However, the Hun Emperor Liu Cong would never say this fearful thought in his mind.
For Liu Cong, he could take this opportunity to reverse some of his previous passive situations.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong raised his head and glanced at the surrounding Xiongnu nobles and generals.
When his eyes glanced at the Taishi Ling below, he paused for a moment.
The Taishi Ling immediately understood what Liu Cong meant, and immediately stepped forward and spoke loudly.
"Your Majesty, I happened to observe the sky at night yesterday and saw the astronomical scene last night. The meteor was in the morning glory and fell into the purple sky. According to its position, it was a hidden danger in the west. It should be eliminated as soon as possible. By doing so, peace will surely be restored."
Since ancient times, the imperial court's Taishi Ling has not only recorded historical materials, but also has an important role in observing astronomical scenes.
Especially among the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms, since the Xiongnu and Han Kingdoms raised their armies, Taishi Ling's predictions for several wars have been very accurate, so the prestige of his words is very high.
Sure enough, as soon as the Taishi Ling finished speaking, the Hun nobles immediately started discussing with each other.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong asked loudly.
"Taishi Ling, what exactly do you mean by the hidden dangers in the West?"
Tai Shiling immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the west is Qinzhou and Liangzhou, and naturally it is the Jin captives entrenched there."
"Especially after Sima Bao claimed to be the King of Jin, the scattered people around him were worried. If these hidden dangers are not eliminated, the sky will be uneasy."
After hearing this answer, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong was very satisfied.
"In this case, it seems that the meteor falling to the ground was God's will."
"Then I will lead a large army to conquer in person. I will capture Sima Bao and come back to offer it to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to comfort God."
After hearing the decision of the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong, some of the surrounding Xiongnu nobles agreed with it and opposed it.
"Your Majesty, we just went through several battles last year, and now the national treasury is empty. If we raise troops to march westward again, we may be short of military food supplies."
Jiangdu King Liu Yannian said with some worry.
"It doesn't matter. Guanzhong had a good harvest last year, which can be said to be rich. I can lead the army to collect food in Guanzhong, and there is no need to transfer food and grass in Pingyang."
In recent years, last year's harvest can be said to be the best. Even though Guanzhong has experienced several wars, it still collected a lot of grain and grass when it fell into the hands of the Huns.
"Your Majesty, the Qingzhou thieves are now entrenched in Hanoi, and Liu Yan is occupying Yanmen. This can be said to be a hidden danger. If you don't solve these two hidden dangers first, but go on an expedition to Qinzhou and Liangzhou, isn't it like sacrificing the foundation and chasing the weak!?"
Immediately someone raised another objection.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong took a look and found that these opponents were all old clan members of the Huns. Although he was dissatisfied, he had to give them some sympathy.
"Now Liu Yan occupies a small area in Bingzhou. Just dealing with Tuoba Suolu is enough for him. How can he threaten Jinyang?"
Liu Cong said loudly.
"As for Zu Ti and other bandits in Hanoi, they are blocked by Taihang and Wangwushan. How can they easily invade?"
"Didn't you see that when I sent troops to retake Luoyang, the bandits in Hanoi didn't do anything? This is obviously because they are afraid of our army."
After Xun Song, Du Zeng and others led their troops to withdraw from Luoyang, Liu Cong immediately sent three thousand troops to take Luoyang back. They had been worried about the Hanoi Qingzhou Army's counterattack, but they never saw it.
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong said this, he had already convinced most of the people.
After all, today's Xiongnu and Han troops do not need spring plowing work, and can completely conquer Qinzhou Sima Bao westward in spring and summer.
However, in the Qingzhou Han Kingdom to the east, most of them were soldiers and farmers. If they raised troops to invade at this time, they would probably lose their cultivation.
In the end, there were still some Xiongnu elders who wanted to object, but they were impatiently suppressed by the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong.
"Now that a vision has come to me, it is asking me to conquer the Jin captives. Anyone who dares to make noise again will definitely not be spared!"
In the end, everyone could only unanimously support the Hun Emperor Liu Cong's decision to send troops.
Regarding Sima Bao's conquest in Qinzhou, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong could be said to have adopted the posture of "a tiger fighting a rabbit".
Not only did he mobilize almost all the Xiongnu nobles to accompany him, but he also specifically ordered the officials in Chang'an to buy houses and supplies to support the army.
