Chapter 126: Yadan is captured
In order to improve morale, Cherrigi has been telling the Qiang people that the Han people are weak, but today Marshal Yue Ji and the generals Oh He and Yao Ge have been defeated and returned, which is equivalent to Cherrigi being slapped in the face in public, and the beating is crackling.
Yue Ji, who finally understood the power of the Han people, is now honest, and he no longer jumps up and down like some time ago to pry Cheriji to fight with the Han people, which can be regarded as making Cheriji's ears a little cleaner. It's just that the Han army is so strong, so that Cherrigi is becoming more and more uncertain about whether he can defeat the Han army.
Yue Ji and the others were defeated if they were defeated, although they were a little ugly on the face, but they did not have much impact on the overall situation. Cheriji had 150,000 Qiang soldiers, and even if the Han generals could use one as ten or as a hundred, it would be difficult to stop the charge of the Qiang cavalry. Although it is said that it is not a force to win with more and less, it is also Cherrigi's biggest reliance.
At this time, Cheriji did not take the initiative to attack, mainly waiting for the news of Prime Minister Yadan, if it could be said that Putou, who was Xianbei in Hexi, would join the war, then his own losses would be much smaller, and he could even force the Han army to sue for peace with him. And Yadan, who had high hopes for Cherrigi, ran into trouble at this time.
Since Cheriji sent troops, the Qiang and Han people in Liangzhou began to oppose each other, but with Liu Xie's personal meeting with the representatives of the Qiang people, this antagonism gradually disappeared, and was replaced by Han and Qiang joining forces to guard against the spies sent by the Xiqiang.
If Yadan wants to contact Hexi Xianbei, then he must first cross Liangzhou, but at this time, the Han and Qiang people living in Liangzhou have been vigilant against the Qiang people from Xiqiang, and it is not easy for Yadan to fool the past. In order to prevent their whereabouts from being revealed, Yadan and his party could only come to Zhangye County first, and then go north. Along the way, Yadan didn't dare to reveal his identity, and even the more prosperous county towns didn't dare to approach, but only dared to rush at night and pick sparsely populated areas. But with such care, Yadan was still exposed.
Damn it!
Yadan never dreamed that the Di people, who usually behaved like the third grandson in front of the Qiang people, would dare to betray themselves. That Yang Qian, who can't die well, did he eat the bear's heart and leopard gall?
Yang Wan dared to attack Yadan, naturally not because he ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, but because he was frightened. It was not that he was frightened by Yadan, but that he was frightened by the attitude of the Han Emperor. Previously, he had expressed to Liangzhou Mu Jia Xu that he was willing to take the Di people to attach the Han people, hoping to get a piece of land to multiply. But he didn't want Jia Xu to come back from Xiping County, so he specially invited Ma Teng to accompany him and invited him to have a long talk.
Indeed, just as Liu Xie thought in advance, Yang Wan's request for attachment was to imitate the original Xiongnu attachment Han. It's just that he forgot that Dahan had already suffered a loss, how could he make the same mistake again. The secret in his heart is so that people can see through it, and Yang Du can't help but be frightened. Don't look at the number of Di people, but the aggressiveness of the Di people is not high, quite a habit of being obedient, when the Qiang people in Liangzhou gained power, the Di people were the object of bullying, and now they are finally looking forward to the Han people, but they don't want to make their own cleverness annoyed, if they can't get the forgiveness of the Han people, then the Di people will probably be more sad in the future.
It should be said that since the Han people put forward the new policy of the Han and Qiang families, the people who used to be kings and hegemons in Liangzhou have not had a day of comfort. It's not that they didn't think about uniting to resist the "tyranny" of the Han people, but the Han people were too "insidious" to do things, and before they could negotiate the matter of joining forces, the Han people took action. Liu Xieyuan is in Chang'an, naturally he can't always pay attention to Liangzhou, but Jia Xu, who was appointed by him as the pastor of Liangzhou, is an old and cunning guy, in his hands, Ma Jiajun, Youyi Army and Montenegrin Army, these three groups are all under his command, and secretly there is Tianyan to collect intelligence for him, and every move of the barbarian kings can't hide it from him at all. And Jia Xu's means of acting are also extremely ruthless and decisive, if he changes to a Han person, he may still think of convincing people with virtue, but when he comes to Jia Xu, the way to deal with this matter is one word, kill.
