Zhuge Liang led the army out of Qishan, in order to achieve suddenness, the army moved forward quickly, and there was no time to clean up the two counties of Wudu and Yinping.

In addition, Cao Wei didn't let many people go in these two counties, and the defenders of Wudu saw the Northern Expedition coming, and they all fled, and reluctantly retreated to the dangerous passes.

Therefore, except for the Liaohua patrol on the first line of Qishan Road in Wudu County to ensure the safety of the grain road, the rest of the places are either still under the control of Cao Jun or are in a state of no one to manage.

From Sanguan to Chencang Road into Wudu, there are two places that are the most important, the first place is Gudao County, and the second place is Hechi County.

When you go out of the pass and take Chencang Road, when you arrive at Gudao County, it means that you have crossed the Qinling Mountains, and the slope of the road begins to go down.

At the same time, Gudao County is also the dangerous place of Chencang Road, which is the defense of Qin Long, the throat of Bashu, and the Later Han Dynasty once set up a garrison here, and specially sent troops to guard it.

As long as he held here, Cao Wei could cross the Qinling Mountains from Sanguan at any time and enter the Wudu.

When Cao Cao led his troops to pass through here, he saw that this place was dangerous, and he deliberately divided the Houhan garrison and expanded it into a county, strengthening the defense.

Gudao County continued to go south for about two hundred miles, and arrived at the second throat, Hechi County.

This is the intersection of Chencang Road and Qishan Road.

To the east is Yang'an Pass, the barrier of Hanzhong.

To the southwest is the Xiabi County of Wudu, in the battle of Hanzhong that year, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Wu Lan, and Lei Tong were attacked and defended, because the troops could not be supported, but were defeated by Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen. After Xiabi County, it is Qishan.

To the southeast of Hechi County, it is the main passage from Shuzhong to Hanzhong, the Jinniu Road.

It can be said that Hechi County is the geographical hub of Wudu.

At the same time, it is extremely dangerous.

When Cao Cao passed here, more than 10,000 people of Dou Mao, the king of Di, refused to accept the danger, which angered Cao Cao, and after breaking through the walled city of Diren, they slaughtered him.

After Cao Zhen forced Zhao Yun back to Hanzhong, Cao Wei Shangshu's right servant shot and served Wei Wei Zhen proposed to Emperor Wei Cao Rui to take the Chencang Road to cut off the Shu army's grain route, which was affirmed by Emperor Wei.

Cao Rui appointed Wei Zhen as the general of the expedition to Shu, and sent him to Chencang as the deputy general of the general Cao Zhen, preparing to learn from the Emperor Wu of that year.

Even if it can't break through the Yang'an Pass in Hanzhong, it can threaten the grain route of the Longyou Shu army.

I have to say that Cao Cao's practice of sending troops to guard the dangerous passes of Gudao County brought great convenience to Cao Wei's army who re-entered Wudu.

From Chen Cang to Gudao County, there are nearly 300 miles, Wei Zhen led the front army to march quickly, all the way unimpeded, and successfully arrived at Gudao County, which not only strengthened the pass guard of Gudao County, but also prepared for the arrival of Cao Zhen's army in advance.

Ma Dai, the guard general of Yang'an who had been paying close attention to the direction of Chencang Road, hurriedly informed Zhao Yun, the general of Zhendong, after learning that Cao Wei's army had appeared in Gudao County.

Zhao Yun received the news from Ma Dai, and hurriedly rushed to Yang'an Pass to join Ma Dai, and then personally led 10,000 elite soldiers to Hechi to defend the danger, and at the same time notified Liao Hua to defend the next defense.

As long as the river pool and Xia Wei are guarded, the grain route of the Northern Expeditionary Army can be guaranteed, and at the same time, it can also be guaranteed that the Northern Expeditionary Army can return to Hanzhong at any time.

I have to say that after Cao Jun heard that Longguan was lost, he immediately went out of the pass, and this reaction was very fast.

Longguan is not in his hand, he can't quickly enter Longyou, and he lost the opportunity.

