58. The wind rises
A positive and enterprising opinion is obviously more constructive than an old-fashioned opinion, but at the same time, it is often dangerous.
Especially for a newcomer in his prime.
After listening to Fa Zheng's suggestion, the hall fell into silence for a while.
Xi Zhicai, who was at the top of the seat, looked at this newcomer who had just entered the General's Mansion and had only met a few times with interest.
Intelligent, perceptive, and capable, this is what Xi Zhicai saw from him, but at the same time, Xi Zhicai also discovered the ambition of this young man.
This is another unwilling and ambitious young man!
Xi Zhicai sighed silently in his heart.
Unconsciously, at the beginning of his own business with Yan Xing, there were only a thousand soldiers and horses, and the years when there were few people in civil and military affairs have quietly gone away, and Yan Xing's momentum after attacking Guanxi has risen greatly.
At the beginning, the situation of many generals and soldiers under the command of the Kansai people and the more civilian staff members of the Kwantung people was quickly broken, and the Kansai famous clans and martial arts gradually occupied a larger position in the Hussar General's Mansion.
However, it is obvious that the most anxious person will not be himself, Xi Zhicai smiled secretly in his heart.
"Zhicai, what do you think?"
Just when Xi Zhicai's heart was surging, Yan Xing's voice also sounded again. Obviously, for the different opinions of Sun Zi and Fa Zheng, he didn't want to express his position immediately, so he turned to look at the important adviser under his command, Xi Zhicai.
Xi Zhicai also expected this. In his opinion, although the Zhuhu on the grassland this time was arrogant because of the new defeat of the Huns, they were a rabble after all, and there was no clear subordinate from top to bottom, as if they could not become a big climate.
It's just that the monarch and the minister have been together for many years, and Xi Zhicai also noticed the subtle change in Yan Xing's expression from the beginning.
In his heart, Yan Xing agreed with Fa Zheng's suggestion.
Before "the world is one", Yan Xing's strategy for the northern grasslands was to use a variety of means to maintain the balance of power of the Hu people in the northern grasslands without large-scale military intervention, so as to protect the great interests of his side in the northern grasslands.
He used soldiers and horses to support the weakened Huns, and used commerce to encircle the Qianghu tribe who had no ruler to fight against the fledgling Tugehu, Wuhuan people, and Xianbei people, in essence, all to maintain the balance of power on the grassland.
It's just that now it seems that in order to maintain this balance of power on the grassland, it is obviously not enough to rely on a Xiongnu alone in Huchuquan, and Yan Xing also needs to have a strong grassland ally that can cooperate with each other.
He may be a Wuhuan person from Daijun, or a Xianbei person from the north and south of Yinshan Mountain, the importance of the role of this ally is no less important than that of Hu Chuquan, Yan Xing obviously has plans to go into battle in person to find the most suitable candidate.
Xi Zhicai met Yan Xing's blazing gaze, his heart was already clear, he glanced at Fa Zheng, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and said calmly:
"What Fa Cao Shi said is very true, and he seconded it below!"
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Once the strategy is formulated, the military operations of the general's mansion, which has risen in the troubled times, have always been vigorous and resolute.
Yan Xing immediately dispatched the general Gan Ling to lead the Hu generals such as Gulu and Wulou Jian, and led 3,000 elite horsemen to rush to Shan Yuting in Meiji, Xihe, to stabilize the hearts of the local Xiongnu and Qianghu tribes, and send troops to maintain the smooth flow of trade routes and the safety of the travelers.
Subsequently, the hussar general Yan Xing personally led 5,000 cavalry to quietly dispatch troops from Anyi, along the official road in Hedong, through Beiqu and Puzi all the way to the north, towards the destination Meiji's Southern Xiongnu Shan Yuting.
And the arrival of this strong army also soon blew a whirlwind on the grassland, the grassland that was originally up and down one after another was like being hit by a gust of wind, and the grass and trees fell in an instant, although there was an undercurrent surging, but there was no more turbulent scene.
Xianbei Putou, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to send troops to plunder the ranches of the Southern Xiongnu, immediately died down, rode his horse and whipped, and flew hundreds of miles away, far away from this army that did not seem to be easy to deal with.
Many Qianghu tribes who were restless and disturbed before also immediately calmed down and turned into a flock of sheep, not daring to show their minions and fight fiercely.
The Tu Ge coalition army, which had just defeated the Huns not long ago, also restrained their arrogance of pressing step by step, led the army to retreat, and instead sought to join forces with their allies Wuhuan and Xianbei, and was vigilant against the counterattack from the Huns······
As the newly defeated Southern Xiongnu, who were panicked, they were undoubtedly the beneficiaries of seeing that the situation in the grassland was gradually improving.
The Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan witnessed the arrival of Yan Xing's cavalry army, and his heart was surprised and happy.
