Chapter 1548 Revisiting the Frontline of the Yellow River
Cao Liang has done everything he can do. According to the current situation, the Five Barbarians Rebellion will not happen again in decades. The evil one, Liu Yuan, has already fallen to the ground. The once arrogant Huns have only been left with more than 10,000, and there is no storm at all.
Even the most powerful Xianbei people among the Five Barbarians have been completely tamed by Cao Liang. After the war, the millions of Xianbei people have been reduced to 500,000 and 600,000. Now they have been divided into more than ten tribes by Cao Liang. The biggest ones are only 100,000, and the small ones are even only 30,000 or 20,000. Not to mention that they have no war horses now, even if they still have cavalry troops, they will not pose any threat to the Bingzhou Army.
Among the remaining Qiang, Di and Jie people, the Qiang and Di areas were basically in the Yongliang area. Now it is still the ruling area of Sima family. Cao Liang was out of reach, so he could only wait to march into Guanzhong in the future before he could deal with them.
As for the Jie people, they were originally branches of the Huns. Now the Huns have almost been destroyed. The skin is gone, and where will the hair be attached? The Jie people may have disappeared into the long river of history before they were born.
Cao Liang asked the prefect of Yanmen Le Jin to serve as the governor of the Protectorate of the Northern Sei River, and established the governor's office in Pingcheng to uniformly manage the grassland tribes.
Le Jin served as the prefect of Yanmen for a long time and fought with the Xianbei people many times. He had a deep understanding of these nomadic peoples. He was probably the most suitable candidate to serve as the governor of the northern border of the Seizure.
After dealing with the matter of the northern border, Cao Liang returned to Jinyang. When the army returned to Jinyang, it was already the first month of the third year of Zhengyuan. After Cao Mao ascended the throne, he used Zhengyuan as the year name and changed the sixth year of Jiaping to the first year of Zhengyuan the following year. This year is the third year of Zhengyuan.
After returning to Jinyang, Cao Liang only took a short rest for a few days to talk about family happiness with his family. In fact, Cao Liang felt very guilty about his mother, wife and children. Over the years, he spent most of his time fighting, and he spent much time with his family. He spent very little time with his daughter, and his daughter didn't even know him. Cao Liang sighed that he was really not a qualified father.
However, his family, whether it was his mother or his two wives, had no complaints about him. They silently protected the family and supported themselves behind their backs, which moved Cao Liang very much. If he had time, he really wanted to accompany them.
But Cao Liang still left. After a few days of gathering, he embarked on the journey south again. This may be his destiny. His lifelong journey was just to bring the health of hundreds of millions of people in the world.
Originally, after the Battle of Jizhou, it was the best time to cross the Yellow River. Taking advantage of the defeat of Sima's army, he would give him a fierce knife and end the war in the Central Plains in one fell swoop.
However, the attack of the Huns Liu Yuan and the entry of the Xianbei people forced Cao Liang to shift his strategic focus to the north, and the plan to force the Yellow River to cross the Yellow River could only be terminated. Now that the battle situation in the north has ended, Cao Liang moved his strategic focus to the southern line again, concentrating all his troops, and facing the Yellow River again.
At this time, the situation on both sides of the Yellow River was still as if Cao Liang had left. When Cao Liang returned to Bingzhou, he took away two cavalry battalions of the Left Army and the Tunqi, and the Xiaoqi Camp. Although eight infantry battalions of the Central Army and the Right Army were gathered on the north bank of the Yellow River, according to Cao Liang's arrangement, the Bingzhou army entered the defensive. The main purpose of gathering heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River was to prevent the Sima army's counterattack. After all, the victory of Jizhou was hard-won. We could not be distracted just because of the invasion of the Huns and was recaptured by Sima's commander Jizhou.
Although Cao Liang left Li Yang, Li Yang and Huan Fan were in charge, as well as the two governors Yang Hu and Du Yu, so Cao Liang did not have to worry at all. With them in control of Jizhou, Sima Shi did not dare to launch an army to attack even if he had the courage to attack.
On the contrary, the one who should be worried about should be Sima Shi. After all, the Bingzhou Army concentrated more than 100,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, and it was possible to force the Yellow River to cross the Yellow River at any time. Sima Shi did not dare to relax for a moment, concentrate heavy troops and guard against each other, and even he himself did not dare to leave the White Horse.
Many people advised Sima Shi to return to Luoyang to recuperate. After all, he was staying on the front line for many years, and I am afraid his body would not be able to bear it. Moreover, Cao Liang was not in Liyang, so the possibility of the Bingzhou Army crossing the river at this time was relatively small. Even if Sima Shi returned to Luoyang to recuperate, it would not be a mistake.
But Sima Shi flatly denied this suggestion. Wars were never won by chance. If Sima Shi left Baima, it would undoubtedly give the Bingzhou Army an opportunity to take advantage of it. If the Bingzhou Army launched a crossing river battle at this time, it would be afraid that the Sima Army would be difficult to deal with. Therefore, even if the Sima Shi couldn't bear it, he must stick to the defense line and not give the Bingzhou Army any chance.
Sima Lun successfully quelled the rebellion in Huainan and finally relieved his worries for Sima Shi. After all, Huainan is a part of Sima Shi's heart. If the Yellow River defense line was not more important, Sima Shi would have led his army to fight in person.
The appointment of Sima Lun as the leading general caused an uproar in the Sima army at that time. Although many people praised Sima Lun, once they were involved in leading the war, it would not be a joke. If a slight mistake would be a life of more than 100,000 yuan. Isn't this a joke to appoint Sima Lun, who is only thirteen years old and has never had a light battle?
Therefore, many people advised Sima Shi, hoping that he could take back Cheng's orders, but Sima Shi insisted on his own initiative and despite the obstruction of everyone, appointed Sima Lun as the governor of Yangzhou, the general of the East, the governor of the rebellion, and led troops to the expedition. Sima Shi also gave Sima Lun the title of escort, and had the power to kill two thousand stone officials during the war, which was extremely trustworthy.
Sima Lun did not disappoint Sima Shi. He made a series of tricks and fought in Huainan with great success. He defeated Zhuge Dan's main force in one fell swoop and successfully conquered Shouchun City.
When the good news came, everyone praised it. Even those who had advised Sima Shi to change the commander, they collectively praised Sima Lun's wisdom and heroism, praised Sima Lun for having a successor. With the strength shown by Sima Lun, he was fully qualified to be a top position.
Who is Zhuge Dan? Everyone knows it well. It is definitely not a soft persimmon that anyone can control. However, Sima Lun had to suppress Huainan with almost crushing strength. Only then did everyone realize that Sima Lun was a real ruthless person.
Chapter completed!