Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 100: Thousands of miles of vast grassland trembled under the hooves of the Han army (Long Chapter)

Li Hong was extremely delighted to have a son and to have met Li Jing, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty.

Soon, Li Hong turned his attention to the rewards.

Gaining another eight years of life made Li Hong grin.

Now that he has a different life, Li Hong naturally hopes to live as long as possible.

There are so many splendid rivers and mountains, which has attracted countless heroes.

The beauties and concubines are as beautiful as paintings, and it is hard not to get drunk and lie on their laps.

Eight years of life is already a great reward. After all, how many eight years do we have in a lifetime?
Don’t you see that Qin Shi Huang couldn’t even achieve immortality?

Of course, Li Hong was delighted with the eight-year life span. He was even more excited and looking forward to the golden commander-type reward: General of a Thousand Victories.

Undoubtedly, this is Li Jing's commander-type entry.

This made Li Hong's eyes flicker. He was a little confused about whether to use this entry himself or give it to the Li family's children.

The Tang Dynasty was undoubtedly an era in ancient times when many famous generals emerged. During its 290-year history, many famous generals who were influential and renowned throughout the world emerged.

For example: Li Jing, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Liu Rengui, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Li Su and others all made great contributions to the establishment and development of the Tang Dynasty.

Among these famous generals, the one who was not only good at fighting but also proficient in military tactics, and had both civil and military talents, and was both a general and a prime minister, was the God of War Li Jing.

When he was young, Li Jing studied hard, practiced literature and martial arts, and was praised as "a rare man of both literary and military talent." When he was young, he showed unparalleled talent.

Li Jing was an outstanding military strategist of the Tang Dynasty. He fought countless battles in his life and made great contributions to the establishment and development of the Tang Dynasty.

In the early Tang Dynasty, he followed Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin, to attack Wang Shichong, showing his outstanding military talent. Later, Li Jing assisted Li Xiaogong, the Prince of Zhao, in pacifying Xiao Xian and Fu Gongju in the south, pacifying the tribes in Lingnan, and consolidating the southern territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Then, he resisted the invasion of DTZ in the northern border, showing firm determination and excellent command ability. In the third year of Zhenguan, he led the generals to the north as the general manager of Dingxiang Road, and attacked Dingxiang at night with 3,000 elite cavalry, causing Jie Li Khan's army to flee in panic. He then rushed to Yinshan and destroyed DTZ in one fell swoop, making great contributions to the expansion of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, Li Jing led his army to the west to defeat Tuyuhun, eliminating the threat from the northwest and further consolidating the territory of the Tang Dynasty. During his military career, Li Jing had insight into the battlefield situation and decisively adopted Hou Junji's suggestion to lead his army across Jishishan Mountain, penetrate thousands of miles into enemy territory, fight dozens of battles along the way, and annihilate and surrender 200,000 enemy troops. This campaign not only opened up the Hexi Corridor and made the Silk Road prosperous again, but also promoted the establishment of the international Tang Empire.

In short, Li Jing's life is full of legends, and his military talents and achievements made him a famous general in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

The military record is strong, and the military theory and military quality are all at the top level in history.

It can be said that whoever uses this golden entry: General of a Thousand Victories will see his command ability skyrocket and will be able to become a grand marshal very soon!

After a slight hesitation, Li Hong decided not to give this entry to other family members, but to use it for himself.

The reason is that this entry is too powerful.

In ancient times, it was possible for a son to kill his father.

Li Hongjie has many sons, and he must ensure that he can suppress these sons in terms of military force, command, politics, and wisdom to prevent any trouble before it happens.

"System, I use the golden entry myself: General of a Thousand Victories!"

As Li Hong made the decision, his mind became refreshed, and various tactics and deployments emerged in his mind. Decades of marching and fighting scenes emerged one by one. Subconsciously, looking back at the many battles he had fought over the years, his various decisions seemed crude, and even various opportunities to defeat the enemy were right in front of him, but he turned a blind eye to them.

