Section 6 The Son of Heaven Sits in the Ming Hall [II]
"Yun Chang, now, you can rest assured, right?"
"If the lord has an order, Yu should do his best to complete it!"
Looking at Guan Yu, who fell down on one knee, a sense of pride rose again in his arrogant heart.
ββLet you be a fierce general through the ages, the Emperor Guan of later generations, and now, you are not still obediently surrendering in front of Lao Tzu!
Of course, in the eyes of others, the expression of arrogance is infinite joy. He grabbed Guan Yu's tall body, lifted him up from the ground, and said to the surrounding generals with a smile:
"I have a long cloud, like a tiger with wings!"
After saying this, Zhang Qiang continued to sigh:
"Yun Chang is a true righteous man! Speaking of which, it made Ben Shuai wait for four whole years! β
Since four years ago, Guan Yu followed Liu Bei's Zhuojun volunteers, failed to attack the arrogant army at night, but was captured by mistake, and arrogantly used all kinds of means, and finally got Guan Yu's official allegiance after being edicted by the Han Emperor.
"However, Yun Chang, according to the military rules of my Taixing army, if there is no great merit, all those who serve in the army must start as a soldier. Now, Yun Chang, you can only be a Shi Chang first. β
"Yu understands! With my strength, why can't I make contributions? Don't worry about it. I just want to make a name for myself on the battlefield, with a knife and a gun, in the open! β
Guan Yu's temper is still as arrogant as ever. However, the generals next to him did not have much opinion on this. After all, what people say is above board and has real skills. Even if you are arrogant, it is not called arrogance, it is called self-confidence.
Of course, not any of the generals in the army are convinced by Guan Yu. For example, Dian Wei has the confidence to despise Guan Yu. On the contrary, Guan Yu has no good impression of Dian Wei, who once defeated him, but he does not hate it.
In Guan Yu's own words, it is:
"Whoever has the ability to defeat me must be a hero!"
After Guan Yu was officially brought under his command, the strength in the hands of Zhang Qiang increased by another point. However, everyone understands that the real relationship between the Taixing army and the Han family is by no means as simple as the edict says. For Zhang Qiang, who has a long-term goal, all this is just the beginning.
"Gentlemen! Today's troubled times are beginning to start, and the world is restless. The founding of my Taixing Army is to kill a peaceful and prosperous era for the people of the world! A few days ago, there was news from the state that those Hun dogs who lost their homes dared to openly rob the counties of my Han Dynasty! β
The Xiongnu mentioned in the arrogant words were called the Southern Xiongnu in later generations.
Due to the continuous attacks of the Han army on the steppe Xiongnu tribes for hundreds of years, starting from the period of Emperor Wu, in 48 AD, the Xiongnu were officially divided into two parts, north and south.
The southern Xiongnu set up the "day to chase the king" to "Hu Han evil single Yu", built the court Wuyuan Sai [now Baotou, Inner Mongolia], attached to the Eastern Han Dynasty as a vassal, and was placed in the Hetao area by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. In the following year, the court was moved to Meiji County [now the northwest of the Jungger Banner in Inner Mongolia], that is, the "South Garden".
For these former grassland overlords, the Han family has always attached great importance to them, and specially appointed "the Xiongnu Zhonglang general" to lead troops to "protect" their safety.
In order to strengthen the control of these skilled barbarians, the Han family stipulated that every new "Shan Yu" who succeeded to the throne must be canonized by the emperor of the Han family. In addition, the Han army also regularly recruited a group of Xiongnu warriors who were good at cavalry and archery to join the "Changshui Battalion" to fight for the Han family.
Last year, that is, in August of the fourth year of Zhongping [187], Zhang Chun, the Taishou of Zhongshan, entangled Karasuma and other miscellaneous beards, and raised the flag of rebellion to the Han family. In order to effectively deal with Karasuma and other Eastern Hu raiders, the Han family had to increase the intensity of conscription to the southern Xiongnu under the situation of endless rebellion in Liangzhou.
The Southern Xiongnu were very respectful to the Han family's conquest, and specially sent their heir "Zuoxian Wang" to Fuluo, leading the elite cavalry in the clan to Youzhou to participate in the war.
However, the rest of the Xiongnu nobles were already dissatisfied with Shan Yuqiangqu's rule. Seeing that the strength of the Han family was greatly weakened after the "Yellow Turban Rebellion", some bold nobles, under the pretext of fearing that the Han family would levy too much on the elite of the clan, openly raised troops to betray the Han, attacked and killed Qiangqu Shan Yu, and set up his younger brother Xu Bugu Du Marquis as Shan Yu, and also took the opportunity to plunder the nearby Dahan County.