This expedition was of large scale. In order to facilitate management, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong changed the original "Three Dukes" to "Seven Dukes", namely the Prime Minister, the Taifu, the Taishi, and the Taibao. Da Situ, Da Sikong and Da Sima, the most critical position of prime minister was directly held by his son Liu Can.
Then the whole army was divided into the "Sixteen Generals", namely Auxiliary Han, Duhu, Zhongjun, Upper Army, Lower Army, Left Army, Right Army, Front Army, Fujun, Zhenwei, Zhenjing, Auxiliary Army. Country, champion, dragon and tiger tooth.
In the name of this expedition, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong directly assigned all the Xiongnu tribes to the newly established sixteen generals.
The original leaders of the Xiongnu tribes and others were assigned to the newly established left and right ministers and left and right assistants respectively. They only had official positions but no power to lead the army.
Although these Xiongnu nobles were dissatisfied, this was for military expedition after all, and it was just a temporary move, which was within their acceptance range.
In March, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong led a total of 120,000 sergeants and officials across Puban and entered Guanzhong, preparing to march westward to conquer Jin King Sima Bao who occupied Qinzhou.
As for the capital of Pingyang, it was left to his eldest son, the King of Jin of the Han Dynasty, the prime minister, Liu Can, the Minister of Records, and others to stay behind.
Before leaving, the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong held a grand departure ceremony, claiming that he would lead 500,000 tigers to conquer Qinzhou and would not stop until Sima Bao was captured.
When the news came that Liu Cong, the emperor of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, personally led an army of "five hundred thousand" and was preparing to conquer Qinzhou in the west, Sima Bao, who was far away in Qinzhou, was almost scared to death.
"Hulu actually has an army of 500,000 people!?"
The chubby Sima Bao said with a pale face.
"The total number of Dingkou in Qinzhou may not be 500,000. If these barbarians send 500,000 troops to come, they will definitely be defeated!"
Some of the generals in the narration felt sad after hearing this and seemed very unsure of themselves.
Some generals even began to persuade Sima Bao to lead his army to flee west to Liangzhou for temporary refuge. After all, Zhang Gui's soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were strong and they should be able to resist the Hulu army of 500,000.
However, as soon as this suggestion was made, it immediately attracted opposition from some people.
"No!"
The person who spoke was Chen An, one of the governors of Qinzhou.
"Your Highness, although the Hulu claimed to be five hundred thousand, the general guessed that this was just a bluff by the Huns. They slaughtered all the people for only one hundred thousand. This still included men, women, old and weak. How could there be five hundred thousand? Soldiers and horses?”
"At most, it's only 100,000 people."
This Chen An has always had a reputation for being brave and good at fighting, and his prestige is also very high.
After these words were spoken, Jin King Sima Bao immediately felt a little more at ease.
At this time, the other person's words made Sima Bao even more relieved.
"However, what Chen Duhu said is very reasonable. I also think that Hu Lu came here just to get the upper hand."
The man who spoke was Suo Wei, the hussar general of the Jin Dynasty.
When Suo Wei was in Yongzhou, he originally wanted to support his troops and respect himself. He planned to appear as a savior in Chang'an's critical moment, and then completely control the power of the Jin court in Chang'an.
However, after many Di Qiang and refugees defected to the Huns, Suo Wei's wishful thinking completely failed.
In the end, even the place to stay in Yongzhou was taken away, and he had to lead his troops to the west to defect to Sima Bao, the then king of Nanyang.
"General Hussar, are you sure you can retreat from the enemy?" Sima Bao asked.
"Don't worry, your highness, Suo and Zhang Gong of Liangzhou are family friends. Now that the barbarians are invading in large numbers, I can go to Liangzhou to borrow troops. In this way, as long as the troops are sufficient, the barbarians can come to us, whether it is 100,000 or 20." No matter how hard it is, we will definitely not be able to penetrate the Longxi Road." General Suo Wei said loudly.
Nowadays, many Di and Qiang tribes in Qinzhou no longer obey orders. Many soldiers and horses under Sima Bao are busy guarding these Di and Qiang, and there is already a shortage of troops.
"But I heard that Duke Zhang of Liangzhou is seriously ill, and the deputy governor Zhang Shi is busy stabilizing the internal affairs. Do you still have troops to lend to us?" Although Sima Bao was fat, his thoughts were unambiguous.
Zhang Gui, the governor of Liangzhou, was a first-class loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty. When Luoyang was in the most danger, he sent Bei Gongchun and others to command the King of Liangzhou Bingqin.
But when he became seriously ill, his son Zhang Shi, who replaced him in power, was busy stabilizing the internal affairs and had little energy to think about the external affairs.
