The Battle of Yuxian ended. Although Kebineng was defeated, he still led his remaining troops to flee westward and withdrew from Taiyuan County.
However, the unlucky Ke Bineng was intercepted by Bu Dugen and Liu Bao one after another on his way back to the grassland, and suffered heavy losses again.
At this point, it can be said that Kebineng's situation is over.
And when Kebi Neng finally broke out of the siege, he planned to go to his loyal younger brother Tuoba clan to seek a chance to make a comeback. At this time, the Xianbei Tuoba clan, whom Kebi Neng had always trusted, chose to rebel and killed Shiqiong. Ke Bineng came to surrender and took Ke Bineng's head to Yanmen County to request the Han army to annex him.
With the defeat of Kebineng, the small Qiang and Hu tribes who followed Kebineng to send troops also lost the confidence to continue to cause rebellion and retreated to the grasslands. Some tribes even worried about the revenge of the Han and began to move their families to other places.
At this point, the Xianbei rebellion in the northern part of Bingzhou was generally put down.
Although the rebellion was put down, Deng Ai's troubles had just begun.
After the rebellion, the work of rebuilding the state and stabilizing people's hearts is equally important.
Deng Ai did not have enough time to deal with the resettlement of the people and post-war reconstruction. After all, it was still wartime, and Deng Ai still had his own combat tasks to do. It was impossible for him to stop and preside over the reconstruction of Bingzhou.
Therefore, Deng Ai decided to leave this matter to Lu Zhi and Wang Ji.
Lu Zhi represents the forces of the surrendered generals and needs to be appeased, while Wang Ji represents the local aristocratic families and needs to be won over. It is also a good idea to hand over the government affairs of reconstruction to these two people as temporary appointments during wartime. choose.
In addition to government affairs, there are two more troublesome things that Deng Ai still hasn't thought about.
One is the attitude towards the alien races around Bingzhou, and what measures should be taken to appease these alien races so that they will not cause chaos again.
The other is how to complete the strategic goal of his own army and threaten Jizhou and even Yecheng.
It's not that Deng Ai doesn't have ideas, it's just that this is the first time he has to face the problem of aliens, and he is afraid that if he doesn't handle it well, it will change again. This will not be any good for Bingzhou, which has finally been calmed down.
Now around Bingzhou, with the defeat of Kebineng, the rights of the grasslands and large tracts of grassland have fallen into a state of ownerlessness, which is bound to be accompanied by a new round of reshuffle.
And this was also the result Wang Ji wanted to see when he gave advice to Deng Ai.
Wang Ji wanted to use the ethnic groups and pastures left after Kebineng's defeat to lure the Southern Xiongnu and Bu Dugen's tribe into fighting each other, so as to buy the big men time to recuperate.
However, neither Wang Ji nor Deng Ai expected that a Tuoba clan would come out midway.
The Xianbei Tuoba clan had always been submissive to Ke Bineng's tribe and obeyed their advice, but at the most critical moment, he stabbed Ke Bineng in the back.
Of course, it would be fine if the Tuoba clan just stabbed the knife. After all, on the grassland, the law of the jungle is about the strong and the weak. Without the so-called "etiquette" constraints in the Central Plains, Tuoba clan's approach cannot be said to be very impressive. People blame.
However, the Tuoba clan took advantage of the first move and occupied part of the people and pastures that originally belonged to the Kebineng tribe. Then they ordered people to bring Kebineng's head to ask Deng Ai for inclusion. This directly affected Deng Ai. Ai Yijun.
In any case, the Tuoba clan was an important contributor to the Bingzhou quelling the rebellion, and they also killed Kebineng. Deng Ai could not deny this credit.
But once Deng Ai recognized Tuoba's contribution, he had to protect Tuoba and acknowledge the pastures and tribes occupied by Kebineng that Tuoba occupied.
As a result, the remaining grasslands and tribesmen under Ke Bineng's command may be difficult to meet the needs of Liu Bao and Bu Dugen.
Yes, in this case, with a little provocation, it is actually easier to provoke a fight between Liu Bao and Bu Dugen. However, it is already past midsummer, and winter will come in three or four months.
Obviously, such a short period of time was not enough for Liu Bao and Bu Dugen to decide the winner.
Once the two groups cannot obtain enough benefits before winter, or cannot obtain enough materials to survive the winter, they will inevitably choose a truce. In order to survive the winter, they have only two choices.
One is to turn to the big man and ask him to help them survive the white disaster on the grassland.
But, at that time, even Deng Ai couldn't be sure whether the Han Dynasty had ended the Northern Expedition, whether there was enough food and grass to appease the two large tribes, and whether Bingzhou had enough troops to defend it.
Deng Ai was very worried that Bu Dugen and Liu Bao would have to choose the second option and start a rebellion again. At that time, Bingzhou would fall into war again.
