Outside Guanggu City, three miles away, is Yunmen Mountain.
On a deserted ridge, Heipao and Tao Yuanming stood side by side, looking at the lights of thousands of families in Guanggu City in the distance, as well as the bonfires in tens of thousands of Xianbei accounts on the plain outside the city, and the cheerful music and singing.
, echoing in the entire empty night sky, and the smell of roasting sheep and cattle also came along the wind. If there was not this strong city right in front, it would give people the illusion that this is the grassland beyond the Great Wall.
Heipao's nose twitched and murmured: "After so many years, the Xianbei people still haven't learned to live like the Han people. In their eyes, this is still a grassland."
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "There have been wars in the north for many years, and a lot of cultivated land has been abandoned. Even among the Han people, many of them are hiding in the mountains and building docks. The plains are left to these Xianbei foreigners. Otherwise, they would have no place to move around.
Fortunately, the Han people can still grow a lot of food for herding, so they don't have to raise too many cattle and sheep like they do on the grasslands. It seems that their life is pretty good."
Heipao sneered: "This kind of happy and happy life will not last long. In troubled times, don't expect to be comfortable."
Tao Yuanming softly said "Oh": "Master brought He Lanmin back this time to lure the Northern Wei Dynasty to attack Southern Yan? In addition, He Lanlu's revenge for plundering tens of thousands of people in Qinghe last time was enough for Tuoba Si to raise an army.
Let’s fight.”
The black robe shook his head: "No, Tuoba Si has just ascended the throne and his foothold is not yet stable. During the national mourning period, it is not appropriate to use force. Moreover, think about it, the Helan tribe has been rebelling against Wei for many years, and Tuoba Gui cannot attack. The north and south
Why do you think Eryan has always existed?"
Tao Yuanming said sternly: "Because if we want to conquer Nan Yan in the south or attack Bei Yan in the north, we must use Hebei and Youyan as our advance base. We need to station food and troops here, and then wait for the opportunity to dispatch the army. Where is Bei Yan?
To go to Liaodong, the mountains are high and the roads are far, making it extremely difficult for large armies to move. As for Nanyan, although the road is closer, Nanyan also has hundreds of thousands of troops and powerful armor and cavalry, which is not so easy to deal with.
If we really want to destroy the country, we must raise a large army."
"But Wei's army is scattered among various tribes, scattered across thousands of miles of Monan grassland. These tribes only want to plunder in the Central Plains, but do not want to live in the Central Plains. After all, they have to change their nomadic lifestyle and transform into
As for farming, many people are not willing to do it. Unless they are like the Xianbei people in Nanyan, who do not engage in production and come to the Central Plains as nomads, they are only responsible for sending troops to fight."
The black robe smiled and said: "So you want to say that now the leaders of the various ministries may not be as obedient as they are to obey Tuoba Gui. Tuoba Si is afraid that he may not be able to command them, so he cannot send troops for the time being, right?"
Tao Yuanming said with a smile: "Tuoba Gui made the tribesmen obedient not only by being brutal and easy to kill, but also by giving benefits. After destroying Yan, he occupied the north and used the products of the Central Plains to supply these tribes, so everyone was happy to do so.
However, the Han people in the north are not willing to suffer this kind of oppression. It is okay to say that there are relatively few Han people in Bingzhou, but in Hebei, those Han families will be led by those surnamed Cui and Lu, and they will defy the Northern Wei Dynasty.
This incident in Qinghe County is a clear proof. They used the banner of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but they were actually in a semi-independent position. Therefore, even if they were as fierce as Tuoba Gui, they could not arrange a large army in Hebei, because that would mean
The area outside the Great Wall, where millions of people have moved, is located in Hebei, and the current conditions are not yet mature."
Heipao nodded with satisfaction: "Yuan Ming, your analysis of military and national affairs has made great progress now. If He Lanmin had half your vision, things wouldn't go wrong this time."
Tao Yuanming nodded: "The military system of the Northern Wei Dynasty was still the same as that of the grassland tribes. With the Tuoba clan as the core, as a force directly under the palace, there were two to thirty thousand troops, controlling close relatives such as the Baba tribe and the Shusun tribe.
Tribes, control the 70,000 to 80,000 horses of these tribes, and then rely on these 100,000 or so soldiers and horses to suppress servant tribes with foreign surnames such as the Daxi tribe, the Yu tribe, and the Erzhu tribe."
"As for the large Han people in Hebei, we will give them full rights of local autonomy. They only need to provide grain and tax. If the Northern and Southern Swallows attack Hebei, all the troops will come to rescue them. In normal times, they will basically not station any large troops to reduce the burden.
, Secondly, it is also a way to appease the Han people. After all, the reason why Hou Yan perished was because they over-squeezed the Han people in Hebei, coupled with intra-clan wars, that's why families like Cui and Lu turned to the Northern Wei Dynasty."
"Tuoba Gui has people like An Tong and Cui Hong around him who will make him understand these principles. Therefore, after he entered the Central Plains, he acted steadily and was not in a hurry to expand. He was not even in a hurry to eliminate the two Yans in the north and south. He just wanted to control Hebei.
After the ground is completely stabilized, we can then plan for great things."
The black robe's eyes flashed coldly: "So, you think that the Northern Wei Dynasty will not attack Nan Yan in the past two years, and even if Nan Yan openly protects He Lanmin, it will not send troops, do you?"
Tao Yuanming said sternly: "Whether Nan Yan is protecting He Lanmin or not, they are the mortal enemies of the Northern Wei Dynasty. I don't care about this. He Lanlu is now the general of the Yan State and the commander-in-chief of the northern defense line. Murong Chao is eager for him to fight with the Northern Wei Dynasty."
The deeper the hatred, the better, so as to eliminate any possibility of his return to the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Northern Wei Dynasty did not make enough war preparations in Hebei, and it was impossible to raise large troops to attack the Southern Yan Dynasty, so at most there would be some border friction between the two countries.
, there will be no war, Master wants to make Nan Yan fall into the flames of war, but I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”
Heipao laughed: "The Northern Wei Dynasty did not have the strength to attack Nan Yan, or in other words, the Northern Wei Dynasty did not have the strength to attack the current Nan Yan, which has hundreds of thousands of troops and a powerful military. However, if Nan Yan was attacked at the same time,
An attack from the other direction would force even He Lanlu to withdraw his troops to fight, so do you think the Northern Wei Dynasty would still sit idly by and ignore Wu?"
Tao Yuanming's expression changed: "Master, what do you mean, Liu Yu?"
A flash of excitement flashed in the black robe's eyes: "While you were taking action in the Northern Wei Dynasty, my arrangements in Nanyan had also been launched. The stupid and unscrupulous Murong Chao had already sent more than 20,000 Qingqi from the Daxian area southward.
Attack the Huaibei area in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, plunder the grain and population grown by Liu Yuxin's Jiangbei immigrants, hey, listen to the latest military report, they have gained a lot. Liu Yu's plan of Jiangbei immigrants is probably going to be completely ruined. The following paragraph
, I am afraid that the new immigrants from other counties will panic and want to flee back to the south, because Liu Yu cannot protect them as he originally promised."
At this point, Heipao looked at Tao Yuanming: "It's your turn to come out and make the Eastern Jin Dynasty more complete!"
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "That's exactly what I'm good at, as you wish!"
This chapter has been completed!