Originally, Longyou was the entrenchment of the Qiang people, and the Han people gradually opened up the five counties of Longyou. And even though the Han people have lived here for a hundred years, the Qiang people still occupy a high proportion here.

Among them, the Longyou Zhuqiang includes Dongqiang, Xianling Qiang, Burning Dangqiang and Shenwolf Qiang. The Qiang people in each tribe have a large population, and most of them are brave and good at fighting, and do not obey the indoctrination.

At the beginning, Ma Chao was supported by the Qiang of Longyou, and various Qiang tribes supported him with tens of thousands of horses to counterattack Longyou. From this aspect, it can be seen that the strength of the Qiang people in the local area is not weak.

"Are you from the Dongqiang clan? And it was the Xian Lingqiang who attacked the county seat? After listening to the explanation, Ma Tan squinted his eyes and asked.

"Aren't you allies?"

"That's right, although we are all Longyou Zhuqiang, we are actually not of the same clan." Dongqiang leader Shu Ji nodded and said very sincerely.

"Like Nanqiang over there in Yinping, we have been engaged in farming for many years. Therefore, our Dongqiang clan has admired the imperial court for many years and does not want to go to war again. ”

"But it is different to Lingqiang first, but it is different when burning Qiangqiang, they are still nomadic and robbing, and they fight with local county soldiers all year round."

"In the past, the puppet Wei often sent state soldiers to suppress the Qiang, but because the Qiang people lived in the mountains, it was difficult to pursue. On the contrary, we are Dongqiang, because we live in the foothills......"

"So the soldiers and horses of the pseudo-Wei often exchange your clansmen for war exploits?" Ma Jian raised his eyebrows and said.

Shu Ji smiled bitterly and nodded honestly.

"Because of this, we have formed a mortal enmity with the Xianling Qiang clan."

This is also Shu Ji heard that Xian Lingqiang planned to enter the city to plunder, and immediately came to help.

The Shu Han officials have only been here for a long time, and if they are killed by the Xianling Qiang tribe, the Shu people's revenge will be even more cruel. The Xianling Qiang tribe often wandered, and they were not very afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the Shu army.

But they Dongqiang have been farming for many years, and they can't run away in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Shu army.

So no matter what, you have to be familiar with Shu Han, don't hurt yourself by mistake.

"I see, the situation in Longyou is still quite complicated." Ma Tan touched his chin, pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked.

"Except for Dongqiang, how strong is the population of the rest of Zhuqiang?"

"There are many strong and strong Qiangs, and if they are really united, they will definitely be extremely strong. Among them, the number of people who belong to Dangqiang is the largest, with tens of thousands of strong people, and every time they go south, they are mighty. ”

The Longxi officials on the side replied that they were very familiar with the Qiang people in Longxi.

"Xian Lingqiang is the most capable of fighting, and he has been fighting with county soldiers all year round, which has caused headaches for the previous state and county governors."

This time, however, we besieged and annihilated a large number of them, and the number of prisoners alone exceeded 2,000. After experiencing such a big loss and losing his leader, Xian Lingqiang was already very weak at this time, and it was estimated that there was no threat for a long time. ”

"As for the farther ginseng wolf, they generally rarely go out to the mountains to raid, and their sense of existence is not high. The main threat is still the burning of Dangqiang, as well as the remnants of the Xianling Qiang tribe. ”

Ma Tan nodded lightly, and had a general understanding of Longxi.

The Han people do not have a numerical advantage here, but they can control it because they are defending the city. The Qiang people have been nomadic and raiding here all the year round, and at the same time, some Qiang people have surrendered to the Han and become the people of the Han Dynasty.

The two sides form a relationship of confrontation and coexistence between you and me, and I have you.

Because of the remote location, the central government pays very little attention to this side. Since Xiahou Yuan broke Ma Chao in Longxi on a large scale, no army has entered Longxi for nearly 20 years.

Of course, Longxi has not experienced much natural disasters in recent years, and the local Qiang people can barely get by. Therefore, there has been no large-scale unrest, and even if the raids were limited to Longxi County, they did not affect other counties.

But now it's different, this is no longer the frontier of Cao Wei, but the advance base of the northern Shu Han.

In the future, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will be stationed here all year round, and Zhuge Liang will also display Tuntian technology here to strengthen the local farming level. After that, whether Shu Han can continue the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong depends on whether Longyou can support the Northern Expedition of the Shu Army.

In this case, Shu Han will definitely not let Longyou have any hidden dangers. Therefore, the hidden danger of Longyou Zhuqiang must be cleared, at least it must not affect local farming.

"Since the prime minister asked me to be the Taishou of Longxi, I naturally have to make some achievements." Ma Tan nodded slightly, and after thinking about it for a while, he had already thought about his next step...... Zhilong is planned.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Shu Ji, the leader of Dongqiang, put his hand on the other party's shoulder and said seriously.

"Leader Shuji, your help this time is very timely, saving Longxi County from a war. Dahan Hundred ...... The Son of Heaven and the people will remember Dongqiang's friendship and help to us. ”

"It's all what we should do, as long as there is no war between Dongqiang and the Han court, we will be satisfied." Shu Ji replied with his hand, he really didn't care about the reward, as long as they let Dongqiang live a good life.

As for what kind of reward, it is of little use to them, but the reward is too great, which may make the Dongqiang people targeted.

Well...... In the words of the book, it is that the husband is not guilty, and he is guilty.

"The Dongqiang people have lived in the foothills of Longxi for generations, and where the arable land is barren, I am afraid it will be difficult to feed the Dongqiang people." Ma Jian raised his eyebrows and said with a slight smile.

"Don't you want the Dongqiang people to come to the plains to work and live in the same houses as us? Do you want the Dongqiang people to live in caves for the rest of their lives, endure cold and hunger? ”

"If you want, I can draw a piece of farmland in Longxi County for the Dongqiang and Han people to cultivate together. At that time, you will not be divided into Qiang and Han people, all of them will be the people of the Han Dynasty! ”

Ma Tan did not intend to let Dongqiang stay in the foothills, he hoped to move them to the plains and eventually become subjects of Shu Han.

This is not difficult in theory, after all, as long as they can come out to farm and eat, not many people want to continue to suffer from the cold in the deep mountains.

And if Dongqiang doesn't come out and stays in that easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack place, it's hard to say what problems will happen in the future.

Shu Ji is pro-Han, but what about his descendants? What about his successors?

So the best thing to do was to move their population out and accept the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

In this way, even if there are any more homeless bandits in that place, the impact on the government will not be too great.

Ma Yan's proposal made Shu Ji feel stunned for a while, and then his first reaction was to refuse.

I am the leader of the Qiang tribe, how can I be the leader if I bring the tribesmen under the jurisdiction of the Han court?

But Ma Jian shut up with the next sentence.

"Of course, Your Majesty is benevolent, and a loyal and patriotic leader like you will definitely be conquered. At that time, you will also become a member of the court, and your status may even be above mine. Ma Tan said step by step.

Moving its people to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and its leaders and leaders were recruited to the court to become big officials, this is Ma Yan's idea.

The temptation to be a Han official is still very big for a leader who is only a tribal alliance.

"Make it right away...... I'm afraid Longxi doesn't have so much arable land to accept us, right? Shu Ji looked a little struggling, and only said cautiously after hesitating for a long time.

"You can rest assured about this, when I finish dealing with a few people, the cultivated land in Longxi County will definitely be enough!" Ma Tan said with a smile.

"When I'm done dealing with those rebels, let's talk about how to deal with the Longyou Zhuqiang."