Along the five plains to the west is Yiyang, Chengyi, Xi'anyang. Lü Bu's group passed through these places in a few days, and only when they reached the banks of the Yellow River did Lü Bu stop. After crossing the Yellow River from Xi'anyang to the west, there is Shuofang City. After Shuofang County was abandoned, the cities beyond the Yellow River were no longer under the control of the Han Chinese.

After sighing on the edge of the Yellow River, Lu Bu and the others turned back to Jiuyuan, and it has been four or five days between coming and going.

Lu Bu, who had just returned to Jiuyuan City, didn't have time to say a few words to his wife Yan Wei, so he immediately went to find Li Ru, and his anxious appearance made Yan Wei a little dissatisfied! I thought that Lu Bu agreed to let her come to Jiuyuan this time to relax, but looking at this appearance, she was still busy with official business.

Here, Lu Bu didn't know that his actions had caused some small emotions in Yan Wei, and at this time he was telling Li Ru about some of the things he had seen in the past few days. Spreading the map on the desk, Lu Bu said slowly, "Wenyou, you see this is Shuofang City, you can reach it by crossing the Yellow River all the way west from Xi'anyang." This Shuofang city to the west, through hundreds of miles of desert, is Linrong, fertile field. The Jinlian Yanze and Qingyanze that you told me are all in the south of Shuofang, and I found a local Hu people here to tell that these hundreds of miles of desert used to be lush with green forests, abundant water and grass, green shade, and herds of cattle and sheep. The tribes of Yanyu, Rongdi, and Xiongnu all thrived here......"

Listening to Lu Bu's narration, Li Ru also nodded slightly, he didn't expect that Lu Bu had gone to explore these messages in the past few days. Looking at this extremely delicately depicted map, how could Li Ru not know some of Lu Bu's thoughts? Smiled lightly, "But the lord wants these two salt pools?" I told my lord that the situation in Shuofang County is a little complicated......"

"I know!"

Lu Bu interrupted Li Ru's words, "Wen You means that Shuofang County has not been controlled by Han people for many years, right?" Those places also made the big man give up. The imperial court moved the Qiang people who belonged to them eastward, and there are now many Dongqiang tribes in those places, as well as Wuhuan people and Huns. ”

"Exactly!"

Li Ru replied.

Putting his eyes on Li Ru's body, Lu Bu only said in a deep voice, "I don't care what Hu people there are in Shuo Fang!" But these Hu people, they are all attached to my big man! Their land was given to them by my great Han to recuperate, and since we can let them live here, we can also let them go back to the grasslands outside the Saiwai! ”

"It's nature."

Li Ru, who knew Lu Bu's temper very well, didn't refute Lu Bu or anything. After he followed Lu Bu to this Jiuyuan, he understood some things in Shuofang County, and he definitely had to solve them. Even if it is not for those salt ponds, it should be for those fertile lands. Shuofang County said that there were only six cities, and Linrong had three seals of Shuofang Fertile Fields and Guangmu Cities. But the land is indeed fertile. For example, the fertile fields and pastures can be heard from the names of these two cities. These places are all very suitable places for military or civilian tuning, how can they be abandoned? Li Ru pressed his hands on the map and said to Lu Bu, "Even if this Shuofang County is messy, in my opinion, the lord can easily settle this Shuofang County without spending swords. ”

"What's Wenyou's plan?"

Lu Bu asked.

Under Lu Bu's gaze, Li Ru said leisurely, "In this Shuofang Wuyuan and other places, who does the lord think is strong and who is weak?" ”

"If it is in Wuyuan, it must be that the Xiongnu are stronger, most of these places in Wuyuan are Xiongnu, and there are very few Qiang people, so naturally there is no power. But in Shuofang, it is the East Qiang that is stronger. Nasu Buhu also told me that in Shuofang, the Qiang tribe is the most, the Huns are second, and the Wuhuan people are the least. ”

Lu Bu replied.

It's just that Lu Bu's answer didn't make Li Ru very satisfied, he snorted coldly, "Why did the lord forget my big man!" According to Confucianism, in Shuofang Wuyuan, it should be my Han who is strong, the Xiongnu second, and the Qiang people are subordinate! As for the Wuhuan people, they are just vassals between these three parties. ”

laughed, but Lu Bu never thought of the big man, and after hearing Li Ru's words, he also thought it was true, "If my big man is also included, he should naturally be the strongest!" These Qianghu are just vassals of my great Han! ”

Li Ru nodded deeply, "The Lord has settled the rebellion of the Huns, and he has established Nandan in the royal court, who can be the enemy in the north of this prestige?" Moreover, even though these Hu people are not a clan, they also need to fight side by side in the face of Xianbei's invasion. Whenever our Han army fights against Xianbei, whether it is Dongqiang Wuhuan or Xiongnu, they will definitely lead troops to help. Therefore, when our Han Dynasty was strong, all these tribes surrendered. The lord's prestige is so high now, why do you need to use troops in the face of these Qianghu, just suppress them with power! ”

Lu Bu held his chin in his hand, as if in thought.

The reason why these Qianghu were able to fight against Xianbei with the Han army in the past was naturally because the Han Dynasty was strong. The emperor of the Han Dynasty let them settle down in these places, didn't he just treat them as hunting dogs. Every time they fight against Xianbei, these people naturally have the obligation to send troops to help. To tell the truth, in this era when one Han is the five Hu, it is not a problem for the regular army of the 1,000 Han army to kill 5,000 Qianghu miscellaneous soldiers in seconds. These Hu people do not have a unified commander, and their combat effectiveness is just stronger than those peasant armies.

If you want to deal with these people, as Li Ru said, you don't need to use any army at all! Just overwhelm people with momentum! It's just how to overwhelm people with power? Lu Bu thought about it for a while, then he had an idea, and when he looked at Li Ru again, he laughed, "Wenyou, Wenyou!" Thou alone is better than hosts! ”

Li Ru smiled, "These Qiang Hu handsomes are not to be feared, with the prestige of the lord, they will definitely be able to convince them." My concern is that after the lord recovers Shuofang, he should begin to prepare for the production of salt, and take these two great salt lakes into his pocket. ”

No one knows the character of these Qiang people better than Li Ru. Don't look at these Qiang people are very restless, and they have been causing chaos in Liangzhou. Most of the reason is because of the imperial court's policy on the Liangzhou side! Many Qiang people were also forced to rebel. The high-pressure policy that the Eastern Han Dynasty has been implementing in Liangzhou has made these Qiang people very unbearable, so it is the opposite. But these Qiang tribes are different in size, and each tribe has its own heroes, and it is really not easy for you to let them unite together. So in most cases, these Qiang heroes especially like to attach themselves to those who are famous, such as Dong Zhuo, who is rich, very bold in life and behavior, and can fight and shoot, which can make those Qiang people particularly convinced. Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, which dominates the world, is that many of them are Qiang people who are brave and good at fighting.