The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was still very confident in the defense of Pingyang Bingzhou.
The area from the north of Pingyang to Jinyang is the area where the Huns have been operating for hundreds of years after they were moved inland. There are more than 30 forts built near the mountains and ridges.
Liu Yan, the governor of Bingzhou of the Han Kingdom in Qingzhou, had attacked Pingyang a few months ago, but was subsequently repulsed by the Jin king Liu Can who stayed behind.
However, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong had another thought, that is, since defeating Sima Bao's Jin army in Qinzhou, Yongzhou occupied by the Huns has basically eliminated the threat from the west.
Almost half of the Jin army in Qinzhou was lost. King Sima Bao of Jin fled under the protection of his generals to the border mountainous area near Xiqiang. There were all backward Xiqiang people there. If these Jin troops wanted to regain their strength, it would take three to five years. It is absolutely impossible to load.
In this way, the only one left is the Zhang family of Liangzhou. Zhang Gui, the governor of Liangzhou, is seriously ill. His son Zhang needs to stabilize the internal affairs and will have little chance to threaten the Huns.
Therefore, after the situation in Guanzhong was improving, conflicts that had already existed among the Huns immediately appeared.
Among the twelve Huns, the clan kings of Liu Yao and Liu Jing only occupied one guard each. Their original power was far more than that.
Therefore, Liu Yao, Liu Jing and others have recently contacted the Xiongnu nobles, hoping to depose the low-born Xiongnu guard generals such as Jin Zhun and Chen Yuanda, and replace them with other people from the Xiongnu nobles to lead the guards.
People like Jin Zhun and Chen Yuanda were civilians among the Huns, and their own power was very weak. It can be said that they themselves were tools used by the Huns Emperor Liu Cong to control the Huns.
Moreover, Liu Yi, the brother of the Hun Emperor, has been in frequent contact with Liu Yao and others recently. As for what kind of conspiracy they are engaging in, Liu Cong doesn't know, but it is definitely not something true, good or beautiful.
When he thought of the younger brother Liu Yi, the emperor's brother, the Hun Emperor Liu Cong felt angry in his heart.
Because of Shan's relationship, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong felt that he really took good care of his younger brother and son.
Obviously his son was smart, capable and obedient, and he was his own son, but Liu Cong handed over the position of prince of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty to Liu Yi.
After Liu Cong's landslide, wouldn't Liu Yi be the only one in the Huns and Han kingdoms?
For such a deep kindness, the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi was not grateful at all. Now he used his mother Shan's affairs and his own affairs to ridicule Shan almost every day.
As a result, Liu Cong hasn't held hands with Shan for a long time recently.
Therefore, although Qinzhou's enemies were defeated, the situation in Guanzhong became even more unstable.
At this time, even if the Qingzhou Han Kingdom devoted all its efforts to attack Pingyang or Luoyang, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong would not dare to leave Chang'an easily.
If after he led his army to Guanzhong, the people who stayed in Chang'an rebelled and usurped the throne, all he had to do was blockade Tongguan and Puban, and it would be difficult for him to come back.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong expressed his overwhelming affirmation of the situation in Pingyang. He told the generals that the Wubao in Bingyang was densely packed, and that unless the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou attacked with ten times the force, it would be impossible to succeed.
Just transferring grain and grass from the Taihang and Wangwu areas was enough to severely damage the vitality of the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou.
When the Xiongnu nobles present saw this, they all stopped talking.
The atmosphere in Chang'an has been very strange recently. The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong has become more and more suspicious, and no one wants to get into trouble.
However, it is a very clear fact that the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou gathered troops in Hanoi County on the north bank of the Yellow River.
If the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty did not make some response, it might make the people in Pingyang Bingzhou feel worried.
"Your Majesty, the thieves have gathered a large number of troops in Hanoi County. Depending on the situation, they will definitely attack Binh Duong. Even if Binh Duong's defenses are strong, they can't retreat. Otherwise, the world will laugh at us!"
Zhongshan King Liu Yao suddenly said loudly.
The words of the Hun generals just now did not make the Hun Emperor Liu Cong have any intention of leaving Chang'an, and some of Liu Yao's secret thoughts came to nothing.
"Scornful?" Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong smiled coldly.
"Who dares to laugh at me?"
"I captured two capitals, and the two emperors of the Jin Dynasty were both surrendered. Who dares to laugh at me with such great martial arts!"
When Liu Cong said this, he suddenly turned to ask a young man holding a spittoon next to him.
"Sima Ye, do you think you dare to laugh at me?"
It turned out that this young man holding a spittoon as a servant was the Jin Emperor Sima Ye who was captured not long ago.
