Chapter 21: The Qin-Qiang War 1

readx;? For the arrival of this day, Zhang Jiashi had to be very stunned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause in his impression, such a horse herald with two feathers on his head, he really saw it for the first time.

The other party seemed to pass all the way unimpeded, and rode directly from outside the barracks to the main gate of his camp tent, before turning over and dismounting and entering the camp.

Zhang Jiashi, who was recording something with a carving knife, raised his head suspiciously after hearing such hurried footsteps. What he saw was a light cavalry of the Qin army wearing leather armor half-kneeling on the ground, clasping his fists at him and saying, "Captain Zhang, Your Majesty invites you to Xianyang Palace, if you want to discuss." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Jiashi stopped what he was doing, slowly put down the carving knife, and asked suspiciously, "Does the envoy know what the situation is?"

"I don't know. ”

After Zhang Jiashi heard this, he nodded lightly: "Please wait for the envoy for a while, and when Captain Bendu arranges the affairs of the camp, he will go to Xianyang with the envoy." ”

"Whew!" the envoy clenched his fists, stood up, and then stepped aside, waiting for Zhang Jiashi to finish handling the matter, and then went to Xianyang together.

Although it is said that the affairs of the military camp should be explained, but well, Zhang Jiashi is not much different from the shopkeeper now, under this premise, Zhang Jiashi quickly completed the matter, followed this herald, and took more than ten personal guard knights led by Shusun Ji to Xianyang.

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On Zhang Jiashi's way to Xianyang, in a side hall of Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng looked at a battle report, and his face looked quite gloomy.

Because in this battle, it was not the Huns, let alone an indigenous rebellion, but the Qiang people in the west launched a fierce attack on Lintao.

The Qiang people have stopped for a while in recent years, and Yingzheng also understands this situation. But he never thought that after expelling the Dayue clan, the Huns who are now entrenched in the Hexi Corridor will actually give up their territory to the Qiang people, which makes him very incomprehensible.

The Qiang people now have more of a tribal leader, except for a more nominal Qiang king. Although the Qiang people are also quite good at fighting, they are more like a scattered Qiang people than the Huns, and they cannot cause any effective offensive against the Huns or even Great Qin.

Since King Zhou Ping moved eastward, the grievances between the Qiang people and Daqin can be described as continuous. Of course, in addition to expressing his helplessness about such a scabies, Daqin didn't take the Qiang people too seriously.

Because even Qin Huigong defeated the Qiang people who wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob with his broken army after the battle of Yin and Jin.

It is conceivable that these social systems are quite primitive, and the productive forces are even more backward than the Qiang people, which is simply not worth mentioning compared to the Wei army at that time.

Therefore, now Yingzheng is quite incomprehensible to this border emergency report. Because Lintao, as the largest military town in the west of Great Qin, is also the western origin of the Great Wall, Yingzheng is very clear that in this case, if the Qiang people want to break through Lintao, under normal circumstances, it is a fool's dream.

He really wanted to ignore such a thing, but he knew better that Captain Lintao, the eldest son of Nei Shiteng, Ying Dong, would not joke about such a thing.

Therefore, he summoned several important ministers of several countries and held a consultation.

Of course, he didn't forget the few commanders and generals near Neishi County, so there was a scene where Zhang Jiashi was summoned to Xianyang Palace to discuss matters.

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When Zhang Jiashi came to this side hall, he hurriedly walked in the middle of the hall and knelt down on one knee in front of Yingzheng.

Ying Zheng was listening to Tingwei Meng Yi's words at this time, and waved his hand, asking Zhang Jiashi to find a place to stay by himself.

Zhang Jiashi stood up silently, then walked behind Wei Wei Yingxie, and asked in a low voice: "Han Weiwei, I don't know what happened, Your Majesty will urgently summon Zhang over?"

Ying Xie wondered why Zhang Jiashi was standing behind him, but he glanced behind him and found that there was no one else except Zhang Jiashi, so he suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is cultivating this Zhang Jiashi." ”

Because Xianyang, and even Neishi County, are full of lieutenants at the same level as Zhang Jiashi, and even some nominal officers. But now, only Zhang Jiashi can stand behind him, which shows that Yingzheng is cultivating Zhang Jiashi's prestige in this regard.

