Chapter 558: Recovering Jiuquan County (II)
Historically, many members of the Huang family were killed because of their unruliness and were feared by the government, first Huang Ang killed Taishou and rebelled, after Huang Ang was killed, Huang Hua continued to rebel, and then surrendered because of fear.
In this life, due to Gao Shun's reasons, Liangzhou is not as chaotic as in history, so the Huang family is very cautious, and only when they gather the strength of the family can they rebel and reluctantly control Jiuquan County, making the Huang family more united internally and united with the outside world.
There is a big gap in the IQ and ability of the people, so the reactions are different, some people only know how to curse, some people suggest retreating to the west, and use Yumen Pass to defend against the attack of the Han army, and some people suggest asking for help from the Dunhuang County clan, and form an alliance with them to deal with the government and divide the northwest; Of course, there are also people who suggest surrendering the government and keeping the family prosperous.
The patriarch Huang Jun saw that everyone had different attitudes, and it was difficult to reach an agreement, so he had to act arbitrarily and order everyone to act with the power of the patriarch. Huang Jun is old, and he is even more treacherous, and all the starting points are family-oriented; He saw the government's determination to recover the four counties of Hexi, and also knew the current strength of the government, but he surrendered easily, and his years of hard work came to naught, and he was unwilling, and finally decided to act in batches.
So Huang Jun met with everyone separately and made different arrangements, one side resolutely resisted, if it was impossible to do anything, he could fight to the death, or he could withdraw to Dunhuang, or flee to the Western Regions; One side surrendered to the government, leaving the seeds of prosperity for the family.
The leaders of the two parties are Huang Ang and Huang Hua; Huang Ang is upright, Huang Hua is cunning, and the patriarch knows the characters of the two well, so this arrangement can maximize their strengths and is the most beneficial to the family.
Xu Rong naturally looked at the problem more long-term than Cheng Wu, he not only wanted to recover Jiuquan County, but also Dunhuang County, so that the countries of the Western Regions came to worship.
Therefore, while preparing for a military attack, he sent people to Dunhuang County secretly to contact the Suo family, the Yin family, the Song family, the Fan family, the Cao family and other Dunhuang clans, and the government did not blame them for their past behavior, hoping that they would take refuge in the government and besiege Jiuquan County, which was the so-called long-distance and close attack; Otherwise, when the army arrives, they will definitely be killed.
During the Han Dynasty, Dunhuang County had many deserts and was very arid, and each oasis was guarded and operated by a powerful family; There are many families, and their minds are not aligned, so it is easier to rebel.
These clans had great influence not only in Dunhuang County, but also in Jiuquan County.
Xu Rong's current army can completely push the local tyrants of Jiuquan County and Dunhuang County, but he prefers to use the consistent method of the lord Gao Shun to spend the least cost, obtain the greatest benefits, and maintain his strength, so as to better deter the countries of the Western Regions.
In order to cooperate with the rebellion in various places and put pressure on the wealthy clans in the two western counties, Xu Rong ordered the army to gather in the two counties of Jide and Zhaowu, and then ordered Cao Ren to be stationed in Huishui County, Dunhuang County, and Han Sui was stationed in Biaoshi County, Dunhuang County, and Han Sui notified the Qiang people of the uprising.
The Qiang people sent troops from the southern mountains to occupy Lechuan County, and Zhonglang sent Ma Teng to take over, and the Qiang people then marched along the southern mountains to Yanshou County in the west.
In order to meet the requirements of the Han government, the Qiang people allowed him to establish the Qiang people's land, regardless of the casualties of the people, desperately attacked, and Yanshou County was quickly conquered.
At this time, the other small local tyrants and rangers in the county who were suppressed by the Huang family saw that there was an opportunity, so they organized a team to fight against the Huang family.
The Han Dynasty was an era of rampant rangers, and the wind of chivalry rose everywhere, and Yang Aruo was a famous young ranger in Xiliang at that time. Although Yang Aruo is strong in martial arts, his personality is fierce and ruthless, but he is very handsome, belongs to the type of "seeing it like a good woman, and snatching it like a tiger", and has a high prestige among the Qianghu people, a minority in the northwest.
The self-sustaining strength was not strong enough, and Yang Aruo organized the Hu people and small local tyrants to occupy Shatou County in the northwest of Jiuquan County.
