Chapter 510: The chance of winning is greater, seeking skin from a tiger
Du De pondered for a moment and said: "If Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou in Cao Wei, hadn't sent the assassin Han Long to the Xianbei Mountains in Monan fourteen years ago to assassinate Ke Bineng,
Presumably, today's Xianbei must be evenly matched with the Wei army in Youzhou, and may even be as powerful as the Xiongnu in the early Han Dynasty. Then our Jiangdong alliance with them must have a greater chance of winning!"
Quanzong also poured a bowl of mutton soup and drank it. After a moment, he said: "If Xianbei is still the Xianbei that never split up when Kebi Neng was alive, then I, Jiangdong, are just seeking the skin of a tiger!"
In the fifth year of Wei Taihe, the ninth year of Jianxing of Shu Han, and the third year of Wu Huanglong, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, began the fourth Northern Expedition in his life.
Zhuge Liang sent an envoy to Xianbei and invited Kebineng to send troops to join forces with Shu to attack Cao Wei. Kebineng felt this was an opportunity, so he agreed, and personally led his army to Shicheng, Beidi County (now northwest of Gaolan County, Gansu) to prepare
In line with Zhuge Liang, he attacked the Wei army from a flank, which surprised the rulers of Cao Wei.
However, before Ke Bineng took military action, the war between Shu and Wei took unexpected changes.
The Shu army retreated because they ran out of food. Wei general Zhang He pursued the Shu army. He was ambushed and killed by an arrow when he arrived at Mumen Valley (now southwest of Tianshui, Gansu Province). The Shu army safely returned to the Shu territory, and the Wei army withdrew its troops... This also made those who were preparing for a big battle...
Kebi Neng had no choice but to lead his troops back to the grassland.
Although Kebineng did not fight with the Wei soldiers, this move made Cao Wei see the potential threat of Kebineng and ordered his generals to lead a campaign against Kebineng.
However, at this time, Kebineng's military strength was already very strong, with more than 100,000 men controlling the strings, and the Wei army might not win.
Moreover, once the war breaks out, it will also give Shu Han and Soochow an opportunity to take advantage of. Once they fall into a two-front or three-front war, the consequences will be disastrous.
Therefore, after receiving the order, Qianzhao did not send troops to attack. Instead, he conspired and adopted the plan of Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, and sent an assassin out of the fortress to assassinate Kirby...
When Kebineng rose to power, like the warlords in the Central Plains, he first targeted the roots of the nearby Chanyu Budu.
In the 23rd year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent Cao Zhang to conquer Wuhuan, the Nengchen Di tribe of Daijun. Wuhuan asked Bu Dugen's brother Fulohan for help, and Kebineng was also invited to come to the rescue.
Kebi Neng saw that Fu Luohan's army was not in good shape, so he killed Fu Luohan during the meeting and annexed his tribe.
After Bu Dugen learned about it, he attacked Kebineng, but was eventually suppressed by Kebineng. He had to retreat to Taiyuan and Yanmen, and surrounded Cao Cao to seek self-protection.
After defeating Budugen, Kebineng attacked the Xianbei tribes in the east. In the early years of Emperor Taihe of Wei Ming, he expanded his sphere of influence to the Liao River area.
At this time, Kebi was able to rely on powerful force to "copy Yu Qundi, collect all the Xiongnu's old lands, from Yunzhong, east of Wuyuan to Liaoshui, they are all Xianbei court", integrating most of Xianbei after Tan Shihuai's death
It rose up and became the most powerful force in the Monan region. In addition to using force, Kebineng also used its relationship with the Central Plains region to enhance its strength.
Kebineng's control area is adjacent to Youzhou. During Yuan Shao's period, a large number of Central Plains people fled to Kebineng's land to avoid the war. They brought advanced production technology and cultural system to Kebineng.
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After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, Ke Bineng turned close to Cao Cao and expressed his surrender through Yan Rou's tribute of horses, livestock and other items.
