In the evening of that day, Bian Ji and Zhou Quanzhi returned to Jingzhou City safely with the caravan, and when Zhang Yue heard about it, he summoned the two to the back hall of the government to meet them, and found Feng Qianhou, Li Duoshou and other cronies to observe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This signing room for Zhang Yue's daily office is very spacious, with all kinds of military and political archives and atlases, and a large row of bookshelves behind it, which is readily available for a subset of scriptures and histories, but Zhang Yue never looks at it, and most of the government affairs are handled by the staff.

Li Duoshou took out the map and hung it on the wooden shelf, called the officials to come in and serve tea to a few people, and when the people retreated, he stepped forward and closed the door. Bian Ji got up and walked to the map to look at it, pointed his finger on it and found the place he had been all the way, turned around and said: "We set off from Dingxi Fort in Huizhou to Weizhou, and met Liang Zhongjiaye, the big chief of Weizhou Tangchangqiang, to express his intention to appease, Liang Zhongjia's ambition was worried and did not express his position, but he could see that he was a little moved. After all, after joining our dynasty, they still live in the same place, and their vital interests will not be affected.

Then we went south to Taozhou and Diezhou, these Caohanqiang were hostile to us, although they did not leave any difficulty, they sent someone to inform the new Zampu of Shanzhou, of course, we did not know, when we went north from Danzhou and Minzhou to Weizhou, we heard that the new tribe of Zampulan Chikui was gathering troops and wanted to use troops against Tangchangqiang, because the Tangchangqiang tribes did not express their allegiance to the new Zampu, and they refused to accept the official position sent by Shanzhou. ”

"I already know the general situation, tell me about the strength of the Danchang Qiang tribes? That's right...... I remember that in the third year of Guangshun, Zhuo Luo Zunli supported Tuoba Bogu, did he belong to Danchangqiang? Zhang Yue asked.

Bian Ji denied: "No! This Zhuo Luo Zunli was originally a remnant of the Sun Bo tribe south of Jishi Mountain, and he was attached to Chi Kui in Didao, Lanzhou, but Chi Kui moved to Zongge City in Huangzhou as Zanpu, and named him the head of Lanzhou Dawan Household, and ruled over the 40,000 accounts of Lan, He, Tao, and Die, and the population of 40,000 accounts of Caohanqiang in the four prefectures of Lan, He, Tao, and Die, and 50,000 or 60,000 young and strong troops could be recruited. And Tangchangqiang has Wei, Min, and Dan three prefectures, adjacent to the jurisdiction of Xiongwu Jiedu, and in previous years, there were also Koubian things, the strength is slightly worse, and 40,000 soldiers can be mobilized. ”

"Then the situation is very clear, these Qiang are divided into three major departments, Huangzhou Tubo Qingtang Qiang, Lanhe Prefecture Caohan Qiang, Weimin Prefecture Tangchang Qiang, in fact, there are Songpanqiang departments in the southwest Ruoergai grassland, but for the time being, our current enemy is Qingtang Qiang, Caohan Qiang, and since Tangchang Qiang has a warm attitude, they want to meet the enemy alone, what do you suggest?" Zhang Yue analyzed it for a while, and then asked as soon as he spoke.

"Bian Ji was a merchant and envoy before, but he did not receive an actual official position, and there was no official form of official documents and seals, and it is normal that Jiaye in the middle of the Changqiang Liang did not express his position, we should officially send an envoy to confirm it, if you are willing to accept the appeasement, it is best to notify, otherwise we will notify Qinzhou to send troops." Feng Qianhou nodded and smiled.

"No...... Liang Benji is a branch of the Qiang of Tangchang, and his tribe has a population of 50,000 or 60,000, and Huizhou has not yet completed its digestion. In the short term, it is beneficial to appease people, but it is not conducive to long-term peace and stability, and in the late Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yichao also appeased Fanghanqiang and Tangchangqiang, but then gained and lost, so ...... It's best to let these spawns consume each other and wait for them to call for help. Zhang Yue frowned, depressed in his heart.

The appeasement policy of the middle and late Tang Dynasty completely fattened these Qiangs, and even if they were taken down now, they would be full of Qiangs and Qiangs everywhere in the future, which would be very difficult to govern. In the long run, Zhang Yue would rather have a big fight with them and re-disrupt the existing pattern, which will be much easier in the future. If it is appeased, just like Liang Benji's tribe, it will have to give up benefits.

"In this case, the previous military order has been issued, and Qinzhou is okay to say that Liangzhou will attack Lanzhou Guangwu from the south of Karochuan, which is too far away, and it is too late to postpone the order." Feng Qianhou shook his head and said.

