Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1593: Chapter 1535: Concentrating Forces

Then Liu Yu continued, ”Besides all this, there will also be merit rewards for joining the military campaign. As for where you will be relocated, the Thirteen Provinces of Great Han, with a hundred and six counties, each boasting prosperity, you will get to choose yourselves so I don’t choose for you and risk your dissatisfaction.”

The words from Liu Yu made the Wuhuan chiefs repeatedly express their reluctance, yet the delight on their faces revealed a lot. All the chiefs wore expressions of gratitude towards Duke Bo’an, making Chen Xi feel incredibly awkward.

”Duke Bo’an, how long have you been waiting for this day?” Chen Xi asked through voice transmission.

”Many years. Previously, I could only bring them into Youzhou first. I discovered that if a group of Wuhuan people were in one place, it was actually hard to assimilate them. Now that they are all being sent to the Central Plains, within at most two generations, there will be no more Wuhuan,” Liu Yu replied with a smile through voice transmission.

”What if they all choose the same county?” Chen Xi curiously asked.

”On one hand, the relationships between the chiefs of each tribe are not very good. Although they all recognize me, if I place two tribes with grudges in one region, they can hold back from taking action and come to me if something happens. Over time, they might even understand each other, but I wouldn’t do it that way,” Liu Yu calmly said to Chen Xi. He had already experimented with such matters before.

Originally, he thought that if two hostile tribes were placed within the Great Wall and settled together, they’d inevitably start fighting and harm each other, forcing him to separate them again eventually.

The result was that the two tribes refrained from fighting because of his prestige and even sought him out if issues arose. After six months, they surprisingly reached an understanding, which nearly knocked Liu Yu over. Subsequently, Gongsun Zan appeared inexplicably between the two tribes, and both tribes were gone.

Chen Xi was at a loss for words. Liu Yu’s prestige among the Wuhuan was unexpectedly high. On the other hand, if Gongsun Zan had coercively ordered the two tribes not to fight, he could probably accomplish it as well. One ruled by brutality, the other by virtue, and it’s not surprising that they nearly destroyed each other.

”What about the other aspect then?” Chen Xi asked with a smile.

”I’d be out of my mind to place them all in the same place within a county,” Liu Yu chuckled, ”Even a county has seven or eight districts, so I’ll scatter them among those places. Besides, their initial merits aren’t substantial enough, and after selling slaves, they won’t be able to independently form a settlement.”

”You’ve been pondering this for many years, I suppose.” Chen Xi commented with a wry smile.

”When I saw that two hostile tribes refrained from fighting under my control, I began considering how to handle it in the future,” Liu Yu admitted helplessly, ”I plan to move them all to the Central Plains and incorporate them into your household registration, turning them into professional pastoralist households.”

”That works, such a matter is resolved with a mere order,” Chen Xi nodded appreciatively, recognizing that Liu Yu had been contemplating integrating the Northern Barbarians for many years.

”I think that household registration system Li Wenru devised on your side is quite brilliant. Aren’t the aristocratic families using watermarks? Why don’t you take it out of the banking system and apply it to household registration, listing the aristocratic families...” Liu Yu turned his head and suggested to Chen Xi.

”There are too many tasks, we didn’t have the time for that, household registration was primarily for the common masses first, we’ll look into the aristocratic families later,” Chen Xi sighed.

The clear household registration system is very detailed; although the music registration was abolished and the transfer process simplified, other aspects remained intact. Overall, the speed at which Li Youu managed to implement it was astonishing already; his work capability is indeed commendable.

Later, Su Puyan hosted a reception for several people, and Liu Yu and Chen Xi openly discussed their plans.

”We plan to attack the Northern Huns tribes from here going north,” Liu Yu said to several trustworthy Wuhuan chiefs.

”Well, for one, we do not know where the Northern Huns are stationed, and furthermore, many of my brave warriors have been relocated to Liaodong and Lelang, so even if we did find the Northern Huns, we are not their match...,” a Wuhuan chief admitted helplessly.

”That’s right, most of our tribe’s main forces have been diverted. Besides the warriors who have followed the Northern Huns westward, many have been dispatched to Liaodong and Lelang,” added another Wuhuan chief.

”Liaodong and Lelang?” Chen Xi looked up, which was just as Li Youu anticipated. However, given Zhou Yu’s tactics, he would’ve already successfully landed by now.

”Yes, actually, our movement this time was exceptionally quick. By the way, how many Northern Huns were stationed here in total, and how many have we eliminated this time?” Chen Xi pondered for a moment and asked, having an idea come to mind.

”I’ve already ordered a count of the Northern Huns’ corpses, all twelve hundred and twenty-four Northern Huns stationed at my tribe have been captured, not one escaped,” Su Puyan promptly replied, evidently having done thorough preparation.

”Your preparatory work was indeed excellent,” Chen Xi complimented with a smile, ”Since the Northern Huns are completely annihilated, which means no information leaked out, we might as well proceed to Liaodong and Lelang in fatigued fashion, eliminating both routes, we could potentially amass how many cavalry?”

”About twelve thousand cavalry,” Su Puyan replied immediately.

Chen Xi turned to Hua Xiong, who gave a slight nod, instantly conveying his meaning to Chen Xi. With elite cavalry leading, ordinary cavalry would see their combat power significantly elevated,

With twelve thousand Wuhuan cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry only needs to restore the pyramid structure it had in Liangzhou to greatly enhance overall combat power.

Particularly in such circumstances, the Wuhuan cavalry only needs to follow the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in battle to exhibit far above normal levels, which holds exceptional significance for their upcoming raid.

”Then it’s worth it. Afterwards, we’ll head to ****. How many troops did the Northern Huns station in Lelang and Liaodong?” Chen Xi further inquired.

”Each has three thousand,” Su Puyan answered.

”No problem,” Hua Xiong nodded with assurance; Chen Xi found this answer satisfying.

”In which case, let’s make early preparations. We do need to properly deal with the Northern Huns,” Chen Xi stated with a smile, devoid of the slightest fear on his face.

[As for Zhou Gongjin, there’s a nine out of ten chance he’ll strike the nearest target, so the likelihood of acting in Liaodong is high. In that case, I should let Duke Bo’an pick the fruits, while I head to Lelang to eliminate the other Northern Huns.] Chen Xi pondered silently.

[However, the Eastern Wu’s infantry are exceedingly weak, Zhou Yu might fall into a major trap and would likely need a pause. In that scenario, if I act quickly, perhaps I could even intercept an advantage.] Chen Xi’s face involuntarily manifested a smile.