After the establishment of Cao Wei, Ke Bineng, who had already risen, further established good relations with Cao Wei. He not only returned more than 1,500 families of Central Plains people who had fled to Xianbei, but also conducted trade with Cao Wei on the border. Cao Wei named him the King of Fuyi.
After gaining the support of Cao Wei, Kebineng's influence in the northern grasslands was further enhanced.
However, as Ke Bineng's strength increased, the threat to Cao Wei also continued to increase.
Judging from past history, once a strong figure appears in the northern grassland region to unify the desert, it will inevitably pose a great threat to the Central Plains Dynasty. Maodun and Tanshihuai are the precedents.
Therefore, when Kebineng continued to rise, Cao Wei took targeted precautions to restrict Kebineng.
General Cao Wei's strategy is to "build separation first, make themselves enemies, and attack each other." Use its internal contradictions to constantly provoke civil strife in Xianbei, and suppress the weak and strong to prevent the unification of Xianbei's various ministries, so that Cao Wei can check and balance it and sit on it.
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For this reason, when Cao Wei was founded, it set up positions such as Huwuwan Xiaowei, Huxianbei Xiaowei, and Wuwan Xiaowei to specifically handle the relationship with Xianbei. Generals such as Tian Yu and Qian Zhao all held these positions.
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During Tian Yu's tenure, he checked and balanced the relationship between Kebineng and the Xianbei tribes in the east.
In the fifth year of Wei Huangchu, the second year of Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the third year of Wu Huangwu, Kebineng attacked Suli's headquarters in Xianbei in the east. Suli asked Tian Yu for help.
Tian Yu believed that once Kebi could annex Suli, it would then annex the entire eastern Xianbei and become a border threat to Cao Wei, and Suli must be rescued.
So Tian Yu personally led his cavalry to follow Kebineng deep into his territory, and broke through Kebineng's siege in Macheng, effectively preventing Kebineng from annexing Suli.
During Qianzhao's tenure, the contradiction between Kebi Neng and Dugen was intensified.
He used Kebineng and Bu Dugen's hatred for killing their brothers and Tong Xie Guini's hatred for killing their father to provoke a fight, causing Bu Dugen and Xie Guini to choose to annex Cao Wei, weakening Ke Bineng's strength.
At the same time, he led his troops to Yunzhong County and united with the Xianbei tribes in the west to build cities and garrison troops in the border areas, creating continuous military pressure on Kebineng.
Although Cao Wei's defensive restrictions on Kebineng achieved certain results, Kebineng's strength was not substantially weakened, and instead caused Kebineng to resist Cao Wei.
In order to fight back against Cao Wei, he not only invaded the border many times and plundered Bingzhou and other places, but also joined hands with his enemy Bu Dugen and Xie Gui Ni to encircle Tianyu in Macheng and defeat the Wei army in Loufan. He even echoed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, intending to conquer the north and south.
Attack Cao Wei from a flank. The relationship between Cao Wei and Ke Bineng has been completely broken.
How to completely solve Kebineng has become a problem that Cao Wei has to consider. In this regard, Cao Wei has two schools of opinion.
One group, represented by Tian Yu, advocated continuing to divide Kebineng and using Xianbei's internal conflicts to resolve it. However, this would take a certain amount of time and would not be effective quickly.
The other faction is represented by Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou. He believes that Tian Yu's method will continue to disrupt the borders of Youzhou and consume the country's strength, so the strategy must be changed.
Tian Yu and Wang Xiong had different opinions, and the discord between the two sides quickly evolved into impeachment and criticism among officials.
Because Tian Yu lived a frugal and poor life and did not save any money, he had no connections in the government or the public.
Wang Xiong, on the other hand, has many "branch parties" in the government and the opposition, and has intricate connections in Youzhou. In order to concurrently hold the post of Karasuma Colonel held by Tian Yu, he used his connections to impeach Tian Yu's actions during his tenure.
In the end, Tian Yu was transferred to the post of Governor of Runan, resigned from the post of Colonel of Karasuma, and left the northern Xinjiang region where he had been fighting for many years...