Shu Chen

Chapter 134
The origin of Xiqiang comes from Sanmiao, and the surname Jiang (Emperor Yan) is different.

Its vulgar clan is indeterminate, and the father's name and mother's surname are used as the species name; the character is strong and brave, and it has the spirit of Western gold.

If they are strong, they will be divided into chieftains, and if they are weak, they will be attached to others, and they will be more violent, with strength as the hero.Its commander is in the valley, which is shorter than that on the flat ground, and cannot last long, but the fruit is in the synapse. It is auspicious to die in battle, and it is auspicious to end the disease.

Generation after generation, the Qiang tribe lived on the Northwest Plateau, a race that combines agriculture and animal husbandry.

In spring, the arid grasslands on the sunny slopes of the mountains are used for grazing; in summer, they are transferred to grasslands with higher altitudes and lower temperatures to escape the heat and use pastures with a later growth period;

Although it is also migratory, it has a fixed range.

And they often open up fields in the riverside area and cultivate them in a slash-and-burn method to obtain additional food supplies for themselves and their herds, so they are also bound by the land.

For example, during the more than 100-year Qiang Rebellion, the Han Dynasty sent troops to crusade successively, and after the victory, tens of thousands of livestock could be captured at every turn.

However, every time the Han army defeated the Qiang tribe, because of the characteristics of the Zhou nationality in farming, they only defended around several cities and did not follow the living customs of the Qiang people.

As a result, about ten years after each crusade, the revived Qiang tribe would rebel again.

This is also one of the reasons why the once glorious Han was dragged into the quagmire of the Xiliang Qiang Rebellion War and exhausted his national power.

After rebelling against the Wei Dynasty and occupying the land of Longyou, it was inevitable that the Qiang and Hu tribes rebelled frequently.

Today, the great Han regained the land of Longyou again, and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang sent Jiang Wei to Taowang Qugu to win over Shenlang and Qiang but failed, which is also understandable.

Now that the Qiang Qiang of the Shenlang species has obtained a valley where they can thrive, they no longer have much aggressiveness.

Moreover, they also need to worry about whether the big Han will unite with other weak Qiang tribes to destroy them after the war losses!
Combining the weak and attacking the strong is the usual method used by the big men to protect Xiliang.

Regarding this, Jiang Wei was full of helplessness.

Although before being sent here, the prime minister told him that "if things are in harmony, you will be happy, and if you are not in harmony, you will let go".

But he was a little depressed, and always felt that he had failed the prime minister's high hopes.

Every time I return from Wangqu Valley with regret, I will drive away with ambition and hesitation the next day. I have been unyielding for two consecutive months.

He has won the wind of disease, beauty and simplicity, and he can't take it away when he is approaching the big festival.

By doing so, Fu Qian, who was young and grew up in Shu, was puzzled when he admired him.

Obviously, the heroes and commanders of the Qiang and Qiang tribes who participated in the wolf breed clearly refused, so why did Jiang Wei go there frequently?
Moreover, Yin Shang, who was sent by the prime minister to help him, has already made great achievements.

Well, like the Jiang surname, the Yin surname is also a common surname in Ji County, Tianshui, and his family is well-known in Longyou.

For example, Yin Feng, the prefect of Dunhuang against Wei Wei, is the same clan of Yin Shang who has already released five clothes.

Therefore, Yin Shang has already recruited many small tribes such as Laojie Qiang, Dangjian, Lejie, Zhongqiang and Fengyang Qiang in places such as Lintao, the Suoxi City ruins and the west of Didao. The contract has four thousand Yu Luo is enough to graze horses for the great Han in the land of Longyou.

At the time when the soldiers are raising their horses, half of the work has been done, why waste time on Shen Langqiang?

Fu Qian was a little perplexed, so he went to Zheng Pu privately to clarify his doubts.

After Zheng Pu heard this, he smiled and said nothing.

Because of the Qiang and Hu tribes in the northwest, they seldom distinguish between righteousness, good and evil, and mostly act out of heart.

