Immediately afterwards, Liu Bao's subordinates, who entered Meiji City together, guarded the Huns Zhonglang and Zhu Ling's men, and Duliao Zhonglang and Xu Huang's men and horses ransacked the entire Meiji City, especially the palace.

Qubei smeared his face, killed a Han slave, changed into his clothes, barely escaped the interrogation of those chaotic soldiers, he escaped from Meiji City, I don't know where to go, thinking that Xianbei, who was extremely powerful before, had defeated the Han army, maybe he defected to Xianbei, and could avenge his father, so he braved the wind and snow, and walked all the way to the Xianbei royal court in Mobei. Overnight, the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes who participated in the Xiongnu Nineteen Divisions Conference were captured by Xu Huang and Zhu Ling's subordinates.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Huang took these leaders as hostages to blackmail the nineteen tribes of the Xiongnu, handed over their most elite and skilled men in cavalry and archery, and incorporated them into the ranks of the Xiongnu mercenaries of the Wei army.

Xu Huang first signed an agreement with the leaders of these nineteen tribes, which stated that the Wei army hired the most elite Xiongnu cavalry to fight against Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Yuan Shao, and would give these Xiongnu tribes the necessary food and cotton clothes at the price of 100 yuan a year for each cavalry, to help them survive the harsh winter, and also sent people to teach them farming, and also hired them to graze for the Wei army, and the Xiongnu were not allowed to plunder the territory of the Han people in the future.

The leaders of the nineteen Xiongnu tribes looked at each other after seeing this agreement, and they couldn't believe that the Han court, which had always been stingy and hired them to fight Xianbei and refused to pay a penny, was so generous. Think about the six years of Emperor Ling's Xiping, Xianbei entered the Kou, the Han court sent Xia Yu, the captain of Wuhuan, from Gaoliu County, broke Xianbei Zhonglang Tian Yan from Yunzhong County, and protected the Xiongnu Zhonglang Zang Min and the Southern Xiongnu at that time Shan Yu from Yanmen County, three roads at the same time sent troops to attack Xianbei, out of the fortress for more than 1,000 miles, as a result, the Han army was defeated, the loss of soldiers and horses seven or eight out of ten, the Han court did not say anything about the Hun cavalry that died.

Placed in black and white in front of them, and then looking at the truckloads of grain and cotton clothes, the leaders of the nineteen Xiongnu had to believe in Wei Yan's sincerity, they didn't know that Wei Yan was pulling them together, just like feeding the hounds.

Liu Bao, who ascended to the throne with the support of Xu Huang and Zhu Ling, looked full of ambition, and the left and right Yili kings, the left and right Ganlu kings, the left and right gradual Shang kings, the left and right Shuofang kings, the left and right Dulu kings, the left and right Xianlu kings, the left and right Anle kings, the left and right Xian Wang, the left and right Guli kings, the left and right generals, the left and right Dadu Lieutenants, the left and right big danghu, the left and right Gudu Marquis and others all stood there respectfully, most of the characters here are the leaders of the nineteen tribes, and only three or four are Hu Chuquan's cronies, who have been eradicated by Liu Bao and arranged to be their own cronies.

The powerful crossbows of the two thousand Xiandeng soldiers under Xu Huang's command were like pear blossoms in a torrential rain, which made these Hun leaders who had witnessed the miserable death of the hedgehog of Huchuquan's cronies and cavalry frightened.

Xu Huang and Zhu Ling brought the 20,000 Wei troops into Meiji City, the military appearance was neat, and the military discipline was strict, after these Xiongnu leaders saw it, their hearts were filled with boundless fear, if Wei Yan wanted to exterminate his own clan, it was okay, since his agreement was already so lenient, why should he resist.

Liu Bao unfolded the agreement handed to him by Xu Huang, which was different from the agreement with the leaders of the nineteen Xiongnu tribes, and it read "Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Agreement between the Han Wei Army and the Southern Xiongnu".

Liu Bao asked in surprise: "What does comprehensive strategic cooperation mean?" ”

Xu Huang shook his head: "This is what my lord means, I don't know very well, my lord once explained that the cooperation between our Wei army and your Xiongnu will be long-term, involving military, economic, political and daily life aspects, which will be beneficial to both sides." ”

Liu Bao unfolded the agreement, took a closer look, and in the agreement, Wei Yan put forward several requirements:

First, according to the ratio of five choices, elite cavalry was selected from among the young and middle-aged men of various tribes of the Xiongnu and incorporated into the Wei army system.

Second, the remaining young and middle-aged men of the various tribes of the Xiongnu were all incorporated into the Xiongnu reserve army, and the internal management of each tribe remained the same, but when docking with the Han Dynasty, it should be divided into five large tribes before and after, and the Huns Zhonglang will set up five Hun captains below, in charge of the five Huns, and the Huns of the five major Xiongnu reserves were handed over to the five Hun captains for training, and they were still handed over to the original Xiongnu generals in wartime, but the Huns had the authority to supervise.

