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Chapter 49
"This subordinate has a plan to break the current predicament." Yang Zheng cupped his hands.

"Xingyun come quickly."

"The thieves attack me, and I can also attack the thieves. The general can dispatch capable soldiers to pretend to be thieves, enter the Qiang land, capture their population, plunder their food and grass, and burn their villages. This can not only increase our army strength, but also train soldiers!" Yang Yang Zheng stared at Xia Houba's eyes.

The thief's advantage is actually only the location, relying on the southwest mountains to move around.

When the Wei army came, the rebels scattered, when the Wei army went, the rebels gathered and came back.

"This plan..." Xia Houba's eyes flickered, and he looked rather hesitant.

He comes from a noble background, is upright and upright, and it is understandable for him to refuse to do such a desperate trick, but soldiers are tricky.

Ordinary means can't deal with thieves at all.

The strategy has been presented, whether it can be used is entirely up to him.

Yang Zheng waited quietly.

In fact, half of his offer of this plan was also out of selfishness.

This is the situation in Fanghan, where there is no one who wants people, and no money if he wants money. If he wants to develop, he can only use his brains on aliens.

If adopted, they can plunder Yidi to enrich themselves.

"This plan will be delayed a bit, and we will discuss it after the chiefs of the barbarians meet." Xia Houba finally refused.

Yang Zheng was disappointed for a while.

But this is also normal, Xia Houba has a bold personality and is eager to confront the enemy head-on on the battlefield.

But in the current situation, others may not be willing to give this opportunity.

Therefore, in Yang Zheng's mind, Xia Houba was just a qualified general, not a commander in chief.

After all, it is impossible to surpass Deng Ai and Guo Huai...

After leaving the military hall, Yang Zheng apologized to Li Mi, "I was in a hurry just now, and my words were offensive, Sima don't blame me."

Li Mi has too much bookishness in him, that's why he has so many taken-for-granted strategies.

"Why did Xingyun say this, you and I are for the general, we should each express our views, if the general adopts your strategy, it will not cost Chang'an a single soldier, it is indeed feasible."

Hearing what he said, Yang Zheng was relieved.

"If the leaders of the Qiang people all come to the alliance, there is no need to take this risky plan."

Li Mi laughed, "It's so good."

Yang Zheng observed it several times, and saw that he did not intend to blame him, so he was relieved.

After waiting in Taoyang for four or five days, only two leaders of the Di people came, and the Qiang people such as Ehe Shaoge were not even there.

Xiahouba's strategy of killing one to warn others came to nothing, and all the Qiang people refused to cooperate. Who are you going to kill?
The Qiang people also saw Xiahouba's predicament, and besieged Lintao and Xiangwu brazenly, and destroyed the fields in the territory.

Emergency documents from all directions flew in like snowflakes.

Guo Huai, who was stationed in Wudu, spoke more and more harshly, and even Chang'an Xia Houxuan wrote to inquire.

The situation in Longyou has always attracted the attention of many people.

Yang Zheng remonstrated again, "If the general hesitates any longer and delays the spring plowing, the whole of Longxi will surely be corrupted."

This time, Li Mi also advised him, "The general bears the great trust of the general. If you can't put down even the Qiang chaos, won't it make others laugh?"

Yang Zheng naturally didn't dare to say such words.

Xia Houba finally made up his mind, "Okay, they are not benevolent, so don't blame someone for being unrighteous!"

Yang Zheng heaved a long sigh of relief. Although there were many twists and turns, he was still going according to his expectations.

After that, Xiahouba divided the army into six, each ranging from three hundred to one thousand, and marched west and south into the Qiang territory.

Yang Zheng also had the opportunity to send troops.

After the Five Husbands and Disorders, they lost the suppression of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the foreign races in the border areas gradually grew stronger.

In history, Western Qin, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, etc. all actively integrated the local Qiang people.

Even Tubo, which competed with the Tang Dynasty, was formed by the migration of some Qiang people to the plateau to integrate with local tribes.

The Han and Wei Dynasties dealt with the frontiers well, suppressed, wooed, and divided, and the various ethnic groups were still submissive.

