Zhang Liao defeated the main force of the Eastern Qiang at Ganquan Mountain, which was beyond everyone's expectations. This battle severely damaged the Eastern Qiang's power in Shangjun and completely changed the Qiang-Han situation in Shangjun.

Tian Feng and Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation and not only occupied Gaonu, but also expanded westward and northward, driving the Eastern Qiang forces out of the southern part of Shangjun in one fell swoop.

The Qiang were first eliminated in Shangjun, and the Di Qiang were subdued. The remnants of Jin Wuqiang were defeated and moved westward.

For these Qiang and Hu, there is a vast living space to the west, and there is no need to fight the Han army in Shangjun.

While the South Route Army was progressing smoothly, the North Route Army and the Central Route Army also made breakthroughs.

The Central Route Army originally planned to jointly attack Gaonu from the north and South Route Army, and the main enemy it faced was the Shangjun Laojie Qiang; while the North Route Army's main attack direction was Fushi and Kucha, and the main enemy it faced was the Qianren Qiang. .

Although the Qiang Qiang participated in rebellions many times, they were not strong and had less than 10,000 people. That is to say, they were located in a remote location, so they always survived.

Cao Ang actually had no intention of completely clearing out the Qiang and Hu in Shangjun, but since the pious Qiang occupied Fushi, they were an enemy that must be eliminated.

In Cao Ang's plan, the government of Shangjun was temporarily moved to Gaonu. However, after all, Fushi had been the governor of Shangjun for more than three hundred years and had a huge impact. If he could not regain this place, how could he say he would regain Shangjun.

When Huang Zhong marched westward, he followed Cao Ang's request and sent a message to the Qiang Qiang, ordering them to withdraw from Fushi and Qiuci.

Cao Ang's move can be regarded as courtesy first and then fighting.

When the Qiang Qiang occupied Fushiduo, they were willing to retreat and immediately refused. This was not what Cao Ang expected.

On the surface, Cao Ang wanted to give him skin care, but he ordered Huang Zhong to cross the river and detour all the way north to Qiuci. Cao Ang knew very well that the food eaten by the barbarians could not be given up unless they used swords. The reason why he sent people To persuade them to surrender is just to let the pious Qiang deploy all their troops to Fushi.

The Han army lacked troops, food and fodder, and time. If they wanted to win this battle, they could only fight a battle of annihilation as much as possible. Otherwise, the Qiang Qiang would launch a guerrilla war on the high slopes of the loess and the battle would be impossible to win.

After Huang Zhong received the order, he marched all the way north.

As Cao Ang expected, the Qiang Qiang were mainly nomadic, and all their troops were concentrated in the Fushi area. The entire Qiuci area was almost undefended.

So Huang Zhong took the opportunity to break the city.

Only then did Qianren Qiang react, and Shaoge, the general closest to Kucha, led his troops to come to the rescue.

Shao Ge had only a thousand troops, but they were all elite. They usually roamed the county. He was also an arrogant master and did not take the Han army seriously.

At this time, Huang Zhong, who was in Kucha City, saw the enemy troops approaching fiercely, so he decided not to defend the city, but to go out for a decisive battle.

Xiluo was not willing to attack. In his opinion, the Han army was best at defense. Since they could win by guarding Kucha, there was no need to risk fighting in the field.

Huang Zhong also has his own opinions.

When Huang Zhong was leaving, Cao Ang told Huang Zhong that there was not much time left for the Han army in this battle, so the emphasis was on establishing prestige, otherwise the Shangjun could not be stabilized.

Huang Zhong knew very well that defending the city would definitely win, but his actions of avoiding battle were easily underestimated by the Qiang and Hu.

So Huang Zhong formed a formation outside the city. Facing more than a thousand barbarians, he personally led his troops as the vanguard and charged straight into the barbarian formation. Facing the barbarians, he would advance forward and no one could stop him.

At this time, the golden drums shook the sky, and the cheers moved the valley. Huang Zhong rushed straight into the enemy's formation, killed the enemy's troops, and frightened the enemy's courage. As a result, the Qiang tribe's three armies were eclipsed.

Huang Zhong took the opportunity to attack with his entire army, defeating the enemy in front of him in one fell swoop, and killed the enemy general Shao Ge.