For example, Dong Zhuo in the past, when his family was farming in Lintao for self-sufficiency, there was a Qiang handsome man who visited him. Dong Zhuo slaughtered the cattle and had a banquet, which made the handsome man feel his sincerity.After returning, he gathered more than a thousand heads of miscellaneous animals and gave them to Dong Zhuo, which also made Dong Zhuo famous and respected by Qiang Hu.After conquering the Quartet, Liangzhou Qianghu was always his direct descendant, and his death followed.

Now Jiang Wei sees that profit cannot be tempted, so he shows sincerity.

Since the leaders of the various tribes of the Wolf Breeding Qiang have made up their minds and cannot be forced, then the next best thing is to make friends with them.

In the future, when the great Han fights against the Wei Dynasty, there will be no worries.

For example, put an end to sending people against the Wei Dynasty, lure the generals of the Qiang tribes of the Shenlang tribe to attack Wudu County, and cut off the back of the Han Dynasty.

However, Zheng Pu did not directly answer Fu Qian's doubts.

Instead, he asked Jiang Wei to take Fu Qian as a follower and take him to Wangqu Valley to see and hear about it, hoping that he could understand the relationship by himself, and develop the habit of inferring other things from one instance in the future.

In this regard, Jiang Wei did not refuse.

Firstly, the prime minister was very different from Zheng Pu, and he forbade them to discuss more when working together in order to benefit each other.

The other is that these days, Zheng Pu gave him a very good sense.

For example, he never relied on his resume to comment on his recruitment of Qiang tribes, and whenever he asked him about the tactics of the anti-Wei army formation and the customs of the Northwest Qiang and Hu, his attitude did not take him lightly because he was a general.

Zijin is a human being, and he can be friends with him deeply.

This is Jiang Wei's assertion of Zheng Pu in his heart.

However, what he didn't know was that the biggest reason for Zheng Pu's friendly attitude towards him was that he regarded him as a fellow.

Unswervingly determined to restore the Central Plains, no matter how difficult the situation is, he will never change his original intention.

Moreover, Zheng Pu held different opinions on the strategy of recruiting ginseng wolf species Qiang to harass Wei Wei.

It's not that they questioned the prime minister's dispatch, nor did they not understand the prime minister's original intention of recruiting wolves to breed Qiang, but that the two had different temperaments, which led to differences in their plans.

The prime minister has a cautious temperament, and he is prudent because of the weak national power of the Han Dynasty.

The attitude towards the tribes of Shenlang Qiang is that even if they don't submit to the big man, they can't turn against him, lest they be won over by Ni Wei.

Let's caress and calm it first, and then slowly map it after the capture of Guanzhong in the future.

Zheng Pu, who has a ruthless temperament, is different.

He felt that other people should not be allowed to snore on the side of the couch.

In particular, I got to hear that Niwei led Xianbei into Guanzhong Youfufeng.

Since Niwei could give the land in Guanzhong to the Hulu Xianbei in order to fight against the big Han, it can also grant Longxi County to Shenlang Qiang in order to regain Longyou!
In this way, participating in wolves and planting Qiang has become a hidden danger behind the Han Dynasty.

After all, it is unrealistic to expect them to be bound by grace and righteousness, who are seldom literate and poor in etiquette.

Instead of being on guard against them all day long and keeping factors of instability in the rear, it is better to get rid of them as soon as possible!

Therefore, before rushing to Lintao to be stationed, Zheng Pu asked the prime minister in private and offered two strategies.

The first is provocation and division.

First let people spread rumors to drive a wedge between the various tribes and make them believe.

Then, based on their habit of "violating each other more, using strength as the hero", they secretly searched for one or two tribes to provide material and weapon support, breaking the current balance of power, and letting them break out again for mergers and mutual aggression.

And when the big man is watching the fire from the other side, he can keep looking for help from the weak side, which can make them fall into a long-term mutual attack.

Even if he didn't come to ask for attachment, he could still be weak and weak, unable to threaten the rear of the big man.

On the other hand, it is long-distance and short-term attack, and killing people with the help of a knife.

