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Chapter 103 Invasion
Spring plowing is in full swing.

During the autumn and winter last year, Yang Zheng was already preparing.

Build aqueducts, pave roads, and repair land.

Now it's just step-by-step, and the speed is quite fast.

Zhou Yu selected old Han Di farmers to guide and teach the Qiang people to cultivate.

In order to improve efficiency, Yang Zheng also asked Tiefang to make hundreds of iron plows, hoes and other tools, and there were more cattle and horses plowing the fields.

Yang Zheng was terrified. Grain was not only food, it was also equivalent to currency in this era.

Anyone who is smarter in the Northwest is working hard on farming.

Nan'an County next door was originally the most restless county in Qiang Di. After Deng Ai was promoted to the prefect of Nan'an, he opened up farmland and built Wubao.

The people of Qin ruled the world with their eagerness to farm, while Xiaowu ruled the Western Regions with farmland.

The core issue in ancient times was whether people could eat or not.

Yang Zheng has great ambitions, not only on both sides of the Lishui River, but also in the south of the Yellow River, upstream and downstream, and cultivate everything suitable for farming.

The Xihe area in the northwest of the Yellow River is used as a pastoral area.

Jishi Mountain is a place where people gather Tibetan soldiers to perform martial arts.

After all the waste is waiting to be done, it is thriving.

The stable environment has made the cohesion of the various ethnic groups towards the Hanhan stronger and stronger.

"With so many farmlands open, I'm afraid that others will covet them. My subordinates suggested that we build a fort on the side of the 17 yuan farmland as a defensive strategy!" Zhou Yu approached Yang Zheng and said.

That's a good suggestion.

Even if you don't guard against thieves, you must guard against wild animals.

The seeds that have just been planted will soon be hunted by wild boars.

Wild boars are usually dispatched by the whole family, and they can overturn more than ten acres of fields and eat seeds in one night.

"You are now under private control, and you can do anything that is conducive to farming production, and just report it when the time comes." Yang Zheng has the habit of doing everything himself.

A qualified leader should delegate power when it is time to delegate power.

Grasping everything is not conducive to training subordinates.

A simple sentence moved Zhou Yu greatly.

After inspecting the farmland in Lishui, he was just about to go to the south of the Yellow River, but someone had already been sent over there first.

"General, our troops are being harassed by Fu Nanqiang's troops!" Yang Zheng frowned.

The battle of Mingyue Gorge had just stopped for a few days, and I didn't even go to the Qiang people to ask for an explanation, but the Qiang people came first.

Fu Nanqiang was one of the Qiangs in Longxi, not particularly powerful. He once followed Xianling Qiang and Mitang Qiang to rebel against the imperial court.

In the Northwest belongs to the veteran thorn head.

As long as land is involved, there will inevitably be disputes.

But no matter how stabbed he was, he shouldn't provoke Yang Zheng at this time.

"The scouts go to the sentry first, gather the camp, and follow me to have a look."

A group of scouts and guards left after hearing the order.

An hour later, a mixed infantry army of a thousand Chinese and Han gathered.

With the armor and ordnance sent by Erhe Shaoge, this infantry really has the temperament of a soldier, and nearly half of them are wearing iron armor.

The dark red armor of the Shu army was dyed black.

Seeing the blood, Jin Ying is like a sword drawn out of its sheath.

Long swords and big shields, flags fluttering.

During the journey, it was like a black cloud rolling, which made people feel a little oppressive for no reason.

The so-called military prestige is formed by victories one after another.

Although the Northwest is poor, the folk customs are tough and brave people abound.

Traveling to the Wuque Valley at the junction of Fanghan and Taoyang, all the newly reclaimed fields were destroyed, and there were dozens of corpses of farmers on the ground.

The makeshift villages have been burned down and turned into black ruins.

The devastation everywhere made Yang Zheng furious.

If it is a land dispute, there is no need for such drastic means.

Yang Zheng asked himself that he treated the Qiang people well.

Fanghan City never bullied the Qiang tribe who came from all over the world to do small business.

When there are difficulties, Yang Zheng will also lend some food to help them tide over the difficulties.

But that's what they get back.

"General, you must avenge me." A familiar voice sounded from behind.

Yang Zheng turned his head, but it was Du Bin...

Since last autumn, Yang Zheng has been suppressing bandits, recruiting Qiang people, and fighting in Mingyue Gorge and Jishi Mountain. He almost forgot about this living treasure.

At the beginning, he got a village chief, so he didn't care much about him.

