Great Han Empire

Chapter 456
October of the fifth year of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty (AD 188).

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The news that the Xiongnu rebels retreated northward to the Yellow River made Li Hong anxious.

The original strategy of the Zhenbei General's Mansion was to wait for an opportunity to withdraw from the Great Wall Fortress after the leader hit Tuobafeng hard, and then allow the Huns rebels to go north in time to support Tuobafeng and defeat the leader, thus triggering civil strife in Xianbei.However, the Xiongnu rebels judged the situation and took the initiative to withdraw from Meiji and cross the Yellow River to the north. Although the Huns gave up a large area south of the Yellow River, they gained the initiative on the battlefield. After crossing the Yellow River, the Huns not only immediately It reversed the passive situation of being trapped and beaten, and also helped each other with the armies of the Eastern Qiang and Xianbei tribes, forming a strong offensive and defensive alliance.Thinking of his opponent's brilliance and decisiveness, Li Hong couldn't help but feel worried and worried about next year's battle outside the fortress.

The Han army originally planned to use the Great Wall fortress as a stronghold to attack the Hun rebels northward, but now this strategy had to be changed as the Hun rebels crossed the Yellow River northward.If the army forcibly crosses the river to attack, the first problem it encounters is the transportation of grain and grass.The Yellow River is a natural barrier. Across this big river, the transportation of grain and grass for the Han army has become an unsolvable problem.In order to ensure the success of the army's attack, Li Hong had to reconsider the attack strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War.

Li Hong urgently wrote to Xu Rong, asking him to order Yang Feng to take Sheyingtong's hussar battalion and [-] yellow scarf troops out of the customs immediately, and quickly seize the two cities of Mayi and Wuzhou at the fastest speed, and the camera continued to go north to attack Ding Zhongling and Shanwu in the south of Xiangjun.In order to ensure the smooth attack of Yang Feng's army, Li Hong also urgently dispatched Yan Rou who was stationed at Juyongguan, and immediately led Yan Wuwei's five thousand cavalry to Daijun to attack Pingcheng in the northeast of Yanmen County from the direction of Gaoliu.Li Hong told Yan Rou that once Pingcheng was captured, immediately go south along the Chi Dao to join Yang Feng's army, and must regain the territory north of Yanmen County to ensure that the Chi Dao connecting the two prefectures is unimpeded.

Li Hong rode fast for eight hundred miles to the emperor, and explained in detail the influence of the Xiongnu rebels' retreat northward to the Yellow River on the planned strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War. When the troops were insufficient, they quickly regained the lost land north of Yanmen County, opened up the Chi Road connecting the two prefectures, and made sufficient preparations for future battles.

After a little discussion with the ministers at Shangshutai, the emperor immediately issued an order to suppress the general's mansion in the north, urging Xu Rong to send troops to Yanmen Pass quickly and recover the territory north of Yanmen County.At the same time, the Son of Heaven issued an order to Li Hong, saying that the disaster victims in the Seven Counties had frequent riots, which might lead to catastrophe in the near future. He hoped that Li Hong would end the war in Youzhou as soon as possible and return to Bingzhou.The emperor gave Li Hong another edict. In the edict, the emperor told about all the things that happened in the court recently. He once again urged Li Hong to return to Bingzhou as soon as possible. Li Hong was very moved by the sincerity of the edict. , he wished to end the war in Youzhou within a few days to repay His Majesty's trust and favor.

Li Hong told Xianyufu and Yushi that the emperor had already prepared his troops in the capital, and he wanted to take advantage of the domestic and foreign difficulties of the Han Dynasty to force the courtiers to agree to him to establish the imperial line.Xian Yufu was very surprised and said, is His Majesty in a hurry to be confused, to establish the imperial line at this time?In order to establish the imperial line, His Majesty must first deal with the Northern Army, kill the General and the Chariot General, and the Empress is implicated by the General and must be abolished.After His Majesty abolished the Empress, he had to persuade the courtiers to abolish the Concubine and establish the Concubine, and the most difficult thing was this matter. It was very difficult to pass the proposal to abolish the Concubine and establish the Concubine.If His Majesty handles so many things together, Luoyang will definitely be in chaos. Once Luoyang is in chaos, the internal and external difficulties of the Great Han Kingdom will become more serious.

