Of course, Zheng Xuan was just joking, and Liu Bei didn't have this idea at first.

However, Zheng Xuan's words really made Liu Bei think.

High-quality intellectuals joined the army, which was not uncommon in the classical era, and the pattern of the noble and military in the Song and Ming dynasties was really speechless, and in the Han Empire, such a situation did not exist.

No matter how high-quality a talent is, he must also pay attention to a man who is both civil and military, of course, it will be better to be noble.

It will not be criticized for a man to earn credit for joining the army with a sword, and recruiting too many students to join the army will not cause any discussion, if there are intellectuals who have mastered knowledge to join the army and can perform well, of course Liu Bei will not accept such high-quality and excellent soldiers.

The high-quality and professional army is the trend of history, and Liu Bei does not mind adding fuel to this trend, so that the Han army in the new era can embark on the road of specialization faster.

Of course, in the current situation, Taixue is the most important and one of the most important public opinion battlefields in Luoyang City, Liu Bei will not let go no matter what, although the future enemy is not an enemy now, but it is always right to take precautions.

Being able to establish one's own image among the students and win over a group of fanatical supporters will only do good for the future.

After the return of Yuan Shao, Liu Bei visited Taixue many times to give speeches, gradually establishing his image as an opinion leader among Taixue students, and successfully won a group of fanatical supporters.

They all aspire to work in the General's Mansion after graduation.

And in order to gain more high-quality fanatical supporters, Liu Bei believes that starting a war and winning is the best way.

It is human instinct to worship the strong and heroes.

As long as you become this strong man and hero, it is natural to be admired by young people.

At the beginning, in the face of the old heroes and veteran military groups left over from the Wenjing era, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chose to fight against the Xiongnu to break the deadlock, and supported a new army meritorious group and the old meritorious heroes group to fight against each other, so as to enhance their power and status in an all-round way.

Liu Bei wants to do the same now, in the future, he will continue to wage wars, win victories, and personally support a new and powerful group of military meritorious persons.

First of all, it formed a state of confrontation with the ancient literature school and the eunuch group to obtain a relatively balanced situation, and then sought more breakthroughs at the political level.

Just relying on the ancient literature school, there is no breakthrough at all, and it can only be tinkered with within a limited framework, although this is a safe way, but it is still too far from the effect that Liu Bei wants.

War is the best way to break the deadlock, and Liu Bei has also gained greater benefits through successful battles again and again.

However, it was a good thing for Liu Bei and the Han Empire, but it was not a good thing for the Xianbei people and Wuhuan people who moved to Bingzhou.

They don't know history, they only know how to survive, and they have lived on this land for generations, and they naturally regard this place as their own.

Therefore, when the proclamation of the Han army was delivered, the Xianbei and Wuhuan people were surprised and angry, they could not accept the "domineering" style of the Han Empire, and said that they would use steel knives and blood to protect their property and land.

As for the Han army, the ultimatum has been issued, they are benevolent and righteous, and what will happen next is not something they can predict.

And with the release of the battle announcement of the Han army, the Han people in Bingzhou also took action.

This is a good thing for them.

Everyone has loved and killed each other for so many years, and they will finally have to divide a winner or loser, if they can make meritorious contributions to the Han army, then they will be able to occupy a more advantageous position in the future pattern of merging states.

As for those Hu people, they won't care.

At this time, the most entangled is nothing more than those mixed families or forces of Han and Hu, in order to better survive, they broke the boundaries to complete the union, and indeed obtained better living conditions, but after the Han army's battle announcement was issued, their situation was very bad.

Do you want to help the Hu people, or do you want to stand on the side of the Han people?

But no matter how entangled they were, most of the Han people in Bingzhou still pulled out the arms they could, and provided enough help to the Han army on the way forward.

On the ninth day of February in the second year of Jian'an, the Han army Guan Yu's department fought a victory near Guangwu County in Yanmen County, and with the cooperation of the local Han armed forces, the Han army found a way and wiped out a Wuhuan tribe, making a good start.

The storm of the Han army in Bingzhou began to sweep violently.

Then the Han army marched all the way north, galloping forward, but wherever there was a encounter with the Wuhuan tribe, there was nothing that could not be defeated, and among them, the assistance provided by the local Han armed forces and the provision of local news were important help for the rapid progress of the Han army.

Because of their transmission of various roads and information, so that February was not over, the combined forces of Guan Yu and Zhang Yan had advanced to the Baideng area where Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was surrounded by the Xiongnu army.

Here, Guan Yu and Zhang Yan joined forces with the Han people in the state to encircle and annihilate a 30,000-strong Wuhuan tribe, winning a great victory and capturing a large number of people.

Then Guan Yu also set up a monument here, prepared some sacrifices, solemnly paid tribute to this ancient battlefield, and then led the army to Dingxiang County.

On the other hand, the speed of the move was not as fast as Guan Yu's, but in the whole of February, two battles of 10,000 people were fought in Gaonu County and Dingyang County in Shangxian County, and the Xianbei tribe with a size of 20,000 people was wiped out.

The cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu played a certain role in the extermination operation, and could often pursue the Xianbei people after they collapsed, kill them, and expand the results as much as possible, but the frontal attack was always done by leading the Han army.

It's not that Yu Fuluo is unwilling.

After Hu Chuquan's tragic death, Yu Fuluo was a hardcore pro-Han faction, and even the people under his command were also hardcore pro-Han factions, and they were very willing to charge into battle with the Southern Hun cavalry and make meritorious contributions to the Han Dynasty.

It just so happened that this group of Xianbei people also lived in a semi-agricultural state, and they also defended the city decently and fought positional warfare, and to a certain extent, they lost their flexible and mobile characteristics, which gave them a lot of room to play.

The Qianniu Army was formed in Shudi, and sixty percent of them were Erren, who were good at fighting, and also had a foundation in technology and tactics, and had received the combat training of the standard Han army, but lacked regular combat experience.

And now, it's time for regular combat.

He commanded them to advance in formation, and used the cooperation of various arms and tactics to play beautiful attacks on the battlefield, easily bulldozing the resistance of the Xianbei people, and won two consecutive victories in the battle of 10,000 people in four days in mid-to-late February.

Then the army turned around and headed north, sweeping the small-scale Xianbei settlements along the way, and according to the intelligence transmission of the local Han armed forces, the hosts continued to launch surprise attacks, destroying several Xianbei settlements of considerable size.

After the Qianniu Army won more than a dozen victories, he felt that his state had come up, and the state of the entire army had also come up.

So at the end of February, in the battle of Qiuci County, the Qianniu Army joined forces with the Southern Xiongnu cavalry and the local Han armed forces to attack Qiuci County.

Of course, the final result cannot be changed, leading and commanding the Qianniu army to surround the county, fiercely attacking, the low and dilapidated county city wall can not stop the attack of the Qianniu army, this Xianbei tribe of more than 50,000 people was finally surrounded and annihilated by the Qianniu army in the county.

After such a battle, he took the Xianbei forces that leveled the entire Shangjun, and then lifted his spirits and killed Shuofang County.

Throughout February, until the beginning of March, Liu Bei received the good news of victory, Guan Yu and Zhao Zhao galloped all the way, and won many battles in Shangjun, Shuofang County, Yanmen County and Dingxiang County, and the Qianniu Army and Tianwei Army also played the prestige of the Han army.

Until mid-March, the statistics of the results of Guan Yu and the two forces had reached the point of killing more than 20,000 enemies and capturing more than 170,000 people.

According to their military report, it was mentioned that the local Han forces in Bingzhou responded to the attack of the imperial army on a large scale, and their help provided effective support for the imperial court to eliminate foreign forces, and Guan Yu and Zhao were both saved from being attacked by the Xianbei and Wuhuan people because of the timely information obtained.

Until this time, Liu Bei believed that there would be no waves in this battle, and the imperial army, with the support of the local Han armed forces, would definitely be able to quickly exterminate the local Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu and other armed separatist forces, and restore the annexation of the state.

This is the inevitable result of the restoration of the overall comprehensive strength of the Han Empire, and it is not something that the grassland tribes can stop.

However, in mid-to-late March, around the 21st, Liu Hui suddenly brought a piece of news to Liu Bei.

"The actions of the imperial army in Bingzhou have stimulated the central Xianbei, and the central Xianbei seems to have moved, according to intelligence, a considerable number of central Xianbei cavalry have been recruited, but it is not known what their purpose of action is at present."

When Liu Bei heard the news, he felt a little unhappy.

"The imperial army did not crusade against the central Xianbei, why were they stimulated at this time?"

"The specific situation is unknown, this news is still the news brought back by the intelligence merchant we sent in Youzhou, he said that he saw that the Xianbei people were concentrating people, and there seemed to be military operations.

In previous years, even if they wanted to go south to plunder, they would generally act collectively after the autumn, but now that spring is not long in coming, even the Xianbei people should prepare for agricultural production, which is very unusual. ”

"That's really unusual......"

Liu Bei frowned and said: "I thought that as long as I planned properly, I would be able to complete the strategy of merging states by dispatching three armies, but if the central Xianbei stepped in, it would be different...... Why didn't you insist on destroying them before? ”

(End of chapter)