On the last day of September, thousands of cavalrymen of the Western Army gathered outside the city.

The infantry broke out of camp and walked away in an orderly manner.

Later, the cavalry also mounted their horses and disappeared into the distant sky.

The city of Luoyang burst into warm cheers on the spot.

It has been more than two months since the beginning of the Sikong Northern Expedition. During this period, there have been ups and downs, and many twists and turns. Those who are still standing here feel like they are surviving a disaster.

And all of this is inseparable from that man.

The golden-armored warrior stood on the tower, bathing in the setting sun and its glow.

He is the Dinghai Shenzhen who has been able to persist in Luoyang until now.

His prestige is no longer in doubt.

After withdrawing from the city, Shao Xun returned to Jinyong City. The first thing he did was to go to the princess's residence to report and ask for instructions.

When others see it, they praise it.

Shao Sima was not only a good fighter, but also very loyal. Even when Sikong was away, he would always ask the princess for instructions and report everything.

The princess has also gained a lot of military morale recently.

She took the maids in the mansion and the female relatives of other families who lived in the house to sew the soldiers' uniforms and boost their morale.

Even twice, he personally cooked meals and took his servants to carry them to the top of the city to feed the troops. Well, not everyone could eat it. After all, it was just such a small amount. It is said that Shao Sima and

The officers of the teaching team shared the meal.

Her behavior was relatively rare at this time, so the effect was particularly good and it indeed played a role in boosting morale.

"Why did Zhang Fang leave now?" Concubine Pei asked softly through the window.

"I just heard that this guy may have stolen the tombs of the princes of the past dynasties, or even the imperial mausoleums." Shao Xun replied: "That's what he is like. If a thief doesn't escape and take something back, the soldiers will also complain.

, I won’t go on an expedition next time.”

"It's really heartbreaking." Concubine Pei sighed.

Shao Xun was silent.

His eyes wandered over the blurred window paper, feeling as if Concubine Pei had changed into a new set of clothes.

I ask for instructions every day and change it every day. The style is still different and I wear it in different ways.

This is a game between adults, hazy and endlessly enjoyable.

But Shao Xun knew that Concubine Pei was sensible. With Sikong still here, there was no way she could do anything.

Yes, the education of gentlemen and women at this time was indeed diverse, the constraints of ethics and education were greatly reduced, and the atmosphere was relatively open, but after all, there were still a small number of people like Sima Rui's mother who spread a lot of rosy news.

"I found what you are looking for. Write it on this square silk. Take it." The window opened, revealing Concubine Pei's angry face.

Shao Xun took the silk and read it roughly.

"Are the Xiongnu worth your trouble?" Concubine Pei was a little puzzled: "If Zhang Fang retreats, Luoyang should be at peace, right?"

"It's just peace for a while." Shao Xun said: "Sima Ying is in full decline. If he is defeated, his next target will be Sima Yong. If he is not defeated, can Sikong An stay in Luoyang and issue orders?"

Sima Ying and Sima Yong are allies. After defeating Sima Ying, they must march into Guanzhong to fight against Sima Yong's forces.

Instead of completely wiping them out, Sima Yue would just pop the champagne at halftime and get drunk.

The battle still has to be fought, but Luoyang may indeed usher in a rare period of calm.

When Concubine Pei heard this, she rolled her eyes at Shao Xun and said, "You know Sikong better than I do."

Shao Xun smiled awkwardly and said vaguely: "Sikong has great ambitions, and of course he will wipe out the princes one by one."

While he was replying, he looked at Juan's beautiful handwriting on the silk.

Concubine Pei is indeed very talented in literature. She read through so many files and historical materials, and the final summary is very concise.

Shao Xun had a rough understanding of it after reading it.

To put it simply, in the past, the Xiongnu south of Wei Wu in the deep interior, their power gradually grew, and they were divided into five tribes to weaken their power.

Each department appointed a commander, and the Wei people were selected as Sima to supervise. At the end of Wei Dynasty, the commander was changed to the captain.

The Zuobu Duwei commanded more than 10,000 people and lived in his hometown of Zishi County (today's south of Linfen City, Shanxi Province).

There were more than 6,000 captains of the right army, living in Qi County (southeast of today's Qi County, Shanxi Province).

There were more than 3,000 southern captains living in Puzi County (today's Xi County, Shanxi Province).

There were more than 4,000 northern captains living in Xinxing County (now Xinzhou, Shanxi).

There were more than 6,000 captains in the central region, living in Daling County (now northeast of Wenshui, Shanxi Province).

Regarding the Southern Xiongnu, Cao Cao's attitude has always been to force them to serve as soldiers and fight against all forces.

He was also very vigilant, splitting the Xiongnu into five tribes was a move, and at the same time he continued to levy their population - "Call the powerful right people to the shogunate; when the powerful right people are exhausted, they will send out the Ding Qiang as a righteous obedience."

"And because the army went out for an expedition, I asked for my strength. After the officials and soldiers had gone, I moved their homes a little and sent them back and forth to Ye, with tens of thousands of people..."

Cao Cao's routine was to serve as officials for the upper class of the Huns, with elite soldiers as "righteous followers", and ordinary herdsmen to accompany the army on expeditions. Not to mention, after the Huns became soldiers, they had to move away their families, tens of thousands of them.

These Huns who arrived in Yecheng were basically assimilated by the Han people. If you ask them now, most of them don't know whether their ancestors are Huns or Han, so they will default to "Wei people", and now they will default to "Jin people", language, clothing

, living habits have completely changed, and the cultural characteristics of the ethnic group have been lost.

Cao Cao's actions reduced the population of the Southern Xiongnu to only a few hundred thousand at the end of the Wei Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the Xiongnu from outside the Great Wall returned, and there were nineteen species before and after. There were only three large-scale ones, one was "more than 20,000 people", one was "100,000 men and women", one was 29,300 people, and the rest

There are around 10,000 people, or even just over a thousand people.

Therefore, the current five Southern Xiongnu tribes, excluding the population lost after the Jin Dynasty's war conscription - not only those who died in battle, but also those whose families were moved to the hinterland of the Western Jin Dynasty after becoming soldiers - there are probably men, women, old and young.

There are approximately 4 to 50 million people, including more than 100,000 adult males.

This power is quite big.

In the case of extreme conscription, theoretically all adult men would have to go into battle, which would be hundreds of thousands of Huns soldiers.

Of course, for the sake of sustainable fishing, we generally don’t do this nonsense. Recruiting 50,000 people is enough. Even if 50,000 people think it will affect their livelihood, sending out 20,000 to 30,000 people will be enough, supplemented by 100,000 people.

Tens of thousands of Han people formed the so-called "Hongnu army".

If the Luoyang Central Army is still there, and all the light and heavy cavalry units, as well as the armored cavalry units are fully organized, they can fight with them, and the probability of victory is very high.

But now, I won’t say anything!

Shao Xun collected the silk and said goodbye and left.

Peace comes to Luoyang? It doesn't exist, it's just a truce.

The next enemy will most likely be the Huns.

Will Sikong send him into battle? It's very possible.

Planning ahead is a must.

Before that, he had another important thing to do: a messenger came from Yecheng to inform the emperor's brother Sima Ying that he might send troops to escort the emperor back south in the near future, and ordered the generals left in Luoyang to welcome him.
Chapter completed!