Yunzhong County.
"General, I salute you." In the lobby, a stubble-faced leader raised a bowl of wine, drank it all in one gulp, and then exposed the bottom of the bowl to show that he didn't have a drop left, with a smile on his face. Look at Yan Ju.
"Yes." Yan Ju sat at the top of the table, with a woman on each side pouring wine for him and beating his legs. One of them was the leader's daughter. When he saw the other party, he finished the drink. Yan Ju just "Hmm" came out of his nose without even picking up the wine glass.
Seeing this, the leader of the stubble didn't dare to say anything, he just sat back in his seat silently.
Below, there are dozens of Hu tribe leaders, large and small, including Lin Hu, Lou Fan, Dai Hu, and Xie Hu... There are so many Hu tribes that Yan Ju can't tell which tribe these tribes are in, including the current ones. Yan Ju didn't even know which Hu tribe the leader of the tribe who was toasting to him belonged to.
But he doesn't need to know this. He only needs to know that the other parties are all barbarians. Why bother to distinguish them so carefully.
"Don't worry, general. We have asked the tribe to fully cooperate with the government in counting the population and measuring the land. I guarantee with my head that there will be no accidents. If the general doesn't believe it, you can go to the tribe with your subordinates to check." The first one sitting on the right side The old man in the position said with a smile.
He is the leader of the largest tribe in Linhu, named Tiege. He is now nearly seventy years old. He is one of the few leaders among the existing Hu people who has met King Zhao Wuling.
Decades ago, King Zhao Wuling swept across northern Xinjiang and won every battle. Tiege saw that something was wrong and killed the previous King Lin Hu, his father, and then led Lin Hu to join King Zhao Wuling and save the tribe.
After King Zhao Wuling destroyed Zhongshan, he moved the King of Zhongshan to Fushi (now southeast of Yulin, Shaanxi). The unwilling King Loufan invited King Zhongshan and Tiege to rebel. Tiege did not respond. Afterwards, King Loufan and King Zhongshan were indeed killed by Zhao Wuling. Killed by the king.
Afterwards, Tie Ge immediately announced that he would cancel his kingship and no longer claim the title of king. He also separated Lin Hu and commanded only a part of Lin Hu.
In the past few decades, some tribes were massacred by the Zhao Kingdom, some were massacred by the Huns, and some were massacred by the original Loufan and Linhu tribes. Only the Tiege tribe has remained standing in the northern Xinjiang, and even has a faint influence. A growing trend.
However, Tiege has been controlling the size of the tribe. Once the population becomes too large, some will be separated.
"I know, I know, you can go down first." Yan Ju waved his hand and said impatiently.
"That subordinate will leave first." The leaders bowed and turned to leave.
"Go, go, you go down too." Yan Ju said to the two Hu girls who were lying on top of him and refused to leave.
Yan Ju had a depressed look on his face. He thought he would be able to vent his anger after arriving in Northern Xinjiang. He killed the barbarians and their blood flowed into rivers. Who knew that when these barbarians saw Zhao Feiqi, they were like a mouse seeing a cat and lay on the ground. at every turn.
Whether it is household registration statistics, land measurement, or moving into the mainland, they are all very cooperative, even more cooperative than the nobles of Zhao State.
Those nobles did not dare to resist openly, but secretly they had been obstructing Zhao Guo from clearing land and household registration statistics.
Not only did these barbarians show no resistance, they even pulled out slaves.
They all behave like well-behaved babies, and Yan Ju is embarrassed to bully them.
"Have these barbarians always been like this?" Yan Ju was speechless. He really couldn't imagine how such barbarians could have become a serious problem for Zhao and even the Central Plains.
"Those who dared to resist have been killed long ago. Those who dared to fight have all fled to Henan (south of Hetao) or north of Yinshan Mountain. The rest are just weaklings. It is normal for them not to dare to resist." Lieutenant General Li Qian shook his head. Wine glass, said lightly.
When he was young, he followed King Wuling of Zhao, but at that time he was just an ordinary soldier. Now he has become the deputy general of Zhao's first army.
Over the years, he has witnessed with his own eyes the changes in the Hu people.
At the beginning of King Wuling of Zhao's succession, not to mention powerful Hu people like Lin Hu, Lou Fan, and Xiongnu, even Dai Hu were a great threat to Zhao State, and they went south to plunder Zhao State from time to time.
Later, King Wuling of Zhao worked hard to select talents and promote talents. The strength of Zhao State continued to increase, and finally the tribes such as Daihu, Linhu, and Loufan were wiped out.
Anyone who dared to make any move was all killed, and the one who killed the most was Zhao Feiqi under King Zhao Wuling.
In Li Qian's view, it is normal for Hu people to be afraid, unless they want to experience the horror of the past again.
"Are we just going to stay here like this?" Yan Ju said unhappily: "The king asked us to get some disobedient barbarians to build roads and dig coal. We can't just send none of them away."
"The general's palms are also a little itchy. I thought that with the king's order, I would be able to fight, but I didn't expect these people to kneel down so quickly." Huo complained.
"If you hadn't killed so many people without saying a word last time, how could they be so scared?" Yan Ju glared at Huo.
"General, you can't say that. If you are not the last general, can the king send you here?" Huo said, "How about we say hello to General Li Mu and go hunting in the north beyond the Great Wall?"
"No, you haven't been to Saibei and you don't understand. It's different from Guan Nei. It's all grassland as far as the eye can see. It's winter now. Once it snows and we lose our way, even we will be wiped out." Li Qian shook his head and said.
In front of nature, it doesn't care whether you have a military spirit or not. If you have bad luck, you will all be destroyed.
"Then let's go to Yunzhong. Didn't General Li Mu say that there are many barbarians in Hetao? Let's attack them." Yan Ju said, pointing to the map.
The westernmost part of Zhao State is Yunzhong County, which was in charge of the entire Hetao area at its peak. However, since King Zhao Wuling, Zhao State's control over the Hetao area has continued to decrease.
It was even further reduced during the Changping War, and now the only area that can actually be completely controlled is the east of Jiuyuan City. To the west of Jiuyuan City is the Jisi District, which theoretically belongs to Zhao State, but is actually within the control of the Hu people.
Li Mu regained a lot of lost territory after arriving in northern Xinjiang, but the highlights of Yunzhong County are all in the east near Yanmen. To the west of Jiuyuan City, there is often only one small city hundreds of miles away. It is difficult to defend even if it is defeated, and there is not enough profit to support the garrison. In the end, it can only be abandoned.
"In this case, our food and grass need to be solved by ourselves." Li Qian said.
Logically speaking, Yan Ju did not have the right to send troops to attack the Hu people, but Hetao originally belonged to the territory of Zhao State, and there were already Hu people in Zhao State territory. In addition, Zhao Kuo ordered him to go to northern Xinjiang to suppress the disobedient people. If they are barbarians, then they will naturally beat anyone who disobeys, but it does not count as sending troops without authorization.
Generally speaking, if a general plays a marginal game and wins everything, the monarch will not pursue it, but will appreciate it.
If you lose, sorry, just wait!
"Just get food and grass from the Hu people. They don't move around in winter, so it's easy to find." Yan Ju held the table with both hands and said in a deep voice, "Go and ask the Hu people for a few guides and an accurate and complete report." map."
