Lin Mu rode three horses and headed north. Baiguan stood outside Luoyang City and watched blankly as Lin Mu left.
They had no idea what was going on in Lin Mu's mind and whether he could abide by the basic logic of war.
But Lin Mu had already thought about it. Now the imperial court's conscription ratio is twenty to one, which means that a population of two million has recruited one hundred thousand soldiers.
This ratio is stuck on the passing line. If we continue to recruit soldiers because of this matter, it will be an act of militarism.
Although Lin Mu didn't mind, the people couldn't afford it anymore. If we continued to recruit more people, not only would we not be able to recruit many people, but the quality of the soldiers would also decline.
Therefore, Lin Mu decided to go north to Taiyuan alone to save the siege of Bingzhou.
Seeing that Lin Mu was about to leave, Liu Bei hurried forward and stopped Lin Mu.
"Your Majesty, my two brothers are both brave and courageous. Please allow your Majesty to allow these two brothers to accompany you."
Lin Mu looked back and found that it was Liu Bei and Guan Zhang.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's expressions were still a little dull at this time. They heard Liu Bei say that the emperor was planning to go north to Taiyuan alone, but they still didn't react until now.
Jia Xu quickly helped.
"Yes, if your Majesty is not like this, I will go to Xuzhou with Duke Xuande, and your Majesty will take Guan and Zhang with you..."
Seeing this, even Zhu Jun stood up to admonish him.
Lin Mu frowned and looked at a few people.
"I have made it clear, no need to say more."
Jia Xu can now be said to be Lin Mu's confidant. The most important thing is that he has killed too many children of the aristocratic family. Even if he betrays Lin Mu, he will not end well.
In addition, Jia Xu's talents were sufficient. Jia Xu was later appointed as Taiwei by Cao Pi, one of the three princes. Therefore, Lin Mucai placed Jia Xu in Luoyang City to frighten his subordinates.
Seeing Lin Mu frowning, several people immediately did not dare to persuade him any more and could only watch Lin Mu go away.
"Brother, is the emperor really alone today?"
Only then did Guan Yu realize that Lin Mu was really gone alone.
Before Liu Bei spoke, Zhang Fei said.
"If you really go alone, this emperor is really powerful."
Liu Bei turned around and glanced at Zhang Fei angrily, then hurriedly came to Jia Xu.
"Jia Zhongcheng, what should we do now?"
Jia Xu looked at the anxious Liu Bei, and the anxious expression on his face when he sent Lin Mu just now suddenly turned calm.
"If His Majesty wants to go, just let him go. What's the matter?"
After Jia Xu saw that the trees had disappeared from his sight, he raised his legs and walked towards Luoyang City.
"ah?"
Liu Bei followed Jia Xu and said as he walked.
"Then what should be done about His Majesty's safety?"
When Jia Xu heard this, he stopped and looked back at Liu Bei.
"Since Your Majesty killed the rebellious minister Li Ru in the main hall that day, which move has not been extremely thrilling? Your Majesty, you know what to do and don't worry, but you have to do your own thing well."
After Jia Xu finished speaking, he left, and most of the officials followed Jia Xu into Luoyang.
Only the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were left standing outside the city with the remaining officials. Jia Xu knew that Lin Mu had entrusted great power to Liu Bei and even divided some of his own power.
But Jia Xu didn't feel anything about it. If Lin Mu hadn't forced him, he wouldn't even want to be an official now.
Having power means having to do things, and the more you do, the more people you offend. This is something Jia Xu now fully understands.
If it weren't for the fact that he had offended too many people and was already riding a tiger, Jia Xu would have wanted to resign and run away.
But after all, Lin Mu was the one who wanted to share his power, so it was better to keep some distance.
This is the duty of a minister, and Jia Xu did a good job.
"Brother, let's move our troops to Xuzhou now. Our mission this time is also..."
Guan Yu wanted to say that their mission this time was not easy, but he thought of Lin Mu going north alone, so he couldn't say the word "not easy".
Liu Bei sighed and led many military attaches towards the Luoyang camp.
Taiyuan is more than 800 miles away in a straight line. If it were a red rabbit horse, it would only take one day.
But Lin Mu was not riding the Red Rabbit, and the road between the two places was not smooth, plus there were mountain roads, so Lin Mu needed about ten to twelve days.
On the fifth day of walking, Lin Mu had already crossed the Yellow River and passed through Hedong County to Shangdang County.
The next step is much easier, just go north.
Three war horses were riding, one was carrying food and drinks, and the other was idle.
Horses are actually not fast creatures. The speed at which they run each day is actually very limited.
But if you don't sacrifice horsepower, you can go much faster, but in that case the horse will be useless, and you will have to use your legs to run behind the trees.
On the tenth day, Lin Mu left Shangdang County and arrived at Taiyuan County.
Ever since entering Bingzhou, Lin Mu felt something different.
The further north you go, the sparsely populated you become. When you arrive at Taiyuan County, you can see that several villages passed by the trees are already deserted.
When Lin Mu walked through the village, he saw some bodies on the roadside. It seemed that these people had either escaped or been killed.
It was only because of the cold weather that these corpses that had been dead for an unknown period of time did not emit a smell.
Lin Mu pulled his robe slightly open. Although the weather was already very cold, it still made Lin Mu feel an unknown fire burning in his heart.
The weather is already very cold at this time. It was still late autumn when the trees first came out of Luoyang. After ten days of walking, it has already entered early winter.
Lin Mu just rode his horse and walked towards Taiyuan City with his arms wide open.
At this moment, a small black dot appeared in the distance, and Lin Mu discovered that it was clearly a cavalryman.
It's just that the equipment of this cavalry is very simple. It holds a big Han's standard sword in its hand and a nondescript military commander's hat on its head.
But what he was wearing was thick clothing made of animal fur.
At this glance, we knew that this person was a Huns. The Xiongnu had almost killed all the Xiongnu tribes by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
However, some of the Xiongnu returned to the Han Dynasty, and this group of Xiongnu was placed in Bingzhou.
It's just that this group of Xiongnu, after being honest for decades, began to develop its power, and then took advantage of the weakness of the Han Dynasty to truly break away from the control of the Han Dynasty.
Since then, this small group of Xiongnu has returned to the former Xiongnu.
The Han Dynasty's frontiers have been disturbed by this in recent years. Ding Yuan's biggest enemies in Bingzhou were the Xiongnu tribes.
Now that the Han Dynasty was in chaos again, they took the opportunity to go south to plunder.
After seeing the trees in the distance, the Huns seemed to be very happy as if they had seen prey.
The war horse under his crotch kept galloping and rushed towards the forest.
The knife in his hand had also been unsheathed, and the moment he approached the forest, he slashed it towards the forest.
Lin Mu was not afraid of the sword coming at him. He let the sword hit his chest, grabbed the still surprised Huns by the neck, and then pulled him off his horse.