Moreover, if there is a rebellion this time, the Han Dynasty may really not have the time and energy to quickly put down the rebellion. The handling of the alien affairs in Bingzhou this time is likely to affect the alien situation around Bingzhou in the next five to ten years.
Deng Ai was not helpless, but because of his lack of experience, he did not dare to make decisions easily.
But fortunately, Deng Ai is not without helpers now. At this important moment, Wang Ji and Wang Jun both stepped forward.
Although the suggestions of these two people have some differences, in general they are relatively unified.
Since Deng Ai had to take care of protecting the Tuoba clan, the grassland left by Kebineng's troops was not enough for Bu Dugen and Liu Bao. Then why not look further and look to the northeast? !
In the grassland north of Youzhou in the northeast, with the gradual decline of the Wuhuan tribe, there is basically a group of small tribes that are not very popular and are fighting for survival.
If, after some guidance, Dugen's troops were allowed to develop to the north of Youzhou and seize the grassland there, wouldn't this problem be solved? !
As for Deng Ai's concern, whether doing so would cause Bu Dugen and Liu Bao to become powerful, Wang Ji also gave his own answer - to support the Tuoba clan.
The Tuoba clan's home base is between the Southern Xiongnu tribe and the Budugen tribe.
Judging from the performance of the Tuoba clan in this battle against Kebineng, this is not a tribe that is willing to be subordinated to others. Once Bu Dugen's troops move eastward and the Tuoba clan gets the support of the Han Dynasty, they will definitely Taking advantage of the situation, he expanded his ethnic group and participated in the struggle between the southern Xiongnu and Xianbei ethnic groups.
In this way, three large Hu tribes will be formed in the northern grasslands from Bingzhou to Youzhou: the Southern Xiongnu, the Tuoba clan, and the Budugen clan.
At that time, as long as we grasp the conflicts between the three forces, carry out checks and balances, and instigate the three tribes to fight each other, it is not impossible to control the three tribes.
One thing to say, Wang Ji's approach is not wrong. It can be said to be the mainstream of this era. After all, in this era, no matter whether the Central Plains dynasty is in its heyday or in its split period, its ability to defeat the surrounding foreign races is still very strong.
Whether it was Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, or the even more powerful Cao Cao, they were able to use force to suppress the surrounding foreign tribes. Cao Cao even directly interrupted Wuhuan's process of unifying the northern grasslands, and directly caused Wuhuan to enter the dust of history. .
So, Wang Ji's suggestion is not bad, but the tragedy that happened later was caused by a group of imbeciles from the Sima family.
At least Deng Ai listened and thought this suggestion was really good.
As for Wang Jun, he also proposed to Deng Ai the strategy of gathering Liu Bao and Bu Dugen's troops, coercing these Hu soldiers, marching eastward from Yanmen County, and attacking Dai County.
The big man can acquiesce to Bu Dugen's march to the grasslands of the northeastern region of Youzhou, and can even provide Bu Dugen with some grain, grass and ordnance support when necessary. However, you Bu Dugen must pay a price first. Bar? !
By the same token, the Han Dynasty could acquiesce to Liu Bao's taking all the pastures and tribes that Ke Bi could leave behind, but in the same way, Liu Bao also had to show his respect to the Han court, right? !
Therefore, isn't it a matter of course to remove some of the tribe's cavalry and serve as Hu soldiers' loyal followers? !
In this way, the strength of Deng Ai's troops can be greatly improved, and he can be sure to attack Daijun eastward.
Once Daijun was captured and headed south from Daijun to Jizhou, on the one hand, it would be a surprise. After all, Youzhou was now considered the rear area of Jizhou. No matter how smart Cao Wei was, he would never have thought that Deng Ai would go around in such a circle and enter from Youzhou.
On the other hand, after capturing Dai County, you can also cut off the reinforcements sent by other counties in Youzhou to Jizhou. This is more strategic than simply returning to Huguan and threatening Yecheng from Huguan.
In this way, Deng Ai took the suggestions of the two people, summed them up, and made a decision.
First, Deng Ai mobilized all the remaining soldiers from Taiyuan County and Shangdang County to join them at Yanmen County. Together with the 15,000 soldiers Deng Ai originally brought, he had a total of about 30,000 infantry.
Secondly, Deng Ai asked the Xianbei Bu Dugen, Tuoba clan, and the Liu Bao tribe of the Southern Xiongnu to allocate elite cavalry to form Hu Bingyi Cong, gather together in Yanmen County, and form an alliance through bloodshed to fight against the Cao thieves for the Han Dynasty.
After this alliance, Xianbei Budugen sent 15,000 cavalry troops, and the Southern Xiongnu Liu Bao's troops sent 20,000 cavalry troops, plus the 5,000 cavalry troops squeezed out by the Tuoba clan, for a total of 40,000 Hu soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, Deng Ai led these Han and Hu coalition forces, totaling 70,000 people, falsely claiming to be 100,000 people, and marched eastward to Daijun, Youzhou.
(End of chapter)
