A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 480 The conscription brings all ethnic groups together to conquer the three heroes of Southern Xianbei again

June 10
Sima Division's army arrived at Jixian County in Yan County, Youzhou, but Sima Division did not enter Liaoxi rashly, but stopped here.

A large number of scouts and spies were sent into western Liaoning to investigate Murong Xianbei's movements and strength.

At the same time, recruitment orders were continuously issued to other surrounding Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes, asking them to send troops to join the imperial army.

Especially the Xianbei tribe, and all the Xianbei tribes within Youzhou, must send troops to Jixian to attack the traitorous Murong tribe, otherwise they will be regarded as Murong's accomplices.

July rd
A steady stream of foreign cavalry came to Jixian to join together and obey the orders of the Han Taiwei Sima Division, including 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry led by King Wuhuan, and 8,000 Xianbei cavalry led by the leaders of the Tuoba and Duan tribes.

Including the rest of the scattered foreign cavalry, Sima Division had a total of 20,000 Hu cavalry available at this time. Adding the 10,000 elite troops of his own army, the mobilizable force was 30,000.

"Boom boom boom!"

This is Master Sima discussing matters in the tent.

In the military tent, Han generals were sitting in the front row, while the Hu generals were at the bottom, or standing by the tent to listen. Only King Wuhuan was sitting in the first row.

Sima Shi looked around at the generals, and a mountain call sounded in the tent:
"The general will wait to meet the Taiwei!"

"All generals will be exempted from the courtesy."

Everyone sat down, and Sima Shi signaled the general to analyze the situation between the enemy and ourselves.

"Today, the Murong tribe of the Hu people who rebelled against Han occupied Han County and fought against the imperial court. On His Majesty's orders, he led troops to annihilate them. All generals must obey the orders of the Taiwei. Anyone who violates the law will be punished!"

First, he made some threats, mainly to the barbarian generals present.

The Hu people have always been undisciplined and acted according to their own will. Sima Shi needed to beat them hard to prevent them from doing anything that would harm the army.

According to the intelligence, the Murong tribe has a total of more than 10,000 tribesmen, and there are more than ten Xianbei tribes under his command.

Relying on the rights granted by Sima Yi to control the Xianbei tribes in western Liaoning, the Murong tribe can be said to be the dominant one among the Xianbei tribes in western Liaoning over the years.

Because of the characteristics of nomadic people, all people are soldiers.

The available troops of Murong's tribe are about 50,000, which is almost the strength of the entire Xianbei in western Liaoning.

Hearing that the Han Dynasty had sent a large army to attack, Murong Shegui and his son were in panic all day long and withdrew the troops attacking Yuyang County.

All the troops were gathered near Wu Zhong in You Beiping, hoping to have a showdown with the Han army here.

After the general explained the situation clearly, Master Sima slowly spoke:

“It stands to reason that your Majesty sent me here to quell the rebellion, and all the rebellious tribes should be wiped out, leaving no one behind, old or young.

And as fellow members of the Murong tribe, you failed to fulfill your duty to dissuade them. Instead, you waited until the Murong tribe became powerful and captured Han County. Do you want to sit back and watch the storm rise?

Anyone with such little thoughts should be punished by the court, ranging from being expelled from the Han territory to being exterminated in the worst case.

However, God has the virtue of good life, and His Majesty, who has just ascended the throne, is not willing to kill too much.

I can give you a chance, if you can put the heads of Murong and his son on my cases before my army arrives in western Liaoning.

I can ask you to pay only a certain amount of atonement, and leave the clansmen and cattle and sheep of the Murong tribe to you, and I can reward you with a certain number of titles.

But if I wait for my army to arrive in western Liaoning and let the imperial army defeat Murong's tribe, it will mean that you are of no use anymore. You should go back to your hometown. The big man does not need useless eagles and dogs. "

Led by the leaders of Tuoba tribe and Duan tribe, all Xianbei generals knelt on the ground and begged Sima Shi for forgiveness.

He also issued a military order that within one month, the heads of Murong and his son must be presented to the Taiwei.

Master Sima waved his hand:
"In order to give you a unified order when taking action, I appoint Tuoba Gui and Duan Peng as the left and right generals of Xianbei, each commanding 6,000 Xianbei troops to attack Murong's tribe."

