Time flies like a white horse, spring goes to autumn, and it is another year in the blink of an eye.

This year is still full for Ma Chao, but it is also a little more dull. After all, when everything starts to get on track, the good system he has created can make him a hands-off shopkeeper. Although now his territory has exceeded more than half of the entire Han Dynasty. However, he believed that with the assistance of sufficient elite talents and the system of three provinces and six ministries that surpassed this era, even if he ruled the world, he could still be a prince and king who was relaxed but wise and martial.

In the past year, Ma Chao's vision has basically shifted from himself to the outside world. During this period, although there were constant conquests in various places, the scale was not too large, and there were no protracted wars, only reaching the corners, not involving the central government. There are no blind aliens and small princes to provoke the Ma family. Except for Xu Huang's successive use of troops in Liangzhou, so that Guan Shanxue could recover a large amount of property more smoothly, Ma Chao has not launched any war for the time being. Even if that guy from Xianbei Kebineng was still fighting back and forth with Tuoba Ying, and Gongsun Du of Liaodong was also filthy with him a few times, Ma Chao still didn't give the order to use force at half.

However, the relative calm ended here, three years of recuperation, training in Tuntian, three years of stability and consolidation of Siyi, development of trade routes, and three years of meticulous planning and all-out development. At this time, the strength of the Ma family reached its peak. All people of insight have a hunch that the predator of the Ma family has been dozing for too long, and it is time to show his bloody mouth.

Yes, the first thing Ma Chao's vision focused on was Xianbei's Kebineng.

At present, the hidden dangers in the corners of the Ma family are only Xianbei Kebi and Liaodong Gongsun Du. However, in the area of Liaodong, a narrow place, the strength and vision of the Gongsun family are too ordinary. There are Tian Yu, Yan Rou, and the three generals of Northern Xinjiang in history to guard it, and there is the white horse righteous servant who shocked the enemy, and Gongsun Du never dared to show half a point of disrespect to the Ma family. Even during the Ma family's military exercises, Gongsun Du did not dare to fight with Karasuma, fearing that the Ma family would be involved.

But Xianbei's Kebi Neng is different, this person looks like a strange person in Ma Chao's eyes. Since the death of the Yingcai Tianzong and the Tanshi Huai of the Jianting Danhan Mountain, Xianbei has been divided into three parts, which do not belong to each other and attack each other. Budu Gen is a descendant of Tanshi Huai, but under the contact with Tuoba Ying, although he did not explicitly say that he took refuge in the Ma family, he had already worn the same pants as Tuoba Ying. Only the central Xianbei Kebi can be ambitious, and has the intention to annex the three departments, establish the foundation of the stone acacia in the past, and then go south to the Central Plains and drink the Yellow River.

Moreover, from the perspective of territorial rule, the tribes of Kebineng are distributed in Daijun and Ancient times on the border between Youzhou and Bingzhou. His Xianbei cavalry, all of them are wolves, they are as fierce as wolves, and as cunning as wolves, they don't care about life and death, they don't care about injuries, and the game of wandering between the gods of death is their favorite. This army was fierce and warlike, unpredictable and often plundered Han lands. Once the Ma family was engaged in the national battle, and Xianbei Kebi could suddenly stab a stick from the rear of the north of the Ma family...... Although it is impossible for the Ma family to hurt their muscles and bones, it is very possible that the chrysanthemum hurts for half a year or even a year or two.

Therefore, Ma Chao's eyes were set on Kebineng, ready to start a thorough sweep of the northern frontier.

Moreover, he has a relaxed mentality. Because Ma Chao knew that the poor Xianbei brother of Kebineng was still burning cow dung for the winter. Such a tribe that staggered from a primitive society to a slave society, compared with a prince like the Ma family, who almost had the germination of a capitalist society, was no less than the fireflies and the bright moon, and there was really no comparison.

In mid-February 1999, Ma Chao recalled Zhang Liao, the pastor of Bingzhou, and Tian Yu, the general of Suibian in Youzhou, to discuss this issue in Shangshutai.

"I will destroy Xianbei Kebineng to prevent the northern frontier from trouble. The two of you have had a confrontation with Kebineng in the past two years, what do you think, but it doesn't matter. Ma Chao got straight to the point, looking at the two important generals who were becoming more and more stable, and he was in a good mood.

But what Ma Chao didn't expect was that Zhang Liao, who was resolute in Qingfeng, stroked his newly grown beard under his chin, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face: "Lord, with all due respect, it may be easier to sweep away Kebineng, but it is not a day's work to completely pacify the troubles in the northern Xinjiang." After saying this, Zhang Liao glanced at Tian Yu, and when he saw Tian Yu nodding slightly, he knew that what Tian Yu was thinking was similar to him.