When Zhang Qi first got the news, he didn't think much about it. However, after obtaining the edict of the Han Dynasty, the military advisor Cheng Yu quietly spoke to Zhang Yan, saying:
"The Huns are profitable."
This sentence suddenly made Zhang arrogant feel empowered. Sure enough, none of the characters who can emerge in the era of heroes in the Three Kingdoms are simple!
In view of the barrenness of the Taihang Mountain generation, the arrogant department has almost expanded to the limit, and there is no room for further development. And the surrounding counties are extremely vigilant about the existence of the Taixing Army. If the Taixing army wants to expand its power on the vast plains of Jizhou, it will inevitably be attacked by the county officials.
The current situation is that the Taixing army has more than enough to protect itself based on the advantages of the terrain, but it is not enough to send troops to conquer the surrounding counties.
Being recruited by the Han family means that the Taixing army can recuperate in Taihang Mountain and secretly accumulate strength. However, this also means that in the next two or three years, the Tai marching army must lurk its minions and not provoke the Han family too much. For example, sending troops to loot money and food will not be possible for the time being in the future.
However, in the next two or three years, will Zhang Qiang be willing to nest obediently in the poor ravines, waste his time, and sit back and watch the changes in the world?
The answer, of course, is:
No!
The land currently occupied by the Southern Xiongnu includes part of Shuofang, Wuyuan, Shangjun, and Xihe counties in Bingzhou. According to the memories of later generations, Zhang Qi recognized from the map that this land roughly included part of Gansu, Ningxia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and regions in later generations.
Not to mention other places for the time being, the Hetao alone can support millions of people and provide a large number of high-quality war horses. For Zhang Qiang, such a fertile land can just become an elite cavalry training ground for dominating the Central Plains in the future!
Moreover, for the Tai marching army, the conquest of the turbulent Xiongnu will not only not stimulate the Han family, which is currently in a hurry, but also allow the future Central Plains heroes to not care about the threat of the Tai marching army when they fight each other.
Otherwise, with the sensory entanglements of those separating princes, the Taixing Army, which is the remnant of the Yellow Turban Army, must be a moth thief and a rogue in their eyes. If the strength of the Taixing army is small, the princes can naturally ignore the Taixing army. However, as long as the threat posed by the Tai marching army is clarified, it is almost certain that it will inevitably be united by the princes and beaten to the death.
"Huns, barbarians! Not edification, only obey power! β
"Now that the Han family is in decline, it is no longer able to suppress these steppe barbarians. As a result, those barbarians who did not pay attention to etiquette immediately set off a rebellion, intending to get rid of the Han family. β
"It is said that we and the Han family are just hypocritical and wrong. Those Hun barbarians, if they want to make trouble, let them make trouble! However, it shouldn't, it shouldn't, those Hun barbarians shouldn't go to plunder the surrounding people! β
"What is the purpose of my Tai March, so that I raised the rod against the huge Han family? Isn't it the intention to make the whole world peaceful, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment and live a good life? β
"Although the Han family is rotten, it is not useless. There was a general at the time of Emperor Yuan, named Chen Tang. He once said something very powerful. β
Speaking of this, Zhang Mad paused and looked around at the generals.
"Do you know what this General Chen Tang said?"
Although the generals of the Taixing Army have read some books more or less, they do not have the possibility of being well-read and memorable. Even Cheng Yu, a military advisor who has read a lot, can't help but prick up his ears and want to hear the arrogant answer.
"But 'one man is a five-hundred'?"
Le Jin, who was born in the Northern Army of the Han Army, after all, has a more thorough understanding of the predecessors in the Han Army. However, seeing Zhang Qiang shaking his head slightly, Le Jin added:
"Could it be that 'those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are far away'?"
"Exactly!"
Zhang Qiang praised loudly. In fact, he didn't know that the phrase "one man is five hu" was actually said by Chen Tang.
"Although the Han family should be destroyed, we don't have to deny it completely. To be honest, if Emperor Xiaowu is in power, my Yellow Turban Army may not appear......"
This big truth makes everyone quite agree.
"Having said that, now the Huns barbarians dare to wantonly rob the people of our Huaxia, is it tolerable, which is unbearable? I marched this time, just to let those barbarians who only look at strength know what it means to 'offend those who commit crimes against China, although they are far away, they will be punished'! β
The arrogant voice fell, and all the generals present stood up together and promised loudly:
"Those who clearly offend Huaxia will be punished even if they are far away!"
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