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Since the main force of the expeditionary force retreated from Chaotianyuan in mid-September, Li Hong, the general of the chariot cavalry, was immediately ordered to reward the kings of the Hu tribe. The kings of the tribes who were enshrined include Shanggu Baishan Karasuma Heiling Wang Loulu, Danhan Mountain Xianbei Wuye King Shooting Moci, Shanggu Karasuma White Deer King Lu Pofeng, Daijun Karasuma Flying Fox King Ranran, Qiang Huangzhong King Nie Xiao, Qiang Xianling King Storm Sand, and Northern Xianbei King Qianman. The small kings of the tribes have 16 people, including Heng Sai, Heart Fox, Camel, Shooting Yingtong, Shooting Tiger, Lu Huanyang, Gu Ding, Abandoning Shen, Tuoba Tao, Mu Tao, Mu Li, etc., and Xu Kui, the leader of Dongqiang, is also among them. Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, and Liu Ming, the king of the Huns, were rewarded. The soldiers of the Hu nationality thundered with joy and knelt down to thank the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty.

Li Hong immediately convened the kings of all the tribes in Hanbei County to discuss the division of the territories of each tribe and some other important military and civil affairs. Because Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Tian Yu and others were well prepared, everything was also carefully considered, and the deliberations went very smoothly. Although the kings of various tribes also had dissatisfaction, they were forced by the strong force of the Han State to deter them, so they had to agree if they didn't agree. The final point of contention was the question of the territory and the army.

The kings of the tribes did not agree to the relocation of all their people from the border counties. Ran Ran, Fengsha, and Liu Bao all said that their clansmen had lived in Dahanbian County for decades or even hundreds of years, and that their forced northward migration would definitely meet with strong resistance from their clansmen. Li Hong had already been reminded by Li Wei in advance of this matter, so after discussing with Xian Yufu, Tian Yu and others, he agreed to the request of the tribal kings and let them keep a part of their territory in each of the six border counties.

Now that the main force of Xianbei is still in Yanran Mountain, of course, the Hu clan iron cavalry cannot disband each Hui clan. But in the future, if the main force of Xianbei is eliminated and the Xianbei country is gone, then the tens of thousands of Hu iron cavalry will be disbanded and returned home except for a part of them left as a border army. In order to ensure the stability of northern Xinjiang, all ethnic groups and tribes must maintain a balance in strength, so Li Hong said that all tribes must abide by the military system in northern Xinjiang on the issue of the army.

The main concern of the tribal kings was the army. According to the practice of the Han people, the tribe of the Dihu people is usually not allowed to have its own army, and the tribe can only form an army to participate in the Han army unless the Son of Heaven decrees conscription. The Qiang people in Western Xinjiang are an example of this. Due to their negligence in drilling, the combat effectiveness of the tribe dropped sharply. The Xiongnu who submitted to the Han State were different from Yuting, they also retained a certain number of iron cavalry to defend the border fortress for the Han State, and participated in the conquest of the Han army from the Son of Heaven. Therefore, the iron cavalry of the Huns is still as strong as in the past.

The White Deer King Lu Pofeng asked Li Hongdao: "My lord, what is the military system in Northern Xinjiang?" If we follow the military system of Northern Xinjiang, then are we subjects of the Great Han Kingdom? If we are subjects of the Great Han Kingdom, are Shan Yuting and Xianbei Wang Court also subjects of the Great Han Kingdom? ”

Lu Pofeng said that, Li Hong didn't speak for a long time.

Now Li Hong feels that the most tricky and difficult thing to solve is the subordination of the tribes and the issue of the army. The Xianbei, Xiongnu, Karasuma and Qiang people all lived in the frontier desert, and some of them were vassals of the Han Dynasty and some were subjects of the Han Dynasty. The difference in treatment of various ethnic groups can be solved, but the problem of the army cannot be solved. The vassal Hu people have their own army, and the Hu people are not allowed to keep the army according to the law, so how can the strength of the desert tribes be balanced? If there is an imbalance in strength, war is inevitable. But if the tribes of the desert were to keep their armies, there would be more conflicts, and the threat to the Great Hannei County would be greater. At present, it is impossible for Shan Yuting and Xianbei Wang Court to agree to belong to the Great Han, unless they are killed to the point that they cannot survive like a small tribe, otherwise maintaining the balance of power in the desert is a joke.

Under the constraints of the Great Han Law and the Great Han Military System. Li Hong and his subordinates had no way to solve the problem at all, so they thought of a military system in northern Xinjiang, and they tried to temporarily abandon the issue of vassal affiliation and belonging under the premise of maintaining friendly coexistence among all ethnic groups and stability in northern Xinjiang, and directly solve the problem of the army and garrison in northern Xinjiang. However, the Hu people of all ethnic groups have been bargaining with the Great Han State for nearly two hundred years on the matter of keeping or not retaining the army, and these two things have long been deeply rooted in their hearts, and as long as the issue of vassalage and belonging is not resolved, they will not talk about whether to keep the army.

