Shu Chen

Chapter 126
The most beautiful April day in the world.

The sky is high and the clouds are clear, the air is crisp and the wind is soft, and the warm sunshine warms people's hearts.

The melodious Yingge and the whispering Yanyu caused ripples in people's hearts.

The snow that has long since melted has turned into a trickle and meanders down from the mountains, wading through the fields and entering the river, where countless unknown wild flowers bloom, and the yellow sand and greenery divide the Hexi Corridor equally.

Yang Fu, who was guarded by a team of forbidden troops, stopped at the Fortress of Yuyin in Wuwei County, Hexi, and looked at the rolling Quwu Mountains on the east side, feeling very disappointed.

Tanyin Ferry, known as the northern gate of Longyou, is also the east entrance of the Hexi Corridor. 【Note 1】

The Quwu Mountain Range is the mountain range that separates Longyou from the Hetao Plain, and is a natural barrier against the already powerful Xianbei's invasion of Wuwei County and Longyou.

However, the purpose of Yang Fu's order to come here is to "migrate" Xianbei in.

Of course!

Wei Guo finally decided on a countermeasure for the capture of Longyou.

But it is completely different from Yang Fu's suggestion.

His original intention was to take advantage of the strategy of the general Cao Zhen and the strategy of the servant Liu Ye.

For example, the Qinling Valley Road and Weixing County where the troops were stationed in Guanzhong threatened Hanzhong County, so that Ni Shu had to station heavy troops in Hanzhong, so that Longyou's defenses were empty and unable to invade Liangzhou.

Then, silk brocade, pottery, paper, tea and other items that are in short supply on the Silk Road trade were handed over to the Qianghu tribes in Hexi to travel the Western Regions by themselves, so as to tie them to the chariot of the Great Wei, and let them voluntarily Recruit clansmen to follow the Wei army to conquer or resist against Shu.

However, after the emperor Cao Rui discussed with other important ministers again, he completely changed.

One is that the interests of Silk Road have not been fully given up.

Out of the desire to appease the aristocratic families in the Kanto region, Emperor Cao Rui divided the interests of the Silk Road between Qianghu and the Kanto region.

Not to mention that in this way, the effect of attracting the Qianghu tribe will be greatly reduced, and they will not fight for the great Wei wholeheartedly.

The detour from Wushui (Qingshui River) in Anding County to Wuwei County will inevitably arouse the covetous hearts of various Qianghu tribes and lead to horse thieves flocking.At that time, half of the energy will be allocated to the garrison in Anding County just to maintain the safety of the caravan.

The second is the consideration of the garrison in Guanzhong.

Emperor Cao Rui and other important ministers felt that the three assistants in Guanzhong are now barren.

Li and Shu mostly migrated from Hanzhong County, Wudu County, and Ba County. Fearing that they would perish and flee to Shu, they moved all the households close to the Qinling Mountains to the north.

Furthermore, the borders of Anding County and Beidi County in Wei State are no longer comparable to that of Emperor Ling.

For example, the north of Gaoping (Guyuan County) in Anding County and the north of Zhidu (Qingcheng County) in Beidi County were all reduced to the horse grazing land of the Qianghu tribe.

Among them, the Wushui (now Qingshui River) valley that thrived in Anding County was a branch of the Xiutu (Tuge) tribe of the Huns, who often harassed and plundered.

After being defeated by Xia Houyuan, Xiaoguan Daofang in Wei State was able to stabilize.

However, after the Xiutu tribe of the Huns collapsed, they did not perish.

Instead, it was entrenched in the north of Beidi County and Anding County, and the joint Qiang tribe harassed and invaded even more, which became one of the factors of instability in Wei Guoguan.

Now Cao Rui decided to imitate Wei Wu Cao Cao's strategy of moving to Karasuma and the Xiongnu's internal attachment, and introduced Xianbei to Anding County and Youfufeng.

There is also the consideration of resisting the Xiutu tribe of the Huns.

The Xianbei Tuoba tribe is the northern Xianbei.

The tradition of the tribe is the "young son inheritance system".

That is, if the tribal leader has many sons, except for the youngest son who remains in the tribe to inherit the position of leader, the other sons of the leader will be given to the tribe to open up new territories by themselves. 【Note 2】

The current leader of the Tuoba Tribe, Tuoba Liwei, was originally the second son of the former leader, Tuoba Jiefen.

