Before the Western Jin Dynasty, apart from being suppressed in the early Western Han Dynasty because the country was still weak, most of the time afterwards, it was the Han people who took the initiative to attack foreign nations.
The powerful Han Empire has become the pride of the Chinese nation, which is why to this day, Chinese people still regard themselves as Han people.
Therefore, for the Han people of this era, the Huns' plunder was undoubtedly a great shame and humiliation.
In history, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, in order to ensure the complete elimination of the remaining forces of the Yuan family, he personally led an army to expedition to Wuhuan.
Later, Zhang Liao commanded the army and launched a surprise attack while the Wu-Huan coalition forces were not yet stable.
The Wuhuan army was defeated. Zhang Liao went to the battle and killed more than ten important figures such as Wuhuan Chanyu Tadun, who was famous for his "valor", and also captured more than 200,000 Wuhuan soldiers and civilians!
You should know that the population of most nomadic peoples usually does not exceed one million. Zhang Liao captured 200,000 Wuhuan in one fell swoop, and Wuhuan was greatly weakened by this, and he no longer dared to take the lead.
Not only Cao Wei, but also Shu Han and Soochow in history, they all had almost the same idea and approach.
Whether it’s the South Barbarians or the South Vietnamese, if you don’t want to integrate into the Han culture and sing and dance, then I’ll beat you until you have to surrender!
It was only later that the society of the Western Jin Dynasty began to become distorted, and the Eight Kings Rebellion lasted for more than ten years, and the foreigners took a big advantage. Not only did they establish a country in the Central Plains, they also enslaved the Han people and even raised the Han people, giving them the name "Sheep with two legs".
Although later dynasties also drove out foreigners, it was difficult to achieve the same situation of crushing foreigners as in the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms.
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Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
Moreover, Ji Ling lost to Guan Yu and lost another general, so he withdrew to his camp and stopped fighting.
Guan Yu led his troops in pursuit and arrived at Ji Ling's camp.
The soldiers took turns yelling and cursing for a long time, but there was no movement from Ji Ling's camp, so Guan Yu waited for Liu Bei's army outside Ji Ling's camp.
Liu Bei led his army to join Guan Yu. Seeing that Ji Ling was holding on to the camp and not leaving, he did not attack by force, so the two armies continued to be at a stalemate.
When Liu Bei and Guan Yu led the army to the expedition, Xuzhou was entrusted to their third brother Zhang Fei, as well as others to drive Mi Zhu and engage in Sun Qian.
As for Chen Deng and some local aristocratic families, Liu Bei was a little wary of them and did not dare to hand over key government affairs to them.
Although Liu Bei made a three-part agreement with Zhang Fei before leaving, and he was explicitly prohibited from drinking alcohol.
But today, when Zhang Fei came back from the military camp, he suddenly ordered all the generals to come to his camp to drink wine on the pretext of rewarding them.
After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Fei discovered that a general did not drink at all, so he angrily said: "Cao Bao, why don't you drink? Are you not giving Zhang Fei face?"
"It's not that Cao didn't give General Zhang face, but that Cao was not good at drinking..."
Seeing Cao Bao's refusal, Zhang Fei stared into his eyes as big as copper bells and shouted: "How brave! Come here, drag Cao Bao out and give him fifty lashes!"
When Cao Bao heard this, everyone was stunned.
Are you going to whip me if I don’t drink? Is there any royal law for this?
And, "You're an outsider who has taken over our territory, and now you want to whip me out of nowhere?"
But Cao Bao couldn't defeat Zhang Fei, and now he was in Zhang Fei's camp. There might be swordsmen and axemen ambushing him outside.
Thinking that his life was the most important, Cao Bao could only grit his teeth and endure this humiliation for the rest of his life.
Although Zhang Fei is reckless, he is not stupid, and he has read more books than Liu Bei and Guan Yu combined. How can he be just a reckless man?
Since he has made an agreement with Liu Bei for three chapters, based on his respect for Liu Bei, even if he wants to drink, he should drink some secretly...
The reason Zhang Fei did this was because he received rumors that Cao Bao was secretly dissatisfied with Liu Bei and was secretly making small moves.
He planned to use this as an excuse to force Cao Bao to reveal his flaws.
Sure enough, Cao Bao felt that since Zhang Fei whipped him in public, he might not let him go so easily later. In order to save his life, and feeling guilty, Cao Bao fled back to Xiapi overnight.
