Great Han Empire

Chapter 507 Immediately Shooting the Gun
Jin Xueyuan.

General Li Hong of Cheqi, General Fenwei Xian Yufu, General Zhechong Zhonglang Yang Feng and General Wei Lie Zhonglang led an army of [-] troops led by Yushi to Jinxueyuan.Jinxueyuan is two hundred miles away from the frontier, located in the middle reaches of Nuoshui (now Aibugai River in Inner Mongolia), backed by Dongshan Mountain, it is a place with lush water and grass.

This was originally the territory of the Tuoba clan. Later, because more and more people belonged to the Tuoba clan, Tuoba Feng moved the lord's mansion to the Chuanhanyuan, but his own clan still lives here.Now more than 2 Tuoba people here have been captured by the Han army, and Captain Li Yun led [-] soldiers to guard them.

Accompanied by Li Yun, Li Hong and the generals looked around Jinxueyuan, and they were full of praise for the scenery here.

"Yuxing, Guorang, what do you think about putting the seat of Hanbei County here?" Li Hong pointed to the towering and majestic Dongshan Mountain in the distance, and asked with a smile, "There are mountains and rivers here, and the terrain is dangerous. fortification."

"Here? Jinxueyuan?" Tian Yu hesitated for a moment, then said respectfully, "My lord, this place is too close to the frontier fortress. The government office should go further north, and it should be about five hundred miles away from the frontier fortress. The north and south of Hanbei County are close Qianli, wouldn't it be more appropriate to put the government office in the center?"

Looking at the rushing clear river, Xian Yufu nodded and said, "I think this place is suitable." Then he pointed to Yang Feng and Yushi, "What do you think? Don't look at the scenery anymore, and help out with ideas, this is a major event of the country .”

Yang Feng smiled and said: "Although this is a little closer to the frontier fortress, after we build Hanbei County, the frontier fortress will be in the north, in the area of ​​Jiluo Mountain, Chaotianyuan and Fuyangju Mountain. The frontier fortress is very close, here is a desert, there are no high mountains to obstruct, cavalry cavalry cascading down, five hundred miles is just a matter of time, so for safety, it is better to place the government office closer to the inner county. "

"In the future, if we fight the Hu people, the battlefield will be in the desert. In order to prevent the war from quickly spreading to the inner county south of Yinshan Mountain, we need to persist in the desert. At this time, the connection with the inner county and the transportation Supply has become an important issue, so the seat of Hanbei County must be placed closer to the inner county." Yushi said, "Your Excellency is right, this place is very good, it is a good place."

Li Hong looked at the hesitant Tian Yu, "Master Taishou, what do you say? Is this okay?"

Tian Yu thought for a while and said, "Let's do it according to your lord. This is a border county, which is different from an inner county. Military affairs are far more important than civil affairs."

Li Hong smiled and said: "Civil affairs are the most important thing. If the barbarians in Hanbei County live in extreme poverty and cannot survive, the desert will still be full of wars. As you said, even if I have a hundred thousand cavalry, I cannot Guarantee the stability of northern Xinjiang. These days, I see you are reticent, and you have been thinking about Hanbei County, what do you think?"

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Tian Yu said: "There are several problems in Hanbei County that need to be solved urgently. At present, the most urgent problem is the northward migration of the Hu people and the division of territories of various ethnic groups, followed by the poverty of the Hu people and the problem of controlling the expansion of the power of the Hu people."

"My lord, this expedition is well-prepared, and the attack speed is extremely fast. It is difficult for the tribes of Xianbei and Tanhan Mountain in the north to retreat thousands of miles away. That is to say, we will probably capture 10,000+ Xianbei population. Your lord will make these people To reward the generals of the Hu tribe as spoils of war, the population and strength of the various tribes and tribes that moved northward to the desert will increase greatly in a short period of time. In the future, we can properly control them and curb their expansion.”

"In order to control and contain the Hu people, we have many successful experiences." Tian Yu said, "It has been 200 years since the Hu people migrated to the Han Dynasty, and our ancestors have used various methods, such as Give the land to the king, appease and make peace, move inland to prefectures and counties, open markets in frontier counties, attract noble children of Hu people to settle in the capital, study in Taixue, and even let them give up animal husbandry and study farming instead. Many Hu people have improved their lives because of , Survival is guaranteed, I am grateful to the Han Kingdom, and loyally surrender. We will use these methods today, but have you noticed that these methods have not fundamentally solved the survival problem of the Hu people."

