"Let's talk about the movements of the Karasuma people, especially the difficult building in Kamiya County. Oh yes, and Captain Karasuma Xingju. ”

The remembrance of Gongsun Chan will not take up much of Li Shushi's time, after all, the contact between the two people is still too little and too little, if it weren't for the fact that Gongsun Chan himself could be regarded as a celebrity in the late Han Dynasty, perhaps even this memory would have been forgotten for Li Shushi.

So if hearing the story of Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan will make Li Shushi feel sentimental, it is definitely hypocritical.

Li Shushi didn't have the time to play that kind of sentimental spring and autumn game, nor was he in the mood to chant a sentimental song, and the most realistic question for him was what would happen to the aliens who were originally enveloped by him after Liu Yu's death.

Because this issue is related to the security of the two places and the trend of civil strife among the Xianbei people, the biggest enemy of the Bingzhou army.

"It's better for the lord to ask Jia Wenhe about this question, and the news from his side is more detailed. In addition, Madame's meal should be almost ready, and my belly has been thinking about me protesting since listening to the lord's words. ”

Cheng Yu's joke made the originally dignified air in the room a little more relaxed, and everyone could temporarily take a break from heavy official duties and enjoy a delicious home-cooked banquet.

After the meal, the discussion continued, but there were a few more people around Li Shushi.

For example, Guo Jia, who didn't know which wine shop he dragged out of, such as Fa Zheng, who was looking at Zhenghuan with the military book given by Li Shushi, and Tuoba Liwei, Sima Yi, and Yan Rou, who was still calm as usual, who had been raised by Su Xiaololi's side.

Of course, it is natural that Xiao Qiang, whose eyes lit up as soon as he heard such news, and Gao Shun, who came to report on his work and was arrested.

This time everyone is going to talk about it. It's about Karasuma.

It has been said a long time ago that Karasuma, like Xianbei, comes from Donghu, and is not the name of a certain race, but the name of a group of tribes, originally living in the grasslands of the northeast, with the entry of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu into the Central Plains, many Karasuma tribes who had helped him also entered the Han land, and even some tribes were integrated into the Han people. So at this time, the Karasuma people can be said to be all over the Han Dynasty and the three states and the grasslands outside the Saiwai. The relationship with the Han is also quite complicated.

But in general. The close relationship between the Karasuma and the Han people should have surpassed that of the Qiang and the Shanyue to the south, and only slightly worse than the Cheng dù of the Han people and Bajun, who were almost quickly integrated into the Han people.

The Karasuma people in Bingzhou have basically integrated into the Han nation after Li Shushi's coercion and temptation to appease and surrender. Especially Uze, who was once the leader of the West River Karasuma. Nowadays, it is not much different from the Han people. He was appointed by Li Shushi as the Taishou of Yinping County, which is now a subject of Guanghan, which is the expression of Li Shushi's trust in him.

However, the Karasuma tribe in the state already has a strong foundation of sinicization, and many of them have begun to learn the Han way of life. Even though many tribes still retain some of their nomadic traditions, they still yearn for the Han Chinese life.

However, this is not the case with the Karasuma people who are distributed in Youzhou and the northern part of Youzhou.

"Yuan Shun, you are more familiar with the grassland Hu people near Youzhou, so it's up to you to tell me about some of the Karasuma people near Youzhou."

Although Jia Xu has also collected a lot of relevant information over the years, Li Shushi still found Yan Rou, hoping that he could provide some more unique information, and then it would not be too late for Jia Xu to check and fill in the gaps.

"Back to the lord, although there are many Karasuma tribes in Youzhou, there are only three of them that are the most popular: Qiu Liju in Liaoxi, Shanggu Nanlou, and Su Fuyan, a vassal country in Liaodong. The rest such as Dai County can be Chendi, Youbeiping Wuyan barely occupies a county, Gu Jin, Wang Tong, Wang Ji and so on wander around the grassland, although the strength is good, but compared with the tribes of the above three people is much worse. The remaining tribes did not exceed 1,000 households, and although they were scattered, they were agile in their movements, either hiding in the Han land or escaping into the grasslands, and it was difficult to know their whereabouts accurately. ”

"What is their relationship with each other, and what is their relationship with the counties and counties of Youzhou, and what is their relationship with the Xianbei people. Also, whether the character of these tribal leaders is understood. ”

"Hui Zhugong, there is no subordinate relationship between the various tribes of Karasuma, although they have been united several times under the pressure of the Xianbei people earlier, but they are all mediated by Han officials, and their relationship with each other is probably nothing more than well water and river water.

