Chapter 58 Wu Chengding of the Northern and Southern Han Dynasty Expanded the territory of the four princes 8
The study is brightly lit, which makes it easy for people in the room to see the map on the table. The map is very simple and not simple. Simply, the three states of Yuzhou, Bingzhou and Yanzhou only draw the boundary with a pen. Within the boundary, there are only six words: Yuzhou, Bingzhou and Yanzhou. There are no mountains and rivers, and there are no tortuous roads. The simple thing is that the Xiongnu boundary clearly drew some rivers and mountains, which Liu Bei did not know at all.
Although Liu Bei has never been to the Xiongnu territory, he can judge whether the map is true or false. Because the winding border of the three states on the map is completely consistent with the information held by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, they can infer the authenticity of this map.
Liu Bei's hand gently stroked the delicate paper of drawing the map and asked Jian Yong, "What did the national teacher say when he gave the map?"
Jian Yong recalled: "The national teacher has something to say, and Prime Minister Zhuge knows what it means as soon as he looks at the map."
When Liu Bei heard the words, he looked at Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said, "The picture is all your majesty's land. Only the Xiongnu is not under rule. The intention of the national teacher is to let your majesty take the Xiongnu to increase his strength."
Jian Yong couldn't help nodding when he heard the words and said, "In my foolish opinion, this is what the national teacher means!"
Liu Bei has heard of the Huns before, but today is the first time he knows that the territory of the Huns is so large. If the Xiongnu can be taken down, Liu Bei's territory can be more than doubled and many war horses can be obtained, which makes Liu Bei very excited. The key is that with Nanye's map as a guide, the victory over the Xiongnu is much more confident. This map can be said to have sent the land of the Xiongnu to Liu Bei, which is a great gift.
In the face of such a big gift, Liu Bei was confused again. In the past two alliances, Nan Ye sent such a heavy gift to Liu Bei and accepted it. However, although the relationship between the two families has not broken down now, it is almost the same in the eyes of the world. Liu Bei didn't understand why Nan Ye still wanted to show his goodwill to himself? Could it be that Nanye admitted that his emperor was the orthodox of the Han Dynasty? Then there is no reason for him to appoint Liu Yi!
Liu Bei was puzzled and could only ask Jian Yong, "Does the national teacher have anything to say about the title of emperor with Sun Quan?"
Jian Yong immediately came to his mind as soon as he heard this question. When he talked secretly with Nan Ye, he discussed this question the most, so he immediately answered Liu Bei and said, "The National Teachers Avenue is divine. He has his own opinions on the three emperorship, which makes the subordinates admired him!"
Zhuge Liang also wanted to know why Nan Ye did not be an enemy of Liu Bei after he became emperor and had to give a big gift, so he urged him, "What is the reason of the national master?"
Jian Yong stretched out a finger and said, "The national teacher has something to say, there is only one big man in the world!"
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's faces changed when they heard the words. This is simply a declaration of war! At this time, he listened to Jian Yong's words and said, "But it is not known whether this big man belongs to the Southern Han Dynasty or the Northern Han Dynasty."
After listening to this sentence, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang almost vomited blood and still had to fight. The unknown meaning is that they didn't know until they had hit it! Liu Bei couldn't help asking, "Is the national division going to send troops to fight for victory or defeat?"
Jan Yong shook his head in a hurry and said, "No! Not! The national teacher means...that...that's right! Concept! The national teacher said that he had the same concept as His Majesty. They all thought that the land under his feet was the territory of the Han Dynasty, but the emperor he chose was different, which was an internal contradiction. As for Sun Quan and Cao Pi, it is an external contradiction that they want to split and build another country on the territory of the Han Dynasty. The national teacher thought that he should first agree with His Majesty before resolving internal conflicts. It is not advisable to settle the inside first.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang do not know the Taiwan issue, let alone the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. They also know little about the words Nan Ye instilled into Jian Yong, but this does not prevent them from understanding Nan Ye's thinking. Zhuge Liang frowned and said, "In this way, the national teacher wants to make an alliance with your majesty, first remove Sun Quan and Cao Pi, and then fight for victory. No matter what the winner is, this world is still my big man.
Jian Yong nodded and said, "That's exactly what the national teacher meant! The national division also made it clear that if one day there is only your majesty and the national division left in the world, and the two armies will inevitably fight, then they will go all out and the winner will be the king. Even if you lose, you won't do the matter of ceding the founding of the country. It's better to break the jade than to complete the tiles!"
Liu Bei patted his thigh and said excitedly, "What a winner is the king! What a good one would rather be broken than a tile! I should form an alliance with the national teacher and remove Wu and Wei first. Fight with each other in the future and talk about it later!"
Zhuge Liang was also relieved at this time, and he had to lament that Nanye's thinking was different. In the eyes of the world, it is really amazing that Nan Ye can find the reason for the alliance between the two countries. It should be the best result for Liu Bei to have this ending.
Determined that Nan Ye was not hostile, but sincerely helped Liu Bei develop his strength, and Zhuge Liang discussed with Liu Bei to send troops to attack the Xiongnu land. Compared with Cao Pi and Sun Quan, the Xiongnu are soft persimmons. Liu Bei intends to take the Xiongnu to strengthen their strength first, and then fight against Cao Pi and Sun Quan.
Cao Pi and Sun Quan also received a return gift from Nan Ye. Liu Bei may not have thought that there was also a map in Nanye's gift to Cao Pi and Sun Quan. Cao Pi's map shows the north of Youzhou, Wuhuan and Xianbei land. On the map of Sun Quan, Qingzhou Donglai goes to the sea all the way east, with three Koreas and Goguryeo.
For Nan Ye's kindness, Sun Quan and Cao Pi also refused to open up the territory and strengthen their strength, which made them choose to use troops externally. The small barbarian country is much easier to deal with than Nan Ye and Liu Bei.
