The biggest problem with the Xiongnu expedition was that the Xiongnu had no fixed residence, and even the Shanyu's golden account was moving.
Once the army penetrates deep into the grassland, if it fails to find the enemy and consumes physical strength and food, it will gradually be dragged to death by the Xiongnu.
The Dayuezhi are also nomadic people, and they are just behind the Xiongnu. They can easily know the whereabouts of the Xiongnu army, inform them of the news, and send troops to intercept it at will.
As for combat, Zhang Beichen, who had seen the combat effectiveness of the Da Yuezhi army, did not expect the Da Yuezhi army to fight against the Xiongnu.
[Queen Lanxiang of Dayueshi sent an envoy to indicate to you the location of the Monan Royal Court. You decide to go on an expedition with the Ying Yin people. 】
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In Monan, King Zuoxie was drinking and having fun in his tent. Suddenly I received a message from my subordinates: "Chanyu, a large group of enemy troops are coming!"
"What?" King Zuoxie stood up abruptly and asked, "We are deep in the grassland, how did they find us?"
King Zuoxie has been moving recently because his previous settlement was discovered by the Wei army and he had to move.
But every time we move, the other party will find us quickly.
"It's Da Yuezhi! Their people disguised themselves as herdsmen and deceived us!" reported the subordinate report, "This time we found Da Yuezhi's cavalry!"
The Dayeshi were originally a nomadic tribe and were familiar with the grassland. The Huns could easily distinguish the Central Plains people from them, but it was difficult to distinguish the spies of the Dayeshi.
"Damn it!" King Zuoxie scolded, "The Great Chanyu should have wiped out the Great Yueshi directly at the beginning, but now it has caused a catastrophe!"
"Get ready to fight!"
"yes!"
King Zuoxie now still has an army of 100,000, including 30,000 fierce knights.
Zhang Beichen and Ying Yin brought more than 100,000 fine cavalry!
The two sides started to tear apart on the grassland.
"Array up!" Ying Yin was wearing black armor and raised his sword to command.
The cavalry formed a fish scale formation and charged at the fierce cavalry wave after wave. The ferocious beasts were beheaded one after another, and the ferocious knights were smashed into pieces.
King Zuo Xie was horrified when he saw this, "How come Wei's cavalry has become so powerful in just a few years? Even the fierce cavalry are no match for them!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, he summoned his subordinates: "Retreat, go to Mobei, and find the Great Chanyu!"
King Zuoxie was about to flee the battlefield. In the direction of their retreat, another cavalry group appeared.
"King Zuoxie, where are you running?" Zhang Beichen led his troops to stop him.
King Zuoxie had seen Zhang Beichen's portrait and recognized him at a glance. He shouted: "Zhang Beichen, do you really think you can stop me?"
"You can try it!" Zhang Beichen said coldly.
"Kill!" King Zuo Evil rode over on a ferocious beast. Before he came into contact with Zhang Beichen, his body expanded rapidly and turned into an orc with black hair all over his body. His aura surged to the holy realm.
It seems that in this game, Zuo Xie Wang also merged with the blood of the beast and gained stronger power.
[You fought against Zuo Xie King, evenly matched. When Ying Yin saw this, she also joined the battlefield. After these years of practice, she had also reached the holy realm. Two against one, Zuo Xie was invincible. 】
"Peng!" Zuoxie King was hit to the ground, and the ferocious beast characteristics on his body faded quickly. He coughed up blood and said unwillingly: "I never thought that my majestic Zuoxie King would fall here!"
"Maotai will avenge me!"
[After King Zuoxie finished speaking, he sacrificed himself. The essence and blood all over his body turned into a drop of essence and blood and flew into the sky. The shadow of the beast god condensed in the sky, swallowing its essence and blood. Seeing this, the other ferocious knights did the same thing one after another. 】
Zhang Beichen looked up at the phantom of the Beast God. It seemed to be more solid than in the previous round.
[You destroyed King Zuoxie and occupied the Monan area. You asked Emperor Wei for orders to establish three counties in the north, and Emperor Wei agreed. 】
[Emperor Wei recruited millions of people from all over the country to build cities in the north, and moved hundreds of thousands of people to the north. It took five years to build the three northern counties. 】
[At this time, you decide to continue the northern expedition, go to Mobei, and completely eliminate the Xiongnu. 】
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After the Monan Royal Court was wiped out, the Mobei Royal Court had moved to an area further north in order to prevent Wei's attack.
