Chapter 498 Cao Cao: The Three Generals Are Really My Bosom Friends (Four Thousand)
"Ah!"

Jia Xu sneezed suddenly. He rubbed his nose and wondered, "How strange! How strange! Why do I always sneeze for no apparent reason these days?"

"Military Advisor Jia, I think someone is missing you." Zhang Fei laughed.

"Miss me? Don't say miss me, don't scold me behind my back, that's a good thing." Jia Xu shook his head, helpless. He knew his reputation very well.

First, Dong Zhuo started the bad thing, and then a group of people fanned the flames.

I’m afraid it’s now even stinkier than the stones in the toilet!

Therefore, when Jia Xu learned that Xu Shu wanted to use his reputation to defraud Shen Pei, he did not think twice and immediately agreed.

As the saying goes, too much debt is better than nothing. It's already smelly, so what's the harm in getting even stinkier?
Zhang Fei noticed the change in Jia Xu's expression, and he immediately laughed it off and changed the subject.

"Military Advisor Jia, I think my second brother, General Huang, and Military Advisor Xu should have captured Yecheng by now. If so, Yuan Benchu's troops who stayed in Changshan County would be in a panic. Wouldn't Yuan Benchu ​​be unable to block the road from Bingzhou to Jizhou? Isn't it time to join forces with my second brother?"

During this period of time, Zhang Fei and Jia Xu cleared out the bandits in Bingzhou while driving the Xiongnu out of the pass. Jia Xu even designed a plan to have the Xiongnu and Li Jue and Guo Si outside the pass attack each other, and the two sides killed each other like sworn enemies.

At the same time, the development of Bingzhou proceeded in an orderly manner under the governance of Jia Xu and Duan Wei.

Figures could be seen working on the ridges of the fields, and the sounds of chickens and dogs gradually returned to the village.

It can be said that Bingzhou has finally settled down.

After stabilizing Bingzhou, Zhang Fei naturally turned his attention to Jizhou.

With the convenience of being able to go to the fairyland, Zhang Fei told Liu Bei the idea of ​​"joining forces with his second brother". Liu Bei discussed it with everyone for a long time and finally nodded in agreement.

Calculating the time carefully, the emperor's edict should be arriving soon, right?
Jia Xu knew all these things very well, not to mention what Zhang Fei was thinking at the moment. Zhang Fei could hide it from others, but not from him.

Jia Xu knew that Zhang Fei cared about his feelings, and a warm current surged in his heart, but he shook his head at Zhang Fei's words just now, "Third General, Bingzhou is far from being stable now, and there are still some hidden dangers."

"Hidden danger? What hidden danger can there be with Advisor Jia here? Even if there is, I think Advisor Jia must have a plan in mind!" Zhang Fei laughed, patted his chest and said confidently: "Just tell me what Advisor Jia wants me to do!"

"Third General, you..." Jia Xu smiled helplessly, but without any intention of blaming him. Instead, Zhang Fei smiled even more brightly.

As Jia Xu cleared his throat, Zhang Fei restrained his expression and became serious. He understood that Jia Xu was going to talk about serious matters and he couldn't be careless.

"I wonder if the three generals have ever heard of the Xiongnu Liu Bao?"

"Liu Bao?"

Zhang Fei frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Not to mention Zhang Fei, even Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu who were present had heard of this name.

As for why a Xiongnu person had the surname Liu.
This has to mention the Battle of White Horse at the beginning of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Taizu Gaodi advanced rashly and underestimated the enemy, and was besieged on Mount Baideng by the Xiongnu Chanyu Maodun who led an army of 400,000.

Seeing that it was difficult to break out, Chen Ping, the Marquis of Quni, devised a plan to bribe Yanshi.

Under the advice of Yanshi, Maodun decided to withdraw his troops.

After that, the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu concluded an alliance, and the Han Dynasty selected a daughter of the royal family to marry the Xiongnu.

This lineage of the Huns took Liu as their surname.

Liu Bao's father was Yu Fuluo.

When he was fighting against Zhang Chun, he led troops to aid Han.

In order to quell rebellions in various places, the Han Dynasty repeatedly drew troops from the Xiongnu, which eventually led to dissatisfaction among the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu were afraid that their troops would continue to be withdrawn, so they killed Yufuluo's father, Qiangqu Chanyu, and turned around to support Xubu Guduhou as the new Chanyu.

Yu Fuluo, who was in Han territory, felt that the situation was not good, so he proclaimed himself Chanyu.

Liu Bao followed Yu Fuluo and stayed in the Han area.

In order to restore his country, Yu Fuluo requested to go to Beijing to meet the emperor, hoping that the Han Dynasty would send troops to restore his country.

Who knew that Emperor Lingdi was critically ill at this time, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

Yu Fuluo, who had suffered a setback, was filled with resentment and made up his mind to lead his troops and a group of bandits to invade Hedong County.

The people of Hedong County were united in their resistance to the invasion of Yu Fuluo and his men. As a result, they were forced to flee in panic, and their military strength was greatly damaged.

