Just as Ma Teng and Han Sui were discussing how to deal with Liu Bei, someone outside the tent told him that Liu Bei had sent an envoy to visit.

Hearing this, although Ma Teng Han Sui wondered, he did not slack off, and hurriedly called someone to invite Liu Bei's envoy into the account!

"I don't know what the envoy is doing here?" As soon as Han Sui saw Liu Bei's envoy, he asked.

"I am Jia Xu under the protection of most of the Western Regions, and the words are harmonious. Today, the Western Regions Metropolitan Protector came to make a truce with the Ming Duke, and after the Lantern Festival after the New Year, the two sides will have a showdown. ”

The person who came was Jia Xu, and Liu Bei sent Jia Xu over to negotiate peace.

"Oh, you're Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe? Liangzhou Guzang people? Han Sui was surprised, but he still knew a lot about Jia Xu.

"Officially." Jia Xu was also quite surprised, since he was kidnapped by Liu Bei, Jia Xu has not appeared in Liangzhou for ten years, even if he went to the Western Regions from Chang'an, Jia Xu did not stay, he never thought that anyone would know about him!

"Ten years ago, Mr. Jia's family disappeared overnight, and I never thought that I would see Mr. in Liangzhou today!" Han Sui said quite unexpectedly.

"Sir, are you here to make peace with me?" Ma Teng was not very familiar with Jia Xu, and then asked directly.

"It's not a peace, it's just a temporary boycott of the war, originally my lord was not willing to get involved in this war, and then Luoyang Sheng ordered my lord to send troops to attack Huangfu Song, etc., and in desperation, my lord sent troops to the Western Regions.

And now that it has reached the end of the year, my lord does not want the people under his rule to receive the news of the death of his family in the New Year, so he wants to temporarily stop the war with the Ming Duke and fight again after the Lantern Festival! Jia Xu clearly stated the reason why Liu Bei sent troops and the reason for the boycott.

"If this is the case, the two of us will agree to Liu Duhu's suggestion, and the two sides will strike for a month, and we will wait for the two sides to fight after the Lantern Festival." Han Sui directly agreed.

Jia Xu received a positive answer from Han Sui, and left Han Sui's camp with a confession, and then returned to Jiuquan.

"Wen Yue, why did Liu Bei strike for a month?" Ma Teng asked puzzled.

"Shoucheng, if you don't know, although we have an army of 90,000, we are an untrained rabble, and Liu Bei has an elite 50,000 soldiers, so we may not be able to win a battle at this time, but if we have time to train, the result may be different."

"I see."

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"Wenhe, did this mission go well?"

"Lord, everything is going well with this mission, Ma Teng and Han Sui have already agreed to a one-month truce." Jia Xu said lightly.

"That's very good." Liu Bei was very happy, and then ordered Zhang Liao and Qin Liang to lead 10,000 troops to Xihai County in the north of Jiuquan County.

Xihai County is a place name in ancient China. That is, Qinghai Lake in later generations, Yungu in Dayun Valley, Gonghe County and other areas in later generations, and Chaka Yanchi in Yanchi in later generations.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the great Sima Wang Mang held the power of the court. In the fourth year of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang sent Zhonglang General Pingxian and others to the Xihai Sea, that is, the Qinghai Lake area in later generations, to lure the leaders of Beihe Qiang to donate their subordinates with money and property.

Liangyuan and others were intimidated by the military force of the Western Han Dynasty and greedy for money, so they led 12,000 people of their tribe to move out of the Qinghai Lake, which is the Qinghai Lake in the Xianshui Sea, the Yungu in the later generations, the Dayun Valley, the Gonghe County and other areas in the later generations, and the Chaka Salt Pond in the later generations, and dedicated the area around the lake to the Han Dynasty.

Wang Mang induced Beihe Qiang to donate land, and the Qiang people were once again forced to graze in areas with worse natural conditions.

After Wang Mang won the West Sea and Yanchi, in order to create the illusion of political promotion of "unification of the four seas", he reported to the Queen Mother Wang Zhengjun of the Linzhao Dynasty, saying that there were already East China Sea, South China Sea, and Beihai Counties in the country at that time, and please set up Xihai County in the area where the good wishes were offered.

After the quasi-performance, in the winter of the first four years of the Yuan Dynasty, Xihai County was set up, and Zhilongyi was also known as Longqi, that is, the triangle city of Haiyan County, Qinghai Province in later generations, and five counties were set up in the area around the lake under the jurisdiction of Xihai County.

At that time, Xihai County set up five counties: Xiuyuan, Jianqiang, Xingwu, Junju, and Shunli. Later, it was repeatedly abandoned. The establishment of Xihai County allowed the western territory of the Han Empire to penetrate deep into the grasslands of western Qinghai.

After Wang Mang established Xihai County, he added 50 new laws to the country, and anyone who violated it was forcibly relocated to the Xihai area. Tens of thousands of people in the interior have been forced to relocate, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the people in the interior.

Two years after the establishment of Xihai County, that is, in the sixth year of the first year of Wang Mangju, Pang Tian, Fu Wan and other troops of Xiqianghao attacked Xihai County, trying to recapture the area around the lake with abundant water and grass. Cheng Yong, the Taishou of Xihai, abandoned the city and fled, and was later killed by Wang Mang.

