Chapter 337: Sweeping the Desert
At the same time that Zhao Yun broke through the Tuoba Department and the Fuluo Han Department, Putou's 20,000 royal court cavalry were also defeated by Yan Xing, and they were unable to form an army. β³Β’Top Novel,www.
Luo Zheng saw it clearly in the tower, and immediately ordered Zhao Yun and Yan Xing to lead an army to pursue the victory, and pursued until it was dark before collecting the troops.
Fu Luo Han's eldest son returned to the mud and did not surrender, and was beheaded by Zhao Yunzhen on the spot.
60,000 Xianbei cavalry was wiped out, nearly 20,000 were killed in battle, nearly 20,000 were captured, and more than 10,000 were scattered.
Putou has not been established for a long time, and it is difficult to convince the public.
This overturned and subdued the troops to the south, in order to consolidate their position with a big victory.
Now that it has suffered such a defeat, Central Xianbei will inevitably fall into civil strife.
After Luo Zheng discussed with Jia Xu, Fa Zheng and others, he immediately led two 20,000 cavalry to go out of Wuyuan to the north to conquer the desert, and ordered Gao Shun to lead the army back to Hetao to rest, Jia Xu, Fa Zheng and others also went back, and sent 20,000 Xianbei prisoners to slave camps.
In March, after Putou fled back to the old camp of Danhan Mountain, he gathered all the combatable troops to meet the Xiliang cavalry west of Qiushui.
Luo Zheng ordered Xu Chu to lead 3,000 wolf cavalry to form a surprise attack, and Zhao Yun and Yan Xing's two generals each led 10,000 cavalry to cover up and kill with the army, and once again broke the Xianbei cavalry, and the Xianbei king Putou was also beheaded by Xu Chu on the spot.
Kebi can see that the situation is not good, so as not to forcibly gather thousands of soldiers and horses and flee into Mobei again.
Luo Zheng immediately waved his army to break through the royal court of Danhan Mountain, and ordered the slaughter of the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. Within a radius of dozens of miles of Danhan Mountain, which was directly killed, blood flowed and pestles flowed, and corpses were floating all over the field. Even the ferocious wolves of the steppe and the goshawks of the sky did not dare to approach.
The remaining Xianbei people were all reduced to slaves, and after the desert was cleared, they were rewarded to meritorious soldiers.
May. Luo Zheng raised troops to expedition to Mobei.
In June, Yu Wolf Juxu Mountain defeated the Kebineng Division, and Yan Xing broke into the Chinese army and beheaded Kebineng.
Since then, the three Xianbei in the middle of the country have officially perished.
In August, Luo Zheng waved his army westward and attacked Dragon Breaker City for thousands of miles.
The western Xianbei hurriedly met the battle, was killed and defeated, and retreated to the old camp of Jiluo Mountain in a hurry.
Luo Zheng ordered the army to rest in Dragon City for ten days. Immediately went south with great fanfare, attracting the main cavalry of Xianbei in the west to the south bank of the Xiongnu River, but secretly ordered Yan Xing to lead 3,000 cavalry to make a detour of thousands of miles and attack the old camp of Xianbei in the west in one fell swoop.
The old camp was raided, and the main cavalry of Xianbei in the west immediately went south regardless of it.
Luo Zheng immediately crossed the river to the south, broke the main force of Xianbei in the west in one fell swoop, beheaded hundreds of Xianbei nobles such as lords, heads, and pawns, and slaughtered the old camp of Jiluo Mountain in Xianbei in the west.
When the news reached the Western Regions, all the countries in the Western Regions were shaken. While gathering troops and horses to guard against Luo Zheng and taking advantage of the situation to enter the Western Regions, he quickly sent an envoy to Guanzhong to hand over the surrender letter, willing to pay tribute to Luo Zheng as a courtier.
In October, winter has arrived in the north.
