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February 7 of the second year of the first year of the Han Dynasty may be just an ordinary day for most people in the world, but for Lu Bu, it is not an ordinary day.

It was on this day that he officially took the initiative to declare war on the Southern Xiongnu, the name was of course easy to find, and it would definitely give him the moral upper hand, at least the moral upper hand on the side of the Han people.

Since the Zhongping period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the southern Xiongnu who were fattened by the Hetao Plain did not change their wolf nature, and repeatedly violated the border, because of the internal turmoil of the Han Dynasty, especially since the Yellow Turban Uprising in the first year of Zhongping, the wave of uprisings in various places has been repeatedly banned, natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused chaos, and the court has been anxious.

In fact, not to mention the time of the Spirit Emperor, this kind of thing has not happened before this, but it has not been so frequent and has not been invaded on such a large scale.

In particular, the southern invasion launched in the winter of the same year when Xu Bushan succeeded to the throne in the fifth year of Zhongping, which can be said to be the most terrible and barbaric invasion in the past 20 years, and most of the northern part of Xihe County suffered, almost directly causing the sparsely populated situation in most parts of the northern part of Xihe County today.

He Lu Bu is the Han Dynasty and the state pastor, Wen Hou, leading the general Fenwei, under the banner of the Han Dynasty to crusade against the evil Huns, of course, there is no problem, and it will also attract the people of Hexi to applaud.

It's just that this is at least temporary, and it can't change his weak position in the comparison of military strength with the Xiongnu.

In the spring of the second year of the first peace, the wind and frost in the north of the country are still heavy, and on the river surface, because the cold weather has not decreased with the farther away of winter, the ice has not yet melted, and the water surface of the river that was originally rushing is now very quiet, with a long atmosphere of historical accumulation in the quiet.

Before the Han Dynasty. The Yellow River is only called "river". The so-called name of the Yellow River, the earliest from the Eastern Han Dynasty Bangu's "Book of Han", after the Song Dynasty, because the Yellow River flows through the Loess Plateau, the name "Yellow River" was widely adopted and referred to as "Huang", so at this time people called the Yellow River are called "river water".

Lü Bu almost made a joke when he mentioned the "Yellow River" here, but fortunately Lu Cui helped him out of the siege, mentioning that it is mentioned in Bangu's "Book of Han". However, after that, Lu Bu also followed everyone to call the river, but inadvertently made many people feel that their Wen Hou was really erudite, and even inadvertently caused a wave of reading among the generals, which was also an unexpected change, of course, these are all later words.

Compared with later generations, the current Yellow River cannot be said to be clear. But it is definitely not as turbid as in later generations, how to say it is also a water source for irrigation agriculture along the coast, although it is now turned into animal husbandry by the Huns, but the water quality is not too bad.

Standing on the east bank and looking at the vast river that had turned into ice, Jia Xu smiled at Lu Bu in front of him: "After crossing the river, the front is almost a smooth road, but there are no people in this area, I am afraid that we need to go all the way to the northwest to Pingding." in order to find the city to rely on. But now the pacification is also in the hands of the Xiongnu. If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't good at defending the city, I'm afraid we wouldn't have to think about it here. ”

As always. Why is it that in normal times, the Xiongnu armies tend to rage more west of Xihe County, while the invasions from the east are mostly carried out in winter? One of the most important reasons is that there is a river in the middle, the wide and rushing river almost runs through the entire Xihe County from north to south, dividing it from east to west, only when the river is frozen in winter, the Xiongnu's war horses can cross the river and come to the east, and in fact, the population and city of the Han people are mostly in the east, but I don't know if it is because it can only be plundered once a year, every time the Huns are very fierce, burning, killing and looting are never lacking, so that the Han people are frightened when they hear the wind, In the end, it could only move further south, and after years and years, it was the current situation of more people in the south and less in the north in Xihe County.

Lu Bu nodded, looking at the army marching cautiously on the ice, but fell into deep thought.

Lü Bu decided to send troops to recruit and suppress the Xiongnu, in addition to seizing the opportunity, striking first to be strong, pacifying Xihe County, and the need to unify and merge the state, as well as a reason in his heart that could not be said to anyone, the first step to avoid the occurrence of the tragedy of Wuhu Chaohua, in addition to an important reason, it is also based on the need for where the food will come from after the unification and annexation of the state in the future.

That is, for the sake of agricultural production, he also had to attack the Xiongnu.

You must know that the Hetao Plain has been an important granary in the border area since Emperor Wu adopted the main father Yanjian yì to open up, and the main food source of the surrounding Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Dingxiang and even Xihe counties, the production and planting of the Hetao Plain is due to the favorable time, place and people, first of all, there is the Yellow River irrigation water conservancy, and secondly, because of the Yinshan and other mountain ranges, which has a certain impact on the climate, and then affects the growth of crop planting, and there is the hard work and wisdom of the Han people, which jointly contributed to the formation of this granary. It's a pity that all of them were destroyed by the Huns, and even traced back to the short-sighted rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In fact, in addition to the Xiongnu and Qianghu, the exotic people fled to the Xiongnu, Qianghu, and the desolation of the Hetao Plain is also an important reason. If this continues, no matter how good the land is left uncultivated for a long time, it will inevitably be wasted, and there will be no food production.

Of course, the Hetao Plain is not really deserted because of the entry of the Huns, but it is not cultivated land, but it is a pasture for the Huns to raise cattle and horses, in fact, the Hetao Plain is fertile and has sufficient water, whether it is used as cultivated land or for grazing cattle and sheep is very suitable, but it depends on the needs of the people here, if the Han people are naturally still used as cultivated land, after all, they eat more food, and the Huns naturally choose to graze, after all, this is their business, and they are still meatless. Cattle and sheep are their lifeblood.

As for Lu Bu, although according to Jia Xu, Bingzhou is not suitable for his base to operate, but if it can be cultivated into a large rear, the first thing to do is naturally self-sufficiency, and to do this, it is natural to hold the Hetao Plain in your hands.

The ice on the surface of the river was very thick, and the sergeant could pass through it wearing thick armor, but those vehicles were not necessarily there, and the ice was still very slippery, making it more difficult and dangerous to travel, so Lu Bu had to have people add a layer of anti-slip friction mats to the wheels, and then let the horses half-drag them over.

"I knew that there were so many troubles in crossing the river in the ice and snow, so I would have attacked later."

Jia Xu shook his head, "I'm afraid that at that time, the lord will think again, why didn't he cross the river first while the river was still frozen, compared to the time when the river was still frozen, he still needed to find and even build countless boats to transport soldiers and supplies over, but now this difficulty is nothing." ”

Lu Bu nodded, and suddenly asked again: "By the way, I don't know what news is coming from the public station?" (To be continued.) )