The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 210 Unrest in South Vietnam
The craftsmen of Zongzheng Da Nong Mansion are rushing to make steel tools.

Since the steel frying method was proposed by Weining, Sang Hongyang and Lu Chongguo naturally knew about it.

While feeling the greatness of Weining, they also began to personally supervise the craftsmen in smelting steel.

After Sang Hongyang and Lu Chongguo accompanied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Weining to inspect the situation of steel smelting, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took a rest in the government office of Zongzheng Da Nong Mansion.

After a while, a minor official came to Lu Chongguo and whispered a few words in his ear. Lu Chongguo cupped his fists and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, Li Cai wants to see you."

Since Li Cai was dismissed as prime minister, Zhuang Qingzhai, the left prime minister, came to the throne, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted the title of right prime minister to the Great Sima General Wei Qing.

Li Cai was placed under Da Sima's mansion as an aide, responsible for the delivery of military reports from all over the world and other duties.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard that Li Cai was coming to him, he paid great attention to it, so he waved his hand and said, "Let him come in."

"Here!"

Not long after, Li Cai walked in.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty originally thought that Li Cai wanted to report the military report in Northern Xinjiang. After all, his cousin had just been appointed as a general and would lead the northern Xinjiang expedition against the Xiongnu in the spring of next year.

But what surprised Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was that what Li Cai reported was not the military report of Northern Xinjiang, but the military trends of Luo Yue.

Luoyue belongs to one of the tribes in South Vietnam. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered South Vietnam more than ten years ago and established Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Rinan and other counties in South Vietnam.

In short, almost all the places south of Yunnan that can be seen on the maps of later generations were conquered by the Han. Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar were all under the jurisdiction of the Han.

The Luoyue tribe is an ethnic minority tribe in what is now Guangxi.

Li Cai told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the field soldiers from the southern counties had detected signs that the Luoyue tribe was pushing troops eastward, and asked Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to make early decisions and deploy control.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pondered for a while, glanced at Sang Hongyang, Li Cai, and Lu Chongguo, and asked, "What do you think about this?"

Li Cai wanted to show off in front of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and regain power, so he said: "Your Majesty, I think the Luoyue people are not worthy of fear."

Sang Hongyang and Lu Chongguo agreed.

It is indeed not something to be afraid of. Luo Yue's military strength is simply not enough in front of the lion like the Han Dynasty. Unless the opponent is crazy and wants to be destroyed, they will not dare to provoke the Han people's towns at will.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also couldn't figure out the reason why the Luoyue people suddenly pushed their troops to the east.

Wei Ning was also deep in thought. Just when everyone was quiet, Wei Ning suddenly said: "Is it possible that Luo Yue wants to fight the big man?"

After he said this, Li Cai smiled slightly, with contempt in his eyes.

It is undeniable that Weining is a solid general. He has proven everything in Dingxiang County. There is no need to doubt this.

But being a strong general does not mean that you can be a civil servant or have in-depth insights into the military.

A country's military analysis not only considers the use of troops to fight, but also considers strategic value, geopolitics, situation analysis, etc.

There must be a reason why the Luoyue people beat the big men?
For what?
In order to let the big man exterminate them?
"The Marquis of Zhenbei is overly worried. You are a small tribe with tens of thousands of people. Have you considered the consequences of them attacking the big men?"

"You might as well try to think about it from their perspective. Do you think this is possible?"

Li Cai opened his mouth and questioned Weining.

Weining ignored him. He looked at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and said, "The jungles in the south are dense."

"What if Luo Yue's target is not a big man?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Wei Ning suspiciously and said, "How do you say that?"

Wei Ning was silent for a while and then said: "The big man wants to launch troops against the Huns, and the Huns must know it."

Li Cai said: "Isn't this nonsense? What does this have to do with Luo Yue?"

Wei Ning still ignored him, looking at Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and saying: "The Huns control the Hexi Corridor and have the capital to enter the Western Regions."

"They can bypass the Han Dynasty and communicate from the Western Region to the Southwest Luoyue Department of the Han Dynasty."

Li Cai sneered and said: "The Huns are high in the mountains and far away from the emperor. How can they reinforce Luoyue? They also have to cross the Western Regions with heavy troops. Will the tribes in the Western Regions agree?"

Wei Ning couldn't help it anymore and said to Li Cai: "Can you shut up?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also said angrily: "Shut up!"

Li Cai: "..."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said to Wei Ning: "Keep talking."

Weining nodded and continued: "The Han Dynasty is now all deploying troops to Northern Xinjiang, and all the key troops are being transferred to Northern Xinjiang."

"Although there are troops in southern Xinjiang, the Han Dynasty's finances cannot support a two-front war."

"At least it cannot support a war to destroy the country, so it is impossible for the Han Dynasty to fight the Luoyue people with all their strength at this time."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty nodded, Weining's analysis was good.

Even if they have any movement, the Han Dynasty will only defend and counterattack at most, and will not organize large-scale troops to attack Luo Yue.

Wei Ning asked again: "What if Luo Yue just pretended to attack the big man?"

"Their real goal is to prevent the Han from entering the various tribes of Jiaozhi for reinforcements, while they mainly attack Jiaozhi."

"As long as they defeat the Cochin tribes, they can rely on the jungles in the south as obstacles to control the Cochin tribes."

"To put it bluntly, their goal is to unify the various tribes in Jiaozhi!"

Taking the Yunnan-Guizhou border as the line, the towns in the north will continue to give you the Han Dynasty, and they will unify the Jiaozhi tribes.

It is close to the South China Sea and has convenient sea access. As long as they unify the Jiaozhi tribes, they can develop in the Jiaozhi tribes.

And it will take at least a year for the Han Dynasty to focus on the Huns.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Luoyue people had the ambition to unify the area south of Yunnan and Guizhou and rule through forests with the Han Dynasty.

Of course, Weining did not understand the military strength of the Luoyue tribes, and did not know whether they had such ambitions.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to explain their purpose of pushing troops eastwards for no reason.

This is just a possibility that Weining guessed.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fell silent.

Li Cai said: "What a whim!"

"Is the Luoyue tribe that strong? Can it compete with the Jiaozhi tribes?"

Wei Ning shook his head: "I don't know, do you know?"

Li Cai: "How do I know?"

Wei Ning said: "Don't you have the duty to spy on military reports from all over the world?"

Li Cai: "..."

What do you mean?They were also spying on information about the Huns. Who would pay attention to the situation in South Vietnam?
The place had already been conquered once by the Han, and it was only more than ten years ago. How could they have the ability to rise again?

So why did the imperial court need to spend so much money on placing troops in South Vietnam?Isn't this a waste of human and financial resources?
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fell into deep thought, took a deep look at Wei Ning, waved his hand and said, "It's done, let's do this for now."

"Military and national affairs must be returned to the court for further analysis."

"Here!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty stood up and left with his hands behind his back, saying to Wei Ning: "Follow me to the Qilin Hall."

"Here!"

On his way back, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty summoned Grand Sima Weiqing and Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai to the Qilin Hall.

Obviously Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that Wei Ning's analysis just now was reasonable, and this possibility may not be impossible.

Now the focus of the Han Dynasty's deployment is in the north. If this stall loses the counties in the south, it will definitely be a huge loss for the Han Dynasty!
Even if this possibility is very small, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to pay attention to it.

(End of this chapter)