Volume 26 Han Ji XVIII (3)

When the soldiers arrived in the land, they ordered that the army should not kill, burn and loot, and the people were free to graze in the fields. Li Kai was overjoyed when he heard the news, and said, the Han army really won't attack me. The chief forgot to make people speak, hoping to return to his homeland. Chong Guo reported his request, but he has not been reciprocated, and he forgets to return to himself, and he is given food and drink by the country. He was sent back to tell the tribesmen, but the generals below the guard army all vied to stop him, saying that this was a rebellion and could not be repatriated without permission. Chong Guo said that the monarchs are selfish, not loyal to the country. Before the words were finished, the seal book arrived, and Ling Mi forgot that he could atone for his sins, and later he didn't bother the soldiers to go down. The emperor's edict is the place where the generals are strong. In December, he joined forces with Chongguo to attack first. At that time, there were more than 10,000 Qiang people. The country will be defeated first, and the cavalry will be stopped in the field to wait for its disadvantages. Before the performance, at this time, the march seal book had arrived, and Zhao Wei was afraid of the Zhonglang of the country. Let him admonish the country and say that if the army really goes out to destroy the army and kill the general, so that the country will fall, it is okay for the general to hold on. But in the current situation, the pros and cons of sending troops and not sending troops are divided in half, so why should the general fight? Once it does not conform to his wishes, he will send a shirt to blame the general, and the general's body cannot protect himself, how can the country be safe?

Chong Guo sighed and said, "Why do you say such unfaithful words?" If I had used my strategy from the beginning, how could I be like this? In the past, I was asked to recommend people who could patrol the Qiang land, and I recommended Xin Wuxian, but the prime minister Yushi ordered the emperor to send Yiqu Anguo, but he was frustrated by the plan to travel to Qiang. For every eight yuan in the Huangzhong Valley in Jincheng, I told Geng Zhongcheng that he should buy 3 million pieces of rice, and the Qiang people would not dare to act rashly when they saw that our army had sufficient food. Geng Zhongcheng asked to buy Gu million Hu, so he had to approve 400,000 Hu. Yiqu sent another envoy, and half of it was spent, so that Qiang Lu dared to act recklessly. It's a millimeter of error. Of course, this is already the case, and there is no way to do it. It's just that today's soldiers have been indecisive for a long time, and there are shakers in the four places, and although there are wise people, they can't be left alone. In this way, it is not only the Qiang people who are worth worrying about. That's why I'm fighting to the death. I believe that the Lord will understand my advice. Then he went to Tuntian and said: The grain eaten by the ministers, generals, soldiers, horses and cattle is very widely dispatched, and the military revolution has not been solved for a long time. Such a constant servitude is afraid that he will change. For the sake of the Ming Lord, this is not a strategy to win the temple, and it is easy to break it, but it is difficult to break it. Therefore, the minister was stupid and thought it was inconvenient to hit. The minister roughly calculated, Linqiang east to Haoshui, Qiang's hometown and public land, the people's uncultivated land, there are more than 2,000 hectares. In the meantime, the post pavilion was corrupted, and the minister deployed soldiers into the mountain the day before yesterday, cut down more than 60,000 trees, and now put them by the river. The ministers were willing to dismiss the cavalry, leaving 10,281 infantry to guard the key places. Through the river water, the timber was transported to various places to repair the village pavilion, and the ditches were deeply repaired to repair more than 70 roads and bridges on the road west of Huangshui. So that the road can be passed near the left of fresh water. In the spring, people can cultivate 30 acres. In April, the grass grows, and there are more than 1,000 horsemen in the county and the subject country, and they come out of the water and grass, and by the way, they are the rangers of the campers. and expanded them into Jincheng County. This can increase savings and reduce a significant part of costs. Now the grain and grass transferred by the Dasi Nong are enough to feed 10,000 people for a year.