Yang Feng suddenly said: "Master Tian is right. The emperor and the court of the Han Kingdom have not even solved the survival problem of our Han people, let alone the survival problem of the Hu people. Does Master Tian have a solution once and for all?"

"No, I don't." Tian Yu hurriedly waved his hands, "Compared to the wisdom of our ancestors, what am I?"

"Guorang, if you have any good ideas, just talk about it." Li Hong said with a smile, "For future generations, we are also ancestors, so our wisdom must not be inferior to our ancestors. Since we have established Hanbei County in the desert , we will build it well and make it the strongest territory of our Great Han Kingdom."

"Your Excellency's expedition to the desert, the establishment of Hanbei County, and the northward relocation of Hu people are actually all for the resettlement of victims in northern Xinjiang, and to ensure the smooth farming of northern Xinjiang, so the stability of Hanbei County is directly related to the stability of northern Xinjiang." Tian Yu looked at everyone. , frowning and said, "The Han people are farming in the south of Yinshan Mountain, and the Hu people are raising livestock and grazing in the north of Yinshan Mountain. We must ensure that both Han people and Hu people can survive, so that northern Xinjiang can truly stabilize."

"The seven border counties to the south of Yinshan Mountain are either fertile land or areas with lush water and grass. They are suitable for farming and grazing. Compared with the desert north of Yinshan Mountain, the conditions are much better. The Hu people in the county are richer than the Hu people in the desert. Therefore, I think Hanbei County and these seven border counties should learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses, so that the barren Hanbei County can benefit from the farmland. benefit, the life of Hu people will be improved.”

"Learn from strengths to make up for weaknesses?" Li Hong asked curiously, "How to make up for weaknesses by learning from each other's strengths?"

"It is mainly based on farming, and farming and grazing complement each other." Tian Yu explained, "We also need to open a market in the border county, so that the Han and Hu people can easily barter, promote the trade of goods, and let the people of the border county Everyone can benefit from their work.”

"The Han people make a living by cultivating the fields, and the harvest is good. Although they have to bear a certain amount of slight taxes, it is enough to maintain their lives. The Hu people make a living by grazing. Because the output is low, most people are very poor, so they should be exempted. Pay taxes, and should also receive a certain amount of relief. However, the Hu people can provide a large amount of cattle and sheep and other livestock to the inner county, and can provide sturdy war horses to the frontier soldiers and field soldiers. They can use these things in exchange for the surplus food of the Han people and supplies. The merchants in the big city of the border county are important figures in promoting this kind of commodity trading, and the city cannot survive without them, but they make a lot of profits, and they must bear relatively high taxes. "

Tian Yu explained his thoughts in detail and talked for a long time.Li Hong and all the generals understood, and couldn't help admiring the young Tian Yu.

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"What else?" Li Hong asked, "Let's talk about it together?"

"Although the Xianbei Kingdom is divided into four Xianbei tribes, they have no counties and counties. They are all large and small tribes. Each tribe occupies a territory. The leaders of these tribes are led by the leaders of the Xianbei tribes. It is very difficult to govern." Tian Yu said, "Now that we have established Hanbei County in the desert, what method should we use to govern these tribes? Should we follow the Xianbei method and use prefects to rule the tribes? These prefectures and counties govern the tribes in various places?"

Li Hong and the generals were dizzy, feeling that this matter was too difficult to handle.If the method of the Xianbei people is still followed, it is obviously impossible to effectively control the tribes in the desert, let alone curb the expansion of the power of the tribes. However, if the counties are divided in the desert, there will inevitably be conflicts with the tribes of the Hu people. It is very difficult to deal with the territory where the Hu people live and the power of the leaders of the various Hu tribes.After all, the desert is different from the inner county. There is also a big difference between the Hu people who moved north to the desert and when they moved to the Han territory to live under the fence.

"Is there any more?" Li Hong asked with a serious expression.