Luo Zheng ordered Wang Fang and Liang Xing to each lead 5,000 miscellaneous cavalry. Bomb suppressed the Xianbei of the two departments in the west of China, and led the army south in early October, and broke through the Xiongnu branch in Yanhai by the way. He also killed a river of blood and captured tens of thousands of slaves. The class teacher went back to Guanzhong.
Along with the army went south, hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses, and livestock.
Xianbei people have nothing else. The cattle, sheep and livestock are too many to count, and all kinds of leather goods are available.
With such materials snatched from the Xianbei people, it is enough to support tens of thousands of troops for three years.
In November, Luo Zheng led his army back to Chang'an.
Before they could wash away the dust, Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, Xun Yu and others had already come to see each other.
Luo Zhengtu had no choice but to reluctantly leave Gentle Township and go to the outer hall to meet a group of henchmen.
It's been more than half a year since I left, but I didn't expect Da Qiao and Wu Zhen's stomachs to move, they both had a big belly, and some of them ruined the graceful figure, only Xiao Qiao and Elk Huan hadn't moved, and they didn't think about the tea and dinner.
The eldest daughter, Luo Yan, is almost four years old and can already make soy sauce.
The little girl Luo Rong also began to run all over the ground, and the one that her father called was called a slip.
Luo Zheng was in a good mood, swept away his previous fatigue, and went to the outer hall to see Jia Xu and others in high spirits.
"Congratulations to the lord for sweeping the desert and building a world of achievements."
As soon as they entered the door, Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, Xun Yu, Cheng Ying and others got up and sang.
"That's it!"
Luo Zheng waved his hand, walked to the main seat and sat down, and asked everyone to sit down in turn, before frowning and saying: "This general has been on the expedition for many years, and the wind and sand in the desert are too big, so I haven't eased my breath when I come back, you guys are here, can't you wait a few days to discuss something?" I have to run over now. β
Xun Yu arched his hand and said: "Be diligent in politics, the hero of the lord and the world, don't blame us!" β
Luo Zheng smiled bitterly: "Okay, Wen Ruo doesn't have to put a high hat on General Ben, let's say, what's the urgency." β
Xun Yu said: "First, the envoys of the countries of the Western Regions handed over the letter of surrender and paid tribute with the courtiers. β
"The Western Regions?"
Luo Zheng touched his stubble and groaned.
Jia Xu said: "The lord swept Mobei, and the news has spread to the Western Regions. The countries of the Western Regions took the opportunity to invade the Western Regions, and sent envoys to surrender. Among them, Dawan and Wusun each offered five horses of sweat and blood, and the gold, silver and jade of the rest of the countries were not counted. β
"Oh, so much sweaty BMW!"
Luo Zheng suddenly perked up, gold, silver and jade or other playthings, can't get into his eyes at all, only sweat and blood are rare, he swept away the Xianbei people in the eight hundred miles of Qiangyuan and Mobei, and only got three or four sweat and blood horses, and he has been reluctant to give them away.
In this era, a sweaty BMW is many times more expensive than the Rolls-Royce of later generations.
Rolls-Royce can buy it with money, but it can't buy a BMW with money. Not to mention landlords and merchants, even princes like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who dominate one side have no ability to get a bloody horse.
I didn't expect that there are many good horses in the small countries of the Western Regions.
This thing is definitely the best partner for a general.
The generals fought in front of the battle, and the quality of the war horses was also a factor affecting the victory or defeat.
Back then, Zhao Yun fought against Lu Bu in Yuzhong, and because the war horse was not as good as Lu Bu's red rabbit horse, he suffered a little loss. Ten horses of sweat and blood treasures, and the generals under his command can also share one horse each, this gift is good, and it is his heart.
