Chapter 1136 Please Guess

Seeing Xianbei lose his fighting spirit and frantically fleeing north, Fei Qian finally let out a long breath. So far, no information has been received about Xianbei activities in the Yanmen area, indicating that the Xianbei tribe in the Yanmen Yunzhong area has no offensive and defensive alliance with the Mobei Xianbei, and has no intention of unified action.

There is nothing to worry about. As long as it comes in waves, the refueling tactic has been proven time and time again, and the effect is not very good.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand it.

Although the weather is cold in spring, the areas affected by the cold are always more severe in the north than in the south. It rains for at most two days in the late spring in the south, while in the north it is snowing again. The difference in geographical location has led to the different tolerances of Xianbei in Mobei and Yunzhong in Yanmen to this short-term climate, which has led to Yanmen The nomadic Hu people in this area of ​​Yunzhong have not endured the oppression of nature like Mobei Xianbei. They are still within the tolerable range, so there is no need to raise troops in the spring when they are about to let their livestock take a breather. Go south.

Similarly, for the Southern Xiongnu in the Yinshan area, the cold air going south was blocked by the Yinshan Mountains and did not have a very serious impact on the Yinshan area, so basically they all entered the same spring plowing season as the farming people. It's just that the Han people's spring plowing is aimed at the land, while the Hu people's spring plowing is more aimed at cattle and sheep.

Beating up drowned dogs seems to be a very popular activity, both in ancient times and in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Yu Fuluo also has great interest and execution ability in chasing the fled Xianbei. After seeing Xianbei fled with his bare buttocks exposed, and immediately ordered his men to take all the two thousand Hu Qi who came with him into the pursuit...

As for Yu Fuluo himself, he stayed with Fei Qian. On the one hand, it is because Yu Fuluo has now rebuilt the royal court in Yinshan. He can be regarded as a more or less serious Chanyu. He is no longer a self-proclaimed chanyu. He only has two or three thousand soldiers wandering around, so he naturally has to pay attention to it. With these identities, the people below can do the hard work; another reason is because of the colorful scepter placed in front of Fei Qian.

No one was interested in Hu Yehan's head. After Fei Qian took a look at it, he asked people to give it to Yu Fuluo's troops. With such a human head on the tip of a spear, it is estimated that they can defeat them. The psychological defense line of Shaomo and North Xianbei.

As for taking people's heads to go to the central government and Luoyang to ask for merit, it might have been of some use before, but now, haha...

After hearing that Liu Xie and Yang Biao had a falling out, although Yang Biao didn't say anything on the surface, he tightened his control over power. The meeting that was originally held on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year was also reduced on the grounds of national difficulties. It is only held on the first day of the new year.

Once a month, no one would be happy!

Therefore, even if Fei Qian captures and sends these heads, it is still a question whether they can submit them to the next court meeting, let alone whether there will be a merit assessment.

The most important thing is that Fei Qian is currently short of manpower, and even messengers are hard to find. After all, the nobility has many rules, and it is not something that just an ordinary person can take on...

Do you know whether to stand on the left or on the right when entering?

Do you know whether to drink the soup first or chew the meat and bones first when eating?

Do you know whether you should put your palms down or palms up when meeting His Majesty?

do you know……

This is "ritual".

It's really not just a matter of grabbing someone. If you don't understand, you will be laughed at. In serious cases, you will even think that you are deliberately insulting the other party. Then it is not surprising that the other party chops off the envoy's head to vent his anger.

After all, an envoy represents the face of a family of princes.

After Zaozhi was busy with spring plowing and farming, he had some free time in the summer and acted as a messenger once or twice to Chang'an and Jizhou. However, this was not a serious matter. After all, Zaozhi was not well-known. , it would not be fun to have an accident, and as Pingyang’s farming harvest continues to increase, Zaozhi’s ability in farming will sooner or later arouse the covetousness of others. When the Little Ice Age is approaching, any farmer will Those who have made great achievements are the treasures of various princes. How can they be easily sent outside?

What's more, Zao Zhi can't leave, and neither can anyone else, so although it's a pity, it can only be like this.

However, what does Yu Fuluo mean by staring longingly at this colorful scepter?

"Chanyu, Chanyu?" Fei Qian looked at Yu Fuluo and saw that his saliva was about to remain. Could it be that he wanted to take a bite?

