May of the second year of Guangxi. Wuyuan, a big northern city where grass grows and warblers fly, has already become full of vitality and greenery. A few months ago, the encirclement and annihilation battle that took place under Wuyuan City, although it was huge and bloody, is now difficult to see, and it has become a topic of conversation among the people of the Jin Kingdom after tea and dinner.

For the Huang Xuan clan, the Southern Xiongnu clan, and the Yansheng clan, who were recently named by Zhao Xing, Wuyuan City was the strongest existence in their minds. The so-called Yansheng clan is actually the collective name of those who went south to Xianbei and surrendered 60,000 Xianbei in Wuyuan City when the great plague was rampant. For the long-term tranquility of the northern desert, Zhao Xing finally decided to let the Xianbei people who had taken refuge in the Jin State start a new family and re-establish an ethnic group.

From the point of view of ethnic balance, the existence of three ethnic minorities loyal to the Han people in the north is naturally more stable than only two. In the future, the Southern Xiongnu will be responsible for expanding to the northeast, the Yansheng will be responsible for the main attack in the northwest, and the Huangxuan will be responsible for the northwest. This layout is quite ingenious, revealing Zhao Xing's idea of governing raze with raze.

The benefits of this are obvious. The predecessor of the Southern Xiongnu was the powerful Xiongnu Dynasty in the north, and they were responsible for attacking Xianbei in Liaoxi and Xianbei in Liaodong in the future.

The predecessor of the Yansheng clan was Mobei Xianbei, although the number is smaller than the other two, and the loyalty also needs to continue to be tested, but let them be responsible for the northward expansion, the resistance encountered will be minimized.

The predecessor of the Huangxuan tribe was the Hexi Qianghu, and this ethnic group was also the product of Zhao Xing's first attempt at tribal integration, which proved to be very effective. After the integration, the Huangxuan clan has a common spiritual leader, Hu Che'er, and Hu Che'er is a general who is loyal to Zhao Xing, and the Huangxuan clan has a large number of clansmen who have joined the original Zhenbei Army and made great contributions.

After nearly ten years of continuous integration and development, the Huangxuan people have not only become increasingly stable internally, but also gradually formed a situation of intermingling and intermarriage with the Han people. In addition to some differences between the Huang Xuan people and the Han people in terms of living customs, many Huang Xuan people who intermarried with the Huang and Han began to advocate giving their children Chinese names and learning Chinese characters, and they went further and further on the road of sinicization, and perhaps in less than a hundred years, they would be completely sinicized.

The Huangxuan clan is responsible for the expansion in the direction of Xiliang, and the reason is the same as letting the Yansheng clan expand northward, which can reduce the resistance to ethnic integration. The alien races in the Xiliang area are mainly Qiang people, and they still have some things in common with the Huangxuan people more or less, and they are naturally easier to identify with in terms of feelings and national psychology.

In Zhao Xing's plan, there can only be three ethnic minorities in the vast territory of the northern Han Dynasty in the future, and they will eventually be tamed by Sinicization, that is, Huang Xuan, Yan Sheng and the Southern Xiongnu who have now been settled. The title of the Southern Xiongnu is too awkward, and Zhao Xing will rename it sooner or later. Of course, this needs to wait until the Huang Xuan clan has annexed Liaoxi Xianbei and Liaodong Xianbei before implementation.

On the road to national integration, Zhao Xing pursued the strategy of a big stick and a candy hand, and those who were willing to sincerely surrender and take refuge naturally had a relatively moderate policy to settle them; those who were unwilling to surrender and were ready to resist to the end were sent by Zhao Xing, the notorious commander of the army Zhao Zilong.

Everyone in the Jin Kingdom knows that there are five tigers in the party, namely Guan Yu, the "red-faced tiger", Xu Huang, the "mountain tiger", Zhao Xing, the "decepticon", Zhao Yun, and the "smiling tiger" Zhang Liao. The man who can be called the king of beasts, the tiger, is generally the best of the best. For the three clans of Huang Xuan, Southern Xiongnu, and Yan Sheng in the four northern counties of the Jin Kingdom, they have a consensus, that is, "it is better to provoke the devil than to recruit the five tigers".

