The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 199
Zhang Liao is a native of Mayi, Yanmen, living in the frontier, and since he was a child, he often dealt with the Huns, Wuhuan, Xianbei and other Hu tribes - that is, he slashed at each other with knives.

Growing up in such an environment, Zhang Liao quickly developed an excellent skill - cutting people.

In this time and space, as an adult, Zhang Liao was once an errand under Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, and he was always tepid.Zhang Yi was indecisive, he would never go out to fight if he could defend the city, and he didn't give his subordinates a chance to appear on camera.

As a result, Zhang Liao was buried in the crowd and became unknown.

It wasn't until Zhang Yang was ordered to go to Taiyuan to select his subordinates, and he picked Zhang Liao on the list at a glance, and brought the latter under his command, that the latter had a stage to play.

After that, Zhang Liao followed Zhang Yangping Sanhu, Zhen Bingzhou, and gradually gained some fame, but it was still in a tepid state.The limelight was completely overshadowed by Qu Yi and the others.

Therefore, Zhang Liao attached great importance to this battle and regarded it as the biggest test in life.

The cause of the Northern Expedition has to start with the battle of destroying Hu in Bingzhou.

When Cheng Yuanzhi fought Wuhuan three times in Shangdang, he destroyed 15 youths and broke the backbone of Wuhuan in the north of Bingzhou.

At that time, Wu Ting, the new leader of Wuhuan in Bingzhou, saw that the strength of the tribe was seriously declining, and the Xianbei tribe in the north had the intention of annexing them, so he took his cronies to the East and went to Youzhou to live under the command of Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou.

After that, wars continued in Youzhou, and within a few years, Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan.

With Liu Yu's death, Youzhou was in chaos.

If the mountain that supports you falls, everyone who relies on you will fall.Wu Ting and Su Puyan were dumbfounded.

Gongsun Zan was a person who gave Wuhuan even more headaches than Cheng Yuanzhi. When he saw Wuhuan people, it was as if he had seen his father and enemy killed.

In desperation, in order to survive, Wu Ting and Su Puyan were forced to join forces with Liu Yu's remaining troops to rebel against Gongsun Zan's rule.

Soon after, Gongsun Zan set himself on fire in Yijing under the siege of the Ten Route Army.

Before Wu Ting and Su Puyan could be happy, they looked up and saw a bigger and more terrifying enemy appeared. Cheng Yuanzhi had millions of troops stationed in the south, gazing at him.

At this time, Cheng Yuanzhi had completely pacified Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou after years of fighting - picking up leaks.The strength is so strong that just looking at the number of soldiers and horses makes people frightened.

Together, Wu Ting and Su Puyan, they cannot stay here for a long time, otherwise they will die!He simply ran to the west of Liaoning, and went east to the Wuhuan tribe led by Tadun, holding a group to keep warm.

If they don't hold together, they don't have the slightest sense of security.The shadow Cheng Yuanzhi brought to them was even more terrifying than Gongsun Zan.

They couldn't figure out why both Gongsun Zan and Cheng Yuanzhi hated their Wuhuan so much.

If it was just because of such a small matter as looting places, Wuhuan could change it, they could swear: never looting places again-although they may not be able to do so.

But neither the previous Gongsun Zan nor the current Cheng Yuanzhi gave them a chance to talk nonsense.When I saw it, I beat it to death.

While Wuhuan was angry, he also felt deep fear.

How can a big man be so unreasonable when he claims to be a kingdom of heaven?
Wuhuan robbed the Han people because they were barbarians. Isn't it normal for barbarians to rob places and rob women?

In the eyes of the Wuhuan people, this is a normal interaction. The big man has a population of tens of millions, just like a very rich man. It is a trivial matter for them to rob some women of food for their own use.Not worth the fuss at all.

Dahan officials can't use such cruel methods against them!

Officials of the Han Dynasty should tolerate their faults and give them some money from time to time. This is the tolerance that the heavenly kingdom should have.

Regardless of whether the Wuhuan people want it or not, the situation has become endless.