The Great Dynasty Meeting, Yongdu Worship Ancestors, all of them are Yingzheng has this consideration, otherwise, with Zhang Jiashi's identity, I am afraid that the Great Dynasty will definitely not have his share.

Therefore, although Ying Xie is the guard of Daqin and belongs to the position of Jiuqing, for this "popular spicy chicken" who is a new and well-eyed Ying Zheng, Ying Xie did not rely on his identity and ignored Zhang Jiashi.

He said in a low voice: "Lintao is now being attacked by the Qiang people, and Your Majesty can be said to be very puzzled by this, so gather us to discuss the problem. ”

Zhang Jiashi said that he could not easily accept this situation. When did the Qiang people dare to take the initiative to attack such a strong military town as Lintao?

After he let out a sigh, he heard Meng Yi say to Ying Zheng:

"Your Majesty, no matter how unbelievable this may be, we must act accordingly, just in case. ”

Zhang Jiashi saw Meng Yi from a distance at the Great Dynasty Meeting, Meng Yi and Meng Tian are both relatively strong men, perhaps the Meng family has a direct relationship with the new generation of military family in Daqin after Meng Fu entered Qin from Qi State. Zhang Jiashi could feel that Meng Yi was dressed as a Wenchen, and his strength was stronger than him.

And Meng Tian's strength, Zhang Jiashi can only be described in four words, unfathomable. Of course, this kind of thing is for the human level, for some non-human top-level existences, if Meng Tian really fights with the other party, not to mention victory or defeat, Meng Tian can save his life is quite good.

At this time, Zhang Jiashi heard Bai Qi muttering in his mind: "This thing is very interesting." ”

Zhang Jiashi asked Bai Qi in his heart: "How is it interesting?"

White's tone was very pleasantly pleasing to Zhang Jiashi: "This matter is not simple, it can make a border town send a signal for help, and this matter itself cannot be taken lightly." However, at this time, the combat effectiveness of the Qiang people was not half a star compared with the Tubo people in the later Tang Dynasty. However, this is now the case on the surface, the Qiang occupied the Hexi corridor of the Xiongnu, and then attacked Lintao in a big way. It's not easy. ”

"You mean...... The Qiang people are not here to send them to death this time, but what are their plans?" Zhang Jiashi asked suspiciously.

"It's very likely, but it's like this on the surface, and it's hard to speculate. Well...... In this matter, if Yingzheng doesn't ask you, you'd better be a spectator and don't say anything. ”

Bai Qi said something that made Zhang Jiashi slightly stunned. He didn't understand why Bai Qi wanted him to do this. But it is obvious that Bai Qi is not cheating on him, but has some concerns.

Zhang Jiashi raised his head and glanced at Ying Zheng, who was pondering, and he knew that Bai Qi's concerns should be quite reasonable. After all, this kind of situation is not something that a small lieutenant can fool around. If something happens, it is estimated that he will not be able to eat and walk around.

Therefore, Zhang Jiashi gently moved to the left, and silently recited in his heart: "Your Majesty, you should not see me." ”

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The next development of things, as Zhang Jiashi expected, Ying Zheng asked many people's opinions, but did not ask him.

Seeing that the sunlight outside the hall began to shine into the hall again, Zhang Jiashi knew very well that this meeting should also end.

And he came to the conclusion that most of the ministers did not want the troops to act rashly, but sent people to investigate the situation of Lintao before making a conclusion.

Only Meng Yi, Ying Xie and a few other ministers and military attaches who have been on the battlefield hope that Ying Zheng can support as soon as possible.

At this time, Ying Zheng asked the chamberlain to bring a map. To be honest, he was puzzled, because he still couldn't figure out what the situation was. In fact, Lintao's situation should be very bad, otherwise Yingdong would never have been able to joke about this kind of bullying the monarch and lying about the military situation, which can be punished by the family.

However, when he was waiting for the map, after seeing Zhang Jiashi, who he almost didn't find, he said in an angry voice: "Captain Afangdu, what insight do you have?"