After a long time, Li Hong came back to his senses, his eyes burning, and he clearly felt the changes in himself, as if his ability to lead the army and deploy troops had increased all of a sudden.

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Across the vast grasslands and under the azure blue sky, the Han army camps rise and fall.

In the central tent, Li Hong looked at Ke Bineng, who looked well-behaved, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.

More than two months ago, he led the Beiwei Army and the Qihuo Army with nearly 200,000 troops, divided into two groups and suddenly appeared on the grassland, attacking the coalition forces of the central Xianbei tribes that were fighting with the Kebinen tribe.

The coalition forces of the central Xianbei tribes were directly defeated by the sudden appearance of the Beiwei Army and the Qihuo Army, and fled on a large scale.

Li Hong did not send the army to pursue.

Instead, the Beiwei Army and the Qihuo Army turned their guns around and directly surrounded Kebineng's army.

Facing the powerful Beiwei Army and the Qihuo Army who were as fearless as mad dogs.

In the end, Kebi Neng did not choose to let his army conflict with the Han army.

At Li Hong's request.

Kebi was able to lead his men into the Han army camp.

If it weren't for Ke Bineng, there would be no resistance.

But can't.

The commanders of the various Xianbei tribes in central China all knew about his transaction, or collusion, with Li Hong.

Now, the Han army suddenly appeared on the grassland again.

Then "Assist" Kebineng to defeat them.

Undoubtedly, the Xianbei in central China were already unfriendly to him, Kebi Neng.

It can be said that if Kebi Neng offended Li Hong again, he would be regarded as a Xianbei traitor and be besieged and killed by the commanders of the various Xianbei tribes.

There will be no place for him, Ke Bineng, anywhere in the world.

Therefore, since he was inexplicably regarded as a traitor by the Xianbei, Kebi Neng did not dare to conflict with the powerful Han army casually, and even could not offend Li Hong easily.

"General Kebineng, I led the troops to help you defeat other tribal alliances. Do you seem a little unhappy?" Li Hong, who was sitting at the top, said with a smile.

"Well... I'm naturally happy that General Chariot and Cavalry can lead the troops to help me." Ke Bineng's mouth twitched unnaturally, and he replied to Li Hong with a different meaning.

In fact, deep in Kebineng's heart, he felt extremely shocked, angry and frightened about Li Hong's sudden appearance here.

"Haha, as long as Marshal Kebineng is happy."

"Marshal Kebineng, you don't know that when I learned that four Xianbei marshals had united to attack your tribe, I was very anxious. After all, you are my business partner and can trade a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to me. Moreover, I also recommended you as the new Chanyu in front of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. How can I bear to see you suffer a defeat? Therefore, I immediately summoned the army to help you!" Li Hong said, stroking his gray beard.

Inside the big tent, Jian Shuo, Jia Xu, Xia Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Ling and others heard what Li Hong said, but they didn't understand what Li Hong was trying to say.

In their opinion, they should have sent their army to directly defeat Kebi Neng's army. Why bother with Kebi Neng for so long?

"Kebineng thanks the General of Chariots and Cavalry very much!" Kebineng stood up and said solemnly to Li Hong.

Although Kebi could feel that Li Hong was being hypocritical, he had to cooperate.

There were 180,000 Han troops at his side, but he had only 80,000 cavalry under his command. In particular, the attack of the elite Beiwei Army of the Han Army was like thunder and lightning, which directly defeated the 120,000-strong coalition army and forced Kebi Neng to admit defeat in front of Li Hong.

"You are too polite, Marshal Kebineng. However, although I have brought troops to help you and resolve your crisis, this is not the only reason for my deployment. I am very dissatisfied with your performance and even feel that you are slapping me in the face." Suddenly, Li Hong's face darkened and he snorted coldly at Kebineng. Facing Li Hong's powerful aura, Kebineng was startled and his scalp was numb. He said to Li Hong:
"General Chariot and Cavalry, please tell me what Ke Bineng did wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Li Hong snorted coldly:
"To be honest, I asked the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to help you with weapons because I wanted you to become the new Chanyu of the Xianbei, so that the Han Dynasty and the Xianbei can coexist in harmony."

