Shu Chen

Chapter 170
Power resides in the human heart.

Even a small person can cast a huge shadow under the light of a torch.

Yang Fu, whose beard and hair are frosty and white, is not tall, and is as thin as a dead tree outside the Great Wall due to lack of water.For such an old man, any one of the frontiers could have his life withered with a light swing of a knife.

But when he rode his horse slowly into Wuwei County and headed for Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, the Qiang Hu or Han family officials along the way all bowed their heads and gave way to the side, showing great respect.

Not only because of the excellent official reputation of respecting Yang Fu for many years, but also because of his achievements in expelling Ma Chao from Liangzhou.

He is now the governor of Liangzhou.

In addition, he was the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions of Chijie, Jiashizhong, and was granted the title of Marquis of Tingdu.

It's just that, with all kinds of favors gathered in him, he didn't feel the slightest joy in his heart.

His ambition in this life is to "be the farmer in the morning and go to the Tianzitang in the evening" to show his talents and learn, and report it to the imperial court, the officials and the people!
There is no ambition to separate.

This is also the reason why he was awarded so many honors by Wei Tianzi Cao Rui and succeeded Xu Miao, governor of Yongzhou.

For this reason, he was extremely disappointed.

Because he is a staunch opponent of the policy of "people on the side governing the side", and was once a victim of Liangzhou's separatist regime.

In the past when Liangzhou was in turmoil, all kinds of ambitious people appeared on the stage. He avenged the old governor of Liangzhou, Wei Kang, and his clan Kun brothers were killed and injured countless times.After finally waiting for Wei Wu Cao Cao to send Xia Houyuan to the right, and then return to Liangzhou, I thought that Liangzhou's hometown would be stable from then on.

Unexpectedly, when I was old, I met today's son who once again indulged the separatist regime.

Let his elders in the village once again welcome the future of being reduced to the bones of the horseshoes of careerists from all walks of life!
Youyou heaven, why do you play tricks on people?

With melancholy, he dismounted at the Governor's Mansion, waved his hand lightly to disperse the greeting assistants, then smiled wryly at an old man with the same gray beard and haggard face, "Ci Zeng, I will wait for the descendants of my nephew and nephew." , can you still enjoy reading and hunting carefree on the banks of the Wei River in Longshan Mountain?"

Cizeng is Yin Feng's watchword.

They are also from Tianshui. In the past, he, Zhao Ang and Yang Fu became famous all over the world; they also drove out Ma Chao together.

Now that Zhao Ang has passed away, he, who was the prefect of Dunhuang, was transferred to the prefect of Wuwei, and he was added as a general to fight against the rebels. Together with Yang Fu, he urged Liangzhou Haoyou to resist against Shu.

"For future generations, let future generations worry about it."

Hearing this, Yin Feng was also silent for a while, and Fang sighed, "Yishan, we are both getting old, so we don't need to worry too much about it, and let's do our best to obey the destiny."

Yang Fu was silent.

"Ugh"

After a long time, he said in a low tone, "Forget it, let's do our best."

Similar melancholy is also staged in the official road of Xiping County.

They are the new Xiping prefect Pang Yu and Li Feng school lieutenant Yang Feng.

Pang Hao, a native of the Biao family in Jiuquan.

His mother, Zhao E, became famous in Liangzhou for avenging his father, while he was famous for his loyalty and a righteous man in Liangzhou.When Hexi was in great turmoil, he disregarded his family and life as the savior officer; if he couldn't save it, he collected the corpse and kept it in mourning for three years.

Later, he was made a vassal by Cao Cao of Wei Wu; 【Note 1】

This time, because of his great prestige, he was highly respected by the Qianghu tribe, and he once served as the Po Qiang chief of Xiping County, so Cao Rui turned him into the prefect of Xiping. Under the banner of Wei State, he fought against Shu.

Yang Feng is a famous ranger in Liangzhou.

His style name is Boyang, from Jiuquan.When he was young, he often took revenge and resolved grievances. People at the time called him: "The Prime Minister of the East Market will kill Yang Aruo, and the Prime Minister of the West Market will kill Yang Aruo."

