Chapter 1405: Letting the Wolves Return to the Wild (Part 2)

When the Central Plains is weak, trying to naturalize the barbarians is no different from trying to seize chestnuts from the fire.

If one thing is not good, it may even cause fire.

Back then, someone named Feng wanted to tame the bald man, and he used both kindness and power for several years.

Finally, as the Han Dynasty's national and military power continued to increase, and its power continued to penetrate into Liangzhou, it turned the bald eagle into a falcon like an eagle.

Hebei is currently facing internal and external troubles, so Sima Taifu cannot imagine that he can make tens of thousands of Huqi kowtow in a few months.

If he had been so naive, he wouldn't have been able to sit where he is now.

It is impossible to say that the barbarians will be killed in the end.

So this time he released Brother Tuoba, but he was really forced to do so.

If you forcefully swallow tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, you will suffer from indigestion, but if you don't swallow them, you won't have enough cavalry to fight against the Han army.

It can be seen that Mr. Feng’s pit-digging skills are so vicious that he would give birth to a son without an asshole.

In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult for the Wei Dynasty to obtain war horses from the grasslands. The fine cavalry of the Wei Dynasty that were once famous throughout the world have gradually declined.

And now, this situation actually causes Sima Taifu, who captured Hebei, to be in a dilemma at this time?

Compared with Mr. Feng's foresight, every one of these aristocratic families in Hebei can be regarded as a frog in the well.

He would rather bury his own money and food in the cellar to moldy and rot than lend it to Master Sima for use.

What's wrong with using it?

Is Taifu Sima borrowing all this money and food just for himself?

Isn’t it to protect Hebei?

Since you won't lend it to me, I'll ask someone else to lend it to you.

It's just that Hebei is now Taifu Sima's base, and he doesn't dare to be really ruthless and smash this place to pieces.

It is estimated that those aristocratic families have also noticed this, so they are so confident.

His opponents were like ghosts and gods, and his teammates were like pigs and dogs. Master Sima couldn't help but let out a long and heavy sigh:

"If Yi is born, how can he be born with eternity?"

Just as Taifu Sima was feeling sorry for himself, footsteps came from outside:

"Taifu, I need to see you for something."

"It's Lan Shi, come in."

Fu Gu came in in response, bowed slightly, and said softly:

"Taifu, the two Tuoba brothers have left the city to join their clansmen."

Sima Yi nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked:

"Is there anything unusual?"

Fu Gu shook his head:

"That's not true. There is no news from the internal intelligence. Moreover, according to the spies' reports, the barbarians are forming a team and they really look like they are about to leave."

When Taifu Sima heard this, his expression did not change at all, only his tone fluctuated slightly:

"I didn't expect that Tuoba Xilu could bear such a tone, which surprised me a bit."

It was said that the wolf was being released into the wild, but with Taifu Sima's city, how could it be possible that there were no means of prevention?

It should be inevitable to be placed inside, and we have been prepared for the possibility of the Tuoba brothers suddenly rebelling outside the city.

But obviously, the Tuoba brothers seemed very honest and did not make any mindless and extreme actions.

Only Fu Gu said softly:

"Master, I think it's difficult to do this with Tuoba Xulu's rudeness and rudeness."

"In my opinion, that brother Tuoba Chuo is quite extraordinary. If the Hu people can swallow this breath, they may have something to do with that Tuoba Chuo."

Sima Yi smiled nonchalantly:

"Is Lan Shi reminding me to pay attention to Tuoba Chuo?"

He shook his head, "It's just a Hu'er, there's no need to take it too seriously. And if this Hu'er is really different from others, wouldn't it just cause those people more trouble?"

"Right now, we still have to focus on the west side of Taihang Mountain and don't get distracted!"

After hearing Taifu's words, Fu Gu looked at Taifu Sima's gray and messy hair and beard, and his haggard and old face, and finally remained silent.

When it comes to deceit and insidiousness, no one in the world can surpass Feng Thief. His actions cannot be judged by common sense.

The Taifu is already old and has insufficient energy to face such a powerful enemy.

Not to mention the aristocratic families in Hebei, which also involved a lot of energy from the Taifu.

Alas, compared with these, a beard is indeed nothing more than a mere beard.

Thinking about it again, the Taifu has placed internal agents among the Hu people and is fully prepared, but he himself made such unnecessary remarks, which is really a bit ignorant.