But Gudao County is still in his hands, and he can easily enter Wudu from there, and divide the Hechi and Xiabian, as long as these two places can be captured, it is equivalent to cutting off the grain route of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

This move directly turned the passivity of losing Longguan into an initiative.

What's even worse is that the strong end of the Qiang Road, which was originally far away, immediately raised troops in response after hearing that Cao Wei's army had entered Wudu from the north, and united more than 20 tribes, gathered more than 20,000 people to cross the Qiang River, and threatened to attack and defend from the south.

All of a sudden, Qishan Road, the grain route of the Northern Expeditionary Army, suddenly suffered from threats from both the north and south.

The east-west Qiangshui is surrounded by high mountains on both sides, and most of the areas are difficult to walk.

However, there are also a few river valleys, which form small river valley plains because of their relatively open geography.

The nearest river valley plain, about 300 li, is bordered by Qiangshui in the south, a large flat land in the north, and at the same time, there is a river flowing down and flowing into Qiangshui in the north of the valley.

The confluence of these two rivers forms a small triangular plain.

With lush vegetation, a mild climate, and high mountains on both sides as barriers, it was usually a place where Qiang people lived and graze, but now it has become a place where powerful armies gather.

All kinds of Qiang tents are erected around a big tent in the middle, the neighing of cattle, sheep and horses, and all kinds of incomprehensible Qiang Hu language, this quiet river valley on weekdays seems to be very lively.

From time to time, you can also see the leader of the Di people, with the best of the tribe, or dozens, or hundreds, driving cattle and sheep from the high mountains to the south, and then erecting tents at the outermost end.

Above the river valley, the smell of all kinds of feces floats, as well as the peculiar smell of the Hu people.

"King, why don't we wait for the Han people to hit the results themselves before going out?"

In the big tent in the middle, the leaders of the various tribes sat on the ground in no order, shouting and shouting.

"The weapons of the Han people are very powerful, only some of our clansmen have weapons made of iron, even if it is 20,000 people, they can't beat 5,000 of them."

"Afraid of what? We have the blessing of the mountain gods, and the high mountains here are our greatest guarantee. Even if we can't beat them, we can hide in the mountains, they can't catch up with us. ”

At the same time, some people are worried, "My clan has stored wool for a winter, and I thought that I could sell it to Hanzhong in the spring, but I didn't expect the Han people to start fighting again." ”

Saying that, he looked at the strong end who was sitting on it, "We don't help the Han people in Hanzhong, but make enemies of them, will they no longer accept our wool in the future?" ”

When these words came out, many people agreed, "Powerful King, we all know that you are friendly with the Han people in the north, but the Han people in Han are willing to let us exchange useless wool for wool cloth. ”

"If we offend the Han people in Hanzhong, and they no longer give us wool, won't our people start to suffer from the cold again?"

"That's right, mighty king, you still need to think twice about this matter."

Qiang Duan looked at the people below, his face was a little gloomy.

In recent years, he cooperated with the Han people of Tianshui to control the wool trade in Fuxian County, making huge profits from it, and at the same time making his tribe the largest Di tribe in Wudu and Yinping.

Qiang Duan didn't know what economic war was, but he knew that as long as he controlled the wool trade for one day, then he would be the biggest king of Wudu Yinping.

This time he summoned all the monarchs to come, in fact, he just wanted to see what kind of weight he was in the eyes of the chiefs of the tribes in Wudu Yinping.

Now it seems that in the eyes of everyone, he has been regarded as a hundred responses.

At the sound of the order, all the Diren monarchs came from afar.

But for the strong end, it's not enough, far from enough.

Because he wants to be the king of these people, and not only to be seen as the ruler of a tribe that is stronger than them.

Now they dare to question themselves, dare to oppose themselves. Such an attitude is not at all the attitude towards a superior person.

This time, as long as he led them to defeat the powerful Han people in their eyes, he could further establish his authority.

Seeing that the strong end sat on top and did not speak, the people below became more and more bold.

They didn't dare to talk about the strong end, so they pointed the finger at the people who stood next to the strong end.

