Blade of Revenge

In mid-October of the second year of China, Zhao Yun, Sun Jian and Gao Shun received the transfer letter. At this time, the north was already cold. The three thought that if the troops were sent later, the Tiantian general would be very cold, and it would be impossible to seize Yanmen Pass by then. The Donghu cavalry was extremely likely to withdraw from Bingzhou. Therefore, the three decided to make a brief adjustment according to the order of the commander's office. Zhao Yun led the cavalry first to the Yanmen Pass and joined forces with Huangfu Li to attack Yanmen Pass. Sun Jian led the troops behind and took Sun Jian to Yanmen Pass. After Zhao Yun led the cavalry back, he led the cavalry back and led the troops to attack the grasslands in the northern part of the Mobei region in March next year.

Zhao Yun led the Fourth Battalion of the Northern Army and the Imperial Army Yuyi Camp, a total of 50,000 cavalrymen. Gao Shun led the camp and 60,000 people went along the Great Wall to Yanmen Pass in Bingzhou through Changli County. Mijia also led the tribe's 30,000 cavalry to follow him.

A month later, he met with the new nomadic tribes where Huangfu Li surrendered to the Qianghu in Hetao region, and dozens of small tribes of the Southern Xiongnu and Donghu.

For more than ten years, after Dong Zhuo took over Luoyang, Huangfu Li took over 10,000, Bayuan's old subordinates to the north of the Mo, and merged with several small Southern Xiongnu tribes that Liu Xie and Ding Yuan surrendered in Bingzhou, slowly moving to the Jiuyuan area in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. After more than ten years of development, he gradually absorbed the small tribes of the Southern Xiongnu, Qianghu and Hexi Xianbei, forming a new nomadic tribe with Huangfu Li as the King of Southern Li.

After reconciling Liangzhou, the Nanli tribe, with the secret support of Ma Teng and Xun You, began to occupy Wuwei, Yinchuan, Gaoque, Xi'anyang, Jiuyuan, Shengle, and Dingxiang (now the grasslands of the upper Yellow River from Wuwei to Hohhot). According to Liu Xie's intention, he absorbed the small tribes of Han, Xiongnu, Qiang, and Hu, and gradually formed a new Nanli tribe. Since the food was supported by Xun You and others, and occupied a abundant place of water and grass in the upper Yellow River, it now has a population of over one million and is still absorbing the remnants of the Southern Xiongnu.

Every year, they provided more than 10,000 excellent war horses to the Han Dynasty and obtained food and arms. There was no one in the entire Hetao area. Back then, Ma Teng crossed the Yellow River and directly sent troops to the Southern Xiongnu who refused to surrender to Liu Xie. It was the place where he joined forces with Nanli, and the supplies along the way were also provided by Nanli.

Liu Xie had already focused on the Hetao area as early as Luoyang. The powerful Southern Xiongnu could not be destroyed at once. So he secretly instructed Huangfu Li that if Luoyang was controlled by others and the emperor had no real power, he immediately took the elite of the Eighth Army of Xiyuan to Hetao, and joined the small tribes that were surrendered at that time to form a nomadic army, gradually develop and expand, and slowly swallowed the Hetao area. At the same time, in the process of nomadic, he recorded the terrain and aquatic grass seasonal growth of the entire northern desert area clearly, and found opportunities to pass it to Jingzhou.

After Liu Xie seized Liangzhou, especially after obtaining Tianshui, he immediately secretly ordered Xun You to send a large amount of military supplies to Huangfu Li, allowing him to quickly strengthen the tribe. He personally helped Huangfu Li formulate the "Nan Li Ce". According to the information from Hetao area and Mobei sent by Huangfu Li, the Nan Li clan was divided into eight tribes, leaving some of the population to establish cities in Yinchuan, Shengle and other places, but only a small number of people were left behind in the local area. Most tribes remained nomadic, but returned to the city when they were nomadic to Yinchuan.

Yinchuan and Shengle cities gradually moved towards trade as the main focus, abolishing farming, planting shrubs, and promoting grasslands. Tianshui County relied on the Yellow River to transport grain and grass for support.

Liu Xie selected talents from the Xiangyang Military Academy, Xiangyang Academy, and Xiangyang Institute of Technology every year to establish Nanli County School among the Nanli tribes, teach Nanli Chinese characters, and abolished the Turkic language system commonly used by local tribes, and adopted the Han system and Han rituals.

