Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 172 The weak and the strong

Po Duolan Muchen also knew that even if he shouted at Huan Xi, the other party would still be able to apologize and withdraw.

It's just that I'm really unhappy inside and want to vent it out.

Now that Huan Xi retorted, Po Duolan Muchen was speechless for a moment.

His whole body also collapsed and he surrendered:

"The law of the jungle is the law of survival for our grassland tribes. Today we were defeated at the hands of Duke Liang. The sinners dare not feel resentful. We only ask Duke Liang to be magnanimous and refrain from committing more crimes. The Poduolan tribe is willing to follow the example of the Tiefu Xiongnu and wait. I am sent by Mr. Liang, but I dare not have any second thoughts."

Huan Xi said calmly:

"I have my own arrangements for where the Podolan Department will go, and I don't need you to teach me how to do it.

"From now on, you and your family can live in Chang'an with peace of mind, take care of your life, and stop interfering with the affairs of the Duolan tribe from now on, lest you harm the lives of your family."

Of course Huan Xi would not let the soldiers slaughter him, let alone starting this, whether it would be difficult to restrain the soldiers in the future.

The huge Xitao Grassland only accommodated less than 10,000 Tiefu Xiongnu households, but it was still empty after all.

In Huanxi's plan, whether it was Poduolan tribe or Qifu Xianbei, their chiefs were imprisoned in Chang'an, and all these Xianbei tribes were moved to the Xitao grassland and controlled nearby.

In addition to the Tiefu Xiongnu, he can also get an army of Xianbei servants.

Poduolan Muchen felt helpless when he heard this, "I am a swordsman, and I am a fish."

He knew that the Poduolan clan's rule in the tribe had ended. Since Huan Xi had such an arrangement, he would not let his family leave Chang'an no matter what.

But Po Dolan Muchen had no choice, he could only say thanks:

"Muchen thanks Mr. Liang for not killing me."

As dawn broke and the sky grew brighter, the fire was already under control, but black smoke was still rising in the camp.

With Poduolan Muchen coming to comfort them, the prisoners' panic calmed down after they learned that Huan Xi would not go on a killing spree.

The results of the battle have been calculated. Due to the sudden night attack, the Podolan tribe was unprepared and was easily defeated.

In this battle, no one from the Poduolan tribe, which had six thousand tents, could escape to the direction of Wugu Mountain in the wheat field, and most of them were captured.

Liang Jun even got a large number of cattle and sheep, probably no less than 100,000 in total.

The young men of the Podolan tribe have been tied up and kept separate from the women and children.

Huan Xi divided out 1,500 archers and cavalry, commanded by Zhou Chu, and drove 100,000 livestock, women and children back to Gaopingchuan.

Another 1,500 horse archers, led by Shi Yue, the remaining 10,000 to 20,000 livestock, were here to guard the young men of the Duolan tribe.

When Zhou Chu arrived at Gaopingchuan, he settled the women and children, and then Shi Yue took Qingzhuang to Yinchuan for custody.

Huan Xi made it clear to the prisoners that after he returned home, he would naturally reunite their families.

They will not be enslaved, but will live and graze in Gaopingchuan as free herders.

The livestock were Huan Xi's spoils of war, so it was naturally impossible to return them to them, but the government would lease them a batch of livestock, and when calves and lambs were bred, they would be repaid with interest.

Because there were so many prisoners captured this time, including 30,000 old, weak, women and children, there were only 3,000 soldiers escorting them. Some people were also assigned to drive more than 100,000 livestock, so there was a real shortage of manpower.

But Huan Xi still wanted to attack Xianbei, and it was impossible to separate more soldiers. He had to tie the hands of the prisoners and form a team of twenty people to monitor each other.

If one person escapes, the whole team will be killed, and his family will be harmed. Unless someone can report and expose, they can avoid disaster. Since women, children and young adults were transported separately, the prisoners did not dare to cause trouble after hearing this threat.

After all, Huan Xi had already promised to give them their freedom after the war, so who was willing to do more?

It has to be said that although the Poduolan tribe got rid of the control of the Tiefu Xiongnu and left the Xitao grassland, Huanxi's good reputation among the Tiefu Xiongnu still spread to the Poduolan tribe. This is what the captives are willing to believe. The reason for Huan Xi’s promise.

As for Poduolan Muchen's family, they were sent to live in Chang'an. If nothing unexpected happened, they would never be able to return to Poduolan tribe again.

Time was tight, so Huan Xi did not stay in the old city of Suanjuan.

After detaching 3,000 bow cavalry to escort the prisoners and livestock, Huan Xi led the remaining 5,000 lancer cavalry and 5,000 bow cavalry, totaling 10,000 cavalry, and continued to rush towards Wugu Mountain in Maitian.

At the same time, Huan Wen's army had also arrived in Xiangyang.

The 50,000-horse Northern Expedition required a large amount of food and grass. Sima Xingnan had already left early and embarked on the journey to Chang'an, while Huan Wen was still waiting to mobilize food and grass and making final preparations before crossing the Han River.

At this time, Zhou Cheng, who occupied Xuchang and Luoyang, had already heard about the news. After all, Huan Wen's big news could not be hidden from others.

Zhou Cheng was in panic all day long. He knew that it was impossible to stop Huan Wen's Northern Expedition with his own strength.

That was not a mob of 50,000, but the result of Huan Wen's seven years of hard work after the fall of the Han Dynasty.

Zhou Cheng urgently sent envoys to ask for help from Yu and Yan. Looking at the whole world, the only ones who could compete with Huan Wen were the Fu family and the Murong family.

However, after Fu Jian heard that Liangzhou had surrendered and revolted, he was also mobilizing an army. In name, he wanted to attack Guanzhong and force Huan Xi to return reinforcements, but in reality he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take over the territory and surrender to Tuoba Xianbei.

The Tuoba clan's civil strife was about to break out. How could Fu Jian still have the time to pay attention to Zhou Cheng's request for help.

Both Tuoba Shiyiqian and Murong Jun were convinced that Fu Jian would continue to attack Pu Ban.

Considering the hatred between Fu Jian and Huan Wen, this is really something he can drive out.

After all, Fu Jian sent troops to intervene before Huan Xi went east to attack Zhang Yu, and then went west to Qianliang.

Nowadays, in the eyes of the world, there is a rebellion in Liangzhou, how could Fu Jian turn a blind eye and let Huan Xi put down the rebellion.

As for the Yan State, it gradually eliminated the separatist forces in the counties of Jizhou through means such as suppression.

As Lu Hu, who occupied Lukou (today's Raoyang, Hebei Province), led his troops to abandon the city and rush to Yewang (today's Qinyang, Henan Province), and then surrendered to the Yan State, the Murong family was able to take over Jizhou and occupy the entire Hebei Province.

Murong Jun appointed Murong Ke as Grand Sima, Shizhong, Grand Governor, Lu Shangshu, and granted him the title of King of Taiyuan.

This move almost handed over all the military and political power to Murong Ke, and there was no doubt in his mind because of his great achievements in destroying Ran Wei and shocking the emperor.

Unlike Fu Jian and Fu Xiong who planned to develop northward, Murong Jun had already set his sights on Henan and planned to sweep the Central Plains. After all, the growth of Huan Xi's power also brought a sense of urgency to the Murong family.

Therefore, when Zhou Cheng's envoy came to Hebei quickly, he found the right place.

　I overestimated myself. After writing two thousand I just couldn’t hold on anymore. Good night everyone.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)