These Xianbei generals all accepted Sima Division's general orders with trepidation, while the leaders of Tuoba tribe and Duan tribe were afraid and mixed with a hint of joy.

Seeing that all the Xianbei people had left the military tent, King Wuhuan on the side said to Sima Shi flatteringly:

"Captain Tianwei can actually make these Xianbei brats dare not disobey in the slightest with just one order. He is worthy of being a lord of the Celestial Dynasty."

Faced with King Wuhuan's flattery, Master Sima did not respond too enthusiastically, but just nodded as a superior.

The reason why the Xianbei people were allowed to move into the counties in western Liaoning was to contain the Wuhuan people. Therefore, King Wuhuan had no good impression of these Xianbei people.

This time, as soon as he heard that Murong's tribe had rebelled against the Han Dynasty and that the heavenly soldiers of the Han Dynasty had arrived, King Wuhuan rushed forward with his troops, hoping to rely on the strength of the Han army to kill a large number of Xianbei people.

This left the Xianbei people without the strength to compete with the Wuhuan people.

But who knew that Master Sima did not follow common sense and chose to let the Xianbei people deal with the Xianbei people.

July 8
While Sima Division's army was still staying in Jixian, waiting for news from Tuoba and Duan.

Liu Chen, who was far away in Luoyang, also began to be unwilling to be lonely and prepared to conquer Soochow in person immediately.

Why so suddenly?

Just because there was another internal strife in Soochow.

At the time, Zhuge Ke, the powerful minister of Sun Wu, had reached the peak of his prestige in the Wu Kingdom due to the great victory of Dongxing. He lost himself in the constant praise of his subordinates.

He behaves more and more without scruples, acting like a powerful official.

This aroused the fear of Wu Lord Sun Liang.

Later, Sun Liang joined forces with the generals of the clan, and General Sun Jun secretly plotted to remove Zhuge Ke and regain power. One day, Sun Liang served wine in the palace and invited Zhuge Ke to a banquet. Zhuge Ke went to the palace with his sword, saluted Sun Liang and took his seat.

Sun Liang, accompanied by Sun Jun, toasted to Zhuge Ke. After drinking for three rounds, the two made excuses and left the hall.

Then all the swords and axes came out, and Zhuge Ke was chopped to death with random knives.

Sun Liang was overjoyed to see Zhuge Ke dead. Sun Jun was worshiped by Sun Liang as prime minister, general, and Marquis of Fuchun because of his meritorious service in killing Zhuge Ke.

But what Sun Liang didn't expect was that after Sun Jun took power, he would be even more arrogant than Zhuge Ke, and even forced to kill Soochow ministers who disagreed with his political views many times.

Although Sun Liang wanted to kill Sun Jun many times, he failed due to various reasons.

Until Sun Jun died in a battle with Han.

The border between Han and Wu was not so peaceful. Over the years, the two sides had wars caused by friction almost every year. However, the intensity was too small and there was no defeat, so it was not worth mentioning in court.

After Sun Jun's death, his younger brother Sun Wei inherited everything from Sun Jun and became the new powerful minister.

As time went by and Sun Liang grew up, the conflict with Sun Wei became more and more profound, almost letting the entire Wu Kingdom know about it.

Liu Chen received the reward from the spies in Wu State and thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he decided to send troops.

July 25
Liu Chen left Queen Cui and Prime Minister Fei Yi to preside over state affairs, and led an army of 100,000 to personally conquer Wu.

August st

Liu Chen led an army to besiege Wuchang. Not only that, Jiang Wei, who was stationed in Jianghuai, also led tens of thousands of people towards Dongxing.

The Han army marched southward in large numbers, and the situation in Wu was in danger.

After Sun Liang learned of the Han invasion, he had to temporarily put aside the internal fighting and ordered General Ding Feng to lead 10,000 troops to support Wuchang, and Prime Minister Sun Wei to lead 30,000 troops to rescue Dongxing.

Let’s not talk about the war between Wuchang and Dongxing for the time being, and turn our attention back to the north.

After receiving the order from Sima Division, Tuoba Gui and Duan Peng led 12,000 Xianbei coalition troops to Youbeiping.

