In the following days, a large number of supplies arrived in Chang'an from the northern part of Yongzhou, and the implementation of various policies gradually stabilized Liaodong's rule in Yongzhou.

In order to better build Yongzhou and restore the economy as soon as possible, Wei Shuo appointed Youziyuan as the governor of Yongzhou and Mao Bao as the governor of Yongzhou, and then sent a large number of officials from all over the country to serve in the south of Yongzhou, including new scholars like Wei Hui.

After the situation in Yongzhou gradually stabilized, Wei Shuo began to set his sights on Qinzhou.

On this day, Wei Shuo convened the civil and military staff of the Chang'an Mansion to discuss the strategy of attacking Qinzhou, not only Wen Qiao, Mo Han, Feng Yi and other Liaodong civil and military participated in the meeting, but also the former imperial court Situ Liangfen and the former Nanyang Wang engaged in Zhonglang Pei Xu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have brought you here today mainly to discuss the capture of Qinzhou. At present, General Beigong commanded an army of 20,000 troops stationed at the foot of Longshan Mountain, monitoring Qinzhou day and night. He wrote several times a day asking for troops to be sent to conscript, but considering the complicated situation in Qinzhou, he had to order him to postpone sending troops. ”

"I heard that Pei is active in the Liangqin area all the year round, I wonder if you can introduce Qinzhou to Shuo?"

"I don't dare to ask for ears if I want to!"

Pei Xuan agreed very happily, speaking of which, Pei Xuan and Wei Shuo are still a little related, he and Pei Dun are both from Pei's western family, and they are both descendants of Pei Hui. The blood relationship between Pei Xuan and Pei Dun is much closer than Pei Wei, after all, the two have a common grandfather.

"Pei Zhi is polite, speaking of which you and I are still in-laws, Jiayue and you are cousins, so you can rest assured to say anything boldly. It doesn't matter if you say it wrong, for Madame's sake, I can't do anything to you, right? ”

"Huh?" Pei Xu's face was embarrassed, and he hurriedly introduced: "Qinzhou is mixed with Hu, there are Qiang people in the west, Di people in the east and south, Xianbei people in the north, and the Hu people in all tribes together have no less than two million people. The total number of Jin people is less than 500,000, which has to be added to the Yongzhou people who moved west to Qinzhou after the outbreak of the Yongjia Rebellion. ”

"Dare to ask Pei Zhi, Diqiang Xianbei Sanhu, which one is the strongest?"

"If the Qiang people are the most prosperous in terms of numbers, if they are the strongest in terms of talents, and if they are the greatest in terms of threats!"

"Oh? Please Pei engage in details, I will listen to you! ”

"No!" Pei Xu stood up, walked around the house calmly, stopped suddenly, and said loudly: "Take the Qiang people as an example, their distribution is very wide, in addition to a part of the Qiang people who moved inward, there are countless Qiang people distributed in the northwest mountains and jungles. It is the largest number of the three Hulu tribes in the northwest. ”

"But although the number of Qiang people is large, the degree of sinicization is far less than that of the Di people, so except for Yao Yizhong, there are no Qiang people who can really count the eloquence. On the contrary, because the various tribes did not subordinate each other and attacked each other, their power was greatly reduced, not only could they not compete with the Di tribe, but they were also annexed by Murong Tuguhun and many tribes. ”

"On the contrary, the Di people are different, because the Di people are deeply influenced by our Chinese culture, and have produced a lot of great talents. For example, Li Xiong who seized Yiliang, Yang Nandi and Yang Jiantou who divided Wudu and Yinping, and Fu Hong who divided Luoyang are all eloquent and strategic. Therefore, the minister thought that after the chaos in Qinzhou, the final profit was none other than the Di people. ”

"If the Liaodong Army enters Qinzhou in the west, the biggest opponent must be the Di people, as long as the Di people are defeated, Qinzhou will be at your fingertips."

"Since Pei Zhen thinks that the Di people occupy most of Qinzhou and will be the biggest enemy in Liaodong, why do you say that Xianbei is the biggest threat?"

"Although the number of beggars and Xianbei is not as good as that of the Qiang people, and the degree of sinicization is not as good as that of the Di people, it is more united than the Di people and the Di people, and after decades of development, it has also established the prototype of a national alliance. They are centered in Jincheng and Yuanchuan, and live on both sides of the Yellow River east of Jincheng County and north of Nan'an and Luoyang County. ”

"In the future, after Liaodong takes Qinzhou, if it can't defeat the begging Xianbei tribe that occupies the northern grassland, the entire Qinzhou will always be threatened from the north! How is it not that the Xianbei people pose the greatest threat to Qinzhou? ”

Pei Shu is worthy of being a native official of Qin Liang, and he has a very clear understanding of the Northwest Zhuhu Department. Under Pei Xu's introduction like a number of family treasures, Wei Shuo and the others finally had a preliminary understanding of the forces of the Hu people in the northwest. He agreed with Pei Xu's opinion that the Xianbei people would pose the greatest threat to Qinzhou in the future.

