I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Huo Guang was startled, Liu Tan's expression looked calm, even his tone was calm, but his eyes were already stained with blood.

He hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, Jiang Chong handled it properly. Before the Xiongnu came, he had already moved people out. Three hundred soldiers died in battle and six hundred were injured."

Liu Tan's soaring anger was slightly lowered, and he asked depressingly, "What is the surrendered city doing? What is Gongsun Ao doing?"

Why did Liu Che let Liu Tan use Shuofang City as his capital?Isn't it just that there is a surrendered city in front of it?Now unless you tell him that the surrendered city is gone and destroyed, so the Huns hit Shuofang City.

Huo Guang shook his head: "This is the news sent by Jiang Chonggang, and there is no mention of the surrendered city."

Liu Tan frowned: "The fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, it's March now, and it took four months for the news to come? What is Jiang Chong doing?"

The Xiongnu went south, but the court did not receive any warning. Are these people trying to rebel?

However, Liu Tan still knew Jiang Chong to some extent. No matter how courageous Jiang Chong was, he would not dare to delay this kind of thing, especially the destruction of Shuofang City. How important is this?

But it's useless to guess more now, Liu Tan stood up and said, "Don't wait, you and I will hurry up and lead the people away first, and let them not worry about the rest."

As soon as Liu Tan was about to get up, he was thrown back by the roll. He helplessly rubbed the panda cub's fluff, which was not too hard, and said, "Okay, don't make trouble, your father will leave for a few days, you and your bamboo Let's be together, ah."

The corner of Huo Guang's mouth twitched, his highness had an iron-eating beast son before they got married, what's the matter?

Gun Gun hugged Liu Tan and refused to let go, but Liu Tan cruelly tore it off his body.

If it was on weekdays, Gun Gun acted like a baby, most of the time he would follow Gun Gun's wishes.

But not now, he didn't know what happened to Shuofang City, he only knew that half of Shuofang City had been destroyed, but there was a more important question - what happened to those mines?

The most important ones are probably iron mines, copper mines, and coal mines. Others are better. Tourmaline mines... To put it bluntly, if they are destroyed, they will be destroyed. They are just luxury goods, not to the point where they can affect people's livelihood, but the others are different. , especially iron ore, if the raw iron ore is robbed by the Huns...

Hey, the Huns don't seem to know how to smelt iron?

Liu Tan was a little uncertain. This was his long-standing impression. He thought about it and decided not to take any risks. What if the Huns suddenly got a way to smelt iron?

This time Huo Guang didn't stop Liu Tan, and they really should hurry over.

Before Liu Tan left, he urged Wan Wan to take good care of his iron-eating beast son, otherwise he would have to deduct money, so he left without worry.

When he got on the horse, Gun Gun also ran out of the carriage and followed the little white horse step by step.

Liu Tan asked someone to carry it into the carriage, and then turned around and rode away.

Although this journey did not reach the point of changing horses without changing people, when Liu Tan and Huo Guang arrived within the range of Shuofang City, they were still exhausted.

Jiang Chong had long been waiting for Liu Tan at the posthouse. After seeing Liu Tan and Huo Guang approaching in a hurry, he knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Highness, I'm guilty of failing to guard Shuofang!"

Speaking of which, Jiang Chong was about to cry, on the one hand because the city was broken, and on the other hand because he finally saw hope.

Who knows how he survived these days.

Liu Tan got off his horse and said in surprise, "What's the matter with your face?"

At this time, there was a scar on Jiang Chong's left face that spread from his eyes to his jaw, probably because the wound was not healed yet, it looked very hideous, and destroyed Jiang Chong's originally pretty face.

Jiang Chong touched his tears and said, "It was the Huns who hurt me, and it was my incompetence."

Seeing him like this, Liu Tan felt that he couldn't get angry. In fact, after so many days on the road, he no longer had the feeling of being furious, but the hatred that had settled down was getting stronger and stronger.

Especially after seeing Jiang Chong's face, he hated the Huns even more.

After entering the post house, Liu Tan didn't have time to wash up and asked, "Why did you send the message so late?"

Jiang Chong said bitterly: "The minister was going to send a message to His Highness at the beginning of the incident, but the messengers sent out never returned!"

Liu Tan's expression was solemn: "Who did it?"

This matter is much more serious than the Xiongnu going south. Frankly speaking, Liu Tan was not particularly surprised when the Xiongnu went south. The root cause of his anger was the slow delivery of news, and the fact that the surrendered city that should have played a defensive role did not seem to exist.

The revenge of destroying the city must be avenged, but Liu Tan intends to rectify it first before taking revenge. The rear is not stable, and there will be no good results in the front.

Jiang Chong said in a low voice: "I haven't found out yet, the people who were sent out were all dead men, even if they were caught alive, they would not say a word."

Liu Tan sneered: "Yes, I didn't know that there are still people who can raise dead soldiers!"

No one can have the existence of a dead man except the emperor, and even the emperor will not raise it.

This kind of person who has been brainwashed to the point of dehumanization is an existence that breaks the rules. If everyone raises dead soldiers, can everyone's safety be guaranteed?

What's more, where do you need to use dead soldiers?

Jiang Chong hesitated to speak, and Huo Guang asked abruptly from the side: "Did it be done by Gongsun Ao?"

Liu Tan suddenly turned his head to look at him, Huo Guang's expression was very calm: "I can't think of anyone else who has this motive except him."

Jiang Chong quickly said: "I also think so. This time, the surrendered city made a mistake. Not only did it fail to resist the Xiongnu, it even failed to warn. If His Highness hadn't repeatedly emphasized the importance of scouts, Shuofang City might be caught off guard. .”

Liu Tan asked, "How is the surrendered city?"

"The Xiongnu bypassed the surrendered city, and it was not until the Huns plundered away in Shuofang that the surrendered city learned of the matter, and it took half a month before sending people over."

For half a month... Liu Tan twitched the corner of his mouth and asked, "Is there any evidence?"

Jiang Chong choked and shook his head: "No."

Liu Tan said: "Then let me swallow this guess. General Gongsun is a hero and cannot be slandered at will."

When Liu Tan mentioned the word "hero", it could be said that he gritted his teeth.

In his opinion, the hero Gongsun Ao's only achievement was rescuing Wei Qing from Princess Guantao. As for the military exploits...does he have any?

At that time, Gongsun Ao and Huo Qubing set off from Beidi County together. After leaving the fortress, they divided their troops and marched forward.

This is Huo Qubing, if he changes to someone who is not so powerful, won't he be cheated to death by him?

This is really not alarmist. In history, he and Li Guangli sent troops to fight against the Xiongnu. As a result, Li Guangli was in a stalemate with the Xiongnu, while Gongsun Ao directly failed to defeat the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, lost too many soldiers, and was sentenced to death after withdrawing troops.

You know, how big is the loss that makes Liu Che feel distressed?

As a result, Gongsun Aoleng escaped the capital crime by feigning death and fled to the people for several years. Later, he was discovered by accident and finally died of witchcraft.

So Liu Tan didn't doubt the judgment of Jiang Chong and Huo Guang at all, but now there is no evidence, so he can't startle the snake.

Jiang Chong saw that Liu Tan's expression was not good-looking, knowing that he knew what he was thinking, he nodded heavily, and said, "Your Highness and Huo Xiang have worked hard all the way, so let's rest early."

Liu Tan was also a little tired, so he nodded. Just as he was about to say something, Bi Gao walked in quickly and said, "Your Highness, there is a soldier who claims to be sent by General Yin Kuo to see His Highness."

Liu Tan said expressionlessly: "Gongsun Ao, you really have hands and eyes."