Yushi asked, will the Northern Xinjiang War still be fought?Do you want to lose ground in northern Xinjiang?Li Hong shook his head, very dazed, he didn't know either.Li Hong said that His Majesty is very confident and seems to have a solution. He seems to have a solution for the three things of quelling the riots of the disaster victims, going out to recover the lost land, and establishing the imperial line.

The three gathered together and speculated for a long time. They couldn't think of any perfect way for the emperor to handle these three things at the same time.Yushi said, should we discuss it with Zhu Musongwen and the others?If we can think of the emperor's strategy, we should be prepared to deal with it.Li Hong said that this is an extremely confidential matter of the Han Kingdom, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.Scholars like Zhu Mu are very different from us, and they will definitely not agree with the abolition of the imperial family and the establishment of the concubine, so we better not ask for trouble.We are all soldiers of the Han Kingdom, and we will do whatever His Majesty tells us to do. Can you still disobey His Majesty's imperial decree?Yushi smiled and said, how few imperial decrees have you disobeyed?How many times have you listened to His Majesty?Li Hong said embarrassingly, it was a war, and the situation of the war was changing rapidly. In order to defeat the enemy, we had no choice but to disobey the imperial edict occasionally, but this matter cannot disobey the imperial edict. His Majesty's words.

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In the middle of the night, She Moci suddenly came to the camp.He told Li Hong that the leader had been defeated by Tuoba Feng and had fled back to Danhan Mountain.

Li Hong was surprised and delighted, he asked excitedly, where is Tuoba Feng?She Moci gritted his teeth and said that Tuoba Feng, the Eastern Qiang people and the Huns were attacking Danhan Mountain.Li Hong hurriedly said, didn't I tell you that you can lead your troops out of the country for support, and if you don't have enough troops, you can borrow from Lou Lu and Lu Pofeng. Why didn't you go to support and why did you come to me in a hurry?Could it be that Lou Lu and Lu Pofeng are unwilling to lend you soldiers?She Moci shook his head, looking depressed.Li Hong was secretly surprised, and looked at him very worriedly.

If Tuoba Feng captured Danhan Mountain and killed the leader, the civil strife in Xianbei would stop immediately.Tuoba Feng has Helian's son Qianman in his hand, he is the righteous king of Xianbei.As long as Tuobafeng supports Qianman as the king, even if the various tribes in Xianbei are not convinced and have their own ghosts, but considering the current situation in Xianbei and Tuobafeng's powerful influence, it is estimated that no one will openly raise the flag to avenge the leader.The Xianbei country is not in chaos, and Tuoba Feng's strength is quickly restored, which will do a lot of harm to the Han country, but not a single benefit.Tuoba Feng took control of Danhan Mountain Royal Court, so he could recruit various cavalry in the name of King Xianbei.The Han army will go out next year to recover the lost land. Tuobafeng will definitely use the excuse of defending the Xianbei territory to recruit cavalry from various ministries. Coupled with the Eastern Qiang and Huns gathered in the northern part of the Yellow River, Tuobafeng's strength will be amazing.If the situation in northern Xinjiang turned into this situation, it would be a wrong move for the Han people to provoke the civil strife in Xianbei. Instead of improving the situation in northern Xinjiang, it would become even worse.

Of course Li Hong couldn't tell She Moci about this kind of thing, so he urged She Moci to go back quickly, "Animals, weapons, whatever you want, you just need to ask, Lou Lu and Lu Pofeng will definitely give it to you, I will give it to you." I have already greeted them in private. As for the deployment of troops, I can't come forward, I can't directly order Lou Lu and Lu Pofeng to help you fight Tuobafeng." Li Hong said, "If His Majesty the Emperor knows that I help Kui If I defeated Tuoba Feng with my head, I was cheating on the enemy country, and I will be beheaded. If you go find them again, they should agree."

