Zhangye County, originally the Xiongnu Kun evil king's land, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Yuan Ding six years (111 years ago) divided the eastern part of Jiuquan County to Zhangye County. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info take the meaning of "Zhang Guo's arm to pass through the Western Regions", Emperor Zhao was in the sixth year of the first century (81 years ago), and the county was governed in the late Western Han Dynasty, which belonged to the Liangzhou Thorn History Department.

Ten counties: Jide, Zhaowu, Quedan, Dichi, Yalan, Rile, Lijing, Fanhe, Juyan, Xianmei. It is the throat of the Silk Road and the only way to Jiuquan Dunhuang. There are 104352 households and 408731 people in Zhangye County.

Of course, Liu Bei knew the importance of Zhangye County, so he sent the general Wei Yan to garrison the county, hoping to block the Yan army with a deep ditch and high base, but he didn't expect Wei Yan to be eager to fight, but he was used by Sun Ce, and he easily captured the county seat of Jingde as soon as he came out to transfer the tiger from the mountain.

To the northeast, which is less than fifty miles away from Zhangye, is Zhaowu, which is the gateway to the subject state of Zhangye, and further north is the subject state of Zhangye Juyan.

The name of the subject country of Juyan is mentioned in Wang Wei's envoy to the stopper: the bicycle wants to ask the side, and the subject country passes Juyan. Zheng Peng out of Hanse, return to the wild goose into Hu Tian. The desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river. Xiao Guan waited to ride, and he was all protected by Yan Ran.

After the Yellow Turban Uprising, the subject states of the Eastern Han Dynasty have gradually become separatist forces, and even many of them are watched by local aliens.

The name of the subject state was originally an administrative division set up to settle the Xiongnu, Qiang, Yi and other minorities who belonged to it.

From the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (121) to the end of the Han Dynasty, the northern, western and eastern counties: Ding'an, Tianshui, Shangjun, Xihe, Wuyuan, Jincheng, Beidi, Qianwei, Guanghan, Shujun, Zhangye, Juyan, and Liaodong all have the setting of vassal states, the big one has five or six cities, and the small one has one or two cities.

For example, the northern part of Guanghan is governed by the governor of Guanghan, the western part of Shu County is governed by the governor of Shu County, the southern governor is governed by Qian, and the eastern and western governors of Liao are governed by Liaodong. Minor counties are placed within their own counties and are not marked with other names, such as the subject state of Qiuzi that exists only as a county of the upper county.

The subject country has officials such as Du Wei, Cheng, Hou, and Qianren, and there are nine translation orders, and there are officials such as the chief of the subject country, the subject country and the canal, and the subject country in charge of the household. The officials were filled by Han Chinese or chieftains belonging to Hu and Qiang. The rank of the subject state is more than 2,000 stones, and the Western Regions is at the same level, directly under the central government, and its power to govern the people and lead the army is like the county guard.

The Juyan subject country is mainly inhabited by the Huns, and the Zhangye subject country is a mixed Hu people, both of which are undoubtedly naturalized alien races, but with the chaos in the world in recent years, the naturalized alien race has actually become a local separatist force.

After Liu Bei took control of Dunhuang Jiuquan, he did not have the idea of these Hu cavalry, and there were many Xiongnu and Hu cavalry among the cavalry under his command, but even so, they still could not let the Hu cavalry in these two places be attached.

If Zhou Yu wants to destroy Liu Bei, he must first stop these Hu cavalry from making trouble, so after Ma Chao occupied Zhaowu, Zhou Yu sent an envoy to send gold, silver and wine to the tribal leaders of Zhangye and Juyan.

At the same time, Zhou Yu sent Ma Chao to guard Zhaowu, and he must not let a Hu cavalry cross Zhaowu and enter Zhangye County, Zhangye is a choke point, and the strategic location is very important.

When Liu Bei heard the news that Wei Yan had died in battle and was occupied by the Yan army, he was almost heartbroken and vowed to avenge Wei Yan, and deployed all his troops to Jiuquan County in an attempt to resist Zhou Yu's army.

After Zhou Yu arrived, he was not in a hurry to find Liu Bei for a decisive battle, except for sending Ma Chao to occupy Zhaowu, there was no sign of sending troops, Liu Bei felt a little strange on the one hand, but on the other hand, he did not dare to relax his vigilance.

Zhou Yu summoned the Huang brothers and asked: "Two Huang generals, Ben Shuai is very sympathetic to what happened to your Huang family, but despite this, Ben Shuai still believes that your Huang family still has a lot of influence in Jiuquan, and now there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the court and avenge your family, I wonder if the two generals are willing to accept it?" ”

"The general just orders, go to the soup and fight the fire, and never give up!" Huang Hua knew that only by hugging Zhou Yu's thighs tightly could the former glory of the Huang family be restored.

Immediately, Huang Ang also chimed in: "The general just orders, although my Huang family has been destroyed, Jiuquan still has a lot of connections and can help the general." ”

"Good. In this case, Ben Shuai made it clear that Ben Shuai hoped that the two Huang generals could return to Jiuquan and persuade the Jiuquan officials to surrender as much as possible, and most importantly, you should help Ben Shuai contact the Gai family and the Suo family in Dunhuang, and Ben Shuai will send someone to go with you. ”

"No!"

The person sent by Zhou Yu is none other than Zhang Huan's youngest son, Wuwei who has been attached to Yan State is too protective of Zhang Meng, who wants to destroy Liu Bei, not in Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, but in Liu Bei's foundation, the reason why Liu Bei dares to confront the Great Yan State and can gain a firm foothold in Jiuquan Dunhuang is that the most important thing is the support of the Dunhuang family.