He learned the lesson of Karasuma Tadun's demise, and believed that the frequent looting of the border of the Central Plains Dynasty was not enough to make up for the losses, so he formulated a policy of trading horses with Wei to maintain peace.

It also made Wei Guo have a good impression of the Tuoba tribe.

Therefore, the Xianbei that Wei Guo intends to introduce is the eldest son of Tuoba Jiefen, who has long since migrated to the west of the Hetao Plain. 【Note 3】

As for why the surname became bald, it is said that he and Tuoba Li had a slight disagreement and attacked each other, so the homophonic surname was derived.

When Yang Fu listened to it, he offended Yan Zhijian.

It has been argued repeatedly that Qianghu and Xianbei are like beasts, strong are aggressive, weak are internal, and there is no possibility of being enlightened.

Migrating to Anding and Youfufeng will inevitably become a gangrene of the Great Wei in the future.

Sincerely not desirable!
Even if it is really necessary to migrate the Hu people, they should also migrate to the Qianghu tribe in Liangzhou.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Huo Qubing to open up the four counties in Hexi, he never stopped the migration of the Qiang and Hu tribes in the northwest, adopting the method of "living together in large groups and living in small groups" to cut off the possibility of them colluding with each other and rebelling.

Moreover, Liangzhou was incorporated into the Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the Qianghu tribes were more or less assimilated by the etiquette of the Han family.

For example, during the Qiang rebellion during Emperor Ling's time, Fu Xie, the prefect of Hanyang, was trapped in Ji County, with few troops and food, and was alone.

When the city was about to be broken, thousands of rebellious Beidi horsemen dismounted and kowtowed outside the city.

He did not ask Fu Xie to surrender in Kaicheng, but he begged him not to die in battle, and claimed that he was willing to escort him all the way back to his hometown.

After Fu Xie was martyred, Chief Shi Gaixun succeeded Hanyang as prefect.

He led an army to rescue Xia Yu, the captain of the Qiang guard who was trapped, and was defeated by the rebellious Qiang Hu when he passed through Hupanan.Suffering three wounds, there are only a hundred soldiers left beside him.

From time to time, there is a sentence like Qiang Dianwu's sentence, which is to protect Gai Xun with soldiers, saying: "Gai Changshi is a sage, and the one who is killed by Ru Cao will be a god."

And donated his mount to Gai Xun, and let him return.

Gai Xun defended the festival of his courtiers and was not fed by the rebels, so he cursed him to kill himself quickly.

In desperation, Dianwu tied Gai Xun and put him on the car, escorting him all the way back to Ji County.

The deeds of Fu and Gai are enough to prove that the actions of the Qiang and Hu tribes already have a faint sense of faith in the etiquette of the Han family.

However, Xianbei is different.

As the grassland overlords who rose after the Huns, they had never been influenced by the etiquette of the Han family.

Nor will Qiang Hu fear the sages of the Han family as much as Qiang Hu.

In other words, rather than releasing the enemy, they would be more willing to imitate the Huns and make the enemy's skull into a drinking vessel!

This is also the reason why Yang Fu categorically opposed the scheme of the servant Liu Ye.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister against Shu, won the hearts of the people, no less than Fu Xie and Gai Xun!Even more than that!

Coupled with the 400 years of prestige of the Han family surnamed Liu, if the Wei State gave up Liangzhou, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, would probably recruit those Qiang and Hu tribes without bloodshed!
However, Cao Rui has made up his mind and there is nothing to change.

The other important ministers also thought that because the general Cao Zhen supervised tens of thousands of troops in Chang'an, and the Xianbei bald-haired troops were only tens of thousands, there would be no worries if they were brought into the frontier, and they dared not make any changes.

Therefore, Cao Rui also sent him to lure bald-haired orphans into the frontier on the grounds that he had emigrated the people of Wudu County and that he had the prestige to expel Ma Chaoyue from Longyou.

Moreover, he also worshiped him as the prefect of Fufeng, added him as a servant, and participated in the military affairs of General Cao Zhen.

Let him supervise the bald Xianbei against the Shu army.

For this, Yang Fu was indignant, but it was his fate.

Only with a sense of loss, along the Shuiquansha River that winds through the gap in the valley of the Quwu Mountains, step by step to the bald and lonely residence.

Shuiquan Shahe, as the name suggests, is a seasonal river in the sand.

In summer and autumn when the ice and snow melt and there is plenty of rain, the rivers will flow together; in spring and winter when there is little rain, the rivers will stop flowing and turn into sand roads.

Just like Yang Fu's mood at this time.

He felt that bringing the bald-haired Xianbei into the fortress would make Wei's military strength in Guanzhong and Longyou suddenly prosperous at the beginning, and it would cut off the power of the Great Wei in the future!

Naturally, the big man didn't know about Wei Guo's move to introduce Xianbei.

Recently, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang only received reports from scouts, claiming that Niwei had set up camps and sent troops to garrison the valley roads in Hanzhong County in the Qinling Mountains and Xunkou in Weixing County.

There are also Qianghu from various tribes in Wei Liangzhou, and most of them sent their tribesmen to serve against Wei and so on.

Therefore, regardless of the strength of the army or the candidates for the county guard, the prime minister will also deploy accordingly.

For example, in the newly acquired land of Longyou, the prime minister took the Weishui River as the dividing line, with Tianshui County in the south and Hanyang County in the north.

They were led by Shi Xianglang, the head of the prime minister, and Wei Yan, who was transferred to General Zuo.

Moreover, he also personally wrote a book to Wei Yan, encouraging him to say: "The former emperor used to guard Hanzhong County with Wenchang, and he dared not invade Wei. Now Hanyang County is newly established. It is not Wenchang, and no one can be it! I hope Wenchang will be strong. , spare no effort to fight for my big man!"

When the book arrives, Wei Yan reads it, and immediately becomes overwhelmed with pride.

It is also true that the depression in the heart after the proposal of "Ziwu Valley" was flatly rejected by the prime minister was thrown out of the clouds.

"The prime minister knows me like the late emperor!"

When he passed on the prime minister's book to his subordinates, he said it with a hearty laugh.

As for Longxi County, the prime minister handed it over to Gao Xiang to lead the garrison.

Wei Taishou Youchu, who was forced to surrender by Guan Xing, followed Guan Xing to Jixian County. The prime minister came out to greet him in person, held his hand and said, "Qing's father and Qing's ancestors are all Han officials! I hope you will continue."

In addition, he was conferred the title of Marquis by the imperial court, and because he was loved by the officials and people in Longxi, he continued to serve as the prefect of Longxi.

It's just that he only manages the government, not the army.

For Tang Fan, the leader of the Qiang people who occupied the head of the Longxi River, the prime minister sent envoys to appease him.

Claiming that he can continue to trade war horses, etc., let Qi Mo be hostile to the big man.

Because Longyou was newly established, the prime minister had no intention of making many enemies.

In Wudu County, because there were very few garrisons against the Wei Dynasty, and the Di tribe had always had a relationship between the two sides, Ma Dai and Yangwu General Deng Zhi joined forces to fight, and the enemy fell against the wind.

The prime minister thought that Ma Dai's father and brother were respected by the Di people, so he asked him to be the prefect of Wudu and guard Dasan Pass.

Deng Zhi, on the other hand, continued to lead his army southward, attacking Yinpingdi Wang Qiangduan with Governor Guangwu.

When the army left, they claimed that they only punished the chief villain, Qian Duan, and that the rest of the Di people and chiefs were not investigated, nor did they seize the land and clansmen.

Therefore, Qiang Duan, who lost the support of Wei Wei, ushered in the betrayal of relatives.

He was decapitated by his subordinates and sent to Liao Hua's army to surrender and receive the reward.

After the prime minister got the report, he asked Liao Hua to be the prefect of Yinping, and ordered Deng Zhi to lead the army back to Hanzhong County.

For the Di people in Yinping, according to the stories of the tribes in Funan in the past, they moved the chieftains of the tribes to Chengdu with noble positions, and organized their clansmen into households or recruited them as soldiers to go north to Longyou to farm.

Many generals have been promoted in their official positions.

For example, because Zhao Yun was the commander-in-chief of the partial division, he succeeded Li Yan as the former general who was transferred to Hussar General, and his duty was to guard Hanzhong.

