Shegu Mountain is the sad place of the Han people. In the fourth year of Emperor Shun's Yonghe, Ma Xian, the general of the expedition to the west, fought with Frozen Qiang here, and died at the same time as his two sons, ending his legendary and tragic life. After that, Shegu Mountain became the territory of the Qiang people, Huangfu Gui and Zhang Huan in the three Ming of Liangzhou have fought here for many years, tried all kinds of methods, and surrendered the Qiang people many times, but the Qiang people always surrendered and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, and surrendered if they couldn't survive, and rebelled a little bit in peace, and did not live for more than 20 years, until the other Ming in the three Ming - Duan Cheng Duan Jiming took office, raised the butcher's knife, and pursued thousands of miles in two years, killing the Dongqiang to the ground, and the Qiang rebellion that lasted for more than 30 years was quelled.

From the rebellion of the Qiang people in the first year of Yonghe to the pacification of the rebellion in the first year of Jianning, more than 30 billion military expenses were spent.

But drove away the Qiang people, but there were no Han people to occupy, not long after, this gradually became the territory of the Qiang people, scattered Qiang people appeared in the north again, the court got the news, decided to drive these Qiang people away, Yuan Shuxing rushed to pick up the cheap, I didn't expect to almost become the Qiang people's knife ghost.

The Qiang people are very relaxed, the main force has defeated Zhou Hong, the assassin of Liangzhou, and Zhang Ze, the captain of the Qiang Guard, Yuan Shu is already a turtle in the urn, and now there are no reinforcements, it is not a dead end. All they have to do is wait, wait for the main force to come back tomorrow, and capture Yuan Shu alive.

They drank, they danced, they expressed their joy, and in ten years, the Qiang people finally gained a new life and became the masters of the land again.

No one expected that just when the main force that had won a great victory was already on the way back and there was still half a day to arrive, the Han army suddenly rushed out of the dawn and rushed over like a tide with a vigorous murderous aura.

The nearly 10,000 Qiang people who stayed behind were caught off guard and were killed at once, and on the contrary to the relaxation of the Qiang people, the Han army that was blocked in the valley did not dare to be careless, the horses did not unsadd, and the people did not take off their armor, just waiting for reinforcements to come, as soon as they heard the sound of war drums, they immediately rushed out, and their tired bodies burst out with infinite energy, and launched a Jedi counterattack against the Qiang people.

Yuan Shu took the lead, and with a spear he picked and killed a panicked Qiang man, and roared loudly, Qiao Rui, Bao Hong and others protected him, calling for killing.

On the other side, Ma Teng held a spear in both hands, and rushed to the front with more than 300 Ma family troops, he galloped on horseback, killing one Qiang people after another, driving them to run in all directions, and in just a moment he killed thirty steps in front of Yuan Shu.

"General Hou-" Ma Teng saw Yuan Shu who was fighting, his heart was ecstatic, and he shouted loudly: "General Wei is here-"

Yuan Shu laughed, turned his head to Bao Hong and the others and said, "What, I'll just say that Liu Xiu is not that kind of villain." ”

At this time, who would object to his words, Bao Hong laughed and said: "The general is right, we don't know him if we don't fight." As he spoke, he urged his horse forward, picked out two spears, assassinated one of the Qiang, and slammed the Qiang into the river with his warhorse.

Qiao Rui was also very excited, tightly protecting the other side of Yuan Shu, and struggling to rush forward.

Under their flanking attack, the Qiang people quickly collapsed, some of them climbed up the slopes on both sides, some jumped into the icy muddy water, fled for their lives in panic, under the sudden attack of the Han people, they had no preparation and courage to resist, and they were crushed with one blow.

Yuan Shu looked at the fleeing Qiang people, and slapped his thigh in frustration: "Lao Tzu is really stupid, just such a Qiang person, we can kill it ourselves." ”

Bao Hong and others also saw that the Qiang people in the valley were only seven or eight thousand at most, and they were divided into two ends to block the attack, and the troops were actually very thin. The equipment of Yuan Shu's department is very good, and the martial arts skills of those rangers and swordsmen are also beyond the ordinary soldiers, one person can be worth five Qiang people, if they know that there are only such a few people here, they can completely rely on their own strength to break through, there is no need to owe Liu Xiu a big favor.

