Chapter 349: The evil neighbors in the north have evil intentions
Just as Zhao Xing was worried about how to fight against the coalition forces led by Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song on the Western Front, another thing that made him vaguely worried began to reveal clues.
Since He Lian was killed, the northern desert, which had been quiet for nearly eight years, began to surging undercurrents again. Kuitou, the leader of the Xianbei leader who had never had a head-on confrontation with Bingzhou, was slowly moving from near the North Sea (Lake Baikal) to the south. Now he has crossed Langjuxu Mountain and arrived at Longcheng, where the former flying general Li Guang once stationed his troops, is still a thousand miles away from the Sushu City.
As the leader of the Xianbei people in the north of Mo, Kuitou has always regarded the occupation of Longting Danhan Mountain by the Han people as a great humiliation, and secretly vowed that he would regain Longting in this life and drink horses and Yellow River. At that time, a great plague broke out in the northern grasslands, Kuitou immediately made the decision to cut off his tail, driving all the tribes infected with the plague to the south. He led his troops all the way north to the Dingling area (around Lake Baikal), and survived tenaciously with the help of the lush aquatic plants along the North Sea coast.
Every winter, the cold northwest wind is like a steel knife that cuts the faces and yurts of the Xianbei people, and takes away many cattle, sheep and horses. But the more difficult and harsh living environment, the more united the Xianbei tribes appear. In order to resist the test of nature, everyone has a mutual dependence and united together to keep warm. After more than six years of safe development, the population of the Xianbei people who moved north has not only not decreased significantly, but has added many new children who have adapted to the severe cold of the northern region.
Kuitou's understanding of Bingzhou and Zhao Xing was much more sober than that of the previous leader and Lian. He knew that the ability of the Xianbei clan alone could not compete with the cunning and cruel Zhao Shaba. The best way to deal with the Han people was to lurk from a distance, waiting for the Han people to fight in their own internal conflicts and fight each other exhausted, and then suddenly jumped out to harvest the final fruit. It has to be said that Kuitou's understanding of this point is indeed the biggest weakness of the Han people. The Han people have too much manpower and resources to consume in the endless internal conquest.
Just last month, a mysterious guest came to Kuitou's tent. The man shrouded himself in dark black fabric. His voice was low and hoarse when he spoke, with obvious characteristics of Han people. What shocked Kuitou was that this mysterious masked man could actually travel through layers of barriers, move freely in the tribe surrounded by guards, and directly find himself. It was obvious that the mysterious man in black had a shocking martial arts, and it might be difficult to assassinate Kuitou.
Since the man in black had never taken action, Kuitou asked about the intention of the visitor. The man in black told Kuitou a shocking news: the Han court summoned 500,000 troops to attack Bingzhou, and now Zhao Xing is in a lot of crisis. If the Xianbei people go south at this time, launch an attack from the north of Bingzhou to restrain and interfere with the defense of Bingzhou, then after the extermination of Zhao Xing, the area north of Bingzhou Great Wall will be owned by the Xianbei people.
Kuitou is not a fool. Although he was very shocked after hearing this condition, he said to the man in black with a blank expression: "The strong man asked our tribe to go south with just one word, and teach me how to believe that the Han people will not break their trust after the matter is completed?"
The man in black seemed to have thought Kuitou would not agree easily, so he took out a roll of yellow silk from his arms, which turned out to be a decree for the Emperor of Han!
"I wonder if the Kuitou Da Shanyu has seen the things I hold in my hand?" the man in black asked in a deep voice.
Kuitou nodded and said, "This thing looks like the imperial edict used by the Han emperor. Are you the representative..." Speaking of this, Kuitou's eyes were exposed and he stared at the man in black for a long time without saying a word.
"Some things, knowing too much will only ruin big things, you can know them all! This is the imperial edict that confers you the Northern Xianbei King. The territory ranges from north to west to north of Youzhou Yuyang to north of Zhangye Juyan Kingdom. The places north of the Great Wall are all classified as your clan. Now Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen and even large fertile land near Danhan Mountain are all in the hands of one person. Whether you can get it back depends on your ability!" After saying this, the man in black raised his hand and the yellow imperial edict flew to Kuitou. When Kuitou received the imperial edict in a hurry, the man in black had disappeared without a trace.
After Kuitou received the bright yellow imperial edict silk, he immediately called out several knowledgeable old men in the clan and asked them to carefully identify it. Everyone said that this thing was true, and they were even more surprised by the things mentioned in the imperial edict, because they had never encountered the Han emperor and Xianbei people joining together to attack the Han people.
Since the imperial edict was confirmed to be true, Kuitou immediately made a decision and ordered all tribes to pack up their belongings and seize the time to migrate south while the world was not completely cold. Regardless of whether the man in black was true or not, Kuitou also planned to move his tribe to the Langjuxu Mountain area, which was somewhat south. The large fertile grasslands in the south were too tempting for the Xianbei people.
During the migration south, Kuitou discussed with the elders of the tribe, he sent messengers to go west and east respectively, preparing to contact the Xiongnu and Xianbei people north of the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions and Wusun; contact the Xianbei and Wuhuan people north of Yuyang County to participate in this feast of dividing Bingzhou.
Of course, Kuitou did not have any good intentions to do this. He wanted to find a few more accomplices to fight against Zhao Xing. If Zhao Xing frantically resisted the attack of the Han court coalition forces and even gained the upper hand, and turned around to deal with the Xianbei people in the north, Kuitou felt a little guilty. He pulled a few more guys on his back, and he would take responsibility for it if something unexpected happened.
Kuitou believed that after receiving his messenger, his relatives in the west and relatives in the east would send people to get involved. The tempting white wine in Bingzhou, the food accumulated in mountains, the shining armor, the beautiful women, and the huge wealth had a fatal temptation to the greedy and powerful Mashang nation. Kuitou could not resist this temptation, and similarly, other tribes could not resist the temptation.
This time, Kuitou planned to struggle with at least 100,000 to 120,000 troops, and seized the vast land in the north of Bingzhou in one fell swoop, arrested all the Qianghu and Southern Xiongnus who dared to follow Bingzhou to fight against the Xianbei people, and locked all the Han people north of the Great Wall into sheep pens as "two-legged sheep". During the Xianbei festivals and sacrifices, he grabbed some cut throats to sacrifice to his ancestors. Kuitou believed that his ancestors must like to see the scene of blood pouring out and dripping copper basins after the Han people were cut off their throats.
In fact, Kuitou thought a little further. His plan was to first gain a foothold north of the Great Wall, and then to conquer relatives in the west and east. After finally unifying the nomadic peoples on the grassland, they would send troops to occupy Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and other places, and be on par with the Han people across the Yellow River. If the descendants of the Xianbei people worked hard, one day they would lead their tribes across the Yellow River, and one day they would attack Luoyang, and capture the Han emperor, and the world would be the Xianbei people.
In fact, after only a few hundred years, the Xianbei people did this in history, constantly invading from the north, occupying a large area of rivers and mountains, and finally establishing a powerful Northern Wei Empire. Many years later, the Jin people with Xianbei blood destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mongols destroyed the Jin people and the Han people's regime... After many years, the descendants of the Jurchens who made their fortune from the north of Youzhou entered Shanhaiguan and established their capital in Yanzhao...
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Chapter completed!