People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 183 All three counties surrender
The next day!

Under Huang Jun's watchful eye, the tens of thousands of troops gradually moved away until they disappeared completely.

Six thousand Yi Cong, six thousand Wuwei cavalry, and more than 1 cavalry, with a total of more than [-] soldiers.

After the army left, Huang Jun's complexion gradually became complicated. After all, he has become the minister of others.

If it were said that Huang Jun sincerely submitted to Li Wenhou, even he himself would not believe it.

In the end, Huang Jun's complexion gradually calmed down, and he couldn't help but think in his heart:
"Li Wenhou is also quite capable. He makes the court helpless. With such a large army, no one can fight against him. As long as he can be the prefect of Wuwei, as long as he can keep his wealth and wealth, it is no problem to be his courtier. When the court comes, or when he weakens, I will find a way to join the court and break away from him. At worst, I will abandon my official position and go home. I am so smart!"

On the other side, Li Wenhou's army has always been marching at the highest speed. Although there are many Hu tribes in Zhangye, Li Xiong and Li Hu have basically cleaned up and found out the most convenient way.

The previous news is sent back every day, including the five or six thousand Hu people, women and children they seized, and more than 8 cattle, sheep and war horses, all of which were placed in the Shandan Racecourse.

Li Wenhou was very happy. As for why they insisted not to kill those who surrendered when they were in Hehuang, it was because Hehuang was their hometown.

In this day and age, regional concepts are valued more than ethnic concepts. You are from Jincheng, you are from Liangzhou, and you are from Kansai...

To be honest, because Liangzhou is mixed with Hu and Han, many people in other places call the people in Liangzhou barbarians, whether they are Han, Qiang, or Di...the area is black.

who is it?

Much depends on where he is!
None of the Qiang people in Hehuang had heard of Li Wenhou's reputation. As long as the chiefs who could make the decision were captured, the rest of the Qiang people would no longer fight desperately and could be easily recruited.

Two days later, the army arrived at the Shandan Racecourse. All the soldiers were very excited after seeing the women and the animals.

In particular, Li Wenhou directly promised:
"After this battle is over, all the conquests will be rewarded to the meritorious soldiers. Those who died in battle or those who were injured will be given more livestock as compensation. Those who were not killed or injured in battle, but still made great contributions, will be given more Hu women and children. They can be wives or concubines. Those cubs can be raised if they want, and if they don't want to, they can be replaced with green salt or cloth..."

As for those cubs, if no one wants to raise them, they will naturally be thrown into salt ponds or mines to become salt slaves or mine slaves. There is probably no chance of them being free again.

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers became more and more excited, even among the six thousand Wuwei infantry, there were quite a few of them who were single.

Another day later, the army finally arrived at Zhide, Zhangye County, which is already the central area of ​​the Hexi Corridor.

As long as you go north, cross Ruoshui first, and then cross Heli Mountain, you will be Zhangye's vassal state, then continue northward along Ruoshui, you will be Juyan's vassal state, and finally you can reach Juyanze, where there is a complete set of defense lines, Zhelu Barrier, Juyan, and Jiaqusai.

Speaking of Gou De, Li Xiong and Li Hu have led troops to besiege the city for two days, showing off their power every day, with tens of thousands of cavalry galloping, directly turning it into an isolated city.

It's not that the people in the city didn't ask for help, but within half an hour, the people who were sent to ask for help would be brought back. Sometimes they were living people, sometimes they were dead people, but they all brought back without missing a single one.

This made the city even more frightened. From the prefect of Zhangye to the ordinary people, no one did not feel terrified. After all, it was a "one hundred thousand army".

Today, when Li Wenhou came with his troops, seeing the so-called [-] troops, the Zhangye prefect began to waver. He also saw the Wuwei military flag and Huang Jun's letter of persuasion, and learned that he could still serve as the Zhangye prefect, but he needed to hand over the county soldiers.

So the prefect of Zhangye surrendered in Kaesong. Although military power is also very important, the position of prefect and his own life are more important.

Fighting without bloodshed, once again seized the land of a county!
Then, while taking over the rest of the counties, they studied the marching plan.

Now to the west is Jiuquan, and if it is to the north, it is the vassal state of Zhangye, but it was quickly decided to go west first, capture the remaining two counties, and then concentrate its forces to attack the two vassal states.

Soon Li Xiong and Li Hu set off west again with the left and right cavalry. As they went deeper into the Hexi Corridor, the surrounding environment changed again. Although Jiuquan still had abundant water from the Qilian Mountains, there was no Yanzhi Mountain in the north of Jiuquan to resist the yellow sand and cold wind.

It can be seen that the place near the water source is still lush with vegetation, but the place far away from the water source is already a little desolate, and you can still see bare mountain peaks.

This used to be Hudi, but now it is Handi. Hundreds of years of walking back and forth have formed roads, and these roads lead directly to the city.

It solved a lot of troubles for them, otherwise it would be the same in all directions, and it would be really easy to get lost in the grassland.

It took another four days, the left and right cavalry repeatedly confirmed the road, and finally surrounded Lufu, the governor of Jiuquan County!
Huang Yan, the prefect of Jiuquan, was startled, and then quickly climbed to the top of the city. Looking at the tens of thousands of cavalry, he suddenly panicked.

Although his surname is Huang, he has nothing to do with the Huang family in Jiuquan, just the same surname.

One of the three mutual laws of the Han Dynasty stated that a local person cannot be a local official. Although he is a prefect, there is nothing to be a prefect in a remote and poor county like Jiuquan.

And it was very dangerous, just like the current situation, surrounded by tens of thousands of cavalry, he immediately thought of fleeing.

It's just that Jiuquan is vast and sparsely populated. If he leaves the city now, he will definitely not be able to outrun the cavalry.

He was anxious and afraid, and four days later, Li Wenhou led the army to arrive, allowing him to surrender and retain his official position.

Huang Yan waved his hand and directly surrendered. As the prefect of a poor place like Jiuquan, as long as he can save his life, he can surrender, not to mention that he can keep his official position now, and he can make a decision without even thinking about it.

Without spending a single soldier, the four Hexi counties have already won three of them. Li Wenhou laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. If he knew it was so easy to fight, he would have fought over.

The area of ​​each of the four counties in Hexi is not smaller than that of Jincheng. He got three Jincheng for nothing, and now there is another Jincheng waiting for him.

After six days of marching on the road, it was next to Di Zhishui, in the city of Dunhuang, the prefecture of Dunhuang.

Li Wenhou forced the surrender of the last prefect, the prefect of Dunhuang, and completely occupied the four counties in Hexi.

Yangguan and Yumenguan were all occupied by him, but when they got here, they would withdraw their troops.

It is not suitable to send troops to the Western Regions now, one is the lack of logistics and supplies, and the other is that it is summer at this time.

After two passes, it is the long Bailongdui, or it is also suitable to call it the bone pile, because the saltwater lake of Lop Nur, Bailongdui is a desolate saline-alkali land, where no grass grows and there is a lack of fresh water.

This season is especially hot. Anyway, in July and August every year, even those businessmen dare not enter it.

There are countless people who died inside!

It's time to withdraw our troops, prepare to concentrate our forces and attack the two major vassal states!

　I won’t start writing about the surrender of the four counties in Hexi. In the original history, some of them rebelled with Han Sui and Ma Teng, and they lacked loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
　　Save time, there are still big dramas to be written in the Central Plains

　　
　
(End of this chapter)