AD 314.
The Xiongnu Han Kingdom was in the fourth year of Jiaping.
Chang'an.
During the Eight Kings Rebellion, Chang'an was captured twice, and then twice by the Huns.
The inner gardens of the palace in the city were already dilapidated.
However, all this changed drastically a few months ago when the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong announced that he would move the capital to Chang'an.
Before this, the remaining residents in Chang'an City were only less than ten thousand, and it could be described as a state of depression and dilapidation.
After the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong led the twelve tribes of Huns to move to Chang'an, the city's population instantly increased to more than 100,000.
This does not include his family members, Buqu and others who later migrated from Pingyang.
Not only that, Liu Cong organized the Huns from various tribes into the Twelve Guards Generals, calling them the Twelve Guards on the Right.
Later, Shan Zheng, Pu Hong, Yang Modu, Yao Yizhong, Gou Xi, Fan Wu and other Di Qiang and Han forces were also organized into the Twelve Guards. These people were under their respective jurisdictions and were called the Left Ten Guards. Second guard.
There are a total of twenty-four soldiers on the left and right, and they have taken almost all the rich lands in Guanzhong for their own use.
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong ordered that the sergeants of the twelve guards on the left and right and their families were collectively called "guoren". The other Jin people, powerful people and common people all had lower status than the countrymen.
Almost instantly, with the help of more than 100,000 "Chinese people" who were a mixture of Hu and Han under the command of the 24th General's Mansion, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong immediately had Guanzhong firmly in his hands.
For several months, the situation in the Xiongnu and Han kingdoms could be described as very good.
All kinds of good news came one after another, allowing the Huns Emperor Liu Cong to shake off the haze of repeated setbacks.
In the still somewhat crude Chang'an Palace, the Hun Emperor Liu Cong was having a court meeting with the twelve generals on his left and right and officials from various Taiwan provinces.
"Your Majesty, we have just received the good news from the King of Jin. Liu Yan, the governor of Bingzhou of the Puppet Dynasty, was defeated in Pingyang. The King of Jin personally led the army and killed many people. After Liu Yan's defeat, he surrendered to Jinyang and was unable to retreat."
Jin Zhun, the general of the auxiliary country, reported the victory to Liu Cong with a smile on his face.
Since Liu Cong moved the capital to Chang'an, in order to set off the new atmosphere of the new dynasty, the original four queens were increased to eight queens in one go.
One of the queens was Jin Zhun's daughter, and with her ability to flatter and flatter, Jin Zhun naturally became one of the twelve generals on the right.
In fact, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong already knew about this news.
The reason why General Jin Zhun, the general of the auxiliary country, was still asked to speak again at today's court meeting was mainly for certain people to hear.
"Haha, uncles and nephews Liu Kun and Liu Yan have never known how to fight, and they only have a false reputation. Now they have mobilized troops and come here, but they have come back defeated. There is no need to worry about Pingyang!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong immediately said loudly.
"Your Majesty, the King of Jin has made great contributions to the country. It is really a blessing for the emperor and his Majesty!" Jin Zhun, the general of the auxiliary country, immediately chased after him.
After seeing the performance of Liu Cong and Jin Zhun as a pair of monarchs and ministers, the following Zhongshan King Liu Yao, Hu Yanyan, Ruyin King Liu Jing and others all rolled their eyes silently.
The 'King of Jin' mentioned by Jin Zhun is Liu Can, the eldest son of the Xiongnu Emperor, who is now the commander-in-chief who holds sole power in Pingyang, the eastern capital.
Ever since Liu Cong moved most of the Hu people to Guanzhong and divided them into twelve guards, he had already made Liu Yao, Liu Jing and other clan nobles very dissatisfied.
Because before this, Liu Yao, Liu Jing and others were very powerful, far exceeding others.
But after the Hu people were divided into twelve guards, they could only lead one guard each, which can be said to have greatly weakened their strength.
The only beneficiary was the Huns Emperor Liu Cong.
"Your Majesty, the King of Jin has made great achievements. It is appropriate to praise him to show his merits and make all the people admire him!" Jin Zhun said immediately.
After hearing these words, the crown prince Liu Yi, who was sitting next to the Xiongnu Emperor, turned green.
As the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Can was already the King of Jin, and also had the title of 'Great Chanyu', commanding the Pingyang lair that was independent of the twelve guards on the left and right.
If there is another reward, in addition to making Liu Can the emperor, he will also be the crown prince.
Seeing the expression of the emperor's brother Liu Yi change, his grandfather Shan Zheng, the chieftain of the Di people, immediately spoke.
"It is certainly a great joy for the King of Jin to win a great victory, but I heard that tens of thousands of beggars from Shandong have returned to Jinyang to farm. If Jinyang cannot be captured, I am afraid there will be endless troubles!"
