All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 309: Sweeping the Grassland, Kingly Way and Tyrannical Way

Chapter 309: Sweeping the Grassland, Kingly Way and Tyrannical Way
"I watched my opponent grow stronger and stronger, and only took action when he matched my strength."

Chen Ran squatted on the ground, looking at the grim head of Li Keyong in the wooden box, and said softly, "This kind of routine was not popular ten years ago. When encountering a strong opponent, of course you have to kill him in advance."

"Traveling through history is easy. At least you know who the target is."

"Zhu Yuanzhang, the beggar, Liu Bang, the street urchin, and Li Erfeng, the one who was beaten with a stick in the military camp."

"And you, Li Keyong."

Li Keyong, the famous Shatuo leader and a prominent figure in the late Tang Dynasty, died in the hands of the Tatars in a very miserable way.

Next to his head was the head of his father Li Guochang.

The father and son actually had a very good relationship with the Tatars, otherwise they would not have gone to them for surrender after their defeat.

Unfortunately, Chen Ran’s murderous threat brought too much pressure to the Tatars. After weighing the pros and cons, the Tatar chiefs decided to exchange two Shatuo people for peace.

Li Keyong and his son were both very good at martial arts, and they were also protected by the unrivaled Li Cunxiao.

But they have no soldiers left.

With only a few hundred people facing thousands of troops, they could only stir up a few waves at most, and would be swallowed up immediately.

Chen Ran stood up and asked the Tatar envoy, "I heard someone ran away?"

"Yes, that guy named Li Cunxiao was very powerful. He stole a horse and broke out of the encirclement. I don't know where he ran off to."

"Reward him with some silk." Chen Ran waved his hand, signaling the messenger to go away.

"Pang Shigu." Chen Ran instructed, "Be careful and find a place to bury him."

"General." Pang Shigu was a little embarrassed. "Li Guochang and his son, only the heads are left."

"The Tatars are so hateful!" Chen Ran changed the subject, "They actually killed the father and son of the Zhenwu Jiedushi. How audacious!"

All the generals in the tent were bewildered. They had heard it with their own ears before. It was clearly you who gave the order in person to let the Tatars take action. What was going on now?
"How we fight in Middle-earth is our own business."

Chen Ran's words became increasingly fierce. "What does it have to do with the Tatars? How dare they kill the Zhenwu Jiedushi so recklessly?"

"If you dare to kill the Zhenwu Jiedushi today, you will dare to kill other Jiedushi tomorrow, and you will dare to attack me!"

"In that case, let's strike first!"

The young Wang Yanzhang was not very sensible and asked doubtfully, "General, it was you who ordered the Tatars to kill Li Guochang and his son. They were just following orders."

Wang Jingwu on the side pulled him hard, trying to remind him to shut up.

Unfortunately, my hands were too slow and I said everything I should and shouldn’t have said.

"Is there such a thing?" Chen Ran waved his hands awkwardly, "I don't quite remember it."

"In short, we must attack the Tatars and avenge the Zhenwu Jiedushi and his son!"

All the generals echoed in unison, loudly accusing the Tatars of being ungrateful and making them understand that the affairs of Middle-earth were not something they could interfere in.

Chen Ran immediately arranged for the troops to prepare for the attack, and then told Wang Yanzhang, "You are still young, so you should focus on studying. Don't go this time, go back to Youzhou to study, and I will give you an exam when I come back."

Wang Yanzhang, who only liked to wield swords and sticks and would fall asleep as soon as he picked up a book, was suddenly dumbfounded.

He is indeed a great general. He will take revenge without delay.

Wang Yanzhang led thousands of troops and horses, escorting the seized supplies and livestock, and returned to Youzhou Town.

And Chen Ran's war of conquest is still ongoing.

He led his army and many cannon fodder tribes, marched northward across the Yin Mountains, and headed straight for the Tatars.

On the way, he also sent messengers to summon the Sage and Anqing tribes among the three Shatuo tribes.

Li Guochang and his son were originally named Zhuxie, and were the chieftains of the Shatuo tribe.

Among the three Shatuo tribes, only the Shatuo tribe is the real Shatuo people, and the other two tribes are actually descendants of the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu.

To put it simply, the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu are the Sogdians.

An Lushan, Shi Siming and others were also Sogdians.

They are the people living in the Iranian Plateau along the Silk Road, and are said to be descendants of ancient Persia.

These people have very clear personality traits. When China became strong, they recognized their adoptive mother (An Lushan).

When they find an opportunity to take a bite, they immediately transform into hungry wolves and rebel and fight.

There is no such thing as moral credit here.

When Li Guochang and his son rebelled, many people from the Sage and Anqing tribes also participated.

Historically, after Li Keyong became the governor of Hedong Town, the three Shatuo tribes came to him one after another to participate in the successive battles in China and became the core force under his command.

Chen Ran didn't even bother to make excuses like 'someone from your tribe participated in the rebellion of Li Guochang and his sons', and directly stated, "Either come and fight for me, or I will come and fight you."

Finding excuses is the right thing to do. If you are not even willing to find excuses, then that is being overbearing.

Faced with Chen Ran's tyranny, the Sage and Anqing tribes had no choice but to come and work for him obediently.

You have to bring your own dry food, work without any pay, and still work hard.

This is simply the type of worker that capitalists of later generations love the most.

Not only the Sage and Anqing tribes, but all the tribes discovered by the scouts along the way were brought over by Chen Ran to be cannon fodder.