Third, in order to facilitate communication between Hu and Han, men and women under the age of 30 of the Xiongnu tribes must learn Chinese characters, speak Chinese, and take Chinese names.

Liu Bao couldn't help but snort coldly: "It's good for both sides?!" I think it's only good for you big guys! ”

Hearing Liu Bao say this, Zhu Ling pulled out his sword and roared angrily: "We are spending money to hire cavalry from you!" Your Huns' combat strength is not as good as before, we will train you for free and give you command in vain! We teach you saints for free! Isn't it a good to make you Huns richer, stronger, and more knowledgeable?! How could the imperial court have treated you so well in the past, you are not grateful, but complain in return, if you say such strange things again, I will definitely enlighten my lord and cancel the comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship with your Xiongnu! ”

Liu Bao knew in his heart that Wei Yan's three moves were to first seize the elite soldiers of the Huns, then collect the military power of the Huns, and then sell the customs of the Huns, so that the roots of the Huns could be cut off in one fell swoop, and the Huns would be controlled by the Han people, and they would be quickly sinicized until they were completely integrated into the Han people.

Historically, the Xiongnu were divided into five by Cao Cao, only to dissolve in history, most of the tribes were sinicized, completely integrated into the Han nationality, some tribes living in the Saibian, wild and untamed, or changed into Xianbei, or like Shile, became their own Qian, from the Xiongnu differentiated.

Liu Bao looked at the incomparable Wei soldiers outside the palace, and knelt down in front of Zhu Ling, the general of the Huns: "General Zhonglang, if you act according to the agreement and change the customs of the Huns for hundreds of years, I am afraid that the tribes will immediately rebel and harass the border of the Han Dynasty!" ”

Zhu Ling stared at Liu Bao fiercely, exuding a boundless murderous aura on his body: "Rebel immediately? Liu Bao, are you threatening General Ben?! Although according to the practice of the imperial court, if you don't go to the book, I have no right to kill you. But you know that more than ten years ago, the Hun Zhonglang saw Zhang Xiu as unpleasant, killed him, and renamed your grandfather Luan Tiqiangqu as Shan Yu. Although Zhang Xiu was arrested by the imperial court, your grandfather's position of Shan Yu was recognized by the imperial court, and although Zhang Xiu was arrested by the imperial court in Luoyang, he was soon acquitted. If I kill you, at most I will be dragged to Yiyang and reprimanded by my lord, delaying my promotion and making a fortune. And you, you single throne, along with your life, are all over! ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Ling casually pointed to those Xiongnu nobles: "Liu Bao, we helped you kill your uncle and set you up as Shan Yu, if you are disobedient, we can also kill you, and casually change a Xiongnu nobleman to Shan Yu!" The reason why my lord supports you to do this seat is because you are smart and aware of current affairs, if you don't want to sit in this seat, there are many people in you Huns waiting to sit in this seat! ”

Du Liao Zhonglang General Xu Huang did not speak, but just motioned to the two thousand elite soldiers to pull up the strong crossbow and aim it at the palace.

Liu Bao broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly bowed to the ground: "The two Zhonglang generals, you misunderstood, Xiao Wang has the help of the chief prince of Wen to get in this position, I am grateful to Dade for not enough, I really have no intention of rebelling, but I am worried that some tribal leaders will not accept this agreement and will rebel!" ”

Xu Huang snorted coldly: "I'll give them a chance to rebel!" ”

Xu Huang and Zhu Ling first selected a total of 40,000 elite Hun cavalry from among the young men between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five in each tribe according to the ratio of five to one and the strict standards of the Wei army. These 40,000 Hun cavalry were really the most elite among the 800,000 Huns, because Xu Huang and Zhu Ling handed them a year's employment fee on the spot, totaling 40 million yuan.

If that tribe hid the elite soldiers, not only would they cancel the trade with them, not give the tribe money, supply the tribe with cotton clothes, but also impose permanent sanctions on the tribe, such as blocking all salt imports, so these Xiongnu tribes had to hand over their most elite cavalry, far better than the 70,000 cavalry that Liu Bao took to Baibo Valley before.

Xu Huang and Zhu Ling sent 4,000 archers to control the 40,000 elite cavalry in Manbo City, and then called a meeting of all the tribal leaders, showed them the "Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Agreement between the Han Wei Army and the Southern Xiongnu", and gave a patient and detailed explanation, but there were still a few tribal leaders who could not see the situation clearly, thinking that according to this agreement, their military power was all taken away by the Wei army.

That night, in Meiji City, more than a dozen Xiongnu nobles gathered together to discuss uniting the forces of several tribes to drive Xu Huang and Zhu Ling out of the Southern Xiongnu's sphere of influence.