The Shaodangzhong Qiang entrenched outside Xihai and Xiping County, the tribal power has spread to the head of the Longxi River, and a war broke out with the Shenlangzhong Qiang for pastures such as Zhici River Valley and Xiqing Mountain.

Why don't you secretly make friends with Shaodang Qiang, and lure them south to expand the pasture territory with Shu brocade tea, weapons and other objects.

Dragging the various tribes of the Shenlang Qiang into the quagmire of war will make them have no time to separate themselves in the next few years, and will not be able to participate in the mutual conquests between the Han and Wei dynasties.

Even, some tribes who were defeated and lost their pastures would lead their crowds to seek the protection of the big man.

At that time, they can be migrated to Shu to register households and increase households for the imperial court!
Moreover, there is no need to worry that Shaodang Qiang will reject the proposal of the big man.

Expanding pastures, feeding more tribesmen, and strengthening strength are the only rules for the survival of the Qianghu tribe in Northwest China.Regardless of whether the big Han supports supplies or not, they will clash with the neighboring Sanlang Qiang.

Now that you can get funding, why not do it?
However, when Zheng Pu proposed this second strategy, the prime minister thought about it for a while, but finally rejected it.

"Zijin's strategy is not inappropriate, but too dangerous. If there is any carelessness, it will be set on fire. Today, I am a big man who has not yet stabilized the foundation of Longyou. I am willing to go against the side of Wei, so I can't take risks." .”

At that time, the prime minister's eyes were full of regret, and he said helpless words in a sense of loss.

Because of Zheng Pu's strategy, there are also hidden dangers.

Just as there is no wall that does not leak, the tribes of Shenlang Zhongqiang will know about Zheng Pu's conspiracy one day.

It is also true that he will fight to the death in anger, and even fight against Wei Wei's subordinates.

And after other Qianghu tribes heard about it, they would also renounce the big Han.

Before the big man has absolute strength to look down on the northwest and crush all dissidents, he must show his benevolence and righteousness to others, and compete with the violent against Wei for the hearts of the people.

Zheng Pu, whose remonstrance was rejected, knew the prime minister's concerns, but felt a little regretful.

However, no dismay.

It is the next best thing to ask the prime minister to secretly give special preferential treatment to the Shaodang Qiang tribe who came to trade.

For example, the price of Shu brocade tea and other things is reduced by two or three tenths.

Stimulate them to travel to and from Longyou more frequently in pursuit of profit.

Because from the West Sea to Longyou, the road of "Zhici River Valley-Xiqing Mountain-Taoshui River Valley" has been blocked by Shenlang Qiang.Shaodang Qiang can only pass through the Huangshui River Valley in Xiping County of Niwei, or through the river head of Tang Fan, the leader of the Qiang people.As long as the Shaodang Qiang tribe came and went frequently, with the dispositions of the various Qiang species, they would eventually be greedy and plunder them halfway.

At that time, either Tang Fan's land at the head of the river will be in constant flames of war!
Either Xiping County, which rebelled against the Wei Dynasty, was burned as a Qiang invader and was in turmoil!
If it is the former, the big man will have another way to make money.

In order to keep the land at the head of the river, Tang Fan, the leader of the Qiang people, must come to the big man to ask, and exchange cattle, sheep and horses for weapons, arrows and other supplies.Moreover, when the war continued, the consumption of supplies was quite huge.

If it was the latter, it would have delayed the time for the anti-Wei soldiers to leave Longyou.

However, it is a pity that this strategy is too slow and uncontrollable.

If the triggering time had already broken out in the Han and Wei dynasties, it would not be beneficial to the big man.

After all, there is no such thing as selling weapons and arrows during wartime; and once the army against Wei came out, Shaodang Qiang would not dare to invade Xiping County and draw the flames of war on itself.

This is also the reason why Zheng Pu regarded this strategy as the second best.

And Prime Minister Zhuge Liang took this strategy.

It also made Zheng Pu a little disappointed.

It's not that he feels that the prime minister is determined to seek stability in everything, but that he feels that people can't win.

In the final analysis, the national strength of the Han Dynasty is too weak.

Once things fail, all previous efforts will be wasted, so the prime minister can't let go, and dare not take risks.

