Shu Chen

Chapter 148 Swallowing the Wolf
There are very few Han Chinese in Longxi County.

During the most prosperous period of Emperor Shun (AD 140), there were no more than [-] households and more than [-] mouths.

After the Qiang Rebellion during Emperor Ling's time, the number of Shengmin was more than ten.

The land at the head of the river is separated by the Daxia River in the three counties of Fanghan, Baishi and Heguan in the northwest, and there are few Han family settlers.

Later Huang Zhongyi led Song Jian, who was born, and the bandits in Heguan, gathered all the sons of the Han family in Huanghan County, and set up a hundred officials to proclaim the king, but was slaughtered by Xia Houyuan.

This was the biggest reason why the Han and Wei dynasties temporarily tolerated Tang Fan's existence.

No matter which side takes the land at the head of the river, the gains outweigh the losses in terms of the current situation.

Without the Han family and Li Shu taking root and settling down, it would be difficult for the defending soldiers to maintain order to obtain supplies such as food and fodder on the spot. It has been relying on the rear counties to provide supplies, after all, it will not be a long-term matter.

A mere Tang Fan, with the strength of both the Han and Wei dynasties, he can't get rid of him.

The difficulty lies in how to stabilize the river head.

After all, after Tang Fan was wiped out, the Qiang people in the river head land could not be wiped out, and the root cause of the rebellion could not be erased.

When the Central Plains dynasty was unable to open borders and expand, and did not have enough Li Shu to migrate to solid borders, it would fall into an infinite cycle of "stroking borders".Punish the rebels and support the obedient; when the obedient becomes stronger and becomes disobedient, they will drive the soldiers to attack again.

Repeatedly, endlessly.

The former Great Han Dynasty was dragged down by the Northwest Qiang Rebellion that lasted for more than a hundred years.

Zhuge Liang, the prime minister who had witnessed all this, naturally did not want to repeat the same mistakes in the face of the underpopulation of Bashu.

Also holding the mentality of trying, he allowed Zheng Pu's plan to be mentioned again.

During the autumn harvest last year, Zheng Pu, who was stationed in Lintao, once sent people to provoke a war between the Shaodang Qiang and the Shenlang Qiang, so that they would consume each other, so that the big man would have no worries.

And can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

It's just that, at that time, the prime minister made a new decision in Longyou, and he was worried that he would not take it because of turmoil caused by extraneous problems.

Now that Tang Fan in Heshou merged with Ni Wei, the Prime Minister no longer has such worries, and if Zheng Pu's plan can be implemented smoothly, it will be of great benefit to the great man.

One is to support war with war.

The more than a thousand cavalry under Ma Dai's command originally came from Xiliang, and they were mixed with Hu, Qiang, Di and Han Jiazi from the beginning of their formation.

He is very good at disturbing borders and looting supplies for supplies.

Send him to the land of the river head to fight against, and take the enemy's funds to feed himself, without worrying about how much food and supplies the court will consume.

Moreover, Ma Dai, the Xiliang iron cavalry, has not experienced war for a long time, and letting them use Heshou Tang Fan as a sharpening stone is also a preparation for the future conquest of Liangzhou.

Furthermore, it has been a long-standing tradition of the Han Dynasty to punish the Northwest Qiang and Hu Buchen, take their cattle, sheep and livestock to feed farming, and punish prisoners of war as military households and confiscated as slaves to herd horses.

It would be a great joy if Ma Dai could bring back some cattle, sheep and Qiang people.

It can provide farming cattle for Longyou and Hanzhong; it can also organize the strong prisoners of war into the army, transfer the weak to the Lintao horse farm to graze horses, or use them all for the transfer of grain and fodder along the Shu Road, which can alleviate the plight of the court's labor shortage .

The second is to send people from Shaodang Qiang to ask for joint troops.

The Shaodangzhong Qiang tribe is the co-beneficiary of today's Great Han Dynasty through the Silk Road, and it is also the reliance to appease the hearts of the wealthy people in Bashu.

Considering the long-term interests of the court and the current situation, no big man will refuse to send troops.