In the battle of Qiuci, Huang Zhong fought cleanly and completely demonstrated the prestige of the Han family.

At this time, A Zhuo, the Qiang leader who was located in Fushi, heard the bad news and realized that he had fallen into the Han army's strategy of attacking from the east and attacking from the west. He immediately led his troops north to meet Huang Zhong.

Little did they know that after Cao Ang's victory in Wuyuan, he had enough troops, so he ordered Xu Huang to lead his troops to the west to support him.

Pioneer Xia Houyuan led his light cavalry out to the west, killing hundreds of miles in a day and night, moving forward in an indomitable manner. However, the main force of Qian Ren Qiang was transferred to the north, and Fushi was empty, so Xu Huang's main force took the opportunity to occupy Fushi City.

At this time, Azhuo was completely disoriented.

Since occupying Fushi, A Zhuo has regarded this as his headquarters, and the tribe's old, weak, women and children as well as their belongings and materials have been placed here.

The loss of skin is something Qianren Qiang cannot bear.

So A Zhuo immediately turned around and headed south again, preparing to recapture Fushi City.

Xu Huang could not hold out at Fushi, while Huang Zhong took the opportunity to harass the Qiang Qiang from behind. Adhuo fought for more than half a month, but without any results, the army was in confusion and morale was low.

That night, Xu Huang and Huang Zhong took advantage of the darkness to attack the Qiang Qiang and severely damaged their tribe.

The Qiang, who suffered heavy losses, were no longer able to fight the Han army, so they had to flee westward. At this point, all the Han lands in the Fushi area were recovered.

However, Cao Ang knew very well that the Han army was not strong enough, so it temporarily used the Gaonu area as a stronghold to concentrate its strength. If he wanted to be big and complete, and tried to regain the entire Shangjun, it would only dilute the strength, and haste makes waste.

So after handing Qiuci to Xiluo, Cao Ang only established one town in Fushi, leaving a group of county soldiers to guard it. As for the surrounding counties, he gave up all the surrounding counties.

For Cao Ang, if it weren't for Fushi's political significance, he would not even be willing to station troops in Fushi.

The main force of the Han army will certainly not stay in Shangjun for a long time. Once the Han army withdraws and there is not enough population in Fushi and other places, the Qiang and Hu troops are likely to leave and come back.

Cao Ang now had no choice but to naturalize some Hu people, and ordered Xiluo and Fushi Han troops to take care of each other. As for whether he could defend Fushi City, he had to leave it to fate.

After the Northern Route Army occupied Fushi, Cao Ang's goal of regaining Shangjun was basically achieved.

So this time Cao Ang sent people to Laojie Qiang with great sincerity.

The Laojie Qiang of Shangjun were also from the Western Qiang tribe. During the An Dynasty, the Han army defeated the Laojie Qiang, and later settled a large number of Laojie Qiang people in Anding County and other places. Some Laojie Qiang people moved eastward and settled in the central part of Shangjun.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Shangjun originally had 23 counties. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the counties in Shangjun were abandoned, leaving only the current 10 counties. The entire central part of Shangjun has been completely abandoned.

There are more than 400 miles between Gaonu and Fushi, and there is no county town in between. You can know the harsh environment in the central part of Shangjun.

So even if you defeat Shangjun Laojie Qiang, it doesn't mean much.

Ding Yuan and the Laojie Qiang of Shangjun fought several fierce battles on the bank of Zomashi River (now the Huaining River, a tributary of Wuding River in Shaanxi Province), severely damaging their troops. The Laojie Qiang were also unable to hold on.

Ding Yuan was brave, fought fiercely, and his desperate tactics were perfect for restraining the barbarians.

For the Lao Jie Qiang, it was uncomfortable to be caught between the Han armies, and they had to always be wary of joint attacks by the Han armies from both sides, so the Han army proposed to let them move to the west. After the two sides coexisted peacefully, the Lao Jie Qiang had no choice but to agree to this suggestion.

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Of course, in return, the Han army allowed the Laojie Qiang to move to the area of ​​Sheyanze (now southwest of Wushen Banner, Inner Mongolia).

For the Laojie Qiang, heading west may have to face competition from various Eastern Qiang tribes, but at least it is better than facing the Han army alone. And Sheyanze is a good place, and the Laojie Qiang are not at a disadvantage either.
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