The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 384: Three Hundred Years Later
Liu Xie found Zhang Yan, Hao Zhao, and Guo Huai, who had fought against the Xianbei, and asked them:

"What do you think of the Xianbei?"

"What is your Majesty asking about?"

"every aspect."

Zhang Yan lived in Yanmen for a long time and had the longest contact with the Xianbei, so he was most familiar with the Xianbei.

"Your Majesty, I...I have been living with these Xianbei barbarians for no less than twenty years! But I clearly feel that the Xianbei are no longer as strong as they were twenty years ago."

Twenty years ago, it was the time when Chanyu Tan Shihuai ruled the Xianbei, before the Xianbei split.

"What's the meaning of this statement?"

"The Xianbei at that time had a unified command."

Zhang Yan explained: "It's not like that in the military."

"It's more about logistics."

"At that time, the Xianbei had people who specialized in smelting and forging, and people who specialized in hunting and boiling salt. Because the Xianbei at that time often came into contact with the Han people, they actually had the embryonic form of a great power within them."

"But now, I don't know whether Kebineng doesn't attach importance to this system, or time is tight and there is no time to prepare, so the Xianbei now are actually scattered soldiers and guerrillas, not to be feared!"

Liu Xie thought carefully about Zhang Yan's words, and at the same time thought of the Han Dynasty Jinxian crown worn on Kebineng's head.

"Kebi Neng is not someone who doesn't value the system... on the contrary, he is the most staunch supporter of the Han system."

"It's just that he unified the Xianbei for too short a time, and he hasn't even established a complete system yet. He wants to take advantage of the time when I am fighting with Yuan Shao to attack Hebei hastily, hoping to seize enough property for the Xianbei to develop..."

Liu Xie suddenly thought of something that happened a long time ago.

At that time, when Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo was examining his own military strategy, he once asked this question:

"If the weapons are not good, then the soldiers are given to the enemy; if the soldiers are unusable, then the general is given to the enemy; if the general does not know how to fight, then the master is given to the enemy; if the king does not choose the generals, then the country is given to the enemy! What does this mean?"

Later I learned that this was the "Memorial on Military Affairs" submitted by Chao Cuo to Emperor Jing during the early Han Dynasty.

Although Liu Xie had not read the "Memorial on Military Affairs" at that time, he still satisfied Dong Zhuo with his answer.

"In ancient times, the Xiongnu were weak. The State of Zhao alone could keep them out of the Yin Mountains, and General Li Mu alone could keep them from going south to herd horses or bend their bows to complain. This was all thanks to the exquisite skills of the Chinese, such as the powerful crossbows of Han and the precious swords of Chu, which were far superior to those of the Hu people, so they were able to drive out the Hu people."

"After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu obtained the craftsmen and workshops left behind by the Qin people in Yinshan and Hetao, and improved their skills. They were able to compete with the other states, and even besieged Emperor Gaozu on Mount Baideng and later burned down the Ganquan Palace!"

……

Today's Xianbei are exactly like the Xiongnu in the pre-Qin period!

There was a high probability that Kebineng was thinking of making a quick buck this time and snatching away a large number of craftsmen to help the Xianbei achieve a rapid improvement in national strength!
correct!

This is Kebineng’s real intention!
The current size of the Xianbei is far from being able to challenge the Han Dynasty.

Although Ke Bineng is not a smart person, he is cunning.

There was no reason for such a person to use the Xianbei people, who were so weak, to launch a surprise attack on Jinyang.

His real purpose was never to make the Han Dynasty "cede land", but to take those big cities with artisan workshops on the border of the Han Dynasty!
For example, Jinyang.

For example, Zhuo County.

For example, Ji County...

"I understand!"

"The Art of War by Sun Tzu: Offensive Strategy"

"Know your enemy and yourself, and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles!"

If we can know the enemy's combat intentions, then there will be no difficulty in the war.

The previous full-scale invasion of the Xianbei made Liu Xie think of many things in an instant.

For example, the Five Barbarians Invading China.

For example, the Jingkang Shame.

For example, shaving the head and changing clothes.

But now it seems that even though the big man is weak, he is still the same big man!

What Ke Bineng wanted to do was not really to get the Han Dynasty to cede land to him, but the Han people’s culture, system, and craftsmen!
"..."

"I said that when I saw Ke Bineng at Yanmen Pass that day, he seemed a little strange."

Although Lu Bu's direct attack was successful due to his bravery, it was also because Ke Bi Neng was waiting there foolishly.

Perhaps at that time Kebi Neng was not only waiting to negotiate with the Han Dynasty, but also waiting to see himself, the divinely born emperor of the Han Dynasty, with his own eyes and then show his respect?
"..."

Liu Xie suddenly realized that he had made a fatal mistake!

That is, overestimating the enemy's tactics...

However, Liu Xie did not let down his guard.

Because of his tactical overestimation, Liu Xie also significantly underestimated Kebi Neng strategically. This ambitious Chanyu, who had just unified the Xianbei, was probably really determined to build a grassland empire with systems, culture, and technology!

His only mistake was to misjudge the reaction of Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, to the invasion of foreign races...

"I see."

At this moment, Liu Xie had completely realized what Ke Bineng wanted and what he didn't want, so he summoned Yang Xiu and asked him to go to Youzhou.