The Qiang people then occupied Xihai County. The following year, Wang Mang sent Captain Dou Kuang and others to defeat Xiqiang and recover Xihai County.

After Wang Mang usurped the throne and became emperor, the Green Forest and Red Mei Uprising broke out, and the new Mang regime was unable to take care of the border counties, so Beihe took the opportunity to regain his homeland, and Xihai County was also abandoned.

During the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the subject country of Zhangye Juyan was changed to Xihai County. The seat of governance is in the southeast of the Ejina Banner of Inner Mongolia in the later generations. The territory is about the area near the present-day Juyanhai. The Northern Wei Dynasty was abolished.

In the fifth year of Sui Daye, in 609 A.D., in the later Qinghai Province, Qinghai Province, Huxi, Gufu City, Qinghai Province, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gonghe County, Shigahai Township, southwest of Tiebujia Village. The jurisdiction is about the vicinity of Qinghai Lake. Scrapped at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan A.D. 649, that is, the year of the death of Tang Taizong, Tang Gaozong named Songtsan Gampo, the king of Tubo, as the "King of Xihai County".

Xihai County, that is, Zhangye Shu Kingdom, but in Budweiser Xihai County during the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this is Liu Bei's next target.

However, Xihai County is adjacent to Xianbei and Xiongnu, and it is sparsely populated, and it is often harassed by Xianbei and Xiongnu, so most of the people either moved south or were taken captive to the north.

Therefore, although Xihai County is a county of the Han Dynasty, it has not been governed by Han officials for many years, and the people are pitiful, but this time Liu Bei ignored Jia Xu's advice and insisted on taking this Xihai County.

In the end, Jia Xu was moved by Liu Bei's words: "Xihai has been the hometown of my Han Dynasty since Wang Mang, although the land is partial, there are few people, and there are many disasters, but if you are in power once, you will abandon it?" If the Han Dynasty is like this everywhere in the future, can the Han Dynasty be abandoned? ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he bowed to the ground for a long time!

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Just when Liu Bei sent troops to seize the West Sea, Chen Cang, who was fighting a decisive battle between Huangfu Song and the kingdom, was unusually calm. The kingdom army, which had been storming for dozens of days, had also died down in the past few days, and was not storming Chen Cang!

After Han Sui and Ma Teng left, Han Sui was in the barracks.

"General, if you have a word, I don't know if you should say it?" Li Xiangru spoke after Han Sui and Ma Teng left.

"You and I are brothers in life and death, why shouldn't we say it?" But the kingdom encouraged Lee Sang-ru and said!

"The general is better than the emperor Fu Song, how is the use of soldiers?"

"It's not as good as Huangfu Song. Huangfu Yizhen is a family of generals, when he conquered the Yellow Turban, he was able to break the wave with a mere tens of thousands of troops, and then assisted Liu Bei to conquer the Guangzong Yellow Turban, which is not as good as me. Wang Guozhi said matter-of-factly.

"Is the city of Chencang strong?"

"Of course, tens of thousands of troops have been attacking day and night, but they can't shake it for more than ten days." The kingdom nodded.

"And now our army's combat strength is stronger than before?"

"Naturally, it can't be compared, we had an army of more than 100,000 before, but now we only have more than 70,000 troops, how can we compare with before?" The kingdom seemed to understand something, and then nodded thoughtfully and said!

"In this way, we must not go down to attack Chen Cang, I don't know if the general thinks it?"

"It should be."

"In this case, the general thinks that we are waiting to storm Chencang day and night, and when Chencang can't be attacked for a long time, and our army is exhausted and demoralized, Huangfu Song is strong and strong, leading the army to fight with our army, can our army still win?"

"Similarly, in this way, my Chen Cang army is really dangerous, I don't know if there is a good way?" The kingdom also understood Lee Sang-ru's thoughts. Then he asked anxiously.

"General, at this time, we can only recharge our strength and besiege the army of Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, so that the momentum of our army is comparable to that of Huangfu Song's army, and the number of our army is twice that of Huangfu Song's army.

In this way, Huangfu Song will not dare to fight with our army, and there are generals Han and General Ma behind our army, so there is no worries, and we can maintain an invincible and undefeated situation! Li Xiangru said slowly.

"However, the goal of our army is the land of three auxiliaries, how can we be trapped in Chen Cang now?" Wang Guoguo said with a sad face.

"General, the victory or defeat of our army is not in Chen Cang, but in the two generals Han and Ma.

Even if Chen Cang is victorious, and the two generals Han and Ma are defeated, most of the Western Regions will protect Liu Bei Ke and follow us all the way to the land of Sanfu, and the counties along the way will be obtained by Liu Bei.

In the end, the soldiers could not escape being attacked from both sides under the city of Chang'an, and the soldiers were defeated and died.

However, if the two generals of Ma and Han win a big victory, and the three generals can take the momentum of a great victory to capture Chencang at once, and then Chen soldiers Chang'an and besiege Chang'an, then what the general asked for will inevitably be fulfilled. ”

Li Xiangru's analysis is very reasonable, as long as Liu Bei is not destroyed, the kingdom cannot go further.

After listening to Li Xiangru's words, the kingdom was overjoyed, and then ordered the three armies to rest and recuperate, not to attack Chencang, but to lead the army to confront Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo's army Yaoyao in Chencang!