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Chapter 48
The Fanghan and Qiang riots were just the beginning.

As the weather got warmer, thieves from all over Longxi rose up to attack Han Minwu Fort.

Lintao, Xiangwu, Didao, Baishi and other counties were invaded by bandits one after another. When they saw a large number of Wei troops, they retreated and used the momentum of Longxi Mountain to attack east and west.

Xiahouba was exhausted, but with little success.

The Han people in Longxi fled to Nan'an one after another.

The thieves became more and more violent, and Guo Huai, who was stationed in Wudu, sent someone to inquire about the situation.

This is tantamount to giving Xia Houba a slap in the face.

The two were originally at odds, and everyone in Longyou knew it.

The Qiang people didn't dare to touch Nan'an, Anding, let alone Wudu, but stared at Longxi. Yang Zheng felt something.

It is very likely that it was Russia's revenge.

But a Russian fire can't set off such a big battle.

Since the Three Kingdoms came to power, the alien races in the northwest have been the objects of contention between Wei and Shu.

If the Shu people got involved, it would not be something that Xiahouba could solve.

After all, he is his immediate boss and treats him well.

Hastily uploaded a bamboo slip, explaining that there may be other forces behind the Qiang chaos.

As for whether it is a Shu native or a political enemy, he is not the one who dares to talk too much.

This raid on Fanghan solved the crisis in the west of Longxi, and the southern mountains did not need cavalry, so Yang Zheng had a chance to rest.

In the face of the increasingly rampant Qiang rebellion, the most urgent task is naturally to expand the army.

Put up the recruiting flag, and have your own people who eat food.

However, what Yang Zheng didn't expect was that after the recruitment notice was posted, very few people responded.

There are many Qiangs and few Hans in Longxi, and they still have to rely on blood transfusions from Guanzhong.

After the Qiang Rebellion, the Han people habitually migrated to the safer Nan'an and Anding.

Since Deng Ai was promoted to be the prefect of Nan'an, according to local conditions, he built Wubao in the dangerous terrain, opened up extensive land reclamation, trained the border people, and subdued the Qiang people, so that Nan'an became a paradise among the counties of Longyou.

Later generations often boasted of his achievements in smuggling into Yinping and destroying Shu, but in fact Deng Ai was the first to use the strategy of garrisoning Huainan, which was appreciated by Sima Yi and was promoted.

Although Xiahouba has the bravery of his father, he is still far behind Deng Aibi in ability and skill.

Now that no one can be recruited, Yang Zheng feels like he has stepped into a pit.

Originally, I wanted the sky to be high and the emperor far away, fish in troubled waters, accumulate military merits, see the wind and make the rudder, and become bigger and stronger.

Now the first step is empty, there is no population, even if there is a 40-meter dragon sword in the air, it will be useless.

The remaining Han people were taken into the Han Minwu Fort early on.

And those Wubao seemed to be much stronger than the Wuhan City.

There are still some people in the city, all of whom are war orphans, either women or children, who have flirted with the subordinates these days.

They were happy, busy all day, fetching water for the widows, and chopping wood.

I heard that there are still a few very enthusiastic people who take the initiative to help others warm the kang.

This made Yang Zheng feel very embarrassed.

Do you really expect them to make babies?

When will more than 400 people be born?
After giving birth, we still need to raise them.

There are people in the Wubao outside the city, but they are the mainstay of the Han people in the northwest. Without them, the Qiang people would have been pushed to the foot of the city of Fanghan.

Yang Zheng moving them is tantamount to digging himself out.

There are few Han people in the Northwest.

A bad reputation will only make it more difficult in the future.

After waiting for three or four days, two hundred or so people were recruited. It looked like a lot, but more than half of them were old people with gray hair, and there were dozens of malnourished homeless teenagers.

They're all here for a meal.

There are only a dozen people who can really use it.

Youth is also a huge resource in this era.

Yang Zheng was desperate, so he could only postpone the recruitment and focus on farming outside the city.