The emperor reported a letter saying: If the general's strategy is used, then, when should the Qiang captives be ambushed? When will the soldiers be relieved? What should I do? Hope you can repeat. Chong Guo said: The ministers heard the emperor's soldiers, and won by considering everything. Therefore, you use your strategy and fight blindly. Winning a hundred battles is not the best choice for those who are good at using strategy. So do the invincible first, and wait for the time when the enemy can defeat. Although the barbarian customs are different from those of the country of etiquette, their mentality of wanting to avoid harm and benefit, loving relatives, and fearing death is the same as ours. Now that the enemy has lost its beautiful land and abundant grass, he is worried about the sustenance and escape, the separation of flesh and blood, and the people have aspirations. And the Ming master squad dismissed the army, and 10,000 people left Tuntian for the sake of Shuntian, because of the location. Waiting for the victorious enemy in this way, although it cannot make him ambush immediately, but the final victory can be hoped for. The Qiang captives collapsed, and there were more than 1,700 people who descended before and after, and more than 70 generations of those who were said to have left, which was a useful tool for sitting and * Qiang. The minister only listed 12 things that were cheap to stay in Tuntian, one of them, nine infantry colonels, 10,000 soldiers, and Liutun was armed with weapons. Because of the field to the valley, Weide parallel. Second, because of the displacement, they cannot return to the fertile land, and they are poor, so that they will gradually become Qiang and captives. Thirdly, the inhabitants were able to work together without losing agriculture. Fourth, the food of military horses in a month can be enough for a year. Strike the cavalry to save a lot of money. Fifth, in the spring, the soldiers who disarmed the armor transported grain along the river to Linqiang, in order to show the Qiang captivity, and to show the strength of my might, and pass on the tools of the folding. Sixth, in my spare time, I used the timber I had cut down in the first place, and filled the post office into the golden city. Seventh, sending troops, just taking advantage of the danger, not sending troops, can make the rebels flee in the cold land, away from the frost and dew disease and the fall of the epidemic, and sit on the road to victory. Eighth, there is no obstacle to chasing the harm of death and injury. Ninth, the weight of the might will not be compromised internally, and the enemy will not be given a chance to counterattack externally. Tenth, it will not alarm the big changes in Henan, so that other things will happen. The eleventh is to control the bridge on the middle road of the Huang, so that it can reach fresh water, so as to control the Western Regions and extend its power for thousands of miles. The twelfth, the large expenses are saved, and the forced labor is pre-rested, so as to avoid the need for safety. Stay in the tuntian, get 12 pennies, send troops, lose 12 profits. I hope that the edict will be chosen.

The emperor replied again: The general said that the military affairs can be solved in a few months, does it mean this winter, or when? Didn't the general consider that when the captives heard that the army was quite large, they would gather together and harass the tuntian and the troops on the road. Killing and plundering people again? If so, what will be done? I hope the general will reply after he is familiar with the plan.

Zhao Chongguo replied to the recital: The ministers are based on calculations, so more calculations are better than less calculations. There are only seven or eight thousand people left, and they have lost their land and traveled far away, scattered and hungry, and there are endless returns. The ministers foolishly thought that the ruined army could be counted for days, and the farthest was in the coming spring. Therefore, it is said that the military decision can be expected in the future. Eavesdropping on the north from Dunhuang to Liaodong, more than 11,500 li, by the Selie land, there are thousands of officials, Hu Lu has attacked with a large army many times, but can not be harmed. Although the cavalry is gone, the soldiers of Tuntian are 10,000 strong, and from now until March, they will not dare to entrust their wives to other tribes, and they will come from far away to the rivers and mountains. He did not dare to return his wife and children to his hometown, which was a foolish plan of the ministers, thinking that the Qiang captives would definitely collapse on their own and destroy themselves without a fight. As for the thieves who captured the army and killed and injured the people from time to time, this was not to be forbidden. When the minister heard that the battle did not have to win, he did not rush to take over. You don't have to take it off, and you don't have to work rashly. If the army is out, although it cannot destroy the first zero, but it can make the captives not be petty, it is possible to send troops. This is true today. Sending troops can not stop the petty thieves, but give up the way to win, from taking advantage of the situation, to the end of the end, not to see its advantages, but to empty themselves to disadvantage themselves, self-detriment, this point can not be shown to the barbarians. Moreover, as soon as the soldiers come out, the army cannot be retained. Huangzhong must not be made empty, so that the repetition must be re-initiated, and the ministers are foolish and inconvenient. The minister only privately considered that he was going out of the fortress today, leading the army to attack from afar, exhausting the elite soldiers of the Son of Heaven, and scattering the armor in the mountains and wilderness. This is the benefit of the disloyalty of the ministers, not the blessing of the lord of the society.

Every time the state is confiscated, the emperor sends it to the ministers and ministers for discussion, and three tenths of those who begin to approve of the plan of confiscating the country are five out of tenths in the middle period. In the end, eight or nine out of ten agreed with the strategy of confiscating the country, and if it was inconvenient to ask the preface of the edict, they were all convinced. Wei Xiang said: The ministers are stupid and do not practice the interests of military affairs, and the generals draw military strategies in the future, and their words are often that the ministers think that their plans must be used. The emperor then reported to the country, and Jia Nazhi. also because the two generals of the Qiang and strong crossbows attacked with a few words, so the two followed their plans, and the two generals and Zhonglang attacked Zhao Wei. More than 4,000 people were surrendered with strong crossbows, and more than 2,000 people were beheaded. And the confiscation of the country was restored by more than 5,000 people. Edict to dismiss the soldiers. Alone the country stays in Tuntian.

Dasi Nong Zhu Yi died, and the emperor especially cherished him because he was a follower, and issued an edict to give his son a hundred catties of gold to worship him.

At the age of the year, the former general Long'e Marquis Han Zeng became the general of the Great Sima Che Cavalry. Ding ordered the money to steal the Xiongnu and killed and plundered thousands of people. The Huns sent more than 10,000 horsemen to attack, but they gained nothing.