At this time, Cao Zhang had already put Tuoba Liwei into prison, and at the same time called Wang Ling to his big tent, and only Wang Ling had read the most books under his command, and he was a northerner, and he was more clear about the grievances and grievances of the Han Dynasty and the ethnic groups outside the Guan, so how to arrange several counties on the Balwei River still needed to ask Wang Ling's opinion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Cao Zhang sat in the center of the big tent and said to Wang Ling: "Yanyun, there are three big counties in the Balwei River Basin, Heyang, Huyin, Baitu, and nine small counties, these small counties are far away from the water source and are irrelevant in terms of topography, but the three big counties are particularly important, that is to open up the three fortresses of the Yellow River Basin, and if we can control the three counties, we will be equivalent to controlling the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. There are at least two counties under the rule of Xian Lingqiang and the Southern Xiongnu, it is not easy for them to spit it out easily, Yanyun is a northerner, and he is from a famous family, he is familiar with history books, and he is more clear about the grievances of the Chinese dynasty and the Hu people, so on this matter, I want to hear your opinion. ”

Wang Ling arched his hand and said: "My lord, since the beginning of the dynasty, the Huns were arrogant, so the kings of my dynasty have adopted a gentle policy to the Hu people, and joined hands to fight against the Huns, but after Emperor Guangwu, the Huns declined, and the Hu people were treated by our dynasty to adopt a policy of exploitation, oppression and differentiation, and now when the world is in turmoil, the influence on the Hu people has weakened, not only is it powerless to oppress, but it has even been unable to defend against it, which has led to the Hu people Koubian raiding, the so-called one drink and one peck, it is so, now the first Qiang Southern Huns take the initiative to make friends with adults, It is also because Tuoba Xianbei and Lianglu Yiconghu are getting stronger, and now Yiconghu has surrendered, Tuoba Xianbei has been defeated, they have gone to the trouble of their henchmen, and adults can't sit in Guanzhong for a long time, so it is the next policy to let Xianlingqiang and the Southern Xiongnu spit out the county seat of the Balwei River Valley. ”

Cao Zhang said indifferently: "What Yanyun means is that even if I force them to hand over the county seat now, after my class teacher returns to Xudu in the future, they will still snatch it back, not only will the territory be gained and lost, but also the friendship with the two clans?" ”

Wang Ling nodded and said: "My lord has already asked for the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu to ask for his life, let the Son of Heaven officially canonize him, and promised to sell the mine to Xian Lingqiang. ”

Cao Zhang said: "Yanyun is right, so in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Wang Ling said: "If the two clans still occupy the three major counties, the adults will sell their favors to them, as long as they collect less water transportation taxes, our merchants can do business with the various tribes outside the Guan, as for deterring the foreign tribes, we can ask the Holy Lord to send troops to retreat to Fanzhi Pass, unite the Southern Xiongnu and Xianlingqiang, and the foreign tribes will not dare to make any changes." ”

Cao Zhang nodded and said, "Understood, what if we occupy one of the three counties?" ”

Wang Ling said: "You might as well be a favor and let the Southern Xiongnu and Xian Lingqiang distribute it by themselves." ”

Cao Zhang laughed when he heard this and said, "Yanyun, I can't see that you are very treacherous!" ”

Wang Ling smiled when he heard this, and was silent, the Southern Xiongnu and Xian Lingqiang do not belong to the same family, a county town is divided into two ethnic groups, there will be no abnormalities at the beginning, but over time, the two tribes will inevitably have conflicts of interest such as docks, and they will rely more on the Han Dynasty if they have conflicts.

The ethnic groups outside the Guanxi are mainly nomadic, and this kind of wharf tax is a very important financial route, even if you know that Cao Zhang's counter-plot will be rushed, because it involves the interests of a clan, and it is very precious for the sparsely populated and low-reproduction ability of the Guanwai ethnic group, a stable and prosperous county seat.

Cao Zhang was silent for a long time and said: "Pass the book to Xiahou Nan, let him take the two Luyi back to the camp from Hu Banshi after receiving the order, and send light cavalry deep into the desert to find Zilong and Bokang, now the Tuoba Xianbei patriarch is in my hands, Tuoba Xianbei will inevitably collapse, let Xian Lingqiang and the Southern Xiongnu do the aftermath." ”

After Wang Ling agreed, Cao Zhang continued: "Then pass a letter to Liu Bao, the patriarch of Xianlingqiang and the Zuoxian King of the Southern Xiongnu, and tell them that the county seat of the Balwei River they occupy will be taken care of, and the county seat we let out let them take care of it themselves, and the three counties in the Balwei River valley must reduce the taxes of our merchants by half." ”

Wang Ling Shili said: "My lord is wise! With that, he retired.

A month later, Xiahou Nan, Zhao Yun, Gongsun Xu returned to the camp successively, at this time Cao Zhang had completed Cao Cao's general order, but Jian'an seven years also entered the end of the year, it is now early November, it actually snowed outside the pass, Cao Zhang and other sergeants arrived immediately after the order to return to Xiangling County in Pingyang County, as for the Tuoba Xianbei aftermath outside the Guan, there are all kinds of entanglements of interests in the middle and upper reaches of the Balwei River and the Yellow River, Cao Zhang was dashing and lost to the Southern Xiongnu and Xian Lingqiang.

If you go outside, you must first settle inside, and now the Guannai is still divided, Cao Zhang is really not in the mood to run outside the Guan, and it is not he Cao Zhang who is in charge now.

This time I went to Xiangling, one of which was naturally to rest the three armies, and the other was to meet the tomb keepers entrenched in Xiangling and the Huo family who fought against foreign clans with the Wei family.

Xiangling County is located at the foot of Luliang Mountain, there are 13,000 households, which can be regarded as a prosperous person, and there are two horse ranches around, one belongs to the Huo family of Huo Qu's descendants, and the other belongs to the tomb keeper.

Wei Zhen is the three leaders of the tomb guards, the 2,000 people under the command have surrendered, the big leader and the second leader are still in command of 4,000 cavalry, and there are more than 1,000 war horses in the horse farm, Cao Zhang is salivating for this army, and Pingyang has been decided, Cao Zhang also expressed the imperial court to protect the tomb of Jin Xianggong, these 4,000 cavalry has no need to exist, in Cao Zhang's heart, he really wants to incorporate them.

Therefore, Cao Zhang's first stop when he came to Xiangling was to go to the Xianggong Mausoleum of Jin, which was also a village where the tomb keepers lived.

Jin Xianggong Mausoleum in a dangerous mountain, this mountain is the remaining vein of Luliang Mountain, there are seventy miles away from Xiangling County, the tomb keeper's horse farm and the countryside are in the mountains, only a flat road with a width of one zhang can enter this mountain range, according to Wei Zhen, this road is still built in the spring and autumn to worship Jin Xianggong, so many years the tomb keeper has been repaired continuously, only to keep intact.

Cao Zhang's three cavalry battalions and the pro-guard army, as well as Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army, had already gone to Xiangling, and he entered here alone with Wei Zhen's two thousand tomb guards, firstly, to show his trust in Wei Zhen, and secondly, this mountain range could not accommodate so many people.

After entering the mountain range and riding horses for half an hour, I saw the smoke curling from the cooking, and a sizable village appeared in front of me, and the villagers who were farming and the children who were playing saw the two thousand grave keepers cheering and greeting, and many children even ran to the side of the army and shouted: "Daddy is back!" Daddy is back! ”

For a time, the noise resounded in the countryside. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )