Wudu Junzhi, Arden's Jucheng is located in the northwest of Luoyang City more than 70 miles, although the distance is not far, but the mountains and rivers are dense in the middle, the river network is vertical and horizontal, it can be said that it is very difficult to walk.

The riders set off from Luoyang in the early hours of the morning, one person and two horses, and it still took a day and a night to arrive.

However, after the governance of Yamuji and Yaden generations, the population is relatively large, and there is also a lot of land reclamation, and its development degree is more prosperous than that of Luoyang.

It's just all the way, but when I see the people I meet, all of them are frightened, and I feel that the grass and trees are all soldiers.

After a little thought, everyone understood that the king of Gainqiang, Arden, sent out a large army to fight, thinking that every department and every household would have young men and women to fight.

The news of the battle of Lüyang has not yet come, but the hometown has already made people a pot, and everyone knows that Arden's defeat is inevitable.

Therefore, the clansmen who stayed behind in the rear not only had to worry about the death or death of the children of the army, but also worried about whether the enemy would pursue Zhulian afterwards.

At this time, the atmosphere in the city can only be described by the words "frightened and afraid".

Finally, the conqueror Ma Chao had prestige in their hearts, and he sent more soldiers to patrol, so the situation was relatively stable and there was no major chaos.

Everyone entered the city office, and Ma Chao prepared a simple reception banquet.

He was deeply surprised that Luoyang was able to defeat the 8,000 army of Arden with less than 2,000 Qiang soldiers, and there was naturally a sigh and greetings during the banquet.

After the banquet, he sent his subordinates to settle everyone separately, and he himself personally led Jiang Wei and Ma Dai into the inner room to discuss the next major matters.

Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang is in Hanzhong, and the only ones who can decide the size of Wudu are these three natives of the northwest.

Sitting down and drinking, Ma Chao went straight to the topic and complained: "I have worked hard to make a lot of trips with Brother Dai, but I have been counted after winning the next debate, there are more than 3,000 Qiang households under the rule of Arden, but how to settle it is tricky, and I am really worried these days." ”

Ma Daiqi said: "Why don't my brother follow our example of the Yalasuo tribe and move all these people into Hanzhong, so that the men can mine and graze, and the women will cultivate the fields and weave cloth?" ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said: "After all, I only have 2,000 troops in my hands, and I can naturally do whatever I want to deal with some small tribes, but after all, there are nearly 20,000 people here, and only 2,000 troops can barely maintain order. ”

"Then let them stay here and keep their old business."

Ma Chao frowned even more, and sighed: "Brother Dai thinks too easily. To tell the truth, this Arden looks strong on the surface, but in fact, there are less than 100,000 cattle and sheep in his clan, and how can 20,000 people survive with these livestock alone? ”

When Jiang Wei heard this, he couldn't help but say in his heart, it turned out that the Wolf Qiang had been really consumed in the past few years, and the family foundation was almost defeated, so this clan was bound to rely on external plundering in order to subsidize the clan.

But then I thought that since the Wudu Zhuqiang had already met the alliance and returned to the rule of the Great Han, it was naturally impossible for them to fight in vain, and how to give them a way to survive and stabilize the current situation was the top priority.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei clasped his fists and said: "Wei is here to give advice to the general." ”

"Oh? Please elaborate. ”

Jiang Wei straightened out his thoughts a little, and then said:

"Wei brought Yadan with him this time, he was the wise trust of the late Qiang King Yamuji, and the Qiang people here were originally under the command of Yamuji, and Yadan was more popular. Wei thought that if he came forward to appease the people, emphasizing that our army would only punish the evil, and not the strategy of killing, he should be able to forgive the hearts of the people. ”

Ma Chao nodded at first, but then shook his head and said: "The Qiang people are not subject to control, this strategy can suspend their hearts, and it is not a long-term solution." ”

Jiang Wei smiled and said: "In addition, the imperial court will set up a military governor in Wudu, and we can choose the strong Qiang people to be the army." The Qiang people were short of materials, so in order to ensure their livelihood, they had to join our army, and I would be able to hand over the army to the command of a trustworthy Qiang general, with Han as the supervising army and placing it under the jurisdiction of the Wuxing Governor. In this way, not only could the imperial court raise a new army of servants that could be used immediately at a very low cost, but it could also greatly reduce the possibility of Qiang rebellion. ”

Speaking of which, this is the system of recruiting the box army that he borrowed from the Northern Song Dynasty.

