In the fourth year of Zhongping, on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xianbei died.
Liu Xiang led the Chinese army with 17,000 infantry and cavalry troops out of Juyong, joined Xu Rong's troops, and garrisoned Shanggu County.
Looking at Nanlou and Jin Shangcheng kneeling under the Chinese army's tent, he was a little embarrassed.
The transportation teams supporting the two divisions have been there twice, and food, fodder, and fuel have been delivered. However, the two divisions still have no intention of slaughtering cattle and sheep. The fodder sent to them is for raising horses, especially war horses, which must be preserved.
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It would be impossible to feed all the cattle and sheep by relying on sleds to transport fodder.
So far, cattle and sheep that are destined to starve to death have not been slaughtered. Everyone knows what this means, and they are preparing to send troops to plunder. The transport vehicles of the Hu people are expensive and scarce, and they are used to driving live cattle and sheep to use as military food supplies. It is self-evident who they want to rob.
The Han people are rich, the Hu people are poor, the Han people are close, and the Hu people are far away.
After he emphasized not to plunder the Han people, these two tribes still acted like this, and they deserved to be punished.
But after all, they didn't take any action, and punishing them for something that hasn't happened yet is hard to convince people.
When outsiders look at it, they think it is too young!
affect reputation.
The former leader of the rebellion, General Liu Xiang, now also knows how to cherish his wings and protect his reputation.
Once you enter the system, you feel as deep as the ocean.
But if you don’t punish these two people, they are not clear-minded. They are also attached to the Hu tribe. Look at what Wuyan and Kebineng did. How can they cooperate with the caravan? How can they count their tribesmen?
As you live your life, you only want to be a Han Chinese?
Why can't you do it? You still have role models, but there is no one to show them when they make decisions.
If we don't punish these two barbarians, how can we live up to the loyalty of Wu Yan and Ke Bineng?
Liu Xiang's eyes became colder and colder.
Nanlou kowtowed again, fell to the ground and begged: "General, I have no intention of plundering Youzhou. I just want to go to Bingzhou to grab some food. When the white disaster comes, if we don't prepare more food, our people will starve to death."
I beg the general to understand clearly. Our troops will never dare to cause trouble under the general's rule. I also ask the general to forgive this crime for the sake of our troops protecting Youzhou for more than ten years."
Liu Xiang felt that Nanlou was a bit stupid. He didn't understand the situation. Relying on him was different from relying on the big man to protect the Wuhuan captain. How could he let the Wuhuan tribe of hundreds of thousands of people be independent of him for a long time?
On their territory? Either they would be incorporated into Youzhou’s system and accept Chineseization, or they would have to be exterminated and become pastoral slaves.
He asked indifferently: "Have the food, grass, and fuel been delivered? Are you hungry?"
Nanlou was speechless. His Han brothers brought him food and fuel in a sudden wind and snow, but he himself had the idea of plundering the Han people. This made him feel ashamed. His people were also ashamed. Recently, they no longer heard of going there.
It robbed the voices of the Han people.
Liu Xiang continued to ask: "If the Han people don't starve, you will naturally not starve either. I am worthy of you, but what about you? Can you be worthy of me?"
Nanlou was so ashamed that he fell on the ground and begged: "Please give me a chance, general. I am willing to serve as a vanguard and attack Xianbei for the general, so that I can make up for my merits."
Western Xianbei and central Xianbei merged, old and young went into battle, and gathered 60,000 to 70,000 people to attack Bingzhou, Wuyuan, and Shuofang counties without any hindrance, and had already reached Xihe County.
More than 20,000 people from Eastern Xianbei are confronting Yan Rou in Liaodong.
According to Yan Rou's report, Goguryeo has once again increased its troops, and has gathered more than 40,000 people. The offensive intention is obvious, but they are blocked by Yang Gao at the Xuantu border. The left army has been transferred to Xuantu County for support.
Lelang also assembled an army of thirty thousand, intending to attack Fanhan where Guan Yu was.
Fuyu was stable and did not move at all. The connection between Youzhou and Yuan Huan was cut off. Fuyu did not clear the road and the messenger could not get out, but he should have stabilized Fuyu Wangwei Qoutai.
A snowstorm forced out the enemies of Xianbei and Goguryeo, but he didn't expect that Lelang would dare to use all his troops to go north. Wasn't Zhang Qi afraid of the Three Hans in the south poking his back?