"But you are so slow and can't even handle the Central Xianbei. How can you become the new Chanyu of the Xianbei? If you don't perform well, how can I explain to His Majesty the Han Dynasty?"

"Are you slapping me in the face?"

"This... General Chariot and Cavalry, I am indeed slow." Kebi could hear what Li Hong said and frowned slightly, but continued to speak to Li Hong in a humble manner.

When Li Hong heard Ke Bineng's reply, a strange look flashed across his face, and his tone softened again, saying:
"I am very pleased that you can realize your mistakes. Let me put it this way. I see that it is very difficult for you to submit to other tribes. In order to avoid being held accountable by His Majesty, and to allow you to unify the Xianbei as soon as possible and become the new Xianbei Chanyu, I will let my army help you personally and fight against the Xianbei tribes together with your tribe's army."

"What?" Ke Bineng raised his head suddenly, his pupils shrank suddenly, and looked at Li Hong in disbelief.

Inside the big tent, Jian Shuo, Jia Xu, Xia Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Ling and others who were wondering what Li Hong was going to do were all shocked when they heard what Li Hong said.

Especially Jian Shuo, Jia Xu and Xia Yu, their eyes suddenly sparkled.

They immediately understood Li Hong's plan.

Li Hong's move was clearly to use Kebinen's hand to conquer the south of the desert.

After all, if the Han Dynasty attacked directly, they would be external enemies of the Xianbei, and the various Xianbei tribes would naturally unite against them.

However, if Ke Bi could take the lead and the Han army assisted from the side, it would be different.

That was still the civil war among the Xianbei.

However, the Han army was stronger than Kebinen's army.

Ke Bineng's expression changed from dark to bright, but he finally gritted his teeth and said to Li Hong:

"General Chariot and Cavalry, there is no need for that, right? After all, the Han army is a foreign army. If the Han army personally sends troops to help, I am worried that the major Xianbei tribes will resist strongly, making it more difficult to attack."

Li Hong's rejection of Ke Bineng was expected, but he didn't care about it.

Li Hong shook the wine bottle in his hand and said regretfully:
"General Kebineng actually rejected my kindness. I was still thinking of helping you sweep across the Central Xianbei as quickly as possible, at least making you the leader of the Central Xianbei, and then further plotting to become the Chanyu of the Xianbei."

"After all, Marshal Putou of the Western Xianbei and Marshal Suli of the Eastern Xianbei also exchanged weapons from me, and both reached a friendly coexistence with the Han Dynasty, allowing the Han Dynasty to help them become the new Xianbei Chanyu."

"Since Marshal Kebineng does not want to become a friendly partner of the Han Dynasty, then I can only lead the army to help Marshal Suli or Marshal Putou. At least now it seems that Marshal Suli and Marshal Putou are more willing to cooperate with me!"

"All right, Dian Wei, please escort the guest out of the Han army camp. If we meet on the battlefield one day, I'm afraid we will have to fight with swords."

As Li Hong spoke, he stood up, looking as if he was very sorry.

Inside the big tent, Ke Bi Neng's expression changed drastically when he heard what Li Hong said.

Li Hong even supported Marshal Putou of the Western Xianbei and Marshal Suli of the Eastern Xianbei!
Since he was unwilling, Li Hong turned to Putou and Suli, which were more promising?
"Hey, well, what the hell is Ke? Come on, I'll take you out of the barracks!" Dian Wei came to Ke Bineng at some point and said in a muffled voice.

Kebi Neng suddenly woke up, and seeing Li Hong who was about to leave the tent, he felt confused, but he understood that if Li Hong really left, he would be really finished. In fact, there were many people who were willing for him not to become the new Chanyu.