"Yang Servant, you have already voted for Hanzhong eight years ago and went to the north with your clansmen, why are you back now? Could it be that it was because you deceived the powerful king, so the powerful king decided to send troops? ”

"That's right, I remember that after he voted for the Han people eight years ago, he moved to Tianshui Ji County. Now that the fighting there is fierce, it must have been the Han people there who asked him to come back and persuade the powerful king to lead the troops to help. ”

The man known as Yang Servant looked embarrassed and turned his head away, as if he had not heard the other person's question.

But the strong end finally couldn't help but stand up and shouted, "Enough." ”

He was tall, and when he stood up, he looked at everyone and felt a sense of oppression.

The crowd in the tent fell silent all of a sudden.

Qiang Duan looked around at the monarchs and sneered, "Is it that the stable days of the past few years have made you forget what it was like to be oppressed by the Han people before?" ”

"Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that ten years ago, Cao Cao led the army into Wudu, and there were still fewer Qiang Di slaughtered? There are many bones in the river, and every time I go to Fu County to trade wool, I will pass there, and every time I see the white bones in the valley, I will be scared in my heart. ”

"I'm afraid that one day the Han people will regain their strength and send a large army again. Don't you still understand that it is precisely because the Han people have been fighting all these years that they have no strength to manage us, and we have had a stable life in the past few years. ”

"If they come together again one day, our good days will come to an end! Do you really think that there is any difference between those Han people in Han and that Cao Cao? ”

"Not to mention anything else, if the Han people in Hanzhong control Longyou, do you think they will let go of Wudu Yinping, the place that connects Hanzhong and Longyou? When their army comes, it's up to them to decide. ”

"When the time comes, we will be driven out by the Han people again, and they will oppress us, and you really think that you can be as comfortable as you are now? It's just stupid! ”

Qiang Duan scolded in one breath, and everyone in the account was dumbfounded.

"But the powerful king, now that the Han people in the north have sent a large army over, if we help the Han people in the north defeat the Han people in Hanzhong, what if they take the opportunity not to leave?"

Someone asked.

"If the Han people in the north really have the ability to garrison troops here in Wudu, they have already done so ten years ago, so do they need to wait until now? On the contrary, Wudu borders Hanzhong, and the Han talents in Hanzhong are the biggest threat to Wudu. ”

This question is simply asked to the itch of the strong end, he has been in contact with the Han people over the years, and he feels that he has learned a lot, so he immediately showed off.

"The Han people have a saying, called long-distance friendship and close attack. More than 400 years ago, the Han people were divided into many countries, and they attacked each other, and some people used this sentence, which unified the Han people in the world. ”

"That's what we're doing now. The Han people in the north are far away from us and can't control Wudu. The Han people in Hanzhong are right next to us and can threaten us. ”

"So we have to help the Han people in the north defeat the Han people in Hanzhong and let them return to Hanzhong. The Han people in the north can't stay in Wudu for a long time, so we still have the final say here. ”

Most of the Hu people are very simple, and they don't have much fancy intestines, and when the tribal monarchs heard these words, they lowered their heads and thought for a while, and their faces couldn't help but show a look of waver.

Seeing this, Qiang Duan struck while the iron was hot and said, "In the past few years, we have obtained woolen cloth and even grain from the wool trade with Hanzhong, but we have actually received help from the Han people in the north. ”

Qiangduan wants to be the king of the kings of the Di people, so the benefits obtained from the transactions with Hanzhong over the years are equally distributed according to the amount of efforts and materials contributed by each tribe, so he has won the trust of the Di people.

At the same time, he pulled out the people around him and said, "Yang Fu was also the king of Wudu before, and later attached to the Han emperor in the north. ”

"The Han emperor moved his people to Tianshui Ji County, and now it is being attacked by the Han people in Hanzhong, so this time he was entrusted by the Han people in the north to come to us for help."

"The Han people in the north promised that as long as we helped them defeat the Han people in Hanzhong, not only would they give us more food, but some of them would continue to help us sell our wool to Hanzhong."

"So we don't have to worry about being an enemy with Hanzhong, they won't accept our wool."

