Chapter 9: The Northern Expedition
"Wen Jugong!" Xiang Ao stood up from the couch and said to Kong Rongzuo, "I don't know what Wen Jugong wants to know?" ”
Kong Rong's expression was complicated, some did not believe, some worried, and some were afraid.
The elderly Kong Rong shook his eyes at Xiang Ao, staring at Xiang Ao with his eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "King Yan, is it a Han person!" ”
After Kong Rong finished speaking, Xiang Ao's eyes shrank slightly, looked at Kong Rong, and replied indifferently: "Is that Wenju recognized as a Han king?" ”
Kong Rong looked at Xiang Ao, who seemed indifferent, but returned with a somewhat uneasy expression: "Although the Han family is dead, the world is still the world of the Han people." ”
"Please also ask King Yan to confirm whether he is Han or not!"
Xiang Ao squinted, sat on top of the main hall seat, looked at Kong Rong with a calm face, and didn't seem to intend to answer.
"In the past, the Hu people messed with our Hetao, Xianbei invaded our northern Xinjiang, and Xiqiang killed my people, and their crimes should be punished." Xiang Ao's voice was low.
"This king intends to issue an edict to kill Hu and avenge the dead Han people, is it okay?"
As he spoke, Xiang Ao's voice became louder and louder, as if he was questioning the courtiers in the main hall.
"Kill Hu Ling?"
Kong Rong was stunned for a moment and exclaimed. The courtiers were also terrified.
"But anyone who is not a Han Chinese, and who is not a naturalized person in Wuyan Country, no matter what race he is, will be killed!"
"Where are the Taiwei's Mansion and the General's Mansion?"
"The minister takes the order!" Xi Zhong, Tian Feng and Xu Shu came out and hugged their fists at Xiang Aozuo.
"Within three days, the strategy of the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition was drawn up. This king drove his own expedition and killed all the Hu people! ”
"My lord!"
Hu Zhao stood up in a panic and said quickly: "In the past, the lord once persuaded his ministers that they should regard the equality of races in the world in order to make the world return to their hearts and all races to surrender. ”
"Now the Yan country is the Yan country of the Yan and Huang people, and all the people of the Yan country have called themselves the Yan and Huang people, how can there be a difference between the Han people and the Hu people? The lord issued an order to kill Hu at this time, isn't it a broken promise? ”
Xiang Ao's face was still indifferent, and he asked calmly, "What does Kong Ming think?" ”
Cao Cao instigated Xianbei to go south, so he naturally wanted to give Xianbei a look. Xiliang had just been pacified, and the Qiang people were excessive, and they raised troops again and brutalized the people of Wuyan and Huang, so they naturally wanted to crusade. ”
"The lord can send a large army to defeat the Xianbei and Qiang people immediately, and there is no need to kill them all."
"What about the people of the world questioning this king..."Xiang Ao glanced at Kong Rong and continued: "Or what about the people of Yanguo questioning this king?" ”
"This..."
Xiang Ao waved his hand, interrupted Hu Zhao, turned his head to look at Kong Rong and said, "What does Gong Wen Ju think?" ”
Kong Rong's face was very ugly at this time. Whether Xiang Ao is Han or not, the officials of Yanguo know best. Whether it is from the appearance or Xiang Ao's way of doing things, there is nothing that is not in the way of the Han people.
Nowadays, in the Yan Kingdom, although some races, the rituals and sacrifices on weekdays are still formulated by the Han family.
Could it be that the rumors in the world are really rumors? Kong Rong thought so, and said again: "It's good that King Yan decides. ”
"In this way, Wen Jugong still believes in this king?"
Xiang Ao's questioning made Kong Rong frightened, this is to make himself make a statement. Kong Rong pondered slightly, hesitated for a moment and said: "The minister immediately advertises the world, and the name of the Lord is just." ”
The corners of Xiang Ao's mouth curled, and he raised his head and said loudly: "The order to kill Hu is still issued, except for those who have been naturalized in the Yan Kingdom." Where the soldiers and horses of the Yan country are within reach, those who hold the blades will be exterminated! ”
Xiang Ao said plainly, but the fierceness in the words of the word extermination made the courtiers in the hall tremble.
