Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1002: Based on the center, extending in all directions

"How's it going?"

That night, when Qianhun returned to his temporary residence, he faced inquiries from several members of the Yuwen clan. These people were all close blood relatives of Yuwen Yidougui.

After all, we are discussing the defection of the whole clan, and there are still opponents in the clan. How can we rest assured that Yuwen Yidou will return to Mo Qianhun alone. If he could come here in person, he would probably be here already, but considering the issues of safety and power control , after all, they didn’t dare to leave the group, so they only sent people close to them to supervise.

There was a man named Yuwen Kai from the Yuwen bloodline who came over. He was considered the leader. After listening to everyone's discussion, he immediately suppressed the confusion and came to Mo Qianhun. He asked politely: "Sir, does General Zhengbei have an answer? Are you willing to let me Waiting to be stationed in the hinterland of Pingzhou?"

"We haven't talked about the specific issue of stationing yet." Faced with the inquiry, Mo Qianhun considered it for a moment, then focused on the key points and said: "General Zhengbei has not really agreed to our request, and it is not time to discuss where to station. .”

"No agreement?" Yu Wenkai became worried, "You went in for several hours and talked for so long. You thought it was finalized, but you didn't expect that you didn't agree. Could it be that you don't want to? What should we do? Let's go together During the migration, I didn’t bring much food, grass, cattle and sheep, and the land to the east is barren and difficult to plunder. It’s okay now, but if winter comes, I don’t know how many people will die!”

Mo Qianhun quickly comforted him: "Don't worry so much. The Han family will definitely not be so straightforward in doing things. They have too many things to consider. Besides, General Chen also invited me to have dinner with him, which shows that he is interested in attracting me." , I just have to put forward some conditions, I hope we can make it work out next time we meet."

Upon hearing that Chen Zhi invited Mo Qianhun to dinner, many people, including Yu Wenkai, showed envy.

"General Chen is a hero. He can eat at the same table with you. He obviously thinks highly of our Yuwen Department!" Yuwenkai's expression improved, "Weren't the leaders of the Duan Department often invited by Wang Jun for banquets? That’s a good sign.”

One sentence calmed down everyone's anxiety and uneasiness, and Yu Wenkai asked Mo Qianhun again: "In your opinion, since there is still a chance, how long will it take to settle? My nephew is in the east of Pingzhou, which is the most bitter cold place. , Every extra day will be a torment for the clansmen, if we can settle down as soon as possible and let him lead the people back to the hinterland of Pingzhou, we will be safe, if it really drags on until winter, it will be bad."

"It's really hard to talk about it, and..." Mo Qianhun hesitated, but thinking about Chen Zhi's attitude today, he couldn't hide it, so he gave a little reminder: "According to General Zhengbei's words, even if I finally agreed, but I’m afraid we’ll have to pay a certain price, and we might make a big fuss about obeying the instructions.”

"Why do you know?" Yu Wen frowned, "There is no room for change?"

"We must fight for it!" Mo Qianhun said, with a serious expression, "I think the opportunity is still quite big. First, the presence of seventh-rank Xianbei shows that General Zhengbei is still willing to rely on the strength of other clans when his troops are not enough. Second, Pingzhou is currently in turmoil. The power of the Murong tribe, the power of the imperial court, and even our tribe and that section of the tribe are full of it. With the addition of many small tribes, the situation is complicated. To sort it out, General Zhengbei has to have As long as I fight for it, General Zhengbei will most likely agree to it."

"That's good." Yu Wenkai finally felt relieved, but couldn't laugh. "We have to fight for it. It's best to occupy a piece of land in the middle of Pingzhou. In this way, even if the general who conquers the north wants to control his troops, there will be Pingzhou." Murong's department in the northwest of the state is making excuses, so we can delay and procrastinate, and we don't have to worry about actually running into Murong."

