What to ask for

Following Gongsun Yuan's execution, the four counties in Liaodong all issued letters to decide.

Even Bei Yan, the defender of Liao Sui City who planned to resist stubbornly, led his troops to surrender.

That was the result of Gongsun Gong’s letter of persuasion.

Gongsun Gong was the second son of Gongsun Du. Because his brother Gongsun Kang died early and his sons Huang and Yuan were young, he was elected as the lord of Liaodong.

Wei Wen Cao Pi appointed him as Chariot and Cavalry General and granted him the title of Marquis of Guo.

However, he had a hidden illness and became an eunuch in order to cure his illness. He was too weak to govern the country. Later, he was usurped by Gongsun Yuan.

Now, after Sima Yi entered Xiangping City, he released him from confinement.

He also planned to go to the Luoyang Temple to ask the Emperor of Wei Cao Rui to restore his position and return his title to calm the hearts of Liaodong.

He has no heirs, so he can be used as the bones of a thousand-mile horse to demonstrate the benevolence and righteousness of the Wei state.

In particular, Gongsun Yuan's brother and the hostage Gongsun Huang who stayed in Luoyang would definitely be punished and executed according to the law.

Well, conquest pays attention to the teacher's reputation.

When the Wei State announced its expedition to Liaodong, Gongsun Yuan was convicted of treason.

The three Yi tribes should serve as a warning to others!

However, Sima Yi had no involvement in other lower-level officials in Liaodong, but ordered all the Central Plains people who had escaped the war in Liaodong to move back to their own county.

With both kindness and power, after the Liaodong War, no matter whether the prisoners of war were recruited or the governors were replaced, there was no resistance from the local scholars.

During this battle, the Wei State increased its population by more than 40,000 households and more than 300,000 people.

This is equivalent to making up for the loss of Longyou's population and excellent horse ranching land.

And cut off the reinforcements from Soochow war horses,

The deeper strategic significance is to reduce the hidden dangers of Wei State, so that it can deal with the war between Bashu and Soochow.

The emperor Cao Rui and the Dukes of Luoyang Gungun were all very happy after receiving this victory.

After that, he ordered the soldiers to record their meritorious service and reward them, and when Sima Yi's squadron returned to the court, he first arranged for officials to prepare rewards for the soldiers in Jicheng, Youzhou.

It is worth mentioning that the destruction of Gongsun Yuan also brought unexpected joy.

The throne palace of Goguryeo had to ask Liaodong to change its owner, and was horrified.

At this time, the envoys Xie Hong and Zhongshu Chen Xun sent by Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty had just arrived from the sea.

They came to pay homage to the Chanyu in the throne palace and to give him clothes and treasures.

The imperial palace followed the current and killed all the Wu envoys, and sent their heads to Youzhou of Wei State. They entrusted Wang Xiong, the governor, to send them to Luoyang to show Goguryeo's loyalty to Wei State.

Alas, not everyone has the courage to be the envoy of Wu State.

As the saying goes, "Misfortune lies on the back of good fortune, and good fortune lies on the back of misfortune."

Just when the Wei State celebrated the peace in Liaodong, the disaster spread from Bingzhou.

It was Xianbei Lord Ke Bi Neng who rebelled again.

In other words, Ke Bineng never truly surrendered to Wei.

The previous attempt to seek peace with the Wei State and accept the title of "King Fuyi" was just a matter of years of fighting with the Wei State and being unable to succeed, so it was only a temporary stopgap to recuperate.

Today, several years later, his tribe's strength has slightly recovered, and it shows its fangs again.

At the beginning of June, he personally led his cavalry to invade and plunder Wei's Bingzhou, and seduced Wei's Xianbei leader Bu Dugen, claiming that he was willing to marry and attack and defend the alliance. Dugen and the Xieguini tribe both defected and left the fortress.

At that time, Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, heard about it and sent generals Su Shang and Dong Bi to pursue Bu Dugen and others.

Unexpectedly, Ke Bi Neng had expected it.

When they sent people to help Bu Dugen and other tribes leave the fortress, they also set up an ambush along the road and killed the two generals on the battlefield.

In response to this, Emperor Cao Rui was furious that he had been tricked, so he ordered Sima Yi to hand over the infantry to the command of Guanqiu Jian, and he quickly returned to Luoyang with his cavalry. He planned to let Sima Yi return to Jingzhou as soon as possible to garrison, and mobilized the troops who had gone on the expedition in the past Xiahou Ru, who served as Beibei Wuwan, served as the main general in the expedition against Xianbei Kebineng.

The titular general.

The real power is in the hands of Qin Lang, the adopted son of Wei Wu and Cao Cao, a knightly general who is favored by Cao Rui.

But no matter what, Xia Houru is very grateful.