All this was carried out in secret. Except for a few people in the Southern Han Dynasty, most of them did not know the relationship between the newly emerging Southern Xiongnu remnants and the southern regime in the Hetao region. Huangfu Li was also renamed Huyanli. Liu Bei sent people to recruit people several times, but he refused. The tribe who surrendered to Liu Bei was immediately annexed by the Nanli tribe for at least half a year or as many as three years. Liu Bei wanted to send troops to get rid of the thorn behind him several times, but was trapped by the Central Plains War and could not mobilize troops. He could only watch the inexplicable expansion of the Nanli tribe.

Even if Liu Bei had two heads, he could not have imagined that Hu Yanli, who was now a terrifying Hetao, was Huangfu Li, who served as the eight lieutenants of Xiyuan, with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Until the last moment, Liu Bei had never found out why the Nanli tribe could grow rapidly in just ten years, and even annexed the entire Southern Xiongnu and the Northern Qiang, which had been dominated outside the Great Wall for many years, and the two major tribes of Hexi Xianbei.

If he could still see Huangfu Li, he would definitely ask why. Huangfu Li would simply answer two words: food and grass. For the small tribes in various places after the collapse of the Huns at that time, whoever had food and grass would surrender to the grassland.

Huangfu Li's contact with Liu Xie has been secretly carried out through Yang Xiu's Military Service over the years. After receiving the secret order, he understood that the secret was finally announced to the world. The Nanli tribe was the nomadic army of the Southern Han Dynasty. It was the base for Liu Xie to train war horses and cavalry to Guanxuan. It was also the most hidden sharp dagger for Liu Xie. If Zhuge Liang had not launched a coup at this moment, this dagger would have quickly conquered Liu Bei's political life.

Liu Xie knew very well how many excellent cavalry can be cultivated in the Xinye county. Only by letting these young men go to Hetao and rushing on the grassland can they grow into real cavalry.

Zhao Yun, Gao Shun and Huangfu Li have not seen each other for many years. The three of them couldn't help but get drunk. After getting drunk, Huangfu Li pulled them and pointed to the herd camp that spread ten miles away, saying, "Li, ten years of power have finally made you see the results today. The two brothers think that Li's ten years can be wasted!"

Standing on this grassland and feeling this strange and magnificent scenery, Zhao Yun sighed: "Brother Huangfu's achievements are definitely not due to the achievements of Yuanzhi's pacification of the three prefectures! The emperor will rely on Brother Huangfu in the future to stabilize the entire Mobei!"

Huangfu Li laughed loudly and pointed to the vast starry sky and said, "Li led them to travel all over the northern part of Mobei and settled in Hetao for ten years. It's so hard, but Li will never complain. When the emperor was young, he told me that ten years of bitter cold wind would wash away. In the future, he would lead his troops to the northern part of Mobei. If the emperor is so ambitious, we are the generals who are all!"

He squatted on the ground and cried, "Li, it will never be miserable!"

Zhao Yun and Gao Shun were able to understand his mood very much. The suffering of the desert was beyond the reach of ordinary Han people. Moreover, Huangfu Li led more than 10,000 people through cold and cold places in various places, from Crescent Lake (Berga Lake) to the desert. It was not easy for him to record the weather and geographical information of various places one by one.

The two of them also squatted down, patted his shoulder, and said, "I have survived the most painful times. Now is the time to rush to the army. Brother Huangfu should be happy!"

Huangfu Li looked up and smiled and said, "It's time to show my power. Today I will use the Donghu to let them know that Huangfu Li, who was as famous as Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, had the power of the ten years of hard work."

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Brother Huangfu is not making a sound, but it's a shocking success!"

Huangfu Li said: "Although the emperor only asked me to guard the Great Wall, there is Wentai guarding Yanmen Pass. Who can pass? I am going to lead the tribe and Zhao Yun to the hometown of the Dongxianbei. In recent years, the Xianbei in Hexi has been beaten by me. Thirty percent of the million people are the Xianbei people in Hexi. The Xianbei people are also divided into eight tribes to govern, but their population is close to five million. At least three million people are concentrated in the Qinshui and Zuoleshui areas of Wuhou, Qinshui, and Zuoleshui. Once all of them are included in Nanli, Nanli will be divided into at least dozens of tribes to govern."

Gao Shun smiled and said, "Let the Huangfu family take charge of Mobei, this move of the emperor is really amazing!"

The three of them looked at each other, laughed at each other, and raised their glasses to drink together.

After the Nanli tribe had a brief rest, the camp of the Northern Army and Gao Shun officially began to attack the Xianbei people who were left guarding the Great Wall. As soon as Zhao Yun's banner appeared, the three thousand Xianbei people guarding the Great Wall surrendered immediately.

The defenders of Shanggu, Baideng, Daijun, Mayi and Sangqian all surrendered, and tens of thousands of Xianbei elite soldiers were easily defeated and assigned to the Nanli tribe.

