Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 679: The Reappearance of the Hu Cavalry
"Good! When Gongda recommended the emperor's uncle to be the envoy to Jingzhou, I was a little hesitant. Now it seems that Gongda is really insightful. The emperor's uncle has done a great job in this trip."

Liu He felt very pleased after reading a memorial.

Xun You said modestly: "It was all your majesty's planning that contributed to the success. I dare not take credit for it."

"Gongda is right. For example, we don't know the personalities of the Cai siblings. Your Majesty is able to see through their personalities, so you can formulate such a strategy. It not only makes Liu Biao and the Cai family feel resentful, but also makes Jingzhou station heavy troops at the border between Jing and Yi to contain the Sichuan and Shu troops. At the same time, it also explores the attitudes of the major families in Jingzhou towards the court, laying a hidden line for the future recovery of Jingzhou. It achieves three goals in one fell swoop. Your Majesty is really wise."

Cui Jun praised sincerely.

Liu He laughed and said, "Haha, this Cai Mao and his sister are colluding with each other both inside and outside, and they are truly the tyrants of Jingzhou. How can they not be suspicious when the emperor's uncle goes to Jingzhou? Once they are suspicious, they will take action. Once they take action, we will have an opportunity to take advantage of them. But the emperor's uncle will be in danger."

Cui Jun said: "Your Majesty has sent the deputy commander of the Flying Eagle Guard to personally guard him. How can a few assassins hurt Liu Zongzheng?"

What he said was quite right. The current You brothers' force reached 95 and 93 points respectively, and they also learned a special skill - assassination: when carrying out covert force actions such as assassination, the force bursts out 5 points.

In addition to the soul-chasing and life-threatening swords specially made for them by Liu He, as well as the sleeve arrows, daggers and other sophisticated equipment on their bodies, let alone assassins, even if Cai Mao himself went up, he would have no chance of survival. This was naturally enough to protect Liu Yu.

"Now that Jingzhou is holding them back, Liu Yan, with only 100,000 troops, probably won't dare to send more troops to aid Liangzhou. Without the tens of thousands of reinforcements from Yizhou, it will be much easier to destroy Han Sui. After all, the soldiers from Sichuan and Shu are good at fighting in the mountains. If they hide in the mountains and forests of Liangzhou and launch sneak attacks frequently, it will be a bit troublesome."

Cui Jun's words elicited deep agreement from Liu He and the two Xuns.

"Now all that remains is to win over the Western Qiang tribes. I don't know when this can be accomplished."

Liu He couldn't help but become anxious. This kind of thing with no deadline was the most worrying.

Xun Yu said, "The court has issued many purchase orders for special products produced in the Western Qiang area to the merchant company. Dozens of merchant caravans have gone to Xiliang recently. In addition, Yunhai County has become more and more normal. In Hu City, Western Qiang tribes occasionally come to trade. It is expected that within a year, we will be able to establish contact with many tribes and make them accustomed to trading with the merchant company."

"That's right. In the past, the reason why Dong Zhuo and Han Sui were able to gain support from many Western Qiang tribes was simply because the court and the Western Qiang were mostly hostile to each other, and there were frequent wars and few commercial exchanges. In order to survive, they had no choice but to cooperate with these treacherous ministers. Now that they have abundant supplies from the court and the merchants, why should they continue to rely on Han Sui? Without the support of the Western Qiang tribes, with Han Sui's mere 100,000 troops, I'm afraid General Guan and his troops will be enough to annihilate him."

After Cui Jun's analysis, Liu He also agreed.

"Well, now it seems that we can only continue to wait."

Xun Yu said: "I hope that within this year, Liu Yan will not deceive other princes to rebel against the court again."

Liu He was somewhat disdainful of this: "Even if there are, so what? Since they dare to rebel against the court, even if Liu Yan was not instigating them, I am afraid they are not loyal people. They will be wiped out sooner or later anyway. It is not a bad thing that they jumped out on their own, so that I don't have to find any excuses when I send troops."

Xun Yu suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is wise, I was short-sighted."

"By the way, all the princes who came to the capital to pay tribute have arrived. When will Your Majesty be ready to receive them?"

Liu He listened and thought for a moment: "Since they are all here, let them rest in the inn for five days. After five days, we will hold a grand court meeting."

"The minister obeys the order."

Two months later, in Beidi County, people from all over the country were busy harvesting corn and wheat. The entire Beidi County was filled with a scene of harvest.

