A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 418 Zhenbei Protectorate

When the Xiongnu royal court was breached, Huo Qubing quickly informed Wei Qing that after learning that his nephew had taken over the Xiongnu's lair and the Xiongnu army was out of supplies, Wei Qing immediately gave up defending against the advancing army.

At the same time, people were sent to spread the news to the Huns. The royal court of the Huns was occupied, King Zuoxian was captured, the route of food and grass was cut off, and the family members were captured. The entire Huns army suddenly became panicked.

Even though the King of the Huns clarified several times that this was a rumor from the enemy, the food in the army and some Huns who fled from the royal court had already proved that something had really happened in the royal court.

The King of the Xiongnu tried to retreat with his army several times and go back to recapture the royal court. However, he was harassed by the Qianguo army several times and had to give up.

Faced with this situation, the Hun nobles proposed to abandon the army and retreat with only the elite guards, but the Hun king rejected it.

For a time, the Huns were at a loss.Seeing this situation, Wei Qing made up his mind to launch a night attack at night.It’s easy to get lost on the grassland, let alone at night.

But Wei Qing still carried out the plan, and as a result, the army attacked at night. The Huns were trapped internally and externally, and the people were panicked. The more than [-] Huns army fell apart in the blink of an eye.

Wei Qing defeated the Huns in a battle, and even the King of the Huns died in the battle.After a chaotic battle, the vast majority of the Huns knew that even if they escaped, they would starve to death without food, so the vast majority of the Huns surrendered.

Some died in the chaos of the night, while others escaped.

In the end, Wei Qing captured more than 7 Huns, beheaded them and trampled on each other, killing and wounding more than 5 people. About 1 people escaped under the cover of night.

Wei Qing led his army and Huo Qubing to join the Xiongnu royal court, and offered sacrifices to heaven at Langjuxu Mountain to comfort the Daqian soldiers who were killed and injured in the battle.Then he led a large army to escort the Xiongnu royal court and many captives back south.

Wei Qing and Huo Qubing went deep into the North Sea during the battle, and Feng Lang Juxu's battle report crossed the desert Gobi, climbed over the Yin Mountains, crossed the river plateau, and finally came to the divine capital Luoyang.

Emperor Wang Jing received this good news.

Wang Hao, the internal minister, took the battle report and read it aloud: "Your Majesty, the hussar general Wei Qing led a large force of [-] elite troops to attack the Huns in the north. He sent the army from Shuofang to the north and went to Mobei to fight with the Huns army. The captain of the guard army Huo Qubing led a thousand fine cavalry, traveled thousands of miles, raided the Xiongnu royal court, and defeated it.

In the first battle, he captured King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu, beheaded 57 people, killed 5000 Xiongnu nobles, forced the surrender of 93 Xiongnu, [-] women and children, and millions of cattle and sheep. He cut off the retreat of the Xiongnu army. I led the army to attack at night. When the formation collapsed, the formation killed [-] people, captured [-] people, killed [-] nobles of the Xiongnu king and below, and the entire Xiongnu army was wiped out.

Congratulations to Your Majesty for this great victory in this battle, and congratulations to Da Qian! "

After reading the battle report, the entire hall immediately fell to the ground and shouted: "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to Da Qian!"

Wang Jing couldn't help laughing, and suddenly stood up and said: "Congratulations to General Hussar, congratulations to Da Qian!"

Wang Jing was already old at this time, and he had already begun to fantasize about how he would be described in history books.With such achievements, when he reaches heaven and meets his ancestors, they will surely praise him.

"The Marquis of Changping is really the pillar of the country. Huo Qubing is his nephew, right? He is a tiger in the general door, a tiger in the general door!" Wang Jing said happily.

Then he turned around and directly issued an edict: "General Hussar, Wei Qing, Marquis of Changping, defended the northern border and defeated the Xiongnu several times. This time he killed the Xiongnu Chanyu in one battle. He has done a great job. He was granted the title of general and the city of Pinghou was enlarged." Five thousand households, the title will not be reduced for three generations."

"Huo Qubing, the captain of the guard army, was young but dedicated to serving the country. He drove thousands of miles to defeat the Xiongnu, captured the royal court of the Xiongnu, and cut off their retreat. In this battle, he bravely won the three armies. He should be the first to achieve victory. He was awarded the title of Marquis and the city. Eight thousand households.”

News of the army's victorious return soon spread throughout Luoyang, and the city of Luoyang suddenly turned into a sea of ​​joy.There were singing and dancing everywhere, and Wang Jing ordered a three-day celebration in the capital.

The Huns were defeated again, temporarily eliminating hidden dangers in the northern frontier of the empire.But if you don’t occupy the vast grasslands and vast land in the north, others will.

Daqian defeated the Huns, and the Huns' strength shrank back to Mobei. This grassland had no owner. However, if left alone, maybe more than ten or twenty years later, the Huns would rise again.This is what Wang Jing does not want to see.

In order to prevent the Huns from rising again, Wang Jing established the Zhenbei Protectorate.The Zhenbei Protectorate governs all tribes in Mobei. The Protectorate is located in Longcheng, the royal court of a thousand Huns.

Dragon City is more than 3000 miles away from Shuofang, and even further away from the sacred capital of Luoyang. It is a bitter and cold place outside the Great Wall.However, there was a reason why the Huns set up their royal court in Longcheng.The water and grass here are abundant, and there are mountains and rivers to support it, which can block the wind and snow.

The winter here is not too cold, and the wind and snow are not too heavy. It is suitable for cattle and sheep to spend the winter. Therefore, the Huns built the Dragon City here as a royal palace.