Shan Zheng, one of the twelve generals of the Left Guard, has always had a high prestige, and his words are naturally full of weight.
Even Jin Zhun, the general who assisted the Han Dynasty, did not dare to refute him easily after hearing this.
After all, Shan Zheng's daughter, Queen Mother Shan, served as both 'mother' and 'wife' to the Huns Emperor Liu Cong, and Jin Zhun's daughter could not compare.
Shan Zheng's words were immediately agreed by Liu Yao and others.
They all said that although King Liu Can of Jin won this battle, he only won half of the battle. If he really wanted to ensure that Pingyang was worry-free, he still needed to wipe out all the begging troops around Jinyang.
After hearing these dissent, although the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was dissatisfied, he could no longer take the opportunity to build momentum for his son Liu Can.
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong killed his brother before he ascended the throne, in order to win over the Hu clan and the Di tyrants, he made his younger brother Liu Yi the crown prince.
However, when Liu Yi learned about the in-and-out relationship between his mother, Queen Mother Shan, and Liu Cong, he felt extremely humiliated.
The sarcastic warnings in front of her mother, Queen Mother Shan, almost every day made Queen Mother Shan avoid Liu Cong more and more.
Seeing that the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi had become a troublemaker and interfered with his own "mother's" pleasure, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong naturally disliked him even more.
And with repeated instigation from his cronies, the Huns Emperor Liu Cong also thought about replacing his younger brother with his own son.
"The King of Jin has meritorious service, so he will naturally be rewarded. However, the Bingzhou War is a long-term war, so there is no need to rush it. Let's write down the reward for now. When Jinyang is conquered, we will reward him together!"
The Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was not in a hurry, and now he had captured most of the twelve soldiers on the left and right. As long as he gave it a little time, he could make the rest willing to surrender.
At that time, just let his son Liu Can take over.
"I am meeting today to discuss with all the kings. Now the emperor and Han are surrounded by land on three sides. There are Jin captives in the west, Badi in the south, and fake thieves in the east."
"How to deal with such a situation?"
In fact, this is the main purpose of today's Hun Emperor Liu Cong convening a court meeting.
Now that the generals and courtiers in the palace are the most powerful people in the Huns and Han Kingdoms, it is natural to ask them about such strategies that are related to the overall situation.
Many generals and courtiers had already heard of the Hun Emperor Liu Cong's question.
After quickly taking control of Guanzhong, the fertile land in Guanzhong will greatly increase the power of the Huns and Han in the foreseeable future.
It is far from comparable to the previous Pingyang land.
In this situation where the strength is about to increase greatly, the situation of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom is a bit delicate.
In Qinzhou and Liangzhou to the west, there are still Sima Bao who claims to be the king of Jin, Zhang Gui, the governor of Liangzhou, and others. Under their command are not only the remaining Jin troops, but also tens of thousands of Liangzhou barbarians who are loyal to Jin. room.
Especially Sima Bao in Qinzhou sent troops to harass Yongzhou almost every month. These Qinzhou Jin troops seemed to have a biased understanding of themselves, and they repeatedly robbed the people of Yongzhou, whether they were Di Qiang or Han people. , could not escape the harassment of these Qinzhou and Jin troops.
Judging from the posture of these people, it seems that the entire territory of Yongzhou has really been regarded as the territory of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties. They regard everything on it as invaders and have no consciousness of the king.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the Jin barbarians in Qinzhou are harassing them almost every month, and the counties east of Lueyang have almost no peace. This can be said to be a serious problem, and we should get rid of it quickly!"
Ruyin King Liu Jing said first.
"Moreover, as long as Sima Bao of Qinzhou is eliminated, we can then march westward to destroy the Zhang family and his son who are entrenched in Liangzhou."
"In this way, thousands of miles of Longxi will be in the pocket, and Guanzhong will have no worries in the future!"
Liu Jing, the king of Ruyin, has always been famous among the Qiang and Hu tribes in the north. If he conquers Sima Bao in Qinzhou, he will definitely have to use the Qiang and Hu tribes in Henan.
In this way, Ruyin King Liu Jing must be reused.
Liu Jing can naturally expand his power as a matter of course.
Now, each of the twelve Xiongnu guards on the left has the power to expand the military and civilians. Anyway, the land allocated to them has already been divided. As long as the respective guard generals have the ability to recruit people to join, their own strength will also increase. .
"Your Majesty, I feel that people like Sima Bao in Qinzhou are just clowns now. After entering Yongzhou, they only know how to plunder. They are all villains. As long as Sima Bao is more time, the more rampant he is, the more he will worry about the people. I will become more attached to His Majesty!"
However, Chen Yuanda, the censor Zhongcheng, spoke out against the suggestion of Ruyin King Liu Jing.
