Chapter 424 Dong Felt’s methods
The Gsisiluo tribe who helped the Qiang people deal with the Hehuang Tubo people suddenly turned their guns and joined forces with the Hehuang Tubo people to attack the Qiang people.
The Qiang people had no precautions and were annexed directly.
By the time the news reached Xixia, the Xixia tribe had completely taken control of Hehuang.
At the same time, the people who stayed on the plateau also began to migrate to Hehuang.
"Bang!"
In the main hall of the Liao Palace, after hearing the news, Li Liangzuo slammed the tea cup out.
At this time, he still didn't know that Zusiluo's promise to help the Qiang people was just a pretense, with the purpose of migrating to Hehuang.
Li Liangzuo didn't think about it at all at first.
After all, he never imagined that Zunsiluobu would give up the plateau with greater development potential and go to Hehuang with little development potential.
The most important thing is that he doesn't understand why the Tibetans in Hehuang agreed to let Xi Siluo enter Hehuang and take refuge directly.
Aren't they afraid of being annexed by Zunsiluobu?
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure it out, but this was not the time to think about this, but to find a way to stop this.
Otherwise, what is the point of Xixia occupying a plateau with no people at all?
It is not just the territory that restricts the development of Xixia, but also the population.
Even for Xixia, population is more important than territory.
Xixia only has a population of a few million. As the territory becomes larger, the area for defense also increases. Only increasing the territory without increasing the population is of little significance to Xixia.
Li Liangzuo immediately ordered people to summon the important officials of the court to discuss countermeasures.
"Your Majesty, this matter must be a treacherous plot of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty wants the Xisiluo tribe to enter Hehuang, so that Daxia can only occupy an open space. In my opinion, we should immediately send troops to attack the Zusiluo tribe."< br>
"No, I think we should wait until the Xisiluo tribe enters Hehuang before sending troops. In this way, Hehuang can also be annexed in one fell swoop."
"But if you do this, the Song Dynasty will definitely not let it go. Now is not the time to start a war with the Song Dynasty."
"What are you afraid of? The Song Dynasty is weak and can be bullied. If the Xia Dynasty launches troops against Hehuang, the Song Dynasty will definitely not dare to really intervene."
"In the past, when the Susiluo tribe helped the Qiang people, I said that we should send troops to stop it. However, the prime minister said not to interfere and let the Zunsiluo tribe spend their troops in Hehuang so that they could use troops against the Zunsiluo tribe next year. Now it's better. The Xisiluo tribe annexed the Hehuang Qiang people and Tubo, and their strength increased instead of decreasing. ”
When Li Liangzuo occupied Hehuang and was migrating the people to Hehuang, the court suddenly became a mess.
Some people even used this to criticize Liang Guangchuan.
Liang Guangchuan, a Han, became the prime minister of Xixia and won the trust of Li Liangzuo. Naturally, he made many party officials dissatisfied.
Li Liangzuo looked at Liang Guangchuan, who was expressionless and silent, then pressed his hands, waited for the hall to quiet down, and said, "What does the prime minister think of this matter?"
"Your Majesty, it is not suitable to send troops at this time. I think Wu Shangshu is right. We should wait until the Xisiluo tribe enters Hehuang and then directly attack Hehuang!" Liang Guangchuan said.
"The prime minister's proposal is really a good idea!"
A clan general looked sarcastic and said: "Is it possible that the Song Dynasty will watch the attack on Hehuang? Even if the Song Dynasty really does not intervene, the strength of the Xisiluo tribe has greatly increased after annexing Hehuang, and taking Hehuang will still consume a lot of troops.
Could it be that the Prime Minister has reached some agreement with the Song Dynasty? ”
Liang Guangchuan faced the sarcasm and said with a calm expression: "The Hehuang Tubo tribe can convince Hehuang Tubo to agree, which is nothing more than a promise to their independence. For Hehuang Tubo, both the Great Xia and the Song Dynasty are much stronger than them. Although you are better than them, you are still limited.
But after entering Hehuang, the Zusiluo tribe would definitely not be willing to occupy only a part of the territory.
As long as they are divided and united, Hehuang will be in chaos, and it does not take much effort to capture Hehuang. ”
"As for the Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry. The Song Dynasty built the Great Wall in the north, which has not been repaired yet, but the civil strife in Liao is about to subside. By then, the Song Dynasty will certainly not tolerate the construction of a Great Wall in the north to resist the Liao Kingdom.
It's too late for Da Song to have a headache. It's impossible for Da Xia to start a war with me! ”
"This is just the prime minister's conjecture. If the Song Dynasty intervened, could the prime minister still persuade the Song Dynasty to withdraw its troops?"
"It often snows heavily on the plateau now, and even Zhisiluo has set a trap. Is General Li confident that he can lead his troops to destroy Zushiluo's tribe at this time?" Liang Guangchuan retorted.
"I..."
The clan general opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything big.
As Liang Guangchuan said, it often snows heavily at this time on the plateau. Once heavy snow blocks roads, it will be difficult to transport supplies in time.
Moreover, it is impossible for Zunsiluo to move without precautions.
He didn't dare to boast to Haikou that he could lead his troops to destroy the Gusilu tribe.
However, Li Liangzuo understood what Liang Guangchuan meant. It was too late to stop him at this time, and he had no other choice.
"Then we will send troops next year. If the Song Dynasty intervenes, then we will fight with the Song Dynasty!" Li Liangzuo said coldly.
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While discussing with Xixia, Zhao Xing also received the news that Dong Xiang had occupied Hehuang.
In comparison, Zhao Xing knew more in detail because Wang Shao was in Dong Xiang's army.
Dong Xiang accepted Wang Shao's plan and agreed to the Qiang people's request for help.
According to Wang Shao's original plan, he was to help the Qiang people deal with the Tubo tribe in Hehuang, and then turn around and annex the Tubo tribes in Hehuang.
However, without Wang Shao's knowledge, Dong Fei secretly contacted the leaders of the Hehuang and Tubo tribes and promised to allow them to stand on their own and form an alliance to resist the Song Dynasty and Xixia. After receiving the support of the Hehuang and Tubo tribes, he turned around and The Qiang people annexed it.
Not only did it not take much effort, it even annexed the remnants of the Qiang tribe, increasing its strength a lot.
In fact, Wang Shao also thought of this method, but Wang Shao did not tell Dong Xiang, but asked him to destroy Hehuang and Tubo first, and then annex the Qiang people.
Wang Shao did this because he was worried about the dangers of raising tigers, even though Hehuang's development potential was limited.
But if the Qiangsiluobu annexed the Qiang and Tubo people in Hehuang without much effort, they would not only be able to make up for their previous losses, but their strength would also increase a lot.
Zuosiluobu is obedient now, but it will be difficult to tell in the future.
If Dong Xiang has other intentions in the future, it will be a problem.
Therefore, Wang Shao did not want to let Gu Siluo easily occupy Hehuang.
As a result, even if the Xisiluo tribe occupied Hehuang, they would have to rest and recuperate for many years.
During this period, we can only rely on the Song Dynasty.
Wang Shao said in the report that he suspected that Dong Fei had secretly been in contact with Hehuang Tubo before this, otherwise he would not have been able to convince the Hehuang Tubo tribes so easily.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly after reading the report. He actually looked down on Dong Felt.
Whether Dong Zang had contact with the Tubo people in Hehuang before him, or whether he only started contacting him after returning home after meeting him, it shows that this person was not willing to be manipulated by the Song Dynasty.
Dong Zang had not leaked any information before, so he suddenly made such a move, perhaps because he wanted to tell Song Dynasty that he was not so easy to control.
(End of chapter)