Yu Fuluo recovered from his trance and said sheepishly: "...Ah, General...seeing this five-colored staff, I couldn't help but think of some things from my childhood..."

"Oh? Chanyu likes this? Then give it to Chanyu..." Fei Qian waved his hand nonchalantly and had the colorful scepter delivered to Yu Fuluo.

A piece of wood, dark, with some curvature. I don’t know if it is dark wood or ebony wood, or maybe it was not this color originally, but it became this color after being exposed to it...

Then colorful silk threads and feathers were tied as decorations. It looks pretty from a distance, but when you get closer, you will find the dust and dirt hidden in the silk threads and feathers, which makes Fei Qian even touch it. All the wishes were gone.

"Send...give it to me?" Yu Fuluo couldn't believe it.

Fei Qian nodded and said modestly as usual: "It's just a common thing."

"This is not some vulgar thing!" Unexpectedly, Yu Fuluo said with some dissatisfaction, "This is the great shaman's sacred thing!"

"Great shaman? Divine object?" Fei Qian blinked, "Has Shan Yu seen that head just now?"

Yu Fuluo was stunned for a moment, and then he said softly, like a deflated rubber ball: "I'm sorry, I'm a little out of control..."

"It's okay," Fei Qian said with a smile, "Come on, let's not talk anymore, it's time to drink a celebratory drink for the sons and gentlemen. If Shan Yu has free time, how about drinking together..."

Glancing at Yu Fulo's unnatural expression as he stared at the five-colored scepter, Fei Qian secretly smiled in his heart. This is the purpose of specially letting Yu Fuluo come. In addition to the fact that the Huns were indeed more hardworking and useful when chasing the Xianbei army, another reason is that since they want to promote a new religion among the southern Huns , how can we do it without trampling the old religious system under our feet?

Such a colorful staff can not only remind Yu Fuluo all the time that the myth of shaman has been shattered, but to take a step back, even if Yu Fuluo uses the colorful staff to support another person to become a shaman, It is also useless, because the most important thing about a shaman is not the staff or the colorful coat, but the inheritance of the shaman’s knowledge and experience.

A shaman without inheritance is more useless than a shaman without a colorful staff...

"Play the drums! Make a fire! Prepare the wine!" Fei Qian said loudly, waving his arms, "I will personally pour wine and share the meat for the outstanding men! Let's celebrate the great victory together!"

Hearing this, the soldiers around him couldn't help but cheered, which resounded throughout the entire Yinshan Mountain.

Fei Qian looked towards the distant south amidst the cheers of the soldiers, thinking that the Yinshan Mountains in the north had come to an end, but he didn't know how the situation in the south was progressing...

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Zhang Liao raised his hand, clenched it into a fist and waved it, slowly reining in the horse. The flag bearer behind him waved the big flag, and the advancing cavalry queue slowly stopped behind him.

Zhang Chen urged his war horses, caught up and asked, "Captain, what are your orders?"

"Go to that forest and camp, and send out scouts eighty miles away." Zhang Liao looked at the direction of Tongguan, then looked back at the direction of Luoyang, and said, "Send in both directions!"

Zhang Chen looked up at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and then responded: "Obey the order!" Although Zhang Chen felt that it was still early and there were no signs of coming storm, but since Zhang Liao, as the commander-in-chief, had spoken, So whether he asked again or said anything else, it was an invisible provocation. It would not be fun to be accused of being a slow army. Therefore, although he still had doubts, he still followed Zhang Liao's wishes and passed on the order.

Upon hearing the order to set up camp, the cavalrymen dismounted one after another. Some led their horses to the creek behind the forest to drink, while others walked upstream to get water for cooking, while others were in the forest. The curtains were pulled up, the firewood was cut down in preparation for setting up camp, and everyone performed their duties without any disorder.

Zhang Chen found Commander Qu, and then handed over the order for Zhang Liao's scouts. Commander Qu took the order and soon sent more than ten scouts in the east and west directions, riding horses and disappearing from sight.

Seeing that everything was almost settled, Zhang Chen returned to Zhang Liao and resumed his life.

"Zichu, do you have some questions?" Zhang Liao asked Zhang Chen, motioning him to sit down.