When Daqian defeated Dragon City in the First Battle, this place was abandoned. Of course, abandoned means that the Xiongnu royal court is no longer here, but there are still many Xiongnu tribes living here.

Wang Jing established the Zhenbei Protectorate here and wanted to use the Zhenbei Protectorate to control the grassland.

Wanli grassland, Wang Jing is not willing to make wedding clothes for others.

Although the Huns are gone, this grassland is still there. Without the Huns, there are still Donghu people, Xianbei people, etc.If this grassland is ignored, an enemy that is not inferior to the Xiongnu Empire will soon arise on this grassland.

Wang Jing would not make this mistake by solving the Huns himself and letting the other Huns become bigger.

So after Wang Jing established the Zhenbei Protectorate, he began to move the people to the north, and at the same time wanted to enfeoff the princes on the grassland.The grassland is vast, where cattle and sheep can be raised, and horses can be herded. It is easy to train a large number of cavalry. Coupled with Daqian's weapons and armor, a large army can be easily formed.

At the same time, a large number of cattle and sheep can fully support the internal digestion of Daqian, which can perfectly complement the Central Plains.As long as it develops, the grassland can make Daqian more powerful.

In the past, although there were many cattle and sheep on the grassland, they could not be sold to the Central Plains. Now Wang Jing has established the Zhenbei Protectorate to sell cattle and sheep on the grassland to the Central Plains.

The emergence of a large amount of beef and mutton food can make people strong.The skins of cattle and sheep can be used to make armor and warm clothes, and the tendons and horns of cattle can be used to make bows and arrows.

It can be said that there are many benefits.

The salt, ironware, lacquerware, cloth, grain, etc. from the Central Plains can be sold to the grasslands to improve the lives of the people on the grasslands.

The grassland and the Central Plains can form an economic cycle, benefiting the people and increasing the court's tax revenue.In Wang Jing's view, this method can perfectly solve the problem of grassland border problems.

Of course, this plan requires high investment in the early stage. It requires building several cities on the grassland and dividing the grassland into several areas. These cities are used to manage the grassland. At the same time, this will also be a place where merchants from the Central Plains come to trade.

The imperial court would only need to set up yamen in these cities to administer the grasslands and collect taxes.

Several princely states and the Protectorate cooperate with each other and can easily control the grassland.Even if some grassland tribes become stronger, they can be easily defeated.

Wang Jing plans to immigrate tens of thousands of people to the grassland. These people will be the basic force for Daqian to control the grassland.

The more he thought about it, the more Wang Jing felt that this matter was feasible.

So Wang Jing called for the internal minister, the left and right prime ministers, the Taifu Ling and other important ministers to discuss the matter.

After hearing Wang Jing's idea, the left and right prime ministers, internal ministers, Taifu Ling and other senior officials were also shocked. If it really succeeds and the grassland is controlled by the Central Plains, then the strength of Daqian will increase again.

Of course, there are many difficulties with this idea. The initial investment is huge, and it is not easy to immigrate people to the grasslands.

"It is difficult to immigrate to the grassland, but hundreds of thousands of people have immigrated to the Western Regions thousands of miles away. In comparison, the grassland is only a few thousand miles away. Just increase the reward!" said an official.

"Hundreds of thousands of people are migrating and they still need to build cities on the grasslands. This requires a large supply of money and food. Can the imperial court afford it?"

"The Taifu warehouse is quite sufficient, and there is no need for a one-time allocation. If it is allocated annually, it can be supported by dividing it into ten years."

"It's bitterly cold in the north, I'm afraid the people won't want to go!"

"The prisoners can be exiled to the northern grasslands." Everyone continued to discuss, and soon the entire plan was almost perfected.

Next, Wang Jing asked the children of the royal family to improve the plan again. After a month of revision, Wang Jing ordered people to bring the plan up for discussion at a court meeting, hoping to see the reactions of the officials.

After learning that the imperial court planned to open up the grassland, build cities on the grassland, immigrate to the grassland, and enfeoff the princes, the news soon spread to Luoyang as if it had grown wings, and the news quickly spread to surrounding counties and counties. .

There doesn't seem to be much difference between people, but sometimes the thinking between people is bigger than that of humans or dogs.

Wang Jing discussed it several times with the important officials of the imperial court, and some members of the clan checked and filled in the gaps. Almost all factors were taken into account, but he did not expect that no one would pay attention to the immigration to the grassland and the enfeoffment of the grassland.

In the eyes of the people, including those officials, the Western Regions are already considered a land of aliens, a barbarian land, full of wind and sand, used to exile criminals, let alone a grassland with a worse environment than the Western Regions.

Over the years, the imperial court has not been able to change the vast majority of people's impression of the Western Regions, let alone the grassland.

The people of the grasslands are considered to be uncivilized savages who eat their hair and drink their blood. The land of the grasslands is considered to be a bitter and cold place full of fishy smells.

Heavy snow accumulation in winter can freeze people to death. The land cannot be cultivated and can only be grazed. People have to search for pasture all year round. There are many wolves and barbarians, and there are many dangers.

Think of the grasslands as a place of exile worse than the Western Regions.

As for the enfeoffment of marquises, large areas of pasture and slave cattle and sheep will be divided, but even so, how does the life of a Marquis of the Prairie compare with that of a Marquis of the Central Plains?

And even if there is grassland, a large number of cavalry can be easily pulled out, and the force is not weak, this will still be regarded as a thorn in the emperor's side.

As a result, none of the marquises and nobles were willing to go to the grassland.

(End of this chapter)