I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 46 The situation of merging states

If Liu Bian received the memorial from Zhang Yi and Ding Yuan for the first time, he could still try to convince himself from an optimistic perspective because it was too late to recover Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi would not be so stupid as to commit suicide even after receiving the warning. Maybe he had some leverage that Ding Yuan didn't know about.

So now, the news of Zhang Yi's death in battle came. He also took away Xing Ji, the prefect of Xihe.

The cruel reality is before our eyes.

Liu Bian didn't understand, how dare Zhang Yi, why should he!

"Who knows! How can there be such a person in the world! Master Lu, do you understand what he thinks? Anyway, I don't understand! Even if he stays in the Governor's Mansion honestly!"

After receiving the news, Emperor Ling saw the irritable Liu Bian walking around in the palace as soon as he arrived at Yutang Palace.

He found Liu Bian's somewhat childlike appearance very interesting, and comforted him: "If you deal with more documents in the future, you will know that this kind of thing happens. After Ding Yuan's memorial before, , didn’t he be ordered to assemble the army and prepare for war? This then ordered him to take over as the governor of Bingzhou and command the soldiers of Bingzhou and counties to defend against the Huns’ invasion.”

Liu Bian calmed down, but he was still a little upset.

He still said to himself: "Zhang Yi neither looks like a person who knows the military nor a person who knows the Huns. How did he get selected as the governor of Bingzhou?"

Lu Zhi responded: "Probably because of the Three Mutual Laws! At first, officials from various places were avoided by their place of origin, and then the marriage family and people from the two states were not allowed to visit each other. Finally, the Three Mutual Laws were restored. By the time of the late emperor, the Three Mutual Laws were The taboos are becoming more and more stringent due to staggered avoidance, especially in You and Jizhou. More than ten years ago, there were taboos in 11 states, but only two states could be taken, and even if it is not filled up for a long time, it will not be determined for more than a month."

There were a total of thirteen states in the Han Dynasty. At one time, people from eleven states were not allowed to serve as governors of You and Ji. It is no wonder that they could select chief officials for the border areas who knew neither soldiers nor barbarians.

Lu Zhi was not opposed to the avoidance law, but to the overly harsh three-mutual law.

Emperor Ling only smiled. There were always voices opposing the Three Mutual Methods.

Could he tell Liu Bian that the reason why he did not cancel such a complicated Three Mutual Laws was because the eunuchs would use this as a hint - "Do you want to avoid the prohibition of the Three Mutual Laws and elect officials as soon as possible? Come to Xiyuan and pay the money." Bar!"

Liu Bian knew the importance of avoidance. However, if a policy becomes increasingly rigid, reform may not be a wise choice.

He told Emperor Ling of this idea, but Emperor Ling was noncommittal and only said - "Leave it for later, you will understand."

Liu Bian took advantage of the situation and stopped mentioning it.

From a certain level, the more complex the implementation of the three mutual laws is, the closer the connection between the noble families is.

Emperor Ling asked: "Since my son can predict that the Huns will rebel, can he predict when the rebellion will be successfully suppressed?"

Liu Bian was stunned for a moment and then started to think about it.

What he was thinking about was not when the rebellion would be successfully suppressed. How could he know that? Moreover, Liu Bian was not sure whether powerful men like Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Yang were currently under Ding Yuan's account.

But since Emperor Ling asked, wouldn't it be bad not to answer?

In the past few days, Liu Bian had gained a lot of knowledge about the Southern Huns.

At present, only the Xiutuge tribe of the southern Xiongnu is rebelling. Xiutuge is a different species of Xiongnu and belongs to the left tribe of the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu Qiangqu Chan was brought to power ten years ago by the Han Dynasty as the Right Xian King, and the Xiongnu Right Department was his base. However, according to the traditional system of the Xiongnu, King Zuoxian was the first heir, and Qiangqu's status was not so stable. Therefore, this Xiongnu rebellion clearly hid the power of the Southern Xiongnu royal court against Qiangqu Chanyu.

This means that it is not only Bingzhou that is at risk, but also Qiangqu.

Qiangqu was not unaware of this. When he sent his son Yu Fuluo, the king of Youxian, to Youzhou to help suppress the rebellion, he also took King Zuoxian with him.

If possible, Liu Bian would certainly not be willing to give up this "loyal minister of the Han Dynasty" Shanyu who was highly bound to the Han Dynasty. He took out a piece of paper and briefly sketched the shape of the state and its military distribution.

Emperor Ling and Lu Zhi came over to take a look.

During the reign of Emperor Guangwu, Ma Yuan gathered rice to form a valley and pointed out the situation. The two of them were not surprised by this.

Afterwards, Liu Bian began to analyze——

At present, in addition to the soldiers from various counties and counties, there are also two Han armies in Bingzhou, which are specially used to suppress the southern Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu Zhonglang General's troops were equipped with five hundred leather armors and five hundred iron armors, all of which were cavalry. The administrative seat is Meiji County, Xihe County, where the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court is located, and is responsible for monitoring and protecting the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu.

Given the current situation, the Hun Zhonglang will not be able to move lightly.

Duliao camp was stationed in Wuyuan County in the northernmost part of Bingzhou. This was an excellent location, and it could attack Xiutu from both front and back with Dingyuan in Taiyuan County.

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

At its peak, the Du Liao camp had 30,000 people in order to cut off the connection between the southern and northern Xiongnu. However, now, due to the westward migration of the northern Xiongnu in the early years, the deployment of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in recent years, financial reductions and other reasons, it is difficult to ensure the defense. Being able to mobilize a thousand cavalry under the premise of strength is considered to be the ability of the current General Du Liao.

Only the county soldiers were left.

Jinyang County in Taiyuan County is the seat of the state, and it is also the place with the largest number of Han people in Bingzhou. There are already many standing county soldiers, and together with the prisoners guarding the border, the number reaches the maximum number of 5,000.

A small part of these 5,000 people were taken away by Zhang Yi. It is not known how many county soldiers are left in Xihe County. However, after integrating the county soldiers from Shangdang County, Shangjun, Yanmen County and other places, there are still more than 10,000 soldiers.

But these more than 10,000 people are scattered in various places, and the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers is much worse than that of the border army camp soldiers under the central jurisdiction.

Even though Ding Yuan's preparations for war will inevitably increase the recruitment of county soldiers, these newly recruited soldiers can only defend the city at most.

Moreover, in addition to low combat effectiveness, county soldiers have another biggest shortcoming: the proportion of cavalry is too small.

In the end, Liu Bian finally came up with his plan.

"With the Du Liao camp and Bingzhou County soldiers, even if they can't wipe out Xiutuge, they can still defend it. But what I'm more worried about is..." Liu Bian left an ink spot in the northeast of Xihe County, "It can be foreseen that , Xiitu united with the left Xiongnu to launch a rebellion against the Xiongnu Chan Yu Qiangqu. Some of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General's troops followed Yu Fuluo and others to Youzhou. If they could not resist the rebellion and ensure that Qiangqu was in power, it would be enough. There are more than 30,000 households and more than 200,000 people in the Southern Huns..."

Liu Bian drew a cross on the Xihe, Yanmen and other areas on the paper.

When the Southern Huns were at their peak, they had 34,000 households and could defeat 50,000 troops. How much worse could they do now?

Zhang Rang saw that Liu Bian's words were so serious that even Emperor Ling frowned and suggested: "It is better to issue an edict and order the Xiongnu Zhonglang General to be on guard against the rebellion of the left Xiongnu."

Liu Bian was almost laughed out of anger when Zhang Rang interrupted him, and asked: "Then there will be another Zhang Yi?"

After that, Liu Bian ignored Zhang Rang and emphasized to Emperor Ling: "Father, in my opinion, for the current plan, we must fight quickly. The Knights of Sanhe have just conquered Liangzhou this year. If they can After being re-recruited, he can go to Bingzhou to quell the rebellion in a short time."

(End of this chapter)