Chapter 337 Hidden Dangers in the Northern Frontier
"Is Zichuan really okay?" Xun Yu said worriedly. As the only strategist with explosive mental energy in the Administrative Council, he could deeply understand the gap between him and Chen Xi.
The mental energy provided by everyone in the Government Affairs Office was not enough for Chen Xi to consume for a quarter of an hour, which showed how much trouble Chen Xi was facing.
"The general will be back soon, and things should be much better then." Chen Xi said drowsily. He really wanted to take it easy, but the reality was too grim.
His current mental energy alone is not enough to withstand such a large-scale natural disaster. If it weren't for the free mental energy contributed by people from all over the country after enjoying the welfare policies, Chen Xi would have fallen into a deep sleep by now.
There will always be natural disasters after war, this is basically an iron rule.
It is strange to say, but natural disasters are rare in prosperous times, but they are basically endless in troubled times. This was the case at the end of the Han Dynasty. Endless wars brought endless natural disasters and greater chaos.
The accelerated progress has pushed the Han Dynasty into a period of frequent natural disasters, which has made Chen Xi's burden even worse.
After the war, various states suffered from minor natural disasters to varying degrees. Almost all the staff of the Government Affairs Office were sent out to help Chen Xi relieve the pressure.
Even Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun received secret instructions from Li Ru to allow Huang Chao's army to exist for a longer period of time when necessary, or even to let Huang Chao's army go and temporarily delay the progress of unification.
Chen Xi basically took it as a given that natural disasters in this period would happen at his leisure. In the worst case, he would fall asleep and natural disasters would break out in several states. However, with the foundation laid before, there wouldn't be any big chaos.
"We are advancing too fast. The people's morale in the existing territories has not been stabilized. We must have a long-term plan for our foreign expedition plan!" Jia Xu sighed. What if the Northern Huns cause trouble during this period?
His spiritual talent has made him clear about many things, especially the intelligence about the Northern Huns that Guo Hao told him through the player channel. He has basically figured out the Northern Huns' thoughts.
At the latest in a year or so, the Northern Huns will definitely march south in large numbers and return to the grasslands now occupied by the Xianbei and other Hu peoples.
At that time, they had no choice but to take action. If they allowed the Northern Huns to re-annex the Hu people and occupy the grasslands, it would be another bloody battle to the death.
It's not that Jia Xu looked down on the Xianbei, it's just that these Hu people of Xianbei were really not strong enough to defeat the Northern Huns. Even though the Xianbei now claimed to dominate the grassland, in Jia Xu's eyes they were just a fish on the chopping board, and he just couldn't spare a move.
Once the country is stabilized, it will take less than a year to wipe out the Hu people on the grassland.
There is no need to even send additional troops from the Central Plains. Di Qing of Liangzhou, Lu Bu of Bingzhou and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou can enter the grassland in minutes to show you that the grassland overlord Xianbei does not have a legion with more than double talents. At best, they have some internal energy.
Their strength on paper seemed okay, but if a real fight came up, Jia Xu would use his remaining conscience to guarantee that the Xianbei would definitely not be a match for the Han.
It would be the same even if the Xianbei united with other Hu people on the grassland. The Hu people were still Hu people. Gongsun Zan killed people in Youzhou and the blood flowed like a river, but the Hu people dared not say a word, nor did the so-called overlord of the grassland come forward to uphold justice.
However, it would be different if the Northern Huns got involved. Although the princes in the Central Plains basically held a disdainful attitude towards the fighting power of the Hu people, it always makes sense to increase quality by increasing quantity, especially when the Northern Huns took the lead, it would definitely be a big trouble.
The sudden natural disaster made them all a little flustered, not to mention the Hu tribes on the grassland who depended on the weather for their food. Even if the main focus of the natural disaster was the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, the aftermath alone was enough to cause heavy losses to the nomadic peoples, and the Hu people, who were already short of food, became even more food-starved.
As soon as winter comes and the next spring comes, there will definitely be an invasion by Hu people. It has nothing to do with belief and determination, and no strength is needed at all. The only thing is to survive. By the beginning of spring, the Hu people will probably be as crazy as the hungry green-eyed wolves on the grassland.
It is even possible to launch a tentative attack directly in winter. Unlike simple looting, it is more likely to be for the purpose of reducing manpower.
Even if the Hu people were defeated, they would grit their teeth and fight to the death, not only to obtain enough supplies, but more likely to reduce the population to a level sufficient to provide support.
A natural disaster is enough to destroy all nomadic peoples, and then all the Hu people will migrate collectively, small tribes will merge into large tribes, and the large tribes will unite together to launch a mighty attack on the Great Wall.
Unlike ordinary looting, this large-scale war will almost affect the entire northern border.
Either you grab enough food, or kill enough people in battle to the point where there is not enough food. It is that simple and cruel.
Such an extremely cruel and bloody method is the wisdom that the Hu people use to survive crisis after crisis. Even in the most severe situations, they have avoided extinction. Many tribes will even gradually merge, combining their own heritage and developing together.
In the face of hunger, all fears will disappear, and the fighting power of the Hu people may reach a new height.
After all, war is sometimes not only a competition of qualities, but also a confrontation of will and belief. The danger of death is enough to make the Hu people burst out with terrible power.
This is the power brought by death. Although it sounds like a big trouble, for the empire, especially the Han Empire, these are just troubles and are far from a crisis.
After all, the power brought by death is ultimately the fear of death. The power beyond death is ubiquitous in the Han Dynasty, so it is far from a crisis.
However, the Northern Huns were different. They were the successors of the Hun Empire, and the Han Dynasty did not even despise them as Hu people, but regarded them as opponents of equal status.
No matter how powerful the Hu people are, they cannot hide their lack of morale. If they had no way to survive, they would never think of attacking the Han Dynasty.
Hundreds of years of oppression have made the Hu people understand the majesty of the Han Dynasty. Even though the Xianbei were known as the overlord of the grassland, they still did not dare to do anything to the Han Dynasty.
The Xiongnu Empire had been crushed long ago. The Han Dynasty fought for three generations and successfully defeated the Xiongnu Empire during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han. The Xiongnu Empire was divided into two parts, the Southern Xiongnu and the Northern Xiongnu. The Southern Xiongnu became the watchdogs of the Han Dynasty stationed in the northern border, while the Northern Xiongnu fled to the northern desert and disappeared from then on.
But Jia Xu understood that the Northern Huns were training their troops on the distant battlefield of Roman Britain, and that it would take at least three years, or at most ten years, for them to launch a general attack.
But when all the Hu people in the northern border grasslands united together, the Northern Huns would definitely not miss this grassland feast.
The Northern Huns were eventually defeated. The Han Dynasty could just drag them out to death. They could not afford to waste time. If they could rely on the power of the Hu people to fight to the death with the Han Dynasty, they would never let it go.
