Wei Ni

There has indeed been a change in Bingzhou.

Just in the early hours of the morning, the army reported to Kyoto, and Bigui, the governor of Bingzhou, was defeated by Ke Bineng, the master of Xianbei, which in turn affected the plan of recruiting and managing Bingzhou.

There are two reasons for this.

One is the compassionate heart of Emperor Cao Rui, and the other is Bi Gui's greed for merit.

However, in the past, Xia Houhui used Wu Qiujian's mouth to pass on the advice to the emperor Cao Rui that it was more timely to manage the state than to crusade against Liaodong. Cao Rui recruited Tian Yu, who was working in Qingzhou, back to Luoyang for discussion at the end of February in February.

That discussion lasted for more than ten days.

Situ Dongzhao, Zhongshujian, Ling Liufang and Sunzi, servants Xinpi and Chen Jiao, and the general Jiang Ji of the army were all involved.

Because running Bingzhou is more than just a military battle.

It is more about the supply of food, fodder and supplies, the appeasement or division of the Hulu tribes in the Hetao Plain, etc., and it involves the cooperation of the counties and counties of Youzhou, Sili Hedong and Hanoi counties.

After the responsibilities and many trivial matters of the states and counties were finalized, it was already late spring and March.

This time also means that it is impossible to lead troops out of Yanmen Pass this year.

Because even if Tian Yu rushed to Bingzhou day and night, he would not have time to plow the fields in spring.

The first step in running Bingzhou is to lead soldiers out of Yanmen Pass to the banks of the Sanggan River, build camps and garrison fields for self-sufficiency, so as to accumulate food and fodder for future expeditions to the Hetao Plain.

Therefore, the emperor Cao Rui asked Tian Yu to stay in Luoyang temporarily to inquire about the frontier affairs on the grounds of missing time.

I didn't let him go until the beginning of April.

Moreover, he didn't go directly to Yanmen County of Bingzhou to take up the post, but he sympathetically bestowed money and asked Tian Yu to return to his hometown in Youzhou to raise him for two or three months before taking up his post.

The reason is that in just a few years, Tian Yu's official position has changed many times.

From Youzhou to Runan, Yuzhou, and then to Qingzhou, and now he is going to Bingzhou again, traveling around half of Wei State in his sixtieth year.

This also made Emperor Cao Rui feel a little sorry.

Especially when Youzhou Inspector Wang Xiong impeached Tian Yu, he transferred Tian Yu away from Youzhou not because Tian Yu made any mistakes, but because of some unspeakable reasons.

Moreover, letting Tian Yu return to Yuyang County, his hometown, was not simply based on the consideration of grace.

Cao Rui also instructed him to recruit a group of Wuhuan Tuqi from the Wuhuan tribe in the three counties that had moved to the inner city and take them to Yanmen County in Bingzhou.

Not much.

Eight hundred rides are good, and thousand rides are better.

This is a lesson learned from Tian Yu being squeezed out by Wang Xiong before.

Emperor Cao Rui was worried that Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, would rely on his status as an old minister in the hidden residence, and was unwilling to help Tian Yu.

Yes, in the discussions between Cao Rui and many important ministers of the state, Bi Gui was excluded from the planning of running the state on the grounds that "dividing power makes it difficult to establish".

Therefore, he also needs to increase Tian Yu's military power appropriately.

This time, Tian Yu was transferred to Bingzhou to confer official positions as the captain of Xianbei, the prefect of Yanmen, and the holiday.

In addition to Tian Yu's county soldiers from Yanmen County, the ministers also suggested that a thousand-man cavalry be recruited from the five tribes of the Southern Xiongnu as guards when they went out to garrison the fields, but Cao Rui still felt that the number of troops was too small.

Running Bingzhou and entering Tuhetao Plain is related to his achievements in opening up territories since he succeeded to the throne, and there is no room for loss.

Therefore, after remembering that when Tian Yu was in Youzhou, he was protecting Captain Wuhuan with integrity, he decided to ask Tian Yu to recruit troops.

As for the foreign cavalry who only rely on 2000 people, they cannot enter the Tuhetao Plain~
Things come step by step.

