Chapter Ninety-Six: The Trap
"The alien race has been unable to attack for a long time, and they are unwilling to lose their troops and surrender their generals, so they will withdraw, after a long time, they must be impatient, Xiaokuan wants to implement a counter-plan at that time?" Liu Wei's eyes lit up. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Your Majesty's expectation is not bad, the minister is exactly this plan." Wei Xiaokuan exclaimed.
"When Xiaokuan first came to Zhen's command, I didn't know what position to use to treat each other, so after thinking about it, I gave Xiaokuan the position of commander of the Jinyi Guard, but now it seems that it is suitable!" Liu Wei smiled with satisfaction.
Wei Xiaokuan used a counter-strategy, and at the same time controlling people's psychology, he even had to calculate the time, and he couldn't help but feel that he had chosen the right person.
Wei Xiaokuan picked up the wine glass, shook his head, then drank it all, and said with a smile: "The minister originally wanted to be a general with troops, but he didn't want this position of Jinyi Guard to attract me more!" Now Weichen feels that the work of Jinyiwei is much more interesting than leading soldiers to fight! ”
"Haha, it's good if Xiaokuan likes it, Jinyiwei is good to use, it is more deterrent than a million male soldiers, if this rebellion is successful, it will be the first contribution of Jinyiwei's fame!"
Wei Xiaokuan's eyes were fiery: "The minister will live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”
"Open, drink!"
A scene of harmony between the monarch and the minister.
Time flies, and more than ten days have passed.
In the city of Yinguan, it is still safe and sound, although the weather is getting colder and colder, but there is wood prepared in advance, for heating, the people's food is not enough, Liu Wei also opened a porridge shed, three meals a day have fragrant rice porridge, flatbread for the people to eat.
In the poor land of Yanmen, more than 100,000 people were crowded in the city of Yinguan, but no one starved to death.
Two miles outside the city, there was a large army of aliens, divided into four divisions, each guarding the four gates.
The Qiang people guard one gate, the Xianbei guard one gate, and the Huns have many people, so they guard two gates.
More than ten days have passed, and there has been no movement in the Yin Pavilion City, and the alien race was still staring at the Yin Pavilion before, but now, the defense has gradually relaxed. Some even have the idea of going home, and their wives and children are still waiting for them.
There was no movement in the Yin Pavilion City, and suddenly these alien races were in a hurry, and if they wanted to leave, they didn't loot anything, maybe this winter, they would have to slaughter those cattle and sheep in reserve, and there might be heavy losses on the grassland, and maybe even those who starved to death.
But not only could it not be plundered, but it also lost the lives of more than 10,000 warriors, which is really unwilling!
As time passed, the evil spirits were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, drinking all day long to kill their sorrows.
That night, Wei Xiaokuan took advantage of the night and took a few masters of the brocade guards to climb down from the city wall with ropes and go straight to the Quli army.
"Stop, who are you?" Several Qiang cavalry stopped Wei Xiaokuan and his party.
Wei Xiaokuan was unmoved, and said unhurriedly: "I am the envoy of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and I have come to ask to see your leader!" ”
"Han Chinese? I think you're looking for death? Drag me down and cut it down! Several Qiang soldiers were furious.
Wei Xiaokuan smiled coldly and said, "It doesn't matter if you kill me, you are not afraid of delaying the major affairs of your family leader?" Hurry up and report to the leader of your family, and say that I have a clever plan to make the Qiang people rise! ”
The eyes of several Qiang cavalry changed, and then one of the leaders pointed to a small soldier and said, "You go and report to the leader!" It's up to the boss! ”
Soon the soldiers came to Quli's big tent: "Chief, there is a Han envoy outside the camp gate who asks to see him, saying that he is dedicated to the leader of the clever plan to help my Qiang people rise!" ”
"Don't be ashamed to cut them off the bar!" Gully sneered.
"Huh? No, I'd better call them over, I'd like to see what they have to plan for me to rise!" ”
There has been no progress in the past few days, and Qu Li was very upset, thinking that Wei Xiaokuan's coming might be a breakthrough, so he immediately changed his mind.
After a while, Wei Xiaowan came to the Quli camp with a few brocade guards.
Qu Li was irritable in his heart, and he didn't beat around the bush, and went straight to the point: "You said that there is a clever plan for me to make the Qiang tribe rise, come quickly, if you dare to deceive me, you will be broken into pieces!" ”
"I said that there is nature, but I don't know if you dare to do it!" Wei Xiaokuan straightened the Confucian clothes on his body and sneered.
"Speak quickly, don't beat around the bush!" Quli was impatient.
"I heard that this year, the harvest is not good, the cattle and sheep have a plague, the reason why you poured out of the nest to plunder is because of the lack of food?"
"Everyone knows this, and you still want to say it?"
"The Qiang people are on the Hetao, only a small piece of territory in the west, your clan is squeezed out by other Qiang people, and they can't stay in Liangzhou, so they march into the Hetao, but the land of the Hetao is powerful Xiongnu and Xianbei, with them, it is impossible for your army to be strong, and now you can't loot, it may be a collapse, and it is impossible to prosper!"