Seeing the ferocity of the Han army, several major clans in Dunhuang formed a coalition army and occupied Ganqi County in Jiuquan County before Yang Aruo.
At this point, the Huang family has formed a trend of encirclement.
The Qiang people rebelled, the small local tyrants made a rebellion, and the Huang family saw that the general trend had gone, so they took immediate action; The family was divided into two, and Huang Hua led some family members to stay in Jiuquan County and prepare to surrender to the government; Huang Ang led some of his family members to retreat west with the Huns, but instead of stopping at Yumen Pass, they followed the road all the way west, through Dunhuang County, to the Western Regions.
They were sure that although they were not capable of the enemy government, they could use their current strength to occupy a place in the Western Regions.
Shatou County occupied by Yang Aruo and Ganqi County occupied by the Dunhuang Coalition Army did not dare to go out of the city to intercept them, and watched them leave; They were able to defend by holding on, but they did not dare to engage in field battles with the Huns.
Cheng Wu felt that Xu Rong's consideration was more long-term than him, and he was better at using troops, not only could he successfully recover Jiuquan County, but also Dunhuang County could be recovered together; He admired Gao Shun even more, first solve the Huns, and then solve the Qiang people, the Hexi problem was solved, if there was such a situation, maybe he could also complete the recovery of the four counties of Hexi.
After Huang Ang left, Huang Jun, the patriarch of the Huang family, committed suicide.
Huang Hua immediately sent someone to contact the people of the government to announce his surrender in accordance with the patriarch's last order.
Xu Rong sent Gao Ran to take over the county administration of Jiuquan County and the county seat controlled by Huang Hua; Ma Teng was sent to take over Yanshou County, which was occupied by the Qiang, and Han Sui and Cao Ren were sent to take over Shatou County and Ganqi County, and so far, Jiuquan County was completely recovered.
Xu Rong immediately reported to Zhou Fei and Fu Zhu, and suggested that the subject states of Zhangye Juyan and Wuwei be removed.
Zhangye vassal state and Wuwei vassal state, both set up to settle the surrendered Huns, later, they rebelled with the Xiongnu right Xianwang department, and now the Huns of the two subject countries were annihilated, or fled to, and the strength of the Huns was greatly reduced.
The subject state of Wuwei was recovered early, and now the county system has been implemented; The Zhangye vassal state recovered relatively late, and it has not been adjusted, but the big grass beach has been carved out of the subject state and a military horse farm has been established.
Therefore, Xu Rong suggested that Juyan County, a subject of Zhangye, be changed to Juyan Qiang Humane, settle the Qiang people who surrendered, and guard the border for the Han people.
When Xu Rong arrived in Fulu County, Jiuquan County, he appointed Yang Aruo as the northwest governor of Jiuquan County, stationed in Shatou City, and reported his exploits to Zhou Fei and Fuyu; and sent Huang Hua and others to Chang'an City, so far, the Huang family's power in Jiuquan County has disappeared, and the assets of the Huang family have also become the assets of the government.
Subsequently, Xu Rong urged Han Sui and Cao Ren to march into Dunhuang County. The Dunhuang County clan has been subordinated to the government, and it is just a matter of receiving it.
The news from Dunhuang County made Xu Rong overjoyed, Huang Ang left Jiuquan County and entered Dunhuang County, he was not attacked along the way, it was very smooth, and he got rid of the Xiongnu kings according to the order of the patriarch and incorporated the Xiongnu tribesmen; The soldiers of the Qiang, Di, and Xianbei tribes were frightened, so they united with the Xiongnu people to rebel, killed Huang Ang and the Huang family, and then scattered and fled, some defected to the Western Regions, some took refuge in Xianbei, and some Han surrendered to Dunhuang County; This saved Xu Rong the trouble of uniting the countries of the Western Regions to jointly fight Huang Ang.
However, what happened next made Xu Rong very difficult, and Han Sui and Cao Ren reported that the sandbanks suitable for cultivation in Dunhuang County were all occupied by the big clans, and the people had no place to stand, which was the biggest unstable factor in the northwest.
Dunhuang County is the bridgehead of the Western Regions, the geographical location is very critical, if the place is controlled by the big clan, it will be very unfavorable to his plan to enter the Western Regions, which dilutes Xu Rong's joy of recovering Jiuquan County, how should he run Dunhuang County?