Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 601 The Three Wuhuan Counties: Fighting for the Yuan Family’s Legitimacy?
Zhang Sui was a little surprised when he heard Xun Chen say this.

Wuhuan?

The Wuhuan king Tadun who was killed in battle by Zhang Liao in history?

Many people in later generations believed that Zhang Liao's 800 cavalrymen defeating Sun Quan's 100,000 navy was Zhang Liao's peak.

But in fact, the battle in which Zhang Liao was killed in battle was the famous one that brought him to the Temple of Martial Arts.

However, now he let Zhang Liao guard Guangling and defend Jiangdong.

At this time, we can't transfer Zhang Liao over here.

Changing one's mind every day is extremely harmful.

He is not Yuan Shao.

Moreover, the historical incident of Zhang Liao defeating Tadun in battle took place much later.

Even if Zhang Liao is recalled now, it may not be possible to recreate the famous historical scene.

Some famous scenes are the result of a combination of factors including time, location and people.

Zhang Sui looked at Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Liu Ye, Xin Pi, Guo Jia and others and asked, "What do you think?"

Guo Jia wiped his sparse beard and said, "The Wuhuan in the three counties must be eliminated."

Looking at Xun Chen, Guo Jia said, "I heard from Lord Xun that Yuan Shao once married one of his daughters to Wuhuan Chanyu Tadun. As a result of the marriage, Tadun has always regarded himself as Yuan Shao's son-in-law and claimed to be the orthodox Yuan family with three dukes for four generations."

"He used this as a pretext to recruit many people who didn't know what was going on in the three counties."

"Some of the rebellions in Youzhou also had the shadow of Tatun."

"Although Tadun is a Donghu, he has a deep understanding of our Han culture."

"The troops under his command are well-organized."

"If we don't eradicate it, it will be very harmful to us."

Xin Pi also nodded.

Zhang Sui sneered.

Damn, this Tadun is quite interesting.

Are they using the banner of Yuan family's legitimacy to form a marriage alliance?
The Yuan family has no legitimacy at all!

He is just a prince.

Moreover, he dared to guarantee that the daughter Yuan Shao married to Tadun was definitely not a legitimate daughter.

He had never heard Yuan Mi, the third legitimate daughter, say that!
Thinking of Tadun, Zhang Sui couldn't help but think of a TV series he had watched on short videos before traveling through time.

In this TV series, the empress is in power and she even marries the prince to another country as a marriage alliance.

Now that I think about it, it's really ridiculous.

In reality, if a daughter who is most likely not even a biological daughter is married off, she can be used by other countries to fight for legitimacy.

Marrying a prince to another country, doesn't this give other countries more bargaining chips to attack you?

Zhang Sui shook his head, not wanting to think about all this nonsense, and looked at Chen Deng and the others and asked, "What do you think?"

Liu Ye asked back: "My Lord, what do you want to do?"

"Fight? Or not fight?"

"Every war has its own strategy."

"There are strategies for not fighting a war."

Everyone also looked at Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui folded his hands over his chest, leaned against the beam, and fell silent.

To fight or not to fight?
If we fight, we will delay our rest and recuperation.

His biggest enemy is Cao Cao.

If you don't fight, you will be bullied.

Thinking that Cao Cao was contacting the princes in Guanzhong and preparing for war in Liangzhou, Zhang Sui glanced at everyone and said, "For the time being, I don't want to fight."

"My greatest enemy is Cao Cao."

"To be honest, I don't take the three counties of Wuhuan seriously."

"Not only the Wuhuan in the three counties, but also the Xiongnu in Hedong County, I will eradicate them completely once we are stable."

"If they are not my kind, their hearts must be different." "There is no way I will let a group of barbarians run rampant around my territory."

"But even if we don't fight, I don't want to watch them jumping around now."

Everyone looked at each other.

After a long while, Chen Deng said, "We have discussed this matter with Lord Ju before."

"What Lord Ju meant is that we now have a vast territory and abundant resources, and we urgently need to develop. We should take our time and not be impatient."

"But Cao Cao is also developing."

"Now, we are scrambling for development opportunities."

"But it's just development. If a war breaks out, we won't be well prepared and may be hit hard at any time."

Chen Deng pinched his long beard, looked at Zhang Sui and said, "In this case, we can choose to fight or not."

Zhang Sui frowned and looked at Chen Deng.

Chen Deng said: "The Lord does not want to fight, so we cannot fight a big battle."

"I don't want to be bullied, so I have to keep fighting."

“We are going to develop again.”

"We must be prepared for a war with Cao Cao at any time."

"Therefore, my idea is to divide the troops in Hebei today into two categories."

"One of them is to streamline the current army, select the best troops, and deploy them along the Yellow River to defend against the invasion of Cao Cao's army at any time."

"Another major category is to adopt the Zhongshan County model and recruit young people."

"Put these young people and the laid-off soldiers near Yijing in Youzhou."

"The soldiers who were laid off were responsible for farming, and the old soldiers taught the new soldiers. They continued to fight against the Wuhuan Hu people who raided the three counties, and learned about the enemy's combat mode, the local weather and terrain."

"After two years of recuperation, when we have sufficient food and grass, or after we defeat Cao Cao, we will be free to deal with them."

"In this way, firstly, the fertile land outside the northeast of Yijing in Youzhou will not be left to waste."

"Secondly, we can recruit young people from all over to train and gain experience through constant fighting."

"The armies of Liangzhou and Guanzhong are mainly cavalry armies, with Qiang and Han people complementing each other."

"This is similar to the armies of the Wuhuan in the three counties, both of which adopt a roaming combat mode."

"I believe that the soldiers who have been trained by fighting against the Wuhuan enemy in the three counties for many years will not be much different even when facing the armies of the princes in Guanzhong and Liangzhou."

Xin Pi said, "I think this plan is feasible."

"Continue to use the Wuhuan people from the three counties to train our new soldiers."

"This kind of combat experience is invaluable."

"I know some people living near the Wuhuan in the three counties. They have been burned, killed and looted by the Wuhuan people for many years. They hate the Wuhuan people to the core."

"However, during the Yuan Shao period, Yuan Shao and the Wuhuan had a good relationship. Yuan Shao did not pursue the actions of the Wuhuan Hu people, and those people were helpless."

"As a result, some famous scholars refused to serve Yuan Shao even though they were called upon to do so."

"If the lord really wants to deal with the Wuhuan people, I can help the lord write a letter to persuade some famous people near the Wuhuan in the three counties to serve as officials, and let them go to the Yijing area to help deal with the Wuhuan people."

Others nodded.

Zhang Sui saw this and said to Xin Pi, "Okay, then you write it, and show it to me when you're done. I'll copy it myself to show my sincerity."

"You want to compete with me for the Yuan family's legitimacy? This is the first time I've heard of this."

"If I don't beat the shit out of those Wuhuan people in the three counties, I, Zhang Sui, will write my name backwards from now on!"

Xin Pi said respectfully, "Then I will start writing when I get home tonight."

Xun Chen looked at Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Liu Ye, Guo Jia and others chatting and laughing while deciding the matter, and sighed secretly.

Back then, Yuan Shao also had so many outstanding advisers under his command.

However, at that time, everyone, including myself, was fighting openly and secretly.

Yuan Shao was also thinking about how to balance the forces of all parties.

And now, the new lord Zhang Sui seems to not care about balance at all.

Everyone also spoke freely.

Don’t they care about the merit or future status?
(End of this chapter)