Taking advantage of the opportunity for the barbarian kings to meet again to discuss the union, Jia Xu mobilized the elite to wipe out all the barbarian kings who gathered together, and did not let any of them go, and even burned them clean afterwards, and at the same time pushed the matter on the head of the horse thief.
This Viax is a little scary, but the effect is excellent. The tribe that had just lost its leader did not rush to find trouble with the Han people, but first thought about fighting for Dolly, and when they finally settled the tribe and became the new leader, the overall situation was decided, and the Han people had completely controlled Liangzhou. The influx of Han people wiped out the numerical advantage of the Qiang and Di people, and the benefits that the Han people immediately came up with also made those Qiang people tempted.
With a big stick in one hand and sweet dates in the other, Jia Xu successfully controlled Liangzhou, and is still constantly encroaching on the various tribes of the Qiang people. No one likes to live a precarious life, and no one likes to fight all day long, and if possible, most people prefer to live a stable life and get what they want through their own labor.
The cities of the Han people and the farming of the Han people lured countless Qiang people into the city to accept the rule of the Han people. And the more the Qiang people left, the weaker the power of the tribe became, and the less powerful the Qiang king among the Qiang people became to resist the Han people. Originally, when Liu Xie entered Liangzhou, when the representatives of the Qiang people from all over the country went to visit, many Qiang kings also imagined that the Han Son of Heaven would refuse to meet those Qiang representatives, so that he would have an excuse to incite the clansmen to oppose the Han people and regain the rights that originally belonged to them, but what disappointed them was that the Han Son of Heaven was really not afraid of death, and actually met with the representatives of the Qiang people, and sat down with those damn guys to eat and chat. Why is he so bold, isn't he afraid of being assassinated!?
Yang Wan's courage is not as good as those Qiang kings who have accepted their fate, although he is reluctant to give up the power in his hands, but he wants to live more and does not want to die in an accident. But how to please the Han court?
It was at this time that Yadan visited Yang Wan. Originally, Yadan didn't want people to know their whereabouts, but this time they were not well prepared to go out, because they took a long detour, and the dry food they brought was a little insufficient, so they had to go to the Di people to "borrow" a little. In Yadan's impression, the Di people are the scum of the Qiang people, and the Qiang people are a family, and it is because of the different lifestyles they choose from each other that they have gradually gone away, until today the Di people have become sheep in the eyes of the Qiang people, and they take what they want.
This time, Yadan paid the price for his light enemy, and he didn't expect that when Di Ren really turned his face, it would be so difficult to deal with. Just as Cheriji, the western capital, comforted that he could defeat the Han army by fighting more and fighting less, Yadan was facing the crowd tactics of the Di people at this time.
In order to ensure the secrecy of his whereabouts, Yadan brought no more than 100 soldiers with him this time, and Yang Wan sent 10,000 people in order to hand over his "letter of surrender" to the Han people, and surrounded Yadan and others in the middle of the three layers inside and three layers outside.
"My lord, we'll escort you out." The leader of the family urgently suggested to Yadan.
Yadan shook his head slightly when he heard this, he didn't doubt the loyalty of his personal leader, but with the more than 100 people they had at this time, they couldn't rush out at all.
"Yang Qian, come out to see me!" Yadan shouted.
After a while, the peripheral crowd was separated by a crack, Yang Wan was protected by others, and there were three human walls between him and Yadan, Yang Wan no longer went inside, but shouted at Yadan: "Prime Minister Yadan, don't blame me, the Han people have a saying that those who know the times are Junjie, you Xiqiang don't know the current affairs, you have to go against the Han people, that's your business, but if you offend the Han people, it will be a disaster for our people." ”
"Yang Qian, you are still the king of the Di people, why are you so cowardly and afraid of death? The Han people don't have three heads and six arms, so it's worth your effort to please? Yadan tried to move Yang Qian, deliberately provoking him.
"Prime Minister Yadan, don't provoke me. Yang is as timid as a mouse, and he can't stand being scared. ”
"Hmph, then you're afraid of offending the Han people, aren't you afraid of offending us Qiang people?"
"Prime Minister Yadan, even if you offend your Qiang people, it will be a matter of the future, but if you offend the Han people, it is easy to provoke the dissatisfaction of the Han people at this time. You Xiqiang soldiers are strong and strong, and you are not afraid of the Han people, but we Di people dare not offend the Han people. Now that you have entered my Di people's place, if the Han people know about this matter in the future, I am afraid that we Di people will not be able to eat and walk around. ”
"If you don't say anything about it, how can the Han people know?"