With this in mind, Fu Gu bowed lightly and retreated.

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Naturally, the two brothers Tuoba Xilu and Tuoba Chuo didn't know that if they were even a little careless, they would fall into an irreversible situation.

But fortunately, as Fu Gu said, the two people at this time did not have any unnecessary thoughts, but they got through the test in ignorance.

"Kehan, is it really you, Kehan?"

When the leaders of Tuoba's headquarters saw the two Tuoba brothers, they immediately knelt down at Tuoba Xilu's feet and kissed his feet:

"We are finally waiting for you, Kehan."

Tuoba Xulu was also extremely excited.

In the past few months, he almost thought that he would never have the chance to see his tribe again in this life.

Now that I heard everyone's name, and was bowed down like this, I couldn't help but feel a mixture of sadness and joy, and even became a little incoherent:

"You, are you all okay? Get up, get up! Also, why do you all call me Kehan?"

After hearing Tuoba Xulu's words, all the leaders, big and small, cried:

"Kehan, we have all been deceived! The Wei people are unfaithful and tricked us here, promising us adequate food and clothing. At the beginning, it was OK and our tribesmen could barely get enough to eat."

"But within two days, the food supply gradually became insufficient. The Wei people first tricked us into exchanging horses for food, and then forced us to betray the Khan..."

Accusing the Wei people's shamelessness and betrayal, and describing the deception and oppression they had suffered in the past six months, many people actually cried out loud.

"Kehan, the big Kehan ​​is gone. You are our Kehan. You have to make the decision for us!"

Listening to the tribe members' crying, seeing their miserable condition, and remembering the way Sima Taifu begged him, Tuoba Xilu could not help but be furious:

"That Wei people..."

Just after saying three words, Tuoba Xilu was stepped on the heel by Tuoba Chuo, which reminded him of his brother's warning, so he changed his words:

"I already know everything about what that Wei people did. This was all done by the subordinates without telling Taifu. I have told Taifu everything. This time I came out to meet you, I came here on Taifu's orders to solve this matter."

Everyone was shocked and doubtful when they heard this.

But Xin Kehan ​​insisted that it was so, and they had nothing to say.

When he heard that Tuoba Xilu had received the approval of the Grand Tutor and wanted to lead them to borrow grain from the local wealthy families, most of his doubts were gone, and the sadness on his face disappeared, replaced by joy.

Borrowing grain is good, borrowing grain from the Han people is a tradition passed down from the ancestors of the Great Xianbei.

It is said that in the time of Lord Tan Shihuai, the Han emperor took the initiative to send them grain without the Great Xianbei asking.

Although the Great Xianbei is not as good as before, Kehan ​​can make the Wei Grand Tutor admit his mistakes and take the initiative to ask them to borrow grain, which can be regarded as quite sincere.

Without further ado, the lords of the Xianbei tribes who were still loyal to Tuoba Xilu gathered their troops and horses, and with the order of Xin Kehan, they set off towards the target in a mighty manner.

It was not until they were dozens of miles away from Yecheng that Tuoba Xilu dared to stop for a while and calculated the assets in his hands.

There were only a few thousand warriors, and the horses were old and weak. Some warriors even had no horses.

Can a grassland eagle without wings still be called an eagle?

Thinking of this, Tuoba Xilu couldn't help but feel sad.

Could it be that God really wants to destroy the Tuoba clan?

"Brother, we only have five days of food. Within five days, we must find a way to borrow food, otherwise, we are afraid that we will run out of food..."

At this time, Tuoba Chuo gave Tuoba Xilu another bad news.

"I'm going..."

Tuoba Xilu hit the horse's back hard, and the horse was about to rush out with a neigh. Fortunately, he was an excellent rider and knew the horse's temper well. He comforted it, so no accident happened.

"Five days? How can five days be enough? Didn't the Wei people say that they would supply us with food after five days?"

Tuoba Chuo smiled bitterly:

"Brother, that's what you said, but do we dare to bet?"

Tuoba Xilu was silent.

The Wei people were unfaithful and unrighteous. This was the unshakable belief in his heart at this moment.

Even someone as straightforward as Tuoba Xilu knew at this time that although Sima Yi seemed to have let him and his men out, he was actually controlling everything invisibly.

Thousands of troops, not too many, not too few.

In addition, he and his men were still Hu people, unfamiliar with the place, and only had five days of food in hand.

