Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 923 Bad Luck
The next day, many vanguards of the Xianbei cavalry came out, but most of them were pretending to be a challenge, and they did not dare to approach the Youzhou military formation. After Zhao Yun came out, these vanguards only shot arrows from a distance. When Zhao Yun rushed towards him, they turned around and ran away. Zhao Yun was not given a chance to get close at all.

Zhao Yun did not pursue him deeply. He acted cautiously and feared that the Xianbei troops would set up an ambush, so he rode back. However, the Xianbei cavalry came back again, following behind and laughing and scolding loudly.

Although Zhao Yun was not angry on his face, he was still a little angry in his heart. He looked at the Xianbei army formation and said to Yuan Xi: "These people are not educated. I'm afraid that if my lord treats them sincerely, they may not reciprocate sincerely."

Yuan Xi sighed: "Brother is right to the point."

"After all, there are only a few people in this world who can keep their minds upright."

"Even if they care about appearance, the nobles who spend all their time discussing scriptures will show their true colors when they are in war and distress, let alone in this northern land where the jungle is strong."

"Education is a long-term process, and the road in the middle will be very tortuous. How to slowly integrate foreigners into the Central Plains and make them less resistant as much as possible is much more difficult than defeating them."

"The Southern Xiongnu have been Han people in the border areas for hundreds of years. The world is in chaos and has evil intentions, not to mention the Xianbei who have been outside the Great Wall."

Zhao Yun nodded slightly: "Yun understands that my lord's intention is to make all the people in the world prosperous, which can be seen from the Yixue Gongtian in Youzhou."

"But people are selfish. If some people feel that their efforts are not rewarded, the story of Emperor Gaozu may repeat itself."

"Of course I will not bow to foreign tribes unprincipledly for the sake of peace. Brother, you can rest assured on this, especially the Xianbei tribe. I must win over a group of people and attack a group of people. Otherwise, we will not be able to compete with these millions of Xianbei people. rise."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Exactly, that's why we want him to take the initiative to talk, instead of us going to him, otherwise he won't know how weak he is."

When Zhao Yun talked about Xianbei from the southern Xiongnu, he obviously meant something. Yuan Xi understood it clearly and understood that what Zhao Yun was talking about was a very realistic thing, that is, those who follow the lord to conquer the world, in addition to following because of their ideals, Everyone has some selfish motives.

Regarding Cao Cao's constant promises of 1,000 households, 3,000 households, or even 50,000 households, Yuan Xi's subordinates with more than 500 households received very few rewards, and because they purposefully abolished slaves, in fact, Yuan Xi's generals, including counselors, were able to get by. It can only be regarded as relatively average.

Of course, this average level is higher than that of other princes' subordinates, because the overall living standard in Yuan Xi's territory is relatively high, but compared with Cao Cao's top military officers and counselors in Jiangdong, it is far behind, because The officials on those two sides were on the upper-level route. Their lives were much better than those of ordinary people and they enjoyed many privileges. In comparison, the treatment on Yuan Xi's side was a bit shabby.

Yuan Xi laughed, "Only a magnanimous person like Zilong can say this. Others don't dare to point it out to me to avoid suspicion."

But when they conquered the world, they fought to the death, and most of the reason was to get more rewards after the world was peaceful. If their wishes were fulfilled, nothing would happen, but if their hopes were shattered, they would have dissent, and the King's Rebellion would occur. .

Yuan Xi understood what Zhao Yun meant and sighed: "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. If I give them too high conditions, how will I reward them in the future?"

"When we come together, we have lofty ideals that are higher than others, so we can lead by example. I think the reconciliation between kings and ministers is a process of mutual understanding."

The reason why Zhao Yun said this is that Zhao hinted that Yuan Xi's rewards in recent years are actually relatively conservative. Zhao Yun naturally does not speak for himself. It is difficult for him to move up his position now. This is about Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. Including Tai Shici and others, Yuan Xi's rewards are actually not many based on his achievements in recent years.

