Chapter 400 Tuoba Tribe

By the time the lead was passed, it was obviously too late, and they had already begun to retreat northward.

However, Qianzhao's men were all heavy cavalry and were not suitable for long-distance attacks, so they could only come back with a curse.

But those siege equipment and so on, because they were too bulky, the other party did not take them away, and they even had no time to destroy them.

But Zhang He didn't like it at all.

Simply tear them down and use them as fuel for cooking tonight.

"What happened to the captured infantry?" Zhang He asked.

He handed over the prisoners to Pang De, with only one request: to destroy all the traitors.

There is no supervising team behind these guys, so it can be considered that they have integrated into Xianbei.

It is necessary to distinguish between passive integration and active integration.

In order to live a good life, those who had no choice but to defect to Xianbei could be given a lighter sentence, but those who defected to the past and bullied the Han people were told differently.

"With the help of those prisoners, hundreds of people have been killed. My subordinates were a little more cautious and did not expand the scope." Pang De said cautiously.

In his opinion, even if all the infantry were killed, it would be nothing, but Zhang He Renshan, he paid a little more attention to.

After a pause, he continued: "There are many people who have taken the initiative to seek refuge in Xianbei. Some of them are the second generation of people who were captured and brought to the grassland very early and gave birth there. They no longer have the concept of Han people and regard Xianbei as their master. That part didn’t stay.”

"Well, you did a good job on this." Zhang He nodded. These people don't even need labor education.

After all, I have grown up and my three views have been formed. I am no longer used to not being a slave for a day.

There are also some people from the three counties of Yunzhong, most of whom used their family members as threats to forcibly recruit soldiers.

With slave soldiers as officers and coerced common people as the main force, this is the main composition of Xianbei's cannon fodder infantry.

There are also some people who are not coerced, but who really seek refuge in Xianbei and plan to get ahead.

Zhang He didn't keep any of the people who volunteered to be slaves.The cost of transforming such a person is too high, and the cost of being a spy is too low. If he stays, he will be a hidden danger.

The others will be sent back to Yanmen first to accept a few years of hard labor, and then they will be finished based on the battle situation on the front line and their performance.

Leave some of them behind as your own guide.

Since they did not have to accept labor and had the opportunity to meet their families, a large number of people signed up enthusiastically. The final ones selected were locals who were really familiar with Yunzhong and Wuyuan and knew at least two or more trails.

You don’t need too many, just a dozen or so. After all, too many are a source of instability.

Such a large army went all the way north, and in less than twenty miles, it arrived at Ulanqab in later generations.

However, if Zhang He is defeated in the future, he will use the name Jining.

Throughout history, the names of many places have changed.

Later reservations may not necessarily mean special treatment, take Chang'an as an example.The name was changed to Xi'an in the Ming Dynasty, which was Lao Zhu's fault. It took hundreds of years for this name to change from the Ming Dynasty to modern times.

A large amount of information uses the name "Xi'an". If it is changed back to "Chang'an", all the information for hundreds of years will have to be revised.

The situation is similar in other places, but the administrative costs are too high.

But at this stage, there will probably no longer be titles like Zhao Yun in Shijiazhuang and Lu Bu in Baotou.

"The enemy has a camp here?" Zhang He pointed to the north.

"It is better to say it is a city than a camp. After more than ten years of operation, it has become a relatively stable settlement. After all, it is suitable for farming. A lot of land has been opened up in the past ten years." The leader replied. .

This is not yet a grassland soil environment, and it can still be cultivated. In addition, it is close to mountains and rivers, and there are also mountain products and aquatic products to supplement it.

At the same time, as a frontline stronghold, it also has great strategic significance, and Bu Dugen invested a lot of energy in its construction.

The population here is at least more than [-] to [-]. Not counting the old, weak, women and children, the adult population exceeds [-], and tens of thousands of cavalry can be formed.

The song going south this time is basically drawn from here.

Normally, he would pass through Qiangyin County and take the mountain road into Yunzhong County, where he would collect taxes regularly every year.

