Standing on the wall of Lianchuan Fort, watching the sunset in the distance gradually sink into the horizon, Wei Shuo's heart was full of worry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, he no longer took the counterattack of Western Qin in his eyes, but was worried about the joint confrontation of Han Haoqiang and Hu Qushuai, who were about to move in Longyou.

Originally, with the collapse of Nanliang and Houliang, the powerful and powerful commanders also sent envoys to negotiate with Hexi about surrender.

Wei Shuo was also interested in solving this problem by political means, but just as everything was going well, the whole situation suddenly changed dramatically.

All this is due to Wang Maide's series of actions in Tianshui County, as well as the secret provocation and instigation of the Later Qin people.

Half a month ago, in the midst of chaos, Wang Maide suddenly occupied Tianshui County and showed the banner of Hexi, which shocked all parties.

Subsequently, in the name of Qinzhou Assassin History, he invited civil and military officials from the six counties of Tianshui County, the family Haoqiang and Hu Luqu Shuai, and nearly hundreds of people gathered in Shangqi.

To be honest, after receiving the invitation, everyone was in a very happy mood, thinking that this was a signal that Hexi was going to appease everyone.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Shangtai, they found that what they wanted was completely the donkey's lips and the horse's mouth.

As Wang Maide, who was born in a poor family, he had no intention of appeasing everyone at all.

He demanded that everyone hand over the land, the tribes, and the youth, and began to implement the equalization system.

At this time, the heroes and commanders who had already entered the tiger's mouth looked at the vigorous and resolute Lord Thorn Shi in front of them with shocked faces, and they didn't dare to move like a prey seeing a hunter.

Although Haoqiang and Qu Shuai are intertwined in the local area, Wang Maide has the entire Hexi behind him, and he has just killed Qiang Xi and Qiancheng, the two Hu Qu Shuai, so that he can easily control the absolute initiative.

Most of the officials and the local wealthy and Hu clan commanders were all trembling under the threat of Wang Maide.

Of course, there are also a very small number of people who do not know the times and speak out against each other, and do not want to be tied up.

But everyone never thought that Wang Maide had already prepared to kill people.

"Long before the south went to the sun, most of the capital guards had promised to act cheaply."

Wang Maide stared at everyone with a cold face, and suddenly shouted: "You are abusing the people internally, and Qin is the outside, do you really think I don't know?" ”

Just now, a few dissenting Haoqiang saw that they would be charged with a foreign enemy, and they immediately became anxious, and hurriedly got up and opened their mouths to defend themselves one or two.

At this moment, a team of swords and axes suddenly drove in, escorted all these people out without saying a word, and unceremoniously beheaded them on the spot.

Wang Maide's hand shocked the audience, and the rest of the people all looked at him tremblingly, and they didn't dare to have the slightest objection.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Maide was convicted of joint crimes, and all the pro-Western Qin and Later Qin Haoqiang and Qu Shuai were killed or imprisoned, and the rest of those whose movements were unknown were also temporarily detained.

Only less than 100 Haoqiang were spared because they voluntarily handed over their land and tribes, and were willing to accept various policies in Hexi.

After the rectification of Tianshui Haoqiang, Wang Maide immediately ordered the implementation of the uniform field system in all parts of Tianshui County.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the Juntian system, he ordered Jiang Fei to lead 3,000 iron horsemen to inspect the place, and anyone who was slack or unfavorable in implementation would be beheaded for public display.

There was once a strong man who escaped because he was lucky not to go to Shangtai, and after hearing about what happened in Shangtai, he immediately defended himself according to Wubao.

But he completely underestimated Wang Maide's determination, and that night three thousand iron horsemen drove to this dock fort, and after the fire was extinguished in the morning, the entire dock fort was completely uprooted.

Then there was another order that made the Tianshui heroes feel a deep chill: "The first evil will be eliminated, and all the accomplices will be sent to the Western Regions." ”

Those Haoqiang and Qu Shuai who were taken away by Wang Maide, all their family properties were copied, and there were 100,000 stones of grain alone, and the rest of the goods were countless.

Wang Maide used most of them to appease the local people, and he used the rest as military funds.

Originally, the local people were full of fear of Wang Maide, who was killing on a large scale, but with the distribution of grain and land, everyone's minds changed all of a sudden, and they began to be grateful to Hexi, and scolded those families who ignored the livelihood and death of ordinary people.

In this way, it only took less than half a month, and Wang Maide had firmly held the entire Tianshui County in the palm of his hand.

However, Wang Maide was happy, but he suddenly pushed all the other heroes in Longyou to the opposite side of Hexi.