She Moci smiled wryly, General, it's not that they don't agree, it's that the leader doesn't agree.Li Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then understood the chief's difficulties.Be it Shemoci, Loulu and Lupofeng, their tribes all live in the territory of the Han Kingdom, so who knows their relationship with Leopard?If She Moci rushed in with a large army, the leader would be secretly collaborating with the enemy. Tuoba Feng said that he was charged with plotting to kill Qianman and occupying the king of Xianbei forever. After losing Tuoba Feng, his reputation on the prairie was also ruined, and he could no longer get the sympathy and support of the Xianbei tribes. He was completely finished.

"Where is Karasuma-sama Ran Ran from Daijun? How is he?"

"Ran Ran has already surrendered." She Moci shook his head and said, "Xianbei people will not believe him. What is the difference between Ran Ran leading troops to Danhan Mountain and us leading troops to Danhan Mountain? I can't help the leader anymore, I will send troops The support will only harm him, and instead let Tuoba Feng pick a big deal for nothing."

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Li Hong spread out the map and looked at it carefully while lying on the table.She Moci sat quietly on the side.He hurried to Daying to look for Li Hong, hoping that Li Hong would think of a way to rescue the leader.

"Now Loulu can gather 1 people, you and Lu Pofeng can gather 5000 people, and Ran Ran can gather 5000 people, so there are [-] cavalry in total." Li Hong looked up at Shemoci and asked, "If you Immediately rush to Yanmen County, join Yan Rou, Yang Feng, and two adults, and launch a fierce attack on Dingxiang, Yunzhong, and Wuyuan, see, can this force Tuoba Feng back?"

She Moci shook his head without thinking.

"My lord, Tuoba Feng has already expected this method of yours. He ordered the Huns to garrison troops in Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Dingxiang to prevent you from attacking the four northern counties during the civil strife in Xianbei. Now the Huns are Destiny and Tuoba Feng's fate are tightly tied together, the Huns must guard this place no matter for themselves or for Tuoba Feng. In addition, Tuoba Feng managed to catch the man who controlled Danhan Mountain. Opportunity, why would he withdraw his troops? As long as he breaks through Danhan Mountain and kills the leader, he can dominate the prairie. Compared with dominating the prairie and making great achievements for thousands of years, what are the four northern counties? Will withdraw troops. Last year, Tuoba Feng could have controlled Danhan Mountain, but Murong Feng beat him a step ahead. As a result, he got nothing, so he had to swallow his anger and find another good strategy. This time Murong Feng and his army were restrained in Yuyang, what do you think? Thinking, how could he let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? If he misses this opportunity again, can he still stand up?"

"Actually, Lord General recruited 2 people to Yanmen County to attack the four northern counties. This matter is easier said than done. First, we need to assemble the army, and then meet Lord Yan Rou in Yanmen County. It will take a while. And the leader may not be able to defend for such a long time. Secondly, the distance to attack the four northern counties is long, and it is impossible to end the fight in a short time. Our soldiers and horses can persist, but there is a serious shortage of food and weapons. In the rebellion with Gao Chan, both sides not only lost troops, but also consumed a considerable amount of livestock and weapons. In addition, I have been secretly supporting Danhan Mountain recently, so we no longer have enough livestock weapons to support long-distance and long-term battles .”

She Moci sighed, and said, "Danhan Mountain is very close to Daijun. If the army goes directly to Danhan Mountain to attack Tuobafeng and drive him away, we will be more than enough, but it's a pity that the leader is unwilling."

Li Hong frowned, thought for a long time, and then asked: "What if we attack Danhan Mountain?"

She Moci was very surprised, "Attack Danhan Mountain? Are we attacking Danhan Mountain?"

"Yes. I directly ordered, with Lou Lu as the commander, to gather all the tribal cavalry in Dai County and Shanggu County, and directly attack Danhan Mountain. We will fight both Tuobafeng and Kueitou, both of them." Li Hong He said with a smile, "Whether the leader agrees or not, we'll talk about it after we hit him. Of course, it's true to hit Tuoba Feng, but it's not true to hit the leader."

She Moci looked at Li Hong suspiciously, thought for a while, and said, "Tuoba Feng and Kuitou have fought fiercely, and both sides have been injured. Both sides are exhausted. If we enter the country quietly at this time, we will definitely beat them up." I was caught off guard, but Lou Lu..."

