Liu Xiang asked Shenlong to help in the battle, and the story of annihilating the Xianbei Hulu spread like wildfire. There were many versions. Everyone expressed their opinions, and each of them was vivid and vivid. It was enough to compile a book "The Story That Must Be Telled by General Zhenbei and Shenlong". The evidence is
Downstream of Longkou, everyone was convinced.
The gunpowder disappears into these absurd and bizarre stories.
Liu Xiang's goal was achieved.
His reputation in the army was at its peak, and the officers and soldiers of the Anping Army were honored. The resistance of the officers and soldiers of the Northern Army melted away like ice and snow, leaving only awe and no hatred. The civilians even worshiped him.
Therefore, there was no resentment at all about the order to recover the body from the icy water.
Searching for the corpses of Xianbei chanyu and nobles and sending them to Luoyang for the emperor to see would make the military achievements more dazzling. This reason made the whole army full of strength. Those who came to do the military merits were even more enthusiastic, contributing money and effort, and mobilizing manpower everywhere, fearing that
Others say they are trash.
The reason to prevent the outbreak of the plague made all the people of Pishi County work extremely hard. General Zhenbei can really cure the plague. This is based on facts, and his words cannot be disbelieved.
The wisdom of the people is infinite. They used various means, including rafts, small boats, pontoons, hooks, fishing nets, ice-breaking chisels, and the Eight Immortals to cross the sea, all showing their magical powers.
Liu Xiang even saw a whaling gun, with a hooked head and a rope tied to the tail, and was fired from a bed crossbow. Boss Cao is very experienced in transforming ordnance. The most awesome thing is that he will also give you a scale
, more than a hundred crossbows were lined up along the pontoon bridge, firing continuously towards the empty river, pulling back whatever they shot. Those who knew clearly knew that they were salvaging corpses, but those who didn't understood thought they were fighting against the ghosts of innocent people.
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Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians shuttled through the re-frozen Yellow River, and corpses of humans and animals were constantly being salvaged ashore. Liu Xiang was not sure whether the corpses of the livestock could be eaten, so he ordered them all to be burned. It was a pity and wasteful, but in the face of the plague, he did not dare to do anything.
Lucky mentality.
It is an anti-human decision to let people who have not seen meat for many years burn such a large batch of meat.
In order not to arouse public resentment and fear that the people would steal food, Liu Xiang built the Dragon Temple in the original rear camp with great fanfare, and offered sacrifices with the ceremony of Shaolao, and then announced to the people: "The dragon is warning, the livestock carcasses in the water are contaminated."
Wrong souls and evil deeds must never be eaten and must be burned with fierce fire, otherwise the consequences will be endless and may affect future generations."
Feudal superstition is not a good thing, but it is really useful. If the people just believe in it, it is much better than sending troops to snatch it from the hands of the people.
Salvage is still going on and it is a big project.
The battle report that the entire Xianbei army was wiped out had already been sent to Luoyang. A few days later, the bodies of Shan Yu and Lian and a group of Xianbei nobles were also sent to Emperor Ling. The news that Liu Xiang invited Shenlong to help in the battle naturally also spread in Luoyang.
The dragon is a noble mythical beast in the Han Dynasty, but it is not a taboo for the royal family. There is no such thing as the true dragon emperor or the descendant of the dragon. There is no such thing as the "true dragon emperor" in "Shangshu", "Spring and Autumn", "Zuo Zhuan" and "Historical Records"
The word "descendants of the dragon" was only invented during the Republic of China.
Although Liu Bang called himself the son of the Red Emperor, it was just to elevate his origin. The dragon and the emperor were not bound together in the Han Dynasty, and there were still many people's ideas about dragons.
The association of dragons with imperial power may have begun in the Tang Dynasty, because there was a "Qianqiu Festival" during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, there was a bronze mirror with a dragon on it and the inscription "Qianqiu". This kind of bronze mirror was called a pan
The purpose of the Dragon Mirror is to be awarded by the emperor to some meritorious people during the Qianqiu Festival, or to be worshiped by the people below. This Panlong Mirror was called "Jing of the Emperor" at that time. From this perspective, it was the same as the imperial power.