In order to find the location of Yu Maotai, Zhang Beichen once again contacted Queen Lanxiang of Dayuezhi and asked Dayuezhi to provide information.
…
[A few months later, Queen Lanxiang of the Dayue clan sent a messenger. She had found the location of the Mobei Royal Court and was willing to send 50,000 cavalry to assist in the battle. 】
[You have agreed on the details of the battle. You and Ying Yin will lead a total of 200,000 cavalry to Mobei. 】
[After several months of running, you finally found the location of the Mobei Royal Court. 】
"Da Chanyu, the Wei army is coming!" His subordinates reported to Maotai. Maotai rode the Wolf King and looked at the cavalry rushing over the horizon from a distance with a gloomy expression.
"They came just in time. If they dare to go deep into the grassland, I will let them all stay here!" Maotai commanded the wolf cavalry to prepare to meet the enemy.
[Wei Cavalry and Wolf Cavalry fought fiercely. Neither side could gain a greater advantage. At this time, a large Yuezhi cavalry of 50,000 people joined the battlefield. 】
Zhang Beichen originally had no hope for the Dayue clan cavalry, but he found that the Dayue clan cavalry who came this time were actually very fierce in combat. And they are equally well-fighting and well-trained.
Upon closer inspection, this fighting style is exactly the same as that of Wei Qi.
One of them rushed towards Zhang Beichen. He was a general of the Wei army stationed in Dayuezhi.
He reported to Zhang Beichen: "Sir, this cavalry was built by Queen Dayuezhi who asked us to help train and spent a lot of money. With this cavalry, Queen Dayuezhi has completely controlled the entire territory of Dayuezhi. It’s enough to compete with the King of Kushan.”
"That's it." Zhang Beichen nodded slightly. It seems that Queen Lanxiang does have some tricks.
He kept these cavalry in Dayuezhi to check and balance her, but he didn't expect that they would be used by her to help her train her men.
But it doesn't matter. Da Wei and Da Yueshi are too far apart, so there is no conflict of interest for the time being.
As long as Da Yuezhi is willing to surrender to Da Wei, all this will not be a problem.
[With the addition of the Da Yueshi cavalry, the balance of the battlefield began to shift towards the Wei army, and the wolf cavalry gradually lost ground. 】
"Die!" Maotai was furious. His fighting power was extremely powerful, and he could sweep them away wherever he went!
"Ren Yin, let's go!" Zhang Beichen shouted to Ren Ying.
"Yes!" Ying Yin rushed forward with tacit understanding, and Zhang Beichen and Zhang Beichen surrounded Maotai.
"How dare you fight with me?" Maotai's eyes flashed fiercely, and his aura actually suppressed the two of them.
"Late Saint Realm!" Zhang Beichen was shocked. He and Ying Yin were currently only at the middle stage of Saint Realm, but the other party actually reached the late Saint Realm!
In the late stage of the Holy Realm, one against two is more than enough!
"Hahahaha!" Maotai laughed and said: "How can I only be in the late stage of the Holy Realm! Beast God, please give me power!"
After saying that, Maotai activated the beast bloodline in his body, and his momentum rose again, reaching the peak of the holy realm!
The expressions of Zhang Beichen and Ying Yin became solemn. Within the realm of the Holy Realm, the gap between each small realm was huge.
At the pinnacle of the Holy Realm, unless King Chu is resurrected, it would be difficult for them both to defeat each other!
"Cheer for the military formation!" Zhang Beichen shouted.
Immediately, soldiers formed a military formation, converging power on the two of them to enhance their strength.
"Death!" Maotai slashed with his sword, and a bright sword light pierced the sky. His spiritual force field locked the surrounding space, making the two unable to move.
Zhang Beichen tried his best to escape.
[Maotai’s strength is so overwhelming that the two of you can barely fight it. After fighting for half an hour, both of you are exhausted, but Maotai is still full of fighting spirit and at his peak. 】
"This won't work, we will be defeated sooner or later!" Ying Yin looked at Zhang Beichen and said, "Jun Beichen, lock him up and I'll kill him!"
"No!" Zhang Beichen refused decisively, "You can't kill him!"
"Believe me!" Ying Yin said calmly.
"Do you still have time to chat?" Maotai saw the two of them chatting and struck again, almost killing them. If it weren't for the shield wall formation of the soldiers, they would have been unable to stop them.
"Okay!" Zhang Beichen knew that the opportunity to fight was fleeting, so he immediately burned his essence and blood, used the magic method of the Legalist, and performed the "Law of the Great Wei". Golden chains appeared from the void and locked Maotai.
