Chapter 171: Wei Duan Gets in the Way and Traces the Antecedents
Peng Tuo led tens of thousands of troops straight to Liangzhou, and as soon as he arrived at the border of Liangzhou, he saw Liangzhou Thorn Shi Weiduan running head-on. Peng Tuo www.biquge.info pen "The tens of thousands of armies came to a halt like a rushing flood, not moving.
Wei Duan was secretly shocked when he saw it, but seeing that the other party finally stopped, he knew that the other party did not intend to go to war, and there was still room for things. opened his mouth and said: "Why did General Peng lead a large army to invade my Liangzhou? Don't you know the law of kings? ”
This Wei Duanzi Xiufu, originally a native of Chang'an, loyal and upright, quite talented, was elected by Cao Cao as Liangzhou pastor the year before last. Since taking office, he has tried his best to win over Han Sui and Ma Teng. The two who originally disputed each other over the territory were persuaded by Wei Duan to become brothers.
But even so, the two still don't get along, and there are often some fights underneath, but fortunately, they are still passable in terms of face, and they can be described as fighting but not breaking! In the past two years, Wei Duan can see that among the two, Yi Ma Teng is more loyal. Han Sui has long had the name of the Yellow River, and from this name, it is known that this person is extremely cunning in his heart. But this person is very good at winning over some Hu leaders in Liangzhou, and he has a lot of prestige in Liangzhou.
Although Wei Duan said that he was loyal and upright, he was not stupid, and he intended to win over Ma Teng and balance Han Sui, so he got closer to Ma Teng.
Liangzhou experienced many years of military disasters, extremely poor, these two years settled under Liu Shi's management, the original nomadic Hu people, all forced them to settle on the spot, and the Han people together to plow the fields, plant fruits, even some of the Hu people who were allowed to graze, but also had to send more than one child to Chang'an to study, learn etiquette.
In order to solve the life of these Hu people, they also gave more support to these Hu people in the early days, in addition to exempting taxes, they also provided a certain amount of food subsidies for them to survive the famine year. Under the supervision and supervision of the Yongzhou government, in the past few years, the life of these people has improved a lot, that is, those Hu people who are still allowed to graze, their cattle, sheep and horses are much fatter. In addition, the Yongzhou government emphasized commerce and allowed merchants to move freely. These cattle, sheep, and horses were sold to Chang'an in exchange for cheap daily necessities, and these grazing Hu people felt that life was much better than before, and their minds settled down.
Those Hu people in Liangzhou, and even the Han people in Liangzhou, saw in their eyes, and a wave of greed surged into their hearts, and even those Hu people in the north who were not subdued, seeing that the whip of Yongzhou was beyond the reach, they were also bolder, and secretly formed a ditch with the Hu people in Liangzhou and some Han people, and organized some Hu and Han people to go to loot, and succeeded several times, and became more and more bold.
After Liu Shi received the report, he asked Peng to leave Chencang and come to Gaoping. But how are these Hu people who have tasted the sweetness willing to stop, and besides, there are only more than 10,000 people brought by Peng Tuo, and most of them are foot soldiers. These Hu people didn't care, and still went their own way.
After receiving the report, Peng Tuo also intercepted it several times. But these Hu people are extremely cunning, taking advantage of geographical familiarity, which is not the same thing at all, and when Peng Tuo comes, they will run, as if they are playing hide and seek.
A few years ago, Liu Shi was ordered by the Son of Heaven to ensure the safety of northern Luoyang, and the security of northern Luoyang lies in Shangdang and Taiyuan. In order to keep Taiyuan and Shangdang, it is necessary to hold the dangerous land of Yanmen, and only by relying on danger can we ensure the free plundering of the Hu people, reduce the permanent presence of the army, and avoid excessive military consumption and poverty among the people.
Liu Shi knew that the Son of Heaven would die in one sentence, and no one else could support the cost of the garrison's defense, and all the expenses would come from the Yongzhou Mansion. However, the order of the Son of Heaven must be implemented, not to mention that occupying and annexing the state is also extremely beneficial to the defense of Chang'an.
Perhaps the Son of Heaven also knew the current difficulties in Chang'an, not only to seize and annex the state, but also to supply Luoyang with grain and grass. So the fertile land east of the river was assigned to Yongzhou, in fact, the ministers of the court also knew that this land east of the river did not obey the edict of the court, and when the Son of Heaven arrived in Anyi, no one even donated food. Assign this county to Yongzhou and let Liu Shi take care of it, which can be regarded as a reward from the court to Liu Shi, as for whether Liu Shi can receive taxes, it is not a matter of the court.
