As the war in Qinzhou gradually became clear, the Liaodong Army's entry into Qinzhou gradually became a foregone conclusion, and all parties in the northwest were affected.

First of all, Liangzhou was stillborn in the strategy of going south to Qinzhou, and had no choice but to take the Yellow River as the boundary with Liaodong, and strictly guard the border, and no longer dare to easily go south to invade Qinzhou.

In addition, Liangzhou Mu Zhang Yu was also worried that Wei Shuo would ask him for the territory north of the Yellow River in Jincheng County.

But with Feng Yi's arrival in Guzang, the contradiction between the two sides was finally resolved. Feng Yi, on behalf of the Great Sima Weishuo, assured Zhang Wei that Liaodong would not ask Liangzhou to withdraw from Jincheng County, but that Liangzhou would not be allowed to cross the Yellow River to the south again. In order to make up for the loss of Liangzhou, Liaodong was willing to support Liangzhou and advance westward.

Taking the Western Regions is a dream of Liangzhou, why does Zhang Wei frequently go south to Qinzhou to grab territory? It is not to strengthen its own strength, so as to prepare for the future seizure of the Western Regions, there are dozens of large and small countries in the Western Regions, and Liangzhou alone is absolutely unable to attack.

Zhang Yu, Song Pei and others happily agreed to Liaodong's conditions, that is, to stop going south in exchange for Liaodong's support, and then seek the entire Western Regions. He also promised that Liaodong would ensure that the interests of Liaodong would not be violated when the Silk Road was unblocked in the future.

"Zhongye, Da Sima Guo is very human, if it is someone else, in the case of an all-round advantage, even if we are not forced to withdraw from Jincheng County, we will never be so generous to support Liangzhou to open up the Western Regions."

Song Pei's expression was firm, and he said in a solemn tone: "Lord, there is a way to give, and Da Sima thinks far-reaching, he knows very well that not to mention most of Jincheng County, even the entire Qinzhou together, may not have the great benefits that the Silk Road brings to Liaodong." ”

"It's just that I'm going to fight to the death in Liangzhou next, although Da Sima supports Liangzhou to take all the Western Regions with the intention of benefiting himself, but it is not a rare opportunity for Liangzhou. In this case, the lord might as well take the opportunity to push the boat down the river and use the power of Liaodong to recover the entire Western Regions. ”

"Okay, so I will temporarily borrow the hand of Liaodong and strive to expand westward once. Hiss! Speaking of which, I kind of admire him Wei Zhiyuan, he is really different. Others are fighting for territory and population, but after he conquered Qinzhou, he actually wanted to restart the Silk Road. ”

"Few people have such a deep understanding of the importance of the Western Regions as Da Sima, and for the Central Plains, the Western Regions has never been as simple as conquering a few subject countries, but how to ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road."

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It was not only Liangzhou that was affected by the Liaodong Army's entry into Qinzhou, but also the Northwest Zhuhu also deeply felt the threat from Liaodong.

First of all, the secession struggle led by Fu Hong, Yang Nandi, and Yang Jiantou failed, and the Di forces were severely damaged.

Tens of thousands of people in the Fuhong tribe were forcibly dispersed and reorganized by Liaodong, and the leaders of the tribe were forced to abandon their tribes and move to other places.

The Yang brothers retreated to the south of Qinzhou and resisted stubbornly.

With the defeat of the Di people, the Hu people of Qinzhou were shocked, and some weak tribes sent envoys to submit to Liaodong. Due to the fact that there were too many Hu people in the request, Beigong Chun had to temporarily stop the pace of the campaign and sit in Di Dao to deal with the matter of appeasing the Hu clan.

Before Beigong Chun entered Qinzhou, he had discussed countermeasures with Pei Xu about Qinzhou Hulu. At that time, Pei Xu proposed to exterminate the Xianbei people who posed the greatest threat, and adopted a simultaneous strategy of suppressing and appeasing the Di people who were at the peak of talents, and finally appeased the Qiang people with the largest number of people.

Now that the Xianbei people have been exterminated, the Di people have also been solved by the strategy of suppressing and appeasing, and only the situation of the Qiang people has not made any progress. Taking advantage of the fact that the Hu people from all parts of the tribe came to join him, Beigong Chun specially brought Yao Yizhong, the leader of the original Qiang people, to discuss the matter of appeasing the Qiang people.

"General Qiyu, I don't know what the important thing is to come here?" Yao Yizhong saluted first after coming in.

Looking at Yao Yizhong, who looked good, Beigong Chun nodded with satisfaction, motioned for him to sit down first, and then said: "Recently, Qiang people have been coming to Di Dao, either asking for attachment or asking for assistance, so that Xia has no intention of concentrating on going south. I heard that Yao Xiaowei was born in Nan'an Qiang, so I wanted to ask Yao Xiaowei to introduce the specific situation of the local Qiang people. ”

Recruiting the Qiang? Yao Yizhong raised his eyes and looked at Beigong Chun, and was shocked, he didn't expect to appease the Qiang people so soon. From Yao Yizhong's inner appeal, if it was according to the original Wei and Jin traditions, he would definitely raise his hands in favor of the Qiang people being appeased. The Wei and Jin dynasties had always had the habit of migrating the Hu people to the interior and giving preferential resettlement, and he Yao Yizhong was the beneficiary of this policy.