Because the Hu and Han people have been conscripted and killed for generations, they have distrusted each other for hundreds of years, and hatred is burning in their hearts. The Hu people were forced to continue to move south, and the Han people, because of the ups and downs of their national strength, could only take the policy of attacking and paying equal attention to the southward movement of the Hu people for a long time. When Emperor Guangwu, the Xiongnu were divided, Hu Han Evil Shan was attached to the Han as a vassal vassal, and the Han State was treated with special courtesy, ranking above the princes and kings, and placed the single in the court in Xihe Meiji, allowing it to retain the army, and since then the Xiongnu Shan Yuting has become a vassal state living in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

After the division of the Xiongnu, the Karasuma people took the opportunity to get rid of the control of the Xiongnu, and after the Southern Xiongnu annexed the Han Dynasty, they also submitted to the Han State. Emperor Guangwu then appointed more than 80 chiefs such as Hao Dan as the prince and the monarch, and made them live in the ten border counties of Youzhou and Erzhou. Because of their small power, the Karasuma people were essentially different from the Southern Xiongnu, and they belonged to the Hu people, that is, the subjects of the Great Han State.

The Qiang people in Xiliang also belong to the Hu people. During the reign of Emperor Wu, with the successive victories of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu, and the opening of the transportation of the Western Regions by Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, Emperor Wu immediately adopted the strategy of "isolating Qianghu". The army of the Han Dynasty drove into the desert of the Western Regions and the Hexi region, and set up four counties of Jiuquan, Wuwei, Zhangye, and Dunhuang, and reached Yumen Pass in the west, directly pressing the Qiang people back to Hexi and Huangzhong, making them unable to communicate with the Xiongnu in the north. Emperor Wu believed that the Qiang people were a weak and small people, and there was no need to treat them as hard and soft as they did with the Xiongnu, so he directly treated them as subjects of the Han Dynasty and controlled them.

There was a world of difference between the status of the vassal and the status of the belonging, and the Qiang and Karasuma people, who had been oppressed by the Han Dynasty, had long wanted to get rid of this miserable situation of being slaves, and their leaders also wanted to become vassals of the Han Dynasty and enjoy the treatment of princes. So they kept rebelling, and their greatest wish was to return to the desert. The first is to no longer suffer the ravages of the Han people, and the second is to get the opportunity to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty. But there were strong Northern Huns in the desert, and then the Xianbei people rose up in the desert, and the Karasuma and Qiang people never had the opportunity to return to their homeland, until this expedition of the Han Kingdom to the desert, giving them this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They have finally returned to the desert, and they also have the desert territory of their dreams, so what do they want next? They want to become vassals of the Han Dynasty, like the Huns, like the Xianbei people now, to control their own destiny and no longer suffer from the bullying and insults of the Han State.

Although Li Hong didn't expect Lu Pofeng to say the key point, he still calmly faced the kings of the tribes in the big tent, and said with a smile: "The military system in Northern Xinjiang is still being formulated, and we will discuss it when we come up with a complete military system." Our Han has a principle, that is, I hope that all ethnic groups can get along amicably, and the northern Xinjiang can be stable for a long time, so please rest assured that the military system of our Han Northern Xinjiang will never harm the survival of all ethnic groups. For now, let's put this issue aside for the time being and address the most pressing issues first. ”

In the evening, Li Hong invited the White Deer King Deer to the big tent.

The two had known each other since their early years, and had fought side by side to repel Tuoba Feng's invasion. The earliest main force of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry was also a warrior of the White Deer Tribe, so Li Hong was full of gratitude to the White Deer Tribe and Lu Pofeng in his heart. After chatting with him for a few words, Li Hong asked, "What do you mean by that sentence during the day?" Aren't you a subject of my great man? ”

Lu Pofeng smiled bitterly: "My lord, you and I are brothers who share life and death, so I'll tell the truth." I want to be a subject of the Han Dynasty, but in this desert, I can no longer be a subject of the Han Dynasty. I ask you, do you want the tribes to stop keeping large armies, as we did when we were in the Upper Valley? ”

Li Hong nodded.

"What about the Huns' Shan Yuting? What about the royal court of Xianbei? ”

"King Xianbei has been reduced to a tribal king, of course I won't let him keep too many troops, but Shan Yuting should properly retain some of the elite."