"You want to lock me up just because of this?" Maotai struggled hard, the chains were breaking, and Zhang Beichen tried his best to keep locking him.
At this time, Ying Yin was also ready. After burning her essence and blood, her momentum climbed to the late stage of the holy realm. With the blessing of the military formation, her power was terrifying.
Zhang Beichen only saw her turn into a sword light, and in an instant she was in front of Maotai, and her sword accurately pierced his chest!
"Ah!" Maotai screamed, but he did not die immediately. His hands turned into claws and grabbed Ying Yin's neck, twisting it hard!
"Yin Ren!" Zhang Beichen rushed forward to rescue him, but he was still a step too late. Yin Yin Ren had already exhausted all his strength by burning his essence and blood, and now he was unable to resist at all.
"Death!" Zhang Beichen's eyes were blood red, and the spear passed through Maotai's forehead, piercing his Tianling Cap!
[Maotai was killed by you, and the fierce knight was completely defeated. The people of Yingyin sacrificed themselves in order to defeat Maotai. 】
"Damn it!" Zhang Beichen was very unwilling. If he were stronger, he wouldn't be like this.
[You order the soldiers to continue to hunt down the fierce knights and completely wipe out the grassland! From now on, there will be no royal court in the grassland! 】
[You brought the ashes of Ying Yin back to the Wei Dynasty, and the Emperor of Wei buried Ying Yin with the etiquette of a king. 】
[At this time, the Nanman barbarians in the south were finally pacified, and Han Mengshu returned to the court with his troops. 】
The foreign enemies in the north and south were pacified, and the Wei Dynasty entered a period of prosperity and development.
Zhang Beichen took a break for three years.
In the past three years, something happened in the territory of Wei.
One of his sons and Wei Yao's misbehavior in the territory aroused the anger of the officials and the people. The local general went to suppress it. When the vassal king saw that the situation was not good, he simply raised his troops and rebelled.
The rebellion was quickly suppressed, but problems were also exposed.
Wei Yao has too many children, and now the number alone exceeds twenty-five!
Moreover, the eldest child already has a child. If this continues, won't the Wei Dynasty become a situation where there are many princes?
…
At the Wei court, the ministers were also discussing this issue.
Gongsun Yan said: "Your Majesty, there are already dozens of vassal kings in the world. They annex land and train soldiers. If they are loyal and filial people, it doesn't matter. But it is inevitable that some people will be deceived by villains, which will be detrimental to Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, please reduce the territory and power of the feudal lord to avoid causing a catastrophe!"
Wei Yao was also very hesitant about this. These vassal kings were all her children, born to her after several months of pregnancy. She must have wanted her children to live a better life, so she gave them fertile land and enough power when giving rewards.
She was quite proud before. She had several times more children than Ying Yin and Han Mengshu!
Now I have a headache. It is not good to have too many heirs. No, there are children who are not willing to be the vassal king and actually want to rebel!
"Then just follow what you said!" Wei Yao said helplessly.
[Gongsun Yan and other court officials formulated the policy of reducing the vassal status and vigorously reducing the fiefdoms and powers of the vassal kings. This caused dissatisfaction among the vassal kings. Two more vassal kings rebelled, and other vassal kings were also secretly preparing. 】
[Emperor Wei had to send a large army to quell the rebellion and captured the two rebellious vassal kings back to the capital. 】
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In the prison, Wei Yao saw his two children, a boy and a girl.
She loved both of them very much and kept them by her side for ten years before sending them away to the feudal lord.
"Why did you betray me? I am your mother!" Wei Yao was heartbroken.
Both of them were originally respectful and filial to her, but now they were looking at her with incomparable hatred.
"Mother? Haha, you are unfair. My eldest brother is not as good as me in terms of literary talent or martial arts. Why don't you make me the crown prince?"
"The child has no intention of causing trouble in the fiefdom. But the mother is going to cut off half of the child's fiefdom at once. How can the child afford to support his own slaves? Those evil officials, after receiving the order to cut down the vassalage, are in the palace. The boy couldn't stand being domineering, so he took action against them. Unexpectedly, he was called a rebel, and the boy was completely forced!"
The two of them had their own opinions, and Wei Yao couldn't tell the difference.
But it was also true that they rebelled. In the end, Wei Yao reluctantly ordered the execution of his two children.