Liu Xiu strode over, knocked Yuan Shu's shoulder with a horsewhip, and said with a smile: "Highway, very brave, I think you are stronger than the original." Yuan Shu was originally a little depressed, but when he heard this, he immediately smiled, and his heart was happy, but he refused to let Liu Xiu see it: "Where is it, it was also very brave at the beginning." ”

Liu Xiu pursed his lips and expressed disdain: "He was originally not bad, he dared to fight and rush, but he was a little sour, so he had to pretend to be elegant and show off his demeanor if he had nothing to do, otherwise he would not be surrounded by sandalwood acacia." I don't like people like that. ”

Yuan Shu was so beautiful that she was bubbling, hugged Liu Xiu's shoulders affectionately, walked to the side, and whispered, "Deran, I owe you a favor this time." If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely make up for it. ”

Liu Xiu hehehe: "What are you doing with these polite words, there are more opportunities to fight side by side in the future, if I am surrounded by people, you will also come to save me." ”

"That's that, that's." Yuan Shu was overjoyed, scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "This battle, it was fought quite smoothly, but I never thought that there were so many Qiang people in the north." Lao Tzu didn't pay attention for a while, and suffered from them. ”

"I don't blame you, I didn't expect it." Liu Xiu remembered the Qiang chaos, his mood suddenly became worse, he sighed, and told Yuan Shu the news that the Qiang people from Jincheng had come here. Yuan Shu was also taken aback, "How can this be?" ”

"It's a big deal." Liu Xiu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I suspect that the scale of this Qiang rebellion is not small, and we still have a tough battle to fight." ”

Yuan Shu frowned, and then he was happy again: "This is better, we have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." ”

Liu Xiuqiang smiled, and said in his heart, this kid is really a nervous rammer, meritorious service? Let's save my life first. Zhong Qiang appeared here, this thing itself is very abnormal, and it will be a disaster if it is not done well. If you want to change Yuan Shao, maybe you have to find an excuse to return to Guanzhong first.

The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the sons were different. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were both born to Yuan Feng, but the difference in surname is also bigger.

"General." Xun You hurriedly walked over, Liu Xiu saw that his face was serious, and hurriedly confessed to Yuan Shu, Xun You pulled him aside, and said urgently: "General, the big thing is not good." ”

Liu Xiu was shocked, he knew that although Xun You was not very old, the city government was very deep, and he would rarely show such a look in front of others. If he says that the big thing is not good, it is definitely a very troublesome big thing. But there were too many people next to him, so he didn't dare to mess up, so he hurriedly forced himself to calm down and said, "Gongda, don't worry, you speak slowly." ”

"The scale of this rebellion is far beyond our estimates."

This time, Liu Xiu couldn't hide his panic anymore, his eyes widened, and he looked at Xun You motionlessly.

Xun You smiled bitterly and told the news he had just gotten from the captive. Zhong Qiang did come from Jincheng, about 30,000 people, and the other 20,000 people were scattered Qiang in Anding and Beidi. They did collude with the Jincheng people, their leaders were the Jincheng people Bian Zhang and the kingdom, and the Qiang people who participated also included Huangzhong Qiang and Yicong Hu Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, known as the 36 departments, more than 150,000 people.

Thirty-six? When Liu Xiu heard this number, he felt that something was wrong, no more, no less, exactly thirty-six? He remembered that the Yellow Turban Rebellion seemed to be divided into thirty-six parts, was there any connection between them?

"Does it have anything to do with Taiping Dao?"

"I don't know." Xun You shook his head, "If there is, it is also a secret, then the captive is just a commander, he can't know this." ”

Liu Xiu gasped, Zhong Qiang's 100,000 yuan was enough for him to drink a pot, plus Huang Zhongqiang and Yiconghu, 150,000?

"General, the main force of the Qiang people will arrive soon, with our little strength, we are not their opponents, since we have rescued Yuan Shu, let's retreat as soon as possible." Xun You reminded.

Liu Xiu nodded again and again, this time it was a surprise attack. He immediately reported the matter to Yuan Shu, and when Yuan Shu heard that the situation was so grim, he didn't mention the meritorious service, so he immediately recruited his subordinates and quickly returned to Anding County to govern Linjing with Liu Xiu. Anding Taishou Huo Jun received the news and hurriedly went out of the city to greet him.

Speaking of which, Huo Jun still has some relationship with the Fufeng Song family. Huo Jun is a native of Wei County, and his father Huo Zhen is Song Guang's nephew, when Song Guang was framed, Huo Zhen, who was just fifteen years old, wrote a letter to defend Song Guang. may also be because of this, Huo Zhen has a very smooth career, but his reputation in Shilin is very average. Since the first party incident, Huo Zhen, who was still Shangshu at the time, was one of the judges of the case, Jia Biao entered Luoyang and interceded with Dou Wu and Huo Zhen, and later Li Ying was released, only remembering Jia Biao's love, but not mentioning Huo Zhen.

Huo Zhen later served as Jincheng Taishou, and he was quite kind and trustworthy in Qianghu, but after all, he was a Confucian who had read books, and the so-called kindness was just that he was very upright and did not bully the Qiang people casually, and the Qiang people were grateful to him.

Because of his father, Huo Zhen was weakly crowned as a lang, and he was promoted to Anding Taishou step by step, probably because of what happened to his father, he had little to do with the Fufeng Song family. Of course, he doesn't recognize the Song family, and Shilin may not accept him.

"Huo Fujun, I want to invite Anding's surname to dinner." Liu Xiu said straight to the point, "The Qiang rebellion is very strong, and I need their support." ”

As soon as Huo Jun heard about the momentum of the Qiang people, he was also taken aback, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately arranged for someone to invite. The biggest wealthy family in Anding is the Huangfu clan in Chaona, followed by the Yang family. The Yang family is from Linjing, and as soon as they heard the greeting, they immediately arrived.

Liu Xiu looked at the tall middle-aged man in front of him: "Dare to ask the name of the honorable person." ”

"Don't dare, grass people Yang Ding, word renovation."

Liu Xiu thought about it, and vaguely had some impressions, as if he was Dong Zhuo's subordinate general in history, looking at his rich appearance and talent, he was too far from the appearance of the villain in the romance.

Liu Xiu bowed his head very politely. "It is an honor to be able to get Yang Jun's help, and it is also a blessing for the Han."

Yang Ding's eyes flashed, and a touch of joy passed through his eyes. The Yang family actually has a head and face in Anding, but after all, they are border people, and in the eyes of the court officials, who are mainly scholars in Kanto, they are all barbarians, and few are willing to be polite to them. It seems that this Liu Xiu himself is also a border person, and he has a greater sense of identity with the border people, unlike those scholars who have eyes on the top of their heads. Yang Ding hurriedly returned the salute: "General Ming is famous, I must have heard of it, it is our honor to be able to fight under the command of the general and protect the territory and the people." ”

Liu Xiu and Yang Dingpan talked a few words, and then they knew that although the Yang family had no reputation, their strength was not weak. Under the threat of the Qiang people for many years, the Yang family, like most of the border county people, has no scholars, but there are thousands of family members, and they have their own dock forts, and they are usually free to graze and cultivate, once the Qiang people come, they retreat to the fort and hold on, and one or two thousand Qiang people really can't do anything about them.

The Yang family doesn't worry about eating or drinking, and now they just want to seek some fame. However, the Han Dynasty uses scriptures to win scholars, and the status of martial artists is low, and it is difficult for the most powerful Huangfu family to come out, let alone them who are slightly inferior. Speaking of this, Yang Ding sighed a little depressedly, "Anding is now the most famous Mr. Wang Jiexin (Wang Fu), since General Ming printed his "Theory of Hidden Husbands" all over the world, we also followed him to get some light, and as soon as we went out to report our hometown, those who read would ask, but Wang Jiexin's township party? The words were somewhat polite, and finally suppressed the Fu family in the north. ”

"The Fu family in the Northland?"

"Yes, it's Lingzhou Fu Huqiang's family. Their family has produced 2,000 stones, and they have also sealed the marquis, and on our land, that is, the Huangfu family can discuss with their family. If you really want to talk about the family background, the Fu family still has to suppress the Huangfu family, and now that Mr. Wang is out, we have finally defeated them. ”

Yang Ding's eyebrows fluttered, as if he had taken advantage of it, but in fact, Wang Fu and him had nothing to do with him except that they were fellow villagers. It can be seen that it is a common problem for people to save face after solving the problem of food and clothing, and it is not anyone's problem.

Liu Xiu's time in Guanzhong is too short, and he is even less familiar with the situation in Liangzhou, and he doesn't know what the origin of this Fu family is, Yang Ding saw that he was a little indifferent between his words, and hurriedly reminded him: "The Fu family, as a family in the north, has been handed down by Fu Jiezi for nearly three hundred years in the previous dynasty, and General Ming will inevitably deal with them if he wants to be in Liangzhou." Fu Nanrong is a talent, but his temper is not small, General Ming should be careful, don't annoy him. ”

As soon as he heard about Fu Jiezi, Liu Xiu was a little impressed, and the Fu family was also a three-hundred-year-old family, if this was in the Central Plains, how could it be a big hero, but here, the Central Plains people had no impression.

