On July 21, Shao Xun personally led a group of soldiers and horses to cross the river and arrived in Hexi.
After three days of marching, they stationed in Fugu (an ancient town in Fugu County), a hundred miles to the northwest.
As far as the eye can see, there are vast mountains everywhere.
Forests, plateaus, mountain peaks, ravines, rivers, and grasslands are scattered throughout this ancient land.
The Di Qiang chiefs, wearing dirty sheepskin coats, stared blankly at the incoming army.
It was a sea of ​​soldiers and armor, a forest of flags, and a murderous aura that could almost overwhelm the autumn wind.
They wiped their eyes, almost thinking they had seen it wrong.
Over the years, our ancestors have never seen such military might.
Some nobles with strong appeal may be able to gather 10,000 or 20,000 people, but the soldiers under their tents cannot even uniformly dress uniformly, and their weapons are all kinds of and extremely crude, and the only ones they rely on are bravery and bravery.
This kind of bloody courage will naturally be crushed to pieces if it encounters an experienced and murderous army.
But if you encounter troops that appear to be well-equipped, but are actually just superficial, then you will make a profit, because after defeating them, you will become well-equipped and have the spirit of bravery and advancement.
The army in front of them is not that kind of thing. The Diqiang chiefs walk between life and death and have a very keen sense of smell.
"There were more than 2,000 people in total. After Shi Le fled to the west, they went south and hid in the mountains. They did not dare to surrender to Xianbei. When they saw the troops of Governor Jin, they took the initiative to surrender. Governor Jin ordered them to return to Fugu and live in peace." Shan
On the plateau, Zhang Bin took the initiative to introduce: "This area of ​​Fugu is the old land of Fuchang County in the Han Dynasty, but it is not big enough to accommodate many people. The king can build a county or a military town."
"What do Meng Sun think?" Shao Xun asked.
"Set up a military town." Zhang Bin said.
"Why?"
"This place is too far north. It borders Xianbei. It is suitable for setting up a military town. It can support each other with the Papaya Plain in the southeast, and can also echo the crossings on both sides of Junzijin." Zhang Bin said: "When there is peace in the future, we can still build an army here.
The city is used to strengthen the army."
Shao Xun glanced at Zhang Bin approvingly.
Zhang Bin escaped from the great epidemic a few years ago, which made him very relieved.
Many famous people in history died in that year. Needless to say, it must be because of the great epidemic that swept the whole world - Zhang Bin, Yang Xianrong, Wang Dun and others all died of illness in this year.
"Shangjun is too big, I want to analyze it. What do Meng Sun think of the previous strategy?" Shao Xun became interested, so he asked Huang Zheng to bring a map, and called Yang Man and Pan Tao to discuss together -
Xi Jian was also at the ferry in Mayi County urging all the battalions to cross the river.
"It is also a good thing to have a clear boundary with Dai State, so as to avoid further disputes in the future." Pan Tao looked at the continuous mountains and the small basins between the mountains, but he was not very interested.
But he also knew that if you don't protect these poor places, the rich places will be robbed by others.
After careful calculation, it was better to let the relatively wealthy Guanzhong and Bingzhou provide money and food to the military towns stationed here, so that they could live a peaceful life in the rear.
In addition, the existence of these military towns is not just as simple as defense. In fact, they also have a very important task: competing with the prairie nobles for the allegiance of various tribes in Henan.
King Liang's original plan was very grand.
He planned to build a circle of military towns along the Yellow River, that is, several military towns to the east of Beiyi Mountain (Helan Mountain), several military towns to the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, several military towns to the west of the Yellow River, and Guanzhong in the south.
The tribes in Henan were surrounded on all sides.
You have no place to run, so you have to be obedient?
However, this plan cannot be implemented for the time being, and we can only barely maintain a weak military presence in Hexi.
"Before leaving, Duan Fan from Daiguo came to visit me and said that he had established Dingxiang County and administered the four counties of Dingxiang, Shengle, Yulin and Hebin." Shao Xun said: "The two countries are bounded by sandy land.
Sha will be returned to Dai, and the mountains south of Sha will be returned to Jin."
In fact, Shao Xun was the first to propose this county plan.
Dingxiang County is in the southwest of today's Hohhot, Shengle County is in the north of Horinger, Yulin County is in the urban and rural area of ​​Tuoketuo Shiliang, and Hebin County is a very good ferry, on the Yellow River waterfront in the southeast of Yulin County.
Going south, these four counties have to go through a section of desert, which is theoretically a short section of the Kubuqi Desert extending eastward to the Yellow River.
The natives call the Kubuqi Desert "Kujie Sand".
Don't look down on the desert. In fact, the Kubuqi Desert today is different from that of later generations. There are a large number of lakes, swamps and pastures for grazing. It is said that several tribes live in it, with a total number of tens of thousands of people.
