Great Han Empire

Chapter 525 Immediately Shooting the Gun
In October, in the desert, in the golden snowfield, the general of chariots and riders walks.

Since the main force of the expeditionary force withdrew from Chaotianyuan in mid-September, General Li Hong of Chariots and Riders immediately distributed feudal titles and rewards to the kings of the Hu tribe.The kings of various tribes and tribes who were enshrined include Shanggu Baishan Karasuma Heiling Wang Loulu, Danhanshan Xianbei Wuye Wang Shemoci, Shanggu Karasuma Bailu King Lu Pofeng, Daijun Karasuma Flying Fox King Ranran, Qiang Huangzhong Wang Niexiao, Xianling Wang Kuangfengsha of the Qiang nationality, and Wang Qianman of Xianbei in the north.There are 16 small kings from various tribes, including Hengji, Xinhu, Luotuo, Sheyingtong, Shehu, Lu Huanyang, Huding, Qishen, Tuobatao, Mutao, and Muli. Xukui, the leader of the Eastern Qiang, is also there in.Liu Bao, the wise king of Zuo Xianyu, and Liu Ming, the king of Rizhu, received heavy rewards.The soldiers of the Hu tribe cheered and knelt down to thank the Son of Heaven for his kindness.

Li Hong immediately summoned the kings and kings of the various tribes in Hanbei County to discuss the division of the tribal territories and other important military and civil affairs.Since Li Hong, Xian Yufu, Tian Yu and others had prepared well and considered all matters carefully, the discussion went very smoothly.Although the tribal kings also had their dissatisfaction, they had to agree if they didn't agree because of the powerful force of the Han Dynasty.The final focus of the debate is the territorial issue and the army issue.

The tribal kings disagreed that all their clansmen would move out of the border county.Ran Ran, Kuang Fengsha, and Liu Bao all said that their clansmen had lived in Dahanbian County for decades or even hundreds of years, and they would definitely encounter strong resistance from their clansmen if they forced to move north.Li Hong had been reminded by Li Wei in advance about this matter, so after discussing with Xian Yufu, Tian Yu and others, he agreed to the request of the tribal kings and asked them to reserve part of their territory in each of the six border counties.

Now the main force of Xianbei is still in Yanran Mountain. Of course, the Hu cavalry cannot be disbanded and returned to their own clans. But in the future, if the main force of Xianbei is wiped out, and the Xianbei country is gone, then the tens of thousands of Hu cavalry will be left as a frontier garrison. In addition, the others will be disbanded and go home.In order to ensure the stability of northern Xinjiang, all ethnic groups and tribes must maintain a balance in strength, so Li Hong said that all tribes must follow the northern Xinjiang military system on the issue of the army.

The tribal kings are most worried about the army.According to the custom of the Han people, the Hu tribes to which they belonged were usually not allowed to have their own army, unless the emperor decreed to recruit, the tribe could form an army to join the Han army.The Qiang people belonging to the western border are an example. Due to their lack of training, the fighting power of the tribe has dropped sharply.However, Shan Yuting, the Xiongnu who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, was different. They still kept a certain number of iron cavalry to defend the frontier for the Han Dynasty, and participated in the conquest of the Han army according to the order of the emperor, so the Xiongnu's iron cavalry was still as strong as before.

Bailu King Lu Pofeng asked Li Hongdao: "My lord, what is the northern border military system? If we follow the northern border military system, are we subjects of the Han Kingdom? If we are subjects of the Han Kingdom, then Shan Yuting and King Xianbei Is Ting also a subject of Han Kingdom?"

What Lu Pofeng said was right, Li Hong didn't speak for a long time.

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Now Li Hong feels that the most difficult and difficult to solve is the issue of the affiliation of the tribes and the army.The Xianbei, Huns, Karasuma, and Qiang all lived in the frontier desert. Some of them were vassals of the Han Dynasty, and some were subjects of the Han Dynasty. Different treatment of different ethnic groups can be solved, but the problem of the army cannot be solved.The vassal Hu tribe has its own army, and the Hu tribe is not allowed to keep the army according to the law. In this way, how to balance the strength of the tribes in the desert?If the power is not balanced, wars are inevitable.But if the tribes on the desert are allowed to keep their own armies, there will be more conflicts, and the threat to Da Han Nei County will become greater and greater.At present, it is impossible for Shan Yuting and Xianbei royal court to agree to belong to the big Han. Unless they are killed like a small tribe, they cannot survive, otherwise maintaining the balance of power in the desert is a joke.

Under the constraints of the Han law and the Han military system, Li Hong and his subordinates had no solution at all, so they thought of a northern Xinjiang military system. They tried to temporarily abandon the vassal and military affairs under the premise of maintaining friendly relations between all ethnic groups and stability in northern Xinjiang. The issue of ownership directly solves the northern Xinjiang army and garrisons.However, the Hu people of all ethnic groups have been bargaining with the Han Kingdom for nearly 200 years on the issue of vassal ownership and ownership, and whether to retain the army. These two matters have already penetrated into their hearts. Not to mention whether to keep the army.