With these, if he wanted to stir up any waves in Hebei, he would simply be courting death.

So next, he and his men had to follow Sima Yi's arrangement and go to the designated place to borrow food from others.

Although Tuoba Xilu wanted to lead his troops back immediately, break through Yecheng, and pull Sima Yi out and cut him into pieces, he finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Let's go! Go to Yuancheng."

Although the five surnames and seven families of later generations had not yet formed at this time, there were already clues.

For example, the Boling Cui and Qinghe Cui in Hebei, and the Fanyang Lu family, were already considered to be the most famous surnames in Hebei.

Aristocratic families have more than just land and money. They also have many private soldiers who are called guards but are actually clan soldiers.

In addition, the manor is self-sufficient and the forts are self-protective. It is not wrong to say that it is a small country.

And these Tuoba Hu'er, who were deliberately released by him to bite people, seem to be quite numerous.

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But they are like plucked chickens. They don't even have the qualifications to touch the Cui and Lu clans. At most, they can only eat some side branches.

So the first knife of the Tuoba clan that Sima Yi used was not aimed at the Cui and Lu clans, but at the Wang clan of Yuancheng.

Yuancheng originally belonged to Weijun with Yecheng, but after Cao Pi became emperor, he separated a part of Weijun and established Yangpingjun, and the county seat was Yuancheng.

In August of the 14th year of Duke Xi of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period (643 BC), Shalu Mountain in Yuancheng collapsed in the continuous autumn rain, and the mountain body near the river fell into the Yellow River.

At that time, the historian of Jin State made a divination: Yin is the male of Yang, and earth and fire are multiplied, so there is the collapse of Shalu. Six hundred and forty-five years later, a saintly woman will rise.

The Spring and Autumn Annals, Gongyang Zhuan, Spring and Autumn Zhuan and other historical books all have records of this.

More than six hundred years later, during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, a woman named Wang and Zhengjun appeared in Yuancheng.

In the third year of Ganlu of Emperor Xuan of Han, Wang Zhengjun gave birth to a son for the crown prince in Jiaguan Huatang, who was also the legitimate grandson of Emperor Xuan of Han.

Emperor Xuan of Han was overjoyed and named him himself. He set up a celebration banquet in the palace, and his grandson was "always kept by his side".

This grandson is Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty.

Wang Zhengjun was also promoted from maid to Jieyu, then to queen, empress dowager, and great empress dowager. After four emperors, she enjoyed the country for more than sixty years.

Naturally, the Wang family in Yuancheng also followed the rising tide, and finally formed a situation in which "the Wang family's descendants are all ministers, officials, ministers, and Cao Cao, and they occupy the powerful officials and fill the court."

The most famous among Wang's children is called Wang Mang.

That's right, it was Wang Mang who made Wang Zhengjun so angry that he smashed the Jade Seal of the Kingdom on the ground, and finally broke one corner of the Jade Seal of the Kingdom.

Although Wang Mang's new dynasty was not recognized, Wang Mang himself eventually died without a burial place, and the status of the Wang family in Yuancheng also plummeted.

But the aristocratic family's centuries-old romance still has its roots.

Coupled with the two hundred years of recuperation and recuperation in the Later Han Dynasty, although the Wang family in Yuancheng never regained the glory of the former Han Dynasty, the officials and county guards also did.

Therefore, although the Wang family of Yuancheng cannot be compared with the Cui family and the Lu family, they are still barely qualified to be called a local prominent family.

For Sima Yi, the Wang family in Yuancheng was either big or small. It was adjacent to Wei County and not far from Yecheng. It was easy to control. It was the best target to kill chickens and scare monkeys.

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In the eleventh year of Yanxi of the Han Dynasty and the ninth year of the Zhengshi period of the puppet Wei Dynasty, a military rebellion broke out in Yuancheng, Yangping County, Hebei Province.

Military chaos is a common occurrence for the current Wei State.

Whether it was Hebei or Guandong and Huainan, the repeated defeats of Wei State caused domestic turmoil and unstable people.

Coupled with the changes in the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, two generations of pseudo-emperors were forced to patrol eastward in succession, Cao Shuang came to power, Sima Yi entered Hebei, and other events, which resulted in the court's control over local areas being continuously weakened.

With the weakening of the imperial court's control, in order to maintain local stability, it had to rely more on local powerful people and aristocratic families.

As a result, the power of local powerful people and aristocratic families expanded, further weakening the court's control over the local area...