It is necessary to know that wherever there are military disasters, famines, droughts and floods in the world, there will be displaced people everywhere, and once they are not handled properly, they are prone to man-made disasters. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao responded with the tuntian system and recruited displaced people for his own use, which eventually became a help, and later generations widely used this strategy.

However, in the Song Dynasty, the world was densely populated, and the land annexation was serious, and there was no surplus land to help these displaced people, so the imperial court came up with a system, that is, to recruit the young and strong among the displaced people as an army, so as to reduce the possibility of rebellion of the displaced people from the source.

Facts have proved that this system does work, and this is the advantage of standing on the shoulders of giants.

Seeing that Ma Chao heard it, he praised the case: "Good strategy!" Good strategy! Without these strong and strong, how can the remaining old and weak make trouble? Boyo's strategy can be said to be a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, haha, just take this as a plan! ”

Ma Dai followed up with a compliment, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly turned sideways and asked: "Then how to solve the livelihood of the Qiang women who are old and weak?" I don't want to abandon them. ”

Jiang Wei responded: "Brother Ma is right, if they are not properly resettled, how can those brave and strong people work with peace of mind?" And Wei has a plan for consultation at this moment. ”

His gaze turned back to Ma Chao, and said loudly: "You can let the Qiang households leave the breeding emergency livestock, and the rest of the cattle and sheep war horses, Luoyang Yanchang is willing to convert them into grain, cloth, salt and other daily necessities at the market price, and buy them together!" From now on, as long as these Qiang people help the imperial court fight wars and work hard, graze cattle and horses, they can have no worries about food and clothing, so isn't it a convenient luck for both sides? ”

Ma Chao immediately understood, stretched out his hand to point at Jiang Wei, and said with a smile: "Okay, you Jiang Boyo, you can do business and argue." However, this strategy finally gave them a way to live, so let's make a decision. ”

He is a loose character, he can solve problems when he sees them, and he says at the moment: "These trivial things are really not worry-free, annoying and tight." Boyo and Brother Dai have come just in time, and I will leave these matters to you. ”

Jiang Wei clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Pang Hong, the son of Feng Xiao Pang Tong, also came with the army to argue, although this person has not yet come out, but he is resourceful and good at governance, and he has begun to have talents in Luoyang. Tomorrow, the general can leave these matters to him at his disposal, and with Yadan as his assistant, he will surely be able to bring all the people to heart. ”

After a pause, he added: "In three days, the Qiang generals who participated in the alliance will lead the troops to debate in the next debate. At that time, General Wei will lead them to sweep away the tribes in Wudu one by one that do not obey the king and do not participate in the alliance. ”

Ma Chaoqi said: "The rest are all small characters that are not worth mentioning, Boyo, you only send Yue Ji to attack, how can you make such a big fanfare?" ”

Jiang Wei replied: "Actually, Wei wants to take this opportunity to transform all these cooperative tribes into servant troops of the imperial court through the means of grace and power. When the world is peaceful, these people are deployed by the imperial court on the border of Wei, and the imperial court will know in an instant if there is any wind and grass in Wei; Once the war starts, they are the help of the imperial army, although they cannot be used as the main force, but they are more than enough to do some guerrilla and lure the enemy. ”

Ma Chao sighed: "Boyo is far-reaching, beyond his reach. ”

Ma Chao was conceited, how could he ever praise someone like this? Jiang Wei hurriedly got up and hugged his fists and said, "The general is really praised." ”

After some modesty, he said: "When the Wudu is calm, the next thing to deal with is the strong end of the king of Yinping." However, the strong end is strong after all, and when the time comes, I still need the help of the general. ”

Qiang Duan was the key figure who led to the reversal of the situation in the battle of Liu Bei and Cao Cao and the outpost of the battle of Hanzhong. It was because of this person that Zhang Fei and Ma Chao's combined forces were defeated by Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen, and the Han generals Wu Lan and Ma Chao's alien brother Lei Ding died here.