Although that is the case, as far as the three northern tribes who advocate force are concerned, it is because of their heartfelt admiration that they made up such a terrifying slip. In the complex Dingyuan Army, the soldiers of all ethnic groups also believe in the phrase "Rather mess with the devil than recruit the Five Tigers", especially after Zhao Yun served as the commander of the Dingyuan Army, their feelings were more real and profound.

Regarding the third brother Zhao Xing's repeated job transfers, Zhao Yun never had any complaints, only resolute and thorough obedience. After more than ten years of following and communicating, Zhao Yun's understanding of Zhao Xing is no longer as simple as the original loyalty and obedience. Zhao Xing's wisdom, tolerance and firmness made Zhao Yun very appreciative, and even secretly imitated and learned.

Zhao Yun's temperament, known for his calmness and stability, and now with tenacity and decisiveness, it can be said that he has all the necessary qualities as a commander, and he is also Zhao Xing's most assured general, which can be seen from Zhao Xing's practice of never assigning Zhao Yun with military divisions.

The Dingyuan army had 30,000 people, composed of Han people, Huangxuan people, Southern Xiongnu and Yansheng people, and the number of each ethnic group was not much different. Although the Dingyuan Army is also one of the eight armies of the Zhenbei Army, it is only ranked last, and the biggest reason is that it became the latest army, and the overall combat strength is obviously inferior to the first few armies.

Zhao Yun knew very well that if the individual quality of the soldiers was discussed, the Dingyuan Army was not much worse than the Blue Wolf Army, the Xiong Zhen Army and the Xiongwu Army, and the gap with the Crouching Tiger Army and the Flying Tiger Army was not very obvious, but it was obviously inferior in terms of overall combat strength. The reason is that the composition of the Dingyuan Army is too complicated, and it has experienced fewer major battles and bloody battles, and it has not yet sharpened its soul.

Zhao Yun also knew that Zhao Xing asked him to serve as the commander of this complex force, hoping that he could polish this army into a strong army in the north of Bingzhou and even in the north of the Han Dynasty. The task is daunting, challenging, but also glorious.

After discussing with several division commanders under him, Zhao Yun first started by stimulating morale, and prepared to stimulate the fighting spirit of each division and ignite the desire of soldiers of all ethnic groups to win by counting troops on the battlefield.

The location of the troops was set up on an open flat ground outside Wuyuan City, and all 30,000 horses were dispatched to line up around a high platform, waiting for the lecture of the new army commander Zhao Yun.

At noon, under the bright sunshine, 30,000 soldiers saw with their own eyes that the originally hung handsome flag "Zhenbei Dingyuan Army Zhao" was lowered, and then a new banner of "Protecting the Country and Dingyuan Army Zhao" was raised, and the army commander Zhao Yun walked on the stage in a deep voice.

Zhao Yun on the high platform, dressed in bright silver armor all over, his left hand was slightly bent downward, holding a silver-white scabbard, and his right hand was in a naturally drooping posture, his feet were slightly separated, just at the same level as his shoulders, and behind his shoulders was a azure cloak tumbling in the wind.

At this moment, Zhao Yun, because his standing position was nearly two zhang high, he could clearly see five neatly arranged teams surrounding him. Similarly, the 30,000 soldiers could clearly see Zhao Yun on the platform.

From the moment Zhao Yun ascended the platform, the 30,000 soldiers of the Dingyuan Army gradually felt a solemn murderous aura in the air gradually forming, which was something that was difficult to describe in words, but it really existed. The murderous aura was not generated by Zhao Yun alone, but the source of the murderous aura was definitely on Zhao Yun's body.

In fact, from the perspective of modern psychology, this is the effect of collective hypnosis. As soon as the majestic Zhao Yun stood on the stage, the commanders of the divisions would naturally cheer up the spirit of twelve, and the generals behind them followed suit, and then this atmosphere naturally spread everywhere, and the final effect was that Zhao Yun had not spoken a word so far, but the 30,000 soldiers felt the persecution and pressure.

In the final analysis, aura is such a thing as accumulation. If there is no psychological hint of "I'd rather provoke the devil than recruit the five tigers", even if Zhao Xing comes here at this moment, he can't arouse the pride and excitement of the soldiers from the heart.

"Soldiers, from today on, I will lead you across the north, and wherever the soldiers pass, the prestige of the Dingyuan Army will be left behind......" Zhao Yunxiong's high-pitched voice sounded above the heads of the officers and soldiers of the Dingyuan Army like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.