Shu Chen

Chapter 145 Inch Blood
The battle outside Didao City came to an end.

Of the [-] soldiers and horses that accompanied Wei General Wang Shuang to make a surprise attack, nearly [-] people died in battle, many of whom trampled on each other and accidentally injured.

Seeing that the war was irreversible and the chief general Wang Shuang was awarded the head, there were more than three thousand people who surrendered before the battle.Most of the rest were led by their respective governors or village chiefs and fled into the Taizi Mountains.

In this regard, the Han army did not pursue it.

The wandering soldiers who are scattered and brave are not familiar with the place where they live and have no supplies, food and fodder, so they are no longer a problem.

And there are more urgent matters in Gao Xiang's department.

The fact that the anti-Wei did not pass through the Taoshui River Valley to attack Didao was due to Tang Fan, the leader of the Heshou Qiang tribe, who was pro-Wei.

He needs to lead his troops to Daxia County immediately, before Tang Fan and Wei Liangzhou Inspector Xu Miao get the news that the troops leave here, and capture Daxia County, in order to control the Daxia River Basin, a tributary of the Dahe River, so that Didao can own it. Enemy barriers and the establishment of outposts that will march into Jincheng and Xiping counties in the future.

Therefore, after the battle of Xiao Guandao, Wang Ping, who was moved to the post of Gao Xiang's deputy, was given three thousand soldiers as the vanguard when the war just ended, and hurried away with You Chu, the prefect of Longxi.Even Yang Ji, the cavalry general of Zheng Pu's tribe, also rushed to the lower reaches of the Taoshui River to monitor the movements of the Wei army in the Siwang Gorge area.Because of the main force led by Gao Xiang himself, it is necessary to search the battlefield and prepare all the supplies, food and fodder before going.

As for traveling with Chu, it was Zheng Pu's suggestion.

Since he is loved and loved by the common people in the county and the Qianghu tribe, it is possible to see if it is possible to make the powerful households in Daxia City turn against each other, and take Daxia County without bloodshed.

However, Gao Xiang still left behind 2000 horses, and escorted more than [-] Wei army prisoners to Ji County to be disposed of by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

The great Han Dynasty inherited by the first emperor Liu Bei did not have the brutality of killing prisoners of war in the army.

But it is not advisable to keep these people in Didao.

In case Tang Fan led an attack at the head of the river, with the strength of Zheng Pu's troops, it would be very difficult to guard the more than 3000 prisoners, and still hold onto Didao City without losing it.

As for how the prime minister will deal with the prisoners of war, if nothing unexpected happens, they will be collected and sent to Nanzhong.

Because most of the soldiers of the Wei army came from the military system, the fate of these captives' families is in the mind of the Wei Temple.If he stayed on the front line of Longyou, he might be intimidated by the secret agents sent by the Wei army to make a defection or Xiaoying.

However, the soldiers who can be selected by Niwei to serve as surprise attacks are all elites.It would be a pity to send them to iron mines, salt wells, etc. to serve as coolies.

It's better to break them up and divide them into seven counties in Nanzhong for defense.

Anyway, the captives of the Wei army were also Han Chinese, so it was impossible to stir up rebellions among the barbarian tribes in the South Central.

Furthermore, in the future, they will disarm and return to the land in Nanzhong, which will also help promote the Sinicization of the counties in Nanzhong.

Such an arrangement can also resolve the resistance of these captives.

The world has been in turmoil for decades, and human life is worthless.

They were defeated and captured, and reduced to fish and meat. The Han court with a knife in hand neither killed them nor punished them harshly.

And I went to Nanzhong, and I have expectations for the future.

Not only did he avoid the precarious battlefield, but he was also able to lead the guard's salary to have enough food and clothing.

If you are more diligent and thrifty, you can save your salary to buy farmland and marry a wife. After the armor is removed, the men will farm and the women will weave, raise children and raise children.

Five days later.

Outside Didao City, Zheng Pu said goodbye to Zhang Bao.

Zhang Bao was sent by the prime minister to Lintao to be in charge of cavalry training with Jiang Wei, and he could not stay in Didao for a long time due to his duties.