Gao Shun said in surprise: "The name of Zilong is probably worth 300,000 elite soldiers in the hearts of the Xianbei people!"

Huangfu Li sighed: "Zilong is indeed an extraordinary general. I still remember the battle between Zilong and Lu Bu back then, which is rare in his life."

Zhao Yun smiled faintly and said, "It's just relying on the power of the emperor!"

Huangfu Li nodded after understanding something, and stopped talking. The three of them led their troops to Yanmen Pass.

Although Ke Meng was also afraid of Zhao Yun's reputation, he was still not afraid of guarding Yanmen Pass and directed Jiao Chu's surrendered troops to prepare for defense.

Among the soldiers led by the three, only Gao Shun's six thousand camp belonged to the infantry army. Gao Shun asked him to lead the camp to attack Yanmen Pass. Huangfu Li smiled and said, "Li knew that sooner or later, he would lead troops to attack the Great Wall. He also trained the tribe to train infantry battles. Although General Gao's soldiers were the king of infantry, there were only six thousand people after all. Li's troops could have millions, and 400,000 people could go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. There were at least more than 100,000 elite soldiers. You might as well let the Nanli tribe attack Yanmen Pass!"

Gao Shundao: "Then I will assist and supervise the construction of engineering equipment. Brother Huangfu will transfer tens of thousands of old and weak soldiers to me for the construction of equipment."

Huangfu Li laughed and said, "Brother Gao, why are you polite? A million tribes are allowed to send you!"

Gao Shun also laughed loudly, returned to the camp to plan the siege equipment, logged timber on the spot, built chariots, ladders and chariots. After Huangfu Lizhe prepared the equipment, he transferred his troops to attack Yanmen Pass.

After three days of conquering, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but Huangfu Li kept dispatching nomads from the Hetao area to support him. More and more soldiers were siegeing, while Ke Meng had fewer and fewer soldiers.

In early November, Jiao Chubian led his troops to kill Ke Meng, opened Yanmen Pass to welcome Zhao Yun and others into Yanmen Pass. Zhao Yun asked him to reorganize more than 10,000 old subordinates and temporarily join the Bingzhou garrison. This time, he sent troops without a staff officer, and Zhao Yun did not dare to take his official position. He gave him a prize and apologized to Zhang Nan, and sent a letter to Liu Xie in person to express his merits, requested to be awarded a title, and appointed him as the Bingzhou garrison. After all, getting down to Yanmen Pass is the key to encircling and suppressing the 300,000 elite cavalry of Donghu.

Zhang Nanze said: "Yanmen Pass is the gate of the Han Dynasty and is controlled by foreign tribes. This is a humiliation of our great Han Dynasty. What the last general does is what the Han people should do. Why should the emperor personally reward it? But with General Zhao's feelings, the last general also appreciates it. I have heard that General Zhao is brave and loyal and righteous, and is powerful in the north of the Mo. The last general is willing to lead his old subordinates to follow him!"

Zhao Yun smiled faintly and said, "Even I, the rear general, cannot mobilize generals at will. Whoever General Zhang is in charge, or directly under the command of the commander's office depends on the opinions of the emperor and the commander's office. However, since General Zhang respects Zilong, Zhao will be willing to ask for this matter as a letter to the emperor!"

Zhang Nan was overjoyed and immediately bowed down, wishing to follow Zhao Yun to fight all over the world forever.

Zhao Yun sent the letter back to Liaozhou with flying pigeons. Meng Jian was a counselor and immediately agreed to the matter on behalf of Liu Xie. He appointed Zhang Nan, the Baron of Mayi, and appointed Zhang Nan as the general of the 13th Battalion of the Northern Expedition Army. He commanded 10,000 troops and temporarily stayed at Yanmen Pass. After the matter of Donghu was settled, he returned to Liaozhou to garrison.

After Meng Jian replied to Zhao Yun, he sent a letter to Liu Xie and reported to the regaining of Yanmen Pass.

Kirby was able to learn that Zhao Yun had counterattacked and had already seized Yanmen Pass. Her face turned pale and said to the other six kings: "I've been fooled by the Southern Emperor, and now I'm trapped on all sides, how can I escape?"

The seven kings had to come up with a good idea after discussing for many days. They had no courage to attack Yanmen Pass, which was guarded by Zhao Yun, so they had to station troops in Jinyang.

At this time, the northern court had no choice but to eat up all the food and grass, and even the army's salary could not be paid, so they could only maintain the basic food supply, while the people had already started to eat grassroots and tree bark.

Zhuge Liang had to write another letter to Liu Xie, expressing his willingness to increase the acquisition price again and allow southern merchants to enter the northern trade. The court no longer imposes their taxes, and the price of horses in Youzhou can also be reduced.