With the grouping of the three Wuhuan, the problem arises.

That is, Wuhuan's strength is extraordinarily powerful. He has 20 cavalry under his command, and the people who control the strings are overwhelming, like a dragon, seeing the head but not the end.

This makes Cheng Yuanzhi feel like a thorn in his back, and it is difficult to sleep or eat. He can only make up his mind to completely deal with Wuhuan.

Otherwise, there will be no stability in the north in the future.

Therefore, when Cheng Yuanzhi proposed the idea of ​​conquering Wuhuan in the north, he was opposed by some counselors.

Everyone thinks that Wuhuan is nothing to worry about, and the distance is far away, it is difficult to keep up with supplies, and if they can't be killed by one blow, they will flee to a farther place.

Then when they withdrew their troops, they ran back to make trouble again.

Capricious, time-consuming and costly, it's not worth it.

Besides, Yuan Shu in the south has not been settled yet, and Liu Biao and Sun Quan are still desperately developing.

The top priority should be to send troops to the south, not to the north.

Cheng Yuanzhi resisted all opinions and insisted on the Northern Expedition.

The problem of the supply line had been solved as early as two years ago when Cui Jun took office in western Liaoning - building a canal to the north.

Today, after two years of hard work, the canal has been built to Liucheng.

Cheng Yuanzhi did not lead the army to march north with Zhang Liao, he believed that Zhang Liao would be able to pacify Wuhuan.

Zhang Liao's [-] troops reached the west of Liaoning and crossed the river smoothly. It was not until Ta Dun on the other side of the river got the news that he hurriedly gathered his troops to fight.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was less than twenty miles.

Tadun began to panic. It was originally a good situation of waiting for work at leisure, but now it has become a passive situation of flusteredly mobilizing troops to fight.

Ta Dun led the army to rush towards Zhang Liao, trying to stop Zhang Liao at the foot of White Wolf Mountain.Zhang Liao also kept moving forward, seeking to fight Ta Dun to the death.

This battle is called a sneak attack, but the outcome depends on a head-on confrontation.

Fortunately, both sides were very reckless and determined to fight head-on.

At the beginning of September, the autumn wind was rustling, and the two sides met at the foot of White Wolf Mountain.

At that time, Zhang Liao's front army had only 2 troops, and Tadun only gathered more than [-] main forces in a hurry.

Zhang Liao stood on the top of the mountain, staring at Ta Dun's army, and said to the people around him: "Today's battle, everyone will charge with me, live to the former and die to the latter!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Liao yelled "the whole army assault", leading more than [-] people, rushed down the mountain like a tiger descending the mountain, and charged into Tadun's army.

With just one charge, he beheaded the most jumping general in the Wuhuan formation, wearing a brocade coat and a big fur hat.

Zhang Liao didn't know that the man was Ta Dun, but when he saw the chaos in the Wuhuan army, he immediately realized that the person he killed was not light.He personally led hundreds of guards to rush back and forth, as if entering the land of no one.

Afterwards, thousands of cavalry joined the battle, and the two sides fought each other for a long time, and Wuhuan's [-] main force was wiped out.

As soon as Ta Dun died, the tribes of Eastern Wuhuan scattered like birds and beasts in an instant. Wu Ting and Su Puyan led more than 1 soldiers and horses to flee eastward and defected to Gongsundu.

The rest of the Wuhuan tribe, who had no time to escape but dared to resist, were all killed by Zhang Liaoge.

Due to the large population of Wuhuan, nearly one million people, the battle lasted for more than half a month before it stopped.

After the war, the relocation of hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan old and weak women and children to the interior also started on a large scale.

After this battle, there was no longer any danger of Wuhuan in the north, and Zhang Liao became famous all over the world because of this.

When the news reached Yecheng, Cheng Yuanzhi was overjoyed.

At this time, it was November of the sixth year of Jian'an, and the north wind was howling, and the sky was freezing.

Just when everyone thought that the Northern Expedition was successfully completed and Zhang Liao was about to withdraw his troops and return south, Cheng Yuanzhi took Guo Jia to the front line in person.

All the civil and military forces in Hebei were immediately puzzled.

After Zhang Liao finished packing up, his troops were too sharp to hold. Seeing that Youzhou could not gain a foothold, Wu Ting and Su Puyan could only flee to Liaodong, and at the same time contact Gongsundu to resist Yuan's army.

The Liaodong prefect Gongsun Du, who was seventy years old, was not a good stubble. In the sixth year of Zhongping (190), he was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the Liaodong prefect on the recommendation of his fellow villager Xu Rong.Gongsun Du devoted himself to developing in the three counties of Liaodong, and his wings gradually flourished.After 12 years of dedicated management, Liaodong is strong, and Gongsun's family is like the king of Liaodong.

Seeing Wu Ting and Su Puyan coming to vote, Gongsun Du was furious, and when he heard that Cheng Yuanzhi had come to Liucheng in person, he seemed to have the intention of going east, so he immediately beheaded the two men, and tied up their heads and twenty thousand Wuhuan tribesmen. Send it to Liucheng.

It wasn't until this time that all the civil and military personnel in Hebei realized that the real purpose of the lord's trip was to cut grass and roots!

Although he knew that Gongsun Du was not a good person, the weather was freezing and Wuhuan had completely disappeared in the long river of history. Cheng Yuanzhi stopped in Liucheng for a while, then withdrew his troops and returned to Ye.

In fact, Gongsun Du also had the idea of ​​conquering Yecheng and dominating the Central Plains in the past few decades, but he was persuaded by his subordinate Liang Mao.

At that time, Gongsun Du said to the generals: "I heard that Yuan Gong conquered Yanzhou in the south, and Hebei was not defended. I want to start with [-] soldiers, ride [-] horses, and point directly at Yecheng. Who can stop it?"

All the generals said yes.

Only Liang Mao said: "There is great chaos in the sea, the country is about to fall, the general is a Han minister, with a hundred thousand people, sitting in Liaodong and watching success or failure, it is against the righteousness!"

"Today, Mr. Yuan is worried about the danger of the country, saves the bitterness of the people, and leads the righteous soldiers to punish the remnant and clean up the filth for the world. His meritorious service is high and his virtue is great. It is difficult to find another person in the world. It is based on the initial determination in the sea, and the people of Hebei began to settle down. , and did not blame the general for the crime of watching the fire from the other side! If the general claims that the army is heading west, it will be the way of self-destruction, and I hope the general will think twice before acting!"

All the generals were shocked when they heard this.

After a long time, Gongsun Du sighed, "What Mr. Liang said is very true."

After that, Gongsun Du, who dispelled the idea of ​​civil war, began to devote himself to the Eastern Expedition. He personally led a large army to defeat Goguryeo several times, captured its capital, and surrendered the eldest son of King Goguryeo, Paki.

Taking this into consideration, Cheng Yuanzhi chose to let Gongsundu go temporarily.

In fact, even if Wuhuan is settled and Gongsundu is spared, there are still three Xianbei tribes on the northern border that are hidden dangers.

These three Xianbei have a total population of 400 million and 60 million cavalry, scattered in the northern border of Liaodong to Bingzhou for [-] miles.

Cheng Yuanzhi knew very well that the barbarians on the border did not form overnight. At this point in time, the Hu people in the surrounding area had already become a climate, but they did not dare to invade the big Han.

It wasn't until a hundred years later that the Central Plains were in turmoil and the population plummeted, and they sent their troops southward, harming the Central Plains for 300 years.

The main reason for this is that Gongsun Kang is not the only one who is powerful overseas. When the Han Dynasty was facing extinction, it could still maintain its strength and hegemony over the surrounding alien races, which played a huge deterrent effect on the barbarians on the border.

The fact that the Hu people did not invade the south was not because the Hu people were not strong enough, but because the big men were too powerful.

Cheng Yuanzhi is very clear about this.

Therefore, he will never let go of the three Xianbei in the north!
(End of this chapter)