However, the relationship between the Karasuma people and the Han people is quite close, and it can even be said that the Karasuma tribe that can be entrenched in the counties of the Han people has a very delicate relationship with the local Taishou county order, maybe they use each other, maybe they are like-minded, in short, the Han officials cannot ignore the tribes of the Karasuma people, and the tribes of the Karasuma people cannot completely operate unscrupulously in the territory of the Han people. There was only one person who didn't follow this convention very much, and that person was Gongsun Zhan.

The relationship between the Karasuma and the Xianbei people is somewhat special, it was once said that they were both conquered by the Huns, but later the Karasuma people took refuge in the Han people, and the Xianbei people were still subordinate to the Huns, and as a result, the Xianbei people suffered a lot. Later, there was a person named Tanshi Huai among the Xianbei people, who united the Xianbei people, but the Karasuma people fought on their own, and the Xianbei people had the upper hand again. Especially at the beginning, the Han people sent troops to attack the Xianbei people in three ways, but they suffered a crushing defeat, so that the Karasuma people could only go to the table to request internal relocation to avoid the limelight.

Now the Xianbei people are in civil strife, and although the Karasuma people are still scattered, they have received a lot of homeless people and slaves from the Han people, so their strength is very strong. Especially Qiu Liju in western Liaoxi, it is said that when it was the strongest, it once had a scale of 15,000 households, but because he had followed the rebels among the Han people, Liu Yu took advantage of the discord between the various tribes of Karasuma to play a divisive scheme, and Gongsun Chan broke the Karasuma coalition army, and the strength was greatly damaged, but after several years of development, there were more than 12,000 households. Therefore, in the past two years, with the support of Liu Yu, the Karasuma tribes often went north to annex some small tribes of Xianbei.

That's probably all my subordinates know, and it's all about what the old shaman told me. The subordinates don't know whether it's right or wrong. ”

"It's okay, at least it also gives us some understanding of the Karasuma tribes in Youzhou, and isn't there Wenhe."

"Actually, Yan Wuchang has already explained the general situation very clearly just now, so I will add a few words.

The relationship between the Karasuma tribes is indeed loose, but since Liu Bo'an skillfully divided the major Karasuma tribes in the rebellion of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju that year, and forced them to surrender, the major Karasuma tribes that participated in the rebellion have realized the importance of unity, so the major Karasuma tribes in Liaoxi, Liaodong and Youbei jointly promoted Qiu Liju, the leader of Karasuma in Liaoxi, to resist the oppression of Gongsun Zhan. It is precisely because of this that several Karasuma tribes were not exterminated by Gongsun Zhan.

As for the Nanlou of Upper Valley and the Neng Chenqi of Daijun, although there is no subordinate relationship from various information. But there are also many connections between the two parts. Among them, the strength of the difficult building is stronger. So it is usually seen that Kamitani Karasuma is the dominant player in this kind of alliance.

As for the specific strength of these parts, because the shape of the grassland has been relatively chaotic in recent years, the figures given by Xu can only be used as a reference, and if there is any discrepancy, please forgive the lord. ”

"It doesn't matter. It's not easy to have a rough number. How could it be possible to blame you for such a thing. ”

Then your majesty was relieved. The results are based on the analysis and summary of the information obtained from various sources. The population of the Qiuli Residence Department in western Liaoning is about 13,000 to 17,000 households. In other words, at this time, it is very likely that the Qiu Li Residence Department has exceeded the largest scale it once was as stated by Yan Wuchang.

With a population of about 9,000 to 11,000 households, it can indeed be regarded as the second-largest of the Karasuma tribes. And according to the news, this number is only subject to change. I'll talk about that later.

