The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 825 Gongsun Du

In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (196), the first ten days of May.

On the eastern border of Buyeo, the weather is gradually getting warmer, but the climate is still very cold, so it is necessary to wear fur coats to keep warm.

On the dilapidated road, there is still a lot of remaining snow.

Accompanied by the rapid sound of horseshoes, a group of cavalry galloped past, scattered mud spots and snowflakes.

And not far behind that team of cavalry, countless cavalry in different clothes and armed with weapons are slowly moving forward along this road.

"Woo——"

Gongsun Du gave a soft shout, pulled the reins, and the horse under the seat raised its head, and stopped moving forward, and all the cavalry behind also stopped.

Looking at the Fuyu soldiers who were slowly marching on the road, Gongsun Du shook his head slightly in his heart. The strength of an army can actually be seen from the speed of the march and the situation.

These Fuyu soldiers marched laxly, at an extremely slow speed, and their weak combat power was even more excessive. No wonder they never won a single battle with the Xianbei and Wuhuan people, and even Yilou often made border invasions.

This time, Xu An sent him a secret order to send troops, asking him to find an excuse to conscript Goguryeo and Puyu.

Based on the armies of his two countries, he raised troops to attack Yilou and Woju, and asked him to lead Liaozhou soldiers as supervisors to sit and watch the tigers fight.

After weakening Goguryeo and Puyu and conquering Yilou and Woju, they annexed Goguryeo and Puyu.

The territory that originally belonged to Goguryeo and Woju was classified as the territory of Liaozhou, and Puyu and Yilou were set as the Far East Province.

Gongsundu did not disobey, and responded quickly. He found a few excuses, and sent envoys to the capitals of Fuyu and Goguryeo to ask them to send troops to conquer Yilou and Woju.

The reason is simple, Yilou country often harass Fuyu country, and Fuyu country is a vassal state of Ming, attacking Fuyu is to provoke Ming.

The national strength of Woju State is much weaker than that of Yilou State, and has been invaded by Goguryeo and Yilou State, but Woju State is not a little white rabbit.

Before Gongsundu arrived in Liaodong County, Woju Kingdom actually did not stop to harass Lelang County, taking advantage of the emptiness of Liaodong and looting many places.

It wasn't until after Gongsundu came to Liaodong later that he collected Lelang County and Xuantu County, which made Fuyu and Goguryeo surrender, that Woju State stopped harassing Lelang County, and this attack on Woju State was also famous.

Gongsun Du didn't reject Xu An's edict at all, the general trend of the world now lies in Ming Court, Gongsun Du saw it very clearly.

Not to mention that not long ago Xu An led the army out of Jiguan to the east, defeated the main force of the Han army's Northern Expedition in World War I, and advanced six ways in parallel, collecting all the land of Hebei, Qing, and You.

It is said that the Rao Le Shuiming army defeated Xianbei, and defeated the Xianbei Shanyu Qianman in battle. It shocked the northern border and established three provinces in the north.

Such a feat was not able to be achieved by Qin Huang Han Wu.

The cavalry troops of the Ming army were unstoppable across the grasslands, and the Ming army had planted their banners in every corner of the northern and western regions.

After the Ming Court set up provinces in the former homelands of the two Xianbei tribes in the east and the middle, the Ming army, under the leadership of Lu Bu, followed Xu An's order and continued northward with the prestige of a great victory.

Its purpose is to deter the Dingling, Jiankun, and Hujie tribes, show off their force, and make them extinguish their will to invade the newly established province.

After all, the former Han Empire also made an expedition to Mobei, sealed the wolves to live in Xu, drank horses and vast seas, and defeated the Huns who were in full swing at that time.

As a result, the Xiongnu split into two groups. The southern Xiongnu chose to submit to the Han Empire, while the northern Xiongnu chose to escape to the west.

At that time, after the Northern Huns fled westward, the choice of the Han Empire was to continue to send a large army to pursue the Northern Huns, and ignored the former homeland of the Huns.

Xianbei was actually under the jurisdiction of the Huns in the past. Later, after the power of the Huns gradually weakened, the Xianbei people gradually developed and grew stronger on the former land of the Huns.

Until the Tanshihuai period, Xianbei also completely reached its peak.

It's just that this heyday did not last long.

Lu Bu led the Xiaoqi Battalion and was ordered to patrol the north, which was to declare his sovereignty.

The Ming army's great victory in Rao Leshui was rumored through Xianbei's defeated troops, and it was naturally rumored to Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun.

The defeat of Xianbei, the former overlord of Mobei, made Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun terrified.

Lu Bu led the Xiaoqi Battalion on a tour of the three tribes, and at the same time summoned the leaders of the three tribes Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun to declare their authority and show off their might.

