The one who was sent by Ding Yuan to monitor the Taixing army was Lu Bu, who had not been in the state division for a long time.

Moreover, compared with Zhang Yang and Zhang Liaolai, Lu Bu has been mixed in the territory of the Southern Huns all the year round and is familiar with the local geography. Even more Lu Bu's riding and archery skills are unparalleled in the world. If it is necessary to fight hard, one Lu Bu will exceed the combat effectiveness of Zhang Yang and Zhang Liao combined.

On the way to track the Taixing army, Lu Bu also gave full play to his super ability to command a small group of cavalry. The scouts of the Taixing army focused on the Huns in front, and when the large army passed by, the traces left were very obvious. Lu Bu can be said to have successfully hung behind the main force of the Taixing cavalry effortlessly, but he was not noticed by the other party.

When the Taixing army launched a final onslaught on the Xiongnu royal court, Lü Bu led a small group of personal cavalry, one man and two horses, around the flank of Meiji City, intending to observe the movement nearby. However, the group of Xiongnu nobles actually ran into Lu Bu headlong without dying.

How can you not eat the fat meat in your mouth?

Lu Bu is not a conservative person. In this way, there is the previous scene.

When Lu Bu took his subordinates and followed Le Jin into Meiji County, it was already dawn.

The streets were deserted, and except for the occasional Taihang soldiers, there were no civilians in sight. In many street corners and alleys, there are still traces of blood and fire.

Insolent sits in the courtyard of the royal court, dealing with all kinds of troubles peculiar to the occupying army.

The occupation of the Southern Xiongnu royal court in Meiji was only the first step in the conquest of the Xiongnu. The purpose of the arrogant army was not to expand the territory of the Han Empire and eradicate dissidents. In the heart of this former thief, he never planned to give up the "world armament".

Dahan will soon be plunged into large-scale chaos. Under such prospects, only a fool will still want to rely on the Han to develop.

So, how to completely digest the manpower and territory of the Huns by the Taixing army?

This is a question that Zhang Madness had discussed many times with the military advisor Cheng Yu before planning the expedition against the Huns. Coming to the conclusion, two things must be done. One thing is "killing", the other is "fusion".

The Huns were no more than other steppe barbarians. Historically, the Xiongnu also had such an outstanding leader as Mao Dun, and also experienced the glory of gaining the upper hand in front of the Han Dynasty and forcing the Han family to pay tribute and make peace.

Even if the Southern Xiongnu are now downtrodden to the point where they need to look up to the snort of the Han officials; Even many Xiongnu nobles were deeply influenced by the Han culture and admired everything about the Han Dynasty; But deep in the hearts of the Huns, they are still yearning for a new "Maodun" Shan Yu, who will once again lead the rise and glory of the Great Huns!

Therefore, for these Xiongnu nobles who still have deep national feelings engraved in their bones, they arrogantly chose the means of "killing".

This is not necessarily the best way. However, this is the fastest way to get results. After all, the goal of arrogance is not to just want to be a "general who protects the Huns".

As long as it can ensure that within a few years, the Huns will be completely subdued, and the resources can be effectively provided for Zhang Madness to participate in the princes' struggle for hegemony in the near future, Zhang Madness does not mind, and pry open the bone marrow of these Huns to suck them up.

As for the aftermath of this, after all, it will be a matter for later. What will happen in the future, who knows?

Of course, blindly "killing" will not help the expansion of the strength of the Taixing army. When deciding on the strategy of killing the Xiongnu nobles, the Taixing army treated the ordinary Xiongnu herdsmen/herdsmen at the bottom much more gently.

According to what Zhang Qi learned in his prior investigation, he was surprised to find that the lives of ordinary Hun people, compared with the civilians of the Han Dynasty, were simply living in dire straits!

Not much to say specifically, just one, those Xiongnu herdsmen\herdsmen, when they robbed the wealth of the Han Dynasty, even the tattered miscellaneous belongings in the poorest families of the Han Dynasty had to be treated as treasures and brought back to the grass nest where they lived!

In the eyes of insolence, those herdsmen and herdsmen who are close to nothing, as long as they spend a little price, can be very useful to the Taixing army. Using these cheap aliens as cannon fodder is perfect for insolence in his heart.

Moreover, it should be extremely convenient for these ignorant and ignorant barbarians, under the threat of butcher's knives, to wash their brains and inculcate the culture and ideas that have been injected into the Han family. Compared with the Xiongnu aristocracy who knew more about the Xiongnu culture, ordinary Xiongnu herdsmen were confident that they would be completely assimilated into the Han family within ten years as long as they took effective measures.

Of course, in order to achieve the goal of assimilating these alien races, many indispensable conditions are required. First of all, insolence had to find someone, a person who was familiar with the inside affairs of the Southern Xiongnu, a person who had considerable ability and hated the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu.

Originally, for looking for such a talent, Zhang Qiang also planned to spend a lot of money and find it slowly. Sometimes, though, reality goes more smoothly than planned. Don't be arrogant to look for it, when Zhang Madness took a nap in the court of the Huns, the talent was automatically sent to the door.