Because the Hu people and the Han people have conquered and killed for generations, they have not trusted each other for hundreds of years, and their hatred is burning in their hearts.The Hu people continued to go south due to the pressure of survival, and because of the fluctuation of national strength, the Han people could only adopt the strategy of attacking and making peace with the Hu people going south for a long time.During the reign of Emperor Guangwu, the Xiongnu split, and Hu Hanxie Shanyu became a vassal of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty treated him with special gifts, ranking above the princes and kings. The court became a vassal state living in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

After the split of the Huns, the Karasuma people took the opportunity to get rid of the control of the Huns. After the Southern Huns surrendered to the Han, they also surrendered to the Han.Emperor Guangwu then appointed more than [-] chiefs, including Hao Dan, as princes and princes, and made them live in the ten border counties of Youzhou and Bingzhou.Because the Karasuma people are small, their subjection is essentially different from that of the Southern Huns. They belong to the Hu people, that is, the subjects of the Han Dynasty.

The Qiang people in Xiliang also belonged to the Hu people.During the reign of Emperor Wu, with the victories of the Han Dynasty against the Huns, and the opening of traffic in the Western Regions by Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, Emperor Wu immediately adopted the strategy of "separating the Qiang and Hu" and drove the army of the Han Dynasty into the deserts of the Western Regions and Hexi. area, and set up the four prefectures of Jiuquan, Wuwei, Zhangye, and Dunhuang, and the west of Yumenguan, which directly pushed the Qiang people back to the Hexi and Huangzhong areas, making it impossible for them to communicate with the northern Xiongnu.Emperor Wu believed that the Qiang people were a weak and small nation, and they didn't need to be both soft and hard like they did with the Xiongnu, so they were directly treated as subjects of the Han Dynasty and controlled.

The status of the vassal and the status of the affiliation are very different. The Qiang and Karasuma people who have been bullied by the Han have long wanted to get rid of this miserable situation of being slaves. Their leaders also wanted to become the vassal of the Han and enjoy the treatment of princes. So they kept rebelling, and their biggest wish was to return to the desert. First, they would no longer be ravaged by the Han people, and second, they could get the opportunity to become a vassal of the Han.But there were powerful Northern Huns in the desert, and then the Xianbei people rose in the desert again. The Wuwan people and Qiang people had no chance to return to their homeland until the Han Dynasty expedition to the desert gave them this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They have finally returned to the desert, and they also have the desert territory they have dreamed of, so what do they want next?They want to become vassals of the Han Dynasty, like the Huns, like the Xianbei people now, control their own destiny, and no longer be bullied and insulted by the Han Dynasty.

Although Li Hong didn't expect that Lu Pofeng would hit the point with his words, he still calmly faced the tribal kings in the big tent and said with a smile: "The military system in northern Xinjiang is still being formulated. When we come up with a complete Let's discuss the military system. My Dahan has a principle, that is, I hope that all ethnic groups can get along with each other and the northern border will be stable for a long time, so please rest assured that my military system in the northern border will never harm the survival of all ethnic groups. Now, we Let’s put this issue aside for the time being and solve the most urgent thing first.”

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In the evening, Li Hong invited the White Deer King Lu Pofeng to the big tent.

The two knew each other in the early years, and fought side by side to repel Tuoba Feng's invasion. The earliest Fengyun Cavalry main force was also the warriors of the Bailu Tribe, so Li Hong was full of gratitude to the Bailu Tribe and Lu Pofeng in his heart.After chatting with him for a few words, Li Hong asked, "What do you mean by that sentence during the day? Aren't you a subject of my big man?"

Lu Pofeng smiled wryly and said: "Master, you and I are brothers who live and die together. Let me tell you the truth. I want to be a subject of a big man, but in this desert, I can no longer be a subject of a big man. I asked You, do you want all the tribes to no longer keep large armies, as we did when we were in the upper valley?"

Li Hong nodded.

"What about Shan Yuting of the Huns? What about the royal court of Xianbei?"

"King Xianbei has been reduced to the tribal king. Of course I won't let him keep too many troops, but Shan Yuting has to keep some of the elite properly."

"Then we Karasuma people and Qiang people are doomed." Lu Pofeng cupped his hands and said, "Sir, let us move back."

"Tell me why?" Li Hong said with a smile, "If the reason is sufficient, I will agree to you."

"The Xianbei people suffered such a big defeat, and the Huns are already the dominant family in the desert. If I were Yu Fuluo or Liu Bao, I would have to think about the future of the desert. Do I want to rebuild the former Huns' hegemony?" Lu Po Feng said, "The Huns want to rebuild their hegemony, and we are his enemies. They will do everything possible to kill us. We don't have an army, how can we compete with the Huns?"