The most urgent task is to establish a firm foothold in the Yanbei Sanggan River Valley.

After there are accumulated valleys in the farmland, and some small tribes of miscellaneous tribes are recruited by extensive favors, and some powerful tribes are won to be willing to not help each other in the war between Wei State and Xianbei Kebineng, then there is no plan to increase troops. Late.

This is the reason why Tian Yu has not yet rushed to Bingzhou to take up his post.

It was also one of the reasons for Bi Gui's defeat.

As Emperor Cao Rui worried, he really has the heart to compete with Tian Yu.

Anyway, when Qianzhao made the plan earlier, he was also involved in it, but now that it is about to be implemented, the temple plan actually excluded him!
In this regard, he was really hard to understand, and even more unacceptable.

He also wanted to take advantage of Tian Yu's coming to Bingzhou to make some achievements so that the emperor would look at him and put him in the plan to manage Bingzhou as appropriate.

After all, running Bingzhou is the achievement of establishing borders, so how could one not be greedy?

Besides, he is an old minister of the emperor's hidden residence. If he has made achievements in the border areas, will he worry about not being a high official when he returns to Luoyang in the future?

It just so happened that he had a chance to prove himself at this time.

Budugen, who was previously recruited into the inner circle and was awarded Wei Baosai Xianbei by the state of Wei, has been having an affair with Ke Bineng frequently these days, and seems to be about to defect from the fortress.After Bi Gui learned the exact news, he hurriedly went to the Luoyang temple, claiming that he would lead troops out of the fortress to deter Ke Bineng, make concessions, review the situation, and dare not betray Wei and go out of the fortress.

Good idea.

It is also commendable to be responsible for guarding the soil.

But he lacks the strategic vision of military power policy, and does not have enough military capabilities.

Emperor Cao Rui and all the princes in the temple knew this.

Therefore, after looking at his above list, Dang Lian felt that it would be absurd for Bi Gui to lead troops out of the fortress at this time.

The reason is that once the Wei army is out of the fortress, not only will it not be beneficial to the current situation, but it will make Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen work together to resist the external pressure of the Wei army!
The correct approach should be to wait and see what happens.

It is right to continue to station troops on the frontier, wait for the two Xianbei to fight again.

Anyway, when Budugen was outside the Great Wall, he and Kebi had been attacking each other all the time, and it was impossible to live in harmony for a long time after uniting again.

However, before the temple edict was sent to Bingzhou, Bi Gui had already led the army out of Yanmen Pass and stationed troops in Yinguan County.

In fact, Bi Gui is very talented.

But as far as literature and local governance are concerned, there is nothing outstanding in terms of military strategy, which can be regarded as the attitude of the middleman.But it would be too much for a general who obeys orders to act as a superintendent.

However, he himself has no such self-knowledge.

Especially now that he has the heart to strive for success, and even has the taste of being blinded by profit.

When Ke Bineng personally led tens of thousands of riders to Loufan Pass to welcome Budugen's tribe out of the fortress, after all, he sent two generals, Su Shang and Dong Bi, to lead his troops westward along the northern foothills of Mount Heng. I hope to be able to block the Budugen tribe who are about to go north at Loufanguan.

In the land outside the Great Wall, there are tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry looking at them side by side, but thousands of cavalry marched hurriedly. What is the difference between this and death! ?
Poor Su Shang, Dong Bi and Qian Buqi paid the price for Bi Gui's stupidity.

completely annihilated
And this battle also completely strengthened Budugen's heart to defect.

He felt that the Wei army, who had devoted all its energy to resisting the invasion of Shu and Wu, had no binding force on the border counties.Needless to say, once he goes out of the fortress and settles down the tribe, he will inevitably harass and plunder the two prefectures of Wei State frequently like Kebi Neng.

The military report of this battle spread to Luoyang, the capital, and Emperor Cao Rui was very angry and exhausted.

Because for him, Bi Gui went to battle without authorization and returned home in defeat. Not only would the loss of soldiers frustrate the prestige of the country, but it would also bring the monarchy into question.

