In April of the fourth year of Jianxing, that is, about a year and a half ago, Liu Yao was broken by Pei Gai under Dali City, and traveled all the way north, and finally withdrew from Fengyi County and fled to the territory of the old Hanshang County.

Shangjun Han Dynasty was originally located - of course, the area at that time was not as large as later - the Han Dynasty since Emperor Wu invaded the Xiongnu, colonized nearly a thousand miles to the north, and reached the Hetao area, and successively set up Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang and other first-level divisions, and Shangjun, Taiyuan and other belong to the same state Thorn History Department. Shangjun once had a very wide range, stretching from Qiyuan in the south, Zhenlin in the north, the Yellow River in the east, and Yanze in the west, which was roughly equivalent to the two prefecture-level cities of Yan'an and Yulin in later generations.

However, in the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, Xirong took advantage of the situation, and the northwest territory of the empire gradually shrank to the south, and by the Jin Dynasty, the Hexi region, including Shangjun, had already fallen into the hands of Qianghu.

After Liu Yao jumped north, he escaped into the remnant city of Gaonu in his hometown (near Yan'an City in later generations), licked his wounds, and tried to make a comeback.

In the Hexi region of the old Han Dynasty and Prefecture, including Shangjun, the number of people in the Central Plains is now very small, and it is basically occupied by Di and Qiang, and there is Liu Hu's Tiefu Department in the far north. Although Liu Yao was defeated, there were still 20,000 or 30,000 remnants of the army, coupled with the appeal of King Yong of his Hu Han regime, it was not difficult to summon the Rong Department and expand his power. However, nearly ten years ago, the rise of the Void Division established a loose alliance in the old Han Shang County, and most of the Qiang surrendered, leaving not much room for Liu Yao to speak.

Especially Liu Yaozhi and Xuzhi, who used to be barely friends, but now they have completely torn their faces. Fortunately, Liu Yao still pinched the elimination of Yiyu as a hostage, and he wanted to rely on this hostage to claim benefits from the Void Elimination Department, which was wishful thinking - if the Quan Qu lost people and food to Liu Yao for the safety of his son, his prestige would inevitably fall and the alliance would fall apart - but it could guarantee that Quan Qu would not attack with all his strength within a certain period of time.

As for whether this fixed time will be five years, ten years, six months, or one year, it is difficult to say. But theoretically speaking, if five or ten years have passed and Liu Yao still can't regroup, then sooner or later he will be denied the fate of being eliminated and annexed.

Thinking that when he arrived in Gaonu that day, Liu Yao called his confidant Sima Liu Jun and asked him: "I underestimated the enemy for a while, and I was broken by Pei Gai, but I was driven out of China, and when I went to Rongdi, I don't know if there is a counterattack?" Why did Ziping teach me? ”

Liu Jun asked rhetorically: "Who means that this is Rongdi?" ”

Then explained: "Shangjun was set up at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and the county was still five hundred miles away in the north, and the former Xiongnu Right Xian King invaded the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wen sent Guan Ying to lead the army to resist ......" stretched out his hand and pointed to the ground, "Here, Gao Nu, defeated the Right Xian King, and forced him to retreat to the grassland......"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Yao suddenly lowered his voice and interjected and asked: "Ziping, although we are from Emperor Guangwen, Shao continues the Han industry, and rebuilds the Han Dynasty, but ...... Are we the Huns or the Han? ”

Liu Jun stared into Liu Yao's eyes and replied word by word: "I am Chinese, let alone the Xiongnu and Han?" Jin people or I am Hu, in fact, I was the Xiongnu and other tribes, and then moved south, and lived in the state for several generations, can't I still be regarded as Chinese? If you are not a Chinese, how can you build an emperor and control the people of the Central Plains? The original intention of this Guangwen Emperor to build the name of the Emperor Han is also! If you want to revert to the Xiongnu, I am afraid that you can only go here, or even further to the north to nomadism, and you can't return to the Central Plains. ”

Liu Yuan not only lived in Bingzhou for a long time, studied poetry and books at an early age, and was very sinicized, but he was different from the Xiongnu Shan a few hundred years ago, and had a clear understanding of China's size and population density. At the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty, not only was it in ruins, but also its territory was small, and the population under its direct jurisdiction may be less than 10 million, which was only slightly superior in population compared with the Xiongnu Empire, which was dominating the grassland. However, after years of accumulation, it may have recovered to the population of 20 million in the Qin Dynasty by the time of the Wen and Jing Dynasty, and it had risen to 50 million in the late Western Han Dynasty.

After that, although there were many great turmoil in the change of dynasty, in the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the number of registered population in the imperial court was 16 million, and if a large number of hidden households were added, it would be more than 20 million. In contrast, the Xiongnu Empire has completely collapsed, and the total population of the Xiongnu tribes, including Tu Ge, is probably less than a fraction of that of China. In this case, if you want to control the Central Plains, it is very difficult.

