On this night, 100 roasted whole sheep were openly served, and the Han and Qiang soldiers and civilians opened their bellies to eat and feast, which was extremely enjoyable.

On the other side of the bonfire, Jiang Wei sat cross-legged, looking at Yadan, whose hands were oiled, and he was grabbing a leg of mutton and gnawing wildly.

Speaking of which, the Yarasuo Department is certainly poor, but with the respect of Yadan, he is indispensable to eat on weekdays, and he is so out of shape, mainly because today's mutton is too delicious, which can be called the best meal he has eaten since he became sensible.

There is no other reason, it is nothing more than that Jiang Wei brought a lot of salt with him on this trip, and the mutton was marinated very delicious.

Although there is no shortage of salt wells in the northwest region, there is a lack of mining technology and skilled workers, so in the eyes of the Qiang people, salt is an important material that can be compared with cattle and horses.

But Jiang Wei knew that the cost of mining salt was actually very low, and it was nothing more than because the imperial court monopolized its sales links and artificially raised the price, so the people had to spend a lot of money in exchange for daily needs.

In fact, for the imperial court's military needs, there is no shortage of such things.

He used some lamb meat roughly, and when he saw that Yadan threw the leg bone of the lamb to the ground and burped heavily, he asked:

"Yadan, I want to unify all the tribes within a month, what can you do?"

Yadan wiped the grease stains on his mouth with his sleeve, bowed down and replied:

The general asked right. Although the minister and the king of my family are trapped here, they often think about counterattacking and arguing, so they also have some ideas about the general's doubts. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it, and listen to it. ”

Yadan moved his ass closer and said solemnly:

"If the general wants to take full control of Wudu, there are two figures who have to be mentioned. The first to bear the brunt, of course, was Arden, who forcibly occupied the city of Lower Debate; The other is Yue Ji, who lives in Luoyang. ”

The name Arden is not unfamiliar, Jiang Wei had heard Ma Dai mention it before, saying that after the death of Yamuji, this person occupied Xiabi City, and also established himself as the king of Shenwolf Qiang.

And the name Yue Ji is the first time he has heard of it, but for some reason, he always feels that this name seems very familiar, but no matter how he recalls, he can't remember where he heard it.

In desperation, he had to shake his head and give up, and asked: "As long as these two people are defeated, will the Wolf Commanders be able to listen to my orders?" ”

Yadan said: "These two tribes are the strongest tribes, defeat them, and the rest of the tribes will recognize the strength of the general; However, the wolf tribes were accustomed to being casual and unconvinced by each other, and if they wanted to make them bow down to their orders, they would have to send troops to conquer one by one. It's just that the tribes are all over the inside and outside of Longshan, and if they really send troops to conquer, the money, food, and materials consumed are difficult to measure. ”

Jiang Wei slowly bowed his head and said, "You are right, so what is your train of thought?" ”

Yadan Zhengse said: "Since the death of the old Qiang king, no one can control the strong end of the Di people entrenched in Yinping, he often leads troops to invade Wudu, robbing cattle and sheep property, and all the tribes are deeply affected. Among the wolf tribes, Arden and Yueji are the strongest, but they are more than capable of self-preservation, and if they want to defeat the strong end, they are not enough. Therefore, the minister thought that if the general defeated the Arden and Yueji tribes first, erected a prestige, and then held high the banner of crusading against the strong end of the Di people, then the rest of the troops would definitely raise troops to respond, and then the general would extend favors extensively, and the big thing would be decided! ”

Jiang Wei heard this, took the case, and praised: "This plan is wonderful! ”

Immediately summoned Ma Dai and Wei Rong, and said: "Brother Ma, please prepare, early tomorrow morning, I will wait for the horse to stop, first attack Luoyang, and then attack and take down the next defense!" ”

Yadan was shocked: "Just with the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the general? ”

He swallowed his saliva and hurriedly said:

"Arden is the brother of the old Qiang king, although his prestige is shallow, but after all, there are thousands of people under his command, and he occupies a strong city to argue, which is by no means easy to match; And Yue Ji, who lives in Luoyang, is one of the best warriors among my Qiang people, with the courage of ten thousand people, although there are only a few hundred warriors under his command, but everyone can be a ten, that is, when the old Qiang King was alive, he had to be afraid of three points, and did not dare to recruit easily. When the general went south last year, if the people led by the old Qiang king were Yueji, not Jiang Shi and Danton, the victory would be lost... Outcome... That one... Wins and losses ......"