"It's okay! You can first let Huizhou Zong Jingcheng lead the Zhenyuan army to step 7,000 horses to cooperate with the capture of Gaolan and Guangwu, anyway, you can't get a fat man by eating a bite, the Hehuang area is vast, we have no foundation, and it is very troublesome to transport grain if you advance too far. Well...... However, you can send Liang Benji south to meet Liang Zhongjiaye to see what they plan. Zhang Yue finally made up his mind and postponed the expedition date.

At this time, the Changyi Army was still in a state of assembly, and only the third brigade arrived in Guyuan, and there was no problem in stopping. The herald Qinzhou is not too far away, and the fast horse can still be caught up in three days, and the logistics grain and grass can be collected when it arrives. The Huizhou side sent troops according to the original plan, and only one additional military order explanation was needed.

Zhang Yue immediately asked Li Duoshou to draft a military order, and then printed and signed it himself, and sent his own soldiers to various places to deliver orders, and at the same time, sent scouts south to Longxi to pay close attention to the movements of the various departments of Fanqiang.

Next, the Jingzhou Township soldiers and people still transported grain and grass to Dingxi Fort in Huizhou as usual and supplied them to the Zhenyuan Army, while the three brigades of the Changyi Army were stationed in various places to carry out daily training.

Three days passed in a flash, and the Yuanjun army of Huizhou Zhenyuan crossed the Huining Yellow River under the leadership of Zong Jingcheng, and marched southwest with Xue Wenqian leading the first and sixth regiments of the infantry army, and the second regiment of the horse army, Quan Daojin, and the party Jinfu department as the vanguard, aiming at Gaolan County.

Because as early as a few months ago, the tribal herdsmen of Tuoba Bogu were deployed and supervised by Xue Wenqian along the border, so the news of this dispatch has not yet leaked. Along the way, the Fan tribe did not attack, leaving it to Zong Jingcheng to clean up, Xue Wenqian's troops only marched quickly, and the troops came to Gaolan County in the evening three days later.

The city wall of Gaolan County is low and dilapidated, although Xue Wenqian did not bring baggage, but also ignored this kind of broken city, and even ignored the ability of the Tibetan people to defend the city, immediately attacked the city with 3,000 soldiers carrying light wooden ladders, and took it in one go when it was dark, and sent people to report to the rear army.

Zong Jingcheng is now the chief general of the first army, and he has more things to consider, not only to build bridges and roads along the way, but also to attack the small tribes of the Zhaofu people, so that they can be included in the governance after the war. It was delayed all the way, and it was only two days later that it arrived.

As soon as Zong Jingcheng arrived, he couldn't wait to convene a military meeting, and Xue Wenqian spoke first: "According to the information collected by the scout commander Gao Hongxuan, on both sides of the Yellow River in Jincheng, one hundred and twenty miles to the south, there are more than 10,000 troops of the new Qingtang Zampuyuan tribe, and Zhuo Luo Zunli is not in Jincheng, but in Didao. The tribes in the northern Gaolan and Guangwu areas are less distributed, with only two or three thousand soldiers. ”

"Two hundred and fifty miles from Gaolan to Guangwu, the infantry army is too slow to rush, Hao Tianying will lead two regiments of horse troops north tomorrow to respond, and then see how Zhuo Luo Zunli reacts." Zong Jingcheng ordered, he remembered Zhang Yue's additional military order, so he said: "A few days ago, Jingzhou added an additional military order, because Zhuo Luo Zunli was preparing to attack Tangchangqiang, so that our troops took Gaolan and Guangwu, deployed defenses along the Karachuan and Limen waters, and recruited the small tribes of Fanqiang and attacked the big tribes, the purpose of which was to prepare for the governance of Lanzhou in the future. ”

"Then did the main force of Jingzhou not send troops?" Xue Wenqian reacted quite quickly and had already guessed it.

"It's not certain that we can't send troops, we are playing outposts to test Shanzhou's reaction." Zong Jingcheng explained.

The next day, Hao Tianying led the horse army to set off, and when he arrived at Guangwu after two days of marching, the county seat had been captured by Xuan Chongwen's Shen Nian-like and careful Wucheng Army, and the 5,000-foot cavalry of the Second Reinforced Regiment of the Changsong Army.

Hao Tianying explained the situation, and Xuan Chongwen sent Shen Nianban and Lun Xian to lead the troops to the west for a hundred miles to Limen Water to set up defenses, and led the troops to the south for a hundred miles, and Zong Jingcheng and Shen Nianban were both separated by a hundred miles and spread horizontally, and the troops did not move. (To be continued.) )