Liu Xiu also heard a warning from the words of the Yang family, if you want to gain a foothold in Liangzhou, you can't do without the support of these local heroes, these heroes are different from the Central Plains heroes, they have knives, but they are not so gentle and elegant as the Central Plains family, if they offend them, who knows when they will be stabbed. The Xiliang people later killed Luoyang and Chang'an under the leadership of Dong Zhuo, and their destructive power can be seen.

Fortunately, he is a native of Youzhou, and he belongs to the border people like Liangzhou, and he has made a lot of military achievements in Bingzhou, and there is no discrimination against these Western Liangwu people, and there is no psychological burden when contacted, and he soon talked and laughed with Yang Ding.

The next day, Huangfu Song's son Huangfu Li rushed to Linjing, and the Li family and the Liang family also sent people. This Li family has produced a Li Sui, who has good learning, has done Yanzhou Assassin History, Wuwei Taishou, lived to be ninety-six years old before dying, and is also a big celebrity in Anding. The origin of the Liang family is even greater, the ancestor is Liang Tong, who was prominent in the Eastern Han Dynasty for a while, but because Liang Ji's domineering general squandered the ancestors' yin virtue excessively, the Liang family was killed by Emperor Huan and bled like a river, and now there are only a few tribes, and the strength is very average, and the Liang family has long been unable to see the majesty that the Liang family once had.

Liu Xiu didn't care about those, he said to these local heroes, the Qiang people have been in peace for ten years, and this time they are restless again, all of a sudden the whole Liangzhou is turned upside down, the court has no money, and the soldiers are limited, if you want to pacify the Qiang chaos, you must have strong support. If you have any ideas, mention them now, and I will promise you what I can now, and if I can't agree, I will report to the court as soon as possible. Time is urgent, please don't be polite, I hope you can provide as many soldiers and money as possible within half a month.

All the families looked at each other, no one refused to speak first, the court had no money and no soldiers, and it all relied on the people of Liangzhou to fight this battle? This joke is an adult. 150,000 Qiang people rebelled, it makes people tremble when they think about it, if they lose the battle, those Qiang people don't kill their entire family? Liu Xiu can pat his ass and flash people, what should they do?

Just when they hesitated, Fu Xie rushed to Linjing.

Fu Xie is more than eight feet long, with a Chinese face, two sword eyebrows, and a wide mouth, and he is not angry and arrogant. Hearing the worries and doubts that those people were hiding from him, Fu Xie was furious, pointing at Huangfu Li, Yang Ding and others and scolding.

"You are all heroes of the strong side, one by one, one by one, no one in your eyes, but now you are beaten to the door of your own house by the Qiang people, General Liu was ordered to quell the rebellion, and invited you as a person to discuss, but you are pushing back, the left one Qiang is prosperous, and the other is short of money and food. Xie dared to ask you, if the Ren Qiang people occupied Liangzhou, how would you deal with yourself? Do you want to abandon your ancestors like scum like the kingdom and Bian Zhang, and fight for the tiger? The imperial court has repeatedly discussed abandoning Liangzhou, and Gu Ran is the ignorant talk of Shandong Confucianism, but as Liangzhou people, you have no idea of protecting your family and defending the country, how can you expect others to value you and not treat you as a border barbarian? ”

The more he spoke, the more annoyed he became, and he turned to point at Huangfu Li: "The Huangfu clan is a well-known family, and since your ancestors, he has been a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and has fought a bloody war with the Qiang people for nearly a hundred years. Aren't you afraid that the Qiang people will occupy stability, dig up your ancestral grave, and ruin the prestige of the Huangfu family for several generations? ”

Huangfu Li's face was suddenly red, and he was embarrassed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have not come to see General Wei today to discuss right and wrong with you. As the people of the Han Dynasty, it is a responsibility that does not need to be discussed to fight against the Qiang people and protect the territory and the people. I came here to report to General Wei that 20,000 elites of Bingzhou had arrived in Lingzhou and would put down the rebellion under General Wei. But if you are afraid, go home and hide yourself in the bed and in the bosom of the woman, and be like a child waiting for the breasts. There are General Wei and the soldiers of Bingzhou, and there are Liangzhou men like me Fu Xie, even if there is no you, we can calm down the Qiang chaos. ”