Now among the three surnames of Dunhuang, Zhang Meng has already attached to the Yan State, and sent him to Dunhuang to cut off Liu Bei's foundation, and persuade the Gai family and the Suo family to take refuge in the Yan State, which is the most fundamental way.

Dunhuang Zhang was originally the first family of Dunhuang, and the rest of the Gai family and the Suo family were all looking forward to the Zhang family, but after Zhang Huan died, the influence of the Zhang family was not as good as before, and the most important thing was that the world was in turmoil, among Zhang Huan's three sons, only Zhang Meng became the Taishou, the eldest son of the grass saint Zhang Zhi has died, and the second sub-saint Zhang Chang is now the head of the Zhang family, but Zhang Chang is focused on calligraphy, and he is not very concerned about family affairs, so the influence of the Zhang family is not as good as before in these years, among the three surnames in Dunhuang, the Suo family is the largest family, It is also the family that supports Liu Bei the most.

After arriving in Jiuquan, Zhang Meng and the Huang brothers parted ways, the Huang brothers stayed in Jiuquan to persuade Jiuquan's Haoqiang, and Zhang Meng rushed back to Zhang's house to persuade his brother Zhang Chang.

"Master, master, great joy, the third master is back."

"What?" Hearing the servant's words, Zhang Chang went out of the study directly, and as soon as he went out, he bumped into Zhang Meng, who came in to look for him, and said happily: "Third brother, it's really you, there was news from Wuwei before, saying that Sun Ce, the vanguard general of the Yan Kingdom, broke through Wuweicheng, and sent many people to inquire about your news for his brother, but he found nothing, I thought you had died in the chaos, but I didn't expect you to come back safely, it's really God's eyes, third brother, come with me to worship my father with incense." ”

"Good!"

After the worship, Zhang Chang pulled Zhang Meng and asked, "Third brother, how did you come back?" ”

At present, there are no outsiders in this ancestral hall, Zhang Meng took the opportunity to say: "Second brother, I won't tell you, I have now taken refuge in Yan State, and now I am on the order of General Zhou Yu, the general of the expedition to the west, and I am back on business." ”

"Business trip?" Hearing this, Zhang Chang still didn't understand what he meant, and said: "Third brother, I have also heard about the current situation, the general Zhou Yu has pacified Ma Chao Han Sui, and it is only a matter of time before Liu Bei is swept away, my Zhang family and Liu Bei did not have too deep ties before, your intention is that my brother knows, but your whereabouts must be kept secret at the moment, if you are not careful, our whole family will be destroyed." ”

Zhang Meng nodded heavily when he heard this, and said: "Second brother, I came on the order of the general to persuade the family of Dunhuang to return to the Yan Kingdom, and the rest of the families have not mentioned it, the most important thing is to persuade the Gai family and the Suo family, how sure do you feel?" ”

Zhang Chang listened, explained: "When Liu Bei was in charge of Dunhuang, I was not optimistic, as we all know, my three surnames in Dunhuang are the masters of Dunhuang, any one too guarded, unless we get the support of our three surnames, otherwise it will never be able to sit in this position, I was not optimistic about Liu Bei at the beginning, but the head of the Suo family took a fancy to Liu Bei's Han clan status, and the Gai family was also a loyal minister of the Han family, so I recruited the Gai family to assist Liu Bei, which is why Liu Bei has today's situation, I have nothing to do with these political affairs, In addition, the third brother, you are Wuwei Taishou, and the other two families will not do anything to my Zhang family, so I just deal with Liu Bei. ”

"Now if you want to persuade the Suo family and the Gai family, I'm afraid it's not easy, but for the future of my Zhang family, I'm going to give it a try for my brother, the Han is dead, the Son of Heaven is just a puppet in the hands of the warlords, I believe that the Gai family and the Suo family will not fail to see this, Liu Bei is now only 100,000 soldiers and horses, the Yan army is several times his number, and his status as an imperial uncle is no longer very useful, I believe these two families should see clearly, but because they have invested too much, they are unwilling to let go."

Hearing this, Zhang Meng said: "Second brother, before I came, the military advisor said that if the three of us can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce is willing to cooperate with the three of us in the future to jointly operate this Silk Road." ”

"Is that true?"

"Of course!"

"Great!" Zhang Chang said excitedly: "With this bargaining chip, my brother's confidence in persuading the Gai family and the Suo family is one percent more, so let's do it, tomorrow I will invite the heads of the two families to come as guests in the name of my birthday, but fortunately, Liu Bei is not in Dunhuang now, which gives us the opportunity to connect in series." ’

"Good!"

The next day, Zhang Chang secretly invited the heads of the Suo family and the Gai family to celebrate their birthdays, and unconsciously talked about the current war during the banquet, and the heads of the two families were also a little worried, after all, they had invested too much in Liu Bei, and now they could only go one way to the dark.

"Didn't the two heads of the family think about taking refuge in the Yan Kingdom? You must know what a behemoth the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor of Yan is here, once Xiliang is pacified and the Silk Road is unblocked, what kind of interests will it be if you can take the road of the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two heads of the family changed color together, and they unconsciously thought of the huge profits of the Silk Road, if they could cooperate with the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce, their previous investment would be completely bearable, and Zhang Chang suddenly pointed out another road to heaven for them.