The two discussed that although Murong's tribe had 50,000 people, they could not all be used, and other tribes under his command could not desperately support Murong's rebellion.

Judging from the perspective of being a Xianbei, apart from the old, weak, sick and disabled, as well as the manpower stationed in the tribe, the maximum number that can be used is less than 20,000.

In addition, Sima Shi told them that they were not fighting alone. At this time, Guo Huai, the Grand Protector of the Liaodong Protectorate, had been ordered to lead 10,000 allied troops from Liaodong County.

In this way, their chances of winning are actually quite good.

Duan Peng made suggestions:
"In any case, Murong's tribe is from our Xianbei people. If they suffer too much loss, I'm afraid the Han and Wuhuan people will be happiest.

Therefore, I suggest that this battle should not cause too many killings, and the best strategy is to persuade them to surrender. "

Tuoba Gui disagreed and said:
"To put it nicely, Murong Guishe and Murong Xin are both heroes of the Xianbei tribe. How could they surrender so easily?"

"It is precisely because they are heroes of our clan that they can better see the difficulties the Xianbei people are facing at this time.

Since the death of Kebineng Chanyu, we Xianbei people have been divided into pieces, and anyone can step on us. Even the Wuhuan people, who were like dogs at the time, relied on the Han people to plunder our Xianbei tribe many times, which is very hateful.

In this way, we first send people to persuade them. If the father and son do not listen, we will contact the friendly tribes in the western Liao tribe to ask them not to follow the Murong tribe to resist the Han army.

I believe that after explaining the pros and cons, no one is willing to die with them. Without the help of his tribe, Murong's tribe only has a few thousand people, and they can defeat them with just one hand. "

Facing Duan Peng's strategy, Tuoba Gui praised him repeatedly:
"I often hear people say that I focus on the best Chinese scholars. Except for Murong Xin from the Murong Department, you, Duan Peng, have read a few Chinese books, but they are different.

Okay, I'll listen to you. "

Just when the two leaders were preparing to send envoys to Murong's tribe, someone came to report that there were two people outside the door asking to see them.

Duan Peng and Tuoba Gui looked at each other, feeling confused, and asked people to bring the newcomer in.

When he saw the visitor for the first time, Tuoba Gui exclaimed: "Murong Guishe, you old thief still dare to come to my camp."

The visitors were none other than Murong Guishe, the leader of the Murong tribe, and his son Murong Xin.

Tuoba Gui, Duan Peng and Murong Guishe were contemporaries.

I saw Murong Guishe saying in shame:
"Ashamed, I saw the chaos in the Han court and thought I could take advantage of it to create a happy land for the Xianbei people. Who would have thought that the Han people would calm down so quickly.

Now I am neither advancing nor retreating. No, I can only ask my two brothers for advice. "

Facing Murong Guishe's show of weakness, Tuoba Gui didn't appreciate it at all:
"Huh, when you followed Grand Master Sima to move inland to the fertile grassland of western Liaoning, why didn't you think of us two brothers who were in trouble today? Did you think of us?
I tell you, it's too late. The generals of the Han army who came to attack you are the son of Taishi Sima, Taiwei Sima Shi. He clearly told us that as long as the heads of your father and son are taken away, the rest will not be blamed.

And you also want to give us everything from your Murong Division. What do you think Duan Peng and I should do? "

Murong Guishe ran out of ideas for a moment and was speechless, but Murong Xin next to him said:
"Uncle Tuoba, please stop scaring my father. If you really wanted our Murong tribe's pasture, you would have attacked us long ago. How could you stay here for half a month?

My father often told us that among the Xianbei people today, there are three heroes, known as the Three Heroes of Xianbei. The most heroic ones besides my father are Uncle Tuoba and Uncle Duan.

Now the Han people are coming to attack my Murong tribe because the strength of our Xianbei people exceeds that of the Wuhuan people, which makes them feel uneasy.

This is not a matter for our Murong family, but for the entire Xianbei people. "

Facing Murong Xin's impassioned speech, Duan Peng smiled at Tuoba Gui and said:
"As expected of the young hero of my Xianbei tribe, he analyzed the key points very well."

(End of this chapter)