"Don't worry, Ke Bineng is more Chinese than the Chinese! I can't say anything else, but he must have read some of the Han military tactics."

Liu Xie unfolded the map and with a wave of his hand, wiped out everything west of Dai County.

"I didn't receive the military intelligence from Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu first, but I knew that Ke Bineng had gathered a few fists and was about to launch a full-scale attack."

"Although this method of attack gave me the illusion that he was going to invade Hebei, it actually exposed Ke Bineng's true intentions hidden behind the deception."

Liu Xie pointed to Jinyang, the county seat of Taiyuan County.

"This is the goal of Kebinen himself and his subordinates, Zonu."

"Their goal has never been to capture Hebei and govern the people there! It's the craftsmen in these big cities!"

"The same goes for the east! Their goal in the east is not to really invade Hebei, but to capture several large cities in the east and capture all the civilians and craftsmen in them to enhance the weak national strength of Xianbei!"

Liu Xie nodded heavily several times in the direction of Ji County.

"This place! Is their ultimate goal!"

"Dezu, hurry to Youzhou and meet Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu, and ask them to become your subordinates!"

"Don't waste time and energy fighting with them along the entire Yanshan defense line. As Ju Shou said, we simply can't afford that."

"so--"

The emperor said so much. Although Yang Xiu was not good at military affairs, he had already understood what the emperor meant.

"The emperor wants to...close the door and beat the dog?"

"That's right! It's like closing the door and beating the dog!"

Liu Xie's eyes were full of excitement!

"Although the Xianbei were unified, their population was not large after all."

"Plus, the Western Xianbei have already retreated inside the Great Wall, so there are no more than 100,000 young and strong men."

"Among these young and strong men, the number of those killed or captured by Fengxian at Yanmen numbered as many as 10,000."

"Because of the terrain, Xu Huang almost wiped out the entire Zonu tribe! In this way, there are another 5,000."

"If we can deal with the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes in the east, the Han border will have 20 years to recuperate!"

Liu Xie couldn't help but get excited.

He was thinking about it before!

I was thinking that if Yuan Shao could trick the Eastern Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes into Hebei, he could have Zhang Liao block their way and completely annihilate these foreign tribes! To ensure peace in the northern part of the Han Dynasty!
But Yuan Shao seemed to have seen through the emperor's intention, so he did not summon the foreign cavalry he could rely on most into Hebei.

Liu Xie had originally given up on this matter, but he did not expect that Kebi Neng's ambition would make this matter possible!
If Kebi Neng was really a person who was not willing to give up, and just retreated after unifying the south of the desert, and then came to plunder the border once a year like Tan Shihuai, slowly strengthening the Xianbei tribe, then Liu Xie would really have no way to deal with these foreign tribes who came and went like the wind!

But Ke Bineng is an ambitious person!
Even more, his ambition is not to be the second Tan Shihuai, but to be the second Maodun! The second Laoshang! He wants to learn from the Xiongnu in the Qin Dynasty, to acquire the craftsmanship of the Han people, and to eat until he becomes fat!
"Great! It's good to be ambitious!"

Liu Xie looked at Yang Xiu with great joy.

"Ancestor De! Quickly get the Youzhou troops to prepare!"

"Emperor Xiaowu failed to defeat the Siege of Mayi, but I will do it for him this time!"

Three hundred years ago, it was the first year of Yuanguang in the Western Han Dynasty.

Nie Yi, a wealthy merchant in the Yanmen and Mayi areas, was familiar with the Huns and worried about the Han Dynasty's endless border troubles. So he suggested to Emperor Wu that the Han Dynasty had gained the Huns' trust after the marriage, and as long as they were lured with benefits, they would surely be defeated!
So Nie Yi followed the order and used himself as bait. He went to the Xiongnu camp in person and pretended to surrender to the then Khan Junchen. He also claimed that he could kill the magistrate of Mayi County and force the entire city of Mayi to surrender, and then he could take all the property of the city.

Junchen Chanyu believed his words and was greedy for the benefits, so he immediately planned to raise an army.

After Nie Yi returned to Han, he falsely claimed the head of a criminal as the head of an official in Mayi to show that the time had come and to lure the Xiongnu army deep into the important areas.

Emperor Wu of Han sent five generals, namely, Weiwei Li Guang, Taifu Gongsun He, Daxingling Wang Hui, Taizhong Dafu Li Xi, and Yushi Dafu Han Anguo, together with a total of 300,000 chariots, cavalry and infantry to set up an ambush in Mayi.

The plan was going smoothly, but unexpectedly, when Junchen Chanyu was on the march, he found that there were only livestock and no people between the city and the fields, so he became suspicious.

He sent troops to capture a bunker and captured a lieutenant.

The captain revealed the truth that more than 300,000 Han troops had already been ambushed near Mayi. The Chanyu, who had seen through the conspiracy, was shocked and retreated, and the ambush set by the Han army was completely useless.

As a result, the costly "Ma Yi Plan" ended in failure, and Junchen Chanyu became resentful of the Han Dynasty and carried out even more inhumane atrocities against the people living on the border.

Nie Yi, the initiator of the "Ma Yi Conspiracy", was hated by both the imperial court and the people living along the border. His descendants had no choice but to change their surnames from Nie to Zhang.

What a coincidence...

Among his descendants, one is still serving in the military.

This person is the current pillar of the Han Dynasty and the right general - Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan!
(End of this chapter)