The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

The Xianbei, a nomadic nation that emerged on the Mongolian Plateau after the Xiongnu, emerged in the Greater Khingan Mountains and belonged to a branch of the Donghu. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Donghu was defeated by Maodun Chanyu, a generation of Xiongnu heroes, and split into two tribes. They migrated to Xianbei Mountain and Wuhuan Mountain respectively. They were named Xianbei and Wuhuan because of the mountains, and were ruled by the Huns.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty defeated the Northern Xiongnu and forced them to move west to Central Asia, Xianbei rose up on the Mongolian Plateau and divided the Mongolian Plateau equally with Wuhuan. Until the emergence of Xianbei's greatest Shanyu Tanshihuai, he unified all Xianbei tribes and through constant wars, He conquered the surrounding ethnic groups except the Han and became the overlord of Mobei.

Lu Bu paid a great price to recapture the four counties of Bingzhou that had been occupied by the Xianbei people for more than ten years, and annihilated the four major Xianbei tribes, dealing a heavy blow to the Xianbei regime. Xianbei Shanyu Kebi is facing the biggest crisis since he took the throne. Whether the Xianbei clan will conquer the Central Plains and dominate the world, or be extinct and annihilate, it is up to his generation.

Kebi sent envoys to Bingzhou many times, hoping to form an alliance with Lu Bu. However, at this time, Lu Bu had eliminated the forces of Wuhuan and Goguryeo, and only Xianbei, a foreign rival, was left in the entire north. The ambitious Lu Bu was definitely not Will accept the alliance, he just wants to eliminate the Hu people in the north once and for all for future generations of Han people, and avoid the tragedy of the Five Hus disrupting China.

There were differences within the Bingzhou Army regarding their attitude toward Xianbei. Taishi Ci, Jiang Qi, Zhao Yun and other factions who surrendered generals advocated peace while fighting, and used their main forces to deal with Yuan Shang in Jizhou and Yuan Tan in Qingzhou.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cheng Lian and other Bingzhou veteran generals had always been of the same mind as Lu Bu. They only followed Lu Bu's orders. They advocated destroying Xianbei first, and then attacking Jizhou and Qingzhou. Of course, it was Lu Bu who made the final decision on the crime.

Lu Bu stood up, pointed to the hanging map of the Han territory, and said to the generals, "Generals, please look at the map. Since the destruction of Wuhuan, Xianbei is the only enemy left on the Mongolian Plateau. They are condescending and can invade Bingzhou and Youzhou at any time. , Liangzhou, killed our parents and brothers, and plundered our land and wealth. Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall to prevent the Huns from going south. Emperor Wu exhausted his national strength and wanted to conquer the Huns north and recapture the Hetao Plain. Are they really keen on war? They It is to create a peaceful world for future generations. Whenever the climate gets colder, most of the cattle, sheep and livestock on the grassland will freeze to death, and the barbarians will go south, live in our houses, rape our women, and run away after robbing us. If things continue like this, There will be fewer and fewer Han people on the border, and the scourge of the barbarians will spread to the Central Plains. Do you have the heart to let the great Han rivers and mountains become the playthings of the barbarians? As a soldier, the greatest honor is to be shrouded in horse leather. Now let us, for the sake of future generations, A battle with the Xianbei will wipe out their race, let the flag of the Han Dynasty fly in the Mongolian grasslands, let future generations remember us forever, and leave a name in history."

Lu Bu's words were always so contagious, and all the generals who originally advocated peace also stood up and asked for battle. Lu Bu was very happy. He motioned for everyone to sit down and said, "It's the autumn harvest now. In order not to affect the food supply, the expedition is scheduled for the beginning of the next spring. The cavalry's ordnance must be replaced and the defenses of each county must be re-arranged." Arrangements were made to prevent Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi from sneaking into our rear. What I meant was that all the cavalry would be put into this battle against Xianbei, and all the infantry, including the garrison troops, would be dispersed to various counties and counties to guard the land of Youbin and the two states for half a year. . I estimate that this battle will take at least half a year. We need to prepare enough food and weapons and provide logistical support."

Everyone agreed with Lu Bu's idea and expressed their willingness to be a pioneer. At this time, Lu Bu already had his favorite candidate in mind. He looked at Zhang Liao and said, "Wen Yuan, you must be the vanguard of this battle. I hope your Xuanjia Army can be as fast as the wind and as strong as the storm." Form a charge formation against the main force of Xianbei."

Zhang Liao happily accepted the order. Since he took charge of the Wuyuan Cavalry, he has been practicing cavalry tactics all the time. Now with the blessing of the Xuanjia Army, he can naturally exert the greatest power of the cavalry tactics.

Lu Bu then said, "Ziyi, Yiqu, and Zilong, each of you three will lead ten thousand cavalry from Mongolia County into the depths of the grassland to annihilate the scattered tribes of Xianbei. You must kill all the Xianbei men and leave no one behind." , and finally meet at Xianbei Mountain."

Taishi Ci, Jiang Qi, and Zhao Yun took the order. As surrendered generals, they were reused. Each of them commanded more than 10,000 troops, which gave them great trust.

Lu Bu finally said, "I will lead all the remaining cavalry to support the entire battlefield. Huang Zhong will be my deputy general to assist me in the battle."

After Lu Bu assigned the tasks, he sent the generals back to prepare. After all, it was a war. Before the war, they had to prepare weapons, horses, food, and clothing. They also had to let the soldiers say goodbye to their families and pay them resettlement allowances. Hundreds of thousands of people went out to fight. , without a hundred days, it is impossible to complete this series of preparations.

Lu Bu looked at the sun in the distance. The sun was about to set, and there was a red cloud on the horizon.