"The eyes and ears of the Han people are very powerful, Prime Minister Yadan, why do you think I, Yang Wan, can become the king of Di, is it not because the previous king of Di asked the Han people to kill him. They can even find out in advance where the kings secretly assembled, how dare I be lucky. ”
“…… Then do you have to take my head to curry favor with the Han people today? ”
"Prime Minister Yadan, how dare I ask for your head, as long as I hand you over to the Han people, then the suspicion that our Di people helped Xiqiang will be cleared."
"Humph! Want to capture me? Just by you? Yadan said disdainfully. Don't look at Yadan is prime minister, but the Qiang people are fierce, and Yadan also has a good martial arts, seeing that it doesn't make sense of Yang Qian, Yadan secretly signaled that he was ready to break through with him.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as Yang Wan can be caught, it is not impossible to get out safely. But Yang Wan seemed to have guessed Yadan's plan in advance, and before Yadan could make a move, Yang Wan began to retreat, and those Di people who protected Yang Wan also took out their bows and crossbows one after another, aiming at Yadan.
As long as Yadan dares to rush, the Di people can shoot Yadan into a hedgehog. Seeing this, Yadan couldn't help but sigh, as Yang Wan said before, the one who knows the times is Junjie, Yadan doesn't want to die in the hands of the Di people who make him look down on him on weekdays, so he can only put down his weapons at this time, but I hope that as Yang Wan said, he will hand himself over to the Han people.
Seeing that Yadan chose to give up resistance, Yang couldn't help but be overjoyed. The living Yadan is much more valuable than the dead Yadan, and with Yadan, the prime minister of Xiqiang, I believe that Liangzhou Mu Jia Xu will consider forgiving his mistake once. After the little abacus in his heart made the Han people see through it, the timid Yang Wan accepted his fate. He was really afraid of death, and he did not have the consciousness to fight for his life, and after finding out that the Han people would not agree to his request, he retreated and decided to hug the thighs of the Han people.
Yadan is also the number one person in Xiqiang, but he didn't expect to be planted in the hands of Yang Wan, who is nothing in his eyes, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart. It's just that as a prisoner, Yadan didn't want to block himself, so he simply couldn't see it, got into the prisoner car built by Yang Qian, and didn't look at Yang Qian.
Yang Wan didn't care about Yadan's attitude towards him, catching Yadan was a great achievement, and he believed that the Han Dynasty would definitely reward him. For that reward, Yang Wan definitely personally sent Yadan to Guzang and handed it over to Liangzhou Mu Jia Xu.
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Jia Xu, who got the news, was also very surprised, since he returned to Guzang and Ma Teng teamed up to teach Yang Wan a lesson, his main energy was put on Hexi Xianbei's side. For the time being, there has been no problem, and Hexi Xianbei is still the same as before, and the various departments attack each other without stopping for a day.
If Yadan was allowed to go to Xianbei, Hexi, and also connected with Pu Tou, the largest tribal leader among them, it would really give Jia Xu a headache. At present, the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou are guarding the city except for the county soldiers, and the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized except for Ma Teng's Ma Jiajun have basically let Liu Coordination go. If Hexi Xianbei chooses to attack at this time, then Jia Xu is really a little stretched.
Fortunately, Yang Wan caught Yadan and personally sent it, and he was on his way to come at this time. Jia Xu understood Yang Wan's intentions, and couldn't help but secretly feel funny. I had heard people say that Yang Wan was as timid as a mouse before, Jia Xu always thought that this was Yang Wan's disguise to the outside world, but he didn't expect this person to be so timid, I really don't know what those Di people who chose him as the king of Di thought.
However, Yang Qian's action was indeed a great favor for himself, capturing Yadan, the prime minister of the Xiqiang State, not only to destroy the conspiracy of Xiqiang Cheriji to contact Hexi Xianbei to attack Liangzhou before and after, but also to use Yadan to hit the morale of the Xiqiang State. As far as Jia Xu knows, the number one person in Xiqiang is Qiang King Cheriji, and the number two person is to be determined, and Prime Minister Yadan and Marshal Yueji each have supporters.
Now that Yadan has been captured, it will inevitably demoralize Xiqiang, which is a great help to Liu Xie, who is sitting in the Western Capital, and at least can reduce the pressure on the Han army.
