When Li Xiang returned to Bingzhou this time, he was originally prepared to put down the things at hand for a period of time and concentrate on taking care of Li Yang during this period to fulfill his filial piety.
After all, Li Xiang has been busy with various things since his rebirth and has never really served Li Yang.
It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. Of course, the last half of the sentence has nothing to do with Li Xiang. As long as Li Xiang wants to spare some time to serve Li Yang, all kinds of things will happen.
The second day after Li Xiang returned to Jinyang, before Li Xiang could meet with Wang Meng and Qin Qiong, his old subordinates, Mao Xiang personally handed Li Xiang a purple secret report.
In the floating room, the secret reports are divided into seven levels: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple, depending on the urgency of the report. The purple secret report is precisely the highest level of secret report in the floating room, and it cannot be used unless it is an urgent matter.
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Now that the spies in the floating room have used the purple tip that they have never used before, it can be seen that the situation is urgent.
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"Let's all share our opinions on this matter."
In the study, Li Xiang looked at Wang Meng, Jia Xu, Xun Yu and Wei Xiaokuan with a slightly solemn expression.
Hearing this, Wang Meng and the other four people also frowned. It was obvious that Wang Meng and the others were somewhat undecided about this matter.
The thing is, not long ago there was a large-scale battle between Mongolia and the Southern Huns.
In this battle, both sides each sent 100,000 troops, and they faced each other on the border.
However, at the time of the confrontation between Wanyan Aguda and Temujin, Temujin sent Muhuali to secretly divide 30,000 troops into the hinterland of the southern Xiongnu and penetrate directly into the hinterland of the southern Xiongnu.
With the main force of the Huns in front and the hinterland empty, Muhuali was unstoppable for a while and plundered the Huns' cattle and sheep, killing their young and old, and capturing their women.
In times of crisis, Wanyan Yinshu could take the initiative to ask for orders and lead 40,000 troops to stop Temujin's army, while Wanyan Aguda led the rest of the army to return to the tribe and expel Muhuali.
Unfortunately, by the time Wanyan Aguda returned, Mu Huali had already led his army back. However, all of Wanyan Yinshuke's troops who helped Wanyan Agu to be interrupted were killed in battle. Even Wanyan Yinshuke himself was killed by Temujin's newly conquered general Ge Shuwen.
In this battle, the Southern Xiongnu could be said to have suffered heavy losses, their vitality was severely damaged, and they had completely lost the capital to confront the Mongols. If nothing else happens, if there is no external intervention, then it will only be a matter of time before the Southern Huns are swallowed up by Mongolia after this battle.
With Wanyan Aguda's perspective, he could naturally see this problem. It's a pity that Xianbei, whom Wanyan Aguda planned to bring in at the risk of seeking the skin of a tiger, had too much time to take care of himself.
Due to the influence of the system, Tuoba Tao and Yelu Abaoji, who were implanted in Xianbei in the east, were unwilling to be left alone and began to shine in this troubled world.
Tuoba Tao and Yelu Abaoji used various means to gradually devour the East and West Xianbei, and began their own road to unify the East and West Xianbei. These two people worked hard for their own plans, and also designed to cause civil strife in Central Xianbei, in order to prevent Central Xianbei from affecting their plans.
Therefore, Wanyan Aguda's idea of introducing Xianbei to the team this time was completely in vain. No one in Xianbei was in the mood to deal with Wanyan Aguda, let alone rescue him.
People were forced out. When the Southern Huns were almost unable to withstand the situation, Wanyan Wu Qimai, the younger brother of Wanyan Aguda, boldly came up with the idea of asking for help from the big man.
In Wanyan Wu Qimai's view, although the Han army and people in Bingzhou and the Southern Xiongnu were as close as life and death enemies, the Han court was not in Bingzhou, and those rulers might not care about it.
As long as the Southern Xiongnu showed their willingness to surrender, those proud Han rulers did not mind helping the Southern Xiongnu.
What's more, even on the Bingzhou side, as long as there are large enough interests, the Bingzhou army may not agree to support the Southern Xiongnu. Although this benefit may be somewhat unbearable for today's Southern Huns.
But Wanyan Wu Qimai believes that as long as the Southern Xiongnu can survive this time, those lost will one day be regained.