It is quite similar to repeating the mistake of spiraling into heaven and self-destructing at the end of the Later Han Dynasty.

This is one of the reasons why even though Sima Yi successfully took control of Hebei, in many cases he was helpless against the powerful families in Hebei.

It would be a good thing if the imperial power did not go to the countryside. Now the power of the Wei government can only be limited to one city at most.

Even the lifeblood of the imperial court, such as taxation, was in the hands of the wealthy families.

However, the local tycoons and aristocratic families have isolated the government and the people, so it is natural for them to deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors.

They even colluded with local officials to oppress the people and farmers.

The consequences were that at least the people abandoned their farmland and fled, and at worst the farmers killed officials and rebelled.

Although the rebellion is usually dozens or hundreds of people, and it won't be a big deal, but the rise of bandits is also a headache.

However, there were Han troops suppressing the territory from outside, and powerful ministers and factions fought internally. Therefore, except for places where heavy troops were stationed, most of the local stability could only rely on local powerful people and aristocratic families.

So the vicious cycle starts again...

Of course, this also resulted in the wealthy private soldiers being very experienced in dealing with bandits.

"Puff puff puff..."

The bone arrow feathers were nailed to the wooden fence, and the arrow feathers were still trembling, making a slight trembling sound.

Except for a few of the nursing home servants who looked nervous, the rest of them had solemn expressions, but they were not at a loss for words with nervousness.

"Don't be afraid, they don't have siege equipment. Everyone needs to guard their position, and those bandits won't be able to attack!"

The leaders of the private soldiers were patrolling back and forth while encouraging the private soldiers.

Looking out from inside the Wubao, you can see black smoke rising from many places outside, both far and near.

It was a small village that was broken into by bandits.

I heard that there were ten thousand bandits who came to rob this time, which was a huge number.

Because the incident happened suddenly and many villages were not prepared, they were broken into by bandits and were wiped out with blood, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.

What was close at hand were the bandits whistling back and forth outside Wubao, shooting arrows at Wubao from time to time.

Many of them even rode horses.

This is a bandit.

There is even some organization.

It's not at the same level as those rogue bandits in the past.

Through observation, he saw the situation outside clearly. The owner of the Wubao looked gloomy, clenched his hand into a fist, and smashed it against the wooden fence of the stockade, causing the soil to fall:

"It's a barbarian! The news is correct, it's really a barbarian!"

It is not uncommon for Hu people to exist in Hebei. In the early years when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were fighting, Yuan Shao used barbarians to fight against Cao Cao.

However, after the establishment of the Wei Dynasty, although there were still barbarian people coming and going in the interior of Hebei, they basically came to pay tribute. How could they have been as plundering as they are now?

It is self-evident where these barbarians in front of me come from.

"Si! Ma! Yi!"

The owner of the village gritted his teeth and squeezed out these three words.

Luring the barbarians into the fortress in an attempt to fight against the Han army, but before the Han army arrived, the barbarians had already started to cause chaos. What is the difference between this and opening the door and bowing to the thieves?

PS:

The tiger girl took advantage of the company's benefits and went abroad for more than ten days. The day after she came back, her throat started to feel dry and sore, and then she had a fever.

Then on the third day, the child also started to have a high fever and went to the hospital for examination. It was found that both mothers were infected by a virus.

Although it was tiring to take care of my mother-in-law, I thought that I was fine.

Who knew that Tiger Girl's fever had subsided, but my throat started to feel uncomfortable, and then a fever followed.

The next day, my throat hurt, my muscles hurt, my joints hurt, my bones hurt, and my bones all hurt...

This feeling is so damn familiar!

The hospital couldn't find out what the virus was. I knew it was a new strain brought back from abroad by Tiger Girl. Unless we check carefully, it would be strange if we can find it out.

After ten days of hard work, the whole family was almost recovered, but who knew that the child started to have intermittent low-grade fever.

I knew something was wrong, so I ran to the hospital with the child. The doctor listened to the child's heart and lungs and thought it was nothing serious, but I strongly requested to take an X-ray.

After the film came out, as expected, he had pneumonia, and it was quite serious, so he was quickly arranged to be hospitalized.

The child stayed in the hospital for a week and was discharged two days ago.

Only then I have time to update.

The whole family is still coughing now.

Those who have children, you must pay attention. If you have a repeated low-grade fever, you must take an X-ray if you can. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one.