In the middle of Jian'an, there was great disturbance in Hexi. It was unjust for him to besiege the government with Hao You, so he spontaneously ran for the prefect.Later, with his own prestige, he went into the Qiang to find the leader of the Qiang Hu and borrowed more than a thousand horses to serve him, and worked with the government to suppress the rebellion.

When the rebellion was over, he was promoted by the county to be filial and honest, and the state showed his righteousness and bravery. He was ordered to worship the son-in-law as the captain.

Now, Cao Rui thought that he could win the Qianghu tribe to death, so he made him Pang Li's deputy.

It's just that after they got the appointment, they were also unhappy in their hearts, because what the two of them endowed was "righteousness"!

Wei and Han contended for orthodoxy, and even indulged the arrogance and right to separatize the fish and meat people, is it still righteous?

Naturally, some people feel sad, while others are inexplicably happy.

It is Jiuquan Haoyou Huanghua.

At the beginning, he, Wuwei Yan Jun, Zhangye Heluan, Xiping Quyan and others called themselves generals, and jointly raised the county and turned against him.However, due to internal discord and mutual attack, the power declined, so they had no choice but to surrender.

Later, together with Qu Yan, he colluded with Zhang Jin of Zhangye County and the Hulu tribe of Wuwei County to rebel.

However, as Zhang Jin and Qu Yan were defeated and killed one after another, he had no choice but to surrender again and was transferred to the Kanto.

Now the emperor Cao Rui let him come back!

And he was appointed as the prefect of Jiuquan in this county!

As a result, the ambition in his heart is as vibrant as a spring on a dead tree.

Even if he knew clearly that the emperor Cao Rui had set many restrictions, and asked him to prepare his troops for battle, and follow the orders of Xia Houru, who had just turned into the general who conquered the west, to jointly resist against Shu, he was extremely excited.

Isn't it just to sow his prestige in the county?

In the same way, isn't resisting Nishu the same as keeping one's own separatist territory?

Why not!

Furthermore, when his prestige made all the scholars in the county bow their heads and obey orders, it was Xia Houru's turn to beg him to send troops!

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However, Huang Hua is not the biggest beneficiary of the policy of "people on the side governing the side".

The Zhang family in Dunhuang County, Fang is the biggest winner.

Zhang Gong, known for his learning and deeds and his kindness and trustworthiness, was the earliest meritorious Cao in Dunhuang County.

During the Great Disturbance in Hexi, the prefect Ma Ai died in office, and he was promoted by the county people to carry out long-term history. He sent his son to the east and Wei Wu Cao Cao invited the prefect to take up the post; don't send his younger brother Zhang Hua to attack the rebellious Jiuquansha Tou and Qianqi counties; don't send two hundred cavalry to welcome the officials and officials, and the new prefect Yin Feng enters the county.

After Cao Pi came to the throne, he recorded his previous achievements and issued an imperial edict to praise him, bestowing him the title of Marquis of Guannei, and worshiping him as the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions.

Later, he wanted to be recruited into Luoyang, and he would be granted the position of courtier, and his son Zhang would succeed Wuji Xiaowei.But after Zhang Gong returned to Dunhuang, his county, he refused to leave his hometown because he was old and sick.

Now, Cao Rui ordered him to join Luo again, and he went happily.

Because his younger brother Zhang Hua was awarded the prefect of Xihai, and his son Zhang was awarded the prefect of Dunhuang!
He became the most powerful Haoyou in Liangzhou.

And before he left for Luo, he had a private meeting with Huang Hua.

Well, the Zhang family has a feud with Huang Hua.

During the Great Disturbance in Hexi, part of the Zhang family's achievements were based on the rebellion against Huanghua.It's just that, now that the two families are officials in the same dynasty and are connected to the county, some things can be selectively forgotten in the face of common interests.

Liangzhou Hao is right, it is normal to combine and divide.

Just like Han Sui and Ma Teng in the past, they attacked each other after making an appointment as brothers, and made alliance after killing their wives and sons.
Among them, the filth of interest disputes is not mentioned.

After indulging the power of Haoyou in Liangzhou, the temples of Wei State also adjusted the responsibilities of the garrisons of various ministries.

In order to prevent the advance of Nishu and prepare for the recovery of Liangzhou in the future.

Xia Houru, the general who conquered the west, led his headquarters into the Wushui River Basin to station and farm for self-sufficiency.