Mo Qianhun nodded in agreement and said: "That's right. My target this time is in the middle of Pingzhou. If it goes too far to the west and is close to Youzhou, it will be completely controlled. If it goes too far to the east, it will be barren. , a poor place. I don’t know how many tribes migrated from there in the past. How can we turn back? Let Duan Bu rule there by himself. Besides, I guess General Chen won’t worry about putting us too close to him. .”

Yu Wenkai finally laughed when he heard this, and praised: "You are still thoughtful!"

The two of them were talking here, while Chen Zhi was listening to Zhang Kang's advice. "Barbarians like Yu Wenbu are inherently capricious. To them, surrendering and revolting is like eating and drinking water." Zhang Kang looked loyal to his country. Gutun City was in danger, and the two Hu chieftains of the seventh-rank Xianbei saw that the situation was not good. They fled first, and then led the army. They clearly had a plan. Even the seventh-rank Xianbei was like this, let alone Yuwen Xianbei, who had a profound background? General, don't go up These barbarians were fooled."

Chen Zhi listened and just nodded without responding. After a while, he asked Yang Yuan who was silent: "Mr. Yang seems to have something to say, but you also want to persuade me?"

Yang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yuwen Xianbei is different from the seven-rank surnames. The seventh-rank is made up of generals and is inherently unstable. The big and small surnames are originally large and small tribes. They each have their own interests and restrain and balance each other. But Yuwen The troops were different. Wang Jun was defeated. Duan and Yuwen fled eastward. In fact, their troops were not attacked by the Daijun headquarters. Instead, they clashed with the garrison under Wang Jun and were robbed by all parties. This was the reason why they were damaged. , In fact, the vitality is still there, and the reason why he is so depressed is actually that the sequelae of the siege on Murong's tribe have not yet been fully resolved, which leads to retreat. We should not tolerate rape, let alone despise it."

After saying that, both Yiwen and Wu looked at Chen Zhi.

"I understand what you two mean," Chen Zhi stood up, "The Yuwen Department's request is more about fighting for their own living space and seeking stability. But in other words, even if I don't give them a promise , if they don’t agree to their request, won’t they be able to survive? Just like you said, Yu Wenbu’s vitality has not been damaged. I don’t agree, but I have lost the supervision of them and let them go freely. Maybe they will have to fight with them instead. Others join forces, but the interesting part here is that the people sent here are not Yuwen begging for the turtle, but Yuwen Yidou, and this creates opportunities and space for exploitation."

Yang Yuan and Zhang Kang probably guessed Chen Zhi's plan.

Chen Zhi said: "It is not intolerable to bring the Yuwen Ministry into the system. After all, it was us who drove them away, not the other way around. Besides, the situation in Pingzhou is complicated. In the short term, I don't want to use the east as the direction of expansion. , we still need to develop Youzhou with peace of mind first. Since we want to develop, we have to have someone to cause trouble outside. In this way, when the strength is enough, we will have a reason and excuse to send troops and take over naturally. This Ministry of Yuwen feels that I have figured it out. But I don’t know that I didn’t see the general trend.”

As he spoke, Chen Zhi suddenly felt something in his heart.

He suddenly realized that if Youzhou wants to develop and stabilize, the surrounding areas need to take advantage of the situation and have peripheral organizations to assist. If Yuwen submits, Pingzhou in the east will have a focus, and needless to say, in the north, the seventh grade Yi is basically the peripheral guard created by Chen Zhi.

But what about the south and west?
Speaking of the south, he immediately thought of the people sent by Zu Ti. As for the west...

"I heard that Liu Yi sent Liu Yao north to the grassland to contact Rouran. Rouran is also famous in history books. I wonder what Liu Cong, the leader of the Huns, thinks."

With this thought, the general strategy for the next five years has already taken shape in Chen Zhi's mind.

Then, he looked at the two people in front of him and said: "Mo Qianhun must be very confident that I will agree, but I am more interested in him than recruiting the Yuwen Department. If you can win him over and be used by me, he can be a good person." Yu Wen’s traitor must be very good. In addition, I have some news here, which may surprise him..."

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