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Liu Duo followed Liu Min to Pingzhangtai, five ministers had been waiting for him at the gate for a long time, everyone greeted him one by one, and the ministers invited Liu Duo into the Pingzhangtai meeting hall like stars.

Everyone sat down as guest and host. Although Liu Duo was grateful for the kindness of the Han Dynasty, he remained clear-headed and was not dazzled by the warm and courteous reception of the ministers. More importantly, he was anxious and hoped that this time the prisoners of war could be brought back. grassland.

Sima Yi felt the anxiety in his heart, and said with a slight smile, "On behalf of His Highness the King of Han, I would like to thank the Lord for the gift."

"Those gifts are just Shan Yu's personal wishes, and they are not worth mentioning. I came to Chang'an this time because I was entrusted by Shan Yu with carte blanche, hoping to formally redeem the Xiongnu prisoners of war, women and children."

The last time Liu Duo went on an envoy, he kept secret and didn't mention the prisoners of war, only talking about the young and strong Huns, but this time he made it clear that he came to return the prisoners of war of the Huns.

Several prime ministers looked at each other, and Sima Yi smiled and said, "We have already reported this matter to the King of Han. The King of Han agrees to this matter in principle, but hopes to discuss some details."

"I also want to talk about some details. I wonder what details His Royal Highness needs to clarify?"

Sima Yi said calmly: "There are several aspects to the details. One is how to deliver. Is it a one-time delivery or batch delivery? This needs to be clarified first."

Liu Duo hesitated for a moment. They wanted to take people back at once, but they planned to deliver the 500 million sheep to Han in two years. Take back the Huns, take back the prisoners of war first this year, we will hand over 200 million sheep, and next year we will take over the women and children, and we will hand over the remaining 300 million sheep to you all at once, I wonder if this plan will work?"

Everyone knew that after the Huns got the prisoners of war, the subsequent agreement would not be implemented. At this time Xu Shu said with a smile: "If we want to deliver in batches, we can only hand over the women and children to the Huns first, and then deliver the prisoners next year. If the Xiongnu refuses to accept this plan, they can only complete the delivery at once, I wonder which plan the prince would like to choose?"

Liu Duo secretly smiled wryly in his heart. This was Daman's idea. He bribed Liu Jing with gifts first, and then proposed their plan. It seems that the other party knew their intentions very well and was unwilling to be fooled at all. Helplessly, Daman nodded and said: "Since If so, let’s make a one-time delivery! I hope it can be completed as soon as possible.”

Sima Yi smiled again and said, "Actually, my lord also proposed an alternative plan. Of course, if the Huns don't want to accept it, I don't care."

"Please ask Sima Xiangguo to speak clearly, I am willing to listen with all my ears."

"We have a total of 5 Xiongnu prisoners of war in our hands. We can return all the prisoners of war to the Huns, and add another 500 old Huns, a total of [-] people, in exchange for [-] million sheep. As for [-] women and children, We stayed here, I wonder if the prince can accept this plan?"

This was Liu Jing's idea. He didn't want to return the [-] women and children to the Huns and keep them to multiply the population. Since Daman actually wanted the Huns prisoners of war, he simply returned all [-] Huns prisoners of war to the other party. The old Huns were really a burden, and Liu Jing didn't want to bear it, so he returned it to the Huns.

Liu Duo pondered for a while and said: "I can agree to this plan, but these prisoners of war probably have family members, and hope to return their family members to us as well."

Sima Yi laughed, "Thirty-five thousand prisoners of war, at least 2 have family members, that is at least forty to fifty thousand women and children. If the Huns want it, we can certainly return it, but..."

Sima Yi didn't go on. What he meant was that family members, women and children need to be paid separately. Liu Duo understood what he meant. This was actually the other party playing tricks. The original [-] prisoners of war should logically include their families. There is a reason why the man was taken away, but the wife and children were kept, but the details were not discussed at the time, so these issues were not paid attention to. Now that the details are discussed, this issue has emerged.

