When Li Xiang returned to Bingzhou this time, he was originally prepared to put down the things at hand for a period of time and concentrate on taking care of Li Yang during this period to fulfill his filial piety.
After all, Li Xiang has been busy with various things since his rebirth until now, and has never truly served Li Yang.
It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. Of course, the last half of the sentence has nothing to do with Li Xiang. As long as Li Xiang wants to spare some time to serve Li Yang, all kinds of things will happen.
The second day after Li Xiang returned to Jinyang, before Li Xiang could go to see Wang Meng, Qin Qiong and other old subordinates, Mao Xiang personally handed Li Xiang a purple secret message.
In the Floating Water Room, the secret reports are divided into seven levels, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, depending on the degree of urgency. Purple reports are precisely the highest level of secret reports in the Floating Water Room and cannot be used unless it is an urgent matter.
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Now that the spies in the floating room have used the purple tip that they have never used before, it can be seen that the situation is urgent.
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"Tell me your thoughts on this matter."
In the study, Li Xiang looked at Wang Meng, Jia Xu, Xun Yu and Wei Xiaokuan with a slightly solemn expression.
Hearing this, Wang Meng and the other four people also frowned. It was obvious that Wang Meng and the others were somewhat undecided about this matter.
The thing is like this, not long ago there was a large-scale battle between Mongolia and the Southern Huns.
In this battle, both sides each sent 100,000 troops, and they faced each other on the border.
However, during the confrontation between Wanyan Aguda and Temujin, Temujin sent Muhuali to secretly divide his army into 30,000 troops and penetrate deeply into the hinterland of the southern Xiongnu.
With the main force of the Huns in front and the hinterland empty, Muhuali was unstoppable for a while and plundered the Huns' cattle and sheep, killing their young and old, and capturing their women.
In times of crisis, Wanyan Yinshu could take the initiative to ask for orders and lead 40,000 troops to stop Temujin's army, while Wanyan Aguda would lead the rest of the army back to the tribe to expel Muhuali.
Unfortunately, by the time Wanyan Aguda returned, Mu Huali had already led his troops back. However, all Wanyan Yinshuke's troops who helped Wanyan Aguda break up were killed in the battle, and even Wanyan Yinshuke himself was killed.
Mu Zhen's newly conquered general Gai Shuwen was killed with one blow.
In this battle, the Southern Xiongnu could be said to have suffered heavy losses, their vitality was severely damaged, and they had completely lost the capital to fight against the Mongols. If nothing else goes wrong, and without external intervention, it would only be a matter of time before the Southern Xiongnu were swallowed up by Mongolia after this battle.
From Wanyan Aguda's point of view, he could naturally see this problem. Unfortunately, Wanyan Aguda risked his life to bring in Xianbei, but he couldn't take care of himself.
Due to the influence of the system, Tuoba Tao and Yelu Abaoji, who were implanted in Xianbei in the east, were unwilling to be left alone and began to shine in this troubled world.
Tuoba Tao and Yelu Abaoji used various means to gradually devour the East and West Xianbei, and began their own road to unify the East and West Xianbei. These two people worked hard for their own plans, and also designed the central Xianbei
The civil strife was to prevent the central Xianbei from affecting their plans.
Therefore, Wanyan Aguda's idea of introducing Xianbei to the team this time was completely in vain. No one in Xianbei was in the mood to deal with Wanyan Aguda, let alone rescue him.
The people were all forced out. When the Southern Huns were almost unable to withstand the situation, Wanyan Wu Qimai, the younger brother of Wanyan Aguda, boldly came up with the idea of asking the Han for help.
In Wanyan Wu Qimai's view, although the Han military and civilians in Bingzhou and the Southern Xiongnu were as close as life and death enemies, the Han court was not in Bingzhou, and those rulers did not necessarily care about this.
As long as the Southern Xiongnu showed their willingness to surrender, those proud Han rulers did not mind helping the Southern Xiongnu.
What's more, even for Bingzhou, as long as there is a big enough benefit, the Bingzhou army may not agree to support the Southern Xiongnu. Although this benefit may be a bit unbearable for the Southern Xiongnu today.
But Wanyan Wu Qimai believes that as long as the Southern Xiongnu can survive this time, those lost will one day be regained.