The former minister of the hidden residence~
The confidants he cultivated so hard and the courtiers he promoted by leapfrogging are so unbearable!
Doesn't this mean that he doesn't know people well?

Especially after the defeat in this battle, many small tribes that originally drifted between Wei State and Ke Bineng will feel that Wei State has become weak and will have a heart to attach to Ke Bineng.

In other words, it made Tian Yu's plan to manage the state more difficult!

So, how can Cao Rui not be angry?

You know, when he wanted to rectify the vanity case, he specially transferred Bi Gui, who was involved in it, to Bingzhou to work in order to avoid being implicated!
And his loving heart, is this how Bi Gui repays Jun's kindness?
For my own selfishness, I don't even read the country and the king! ?

When he saw the military newspaper, Emperor Cao Rui felt a deep sense of frustration in his heart.Immediately, the administration of the East Hall was dismissed, all the ministers and attendants were dismissed, and they sat alone in the side hall.

He needs private space to soothe his emotions.

In order to keep a calm head and avoid making wrong decisions when discussing with the important ministers of the country how to attack Ke Bineng.

That's right, he wants to attack Ke Bineng and Budugen.

Because the Hulu barbarians are all afraid of prestige and not virtuous!

Before Bi Gui was defeated, Wei Guo could wait for Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen to have internal strife, and then slowly plan it.

But if the army is defeated and the country's prestige is lost, it is necessary to send troops to conquer and regain Wei's military prestige with a big victory; let the Hulu tribes in the border counties see what will happen if they provoke Wei !
All the emperor's close ministers know this kind of thinking.

It can also be regarded as the common sense of the Central Plains Dynasty's nomadic tribes in border counties.

Therefore, it is not surprising that after Xia Houhe was out of the palace ban, he hurried to the small house outside Luoyang City, and asked Sun Lou to return to Yangquwubao to send a message to ask Xia Houhui to meet him.

He grew up with Xia Houhui, but he knows Xia Houhui best.

He, the sixth brother who is so devoted to meritorious deeds, just happened to encounter this kind of thing in Luoyang, so how could he not take the initiative to invite Ying Ying to join the army?

In fact, his premonition was not wrong.

When Xia Houhui rushed to the small house outside the city and listened carefully to his report, he immediately stood up and angrily yelled in the direction of Bingzhou, "One general will kill thousands of troops without a plan, and Bi Zhaoxian should take it for what he said! The benefit makes the mind faint, and he does not think of the benefit of the country for his own selfishness, and he disregards the kindness that is highly valued by His Majesty!"

Just cursing angrily, he said to Xia Houhe again.

"The thief Ke is more capable than he is, and his steps are repeated. If he does not attack, it will not be enough to show the country's prestige. His Majesty will definitely send troops to fight against him. Now the soldiers in Yongliang, Jingxiang and Huainan cannot be moved. Your Majesty will definitely send the Luoyang Central Army out. I Although the duty is still in Huainan, he has already been awarded the title of the backbone general, and now he is meeting in Luoyang, and he will enter the palace to invite His Majesty to join the army and fight for the country. However, I don't know much about the affairs of Bingzhou and Bianjun. I am also not familiar with the various Xianbei tribes, so I don’t know if someone who is familiar with Yiquan knows about the affairs of Border County? I want to go and ask for advice, so as not to be unanswered in the presence of His Majesty.”

"Of course there are."

Gently nodding his head, Xia Houhe showed such an expression, pointed at himself, and smiled coyly, "Sixth brother, this person is far away in the sky and right in front of us."

Oh?
It also surprised Xia Houhui for a moment.

His seventh younger brother has been staying in Luoyang, how could he be familiar with the affairs of Bingzhou border area?

After taking his seat again, he asked with doubts, "Could Yiquan be joking? You have never set foot in Bingzhou, how do you know about the various ministries of Xianbei?"

"Sixth brother, don't you forget, my current duty is the emperor's close minister!"

Xia Houhe grinned, and asked a question.

After saying that, without waiting for Xia Houhui's reminder, he explained the reason.