When everyone heard this, they felt that the relationship between the Han people was really strange, and hundreds of thousands of people on both sides were fighting back and forth, and they could even buy and sell each other.

However, with the assurance of the strong end, and many of them did know about this Yang servant, they finally relieved their hearts when they heard that Yang Fu was entrusted by the northern Han people to come to them for help.

I didn't expect the strong king to be able to learn the tricks of the Han people to deal with the Han people, and I felt admiration at the moment.

So they expressed their admiration for the strong king.

"The mighty king is really powerful!"

"The mighty king is really powerful!"

"The powerful king is really very powerful!"

The Di people don't even have their own words now, and the words of flattery are the words that are repeated over and over.

But the strong end doesn't seem to care about that.

Although it was only a rude compliment, this was a high opinion of him by all the monarchs.

For the strong end, it is already like hearing fairy music, and it is a little fluttering at the moment, and at the same time I thought to myself, no wonder the Han people like to rush to be the biggest king so much, it turns out that there is a reason for this.

Seeing that he had finally persuaded the kings, he struck while the iron was hot, and discussed with them the date of sending troops, and then everyone went out of the tent to prepare in an uproar.

"Thank you, the mighty king."

After the tent was quiet, Yang Servant stepped forward and said in a low voice.

"You don't have to thank me, if the Han people in the north asked you to bring it, it does sound reasonable, so I decided to help." Qiang Duan returned to his position and sat down, looked at Yang Ju, and asked, "Do you remember Yang Ju?" ”

Yang was stunned for a moment and said, "Naturally remember." I remember that he went to Hanzhong to defect to General Shenweitian. ”

"That's right." Qiang Duan's face showed a gloomy color again, "But a few days ago, he took the opportunity of the Shu people to go north to Longyou, and returned to Wudu Yinping, wanting to re-become the king of Baima, and at the same time persuaded the tribes of Wudu Yinping to support the Shu people." ”

"I heard that his only son, Yang Qian, is still that Feng Langjun's entourage. Feng Langjun is known for his prestige in the Qiang of Wudu Yinping, so Yang Ju is relying on Yang Qian's identity, and he actually moved a lot of people. ”

"Feng Langjun?" When Yang Fu heard this name, there was a momentary loss of concentration on his face, "Is that Feng Langjun who descended from heaven and summoned the divine fire to burn the highest peak of Guanshan?" ”

"Huh? You've heard that too? Qiang Duan asked with some surprise, "These days, in the various tribes of Wudu Yinping, this matter is being rumored. ”

Speaking of this, the gloomy color on Qiang Duan's face became even heavier, and it was obvious that this matter spread so quickly, someone must have deliberately spread it behind it.

Feng Langjun made a bloody alliance with the Hu people, and vowed to trade with the Hu people on an equal footing forever, so that Qiang, who was in the peaceful land of Wudu, could exchange wool for winter cloth in the past few years.

This matter was widely spread among the Qiang tribe and won the praise of the Qiang in Wudu and Yinping.

Some people even deified him, saying that in his early years, he was taught by the mountain god in the deep mountains, and he was advised by the mountain god, so he helped the people of Qiang so selflessly after leaving the mountain.

But after all, it was just a legend, and Feng Langjun had only appeared once in Wudu, so Qiangduan naturally felt that he was not too much of a threat.

Who knew that now he suddenly appeared again, and summoned the divine fire to burn Guanshan......

Isn't this a confirmation of the legend that he was taught by the mountain god in his early years?

The northern Han people are right, if the Shu people level Longyou, in order to strengthen the relationship between Hanzhong and Longyou, sooner or later they will have to control here.

If it was before the appearance of the blood alliance and the wool cloth, Qiang Duan himself could also lead everyone to use the high mountains of Wudu Yin Ping to resist the Han army.

But that Feng Langjun is different, he really wants to come back here, and the forces he has worked so hard to build up over the years, I don't know how many people will fall to the Han people.

Therefore, the strong end decided to strike first, and must force the Shu people back to Hanzhong, so that Wudu and Yinping will continue to become the junction of the Han people on both sides.