The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 313 Volume Xianbei
When Fa Zheng and Meng Da heard that they were being summoned to the court for border affairs, they also made full preparations, found out more about the Xianbei affairs, and wrote an official document to report to the emperor.

Although the Xianbei had already become a powerful nation before, their real rise was due to the great talent and strategy of their previous monarch, Tan Shihuai.

This man unified all the Xianbei tribes, occupied all the Xiongnu's land, established a royal court in Danhan Mountain, and rejected the proposal of "conferring a title to king and making peace with the princess" by Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty. He refused to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty, and established three tribes: East, Central, and West, each with a leader.

Tan Shihuai's background is quite legendary.

His father's name was Tou Lu Hou. During his three years of military service with the Xiongnu, Tou Lu Hou's wife gave birth to a child at home.

After returning from Toulu, Marquis felt strange and wanted to kill the child. His wife said that she was walking in broad daylight and heard thunder. She looked up at the sky and a hailstone fell into her mouth. She swallowed it and then became pregnant. She gave birth to a child ten months later.

Toulu Hou didn't believe it, so he threw the child away. It was his wife who secretly told her family to adopt the child and named him Tan Shihuai.

Tan Shihuai made laws and heard lawsuits, and no one dared to violate them, so he was elected as the tribal leader. He gradually unified the Xianbei tribes in subsequent expeditions.

After that, Tan Shihuai would plunder the Han border every year, causing heavy casualties among the people of Youzhou, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou.

In the sixth year of Xiping, Emperor Ling could not bear the harassment and decided to send Wuhuan Captain Xia Yu from Gaoliu, Xianbei Lieutenant General Tian Yan from Yunzhong, and Xiongnu Lieutenant General Zang Min to lead Tutu Ruoshi Zhujiu Chanyu of Southern Xiongnu from Yanmen. Each of them led more than 10,000 cavalrymen and divided their troops into three groups to march out of the border, intending to advance more than 2,000 miles.

Tan Shihuai ordered the leaders of the three tribes, namely the East, the Central, and the West, to lead their own tribes to fight. Xia Yu and his men suffered a disastrous defeat, and even lost all their seals and baggage. They each led dozens of cavalrymen to flee for their lives. As many as seven or eight out of ten Han soldiers died in the battle, and only one out of ten Han soldiers returned to the Han Dynasty...

The only thing to be thankful for is that on the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, that is, in the fourth year of Guanghe, Tan Shihuai had passed away at the age of 45.

His son He Lian was far less talented than Tan Shihuai and was shot dead while looting Beidi County.

Helian's son Qianman was young, so his brother's son Kuitou took over. Later, Jianman grew up and fought with Kuitou for the kingdom, and the tribes were scattered. Kuitou died, and his brother Budugen took over.

After that, the Xianbei officially split.

The Western Xianbei occupied Shuofang and the northern part of Wuwei.

Occupy the Budu roots in Yunzhong, Dingxiang and Yanmen.

The Kebineng tribe occupied Dai County and Shanggu.

As well as the Eastern Xianbei located in Liaoxi, Youbei and other places.

This is the current distribution of Xianbei power.

"Yuan Shao has already won over the three Wuhuan tribes."

"After the battle of Anyi, he should have realized the importance of cavalry fighting on the plains."

"But he also knows that even if he has captured Youzhou, I will not give him the time to train an elite cavalry."

"In that case, he went to win over the Wuhuan, hoping to use the Wuhuan cavalry to fight against the imperial court."

Liu Xie immediately saw through Yuan Shao's plan.

Moreover, the Wuhuan could also strengthen Yuan Shao's voice in Hebei and help Yuan Shao suppress the gentry in Hebei.

Therefore, Liu Xie was not surprised that Yuan Shao was trying to win over the Wuhuan, nor did he think it was that difficult.

What he really cared about was the Xianbei, which, although divided, had once been the overlord of the grassland.

"If Yuan Shao really had collusion with the Xianbei, he would most likely contact the Xianbei and open up a second battlefield in the Beidi and Shangjun areas."

"It is even possible to directly attack Liangzhou and open up a third battlefield."

"If that's the case, it might really make the imperial court overwhelmed."

Liu Xie summoned Jia Xu, Sima Yi and others and informed them of the intelligence brought by Gongsun Xu.

"Even if Yuan Shao gets help from Wuhuan, it will only mean an extra cavalry on the front battlefield... and since Wuhuan is divided into three kings, there will definitely be suspicion. There is nothing to be afraid of."

"But the Xianbei are different. Their power is spread all over the north and across the southern desert. If Yuan Shao can gain the support of the Xianbei, it may involve the military forces of the imperial court, which is absolutely not something I can tolerate."

Jia Xu was fine, after all, he was from Liangzhou and was well aware of the severity of the Han Dynasty's border threats.

It is simply because the Han Dynasty is now in internal disarray and the situation is even more serious, so no one is focusing their energy on the border.

But it was the first time that Sima Yi came into contact with intelligence about foreign tribes on the border.

"Has the land of the Han Dynasty become like this?"

Zhangye, a vassal state of Liangzhou, and the northern part of Wuwei.

Wuyuan, Shuofang, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, Xihe and Shangjun of Bingzhou.

Daijun, Shanggu, Youbeiping and Liaoxi in Youzhou.

The homelands of these Han counties had been occupied by the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan and other tribes without their knowledge!