Lian County is the northernmost county in Beidi County. Not far from the city is the vast desert. Many people in the city are busy in the fields.

However, just as everyone was busy harvesting crops, the ground seemed to begin to shake.

The people were very puzzled. They stood up and looked around, wondering what was going on.

"What's going on? Could it be that the earth dragon turned over?" "No, an earth dragon wouldn't turn over so slowly."

"Why else could it be?"

Just as everyone was discussing the matter, suddenly, an alarm bell rang at the sentry post in the distance.

"Dang...dang...dang..."

All the people turned pale instantly.

"Oh no! Robbers are coming!"

Ever since Liu He pacified the Sili region and the Xitao Plain, neither robbers nor Hu people have appeared for many years, and the people almost forgot about them. Now, hearing the sound of the alarm again, their thoughts are instantly brought back to the fear they once had.

Whether they were robbers or bandits or Hu cavalrymen, they were all demons who killed without blinking an eye. For these common people, there was almost no difference.

In just a short period of time, all the people in the fields that had been peaceful just a moment ago were running away, shouting for help.

After a while, a large group of cavalry appeared in the wilderness not far away. They were wrapped in animal skins and shouted "Ula Ula". Each of them carried a farmhand on his back and held a scimitar in his hand, looking murderous.

"Ta Ta Ta Ta..."

In the Luoyang Imperial Palace, on the avenue, a figure was running forward hurriedly, with his hands raised above his head, holding a piece of silk in his hands. It looked like a report sent from other places, but no one knew what it contained.

Outside the palace gate, Xun Yu walked out quickly, took the report from the man, unfolded it, and his face changed instantly.

He turned around and went back to the palace. Liu He saw his expression and asked, "What's wrong? Do you have something important to report? It's the harvest season in various places, what could be the problem? Could it be that the princes have announced their support for the traitor Liu Yan again?"

Xun Yu did not say anything, but walked up to Liu He and handed over the report respectfully.

After Liu He took over the report, Xun Yu finally spoke.

"The Southern Xiongnu suddenly sent out 40,000 cavalrymen, divided into two groups, and plundered the counties of Lianxian and Lingzhou in Beidi Prefecture, looting more than 300,000 shi of grain, killing more than 6,400 soldiers from the two cities and counties, and massacring more than 14,000 civilians..."

Liu He's eyes suddenly widened, and bloodshot instantly filled his eyes.

Afterwards, he angrily slammed the report on the imperial desk. The heavy slamming sound startled Xun Yu and the other two.

"The Southern Xiongnu...didn't they have a civil war many years ago and then fled to the desert? Why did they come back at this time?"

Since the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the Han Dynasty had launched successive attacks on the Huns, causing them to quickly split into two parts, the Northern Huns fled far away, and only the Southern Huns remained in the northern border of the Han Dynasty, sometimes surrendering and sometimes rebelling.

A few years ago, due to the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han Empire was in chaos and the Southern Xiongnu were also ready to make moves. The then Chanyu continued to pay tribute to the Han court, which caused dissatisfaction among many Xiongnu tribal nobles. They launched a rebellion and killed him. Of the Chanyu's two sons, one stayed in the Xiongnu tribe, and the other fled everywhere seeking refuge.

The one who was fleeing everywhere was named Luan Ti Yufuluo. According to the original history, he would seek help from Emperor Ling of Han, requesting to be enthroned as the Chanyu of Southern Xiongnu and to send troops to help him quell the rebellion. However, he was rejected by Emperor Ling of Han. Then, after a series of changes, he finally chose to rely on Cao Wei.

His younger brother, Luan Ti Hu Chu Quan, who stayed in the Xiongnu tribe, was elected as the Chanyu of Southern Xiongnu after his brother's death. This younger brother also chose to submit to Cao Wei, and the power of Southern Xiongnu was gradually weakened by Cao Wei. Not long after, the Xiongnu existed in name only, until Liu Yuan, the grandson of Yu Fuluo, appeared and briefly rebuilt the Xiongnu Dynasty under the name of "Han Zhao" during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

However, due to the appearance of Liu He, the situation of the Han Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes, which is very different from the original history, so he did not pay too much attention to the current situation of the Southern Xiongnu. Since the killing of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, the Xiongnu disappeared. He just thought that they were far away from the border of the Han Dynasty, so he did not take it seriously. Unexpectedly, they suddenly made a comeback now.

(End of this chapter)