But when Sima Jin arrived, it was a huge watershed.

After the reunification of other families, there will be at least a few decades of peak period.

The Sima family had just established the country, and there was a sign of subjugation. They enfeoffed all the officials, mass-produced aristocratic families, and abolished the farming system since the Han and Wei dynasties. three times the...

Yang Zheng looked at the great rivers and mountains, and couldn't help but slander.

The so-called Qiang land is actually not barren.

In this era, from Qinghai to the west of Shu, they were all considered Qiang land.

The water and grass are abundant, the products are plentiful, and the livestock are everywhere.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, from the west of Anyuanmen to the west of the Tang Dynasty, the territory of the Tang Dynasty was tens of thousands of miles away, Lu Yan faced each other, mulberry, mash and wilderness, no one in the world called Longyou as rich and prosperous.

The production level of the Qiang people is not as good as that of the Han people.

However, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Central Plains Dynasty has been caught up in involuntary conquests, and many inland areas have been abandoned. Naturally, there is no spare energy to manage here.

The weather in late March is already warm in the wind.

The Qiang tribes seem to be scattered among the grasslands, rivers, valleys and mountains.

The iron hoof crushed their spring dreams.

After waiting all winter, before the spring breeze, Yang Zheng's iron hooves came.

Two hundred cavalrymen brandished their ring-shoulders and swept across the small tribe in front of them like a spring breeze.

Yang Zheng had seen the tragic situation in Fanghan City at that time, and the ring head knife in his hand was not merciful at all.

But whoever stood was cut down.

Iron Horse Sword is undoubtedly the most convincing.

Xiahouba appeases him repeatedly, but what he gets in return is that the culprits intensify.

A tribe of several thousand people surrendered in a blink of an eye.

Yang Zheng returned with a full load of prisoners and livestock.

Such scenes played out one after another.

The lethality and destructive power of the Wei army is obviously higher than that of the Qiang people. They burned, killed and looted, and they were ruthless.

Moreover, Xia Houba also promised that six points of the loot would be returned to him and four points would be handed over to him.

Wei Jun suddenly became enthusiastic.

From Longxi to Yinping and Jincheng, there are "hunting" Wei troops everywhere.

Some Han people in Wubao also took the initiative to attack.

To gain a foothold in the Northwest, of course he is not an honest farmer.

In the south and west of Longxi, swords and spears are everywhere.

The enthusiasm of Wubao in Jincheng County next door was also ignited.

The Qiang people were originally scattered, each of them was a tribe, and they were forced to gather together. They also had their own ghosts, and they were vulnerable to the regular Wei army.

The Qiang people couldn't stand it soon, and took the initiative to send people to ask for an alliance.

Yang Zheng had just started, and the captured Qiang people were only two thousand, and there were not many livestock, so naturally he didn't want to stop.

The generals in Longxi also tasted the sweetness, and they all advised not to trust the Qiang people.

He can't fight when he wants to fight, and if he doesn't want to fight, he won't fight if he says a word.

Xia Houba would not be so stupid as to stop at this time.

The Qiang people begged for mercy on their own initiative, which shows that the strategy worked.

However, the leaders of the Qiang people jointly wrote a letter to Guo Huai, claiming that Xiahouba had harmed the people of the Qiang people.

Wudu immediately sent a messenger.

"The Qiang, Di and barbarians have always been the western barrier. If they are forced too far, they will turn to the Shu people. They value small profits and forget the righteousness. This is not a long-term solution, and it will damage the name of Xiahou..."

The letter was mild, but the threat was self-evident.

Guo Huai didn't believe the words of the Qiang people, but obviously he didn't want Longxi to continue in such a mess.

Yang Zheng couldn't help but sighed for a while, which also shows that Xia Houba's situation is not satisfactory, and he is controlled by others everywhere.

But I still know the truth of accepting when you see it.

It is not so easy to end the Han and Qiang wars.

Xia Houba said in a deep voice: "After today, all armies are not allowed to fight."

(End of this chapter)