Again, it was Zheng Pu's plan to "drive away tigers and devour wolves".

Even if the land at the head of the river is captured, the imperial court will not have enough people to relocate to defend the frontier.

That being the case, it would be better to use Shaodang Qiang to destroy Tang Fan and make them vassals of the great Han.

At least in a short period of time, Shaodangzhong Qiang will stand under the banner of the Han Dynasty to fight against Wei because of its own interests.Let the big man send troops to Xiliang in the next day, and there will be no threat from Heshou.

In the end, it was cruelty that could not be uttered.

The Shenlang Qiang lingering in the Wangqu Valley-Xiqingshan area borders Wudu County, and the population of the ethnic group is nearly [-]!

Regardless of tribal strength or strategic position, it is a hidden danger behind the Han.

Just relying on Jiang Wei's deliberate friendship and his personal faith, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not become the enemy of the great man in the future.

At least, in the eyes of those who rule the country, the best way to deal with threats is to prevent problems before they happen.

If, according to Zheng Pu's plan, they lure and burn the Dangzhong Qiang into the river head, and then instigate them to conflict with the Shenlang Qiang, then it will be time for the Han Dynasty to conquer Liangzhou without worrying about the rear.

When the big Han captured Liangzhou and completely took advantage of the geographical advantage in the battle against Wei, then there was no need to consider the attitude of the Qianghu tribe behind them.

It's just a Qiang tribe!

If you dare not submit to the big man, the soldiers will be destroyed!

What a shame!

Naturally, these arrangements need to be based on the negotiation of Shaodang Qiang King.

Well, the ones who came to Didao this time were not only the Qiang King Mangzhong who was entrenched in the West Sea, but also the Qiang King Zhu Yi who lived in the Huangshui River Valley. 【Note 1】

This also made Zheng Pu very surprised.

According to common sense, the Qiang king's annotations belonged to Wei Wei, and naturally he also got silk and other things. Why bother to come to Di Dao to secretly communicate with the Han army, asking for Shu brocade tea and other things?
After asking in detail, Fang burst out laughing.

In the northwest of the original Han Dynasty, the Di people were mostly distributed in the two counties of Yinping and Wudu; the Qiang people were mainly distributed in Longyou, Longxi, Jincheng and Xiping counties; and the four counties of Hexi were inhabited by the Hu people. host.

Although the customs of Qiang, Hu, and Di in the northwest have gradually merged after hundreds of years of mixing and assimilation since Emperor Wu opened the frontier, Han people often refer to them collectively as Qiang and Hu (Qiang and Di have the same origin, and the names can be regardless of each other).

However, because of the disturbance on the right side of the river for many years, in order to stabilize the area, Ni Wei set up many passes to cut off the communication between various ministries.

Now it has become difficult for the Huangshui River Valley in Xiping County to walk the Silk Road.

Those pass tolls are too high!
Make them extremely painful.

But if you don't follow the official path, you will face the Haoyou and Hu people from the four counties in Hexi, pretending to be horse thieves and looting along the way.

The only way is to negotiate with Shaodang Zhongqiang who is lingering in the West Sea, and pass through their pastures by detour.And from the West Sea to the four counties of Hexi, the journey is closer.

With such thoughts in mind, Zhu Yi of the Qiang King found the Mangzhong of the Qiang King on the grounds that he was from the same ancestor.

But he didn't want to, he was persuaded by Qiang King Mangzhong
"Affixed to Wei, the pastures and cattle and sheep of the tribe are like today. If it is attached to Han at this time, won't it be possible to get more pastures after Liangzhou changes hands in the future?"

Qiang King Mangzhong persuaded him in this way.

Let King Qiang's eyes suddenly glow brightly.

Anyway, he didn't have a good impression of Ni Wei. For example, he had sent some clansmen to rebel with Qu Ying before, and after the defeat, Ni Wei took away many pastures.
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[Note 1: In history, Mangzhong and Zhuyi, kings of Shaodang Qiang, rebelled against Wei in 238 AD. 】

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