On the one hand, it was the begging tribe of Xianbei who threatened the vitally injured to surrender.

Even if they no longer send troops to accompany the conscripts, it is not bad to pay tribute to some cattle, sheep, war horses and some food for the garrison.

Another reason is to prevent other Xianbei and Hun tribes living in the Hetao Plain from taking the opportunity to collude with Liangzhou Hao, so that Liangzhou can completely break away from Wei's control.

Guo Huai was the successor of the Zhengshu Guard, and his powers remained the same.

Still supervising the military affairs of Jincheng and the second counties of Xiping, the first line of defense against Shu.

However, he ushered in a general.

It was Pang Hui, the son of Pang De, who was nicknamed "Marquis Zhuang".

Pang De is a native of Nan'an, and he was subordinate to Ma Teng. He often fell into Chen Que's enemy in every battle, and won the whole army bravely; kill.

It also allowed the offspring to be treated preferentially by Cao Wei.

Now that Pang Hui has grown up, and it coincides with Liangzhou's eventful autumn, the emperor Cao Rui appointed him to be the general Liyi who was ahead of his father, and sent him to Guo Huai for dispatch.I want to use him as an example of "a thousand gold and a city bone" to show others the imperial court's favor for Jiu Xun.

On the other side of Guanzhong, after the great Sima Cao Zhen returned from leading the army, he began to appease Li Shu, persuade Nongsang, and make a large-scale military settlement.

It seems that he intends to extinguish his ambition to conquer Nishu.

The only mobilization of soldiers and horses was to transfer Wei Ping to Beidi County; let Xia Houba succeed him, and led more than ten thousand people to settle in Jingyang County, Anding County, to appease the local area.

For example, be on guard against the Xiutu branch of the Huns.

Master Wei Baosai, Hu Bo, is in a post, and has led the tribe to migrate some distance north, and no longer obeys the order of Wei State; he is also in frequent contact with the Qiang tribe in Beidi County, but his intention is not clear.With the current situation, it is impossible for Wei Guo to send troops to attack in order to avoid extra problems, so let Xia Houba watch it first.

In addition, Cao Zhen also sent General Fei Yao to lead more than [-] people to guard the camp outside Xiaoguan along the Jing River.

It is only a passive defense of the camp.

Because leaving Xiaoguan from Longyou, the terrain is condescending.

No matter how many troops Wei Guo sent to defend outside, Ni Shu would have a clear insight into the truth and reality at a glance.

It is impossible to prevent Nishu from sending troops.

For this reason, Cao Zhen asked General Fei Yao to guard the Tao and act as an outpost to guard against the enemy.

If you send troops against Shu, you can send a message back as soon as possible, so that the army in Guanzhong will be ready to meet the enemy.

Naturally, Wei Guo's large-scale deployment cannot be hidden from the fine work of the big man.

After the prime minister Zhuge Liang heard about it, he also dispatched troops and horses accordingly, and made preparations to attack Liangzhou.

When Cao Zhen retreated against Wei Wei earlier, the Han army did not pursue him.

On the one hand, the strength of the Wei army still exists.

Against Wei, if the army is defeated and retreats, the elite soldiers must be left behind, and they may be ambushed if they pursue suddenly; and the continuous heavy rain is not conducive to marching.

On the other hand, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties.

Under the attack against the Wei Dynasty regardless of casualties, even if the troops and horses of the Han army defended against danger, more than ten thousand soldiers died in battle or were disabled and retired.This time, more people were killed in the battle against Wei, and Xiaoguan was recaptured, which is already a remarkable achievement, there is no need to cause more casualties.

Furthermore, the foundation of the big man is still weaker after all.

The [-] troops have been fighting fiercely for nearly two months, and they have lost countless food, fodder and luggage, which seems to be unsustainable.

At least the Soochow grain and fodder obtained from the war horse trade in the past has been exhausted.

Therefore, except for a few generals who had other affairs, the prime minister sent all the troops back to their previous garrisons, and continued to practice martial arts while farming for self-sufficiency, waiting for the opportunity to attack Liangzhou when there was enough food and fodder.

The soldiers and horses that can't take off their armor are Li Yan, Wu Ban, Ma Dai and Jiang Wei.