Ma Chao naturally hated him to the core, and when he heard this, he suddenly hammered the case, and said excitedly: "Is this true? ”

Jiang Wei said: "There is a small road in Yinping, which can be taken directly from Shuzhong, and such an important place naturally cannot fall into the hands of hostile forces; What's more, if you don't kill the strong end, how can you teach Zhuqiang to completely return to their hearts? The battle of Yin Ping is inevitable! In the past few days, I also asked the general to be strong, and half a month later, we will join the army in Yinping to crusade against the strong end. ”

Ma Chao had a sneer on his face, and gritted his teeth: "So, a word is a certainty!" ”

That night, Ma Chao sent someone to invite Pang Hong and Yadan, and handed over the task of pacifying the Qiang people to him in public.

Pang Hong is a young hero, and he is at the age when he has the heart to do a great career, so he is naturally obliged; Yadan has a deep relationship with the Qiang people here, and there is nothing to say, and the two immediately went their separate ways.

Ma Chao sent someone to send Yang Wan again, and he used his identity as a person to sneak into Yinping in advance to collect intelligence. Yang Wan and Lei Ding also have a brotherhood, and when they heard that they were about to crusade against the strong end, they didn't have the heart to agree.

In just one night, the major matters related to the future direction of Wudu and Yinping were decided.

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In the next few days, Zhuqianghao, who had been agreed in advance, arrived one after another to defend the next debate.

Some of them arrived the next day; If it's a little farther away, it'll be a day and a half at night. But on the appointed day, all nine tribes arrived, and none of them were late.

In order to show his face in front of Ma Chao and Jiang Wei, and also to fight for greater interests, Zhu Qianghao mobilized the strength of the whole clan and recruited all the cavalry to participate.

Because the strength of each tribe is not the same, the number of soldiers and horses brought is also somewhat different. The stronger tribes led three to five hundred cavalry, and the few had a hundred cavalry, but without exception, the warriors who followed them this time were the most elite of the various tribes.

But in Jiang Wei's eyes, although these so-called "elites" are all in high spirits and high morale, their equipment is really poor, and there are almost no decent iron knives.

Seeing this, he secretly decided that depending on the performance of each department, the weapons eliminated by the Han army would be rewarded to the tribes that performed well, which would not only serve as an incentive, but also stimulate the rest of the tribes to fight bravely.

In the end, Zhu Qiang launched a total of more than 2,100 horses, plus more than 1,400 horses brought by Jiang Wei from Luoyang, a total of 3,500 horses.

Three thousand five hundred cavalry is a terrifying number, and there is no one in the Wudu that can resist the power of this army's blow.

Early in the morning of the fourth day of the eighth month of the summer, Jiang Wei bid farewell to Ma Chao, Pang Hong, and Yadan, who were guarding the lower debate, and led the coalition army of 3,500 cavalry composed of Ma Dai, Wei Rong, Zhao Tong and Zhuqiang, and set out on a mighty expedition, bound to sweep the entire territory of Wudu.

The first battle took place at Shanglu, which was thirty miles away.

This place was originally owned by Muba and has a population of 35,000 people. But after the battle of Lüyang, Qingzhuang was either killed or captured, and the patriarch Muba did not know his whereabouts, and the Qiang people of Shanglu were leaderless, and they were unable to organize decent resistance at all, and were defeated by the coalition forces in one fell swoop.

After the war, it should have been a time to scramble for the spoils of war, but Zhuqiang just looked at the main general Jiang Wei and didn't dare to move at all.