After learning about Tan Shihuai's information, Sima Yi broke out in a cold sweat.

"God bless the man!"

If during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a Xiongnu army at its peak had suddenly attacked Hebei, what would have happened to the world?
Sima Yi also immediately advised the emperor to start controlling border affairs immediately.

If a huge grassland empire appears again in the north of the Han Dynasty, it will definitely be a disaster for the Han people!
"I have summoned Fa Zheng and Meng Da back to Chang'an."

Liu Xie signaled Sima Yi to stay calm.

"Fortunately, the Xianbei tribes are now in a state of division, and their land is vast. Even if Yuan Shao sends envoys, it is impossible to send them directly to the Xianbei tribes to reach an agreement with the leaders of each tribe."

just now.

As Yuan Shao eliminated Gongsun Zan, it also meant that the date of the decisive battle between the imperial court and Yuan Shao was getting closer.

Yuan Shao knew that Liu Xie would not give him time to train cavalry.

Liu Xie also knew that Yuan Shao would not choose to sit and wait for death. Now was the time to place his chips.

Yuan Shao put the three chips of Wuhuan on his own plate, and now began to eye the chips of Xianbei.

At this time, even if Liu Xie did not need these chips from the Xianbei, he could not sit idly by and watch Yuan Shao put all these chips on his plate.

As the saying goes, "I can do without it, but I can't live without it!"

For example, after the Battle of Anyi, Liu Xie exchanged Ju Su for Chunyu Qiong.

Is Chunyu Qiong useful to the court?
In other words, can Chunyu Qiong's personal talents and values ​​compare with Ju Shou's?
But Liu Xie still wanted to make this exchange.

Because Chunyu Qiong's value to the court was just icing on the cake, but his value to Yuan Shao was a timely help.

The same goes for Xiahou Dun and Guo Jia.

It doesn’t matter whether Liu Xie has these two people or not.

But without these two people, Cao Cao would be like a cripple with one leg lame.

Even now.

Liu Xie could do without the Xianbei, but he could not allow the Xianbei to be won over by Yuan Shao and let Yuan Shao use the Xianbei to cause trouble for him.

"When Fa Zheng and Meng Da return, I will send them as envoys to the Budugen tribe."

The Xianbei were now divided into four parts.

Among them, the Western Xianbei and the Eastern Xianbei were just aggregations of tribes, and were located at the westernmost and easternmost ends respectively, and could not influence major events.

The ones who can truly control the situation are Budugen and Kebineng.

"In addition, I want to send an envoy to the Southern Xiongnu."

Since the Battle of Anyi, the Southern Xiongnu tribe lost a Right Wise King, and now they can only lick their wounds by hiding in the Southern Xiongnu royal court in Xihe County.

"As long as Budugen of the Xianbei and Huchuquan of the Southern Xiongnu can be kept in line, it will still be useless even if Yuan Shao wins over the Wuhuan tribe."

Jia Xu and Sima Yi were both amazed that the emperor could sort out the relationships between the tribes outside the Great Wall in such a short time.

Although the situation in the north seems complicated, it mainly involves three people:

The Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan.

The Western Xianbei tribe, Budugen who inherited the bloodline of Tan Shihuai.

In the Eastern Xianbei tribe, Kebi Neng is the most prestigious and talented one among the Xianbei tribes.

From what the emperor said, it was obvious that he wanted to place the chips on Huochequan and Budugen.

"I am willing to serve as an envoy to go to the Southern Xiongnu and the Western Xianbei to lobby!"

Sima Yi asked again.

Apparently, he seems to be a little addicted to being a Han envoy...

"No need. Since I have summoned Fa Zheng and Meng Da, I have decided to leave this matter to them."

Fa Zheng and Meng Da stayed in Liangzhou for such a long time, and since they were able to collect such detailed intelligence on the Xianbei, it was obvious that they had a deep understanding of the Xianbei and other ethnic minorities.

When being an envoy, one often relies not on intelligence but on the grasp of intelligence.

Although Liu Xie believed that Sima Yi would never carry forward the tradition of Han envoys and do things like "sleeping opposite the Chanyu's mother or wife", he did not really want Sima Yi to go to the dangerous foreign royal court.

It would be most appropriate to entrust the task of serving as an envoy to the Han Dynasty to utilitarian people like Fa Zheng and Meng Da.

"Zhongda still concentrates on government affairs and continues to save money and grain for the court."

Liu Xie glanced at Jia Xu at this moment, and seemed to have finally made up his mind.

“By the end of next year!”

"At the latest, by the end of next year!"

"The imperial court will launch a war to completely defeat Yuan Shao!"

!

This is the first time that the emperor talked about the specific time of attacking Yuan Shao!

At the end of next year, that is, at the end of the fourth year of Jian'an, the war will begin!
Sima Yi and other young people were extremely excited, except Jia Xu who looked at the emperor worriedly.

He felt that the emperor was putting too much pressure on him.

In fact, at a normal pace, the time to conquer Yuan Shao could be postponed to the fifth or even sixth year of Jian'an.

But since the emperor has already announced the date, there is no reason to take it back.

The teacher of a king should be upright!

At the end of the fourth year of Jian'an, the imperial court was going to attack Hebei!
In other words, everyone must do their own job well in this last year and make final preparations for the court to defeat Yuan Shao!

"Here!"

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For the convenience of readers, I have posted the county maps of Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou at the top of the book review area. You can view them by yourself~
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