Ke Bineng hurried forward and saluted Li Hong, saying hastily:
"General Chariot and Cavalry, I was wrong. I should not have let you down. I am willing to invite the Han army to fight together. I am willing to represent the Xianbei and coexist with the Han in a friendly manner. I am even willing to be a vassal of the Han and pay tribute every year!"

Ke Bineng pleaded anxiously, and he gritted his teeth when he said he was willing to be a vassal of the Han Dynasty and pay tribute every year.

The Xianbei tribe, since their rise under the leadership of Tan Shihuai, became the overlord of the grassland and intimidated all other tribes.

Even when Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty personally conferred the title of king on him and sent people to marry him, Tan Shihuai directly refused.

Ke Bi Neng made this decision with great grit of teeth.

Li Hong stopped and looked at Ke Bineng, saying with a half-smile:

"That's what you said. Are you really willing to invite the Han army to fight together, become a vassal of the Han Dynasty, and pay tribute every year?"

"In reply to the General of Chariots and Cavalry, Kebineng is willing to fight alongside the Han army, be a vassal of the Han Dynasty, and pay tribute every year!" Kebineng took a deep breath and said.

Deep down, Kebi Neng was unwilling to do this, because he could imagine that if this news spread among the Xianbei, the Xianbei tribes would probably scold him to death.

But there was no way. If he didn't do it, there would be other generals willing to do it.

Now, Kebi Neng only wants to truly unify the Xianbei and become the new Xianbei Chanyu.

"Okay, seeing that you are sincere, I will trust you again. I will personally lead the army with you to sweep across all the Xianbei tribes in central China and unify the Xianbei in central China first!" Li Hong said with a smile, stroking his gray beard.

Ke Bineng was still sent away by Dian Wei.

"The old general has unparalleled strategies. If Ke Bi can withstand the pressure, our Han army can really sweep across the tribes on the grassland." Jian Shuo came up and said to Li Hong with sincere admiration.

Jian Shuo was not stupid and he understood the benefits of Li Hong's arrangement.

"General Jian, you are too polite. It is just a small trick." Li Hong replied to Jian Shuo, then looked at Li Li and said:

"Li'er, select two Han Chinese with Xianbei blood from the Qihuo Army and have them join the main army to collect the defeated Xianbei captives? Form two separate armies, grow stronger, and use them to tie down Kebineng!"

"Yes!" Hearing Li Hong's arrangement, everyone's eyes lit up again. There was no doubt that this arrangement would be able to restrict the Xianbei people. After all, almost all those who could join the Qihuo Army had hatred against the Xianbei people, but they also had half Xianbei blood and were guaranteed to command the Xianbei people to restrict Kebi Neng. Li Li directly responded loudly to Li Hong.

After Li Hong and Kebi Neng reached a consensus, he directly asked people to spread the news on the grassland that Kebi Neng asked the Han army for help.

The commanders of the various Xianbei tribes in central China hated Kebi Neng so much that they cursed him.

However, before they could curse for a few days, the Han army and the Kebinen army came sweeping in to surround and kill them.

The central Xianbei tribes had been well prepared and once again put all their efforts into gathering their troops, and a large-scale battle began on the grassland.

However, Li Hong would not be stupid enough to use Han soldiers to fight to the death with the Xianbei people. Instead, he let Kebi Neng lead the army to fight in the front, and the Han army would only launch a fierce attack at the critical moment.

After defeating the Xianbei tribe.

The Han army also robbed Xianbei captives and looted cattle, sheep, and horses.

The Xianbei captives were handed over to Li Li's two commanders, Wang Lei and Ma Tie, who were half Han and half Xianbei. Their power expanded rapidly.

Just like that, another month passed in the blink of an eye.

Under the successive attacks of the Han army and Kebi Neng's army.

The commanders of the various Xianbei tribes in central China either fled north to the northern desert steppes or were directly defeated.

The thousands of miles of vast grasslands in central Xianbei trembled under the hooves of the Han army.

The Han army's huge flag fluttered and rustled in the strong wind on the grassland.

(End of this chapter)