Chapter 254: Flattening Wuhuan
The smoke of gunpowder has not completely dissipated, but the decisive battle under Wuhuan Mountain has come to an end. When the two tigers, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, entered the core camp of the Wuhuan people, the victory and defeat of this battle had already been decided. More than a dozen Wuhuan leaders, without exception, were killed by Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, after losing their respective tribal leaders, the Wuhuan army, which had little determination to resist, soon collapsed, and the 200,000 army, one-fifth of which was killed by Ao Lie's generals, and the rest became prisoners of the Han army.
With 60,000 soldiers and horses, he defeated 200,000 Wuhuan cavalry, and captured more than 150,000 prisoners, Ao Lie once again created a miracle. The 150,000 Wuhuan people were willing to throw away their weapons and surrender, in addition to the prestige that Ao Lie had accumulated for a long time, which made them unable to resist, there were other reasons.
Among the 150,000 Wuhuan people, many of them were coerced by the clan leaders, and they were not willing to set foot on the battlefield, but now that the leaders of the various tribes have been slaughtered, they have no desire to continue fighting. In addition, Ao Lie treats the captives well, it is a well-known thing, they believe that Ao Lie will not kill themselves, take the Wuhuan captives as an example, as long as they are willing to accept sinicization after surrendering and move to the mainland, Ao Lie will not only kill them, but also give them a settlement fee, so that they can live better in the hinterland, and be able to say goodbye to the hard nomadic life, which is also one of the reasons for these captives to surrender willingly.
Wuhuan, which has been entrenched in the north of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, finally came to an end after countless glories and troughs, and officially withdrew from the stage of history by being defeated by Ao Lie's army and passively accepting Sinicization, becoming the fourth ethnic minority to integrate into the Han Dynasty after Xianbei, Buyeo and Goguryeo.
After a post-war inventory. In this battle, the Wuhuan soldiers killed in the war, reached more than 40,000 people, this is a heavy news, in order to express the harm to the Wuhuan people who had to use force, Ao Lie immediately ordered to take out a part of the grain and grass, distributed to the families of the soldiers who died in the war, at the same time, Ao Lie in front of 150,000 Wuhuan prisoners and their relatives, to ensure that they moved to the mainland. They will be treated the same as the Han Chinese, and they will not suffer any unpublic treatment. At the same time, Ao Lie will also move some Han people to live in Wuhuan Mountain and live with the Wuhuan people who stay here. Build a beautiful home together. Ao Lie did this, to the greatest extent, to eliminate the hatred in the hearts of the Wuhuan people. Let them begin to gradually accept sinicization. The deceased is gone. But the future life is beautiful, and Ao Lie planted a seed of hope in their hearts.
On the other hand, the battle losses of the Han army were also counted. The three elite troops such as the Blood Killing Army relied on their armor and did not suffer much damage, and they only lost more than a thousand people in total. Although Ao Lie's heart aches for the deaths of these elites, it is still within the acceptable range. Compared to the elite troops, the recruits led by Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. However, there were large casualties. Although Zhang Liao and Xu Huang are both famous generals in the world, they cannot replace every recruit to fight, and under the baptism between war and life and death, the 40,000 recruits were killed and wounded as high as more than 15,000 people, which is close to half of the total.
Death is the most expensive price for the transformation of a recruit into a veteran, and after paying the price of blood and life, Ao Lie believes that the remaining more than 20,000 recruits will soon break out of their cocoons into butterflies, and under the baptism of blood and fire, complete their own transformation, to veterans, and even to elite soldiers. Every time such a change occurs, a large number of recruits will lose their lives, and they will never be able to stand up again on the battlefield, which even Ao Lie cannot change.