And Zheng Pu, who was married by the emperor Liu Chan, had to go out of the city ten miles to see him off because of love and reason.

It was after Zhang Bao's figure disappeared into the sky, he turned the horse's head and slowly returned to Zheng Pu, his brows were condensed into a river, and his mood fluctuated with the bumps of the horse.

Because yesterday, Yang Ji led the cavalry back.

And brought back Gao Xiang's handwriting.

What is mentioned in the book is the battle in Daxia County, which is quite detailed.

As soon as Wang Ping's army arrived, more than a thousand Wei troops staying in the city were shocked and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Waiting for You Chu's horse to go to the city and shout, the rich and powerful families in the city and the Li people are all restless, and they secretly join forces to seize the city gate to meet the Han army.

Seeing this, the Wei army could not be suppressed with few soldiers, so they abandoned the city and broke through the west gate in a hurry, and returned to Siwang Gorge in Jincheng County by way of the Daxia River.Wang Ping led the army in pursuit, killed more than a hundred people, and forced to land more than [-] people.

The powerful and handsome Qiang people of various tribes attached to Tang Fan in Heshou and their pastures in Daxia County also feared that the Han army would be held accountable.

All the tribes were migrated to the west bank of Daxia River, forming a confrontation between Han and Qiang with Huahe River as the boundary.

According to legend, Xu Miao, the governor of Wei Liangzhou who led the army in Siwang Gorge, learned that the general Wang Shuang's army had been wiped out, and wanted to lead the army to fight for Daxia County as a stronghold for the future battle for Longxi.But with the arrival of Gao Xiang's main force, he gave up his plan as he was outnumbered.

That is to say, with Gao Xiang stationed in Daxia County, the north of Didao is already safe.

The main purpose of Gao Xiang's letter was to fear that Heshou Tang Fan would send out cavalry to harass Didao, and told Zheng Pu to be more vigilant against the enemies in Taizi Mountain Range and Shangmen Gorge.

Although this war was won, it also caused bad consequences.

Heshou Tang Fan, who used to be inviolable with the great Han, became an accomplice against Wei.

As far as the location of the head of the river is concerned, it not only threatened Didao's safety from a condescending height, but also severed the connection between the Han Dynasty and Shaodangqiang and Huangshui River Valley.

Likewise, it affected Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's previous plans.

For example, using materials that were in short supply on the Silk Road such as Shu brocade and tea, lured the Qiang and Hu tribes to renounce against the Wei Dynasty, and incited them to cause troubles in Xiping County.

It also had an impact on the Bashu nobles who moved to Longyou.

The biggest reason why these wealthy families are willing to move to separate households is to share the benefits of running the Silk Road.

Now that the Silk Road is broken, they will inevitably have complaints in their hearts.

Even though there are prime ministers personally sitting in Ji County, Longyou, they will not and dare not make any troubles.But in order to maintain the faith of the imperial court and allow more wealthy families to separate households, this matter must be resolved.

That is to say, if Longyou wants to have peace, he still needs to capture the land at the head of the river.

And as soon as possible!

Because Ni Wei will not give the big man much time.

With the national power against Wei and the garrison in Liangzhou, although more than [-] elite soldiers were lost in this battle, they can recover within a year.

At that time, it is absolutely impossible for them to sit back and watch the Han army attack Tang Fan and stabilize the rear.

With such thoughts in mind, Zheng Pu's mind when he returned was how to set up a plan to persuade the prime minister to destroy that Heshou Tang Fan.

The horseshoes slowly stepped on the messy ground where the war broke out a few days ago.

The wilderness, which was originally covered with snow, was much muddy, full of falls, rolling and messy footprints during the fight.

There are also many bloodstains left behind.

Some places are very deep, and it is black when mixed with slush; some places are very shallow, still glowing bright red on the white snow.The two are mottled and interlaced, complementing each other, forming the red and black colors advocated by the great man.

It seems to be silently proclaiming that the road to the revival of the great man is "one inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood".

(End of this chapter)