After the banquet, the heads of the Haoqiang family lost their souls, Wei Shuo's toughness was beyond everyone's expectations, could he really hand over the land and tribes at home?

The next day, news of the release of slaves and the dictation of the fields spread throughout Dunhuang like the wind. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Among them, the most excited are those poor Shu families, who have long been looking forward to the government's division of land every day.

In order to facilitate management, Wei Shuo merged Liangxing and Jinchang counties into Dunhuang, and Jiankang into Jiuquan, which were respectively handed over to Song Xuan and Duan Ye, two new Taishou.

He also equipped the two with hundreds of literate and arithmetic soldiers, and soon Dunhuang and Jiuquan launched a vigorous campaign of 'fighting local tyrants and dividing the land'.

Countless commoners and slaves got rid of the powerful control of the family, owned their own land, and became yeoman farmers under the name of the government.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck.

Just as Wei Shuo was excited about the increasing population and land in the statistical book, two unfavorable news suddenly came from the east and west.

"Lord Yu, a few days ago, Bai Zhen, the king of Qiuzi, led an army of 50,000 to besiege Gaochang!"

"What? How dare King Qiuzi offend me Gaochang? ”

Knowing that Qiuzi was attacking Gaochang, Wei Shuo stood up in shock, and the rest of the people also had solemn faces.

He had seen Bai Zhen in the country of Qiuzi, and he also knew that the other party had always had bad intentions.

But no matter what, he didn't expect that Bai Zhen would really dare to raid Gaochang.

I have to say that the timing of King Qiuzi's choice is very delicate, and now it is a critical moment for the implementation of the Hexi Juntian system, and the 10,000 cavalry brought by Wei Shuo are either to assist the two Taishou in counting the population and measuring the land, or to inspect the place and deter lawbreakers, and they cannot send troops back to help.

"King Qiuzi has a plan for a long time, and he saw that our army was trapped in Hexi and could not be forcefully reinforced, so he dared to raise heavy troops to attack Gaochang."

Speaking of this, Wei Shuo showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "I originally thought that Gao Chang was a fisherman, but I didn't expect it to be a praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind." ”

"My lord, Gaochang is the place where I am rooted, and there must be no room for any mistakes, and I need to withdraw my troops as soon as possible."

"Zhiyuan, the army should come back to help, but what about Dunhuang and Jiuquan that have just been defeated?"

"Now that the two places are at a critical moment in the implementation of the new policy, if the army leaves at this moment, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no recurrence."

"This time, Zhiyuan was lucky enough to get the land of the two counties, if you give up, it will not be easy to get it back in the future."

"Then you can't watch Gaochang being surrounded, Gaochang is the foundation of the land, and it can't be lost."

"As for Dunhuang and Jiuquan, they are just newly acquired lands, even if they are lost today, I Gaochang will have the confidence to regain them tomorrow."

Seeing that Du Jin and Song Miao were arguing, Wei Shuo hurriedly waved his hand to stop: "Don't worry, two of you...... Don't worry, there is a solution to everything, everyone discusses and discusses, and it is impossible to find the best of both worlds. ”

Unexpectedly, Du Jin and Song Miao shook their heads and said: "It's too difficult to get the best of both worlds, so you can only choose the lesser of two evils." ”

Wei Shuo's brows furrowed, and he muttered to himself: "The lesser of two evils...... The return of the army is definitely going to be reinforced, but not now. ”

"At least wait for the initial stability of Dunhuang and Jiuquan counties."

"Otherwise, as Du Tingshi said, our army's rash withdrawal will likely ruin the current good situation."

"Yes...... But what about Gao Chang? In case ......," Song Xuan worried.

"Don't be in a hurry, Gaochang will not be in danger for a while, so I don't want to take Gaochang with tens of thousands of troops in the Qiuzi Kingdom."

"There are not only enough rations for the people of the city to eat for a year, but also nearly 10,000 elites, plus Li Wei is here, so it is absolutely foolproof."

"What about the lord's plan?"

"First of all, we will make every effort to stabilize Dunhuang and Jiuquan, and from now on, we must speed up the implementation of the uniform field system, and strive to complete all the fields by the end of next month."

"In addition, send someone back to tell Yang Taishou and Commander Li that they must hold the city for three months."

"Before the army returns to help, not a single Qiuzi person is allowed to enter Gaochang, if there is any difference, let Li Wei raise his head to see me."

"No!" After the scout received the order, Pegasus immediately left.

With the news of the siege of Gaochang, the atmosphere in the entire Dunhuang and Jiuquan counties suddenly became tense.

Originally, there was still some procrastination in the field work, but it has suddenly accelerated a lot.