"Oh?" Ma Chao was a little surprised: "Budu has been subordinated to the Ma family, only Kebi can and the three Xianbei clans in the east, such a scene still can't be achieved in a short time?" ”

At this moment, Zhang Liao saw that Tian Yu had already opened his mouth slightly, pressed down what he was thinking, and motioned to Tian Yu to speak. Tian Yuwei saluted Zhang Liaoyi, and then said to Ma Chao: "The lord may have heard that the Xianbei family lives by grazing, lives in water and grass, wears short clothes, lives in a yurt, advocates force, and is brave and ruthless. The hardships of life outside the Cypriots also gave them a strong and unyielding character, which made them appear aggressive, often harassing the border areas and robbing the Han Chinese of property. ”

Ma Chao waved his hand and motioned for Tian Yu to skip these foreshadowings. He had been at war with the Qiang for many years and knew the nature of these nomads. Seeing this, Tian Yu was slightly embarrassed, quickly brushed up his thoughts, and said: "Since ancient times, there is only one way to calm down border troubles. For example, the lord and the Qiang and Wuhuan clans are integrated into commerce and sinicization; For the Xiongnu, it was divided and ruled, so that they killed each other, and then had no power to resist, and then set up a county to govern the sinicization. The reason why the lord was able to pacify these three tribes was due to coincidence. ”

Seeing Ma Chao's eyes shining, Tian Yu knew that his speech had aroused Ma Chao's interest, and continued: "The Xiongnu clan has a long history, but the real Huns have fled far away, and the rest of the Huns have already had the shadow of being sinicized; The Qiang and Wuhuan tribes are not better than the Xiongnu, they have never established a unified empire, there is no long and glorious history, they are just a tribal alliance put together, there is no national racial concept, disputes between the various tribes are frequent, vendetta against each other, and there is milk is the mother. Therefore, the lord can also return to his sinicization. ”

"But the Xianbei clan is different, they have just split from the glory of the majestic lord of the sandalwood locust. Although Budugen, Kebineng and the three Xianbei tribes in the east attacked each other, the reason was the same, all of them were to reunite the Xianbei tribe. As for the attitude towards the Han people, it can be seen from the performance of the three divisions that they either cooperate, hate, or ignore, but once we send troops to Xianbei, the entire Xianbei clan will mobilize to fight against it! ”

"When I was in Youzhou, Liu Yu, the assassin of Youzhou, used to use Huairou's method. He gave the Xianbei people from abroad, gave them land and seeds, taught them to farm and build houses, and cared for their lives...... But Xianbei people only have gratitude to Liu Yu, and they have no intention of submitting to him; Gongsun Chan, on the other hand, built up a powerful army to severely attack anyone who dared to challenge his authority, and even exterminated them for a small matter. But did the two succeed? No, neither of them has solved the border troubles, Kebineng is still plundering the secluded and merging places, and what about Budugen? He also turned a blind eye to such a situation. ”

"Are you saying that this guy Budugen only adopts the 'three nos' principle for Kebi to loot the land of the Ma family?" Ma Chao was stunned, he looked at Tian Yu in a daze, and at this time he realized that what he thought about before had nothing to do with what level of social development had nothing to do with what unification, and it was completely inaccurate compared to the cognition of these two generals who were really on the front line.

Before the emergence of gunpowder and other ultimate weapons that could end the war of cold weapons, didn't the Mongols, who were only slave societies in history, also conquer the Song Dynasty with bows, horses, scimitars, and had already begun to sprout a capitalist society?

"Three nos?" Tian Yu listened to Ma Chao's new term, and was a little puzzled.

"Don't support, don't oppose, ignore it." Ma Chao replied weakly.

Tian Yu was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "That's true, and my subordinates dare to guarantee that if the Ma family sends troops to attack Kebineng, then the entire Xianbei tribe may still unite." Although the plan of the integration of the lord and the public and commerce has been effective, those Xianbei people, who are very hard-boned, can completely give up the goods of our Ma family and return to the era when they used to drink blood......"

Ma Chao listened, and saw that Zhang Liao also looked sad. The mood was also a little lost, I thought it was a trivial matter with a flick of my fingers, but I didn't expect it to be so troublesome. At this moment, Diao Chan suddenly appeared in front of Ma Chao, never looked at Zhang Liao and Tian Yu, and directly said to Ma Chao: "Husband, three major events have happened!" ”

Ma Chao was taken aback, looked at Diao Chan's anxious expression, and couldn't help asking, "Are these three things bad?" ”

Diao Chan shook his head first after hearing this, but then nodded again, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Zhang Liao and Tian Yu. Seeing this, the two bowed and retired. Diao Chan then said: "These three things are not good for the Ma family!" ”