The original residence of the Southern Xiongnu was in Meiji County, Xihe County, slightly north of Bingzhou.
Originally, Meiji County was a pretty good place with a suitable climate and abundant water and grass. However, in recent years, the climate in Meiji County has become increasingly unbearable. The Southern Xiongnu could not bear it and could no longer survive, so they petitioned the Luoyang court. Move south.
Their request was granted, and they were moved southward by the imperial court to the vicinity of Zishi County, Taiyuan County, where they settled down.
When their lives were unsustainable, the imperial court extended a helping hand. Isn't it time for them to repay their kindness?
Zhao Zhong believed that using them to participate in battles would not only reduce the use of troops, but also reduce rewards for various reasons, which was better than directly mobilizing more Three Rivers Knights who needed large rewards.
The people of Sanhe have been deceived a lot. They are sophisticated and difficult to deceive, but the Southern Huns are stupid and easy to deceive.
Liu Hong thought for a while and felt that what Zhao Zhong said was reasonable.
Therefore, in line with the principle of saving what can be saved, Liu Hong gave Huangfu Song the authority to mobilize the Southern Xiongnu cavalry, and also issued an edict to the Southern Xiongnu Chan Yu Qiangqu, ordering Qiangqu to prepare at least 10,000 Southern Xiongnu cavalry to wait for Huangfu Song's attack He was dispatched and prepared to attack the Bingzhou bandits together with Huangfu Song.
The Southern Xiongnu who were born in the Qiang Canal were relatively submissive to the Luoyang court. Although there were frequent petty thefts and minor frictions, they were generally stable and obedient, and they were dove leaders.
The entire Southern Xiongnu also obeyed the orders of the Luoyang court for a long time. On the whole, they were relatively submissive to the Luoyang court.
Therefore, after learning the order from the Luoyang court, Qiang Qu ordered the Southern Xiongnu King Zuoxian to recruit troops and horses to wait for Huangfu Song's dispatch.
Most of the leadership of the Southern Xiongnu were fed by the Han Empire, and they were willing to contribute if there were benefits.
But the key problem is that not every Southern Huns tribe is willing to risk their lives to do something that has little gain for them.
Moreover, the current Chanyu Qiangqu is not a particularly charismatic and prestigious leader for the entire Southern Xiongnu tribe. He thinks of himself first for any benefits and does not like to share them with his tribe, so the tribe treats him too much. There are complaints.
Previously, the Luoyang court had also recruited the Southern Huns cavalry to fight, causing a large number of losses to the Southern Huns cavalry, and the rewards were not in place, so the reputation was not very good.
So after the news of this battle spread, the Southern Huns tribes quickly began to wonder whether they were going to be tricked to death by the Luoyang court again.
Once the voice of doubt appeared, many people began to be unwilling to respond to the call and were unwilling to be drafted to fight. However, if the summons of the Luoyang court and the Shanyu's orders were not obeyed, it would be a crime of treason and blood would be shed.
In addition, everyone's dissatisfaction with Qiang Qu, the Chanyu, has accumulated to a certain extent, so let's just rebel.
Therefore, Huangfu Song's side had not even prepared its troops to set off. Over there, a certain tribe of the Southern Huns had already taken the lead in raising the rebel flag, expressing its unwillingness to respond to Qiang Qu's call and follow King Zuo Xian to fight. They did not want to fight for Luoyang. The court worked hard.
Qiangqu is really unpopular.
When one tribe rebels, other tribes follow suit.
In a very short period of time, almost more than 100,000 people in the entire Southern Xiongnu raised their rebel flags, opposed the Qiang Qu, and resolutely refused to obey orders.
Now Qiangqu was panicking and was no longer busy trying to please the Luoyang court. He quickly arranged for King Zuo Xian to lead an army to attack the rebels, and further asked for help from the Luoyang court——
Brother, I caused so many people to rebel against me just to help you fight the war. Now that my brother is in trouble, should you help him?
Good guy, the Bingzhou Bandits are still under heavy clouds and are about to be destroyed. A new storm has emerged here.