When some of the big families entered the field, as long as they hesitated a little, they were suddenly beaten by the sergeant in charge.

Who knew that Wei Shuo had just arranged Gaochang affairs, and he hadn't taken a breath yet.

Jiuquan Taishou Duan Ye sent the unfavorable news of Lu Guang's westward expansion again, which once again caused everyone to be infinitely nervous.

After Wei Shuo received the military report, he suddenly felt that his head was big.

Originally, Gaochang was besieged enough, but he didn't expect Lu Guang to go west again, and he was not ready to turn his face with Lu Guang.

"Now it seems that we have all underestimated Lu Guang, originally thought that the Western Qin invasion and the Kangning rebellion could hold it in the east for at least two or three months."

"Who knew that it only took more than a month, and Lu Guang easily repelled Peng Xinian and killed Kang Ning."

Du Jin explained while browsing the military newspaper: "Lu Guangshi's famous general, there are many brave people under his command. ”

"Kang Ning and Peng Xinian are just clowns in the world, how can they be their opponents?"

"If it weren't for the fact that Lu Guang didn't expect Western Qin to get involved, maybe his army would have been stationed in Zhangye right now."

"In Master's opinion, Zhang Ye Peng Huang and Xijun Lu Shuihu can't stop Lu Guang's soldiers?"

"I can't stop it!"

"There are only more than 10,000 tribal cavalry, and in the face of the menacing Lu army, it may not have the courage to resist, and it is very likely to raise troops to surrender to Lu Guang."

"Once the frustrated Luo Qiu surrenders, Zhang Ye is lonely and unable to speak, plus most of Peng Huang's subordinates are old troops of the Western Expeditionary Army, and they have always been afraid of Lu Guang like a tiger, so they are more likely to surrender without a fight."

"That is, in about half a month at the earliest, it will be possible for Lu Guang's army to take Zhangye and Xijun and completely quell the rebellion?"

"That's right."

Seeing Du Jin's solemn expression, Wei Shuo and Song Xuan's faces changed greatly.

To be honest, when he learned that Gaochang was besieged, he didn't worry Wei Shuo much, because he knew that with the strength of Gaochang's defenders, it would be difficult for the Qiuzi people to break through the city.

But now when he heard that Lu Guangqin led tens of thousands of troops to approach Zhangye, he became a little worried.

Even if he was given another month, as long as he waited for Dunhuang and Jiuquan to complete the Juntian system, he would no longer be afraid of Lu Guang.

"It's best to make peace with Lu Guang, if you can make Lu Guang's army stop in Zhangye, even if you donate some grain, grass and money."

Du Jin was not very optimistic about the strategy of peace talks, and he smiled bitterly, "How difficult is it to want peace talks?" Now that Lü Guang has just suppressed Kangning and repelled Western Qin, and the army is in full swing, if he wins Zhangye and Xijun without a fight, it is even more impossible for him to tolerate Zhiyuan's secession and self-reliance. ”

"In Master's opinion, how can we get Lu Guang to accept peace talks?"

"Anyway, it seems that we have to fight a battle first, so that Lu Guang realizes that Gaochang is strong and strong, and it is definitely not a temporary enemy."

"Then I will offer 100,000 stones of grain and grass, which should allow Lu Guang to temporarily withdraw from the army."

After listening to Du Jin's words, Wei Shuo bowed slightly, and then ordered: "The teacher and the body industry stay in Dunhuang, Shuo personally led a thousand iron horsemen to support Jiuquan, if there is a chance, I should personally meet Lu Guang." ”

"In addition, escort Lu Fu from Yumen to Jiuquan, and I will use him to talk to Lu Guang."

……

When Wei Shuo was waiting for Lü Guang to arrive, Lü Guang was personally leading the army to approach Xijun at this time.

As Du Jin expected, forced by Lu Guang's military might, Luo Qiu did not dare to resist, and immediately bound himself out of the city to surrender.

Although Lu Guang was eager to kill Fuqu Luoqiu, he was worried that Lu Shuihu would take risks, so he pretended to be generous and reaccepted Fuqu Luoqiu, but it also laid the groundwork for killing Fuqu Luoqiu in the future.

Xijun won without a fight, so that Lu Guangzhi was complacent, and he personally led 30,000 foot cavalry and hurried into Zhangye.

After only a few days of attack, Peng Huang's general Kou Po opened the city gate and surrendered, and then Lü Guang entered the city and executed Peng Huang.

At this point, the Hexi rebellion was all put down, and Zhu Lu clamored one after another, asking Lü Guang to take advantage of the situation to advance west and eliminate the Gaochang army.