Li Hong knew what he was worried about, so he said with a smile: "Because King Heiling's death has something to do with the Xianbei people, Lou Lu is more hostile to Danhan Mountain, and may kill at will. How about this, I will let Master Yushiyu Commander of the cavalry army, what do you think?"

She Moci bowed his head in thought, with a hesitant expression.This matter is very risky, and it may become true.Does Li Hong want to help the leader or kill him?According to the thinking of the Han people, it should be hoped that the more chaotic Xianbei the better, which is conducive to the stability of the northern border of the Han Dynasty.If you want the Xianbei Kingdom to be in chaos, of course you must keep Danhan Mountain and keep the leader.From this point of view, Li Hong really wanted to help, otherwise, he would not suddenly change his mind and send troops abroad in the name of the Han army.However, the fight against Tuobafeng is true, and the fight against the leader is false. Only the leaders of the Karasuma people know this, and the other Karasuma soldiers do not know. Playing Khan Mountain, it is the Xianbei people who suffer.

Li Hong saw that Shemoci was unable to make up his mind for a long time, so he hurriedly comforted him a few words. Li Hong said that the Karasuma people sent troops this time not because they were recruited by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but because of my military orders. The good thing is that in order to preserve their strength, Lou Lu and Ran Ran will not work very hard, at most they are just pretending.The purpose of our sending troops is only to slow down Tuoba Feng's attack speed, so that he can't take down Danhan Mountain for a short time. As for repelling Tuoba Feng, that's the job of the commander. I won't do it, and I won't do it for a The leader let the Karasuma people lose their soldiers and generals.After the commander-in-chief and Mijia got the news that Tuobafeng joined forces with foreigners to attack Danhan Mountain, they will immediately go north to support. Don't worry, the leader will be fine.

She Moci smiled helplessly.As long as the leader is not dead and the Khan Mountain is not lost, he will be worthy of the dead King Tanshihuai. How about the Xianbei country is no longer his business.Thank you for shooting ink.

Li Hong helped him up, and said seriously: "The Wuye tribe stays in the territory and is not allowed to leave the country. This is good for you and the leader."

Li Hong immediately ordered to recruit Daijun and Shanggu County Karasuma iron cavalry, and ordered Daijun Karasuma master Ran Ran and Shanggu Karasuma King Loulu to lead their troops to Macheng to join Yushi, and Yushi commanded the army to leave the country to attack Danhan Mountain.Li Hong talked with Xian Yufu and Yushi in the big tent for a long time. Before leaving, Li Hong said, tell Lou Lu, Ran Ran, and Lu Pofeng that the spoils are at Danhan Mountain, so it's up to them Do you have the ability to get it back.

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White Sandalwood City.

Mi Jia, Xiong Ba, Su Li and others surround Murong Feng, begging Murong Feng to go north to support Danhan Mountain, but Murong Feng is unmoved and has a firm attitude, he just does not agree.He still said that as long as the leader is dead, the Xianbei country will not be in chaos. It must be able to compete with the Great Han Kingdom, otherwise, the strength of the Xianbei Kingdom will decline and the prospects will be worrisome.

Both Li Kuangfeng and Tie Ao support Murongfeng.Tie Ao said, now that Tuoba Feng has supported Qianman as the new king, at this time, our going north to support Danhan Mountain is equivalent to telling the tribes of the prairie that our central Xianbei and eastern Xianbei support the leader, that is to say, the emergence of the Xianbei Kingdom With the loss of two great kings, the Xianbei Kingdom was actually divided into two.

Li Kuangfeng said, instead of dividing one into two, one divided into three.Luozhuo Luoluo of Xianbei in the west first encouraged the king to attack Tuobafeng, and then rescued the king from Tianjiuyuan, and then?Then he left the king and ran back to his own western desert.What does Luo Luoluo want to do?Isn't this already obvious?He doesn't want to be the king of Xianbei in the west, but he wants to be the king of Xianbei country. He wants us to fight Tuobafeng to the death, we will both lose and die, and then he will come out to pick up the cheap and clean up the mess.Think about it clearly, and see the consequences of our rescue of the leader, and don't ruin the entire Xianbei Kingdom because of hatred for Tuoba Feng.