After Liu Hong heard the news, his head was as big as a bucket and he stared at Zhao Zhong with an annoyed look on his face. He wanted to twist off his head to see if it contained brains.
Zhao Zhong was also wronged and he had something to say.
I am also thinking about you. You have a big problem here. I will help you find a solution. The solution is useless now. You can't just say that I made a mistake just for this, right?
Liu Hong naturally did not accuse Zhao Zhong. Zhao Zhong could not say that he had made any mistakes in this matter.
However, because of this suggestion, chaos broke out throughout Bingzhou, and Hedong County and Hanoi County were severely affected. Now it is no longer a matter of whether the Luoyang court wants to control the scale of the war. It is impossible not to control it.
Liu Hong had no choice but to issue a general mobilization order and quickly recruit troops around Luoyang.
Now it is difficult to say whether Huangfu Song can solve this problem alone, so the Luoyang court decided to use Huangfu Song's 50,000 people as the vanguard. The first batch rushed to put out the fire. If they can solve it, they will solve it. If they can't solve it, they also have Backhand.
Zhang Rang suggested that he should imitate the previous crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and use General He Jin to coordinate logistics, and then use Hussar General Zhang Wen, Guard General He Miao, and former General Zhou Shen as the main commanding officers.
They worked together to recruit and train new soldiers, speed up training and establishment, and if Huangfu Song could not solve the problem, they would immediately rush to support Huangfu Song.
The only advantage of this battle for the Luoyang court is that the battlefield is relatively close to the Luoyang base camp, and the logistics pressure is relatively small. You can say that you have entered the front line after crossing a section of the Yellow River. Transporting food, reinforcements, etc. can all be done in a short time. Achieved within time.
But the danger is also very dangerous. Once Hedong County and Hanoi County are captured by the Southern Huns rebels, Luoyang will become the front line.
Taiwei Lu Zhi also raised the more dangerous possibility that the Bingzhou bandits would take this opportunity to join forces with the Southern Huns rebels to cause trouble in the local area and get involved in Henan. In that case, Luoyang would become very, very dangerous.
If he is not careful, Liu Hong, as the emperor, may lose his favorite home - Luoyang Imperial City.
This is a danger that the emperors of the Han Dynasty have not suffered for many years. If it is his turn, what a huge blow to his prestige!
For this reason, Liu Hong was very worried. He did not play with his favorite concubines for three consecutive days, and did not enter the Western Garden for three consecutive days. He held a rare military meeting for three consecutive days, with Lu Zhi, Zhang Wen, Zhou Shen, etc. Ministers with military experience discuss military aircraft.
Finally, they concluded that as long as the rebellion of the Southern Huns could be quelled, the threat from the Bingzhou bandits would be local. The important issue now is that they must pay attention to the possibility of the Southern Huns rebels and the Bingzhou bandits joining forces.
Of course, Lu Zhi also believed that there was a turn for the better.
"Judging from the current situation, Chanyu Qiangqu can still obey the court's orders and can fight the rebels. Our army only needs to unite with Qiangqu, and it should not be difficult to pacify the Southern Xiongnu rebels."
Lu Zhi made what he thought was an accurate judgment, and in this matter, Zhang Wen and Zhou Shen, who were also closely related to the ancient literature school, had no doubts.
It's just that none of them are in the position of commanders now. The ones who really go up to fight are Huangfu Song and the 50,000 Han troops under his command.
Whether the battle can be successful or not depends on Huangfu Song's performance.
Liu Bei was far away in Liangzhou. He mainly learned about the situation in Luoyang through the intelligence personnel under Liu Hui and Liu Hui himself who traveled between the two places to deliver news about the salt trade. Therefore, he was also very concerned about the news in Luoyang.
He was quite helpless when he learned that the Luoyang court was currently in a predicament due to the Bingzhou bandits and the Southern Huns rebellion. Some things had been formed for a long time and could not be solved overnight.
Even if he were to deal with the situation in Bingzhou, it would still take a certain amount of time and means, and a considerable investment of resources. He doubted whether the Luoyang court had the ability to do so.
Of course, Liu Bei soon had no time to spare to watch the Luoyang court drama.
Something happened on his side too.
