After Cao Pi assigned this task to Cao Zhang, he immediately sent a letter to Cao Cao in Yecheng, explaining his strategy to seize Liaodong. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and then distributed 3,000 of the 5,000 sergeants to Cao Zhang. The commander of these 5,000 sergeants was originally Ji Yong, Niu Jin, Yan Rou, Gao Shun, and Zhang Nan each led 1,000 people, and Cao Pi assigned 3,000 people of Ji Yong, Niu Jin, and Zhang Nan to Cao Zhang, together with 2,000 cavalry, went to Liaoxi County and Liaodong vassal states to eliminate bandits, and at the same time sent Tian Yu to bring 5,000 people from Tuyan City, one to transport heavy and the other to collect the displaced people in the two places, and Liu Ye was Cao Zhang's marching Sima, leading the army Chinese, this army would set off in March of the eleventh year of Jian'an, and Gongsun Gong was unaware of these arrangements, He left Cao Pi in mid-January and returned to Liaodong.

In addition, Cao Pi summoned Jia Ji to Youbeiping and asked him to manage the affairs of Tuntian with Tian Chou, using naturally newly cultivated hybrid wheat seeds. As for Qiu Lang, General also sent two captains to move west. And Qiu Lang still hid himself in an unknown corner of the mound and waited for Cao Pi's summons.

In late January of the eleventh year of Jian'an, Cao Pi summoned Yan Rou and asked: "Now that the Yuan family has been awarded the head, Wuhuan has been defeated, but the king of the three counties, Badun, is nowhere to be found, Yan is familiar with the Wuhuan people, I don't know where he will hide at this moment?" Is it Liaoxi County? Or is it a subject state of Liaodong? Or have you already defected to Xianbei? Buyeo? ”

Yan Rou said: "Liaoxi County is too close to Youbeiping, and Badun will definitely not dare to take it there, although the subject country of Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, but there is the Gongsun clan of Liaodong in the east, and there is the state pastor in the west, he does not dare to stay, as for the land of Fuyu and Goguryeo, I am afraid that he does not dare to contain Badun, and the only place for this person to go is Xianbei." ”

"Who is in charge of Xianbei now?" Cao Pi asked.

Yan Rou replied: "Now the most powerful tribe in Xianbei is the Kebi Neng Department, this person also knows the lower officials, since he led the Xianbei tribes has been paying tribute to the imperial court, and the person who received his tribute and then transferred it to the imperial court is the lower official, and then the three counties Wuhuan was prosperous with the support of Yuan Shao, and the passage between Xianbei and Youzhou was cut off, so the tribute was stopped. ”

"Oh? is actually a big man with a heart, can you repair a letter and ask him to send the head of the man? Cao Pi asked.

"I'm afraid this matter is not easy, Wuhuan and Xianbei people were originally Donghu people, and later Donghu was defeated by the Huns, divided into two departments to retreat to Xianbei Mountain and Wuhuan Mountain, in the name of the mountain, lingering, it is to Wuhuan and Xianbei people have many intermarriages, this is a famous warrior outside the Guan, the Hu people are the heaviest warriors, and belong to the same clan, if Kebi can kill Badun just by virtue of a letter, I'm afraid other Xianbei tribes will not be satisfied."

"But the Wuhuan people still have so much fire after all, Badun is indeed a talent, I am afraid that he will be attached to Xianbei, and over time, the Wuhuan power will be revived again, and the city will be a big disaster in Youzhou." Cao Pi said.

Yan Rou was silent for a while, and suddenly spoke: "The lower officials know the place of the royal court of Kebineng, if the state pastor dares to lead troops there, he will definitely be able to bring the head of the Bandun people." ”

"Out of customs?" Cao Pi was a little hesitant, outside the gate is the desert, the climate is harsh, and outside it is the territory of the Xianbei people, how many Xianbei tribes he Cao Pi does not know, now his army is not much, if someone is attacked outside the pass, the danger is still very great.

Yan Rou said: "As the lower official said, the Xianbei people are the heaviest warriors, if the state pastor leads the troops out of the customs and reaches the Xianbei people's royal court, the Xianbei people will inevitably be afraid of the state pastor, so they will hand over the stumbling." ”

Cao Pi smiled and said, "How does Yan know that they are afraid and not detain me in the royal court?" After all, it is the world of Xianbei people outside the pass, and there are still more than 10,000 cavalry in Wuhuan, and the Xianbei people must not be less than this. ”

Yan Rou said: "My Han deterrence is still there, the Xianbei people don't dare to rashly start a war with us, as long as the state pastor brings the elite soldiers to the Xianbei royal court, let the martial arts strong people around him show their bravery, and subdue their Xianbei warriors, the Xianbei people will surrender." ”

Cao Pi felt that there was some truth when he heard this, the Hu people are still relatively simple now, they like to wrestle and ride horses, as long as others are stronger than them in these two items, they will naturally be obedient, after all, the shadow of the Hu people beating the Hu people during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is still in the hearts of the Hu people, not to mention that this Xianbei can't even beat the defeated Xiongnu of the Han Dynasty.

So Cao Pi asked, "I don't know if Xianbei's warrior martial arts are clever?" ”

Yan Rou said with a smile: "It's not clever, back then, the White Horse General Gongsun Bogui beat the Wuhuan and Xianbei people thousands of miles away. It is rumored that Wuhuan and Xianbei have no opponents, but it is nothing more than that, I am afraid that even Wenhou's son-in-law can beat him. ”

Cao Pi has also seen the force of Badun, in fact, it is just above average, not to mention Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and the like, even if he fights with Le Jin, I am afraid that the winning side of Badun is only in the number of five or five, although there are no famous generals under Cao Pi now, but there are still a few people with good force, such as the elder Yu Bao, this kid is now full of brute strength, after Gao Shun's careful guidance and the fight on the battlefield, Niu Jin is no longer his opponent, and for example, Lu Lingqi, who has Lu Bu's excellent genes, if he is no longer immediately, He couldn't even beat him Cao Pi.

In this way, Yan Rou's suggestion is feasible, and Cao Pi knows that the Xianbei people living in the desert live by water and grass, and the oases in the desert are unevenly divided, which means that each tribe has a distance, and if he arrives at the royal court by surprise, the Xianbei people will not have time to gather reinforcements from other tribes even if they want to make a move, so the danger is not too great.

"How many people do you think you want to bring to the royal court?" Cao Pi asked.

"It can't be too much, this will make the Xianbei people feel that we have bad intentions, and it can't be too little, so that Xianbei will have a bad heart, it's best to be around five hundred, and then have people who are good at fighting with us." Yan Rou said.

"The collected Wuhuan horses are just able to form seven hundred cavalry, which happens to be the old pawns under his command, and there are some elite soldiers who are rarely supplemented, how about waiting for seven hundred people to leave the customs?" Cao Pi asked.

"This is very good, these cavalry are trained by the lower officials, they are all old cavalry, the military appearance is neat, enough to deter the Xianbei people, and the state pastor had better bring Wen Hou's son-in-law." Yan Rou said.

Cao Pi actually wanted to take Lu Lingqi without Lu Lingqi, but after thinking about it, take one more person to be safe, besides, Lu Lingqi's horse warfare skills are the best of the three armies, isn't it a disadvantage to take it, doesn't he want to repay the favor? Just let him report enough.

"In that case, Yan Cheng will take care of this matter, and the Wuhuan people can't stay." Cao Pi said.

Yan Rou gave up his hand. (To be continued.) )