His Majesty Liu Yu, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, returned victoriously, and the whole city of Luoyang was naturally filled with joy.
This joy of victory is the best medicine to inspire people.
As the loser, Yu Zhai Muhe, the first chief merchant of Ding Ling Kingdom, had a very hard life.
Although after retreating from Liaozhou, Zhai Muhe took away most of the main force of the Ding Ling people.
However, almost the entire army of miscellaneous soldiers and servants was annihilated by the Han army.
Various tribes had a slight wavering on the rule of the Ding Ling people.
In order to curb this situation, Zhai Muhe and his army carried out a massacre in the Xianbei Mountains.
Use the billowing heads to train the local North Xianbei survivors into obedience.
However, Zhai Muhe has just settled these undercurrents.
However, more than 300 Ding Ling prisoners who had their eyes poked out were released by the Han army.
These Ding Ling people who had become useless blind people all burst into tears as soon as they came to Zhai Muhe.
More than three hundred strong and brave men were turned into blind men with limited mobility.
The shock was enough to make everyone tremble.
Zhai Muhe couldn't help crying on the spot, and he remembered the tragic death of his son Wula.
After repeated torture, Zhai Muhe, a tough man, also fell ill.
After taking medicine and recuperating, and performing magic tricks, Zhai Muhe finally got better.
However, the news from the left-behind tribes in Mobei made Zhai Muhe feel depressed again.
Ding Ling's left-behind commander, Zhai Huergai, led Ding Ling's soldiers to march westward until they reached the edge of the Laohu Laer River.
Once again I saw the prosperous Western Region!
The local Kangju and Hujie people did not dare to resist at all, and almost retreated in succession.
Facing the menacing Ding Ling army, the local countries in the Western Regions had no time to find reinforcements from the Han army. They could only send people to send money and cede territory, allowing Zhai Huergai to make a lot of money again.
Comparing the two, Zhai Muhe, who returned from the defeat, already looked a little embarrassed.
He could already imagine what would happen to him when he arrived at Shanyu Tingcheng to attend the tribal leaders' meeting.
"No, I can't bear it like this!"
As soon as Zhai Muhe's health improved, he summoned his confidants to discuss how to regain his reputation.
However, Zhai Muhe was also in a bit of a dilemma.
He no longer dared to provoke the Han Emperor Liu Yu easily.
That was a group of desperate Han troops. A mere five hundred Xianbei people could hold off tens of thousands of troops and fight to the death.
With such terrible determination, even if we can win, how many people will die!
The number of warriors in Dadingling was far less than that of the Han people.
You can't afford to die with such a life-changing method.
Apart from the territory of Emperor Liu Yu of the Han Dynasty, there were only two places left.
One was the northern area of the Western Region that had just been looted.
These cowards in the small countries in the Western Region are just like his parents and ancestors, they are all complete trash.
It was originally a good target to regain face.
However, the territory in the Western Regions had already been harassed by Ding Ling people, so the local Han army must have been prepared.
Zhai Muhe really has no chance to interfere in the sphere of influence in the Western Region.
What's more, Zhai Muhe had just been defeated and had no face to meet Zhai Huergai and others.
As for the remaining direction, that is the Sushen people a little east of the Daxianbei Mountains in Mobei.
These fishing and hunting tribes along the Onan River and east of Xianbei Province have just formed an alliance and begun to invade the northern part of the Dingling border.
Not long ago, they had just defeated the local Ding Ling soldiers and formed an alliance with twenty-seven tribes.
That area is full of pastures with rich water and grass.
For the Ding Ling people, it was very embarrassing.
"If the Chanyu can defeat the Sushen people and regain control of the twenty-seven tribes, it will be a great achievement. It also shows the bravery of the Chanyu. He is still the number one in Dingling!" said.
Zhai Muhe is also a little worried about this final strategic direction.
Those Sushen people were all savage and brave, often killing like crazy and risking their lives. They might not have made much concessions to the Han army in Liaozhou.
If the Sushen people's equipment was not so poor, I'm afraid they would have started to invade the territory of Dadingling.
"He'erle of the Sushen people has already claimed to be your lord. We have been unable to defeat the Sushen people before. If this Shanyu sends troops, we may not be able to guarantee a complete victory!" Zhai Muhe had some doubts.
"Chanyu, don't worry too much. Those Shushen people are just trying to plunder more and have no ability to hold on. As long as they stand firm against the twenty-seven tribes and defeat them and drive them out, there should be no problem. Big!" said the subordinate.
The Sushen people today are not yet the Northeastern fishing and hunting people of later generations whose fighting prowess was extraordinary.
They were too loose to be able to defend tenaciously.
Zhai Muhe finally agreed with this strategy.
However, if the army wants to go on an expedition, it must prepare food, grass and baggage.
Now that they have just been defeated, Zhai Muhe is a little poor.
"What to do with food and grass? Where to get it?" Zhai Muhe asked.
"Since it is for Da Ding Ling to regain the land of the Twenty-Seven Tribes, it is natural to ask the Xianbei people for it!" Xi Yin said.
Zhai Muhe thought about it for a while, but felt that it was not feasible.
People from various tribes of the Xianbei people have long been dissatisfied with themselves. How can they fully support themselves to regain their face?
"No, let's find another way!" Zhai Muhe shook his head.
Wanyan Xiyin thought for a moment and then said.
"Chanyu, how about we go to Yuzhou to collect?"
The so-called Yuzhou area was the original jurisdiction of the Liao Kingdom and the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures in history.
Most of the people here are Han Chinese, and they are relatively wealthy.
"Well, you can do it like this!" Zhai Muhe nodded in approval.
Almost all Han people in Yuzhou have some food reserves.
As long as they can be conquered by force to meet the needs of an expedition, it won't be a problem.
As for the reluctance of the local Han people, no one cares.
The swords and guns in Zhai Muhe's hands were meant to kill people.
soon.
The order from Shanyu Mansion on Dading Lingxi Road soon reached Yuzhou.
Wanyan Yinshuke, the local Ding Ling soldier guard, suddenly transformed into a bandit and started plundering with his Ding Ling army.
The local Han people were miserable.
They were already in great embarrassment, but if the Dingling people took away their food supplies now, they would starve to death this winter.
Under the leadership of some bloody common people, many Han people in Yuzhou took up the banner of the Han people and openly resisted the tyranny and oppression of the Ding Ling people.
Regarding these situations, the Eight-Character Army rebels who were close at hand quickly reported to Liu Yu in Luoyang.
Liu Yu certainly could not sit idly by and ignore these rebels.
He immediately ordered Han Shizhong, who had just settled all the hills of the Eight-Character Army, to quickly lead his troops north to support.