After all, he was entrusted by Du Yu, and this guy was always unreliable, so Yang Zheng didn't dare to bring him to the front line.

Unexpectedly, it suddenly popped up now.

In view of his consistent virtues, Yang Zheng couldn't help but wonder if he would harm someone else's daughter again, right?

Du Bin's face was stained with blood, and his nose was streaming, "We were doing well in the reclamation, but suddenly thousands of people from the Fu Nan Ministry came and killed more than 80 of us..."

"You didn't touch someone else's daughter this time, did you?" Yang Zheng asked suspiciously.

With thousands of people, it is not a dispute, but a long-planned plan.

Du Bin pointed to the sky and said: "I, Du Bin, a man of seven feet, how could I do such a beastly thing?"

"Alright, alright..."

Yang Zheng couldn't help but slander, it's not like you haven't done it.

"How is Fu Nanbu's equipment, why did he attack you? Have you figured it out?"

"No...no." Du Bin said hesitantly.

This answer was expected, and Yang Zheng didn't count on him.

After thinking for a while, I decided to visit Fu Nanqiang.

Since he was promoted to the captaincy of western Longxi, Yang Zheng has certain jurisdiction over the surrounding areas as long as the Qiang people are involved.

Fu Nanqiang's stockade is in the Jinsuo Valley in the northwest of Taoyang County.

Yang Zheng sent scouts to inform Taoyang.

But when they came to Jinsuo Valley, there was no one in the Qiang village.

Everything that needs to be moved has been moved.

Yang Zheng had a faint feeling that something was wrong, just as the scouts he had sent out earlier returned, "All the Qiang people near Taoyang migrated into Minshan Mountain."

Minshan?

Yang Zheng's heart skipped a beat, could it have something to do with Midang again?
Yang Zheng didn't dare to continue going south, he withdrew from Jinsuo Valley, and on his way back to Fanghan, several scouts rushed to report.

"Donggu Tuntian was attacked by the Qiang people!"

"The fields on the west bank of the Lishui River were attacked by the Qiang people."

"The Qiufengyuan farmland on the east bank was also attacked by the Qiang people!"

……

In the 17 Yuan Tuntian area, five were attacked.

This is no coincidence.

It seems that Fu Nanbu is determined to fight against him.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, and bad people's grain fields in the northwest are like digging up people's ancestral graves.

After the initial anger, Yang Zheng calmed down.

Everything has a logic behind it.

I have no enmity with Fu Nanbu in the past, and I have no grievances in the present, so there is no need to make it like this.

Yang Zheng had only plundered the Qiang tribe in Hexi, and he was polite to the Qiang people in Longxi.

Obviously, there is someone behind the trick.

Is he burning fire or being fooled?

This kind of indiscriminate means can only be used by Erhe.

Good people don't live long, and disasters last thousands of years.

He slapped Erhe Shaoge himself, it didn't make sense that Erhe Shaoge didn't come to cause trouble.

If he had known this earlier, he should have killed this guy in Mingyue Gorge that day.

However, under the circumstances at that time, the troops were not enough, so if they chased Russia and burned their weapons, they could not pursue Sujiang.

If Yesujiang cannot be killed, there will be no Jishi Mountain.

A drink and a peck are all set.

There are many mountains in Longxi, and with the strength of my own troops, it is a bit difficult to block Fu Nan's tribe in the mountains.

Since it can't be blocked, it can only be lured.

"Bring a map!"

The soldier took out a cowhide map.

This map was brought by Li Mi from Didao City.

The crooked black lines generally outline the mountains and rivers of Longxi.

Not accurate in many places.

Minshan Mountain in the south and Jishi Mountain in the west are even more messy.

However, Li Mi is very concerned about Yuhan, and the nearby mountain peaks, villages, and Wubao are all marked very carefully.

The fields in the south and west have already suffered.

Mostly near the mountains.

The next one closest to the mountain is Mochuan Tuntian!
Yang Zheng's expression darkened, "Let Yin Chun and Zhou Fang each lead five hundred Qiang camps to ambush on the east and west sides of Mochuan, and then order Yuan Xiao to lead three hundred troops to escort grain and livestock into Mochuan."

This strategy can be called clumsy.

But Erhe Shaoge is not a clever person.

In the northwest of this era, there was a small battle every six months and a big battle every two years. The Qiang people fought the Hu people, and the Hu people fought the Shu people.

You cut me and I cut you.

Since the time of Zhuge Wuhou, it has never stopped.

Everyone's poor eyes are green, and they are not afraid that Fu Nanbu will not be fooled.

(End of this chapter)