When Huangfu Li and the others heard this, they couldn't care about Fu Xie's attitude, and hurriedly asked, "The Bingzhou army has arrived?" ”

"Is it necessary to lie to you?" Fu Xie sneered disdainfully, turned around and saluted Liu Xiu: "General Ming, Fu Xie of the Northland, I am here to report to the Lord on the orders of the prince." Zhao Yun led the Xiongnu Zhonglang to make Tian Yan, the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Qiangqu, Yunzhong Taishou Han Sui, Shuo Fang Taishou Lu Bu and 20,000 iron cavalry have arrived in Lingzhou, waiting for the order of the general. ”

Hearing that Zhao Yun and they had arrived, Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and finally had available soldiers in his hands.

"There's Lao Nanrong." Liu Xiu bowed his respects, and Fu Xie was impassioned: "Xie is not talented, I am willing to follow the general Wang Jun and the strong men of the north to follow the general to fight, and I will not give up." ”

Of course, Liu Xiu would not let go of such an opportunity, so he also stood up and said loudly: "Nanrong is worthy of being Fu Yiyang's descendant, and it is blood-hot to see. It is Liu Xiu's honor to be able to fight side by side with a northerner like Nanrong. ”

Huangfu Li and others were embarrassed to entangle anymore at this time, and they all stood up to express their willingness to do their best to assist Liu Xiu in quelling the rebellion.

Liu Xiu immediately formulated a counterinsurgency strategy, considering that the Qiang people were menacing and it was not appropriate to start a war in a hurry, he ordered Zhao Yun to temporarily garrison troops in Lingzhou, echoing Xu Rong in Xiaoguan to the north and south, blocking the Qiang people's road to the east, preventing them from entering Bingzhou, and then harassing Hedong. Huangfu Li and others gathered various tribes, under the unified command of Xu Rong, to hold the first line of Xiaoguan and the northern line of Guanzhong. Because of the heavy losses, Yuan Shu temporarily returned to Guanzhong to recuperate, and served as a reserve force to protect the safety of Guanzhong.

"General, where are you?" Fu Xie was a little puzzled when he saw that Liu Xiu handed over the command of this place to Xu Rong.

"I want to go to Hanyang and Longxi, responsible for the safety of the Longshan area, the main force of the Qiang people is in Longxi and Jincheng, if you want to enter Guanzhong and plunder, Longshan is the only way."

"But my lord, you will take more than 2,000 parts with you?"

Liu Xiu smiled: "I believe that the heroes of Hanyang and Longxi Counties, like Nanrong, will not be willing to be thieves." When I get there, I will enlist their support, and only with their support can we put down the rebellion in Liangzhou, and it is possible to restore peace to the people of Liangzhou. If they don't support me, but want to join forces with the Qiang, then what's the use of me even if I bring 20,000 troops from the state? ”

Fu Xie pondered for a moment and nodded approvingly: "Since this is the case, Na Xie is willing to go to Hanyang with the adults." Hanyang Taishou Fan Wenyuan is Xie's general, and he has a very close relationship, and he may be able to precursor to the general. ”

Liu Xiu was overjoyed, this is great. The so-called general is the person who promotes Fu Xie as filial piety, according to the customs of the Han Dynasty, this is similar to the friendship between teachers and students. Liangzhou Assassin Zhou Hong died, Fan Jin Fan Wenyuan was a famous man in Nanyang, before getting a clear edict, whether Fan Jin was willing to deal with him or not is another matter. But with Fu Xie maneuvering in the middle, this matter is much easier.

With Liu Xiu's consent, Fu Xie immediately rushed to Hanyang. Liu Xiu wrote a song to report the situation in Liangzhou to the Son of Heaven, and on the other hand, he rushed to Longshan with his personal guards. Probably knowing that Liu Xiu did not have any strong forces around him, Zhao Yun sent Yu Fuluo and the 1,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry guard battalion led by him, plus Liu Xiu's original 2,000 guards, and 3,000 people rushed to Longxi.

Liu Xiu had just arrived at Chencang to meet Hua Xiong, and Fu Xie had already rushed back from Hanyang to tell Liu Xiu even worse news: Bian Zhang and Wang Guo had made Yan Zhong their commander so powerful that they even put forward a slogan for rebellion.

The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand!

(To be continued)