In desperation, Wanyan Aguda also accepted Wanyan Wu's idea of begging for money, and sent envoys to the imperial capital Luoyang and Li Xiang respectively.
It seems that the Southern Huns envoy will arrive in a few days. Therefore, Li Xiang must come up with an idea as soon as possible to decide his stance on this war.
"Lord, from the perspective of my subordinates, our army will attack the southern Xiongnu in this battle." After a long silence, Xun Yu finally took the lead to clarify his thoughts and answered first.
"Yes, my lord, from a fierce point of view, our army can only guarantee our interests in annexing the state by attacking the southern Xiongnu in this battle." After Xun Yu, Wang Meng also put forward his own point of view.
When it comes to the overall situation and strategic layout, Wang Meng and Xun Yu are the two most important subordinates under Li Xiang. Therefore, when Wang Meng and Xun Yu spoke out, Li Xiang probably knew the answers of others.
Li Xiang's intelligence is now as high as 97 points. Although he is still not as good as Wang Meng and Xun Yu, these two people gave the answer. Therefore, after thinking about it, Li Xiang probably understood the reason for doing this.
"Lord, even if our army is willing to support the Southern Xiongnu in this battle, the Southern Xiongnu who are severely injured will definitely not be able to withstand Genghis Khan's next attack. Therefore, since the Southern Xiongnu will be destroyed sooner or later, it is better to seek sufficient benefits for me to merge with the state. "
After both Wang Meng and Xun Yu expressed their opinions, Wei Xiaokuan was not to be outdone and gave his own opinions.
Having said that, it is self-evident that the three people have the advantage of attacking the southern Xiongnu, the land of Hetao.
During the Western Han Dynasty, in 127 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing to Chuyunzhong to defeat the Xiongnu kings Loufan and Baiyang and occupy "Hejian", that is, Hetao. Minister Zhufu Yan Shangshu suggested building a city in Hetao to farm fields and raise horses, as a base for defense and attack against the Huns.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty accepted this suggestion and established Shuofang County and Wuyuan County that year. In 125 BC, Xihe County was established. The Hetao area even includes the former Yunzhong County and Dingxiang County, as well as the northern parts of Beidi and Shangjun.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty were settled in Hetao. However, as the Han Dynasty fell step by step, the Huns responded to the Han Dynasty and even gradually encroached on the three counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong and Wuyuan.
Li Xiang has always been eyeing the three counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong and Wuyuan that have not yet been conquered, but this time Li Xiang not only has the opportunity to regain these three counties, but also has the opportunity to conquer the entire Hetao area.
Moreover, "the Yellow River has many evils, but only one thing is rich." The surrounding areas of the Hetao, including the Huangshui River Basin, Tao River Basin, Luo River Basin, Wei River Basin, Fenshui River Basin, Sanggan River Basin, Zhangshui River Basin, and Hutuo River Basin, all have relatively good natural environmental conditions, and they surround the Hetao. The region, like stars holding the moon, has pushed the Hetao civilization to its highest peak. Because of this, the Hetao area has always been known as "the south of the Yangtze River".
Thinking of this, Li Xiang found another reason to attack the Southern Huns. "Shang Jiangnan" is such a productive area, and coupled with the potato seeds Li Xiang collected before, Bingzhou Army may not have to worry about food problems for a long time in the future.
In this way, the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban prisoners that Li Xiang took advantage of during the Yellow Turban Rebellion also had better resettlement locations.
In addition, the geographical location of the Loop is also very important.
For the Central Plains dynasty, controlling the Hetao can use the Yinshan Mountains as a barrier to resist the threat from the northern nomads and ensure the security of Guanzhong and the Central Plains region.
For the northern nomads, occupying the Hetao can be used as a base to move south to Guanzhong and compete in the Central Plains. Therefore, the Hetao has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It has also become a major place for exchanges and collisions between grassland peoples and Central Plains peoples, as well as grassland culture and Yellow River culture.
With so many reasons, Li Xiang became more determined to attack the southern Xiongnu and seize the Hetao area.
At that time, Li Xiang will use the Yinshan Mountains as his defense line, resist Temujin in the north, and vigorously develop agriculture in the south. In a few years, the Hetao area will be an important guarantee for Li Xiang to conquer the world in the future.
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