Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 343 Are the Hu people so powerful?
As soon as Liu Bei arrived in Zhuo County, officials from Youzhou followed closely.

Exactly three days after the banquet, a person arrived, which surprised Liu Bei.

This man called himself Wuhuan Sima Yan Rou. Although he was young, he acted decisively and had the style of a general.

Seeing the visiting card handed over by the other party, Liu Bei thought about it for a while and agreed to meet him.

There was a sound of footsteps. Led by an official, Yan Rou, wearing a black military cap and with a sparse beard, walked into the hall calmly and composedly. He paid no attention to the looks of the others present. He simply bowed and saluted to the King of Han in the hall and said, "Yan Rou, the Sima of Wuhuan in Youzhou, greets His Majesty!"

"May the king live forever and enjoy eternal happiness."

After finishing his words, Yan Rou bowed again to show his respect.

Although he did not expect the King of Han to summon him so soon and had not yet mastered the Han etiquette, it did not matter whether he was proficient in it or not. The King of Han was a hero of the time and would certainly not blame him for this.

Furthermore, if etiquette is not fully practiced, sincerity can be used to demonstrate it.

Yan Rou was a Han Chinese, but was captured by the Wuhuan and Xianbei when he was young and became a Hu people. He grew up in the Hu tribe for many years and thus gained their trust. When Liu Yu was the governor of Youzhou, in order to appease the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes, he found a number of Han people who were proficient in Wuhuan and Xianbei Hu languages, among whom Yan Rou was the most outstanding.

Later, Liu Yu was defeated by Gongsun Zan, and his entire family was captured alive. There were rumors that the governor had been killed by Gongsun's family. Liu Yu's former officials were grief-stricken. Then Xianyu Fu and others from Youzhou recommended Yan Rou as the Sima of Wuhuan, and borrowed troops from Wuhuan and Xianbei to join Yuan Shao in attacking Gongsun Zan.

At this time, he learned that Liu Yu had not yet been killed by Gongsun Zan, and wanted to negotiate with him to release Youzhou Mu Liu Bo'an and then withdraw his troops.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Zan remained unmoved and led his troops to attack the Wuhuan, Xianbei and Yuan Shao's generals, but was defeated and forced to retreat to Wuzhong County in Youbeiping County, which borders Pinggu County, and was in a pincer attack.

Only then could they barely hold the city under attacks from multiple parties. If the King of Han had not defeated Yuan Shu's generals in Huainan, Yuan Benchu ​​would have felt like a thorn in his back and a knife hanging around his neck, forcing him to temporarily abandon Gongsun Zan and lead his troops back south.

This has allowed Gongsun Bogui to survive until today, otherwise he would have been wiped out long ago.

As Yan Rou lowered her head, she couldn't help but think about it in her heart.

Gongsun Zan was really lucky, as he was able to become classmates and friends with the King of Han when he was young. Otherwise, after Yuan Benchu's defeat, many officials in Youzhou would have taken Pinggu and Wuzhong counties in one fell swoop and exchanged the lives of his Gongsun clan for the lives of Liu Gong's entire family.

The reason we have been able to remain inactive for the past year is simply because of the King of Han's face.

Thinking of the rumor that Gongsun Zan was so delusional that he wanted to divide Hebei equally with the King of Han, hearing this suddenly made people burst out laughing.

However, he dares to make such a boast when he only occupies two counties. He is really blind and arrogant.

Yan Rou said silently in her heart.

Liu Bei looked at Yan Rou with a little curiosity. Yan Rou was a famous general in the north who was known in history as Tian Yu and Qian Zijing. He was an expert in dealing with Wuhuan, Xianbei and Xiongnu.

At the moment, whether it is dealing with the Wuhuan people distributed in the three counties of Liaodong, Liaoxi and Youbeiping, or the Xianbei people occupying Daijun, Shanggu, Yuyang and other places, guides like Yan Rou who are familiar with the affairs of the Hu tribes are the most needed in his army.

Now, except for Guangyang County and Zhuo County in the entire Youzhou, the remaining nine counties and kingdoms, namely Dai County, Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Liaodong, Liaodong vassal state, Xuantu County, and Lelang County, all have border troubles.

Especially the Xianbei. Since the Southern Xiongnu surrendered, the Xianbei people quickly moved south and occupied the Xiongnu's original grasslands. They also absorbed more than 100,000 Xiongnu people who had not had time to evacuate as Xianbei people.

As the weather gradually became colder, he led his troops southward many times over the past hundred years to plunder and invade the people living on the border.

Taking advantage of their light cavalry, they robbed and pillaged at will, and killed civilians. During the Tan Shihuai period, they unified the Xianbei tribes, attacked the border in the south, resisted the Dingling in the north, repelled the Fuyu in the east, and attacked the Wusun in the west, occupying the former Xiongnu territory, which was more than 14,000 miles from east to west and more than 7,000 miles from north to south.

After the Xiongnu surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the Xianbei became the most powerful Hu people occupying the northern grasslands. Many tribes extended west of Shanggu to Dunhuang and connected with the Wusun.

After his strength was strengthened, he immediately led his army south to attack Youzhou and Bingzhou. Within a year, many Xianbei tribes invaded the border more than 30 times.

Fortunately, Tan Shihuai died suddenly in time, which gave the Han family a chance to catch their breath.

The Xianbei tribe also split into three forces: Budugen and Kebi Neng, Suli, Miga, and Queji.

Coupled with the Wuhuan people in the northwest of Youzhou, the Hu and Han peoples were extremely mixed. Because killings and rebellions often broke out in various places, the powerful families often banded together.

Except for Zhuo County in the entire Youzhou, any slight movement in other counties and counties would cause a chain reaction. At this moment, most of the Qingzhou troops are suppressing the rebellion of the local tyrants in Jizhou and wiping out the local tyrants' followers and servants, and they have no time to deal with the affairs of Youzhou.

With only the Huben Cavalry and the Ruichong Camp, as well as Zhao Zhen and his 5,000 Youzhou soldiers who could be deployed from Bohai County, there was no other extra manpower to be deployed.

Thinking of facing such a complicated situation in Youzhou, even Liu Bei couldn't help but frown. He felt that his military strength was stretched to the limit. With a total of 15,000 troops, it was still enough in Zhuo County. If he had to go north to Yuyang, Guangyang, Shanggu and other places, not only would the food route and baggage be lengthened, but if the Hu people attacked, it would be easy to cut off the food route.

More importantly, he did not bring any Wugang chariots with him. If the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes that had previously looted Yanzhou and Qingzhou knew that he was continuing to move north, they would most likely make some unusual moves.

It is a bit difficult to deal with Tadun and Kebi.

Seeing that the King of Han seemed to have fallen into silence, Yan Rou nodded thoughtfully, and then boldly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, are you worried about the Wuhuan and Xianbei?"

After a moment's consideration, he continued, "Since Yuan Shao occupied several counties in Youzhou, in order to unite the Wuhuan and Xianbei, he taught them to make weapons and armor, learn to write, and then taught them to establish flags and banners, and use drum beats to indicate advance and retreat, in order to prevent their tribes from entering the Central Plains to attack the princes."

"Although the Yuan family was defeated, the techniques of weapons and armor flowed into the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes."

"Rou heard what Chen Tang said: 'Five Hu soldiers are equal to one Han soldier, because their weapons are simple and blunt, and their bows and crossbows are not good. Now we have quite a few skilled Han craftsmen, so three are equal to one.'"

"At this time when the world is in chaos, the Hu people have turned to the princes to obtain craftsmen, iron tools, cloth, and food. If we do not cut off their roots as soon as possible and send troops to destroy the Hu people led by Tadun and Kebi Neng, they will surely leave a great trouble for future generations. Your Majesty is the ruler of the Han Dynasty and must be aware of this."

As the Sima of Wuhuan, Yan Rou immediately suggested that the King of Han should send troops as soon as possible to eliminate the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes.

The people present, including the Zu family of Qiu County, the Li family of Fanyang, the Yuan family of Gaoyang, the Xu family, and the Zhao family of Gu'an, were shocked and stunned. They couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment. Aren't you on good terms with the Hu tribe?
How could they do such a thing as selling out their troops in front of the enemy? Those barbarians will become a great threat to future generations.

Yan Rou, stop trying to scare us. We don't believe it.

Even though the poor barbarians in the north were able to collect hundreds of sets of armor, I wonder how many years of accumulation it took them.

If they did not have so many horses, why would the King of Han lead his army to attack them? If all the nobles in Youzhou work together, we can drive the enemy out of the border.

For a moment, some clan leaders felt that Yan Rou was exaggerating. At the moment, the Hu people were just a minor inconvenience and could not be considered a serious threat.

What he said was just to attract the attention of the King of Han.

(End of this chapter)