"Captain Lieutenant, this... I have some questions..." Zhang Chen said, "Why don't we rush to Tongguan to relieve the siege of Tongguan?"

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "You are not wrong to think so, but I think the commander-in-chief under Tongguan also thinks so..."

Zhang Chen opened his eyes wide and said, "What? Lieutenant, do you mean that we have been exposed? If that is the case, wouldn't it be..."

Zhang Liao laughed: "Don't forget that this is Hongnong! These surrounding towns and villages do not dare to conflict with us head-on, but they can still do something by secretly reporting a message."

Zhang Chen said in disbelief: "How is this possible?! Didn't we pull out the beacon tower at Shaanxi-Jin Ferry?"

"There is nothing wrong with removing the beacon tower...but there is one thing..." Zhang Liao looked up at the sky and said, "...there is not much food stored in the beacon tower...do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?" Zhang Chen repeated, and then said with some hesitation, "What the captain means is that the soldiers in these beacon towers are running out of rations...and they need to be distributed?"

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "It must be so... Therefore, whether you are transporting grain from Shaanxian County or from other regions, you will definitely find abnormalities at the Shaanxi-Tianjin Ferry... This is inevitable..."

"But we didn't see any beacon warnings all the way here?" Zhang Chen looked around and saw no black smoke from the beacons. The weather is clear. Once the black smoke from such a beacon fire is ignited, it can be seen clearly from a hundred miles away.

Zhang Liao smiled and said: "It is normal that there is no beacon fire... According to my estimation, the beacon tower must be built in the direction of Luoyang. We are not going in the direction of Luoyang. Where will there be any beacon lights? The presence of beacon fire does not mean that We must be safe...not to mention we spent some time..."

A thousand soldiers is easy to say, but when you add war horses, it's different. War horses need more space, and sometimes they even move around when they are not used to crowds, which makes it more difficult to cross the river. Even though Pang Tong tried his best to mobilize some large and small fishing boats to ferry together, it still took some time. Of course, it should be faster when going back, because Pang Tong stayed in Shaanxi and was repairing the pontoon bridge that only had a few iron cables left. No matter what, as long as a one-horse-wide passage can be laid, it will definitely be better than going back and forth. The ferry is much more convenient.

"I'm thinking, if the people in Tongguan know about our arrival," Zhang Liao smiled and said, "What do you think they will do?"

Zhang Chen thought for a while and said: "Find a place to ambush us, kill or defeat us, take our flag heads to Tongguan, and at the same time, demoralize Colonel Ma's soldiers..."

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "That's right! Even if there is no ambush and we just fight in formation, we still have the upper hand... And we are not many in number. If we fight hard, we won't get much benefit..."

Zhang Chen was silent for a while, sighed, and muttered: "It would be great if we rode with proper equipment. Rushing into the formation would not be a problem at all!"

Zhang Liao laughed loudly, and then said: "One thousand armored cavalry must be equipped with at least two thousand light cavalry. If we have such a force, even if we have more than ten thousand infantry, we can't even hope to stop it! But that's not his ability." , I will use these thousand cavalry to let the Yang family know that as long as Mr. Zhang is around, they will be in constant fear and will never have peace!"

"Avoiding the truth, attacking its weakness, coming and going like the wind, hitting its vital points, this is the magic of cavalry use!" Zhang Liao said, then turned his head and looked in the direction of Luoyang, and said, "Since we guess that the other side may be on guard, and we I don’t know where the opponent is ambushing me, so I might as well not go to Tongguan for the time being... Anyway, Ma Xiaowei is guarding Tongguan, and he is leading elite soldiers. The Yang family will not be able to capture it in three or two days..."

"Aren't we going to Tongguan?" Zhang Chen asked with some confusion, "Then where are we going?"

"Let's turn around and return to Shaanxi County!" Zhang Liao smiled, looked up at the sky again, and then said: "Well, not bad, it looks like the weather is really good... Ha, send the order, bury the pot and cook earlier, earlier Rest and set off at dawn!”

"Wei! Ah, ah? Shall we go back to Shaanxi County?" Zhang Chen's eyes widened and he couldn't help but said, "Captain, Tongguan is right in front of you..."

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "That's right, back to Shaanxi County... Ha, we are going to attack Luoyang!"