Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 677 Power

When Li Yue led his army into Guanzhong, he did not stay long. The military situation was very good. After a face-to-face encounter with Wang Meng, he quickly headed west.

The war subsided, and under Wang Meng's governance, Guanzhong regained its vitality.

What we saw along the way was that although it was still a little desolate, the green crops were growing happily, and there were almost no Yi Di dressed up in left-over skirts.

Entering Longyou, local powerful people came to worship him one after another.

Wang Meng moved away from the big surname, and other small and medium-sized powerful people quickly grew in strength.

What Li Yue hates is the powerful people in the Central Plains, but he has good intentions towards the powerful people in Guanyou. After all, they still have some backbone after the Yongjia Rebellion and don't have the clothes to travel south.

After some comfort, Li Yue led his army to quickly enter the destination of this trip - Guzang.

During the Yongjia Rebellion, a large number of Central Plains scholars and people fled to Liangzhou and escaped the killings of the Hu people. Liangzhou became the last piece of pure land in the North and resisted Jie Zhao tenaciously.

From this perspective, the Zhang family has made great contributions to China.

When former Zhao attacked Chang'an, Zhang Gui twice sent General Bei Gongchun to lead Liangzhou horses to rescue and repel the former Zhao army.

As soon as Li Yue entered Guzang, nobles and nobles swarmed in.

Those who give money give money, and those who give food give food. They are extremely enthusiastic.

However, Li Yue didn't see anyone, so he met Liu Ying first.

A frightening scar on his face wiped away all the Confucianism from his body.

The other living people burst into tears when they saw Emperor Li Yue, "I have failed my mission, and I have no words to see His Majesty..."

"Why are you crying? This is not your fault. I will avenge the fallen soldiers!" Li Yue gritted his teeth.

Since ancient times, robbing and killing messengers has been an extremely bad thing.

Nanyue killed the Han envoys and slaughtered them into nine counties; King Wan killed the Han envoys and headed to the north of the county...

The big man has set an example!

After appeasing everyone, Li Yue received the Zhang, Jia, Suo, Yin, Guo, Li and other wealthy families.

These people also recognized the interests and recruited good family members to form a cavalry of 18,000 people. They also provided their own food and equipment.

"The Western Region is the homeland of the Han family, how can we allow the barbarians to run wild? We are willing to send troops to wipe out the barbarians for Your Majesty and recover the Western Regions!"

Each and every one of them spoke righteously.

If Gaochang and Haitou were captured by the Hu people, Liangzhou would be the next threat. This battle was originally related to their own interests.

However, Li Yue still admired their political sense. Li Yue came here not only for the Western Regions, but also for them.

Now that they are so cooperative, they are like a raging fire, they hit it off right away...

"Liangzhou is the throat of China. How could I not know that you have resisted Jie Zhao and the Xiongnu for decades? From now on, Guandong and Guanxi are all one family!" Li Yue's generous gesture immediately resonated with everyone. .

When others appreciate praise, Li Yue naturally gives him face.

What's more, the 18,000 pieces they provide are all well-equipped warriors.

With these people laying the groundwork and regaining the Western Region, it will basically be stable.

However, in addition to Zhang, Jia, Suo, Yin, Guo, Li and other surnames, the Xiongnu powerful chiefs Dugu and Huyan, the Xianbei powerful chiefs Qifu tribe, Lu Shuihu's Peng tribe, etc. also came to pay their respects and collected more than 8,000 people's righteousness. Join the army.

The degree of Chineseization of these chiefs can be seen from their names.

Moreover, when they met Li Yue, they all had their hair tied up and kept saying "I am Huaxia, I am Daliang", which made it difficult for Li Yue to find fault with them.

I don’t know if he really cares about China and is scared by Wang Meng. But judging from the results, everyone is still happy.

"You will settle down in China. From now on, you will be my Chinese subjects, and your descendants can enter the Shangwu Hall." Li Yue comforted these powerful chiefs with good words, and also gave them round-collared robes, jade belts, and leather cloaks as rewards.

