Chapter 958 Strategy
The envoy left Liangzhou that day. After leaving the city, he was introduced by Yan Ding to a small fort named Guojiawu located at the junction of Wuwei and Wuxing counties— —Wuxing County, established after Liangzhou in Zhanggui Town, was used to resettle Qin and Yong refugees. It is located in the northwest of Guzang.
The castle owner’s name is Yin Han, and he is the son-in-law of the previous dock owner.
His wife Guo Fugui is really rich in appearance, her arms can run horses, her face is full of flesh, and she is stronger than ordinary men.
He can wear armor, ride a horse, and shoot arrows. He is extremely powerful.
Therefore, after discussing with the servants sent by Yan Ding, Yin Han decided to let Guo Fugui guard his home and pick a hundred horses to escort the envoy to Qinzhou.
They took the southern route, passing through the tunnel in Yanzhi Mountain and heading south to Jincheng County.
There is Jinxing County in the southwest of this county, which was established after Liangzhou in Zhanggui Town. It is roughly located in the Minhe area of Qinghai Province - basically Diqiang and Xianbei. It is actually a Jisi County.
Jincheng County goes south to Longxi County.
As an envoy, Xun Xu was observing all the way.
Wuwei was okay, but after entering Jincheng (today's Yuzhong), the number of Di and Qiang suddenly increased, and there were even many Jie people and Xidingling tribes who came all the way from the west to enter the Central Plains.
As local wealthy families, the influence of the Qu family and You family is still quite strong. The local saying goes: "Qu and You, there are countless cattle and sheep. Open the red gate in the south and look at the brothel in the north."
However, because they did not listen to Zhang Gui's orders in the early years and colluded with Sima Yong, the two families were hit hard by Zhang Gui. It was not until Zhang Gui sent troops to Qinzhou and surrendered Han Zhi, the governor of Longxi, that Jincheng County came under control.
The means of control are also very simple. They use military deterrence, and then support the Jincheng Di tribe to compete with the powerful Jin clans such as Qu and You.
Now that the You family is politically suppressed, the Qu family suffered heavy losses in the war with the Xiongnu in Guanzhong. The Di people's power has completely risen, and they have received continued support from the Shaofu (Liangzhou Governor's Office). Even the prefect It belongs to them - the counterpart to "Shaofu" is "Taifu", which is the Duke's Mansion of Xiping County.
When Xun Xu heard about this, the "killer instinct" of the nobles was activated, and he keenly sensed the opportunity.
If the imperial court bypasses Zhang Jun and directly grants the You and Qu clans the position of governor, can they be allowed to fight on their own?
Xun Xu felt that something was wrong.
You ask him to mobilize the army and formulate a strategy to conquer Liangzhou, but he doesn't understand.
But if you ask him to fan the flames and sow discord, he understands very well.
Unfortunately, this trip was very tight and there was no time to stay in Jincheng, but Xun Xu wrote it down.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a group of more than a hundred people encountered Sangcheng Town Rangers after entering Longxi.
After some negotiation, we entered the town that evening.
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Sangcheng Town is located on the west bank of Taoshui River and west of Didao County (now Lintao).
The so-called town is nothing more than a wooden fortress, and it didn't even have time to cover it with soil. It can be seen that it was built in a very hasty manner.
The number of town soldiers is 5,000, but there are actually 4,000.
Corresponding to the four thousand Xiongnu townspeople in Sangcheng Town, there is almost one child per household.
However, for this military and town system where soldiers and civilians are integrated, it does not make much sense to distinguish between soldiers and civilians.
When there is no war, everyone has to be busy with farm work, and the military town cannot afford to support many professional soldiers who are out of work.
When there is a war, strong men go to battle, and strong women, old men, and young men defend the city.
To be honest, it is somewhat similar to the Weisuo of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, but there are differences.
Because the town general has relatively great power and can appoint lower-level officials, the court will agree through the process and generally will not veto it.
Moreover, military towns are centered around powerful clans or tribal chiefs.
The heads of wealthy clans and tribal chiefs use their blood-related descendants as officers to form core troops, which are called "disciple soldiers." Then use the disciple soldiers to control more foreign townspeople and guard the border for the imperial court.
Some of the more outrageous frontier wealthy families gave birth to sons, and then all of them practiced martial arts and became proficient in bow and horse.
Historically, during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, there were no less than three thousand children of the Zhe family clan in Fugu (really capable of giving birth...). Most of them could ride horses and archery, and received military training since childhood.
This kind of clan soldiers have strong cohesiveness and high organization. They can fight tough and bitter battles, and are willing to fight to the death for their family's property (leaving home to fight will significantly reduce their combat effectiveness). They are a very good low-cost, A border defense force with high combat effectiveness, but——
Easy to rebel!
Although Shao Thief is not a human being in many cases, he knows the situation of all the people under his account very well.
Jin Kang, the general of Sangcheng Town, must be won over.
These four thousand Xiongnu families are almost all surrounded by Diqiang and Jie people. They have different customs and cultures, which are very eye-catching and look alike.
So he returned the old Jiexiu house of the Jin family, and gave the three brothers separate houses in Luoyang. He also rewarded many properties and would also appoint the younger generation of the Jin family as officials in the future.
After a series of tricks, Jin Kang was still working hard in Sangcheng.
Ringers were out in all directions, patrolling day and night, and also beat up several surrounding tribes, asking them to pay tribute regularly to solve part of the military town's food and wages.
When encountering a stubborn tribe, they would even send troops to attack and kill them to establish their authority.
When Xun Xu came to Sang Town, he saw more than a thousand households in a mess of people not far from the town.
