Tuoba Ning Cong led 6,000 people to flee to Honghe City, but found that more than 40,000 subordinate tribes had disappeared, 20,000 surrendered to the Hexi Army, and the rest were attacked by Minshan Qiang and Qingyi Qiang, and after 5,000 people died, they were successively annexed by the two Qiang, and Honghe City was a lonely city. Sikong Xing found Tuoba Bo, who was already a waste in the prison in Xuzhou, and immediately wrote a letter to Chang'an to report and sent someone to persuade Tuoba Chi to surrender.

In less than a month, Tuoba Qiang and Tuyuhun were gone, so that the envoys of the Qiang tribes who had the heart to belong to the Central Plains in Xianyang were surprised, surprised that the combat effectiveness of the Hexi Army was too terrifying, and happy that after the defeat of the Qiang tribe in Tuoba Ningcong, the tribes had more room to survive. Yang Chong received a letter from Sikong Xing, and hurriedly convened a meeting in the Privy Council, it turned out that Tuoba Bo was a twin, Hao Ying had seen the fake Tuoba Bo, and only then did he recognize the real person at a glance.

After Tianqi introduced the situation, he said: "Back then, Li Delin contributed to Tuoba Ningcong's attachment in Xuzhou, and Tuoba Ningcong gave his nephew Tuoba Bo to Li Delin as a student for Li Delin to drive. Tuoba Bo is indeed a genius, but his fatal weakness is twins, he can't hide his appearance, plus Tuoba Ning Cong revealed this matter to the Li family in Longxi in order to be able to stay in Longxi; After Cui Hongdu's death, Tuoba Bo was jointly restrained by Zhen Xueqing and others, and when those people threatened Li Baiyao's life, they told some of the secrets they knew, and Zhen Xueqing arranged for Tuoba Bo's twin brother Tuoba Feng to disguise himself as Tuoba Bo and influence the Li family in Longxi. Similarly, Zhen Xueqing took this matter again, forcing Tuoba Ning Cong to be used by her. ”

Zhen Xueqing has been missing for a few years without news, it turns out that she has been hiding in Xuzhou, secretly planning all this, and it is really a strange woman; Fang Xuanling sighed: "No wonder the fake Tuoba Bo wants to die, his brother is injured, the family is dying, and he is still helping to abuse, it is a kind of life is better than death, in exchange for me, I also want to die." ”

Scholars just have fantasies, especially fantasies about beautiful things, and Tianqi said helplessly: "Lord Fang, don't be emotional, Zhen Xueqing escaped, and Tuoba Ning Cong did not decide to surrender." ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "I finally know an answer, Gong Lao, it is indeed a famous teacher and a high apprentice." Is there a way for you to find Zhen Xueqing, as long as she is not orphaned by Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng and others, I can pardon her, continue to be in charge of the Quentian Pavilion, or live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, there is no problem. ”

Yang Chong's words are to the end, as long as Zhen Xueqing is not a remnant of Li Tang, even if it is aimed at himself and Chang'an, he can be pardoned; Knowing the apprentice Mo Ruoshi, Gong Yizhuo, who was invited to attend the meeting, immediately refused: "King Yue, don't have such messy thoughts, according to the character of this girl, you can't see the coffin and not shed tears, I understand, you have to do it against Your Excellency Quentian, then there is no way, this is fate, none of us can change the fate." ”

Fate, according to the traditional Chinese saying, is fate and luck, according to fortune telling, life is a fixed number of people, luck is a variable of people, the combination of fixed numbers and variables for time and space transformation, luck arrives, fate changes. Yang Chong didn't expect that a top figure like Gong Yizhuo would also believe this, and suddenly reacted, Gong Yizhuo was convinced that his past was directly and indirectly related to Zhen Xueqing's present, which was the so-called fate.

Yang Chonggan said with a smile: "In this case, Zhen Xueqing's matter will end here, let's talk about the Qiang people, who are now mainly active in Longqing, Qinghai South, Chengdu West, and the upper reaches of the Minjiang River. They are between the Central Plains and the plateau forces, or assimilated into the plateau, or attached to Chang'an, or assimilated into the Han nationality, or survived in the cracks, and strive to preserve and develop separately in the uncertain situation of peace and war. What we have to do is to let them only attach Chang'an and assimilate to the Han people. ”

Fang Xuanling and others nodded, this is Yang Chong's forte, organizing an extremely complex problem, like looking at the scenery through the clouds, which makes people inspired. Wang Jue nodded and said: "We are in Songpan to compress the space in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, and Linqiong County is to compress the space in the west of Chengdu; As soon as Xuzhou was in place, Longqing was in hand, and only the area south of Qinghai was left, that is, the territory of Tuyuhun. ”

Zheng Ying disagreed, saying: "Pressing too hard will allow them to flee directly to the plateau and increase the strength of the plateau." ”

Zheng Ying listened to Yang Chong's analysis of the situation in Qinghai and was a little worried about the use of troops on the plateau; Feng Deyi participated in this kind of meeting for the first time, and Yang Chong asked Shi Daqian to bring Feng Deyi because Hao Ying went to the front line and lacked a conspirator by his side. Feng Deyi suddenly asked Yang Chong: "King Yue, do you think that a powerful regime will appear on the plateau?" ”

Sure enough, he was a first-class conspirator, and he could guess his concerns, Yang Chong warned himself that he must beware of Feng Deyi in the future, and said with a calm smile on his face: "I don't know, but I know that there are various Qiang tribes and natives on the plateau who are about the same number as Tuyuhun. According to the inertia of history, they will be divided for a long time, and they will not always sink like this, if they meet a generation of male lords, they will definitely rise, just like Goguryeo, which was beaten by Gongsun Kang in the Three Kingdoms, and when it came to the Jin Dynasty, it was still born at the right time. ”

Feng Deyi was not satisfied with Yang Chong's answer, but knew that he would not say anything if he asked Yang Chong again, Zheng Ying explained: "King Yue thinks that we have no possibility of killing the plateau, so what we can do is to stop it." The Tuyuhun and Qiang tribes, as well as the Dongnu Kingdom and the vassal countries, are all barriers, and if possible, they are subject countries; It's just that the lower officials don't know the situation of Yak Qiang, Shenwolf Qiang and Ran Shuqiang. ”

Meng Fu immediately replied: "Qin Xiangong attacked the Qiang land, the chieftain led the people to migrate to the south, and isolated from the Qinghai Zhuqiang, including the yak department, the Han Dynasty had established Shenli County Yak County, the latter part of the Qiang people continued to go south to Yuewang County, but there are still Yak Qiang people in Yak County, and they are closest to the White Dog Qiang in Wenshan. The ginseng wolf Qiang is in the Qiang water source ginseng wolf valley, the footprint extends to Guanghan and Wudu, and intermarries with Baimaqiang; Ran Qiang is a descendant of Ran Qiang country, and its geographical location is in Songpan, including Zhongqiang in Jinchuan, Bailanqiang in Songpan, Maozhou, and Heishui, and Deng Zhiqiang in the Baishui River Basin. ”

The Ministry of Rites has been talking with representatives of various tribes for more than a month, coupled with the information that Meng Fu and Zhuge Quan have prepared for many years, basically making these tribes very clear, Feng Deyi thought about it and said: "Yak Qiang and Ginseng Wolf Qiang are not a big problem, and White Dog Qiang and White Horse Qiang have begun to be attached, and sooner or later they can affect them, the focus is on Ran Qiang, if Songpan wants to succeed, it depends on how much Ran Qiang can return to his heart, after all, we can't immigrate on a large scale." ”

(End of chapter)