Among them, Wu Banbu took over from Zheng Pu's department to defend Xiaoguan.

And Li Yan and other three groups marched into Wangqu Valley in Longxi County.

After retiring against the Wei Dynasty, the Shenlang Qiang who had been unwilling to surrender to the Han Dynasty, it is time to solve it.

Otherwise, when they march into Liangzhou in the future, they will need to keep soldiers and horses to guard them.

And Li Yan asked for orders to lead the expedition a long time ago.

This time, he just happened to be in charge of the various ministries, using the Shenlang Qiang species as a sharpening stone, and familiarizing himself with the combat skills of the Qiang and Hu tribes in the northwest.
As for why Jiang Wei followed suit?
It was the prime minister who wanted him to accumulate meritorious service and establish prestige in the army.

Now that the Three Kingdoms are vying for supremacy, the enemy will confer titles in the future to show their favor.

This is why Jiang Weifu was granted the title of Marquis as soon as he entered the Han Dynasty.

But the prime minister valued his talent and learning, and treated him very seriously, and even granted him military power, which made the generals in the army somewhat dissatisfied.

Let me just ask, they were all born and died for many years before they were authorized to lead an army, and Jiang Weifu became the governor as soon as he arrived, who has no slander in his heart?

Naturally, everyone would not slander the prime minister.

She has no scruples about slandering him.

When resisting against the Wei Dynasty this time, the prime minister specially asked him to guard the Lianyun Plank Road connecting Baoxie Valley and Chencang Road without being restrained by others, just to let him take this opportunity to prove his ability.

And when the prime minister called Li Yan in private, he added a sentence.

"If you listen, you will understand. When I supervised the battle, I often asked Zheng Zijin to participate in military affairs and make suggestions. Now Zhengfang is also in charge of various ministries. There should be one person who can consult military affairs. Jiang Boyue is also a sergeant in Liangzhou! Planning and planning may be slightly inferior to Zijin, but if Zheng Fang has any doubts about his familiarity with Qiang Hu, he can ask more questions."

For a person who can be praised so highly by the prime minister, Li Yan naturally looks at him differently.

And Zheng Pu's ability to plan, he already knows; Jiang Weiruo is only slightly inferior, and he is also a leader of the big man!
Therefore, when he dispatched troops, he often kept Jiang Wei by his side and asked him from time to time.

In addition to military affairs, the prime minister also had countermeasures against Wei Wei's connivance of Liangzhou's tyrants and right separatists.

It was the imperial court who moved to Chu to be the prefect of Shu County, and let his family move to Qixian County, Guanghan, where he was born.

The old system of the Han Dynasty, people from the frontier are not allowed to move inland!

For since ancient times, the Borderlands have also been the Lands of Exile.

Most of the Han family members who live here are the descendants of the defending soldiers who disarmed and returned to the fields, criminal officials, prisoners, and impoverished frontier and Guizhou heads.

Even if there are some families that have gone through hundreds of years of struggle and achieved generations of Zanying families, are loyal to the court and have made many meritorious deeds, they are still despised by the Kanto family.

The reason is very sad: it has the style of Hulu!Even has Hulu blood!
From the root of blood and cultural etiquette, the identity of the Han family of the people on the frontier was rejected.

Just like Zhang Huan, one of the Liangzhou Sanming who made great military exploits in the past, and Zhang Huan who spent his whole life in chaos for the Han Dynasty.

He was originally from Yuanquan, Dunhuang, and he was rewarded for meritorious service after a great victory. He declined all rewards, and only begged Emperor Ling Liu Hong to move his family's native place inland, and then moved to Huayin County, Hongnong County because of his meritorious service. Household registration.

Today, the Prime Minister asked You Chu, who is the native place of Wuwei, to move his family inland, just to use this as an example to show kindness and temptation to Liangzhou Haoyou: If you are willing to surrender to the big man, you can move inward, so that future generations can get rid of the "border bum" Let the family become a distinguished family that will not be despised by others in the future!
As for Zheng Pu, he led the army back to Ji County.
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[Note 1: The Xihai County established by Wang Mang is in the west of Xiping County (Qinghai), and will be abolished later.During the Jian'an period of Emperor Xian, the Juyan vassal state of Zhangye County was changed to Xihai County. 】

(End of this chapter)