Every time after hunting, the head wolf will always eat the first bite of the prey first, this is a well-known truth on the grassland, and no one dares to make a mistake before Jiang Wei takes his share of the loot.

Jiang Wei was very satisfied with their performance, so according to the agreement, he captured more than 1,000 men and sent all of them back to Hanzhong to be disposed of by Zhuge Liang.

The development of Hanzhong is in the ascendant, and a large number of people are needed for mining, reclamation, and grazing.

As soon as Jiang Wei's army retreated, Zhuqiang couldn't wait to start looting his children, cattle and sheep, and goods. In the end, because of the uneven distribution, there were several fights between the soldiers in a row; The atmosphere of private fighting spread, and for a while there was tension between swords, and there was a great posture of internal strife.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei was furious on his face, but he was secretly happy in his heart, he knew that the opportunity to train the departments had come.

So he summoned all the Qiang Hao to the big tent, first criticized them with great vigour, and then ordered them to gather all the people, cattle and sheep, and goods into one place, and ordered the tribes to divide the spoils equally in proportion to how much they contributed.

This method is simple and fair, and everyone accepts it.

From then on, whenever they encountered unresolved matters, they would spontaneously go to find Jiang Wei to make a decision. Jiang Wei can deal with it every time, and Zhu Qianghao is convinced, and gradually returns to his heart.

After a day's rest, the coalition army set out again, and according to the map, Suoji swept away Panqu, Dangdang, Hechi, and several other tribes that rebelled and failed to come to join the alliance.

As a result, in just half a month, all the opposing forces were wiped out, and all the Wudu were subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Jiang Wei also took this opportunity to capture thousands of young and strong coolies and send them to Hanzhong; And the Huimeng Zhuqiang followed this time, and they all made a lot of money.

But compared with the two, it is obvious that Zhu Qianghao has taken a big advantage. Therefore, every time they fight, they can be greatly enthusiastic, and they admire and admire Jiang Wei even more.

It's just that such a method of "dividing the spoils" is a little uncomfortable in Wei Rong's eyes. On the way back, he couldn't help but have questions in his heart, so he grabbed Jiang Wei and asked:

"Why should we treat these Qiang people well? We have taken all these cattle and sheep goods, and they dare not complain! ”

Jiang Wei explained: "Yizhou has a poor population, and even Hanzhong can't take care of it, so it is naturally impossible to directly govern Wudu, so the rule of the imperial court in Wudu still depends on these allies to maintain." If they are not fed, how can they follow the court with all their hearts? It's called 'what you want to take, you must give it first.'" ”

Wei Rong sighed and said, "I know that you have a point, but I still feel a little uncomfortable. ”

Jiang Wei smiled and comforted again: "Although on the surface, the Qiang people have shared more, but if you think about it again, they have obtained so many cattle and horses, and the ultimate goal is not to make their lives better?" I set up a field in Luoyang, and as long as I am not a fool, I will take out some cattle and sheep to exchange for daily necessities. The cost of these things in Yizhou is extremely low, and once they are shipped to Wudu and sold to the Qiang people, their price suddenly increases several times. So in the end, we still have more advantages. ”

Wei Rong patted his head and suddenly realized: "I see! All I said was that the Qiang people were white-eyed wolves that they couldn't feed, and I was about to go to them for trouble......"

Jiang Wei suddenly restrained his smile and said calmly, "You're right. Subduing the Qiang people requires both grace and corresponding power...... Now that the military capital has been pacified, we have fed this group of emerging wolves with the flesh and blood of the old forces. But wolves are cunning and insatiable, and in order to prevent backlash, the next step is to let them see our iron hooves and steel knives, and let them know the cost of making mistakes...... Only with such a combination of grace and power can they be completely convinced ......"

Wei Rong was puzzled: "How can we let them see our iron hooves and steel knives?" ”

Jiang Wei patted him on the shoulder, glanced at the side, and said, "It's coming, just when you attack Yinping." ”