It is said that when he received the order, he immediately dismissed the soldiers in the tent and wiped the bronze incense burner that he never left his body over and over again. He was still mumbling to himself about the past crusade against Daibei. Karasuma's past.

The incense burner, which was not very expensive, was a gift from the late Cao Zhang.

In fact, at this time, the Gonggun princes in Luoyang were opposed to the war with Xianbei.

After all, the war in Liaodong had just ended, and the war in the northwest and Bashu was still going on. Moreover, news from Manchong in Huainan claimed that careful investigation had revealed that Soochow had recently been severely punished, or that the troops might be sent out to fight.

But Emperor Cao Rui insisted on having his own way.

From the emperor's point of view, he could not tolerate the defection of Bu Dugen and others.

Because a month ago, Grand Sima Cao Zhen claimed in the above table that the Xianbei Beggars and Tufa tribes, as well as Hu Bo, the leader of the Huns who protected the country, had defected from their posts.

To the northwest, there was a large army of Bashu and Shu, and the Wei State was unable to send troops to pursue it.

But after the fall of Liaodong, there were no other constraints on Bingzhou.

If we don't pursue the enemy and show off Wei's military power, we won't be afraid that other tribal leaders who are dependent on Wei will become unruly. Can they follow suit?

Moreover, going out to conquer Xianbei does not require many soldiers and horses.

Only two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and ten thousand cavalry are enough.

In the past few years of peace with Ke Bineng, the Wei State was not completely unprepared.

The officials of the border counties who merged with the two states had secretly sent merchants to thoroughly investigate the habitats of the tribes under Kebineng's command on the grounds of trade.

You can imitate the Han Huo Hussar in the past and attack Huanglong with pure cavalry!

Furthermore, Wei Guo also had an internal correspondent.

He is the leader of Xianbeisuo in the north, Tuoba Liwei.

He has always insisted on not infringing on each other with the Wei State, and each can obtain what he needs through mutual trade.

After Cao Rui killed the bald Pi Gu who had a grudge against him and sent people to deliver him, he became an ally of the Wei State outside the Great Wall.

The kind who ignored Kebineng's ban and secretly traded war horses with Wei.

Now that it is known that Bu Dugen has defected from the fortress, he is afraid that the Kebineng tribe will be disadvantageous to itself if it becomes stronger.

For example, he was forcibly annexed, or other small tribes under his command broke away from him and turned to the more powerful Kebineng.

Therefore, he took the initiative to send envoys to Luoyang to inform the Wei State of the address of Bu Dugen's camp outside the Great Wall. He also claimed that if the Wei State sent troops to attack, these dozens of envoys who came to Luoyang were willing to serve as guides!

Let Wei go out to pursue the enemy, and the time and place are favorable, and the people are in the right place.

The odds of winning can be said to be 78 out of 10.

An Neng missed the opportunity?

If there is no crusade now, and when Kebi Neng and Bu Dugen have reconciled their old grudges and completely merged together, Wei's northern border counties will never have peace.

As for the soldiers fighting in succession, if it is more difficult, then it will be more difficult.

With the military law of "Lian Si" in place, the complaints of soldiers can be suppressed.

After the war, it would be okay to reward him with more resources.

Of course, Cao Rui dared to send troops to attack Kebineng and Bu Dugen. The biggest reliance he relied on was that Cao Zhen claimed in the above table that the war in Anding County had been basically eliminated; he also appended the information of Wei Ping, the governor of Hexi Province in Liangzhou. Military newspaper.

In Wei Ping's military report, it was claimed that Ni Shu could do nothing to deal with the enemy.

In other words, the result of the two sides' war against Shu should have ended with Wei losing the insignificant Zuli County.

Based on the impregnable nature of the Yin plug, Cao Rui and the Dukes of Luoyang had no objection to this inference.

The same goes for Cao Zhen.

Wei Ping also has enough confidence.

Moreover, I am becoming more confident day by day.

Since Xia Siyue led his army to Hanpingchuan, he has been confronting the Han army for two months.

Scar Pu, who was called "Wei's biggest problem" by Grand Sima Cao Zhen, also did not dare to attack his military camp, or Guanyinsai, after the follow-up troops arrived.

Every day is full of little tricks that are not on the table.

For example, soldiers are sent to the military camp to insult and invite war.

For example, every night, they would send troops and horses to play golden drums, pretending to steal the camp and disturb the soldiers' rest.

Or perhaps, he would often send two or three soldiers and horses to cross the line between his barracks and Jianyin fortress, in order to cut off the connection between the two and make the sergeants feel helpless and panicked.

etc.

Wei Ping ignored this.

Adhering to the concept that being undefeated is a meritorious service, he sat calmly on the sentry tower of the camp every day, watching the flag of the general who rebelled against Shu and Pingbei, hoping that he would be the best in Guizhou.
To be continued...