Chapter 550

Wuhuan King Tadun was hailed as the "Restoration Monarch of the Wuhuan" in original history.

However, he was also known as the "Sinner of the Wuhuan's Destruction."

Why can one person receive two such extreme evaluations?

This must be told starting from the series of events Tadun carried out.

Tadun, this person, could be said to have "risen because of the Yuan family, and fallen because of the Yuan family."

At the beginning of his succession, relying on the support of the Yuan family, he quickly swept away all forces within the Wuhuan that opposed him.

The troops he had at his disposal numbered more than two hundred thousand!

This force, compared to the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu, was vaguely superior.

Afterward, Tadun continued to expand toward Liaoxi, establishing a not-so-small separatist force.

However.

The external situation was constantly changing.

The Battle of Guandu broke out, and Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao.

The standoff between the Yuan and Cao factions gradually changed.

After Yuan Shao passed away, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang began to split.

Because Yuan Shang's supporters were the Hebei aristocratic families, his strength was greater than Yuan Tan's.

Plus, Yuan Shang was Yuan Shao's nominal legitimate heir.

Therefore, based on various considerations, Tadun chose to side with Yuan Shang.

But Tadun, being a Wuhuan, would never know how deep the hatred Yuan Tan held for Yuan Shang was!

In order to get rid of Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan did not even hesitate to join forces with the enemy, Cao Cao.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, Yecheng was breached by Cao Cao.

Yuan Shang, having no other choice, fled to Youzhou to seek refuge with his second brother, Yuan Xi.

Two years later, Cao Cao successfully defeated Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

The two brothers of the Yuan family, having nowhere to turn, had to send envoys to Tadun for help.

Remembering Yuan Shao's past kindness and fearing that Cao Cao would take the opportunity to launch a campaign against the Wuhuan, Tadun decided to strike first.

He led a Wuhuan army of as many as 150,000 from the Wuhuan royal court to march south, intending to join the defeated troops of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang and intercept Cao Cao near Lieliucheng.

However.

Although the Wuhuan were numerous and aggressive.

This also meant that the individual combat capability of the Wuhuan was uneven.

To rescue Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang as quickly as possible.

Tadun had to select a portion of his elite troops, led by himself, to rush toward the vicinity of Bai Langshan.

As for what happened afterward, it became well-known.

The vanguard general of the Cao army, Zhang Liao, erupted with extremely strong adaptability, leading a small number of Cao camp elites to encounter Tadun in a narrow pass near Bai Langshan.

Zhang Liao, a wolf-man who was even more ruthless than a ruthless man, took the lead in charging into the Wuhuan main formation and took Tadun's head!

The Wuhuan army instantly scattered like birds and beasts.

Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, having lost the aid of the Wuhuan, had nowhere to go and had to flee to Liaodong to seek refuge with Gongsun Kang.

And after Tadun died, the days of the Wuhuan became increasingly difficult.

Yuan Shao's policy toward the Wuhuan was to appease and recruit them for his own use.

Cao Cao's policy toward the Wuhuan was to exterminate them!

More than ten years later, Cao Cao's third son, the "Yellow-Bearded" Cao Zhang, led an army on a long expedition against the Wuhuan and breached the Wuhuan royal court.

The Wuhuan, who had once been at the height of their power, were declared destroyed.

Although, after that, some small Wuhuan tribes still existed.

They never again reached the grand scale of the Tadun era.

Just like that, the Wuhuan gradually vanished into the long river of history.

And now.

With Yuan Shao's help, Tadun had just integrated the various Wuhuan tribes.

For Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

If they could obtain Tadun's assistance.

Their confidence in confronting Gu Yi would undoubtedly become much stronger!

And.

The Wuhuan had many warhorses.

If an alliance were reached.

That would mean.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao could obtain warhorses from Tadun and form cavalry units.

The two major cavalry units under Gu Yi, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, were things Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had long coveted.

For several years, the two had also tried hard, intending to form similar cavalry units.

However, whether in appearance or combat effectiveness.

The cavalry units they formed were not in the same league as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

Now.

If they could obtain the large number of warhorses in Tadun's hands, their combat effectiveness would surely be greatly improved.

Thinking of this.

Cao Cao hurriedly smiled and responded to Feng Ji:

"Mr. Yuantu, it is naturally a great thing that Tadun is willing to follow Brother Benchu to resist Gu Linzhi."

"But... regarding the Northern Expedition that Gu Linzhi might launch at any time, does Brother Benchu have any countermeasures?"

Feng Ji, upon hearing this, said with great excitement:

"Cao Taiwei, rest assured."

"The Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu, who were originally rooted in the north of Bingzhou, have also been dissatisfied with Gu Linzhi's rule over Bingzhou."

"Under Gu Linzhi's rule, the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu have all been expelled from the country."

"This has forced them to seek survival in the grasslands north of Bingzhou."

"If these two tribes see the hope of returning to Bingzhou, they will surely not miss this golden opportunity."

After hearing what Feng Ji said, Cao Cao frowned and said:

"Mr. Yuantu, those who are not of our race must have different hearts."

"Bingzhou was originally the homeland of our Han people."

"Letting the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu occupy most of Bingzhou in the first place was already an extremely shameful thing."

"If we let them make a comeback, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?"

In Cao Cao's heart, although Gu Yi was an enemy, weren't foreign tribes like the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu also enemies?

And compared to Gu Yi.

The Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei were even more disgusting and hateful.

Actually.

In original history, Cao Cao's policy toward foreign tribes was always to strike hard.

Including his successors Cao Pi and Cao Rui, they also continued the foreign policy of the Cao era.

In the Cao era, the Wuhuan royal court was breached, and their tribe was declared destroyed.

The Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan was placed under house arrest, and the strength of the Southern Xiongnu was greatly reduced.

The Xianbei also had five figures similar to ten-thousand-man commanders killed.

And in the Cao Pi and Cao Rui eras.

The days of the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu were even more miserable.

It was not until Sima Yan, the grandson of the old thief Sima, established the Western Jin that the policy toward foreign tribes changed.

The Western Jin, which was nonsensical and extremely stupid, not only lost most of its territory but also led to the Rebellion of the Five Barbarians.

If Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui were alive in spirit, they would surely have skinned the old thief Sima alive!