The military strength and strength of this Han general seem to be stronger than when he conquered the Xiongnu, although he can often hear about Yan Xing's fierce achievements in the east and west through the mouth of the merchant travel, but what he heard is not as shocking as what he saw with his own eyes.
If this army did not come to the rescue of Shan Yuting, but pointed its troops at the Huns on their side, would they be able to resist?
As soon as he thought of this, Hu Chuquan seemed to return to the nightmare of being defeated and captured on the grassland that day, and his spine couldn't help but start to feel cold, and cold sweat was trickling down.
Fortunately, this powerful army is not friend or foe, and they are here to support and avenge themselves this time.
For this reason, Hu Chuquan also secretly rejoiced in his heart, if he could persuade this Han general to send troops to help him crusade against Tu Gehu, then how could those humble Tu Ge Hu people and horses be the opponents of their own army, and they would soon be able to unify the various tribes of the Southern Xiongnu and revive the glory of the Hun Huhan Evil Shan period.
At that time, he no longer had to be afraid of the barbaric and greedy Xianbei people and Wuhuan people, and the horseshoes of the descendants of Mao Dun Shan Yu vowed to re-set foot on the old Xiongnu land and reintegrate the many Hu tribes in the northern grasslands into the rule of the Great Xiongnu Shan Yu.
It's just that this general of the Han family, will he let himself get his wish?
In this regard, Hu Chuquan is also full of doubts.
At the beginning, Yan Xing conquered the Xiongnu Yufu Luo who plundered Hedong, but after the victory, he did not kill the remnants of the Xiongnu who were captured, but set up Huchuquan as the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and sent troops to assist the Huns to kill back the Meiji Shan Yuting, and helped Hu Chuquan drive away those hostile left nobles and Tu Ge Hu people, so that Hu Chuquan, a foreigner who was exiled in the Han land, finally became the new Xiongnu Shan Yu in the real sense in the dome tent of Shan Yuting.
However, the life of Hu Chuquan, who returned to Meiji Shan Yuting and got the throne of Shan Yu, was not easy, and the left nobles and Tu various tribes who were driven away trumpeted the bad deeds of Hu Chuquan killing his brother and taking refuge with the enemy on the grassland, directly questioning the legitimacy of his successor to Xiongnu Shan Yu, and in Yanmen and Wuyuan, he vigorously prepared for the counterattack on Shan Yuting's military affairs.
And Yan Xing's troops and horses of Xu Kun and Meng Tu, who were stationed in Meiji, also assisted Hu Chuquan in repelling the strong enemy and defending Shan Yuting of the Xiongnu, but when he helped him reunite the various departments under the Xiongnu, he showed a bystander behavior that did not concern him.
In the final analysis, the soldiers and horses left behind by Yan Xing, including the salt, iron, and equipment of the Hedong Workshop to support the Huns, were basically for the purpose of guarding the barrier northeast of the river and protecting the smooth trade routes of the grassland.
This is also the reason why, although Hu Chuquan, with the assistance of Xu Kun, Meng Tu and others, has repeatedly been able to defeat the superior men and horses of the left nobles and Tu Ge with outnumbered people, he has not been able to unify all the Xiongnu tribes.
Although later, because of the hostility between Yan Xing and Yuan Shao's side, Bingzhou became a battleground for both sides, Tu Gehu of Yanmen became the target of Bingzhou's assassin Shi Gaogan's efforts, and the role of Shan Yu Huchuquan, who was in Xihe County, became more and more important.
With the arrival of a large number of armor and equipment from the Hedong Workshop, Hu Chuquan and Xu Kun immediately took the lead in attacking the left nobles who were entrenched in Wuyuan and Yunzhong.
In front of the Hu and Han armies of the strong armor soldiers, although the men and horses of the left nobles bravely met the enemy, they were finally used as a chariot with mantis arms, and were soon fully defeated by Hu Chuquan and Xu Kun's horsemen.
It's just that what Hu Chuquan didn't expect was that just when he wanted to take advantage of the power of victory to persuade Xu Kun to continue to lead troops to help the battle and sweep the Yanmen Tu in one fell swoop, an accident on the battlefield suddenly happened.
The Tu Ge coalition army they encountered on the battlefield was obviously also equipped with excellent iron armor, and they also unexpectedly attracted a large number of cavalry from the Xianbei and Wuhuan people to help, and these uninvited guests who suddenly appeared on the battlefield immediately caused panic and collapse among the people and horses of Huchuquan.
In the end, under the attack of Tu Ge, Xianbei and Wuhuan Gehu, the Huns of Huchuquan were defeated, but fortunately, Xu Kun and Meng Tu led the troops to break the formation, and fought and retreated, so as to avoid the doom of the whole army being outflanked and annihilated.
The sharp turn of the situation and the recovery of peace are closely related to the whirlwind of the grassland caused by the arrival of this Han army.
The wind starts at the end of the green ping, dances under the pines and cypresses, and ends between the grass.
So, this time, where will the whirlwind blowing on the grassland stop?