Xianbei is not short of money. The taxes they collect are basically grain, ironware and salt.

There is a salt lake near Qiangyin County, which is later known as Daihai. Salt has been produced here since ancient times.

Xianbei doesn't understand finance, especially now that there is no border market. Money is useless, only real materials are more useful.

Also because Xianbei did not care about economic relations, the people of Yunzhong, Wuyuan and Shuofang almost returned to the era of barter. "Who is guarding this place?" Zhang He asked.

"From the Tuoba tribe, the clan leader is Tuoba Jiefen!" the leader replied.

After all, this tribe has been dealing with them all the time and is too familiar with them.

Tuoba Jiefen?

Zhang He felt that the name was somewhat familiar, and then he thought about it.

Tuoba Liwei's father was from the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, the ancestor of Tuoba Gui, the founder of Tuoba Wei. Tuoba Liwei was considered Taizu, and Tuoba Jiefen was posthumously named Emperor Shengwu.

If I remember correctly, Tuoba Liwei is almost 22 years old this year.

According to the original history, the leader would be succeeded in 220 AD. The current leader is indeed Tuoba Jiefen.

Zhang He nodded, and the leading party did not lie.

Although these guys have the idea of ​​making meritorious deeds, their hearts are unpredictable. Who knows what they actually think.

To use them, you have to guard against them, but in preliminary testing, I found that they are pretty good.

The army slowly approached, but what was waiting for them was an army of tens of thousands that had already been assembled.

Not only men, but also women who have the conditions are also on horseback.

Those who are not riding horses should also pick up riding whips or farm tools and be prepared to resist.

In particular, there were a large number of ragged people who were pushed to the front, holding wooden sticks and other things, trembling.

They were all people who had been taken captive, including men, women, old and young.

But in this battle, they are cannon fodder.

This scene, I have to say, is really familiar.

"Go over and scream!" Zhang He ordered, "If you dare to put the Han people in front, if one of them dies, I will kill a hundred Xianbei! The Southern Xiongnu had already enjoyed this treatment, so don't say it was unforeseen!"

When the Southern Xiongnu sent out the auxiliary army, the situation at that time was that it was impossible to fight without fighting, so they sent someone to shout out the message.

But the other party didn't believe it and continued to send people to push forward. In the end, he really did what he said.

The person shouting was shouting in Chinese. There were probably not many Zhang He who could speak Xianbei dialect.

However, Xianbei, who is basically an ordinary person, can't make up his mind about this kind of thing, and most of the senior officials can speak Chinese.

Even if not, there will be an interpreter who can speak Chinese.

It has nothing to do with the Southern Huns, but the leading noble is not a fool. If the other party specifically points out this matter, it is probably not just a threat, but the other party can really do such a thing.

But if you were really afraid, how could you send all the people out?

There are tens of thousands of people here, even if the actual combat soldiers are only more than [-].

There were originally more than 2, but thousands were suddenly defeated before, and one of his nephews was killed in battle.

Although Tuoba Jiefen listened to the reports from the people below and had an understanding of the combat power of the Han army, he still felt that he was unable to take advantage of his nephew after the previous defeat.

At the same time, he also guarded against the fact that if he could not stop the more than 1 yuan, the family members behind him would also suffer.

Simply send them all out to delay time, and at the same time send people to the sweat tent to ask Khan Budugen for support.

Otherwise, if the opponent captures this place, the path south from the grassland will be cut off by the opponent.

The worst-case scenario is that the other party takes the opportunity to take back the three counties of Yunzhong, and the tribe will lose a lot of food, iron and salt.

The question is, can I delay it until Khan arrives?

Tuoba Jiefen was a little worried. In order to keep him, he was his most promising son, so Tuoba Liwei sent him out.

Even if he died in battle, Khan would take good care of Liwei for the sake of his loyalty to him, right?

"The time has come to be loyal to the Khan!" Tuoba Jiefen shouted, "Let me kill all these Han dogs!"

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