Chapter 506: Take Precautions Before They Happen

This is an almost completely abandoned village. Gao Yuan and He Lanxiong walked in the village for a long time and only saw two or three households. Looking at the size of the village, there should have been about a hundred households.

"This is war!" Gao Yuan sighed: "Even such remote villages are not alive and are completely deserted. It seems that Zilan's efforts in Dai County are still limited to those places close to towns."

He Lanxiong's face looked a little strange. After hearing Gao Yuan's words, he coughed twice but did not answer.

"What's wrong with you? Your face doesn't look good!" Gao Yuan looked at He Lanxiong and said with a smile: "Looking at you, you seem to be very familiar with this village. Could it be that you have been here before? Didn't you kill all the people here? Right?"

He Lanxiong's face changed greatly and he hesitated for a long time, "You are right. I have indeed been to this village and hid here for a long time. The people in this village all died under the sword of my Helan tribe."

This answer was beyond Gao Yuan's expectation. He blinked and looked at He Lanxiong for a long time before murmuring: "No wonder you have been doing something wrong in the past two days. The last time you attacked Zhao State, you were here. This place is so remote, how did you find it?"

"At that time, the commander-in-chief of our army didn't like me and sent me out in the freezing cold to explore the way. I'm not a fool. Naturally, I wanted to find a remote place to hide, so I came here. It's precisely because of this, I was able to escape in the end." He Lanxiong said calmly: "In order to keep it secret and not reveal my whereabouts, I killed everyone in this village."

Gao Yuan was silent for a while, "Forget it, we don't need to mention it anymore, at that time. The enemy and we are in Jingwei, and you can't be blamed for it. I saw a lot of graves on the hillside over there. Let's go back and burn incense sticks. Burn some paper!"

He Lanxiong nodded. "I didn't think it was a sin at that time. But in the past few years following you, my thoughts have changed a lot. I killed people like crazy and never felt guilty, but this time I came here with you and saw this familiar person. place. I couldn't help but think of the people who fell under my sword, and I felt a little depressed."

"The two armies confront each other and kill the enemy. There is nothing to say. Either you die or I live, but these common people should not be disturbed in the future. Helan, you don't need to worry too much. Back then, I, Yanzi, led the army. When we raided Yulin, on the way, we killed hundreds of members of the Donghu tribe, old, weak, women and children, who are not the same as you." Gao Yuan looked unhappy, "War turns people into beasts!"

"If you don't want to kill me in the future, you have to kill me now!" He Lanxiong stretched out his fist and hit a big tree next to him hard. With one punch, the snow fell from the tree. "Jiang Changshi told me, Only by establishing a unified country can the differences between each other be bridged and people of all ethnic groups can coexist harmoniously. Therefore, Gao Yuan, I will help you defeat all your enemies.

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"When did Jiang Changshi tell you this?" Gao Yuan asked in surprise, "Has he looked for you?"

"No." He Lanxiong shook his head and said with a smile: "Isn't this museum opened in Jishi City? Children from the Central Plains and Hun dolls can go there to learn. Several dolls from our tribe also went there. I wanted to see one. Strangely, I happened to meet Jiang Changshi teaching there in person one day, so I chatted with him for a while."

"He has so much free time that he actually still has time to enlighten the children!" Gao Yuan shook his head and smiled. This school was established under his leadership and presided over by Jiang Jiaquan. All children under the age of ten in Jishi City Children are required to attend school compulsorily, and culture is always the most critical thing for integrating two different nationalities. But he didn't expect that Jiang Jiaquan would go to class in person.

"Jiang Changshi said that these dolls are the future and must not be ignored." He Lanxiong said. "He is indeed a knowledgeable man. I learned a lot from him."

"Then when you have time, go and learn more from him. He will be very happy to have a student like you." Gao Yuan laughed.

"Will Zilan come?" He Lanxiong changed the topic, "You two have never met each other, so naturally there is no trust. Will he leave Xiling City and come to this remote place to meet you? You know, Yanzhao The relationship is very tense now, no matter what, you are still Yan Guo’s general who conquers the east, and he is not afraid that you will take him to show your merits.”

Listening to He Lanxiong's words, Gao Yuan couldn't help but laugh, "Although he and I have never met, we can be regarded as close friends for a long time. This person is well-known in the Zhao Kingdom and is the biggest rival of King Zhao Zhao Wuji. Therefore, he is also known by King Zhao." Undoubtedly, even if he has a skill, it is difficult to display it. Instead, King Zhao tried every means to weaken his strength. If not for this, it would have been so easy for you Huns to march straight to Xiling City. There is also Zhao Wuji's connivance here! Now that Zi Lan has returned to Dai County, there is only the last layer of paper left to break up with Zhao Wangli. The Qin army is eyeing the Shannan County. He is now in trouble both internally and externally. He is more eager to find allies than me. . And this person has unique vision. When I was just a small county captain, he winked at me. When I got married, he gave me a generous gift of one hundred thousand taels of silver. Feng Fayong also helped me. He has done a lot of work for us, and of course he was under Zilan's instruction. He has done so much for me, and now that I have come to visit him, how can he not take care of me? If I was still just a small county captain, he would Maybe you are too lazy to pay attention to me, but now I have inferior strength and am qualified to sit with him. How can he not come? Don't worry, Zilan will definitely come if you can't wait two days. .”