At the same time as defeating the Wuhuan army, the shadow members in charge of Li Ru quickly passed the results back to Yanjing, and Jia Xu and Xun Yu, who were sitting in Yanjing, decided to send Tai Shici to lead the second recruit army to Wuhuan Mountain after discussing with other civil and military forces, and at the same time let Gongsun Zhan Li Tian Yu go with the army to take over the work of guarding Wuhuan and sinicizing the Wuhuan people. Tian Yu was originally a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, both civil and military, and Li Yan was somewhat similar, whether it was the ability to govern the government or the archery and horse marksmanship, he was a first-class talent. At the beginning, before Ao Lie set out to fight Wuhuan, it had been determined that he would manage the work of the former Han Guard Wuhuan Captain Department in the future, and take the post of Captain Wuhuan on his behalf.
The captain of Wuhuan is a military position, responsible for supervising the people in Wuhuan to obey the law internally, and not to fornicate with the Huns externally. And the Wuhuan Captain's Department, its place of supervision, is basically the territory of Wuhuan, which is equivalent to the status of a state's assassin history, and is a member of the Qianshi of Yulu. Giving such an important job to Tian Yu was made by Ao Lie after careful consideration. Tian Yu is Gongsun Zhan's subordinate, but Gongsun Chan strongly recommended Tian Yu to reach the same status as Gongsun Zhan, which already shows Tian Yu's ability and charm, which makes Gongsun Chan appreciate it, and does not want to see a great talent like Tian Yu buried in the world.
As far as Ao Lie himself is concerned, he does not have too many candidates to be qualified for this position. Although there are many capable people under Ao Lie, with the expansion of the outside world, the territory owned by Ao Lie is too big now, and it is so big that he is overstretched when he uses talents. In terms of geography alone, Ao Lie seems to be the largest prince in the world. As for Zhuge Liang and the others under his command, although they are fully capable of the task of assassinating the history of any state, Ao Lie doesn't want to put them in the remote Wuhuan Captain's Department, and the place where they really display their talents should be in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, in the Central Plains! Especially Zhuge Liang, Ao Lie really wanted to give him a bigger stage and let him fully display his talents, and it was impossible for him to manage the affairs of the frontier. And Tian Yu is different, he has lived in Biansai for a long time, is proficient in the languages of many ethnic minorities, and has strong coordination skills, is extremely good at communication, and is the best candidate to deal with the sinicization of ethnic minorities.
In addition, with Ao Lie's familiarity with history, he knew that Dao Tian Yu was an expert in governing ethnic minorities in history, and he was a leading figure in the middle and late Cao Wei Empire who guarded northern Xinjiang all year round. Under his rule, the people of the ethnic minorities lived in peace with the Han Chinese, and there were almost no riots, which was an extremely rare achievement in the Han Dynasty, and even in ancient times. Handing over the Wuhuan Captain Department to Tian Yu, Ao Lie was really relieved. Of course, the name of the Captain Department of Hu Wuhuan, Ao Lie thinks that it also needs to be changed, just like the Captain Department of Hu Xianbei, it should be officially named the name of Dahan. As for how to name it, Ao Lie still decided to let Liu Xie deal with it, and he had already written to Liu Xie, asking Liu Xie to name the new state again, and turn the Wuhuan Captain Department into the fifteenth state of the Han Dynasty.
So, under the command of Tai Shici and Tian Yu, another 30,000 new troops embarked on the journey, and they would take over the new recruits who had set off earlier and follow Ao Lie. Participate in the next conquest of the Huns. They were accompanied by tens of thousands of Han people, who volunteered to live in Wuhuan, because they believed that the land on the Wuhuan side was more fertile and would produce more food. It's a great place to live. When Tai Shi Ci and Tian Yu rushed to Wuhuan Mountain and fought with Ao Lie's army. Half a month has passed. In this half month. Ao Lie, Zhuge Liang and others visited many Wuhuan tribes to appease and comfort them, which greatly eliminated the Wuhuan people's vigilance against the Han people in their hearts, and laid a solid foundation for the work that Tian Yu was about to take over.