Liu Xiang thought about the surrounding situation and said to Nanlou: "Since you want to turn your merits into a crime, I will give you a chance. I will give you 20,000 cattle and 80,000 sheep to serve as supplies for the army, and gather all the young and strong cavalry in the clan.
Are you willing to follow me to attack Xianbei?"
This was a mass bloodletting, and more than half of the cattle and sheep were collected.
Don't you want to drive your cattle and sheep out to plunder? Okay, just come over and make supplies for our army.
He is not afraid of the Nanlou tribe's rebellion. Shanggu County has gathered an army of 22,000 Anping troops, and Dai County has an infantry battalion of 8,000 people. The Nanlou tribe has less than 40,000 young men in total. It is not difficult to destroy them.
"I am willing to die for the general and destroy the Xianbei bandits." Nanlou finally felt relieved. He was really afraid of being wiped out.
When Liu Xiang was talking to Nanlou, Jin Shangcheng remained silent. He ran more than 600 miles from Danhan Mountain to the front of the army, and then knelt outside the Chinese army's tent without saying a word.
After being called into the tent, he just knelt in silence.
Not knowing what he wanted to cause, Liu Xiang didn't want to waste time with him, so he said: "I consider myself worthy of the Xiutu people. If you want shelter, I will provide it, and also give you pasture for the winter. When the white disaster comes, I will give you shelter."
Sending people to transport food, grass, and fuel is an act of benevolence, right? Are all Xiutu people ungrateful?"
Jin Shangcheng actually felt aggrieved. In his opinion, there was no conflict between plundering Han people and being loyal to the general. Besides, he really didn't think about plundering the people of Youzhou. He wanted to rob Yanmen County in Bingzhou.
Doesn't it count as disobedience if you don't rob the people under the general's rule?
But the general came with an army. After the Xianbei people had penetrated deeply into Bingzhou, the army came to the north. This was obviously aimed at him and Nanlou. Something was wrong. Regardless of what the general thought, he had to surrender first, but he
Really don't know what to say.
"Everyone who slaughters Xiu will remember the general's kindness and will never disobey him. Our department is also willing to sacrifice cattle and sheep and send all the young men to fight with the general." Jin Shangcheng felt that Nanlou could be exempted from guilt by using this condition, so he might as well do the same.
Let's learn from it.
"How much can you offer?"
Let's weaken it first. If we push too hard, it won't be fun if they surrender to the Xianbei people. After all, the Xiutu people are too far away to hunt down.
"Five thousand cattle, 30,000 sheep, and 7,000 young and strong people." Jin Shangcheng gritted his teeth. Anyway, these cattle and sheep would not survive the spring thaw, so he only had to keep some of them for seed.
Liu Xiang pondered for a moment and agreed to the condition: "All the young and strong people have left, and the tribe is empty. You can't stay at Danhan Mountain any longer. Like the Nanlou tribe, move to the Great Wall and go to Daijun's water control basin to graze cattle."
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It is better to be closer to control and easy to Chinese. I originally wanted to hammer a nail outside the fortress, but when the white disaster came, I realized that Xi Xianbei was so cowardly that he avoided Youzhou and the eastern part of Bingzhou and entered from Wuyuan and Shuofang.
Then Danhan Mountain will not be of much use.
Sinicizing and slaughtering people became the top priority.
Jin Shangcheng knew that he had passed the test, so he quickly kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, General, for your generosity. If you don't slaughter people, the general will see the loyalty of our troops."
"The military situation is urgent, act as soon as possible." Liu Xiang ordered.
He was in such a hurry because he didn't want to attack Western Xianbei. That was something that Fatty Dong should worry about. He was not in the mood to stay in the north and wait for the Xianbei people to return. Although he could get back a lot of grain and wealth by doing so, there was no place for frivolous wealth.
important.
Bingzhou cannot be occupied now. East Xianbei, Goguryeo and Lelang are the best choices to expand the territory.
The Anping Army's grand appearance at the northwest border was not to open up a battlefield on the western front. He recruited young herdsmen from Nanlou and Xiutu tribes, nor was he trying to steal the retreat from Western Xianbei.
Ever since he received Yan Rou's military report and learned that the Eastern Xianbei army was heading south, his eyes had never left the Horqin Grassland.
The opportunity is great.
The Dongxianbei man put on such a good posture, and I felt itchy in my heart if I didn't kick him.