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Liu Duo followed Liu Min to Pingzhang Platform. The five ministers had been waiting for him at the gate for a long time. Everyone greeted each other. The ministers invited Liu Duo into the Pingzhang Platform Conference Hall like stars holding the moon.

Everyone sat down with the host and the host. Although the kindness of Han Dynasty made Liu Duo grateful, his mind was kept clear and not overwhelmed by the enthusiastic courtesy of the ministers. More importantly, he was anxious and hoped that this time he could bring the prisoners of war back to the grassland.

Sima Yi felt his inner anxiety and smiled and said, "On behalf of His Highness the King of Han, I would like to thank the prince for the gifts he brought."

"Those gifts are just a little bit of Shanyu's personal intention, and I am not worth mentioning. This time I came to Chang'an, and I was entrusted by Shanyu's full authority, hoping to officially redeem the Xiongnu prisoners of war and women and children."

The last time Liu Duo was on an envoy, he kept secret and did not mention the prisoners of war, but only talked about the young and strong Huns. This time it was completely clear that he was coming to return to the prisoners of war.

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

"I also want to talk about some details. I don't know what details His Highness the King of Han needs to clarify."

Sima Yi said calmly: "There are several aspects of the details. First, how to deliver, whether to pass one or a batch, needs to be clarified first."

Liu Duo hesitated for a moment. They wanted to take the people back at one time, but they planned to deliver the 50,000 sheep to the Han Kingdom in two years, but this seemed unequal. He said carefully: "We want to take back the Huns in two times. This year, we will take back the prisoners of war first. We will deliver 20,000 sheep and receive women and children next year. We will hand over all the remaining 10,000 sheep to your side at one time. I wonder if this plan is OK."

Everyone knew it well, and I am afraid that the subsequent agreement would not be implemented after the Huns obtained prisoners of war. At this time, Xu Shu smiled and said, "If we want to make a payment in batches, we can only hand over the women and children to the Huns first, and then fight with prisoners of war next year. If the Huns refuse to accept this plan, they can only complete the entire plan at once. I don't know which plan the prince is willing to choose."

Liu Duo smiled bitterly in his heart. This was Daman's intention. He first bribed Liu Jing with a gift, and then proposed their plan. It seemed that the other party knew their intention very well and refused to be deceived at all. Helplessly, Daman had to nod and said, "Since that's the case, then I hope it can be completed as soon as possible."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Actually, my lord also proposed an alternative plan. Of course, if the Huns are unwilling to accept it, I wouldn't say it."

"Please let Sima Prime Minister say it clearly, I am willing to listen carefully."

"We have a total of 15,000 Xiongnu prisoners of war in our hands. We can return all the prisoners of war to the Huns, and add another 15,000 elderly people in total, 50,000 in exchange for 50,000 sheep. As for 80,000 women and children, we stayed. I wonder if the prince can accept this plan."

This is Liu Jing's idea. He didn't want to return the 80,000 women and children to the Huns and keep them to reproduce. Since Daman actually wanted the Huns prisoners of war, he would return all 5,000 Huns prisoners of war to the other party. As for the Huns, it was really a burden. Liu Jing didn't want to bear it and returned it to the Huns.

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

Sima Yi laughed, "Five thousand prisoners of war, at least 20,000 people have families, that's at least 40,000 to 50,000 women and children. If the Huns want it, we can certainly return it, but..."

Sima Yi did not continue to say it. His meaning was that the family, women and children needed to calculate it separately. Liu Duo understood what he meant. This was actually the other party was talking about the words. The 20,000 prisoners of war that he had agreed to include their families, which was not the reason for taking the man away, but his wife and children left behind. However, he did not discuss the details at the time, so he did not pay attention to these issues. Now when talking about the details, this issue came out.

However, Liu Jing was willing to give him 5,000 prisoners of war to him, which was equivalent to adding 15,000 people to the original basis, just to pay for the extra 15,000. Thinking of this, Liu Duo slowly said: "Based on 40,000 people, one person has 50 sheep, we will take out another 20,000 sheep, how about it?"