Ding Ling and Hujie chose to bow their heads and profess their ministers. Jiankun was unwilling to proclaim his ministers, but he also expressed that he would not attack the northern Xinjiang province.

Originally, Xu An's order to Lu Bu was to show off his force so that he would not dare to violate the border. Lu Bu had the same idea at the beginning, but when Ding Ling and Hu Jie surrendered, Lu Bu had another idea.

Lu Bu led a battalion of [-] cavalry from Xiao, and at the same time recruited a total of [-] cavalry from Dingling and Hujie to attack Jiankun.

King Jiankun panicked, but someone tipped off the news, and he also learned that Lu Bu had only [-] cavalry directly under his command, so he sent someone to secretly contact King Hujie, hoping that King Hujie would fight against Lu Bu with him, and send Lu Bu and The Xiaoqi Battalion under his command will always stay in northern Xinjiang.

King Jiankun thought that their place was too far away from the Ming Court, and the Ming army must have very limited troops in the north.

King Jiankun has great ambitions. He wants to occupy Xianbei's hometown and inherit everything left by Xianbei...

It's just that all of this has not been able to hide from Lu Bu's eyes, or from the eyes of Xiaoqiying sentries.

At the time of the plot, Lu Bu led his personal guards and rushed directly to the place where the Hujie tribe was stationed, and no soldiers from the Hujie tribe dared to step forward to stop them along the way.

Lu Bu hurried all the way, and when he arrived at King Hujie's tent, Jiankun's envoys were rushing out of the tent.

Lu Bu killed Jiankun's envoy on the spot, and no one from the Hujie tribe dared to speak to him, let alone stop him. King Hujie finally knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Then Lu Bu led the Xiaoqi Battalion and Hujie and Dingling cavalry troops, defeated the Jiankun tribe in one fell swoop, beheaded the Jiankun king, and slaughtered the Jiankun royal court.

The kings of Dingling and Hujie prostrated themselves to be granted title, and the remnants of Jiankun surrendered. Except for the three tribes of Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun, many small tribes also petitioned for protection.

After the war, Lu Bu set up the Anbei Capital Protectorate on the table, and named Dingling and Hujie the two kings of Guiyihou.

So Xu An ordered the world to set up the Anbei Protectorate in the old lands of Dingling, Hujie, and Jiankun, and make the two kings Dingling and Hujie lords. And set up a border market to allow certain transactions.

These things that happened in northern Xinjiang can be called unreal. Although they heard the news with their own ears and the official issued a notification, it is still a little unbelievable.

However, this kind of thing will naturally not be faked. After all, if the Capital Protectorate is set up, then officials must be sent there to find out.

In just a few years, Gongsun Du could no longer understand the world.

The current Ming Court is almost as good as the Han Empire when it was at its peak.

Just as the envoys of the Han court used to have a condescending attitude when they went to any country, the attitude of the envoys of the Ming court is even better now.

However, this is also a normal reaction. After all, there is really no country in this world that can defeat the Ming army.

Gongsun Du could see Xu An's thoughts. Xu An moved the people of China to the north and recruited the Xianbei to move to the south. He wanted to completely change the land of the northern border into the land of China.

It's just that Xu An set up a province in Beidi by doing this, which is a precedent that no one has ever tried. No one knows what the result will be, and neither does Gongsun Du.

Perhaps the Northland will eventually be retaken by other tribes, and the provinces that have acquired the Northland will be dissatisfied because of the decline of the central government. After all, the sky is high and the water is far away.

No one knows if these things will happen.

But one thing Gongsun Du can be sure of is that as long as Xu An is still the Daoist of the Ming Kingdom, no one in the territory occupied by the Ming army will dare to have a different heart.

only……

In the face of time, no matter how great a person is, he has no power to reverse.

Tan Shihuai led Xianbei to its peak, but lost to time.

In the past, the Qin Emperor ruled the heaven and earth by acting as the supreme, beat and flogged the world, vibrated the world, and unified the world.

In the past, the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu in the north, conquered the barbarians in the south, and connected the Western Regions, but none of them escaped the sanction of time.

People die and the country declines...

Although the tortoise has a longevity, there is still time.

The snake snake rides in the fog and ends up as dirt.

In this world, no one can live forever...

Gongsun Du lowered his head and glanced at his hand holding the rein.

Years of military career have made the calluses on his hands thicker and thicker, and he is no longer young, he is already in his forties, and in a few years, he will reach his destiny.

Those old diseases are slowly affecting his body, and even wearing down his ambition.