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The real use of the dragon as a symbol of the emperor began in the Ming Dynasty. After that, the emperor began to wear dragon robes. It was also in the Ming Dynasty that animals were tattooed on official uniforms. This is the origin of "animal clothing".
Liu Xiang asked the dragon to help him in the battle. It was just a fairy tale. It would make people look up to him. It was not taboo, and even many smart people would sneer at it.
Cui Lie commented in private: "It's just a water attack method, why bother talking about it in such a mysterious way and just trying to exaggerate yourself?"
But this could not stop the rumors among the people. Without the praise of scholars, Liu Xiang's name resounded throughout the Han Dynasty for the first time.
He fought against the dragon, killed the Xianbei Chanyu, and wiped out 50,000 Beidi cavalry. This was the Han's greatest victory over Xianbei in a hundred years.
Liu Hong felt that he was already on par with Emperor Wu. During his reign, he had produced an 18-year-old military god, both of whom had killed Beidi Chanyu. Who was worse than the other? Is this true?
The flattery of several regular waiters has never stopped, and they have been filming for several days in a row without showing any duplicates. They have profound skills. This job is really not something that ordinary people can do.
Liu Hong was in a good mood. The young military god is so good. It would be better if he could die early.
Reward, must be rewarded.
But General Zhenbei was already high enough, and if he went higher he would go straight into the center. The courtiers disagreed and argued for several days. They would rather give him more power than let him enter the court.
Finally, after a game between all parties, it was unanimously decided to let this person go back to his Youzhou.
The edict was sent to the military camp, and the official position of General Zhenbei was not changed. He was promoted to the title of Jihou, with five thousand households living in the city.
Liu Xiang looked at the edict and felt that only Jiajie was useful. Jiajie meant to hold the talisman on his behalf. He could directly kill those who violated the military order. There was also an unspoken rule that the general in Jiajie was the commander of the war zone by default.
Generals at the same level as him must be restrained by him if they do not have royal orders or talismans.
The Third Division of Yitong is just an official, honor guard, and guard, and the salary is rationed according to the salary of the three princes. For Liu Xiang, this is just a face-saving thing, with no practical significance. It is really useful to open the Third Division of Yitong. He
Only the staff and officials appointed by the government will be recognized by the court.
He sighed, Emperor Ling, you should die quickly so that I don’t have to worry about messy things.
During this time, most of the army sergeants were salvaging the corpses. Liu Xiang and a small group of people were preparing wheat cakes and bacon jerky. He originally wanted to prepare fried noodles. Wheat flour was added to soybean flour and salt and fried in a pot.
Cooked, this is a good military ration. Unfortunately, there were no pots in the Han Dynasty, so the noodles were fried in cauldrons. They were either raw or cooked, so they were inedible, so they had to give up in the end.
I prepared these for the Northern Expedition.
He did not want to return to Luoyang, and the imperial court could not provide a large amount of military expenditure, so he could only lead a small force to raid the Xianbei royal court in Danhan Mountain.
The odds of winning are actually pretty good.
Xianbei has a total population of 600,000 to 700,000. Although all the people are soldiers, they only have about 150,000 young and strong soldiers at most, and the rest of the old, weak, women and children are not to be feared. What's more, they are now divided into three tribes, east of Beiping on the right
The area is the territory of Xianbei in the east. Many tribes live together and there is no unified leader. The Suli and Mika tribes are the most powerful. It would be good if they can have a combined number of 100,000 people.
The area from Youbeiping to Shanggu is the territory of central Xianbei, with a population of about 200,000. Kuitou is the strongest and is the leader by default. He is Liu Xiang's biggest enemy in the north. He was defeated by Yan twice in the past few years.
In Rou's hands, nearly 20,000 cavalry were lost.
To the west of the Shang Valley is the territory of the Western Xianbei, which is the most powerful and populous and is where the royal court is located. Chanyu and Lian can actually only control the Western Xianbei.
With more than 50,000 troops wiped out, the royal court must be empty. It would be a pity not to fight.
Moreover, Danhan Mountain, where the Xianbei royal court is located, is just north of Daijun. After defeating Xianbei, the army can turn around and recapture Daijun. Then, they can attack Shanggu from the east and west, and almost all of Youzhou will fall into Liu Xiang's hands.
The most important thing is that he wants to return to Youzhou.