Sima Yi smiled faintly, "My lord means not to have 20,000 sheep, but to have 10,000 cows."

Liu Duo was shocked. He didn't expect that Liu Jing would ask for 10,000 cows in such a lion. You know, not all ranches can raise cattle. In the Huns, one cow is equivalent to ten sheep, and they themselves only have 20,000 cows. The price is harsh.

But Liuduo also knew that he could not refuse in one go, so he said slowly: "Can you compromise? Let's give two sheep and add another 200,000 cows."

Of course, Sima Yi also knew that 10,000 cows were unrealistic. He just asked for a price everywhere to make it easier to pay back the money. He smiled and said, "Since the Huns are sincere, I will give in another step, 20,000 sheep and 500,000 cows. In addition, we will give the Huns a special gift. I believe your Shanyu must be very interested."

"What gift"

Sima Yi took out two books and handed them to Liuduo. Liuduo opened one of them and his face changed drastically. This turned out to be the national letter to Liu Jing, the King of Han by Xianbei Shanyu Bugen. It was written in Chinese, hoping to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty and attack the Huns together.

Liu Duo's face looked ugly, and he opened another book, Bugen requested to buy 100,000 kilograms of pig iron from the Han Dynasty.

At this time, Liuduo's heart was in chaos, Bugen had already reconciled with another Xianbei Shanyu Kebien, and the two major Xianbei tribes were staring at the Huns. If they joined forces with the Han army, it would mean destroying the country to the Huns.

Cold sweat flowed down Liuduo's forehead, and he plucked up the courage to ask, "I don't know how His Highness the King of Han is going to reply."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "I can tell the prince frankly that my lord doesn't want a powerful enemy to appear in the north, nor does he want the Xiongnu to be destroyed by the Xianbei. That's why my lord proposed to return all 5,000 prisoners of war to the Xiongnu. This is the sincerity of my lord. Does the prince understand?"

Liu Duo breathed a little relieved. He knew that since Liu Jing had since he had since he was sincere, they had to show sincerity, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Then according to your conditions, there are 70,000 sheep and 500,000 cows in total. I hope that our soldiers can come back as soon as possible."

"No problem. Before winter begins, we will deliver the deposit together in Gaonu County."

"Will the Han Dynasty sell the 100,000 kilograms of pig iron to Xianbei?" Liu Duo asked a little worriedly.

Sima Yi shook his head, "Please rest assured, we won't sell a pound of pig iron."

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On the same day that Pin and Liu Hu led their army to attack Ye County, General Zhao Yun also led the Wan Han army to set off from Pujin Pass, cross the Yellow River, and launched a large-scale attack on the southern part of Bingzhou.

To the east of Pujin Ferry is Hedong County, Bingzhou, which is also an important military farming area for Cao Cao. Here, Diannong Zhonglang General was set up to recruit a large number of farmers to cultivate the military farming area for Hedong County.

However, since the Han Dynasty implemented the national policy of attracting farmers and dividing land in Guanzhong, tens of thousands of Hedong Diannongers migrated to Guanzhong with their families. In just one year, there were more than 20,000 farmers, nearly 200,000 people, and the land enriched the population of Guanzhong.

Among them, Hedong County is the hardest hit area. Due to the loss of a large number of military farms and tenant farmers and the land is deserted, the autumn grain production in Hedong County will be reduced by 70% this year, which will greatly affect the military rations of Cao's army.

Just when the Bingzhou officials didn't know how to send the Wei Gong, the Han army launched a large-scale attack on Bingzhou. Bingzhou was in panic for a while. Officials from various counties abandoned the city and fled, while soldiers in the farmland surrendered. In just the sky, the Han army occupied Hedong County and continued to march towards the original county.

The Cao army stationed in Bingzhou was only more than 15,000, and was commanded by the general Xiahou Shang. The situation was critical. Xiahou Shang sent a quick report in a row to ask for help from Yedu.