Back then, when he was recommended by Xu Rong and just arrived in Liaodong to serve as the prefect, how high-spirited he was.

Descended to Fuyu in the north, conquered Goguryeo in the east, attacked Wuhuan in the west, and crossed the river to attack Qingzhou.

It's a pity that Qingzhou also occupied Donglai County in the end, and could no longer expand its territory. It wanted to expand to the south, but the Youzhou Army had the terrain advantage, which made it impossible for him to move forward even half a step after occupying the eastern part of Liaoxi County.

The places occupied by Yilou, Woju, and Sanhan are all bitter cold places. There are not so many people under his rule, and the finances are also in a deadlock.

There is no way out, no future, and the best result is to be the king of Liaodong.

In the beginning, he and Xu An were just cooperating, with the idea of ​​taking advantage of them.

But what he didn't expect was that the little-known Xu An could actually rely on Bingzhou to lead the rise of Taipingdao, and even develop to its current scale, establishing such a large and powerful empire.

Hearing all kinds of new news from the Western Regions, Northern Borderlands, Central Plains, and Haidong.

The ambition in Gongsun Du's heart also recovered a little.

He was the king of Liaodong.

Although he is no longer the king of Liaodong now, he is now the governor of Liaodong, and he has also been worshiped as a general.

However, he also wanted to compete for the achievements of opening up the frontier and the glory of leaving his name in history.

If he can defeat Yi Lou and Wo Ju, complete Xu An's order, and turn the Northeast into the territory of Ming Dynasty, then I am afraid that he can also write a biography on his own in the history books...

Gongsun Du tilted his head and looked to the side. Beside him, a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes was holding a horsewhip. His attire seemed out of place with the other people around him.

The luxuriously dressed middle-aged man was not a soldier under Gongsun Du's command, but Jian Ju, the heir of Fuyu Kingdom.

The leader of the Fuyu Kingdom, Qiutai, was old, so this time he sent troops to fight, and it was Jane who led the troops to assist him.

Wei Qiutai didn't dare to disobey Gongsundu's order, he knew Gongsundu very well, if he didn't obey Gongsundu's will, the whole Fuyu country would be destroyed, so not long after Gongsundu arrived in Liaodong, Weiqiutai immediately went up Active submission.

Not long after Gongsundu arrived in Liaodong, Li Min in the prefecture used to be the prefect of Hanoi, and Wei Qiutai also knew him.

But at that time Gongsundu wanted to expropriate him by force, but Li Min didn't like what Gongsundu did, and was afraid that Gongsundu would harm him, so he led his family to move to a sea island.

When Gongsundu heard about it, he was very angry. He dug up the grave of Li Min's father, opened the coffin and burned the body, and then killed the Li family. He even sent a fleet to search for Li Min.

All the powerful families in the state who refused to obey Gongsundu were punished by Gongsundu, and more than a hundred families were wiped out, and the county trembled.

Goguryeo wanted to resist Gongsun Du at the beginning, but was defeated by Gongsun Zan with thunderous means, and never dared to resist half a point.

Seeing Gongsun Du's gaze sweeping towards him, Jane didn't dare to hold on to her identity, she immediately bowed her head and didn't even dare to look Gongsun Du directly in the eyes, completely lacking the majesty of an heir to a country.

There was a flash of killing intent in Gongsun Du's eyes, but he hid it well. Jane lowered her head, so naturally she didn't see the flash of killing intent in Gongsun Du's eyes.

Wei Qiutai is already old, the old ones are almost unable to walk, there are few live heads for a few years, and there are not many decent heirs under his knees, and Jane's sons are also a bunch of waste.

If Jianwei died, the other heirs in Fuyu would probably fight themselves.

As for Goguryeo, it’s easy to destroy it, just wait until the Goguryeo army enters the Woju Kingdom, and then take the opportunity to enter the empty Goguryeo country...

"Ziyi."

Turning his mind, Gongsundu drove his horse and took a few steps to one side, beckoning.

"The end is here."

Tai Shici held the horse's belly lightly, responded quickly, and led the horse to Gongsun Du's side.

After he came back from Yingzhou, he was recruited by Gongsundu to work, and he followed Gongsundu all the time. Gongsundu later switched to Mingting. Because Gongsundu tried his best to keep him, he did not resign and return.

Gongsun Du lowered his voice a little, and gave some instructions to Tai Shici.

Jianwei had already raised his head at this time, and he saw that Gongsun Du and Tai Shici seemed to be talking about something.

The conversation between Gongsun Du and Tai Shici didn't last long, and Tai Shici took orders to leave soon. Jian Weiju noticed that Tai Shici took a tiger charm from Gongsun Du's hand.

(End of this chapter)