Xiqiang occupies all of Qinghai and Tibet, and part of Xinhechuan is a vast land, most of which is a plateau area.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't think that he could take back the place once, and when Wang Mang reformed, he moved the Qiang people to Xihai County, where they have multiplied for hundreds of years and formed their own survival habits.

The Qiang people are an ancient Chinese people, they are not as fierce as the Xiongnu, but like the scorching sun; is not like the Karma tribe who are suppressed to the bottom and then bottom out, as tragic as the phoenix nirvana; This group is like water, babbling all the time, quiet and tolerant.

So for them, Zhao Hanzhang didn't want to subdue and recover, but wanted them to naturally submit, just like now, Zhao Erlang broke through Xiqiang and went all the way to the Western Regions, she sent Ji Ping and Li Tianhe to lead a large army into to pacify the tribes that were beaten miserably along the way, and asked Zhao Shen to take Wei Ran to persuade Yao Yizhong and others who were fighting happily in the Jinsha River.

"Don't fight, if you keep fighting, your rear will be gone."

The Yao clan and the Deng Zhi Qiang clan of the Nan'an Qiang clan had to pause, and Li Xiong, the king of Cheng, who had been silent, couldn't help but come out to make peace, he was a Di clan, but the Qiang family, the relationship between the two clans has always been close, and he didn't want the Qiang clan to continue to fight.

He not only persuaded them to cease fighting themselves, but also persuaded them to submit to the imperial court.

"In the past, it was because the imperial court could not stabilize the Quartet, we had to set up a household, and now the emperor has the virtue of heaven and the ability to calm the people, why can't we surrender?"

Yao Yizhong was thoughtful, Deng Zhi's Zhang Han was very unhappy when he heard this, and said directly: "King Cheng said it lightly, you have the great benefits of Zhao Hanzhang and established the Cheng State, which is nominally a vassal country, but it is self-reliant and self-governing, can we Xiqiang do the same?" ”

Li Xiong choked.

If Xiqiang had a unified leader, he could naturally learn from Li Xiong, but it didn't.

Yao Yizhong wanted to be obedient, he was very smart, he knew that fighting would only consume wealth and manpower, and only peace could allow the people to recuperate, shepherd sheep and cultivate the land, and develop the population.

But other Qiang tribes may not be willing, and their consciousness is not uniform, isn't this the reason why they fight?

Yao Yizhong's eyes flickered, sweeping over everyone present, if the consciousness was not unified, then he would subdue them, and talk to the court after unifying Xiqiang.

Then Zhao Hanzhang quickly told him that he didn't need to be so troublesome, and Zhao Shen told Zhao Hanzhang the reactions of the Qiang tribes.

Zhao Hanzhang immediately chose Yao Yizhong as the leader of Xiqiang, ordered Ji Ping and Li Tianhe to assist Yao Yizhong, and let Wei Ran, the assassin of Ningzhou, and Li Xiong, the king of Cheng, do the middle, and persuade the Xiqiang tribes to support Yao Yizhong, and effectively build another subject country in general.

The various departments of Xiqiang were in chaos in an instant, some of them threw themselves to the imperial court and supported Yao Yizhong, and some of them suspected that the imperial court harbored evil intentions and were unwilling to submit to the Zhang family like Deng Zhiqiang.

Everyone was in a hurry, from autumn to winter, and from winter to spring, Zhao Erlang fought all the way to Shanshan, and Zhang Mao also went north and east to encroach on the territory of the Xiongnu and Beiqiang.

Beigong Chun was not idle, and with Zhao Hanzhang's permission, he pressed the Beiqiang in the area of the Hetao Plain, but Zhao Hanzhang's Tuoba Liuxiu, who was the first to look forward, also followed the Beiqiang to transfer troops, and Shi Le, who got the cotton seeds, was also ordered to send a large army.

The battle did not start, the three armies only crossed the border line and stopped at the side of a few large tribes, and most of the Beiqiang surrendered to Zhao Hanzhang.