When Sima Ye heard this, he was so frightened that he almost peed. His legs went weak and he immediately knelt down. He nodded repeatedly and said in a trembling voice.
"Your Majesty, spare your life, how can I laugh at Your Majesty!"
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong saw this, he felt happy and laughed loudly.
"Hahaha, that's right!"
"Now that you are a prisoner, how dare you laugh at me, and why should you laugh at me!"
Then, the tall Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong kicked the prostrate Sima Ye aside, just like kicking a dog.
"The Sima family is nothing more than a pig or a dog!"
Although Jin Emperor Sima Ye was in pain after being kicked to the ground, he did not dare to make a sound at all and just kowtowed for mercy.
Such a funny appearance immediately made the Huns nobles present burst into laughter.
The originally slightly tense atmosphere actually relaxed.
Only General Gou Xi, the general of Zuo Twelve Guards who was sitting on the left, showed a hint of unbearability in his eyes.
Although Sima Jin was unkind to him, the fact that Sima Ye, an emperor, had fallen to this level made Gou Xi sigh.
"Your Majesty, the thieves in Qingzhou are very sharp. Even though Pingyang has a perfect strategy, we still have to guard against them."
At this time, Chen Yuanda, who was also the censor Zhongcheng, spoke.
"Then tell me, how to prevent it?" Liu Cong said immediately.
As an old friend of his father Liu Yuan, Chen Yuanda was very loyal. Even if Liu Cong didn't like Chen Yuanda's straightforwardness, he still had to rely on him to control the Twelve Huns.
"I feel that if the Qingzhou bandits really invade Pingyang in a large scale, they can implement a plan to surround Wei and save Zhao!" Chen Yuanda said calmly.
"Surround Wei and rescue Zhao?"
Liu Cong was confused for a while. This does not mean that Liu Cong did not know the allusion of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao.
Liu Yuan and Liu Cong, father and son, were able to chat and laugh with famous scholars in Luoyang. They were the two most educated people among the five tribes of Huns. It is possible that they did not know the simple allusion of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.
What really puzzled him was that he didn't know where this 'Wei' was.
Qingzhou The best areas of the Han Dynasty are all in Qingzhou and Yanzhou. Even the Jizhou area is protected by Taihang Xingguan, which is beyond the reach of the Huns.
"Yes, Your Majesty, we are encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao."
"Where to surround? How to save?" The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was also a little worried about the military strength of the Han Kingdom in Qingzhou.
Since the Han Kingdom in Qingzhou is now preparing to attack with great fanfare, it is better to make more preparations, otherwise if Pingyang is in a hurry, then he will make a big fool of himself.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Qingzhou thieves have recruited more than 200,000 refugees in Yuzhou and have been working in the fields for more than a year. This year is going well, so there must be a large amount of food reserves." Chen Yuanda said.
"Yuzhou?" When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong heard this, he immediately felt something was wrong.
"Yuzhou is more than five hundred miles away from Luoyang. If we advance with light troops in a hurry and encounter a strong enemy, we are in danger of being destroyed. If we advance with heavy troops, how can we quickly get past the reinforcements of the Qingzhou thieves?"
"Your Majesty, the attack on Yuzhou is not about capturing the city and territory. It only needs to use cavalry to massacre and plunder the territory without fighting the rebels!" Chen Yuanda said.
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong heard this, he felt a little dazed.
This tactic of not attacking the city but simply raiding and harassing it was a special skill of the Huns, and the current Huns Emperor Liu Cong actually felt strange about it.
Although the current Huns army still has a large number of cavalry, it is developing more and more in the direction of armored heavy cavalry. There are also more and more armored infantry. The light cavalry that originally raided like the wind have become auxiliary rangers.
"However, if we want to attack Yuzhou, we must pass through Xingyang or Yingchuan counties. Both places are occupied by remnants of the Jin Dynasty. How can we pass?" Liu Cong asked.
After Chen Yuanda heard this question, he didn't hesitate at all and answered immediately.
"Your Majesty, this is not difficult at all!"
As Chen Yuanda spoke, he recommended a candidate to the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong.
"General Wang Zhang has been in Yuzhou for several years, and he knows all the mountains, rivers and rivers in it."
"Your Majesty can take General Wang as your general and lead the national cavalry to attack Yuzhou, and you will be able to dominate as before!"
The Wang Zhang he mentioned was the younger brother of Wang Mi who was already dead.
After Wang Zhang entered Guanzhong and took refuge, because his own tribe was already weak and his own reputation and strength were far inferior to that of his elder brother, when he established the Zuo Twelve Guards General, Wang Zhang did not have the title.
"No!"