After Tian Yu officially took office, Ao Lie was not in a hurry to leave Wuhuan Mountain. Going to conquer the Xiongnu, he wanted to see how Tian Yu's actual work ability was, whether he was as outstanding as recorded in history, and at the same time. Ao Lie was also a little uneasy about the Wuhuan people who had just been annexed, he was afraid that if he led the army to leave, the Wuhuan people would repeat, in that case, it would be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of the army, so that the army was in the gap between the Xiongnu and the Wuhuan, and the situation would become very difficult. After more than ten days of observation, Tian Yu did not disappoint Ao Lie, and on the basis of Yanjing Law, he implemented a series of policies to dispel the doubts in the Wuhuan people's hearts to the greatest extent, so that they gradually began to accept the ideas and culture of the Han people, and gradually integrated into the life of the Han people.
And those Han people who voluntarily moved to Wuhuan Mountain, also played a vital role in this process, they used the unique enthusiasm of the Han people, to teach the local Wuhuan people advanced farming methods, and taught them to use the new farming tools developed by Ma Jun, so that the Wuhuan people saw the hope of a bumper harvest, can get rid of the backward nomadic life, but the Wuhuan people have pursued the dream of several generations, and now the Han people who have moved here, selflessly open their minds to them, so that their hearts are full of touch.
After a month of rest and rectification, Liu Xie's edict reached Wuhuan Mountain. In the edict, Liu Xie expressed endless joy at Ao Lie's feat of opening up the territory and expanding the territory again, and praised Ao Lie, agreed to his proposal, eliminated the Wuhuan Captain's Department, and renamed it Mingzhou. After Gwangju, Myeongju officially became the fifteenth state of Dahan, and the name of the two states is the meaning of light, which means that Dahan will definitely reappear bright!
The revival of the dawn of light was brought by Ao Lie, therefore, Liu Xie handed over the management of Mingzhou to Ao Lie's hands as usual, and all the affairs in Mingzhou were decided by Ao Lie alone, and he only needed to pay taxes on time. Liu Xie's edict of the Son of Heaven made Ao Lie the first prince in the world, overseeing the military and political affairs of the four northern states, in terms of territory and soldier quality, no one can match Ao Lie! The vastness of the secluded region and the northern frontier is not at all comparable to the small state capital of the Central Plains, and it is famous for its abundance of fierce soldiers, not to mention anything else, just the cavalry, the cavalry of the Xianbei and Wuhuan two nationalities combined, it is enough to laugh at the world, after the training of Gao Shun, Xu Rong and other military trainers, over time, there will be an iron cavalry under the command of Ao Lie who can always dominate the world. Although the north is wider than the south of the Central Plains, and the people are also strong, but economically, it is far behind the places south of the Central Plains.
As before, Liu Xie did not add an official title to Ao Lie, but this time it was different from last time, last time Liu Xie had the intention to test Ao Lie, this time, Liu Xie was originally going to give Ao Lie the title of king, but under the persuasion of Huangfu Song, Zhong Xuan, Zhu Jun and other civil and military ministers, he changed his mind. The reason is very simple, the tree is very windy, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, Huangfu Song and the others don't want to see Ao Lie because of the promotion of the ranks, which will cause the eyes of other princes to be red and jealous, and there will be such a thing as an ambush in Shaxian again. Now Ao Lie can be said to be the only remaining trace of fire in the Han Dynasty, and anyone who is truly loyal to the Han Dynasty does not want to see Ao Lie attacked by other princes.
Therefore, while Liu Xie issued the edict, he also wrote a private letter to Ao Lie, explaining clearly the reason why he did not give Ao Lie the title of king, so as not to cause any unnecessary misunderstanding between the two brothers. After Ao Lie carefully read Liu Xie's private message, he didn't have any dissatisfaction, but said with a smile: "Little Xiezi, grow up......"
Three days later, Ao Lie appointed Tian Yu as the first Mingzhou pastor, with Wuhuan Mountain as the governing place, and led 20,000 soldiers to guard Mingzhou. As for Ao Lie himself, he led the remaining 55,000 soldiers to continue north, preparing to conquer the Xiongnu. (To be continued......)