After hearing this, Zhao Yun said: "Now that my lord knows what's going on, Yun is relieved."

"I know that these generals under my command, especially Tian Yu, Yan Rou and others, are loyal and loyal. Giving them benefits is always better than giving insurance to these capricious foreigners Xianbei."

"This Budugen lineage has Kirby in the east and can spy on it. In the west there is a dispute between the Qiang people. It should be possible to take advantage of it."

"Actually, if you think about it from another angle, the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are not like this. They turn into thieves when they are slightly dissatisfied. So I gave the Taishan thieves as much freedom as possible, and at the same time, I asked Zhuge Military Advisor to impose strict laws and disciplines to let them gradually get into the norm, otherwise Sooner or later it will be a hidden danger.”

If his subordinates believe that serving their lord will get rewards commensurate with their efforts, they will devote all their efforts to loyalty. This was the case for Liu Bang's subordinates before and after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, including Han Xin, Zang Tu, and Chen Xiyingbu.

He agreed with Zhao Yun's idea. Among Xianbei, the most dangerous one is Kirby Neng. This kind of capable person who has great ambitions, is determined to rise, acts fairly, and has high prestige in Xianbei is definitely not a good thing for the Central Plains. .

As for Tan Shihuai's lineage, after his death, his son Helian came to the throne. However, due to his greedy nature and unfair judgment, the Xianbei tribe rebelled one after another. At this time, Bu Dugen, who was slightly cold-blooded, took the opportunity to rise.

Bu Du was originally from Xianbei, a small species. He was famous for his bravery, his ability to judge the law, and his lack of greed for money. He was recommended by the public as a great man and his reputation gradually increased. In comparison, Tan Shihuai's bloodline became even more unbearable. When Qianman was plundering the Central Plains, he was shot dead by the Han army. His son Qianman was still young, so he was replaced by his elder brother's son Kuitou. When Qianman grew up, he and Kuitou fought for power, which led to the collapse of the Xianbei Alliance. Kuitou's younger brother was Bu Dugen, who succeeded to the throne after Kuitou's death, but soon after, he fell out with his brother Fu Luohan, and Fu Luohan became an adult on his own. Today's Xianbei is not only a mess, but also a mess Internal conflicts were fierce, but Kirby gradually gained power and stepped onto the stage in Northland.

Judging from the records of later generations, with Kirby's insight, he was a prominent figure even during the Three Kingdoms period. On the one hand, he learned from the Central Plains in terms of culture, education and military technology, and on the other hand, he united Budugen in Western Xianbei and Eastern Xianbei. The three major figures of Surimijia Juji formed an alliance and secretly agreed not to sell good horses to the Central Plains. This was obviously very thoughtful.

At the same time, after Cao Wei showed his dissatisfaction with him, Kirby Neng in later generations flattered Cao Wei, befriended Cao Wei at all costs, and paralyzed Cao Cao. However, he secretly joined forces with Bu Dugen, and finally became more powerful during the Cao Rui period. He was known as the Ten String Controller. More than ten thousand cavalry fought with the Wei army and annihilated all the Wei soldiers on the border.

Only then did Cao Rui wake up and sent Qin Lang and Tian Yu to lead the army to conquer. The war lasted for decades. Both sides paid a heavy price. Bu Dugensuli died one after another, but Kebi Neng kept taking advantage of the opportunity to grow stronger. , in the end it was Cao Rui who sent an assassin to kill Kirby, and Xianbei fell apart.

This is why Yuan Xi was so wary of Kirby Neng and chose to attack the Bu Dugen cavalry who had infiltrated Bingzhou first. Because Kirby Neng had great ambitions and would compromise, it was really difficult to kill this kind of person without finding a legitimate reason, so Yuan Xi then turned his attention to Bu Dugen, who was in an even more difficult situation.

That night, the Xianbei cavalry finally waited for the main force of the Chinese army to arrive. The barbarian generals from the former army went up to greet them and knelt in front of the Chinese army commander to apologize.

The commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Mingzhi Danluoluo, was the leader of a large tribe under Bu Dugen. When he heard about the situation with the enemy, he said: "It's not your fault. Zhao Yun is famous, but he is beyond the reach of you and others. "

"To deal with such people, we should take them by surprise. Listen to my order. Now mount the entire army and attack their camp outside the city!"

When the barbarian general heard this, he was stunned: "Now?"

He thought that Zhidao Luoluo would bypass the enemy fortress at night and go south to plunder, but it turned out to be a night attack?
Zhidao Luoluo sneered and said: "Don't underestimate these Central Plains people. They are very educated. If we don't fight them off, I'm afraid they will take the opportunity to steal our retreat."

"Even if we go around it, we will be in trouble in the future. Only by occupying this city can we safely go south to plunder. If we are lucky, we can kill Zhao Yun. In this way, no one can stop us in Bingzhou. !”

After hearing this, everyone marveled. Soon after, tens of thousands of cavalry took advantage of the darkness and rushed towards the fortress where Yuan Xi was!

The fierce battle lasted for half the night, until at dawn, the winner was decided on the battlefield, and there were Xianbei cavalry fleeing in embarrassment everywhere.

He took the lead and fled north in embarrassment. He never thought that the opponent had been prepared for a long time, and his tens of thousands of cavalry attacked at night, but they did not defeat the thousands of soldiers on the opposite side!

Not to mention the difference in numbers, Zhidao Luoluo was unlucky and ran into Zhao Yun head-on. Several generals were killed in the battle, and he himself was shot in the leg. Fortunately, the others defended Zhidao Luoluo to the death and covered Zhidao Luoluo's escape.

As a result, another army crashed on the road, claiming to be Hebei Zhang He. Zhidan Luoluo was also an extremely brave man in the tribe. He thought to himself that he could not defeat Zhao Yun, but he could not defeat you, the Four Court Pillars of Hebei?

After three moves, he was shot in the left shoulder, almost to the point of being stabbed to the core. It was obvious that he had encountered a serious problem. He immediately fled with the remaining troops in a panic, heading straight to the north, hoping to escape through the gap in the Great Wall.

Zhang He took the opportunity to chase and kill most of the guards around Zhidao Luoluo. Zhidao Luoluo tried his best to escape. When he was still dozens of miles away from the gap in the Great Wall, he saw an army blocking the road. The leading general shouted: " I am Zhang Liao, please dismount as soon as possible and accept your surrender!"

Not wanting to give up, he saw that there were still three to four thousand people on his side and only a thousand or so on the opposite side, so he immediately ordered everyone to rush forward and destroy this army.

When Zhang Liao saw it, he immediately led the crowd to rush out. The two armies collided fiercely. Zhang Liao used his crescent halberd and charged left and right in the crowd. The Xianbei cavalry had trouble firing arrows, so they had to dodge in embarrassment and try their best to shoot arrows at the same time. , but now almost everyone in the Youzhou army is wearing armor, and the damage caused by the arrows is not small. In less than half a moment, the Huns cavalry were rushed to pieces by the Youzhou cavalry.

Zhidao Luoluo saw that the main force he had brought was being cannibalized like this, and he couldn't help but become furious. He roared and led everyone to surround Zhang Liao, vowing to surround and kill him. In the end, Zhidao didn't take dozens of rounds. All the guards of Ganluoluo were killed, and Zhang Liao himself was captured alive. He was held in Zhang Liao's hand like a dead dog, swung around a few times on the spot, and then slapped hard on the ground.

Zhidao Luoluo was beaten to pieces, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he said: "When did the generals of the Central Plains become so powerful? How come I can't defeat any of them?"

Zhang Liao thought to himself that if you meet us, you will be unlucky.

When Zhidao Luoluo was kidnapped back to the city fortress, he saw a young man sitting at the top, smiling at him and saying, "Thank you so much for the war horse from the leader. I don't know your name?"

(End of this chapter)