Zhang Jiashi forgot one thing, that is, it was impossible for him to dodge this time. Because if Yingzheng will forget him, or simply let him be a spectator, then why would Yingzheng let him enter Xianyang?

This time, Ying Zheng spoke quite loudly, and the scale of this side hall was much smaller than the main hall of Xianyang Palace, if Zhang Jiashi didn't hear it, then there would be a problem.

Zhang Jiashi, who knew that he couldn't hide, had to be listed in the middle, bowed his hand to Ying Zhengyi, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time the Qiang people are attacking Lintao, and there is likely to be a problem. ”

Zhang Jiashi's words are actually no different from nonsense, because who of the people in this side hall is not a human spirit? Of course, they know that this kind of thing is not as simple as whether there is a problem or not, but can be regarded as very problematic.

Therefore, Zhang Jiashi's words only brought Ying Zheng's dissatisfaction: "Then you bastard, tell me what's wrong?"

Being scolded as a bastard is often a very humiliating thing. However, the ministers in the side hall all subconsciously lowered their heads, as if they hadn't heard this.

Because, even as one of Ying Zheng's biggest enemies, Ji Dan, the prince of Yan Kingdom, probably can't be called Ying Zheng's bastard.

These people know very well that Zhang Jiashi's seriousness in Yingzheng is no longer just a minister and son-in-law. Such a situation is enough to make them envious, jealous and hateful.

Well, if there is such a word at this time......

And Zhang Jiashi smiled helplessly, of course he listened to what Ying Zheng said, but Ying Zheng scolded him for being a bastard, which was not enough to make him entangled, the most tangled thing was that he had to face such a situation by himself. Because Bai Qi, the old slippery head, has said very simply that he will not give him guidance on such an occasion.

Although it is clear that this is for his good, Zhang Jiashi's heart is still extremely bitter. It's just that now is not the time for him to dwell on such a thing.

Zhang Jiashi discovered that there is a sentence in later generations, which aptly describes his current situation: "If there are conditions, if there are no conditions, you must create conditions!"

To put it simply, Zhang Jiashi has to deal with the problem in front of him now.

Therefore, after taking a deep breath, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister has some ideas, but it will not be better described until the map arrives." ”

After Ying Zheng heard Zhang Jiashi's words, he nodded lightly: "Hmm." ”

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The map was brought up, but it was not the kind of map of the whole territory of Daqin, but a map of Daqin Guanzhong that Zhang Jiashi could see, and the error was large and small.

Although there are mountains and rivers on it, compared to this, the distance between Xianyang and Jiuyuan County is actually closer than to Hangu Pass......

Well, Zhang Jiashi has to mutter, if he has the opportunity, he must definitely make a major modification to such a pit map.

If she remembered correctly, Bai Qi had told him one thing, and that was that he had also been pitted by these maps several times. Because the terrain, distance, and even the name markings described above are full of holes.

It is inevitable that the last name is marked incorrectly, and the differences in dialects and writing systems lead to such problems, which are in fact tolerable.

But the first two mistakes, to be honest, the person who drew the picture also did not want to, but the conditions of antiquity were like this...... What can you say? Being able to have a relatively complete map with fewer errors is also one of the important factors in the success of a general.

To use a sentence from Bai Qi to describe it: "In ancient times, a general who has not been pitted by a map is not a general who has really led troops to fight." ”

After Zhang Jiashi heard this, he almost didn't spray the water in his mouth directly on several two or five hundred masters: "Is it so serious?"

"What do you say? If I'm not mistaken, didn't you think Shanglin Yuan was very small a while ago?" Bai Qi's rhetorical question made Zhang Jiashi directly silent.

In fact, in ancient times, a relatively detailed map was a treasure coveted by a general.

And Bai Qi also said a very classic sentence: "Well, there is one thing that Qi has to say, that is, the map of your later dynasties, although on a large scale, there is not much deviation." But there's one thing, and that's a lot of details, and you don't have to take it seriously, because if you compare it, you're going to see a lot of things that are full of mistakes. ”

The core idea of Bai Qi, Zhang Jiashi has figured it out, that is, the map depicted with modern thinking is also extremely tricky.

