Chapter 922: This is my bottom line, and the bottom line is absolutely not allowed to be exceeded!
Not many troops were dispatched to deal with the Southern Huns entrenched in Bingzhou this time. There were 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry. The leader was Lu Bu and his subordinates Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian and others, as well as the former
Zhao Yun and Gao Lan came to help.
There was no other way, Gongsun Zan and his men stayed in their own country.
Taishi Ci was left to guard Liaodong and frighten the Fuyu people in the north, the Goguryeo people in the east, and Samhan in the south.
Guan Yu sat in Qingzhou to oversee military affairs, Wei Yan sat in Donghai County on the front line, and Guan Hai led Zang Ba and others to Mount Tai to defend against Cao Cao.
Xu Huang and Hua Xiong were stationed in Baima and Ganling. Huang Zhong was stationed in Zhongmu, Henan County, near Guandu, and formed a confrontation with Cao Jun along the Yellow River.
Zhang Xiu was stationed in Wancheng, Nanyang, and Zhang He was stationed in Ye County to confront Cao Jun in the Yingchuan area, while guarding against Jingzhou. Although Liu Biao expressed sufficient goodwill to Liu Bei, Liu Biao did not have strong control over Jingzhou, and he could not represent the Jingzhou family.
, especially after Liu Bei proclaimed himself King of Han and took action against the noble families under his rule.
In addition, there is the navy, which is divided into three. Gan Ning, as the supreme commander of the navy, is specifically responsible for commanding the Yellow Sea Fleet. The young man Huang Xu did not want to mess with his father, so he also threw himself into the endless sea and learned from Gan Ning.
With the title of commander of the East China Sea Fleet that will become an independent army in the future, of course, his main responsibility now is to study.
Jiang Qin is solely in charge of one unit and is the commander of the Inland River Fleet, which is currently regarded as a second-tier unit in the navy.
Zhou Tai led the Bohai Fleet and was responsible for the defense of Bohai Bay, Liaodong Bay, and West Korea Bay, that is, Lelang County. At the same time, he also helped to develop Lelang County.
It is impossible to talk about Lelang County without mentioning the Korean Peninsula. Something interesting happened here. Except for Lelang County, all the peninsulas were sold by Wang Xuan at the initiative of Wang Xuan. They were sold to the Zhen family and Su family in Hebei to establish vassal states.
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Although there were three measures to deal with the economic problem, the distant water could not quench the immediate thirst. Two families went bankrupt, and all the land and property stores were converted into cash. More than 60 billion yuan was added to the national treasury. At least within a year, Tian Feng regained his power and became strong again.
stand up.
Of course, in theory, although the Zhen family is also an aristocratic family, they are not qualified to participate in the creation of vassal states, at least not in the first batch. This is not a matter of economic strength, but a lack of talent reserves based on social status.
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But, some time ago, the Zhen family directly made a big move and insisted on marrying a 15-year-old Xiao Guliang named Zhen Mi to the Imperial Prefect's Mansion. At that time, Wang Xuan quit. A 15-year-old Loli, even if
Although this was a matter of course in the Han Dynasty, Wang Xuan was definitely not such a crazy person, so he sternly refused on the spot!
Wang Xuan's tone at that time was very stern and resolute, "No, absolutely not, we must wait until three years later, eighteen, this is my bottom line, and the bottom line is absolutely not allowed to be exceeded!"
The Zhen family begged hard, but Wang Xuan was unmoved. In the end, the Zhen family were both ashamed and admired, so they had no choice but to agree. But in the end, they would rather die and insisted that they could marry in three years, but they must be sent to Wang Xuan's mansion now.
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Wang Xuan couldn't bear it, and he pitied the Zhen family, so in the end he could only reluctantly agree with an ugly look on his face.
As a result, more than a dozen generals all have important responsibilities. As the master of the entire group, Liu Bei is concerned about everyone's safety. He also needs to keep enough force around him to protect safety. In the end, what is left can help Lu Bu solve the problem.
The only problems left are Zhao Yun and Gao Lan.