"Join him and take Shannan County together. Will he hand over the army to your command without any doubt?" He Lanxiong still had some doubts. In his opinion, this was almost an unbelievable thing.

"If he doesn't agree, then I will have to do it myself, and there will be a lot of difficulties. Now it depends on Zilan's mind. If he agrees, then what he can get will definitely be far more than what he has. Lost. This is his opportunity, it depends on whether he can seize it."

"Although we are uniting them, when the time comes, the main force will still be us. You want to hand over Shannan County to him, but it is really unacceptable." He Lanxiong said dissatisfied.

"That's not what you say!" Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "We want to capture Shannan County to remove the threat of the Qin people to the grassland, so that we can have enough time to develop. Shannan County is too far away from Jishi City, and it is easy to capture it. , it is not that simple to hold on. We do not have enough troops, we are far apart, and food, grass and baggage are all problems, and we also have to resist the Qin people's continuous counterattacks in the future. Such a thing is better left to Zilan. Come on! I just want a stable grassland."

"I know that our biggest enemies now are definitely the Donghu people." He Lanxiong nodded, "I just feel uncomfortable. Without us, how could the Zhao people take Shannan County, and you have to sacrifice so much, at least from now on. , you and the Lu family will become strangers."

A look of pain flashed in Gao Yuan's eyes, "Sometimes, you have to give up, and only by giving up can you gain. We can't fight the Qin people and the Donghu people on two fronts at the same time. We can only leave this one to Zilan, and we can concentrate on dealing with it. The Donghu people, Helan, Thorpe and Dayan signed such a generous peace treaty for two reasons. One is that he wants to consolidate internal affairs and consolidate his rule. The other is that his tentacles will also extend to the grassland. . I am gathering you Huns, and Thorpe will definitely want to do the same."

"So you deployed heavy troops in Niulan Mountain!"

"Niulan Mountain is just another aspect." Gao Yuan said calmly: "Your main task is to attack and contain some of the Donghu people's strength, but Jiang Changshi and I are more focused on another place, the Hetao area. Xu Yuan Have already led the vanguard to set off. Their task is to establish a vanguard camp in the Hetao Plain. After fighting this battle, you will go to the Niulanshan camp, and the infantry will lead another cavalry to support Xu Yuan. Years later , where Sun Xiao will lead the reorganized main force, the Hetao will be the main battlefield where we compete with Thorpe."

"Why aren't you letting me go to the Hetao?" He Lanxiong said dissatisfied.

"You go to Niulan Mountain to cooperate with Meng Chong and focus on offense. This is more suitable for you. We are in Hetao. We are afraid that we will be cowards for a long time. Your temperament is not suitable!" Gao Yuan smiled road. "The land in the Hetao Plain is fertile. As long as enough people move there, it will become our most important food-producing area and our granary for conquering the world in the future. We need to establish a solid foundation there step by step, and Sun Xiao is the best The infantryman has been working with him for a longer time, and the two of them can understand each other better when they join forces."

"That's true!" He Lanxiong nodded with conviction.

Gao Yuan was very satisfied with his words and did not send He Lanxiong to the Hetao Plain. What he said was actually only a secondary reason. More importantly, there were many small Xiongnu tribes living around the Hetao Plain. He Lanxiong might be able to go there at a faster speed. Recovering these small tribes will increase the strength of the army, but at the same time, it will also make Helanxiong himself stronger. Gao Yuan wants to control the Huns in his own hands, not in Helanxiong's hands.

The current Eastern Expedition Army has become the Xiongnu clan headed by He Lanxiong. The return of Helianbo has given these people some signs of differentiation. This time, the infantry took away the Luolei of the Buyi tribe and the Gongsun tribe. Gongsun Yi, when they return, these two people should be almost as powerful as He Lanxiong. Only by dispersing them throughout the country and effectively checking and balancing them can we ensure that the Huns will always be loyal to themselves.

He Lanxiong is a brother, but he is also a great man. If he can gather most of the Huns in his hands, rebuilding the Hun royal court may become his dream. Gao Yuan will not forget He Lanxiong in the past. This is the goal.

He didn't want the brothers to turn against each other one day, so killing this possibility as soon as possible was the best way. The divide-and-conquer strategy planned by Jiang Jiaquan was indeed extremely clever. He quietly divided the Huns into several unrelated parts. From now on, there will only be competition between them.

Preventing problems before they happen is something that must be done.

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