the election next month, I'll be really ashamed to see people."
Outside of such a group of people with different joys and frustrations, there are a few people in fine clothes who are watching the situation here with cold eyes.
"Hmph, a bunch of humble servants from a humble family dare to call themselves moral articles!"
"Yes, the six arts of a gentleman have been ruined by traitors like them!"