"Then we Karasuma and Qiang people will die." Lu Pofeng arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency, let's move back." ”

"Tell me why?" Li Hong smiled, "If the reason is sufficient, I will promise you." ”

"The Xianbei people suffered this defeat, and the Huns were already the dominant family in the desert. If I were Yu Fuluo or Liu Bao, I would have to think about the future of the desert, should I rebuild the hegemony of the Xiongnu in the past? Lu Pofeng said, "The Huns want to rebuild their hegemony, we are their enemies, and they will do everything they can to kill us." We don't have an army, how can we compete with the Huns? ”

Li Hong had already thought of this hidden worry, so he immediately asked, "Then do you have a way to deal with it?" ”

"Regardless of whether you defeat the main force of Kuitou and Murong Feng's Xianbei or not, with the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, you will not be able to occupy the entire desert, and the future situation in the desert will inevitably be a confrontation between the north and the south. To the north of the desert are the eastern, central, and western parts of the Xianbei people, and to the south of the desert is Hanbei County, that is to say, even if the Xianbei people in the north of the desert surrender, they are still our enemies and will attack us at any time. ”

"If your lord defeats the main Xianbei forces of Kuitou and Murong Feng, it will only bring ten years of peace to the north and south of the desert at most. Ten years later, the Xianbei people have recovered their vitality and will definitely go south again to try to dominate the industry, so the Huns will not give the Xianbei people any more chances, they will definitely attack continuously in these ten years, until they completely occupy the northern desert. At that time, how will the adults control the powerful Huns? ”

Lu Pofeng continued: "Now His Majesty the Emperor has divided many tribal kings, but the strength of our Karasuma people and Qiang people is really vulnerable. In order to drive the Han people away from the desert, the Huns must first kill us in order to eradicate the wings of the Han people, and then ......"

Li Hong smiled and said: "If I agree with you to keep the army, then you will become a vassal of the Great Han, and my Emperor His Majesty the Great Han may not agree." ”

"But we've returned to the desert, to our homeland."

"But the desert is now the territory of our Great Han Kingdom." Li Hong said, "You want to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty and keep the army, although you can temporarily curb the expansion of the strength of the Huns and deter the Xianbei people in the northern desert, but the threat to my Han border county is too great, once the various ethnic groups are in turmoil, how can I control it?" ”

Lu Pofeng shook his head and said helplessly: "My lord, let's think about it carefully." If you want to stabilize the northern Xinjiang and dominate the desert, you need force rather than words, and the law of the Han Dynasty and the military system of the Han Dynasty are not suitable for the desert at all. ”

Captain Tuntian and Shuofang County Taishou Tang put a book, saying that Hetao Tuntian had begun and everything was going well.

Zhu Mulai, the general of the Cheqi General's Mansion Yunzhong, said that the four mutual markets of Lingzhou, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Gaoliu are being built, and they will probably be put into use for a period of time. It's just that there are not many businessmen out of the jam at present, and more discounts need to be added to attract businessmen to come and operate.

Zhao Qi, the general of the Che Riding General's Mansion Jinyang, wrote a letter, saying that the Son of Heaven issued an order to accept a large number of disaster victims. Now there are more and more victims in Jizhou and other places, and the prefecture is overwhelmed and in urgent need of food. This month, the Tuntian districts of Taiyuan and Shangdang will have an autumn harvest, but he estimates that the surplus grain collected in the Tuntian area this year will be eaten by these disaster victims. Zhao Qi suggested that Li Hong make a decision as soon as possible, either to stick to Hanbei County and make a future strategy, or to find the main Xianbei force for a decisive battle as soon as possible and end the war in the shortest possible time, so as to free up food and pay to help the victims.

The general's mansion in Linfen came to the book. Li Wei gave a detailed explanation of the changes in the political situation in Luoyang, and gave Li Hong a careful analysis of the changes that the political situation in Luoyang may produce in the next few months. Li Wei said that the contradiction between Taiwei Dong Zhuo and Taifu Yuan Kui is getting bigger and bigger. Dong Zhuo is anxious to control the authority, his actions are becoming more and more brutal, and the crisis he is facing is getting bigger and bigger, and the scholars are now not only not helping Dong Zhuo to deal with state affairs and governing the country, but are busy taking precautions one by one, forcing Dong Zhuo away and snatching the authority of the state. Therefore, the political situation in Luoyang in the next few months is expected to become more and more chaotic, and the situation will be even more turbulent.

Li Wei urged Li Hong to make a decision immediately, and taking advantage of the fact that there is enough grain and grass now, he immediately led the iron cavalry to the north and fought to the death with the army of Kuitou and Murong Feng. Whether you win or lose this battle, you can hit the Xianbei people hard. As long as the Xianbei people are unable to launch a counterattack on Hanbei County in the short term, the battle will be won. In this way, we will not only be able to immediately solve the danger of the army's food and salary being cut off at any time, but also have plenty of time to deal with the many thorny problems in northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong, Xian Yufu and other generals discussed for a long time, and finally decided to fight immediately.

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