But as Bai Qi said, if you are more honest, you will find that you will lose badly......

Therefore, after seeing this map, Zhang Jiashi deliberately held back his vomiting mood, and then thought slowly.

This map does not have a description of the Hexi Corridor, because that place is not the sphere of influence of Great Qin.

Of course, after scanning the two places on the map back and forth a few times, Zhang Jiashi's gaze turned to Ying Zheng beside him: "Your Majesty, although we don't know what the situation is in the Hexi Corridor. But there is one thing, that is, if the Qiang really want to send troops to attack us, they don't have to send troops at this time, and second, they ......."

Zhang Jiashi used two fingers to poke a few times in the mountainous area southwest of Lintao and the approximate location of the Hexi Corridor: "The Qiang people don't need the Hexi Corridor at all, they can bypass the Great Wall, Lintao, and then enter the Hexi Road." ”

Ying Zheng stroked the beard on his chin with his hand and fell into deep thought.

The other ministers were also shocked by Zhang Jiashi's idea, because as Zhang Jiashi said, the mountainous area southwest of Lintao is also blocked by a large river. But in these places where the Qin State failed to go too deep, it is said that there are people who are good at building bridges. If this is the case, some of the rivers marked on the map are not hindrances of the Qiang people at all.

Although the Hexi Corridor is a name, this place does not include the origin mountains of the upper reaches of Weishui. It can be said that at this time, the Qiang people, that is, the ancestors of the Tibetan people in later generations, have already gone deep into the roof of the world and become the overlord of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Of course, Zhang Jiashi didn't think that there was a myth of Luo Some City and King Gesar at this time, but it was a nonsense story that was only circulated in later generations.

However, the situation in Tibet is completely different from that in Qinghai, and the possibility of the Qiang people penetrating deep into Tibet and reaching the Himalayas is very low. However, the Qinghai prairie is a different story.

In any case, if the situation of the Tubo people is used as a comparison, the Qiang people who sent troops directly from the Hexi Corridor would not be more effective than those who sent troops directly from the border areas of Shaanxi and Qinghai in later generations.

At the same time, there is one thing that Zhang Jiashi cares about, that is, will there be a shadow of the Huns in this?

When Zhang Jiashi was thinking about it, he heard Ying Zheng's inquiry: "Captain Afangdu, you mean that the Qiang people who sent troops this time, what they want to do is not to break through Lintao?"

"Your Majesty, at least, Chen, I don't think that they will directly force the attack on Lintao from the front. Zhang Jiashi glanced at the map again and continued: "If a strong Qiang infantry attacks directly from the mountains and attacks Lintao on both sides, what does Your Majesty think of such a result?"

Ying Zheng didn't speak, and Lang Zhong ordered Qi Qiu to say: "This matter is also very difficult, if reinforcements arrive, the possibility of Lintao being lost is very small." ”

Zhang Jiashi also nodded, because Bai Qi also didn't think that Lintao was the main battlefield.

That's where the conspiracy lies.

But after Zhang Jiashi heard this, he took a deep breath: "If the Qiang people directly attack Yongdu, what about the city west of Xianyang or even near Xianyang?"

Zhang Jiashi's words made everyone in an uproar, because for them, it was undoubtedly more ridiculous than the loss of Lintao.

And Ying Zheng glanced at Zhang Jiashi and said, "Can I let the main force of the Northern Army rush to help?"

Meng Yi hurriedly bowed his hand and exhorted loudly: "If the Northern Army and my brother come back to help, Hetao will be in danger!"

Before the other ministers could refute, an attendant outside the hall walked directly, holding a bamboo slip in his hand, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Bai Ma Qiang rebelled, kill the captain and the officials......

Before the chamberlain finished speaking, Ying Zheng walked over directly and snatched the bamboo slip to play the ......

After a while, Ying Zhengcai said: "How can this be reasonable!"

In Zhang Jiashi's eyes, Yingzheng, who was extremely angry, directly threw the bamboo slips to the ground, and even the hemp rope that tied the bamboo slips could not withstand this force, and the bamboo pieces were immediately scattered on the ground of the side hall......

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