Before they could finish their discussions, Xu Huang's elite soldiers had already surrounded these regiments, and thousands of crossbows were fired in unison, shooting these tribal leaders who were deliberately rebellious into hedgehogs.

Xu Huang immediately sent a large army to surround these rival tribes one by one, changed the tribal leaders, and recruited more young and middle-aged men into the Xiongnu mercenary system of the Wei army.

Xu Huang and Zhu Ling used their strong wrists to break through each and subdue the nineteen tribes of the Xiongnu one by one.

In the following days, Wei Yan would also set up generals to protect Xianbei, Wuhuan and Wuhuan, Qiang and Huzhong on the border according to strategic needs, and implemented a strategy similar to that of dividing and breaking down the Xiongnu against Xianbei, Wuhuan, Qiang and other foreign races.

Wei Yan swept away the Yuan Shaobu general Gao Gan who was entrenched in Bingzhou, cleared the Baibo thieves entrenched in the Baibo Valley in Hedong, and subdued the Southern Xiongnu entrenched in Xihe County.

Wei Yan rewarded a large amount of money according to the merit level of each person, and all the soldiers of the Wei army, as well as the soldiers of the various families who fought together, were also rewarded, which can be described as a great joy.

Wei Yan also rewarded the lands to the soldiers of Hedong who had no land at home, and with this move, he subdued the hearts of the people in Hedong.

Wei Yan sent people to excavate the copper mines in the hinterland of Zhongtiao Mountain in Hedong County, and most of the more than 10,000 soldiers of Gao Gan were sent to Zhongtiao Mountain to dig copper mines, and the excavated copper was refined and began to mint money.

Wei Yan didn't want to engage in any numismatic reform now, he ordered Wei Qi and Pei Ji, who were in charge of coin minting, to be in strict accordance with the previous five-baht coin ratio to mint, requiring the money to be strict and regular, the money shape is neat, the weight is neat, the casting is fine, the face and back are relatively flat, the back has the inner and outer Guo, the inner and outer Guo is wide and narrow, and the copper content is seven into five, and the lead is two into five.

Pei Ji, whose name is Wenheng, is the second son of the head of the Wenxi Pei family, who has been Cao Wei's Ministry of Industry Shangshu and Jin Ziguanglu Doctor in history, and like Wei Qi, he is good at financial management and good at managing hundreds of workers, so he was appointed by Wei Yan as Wei Qi's deputy and is responsible for opening the furnace and minting money.

Wenxi Pei's family and Anyi's Wei family are relatively close to each other, and they usually have a lot of contradictions, but for Wei Yan, there are many talents in these two families, and they are all big families worth wooing, and their discord is still in Wei Yan's intention, if the relationship between the two families is very good, Wei Yan still thinks that they are embarrassed and careful.

Wei Yan appointed Pei Ji as Wei Qi's deputy, considering that both of them have a sense of the overall situation and will not affect their work because of the feud between the two families, but because of the feud, it is impossible for these two people to conspire together to destroy Wei Jun's finances, so Wei Yan can rest assured in the financial area.

Wei Yan reached a strategic alliance with Zhang Yan, who was entrenched in the Taihang Mountains, funded Zhang Yan's weapons, armor, equipment, grain and grass, helped him train the army, gave him military intelligence, and supported Zhang Yan, that is, let Zhang Yan cross between Bingzhou and Jizhou, and block Yuan Shao's attack for Wei Yan, especially Huguan, so that Zhang Yan sent elite men and horses to guard it, and Huguan was not lost, then Yuan Shao would be useless to Bingzhou and even Hedong.

With Xu Huang and Zhang Yan in Taihang, the situation in Bingzhou was very stable, Wei Yan put his mind at ease and prepared to leave Bingzhou and return to Yiyang to prepare for the attack on Jingzhou next year.

When Wei Yan was about to leave the state, a piece of information made his itinerary change slightly.

This information is that Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong, who Wei Yan has always been very interested in, left Gongsun Chan and returned to Zhending County, Zhongshan County because his brother Zhao Feng was seriously ill, which was Wei Yan's best chance to surrender Zhao Yun.

Wei Yan looked at the map, thought for a while, and decided to let Chen Zhi and Tai Shici generals replenish the 50,000 Wei troops that had been reorganized and returned to Yiyang first, and he himself led 2,000 guards, accompanied by Xu Shu and Dian Wei, to cross Huguan and rush to Zhongshan County overnight.

In order to avoid being discovered by Yuan Shao, along the way, they all went out day and night, even under the banner of Yuan Jun.

Before capturing a lot of war horses of the Huns in the Baibo Valley, Wei Yan now led the guards with one man and two horses, and the speed of the march was very fast, and they arrived in Zhending County, Changshan County two days later.

Because Zhending County at this time was not in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, but had fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao, Wei Yan came here, and it was considered to be in danger, so a general asked: "Why did the lord come here?" ”