On inquiry, these disheveled people turned out to be captured Qiang people.
Jin Kang asked them to reclaim the flat land along the river near the town and plant corn and wheat.
"He is a man who knows how to run a business." The appearance is too fierce, and it looks like a bandit. The town is too simple and cannot hide many people. When the enemy army attacks, some cattle, sheep, horses, old and weak women and children have to be moved."
"Soldier, let's not talk about it. There are not even tiger cubs in the town general's house. It's not easy to get up at night, but he still has to go out." "The bowl of meat I had at night almost vomited out. It was so fishy that there was no seasoning at all."
“Mountain Breeze It's cold and the white snow is so charming."
"I don't know how the king can deceive people in such a hard life."
The Yin Han who came to escort them was a little surprised. After taking a look at Xun Xu, aren't all frontier fortresses like this?
If you want to live a good life, you must at least have a family fortune like the You clan in Jincheng before you can build a high-rise building and open a wealthy family. But in those days, the You clan could not compare to the Guanzhong gentry, let alone the extravagant Guandong gentry.
"Is Chief Xun here to deliver a letter or to inspect?" Jin Kang's voice sounded from a distance.
Xun Xu smiled and stopped talking.
Jin Kang glanced at Yin Han and others.
Yin Han resigned voluntarily and took his guards to camp far away.
Jin Kang looked at Xun Xu again and asked: "How is the military power?"
After mentioning the business, Xun Xu also became serious and said: "I'm afraid we still have to fight."
Jin Kang was a little silent.
The strength he has at hand is only 4,000 Xiongnu families. He previously incorporated more than 2,000 Shiwu remnant families, and recently captured more than 1,000 Qiang families, but he has not had time to integrate them. Not only can he not send any troops in a short time To use it, you have to send someone to monitor them.
If we really want to attack Liangzhou, Longxi, Anding, Tianshui, Nan'an, Lueyang and other counties will form the Southern Route Army and join forces to attack the three counties of Jincheng, Jinxing and Xiping south of Yanzhi Mountain.
Sangcheng Town will definitely mobilize in large numbers.
"What's wrong with Yang Nandi?" Xun Xu asked.
"The winter is still disturbing Yinping. Many tribes have rebelled, and Yinping may not be protected." Jin Kang said.
Xun Xu frowned.
He is not ignorant at all. Places like Yinping and Wudu have complicated terrain and are full of Di and Qiang people. You can win, but you can't garrison them for a long time. And as soon as the troops withdrew, they came back to fight.
It is unrealistic to say that all the local people were massacred. Once you do not use both suppression and appeasement, but rush to kill people, the intensity of the battle will be different. You may be ambushed by others using the terrain and suffer a big defeat, unlike when you use both suppression and appeasement, you will not be as interesting and desperate as you are. Resistance.
Furthermore, they may have run away before you came over. You went out in a big way and with great momentum. In the end, you didn't catch a single hair and wasted countless money and food.
This is the most troublesome part.
In the end, I'm afraid I will have to appease him, even if I don't appease Yang Nandi, I will have to appease his subordinates.
If other tribes and soldiers are forced to counter-rebellion, regardless of their wishes, the counter-rebellion army may become rebels on the spot. This is not impossible.
To the west of Chang'an, the barbarians have become very violent, and this is the virtue.
"General Jin, do you think Liangzhou should be attacked?" Xun Xu frowned.
"In my opinion, it is still appropriate to appease him." Jin Kang said.
“Why do you say that?”
“Zhang’s soldiers are actually the soldiers of the imperial court. Who benefits if we fight them all?” Jin Kang said: “Don’t look at the eleven people under Zhang Jun’s rule. County, but how far can his decree travel? The Xianbei, Diqiang, Jiezhong, and Xiongnu are full of pits and valleys. If Zhang's troops are defeated, The imperial court still has to send troops. What I am talking about is not to recruit the Zhang family, but to recruit other Liangzhou generals and chiefs. After that, everything will be the same as before. Liangzhou can still be called a vassal. It’s the same for both Ba and Tu, just maintain a general level of obedience and don’t take everything too seriously.”
Xun Xu was amused by his words and said: "Do you dare to say this in front of King Liang?"
Jin Kang said: "I also think about the court. It's not that easy to eat it in one go. I have to work hard to go on an expedition. , It’s not that simple. I think your Majesty is quite flexible. If Jiangnan doesn’t farm, won’t you be deceived?”
Xun Xu’s face suddenly turned ugly.
Jin Kang laughed.
“That’s all, I was just joking.” Jin Kang’s smile faded and he said, “Bring the letter, I’ll send someone to Chang’an.”
"How to send it?"
"My family will go to Luoyang tomorrow, and the letter can go with them."
"No." Xun Xu said: "This matter is urgent and needs to be We have to send strong and skilled equestrians, one person and five horses, to rush to Luoyang."
"So urgent?" Jin Kang was puzzled: "Isn't the king waiting to give in? How can he want to fight?"
"Not necessarily." , only said: "This is the order of Honglu Chengyu Gong."
When Jin Kang heard Yu Mi's name, he stopped refusing and said, "Okay, I'll select the athletes and set off overnight."
Xun Xu nodded and asked someone to fetch the wooden box containing the letter. Leave it to Jin Kang.
Jin Kang ordered more than ten horses on the spot, with five horses per person, took the wooden box, and hurriedly disappeared into the night, heading straight to Chang'an.
When the relay of letters arrived in Luoyang, it was already the second half of the first month.
At this time, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty had changed.
There are some good people in the market who are very "venomous" and say that this is "Emperor Jin Gong"...
(End of this chapter)