However, if Liu Jing is willing to give him 5000 prisoners of war, it is equivalent to adding 4 people to the original basis, and it will be regarded as paying for the extra 200. Thinking of this, Liu Duo said slowly : "According to [-] people and [-] sheep per person, how about we take out another [-] million sheep?"

Sima Yi smiled faintly, "What my lord wants is not 200 million sheep, but 100 million cows."

Liu Duo was taken aback. He didn't expect Liu Jing to open his mouth so loudly and wanted 100 million cows. You must know that not all pastures can raise cattle. In the Xiongnu, one cow is equivalent to ten sheep, and they themselves only have 200. Ten thousand cows, this asking price is too harsh.

But Liu Duo also knew that he couldn't refuse straight away, so he said slowly: "Can we make a compromise, we will give two hundred sheep and another 20 cows."

Of course, Sima Yi also knew that 100 million cattle was not realistic, he was just asking for the price so that he could sit on the ground and pay back the money, he smiled and said: "Since the Huns are sincere, then I will make another concession, 200 million sheep plus 50 cattle, In addition, we will give the Xiongnu another special gift, I believe you Shanyu will be very interested."

"what gift?"

Sima Yi took out two volumes of documents and handed them to Liu Duo. Liu Duo opened one of the volumes of documents, and his face changed drastically. It turned out to be Xianbei Chanyu Budugen's national writing to the Han King Liu Jing, hoping to form an alliance with the Han Kingdom, together Attack the Huns.

Liuduo's face was extremely ugly, and he opened another volume of documents, which was Budugen's request to buy 30 catties of high-quality pig iron from Han.

At this time, Liu Duo was in a mess. Budugen had already reconciled with another Xianbei Shanyu Kebineng. The two major Xianbei tribes all set their sights on the Xiongnu. If they joined forces with the Han army again, it would mean the destruction of the Huns. country.

Cold sweat dripped from Liu Duo's forehead, and he mustered up his courage to ask, "I don't know how His Royal Highness is going to reply?"

Sima Yi smiled and said: "I can tell the prince frankly that my lord does not want a powerful enemy to appear in the north, let alone the Xiongnu being destroyed by Xianbei, so my lord proposed to return all [-] prisoners of war to the Huns. Do you understand the sincerity of the lord?"

Liu Duo breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that since Liu Jing had sincerity, they had no choice but to show sincerity, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Then according to your conditions, there are 700 million sheep and 50 cows in total. Hopefully we can get our fighters back as soon as possible."

"There is no problem. Before winter, we will deliver together in Gaonu County."

"Will the Han Dynasty sell the 30 catties of pig iron to Xianbei?" Liu Duo still asked a little worriedly.

Sima Yi shook his head, "Don't worry, my lord, we won't sell a catty of pig iron."

........

On the same day that Wenpin and Liu Hu led their troops to attack Ye County, General Zhao Yun also led [-] Han troops from Pujin Pass, crossed the Yellow River, and attacked the southern part of Bingzhou.

To the east of Pujin Ferry is Bingzhou Hedong County, which is also an important place for Cao Cao to garrison fields. Diannong Zhonglang Jiang was set up here to recruit a large number of farmers to garrison fields in Hedong County.

However, since the Han Dynasty implemented the national policy of "introducing farmers and dividing land" in Guanzhong, tens of thousands of farmers from Hedong have migrated to Guanzhong in large numbers with their families. More than 20 peasant households, nearly [-], were moved from the county to Guanzhong, which greatly enriched the population of Guanzhong.

Among them, Hedong County is the hardest-hit area. Due to the loss of a large number of tenant farmers and land shortages, this year's autumn grain production in Hedong County will be reduced by [-]%, which will greatly affect Cao Jun's military rations.

Just when Bingzhou officials didn't know how to explain to Wei Gonggong, the Han army attacked Bingzhou on a large scale, and Bingzhou fell into extreme panic for a while. In three days, the Han army occupied Hedong County and continued to march towards Taiyuan County.