This talent, surnamed Guo and named Yi 1, was originally a close confidant of the previous "Hun Zhonglang General", and served as the "main Bo", and he can be said to know the affairs of the entire Southern Xiongnu and Meiji County.

Originally, it was completely impossible to recruit such a Han official who had reached the level of 600 stones, with his arrogant official position and fame. In terms of status alone, Zhang Qi was just a miscellaneous lieutenant of six hundred stones, and his rank among the court officials was extremely low. To work under him, it is amazing to mix four hundred stones, which is already the top of the sky.

However, in exceptional circumstances, many things require special treatment.

Guo Yi's position as the main man is subordinate to the previous "Protector of the Huns", and his power comes from his boss, which is not a high position in itself. When the former "Protector of the Huns" was still there, Guo Yi was naturally powerful for a while, and scolded Fang Xuan in the court of the Southern Huns, as if there was no one around. Even if it was "Qiangqu Shan Yu", he didn't dare to take it big in front of Guo Yi.

However, unfortunately, as early as half a year ago, the former "Hun Zhonglang General" suddenly fell ill and died before anyone could react.

The illness and death of the predecessor of the "Protector of the Huns" was like a strong earthquake, which completely destroyed the political situation of the Southern Xiongnu.

The Southern Xiongnu surrendered to the Han family for more than 100 years, and although they secretly had many slanders against the Han family, they were extremely honest on the surface. The entire Xiongnu tribe, like a domesticated wolf, faithfully carried out the gatekeeping task assigned to it by its master.

If there are any Huns, dare to make the Han family unhappy. There is no need for others to come forward, just "protecting the Huns and generals" is enough to eradicate those Huns who dare to offend the Han. After all, the 2,000 elite border cavalry under the jurisdiction of the "Hun Zhonglang General" are not dry meals.

Kindness and punishment have always been the basic policy of the Han Dynasty towards the barbarians of the Quartet. If this policy is implemented well, it will be able to add some stability to the borders of the Han Quartet.

However, in recent years, Dahan has entered an eventful season. First, there was a Yellow Turban Uprising in China, which caused great damage to the interior of the Han Kingdom, and has not yet recovered. Immediately afterward, the Qiang rebellion in Xiliang forced the Han family to send their most elite troops and most famous generals to start a protracted tug-of-war with the rebellious Qiang.

This rebellion, which has not been pacified so far, not only dried up the wealth of the Han Dynasty, but also drained the soldiers of the Han Dynasty. The 2,000 elite cavalry, which was originally permanently established under the name of "Guarding the Huns", has been transferred one after another in the past few years, but a year ago, it has become an empty shelf.

Without the deterrence of troops, coupled with speaking in the court of the Meiji king, he can be called a "general who protects the Huns", and died suddenly. In this way, before the Han family appointed a new "Hun Zhonglang General" to take office, the influence of the Han family on the politics of the Southern Xiongnu suddenly fell to the lowest point.

Without the protection and support of the Han family, it became reasonable that the "Qiangqu Danyu", who sent his cronies to help the Han family quell the rebellion, was turned into a tragedy by the nobles of the Southern Xiongnu.

Guo Yi, who was passively involved in the changes in the political pattern of the Southern Xiongnu, suffered an unjustified disaster in this turmoil. For the "Hun Zhonglang General" who is high in power and ranks higher than Erganshi, the Huns are in awe. But for a master who is no more than 600 stones, the Xiongnu nobles will not care too much.

After the predecessor "Qiangqu Shan Yu" was killed, some Southern Xiongnu nobles who had been punished by Guo Yi naturally imprisoned Guo Yi. If it weren't for the identity of the official official of the Han family, who was afraid of Guo Yi, the grass on his grave would have been half a person high.

For Guo Yi, being imprisoned by the Huns was not the worst thing.

Due to the sudden death of the chief officer, the responsibility for the internal rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu can only be assumed by him, the chief officer. Although Guo Yi is not worried about his life, he is completely pessimistic about the punishment that the Han family will give him.

Even Guo Yi's father, Guo Quan, used to be a big farmer and has some spare thoughts in the court, which can help Guo Yi get away with it. But according to the Han law, the crime of plunging the Southern Xiongnu into turmoil made Guo Yi at least have to be stripped of his official position and demoted to a white body.

This is also the reason why those Hun nobles, even if they were full of fear of the Han army, still dared to humiliate Guo Yi mercilessly:

- Anyway, this Han official will be punished by the Han family. If you want to take revenge on them in the future, the possibility is too small.

- As long as this Han official is not killed, the Han family will definitely not punish everyone for this trivial matter.

ps: 1 Guo Yi, a native of Yangqu, Taiyuan (now Taiyuan, Shanxi), the son of Guo Quan, the great Si Nong of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the official to Yanmen Taishou. His son Guo Huai was a famous general of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, an official to a general, and a marquis of Fengyang.