Chapter 259 Bad news in Youzhou (thanks to [Mercury's Masked Superman]
The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and it will be very cold in the north in another month.
The Central Plains is better. If there is a cold year outside the Great Wall, it may have snowed by this time.
A poem once mentioned, "The north wind blows the white grass on the ground and breaks it, and the sky is full of snow in August."
Over the years, during such difficult times, the northern nomads have always experienced extraordinary suffering. But even if their lives are almost unbearable, they still dare not take any chances with the big man.
There's nothing I can do, I'm afraid of being beaten!
Later, even though the Han Dynasty was in civil strife, there was still a white horse general named Gongsun Zan.
Later Gongsun Zan fell, and another Yuan Shao came who was more ruthless than Gongsun Zan.
The Hu people in the southern part of Bingzhou were defeated by Yuan Shao's generals Zhang He and Gao Lan, and a large number of elites were recruited for Yuan Shao's use.
After that, Yuan Shao even appointed his nephew Gao Gan as the governor of Bingzhou, which completely brought the southern counties of Bingzhou under Yuan Shao's control.
But in the battle of Guandu, the Wuhuan cavalry suffered heavy losses. Although the casualties were not too great, countless people fled.
In addition, Zhang He, who was feared and admired by the Wuhuan cavalry, surrendered to Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao could no longer gather this group of proud and powerful foreign soldiers.
After the cavalry, which was mainly composed of Wuhuan people and a small number of Xianbei and Qiang people, was defeated, many of them fled back to the northern grasslands.
Some Wuhuan people even fled to Wuhuan, a land of three counties, and defeated Yuan Shao. Now they brought the news that Yuan Shao was strong on the outside and powerful on the inside.
Starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wuhuan was attached to the cavalry, accepted the canonization of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and served as a recruiting force for the Eastern Han army many times. It even served as a custom-made Wuhuan cavalry with 800 people to become the guard force of the Eastern Han Dynasty palace.
The Wuhuan cavalry were very powerful in combat, so they were recruited by the court many times in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty and participated in frontal battles against the Xiongnu and Xianbei.
However, due to frequent rebellions in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wuhuan tribe that submitted to the Eastern Han Dynasty was recruited and participated in the war many times, and there were not many left. The other Wuhuan tribes who were aloof from the Eastern Han Dynasty and did not fully submit to the imperial court were almost out of the control of the imperial court.
However, Wuhuan has never formed a unified large grassland country, and its organizational form is still far from the form of a country.
This is also because the Eastern Han Dynasty has been implementing the policy of divide and rule. The chanyu who granted Wuhuan the title of several chanyus at one time. This state of being each their own king has prevented the various Wuhuan tribes from being integrated into a whole.
After Yuan Shao experienced a major defeat this time, Wuhuan in the three counties began to make moves again.
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Chenliu County.
After more than half a year of training, the cavalry under Zhao Yun and Lu Lingqi have gradually developed a tacit understanding, and there is both cooperation and competition between the two armies.
There are more wolf cavalry in Bingzhou, but the dragon cavalry camp has Zhao Yun, an unparalleled commander, so generally speaking, it is a balanced state.
The Beiwei Army expanded to 5,000 men, and the entire army's equipment also received another upgrade.
The Iron Buddha expanded to a thousand men and was upgraded from heavy armored infantry to heavy armored cavalry, becoming a veritable torrent of steel.
Lu Yan handed over all the 20,000 regular defenders and 30,000 field troops of Chenliu County to Huang Zhong, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu. Together with the original 5,000 troops of Liu Bei and others, these 55,000 people formed
Chenliu County's regular defense force was reduced.
As for Zhang Fei, he had a very good relationship with Dian Wei. Later, after many times of hard work against Lu Yan, he finally got his wish and entered Tiefu Tu to lead the heavy cavalry with Dian Wei.
Dian Wei is a peerless warrior who charges and breaks formations, but he is somewhat lacking in leadership.
In the past, when Taishi Ci and Taishi Ci were in the Beiwei army together, Taishi Ci was responsible for leading the soldiers, and Dian Wei acted as the vanguard.
Now that Dian Wei is leading an army alone and it is a cavalry that he is not very good at, sometimes he seems a little stiff.
Now that Zhang Fei has joined Tiefutu, he can very well make up for the shortcomings of Dian Wei's leadership.
Zhang Fei is not only a fierce general, but also a commander who is good at leading troops. With his joining, Tiefu Tu's combat power has been significantly improved.
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Ever since Concubine Cao gave birth to a princess, Liu Xie was full of energy and talked about how his daughter was doing to everyone he met, causing the civil and military ministers to stay away from Liu Xie unconsciously.
Not long after the child was one month old, Liu Xie went to General Hussar's house to ask for medicine. However, he was different from Cao Hong. What he wanted was medicine to strengthen the body and improve intelligence.
There are too many things like Dali Pills and Yizhi Pills, but when children are growing, taking these pills too early will only limit their own potential.
Lu Yan had to persuade Liu Xie to give up these elixirs, but Lu Yan still gave Liu Xie's daughter a small pendant, which was a reward from the system. The effect is that it can repel mosquitoes around the wearer and also emit a faint fragrance.
Liu Xie was extremely happy and kept playing with the small pendant and asked: "Changsheng, I heard that you also gave Prime Minister Cao a jade pendant that can help him concentrate and keep his head calm... How come you have so many treasures?
"
Lu Yan was a little surprised and asked: "How did your Majesty know?"
"Prime Minister Cao often shows off in front of others, and his proud look makes people hate him."
"..." Lu Yan didn't know how to answer the question. When did this old Cao become so showy?
"Do you have any other treasures for me, Queen Fu, and Concubine Cao? Don't worry, I will pay for them!"
"I dare you to treat my place as a wholesale market?" Lu Yan cursed in his heart, but said: "If I get some interesting gadgets again, I will report them to Your Majesty as soon as possible."
The implication is that I am no longer here, and I will let you know if I have anything to say next time.
Although Liu Xie was a little regretful, he was not disappointed. Just when he stood up to say goodbye, Cao Cao suddenly walked in with Cao Ang.
Cao Cao and Liu Xie met each other. After being slightly stunned, he quickly bowed and saluted:
"I have met your Majesty, Cao Cao!"
"Your Majesty, Cao Ang, has met you!"
"Prime Minister Cao, you are here too!" Liu Xiexu helped Cao Cao and Cao Ang up, then showed the pendant in his hand and said, "Prime Minister, take a look, this is the gift Changsheng just gave to my daughter."
"It has a faint fragrance, I guess it must be something extraordinary!" Cao Cao complimented.
"Haha! Prime Minister, you are indeed very discerning!" Liu Xie was very happy.
But Liu Xie's unintentional glance allowed him to keenly see a trace of solemnity in Cao Cao's eyebrows, so he asked: "I see that the prime minister has a worried look on his face. Did something big happen?"
Cao Cao nodded and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, I have just received news that Wuhuan from the three counties went south in large numbers and broke through the defenses of Youzhou!"
"Ah!" Liu Xie was shocked when he heard this: "Wuhuan invaded Youzhou? Then the people of Youzhou..."
"Hundreds of thousands of households were brutally robbed!"
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."
Liu Xie's expression was dull and he didn't even notice that the pendant in his hand fell to the ground.
Lu Yan sighed deeply and said: "Yuan Shao...it is not a pity to die..."