Because Liu Bei defeated Yuan Shao, and made Lu Bu and others annex the state through a strategy, recover and merge the northern counties, the Xianbei people who were originally scattered in Yunzhong and Yanmen were driven away by the Han army. And the same is true of the Daijun and Shanggu lands in Youzhou. Whether it is Yan Rou or Tian Chou, they are not vegetarians. Under Liu Bei's extreme desire for land, the generals under his command naturally would not let the Hu people occupy their own land. Since the Xianbei people are unwilling to attach themselves to the Han and do not want to pay tribute, then their own land will be grazed for them, and there will be no benefit at all! So after Youzhou and Merge were returned to Liu Bei, a large number of Xianbei tribes were driven out of the Han realm.

In view of this, Kobi can be associated with the root of the step. Then they met and discussed, and they all felt that they couldn't go on like this. After all, there are abundant water and grass in the Han Realm, and the climate is better than that outside the Saiwai, and besides, why should I drive me away when I occupy the land I occupy with my ability? Xianbei people are used to being robbers, so they want to give the Han people a color. From Bingzhou to Youzhou, the border defense line of more than 1,000 miles, such a large-scale mobilization of troops and horses naturally cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Han people. The news was immediately summarized to Liu Bei. Liu Bei sighed, this is if you have to die, then I have to give you a ride.

The Han people fought against the Hu people, and it was really difficult. It's not that you can't win. It's that the Hu people don't have a fixed place, and they come and go like the wind. And the border of the Han people is here, and they can't go anywhere. The Hu people have no cities, no settlements, and they can run on horseback. So the battle was lost, and the Han people suffered. If this battle is won, it will also be a loss for the Han people, because it is difficult for you to catch up with others on the grassland. From the pre-Qin period to the present, it has been hundreds of years since the Han-Hu War. Basically, the Han people won more and lost less. even broke the hundred-year-old feud of the Huns. But so what, the Northern Xiongnu ran away, the Southern Xiongnu surrendered, and then the Xianbei people rose up in this vast desert. They took up the banner of the Huns and began to attack the Han Chinese for generations. After the Xianbei people, the Turks, the Khitans, the Jurchens, the Mongols...... The peoples on the grassland, wave after wave, continue to enmity with the Han people for generations. It's as if they can't be killed, they can't be killed.

Liu Bei decided that this time, he wanted to completely hurt the Xianbei people, even if he couldn't destroy them all, at least he had to let them remember a lesson deeply and not provoke him.

The problem now is that the border is too long, and the Xianbei people may split up to invade in several ways. It would be nice if I could tempt the Xianbei people to come together. But the Xianbei people are not fools, how can they follow the enemy's nose. Liu Bei thought about it, no matter where the Xianbei people entered the customs from, they couldn't run from these places, so he ordered Lu Bu to guard the defense lines of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen; Ordered Huang Zhong to guard the defense lines of Daijun, Shanggu, and Yuyang. On the grassland, if the Xianbei people want to assemble first and then enter the Kou, and the state is heavy on the surrendered city, and Youzhou is heavy on Danhan Mountain. Therefore, the three places of Daijun, Yanmen, and Wuyuan are the top priorities.

After receiving the order, Lu Bu and Huang Zhong mobilized their troops and horses and began to act. At the end of September and the beginning of October, the grasslands are already starting to get cold. In some years, snow has already begun to fall at this time. But this year is fine, the snow has not yet fallen. Kebi Neng has always been ambitious, to learn from the sandalwood acacia, think of a desert, and achieve unparalleled hegemony. Over the years, he has also annexed many tribes. However, Budugen's forces are not much weaker than him, and he has been watching Budugen for a long time, and he has also fought, but unfortunately he can't help him. Now that many clansmen have been driven away from the Han realm and returned to the grassland to starve and freeze, after receiving complaints from the clansmen, Kebineng, who has always been fair and chivalrous, intends to stand up for the clansmen. On the one hand, you can get more support from the clansmen, and on the other hand, you can also plunder the Han people to enrich the tribe's money and food population. Now that he and Bu Dugen have made an appointment, each of them will gather a large army, and then fight into the Han realm together, grab enough loot, and then no longer stay, immediately run, and retreat to the desert. By that time, the weather was almost cold, and the north wind and heavy snow on the grassland could not bear it. They won't chase them to the grasslands. You and your tribe can spend a winter in peace. In the coming year, if it is really not possible, they will send people to pay tribute to the Han people, and the Han officials will have a good face. If the tributes are surrendered, they will not send a fighter to fight themselves. Kebi Nengmei thought to himself.

When the situation in the border county was changing, the caravan was still going south and north, swaggering and continuing to do its own business. Although many of the runners were gone, the caravan was still stubbornly walking on the original route. Most of them were caravans under Liu Bei. In addition to being responsible for making money for Liu Bei, they also have a very important reason to spy on intelligence. Of course, many of these caravans were not under the banner of Liu Bei. For example, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and others have been secretly responsible for these things. On this day, a caravan set off from Yanmen and went straight to the outside of the Saiwai, the caravan was used to walking on the grassland, and the caravan was also mixed with Hu people serving them, plus one by one by the wind and sun on the grassland, the face was also red, very rough. If you really want to distinguish which one is Hu and which one is Han, you can only carefully distinguish it from the bun and clothes.

The Hu people, whether they were Xiongnu or Xianbei, would never refuse a caravan. Moreover, the robbers on the grassland rarely embarrassed the caravan. Because without the caravan, their goods would not be of any value, and they would not be able to exchange them for salt, tea, or even iron, not to mention the silk fabrics that the nobles of the steppe loved so much.

The caravan reached a settlement on the grassland, and soon the Xianbei people swarmed up, surrounded them, and began to trade with the merchants. Animal skins and furs, medicinal herbs, and even strange stones that had been stored for a long time were brought out to trade with the merchants. The businessmen warmly greeted everyone not to crowd, and at the same time sighed that this trip was not easy.

A big man with a beard said angrily to Li Xian, the caravan steward, "Li Xian, why did you exchange ten pieces of fur for a bottle of green salt and half a catty of tea last time, but now you need fifty?" ”

Li Xian was the merchant who attacked Tianjing Pass with Zhao Yun back then, and his bet was won, and from then on, he hung under the merchant Cao of the Great General's Mansion, making a fortune while also providing a source of intelligence for the General's Mansion. Hearing this, Li Xian frowned bitterly, and sighed sadly: "Tietou, you don't know, now Yanmen is full of generals, and they have to be checked many times when they go out of the customs, from Ma Yi to Pingcheng and Qiangyin, all the black pressure is soldiers and horses." If you ask a few more questions, you will be reprimanded. If it weren't for how much business I did, I still had some relationship with the officials in Yanmen, and I used the money this time, I wouldn't have been able to get out at all. This time, the cost of goods has increased greatly, so we can't trade as agreed, otherwise I won't be able to make money. ”

The iron head was very dissatisfied, and muttered, "Then I won't change it." ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "It's up to you, if you don't change it, then no one will change it for you." Many people feel that something is wrong and no longer dare to come out of Yanmen. I don't believe you can wait a few more days and see if there are any other caravans coming out after me. I also finished this trip and went home to rest. If you want to get out of the plug again, it's next year. ”

Tietou reluctantly completed the deal with Li Xian. In the tribe, the few people who were still surrounding Li Xian just now exchanged glances with each other and left silently.