Cao Bao's every move was monitored by spies sent by Zhang Fei.
Knowing that Cao Bao had returned to Xiapi by carriage overnight, Zhang Fei secretly sent spies to follow him quietly.
Xiapi City.
Cao Bao returned to his house and summoned the man who had been secretly in contact with him, Wang Xiu.
Wang Xiu, courtesy name Shuzhi, was born in Yingling, Beihai County.
He originally served as the county magistrate under Kong Rong. After Lu Bu drove away Kong Rong, Chen Gong saw that Wang Xiu governed the place with clear rewards and punishments, and was deeply loved by the people, so Chen Gong recruited him to govern the country and became his 's right-hand man.
Later, when Liu Bei took control of Xuzhou, Chen Gong secretly sent Wang Xiu to win over Tao Qian's old troops secretly.
Chen Gong knew that Cao Cao had always coveted Xuzhou, and Lu Bu now had a rather subtle relationship with Cao Cao.
Chen Gong has no intention of competing with Cao Cao for the territory of Xuzhou, but those powerful families in Xuzhou who are dissatisfied with Liu Bei are also a resource!
Don't you Cao Mengde and Lu Changsheng dislike powerful families?
Then I, Qingzhou, have absorbed these powerful families, so you won’t object, right?
Qingzhou has been plagued by the Yellow Turbans for many years, and most areas have suffered from people's livelihood decline.
Chen Gong just hopes to get the resources and power of these powerful families in Xuzhou so that they can help him quickly restore the vitality of Qingzhou.
Chen Gong designed and sent Wang Xiu to secretly contact Tao Qian's old troops who were dissatisfied with Liu Bei. As long as Xuzhou's old troops were provoked to confront or even fight with Liu Bei's forces, Cao Cao would have an excuse to send troops to attack Xuzhou.
Once Cao Cao captures Xuzhou, Chen Gong can secretly promote Cao Cao's "bloody suppression" of the aristocratic families. When the time comes, he will not worry that those aristocratic families will not follow him!
As the general under Tao Qian, Cao Bao became the tacit leader of this group of people.
Wang Xiu, who was summoned, saw that Cao Bao's face was pale and he was still wearing a blood-stained lining, so he asked in confusion: "General Cao, what's going on?"
Cao Bao's expression was sometimes painful and sometimes ferocious.
After waiting for a while, he finally answered: "Today Zhang Fei's guy forced me to drink at the banquet. I don't drink alcohol on weekdays. Zhang Fei was so angry that he whipped me in public! I was so angry!"
When Wang Xiu heard this, he was delighted and said, "This is really a God-given opportunity!"
However, the expression on Wang Xiu's face was still well controlled. He carefully probed: "General Cao, are you sure that Zhang Fei only whipped you because of your drinking problem?"
When Cao Bao heard this, he looked startled and asked, "Why did you say this, sir?"
"General Cao, General Sun Guan, Sun and others have always been dissatisfied with Liu Bei's entry into Xuzhou.
I, an outsider from Qingzhou, can see it, but don’t you think Zhang Fei can’t?"
Wang Xiu's words made Cao Bao understand something, and he asked back: "Sir, do you mean that Zhang Fei used wine to deliberately tease me?"
"To be precise, I want to find an excuse to observe your reaction.
If you make the slightest move, or express dissatisfaction in private, Zhang Fei's army may burst into your house tomorrow!"
"He is..." Cao Bao was a little unsure, so Wang Xiu simply explained for him, "Zhang Fei is taking the opportunity to eradicate dissidents!"
"Hiss!" I don't know whether he was frightened by Wang Xiu's words or because the wounds on his body were affected and hurt, Cao Bao immediately took a breath of cold air.
However, Cao Bao was still a little confused, so he asked: "Then why did Zhang Fei take advantage of Liu Bei's absence?"
"Liu Bei has always cherished his reputation. Some dirty work cannot be done in front of him!"
Cao Bao remained silent for a long time. After a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said to Wang Xiu: "I heard that all the members of Marquis Wen's family fell into the hands of Cao Cao. I have a daughter with a beautiful face. Sir, can you..."
Wang Xiu thought: "Are you trying to use marriage to add a layer of security?"
But he couldn't make the decision in this matter, so he could only answer: "Please let Rong Xiu report this matter to Marquis Wen before he makes a decision!"
Hearing this, Cao Bao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Sir, please hurry up, maybe Zhang Fei will rush into my house tomorrow..."