These people did not follow Bald Hair Sifu's rebellion, so they were still somewhat chaste.

The land of Liangzhou is not full of ambitious rebels.

In the historical Han-Qiang war, the Eastern Han Dynasty court not only did not look at them, but also did not treat them as human beings. They treated them like livestock and took them away. This aroused the resentment of the Qiang people, and then they were exploited by those who wanted to rise up.

Under Dong Zhuo and Ma Teng, there were many Qiang people who were determined to fight for them.

This was also the case with the Di Rebellion in Guanzhong and the Qin Liang Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty. The officials in the Western Jin Dynasty were greedy and excessive, imposing heavy taxes and various exorbitant taxes, which ultimately made them unable to survive...

In the north, after the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Yongjia Disaster, and more than 20 years of destruction by stone tigers, the population dropped sharply.

It is the general trend to absorb these Sinicized tribes.

Anyway, in Li Yue's eyes, anyone with yellow skin and dark eyes is an object of assimilation.

In the next few days, Li Yue kept meeting people from all walks of life in Guzang, and comforted them with kind words. There was a Qiang tribe who came from Longnan hundreds of miles away to buy white horses and green cattle.

Li Yue gave them brocade robes and jade belts in return, killed sheep and cattle to entertain the visitors, and drank with them.

For a time, people in Hexi were very happy.

After some exchanges, I felt that the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang and other powerful chiefs were not rebellious and rebellious people, and most of them had a forthright temperament.

When the wine was drunk, someone stabbed his face with a knife and swore allegiance to Li Yue.

Li Yue gave them Pu Tao wine and drank with them. He also gave these Qiang chiefs Chinese names. They got along extremely harmoniously, which greatly refreshed Li Yue's perception of the Qiang people, Xiongnu, and Xianbei.

Just like the people of the Central Plains, there are loyalties and traitors, so we cannot generalize them.

A few days later, Murong Chui's good news was delivered to Guzang at the right time.

In front of all the heroes and chiefs, Lu Qing read out with a trembling voice, "The thieves gathered 70,000 people to besiege Gaochang, and General Murong stood firm. After more than twenty days, the morale of the thieves was low, and General Murong personally He led 8,000 black cloud elites to attack suddenly and defeated the bandit army, killing more than 5,000 people in formation. The bandits trampled on each other and killed more than 10,000 people. After that, our army pursued and killed for three days, killing more than 25,000 people. Everyone, the traitor general Fu Kemo was made into the sword of General Murong and captured 110,000 livestock of all kinds. The Yanqi, Qiemo, Xiaowan, Ronglu, Mi, Qule, Pishan and other countries were greatly frightened and all surrendered!"

Eight thousand cavalry, five thousand were killed in formation, and more than 25,000 people were pursued and killed, but no prisoners were left. Murong Chui was indeed a ferocious tiger.

Li Yue's troops were not even sent out, so the Western Region turned from defense to offense.

However, Murong Chui's small force could defeat them on the battlefield, and he was still close to destroying their country.

The hall suddenly became quiet, with only the rapid breathing of everyone.

After a while, everyone came to their senses and bowed their hands to Li Yue, "Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."

The awe in his eyes became more intense.

"Congratulations!" Li Yue waved his hand, "Order Zhang Hao, Liu Laozhi, Lu Guang and other generals to lead 20,000 cavalry and other rebel troops to rush to Gaochang and return to General Murong's orders. In this battle, I will die. The country will be destroyed and its kind will be wiped out!"

The great man once said that you should be as cruel to your enemies as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves.

It's not like Li Yue never gave him a chance before, sending envoys to restore business. As long as they verbally call themselves Hong Xing's big brother, everyone can live a happy and prosperous life together. How beautiful and harmonious.

But this group of people insisted on wielding swords and guns. They felt that they were very good at killing people and wanted to compete with Emperor Hongxing.

Li Yue had no choice but to help them and kill the chicken to show the monkey...

"Your Majesty...mighty!" The fear in everyone's eyes increased.

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