If any tribe does not know what is good for them, tens of thousands of troops will overwhelm them and teach them a lesson to be more discerning in their next life.

We went all the way north and when we arrived at the Tatar pastures, we saw that the mountains and plains were full of people, horses and livestock.

The number is so large that even Chen Ran himself doesn’t know the exact number.

The Tatar envoy found Chen Ran and said, "We have sent the heads of Li Guochang and his son as requested by the general. What does the general mean now?"

"I did say that either you hand over the head or I come over. I admit that."

Seeing the envoy's expression soften, Chen Ran changed the subject and said, "But I didn't say that if you hand over the head, I won't come over."

"You" the messenger wanted to say, "You are so shameless~~~" But even if he was not afraid of death, he had to consider his own people and forced himself to hold back his anger.

"I don't know what the general wants us to do in order to withdraw our troops. We are willing to submit to the general."

"Fuck submission."

Chen Ran didn't believe a single word of the promises made by these grassland tribes.

When you are strong, people will welcome you with a smile and become your younger brothers.

When you are weak, you turn your back on people!
There is no point in the constant entanglement back and forth. Chen Ran, who has experienced too much, now believes that only physical elimination is the best option.

Internally, he eliminated the aristocratic families, and externally, he eliminated the grassland tribes, thus ending the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty.

If there are dozens more children inheriting the estate, the goal of this work will basically be achieved.

"General?" Seeing that Chen Ran did not respond, the messenger asked anxiously, "Can you say something~~~"

"Really." Chen Ran frowned. "I don't understand Tatar."

This lame excuse really left the messenger speechless. You were talking to me before.
"Okay, let's start the fight."

The messenger was driven out, and all that followed was war.

It was still the same routine. All the tribal leaders and nobles were controlled, and then their herdsmen warriors were forced to fight to the death.

Chen Ran led the Han army to watch the fun, and then went out to deliver a fatal blow at the critical moment.

The Tatars are not weak in strength, but this strength is only relative.

Compared with the Shiwei, Turks, Uighurs, Tiele, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun and other tribes on the grassland, they were capable of fighting, but facing the huge coalition army brought by Chen Ran, they were still destined to be crushed.

The various tribes have also thought about gathering together to resist Chen Ran.

But there is no heroic leader.

No one is willing to be a vassal of others and work for other tribes, so naturally they will become a group of scattered sand and can only be workers under the high pressure of the general.

It took more than a month to finally wipe out all the Tatar tribes.

A large number of people and livestock were seized.

Of course, the population is mainly composed of women, and there will be no men taller than the wheels.

Seeing that winter was approaching, Chen Ran finally ordered his troops to withdraw.

The tribal leaders and nobles could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

However, after returning to Daibei and before disbanding the tribes, Chen Ran said, "I will come again next spring."

He always keeps his word, and spring really came again the following year.

It’s still the traditional routine, recruiting cannon fodder to join the troops.

This time the target was changed to the various tribes of Shiwei.

Chen Ran was on the prairie, happily consuming the grassland's vitality.

Huang Chao was desperately wandering around the heartland of China, cleansing out the aristocratic families and local tyrants as he went.

Later on, he even spared no effort on the wealthy landlords.

In Chen Ran's words, "He's a bit psychopathic."

The Tang Dynasty court attacked Huang Chao at all costs, but turned a blind eye to Chen Ran in the north.

No matter where Huang Chao fled, the nearby warlords would attack him desperately.

As his situation became increasingly worse, Huang Chao became more and more angry.

If Chen Ran had not changed his temperament and made him sympathetic to the people, a large-scale massacre would have begun long ago.

Huang Chao was also puzzled by this. He asked his trusted general Zhu Wen, "It was obviously Chen Zihou who entered Guanzhong first, and it was obviously Chen Zihou who slaughtered the aristocratic families. It is obvious that he is the real enemy of the court. Why did the court keep chasing me but refused to provoke Chen Zihou?"

Zhu Wen held back for a long time, and finally said, "They dare not provoke Chen Zihou."

The local warlords who had fought against Huang Chao all thought he was quite capable of fighting.

There may be ups and downs, wins and losses, but at least we can fight.

However, Chen Ran was different. He had defeated several towns in Hebei, which were the most powerful vassal states in the world.

Afterwards, he defeated the father and son Li Guochang and Li Keyong, who had been besieging the Six Garrisons for several years but had never been defeated.

Now they are sweeping across the grassland again, looking down on everyone.

The feudal lords are not stupid. No one would take the initiative to provoke them because they are so powerful.

Besides, Chen Ran has been wandering around the grassland for the past two years and has never gone south.

Although they managed to wipe out the Fengdu Defense Forces, no one would care about such a remote place.

If you provoke Chen Ran, you might end up being wiped out.

If they fought Huang Chao, there would be a chance of winning and getting rewards, so naturally they would take advantage of Huang Chao.

Faced with the joint efforts of the imperial court and the local governors, Huang Chao felt increasingly powerless.

He finally had to put his face aside and chose to go north to join Chen Ran.

This decision not only brought terrible pressure to the court due to concerns about the merger of the two sides, but also affected the interests of the generals under his command.

If Huang Chao went to join Chen Ran, at most he would become his subordinate, and more likely he would be left idle.

People like Zhu Wen were originally Huang Chao's subordinates. What kind of status would they have after they went there?
There will never be a chance to succeed.

In this case, it would be better to surrender to the imperial court, grab some territory and become a local emperor!

(End of this chapter)

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