Liu Shi accidentally got Hedong, and he would not let it go, and through thunderbolt means, he eliminated the Hu people and Hedong Haoqiang one by one, or subdued them, and became a treasure land that fed back to Chang'an. Immediately, he used Hedong as a base to attack Shangdang until most of the Hu people were driven out of Yanmen Pass.
At this point, Liu Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
Who knew that at this time, the Son of Heaven was kidnapped by Cao Cao and went to Xu County, Yuzhou, which caught Liu Shi off guard, so he had to let Lu Su pay close attention.
Later, I heard that Yuan Shu was dissatisfied with the eldest brother getting the position of Xuzhou pastor and launched an invasion war, and the eldest brother personally led the army to the front in order to stop Yuan Shu. Zhang Fei, who stayed in the state capital, thought that he would be able to marry a famous man of the world, but unexpectedly offended the Danyang generals and caused Lu Bu to attack the city.
Xuzhou was lost, and Lu Bu recommended Liu Bei as the pastor of Yuzhou.
Yuan Shu originally wanted to take advantage of Liu Bei's weakness, eliminate Liu Bei in one fell swoop, and then seek Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, Lu Bu agreed with Liu Bei instead, and joined forces to stop Yuan Shu's attack. Later, Yuan Shu married Lu Bu and attacked Liu Bei again, the situation was critical, and Liu Shi secretly led the army into Nanyang, ready to help. At this time, General Yuan Shu was ordered by General Yuan Shu to destroy the State of Chen and the family of King Chen, which caused the anger of the Son of Heaven, and Cao Cao was worried that Yuan Shao would lead the army into Yan and did not dare to send troops.
Under the anger of the Son of Heaven, he secretly ordered Liu Shi to send troops to recruit Yuan Shu's army.
After receiving the edict, Liu Shi used thunderbolts to destroy Yuan Shu's general who attacked Chen Guo, and sent his head to Xuchang to report his merits, and returned to the army to attack Yuan Shu's army, Yuan Shu panicked and escaped across the Huai River.
Liu Shi knew that being able to defeat Yuan Shu quickly was better than a surprise attack, and if he wanted to completely inform Yuan Shu, the current strength was not enough. Sometimes it is a move of the whole body, the situation in Xu, Yan, Yu, and Yang is complicated, Liu Shi accepted it when he saw it, and returned to Chang'an with tens of thousands of prisoners.
At this point, Liu Shi set his sights on Anding and Beidi two counties.
However, just after many wars, the soldiers are tired and the people are in need, Yongzhou is in ruins, especially the hundreds of thousands of people have just been relocated to Chang'an, and at this time, the people's food and clothing must not be raised, otherwise it will cause the people to resist and flee.
Therefore, on the one hand, let Peng take off his troops from Gaoping, warn Han Sui and Ma Teng not to enter and leave the two counties of Anding and Beidi at will, and on the other hand, let Li Ru persuade the Han and Hu people east and south of Gaoping in Ding'an, and east and south of Shenxian County in Beidi to build cities and settle down on the spot, and cultivate them, even some nomadic Hu people, and persuade them to send their children to Chang'an to learn etiquette, the Five Classics, etc., so that Su Shuang organized caravans to provide daily necessities to Hu herdsmen and Han people at low prices, and purchased items in their hands that could be exchanged for money to ensure their stable life.
Subsequently, the people were organized to dredge several major rivers in Guanzhong, such as the Ba River, the Wei River, and the Jing River, to stabilize the banks, prevent floods, and ensure farmland irrigation. Thanks to the involvement of a large number of soldiers, these works were successfully completed.
Some people suggested that Jingshui and Luoshui have abundant water sources, and the land on both sides of the bank is fertile and level, which was originally a granary, but because of the blockage of the Zhengguo Canal, Zuo Fengxiang's land is barren, if it can be practiced and renovated, Guanzhong will not worry about food, and the people will live in peace, which is a good thing for the people and the country.
At the same time, after the dredging of the Jing River, in order to facilitate shipping, the two counties of Anding and Beidi will certainly benefit greatly, and the consumption of military supplies in wartime will be reduced.
When Liu Shi heard this, he was very interested and sent someone to inspect and renovate.
Two years later, Guanzhong was thriving. However, the plundering of the two counties of Anding and Northland cannot be stopped, and we must make a painful determination to completely subdue Anding and Northland in order to ensure the true stability of the two places.