At the end of August, Li Hong, the general of the chariot cavalry, arrived at the Wuyuan camp. ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ ad-free ∮

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Hong summoned a group of senior generals, including Fenwei General Xian Yufu, Zhichong Zhonglang General Yang Feng, Weilie Zhonglang General Yushi, Captain Jiuyuan and leader Wuyuan Taishou Zheng, Tuntian Captain and Shuofang County Taishou Tang Fang, and Tian Chong and Zheng Xin.

Xian Yufu first briefly explained the latest front-line battle report to Li Hong, "At present, the three armies are progressing smoothly, and we have not yet received the news of the fierce confrontation between the armies and the Xianbei people. It seems that the Xianbei people were indeed not ready to fight, and as a result, they were caught off guard by us and retreated. At this rate of attack, in September, the three-way army could completely converge on Chaotianyuan. ”

"Is there any news of Central Xianbei and Eastern Xianbei?" Li Hong asked, "Has the army of the Great Shuai already entered the desert through the north?" ”

"Yesterday we received an urgent report from the scouts from Youzhou, they said that Murong Feng, the Lord of Xianbei in the central part of the country, had already set off from Huoyun Yuan on August 17 with a large army, and according to the distance estimate, they should be about to reach Danhan Mountain. Since Murong Feng is heading north, it is estimated that the army of Lord Micah of Xianbei in the east is also about to reach the desert. Xian Yufu said with a smile, "When the Xianbei people are at stake, the royal court and the various ministries temporarily give up their past suspicions for the fate of the country, abandon their grudges, and work together to resist the enemy, which is also expected by us." It's just that we still can't know exactly whether Gongsun Zhan and Tian Kai's diversion attack will work, and we don't know how many iron horsemen Murong Feng and Micah brought to the north. The number of Xianbei troops going north to support will be directly related to our expedition to Wolf Juxu Mountain, so I have already ordered Shouyan to send scouts. ”

Zheng Xin continued: "According to the news sent by the scouts from Youzhou in the past two days, the feints of Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai did not achieve the purpose of containing Murong Feng and Mica to the north to support. The number of iron cavalry in the Youzhou army is too small, and the grain and grass are also insufficient, so they cannot guarantee a long-term attack, let alone fight deep into the Xianbei territory. Therefore, it is normal for this feint plan to be seen through by Murong Feng. However, in order to ensure the safety of their respective territories and clansmen, Murong Feng and Micah must leave enough troops to resist the attacks of Gongsun Zan and Tian Kai. Calculated in this way, I think that even if Murong Feng and Micah want to take most of the main force north, they will probably have 30,000 to 40,000 iron horses. ”

"Among the four Xianbei divisions, the eastern Xianbei region is the smallest, with the smallest population and the fewest army. They suffered heavy losses in the attack on Luronse six years ago, and it is estimated that they have not fully recovered by now. Jade then added, "I think Shouyan's estimate is roughly the same. To ensure that we can successfully expedition to Wolf Juxu and Sunset Plains in the later stage, the key is to look at the present, to see whether our three-way army can take advantage of the opportunity to seize the opportunity to kill into the depths of the desert as quickly as possible, cut off the retreat of Tuoba Feng and Kuitou, and annihilate the tens of thousands of troops of Tuoba Feng and Kuitou in front of Chaotianyuan. Without enough troops, Murong Feng has great ability, and he can't save the Xianbei Kingdom. ”

After listening to Jade's words, Li Hong smiled slightly, looked at the bamboo slips on the desk, but suddenly remembered Murong Feng in his heart, remembered the white hair and vicissitudes of life on Murong Feng's head, and remembered that in the days and nights of Xianbei, are old friends such as Xiong Ba, Duan Zhen, and Wubao all following behind Dashuai now? Over the years, with the passage of time and repeated bloody battles, with the continuous extension of his career as a horseman, and as his official became bigger and bigger, he gradually forgot many things in the past, just like his lost memories and could no longer remember. Now I rarely remember even my dead friends such as Iron Wolf and Gongsun Hu.

