The last three kingdoms

Chapter 697
This military action by the left of the Xiongnu immediately caused an uproar. The Wei and Jin courts have been adopting a strategy of suppressing and controlling the five tribes of the Xiongnu for decades, suppressing any action that advocates unification and mergers. If one of the five tribes of the Xiongnu Which one dares to openly provoke troubles, the Xiongnu Zhonglang who is based in Jinyang will send troops to suppress it without hesitation.

But for small-scale conflicts among the five tribes, the Wei and Jin courts adopted indulgent strategies, and even deliberately instigated and instigated fights among the five tribes in order to achieve their goal of dividing and conquering.

There is a lot of grievances between the five parts, and there is basically no room for reconciliation between them. They stare at each other, wanting to destroy each other, but also want to preserve themselves.

The left and right of the Xiongnu live across the Fen River, and the friction and conflict between them has never been interrupted for decades. However, this kind of conflict has always been acquiesced by the Wei and Jin officials, and they are even happy to see it happen. Liu Yuan Taking advantage of this conflict, they first sent troops across the border to harass the right, killed several people, and robbed a herd of cattle and sheep.

Of course, Liu Kang, the commander-in-chief on the right, couldn't tolerate it, and immediately sent troops to retaliate, but he didn't expect that the left side would use all its strength. Originally, the strength of the left side was higher than that of the right side. Now, of course, Liu Kang couldn't resist the attack with all his strength. , Liu Yuan immediately marched, went straight to Qi County, the old nest of the right, and came to a pot. When the other three ministries and the Jin court had no time to respond, he made raw rice into cooked rice, and forcibly annexed the right.

The Huns on the left were originally the most powerful. Once they merged with the right, their strength took a qualitative leap forward, completely surpassing the other three. For a while, the central Huns, southern Huns and northern Huns were all panicked. Uneasy, he urgently asked the Xiongnu Zhonglang for help, hoping that the Jin court could intervene in this matter.

Hu Fen, the governor of Bingzhou, will be concurrently serving as the Xiongnu Zhonglang. When the incident happened, Hu Fen was not in Jinyang, but was confronting the Shu army in Pubanjin. Jinyang officials had no right to deal with it, so they could only report the news To Hu Fen in Pubanjin and the Luoyang court.

Sima Yan was worried about Zhong Hui's rebellion, but when he heard that there was another civil strife in Bingzhou, it was really a house leak and it was raining all night, so Sima Yan's head became even bigger. Bingzhou is the backyard of the state of Jin, and if the backyard catches fire, The trouble is even bigger.

Originally placing the Xiongnu in Bingzhou was an extremely unstable factor. Over the years, in order to govern the five tribes of the Xiongnu who moved south, the Wei and Jin courts worked hard, sowing dissension, wooing softly, and threatening and intimidating. There is only one purpose, and that is to stabilize the situation in Bingzhou and avoid civil strife.

It has to be said that the policy of the Wei and Jin courts is still effective. For 45 years since the founding of the Wei State, it has been busy fighting on the southern and western fronts, and the state of Bingzhou has always maintained a stable state. But generally speaking, it has no effect on the overall situation of Bingzhou.

But now that Sima Yan is in a predicament surrounded by enemies, such a major event happened in Bingzhou, which is simply adding fuel to the flames. Bingzhou is the backyard of the Jin Kingdom, and it is the place where problems are least allowed. Sima Yan immediately ordered the Governor of Bingzhou Hu Fen, who was also the general of the Huns, went to Jinyang to deal with the incident. As for the defense of Pubanjin, Sima Jun, the king of Ruyin, was in charge.

After Hu Fen received the order, he didn't dare to be negligent. He ordered 1 horses and headed north.And there were only [-] troops left at Pujin Pass, which were under the command of Sima Jun.

At the same time as departure, Hu Fen issued a strongly worded official document to Liu Baoxian, commander of the Huns on the left, strongly condemning the military action of the Huns on the left, and demanded that the Huns on the left immediately return the land of the Huns on the right. and population, back to the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The document was sent to Zishi County in an expedited way of six hundred miles, but at the moment Liu Bao and Liu Yuanju are both in Buzishi, and they are receiving the territory and population from the right part of the Xiongnu in Qi County.

Liu Bao couldn't help but be full of praise for his son, annexing other tribes, that was the idea of ​​the left, but although the strength of the left is strong, it is not strong enough to crush other tribes, and there is Wei The Jin court obstructed it, and the road to annexation was very difficult.Liu Bao did not expect that as soon as Liu Yuan came back, he would completely change the situation of the five tribes of the Huns, and confuse the other tribes with the strategy of making long distance and close attacks. Liu Bao sighed that he was getting old.

However, it didn't take long before the excitement of joy, when Hu Fen's document was delivered, Liu Bao couldn't help but said a little worriedly: "I didn't expect the imperial court's reaction to be so fast, Hu Fen has already led the army here, the visitor Not good, how can this be good?"

But Liu Yuan said disapprovingly: "If you want to unify the five ministries, this Hu Fen is the biggest obstacle. If he doesn't come, it's fine. If he comes, he will be wiped out, and then the unification of the five ministries will be easy."

Liu Bao was taken aback. No matter how serious the attack on the right side of the Huns was, it was an internal matter of the Huns. But Hu Fen was different. He was the governor of Bingzhou and represented the Jin court. The Jin court declared war, and the consequences of this were unbearable for the left of the Huns.

"I'm afraid it won't work?" Liu Bao questioned Liu Yuan's arrogant and bold actions.

Liu Yuan remained calm all the time, and said: "If we Huns want to rise again, we must fight the Jin State. Since this battle is inevitable, it is better to fight early than late, and take advantage of it. Take Hu Fen in one fell swoop, and the entire Bingzhou will be within our grasp."

Liu Bao hesitated and said: "It may not be difficult to deal with Hu Fen, but if the imperial court retaliates, how will you deal with it?"

Liu Yuan laughed loudly and said, "Now Sima Yan is probably in a state of desperation. How can he allocate troops to deal with Bingzhou? Father, the opportunity at this moment is once in a thousand years. The great cause of revitalizing our Huns is at this moment. In the past few decades, , We have passed enough humiliation, we don't need to be timid and fight, maybe this world is ours!"

The blood of the ancestors flows in the veins of every Hun. The glory of the Huns is always in their memory. Of course, Liu Bao is no exception. He is also eager to restore the glory of his ancestors. Instead, he lived under the rule of the Han people without humiliation. Liu Yuan's words aroused the blood in his heart, and Liu Bao said excitedly: "I have a beautiful son, and there is hope for the revival of the Huns!"

After a pause, Liu Bao asked again: "Does my son have a good strategy for dealing with Hu Fen?"

Liu Yuan chuckled lightly, and said calmly: "I've already thought about how to deal with Hu Fen. If Hu Fen dares to come, I will ensure that he never comes back."

(End of this chapter)