The Sumuyan Department has a population of about seven or eight thousand households, ranking third. The Uyan Department has a population of about six or seven thousand households.

The population of the Nochen Department is about four or five thousand, but like Nanlou, his strength has changed recently.

The remaining ones such as the Amu Gulang Alliance are about 4,000 households, and the affiliated tribes of Liaoxi Karasuma have a total of about 7,000 households.

In other words, the population that Qiu Liju can control can reach the level of nearly 40,000 households at most. And this should not be counting the slaves owned by the various ministries, so that the population under its control is more than the population of some counties in Youzhou.

As for the loose alliance of Karasuma tribes in the area of Kamiya and Daigun, the total population also reached at least 20,000 households.

It can be said that due to the years of war, a large number of people in the Central Plains fled to the border fortress, and many people who were originally hidden have also gathered into powerful alien tribes, and they may not be able to improve the combat effectiveness of the Karasuma people, but they will bring some other things, and these 'things' are enough to make the Karasuma people a trouble that we cannot underestimate. ”

"It sounds like there are a lot of tribes with names and surnames, but if you calculate it carefully, it doesn't seem to pose much of a threat to us, even Shuofang County, which has the smallest population in the Shuo area, has a population of more than 50,000 households, although there are fewer people, but because the young and strong are definitely not lower than those Karasuma tribes in terms of combat effectiveness, if there are enough horses, I will be able to let them counterattack the desert in less than five years."

As expected, Xiao Qiang obviously thinks that Li Shushi's attention to the Karasuma people is a bit redundant, perhaps in his cognition, the current Karasuma people are just a dish of the Bingzhou army, Gongsun Chan back then could easily crush them, and today's Bingzhou army is far better than the white horse Yicong of the day - as for Gongsun Chan being besieged in Guanzi City, it is not a matter of combat effectiveness at all but a dizzy head.

It's just that Xiao Qiang didn't notice that the man next to him, who didn't like to talk very much, frowned when he heard Jia Xu and Yan Rou's words, and seemed to be in deep thought, but he didn't know which aspect he considered.

Originally, he was only a pioneer general who could command a decisive battle corps of less than 1,000 people, but after several years of tempering in northern Xinjiang, he now has some unique experience in strategic vision, and he seems to be a little more mature than Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, who are always chained to their side.

Li Shushi felt that he might want to consider the release of Xiaoqiang and Zilong-chan, especially the latter, which already had the potential to be independent, but following him was not conducive to the cultivation of independent thinking ability.

Tsk tsk, sometimes a subordinate is too obedient and annoying.

Well, it's a blissful annoyance. It is also a troublesome thing that makes people envious, jealous and hateful.

These thoughts flashed in his mind for a moment, looking at Jia Xu's strange expression that seemed to be smiling, Li Shushi knew that he still had something to say, and he seemed to have said something new just now......

Thinking of this, Li Shushi couldn't help but look at Xiao Qiang, with a little pity in his eyes.

Heavenly Xiaoqiang, I feel good now, please go with confidence.

"Ahem, didn't Wen He just say that there is something wrong with the tribe of Shanggu Nanlou and Daijun Nengchen, what happened?"

"This is exactly what my subordinates are worried about the Karasuma people. I just got the news that Liu Yu's death has triggered large-scale turmoil in Youzhou. In the central area of Youzhou, there was naturally Gongsun Zan who went to suppress it. But in the western part of Youzhou, a storm was triggered by this turmoil......"

"Karasuma Captain Xingju!"

Just as Jia Xu was about to continue, a loud shout suddenly came from the room, which startled several "timid" guys. One wonders if someone is planning to rebel.

Right. That's you. You dead ant who fell under the table.

As for Li Shushi's angry gaze, Xiao Sima Yi, who kept his line of sight, looked a little aggrieved.

As for Gao Shun, who was focused on everyone's attention, although he seemed to be fearless. However, the face is also like a red and black development.

However, Jia Xu felt that he didn't need to continue to increase his sense of storage, so it was rare to let go of a stunned young man.