"Wait for the order!"
Yanguo was defeated by Xiang Ao with one soldier, and Xiang Ao was present on many battlefields. Xiang Ao's prestige in the army and among the people is unmatched in the entire Yan country.
The General's Mansion has always been under the control of Xiang Ao, and most of the generals in the mansion are brave men who followed Xiang Ao to fight in the south and the north. Even if there is the Taiwei Mansion to suppress it, as long as Xiang Ao is still in the day, the General's Mansion and the Taiwei Mansion are just Xiang Ao Shuzuo, and the whereabouts of the Yanguo army are finally determined by Xiang Ao himself.
A few days later, the order to kill Hu spread all over the world. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce had to admire Xiang Ao's decisiveness, and they also had to re-examine Xiang Ao's ruthlessness.
After the order to kill Hu came out, the people who circulated the rumors seemed to know that it would be useless to spread the rumors at this time, and they could only wait for Xiang Ao's specific actions to kill the order.
Along the Yellow River, Xiang Ao's army moved frequently, which made Cao Cao nervous again. Cao Cao had to use Chen's treasury, which was already somewhat unable to make ends meet, to increase investment in Chen's army.
After more than ten days, the northern army of Yanguo rose again. Xiang Ao personally took command, swaggeringly led most of the northern army of the Yan country, as well as the most elite heavy armored cavalry and feather killing battalion of the Yan country, and went north out of the Danhan Mountain and directly entered the hinterland of Xianbei.
Outside the expedition, Xiang Ao planned to use war to support the war, and did not send people or reserve soldiers to escort the baggage.
There were only 30,000 northern troops and 10,000 heavy armored cavalry and feather killing battalions, and the whole army of 50,000 were all cavalry.
The main defense of the northern army is many nomads in northern Xinjiang, and the 30,000 northern army is almost all light cavalry, good at shooting and riding.
At the same time, Zhao Yun, under the instruction of Xiang Ao, sent a large army to defend the pass, and then sent troops to the west to attack the sixteen countries of the Western Regions that occupied Dunhuang and Jiuquan.
Today's Xianbei, the most powerful is Tuoba Xianbei, who invaded the border of the Han Dynasty in the past, and then the Eastern Xianbei who has not been able to agree.
After Xianbei was thought of being disabled, nomadic herds such as Fuyu and Goryeo in the eastern part of Xianbei got a chance to breathe and slowly grew stronger.
"Lord, do we really want to slaughter Xianbei cleanly?"
Xiang Ao looked at Xu Shu beside him, and said indifferently: "How easy is it for Xiang Ao to destroy Xianbei?" In this expedition, the most important thing for this king is to correct his name, and warn Xianbei by the way, don't think that collusion with Cao Cao will take advantage of it. ”
When Xu Shu heard this, he nodded with a smile.
"My lord, the sacrificial wine sent someone to deliver a letter."
Xiang Ao took the codex in Tai Shici's hand, opened it and looked at it slowly. Xiang Ao looked at it, breathed a long sigh of relief, and shook his right hand fiercely, shattering the codex.
Tai Shici, Xu Shu, Dian Wei, Han Hao and others looked at their lord enviously, and seemed to be very envious of Xiang Ao's cultivation and internal strength.
"It seems that the families in the two states are still restless."
"That's nature." Xu Shu took over and said: "The family is like a leech, firmly attached to the people and sucking essence and blood for many years, how can it be so easy to give up." ”
"But don't worry, the lord is here, with Wenhe sacrificial wine and Prime Minister Kong Ming, there will be no big problems in Yanguo."