Later, Dong Zhuo rebelled, and Yu Fuluo wanted to join the coalition forces to attack Dong Zhuo.

Who knew Dong Zhuo's backyard would catch fire?
Thinking of this, Zhang Fei's mouth curled up with a hint of pride.

He, Liu Bei and Guan Yu took advantage of the fact that the Guandong coalition forces had not yet reacted and beat Dong Zhuo, forcing him to flee all the way to Bingzhou.

Seeing this, Yu Fuluo changed his mind instantly.

He seized the opportunity and joined Dong Zhuo in Bingzhou.

Dong Zhuo naturally accepted all who came, and with Dong Zhuo's help, Yu Fuluo successfully returned to the Xiongnu country, solved the original Chanyu, and became the real Xiongnu Chanyu.

However, Yu Fuluo did not jump around for long before he was defeated by the army led by Yan Liang and ended up dying.

After Yufuluo died, his brother Huchuquan became the Khan of the Xiongnu, and Liu Bao was appointed as the Left Wise King.

Huchuquan, who became the Chanyu, surrendered with his entire clan to Yan Liang. When he saw Yan Liang's defeat, he surrendered to them.

But why did Military Advisor Jia mention Liu Bao?

Zhang Fei was confused and decided to ask, "I have heard of this person before, but what's wrong with this military advisor Jia? Is his existence closely related to the stability of Bingzhou?"

Cao Cao frowned slightly, thinking to himself: This shouldn't be the case. Aren't the three generals resourceful? I heard it all. I think it's something like a proton. Why didn't the three generals hear it?

Jia Xu nodded, "That's right. When I was in Liang Province before, I felt that blindly moving people inland and killing people was not advisable. If we want to completely stabilize Bing Province, we must start from multiple aspects. First, we must make the Xiongnu feel that they are part of the Han Dynasty. Secondly, we need to intimidate them militarily, and also control their food, clothing and daily expenses."

"To achieve this, you can't just control one group of people to fight another group of people."

The moment Jia Xu finished speaking, Cao Cao, who was standing beside him, expressed his own opinion, "Military Advisor Jia is right. Although I don't know how to implement it specifically, I think it is a good idea to weaken the Xiongnu. Looking back at the Xiongnu in the Hetao area decades ago, they sometimes rebelled and sometimes surrendered. Since the Xiongnu are capable of rebelling after being divided, it is better to weaken the Xiongnu now..."

Zhang Fei suddenly remembered something. He looked at Cao Cao and blurted out, "Divide the Xiongnu into five groups, and have the Liu family take charge of each group! Then send Han officials to supervise them!"

"Um?!"

Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, a look of surprise on his face.

But this expression came and went quickly. In just a blink of an eye, Cao Cao's surprise turned into a nod of as expected. He looked at Zhang Fei with burning eyes and couldn't help but sighed: "The third general is indeed my confidant after Xuande. Not only did he save me from danger, but he also wrote famous works at will. Even my thoughts on this matter coincide with each other! I really admire the wisdom of the third general."

Zhang Fei: “.”

He really wanted to say that what he just blurted out was what he heard.

But he still resisted the urge.

In light of previous experience, the more you explain, the worse it gets.

Just like Jia Xu's reputation.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Fei. He always felt that Zhang Fei was thinking about something bad.

Fortunately, Jia Xu was not a narrow-minded person. He took a look and coughed a few times, drawing everyone's attention. "This is a very good move. But there are a few points that need to be added. In my opinion, it is better to write a letter to the court to explain the situation clearly, summon Liu Bao to the court to serve as an official, teach him Confucianism, and treat him as a Han Chinese."

Jia Xu spoke slowly and everyone pricked up their ears to listen carefully.

The more Cao Cao listened, the brighter his eyes became. Zhang Xiu, who had just walked out of Liangzhou, became much calmer, and Zhang Fei was even more composed. After all, this set of measures was just an innovation on the previous set of measures for governing Liangzhou, and the foundation had not changed much.

Simply put, it means to make the Huns sinicized.

This kind of sinicization is not a fight to the death, nor is it simply based on the coexistence of Han and Hu peoples.

Instead, they linked the standard of living with self-awareness. Those who identified with the Han Dynasty and accepted education could improve their lives and have the opportunity to become officials.

As for the people of Bingzhou, who lived as a mixed community of Hu and Han and suffered greatly from the war, the number of Han people did not have much numerical advantage over the Xiongnu and Wuhuan.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine how difficult it would be to make the Huns submit by relying on internal migration or the mixed residence of Han and Hu people.

This kind of policy has been implemented for many years, yet the Qiang people are still in chaos.

However, Cao Cao also heard the other party's concerns from Jia Xu's voice. If these Hu people failed to successfully assimilate into the Han Dynasty, the Hu people who were relocated to the Han area would encounter the decline of the power of the court.

There will be a lot of suffering at that time.

The Hu people do not care about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. In the Han Dynasty, even wars among warlords and massacres in cities were immoral.