"Hanbei County is the territory of the Great Han State. So, are the Hu people living in Hanbei County Han people? If they are not Han people, but Hu people who surrendered to the Han people, then they have their own army just like Shan Yuting. This is a huge threat to the safety of Hanbei County. Look at the Xiongnu rebellion and Karasuma rebellion last year, it is because they have their own army, they can bring trouble to the Han country at any time. If they are from my Han country, it is the Han country They have no reason to continue to keep the army. Their safety is in the responsibility of the Han Kingdom. This is the case with the Qiang people who belong to the western border. Their leaders can keep a certain number of personal guards in the clan, but they are not allowed to have a large number Weapons and an army of more than 500 people." Tian Yu said solemnly, "The Hu tribes in Hanbei County should also do the same."

Li Hong remained silent.He looked up at the free-spirited white clouds in the sky, and watched intently, his heart was suddenly shocked by the beauty of the white clouds, what kind of purity it was, a suffocating purity.What kind of happiness would it be if I could abandon everything in this world, wander freely and carefree like that white cloud, and take light rain away from the hustle and bustle of this world?Now I am stuck in the quagmire of this world and cannot extricate myself. The deeper I sink, the less hope I can see. I am exhausted and unable to support myself.

He suddenly thought of his family.Where the hell am I from?What am I going to do again?My name is known all over the world, why haven't my family members found me yet?Did they all die in successive wars?

"My lord..." Tian Yu looked at the blue sky, then at Li Hong, and called softly.

"Put these two things aside for now, and we'll talk about them later." Li Hong waved his hand and said, "The top priority now is to prepare for the establishment of Hanbei County."

"My lord, these two things should be done sooner rather than later. If we can't solve the future problems in the early days of the establishment of the county, then when the strength of the Hu tribe increases greatly in the future, we will have no way to solve the problem of controlling and containing the Hu tribe." Tian Yu He said eagerly, "My lord can't give up temporarily just because things are difficult to handle. My lord should look further ahead."

Li Hong's face suddenly sank.

"Guorang..." Xian Yufu stopped him, "Don't talk about it, your lord has already told you what to do."

"My lord, the problem of the Hu people cannot be solved simply by moving north to the desert." Tian Yu ignored Li Hong's face and Xian Yufu's stop, and waved with a fair and handsome face, "If we can't Taking advantage of the opportunity of this expedition to the desert to completely solve the threat of the Hu people, sooner or later the northern border will be in chaos. This is the northern border of the Great Han Kingdom, not the northern border of the Lord. Your Excellency should consider the issue more for the future of the Great Han Kingdom. For the descendants of the Han Kingdom..."

"Guorang..." Xian Yufu reprimanded in a cold voice, "Take things slowly, don't rush."

Tian Yu also said that Tian Chou, who was standing next to him, grabbed him and almost covered his mouth with his hand.

Yang Feng, Yushi, Pang De and Li Yun looked at the excited Tian Yu in amazement.

"I can't tell that this kid has a big temper, and he fought against the adults as soon as he talked." Yushi smiled, "My lord, our Lord Oda is very courageous. He wants to solve all kinds of problems left by his predecessors. Courage Adorable."

Li Hong walked up to Tian Yu, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed in a low voice, "It's hard for me too, it's hard."

"This matter is very important. I can't guess the consequences, so I can't agree to you. You go to the court again, and explain your thoughts clearly. Look at the Taifu Yuan, Shang Shuling, Lu, and other ministers in the court. How to make a plan. In addition, you write a letter to Taiwei Master Liu, Jinyang Master Zhao, Li Wei Li, Zhu Muzhu, Tang Fang Tang and see what they say. I can't I only listen to you alone, do you understand?"

Tian Yu bowed and agreed, "I'll do it now. I just now..."

"It's okay, it's okay for you to lose your temper with me." Li Hong smiled indifferently, waved to Pound and said, "Order the army to set up camp on the spot."

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The news of the victory of the three-way army quickly spread to Jinxueyuan, and the soldiers of the Han army cheered thunderously.

"Tuoba Feng is dead, Lu Ri's deduction is dead, and Tan Shihuai's heroes are almost dead." Xian Yufu put down the victory report in his hand, and his face was not very happy, "But we haven't seen it yet. To the main force of the Xianbei people, the next battle is not easy to fight."

"Murongfeng from Xianbei in the middle, Luoluoluo from Xianbei in the west, and Mijia from Xianbei in the east haven't appeared yet." Yang Feng looked at the map, pointing at Tianyuan and said, "Is the main force of the Xianbei people here?"