Wei Xiaokuan poked Qu Li's painful foot, and Qu Li was immediately furious: "Are you here to ridicule Lao Tzu?" Looking for death? ”
Wei Xiaokuan shook his head and said: "How dare I ridicule the leader, the villain came this time, and he has already said that there is a wonderful plan for the prosperity of the Qiang clan to the leader!" ”
"Speak quickly!"
"The leader led the troops out of the nest this time, and the people who asked for nothing more than grain and grass, this time, His Majesty promised that as long as the leader Kenli should cooperate with the outside and work together with our army to fight the two Xianbei Huns, His Majesty is willing to send 100,000 stones of grain and grass!"
"Think about it, as long as the Xiongnu Xianbei is broken, isn't the land of the Hetao the world of your Qiang people?" Wei Xiaokuan said with a smile.
"Nonsense, my Qiang tribe and Xiongnu Xianbei are already intermarried with each other, each other's family, how could they do such a thing?" Qu Li flatly refused, but the glint in his eyes told Wei Xiaokuan that he was a little tempted.
"Since the leader gave up this opportunity to let the Qiang people rise, and even dominate the Hetao, Wei can only say that it is a pity!" Wei Xiaokuan shook his head, with a look of regret, and was about to go out.
"It's a pity that you poured out of the nest, but you got nothing, and your people waited at home, but when you went back, you couldn't give them anything! Even in winter, countless people starved to death. Wei Xiaokuan sighed and walked towards the door.
Qu Li's face was bitter when he heard this, their Qiang tribe was the weakest in the Hetao, Qu Li didn't want to be strong all the time, but this one went out to rob, not only did he get nothing, but he also died two or three out of ten warriors in the clan, Wei Xiaokuan's words suddenly touched Qu Li's nerves.
"Mr. stay, Mr. Wei must remember to go, although the conditions given by Mr. are tempting, but I also have a hard time!" Qu Li hurriedly grabbed Wei Xiaokuan, and even called him sir.
Wei Xiaokuan turned his back to Qu Li's face, flashed a sneer, and immediately returned to normal, and turned back and said: "Such a God-given opportunity, which can help the Qiang people dominate the Hetao in one fell swoop, what is the trouble, why hesitate?" ”
"Sir doesn't know, among the 100,000 coalition troops, my Qiang tribe only accounts for 20,000, in the previous war, I was taken by the fierce general to kill thousands, and now there are only 15,000 left, and the other two clans combined, there are still 70,000 due to, if you want to break them, how easy is it!" Qu Li said anxiously.
"What? You Qiang only have 15,000 cavalry left? I thought there should be more than 30,000, but I didn't expect that there was only that, it seems that the plan of combining the inside and the outside will not work! Wei Xiaokuan pretended to be panicked.
"Yes, sir, my Qiang tribe is the weakest, only so many troops, it's not that I don't want to cooperate with Mr., but the strength is not enough and I don't have that courage!"
In fact, Qu Li still had a concern, that is, he was afraid that if this plan was really successful, the Han army would unload the mill and kill the donkey, and deal with himself in turn.
"Can Sir think of other ways, as long as Sir can give me those grains and grasses to help my Qiang people dominate the Hetao, I am willing to surrender to the Han Court!" Qu Li swears.
"Since the leader is so sincere, I really don't hide it, before I came, I actually discussed with Your Majesty, and united with the Xiongnu, and even with Xianbei! But I vetoed it! Wei Xiaokuan was also moved, and pretended to inform Qu Li of the secret.
"Huh? What the? Then sir, why did you choose me Qiang? I, the Qiang tribe, are the weakest..."Qu Li was shocked when he heard this, and said tentatively.
"The leader doesn't know, this Hun is subservient to my Han, but he occupies the Hetao, so he is not satisfied, and even knocks on the side repeatedly, His Majesty is already very disgusted with the Huns, and he no longer trusts the Huns!"
"And Xianbei, there are more powerful forces in Youzhou, Your Majesty is worried that if they dominate the Hetao, they may unite with the Xianbei forces over there!" Wei Xiaokuan seemed to be telling Qu Li about the scene when he was talking to the emperor, and told them all.
"And your Qiang people, although not as strong as the Xiongnu Xianbei, but treat people with sincerity, in Liangzhou is also peaceful with the people, come to loot should be really helpless, Your Majesty believes, if you Qiang dominate the Hetao, you will be able to live in peace with my Han!"
"Yes, yes, my Qiang people have always believed in me, if my Qiang people can dominate the Hetao, I will definitely be a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and I will not commit any crimes in the autumn!" Qu Li was full of fire and swore by it.
"It's a pity that your Qiang tribe is too weak, and this plan that should be combined with the outside is difficult to implement!" Wei Xiaokuan looked embarrassed.
"Sir is thinking about it, in addition to the plan of internal and external cooperation, there is also a strategy to break the enemy, which can not only destroy the Xiongnu Xianbei, but also allow my Qiang people to rise!" Qu Li asked with an urgent expression.