It's just that seeing Li Shushi's resentful gaze, Jia Xu could only stand up again helplessly.

"What General Gao said is correct, it is Xing Ju, the captain of Karasuma, and not only him, Daijun and Shanggu were also plundered by the Hu people led by the Karasuma tribe in the two places. However, these are not the most important things, the most important problem is that by the side of the Karasuma people, we also saw the figure of the Xianbei people. ”

For ordinary people, a catastrophic loss is not a big deal in the eyes of these guys who manage millions of people, but Jia Xu's first and last two sentences are more interesting to them.

Or rather, they already smell something unusual from these two sentences.

However, Li Shushi found that when Yan Rou heard the news of Xing Ju's death, a twitch flashed on his normally calm face.

Could it be that this little guy and Xing Ju still have something to do.

But Li Shushi remembered that Yan Rou was plundered to the grassland as a slave from a very young age, and Xing Ju at that time, even if he was a border soldier at the border pass, at most he was just a position such as a Dubo team leader, could it be that there was a piece of dog blood that could be sung and cried? !

Well, please forgive Li Shushi for being cranky and wandering in the sky.

"Although the Karasuma people don't seem to be many, they are more familiar with the Han people than the Xianbei people, especially in the chaos of the world, many Central Plains scholars fled to Sisai to escape the war, and we have gained a lot of displaced people in the area of Shuo. Although it seems to be calmer than other places, and perhaps the displaced people who go to Youzhou cannot compare to our side, it is conceivable that some Han Chinese will inevitably appear behind the Karasuma people, and then Karasuma will become more difficult. In addition, I would like to remind you not to forget that when we first arrived in Xihe, those people threatened us, so we must not take this matter lightly. ”

Cheng Yu mentioned the problem of the Qianren who had almost been exterminated by Li Shushi, and several old men of the Bingzhou Army present couldn't help but look shocked.

The original strength of the Bingzhou army was indeed weak, and it could not be compared with the present, and it was only against the attacks of several tribes of the Qianren that they had to be careful not to make any mistakes and mistakes. But even if the state army has become a behemoth now, this behemoth is also composed of the land and people of one county after another.

Karasuma's army did not seem to be a big threat to the behemoth of the Nagashu Army, but the Nagashu Army was not only the enemy in the north, nor could it be possible to focus all its energy on the northern frontier. And if the opponent of the Karasuma tribe is replaced by one county or several border counties, then who can be confident that there will be absolutely no problems?

Xing Ju, who had his head cut off by the Karasuma people just now, is the best footnote to this question.

In other words, if it weren't for the civil strife in Xianbei at this time, and the Bingzhou army maintained harassment and counterattack on the border area every year, I am afraid that just guarding against the iron hooves of the Xianbei people going south every year would make them completely lose the opportunity to fight for the Central Plains, let alone conquer the territory they have today.

"I've heard before that guy named Yuwen Tuo next to Qianman has good means, and I'm afraid that the leader is not his opponent. Now that he has begun to cooperate with Karasuma, either Qianman's external powerhouse is in urgent need of external support, or Qianman's situation has basically stabilized and is ready to re-implement the policy left by Helian. What the specific situation is, I'm afraid everyone knows it very well. ”

Yes, Fu Zhu made it very clear, he thought that the leader was not Yuwentuo's opponent, and Li Shushi had emphasized the danger of Yuwentuo to everyone more than once. Said that with his help, Qianman would need the help of Xianbei's little people? No one will believe it.

So......

"I think you should be aware. The problem of Karasuma is certainly worthy of our attention, but the changes in the Xianbei royal court projected from this small incident are still worthy of our vigilance. Bingzhou and Xianbei Royal Court is an endless relationship, our success is also forged by the blood of Xianbei Royal Court, and our future glory is bound to be baptized by the blood of more Xianbei Royal Court! ”

"The book is right, we can't give those Xianbei people any chance!"

"Don't worry, my lord, you won't be fighting alone!"

The rumbling drums of the decisive battle seemed to be thundered at this moment. (To be continued......)