In the eyes of the Hu people, massacre may be no different in essence from an appetizer.

Therefore, barbarians need to be educated.

Cao Cao certainly agreed with this, but as a Han Chinese, he had his own pride. What was a mere barbarian? Even if the princes fought, they would not bring the Hu people into the Central Plains, right?
However, Cao Cao thought about it and realized that what Jia Xu said was not just groundless worry, it was indeed possible.

He looked at Zhang Fei again and saw Zhang Fei nodded in agreement. This idea became more and more firm.

However, Cao Cao soon realized a flaw. "We have limited food supplies, and the people of the Han Dynasty don't live very well. How can we achieve what you said, Advisor Jia?"

Cao Cao, who had chewed on tree bark and eaten tree leaves, knew that was not the life of a normal person.

Hunger is like a ghost, it drives people crazy and causes them pain.

Just thinking back to the situation at that time, Cao Cao's face turned pale and his stomach was churning. He finally understood Liu Bei's determination at that time. The people were in such dire straits, and there were still people who wanted to swing the butcher knife at them. Are they still human?
If he met such a person, he would definitely make that person bleed five steps to death!
If Jia Xu wanted to deduct food from the people of the Han Dynasty, he would not care who Jia Xu was or what talents he had. He would definitely denounce him!
Jia Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, as cunning as a fox.

However, there was a hint of emotion in the fox's eyes. He had changed. Cao Mengde had indeed changed. There was no trace of cruelty in him. He was indeed worthy of being the lord.

Jia Xu pried open his eyelids, waved his feather fan and smiled, "Captain Cao, please be at ease. How could I possibly take food from the people of the Han Dynasty? However."

As he was speaking, Jia Xu changed the subject and said meaningfully: "It should be okay to take food from those rich and unkind people and give priority to the people of the Han Dynasty, right?"

"Of course there is no problem."

Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief, and felt a lot more relaxed. He thought to himself: Jia Wenhe is a talented person that Brother Xuande values, so how could Jia Wenhe do such a thing?

Zhang Xiu interrupted at this time and said, "Generals, military advisors, and captains, I want to ask, how should we deal with the Black Mountain Army?"

"Black Mountain Army?" Zhang Fei laughed, "Don't worry, there will be someone to take care of the Black Mountain Army!"

Cao Cao seamlessly connected, "I think the three generals already have a plan!"

Zhang Fei:.
How come I don’t know that I have a strategy?
I'm not a wise general!

In the Xianxiang game, my intelligence is not even as good as Zhang He
Zhang Fei didn't want to pay attention to Cao Cao, so he looked away. However, when he turned around, he saw Jia Xu who was trying to hold back his laughter.

Zhang Fei:.
Zhang Xiu's voice followed closely, "As expected of the Third General, he is indeed both wise and brave!"

Zhang Fei:.
In the Taihang Mountains.

Zhang Baique sat blankly on the left side of Zhang Niujiao.

Zhang Niujiao was completely unaware of Zhang Baique's expression. He stood up with a bang, his whole body shaking with excitement, even the hand holding the wine cup was trembling slightly.

"Hahaha, brothers. Over the past few days, you have all witnessed how powerful Brother Zhang is! In terms of bravery, I am ashamed of myself, and in terms of wisdom, he is far superior to me! I think that only Brother Zhang can be qualified for the position of the second leader of the channel. Do you have any objections?!"

"No objection, no objection!"

Everyone raised their wine cups high, and the sound was as loud as thunder.

Zhang Baique's confused thoughts were brought back to the present. He looked at those faces, some strange and some familiar, and groaned in his heart. He was just a messenger, how did he become the leader?

My king, when can I go back?

Zhang Baique wanted to cry but had no tears. He had not done anything in the Black Mountain Army except to make them look more standardized, to train them with Zhang Feiyan's training method, to make the layout of the mountain more reasonable, to teach them some farming experience, to eat and live with them, and to follow the established rules.
But he swore that he did not teach everything he learned from Zhang Feiyan to the Black Mountain Army.
Alas, I don’t know how long I will have to stay.

Faced with the enthusiasm of the crowd, Zhang Baique had to stand up amid the cheers and accept Zhang Niujiao's kindness.

However, before Zhang Baique could adapt, a messenger rushed in and brought a piece of news that made Zhang Baique terrified.

Zhang Feiyan surrendered to Guan Yu!

Quiet.

Silence as death.

Countless pairs of eyes cast strange looks at Zhang Baique. Zhang Baique's face turned pale and he was about to explain.

But Zhang Niujiao raised his hand to interrupt. "No need to say, I know."

Zhang Baique's heart sank. Zhang Feiyan had surrendered. Didn't that prove that he was deceiving Zhang Niujiao?
For people like them who keep their heads on their belts, the last thing they can tolerate is deception!
only.
The next moment, Zhang Niujiao said, "In this case, why don't we surrender to Guan Yu as well!"

Zhang Baique: “Ah?”

(End of this chapter)