The Xianbei people are not as sinicized as the Di people, and once defeated, they can be quickly digested and become Jin people, and they are not divided like the Qiang people. Even if the Xianbei people are defeated in the future, how to deal with the other party is still a big trouble.

"Who is the leader of the begging Xianbei? How many congregations are there at the moment? ”

"Qifu Xianbei is the most powerful branch of Longyou Xianbei, originally living in Mobei. At the beginning of the founding of our dynasty, a large number of people moved south under the leadership of the leader Qifu Youlin and entered the area of Gaopingchuan. and annexed more than 70,000 households in the Xianbei Xianbei Lujie that originally lived here, resulting in a great increase in the strength of the tribe. ”

"After the death of Qifu Youlin, his descendants continued to expand westward across the Dalong Mountain, annexing more than 20,000 households in Longyou Xianbei along the way, and migrated to Yuanchuan (now Yuzhong, Gansu) to settle down until today."

"From the beginning of the beginning of Tai, Qifu Xianbei has been through the efforts of three generations of ancestors and grandchildren of Qifu You, and now when Qifu Shuyan reigns, the number of its tribe has grown from more than 5,000 households to more than 100,000 households, with a population of more than 500,000 people, and its power has gradually grown."

"At the same time, due to the continuous southward migration of the beggars and the increasing influence of Chinese culture, the internal transition from the nomadic tribal alliance to the state power began to begin."

"The leader Qifu Shuyan established a simple official system, with his uncle Ke Yan as his master (equivalent to the prime minister), entrusted with the state government, Si Yin Wuyi as the left auxiliary general, and the town Cai Yuanchuan; Out of the company Gaohu as the right auxiliary general, the town to Benchuan; Qi Lu Nahu is the general who leads the righteousness, and the town leads Tun Mountain. ”

"In addition, the leaders of each tribe are divided into towns, and the leader (alliance leader) has always been hereditary of the Qifu clan!"

"Therefore, it is simple to defeat the Northwest Zhuhu, and it is rare how to completely digest Qinzhou!"

Hearing that there were more than 500,000 people begging Xianbei, Wei Shuo couldn't help but be speechless. He doesn't know much about the Northwest Zhuhu, except that this is the nest of the Diqiang, and he doesn't know much about the Xianbei clan. Fortunately, there was a Pei Xu, otherwise he would have really blackened his eyes.

"In the opinion of the gentleman, how can Liaodong take Qinzhou at the lowest cost?"

"General Huizhenbei, in the opinion of the minister, first deterred it with soldiers, and then supplemented by various policies in Liaodong, so that Qinzhou will definitely go on!"

"In addition, different strategies can be adopted against Fu Hong and Yang Nandi! Fu Hong is relatively more flexible, and once he realizes that Liaodong is invincible, he is likely to choose to surrender. On the contrary, Yang Nandi is much tougher, and he will not choose to surrender until he is in a real desperate situation. ”

"Moreover, Yang Nandi and Yang Jiantou brothers have been separating Wudu and Yinping for many years, and they are deeply rooted in the local area, and they must be careful of being attacked by them after the Liaodong Army enters. In the end, there were also contacts between Qiu Chi and Cheng Han, and the ministers were afraid that if Yang Nan knew that he was invincible, he would lead the Cheng Han army to Yiliang, and the pressure on the Liaodong army would be doubled at that time! ”

Wen Qiao nodded when he heard this: "Well, Pei Zheng's worries are very reasonable, Cheng Han is really likely to meddle in Qinzhou!" Anyway, in the future, Liaodong intends to go south to Yiliang, I don't know if I can take the opportunity to take down Chenghan? ”

"Cheng Han Li Xiongren is generous and benevolent, and his governance of Shu has won the hearts of the people, and it is impossible to do it in a hurry!" Pei Shu very seriously stopped Liaonan from going down to Yiliang.

"Okay, the Northwest Zhuhu will first temporarily understand here, and then I will arrange the expedition to Qinzhou: the 50,000-strong army will take Beigong Chun as the governor of the expedition, and Tong Nengchen, Yao Yizhong, and Hu Song will be the generals, and the troops will be dispatched in mid-May."

"In addition, considering that Pei Zhi is familiar with the customs of Qinzhou, I intend to ask Pei Zhi to go to Yongxian County to assist General Beigong, I don't know what Mr. Pei thinks?"

"No! Obey the orders of the Lord! Pei Xu knew that this was his opportunity to join Liaodong, so he quickly stood up and bowed down to receive the order.

When the plan was about to be decided, he saw Hu Song standing up and twisting and pinching: "The last general thanks the lord for not killing!" ”

"Hahaha, the king of Nanyang is guilty, you are just acting on orders, I will not engage in it. In the future, as long as General Hu earnestly works for Liaodong, he will have a promising future! The general was asked to go to Qinzhou because he was born in Qinzhou and was familiar with the local environment. When this battle is successfully over, you still have to go to the martial arts academy to study. ”

Hu Song wiped the back of his head and said with a smile: "No! I understand, the last general will go down to prepare, and strive to assist General Beigong to take Qinzhou as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )