Hearing Zhang Bao say this, Mrs. Guo smiled and said:

"Well, it couldn't be better! Wait a minute, let the boys speed up their movements, and then let Jing'er run along, and make sure that these boys don't make any mistakes. ”

"Jing'er? Is it your only son? ”

"Haha, it's that kid."

Zhang Bao was a little surprised, and his face obviously improved a lot:

"Jing'er...... If I'm not mistaken, this year should be nineteen, right? ”

Mrs. Guo smiled:

"yes. This kid had a high fever when he was a child, and although he was rescued by a great sage and good teacher, he also fell into a little problem, and his brain was not very bright. Now that the world is not at peace, I don't dare to let him go out to study. It just so happened that I was going to send the displaced people to the north, and I wanted Jing'er, a stupid boy, to also go out to see and see, today's first-rate person. ”

Glancing at Zhang Bao, Mrs. Guo continued:

"Mowgli and Retiring are both outstanding talents in the later generation. After Jing'er arrived in the north, don't be in a hurry to come back, just follow the two brothers Wuji and Huisi, and study and sharpen it. ”

Hearing these words, the surprise on Zhang Bao's face could no longer be hidden. Mrs. Guo's arrangement is obviously to send her only son to be a hostage under Zhang Mad!

――Could it be that Han Xian's matter really has nothing to do with him at all?

After Mrs. Guo sent her only son as a hostage in disguise, the atmosphere of the conversation between the two sides became obviously relaxed. After finalizing the outline of the exchange of money for the homeless people with Mrs. Guo, Zhang Bao had nothing to do, so he said goodbye. As the overlord of a place, Mrs. Guo has a lot of affairs, and she can't always accompany the guests. However, he still sent his right-hand man Hu Cai to be responsible for receiving Mrs. Guo and his party.

A few days later, after receiving the news from Zhang Bao, he was entangled in the miscellaneous affairs of the newly occupied land, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"It's a big deal!"

Cheng Yu, who is not smiling on weekdays, also rarely showed a smiling face. Originally, Cheng Yu thought that he could only grasp the complex and grand strategy conceived by Zhang Qiang. Now, confirming Mrs. Guo's cooperative attitude, Cheng Yu has raised the probability of the success of the plan to 50%.

According to Cheng Yu's temper, there is a fifty percent chance of success, and it is worth devoting yourself wholeheartedly!

At present, the situation in the homeland of the Xiongnu is neither good nor bad.

Since the Southern Xiongnu backed the Han Dynasty, after hundreds of years of recuperation, the population has multiplied, and it has a population of no less than 800,000. Even after the civil war in which Qiangqu Shan was killed, the losses were not small, and the population should be no less than 700,000.

However, after the Taixing army attacked the Meiji royal court, they were forced to rebel by the insolent design, and they were slaughtered, and within two months, at least 100,000 Huns died.

In addition, there were many Xiongnu nobles, afraid of the ferocity of the Han army, and unwilling to obediently hand over the population and wealth, so they simply took their subordinates and fled to the surrounding desert and grassland. Among them, the Huns who fled north to the territory of the Xianbei people alone had at least 80 tribes and more than 100,000 people.

These fleeing tribes, though they took with them a large number of people and livestock, had to leave behind their most precious treasure, the land. Zhang Qiang was also happy to let go of these fleeing Huns. After all, he was not sure that he would swallow a Xiongnu with complete strength but ill intentions.

The truth that you can't chew too much is still understandable.

After these days of clean-up, the current population of the Taixing Army is about 270,000. About half of them are Han people who originally lived in Xihe County.

These Han people, who had experienced the Xiongnu rebellion and suffered a lot from the Xiongnu, showed great support for the current rule of the Taixing army. And the strength of this kind of support cannot be compared even to the Taihang Mountain area, which has been ruled by the Taixing Army for many years.

In addition, some Xiongnu tribes who have always been more friendly to the Han Dynasty, as well as a large number of Xiongnu nobles who were reluctant to give up and worked hard to occupy the pastures, also nominally expressed their submission to the Taixing army. According to rough estimates, the number of these Huns is about 200,000.

For these acquaintances of the Huns, arrogance naturally could not give up easily, but it did not let them pass easily. Each subjugated tribe must hand over a group of strong men and a large number of cattle and sheep wealth in order to be officially recognized by the Taixing army. As for such things as hostages, nature is even more indispensable.

Today's Taixing Army doesn't have much thought about dealing with internal affairs. Their first task now is to prepare for war!

The Xiongnu were defeated, but the Taixing army had to face an even more formidable enemy next. That is:

-- Xianbei.

In the vast steppes of the north, there will never be a shortage of new hegemons. After the Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty and divided into two parts, the nomads who remained on the grassland experienced rounds of bloody battles in order to become the new overlords of the grassland.

Finally, decades ago, a male lord from the Donghu Xianbei tribe once again unified a plate of scattered grassland tribes under one side. These integrated Xianbei people were eager to try, and another round of tentative invasion of the Han who occupied the fertile land in the south.

As for the name of the Virtuous Lord, it is called:

- Sandalwood locust!

In his life, he had a brilliant record, starting from the "adult" [tribal leader] of a tribe, unifying Xianbei, seizing the hometown of the Xiongnu, defeating Fuyu in the east, attacking Wusun in the west, chasing Ding Ling in the north, and establishing the Xianbei royal court in the "Danhan Mountain" more than 100 miles away from the Han land, and it was a successful victory in the battle of Sunset Plains eleven years ago, defeating a generation of heroes of the 30,000 powerful Han army!

Fortunately, this generation of Tianjiao, who didn't even pay attention to the emperor of the Han Dynasty and even refused to accept the predecessor Emperor Huan, proposed the title of king and the proposal of harmony, has been dead for several years. If Tanshi Huai is still there, even if his strength is twice as strong, he will not have the courage to go to the Southern Xiongnu to stir up the wind and rain.

The territory occupied by Xianbei is huge, more than 12,000 miles from east to west, and more than 7,000 miles from north to south. During his lifetime, in order to effectively control such a huge territory, Xianbei had to be divided into three parts: eastern, central and western. Under each part, it is divided into a number of "yi". Taken together, there are about 60 "eups" in total, and each has a "lord" as the leader for effective governance.

These humble "adults", although they are extremely tame in front of the sandalwood locust. But when Tanshi Huai died, there was no strong man who could successfully subdue the "adults" in the entire grassland.

The successor of Tanshi Huai is his second son and Lian.

The new leader, though not incompetent, was far from being compared to his father. The "adults" of the three major departments of Xianbei, who had lost their effective restraints, either disobeyed Helian's orders, or simply put on an attitude of ignoring them and staying away.

As a result, in just a few years, the "Danhan Mountain" tent, which was originally enough to gather more than 100,000 strong nomadic cavalry under the convening of Tanshi Huai Daxuan, can only gather 20,000 or 30,000 nomadic cavalry.

The relationship between the Southern Xiongnu and the Xianbei "Danhan Mountain" royal court can be said to be entangled in grievances and grievances, and it is difficult to explain in words. The two sides have fought each other many times, and they have also joined forces to plunder the border counties of the Han Dynasty.

However, one thing is clear about arrogance. That is, when the Xiongnu's Meiji royal court was occupied, no matter what the reason, Helian of Danhan Mountain would definitely not sit idly by!

As for how Helian will pay attention to this matter......

Even if you think about it with your big toe, you can guess it.

In addition to sending troops to attack, what attitude can Helian have?

According to the characteristics of the life and rest of the nomads, in the spring, the livestock has just finished the winter, and the body is extremely weak, and it needs to be restored, and it cannot be dispatched. Summer is the season for livestock to breed and gain weight. At this time, if the livestock is not fed well, it is difficult to guarantee the income of livestock in the coming year.

Only in autumn, fat and strong war horses enter the most suitable season for combat; Coupled with the farming areas of the south, crops are beginning to be harvested. At this time, it is the best season for the herdsmen in the north to go south to loot!

However, if the Taixing army dispatches the Xianbei people, it is expected to be autumn, and it will inevitably suffer a big hardship.

The new Xianbei King and Lian, although in terms of ability and mind, are much worse than his father. Compared with the ordinary leader of the steppe tribe, it is still stronger.

The reason why the king of Tanshi Huai was able to win a big victory in many battles was that he paid attention to the eight words "surprise and cover up his unpreparedness" in the art of war. He Lian has been by his father's side for so many years, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he naturally learned the one that his father commonly uses.

Therefore, the time when the Xianbei cavalry went south to raid the Meiji royal court was not the autumn that the grassland people were accustomed to, but the summer that did not seem to be suitable.

ps: Like Lian and his father Tan Shihuai, he is unknown in the history of the Three Kingdoms. However, the status of this leader of the northern barbarians is actually much higher than that of the leaders of the southern barbarians such as Meng Shu and Shamoke. Therefore, the author wrote it out as a little popular science for all lovers of the history of the Three Kingdoms.