Mi Jia said that if the leader dies, it will be Tuoba Feng who will control the Danhanshan royal court, and he will become the de facto king of the Xianbei Kingdom. Qianman's little doll is just a decoration. In time, Tuoba Feng will tear off the disguise Show your true colors instead.At that time, it will be our turn to die, our turn to exterminate the genocide.It is you who should think clearly, and it is you who ruined the Xianbei Kingdom.

Xiong Ba said, after we went north to support Danhan Mountain and the leader, the situation in Xianbei was not as bad as you imagined.King Kuitou has the tribes of Tanhan Mountain, and behind him is the Marshal and Master Mi.King Qianman is a young child, he has no influence, and behind him is Tuobafeng's northern Xianbei tribes.Comparing the two, which is better and which is worse, it is clear at a glance. Are all the chiefs of the prairie blind?Don't they know which king they should choose to support?Tuoba Feng has committed a heinous crime this time by using foreigners to attack Danhan Mountain and attack the king. As long as our army gathers on Danhan Mountain and the commander raises his arms and shouts, Tuoba Feng will surely die without a place to die.

Tie Ao retorted that Tuoba Feng now has the Xiongnu and the Dongqiang people to help him, and his strength is strong. If we go north to attack, we will lose both sides. Who will be cheaper?It's cheaper for the Han Dynasty, and it's cheaper for you to settle down.With us here, I don't believe that Tuoba Feng dared to act recklessly and usurp the Xianbei throne.I forgive him for not having the guts, nor the strength.

Su Li moved his chubby body, stood behind Mijia, and suddenly said: "We can shake hands with the leopard and let the leopard attack the Huns from behind. As long as the Huns lose, Tuoba Feng loses his support and wants to survive." It's all difficult."

There was a dead silence in the big tent for a moment, the leaders of the Xianbei tribes were shocked, and they stared at Suli dumbfounded.

Su Li chuckled, and said again: "Tuoba Feng is dead, Xianbei Kingdom will be stable. When we regain our vitality, we can still fight leopards, otherwise, we will be chased by leopards to the prairie and beat us to death Hiding everywhere, fleeing everywhere."

"Think about it, everyone..."

"You're looking for death." Mi Jia turned around and kicked them, "We worked so hard to defeat Yuyang and Lulongsai, so why should we give them back to the Han people for nothing?"

Su Li dodged Mi Jia's furious kick, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "After we fight Tuoba Feng, will Yuyang and Lu Longsai still be able to defend? It's Tuoba Feng's northern four The county will also be taken back by the leopards. If we and Tuoba Feng lose both sides, not to mention the territory of these Han people, even the Danhan Mountain, even our grassland will not be able to keep it."

Mijia was so angry that he pointed at him and cursed: "Fatty, have you been killed by the leopard? Why are you getting more and more hopeless?"

Su Li was startled, took a few steps back, and said in a low voice, "It's better to lose your courage, it's better than losing your life. We don't have enough troops. If we want to support Danhanshan, we have to give up Yuyang and Lulongsai. "

Murong Feng stood up, snorted coldly, and walked away.

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A few days later, Kuitou's younger brother Budu personally rushed to White Sandalwood City to ask for help.The news brought by Bu Du Geng made Murong Feng furious.

Leopard's powerful general Yushi led [-] Karasuma cavalry to suddenly appear on Danhan Mountain, and Tuobafeng and Tuobafeng attacked violently from left to right.Kuitou couldn't hold on, so he had to lead the Danhanshan tribes to abandon the royal court and retreat to the upper reaches of the Qiushui River.Yushi commanded the Karasuma people to take the lead in seizing the royal court of Danhan Mountain, and after wantonly plundering, they burned the royal court with a torch.

Tuoba Feng was furious and led his troops to attack and kill Yushi.When the two armies were in a bloody battle at Danhan Mountain, Kuitou suddenly led his army to copy behind Tuobafeng.How could he not avenge this hatred when the jade burned the king's court of Danhan Mountain?The leader was not dead, of course Tuoba Feng was unwilling to withdraw his troops, he chased and intercepted him everywhere, vowing to kill the leader.The three armies were entangled in the vicinity of Danhan Mountain and Qiushui River like this, and no one was willing to withdraw their troops first.

(End of this chapter)