In fact, Chen Yuanda also knew that the reason why the Jin army in Qinzhou behaved like this was mostly because of the troubles caused by poor words, not because of any habit problems.
In a remote place in Longxi, Qinzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers who were not engaged in production suddenly flooded in. It would be strange if they did not come out to rob.
"Then what should Chen Gong do?" Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong asked slowly.
"Your Majesty, the Qingzhou thieves in Guandong have more than 200,000 strong soldiers and occupy a fertile land. In just a few years, their national strength will be doubled!"
"The Kanto Puppet Dynasty is the life and death enemy of the Imperial Han Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, it is advisable to use the power of Guanzhong to train elite soldiers so that they can attack the puppet dynasty for months and months without giving them a chance to breathe!"
"This is the way to win!"
Chen Yuanda had long realized that the Qingzhou Han Kingdom's Zhitianfu soldiers were specifically born to restrain the Huns and Han Kingdom.
This kind of soldier not only has strong combat effectiveness, but also has the ability to replenish quickly.
After batches of military soldiers die, as long as the land of their households still exists, new military soldiers will immediately take over.
In this case, the number of Huns will face a huge test.
What is even more frightening is that the Han Kingdom in Qingzhou still occupies the most fertile area in the world.
If the Xiongnu Han Kingdom and the Qingzhou Han Kingdom compete to recuperate and gather strength, I am afraid that the awareness between the two countries will be even greater in the future.
Therefore, Chen Yuanda felt that the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom should seize the time to start a bloody storm on both sides of the river.
Only in this way can the Qingzhou Han Kingdom have no time to recuperate.
However, Chen Yuanda's suggestion had almost no supporters.
Everyone knows that Qingzhou Han State is a strong enemy, or they think Qingzhou Han State is difficult to shake.
If we go looking for people to fight now, I'm afraid everyone will choose weak persimmons such as Di Qiang and refugees instead of attacking the Qingzhou bandits first.
In that case, I'm afraid many people will die on the battlefield.
Nowadays, the life of the "Chinese people" in Guanzhong will get better and better. Everyone wants to live for two more years and taste all kinds of flavors in the world.
Anyone who is willing to attack the Qingzhou bandits is most likely seeking death.
Sure enough, someone immediately spoke out against it.
"Your Majesty, the emperor and the Han are now in a situation where they are all enemies. Even if we want to kill the Qingzhou bandits, it is not a good time."
"Now that our government is occupying Guanzhong, we should repeat the strategy we used to force Qin to annex the world."
"That is to go south to capture Yizhou first. As long as Yizhou is in hand, we can get money and grain, and we can also organize and train the navy."
"When the 100,000-ton boat is accumulated, we can go down the river and force Jiangdong Sima Rui and others to fight the Qingzhou bandits together."
As soon as these three strategies came out, the entire hall immediately fell into a heated discussion.
It waited until noon, when everyone was hungry, but there was still no conclusion to the discussion.
When the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong saw this, he had no choice but to order people to buy food. After giving the banquet, the discussion continued.
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Unlike the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong who fell into a phobia of choice, at this time Wu Xin, the governor of Pingzhou in Eastern Han Dynasty, decided on his next strategy at the first opportunity.
Ever since he learned about the civil strife among the Baekje people, Wu Xin immediately ordered people to find out the news.
Sure enough, it was just like the message from Tixi people.
After the Baekje people followed the Han army to conquer the Mahan people, they all fell into panic, and they were afraid that they would end up like the Mahan people.
Instigated by nobles in the country, the Baekje people deposed the original king and have always supported the younger son of the former Baekje king to succeed to the throne.
Then the Baekje people aggressively recruited barbarians such as Haoqiang, Chenhan, Bianhan, and Mahan, hoping to raid Lelang and Daifang counties together.
After learning about this, Wu Xin never responded to Ti Xicheng's request for help.
Even when tens of thousands of soldiers from Baekje, Sanhanman and others appeared in the south of Tixi City, Wu Xin still did not send reinforcements.
The requests for help from Tixi City came almost every day, but after a few days, the requests for help from Tixi City began to slowly decrease.
"General, there are almost no calls for help from Tixi City. Maybe the city has fallen!" Chief Secretary Wang Hong said softly.
"Although these Baekje and Samhan barbarians are coming fiercely, they are all afraid of our army in their hearts." Wu Xin still wiped a sword with leisurely time.
"It took more than a month to reach the outside of Tixi City. It can be said that you are very careful."
"If our army appears too early, most of the barbarians may have fled. Once they enter the mountains, it will take several years to clear them out."
"But if Xi City is in danger and reinforcements still don't arrive, these barbarians must think that the general is cowardly due to lack of troops, so they can act unscrupulously."
"When he is rampant and unprepared, it will be the day for my general to attack!"