She originally thought that this would deter the other vassal kings, but who knew that the other vassal kings were even more panicked when they learned that their mother was actually willing to execute her own child.
The spies reported that several more vassal kings were preparing to rebel, and they were actually preparing to join forces to overthrow Wei Yao.
Wei Yao was exhausted mentally and physically, and she no longer knew how to deal with it.
In the court, Gongsun Yan suggested: "Your Majesty must not be merciful. Anyone who has a counter-intention will be killed without mercy! Only in this way can the world be stable!"
Wei Yao looked at Zhang Beichen and asked: "Prime Minister, they are all our children. How can I bear to execute them? What do you think we should do?"
Zhang Beichen is also thinking about this problem. Among these children, there are some who are wise and wise, and some who are filial and well-behaved. But once the feudal clan is established, any of them may betray.
In the final analysis, after the vassal, they had their own interest groups. For this interest group, even the most loyal and filial children will betray themselves.
It is impossible to get rid of this interest group, and they do not agree to reduce their power.
Zhang Beichen had no choice but to use a big move. He said to Wei Yao: "Your Majesty, the reason why the vassal kings are causing rebellion is because their territory is too large and their strength is too strong."
"Your Majesty, think about it, the vassal king has been annexing land and adding new people. It will only take more than ten years to form a country within a country! By then, even if he does not want to cause chaos, there will be people who will encourage and confuse him."
"And your Majesty has many heirs, and the number of vassal kings has been increasing. In the past, most of the land in the world will be distributed to vassal kings. What is the difference between this and the enfeoffment of princes?"
Wei Yao asked: "How to deal with it? I can't help but give the children land, right?"
Zhang Beichen said: "Fiefdom can be given, but the method must be changed."
He continued: "Your Majesty, please promulgate a decree. The children of the vassal king, regardless of their age, are eligible to inherit the lord's territory. If they have no meritorious service, their title must be downgraded. If they commit crimes, their title must be removed and reduced to Civilians, territory returned to the state.”
Upon hearing this, the ministers immediately understood Zhang Beichen's intention.
Each vassal king has a large number of heirs. In the past, the eldest son was appointed as the heir. In this way, the vassal king's strength continued to increase.
And if the territory of the feudal king is divided among many children, the strength of the feudal king will be weakened all of a sudden. It is inevitable that these people will make some mistakes and reclaim their land, and the powerful feudal king will be weakened step by step until it disappears.
The most important thing is that the vassal kings cannot refuse this decree. Because once they refuse, their own children will disagree and there will be internal chaos.
Gongsun Yan sighed with emotion: "The prime minister's plan is really a unique plan! And it's Yang, so Gongsun Yan is in awe!"
Wei Yao also understood and said: "Jun Beichen is indeed smart, I will give the order now!"
[Emperor Wei issued an order of favor: after the death of the vassal kings, in addition to the eldest son inheriting the throne, other children can also divide part of the kingdom's land and become princes, governed by county guards. 】
"Tuying the favor order? This is not pushing the favor. Mother is blatantly trying to cut down the vassal!" When the vassal kings from all over the country saw the favor order, they felt helpless.
"That's all, that's all. As long as I live a comfortable life, that's all. My children and grandchildren will have their own blessings!"
"After I die, what will happen to the flood?"
There are also vassal kings who do not agree to implement the Tuen Order. At this time, the Wei Dynasty will forcefully help implement it. However, the vassal king had no strength to oppose the great Wei, and in the end he could only obey his orders.
[After the execution of the Tuen Order, the problem of the Wei vassal king was solved. 】
Zhang Beichen breathed a sigh of relief, and now he can finally continue to think of ways to improve national power.
He set his sights on the Western Region.
After wiping out the Xiongnu, the Wei Dynasty took control of the Hexi Corridor, the passage connecting the Western Regions.
Through the river corridor, one can reach Da Yueshi and other countries in the Western Regions.
[You write to Emperor Wei, requesting to send envoys to the countries in the Western Regions to open up a trade route from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. 】
In the palace, Wei Yao reluctantly pulled Zhang Beichen's clothes and asked, "Mr. Beichen, do you really want to leave? Can't you send someone else as the envoy?"
Zhang Beichen nodded solemnly and said: "Others can't handle the complex problems in the Western Regions, so I must go!"
He had to leave because he was extremely exhausted from staying with Wei Yao. As a saint, he originally had a lifespan of hundreds of years, but every year he stayed with Wei Yao, his lifespan would be reduced by several years! If this continues, the Holy Realm will also decline prematurely!
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