Wei Shuo looked at the rolling water from afar, and suddenly remembered the beggar in Jincheng in his mind, presumably the other party was smiling from ear to ear at this time.

"Is the lord still worried about Haoqiang?"

Just as Wei Shuo was pondering, suddenly a voice sounded behind him.

He turned around and saw that it was Cui Hong and Jiang Ji who had also gone to the city.

He sighed softly and said, "Alas, yes! ”

"After buying virtue and doing something, coupled with Hou Qin's provocation, at present, all the heroes and powers of Longyou regard us as enemies, and they want to kill them quickly."

Cui Hong was worried that Wei Shuo had a grudge against Wang Maide, so he hurriedly explained: "My lord, Wang Tingshi is also forced to do that. ”

"He himself is weak, and he can only take drastic measures to quickly eradicate the hidden dangers inside, and then he can go north to compete with Qifu Yizhou."

"Hahaha, Uncle Xuan is worried, Shuo is not going to put the responsibility on Maide's head. In fact, when it comes to this, it doesn't have much to do with buying virtue. ”

Wei Shuo smiled and pointed to his nose and said, "Really speaking, the root is still on me!" ”

"Don't forget, it was I who single-handedly set the policies such as the Juntian system at the beginning, and from that moment on, Shuo understood that the family of the world and I were mortal enemies."

"Everything that happened in Longyou today has happened in Hexi before, and it will definitely happen again in the future."

"The next thing we need to do is to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible, instead of passing the buck to each other."

"The lord is wise!" Hearing this, Cui Hong and Jiang Ji immediately expressed their sincerity.

"Everything that happened in Longyou this time, although it temporarily delayed the pace of our army to seize Longyou, but also gave Hexi a chance to solve the hidden danger of Haoqiang at one time."

"Next, at least for a short time, we will adopt political-based and military-supplemented means to solve the problem as soon as possible."

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"Damn!"

In Pingxiang City, the leader of Xianbei and the general of Western Qin Liyi crossed the question in the hall and cursed in the direction of Jincheng.

It turned out that recently, as the situation became more and more unfavorable, the beggar Qiangui increased the recruitment of the surrounding subordinate forces, which caused dissatisfaction among the tribal leaders who were attached to the Western Qin, such as Yue Zhigui and Wu Yigan.

To put it mildly, the more he cross-examined, the more concerned about his own interests, as for whether Xi Qin is dead or alive, he doesn't care at all.

This time, the Western Qin side asked Yue Zhigui to take the people of his headquarters to Xiangwu, making it clear that he was to rush to the front and block the southern line of Wang Maide's department from going north to Didao.

The more he questioned and returned was not a fool, he could naturally see that the beggar had sinister intentions.

"What should I do?"

The more he was in a dilemma, at the moment he didn't want to work for Xi Qin anymore, but he was unwilling to hand over the power in his hands and go to Hexi to be a rich man.

Just as the more questioning and returning were wavering, suddenly a guard came in and reported: "General, Wang Maide's envoy asks to see you." ”

Wang Maide? Yue Zhigui was slightly taken aback.

If he didn't know Wang Maide before, who else in Longyou is still unclear today?

He is Hexi's spokesperson in Longyou, controlling Tianshui and Luoyang counties, and his strength is much stronger than him.

It's just that how could Wang Maide send someone?

Is he going to appease himself on behalf of Hexi? So am I agreeing? Or rejection?

Yue Zhigui's expression suddenly became very solemn, and he did not let the messenger in, but sat there in contemplation.

Although Pingxiang belongs to Luoyang County, it has been in a semi-independent state because it is located in the southwest corner.

Even when Fu Deng was alive, he did not serve the banner of Qianqin.

But recently, with the change of flag in Luoyang, the pressure has doubled when he returns to the country, and the Hexi Army is really too strong.

Recently, most of the guards have the potential to swallow Longyou and Guanzhong, and he can't afford not to pay attention to the momentum.

I have to say that Wei Shuo and others still underestimate Wang Maide, he is not a reckless man who only knows how to kill, but a general who is both wise and brave.

He slaughtered in Tianshui, which seemed to provoke a backlash from the heroes, but he also established the prestige of Hexi because of this.

With these prestige, Wang Maide began to coerce and lure the Hu clan commanders in various places.

The reason why he chose to force Qu Shuai to surrender in various places was because he knew that the leader of Hu Lu was stronger than the family and knew more about current affairs.

As he expected, under heavy pressure, Yue Zheng finally agreed to surrender to Hexi.