There were only [-] Cao troops stationed in Bingzhou, commanded by the general Xia Houshang. The situation was critical. Xia Houshang sent three urgent reports to Yedu for help.

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At the same time that Zhao Yun led [-] troops out of Hedong County, General Zhang Ren also led [-] Han troops out of Tongguan and marched towards Luoyang. Zheng, with great momentum, rushed to Luoyang in a mighty way.

It is not far from Tongguan to Luoyang, and it only takes three days to march there. Cao Jun's garrison in Luoyang is not many, only more than 5000 people, who belong to Commander Xiahou Dun. Weakened the defense on the western front. Cao Jun's western front includes Xuchang, Yexian and Luoyang, and currently only [-] people are deployed.

5000 people have to face the two-line defense of Nanyang and Luoyang. It is obviously stretched. The army can rush to the rescue in time.

But there was one thing that Xiahou Dun didn't think of, and it was impossible for him to think of it, that was Liu Jing's layout across the board. Whether it was sending troops to Ye County, Bingzhou, or Luoyang, the three fronts attacked at the same time, and the Han army all set out on the same day.

When Xiahou Dun received a letter from Zhou Ling, the defender of Luoyang, who urgently asked for help, he had just arrived in Ye County with his army. The army was stationed five miles north of Ye County. In the distress of a dilemma.

How should he respond?Should we give up Ye County to support Luoyang, or continue to attack Ye County regardless of Luoyang?It was difficult for Xiahou Dun to make a decision in the big tent. At this time, a soldier reported: "Captain, Mr. Jia is asking to see you outside the tent."

Xiahou Dun hurriedly said, "Please come in quickly!"

After a while, Jia Kui, a counselor, came in. When the Han army captured Wancheng, Jia Kui was healing in the city and became a prisoner of the Han army, but Liu Jing did not force Jia Kui to go back to Xuchang. It had been several months, and the injury was basically healed. Cao Cao ordered him to assist Xiahou Dun in Xuchang. This time he also followed Xiahou Dun to rescue Ye County.

Xiahou Dun asked Jia Kui to sit down, and asked anxiously, "Sir, do you know about the Han army sending troops to Luoyang?"

Jia Kui nodded, "I came here precisely for this matter, I wonder how the governor plans to deal with it?"

"I just don't know how to deal with it, so I'm in a dilemma!"

Xiahou Dun sighed, he took another look at Jia Kui, and asked, "Maybe sir give me a suggestion?"

Jia Kui said calmly: "Looking at the time, the Han army sent troops to Ye County and Luoyang almost at the same time. From this, we can see that this was a unified deployment by Liu Jing. It was aimed at our troops stationed in Xuchang. It is difficult to take care of both ends. Weaknesses, if we go to save Luoyang, then the Han army will sit in Shiye County, and even send troops to attack Xuchang, but if we don’t care about Luoyang, once Hangu Pass falls, Luoyang will be difficult to protect. This is indeed a dilemma, but no matter what How to say, the governor can only defend one, if both sides want to protect, with the strength in our hands, I am afraid that both sides will fail."

"Mr. is right. I really can only stick to one side. The question is which side should I stick to?"

Jia Kui smiled slightly and said, "I want to ask first, how sure is the governor that he can take back Ye County?"

"Ye County has [-] heavy armored infantry and [-] civilian elites, but I only have [-] troops. To be honest, I'm not even [-]% sure."

"In this case, why does the governor still want to protect Ye County?"

Xiahou Dun nodded silently, "I understand what you mean, sir."

Jia Kui said again: "Although Ye County is abandoned, we must also guard against the Han army's surprise attack on Xuchang. Therefore, we must keep [-] troops to guard Xuchang. We can only divide [-] troops to rescue Luoyang, but [-] troops are too few. The governor needs to report to Wei immediately. Lord, please ask Duke Wei to send another [-] troops to Luoyang, so that nothing will go wrong."

Xiahoudun pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind, "Just follow Mr.'s words!"

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