Zheng Pu's military position remained unchanged, and he was transferred to the prime minister's mansion to join the army.

Moreover, he recorded his achievements in the Battle of Xicheng and the Battle of Xiao Guandao, and was conferred the title of Marquis of Guannei.

There is only glory, there is no food.

His subordinates also ushered in adjustments.

The original remnant of Ma Di was handed over to Huo Yi by the prime minister to be in command, and was officially promoted to be a different governor, and was stationed in Hanzhong to guard the golden siege.Wang Ping and Ju Fu, who were temporarily transferred to Zheng Pu's army, led their headquarters to Gao Xiang's and Chen Shi's army respectively as deputy.

That is to say, under Zheng Pu's command now, there are only more than [-] people led by Zhang Ni left.

Therefore, he was repatriated to the Hanzhong Army and reorganized the headquarters.

Take over the trilogy that stayed in Hanzhong with Shen Yi's surrender, and recruit troops from the Li Shu in Nanzheng County, and wait for the new army transferred from Bashu.

The number of soldiers is still 3000 people.

It's just that the prime minister assigned Ma Dai's other general Yang Ji to his command.

Of course!

He is about to usher in five hundred cavalry pawns.

The origin was selected from the Di people tribe who had surrendered in Wudu County.

Zheng Pu was a little surprised by this, but also a little clear.

Because Ma Dai, who is more suitable to lead the horse, is not easy to enter Longyou now.

Ma Chao in the past completely ruined the Ma family's reputation in Longyou.

For example, when Ma Teng ruled in Guanzhong, he protected Li and common people from being plundered by Qiang and Hu, treated scholars to be virtuous, saved people's lives, and made the three assistants safe, and the officials and people loved him.Later, because he was old, he left his soldiers with Ma Chao, moved his family members to Yecheng, and surrendered to Wei Wu Cao Cao.

However, Ma Chao turned against Han Sui, and Ma Teng and his family were all punished. Only Ma Dai escaped by chance.

After the defeat, he retreated to Liangzhou, got Zhang Lu's support to attack Longyou, and besieged Ji County for eight months.First, Wei Kang, the governor of Liangzhou, was allowed to surrender. After he won Ji County, Zhang Lu general Yang Ang was secretly sent to kill Wei Kang and the prefect of Tianshui.

For this reason, in Guanzhong and Yongliang, everyone called Ma Chao a disobedient and unbelievers.

Just like Jiang Xu's old mother, before she was killed by Ma Chao, she scolded and said: "You are a rebellious son who betrays his father, and a thief who kills the king. How can heaven and earth tolerate you for a long time, and you will not die early. How dare you look at people with your face!"

This past was the reason why the prime minister refused to let Ma Dai come to Longyou.

After all, when Yang Fu waved his arm and called out, countless officials and Haoyou in Longyou responded, and together they drove Ma Chao out of Liangzhou.

Perhaps, the time for Ma Dai to ride again may have to wait until the prime minister appeases Longyou thoroughly and leads the army to attack Liangzhou!Only the Qianghu tribe in the four counties of Hexi, Fang Xin admired the achievements of the Ma family army in the past
With some realization in his heart, Zheng Pu returned to Hanzhong quite eagerly.

Although he had no chance, he sought out Jiang Wei, who was familiar with Qiang affairs, and asked him about riding and fighting and the scenery of Liangzhou.

Well, Jiang Wei has been favored by the prime minister.

Not only did he follow the practice of favorably treating surrendered generals, but he presented Liu Chan, the emperor, and asked him to be named Marquis of Dangyang Ting;

Naturally, Jiang Wei, who was appointed suddenly, was too busy to touch the ground.

In this situation, Zheng Pu is not easy to bother.

They had no choice but to hurry back and reorganize the troops and horses of the headquarters as soon as possible, and strive to return to Longyou as soon as possible.
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[Note 1: The ancient ferry of Yiyin is located in Xiaohuangwan Village, Pingchuan District, Baiyin City. 】

[Note 2: Many grassland ethnic groups practice the system of inheritance by young sons, which is called "young sons keep the stove", a typical example is the Mongolian tribe. 】

[Note 3: The Xianbei baldness department, known in history as Hexi Xianbei, was introduced by Deng Ai to Longyou and Hexi to resist the Shu army. 】

(End of this chapter)