Therefore, when Liu Yao first started the army, he claimed to be the grandson of Yan Liu, built the name of Han, posthumously respected Liu Chan as the emperor of filial piety, and built the temple of the three ancestors and five sects of the Han Dynasty. However, this policy did initially deceive a lot of Jin followers—who called the Sima family a bastard—but after a long time, the Central Plains could not be settled, and the troops were killed and plundered, and the hearts of the Chinese people gradually turned away. To put it bluntly, Liu Yao increasingly felt that the flag of "Han" was not very good.

In the original history, after Liu Yao seized power, he brazenly tore off the fig leaf and changed the name of the country to Zhao, so as to match the sky with Mao Dunshan, and Liu Yuan, the emperor of Guangwen, with God. Although according to the research and analysis of later generations, the degree of sinicization and ethnic integration of the former Zhao Dynasty was actually more in-depth than that of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yao's Chang'an regime was different from Liu Yuan's Pingyang regime, and it was nominally an out-and-out Hu dynasty, which would not be wrong.

Why is this so? Why did Liu Yao change the country name? There are probably two reasons, one is that the three generations of Liu Yuan's ancestors and grandchildren want to borrow corpses to resurrect their souls, and gradually find that it is not beneficial; The second is that he has a growing hatred for Liu Cang, and Ya is unwilling to follow him.

Although history has changed, Liu Yao's ideas continue to ferment according to inertia. As far as the former is concerned, the trend of Pingyang is declining, and the Hu Han banner is covered with dust, which makes Liu Yao lose confidence more and more; As far as the latter is concerned, Liu Can's attitude also made Liu Yao feel cold.

When he was still under Dali City, he sent envoys to Pingyang many times to ask Liu Cang to send troops to contain the Jin division, but Liu Cang was busy with infighting-completely overthrowing Liu Yi, and he had to be the crown prince-he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Liu Yao couldn't help but think, are you still a vassal of your family and the nephew of Emperor Guangwen? If you continue to do this, how can the country have a future!

Therefore, he gradually became self-reliant, and took the opportunity to ask for advice today to test Liu Jun. However, Liu Jun clearly persuaded him to dispel this idea - if you do not regard yourself as a Chinese, you will not have a righteous name and return to China, and if Pingyang completely breaks with each other at this time, we will have no chance of winning, and sooner or later we will be forced back to the grassland.

When Liu Yao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Do we still have hope of returning?" ”

Liu Jun said yes, and then analyzed it for Liu Yao, saying: "Shi Gong is still in Hebei, the situation has not yet eroded, and with Shi Gong here, Liu Cang does not dare to dismiss Ming Gong." The east and west echo each other, which can shake the political situation in Pingyang; The East and the West are sandwiched together, and there is still hope for the country. The Jin people are just returning to the light. ”

Then he offered a plan, saying that whether it is for the Jin people or for us, the most important thing now is time. Although Pei Gai was victorious, he did not dare to chase after him, and recently heard that he went south to Chang'an to seek to seize power. If Pei Gai and Zu Ti stabilized Henan and Guanzhong, and crossed the river to the north together, the situation would really be out of control...... Therefore, we must not let them accumulate steadily.

For today's plan, the Ming Duke is in Gaonu, on the one hand, to envelop the surrounding tribes, gradually weaken the momentum of elimination, and then form an alliance with Shuofang's Lou Fu Gong (Liu Hu), so that in two or three years, there will be a chance to extinguish the void and annex Di and Qiang in the territory. These two or three years are very critical for us and for the Jin people, if the Jin people first slow down and wave their troops to the north to attack me, or conquer Pingyang, our chances will be very slim. Therefore, it is necessary to continue to harass the Guanzhong area in order to hinder Pei Gai's progress.

Liu Yao frowned and asked: "Our army is newly defeated, many sharp soldiers have died, and morale is low, how can we still have the strength to go south to harass Jindi?" And if you are reluctant to rebuild, how can you have time to recover and even accumulate? ”

Liu Jun said with a smile: "In the first year, naturally you can't act rashly......"

He said that it was estimated that it would take half a year to a year for Pei to calm Yongzhou, and then he would inevitably go west and annex Sima Bao. The Zhang clan of Liangzhou has always been obedient, so as long as he takes Qinzhou and connects with Liangzhou, Pei Gai will have no worries, and he can unite with Zu Ti and launch a fierce offensive against Pingyang. During this time, we can wait for a while to hibernate and slowly recover, and we will wait until Pei Gaizhen and Sima Bao have a hand, and then we will go south to harass.

At that time, Pei Gai will fall into the dilemma of being attacked on both sides, even if his strength is enough to defeat Sima Bao and resist the harassment of us in the south, his strength will inevitably be dispersed, and after pacifying Qinzhou, he will quickly turn back and chase after us. However, there are many plateaus and hills in Hanshang County, and it is inconvenient for the army to march, so if Pei should send a partial division, we have a great chance of winning, and if the main force comes, we will flee north to Shuofang and ask Liu Hu for reinforcements. If Pei should want to pacify Shangjun or completely defeat us, it will be much more difficult than attacking Qinzhou, and it will inevitably be delayed for a long time.

Since he knew that we might invade the south at any time, Pei should not dare to send the main force to Pingyang until we basically solved our problem, and it was our containment that gave Pingyang enough time to accumulate and prepare.