In a blink of an eye, winter is approaching.

The bitter cold place in the northwest is extremely bleak.

Occasionally, a gust of new wind sweeps past, which is the loneliness and desolation of countless withered yellow leaves flying all over the sky.

Wushan Luomen gathered together, and Zheng Pu, who led the soldiers of the headquarters to Zhang Yi, galloped along the Weishui River to Ji County.

Jiang Wei was already acquainted with the generals of the Shenlang Qiang tribe in the Wangqu Valley area of ​​Lintao, so there was no need for Zheng Pu's garrison to intimidate the rear.

As for how long Jiang Wei will be stationed there, it may take at least one or two years.

The area from the ruins of Yinsuoxi City to Didao has become the Longyou war horse ranch and cavalry training ground of the Han Dynasty.

The prime minister thought that Jiang Wei was familiar with Qiang affairs, and he was familiar with riding and fighting, so he gave him an order to see if it was possible to recruit some Qiang Hubians as followers.

No matter how many or how many, even if only a hundred riders are raised, it will be beneficial to the big man after all.

That is to say, if there is no accident, Jiang Wei will also take the post of protecting Qiang school lieutenant in the future, and the direct subordinate headquarters will be dominated by Qiang people.

And Zheng Pu was called back by the prime minister in a hurry, because Hanyang County had a military situation.

General Wei Yan, the left general defending Hanyang County, reported to the prime minister that Xianbei rangers had frequently sent scouts into the county recently to investigate the military situation, fearing that Wei would soon send troops to fight against Wei.

The custom of the Han people is to tie their hair, while the Qiang people have their hair loose, and the Xianbei Karasuma has a kun.

The only way to join the Xianbei ranger scouts from Liangzhou is the bald army that Niwei introduced into Guanzhong.

Wei Yan's warning made the prime ministers of all the troops and horses of the Han Dynasty ordered to prepare for war.

As for why Zheng Pu didn't go to Hanyang, it was because the prime minister called him to discuss military affairs.

Since Ma Di was moved to Hanzhong County by the left, Zheng Pu was the only one who could discuss military strategy with the prime minister.

gallop all the way.

Returning to Ji County, the night is already falling.

Taking advantage of the occasion when the soldiers on duty came in to report, Zheng Pu took water to wash off the dust on his face, tidied up his clothes, and then entered the prime minister's office.

The prime minister, who hadn't seen each other for several months, changed slightly.

For example, the tiredness between the eyebrows and eyes is less, and the cheekbones are no longer lean and fleshy.

At the moment the prime minister is eating.

Unlike in the past, there was only one meat soup, one rice rice, one salt vegetable and miso soup, but there were more drinks and roasted lamb on the food table.

Perhaps, after the big man recaptured Longyou, the prime minister could feel at ease, and finally he no longer sighed day and night, and didn't know what to eat.

"Pu, meet the prime minister."

Still respectfully walking forward, Zheng Pu knelt down and raised his forehead with both hands, bowed his head and bowed, "I don't know that the prime minister is eating at night, but Pu actually disturbed me."

"Hehe~~~~"

Hearing this, the prime minister smiled coyly, and waved his hands, "Don't be too polite, sit down now. Well, Zijin hasn't used the evening food yet, right?" After asking, before Zheng Pu could answer, he called out again to change the servant to add another A food table, "Zijin, let's have a meal, and then talk about other things."

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for the meal."

When I was young, the meal was over.

After Zheng Pu went to fetch water to wash his hands and rinse his mouth, the prime minister handed over two small pieces of cloth.

Looking at the dim grease lamp, Zheng Pu fixed his eyes and read it carefully, but found that it was not the military situation of Ni Wei's upcoming attack.

One is the statement made by You Chu, the prefect of Longxi.

The other is a book written by Xu Miao, the governor of Wei Liangzhou who was transferred from You Chu.In the letter, it is claimed that Cao Rui rebelled against Wei Wei, emptied the position of Jiuqing and the title of Marquis, and waited to travel to Chu and return to Wei.

(End of this chapter)