Luo Zheng didn't know much about the situation in the Western Regions, and asked, "How many soldiers are there in the countries of the Western Regions?" β
Cheng Ying replied: "After the countries of the Western Regions handed over the letter of surrender, I inquired for a while. However, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and some remote and small countries are thousands of miles away, and there are many Gobi Deserts in the middle. In the Western Regions, there are many countries, and the powerful ones include Qiuzi, Shanshan, Cheshi, Wusun and other countries. Among them, Wusun intermarried with the Han Dynasty and were friends with each other, and the rest of the big countries were not very peaceful, although they were dependent on the Han Dynasty as a minister, in fact, they always wanted to be independent, if the Western Regions were not too far away, it was not conducive to conquest, and they were determined to build a lord to sweep away the countries of the Western Regions in one fell swoop, and completely incorporate the Western Regions into the territory of our Han people, so as to appease the unfinished work of the Han Dynasty. β
"There's no rush to this, take your time!"
Luo Zheng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The Qianghu people and the Xianbei people have all surrendered to the feet of this general, what is the barren land in the Western Regions, and when there is a chance to send a division to lead the troops, you can sweep the Western Regions." β
Jia Xu said: "This is not in a hurry, and it will take at least two to three years for the lord to sweep away the desert before the situation in Mobei can be completely stabilized." Otherwise, once there is a change in Mobei, the master's hard work will be in vain. β
Xun Yu and Fa Zheng also nodded in agreement, which is an indisputable fact.
Mobei is not as good as the Central Plains, although it was defeated, but the Xianbei people were almost killed.
Even if the Xianbei people who are not killed, they will be reduced to slaves, and if they want to completely turn the vast grassland of Mobei into a racecourse for the Han people, it will take time to slowly digest it, and those Xianbei people will not be honest.
In the process, there must be a large number of heads rolling to the ground.
Luo Zheng said 'um' and said, "Let go of the affairs of the Western Regions first, as long as those small countries are honest and peaceful, General Ben has no intention of making trouble with them for the time being." However, the tribute that should be demanded is the same, and the general will squeeze these people from the Western Regions fiercely, and transfer all the consumption of this general's foreign conquest to these people from the Western Regions and Xianbei people. β
Xun Yu nodded, and said, "There is one more thing, Liu Biao has become the king of Chu." β
"Liu Biao?"
Luo Zheng laughed and said: "These descendants of the Liu family, they can't fight for the world, and they are more positive than one to be the king!" β
Jia Xu said: "Liu Biao is also a relative of the Han family, Liu Zhang has been enthroned as the king of Shu, and Liu Biao is called the king, which is also expected, otherwise Liu Biao and Liu Zhang will not be herding, if they do not enter the king of Chu, they will be pressed by Liu Zhang." β
Luo Zheng said: "Liu Biao is just a dog, don't say it, what about the others, what have you done in the past year?" β
Cheng Ying said: "Yuan Shao broke through Feiru, Gongsun Zhan has been defeated, but the Black Mountain thieves are powerful, often go down the mountain to plunder, Yuan Shao has marched several times, but he has not been able to destroy it." After Gongsun Zhan, the Black Mountain Thieves have become the biggest obstacle to Yuan Shao's unification of Hebei. β
Luo Zheng was surprised: "This Zhang Yan is capable, even Yuan Shao can't bear him!" β
Jia Xu said: "Zhang Yan is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary bandits, this person not only organized the Black Mountain thieves to open up wasteland and cultivate fields, but also knew a lot about the art of war and strategy, which gave Yuan Shao a great headache, and he returned several times in vain. β
Luo Zheng said: "What about Cao Cao, what's the movement of that guy?" β
Cheng Ying said: "Cao Cao sent troops after the autumn and broke Yuan Shu's tens of thousands of troops in one fell swoop, Yuan Shu has been killed by his subordinates, and now Huainan and Lujiang are all owned by Cao Cao. β
Luo Zheng's eyes froze, "Yuan Shu is dead?" β
Cheng Ying nodded, "Exactly!" β
Luo Zheng was speechless for a long time, the general trend of the world is rolling forward, most of the princes who started the army in the first year of Chuping have fallen under the wheel of history, and now even Yuan Shu is dead, who will be next. (To be continued......) R527