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

Bingzhou, Xihe County.

The core area where the Southern Xiongnu tribe was stationed.

The royal court of Meiji.

Here, there are yurts and tents everywhere, and Xiongnu men and women drink kumis and eat tripe and mutton sausages.

They sang and danced, drove Han slaves with whips, and herded horses and sheep.

Quiet and peaceful, this life is so happy.

On this day, several disheveled and blood-soaked Hun scouts broke the peace and tranquility.

"Report to Chanyu, it's bad, it's bad, the Han army in Bingzhou has launched an attack on our people in Yanmen and Wuyuan, and one army is even heading towards the Meiji royal court."

The rather embarrassed scout broke into the Chanyu's tent which was guarded by a golden roof, luxurious buildings and generals.

He hurriedly reported to the old man sitting on the throne. He had gray hair and a gentle face, but his cloudy eyes occasionally revealed a hint of ferocity.

This old man was none other than the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Qiangqu.

"What? The Han army is coming to attack us? What's going on?"

Suddenly hearing that the Han army was coming, more than a dozen Southern Xiongnu nobles and high-ranking officials, including the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Qiangqiu, the Left Wise King Yufuluo, the Left Guli King, the Right General, the Left Dadanghu, who were smiling and talking in the big tent, were all shocked and lost their color on the spot.

In recent years, as Li Hong led the border troops again and defeated the invasions of Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei.

Under the command of Li Hong, the Han border troops were able to compete with the Xianbei tribe, and even forced the Xianbei people to fight. They sent troops to kill the Xianbei and occupied the grasslands south of the desert step by step.

The Southern Xiongnu tribe were all frightened out of their wits.

They began to worry, fearing that the Han Dynasty would set its sights on the Southern Xiongnu.

Even the powerful Xianbei tribe who occupied the grasslands could not defeat the Han Dynasty.

How could the Southern Xiongnu, who lived in the Hetao Plain, be a match for Li Hong?

Therefore, the high-ranking officials of the Southern Xiongnu tribe watched as the Xianbei tribes on the grasslands south of the desert were gradually defeated by the Han army. In fact, they were terrified and worried every day, fearing that the Han would come to settle accounts with them!

Now, the Han army is coming?

"What's going on? The Han army is coming? Didn't I send an envoy to the Han court? The Southern Xiongnu and the Han are a friendly federation. How can the Han army attack us?"

The Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Qiangqu looked somewhat anxious, frightened and angry, and asked the scout.

"Report to Chanyu, it's not just the Southern Xiongnu that are being attacked. Han army Li Hong is personally leading the army, dividing the troops into several routes, and simultaneously attacking the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Qiang tribes in the six counties of Xihe, Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, and Shangjun. They are either captured and made slaves, or killed directly."

The scout spoke to Qiangqu Chanyu in a trembling voice.

"This... this Li Hong wants to take back the Hetao counties and expel or drive our tribes out of this land."

Upon hearing that Li Hong had also launched a thunder-like attack on other non-Han ethnic groups in the six counties, the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Qiangqu reacted immediately.

However, this made the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Qiangqu both frightened and regretful.

Li Hong was too powerful. Even the Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai was no match for him, let alone the Southern Xiongnu who were even weaker than the Xianbei.

"Alas, we should not have joined forces with the Xianbei people to invade and plunder the Han border people. This has harmed our Southern Xiongnu." Qiang Qu felt deeply regretful, but it was because the Southern Xiongnu tribe was afraid that it was really at a critical moment of life and death.

"Father, no matter what, the Han army is coming. We can't just sit there and wait for death. Even if the Southern Xiongnu uses all their strength, we can gather 200,000 cavalry to fight the Han army!"

The old Zuo Xian Wang Yu Furuo gritted his teeth and said to Qiang Qu.

Yu Furuo's powerful words brought Qiang Qu back from his regret.

"Chanyu, fight the Han army!"

Inside the big tent, all the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Southern Xiongnu gritted their teeth and spoke loudly.

"Okay, gather all the men immediately. The survival of the Southern Xiongnu is at stake. Everyone mount their horses, take up weapons, and fight the Han people!" The expression of the Southern Xiongnu Khan Qiangqu changed, but he finally gave the order.

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In the land of Bingzhou, as Li Hong led the Beiwei Army to launch a thunderous attack, the troops were divided into several routes and swept through the Wuhuan, Xianbei and Qiang people in the five counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang and Shangjun with lightning speed, either capturing them as slaves or killing them.

Subsequently, tens of thousands of Beiwei troops, led by Li Hong, joined forces with Xihe County and launched a fierce battle with the Southern Xiongnu, who had gathered 200,000 cavalry from their entire tribe.

In the end, the war ended with the total defeat of the Southern Xiongnu army.

Li Hong swept through the various Hu peoples entrenched in Bingzhou in one fell swoop, capturing no less than 250,000 people, regardless of gender, age or status, and made them all slaves.

Large tracts of land were brought under the influence of the Li family.

Bingzhou no longer has border threats.

The news spread back to the imperial capital Luoyang, causing quite a stir in Luoyang and making the Li family even more famous.

Li Hong returned to Jinyang and rested for more than a month. He ordered Jia Xu to be the governor of Bingzhou and Xi Zhicai to be the governor of Youzhou to handle the affairs of the two states, recruit soldiers and manage the development. Li Hong once again led the Beiwei Army into the western grasslands of Monan, joined forces with Li Li and Ke Bineng, and defeated the alliance army formed in the western grasslands of Monan in one battle.

Marshal Putou and others in the western part of the desert led the remaining troops to flee northward.

At this point, the vast grasslands of the southern desert were included in the territory of the Han Dynasty. Encouraged and mobilized by Jia Xu, hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers and people from border counties entered the vast grasslands and lived a grassland life with dozens of horses and sheep per person.

The incorporation of the southern steppes into the Han territory caused a great uproar in the Han Dynasty.

Especially when they knew that hundreds of thousands of Han people and hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people co-governed the grassland, and that the Han people were in a dominant position, after all, Kebi Neng had surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the Han imperial capital Luoyang and all the states were in an uproar.

The vast grasslands south of the desert became the territory of the Han Dynasty as never before, which made countless people excited.

Just as the Han Dynasty was in turmoil, Li Hong, Li Li and Ke Bineng rested for half a year, prepared food and supplies, and then led the army northward into the Mobei grasslands, launching a final invasion and extermination of the forces in the Mobei grasslands and the Xianbei tribes that had escaped.

As time went by, the vast grassland was too far away from the Han imperial capital, and the Han people could only hear some sporadic news.

However, even if it was just sporadic news, each piece of news made everyone excited and expectant.

Because, according to the sporadic news, with the cooperation of Kebi Neng and after winning over some tribes in Mobei, the Han army won victory after victory and did not repeat the mistake of the past where the Han army generals lost their way after fleeing to Mobei.

Time flies.

Four years have passed since Li Hong pacified the Yellow Turbans and returned to Jinyang, Bingzhou. (End of this chapter)