Li Hong had thought of this hidden worry a long time ago, so he immediately asked: "Then do you have a countermeasure?"

"My lord, no matter whether you defeat Kui Tou and Murong Feng's Xianbei main force, the current national strength of the Han Dynasty will not be able to occupy the entire desert. The future situation in the desert will inevitably be a confrontation between the north and the south. The north of the desert is the three tribes of the Xianbei people, the east, the middle and the west, and the south of the desert is the Han Dynasty. Beijun, that is to say, even if the Xianbei people in the north of the desert surrender, they are still our enemies and will attack us at any time."

"If my lord defeats Kui Tou and Murong Feng's Xianbei main force, at most it will bring ten years of peace to both the north and the south of the desert. After ten years, the Xianbei people have regained their vitality and will definitely go south again to seek hegemony. Therefore, the Huns will not I will give the Xianbei people any more chances, and they will definitely attack continuously in the next ten years until they completely occupy the northern desert, then how will the Lord control the powerful Huns?"

Lu Pofeng continued: "Now His Majesty the Emperor has entrusted many tribal kings, but the strength of our Karasuma people and Qiang people is really vulnerable. In order to drive the Han people away from the desert, the Huns must kill us first. To eradicate the wings of the big man, and then..."

Li Hong said with a smile: "If I agree with you to keep the army, then you will become the vassals of the Han Dynasty. His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty may not agree."

"But we have returned to the desert, to our homeland."

"But the desert is now the territory of our Han Dynasty." Li Hong said, "If you want to become a vassal of the Han Dynasty and keep the army, although you can temporarily curb the expansion of the Huns' strength and deter the Xianbei people in the northern desert, but for my Han Dynasty The threat of the county is too great, once the various ethnic groups are in war, how can I control it?"

Lu Pofeng shook his head, and said helplessly: "Your Excellency, let's think carefully about it. The affairs of the desert should be resolved with the method of the desert. If you want to stabilize the northern border and dominate the desert, what you need is force rather than words. The law of the Han Dynasty and the military system of the Han Dynasty Not suitable for the desert at all."

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Tang Fang, the captain of Tuntian and the prefect of Shuofang County, wrote a letter saying that Tuntian in Hetao had started and everything was going well.

Zhu Mu, the General Cheqi's mansion, Yunzhong Xingyuan, said that the four mutual markets of Lingzhou, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Gaoliu are under construction, and they will be put into use in a while, but there are not many merchants going out of the fortress. More discounts need to be added to attract merchants to come and operate.

Zhao Qi from Jinyang Xingyuan, General Cheqi's mansion, wrote a letter saying that the emperor ordered Bingzhou to accept a large number of disaster victims.Now there are more and more disaster victims in Jizhou and other places, and Bingzhou is overwhelmed and needs food and salaries urgently.This month, the Tuntian districts in Taiyuan and Shangdang will have their autumn harvests, but he estimates that the remaining grain collected from Tuntian this year will completely eat up the victims.Zhao Qi suggested that Li Hong make a decision as soon as possible, either to stick to Hanbei County and make a plan for the future, or to find the main force of Xianbei for a decisive battle as soon as possible, and end the war in the shortest time so as to free up food and salaries to relieve the victims.

Li Wei from Linfen Xingyuan, the General's Mansion of Cheqi, came to write a letter.Li Wei explained the changes in Luoyang's political situation in detail, and gave Li Hong a careful analysis of the possible changes in Luoyang's political situation in the next few months. Li Wei said that the contradiction between the Taiwei Dong Zhuo and the Taifu Yuan Wei was getting bigger and bigger.Dong Zhuo was eager to take control of power, and his behavior became more and more brutal, and the crisis he was facing was getting bigger and bigger. The scholars now not only do not help Dong Zhuo manage the state affairs, but instead plan for a rainy day. They are busy forcing Dong Zhuo away and robbing the power of the country. It is estimated that the political situation in Luoyang in the next month will become more and more chaotic, and the situation will become more turbulent.

Li Wei urged Li Hong to make a decisive decision. Taking advantage of the sufficient food and grass, he immediately led his cavalry to the north to fight to the death with the army of Kui Tou and Murong Feng.Regardless of winning or losing this battle, it will hit the Xianbei people hard.As long as the Xianbei are unable to launch a counterattack against Hanbei County in a short period of time, the battle will be considered a victory.In this way, not only can we immediately solve the danger that the army's food and pay will be cut off at any time, but we will also have enough time to deal with many difficult issues in northern Xinjiang.

Li Hong discussed with Xian Yufu and other generals for a long time, and finally decided to fight immediately.

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(End of this chapter)