At this time, Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, spoke out against it.
After hearing Chen Yuanda's suggestion, the more he thought about it, the more he thought it was a conspiracy.
Yuzhou is far away from Guanzhong, and the situation there is simply unfamiliar. It is hard to say whether it can play a role in encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.
After hearing that Wang Zhang would be the general, Liu Yao was even more dissatisfied.
Who is Wang Zhang?
He is the brother of the old friend of the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong!
When Liu Yuan and Liu Cong were hostages in Luoyang, they had a close relationship with Wang Zhang's elder brother Wang Mi.
Now if a group of Xiongnu cavalry were separated and given to Wang Zhang to command, wouldn't it be a disguised form of weakening Liu Yao and other Xiongnu nobles.
It was enough to set up the Twelve Guards to dilute the power of the Xiongnu nobles, but now they have to use Wang Zhang, a Jin man, to dilute their strength. This is absolutely intolerable.
"Yuzhou is thousands of miles away, and the victory or defeat is unpredictable. If there is a mistake, it will cause great harm to the children of the nation. Your Majesty, please think twice!" said Zhongshan King Liu Yao.
Many other Xiongnu nobles and generals also followed suit.
Chen Yuanda said nothing when he saw this. These Xiongnu nobles were not very good-tempered. Although he was more upright, he was not stupid.
"Then what do you think we should do?" The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was also a little hesitant. There were only five Huns. They had lost a lot of their population in the past few years in the war. For Yuzhou, which was thousands of miles away, he really didn't want to send the Huns. Go on an adventure.
"Your Majesty, Chen Zhongcheng's plan is very good, but it should be slightly changed!"
Liu Yao's heart suddenly moved and he said it immediately.
"change?"
"How to change it?"
"Your Majesty, Wang Zhang is familiar with the situation in Yuzhou and can be a general, but he should not command the national cavalry." Liu Yao said.
"If you don't command the Chinese cavalry, then who else can be used?"
Liu Cong frowned slightly.
The Huns were once the best light cavalry, and they were truly ruthless, making even the once strong men a headache for their opponents.
Even though the Xianbei cavalry further north has become better now, the strength of the Bingzhou Huns cavalry is still strong.
This kind of cavalry attack and harassment from thousands of miles away must be the Huns.
"Your Majesty, now the Longxi Qiang, Beidi Qiang and other new subjects are all settled in Fufeng County. These people are not good at farming and often gather to make trouble. It is better to use them as cavalry to follow Wang Zhang to invade Yuzhou." Liu Yao said. .
These Longxi Qiang and Beidi Qiang are semi-nomadic and semi-farming tribes.
After surrendering to the Huns and Han Kingdom, they were moved to the hinterland of Guanzhong.
However, people from these border tribes only know rough farming methods, and the output from ten acres of land is often not as good as the output from two or three acres of other people's land.
In addition, these people were wild and untamable, often drinking and causing trouble, which made the whole Guanzhong restless.
If the Huns hadn't been so notorious, these barbarians who had moved in might have committed murder and arson.
Therefore, it is most appropriate to let these robber barbarians in the eyes of the Huns go to harm the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou.
The Hun Emperor Liu Cong also nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Liu Yao, an increasingly annoying clan brother, what he said today was very in line with his wishes.
"Your Majesty, not only are these Qiang and Hu barbarians, but there are also other troops and horses, we can also let them accompany us!" King Liu Yao of Zhongshan said immediately.
"who?"
"The Jie people who are now settled in Pingyang!"
"Those Zabu Jie people?" Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong pondered slightly.
Since Shi's death, the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou has offered rewards to kill Hus in Hebei. Almost all the Jie people and Hus in Hebei have fled back to the Bingzhou area.
These people were originally slaves of the Huns, and now they have regained the protection of their masters, which is natural.
However, it is really difficult for most people to accept that these Jiehu people who once lived freely in Hebei have now returned to the status of being oppressed and ruled.
When I was born a slave, I didn't realize how hard the life of a slave was.
But after a while of being a "superior" person, now I can no longer be willing to be a slave.
Therefore, these returning Jiehu people are not at ease in the Pingyang area, just like the Qianghu people in Guanzhong.
Then the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong issued an edict, ordering the men of the Longxi Qiang and the Qianghu tribes of the North Qiang in Yongzhou in Guanzhong to send troops to the east of Guandong and go to Luoyang to wait for orders.
The same order was also sent to Pingyang, ordering the Xiongnu Great Chanyu and Jin King Liu Can to send all the Jiehu people in Pingyang to Luoyang to stand by.
As for the commander-in-chief Wang Zhang, he had to take up his post with great fear after two attempts to resign failed.