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Just as Zhao Yun led ten thousand troops to send troops to Hedong County, General Zhang Ren also led ten thousand Han troops out of Tongguan and headed towards Luoyang. They inflated the fire stove, and a soldier rode a war horse and pretended to be ten thousand troops to fight eastward. He was a huge force and rushed towards Luoyang.

It is not far from Tongguan to Luoyang, and you can reach it by just a marching sky. The Cao army did not have many troops in Luoyang, with only more than 8,000 people, and was under the command of Xiahou Dun. Because Cao's army concentrated its forces to carry out the Hefei war, the defense of the Western Front was naturally weakened. Cao's army's western fronts included Xuchang, Ye County and Luoyang, and only 45,000 people were deployed at present.

Forty-five thousand people had to face the defense of Nanyang and Luoyang, which was obviously a challenge. Xiahou Dun had to adopt a strategy of one heavy and two lights to station tens of thousands of troops in Xuchang. In this way, whether it was the Ye County crisis or the Luoyang crisis, Xuchang's army could rush to rescue in time.

But there was one thing Xiahou Dun didn't expect, and he could not have thought of it, that was Liu Jing's full line layout. Whether it was sending troops to Ye County, marching into Bingzhou, or launching troops to Luoyang, and attacking the line at the same time, the Han army set out on the same day.

When Xiahou Dun received an urgent request for help from Luoyang garrison Zhou Ling, he was leading his army to Ye County, and the army was stationed five miles north of Ye County. Before he had time to counterattack Ye County, Luoyang's request for help put Xiahou Dun in a dilemma.

How should he deal with whether to give up Ye County to support Luoyang, or ignore Luoyang and continue to attack Ye County Xiahou Dun was in a big tent, and it was difficult to decide. At this time, a soldier reported: "Governor, Mr. Jia is asking for a meeting outside the tent."

Xiahou Dun hurriedly said: "Please come in quickly."

After a moment, the adviser Jia Kui walked in. When the Han army captured Wancheng, Jia Kui was healing his wounds in the city and became a prisoner of the Han army. However, Liu Jing did not force Jia Kui to let him go back to Xuchang. Jia Kui had been recuperating in Xuchang for several months, and his injuries were 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 said anxiously: "Sir, can you tell me about the Han army's dispatch of troops to Luoyang."

Jia Kui nodded, "I came for this matter, I don't know how the governor is going to deal with it."

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

Xiahou Dun sighed, he glanced at Jia Kui again, and asked, "Sir, may give me a suggestion."

Jia Kui said calmly: "From the time point of view, the Han army sent troops to Yexian and Luoyang were almost synchronized. It can be seen that this was unified deployment by Liu Jing, which was aimed at the weaknesses that were difficult to take into account at both ends. If we go to save Luoyang, the Han army would confirm Yexian and even send troops to attack Xuchang. But if we don't care about Luoyang, once Hangu Pass is lost, Luoyang will not be able to protect it. This is indeed a dilemma, but no matter what, the governor can only defend one of them. If both sides want to protect, with the strength of our hands, both sides will probably fail."

"Sir, I'm right. I can only keep one thing. The question is that I should keep that side."

Jia Kui smiled slightly and said, "I want to ask first, how sure the governor is to retake Ye County."

"Ye County has 5,000 heavily armored infantry, and 10,000 elite troops, and I only have ten thousand troops. To be honest, I don't even have 10% of my confidence."

"Since that's the case, why does the governor still have to protect Ye County?"

Xiahou Dun nodded silently, "I understand what sir means."

Jia Kui said again: "Although he gave up Ye County, he must also beware of the Han army's sneak attack on Xuchang, so he must leave 20,000 troops to guard Xuchang, and he can only divide 10,000 troops to save Luoyang, but there are only 10,000 troops. The governor needs to report to Duke Wei immediately and ask Duke Wei to add another 20,000 troops to Luoyang, so that he can be foolproof."
Chapter completed!