Besides, in Henan, without Pei Gai's response, if Zu Ti crosses the river to the north alone, the chances of winning are not great. Therefore, considering Zu Ti's ambition and his age, he will inevitably repeatedly ask Pei Gai to send troops and cross the river together.

At that time, our momentum may not decline, Pingyang is fully prepared, and with the assistance of Hebei Shile, there is a good chance of defeating the Jin people.

Of course, Liu Jun also said in the end that my assumption is somewhat wishful thinking, and in fact, changes in the situation on all sides may escape from my pre-calculation - the biggest variable is Shile, Hebei. But only Ming Gong you maintain confidence, carry forward the indomitable spirit, see the moves, we will always have a day to return to the Central Plains - "Why be depressed like this, and seek other plans?" ”

The development of the situation was indeed unexpected by Liu Yao and Liu Jun, but basically it was still moving in a good direction. First of all, Shi Le's army was merged, and Liu Kun was defeated and fled; Secondly, Pei Gai was safe and stable, destroyed Lu Shuihu, and Peng Fuhu led the remnants of the army to flee north, and finally threw himself at Liu Yao, so that his momentum recovered slightly.

There is also a third point, that is, Liu Cang originally wanted to take advantage of Liu Yao's defeat, or issue an edict to reprimand, or even directly dismiss him, and completely trample him over, but in the end he still listened to the advice of Liu Jing, the Taishi and the king of Ruyin, and instead sent Gao Nu to comfort Liu Yao with kind words - although he did not give him a soldier or a grain of rice, he only expressed verbal support.

So Liu Yao eased up a little, and began to follow Liu Jun's advice, planning to send troops south to harass Yongzhou.

Pei Gai led the army to the west, in order to level Qinzhou, such a large-scale military operation, naturally it is impossible to hide people, Liu Jun thought that this was a great opportunity, so he instigated Liu Yao, two southern expeditions.

It's just that Liu Yao's strength is not enough to fully compete with Pei Gai, and he is coveted by the Void Quan Qu, so Liu Jun's suggestion is to let Peng Fuhu form a "return to the hometown group" and attack the south to stabilize it, and the second is to ask Liu Cang to issue an edict and order Liu Hu to go south to harass Feng Yi - Liu Yao sent the general Liu Shu to lead a thousand soldiers and horses as his guide.

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Regarding Liu Yao's possible harassment in the south, Pei Gai was naturally also on guard. He divided the Great Sima into three armies, and ordered Tao Kan to lead the rear army to Tunzha Feng Yi, and at the same time to defend Liu Yao in the north and Liu Cang in Hedong, and ordered Guo Mo to lead the front army to settle in the north, and also beware of Liu Yao and the void.

This time, Pei Gai personally led the army west to Qinzhou, and did not move a single soldier of Tao Kan, but ordered Guo Mo to go south to Luoyang and exterminate Fu Di. This is mainly due to the fact that Liu Yaoruonan is more likely to send troops from the east, and the possibility of directly taking stability is relatively small, and the north of Anding is mainly a nomadic area of the Void Division, and the Void Quan Qu is still a Jin minister in a strict sense.

The virtual division was originally attached to the Jin, and when Liu Yao was powerful, although his chief Quanqu was moved by Chen Yuanda, he sent his son Yiyu to lead the troops to help, but then the two families tore their faces, and Pei should take the opportunity to send an envoy to canonize Quanqu as the general of Zhenbei to be restrained and encircled. Xuzhi Quanqu warmly entertained the Jin envoy, saying that he was confused by the Hu people in the past and offended Wang Shi, but now he has changed his mind and will not rebel again, and also asked Pei Gai's funding, so that he can defeat Liu Yao and make meritorious contributions.

Of course, Pei Gai also knew that Yi Yu was still in Liu Yao's hands, and it was very unlikely that Quan Qu would immediately send troops regardless of his son's life and death, so he only promised to start an exchange with the Void Department on the border and trade materials, but he refused to give away a single copper for nothing - besides, he himself didn't have any rich materials.

But Pei Gai didn't expect that Peng Lu would lead Liu Yao......

Let's say that Liu Hu went south from Shuofang, led 7,000 Tiefu soldiers, and under the guidance of Liu Shu, came to disturb Feng Yi. Tao Kan led his troops against Liangshan, taking advantage of the terrain to thwart Liu Hu's offensive many times. Liu Hu was forced to turn to the west, and then along the west bank of Beiluoshui to the south, Tao Kan had already prepared, set up an ambush north of Suyi, and defeated the Tiefu soldiers.

At the same time, Peng Fuhu led more than 2,000 people to disturb the Northland. Originally, he was not the opponent of Guo Mo's former army, but in Anding County and the area north of Jingshui, there were various ethnic groups, many of which had been ruled by Peng Lu for several generations, and there were not a few people who were devoted to the old master......

Peng Fu protected the old department and led his troops to attack Dulu, and the county order went over the wall, and the city almost fell. Fortunately, Cao Lu, the county merit, took over the command immediately, and held the city, so he barely managed to keep the county seat......

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