After Han Cheng and Kirby were able to reach a temporary armistice, the Youzhou Xianbei army slowly retreated towards the north like the sea at low tide.

Han Cheng watched the retreat of the Xianbei army in Youzhou, and said in his heart: "It seems that there will not be much turmoil on the grassland in the northern part of the state in the past year. ”

Han Cheng and Kirby, the two sides who benefited from this battle, knew that the hundreds of thousands of people in the Southern Xiongnu Department were easy to eat, and it would take a long time to digest them.

Therefore, the territory was divided in a few words and a temporary armistice was reached.

In the camp of the Fenwu Army's Sharp Knife Battalion, Liu Bao and several commanders and the leaders of the small tribes were whispering, and after a few words, everyone reached an agreement.

When Han Cheng returned to the military formation and was about to order the army to return to Yanmen Pass, Liu Bao led everyone to Han Cheng's side, dismounted together, and bowed down.

When Han Cheng was surprised in his heart, he only heard Liu Bao say loudly in a sincere and convincing voice: "Lord, we swear to the wolf god hereby that the warriors of the Southern Xiongnu tribe will always be the sharp knife of the lord, and remove all obstacles to the occupation of the world for the lord." ”

After Han Cheng heard Liu Bao's words, he said with a smile: "Didn't I already name your army the Sharp Knife Battalion." Of course you're my knife, why are you? ”

Liu Bao said with a little guilt: "I'm sorry lord, our previous refuge was forced to do it as a last resort; But now we are willing to surrender. ”

Han Cheng became interested and said, "Hehe, what made you change your mind?" ”

Liu Bao still looked sincere, and said: "Lord, it was what you and Kirby were able to say just now that made us change.

We live on the grassland, and we yearn for life in the Central Plains in the south, but none of the Han people in the Central Plains in the south will look down on us, think we are 'barbarians', and despise us from the bottom of their hearts.

However, the lord is different, and the lord made us find the feeling of being respected for the first time;

We firmly believe that the lord is so benevolent and righteous, he will rule the world, and our Southern Xiongnu will follow the lord to become the most powerful tribe on the grassland. ”

After listening to Liu Bao's words, Han Cheng really wanted to answer: "I just said it so casually." ”

However, Han Cheng couldn't say that, and he couldn't laugh too presumptuously, so he could only push the boat down the river and say:

"From the time Su Su left, you were the people under my rule, I don't protect you, who will protect you?"

The compulsion of this sentence is very high, Han Chengdu feels that after he finished speaking, he has the posture of a generation of masters.

After Liu Bao and the others heard Han Cheng's words, they all cried with joy, and more than a dozen strong men surrounded Han Cheng and whimpered: "The kindness of the lord, we will repay each other with death." ”

Han Cheng was also shocked when he saw their tears.

Although Han Cheng came from a civilized society in later generations, he really couldn't experience the feeling of being despised for generations.

For Han Cheng, the respect is insignificant, but it can make everyone in the Southern Xiongnu Department submit to obedience.

It is in response to that sentence: no matter when, know how to respect, in order to win respect!

Liu Bao, who was extremely happy and sad, seemed to have thought of something, knelt on the ground, and said to Han Cheng:

"Lord, I estimate that there are still a lot of baggage in our base camp that cannot be taken away, and I want to lead the soldiers to bring them back."

Han Cheng was worried about how to settle the people of the Southern Xiongnu Department, and when he heard Liu Bao's words, he was overjoyed, after all, he was relatively poor now, so he could save some of it.

Han Cheng knew that Liu Bao was right, the Xianbei army from Youzhou was all cavalry, even if the oxen would take away a lot of baggage, but they couldn't take away all the baggage of a tribe with a population of hundreds of thousands.

Han Cheng said to Liu Bao: "You can directly lead the Sharp Knife Battalion back to the base camp and get as much baggage as possible."

When I go back, I will send the Blue Dragon Battalion to assist you.

When you have obtained your baggage, move all your people there.

I will assign to you the fertile grasslands of Shuofang County and Wuyuan County, and from now on, these two counties will be the territory of your tribe.

You should raise more cattle, sheep and war horses, and in the future, I will eat cattle and mutton and drink mare's milk, and I will look for you. ”

Originally, Han Cheng's initial plan was to reclaim the fertile grasslands of Shuofang County and Wuyuan County and turn them into arable land as a production area for military rations.

But after owning the land of these five counties, Han Cheng discovered a major problem - the land was there, and the population was seriously insufficient.

The Han captives that he rescued from the Southern Xiongnu were not even able to fill the land of Dingxiang County, Yunzhong County, and Yanmen County, and where could more people move to Shuofang County and Wuyuan County to open the grassland.

It could only be pushed down the river to the Southern Huns.

The Southern Xiongnu people can raise a large number of war horses, which happens to coincide with another plan in Han Cheng's heart.

Liu Bao saw that the lord trusted him so much, and gave him a large area of fertile grassland, and the position of the great leader of his dream became like this.

Although the population under his command is a bit small, it can develop slowly.

This development is the surrounding small tribes, and if they are taken under their own accounts, then they are not worthy of the name of the big chief.

Thinking of this, Liu Bao couldn't wait to say to Han Cheng: "Lord, I know that there are still many small tribes in the four counties such as Shuofang County that have not yet returned to us, and when I return to the base camp, I am willing to lead the troops to clear the four counties for the lord." ”

After hearing Liu Bao's words, Adaoqi's face changed greatly, and he secretly tugged Liu Bao's clothes behind Liu Bao.

Han Cheng saw Adolphe's small movements, and said in his heart: "Take the initiative to ask Ying to lead the soldiers?" Could it be that Liu Bao has any thoughts? ”

Liu Bao also knew that what he said was inappropriate, how could anyone who had just shown his loyalty and turned his head and asked to go out to lead the troops.