In the past few years, although he has led the army and the iron cavalry of the Xianbei Kingdom several fierce battles, he has never had a face-to-face confrontation with the marshal. Deep down, he is unwilling to confront the big handsome, let alone face the battlefield with him. This is not because he is shocked by the prestige of the handsome, but because of the affection hidden in the depths of his heart, the kindness that cannot be forgotten and cannot be repaid. When I was in Yuyang last year, I was very depressed, and I didn't know if I was determined to fight with the marshal to the end once the armies of the two sides really wanted to fight. But this time it's different, this time there is no way out for himself and Dashuai, there is no other way out except to fight to the death.

Xianbei invaded several times, the Han Kingdom was ravaged by war, this revenge must be avenged no matter what, no matter what kind of kindness the marshal had to him in the past, today's war is inevitable. Thinking of the bloody battle with Murong Feng and the thought of competing with the Black Eagle Iron Cavalry, Li Hong suddenly became excited, and the tragic battle of Jutun six years ago involuntarily appeared in his mind. The long horn, the blood-stained battle flag, the galloping war horse, and the eagle soaring for nine days, Li Hong was immersed in the bloodshed of the Jutun battle, and he was full of fighting spirit for a while. Suddenly, a beautiful face broke into his heart, blonde hair and blue eyes, and white clothes like snow.

"Wind and Snow ......"

"My lord, what's wrong with you......" Xian Yufu, who was sitting next to him, noticed that Li Hong's expression was wrong, grabbed Li Hong's trembling big hand, and shouted softly.

Li Hong woke up and sat in a daze for a long time without speaking. Wind and snow, I want to snatch the wind and snow back.

The generals sitting around heard Li Hong's shout and looked at each other, knowing that Li Hong remembered the blonde girl of the Xianbei tribe again, which was a heartache that Li Hong could not forget.

"My lord, you're too tired, let's rest first, we'll discuss it tomorrow." Xian Yufu saw that Li Hong's face was pale and persuaded in a low voice.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Li Hong waved his hand, barely squeezing out a smile.

"Danhan Mountain is gone, the northern Xianbei is gone, the entire Xianbei is groaning under the trampling of our Han iron hooves, let me ask, how long can the handsome central Xianbei exist? Can Eastern Xianbei still survive on its own? Li Hong said calmly, "I asked Gongsun Zhan and Tian Kai to attack the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei, not to contain their forces, but to tell the marshal that we have launched the most powerful attack on the Xianbei country." I need him to bring all the main forces of the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei to the desert, and I want to fight him to the death in the desert, and the victory will be decided in a battle. ”

"This time we are on an expedition to the desert, our strength is strong, and our advantages are very obvious, whether it is the leader or Murong Feng, as long as it is a person with a little brain, it will not start a fierce battle with our sharpness. Therefore, before the battle reaches Chaotianyuan, the progress of the army should be quite smooth, and the Xianbei people have no better way to resist our attack except to retreat and flee. ”

Li Hong spread out a new map on the desk and continued: "I have told the commander of the three-way army several times that before the army reaches Chaotianyuan, the most important thing is speed. A hundred miles a day is not an ideal speed for me, and it is better to advance one hundred and fifty miles a day. In this way, the army could rush to Chaotianyuan in seven to ten days, that is, five days later, and fix the battle line between Fuyangju Mountain, Chaotianyuan and Jiluo Mountain. ”

"Due to the suddenness of our attack and the lack of preparation of the Xianbei people, it will take at least fifteen to twenty days for the leader to gather the iron cavalry scattered throughout the desert to Chaotian Plain. In other words, we can attack the Xianbei Iron Cavalry gathered on the Chaotian Plain at least five days in advance, and drive them farther to the area of Yanran Mountain. We must not allow Kuitou and Murong Feng to calmly gather troops and horses on Chaotian Plain to launch a counterattack. ”

"The rapid arrival of the army in Chaotian Yuan has two advantages, one is that it completely cut off the connection between the Xianbei in the west and the two Xianbei tribes in the middle and east, and the Xianbei army in Chaotian Yuan cannot get food and other materials from the two Xianbei tribes in the middle and east, and they can only rely on the Xianbei tribes in the west to supply them with food and materials, but only one western Xianbei has no ability to provide so many military supplies to tens of thousands of iron cavalry. Second, we can plunder the tribesmen, livestock, and other possessions they have abandoned in Danhan Mountain and in the north, and these booty are the key to ensuring that our army can continue the expedition. ”

"Twelve years ago, Tian Yan, the general of the Broken Xianbei Zhonglang, Zang Min, the general of the Huns, and Xia Yu, the captain of the Hun Guard, led the army to the battle. In order to avoid its sharpness, Tanshi Huai led hundreds of thousands of tribes to move north as a whole, and as a result, the Xianbei people always had sufficient food and supplies, and our army with the extension of the expedition, the weight of grain and grass became a fatal point, and finally defeated in the sunset field. What lesson does this defeat teach our descendants? That is to turn the advantages of the Xianbei people into our advantages, and our disadvantages into the disadvantages of the Xianbei people. Li Hong pointed to the new map in front of him and said slowly, "Therefore, I plan to suspend the offensive after the army has completely controlled Chaotianyuan, Fuyangju Mountain, and Jiluo Mountain, and instead concentrate on appeasing the Xianbei people and preparing to build Hanbei County on the territory of Xianbei and Danhan Mountain in the north." ”

The generals left the table one after another and gathered around Li Hong. On this new map, the territory of the Great Han Kingdom has extended to the middle of the desert, and the northern Xianbei and Danhan Mountains of the Xianbei people have been drawn into the Great Han Kingdom by cinnabar pens, which is very eye-catching. And on this new territory are written three quaint big characters: Hanbuk County.

The generals' blood boiled suddenly, and the achievement and excitement of expanding the territory made everyone smile.

"For hundreds of years, the Great Han Kingdom has been repeatedly harassed by the Hu people in the desert, and has repeatedly sent troops on expeditions, but it has not been able to solve the problem of the invasion of the Hu people and the problem of war in northern Xinjiang. It lies in the fact that our Great Han Kingdom cannot permanently occupy the desert, and we cannot incorporate the Great Han Kingdom into the territory of our Great Han Kingdom. During the most glorious period of Emperor Wu of our Han Kingdom, our Han Iron Hoof once trampled this desert under his feet, but in the end he retreated and did not permanently occupy this vast territory, why? Because we did not have so many troops stationed in the desert, we did not have so much financial resources to maintain hundreds of thousands of border troops, and the powerful Huns at that time were always unwilling to submit. And what about today? Do we have a chance today to fulfill the wishes of our ancestors and occupy the desert? ”

"This desert raised the Huns, Qiang, Karasuma and Xianbei people, more than a hundred years ago, when the Northern Xiongnu gradually declined, these four Hu people were the masters of the desert." Li Hong said, "Today's Xiongnu people have declined, today's Xianbei people have begun to decline, and the Qiang and Karasuma people have long been driven out of the desert by the Xiongnu and Xianbei people, and they have long been the subjects of our Han State." ”

"Today, the strength of these four Hu tribes has been greatly damaged, and the population has decreased dramatically, and they can no longer compete with our powerful Great Han Kingdom, and they can only rely on the Great Han Kingdom." Li Hong pointed to several counties in northern Xinjiang and said, "I plan to move the Dongqiang, Xianlingqiang, Xiongnu and Karasuma people out of the border counties and let them return to settle in the desert." Once there is a situation where the four clans coexist in the desert, they will check and balance each other, and no one will want to become strong under the care of the Great Han Kingdom. ”

"With the subsidence of the war in the Great Han Kingdom, their whereabouts and rewards are an unsolvable problem." Li Hong said, "After this war, the tribal king can give them a title, the spoils of war can be distributed to them, and the land can also be distributed to them. In this way, they want land and land, they want people to have clansmen, and they want wealth and wealth, and we also took the opportunity to solve the problem of the resettlement of the Hu iron cavalry. At the same time, they are also an inexhaustible source of iron cavalry for our Great Han Kingdom. As long as they settle in the desert with their clansmen with peace of mind, and guard the border fortress for the Han State with peace of mind, their lives will get better and better. ”

"After the establishment of Hanbei County, all the existing border counties in northern Xinjiang will become inner counties, and the imperial court will no longer need to send a large army to garrison it. In this way, the tens of thousands of border troops we currently have in our hands can all be stationed in Hanbei County. Moreover, after a few years, all these border armies can be converted into iron cavalry. If we have 100,000 iron horsemen, who can stop our Han Kingdom from dominating the desert? ”