Yadan wanted to say, "Then the outcome is especially uncertain", but suddenly realized that this was inappropriate, so he had to pause and raise his eyes to look at Jiang Wei, but seeing that he was expressionless, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Dan Ma Dai laughed loudly:

"This Yue Ji, a certain family has also heard of it. It is rumored that this person is eight feet tall, strong in martial arts, good at archery, and makes a big hammer, and is a good man among the Qiang people. However, this person is not good at scheming, and he has no courage and no strategy, so his power has been limited to the area of Luoyang, and it is difficult to expand. ”

Wei Rong on the side suddenly said stupidly: "What kind of martial arts is strong, if you teach me to meet it, I must give him some color to see!" ”

At this time, Jiang Wei had some vague impressions of Yue Ji through the descriptions of Yadan and Ma Dai. He asked a few more questions about the geography of Luoyang, and had a general plan in his heart, so he smiled at Yadan:

"You don't want to look down on the more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in General Ma's hands, in a certain opinion, it is better than 10,000 troops such as you."

After a pause, he said: "What's more, the army is plotting and the city is attacking." As a last resort, a soldier will not be wasted for no reason. This time, a certain person was going to attack Luoyang without spending a single soldier. ”

Yadan was held by his arrogant words, so he had to keep his mouth shut, but he secretly sneered in his heart, bah, I will polish my eyes and watch, and see how you hit your head and blood under Luoyang City!

******

Before dawn the next day, Jiang Wei sent Abu to escort Yalasuo and the Qiang people, as well as cattle and sheep supplies back to Yangping Pass.

At present, Hanzhong is in the stage of large-scale development, and population and cattle are all scarce resources. Their arrival will be the greatest support for Zhuge Liang.

And Yarazo, known as protection, will actually be put under house arrest in a different way. Yadan knew this, but he was powerless to oppose it.

Jiang Wei led the army, and the newly joined eighty Qiang warriors went straight to Luoyang, more than 100 miles to the southwest.

Luoyang was founded in the former Han Dynasty Yuanding six years (111 B.C.), with its use of the place called Luo, ruled in the south of Xiangshan Yang, so the name is Luoyang, has always been the place where the Qiang people and the Di people live together.

In the first two years of the Later Han Dynasty (115 A.D.), Yu Xu, who was the Taishou of Wudu and the commander of the handsome talent, presided over the "Publication Mountain Guide River", dredged the Jialing River channel from Luoyang to Xiacheng County, and developed the water transportation in this area.

Historically, during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, he went out of Qishan from the west of Hanzhong, and during the transportation of materials, it was this waterway that relied on it; After the defeat of the First Northern Expedition, he sent Chen Shi to take Wudu County in the seventh year of Jianxing (229 AD), and then set up Wuxing Governor in Luoyang City.

It can be seen that the importance of the land of Luoyang to the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty is self-evident.

Jiang Wei took a fancy to the geographical location of Luoyang this time, and he had to hold it in his hand first to feel at ease.

******

Three days later, at the northern foot of Xiangshan Mountain in the territory of Luoyang, a group of strongmen suddenly appeared, they occupied the mountain as the king, closed the mountain and closed the road, did not allow the local people to hunt in the mountain, and did not allow pedestrians to go back and forth during the period, beating and scolding at every turn, and doing their best to insult them.

For a while, the people's grievances were boiling, and there were countless people who went to the local handsome Yue Ji to complain.