The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1250
On the Mongolian grasslands, there are many herds of wild horses. Most of the horses ridden by the Hu people are captured and domesticated from wild horses. Now Liu Yin can use force to force the Xianbei tribe to hand over all the horses, but who There is also no guarantee that the Xianbei people will continue to capture and domesticate wild horses in the future.

In order to solve the horse problem once and for all, Liu Yin specially organized cavalry this time, went deep into the desert grassland, and hunted wild horses on a large scale.

Within a few months, the Han army harvested a lot, killing more than [-] wild horses. The wild horses that could be seen everywhere on the entire Mongolian grassland were almost extinct. The Han army obtained a large amount of horse hides and horses. The dried meat made of meat was used as military supplies, which greatly reduced the supply of materials in the rear.

More importantly, in this hunting operation, the wild horses are almost extinct, and it is almost impossible for the barbarians to capture wild horses for domestication.Liu Yin ordered the troops left behind on the grassland to organize troops to hunt wild horses on the grassland twice a year in spring and autumn, so as to prevent the wild horses from resurging.

Liu Yin demanded that hunting wild horses must be a standing task for the left-behind troops on the prairie, and no herds of wild horses were allowed to move on the prairie. It is a capital offense for Xianbei people to hide horses privately. Once they are discovered, they will be executed, and the tribal leaders are also jointly and severally responsible.In short, when it comes to the issue of horses, we will never condone or condone them. If we find one, we will punish them severely, so that the Xianbei people will never have the opportunity to touch the horses again.

Liu Yin believed that after several generations, even if they brought horses in front of the Xianbei people, they would not know how to ride horses anymore. Hu people who couldn't ride horses were truly harmless to humans and animals.

Desert Khan's fiefdom is the largest among the Xianbei tribes, with a radius of thousands of miles, abundant water and grass, and flocks of cattle and sheep.After Liu Yin returned from Beihai, he went to Desert Khan's fief to have a look.

After Tuoba Liwei's death, Desert Khan, as the successor of the Tuoba tribe, obviously did not have the ambitions of Tuoba Liwei. He humiliatedly agreed to Liu Yin's condition and handed over all the horses and weapons of the Tuoba tribe (All Xianbei people can only have small knives under seven inches, and any swords longer than seven inches and any bows and arrows are not allowed to be used), in exchange for the lives of the whole clan and thousands of miles of land.

The Tuoba Xianbei tribe, which once ruled the grassland with infinite scenery, ended up being reduced to captive cattle and sheep. But when Desert Khan saw Liu Yin, he didn't show any dissatisfaction. He followed Liu Yin humblely and respectfully , carefully answered Liu Yin's question, for fear that a mistake would make Liu Yin angry and bring disaster to the whole family.

However, Liu Yin had no intention of finding fault. Desert Khan was able to obey the law peacefully, no matter whether he was on the surface or from the heart, all of this was actually irrelevant.I am used to living a life of choosing water and grass. This kind of enclosure life is bound to bring inconvenience to the Xianbei people, but everything is difficult at the beginning. Maybe after a few generations, the Xianbei people of later generations will feel that they are living like this. At that time, they naturally forget the way of life of their ancestors, and enjoy their current way of enclosure with peace of mind.

Because once a habit is formed, it is difficult to change it. Liu Yin used this method to polish off the edges and corners of the once incomparably powerful Tuoba Xianbei. After a few generations, the Xianbei people would no longer be in danger.

Some people may say that the Xianbei people were only strong for a while, and then they declined. The Turks replaced the Xianbei people, and later, there were Khitan, Jurchen, and the Mongols who ruled the world and ruled the Eurasian continent. Now What's the use of simply containing the Xianbei people?
It’s not that Liu Yin doesn’t want to, but he has no choice. After all, these ethnic groups have not yet been born. The rise and fall of the nomadic peoples in the entire Mongolian steppe is one generation after another. After the Turks came the Huihe, and then came the turn of Khitan, Jurchen and Mongolia, just like the change of dynasties in the Central Plains. The only difference is that the Central Plains dynasties only changed within the same nation, while the changes on the grasslands were Change of race.

Now occupying the dominant position in the grasslands is the Xianbei people, and Rouran is actually a branch of the Xianbei people, that is to say, from the rise of Xianbei at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Xianbei people ruled the grasslands for more than four centuries.

Now Liu Yin has conquered the grassland and forced the Xianbei people to submit. As long as they continue to control the grassland, there will be no room for other ethnic groups to grow and prosper.

But that will be hundreds or even thousands of years later, Liu Yin can't see it, and naturally he can't exert influence. He only hopes that what he is doing now can bring peace to future generations, do his best, and obey the destiny Bar.

When Liu Yin returned to Youzhou, it was already the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Xingguo, but it took one year to pacify the entire desert grassland, such a speed, it was already eye-catching.

When going deep into the desert, Liu Yin could hardly read any news from the Central Plains. After returning to Youzhou, Liu Yin's daily task was to lock himself in the study and read the thick letters and official documents, which were nearly covered in dust. One year's official documents and newspapers are piled up like a mountain.

What Liu Yin is most concerned about is the situation on the southern front. Although he has been busy with the northern expedition, the grand plan of defeating Wu cannot be delayed for a moment.

Fortunately, there is Fu Qian sitting on the southern line, presiding over the overall situation, and all preparations for the expedition against Wu are well-organized.Just because Fu Qian was in charge, Wu did not dare to act rashly. After the failure of Lu Kang's Northern Expedition last year, Wu's troops were greatly reduced, so they could only stick to the defense line of the Yangtze River in order to rule the river.

Among all the preparations for the Han army to defeat Wu, the most important thing was the shipbuilding business of Yizhou governor Wang Jun. If he wanted to destroy Wu, he had to build a Han army navy that could rival the Wu army navy.After Wang Jun arrived in Yizhou, he was extremely active. He visited Berkshire in person to supervise the construction of warships and train the navy. Liu Yin gave him time for the three armies to prepare the navy. Wang Jun did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

The situation on the southern front is good, but the situation in Liaodong has become severe.

Because Liu Yin conquered Tuoba Xianbei in the north, he took care of Liaodong flawlessly. After Murong Xianbei, Yuwen Xianbei, and Duanbu Xianbei who fled to Liaodong took refuge in Koguryo King Meichuan, they colluded with him and invaded the counties of Liaodong, Liaodong County and Lelang County. , Daifang County fell successively, only Xuantu County is still struggling to support.

Liu Yin turned his attention to the east, and it seemed that it was time to march east to solve the problems in the east of Liaodong.

(End of this chapter)