It took almost three years for Temujin to finally annex Yelu Abaoji, allowing him to take a big step towards unifying the entire grassland.
After this battle, on the one hand, Temujin himself suffered small losses, and on the other hand, the fruits of victory obtained in this battle also need time to be digested. Therefore, in the next period of time, Temujin cannot
No more big moves.
However, even if this was the case, Temujin did not do anything. Instead, he followed the example of the Han people and established the country as emperor and named it Yuan.
In addition to founding the country and proclaiming himself emperor, Temujin also studied various aspects of the Han system and transformed it to form a system suitable for this new country and political power.
Before, whether it was the extinct Xiongnu, or the later Mongols, or the Xianbei, Wuhuan, they were essentially tribes. But after Temujin founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, they rose to the level of a country.
There are essential differences between them.
Temujin's move also caused a chain reaction on the grassland. After Temujin, Tuoba Tao and Nurhachi were not to be outdone. They also chose an auspicious day and began the process of founding a country and proclaiming themselves emperor.
Tuoba Tao established the country as Wei, while Nurhachi established the country as Qing. At the same time, these two people, like Temujin, took the initiative to absorb some excellent systems from the Central Plains and transform them.
Temujin, Tuoba Tao, and Nurhachi are all heroes of the generation. They can clearly see what their strengths and weaknesses are compared to the Central Plains!
Among the three heroes, Tuoba Tao was the most thorough in learning from the Han people. In order to express his determination, Tuoba Tao even gave himself another name.
The Chinese name of the surname.
At first, the surname was to be Yuan, but Temujin established a country with the name of Yuan, so he had to change it.
In the former Eastern Xianbei and now the Wei Dynasty, compared with the two grassland forces of Temujin and Nurhaci, their exchanges with the Han people were originally more in-depth.
Tuoba Tao's two most trusted conspirators, Gao Yun and Zhang Bin, were both Han Chinese, and Tuoba Tao was greatly influenced by these two people.
Not only Gao Yun and Zhang Bin, but also Wang Huilong, Han Yanguang, Lu Zhen and many other Eastern Xianbei generals were of Han origin, and their status in Eastern Xianbei was no worse than those of the Xianbei generals!
Moreover, a considerable number of people in the Tuoba clan were deeply influenced by Han culture. Tuoba Tao was not the first to change his surname to Han. Before him, people such as Yuan Shanjian, Yuan Tianmu, Yuan Zan, Yuan Yu,
Yuan Kuo and a series of Tuoba nobles had already changed their surnames to Han.
Therefore, although the resistance to Tuoba Tao's Sinicization was not small, it was much smaller than that of Temujin and Nurhachi. It is precisely because of this that Tuoba Tao's road to Sinicization was deeper than that of the other two.
The three heroes on the grassland successively established countries and titles based on the Han system. Although it also caused a lot of shock among the Han people, the various princes could only let it go.
Otherwise, these princes can't send troops to fight! This is a thankless task, and all the princes can only pretend they haven't seen it.
If you want to take action on the grassland, it is inevitable that the major princes of the Central Plains will form an alliance again. But at that time, the princes of the Central Plains themselves were all involved with each other and were still at war with each other. How could this alliance be formed?
Unlike the previous time when the Grassland Alliance took the initiative to attack and the Central Plains princes were in a passive defensive state, this time, if they attack the grassland, the Central Plains princes will be in a proactive offensive state.
It is unrealistic to go deep into the grassland to attack these grassland forces. If you rely on infantry, it will be too easy for the opponent to cut off the supply line, and it is far less tactically flexible than the grassland cavalry.
And if you rely on cavalry, don’t be ridiculous. Even the northern princes are far from being able to compete with the grassland forces in cavalry, let alone those Central Plains princes and southern princes!
On the grassland, it was Yelu Abaoji who came to an end, while in the Central Plains, it was Sun Ce who withdrew from the fight for world hegemony. Among the three heroes at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Sun family also became the first prince to withdraw.
However, this is normal. Compared with the founding emperors, Sun Jian, Sun Ce and his son did not have any advantages.
With Zhao Kuangyin and Yuan Shu taking action against the Sun family one after another, and with Cao Cao originally taking the lead, the Sun family could not survive at all. The death of the little overlord Sun Ce from injuries caused the Sun family's situation to completely collapse.
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The deaths of two generations of lords, Sun Jian and Sun Ce, had a huge impact on the military morale of the Sun family!
In the end, the territory of the three counties controlled by the Sun family, except for Lu County, which had already been traded to the Yellow Turban Zhang Dingbian, the territory of the remaining two counties, Liang Kingdom, was taken by Cao Cao, and the remaining counties were taken by Cao Cao.
It was divided between Zhao Kuangyin and Yuan Shu.
Among the four forces, Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin, and Yuan Shu all made huge profits, but only Sun Ce lost all his wealth.
The talents under the Sun clan also suffered heavy casualties. The two veteran generals Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who had been active since the Yellow Turban period, finally left the battlefield with regrets.
At this point, the four elders of Jiangdong who accompanied Sun Jian on the battlefield all came to an end.
Zhou Yu's father, Zhou Yi, was originally the Prime Minister of the Liang Kingdom. However, when the Liang Kingdom was conquered by Cao Cao, Zhou Yi led his own troops to attract the attention of Cao's army in order to cover the departure of Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Kuang, and was eventually killed by random arrows.
In fact, Cao Cao wanted to capture Zhou Yi alive at first. To Cao Cao, Zhou Yi was not important, but Zhou Yu was a talent. If he could control Zhou Yi, he could also control Zhou Yu, and Lao Cao
Cao is also a master who cherishes talents!
However, in the melee, any accident may happen, and the soldiers below do not know Zhou Yi, so it is not something you can capture alive if you want to.
Xu Kun, Sun Jian's nephew, also died in the melee and was trampled alive into a puddle of flesh by Cao Cao's ace troop, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Zhou Di, a younger brother of Zhou Yu clan, was killed by Cao Kerang with three shots during the battle. Facing Cao Kerang, who was at the level of a god general, Zhou Di died without any suspense.
It can be said that although Cao Cao had the idea of subduing Zhou Yu, his wish was not fulfilled. Under a series of mistakes, Cao Cao could be said to have offended Zhou Yu to death, forming an outright mortal enemy.
Sun Ce's general Liu Quan was unlucky. He met Jiang Chen who showed up for the first time, but he fell into Jiang Chen's hands without even making a move.
Pan Zhang was ambushed by Xian Zhen, the commander of Yuan Shu's army. He and the three thousand soldiers he led were burned alive in a canyon by Xian Zhen. Not even a whole body was left behind, and he was eventually destroyed.