But at present, the appeasement policy implemented in Liaodong is very different from that of the Wei and Jin dynasties, if it is not desperate, no leader is willing to accept the reorganization of Liaodong? At present, Yao Yizhong is person has to bow his head under the eaves, if he dares to make a slight move, Liaodong will immediately kill him and his relatives.

Although Yao Yizhong's mind was confused, he said quietly on his face: "Since the general has the intention to understand the Qiang people, his subordinates must know everything!" ”

"At present, the distribution of the Qiang people is probably based on the three major rivers of Huangshui, Baishui and Qiangshui, among which the Qiang tribes distributed in the Baishui basin include Shenwolf Qiang, Baishui Qiang, and Tangchang Qiang, with a population of about 100,000 people, all of whom are attached to the Yang brothers of Qiuchi."

"And the number of Huangzhong Qiang distributed in Huangshui is more, there are about hundreds of thousands of people, divided into Xianling, Dangfang, Dang Khotan, Fengyang, Zhongcun, Gongtang, Fu Nan and other departments, mainly living in the west and south of Longxi and Jincheng counties, each department has its own chieftain, several attacks and plunder, and the war is frequent."

"Although the number of people in this department is large, its strength is weak, and even the territory has been occupied by Tuyuhun. If the general wants to appease the Qiang people, there is no more suitable one than Huangzhong Qiang. ”

"This ...... What kind of tribe is this Tuyuhun? Is it strong? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"General Hui, Tuyuhun was originally a Murong Xianbei who lived in Liaodong, and in the last years of Yongjia, under the leadership of Murong Tuyuhun, he went south from Yinshan, passed through Hetaonan, and Dulongshan, and migrated from Liaodong to the northwest plateau of Caohan, the land of Longxi."

"Murong Tuyuhun immediately began to expand on a large scale in the south, north, and west, and successively subjugated many Qiang tribes in southwest Longxi and north Yizhou, and became a powerful tribe on the Xihai Plateau."

"In the fifth year of Jianxing, Murong Tuguhun died, and his son Tuyan succeeded him. Tuyan was brave and good at fighting, often sent troops to attack the surrounding Qiang tribes, and captured the Qiang people as slaves, and the Qiang people hated him extremely much, hating to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Although the Qiang people were numerous, they were divided and could not get rid of the suppression of Tuyuhun. ”

"The last Qiang people are living in the Qiangshui area of Baimaqiang, there are more than 100,000 people, since the end of the Han Dynasty, Baimaqiang has been requisitioned by the Shu Han regime several times, moved inward, and is still subject to the Cheng Han Dynasty today."

Beigong Chun was thoughtful after listening to Yao Yizhong's story, he thought for a while and said: "So it seems that only the Qiang people living in the Huangshui Valley are suitable for being appeased. ”

"General, it is not difficult to appease the Qiang people, with the rise of Tuyuhun, Huangzhong Qiang, including the Qiang people distributed on the Xihai Plateau, are all suppressed by Tuyuhun and want to get rid of Tuyan's control. The subordinates believed that as long as they personally traveled among the tribes, they could persuade most of the Qiang people to come and annex them. ”

Speaking of this, Yao Yizhong was quite worried: "But in this way, Tuyan will regard Liaodong as an enemy, in case he unites the Di people from the north and south to attack, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to wait!" ”

The corners of Beigong Chun's mouth twitched: "Captain Yao's worries are not unreasonable, but today, the situation between the enemy and me is not what it used to be!" With the reinforcements of Liu Yaodu crossing Longshan, the number of Liaodong troops in Qinzhou has reached 70,000, including more than 40,000 cavalry alone, and if you add the Xianbei, Di, Qiang and other Hu allied troops along the way, the number of cavalry will reach 80,000. ”

"With so many soldiers and horses in hand, if Tuguhun stays on the plateau, it will be fine, if he dares to go down the plateau, Lao Tzu will tell him to come and go. Besides, Yang is difficult to fight, and now he has been frightened by my Liaodong army, if it weren't for the power in his hands, I am afraid that he would have abandoned his weapons and surrendered like Fu Hong. ”

"In that case, let's go to the Qiang tribe!" Yao Yizhong saw that Beigong Chun had made up his mind, so he no longer had any objections.

"Good! As long as the appeasement is successful, Captain Yao will be the first merit, and I will personally ask for credit for Captain Yao in the future. ”

As Beigong Chun expected, Yao Yizhong's action to appease the Qiang people was very smooth, and most of the Qiang tribes who could not be suppressed by Tuyuhun accepted the appeasement of Liaodong one after another. Although Tuyan, who got the news, was very annoyed, considering the strong strength of Liaodong, he did not dare to go down to the plateau easily. (To be continued.) )