Chapter 605: Grassland War (End)
Lu Bu was very angry about Zhang Xiu's sudden appearance. He didn't think that he would not be able to catch up with Budugen, so he felt that Zhang Xiu was here to steal the credit. He has defeated the Xianbei people, and now all he has to do is chase and kill, but he came to pick peaches halfway.
Of course, now is not the time to care about these, but to kill all these Xianbei people first, and then catch Budugen. He Lu Bu still has a clear distinction between the severity and the heavy. So Lu Bu roared angrily, and then led his troops to rush out and join the lineup of encircling and suppressing the Xianbei people.
The Xianbei people were already defeated and returned, but they were intercepted by Zhang Xiu halfway, and they were heartbroken, and at this time there was another Lu Bu. It's even more devastating. So soon after LΓΌ Bu joined, the war ended quickly. The damned ones are already dead, and the rest are lying on the ground and shivering.
Lu Bu ordered his subordinates to capture the prisoners here, and he took Hu Chuquan to continue to find Bu Dugen. As a veteran general, Lu Bu can naturally ignore Zhang Xiu, but no matter what the boss is, Hou Cheng and others dare not be disrespectful to Zhang Xiu. The Han Dynasty had a clear social hierarchy, and even more so in the military. After Lu Bu left, Hou Cheng and others came to see Zhang Xiu for the first time. And only then began to capture the captives. As for how the Bingzhou Army and the Liangzhou Army will grab people's heads, that is the following matter. As long as they don't cause trouble, they won't care.
After killing all the Xianbei people after the break, Zhang Xiu hesitated for a while, but still led his troops to the west. Duan Xuan persuaded Zhang Xiu not to go: "Lu Feng passed here first and didn't see Wen Jin, which was very annoying. I'm afraid that he will hate us and fight for merit, and Wen Jin can retreat. β
Zhang Xiu also knew that Lu Bu was only afraid that he had an opinion on himself, but state affairs were important. What if you give way to Dugen because you have too few troops? You must know that there are many Xianbei people in Liangzhou. So he resolutely said: "What Zhongming said is very true, but the steps are cunning, and I am afraid that he will escape, so I have to go." β
Duan Xuan no longer persuaded him. Zhang Xiu made up his mind in his heart, if Lu Bu could capture Budugen in one fell swoop, then it would be fine, he would be watching from the side, if Budugen could break through, he would definitely pursue it.
Budugen still couldn't escape after all. Lu Yi blocked the road in front, and Lu Bu came to chase after him. The two Han armies struck at each other, and the Xianbei people, who were already in turmoil, were immediately torn apart. And Budugen's banner and guards are so obvious, no matter where they run, there will always be Han cavalry to bite it. The current Han army is not short of war horses after the great victory of Budugen, especially the troops of Koyi, after capturing the surrendered city, they have captured countless cattle, sheep, horses and mules. So in terms of horsepower, Budugen is not even comparable to the Han people's riding a pair of horses.
Soon, Bu Dugen was caught up, and he didn't bother with Lu Yi or Lu Bu to take action in person, a small school in Bingzhou, with his own subordinates, solved him very easily. As soon as Budugen died, the last trace of the Xianbei people's will to resist was also gone. Those who could escape ran as much as possible, and those who thought they couldn't escape, jumped off their horses, threw themselves to the ground, and did not dare to make the slightest move, for fear of attracting the butcher's knife of the Han people.
After seeing Budugen's head, Lu Bu's cold face finally thawed. After all, the first merit was never snatched away by Zhang Xiu. Lu Bu is a person who holds grudges, although he is now a minister in the same hall with Zhang Xiu, but he still vividly remembers the scene when he was driven out of Chang'an by the Liangzhou generals and fled in embarrassment. Although it will not turn against Zhang Xiu. But he will definitely not show Zhang Xiu a good face.
Now the two armies are sweeping the grassland, and Lu Bu first defeated Budugen, and then won countless heads such as leaders below Budugen. pressed Zhang Xiu's head, naturally he was happy in his heart. After cleaning up the battlefield and returning to the division, in the surrendered city, Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu met, the two chatted a few words, decided on the distribution of military merits, and then went to the shogunate, and then dispersed.
Zhang Xiu wanted to return to Liangzhou, and the spoils of war were temporarily placed in Bingzhou. The watch had been sent to the general urgently under the joint signature of Lu Bu and him, and he was not worried that what belonged to him would be pitted by Lu Bu.
After the war, the first snow on the grassland finally came. The heavy snow quickly covered up the traces of the war. The grassland, still this clean grassland, by next year, the blood, corpses, etc. will be gone, and the grass will grow faster.
In the two major battles, the Kebineng Group and the Budugen Group were wiped out, beheading and destroying tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry, and capturing nearly 200,000 prisoners. There are countless cattle, sheep, mules and horses.
Liu Bei believes that after this battle, there should be a lot of time on the prairie. Of the three Xianbei, the eastern Xianbei were the weakest, and they were scattered into countless tribes, none of which were as single as Budugen or Kebineng. There is Liaodong Wuhuan on the side, and they can't afford to make any big waves. showed his thunderous means, and then it was time for Huairou. Send a large number of officials to appease and recruit the Xianbei people, recruit them to work for themselves, give up the harsh environment on the grassland, come to live in the Han realm, and use the environment to make them make changes subtly, so that their children and grandchildren will think that they are Han people......
This winter, Liu Bei was very busy.
A large number of captives were to be settled. Qingzhuang was confiscated as an official slave by Liu Bei, and began to mine, smelt iron, boil salt, and build roads in various places. Serving the Han Dynasty was their only goal in this life. As for the young and strong women, except for some of them who were rewarded by Liu Bei to the Han army, the rest were still raised by Liu Bei, and of course, they were not allowed to be idle. There are so many animals, let them raise them. As for some other old and weak, they were ruthlessly thrown into the slave market by Liu Bei. Because the Han army was not allowed to surrender, and in the later war, the Xianbei people surrendered too quickly. So the Han army also captured a large number of people that Liu Bei didn't need. For example, the elderly and children who have not yet grown up.
Liu Bei felt that this was a burden, but since they did not die on the prairie, it was not good for him to kill them again. Heaven has the virtue of a good life, then go to the slave market, maybe someone will need it. As for the fate after being bought, that's not what he needs to know.
On the prairie, the Hu people close to the Han border were slaughtered by the Han army, but Liu Bei felt that fighting alone was not a good way to do it once and for all, and the Hu people on the grassland were like leeks, cutting stubble after stubble, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Turkic...... When one tribe disappears, another will always reappear. On the prairie, there will always be its owner. Therefore, sooner or later, we still have to find a way to occupy the grassland. The Han Dynasty felt that the grassland was useless and could not be used for farming. But Liu Bei doesn't think so. Later generations have shown that the reserves of gold and copper in the prairie are among the top ten in the world, and there are also a large number of coal mines. Although Liu Bei did not know the specific quantity and location of these minerals, he knew that the prairie was a great treasure trove. Limited to the level of production, many places may not be able to be discovered or mined at this time, but it can be left to future generations.