In addition, Zhang Fei, who is in charge of Bingzhou's military affairs, can also take his subordinates to participate at any time. Of course, if it is Zhang Fei's place, if there is a war, Lu Bu will ask for help wherever he needs it. They are all his brothers. He was at the station outside the city early in the morning.
Waited.
"Hahaha, Fengxian, Wen Yuan, Zilong, you have arrived. Let's go. I'll follow you to the military camp. Food and wine have been prepared in the camp and are waiting for you." I saw Lu Bu and others getting out from a distance.
Zhang Fei laughed and rushed towards the car.
"Drinking in the army?" Zhao Yun glanced at Zhang Fei with a half-smile.
Zhang Fei raised his eyebrows and said, "What are you afraid of? I am doing this to entertain friendly troops, who can choose to deal with it!"
Hahahaha, everyone laughed.
Purging the Southern Huns was a delicate job. Before leaving, Wang Xuan had told him not to kill them all with one blow. As grassland barbarians, the Southern Huns were different from other barbarians. They had been surrounded by Han men for almost four hundred years. This
For hundreds of years, the Huns lived in the Central Plains for many years as an important force in the Han cavalry.
After long-term contact with the Han people, many of the Southern Huns can speak Chinese, and many of their living habits are not much different from those of the Han people. The current Shanyu Huchuquan has almost been participating in the war in the Central Plains, and the current Zuoxian King Liu Bao cannot see it.
Different from the Han people, Liu Bao's son Liu Yuan also separated Bingzhou and proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the Han-Zhao regime.
Speaking of Liu Bao, Wang Xuan remembered something. Historically, this guy kidnapped Cai Zhaoji and lived on the grassland for twelve years, and even gave birth to two children!
Therefore, before leaving, Wang Xuan specifically told Lu Bu, "The Southern Huns can surrender captives as labor force to build the state, and they can be reclassified to the common people afterwards, but their nobles need to be killed, especially Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo, even if
It was Shanyu Huchuquan who ran away, Liu Bao must die too!"
Although I don't know where Liu Bao offended Wang Xuan, it doesn't matter. Lu Bu recorded it in his heart.
The entire process of suppressing the Huns in the south was basically the same as dealing with the Wuhuan people. After leaving Taiyuan County and crossing the side pass of the Great Wall, there was a vast plain. It was wishful thinking to expect that the Huns would guard the border passes honestly.
Therefore, under Chen Gong's planning, Lu Bu led Zhang Liao and 20,000 cavalry on a starry night attack on Jiuyuan City in Wuyuan County, which was the home base of the Southern Huns, and took away the center of their power in one fell swoop. After that, they sorted things out bit by bit from north to south.
After driving out the Southern Huns herdsmen, Zhao Yun, Gao Lan, and Zhang Fei mobilized infantry to coordinate the surrender, identification, and management, and completely annexed the Southern Huns bit by bit.
The resistance encountered during this process can be said to be minimal. In fact, whether it is the Huns, Xianbei or any other ethnic group on the grassland, the life of the underlying herdsmen is very difficult, even worse than that of the people in the Central Plains.
At least the people in the Central Plains will not be affected by disasters every year, but on the grasslands, every winter is a disaster. The grass and trees are withered under the heavy snow. The nobles are fine, but the ordinary herdsmen can't even keep food and clothing. The old people will simply walk out of their tents, etc.
die.
The population that the grasslands can support is limited, especially under the simple grazing system. This is also the reason for the southern invasion every year. If you can seize responsibility, if you can't, it will be good to kill some people, and it will avoid civil strife.
As a result, the lower class herdsmen, especially the southern Huns, yearned for the life of the Han people. Even if they were slaves, they would be much better than before, not to mention the promise of returning to the ranks of the common people after a certain number of years.
The clean-up work took more than half a year, and most of it was wasted on distribution and identification. The advantage is that there is sufficient manpower for subsequent development.
There is a saying that the Yellow River has only one benefit, and this is the future Baotou of Inner Mongolia. The Hetao area is a waste of resources for grazing. It can develop millions of acres of cultivated land and more than 30 million acres of grazing area, which can feed millions of people.
Left and right, not to mention, there is also the Bayan Obo iron ore here.
With Liu Bei's support, this place will serve as the development center of the central grassland and build the largest city on the grassland.