It turns out that after the emperor Cao Rui made a decision on the management and merger of the state with the important ministers of the temple, he often called Tian Yu who stayed in Luoyang to inquire about the scenery of the border areas, such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, Southern Xiongnu, and some miscellaneous tribes that he didn't even know his origin. .

Naturally, Tian Yu knows that he can say everything, and he can say everything.

The roots, customs and taboos of these Hulu tribes, their strengths and weaknesses, and the places where they linger, etc. are all detailed.

And Xia Houhe, who was a close minister of the emperor, was also fortunate to hear about it.

"Sixth brother, according to the narration of the prefect Tian, ​​if you want to know the current situation and entanglement between the thief Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen, you have to start with the hero of Xianbei, Tan Shihuai."

After explaining, Xia Houhe also said something like this.

"Okay, let's talk about justice."

Xia Houhui nodded, and did not forget to pour him a glass of wine to moisten his throat.

And Xia Houhe didn't say anything else, and told the narration he heard from Tian Yu earlier.

Due to the difference in living customs between farming peoples and nomadic peoples, since the unification of Qin Shihuang, the Central Plains Dynasty has never been able to touch the Mobei Plateau.And once the Mobei Plateau is unified, it will inevitably covet the land of Monan, and then invade the Central Plains Dynasty.

Just like the Huns before.

After the Huns were defeated by the Han Dynasty and weakened and split, it was Xianbei.

The Xianbei tribe, who was born in Donghu, became the king of Mobei in a period of sixty years.

At that time, the person who led the Xianbei tribe was Tan Shihuai, the hero of the grassland, and it was he who first launched an attack on the Central Plains Dynasty on behalf of the Xianbei tribe.

Whether it can gain a foothold in the Monan Grassland, the key point is not in the grassland belt at the northern foot of Yinshan and Yanshan Mountains.

And the Hetao Grassland in the south of Yinshan Mountain is the three counties of Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong in the Governor's Department of Bingzhou.In the second year of Yongshou of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty (AD 156), Tan Shihuai led thousands of cavalry into Kou Yunzhong, which opened the prelude to the war.

In the following ten years, all northern border counties were attacked by Xianbei people.

Because Tan Shihuai referred to the model of the Xiongnu in the past, he set up his royal court on Danhan Mountain (now Daqingshan National Forest Park, Shangyi County, Hebei Province) in the north of the Great Wall; The three parts invaded Youzhou, Bingzhou, and even Liangzhou every year.Even Fuyu in the northeast of Youzhou and Wusun in the Western Regions ushered in Xianbei's attack.

It can be said that Xianbei was as strong and prosperous at that time as the Huns at the beginning of the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty in the Huanling period was already weak and hard to return.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty also followed suit and wanted to restrain Tan Shihuai's ambitions by means of peace, but Tan Shihuai ignored it because of the lessons learned by the Huns.

Of course, he did not pass on a foundation like that of Mao Dun.

Xianbei, who had just ruled Mobei and replaced the Huns into Monan, still lacked foundation after all.

After the death of Emperor Guang and Tan Shihuai in the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Xianbei ushered in a split again because of the incompetence of the successor.The position of Chanyu changed hands several times, and it was passed to his grandson Budugen when Cao Zhang crusade against Daijun Wuhuan.

But Budugen is just Shanyu who has a bloodline.

The scope of control is also very small, limited to the area from Tanhan Mountain to Pingcheng (now Datong).

Because of this, the western Xianbei at that time had long been out of the control of Tanhan Mountain, while the central Xianbei master Ke Bineng, and the eastern Xianbei master headed by Su Li, had higher prestige than Budugen.

Suli's prosperity stems from speculation.

Because in the early years when Yuan Shao ruled Hebei, he supported the three prefectures Wuhuan with all his strength, so that the powerful Wuhuan often bullied Xianbei; and when Wei Wu Cao Cao attacked Wuhuan in the north, Suli took the opportunity to lead his troops to participate in the campaign to destroy Wuhuan. In order to avenge the race, he won the support of various tribes of Xianbei in the east.

Ke Bineng, on the other hand, relied on his personal charm, strategy and strength. (end of this chapter)