A cold sweat broke out on his head, and he said in his heart: "I am too anxious to make meritorious service." ”

Han Cheng looked at Liu Bao's nervous appearance, smiled slightly, and said, "Since you think so much about me, then within a month, your Sharp Knife Battalion will sweep away the small tribes on the grasslands in the northern part of the state!" ”

As soon as Han Cheng finished speaking, his painting style changed, and he continued with a murderous look: "Tell these small tribes that those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will die!" ”

Liu Bao understood Han Cheng's last words, that is, to the small tribe, the most important thing was to warn himself - don't get too carried away.

Liu Bao's face was flushed with guilt, and after listening to Han Cheng's words, he lowered his head and said respectfully: "My subordinates will definitely keep the words of the lord in mind." ”

On the way back, Huang Zhong came to Han Cheng's side and said to Han Cheng: "Cheng'er, you shouldn't let the Southern Huns be so indulgent, the Southern Huns are all 'white-eyed wolves' who can't be raised, I'm afraid there will be trouble?" ”

Han Cheng smiled slightly, looking like he was sure of victory, and said to Huang Zhong: "Master, don't worry, since I can defeat the Southern Xiongnu once, I can defeat them twice." There is only one owner of this grassland, and that is I, Han Cheng. ”

Han Cheng said with a serious face: "Master, this time we fought against the Youzhou Xianbei Army, thanks to the strong bow battalion, after we go back, we must first vigorously develop the strong bow battalion, the strong bow battalion is a sharp weapon on the grassland." ”

Huang Zhong nodded and said: "When our cavalry fought against the Youzhou Xianbei Army, in a one-on-one situation, we were not their opponents at all, and it seems that after we go back, the Qinglong Battalion will also strengthen its training." ”

Han Cheng replied: "Yes! However, I believe that in a year's time, the Qinglong Battalion will be on an equal footing with the cavalry on the grassland. ”

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Within a month, Liu Bao first erected the banner of the Southern Xiongnu tribe and gathered many stragglers and civilians who fled when the Xianbei army in Youzhou broke through the base camp of the Southern Xiongnu.

After Liu Bao settled them properly, he led the 5,000 Sharp Knife Battalion to sweep through all the small tribes in the four counties.

In the process of sweeping, not only did they get a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses; It also expanded the Sharp Knife Battalion to more than 10,000 people.

After Han Cheng got the news, he appointed Xu Miao as the Taishou of Shuofang County and the Taishou of Wuyuan County, the captain of Dingbei, managing the people of the Southern Xiongnu and commanding 10,000 soldiers to guard the land of the two counties.

Among them, these 10,000 soldiers are composed of 3,000 strong bow battalions, 3,000 Qinglong battalions and 4,000 soldiers, which are rotated every two years.

The main purposes of this were to defend the two counties with a battalion of three thousand strong bows; The second is to train on the grassland for the 3,000 Qinglong battalion and 4,000 soldiers.

At the same time as this appointment, Liu Bao was appointed as the general of the Sharp Knife Battalion, leading the 6,000 men and horses of the Sharp Knife Battalion, and always followed Han Cheng.

Han Cheng separated Liu Bao's army from the Southern Xiongnu tribes, and even if Liu Bao's means were through the sky, under the monitoring of the intelligence battalion, he could not make any waves.

Cui Lin appointed Dingxiang County as the Taishou of Yunzhong County, and placed the 30,000 Han people captured by the Southern Xiongnu in these two counties.

Fortunately, these two counties were originally home to a large number of Han people.

Although the county seat has been abandoned, the general scale is still there, and it is completely possible to re-establish a new county seat on the basis of the original county seat, so as to properly solve the problem of Hanmes-Epitek's residence, as for the problem of cultivated land, it will be slowly solved in the future.

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One day in mid-June, at the border between Youzhou and Bohai County, Jizhou, Gongsun Chan looked at the 50,000 Youzhou army behind him, and was full of spirit.

Yuan Benchu, this time, I will definitely take the land of Jizhou into my hands.

This is the third major war between Youzhou and Jizhou.

The two sides won one at the Boundary Bridge and one at Jumashui, so this was a showdown.

Gongsun Chan changed his previous strategy of rushing and attacking, giving up the idea of directly attacking the central counties of Jizhou, and instead led the Youzhou army to attack Bohai County, the easternmost part of Jizhou.

In less than a day, Bohai County was captured and continued to march towards Qingzhou Plain County.

After the Youzhou army completely occupied the land of the two counties, it sent troops from Youzhou, Pingyuan County, and Bohai County at the same time to besiege Yuan Shao in Jizhou.

At the same time, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Gongsun Chan also sent his son Gongsun Yue to secretly contact the "Black Mountain Army" in Taihang Mountain, so that when he and Yuan Shaojun were fighting, they would go out of Taihang Mountain and take Yecheng in one fell swoop. broke the foundation of Yuan Shao's rule in Jizhou, and after the matter was completed, he and Zhang Yan divided Jizhou.

After Yuan Shaofang received the news that Gongsun Zhan had gone south to Qingzhou, he adopted Tian Feng's tactics.

First show the enemy weakness, let the land of a county in Bohai County be given to Gongsun Zhan, and raise troops from Yecheng to fight with Gongsun Chan in Qingzhou Plain County.

At the same time, he secretly ordered his general Wen Chou Yanliang to lead elite troops to directly capture Bohai County, cut off Gongsun Zhan's retreat, and exterminated Gongsun Chan in Qingzhou.

Exactly, you seek my land, and I seek your life.