"According to the time, they haven't assembled yet." Li Hong said, "Zi Lie, Yun Tian, ​​and Fei Yan are all moving very quickly. We should take advantage of this opportunity to quickly occupy Chaotianyuan."

"Send an order to order all the iron cavalry to enter Chaotianyuan as quickly as possible."

"Order Yan Liang to garrison at Chuihanyuan and stop advancing."

"Why?" Yushi asked in surprise, "Excluding the losses in the recent battle, we now only have more than 6 iron cavalry, which is not as large as the Xianbei people. If we attack with only iron cavalry, the loss will be very large."

"Taking Chaotianyuan, we will threaten Yanran Mountain with iron cavalry, and we will not go north again." Li Hong said lightly, "All the infantry are stationed in Hanbei County."

"No more going north?" Yang Feng asked in surprise: "The expedition to the desert is over?"

"It can be said that it's over." Li Hong nodded slowly, "If I can't hoard food and grass in Jinxueyuan for more than three months, I won't go on an expedition to Mount Langjuxu."

There was silence in the big tent.

"I didn't fight the first battle, and the expedition was over." Yang Feng smiled bitterly, "My lord, what do you mean? No more fighting? The main force of the Xianbei people is still there, Kuitou and Murongfeng are still there, even if we don't fight Yes, the Xianbei still want to fight."

"Yes, that's right." Li Hong smiled, "After Zilie, Yuntian, and Feiyan arrived at Chaotianyuan, there would be an army of 1000 in the middle of the desert. I don't have enough food to support such an army, you know? It takes more than [-] miles to transport bags of grain from the south of Yinshan Mountain to Chaotianyuan, and the peasants on the road will eat more than half of it. The same is true for the horse feed. With our current reserves of grain and grass, the army is simply unable to go north, and can only stay within a thousand miles to the north of Yinshan Mountain."

Li Hong pointed to Hanbei County on the map and said, "We put [-] infantry in Hanbei County. While hoarding food and grass, we moved northward to the Hu people in Bianjun County into the desert. We only used [-] cavalry in the area from Chaotianyuan to Yanran Mountain. Fighting against the Xianbei is currently the largest force we can go north to fight, and if there are more, we will have no food to support."

"If we don't go north, the Xianbei people will go south. If the Xianbei people can't defeat us before the heavy snow comes, they will die. Therefore, they have only one way, and that is to gather the main force and go south to fight us." Li Hong sneered, "Once the Hu people of all ethnic groups move north, we will have strong support, and it will be even harder for the Xianbei people to defeat us."

"After the Hu people of all ethnic groups moved north to the desert, the Xianbei people not only lost the chance to defeat us, but also lost the possibility of dominating the desert. Even if we withdraw from the desert in the future, the Xianbei people are just a tribe on the desert. He wants to dominate the desert. There must be another overlord of the grassland who is as talented and strategic as Tan Shihuai, otherwise, he can only live in the southeast corner of the desert." Li Hong said, "For the sake of the Xianbei people's world and to dominate the desert, the leader No matter what, the commander-in-chief, they have no choice but to go south and fight me."

The generals suddenly realized.

"My lord, we have just occupied the desert, and the captured Xianbei people are extremely hostile to us." Yang Feng asked, "If Murong Feng launches a fierce attack while we are not stable, and the captured Xianbei people take the opportunity to rebel, we may be in a difficult situation. Gu."

"Feiyan has already found Helian's son, Qianman, and I still need a leader of the Tuoba tribe." Li Hong laughed, "Fortunately, Zilong was more cautious, and left me two old friends, Tuoba Tao. And Tuoba raccoon. With the two of them, the remnants of the Tuoba tribe, and the Wuye tribe, the Danhanshan royal court can still be rebuilt. The people of Xianbei will always be stable when they have a king."

"Your Excellency, do you want Xianbei to be a vassal state of the great Han?" Xian Yufu asked.

"The Xianbei people can't be killed." Li Hong said, "Even if we kill the leader and defeat the commander-in-chief, they can still go to the extreme north and attack us year after year, so the best way is Make them submit."

"My lord is finally going to fight Murong Feng on the battlefield." Xian Yufu smiled, "Murong Feng will not surrender to the Han Kingdom, let alone kneel at your feet."

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(End of this chapter)