In desperation, Wanyan Aguda also accepted Wanyan Wu's idea of begging for money, and sent envoys to the imperial capital Luoyang and Li Xiang respectively.
It seems that the Southern Huns envoy will arrive in a few days, so Li Xiang needs to come up with an idea as soon as possible to decide his stance on this war.
"My lord, judging from my subordinates, our army will attack the southern Xiongnu in this battle." After a long silence, Xun Yu finally took the lead to clarify his thoughts and answered.
"Yes, my lord, judging from the fierceness, our army can only guarantee our interests in annexing the state by attacking the southern Xiongnu in this battle." After Xun Yu, Wang Meng also put forward his own point of view.
When it comes to the overall situation and strategic layout, Wang Meng and Xun Yu are the two most important people under Li Xiang's command. Therefore, when Wang Meng and Xun Yu spoke out, Li Xiang probably knew the answers of the others.
Li Xiang's intelligence is now as high as 97 points. Although he is still not as good as Wang Meng and Xun Yu, these two people gave the answer. Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Xiang probably understood the reason for doing this.
"Lord, even if our army is willing to support the Southern Xiongnu in this battle, the Southern Xiongnu who are severely damaged will definitely not be able to withstand Genghis Khan's next attack. Therefore, since the Southern Xiongnu will be destroyed sooner or later, it is better to seek sufficient benefits for me to merge with the state.
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After both Wang Meng and Xun Yu expressed their opinions, Wei Xiaokuan was not to be outdone and gave his own opinion.
Having said all this, it is self-evident that the three people would benefit from attacking the southern Xiongnu, the land of Hetao.
During the Western Han Dynasty, in 127 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing out of the clouds to defeat the Xiongnu kings Loufan and Aries, and occupied the "Hejian", that is, the Hetao. The minister Zhufu Yan Shangshu suggested building a city in the Hetao to farm fields and raise horses as a
Defend and attack the Huns' bases.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty accepted this suggestion and established Shuofang County and Wuyuan County that year. In 125 BC, Xihe County was established. The Hetao area even included the former Yunzhong County and Dingxiang County, as well as Beidi and the northern part of Shang County.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty were resettled in Hetao. However, as the Han Dynasty fell step by step, the Huns violated the Han Dynasty and even gradually encroached on the three counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong and Wuyuan.
Li Xiang has always been eyeing the three counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong and Wuyuan that have not yet been conquered, but this time Li Xiang not only has the opportunity to regain these three counties, but also has the opportunity to conquer the entire Hetao area.
Moreover, "the Yellow River has many dangers but only one rich one." The surrounding areas of the Hetao, including the Huangshui River Basin, Tao River Basin, Luo River Basin, Wei River Basin, Fenshui River Basin, Sanggan River Basin, Zhangshui River Basin, and Hutuo River Basin, are all
With relatively good natural environmental conditions, they surround the Hetao area, just like the stars holding the moon, pushing the Hetao civilization to its highest peak. Because of this, the Hetao area has always been known as "the south of the Yangtze River".
Thinking of this, Li Xiang found another reason to attack the southern Xiongnu. "Covering the south of the Yangtze River" is such a productive area, and coupled with the potato seeds Li Xiang had collected before, the Bingzhou army may not have to worry about it for a long time.
There's a food problem.
In this way, Li Xiang used the Yellow Turban Rebellion to take advantage of the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban prisoners who surrendered, and they also had better resettlement locations.
In addition, the geographical location of the Loop is also very important.
For the Central Plains dynasty, controlling the Hetao can use the Yinshan Mountains as a barrier to resist the threat from the northern nomads and ensure the security of Guanzhong and the Central Plains region.
For the northern nomads, occupying the Hetao can be used as a base to move south to Guanzhong and compete in the Central Plains. Therefore, the Hetao has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It has also become a place for exchanges between grassland peoples and Central Plains peoples, and grassland culture and Yellow River culture.
, the main place of collision.
With so many reasons, Li Xiang became more determined to attack the southern Xiongnu and seize the Hetao area.
By then, Li Xiang would use the Yinshan Mountains as his defense line, resist Temujin in the north, and vigorously develop agriculture in the south. In a few years, the Hetao area would be an important guarantee for Li Xiang to seize the world in the future.