Beiqiang and Xiqiang are different, Xiqiang has natural risks, located on the plateau, people outside are not easy to enter, Beiqiang occupies the Hetao Plain, there is a geographical advantage, shepherd sheep and wheat life is a little better, but they are not happy in their hearts.

They were surrounded by four powerful enemies before, and they couldn't move at all, especially the northern and southern Xiongnu, the northern Xiongnu went south every year to rob, and Liu Yuan in the southeast directly asked them for protection money, which was called tribute.

There is also Xiliang, there is constant friction between the two sides, and even the Jin Kingdom in the south, there are always assassins who jump out from time to time and say, I want to recover the country, and then I will send troops to fight them.

Beiqiang was still able to fight with the Xiliang Xiongnu at the beginning, and occasionally took advantage of the internal turmoil in Jin to move south, or pressed the Jin State from time to time to fight, so that they could know that their Beiqiang was not easy to provoke.

But such a situation slowly disappeared after Zhao Hanzhang took power.

Since Zhao Hanzhang ascended the throne, Beiqiang has been much quieter, and when Tuoba Xianbei's father and son transposed, Beiqiang shrank and didn't dare to say anything.

There were already voices of surrender within them, just waiting for Zhao Hanzhang to make a move.

Therefore, as soon as the three-way army pressed the border, they immediately surrendered.

This made the generals who accompanied the army couldn't help but scold, and the combat exploits in hand were gone.

No one dared to ignore the surrender of Beiqiang and provoke a war in a tough way, and there were people in the army who were in the secret inspection department, and such a thing could not be concealed at all.

Everyone can only wait for the emperor's order.

Zhao Hanzhang was very happy, and immediately set up Xiazhou in the Hetao area, and selected a smart, prestigious, and far-sighted Qiang leader among the Northern Qiang to serve as the assassin of Xiazhou, and then divided the cities of Xiazhou into jurisdictions, and adopted the strategy of Qiang and Han co-governance.

Zhao Hanzhang carefully selected the officials who went to serve in Xiazhou, and told them one by one before they left, "Although Xiazhou is governed by a state, there are far more Qiang people in the jurisdiction than Han and other ethnic groups, so the Qiang nationality is self-governing and respects the customs of all ethnic groups. ”

"The Hetao Plain is rich in water and grass, not only for sheep grazing, but also for wheat and rice, and I want you to help them grow wheat and rice, and also help them raise fatter and healthier sheep."

"Your Majesty is too lenient to them, I am afraid that it will make people ambitious, and when the time comes, ......"

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head and said, "How come?" As long as they know that it is better to live with us than to live alone, I think, they will definitely choose us. Isn't their submission the best illustration? ”

Didn't they submit because your army was overpowering?

Zhao Hanzhang: "You must get along well with Beiqiang, Xiqiang looks at it, I think, if the court can satisfy Beiqiang, then Xiqiang will definitely be obedient because of the prestige of the court." ”

The official who was told lowered his eyes and thought about it, and heard that the king of Qin County had returned to his division, but he left part of it in Shanshan, and some tribes in Xiqiang wanted to move north and leave, but they were all stopped.

Where is the emperor's virtue, it is clearly the same as the threat of force against Beiqiang.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't admit it, her army only went in to persuade the tribes in civil strife to make peace, but did not participate in the war.

She wants everyone to live in peace and not fight.

Xiazhou's new assassin name is Dong Qisheng, the leader of a Qiang tribe, he couldn't help but write to several tribal leaders in Xiqiang after he saw Zhao Hanzhang in Beijing, all of them are better with him, roughly meaning, this emperor can deal with it, come quickly.

Some listened to persuasion, and immediately contacted Yao Yizhong to express their effectiveness, while others did not listen to persuasion, threw away the letter and continued to shrink and remain still, planning to wait for them to finish the fight and then decide who to stand.

In the midst of such a commotion, when the spring flowers were blooming, Zhao Erlang came back with a string of caravans, and there was Zhao Hu's caravan inside. (End of chapter)