"Your Highness, don't worry. Even though the deputy governor is like this, the general can still borrow troops." Suo Wei said with great confidence.
"There are at least 200,000 Hu Xirong in Liangzhou. These people are all taking orders from the Zhang family. If I open my mouth to Zhang Shi, there is absolutely no problem in borrowing tens of thousands of Hu Rong cavalry."
"Hu Rong cavalry?" Sima Bao asked worriedly.
Ever since the Di and Qiang tribes in Qinzhou rebelled or disobeyed orders, Sima Bao became more and more disgusted with these Hu Yi Rong Di, feeling that they were all capricious beasts.
"Is there really no problem in using Liangzhou Hulu to resist Bingzhou Hulu?"
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. These Liangzhou Ronghu have lived in the western border for a long time and have nothing to do with the Bingzhou Huns. As long as they are rewarded, they will definitely be loyal."
As soon as he heard the word 'reward', Sima Bao immediately looked embarrassed.
"Gong Suo, you don't have much money in your hands. To be honest, even grain and grass are enough. How can you reward those Liangzhou soldiers?"
Regarding Sima Bao's worries, Suo Wei laughed and showed no embarrassment at all.
"Haha, don't worry, Your Highness, let those Liangzhou soldiers take this reward for themselves."
"Get it yourself? How to get it yourself?" Sima Bao was even more confused.
"After the Ronghu from Liangzhou arrive, as long as His Highness allows them to "threat grass and valleys" in the local area!"
After Jin Wang Sima Bao heard this method, his expression changed. It was obvious that he understood the meaning of "threwing grass in the valley" very well.
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Summer, April.
Zhang Shi, the deputy governor of Liangzhou in Jin Dynasty, sent troops from Liangzhou and Hu Yi to rush to aid Qinzhou. King Sima Bao of Jin swore an oath in Shanggui, claiming to have 600,000 troops and preparing to march eastward to Longdao to conquer Chang'an.
In the past, there was an army of "500,000" from the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, and now there is a "600,000" army from King Sima Bao of Jin.
This 'million-level' battle seems to be about to break out in Guanzhong.
However, Wu Xin, Ran Liang and others who were far away in Youzhou and Liaoxi had no idea about this 'epic' battle.
Otherwise, the battle between them and Duan Bu Xianbei, which only numbered 30,000 to 50,000 people, would become very boring.
When the 30,000 Han troops led by Wu Xin set out from Beiping County and crossed the Ru River, many Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes west of Lingzhi surrendered one after another.
To them, today's Duanbu Xianbei can be described as a leaky broken ship. Yuwen Xianbei in the north is becoming more and more fierce. Not only does it go south to plunder Duanbu's villages and towns every day, but it also often destroys farmland and plunders people.
It's even better now, the real master behind Yuwen Department came directly to kill him.
These tribes that were attached to the Xianbei Duan tribe naturally had no reason to be buried with the Duan family, so they all surrendered to Master Wang without any scruples.
"Ran Liang, why are you so listless?"
In the long march of the Han army, the general Wu Xin saw the lack of interest on the face of Ran Liang who was following him and asked.
Hearing this, Ran Liang looked behind him and then said.
"The general knows clearly, so why bother asking deliberately."
After seeing Ran Liang's appearance, Wu Xin couldn't help but feel funny.
"Haha, it's a good thing that Xianbei and Wuhuan are rushing to vote, but this behavior is inappropriate."
It turned out that after the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes near Rushui surrendered, Wu Xin ordered the entire army to attack these tribes without committing any crimes.
Thousands of people were recruited from these tribes to serve as laborers, and then continued towards Lingzhi, Duanbu's home base.
Many of the Han army's tasks of transporting baggage along the way became their tasks.
However, most of the Han soldiers who were saved a lot of trouble in transporting baggage were as unhappy as Ran Liang.
What they value is 'capture' and 'capture', not this kind of 'surrender'.
For these ordinary Han army soldiers, they are more willing to resist the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes along the way, so that they can "earn military merit" as they please.
Although Ran Liang was different from the ordinary Han army soldiers in that he did not care about the land, women and land customers brought by the 'military merit', he was also very unhappy.
Because although Ran Liang is young, he has already been obsessed with the killing and fun on the battlefield.
Now it was marching all the way and then surrendering all the way. This really made him very dissatisfied.
At this moment, a Han cavalry galloped from far ahead.
"General, forty miles ahead, Duan's ambush has been discovered!"