Just as Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Cao Pi were using troops one after another, Nan Ye was not idle. He led 100,000 troops west into Shu, and then west to enter the boundary of Qiang.
Nan Ye originally had no intention of expanding his territory, because his territory was already very large, but his population was lacking. Xiqiang is vast and sparsely populated, which is not very attractive to Nanye. His main reason for sending troops this time was because of Ma Chao's flying pigeons, saying that the caravans on the Silk Road were repeatedly looted by Qiang people, and Ma Chao's soldiers and horses had to suppress the countries in the Western Regions and could not be mobilized frequently. This is why Nanye asked to send troops to calm down Xiqiang as soon as possible.
The Qiang and Yan ethnic groups are in the west of Yizhou and Liangzhou, which is now Qinghai and Tibet. There are many tribes of these two tribes. You have me, and the people of the Central Plains can't distinguish them, so they are collectively called Xiqiang. Originally, the Xiqiang tribes were independent and did not pose much threat to the Silk Road. But now there is a hero in Xiqiang, which has unified the tribes and formed a force larger than the countries in the Western Regions, which poses a threat to the Silk Road.
Nan Ye himself wanted to send troops on an expedition. Of course, he also had to find something to do for Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Cao Pi to avoid trouble. Then he sent out three maps to attract their attention outside the territory of the Han Dynasty.
However, it is said that Cheriji, the king of Xiqiang, has a pen and a martial arts. Prime Minister Wen Naiyadan and Marshal Wu Nai Yue Ji. With the assistance of these two people, Cherigi had the intention of invading the Central Plains after unifying the various departments of Xiqiang one after another. However, Cherigi also knew that the big man was strong and did not dare to attack the city and land as soon as he came up, so he first robbed the business travelers on the Silk Road as a temptation.
Ma Chao and Pound, who guard the Silk Road, are not vegetarians. They have won more or lost less in several confrontations with Cherigi. As long as the gap in strength is not too big, Cherigi's Qiang soldiers can't beat Tiefutu and abductors at all. However, there were also several occasions that made Cherigi plunder. After all, the Silk Road was so long that it was impossible for Ma Chao and Pound to defend it.
Through the confrontation with Ma Chao, Cherigi realized the strength of the Han army. And several lootings also made him realize the wealth of the people of the Han Dynasty. Cherigi did not have the courage to invade the state and county, so he continued to rob and simply became the king of the mountain.
When Che Liji learned that Nan Ye sent troops into the country, he was not very panicked. As a qualified mountain king, he understands a truth: sooner or later, he will pay it back. Cherigi had expected that there would be a battle with the Han army, but he didn't expect Ma Chao. It doesn't matter who the enemy is. What matters is that Cherigi is not afraid of the enemy and immediately summons the generals to discuss countermeasures.
Prime Minister Yadan said, "I heard that the person who led the army this time was Nanye, the division of the Han Dynasty, with 100,000 soldiers and horses. It is rumored that this man has a magic method, but he can win every battle, and the king can't prevent it.
Marshal Yue Ji said, "How can there be a person in the world who wins a hundred battles? I will kill it for the king."
Cheriji did not dare to underestimate the enemy. He ordered Yadan and Yueji to set up 150,000 Qiang soldiers, prepare more bows, knives, terriver, flying hammers and other customary military weapons to fight with Nanye. He also ordered Qiang soldiers to prepare chariots, wrap them with iron leaves, and load grain weapons and other things. These chariots are either driven by camels or mules and horses, each equipped with a troop of soldiers, and the number is iron chariot soldiers.
Yadan and Yue Ji resigned from the king and led the troops to meet Nanye's army. The news of the arrival of Qiang soldiers reported to the vanguard Wei Yan. Wei Yan is not the strongest in martial arts under Nan Ye, but he is definitely the best one. Knowing that the Qiang people sent troops, Wei Yan was not worried but happy. On the one hand, he ordered the soldiers to inform the rear army Nanye, and on the other hand, he ordered more than 100 soldiers to personally explore the Qiang's formation.
Wei Yan led his troops up a high slope and saw Qiang soldiers connecting the head and tail of the iron car and form a camp. The car was full of weapons, just like a city. Seeing this battle, Wei Yan remembered the dart driver's dart car. He didn't know whether these Qiang soldiers robbed the caravan more and used the dart car.
If others meet this iron chariot, there may be nothing he can do, but Wei Yan knows how to break this iron chariot. What the dart master was most afraid of was that someone suddenly attacked before the dart car formed, and Wei Yan felt that the iron chariot was the same. The strong attack will definitely not work. You must mobilize the iron car, break its position first, and then suddenly attack.
Wei Yan returned to the army, chose a tall and powerful soldier in the camp, and gave his spare set of armor to the soldiers, telling the soldiers to do so. The soldiers were ordered to prepare themselves, and Wei Yan led the army to choose a hill to ambush.
The next day, the tall soldiers selected by Wei Yan, wearing Wei Yan's armor and under the banner of Wei Yan, led a thousand soldiers and horses to the Qiang army and said, "I am Wei Yan, a Han general. Who else will lead the army? Do you dare to fight with me?"
No one in the Qiang soldiers knew Wei Yan at all. Naturally, they didn't know whether it was true or not. When they saw that the soldier was powerful, they believed it. Marshal Yueji had never heard of Wei Yan's name. When he saw that the general on the opposite side only brought more than a thousand soldiers, he dared to show off his power. At that time, he was furious. Holding a hammer in his hand, hanging a treasure carving bow on his waist, leaped his horse and made his debut bravely: "I am the grand marshal Yue Ji, you can eat my hammer!" After saying that, the horse was killed in front of the battle.