Liu Xie replied: I’m very happy to get Huguan!

After reading Liu Xie's reply, Taishi Ci was furious and wanted to lead his troops to attack Jinan. As long as he obtained Jinan's food and grass reserves, the north could survive this year.

Xu Huang also agreed with Taishi Ci's opinion. After all, the Yellow River is frozen now and the navy has little effect. Although the troops sent in winter are seriously damaged, the consequences of not having food and grass are even more serious.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "Xu Shu led 300,000 troops to Jinan. How could he be without precaution? I am afraid that the grain warehouse in Jinan is to lure you to attack. Don't underestimate Xu Shu. He can seize three states alone. His ability to use troops is not only not inferior to us, but also Huangfu Song, a famous general at that time, is not as good as him. It can be said that he is the largest general in the south. He has no food in the north and his morale is low. He is just a sheep entering the tiger's mouth!"

He said again: "How great Huangfu Song was back then? With millions of Yellow Turbans, they were destroyed in ashes. There were no Yellow Turbans in Nanyang, Jing and Yu. You can see that the Yellow Turban thieves ran to his territory. When Liu Bei was the strongest, the Baibo thieves and the Black Turbans did not occupy their own mountaintops. The Taishan bandits even crossed the Yellow River to harass them. But no one dared to go to Nanyang where Huangfu Song was guarding. Liu Xie was just the youngest son of the late emperor. What kind of virtue is there? There was Lu Zhi in front, Huangfu Song was guarding the country, and Xu Shu fought against the country. Now even Jia Xu and Cao Cao are fighting against each other. Have they forgotten that the emperor is the authentic Han Dynasty!"

Taishi Ci sighed: "Prime Minister Zhuge, now is not the time to talk about this. Why is it the first priority to ask for food from the Southern Han Dynasty?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Actually, before attacking Huguan, Liang had already expected that there would be a solution today. Although the King of Chu did not give me a favor and did not care about the lives and death of the people in the north, is there someone who can persuade him?"

Taishici hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "The current emperor, the emperor's brother of the King of Chu!"

Xu Huang nodded and said, "After all, the emperor is in a fight with his brother. If he asks him for food for the people, he may have to give him some thin face!"

The three of them asked for a meeting overnight and told Liu Bian about this matter. Liu Bian said angrily: "When you attacked Huguan, why didn't you discuss this matter with me? Now, you offended the King of Chu. Now you still have to ask for mercy!"

Zhuge Liang said: "Master, food is important, and the people in the north are in danger, but Huguan is related to whether the priest can protect the country, so he has to recover it!"

Liu Bian still trusted Zhuge Liang quite a bit. Seeing him say this, he had to sigh and said, "Okay, let me Siliang come all night and take it tomorrow. I will hand it over quickly. No matter what, the people in the north are my lifeline. If one starves to death, my heart will be like a knife!"

He then said to Zhuge Liang: "Temporarily reduce the grain salary of all officials, and I will try my best to reduce the grain used in the palace. As long as I don't starve to death, I will try my best to protect the people. No matter how powerful I am, I cannot let the people starve to death!"

Zhuge Liang said respectfully: "The emperor is kind and kind, and God will bless him. This is a blessing for the people!"

Liu Bian waved his hand and asked them all to go down. He thought about how to write this letter alone. The moment he picked up the pen, he recalled that when he was a child, the young children secretly mocked him. Liu Xie defended himself everywhere. He remembered that he could read more books than he did when he was six years old, and he felt ashamed.

Under the rule of Liu Xie, the people in the south lived and worked in peace and contentment. They not only sighed that if he had been the one who had obtained the position of crown prince, he would have gotten his own place after leaving the capital or any vassal king.

After Liu Bian took power, he became more and more cautious about the position of emperor. However, the ministers and generals were unwilling to give up, and he was not able to speak out. Therefore, he hoped that peace between the north and the south would be avoided from the disaster of war. He felt much more relieved.

He thought so, but Zhuge Liang and others might not think so. Liu Bian knew that they were still determined to regain the power of the country. In fact, this was not to help him, and maybe he might not have harmed him. He could have passed by safely, and he could have been named a king and enjoy the rest of his life. After being tossed by Zhuge Liang and others, I am afraid that the emperor's brother Liu Xie would not be able to let him go in the future.

The important officials had the idea of ​​the important officials, and the general had the idea of ​​the general, but who cares what they thought? Liu Bian looked at the jade seal on the dragon case and sighed secretly. He thought about it in the middle of the night and finally wrote a secret letter, sealed it with paint, and asked Zhuge Liang to find someone to give it to Liu Xie.
Chapter completed!