County Lieutenant Chen Wei immediately led his men to personally investigate.
After a while, the county captain walked out.
He held a metal box in his hand.
The outside of the iron box was already mottled from the heat.
He came to Chang Lin's side and lowered his voice.
"Magistrate Chang, there are a few documents here that you need to look through.”
Chang Lin was surprised to see Chen Wei like this.
He took it and opened it, and his heart sank.
"This…This is the Sima Clan colluding with the Xiongnu…" he said in a trembling voice.
At this point, he realized that something was wrong and immediately lowered his voice.
"County Officer Chen, where did you find these?”
"It's in a secret room. There was a lock on it, but I pried it open with a knife.”
"Has anyone else seen it?" Chang Lin said in a deep voice.
"No!"
"Only you know about this. I know!" Chen Wei waved his hand.”
"Then let's do it this way!"
County Magistrate Chang Lin sighed.
"This matter is too serious for you and I to get involved in. Let's stop here."
"Then what do we say to the public?" The county captain nodded.”
"Isn't it obvious!"
County Magistrate Chang Lin looked as if he had seen through the world.
"The Sima Clan conspired with the Xiongnu, but because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, the Xiongnu came to kill the Sima Clan!”
He sighed,"The Sima Clan is asking a tiger for its skin! This is really unwise!"
"This matter ends here!"
He waved at everyone.
"These were done by the remnants of the Xiongnu! Everyone, disperse!"
……
The sudden rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu had already alarmed the four directions.
Chang 'an.
Weiyang Palace.
In the main hall.
The emperor, Liu Xie, sat on the dragon throne.
Wang Yun stepped forward, his face full of worry as he reported respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the Southern Xiongnu have rebelled and are coming with great force!”
"Liao General Geng Zhi led the army to meet them, but he didn't want to be taken advantage of by the Xiongnu Royal Court. Geng Zhi died in battle!”
"The Southern Xiongnu have already broken through Huai County, the capital of Hanoi Prefecture, and the Governor of Hanoi Prefecture, Wang Kuang, has died!”
"The Southern Xiongnu have probably occupied the entire county of He Ni!”
"I'm afraid that the army will be dispatched to Hedong County in a few days!”
Liu Xie's expression changed.
He stood up from the dragon throne and said in a trembling voice.
"If Hedong County falls, Chang 'an will be in danger! Do you have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"
Everyone in the hall whispered to each other.
"Liao Crossing General Geng Zhi was specially used by our Great Han to deal with the Southern Xiongnu. I didn't expect to be defeated by the Southern Xiongnu!"
"The Southern Xiongnu have 200,000 soldiers, and they even have the Royal Court's troops as their vanguard. I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist!”
"If Hedong County is lost, Chang 'an Fortress will be next!”
"What should we do now?"
Everyone looked worried.
Yang Biao stepped forward and said.
"Your Majesty, this old minister thinks that Yuan Benchu has occupied Jizhou and has many soldiers and generals. We can order him to go to Hedong County and subdue the Xiongnu!”
Liu Xie's expression softened slightly and he nodded in satisfaction.
"My dear minister, what you said is very reasonable!"
Wang Yun smiled bitterly and sighed.
"Your Majesty, Yuan Benchu fought against the Xiongnu in Liyang! The situation was initially good, but the sudden charge of the Imperial Court troops caused the loss of all their efforts and they were defeated in the end!”
As soon as he said this, the hall fell silent.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Even Wang Yun and Yang Biao, the two old ministers, had no idea.
Liu Xie also panicked and sighed bitterly.
"It seems that we can only ask Grand Preceptor Dong to help!”
Dong Zhuo placed his hand on the long sword at his waist as he strode into the hall and laughed.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty! The Xiongnu had just suffered a great defeat in Henei County!”
"Left Sage Prince Huchuquan died in battle! The 30,000 Xiongnu cavalry of Prince Xian of the Left were completely annihilated!”
"Oh? This is great news!"
Chief Liu heaved a sigh of relief and said with a happy expression.
"Grand Preceptor Dong has worked hard and made great contributions! I will reward you heavily!"
Dong Zhuo laughed.
"I'm guarding Chang 'an City, but I haven't made a move yet! This matter was done by Wang Xu!"
"Wang Xu?"
Liu Xie's face was filled with question marks.
He looked at everyone in the hall and said,"Dear ministers, do any of you know Wang Xu?"”
Everyone shook their heads.
Liu Xie looked at Dong Zhuo and said.
"Grand Preceptor Dong, may I know who Wang Xu is? What position do you have now?"
"Your Majesty, that Wang Xu is the county magistrate of Pinggao County, Hanoi County!" Dong Zhuo laughed loudly.”
"Pinggao County Magistrate?"
Wang Yun shook his head.
"Grand Preceptor Dong, how can a mere county magistrate have such ability?”
"Could it be that the information was wrong?"
Everyone in the hall also revealed a look of disbelief.
In their opinion, Geng Zhi, Yuan Shao, and Wang Kuang were no match for them.
In addition to the 200,000 Xiongnu soldiers, wouldn't a mere county magistrate be able to match them?
Dong Zhuo sat at the side and laughed arrogantly.
"This Grand Preceptor has already confirmed this! I have the head of Huhuquan as proof!"
He shouted towards the outside of the hall.
"Hand over Huchu Quan's head!”
Lu Bu walked into the hall with his head held high, a box in his hand.
He raised his right hand and opened the box.
A head appeared there.
Many people stepped forward to confirm.
All of them nodded.
"Your Majesty," Wang Yun reported,"this head belongs to Huhuquan, the Left Virtuous King of the South Xiongnu!"”
"Alright! That's great!"
Liu Xie laughed and said," Ever since the Southern Xiongnu invaded our Great Han, our Great Han has never obtained such a great victory!”
Everyone in the hall was overjoyed.
All of them were whispering to each other, their tone rather carefree.
……
At the gate of Chang 'an.
The commoners gathered at the entrance of the hotel and discussed animatedly.
"Have you heard? The Xiongnu army had already attacked Hanoi County.”
"Yeah, I heard that too! If the Xiongnu attack, I'm afraid Chang 'an will be in danger!”
"Your news is outdated! I heard that Hanoi County had just won a great victory, and 30,000 Xiongnu soldiers were wiped out! Xiongnu's Left Virtuous King died!"
"Is that true?"
"How can this be fake? My second cousin's uncle is working in Grand Preceptor Dong's residence and the news came from him.”
"If it's true, that's great!”
"Sigh!" A bearded guest sighed and said," I heard that the Southern Xiongnu has an army of 200,000. What's the use of a mere 30,000 soldiers?”
"If the Southern Xiongnu were to send troops to the east of the river in a fit of anger, then Chang 'an would be in trouble!”
As soon as he said this, everyone's faces were filled with worry.
At this moment, a horse galloped over from outside the city.
They all sighed.
At this moment, the sound of hooves could be heard outside the city gate.
A man sat on a warhorse and shouted.
"Good news! 800 li, urgent news from Hanoi County!”
"The Pinggao County Magistrate has sent out his troops, and Hanoi County has obtained three great victories. The 200,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen have been completely annihilated!”
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