"What the general said is very true." Tai Shi Ci took over and said: "The lord has a high prestige among the people, I'm afraid not many people will believe the rumors. ”
"Even if the rumors are true?" Tian Yu snorted coldly and said: "The lord is a man of destiny, and it is the fortune of the time to dominate the world, and it cannot be stopped, and it cannot be stopped. ”
Xiang Ao looked at Tian Yu in a little surprise, and then smiled lightly with relief.
Most of the people who accompanied Xiang Ao on the expedition were confirmed by Xiang Ping, and the important ministers of the Galactic Empire who followed Xiang Ao through have not been able to recover the memory of their previous lives, but they are loyal to Xiang Ao from the bottom of their hearts and will not betray Xiang Ao for any reason.
"This king is not worried about the situation in the country." Xiang Ao sighed and said: "It's just that the family is like a cancer, and this king is thinking about how to eradicate the hidden dangers of the family." ”
Since Qin ruled the world in the past, the problems of the family have never been dealt with. Nowadays, regardless of the education mechanism or the distribution of rights, Yanguo cannot completely detach itself from the family and become its own system.
But immortal, the disciples of the family are ambitious, like poisonous snakes in the shadows, ready to attack at any time.
The idea of glorifying the ancestors and strengthening the family has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years, but it is not so easy to eradicate. Today, the heroes under Xiang Ao still do not have the momentum of establishing a new family.
"Don't worry too much, my lord." Xu Shu rode his horse and slowly followed Xiang Ao and said: "Everything that exists in time is reasonable. Nowadays, the hidden dangers of the family cannot be completely eradicated, that is, the family is indispensable in the world today. ”
"The lord just needs to be ready at all times and wait for the right time."
Xiang Ao nodded helplessly when he heard this. The generals beside him frowned slightly, thinking of their respective sons and nephews. It seems that after this battle, I have to go back and tell my nephews and nephews not to be too ostentatious and develop their family background, so as not to be suspicious of the lord.
"I don't care about the situation in the inner court for now." Xiang Ao cleaned up his mood and said solemnly and a little ruthlessly: "This Northern Expedition, first, is to let the world know the determination of this king; Second, it is necessary to redistribute the distribution of forces in northern Xinjiang through war; Third, let the world know that Wu Yanguo is not so easy to slander. ”
"Yuan Zhi will tell everyone about the situation in northern Xinjiang."
"No!" Xu Shu clenched his fists, and then Zhengse said: "Tuoba Xianbei has been around for a long time. Today's Tuoba Xianbei is not low, and he has added a big character to himself. ”
"The Great Tuoba Xianbei was developed from the former Tuoba Department, and the area under its control almost spanned the entire southern part of Northern Xinjiang. If it weren't for the fact that the lord had the name of foresight and had been occupying the city of Lady Fan, I am afraid that the Great Tuoba Xianbei would have driven the Xiongnu in the west out of the Western Regions. ”
"After Zhangye County in Xiliang broke away from the control of the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people and the nomadic Hu people occupied Zhangye County and its western area, and local wars often broke out with Xianbei in the west."
"The Xianbei forces in the east have not been unified, not to mention each other's conquests, and they are still resisting the strengthened Fuyu tribe together, and the threat is not great."
"The lord went on this expedition, and the main thing he faced was Xianbei of the Great Tuoba Department."
Xiang Ao lowered his head and thought for a while: "How about the strength of Tuoba Xianbei?" ”
"There are at least five million people, nearly a hundred tribes, and as for the cavalry, there are 150,000 terrorists."
Xiang Ao frowned slightly, and said with some doubts: "It's only been less than ten years, and Tuoba Xianbei has developed like this?" ”
Xu Shu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The Tuoba Department has annexed many Xianbei tribes, and it has also merged with the Xiongnu who are scattered in the east of Lady Fan's City, and the power is incomparable. ”
"Who's the leader?"
"Tuoba Liwei!"
Well?! Xiang Ao was stunned for a moment, and then a little surprised. Tuoba Liwei, isn't it the ancestor of the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty?