The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 236 No gun is more important
After returning from Xiangyang, Liu Bei sat in Xinye, waiting for Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Dui" to come true.

This is not mentioned.

Hebei, Yecheng.

Cheng Yuanzhi was also waiting for Liu Biao to return to the west. However, while waiting, he was also dispatching troops. He personally led [-] elite cavalry and quietly arrived in Gaoliu City, intending to attack the leaderless Zhong Xianbei in the north.

Kirby is just an ordinary and unfamiliar name to most Han Chinese.But for Xianbei people, Ke Bineng has always been an unavoidable hero, although he is not as talented and widely known as Tan Shihuai.But it can also be regarded as an amazing and talented figure in the post-Xianbei era.

Ke Bi Neng was born in the Xianbei race, agile, strong and burly, brave in battle (mostly robbing big men), and charged forward desperately.When distributing spoils, we can also uphold the principle of "transparency and fairness" and never take more; when dealing with tribal affairs, we can do things that satisfy most people.As a result, his prestige grew day by day, and he was initially elected by the tribe as the commander-in-chief and adult of the tribe, and he has been the leader of the Xianbei in the middle.

After becoming the leader of Zhong Xianbei, Ke Bi Neng quickly swelled up.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and the three major princes in Hebei (Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan, and Cheng Yuanzhi) were fighting to the death for the territory. Find a safe place to live to avoid disaster.

Most of them migrated to the settlements of the Xianbei tribe in the middle, and the tribe to which Kebineng belonged benefited the most from this wave of immigration.

As the Xianbei people with the keenest sense of smell in this era, Kebi could immediately realize that the opportunity was coming. He treated the Han people who came to seek refuge well, learned from their skills, and improved his own tribe.

Kirby can imitate the advanced organization and combat experience of the Central Plains.A banner system was established, with drum festivals on day and torches at night as signals to advance and retreat.

This made Zhongxianbei rise up suddenly and become stronger among all Xianbei tribes.

Of course, during this period, there was still a big gap between Ke Bineng's power and the other two adjacent Xianbei adults, Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan.

When Kobe was still weak, he was relatively kind to these two powerful figures, and the three parties cooperated more happily.

As for the Central Plains Dynasty, the attitude of the Xianbei people has always been-looting, in addition to looting or looting.

Master Xianbei, such as Ke Bineng, Bu Dugen, and Fu Luohan, also took the same path, but their luck was bad. Before they robbed for a few years, they ran into Cheng Yuanzhi, who ruled Hebei.

By the first year of Jian'an, Cheng Yuanzhi had already extended his influence to the border of Youzhou, especially after the Sanhu (Eastern Qiang, Southern Xiongnu, and Wuhuan) in Bingzhou were wiped out. The tribe was terrified.

Given that Cheng Yuanzhi is so good at fighting, his strength is too strong.The three leaders Ke Bineng, Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan all chose to tuck their tails and lower their postures.And sent envoys to pay tribute to the Han court controlled by Cheng Yuanzhi from time to time.

Ke Bineng's humble attitude did not stop there. When Cheng Yuanzhi conquered Guanzhong, a man named Tian Yin was making trouble in the area of ​​Shanggu and Daijun. Ke Bineng also sent [-] cavalry to help Wang Xiong defeat Tian Yin.

These actions made Wang Xiong, who was the governor of Youxi at the time, very satisfied with Kirby and had a good impression.

After several years of stability, after continuously encroaching on Xianbei in the east and west, and expanding its strength, Kebineng's true nature was gradually exposed.

The event that led to his demise originated from a looting.

In the spring of the 11th year of Jian'an (206 A.D.), Kebineng, who had been stable in the north for nearly ten years, saw Cheng Yuanzhi's southern expedition and did not return. It happened that the cold winter of this year was extremely long, and the food in the Xianbei tribe was exhausted, so he led the Zhongxianbei launched a plunder to Daijun, Shanggu and other places in Youzhou.

At the same time, Budugen and Fuluohan also led tens of thousands of cavalry and went south to plunder Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Dingxiang, and Yanmen; Suli and other tribes in Eastern Xianbei also went south to plunder western and eastern Liaoning.

The excuse of all the Xianbei tribes going south to plunder is the same, there is no food-the cold winter also ravages them.

Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan led the people halfway, only to realize that today is not the same as in the past, the ruler of the big man, Cheng Yuanzhi, is a man who will take revenge, and there are millions of troops under his command. Today they robbed Bingzhou, tomorrow they will be very Maybe he will be hunted down thousands of miles, and he will pay for his blood.

Therefore, when they went south to plunder, their methods were extremely gentle.

Only grabbing supplies, not killing people or robbing women.

But Kirby didn't know the inside story, he only knew that all the Xianbei people went south to rob the big man.

The information he received from the spies was: How much food, cattle and sheep were robbed by the Western Xianbei; how many women and supplies were robbed by the Eastern Xianbei.

Looking at the pitifully few items that his subordinates had snatched, he immediately felt unsatisfactory.

How can the powerful Zhong Xianbei fall behind?

After thinking about it, he immediately ordered his subordinates to grab it with more violence. In any case, he would grab more than the other two tribes of Xianbei and the five adults!And use this to show the strength of Zhongxianbei.

The looting went smoothly. Kirby was able to rob thousands of Han women in one go, and countless families were bloodbathed.

Predictably, during this process, Ke Bineng, who played a ruthless role, completely angered Cheng Yuanzhi and the governor of Youxi, Wang Xiong.

In fact, after looting the big Han, Ke Bineng also made a detailed plan to "annex Fuluohan in three years, annex Budugen in five years, and unify Eastern Xianbei in ten years."

It's a crazy plan.

Kirby originally thought that Xianbei was located in a remote place, and even if the looting was too much, it should be fine.It is absolutely impossible for Cheng Yuanzhi to send troops to attack him.

There are three reasons: first, the big Han eyes were darkened on the grassland outside the Great Wall, and when he entered the vast grassland, he might not be able to tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north; The third is to establish prestige. Tan Shihuai robbed the big man time and time again to make the tribes of Xianbei submissive.

What Kirby can imitate is Tan Shihuai's magical move.

After the looting incident, Cheng Yuanzhi did not start the Northern Expedition.

Kirby can be satisfied, which is the same as he expected.

But what he didn't expect was that Budugen and Fuluohan didn't leave the tribe to him to annex slowly, but led their troops to join the Han!
This action made Kirby instantly become very passive, secretly resentful, and secretly scolded the Budugen brothers hundreds of times.

It was only then that Kirby suddenly realized that Cheng Yuanzhi was still alive, and that his illustrious reputation came from killing all the Sanhu in the North in the past 20 years, rather than blowing it up. The latter would never allow him to be there. So arrogant on his own territory.

Facing the lesson of blood, Kebi Neng felt a little flustered, quickly tightened the fence, defended well, and at the same time lowered his stance, and sent someone to subdue Wang Xiong and Cheng Yuanzhi.He continued to pay tribute to the imperial court of Yecheng, which had been interrupted for several years, in order to escape disaster.

Kirby knew that in the past hundreds of years, the Central Plains dynasty had always "attacked the disobedient and supported the obedient" towards the ethnic minority brothers on the border. It was best to let them fight with each other and weaken their own strength. , so they would create small conflicts from time to time, causing the various tribes to be consumed by infighting and never become strong. Once there is any sign of rising, they will naturally be resolutely extinguished.

The Xianbei tribe grew up in this environment, knowing that they must be good when they cannot be defeated.

Otherwise, catastrophe will strike.

Therefore, in the summer and April of the 11th year of Jian'an, after learning that Bu Dugen had voted for the Han Dynasty, Kebi was able to immediately donate a batch of famous horses to the Han Dynasty court, and at the same time repatriate some women who had been robbed, used, and whose families were ruined. .

In May, Ke Bineng sent more than 500 Han households living in the Xianbei tribe outside the Great Wall back to Daijun.

In June, Ke Bineng arranged for more than 1000 Han households to go to Shanggu.Also in this month, he also brought various leaders of the tribe to the border to conduct a "trade market" with the big man to show kindness.

So many gestures of goodwill did not cost Kirby his life.

Both Cheng Yuanzhi and Wang Xiong are already intent on killing him.

When Xianbei was fighting in the nest, Cheng Yuanzhi could ignore it, but Xianbei robbed the big man and touched the bottom line he could not tolerate.

Among the many Xianbei tribes on the northern border, Cheng Yuanzhi didn't want to see any of them sitting on either side.And Ke Bineng's capriciousness made him even more eager to kill the latter.

Although in terms of power, Ke Bi Neng has not been able to reach the height of Tan Shihuai, but according to the current development trend, Ke Bi Neng will definitely dominate Xianbei in less than ten years.

Because at this time, Kirby's reputation and influence among the Xianbei tribe could not be surpassed by anyone.As long as you give him time, he will definitely develop.

Cheng Yuanzhi would not give him time, so, 20 years earlier than the original time and space, he sacrificed the "assassination plan" and handed it over to Wang Xiong, the governor of Youxi, to implement it.
Wang Xiong has been serving as a council member on the border of Youzhou all year round, and has a deep understanding of Xianbei and experienced experience.After he took office, he adopted a policy of "combining grace and power" with the tribes on the border.It worked out well.

All the tribes were basically submissive, responded to the policies of the great Han, and actively paid tribute to the imperial court. Even a thorn like Ke Bineng showed his favor to the imperial court every year.

But these are things of the past.

After the robbery at the beginning of this year, the friendship between the two sides was completely overturned.

Although the two sides did not have any friendship at first, they only maintained the relationship between the ruler and the subject on the surface.

Now, even this level of relationship can't be maintained.

Although Kirby could try everything to remedy it afterwards, it was too late!

In view of Ke Bineng's strength, Wang Xiong sent Han Long to assassinate him.

Originally, although Wang Xiong also had this idea in his heart, he didn't have a suitable candidate for assassination. After receiving Cheng Yuanzhi's secret order, he called Han Long with the attitude of trying it out.

At first, Wang Xiong was curious about how Yu Cheng Yuanzhi knew that he had such a person as Han Long under his command.

I haven't figured out the whole story here, but Han Long has already succeeded in the assassination.

Wang Xiong was overjoyed, and immediately reported the good news to Yecheng, and sent Xiaoqi to monitor the movements of the Xianbei people outside the Great Wall, and reported them one by one.

Ke Bineng's sudden death was a bolt from the blue for Zhong Xianbei; but for the big man—especially Wang Xiong, it was no less than the work of greedy heaven.

This means that only relying on the merit of settling Zhongxianbei, he, Wang Xiong, is very likely to be among the three princes, and his name will go down in history.

As we all know, Cheng Yuanzhi will be rewarded for his achievements.

Back then, when Wang Xiong was penniless, it was precisely because he captured Liu He alive and disintegrated the alliances of Yan Rou and others that he jumped up and rose to the top. Captain).

I jumped seven or eight levels all of a sudden!
After the death of Ke Bineng and his second brother, the regime was taken over by his third brother. After Zhong Xianbei lost this powerful leader, the maintenance between the tribes became weaker and fell apart instantly.

According to common sense, after Kirby's death, the northern border of Dahan will suffer a great disaster, and then there will be a period of peace.

Even Wang Xiong thought so.

It has always been the tradition of the Central Plains Dynasty to be tolerant to the barbarians and not to kill them all.

Therefore, when he learned that Cheng Yuanzhi had led [-] cavalry to Gaoliu City, Wang Xiong was stunned.

The arrival of [-] cavalry means that Zhong Xianbei is likely to end here and disappear from the long river of history.

Outside Gaoliu City, in the Chinese army's tent.

Cheng Yuanzhi sat high in the middle, arranged for the meritorious servants, and rewarded the relevant personnel who assassinated Kirbineng this time.

Wang Xiong was named Gaoxianghou, Han Long was named Yishuitinghou, and was rewarded with a thousand gold.The rest of the soldiers who participated in rescuing Han Long and wiped out Xianbei's invading enemies all received rewards.

After a while, after the award was completed, Wang Xiong cupped his hands and said, "Kebi Neng is dead, and Zhongxianbei is no longer a threat. The Prime Minister is going to conquer the Great Wall himself?"

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Wang Xiong, and asked without answering, "How did you deduce that Zhong Xianbei was not a threat?"

Wang Xiong replied truthfully: "Xianbei people are ignorant of culture and are located in a remote place. It is difficult to find a hero. Now that Kebi is dead and the rest of the army is torn apart, it is not a worry."

Cheng Yuanzhi stared straight at Wang Xiong with displeasure, obviously dissatisfied with the answer.

Wang Xiong cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear from the Prime Minister."

Cheng Yuanzhi smiled slightly, and ordered Sugai to take out a spear, place it on the wooden case, and asked in a deep voice: "Suppose this spear belongs to the Xianbei tribe, and I am Kebineng. With this spear in hand, can I run rampant in the world?" ?”

Wang Xiong said: "The prime minister is capable of both civil and military affairs, of course it is possible."

Cheng Yuanzhi added: "If you were the one holding the gun, could you kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace behind for thousands of miles?"

Wang Xiong thought for a while and said, "Perhaps it is also possible."

Cheng Yuanzhi pointed to Sugai beside him, and asked Wang Xiong, "Then what if the gunman is replaced by him?"


Wang Xiong looked at Su Gai, thought for a while and said, "The world is invincible."

Cheng Yuanzhi glared at Wang Xiong and asked: "So, for me, who is more important, the person or the gun?"

Wang Xiong seemed to have realized something, and replied: "It's a person, and it varies from person to person. The stronger the person, the stronger the gun."

Cheng Yuanzhi rolled his eyes at Wang Xiong angrily, took out the sword from his waist, and cut the spear into more than a dozen pieces.Then he looked at Wang Xiong and asked: "Now, can you hold this gun and run rampant in the world?"

Wang Xiong shook his head, "I can't."

"So is the gun more important, or the person more important?"

Wang Xiong seemed to understand what Cheng Yuanzhi wanted to express this time, and suddenly realized: "I understand! The gun is more important!"

Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Su Gai, pouted his mouth and said: "Yuyang, you come and tell him the answer."

Su Gai cleared his throat, and said confidently: "No, think again!"

Wang Xiong said with some uncertainty: "Could it be that people are more important?"

Sugei once again pretended to be cool, shook his head and said, "No, think again!"

Hearing this, Wang Xiong was a little confused, "Which is more important?"

Sugai said in a low voice, "It's more important not to have a gun!"

(End of this chapter)