"After the Hu people in the border counties moved away, we had more land and pasture. We can resettle more people to graze in the tuntian fields of northern Xinjiang counties. Li Hong sighed, "It has been rainy in the Central Plains this year, and it has been raining for more than two months from June to now. Nowadays, the Central Plains area is still rainy and flooded, so more and more people will pour into the state. When I was in Jinyang, I had already told Lord Zhao that the victims still had to let them in, and they had to be resettled one by one, and the way to resettle them was to let them transport grain and grass to Yunzhong and Wuyuan, and then a few Taishou of the border county would be responsible for placing them in the fields for grazing. ”

Li Hong looked at the generals, shook his head and said: "Many of the victims are reluctant to go north to the border counties, they would rather stay in the area of Taiyuan Shangdang and wait for the opportunity to return to their hometown in the Central Plains. The Central Plains is rich, and no matter how hard and poor it is, it is better than outside the Saiwai, so I can only force them to migrate to the Saiwai. This is also a helpless way, otherwise Taiyuan and the Shangdang will give the victims a hard time. ”

"I said so much, just to say one thing, this Hanbei County must be built, and it must be built immediately." Li Hong patted Hanbei County on the map and said, "Now, the initiative of the Battle of the Great Desert is completely in my hands, as long as the army reaches Chaotianyuan, I will immediately give all the pastures of Xianbei and Danhan Mountain in the north to the Hu Iron Cavalry, and distribute all the spoils to them." At that time, it was bound to be more difficult for Kuitou and Murong Feng to recapture Xianbei and Danhan Mountain in the north than to ascend to the sky, not to mention that I didn't agree, and the Hu Iron Cavalry didn't agree. ”

"What is especially important is that I have these tens of thousands of Hu iron horsemen and tens of millions of livestock who have sworn allegiance to the death, even if the imperial court now cuts off my food and grass, I will not lose this desert battle. Because, Kuitou and Murong Feng have no chance, no chance at all. Li Hong pointed to the wolf Juxu Mountain and Sunset Plains and said, "If I stick to the line of Chaotianyuan, Fuyangju Mountain and Jiluo Mountain, this winter, half of the iron horsemen of Kuitou and Murong Feng will starve to death." ”

The congregation will gradually calm down from the initial excitement.

Hanbei County is to be built, and the desert is to be occupied, but will Li Hong's method work?

"My lord, now the Huns, Xianbei, Qiang and Karasuma are weak, they are four sheep, and your lord can let them move back to the desert and restrain each other. But as time goes by, their population will grow, their wealth will increase, and their strength will grow, and then they will become four wolves. Have you ever thought about how much harm the four wolves would do to the Great Han Kingdom? Tang Fang asked worriedly.

"I told Zhong Yuan about this when I was in Hedong, Zhong Yuan also had the same worries, and he even made a clear objection, he told me to kill if I can, it's best to kill them all, once and for all." Li Hong smiled bitterly, "So, I didn't talk to Lord Zhao and Lord Cai about this matter after I arrived in Jinyang. The Great Han Kingdom and the Hu people have conquered each other, and the hatred has been passed down from generation to generation, and it will definitely be difficult for me to get a response from most people, so I don't plan to discuss it with you. ”

Li Hong looked at everyone and said word by word: "I have the final say on this matter, no one knows whether there will be four sheep or four wolves in this desert in the future, so don't think about the future now, and do today's things well." There are only two things we need to do today, one is to completely solve the threat of the Xianbei people to us, and the other is to completely solve the stomach of the victims of the disaster in the state. If these two things are done well, the northern Xinjiang will be stable, and half of the Great Han Kingdom will be able to maintain peace for at least 20 years. If today's war can be exchanged for 20 years of peace in northern Xinjiang, what can't be done? I'm willing to do anything, and no one can stop me. ”

"My lord, can I tell me?" Tian Yu asked in a low voice.

Li Hong smiled: "Of course, you can talk about it." ”

"My lord, Hanbei County should be built, and it is also a good thing for the Hu people to move back to the desert, the benefits of this have been said by adults, but there is one thing that adults don't know if they have ever considered, there are more Hu people in the desert, and there are more livestock, and a heavy snowstorm can make most of the livestock in the desert die, so what about the survival of these Hu people? Half of the reason why the Hu people invaded was because they wanted to survive. Tian Yu said with a solemn expression, "If you want to ensure that the Hu people in Northern Xinjiang will not rebel for 20 years, you must first solve their survival problems, and only 100,000 Han army iron cavalry cannot guarantee the peace of Northern Xinjiang for 20 years." This begs the larger question, how many people can the state support? ”

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