Lead the soldiers to level the land, dig canals, and prepare for spring plowing.

Perhaps it was Yang Zheng's bamboo slips that played a role. He mobilized his troops several times to no avail. Xia Houba also realized that the situation was not good, so he stationed his troops in Taoyang to rest and recuperate. arrogance.

In the first ten days of March, Xia Houba summoned Yang Zheng to listen to him in front of his tent.

Yang Zheng didn't dare to be negligent, so he left Zhang Te and the two hundred cavalry to defend, and led the two hundred cavalry to meet up south.

"I have summoned the heads of the Qiang, Di, and Yi chiefs to come to the alliance, what do you think?" Xia Houba summoned Yang Zheng alone, with only Sima Li Mi by his side.

Yang Zheng was overwhelmed by the flattery, thinking to himself that his bamboo slips played a role.

"What if he doesn't come?"

"Anyone who comes will be my honored guest, and whoever doesn't come, I will send troops to fight against them, and kill them as an example!" Xia Houba's eyeballs were cold.

With the strength of troops in Longxi, it is too difficult to completely put down the Qiang chaos.

Unless you unite with the Wei army in Nan'an, Wudu, and Anding.

But this is the power of the governor of Yongliang or the governor of Yongliang, and Xia Houba has not yet reached this level.

"Yi Di is afraid of prestige and does not cherish morality. Since there is such a momentum, I am afraid that he will not come to the alliance. Even if he comes, it is only for profit. If the profit is exhausted, it may not be sincere." Yang Zheng told the truth.

Suddenly Li Mi's eyes were complicated.

He thought it might be his plan.

But the current situation can't take care of that much.

If you don't hurt them, of course they won't look at you.

What's more, there are forces behind it.

Xia Houba frowned, and said in a deep voice: "If the bandit chieftain is really like this, I will definitely ask the Chang'an army to sweep the caves and destroy their species."

Yang Zheng didn't doubt his determination and courage, but the current governor of Yongliang, Xia Houxuan, had already been frightened by Luo Gu's defeat. Would he still support him in going to war?
I'm afraid Guo Huai is a hurdle he can't get around.

And Xia Houba didn't know Xia Houxuan's current embarrassing situation at all.

Even if troops are sent, how many people are willing?

Don't wait for the army to disperse in the middle of the road, the face of Xiahou's family will be completely hopeless.

Yang Zheng left Li Mi aside, looked at Xiahouba's expression, and said cautiously: "In the current situation, I'm afraid Chang'an will not send troops."

"The governor of Xiahou and the general are one, how could he not help?" Li Mi finally couldn't help but said.

It's not easy to find a good leader these days. Yang Zheng really doesn't want to see him stumble, "Send troops from Chang'an, how much food and grass? How much military resources? The Qiang chaos lasts for a long time, can Longyou afford the food and grass of tens of thousands of people?"

Xia Houba's face changed rapidly, from red to blue, from green to black, but finally turned into a sigh.

Li Mi's face was red and his ears were red, and he couldn't get off the stage.

Yang Zheng cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate has no other intentions. Right now, thieves are rampant. I'm in a hurry, and I'm outspoken. Li Sima forgive me."

Li Mi's face looked better now, "Xing Yun has always had a plan, so I wonder if he has a plan to deal with the current situation?"

This is where the idea comes up.

Yang Zheng thought about it quietly for a while.

With Xiahouba's current situation, there is no need to count on reinforcements.

Chang'an doesn't even need to think about it.

It is estimated that Xia Houxuan can't command the Yongliang army.

Only on your own.

The thief's biggest reliance is to be familiar with the mountain shape, shuttle back and forth, and not to fight Xiahouba head-on.

Longxi is surrounded by mountains, Longshan, Minshan, Qishan, Qilianshan, Qinling...

Mountains are dead, but people are alive.

Yang Zheng suddenly thought of a sentence, if the mountain is not mine, I will go to the mountain!
(End of this chapter)