"Yes, get the word on as soon as possible. Come on, prepare the horses. Send someone to inform General Zhang Yan. Jia Xu had made up his mind, and commanded again and again.
Zhang Yan's Montenegrin Army has been disabled at this time, and it is impossible to recover in a short period of time, and Zhang Yan has been staying in the barracks these days in order to rebuild the Montenegrin Army. Hearing that Jia Xu sent someone to recruit him, Zhang Yan hurriedly came, and seeing Jia Xu waiting for a long time, he hurriedly asked, "Why is Lord Jia so anxious to see the last general?" ”
"General Zhang, please quickly dispatch five hundred elite horsemen to follow me out of the city to meet Yang Qian."
"Huh? My lord, how can Yang Wan be virtuous, and he needs to go out of the city to greet him? Zhang Yan asked puzzled.
"General Zhang, Yang Wan is naturally not worthy, but he brought Yadan, the prime minister of the Xiqiang Kingdom, which is worth going out of the city to welcome."
"What? Yadan? The one in the West Qiang Kingdom? ”
"Exactly."
"The last general will go and transfer troops."
Seeing Zhang Yan leave, Jia Xu instructed his son Jia Mudao: "Mu'er, you go to the Western Capital on behalf of your father and hand over this letter to the lord." ”
"Father, will the child come back after he goes?"
"When you arrive in the Western Capital, listen to the arrangement of the lord."
"The child obeys."
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Xiping County, Xidu
Looking at the Qiang soldiers who receded like a tide, Liu Xie secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As early as a few days ago, Cherrigi seemed to be impatient and ordered the siege to begin. However, the Han people do have a lot of experience in defending the city, although there are many Qiang soldiers, but they let the Han people take the city again and again. And in order to boost morale, Liu Xie will sit at the head of the city and watch the battle as long as there is a war these days.
Liu Xie is not the first time to do this kind of thing, he is used to the flesh and blood in front of him, but he is bitter this time Xun Yun and Lu Yu who were caught by him and brought by him. Xun Yun is Xun Yu's eldest son, and Lu Yu is Lu Zhi's eldest son, and the two have been studying in Taixue and are about the same age as Liu Xie. This time Liu Xie's expedition to the west, the two of them were transferred by Liu Xie from Taixue. It's just that these two people have experienced this kind of bloody scene in front of them on weekdays, although they insist on it, but the little face is already white with fright, without a trace of blood.
Liu Xie took them to the battlefield, of course, not because he had an opinion on them. For the sake of their respective fathers, Liu Xie will also reuse them in the future. But Liu Xie doesn't want his future important ministers in the DPRK to be a mouthful of soldiers who only know how to talk on paper, only personal experience, don't ask you to go into battle to kill the enemy, but at least feel the atmosphere of battlefield fighting.
"Woo~" When the Qiang soldiers retreated, Xun Yun, who insisted on watching the whole battle, finally couldn't hold back anymore, twisted his head and squatted on the ground and vomited wildly. Seeing this, Liu Xie couldn't help but smile, stepped forward and squatted next to him, stretched out his hand to pat Xun Yun's back and said, "Spit it, spit and spit and get used to it." ”
"Holy Lord, the minister is rude." Xun Yun wiped his mouth and pleaded guilty to Liu Xie.
"It's okay, I think when I first went to the battlefield, my performance was not as good as you, you at least waited until the battle was over before throwing up." Liu Xie smiled and comforted.
"Holy Prize."
"No prizes, no prizes. Come on, quickly help Captain Xun to go down and rest. Liu Xie smiled and commanded left and right. After the arrangement was completed, Liu Xie looked at Lu Yu again, nodded and said, "Yes, it is worthy of being taught by Master Lu, and the concentration is amazing." ”
"The saint has won the award, and the minister is only encouraging to persevere." Lu Yu replied modestly.
"Huh...... Don't be so modest. Let's eat blood tofu tonight, remember to eat a few more bowls. Liu Xie patted Lu Yu on the shoulder and said.
Lu Yu's face couldn't help but feel bitter when he heard this, he had eaten blood tofu, and it tasted really good. But I have only seen with my own eyes what it means to fly flesh and blood in the past few days, and when I saw blood tofu, I really couldn't arouse my appetite.
"Holy Lord, can we change it to another one?" Lu Yu asked Liu Xie.
"Eat something else? How about tofu brain? ”
It's better than blood tofu!