Generally speaking, the mountains west of the Yellow River all belonged to the Jin Dynasty, and the territory of Shangjun was expanded compared to the Qin and Han Dynasties.
In addition, the Qiudun tribe and its vassal tribes (previously the Dugu tribe) who grazed cattle in the Ordos area in later generations still stayed in their original places. Their pastoral areas may include part of the mountainous areas, and the boundaries between the two sides will be re-demarcated.
"Your Majesty, I think it's okay to build a new Qin County." Zhang Bin said, "However, there is a lack of people. Today we only have tens of thousands of people from Shi Le. We will have to find ways to enrich it in the future."
Xinqin County only governs three counties.
One of them is Baitu County, a county and county in the same city, which was moved to the vicinity of present-day Shenmu City.
The second one is Liangu County, which is forty miles north of Baitu and is based on Liangu Fort built by Shi Le.
The third one is called Shicheng County, which is forty miles south of Baitu and is based on a stone fort built by the Huns.
All three counties are located in the Kuye River Basin, and the conditions in this area are relatively good.
As for the military settlements created by Shi Le such as Fugu, Papayuan, Qibaoshan, and Gushanbao, military towns should be established, and those without military towns should be assigned to the counties of Xinqin County.
To the south of Xinqin County, Diaoyin County will also be established in the area of ​​present-day Yulin. How to divide the counties and townships specifically needs to be determined by sending people to investigate. At present, we only have an idea.
Xin Qin, Diaoyin and the possible new counties in the Sheyanshui area to the south divided up Shangjun, which stretched thousands of miles from north to south during the Qin and Han Dynasties - to be honest, it is a bit outrageous for a county to stretch thousands of miles from north to south.
These three counties, plus Dingxiang, Wuyuan, Shuofang, Liangcheng, Yunzhong and Dai and Guangning counties in the hands of the Jin Dynasty, formed the majority of the northern defense system.
It can be seen that most of them rely on Tuoba Xianbei to guard the border.
But to be honest, Shao Xun was not optimistic that they could hold on.
Given the current situation in Dai Kingdom, the pastures and tribes north of the Yinshan Mountains may be lost in the future, and new heroes will rise on the grasslands.
Can Tuoba Xianbei, who lives south of Yinshan Mountain, really be able to defeat them? That's hard to say.
But by that time, the Liang Dynasty may have digested a considerable part of Tuoba Xianbei's counties. Faced with this situation, there was no good way but to deal with it forcefully.
The only good news is that there is a high probability that there will be no shortage of cavalry. After all, there are too many pastures south of the Yinshan Mountains. The Hu people living there also have the habit of raising horses. Before the imperial court's horse administration was corrupted, there must have been a large number of war horses.
After spending this period of the Little Ice Age, the historical mission of the Liang Dynasty was completed.
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At the end of July, Shao Xun led his army to Fushi County.
Along the way, news kept coming.
The west city of Pujin had surrendered. Liu Can heard about the rebellion in the north and the cavalry approaching Chang'an, so he led his troops to withdraw west from Zheng County and return to Chang'an.
Hou Feihu crossed the Luoshui River and did not pursue. Instead, he sent his troops northward and, together with Xianbei southward, defeated the Xiongnu imperial cavalry sent by Liu Can to the Hengshan area north of Feng Yi.
The enemy's remnants of 3,000 to 4,000 people fled west, met Xianbei on the way, and were killed over a thousand more. In the end, only more than 2,000 people retreated to Chang'an.
The Tongguan garrison held on for ten days, and finally surrendered with the entire city, including the five thousand imperial troops stationed here by Liu Can, who were all surrendered together.
After Feng Yi appeased the Di Qiang, Hou Feihu drove them westward and was about to reach Chang'an.
The second batch of nearly 20,000 Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Zahu cavalry who went south also broke into Guanzhong. They were traced in Fufeng, Anding, Jingzhao and other places.
The Huns stationed in various places in Guanzhong fought with him, and there were victories and defeats. However, overall they lost more than they won, and their morale was very low. Some tribes even fled westward, unwilling to continue to work for Liu Can.
Perhaps this is the situation described when the army was defeated like a mountain.
This is an overall collapse of people's hearts. It is the collective vote of local powerful families and tribal nobles with their feet.
One moment you are at the peak of your power, and the next moment you are falling apart. You have to try the characteristics of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
If Shao Xun loses his troops and suffers an epic defeat, what will happen to Liu Can will probably happen to him.
Everyone has a false foundation, and their rule is based on the control of the grassroots by aristocratic families. This result is really normal.
On the first day of August, he met several envoys who had defected before the battle in the south of Fushi County.
One of them was Liang Xun, a lieutenant who led some of the troops and civilians of Longxi who had moved to Chang'an to fight against the Xiongnu soldiers in Ba Shang. He led a crowd of more than 7,000 people and fought several battles with the Xiongnu soldiers.
The second was Pu Hong who was stationed in Xinfeng. He led tens of thousands of Di people to rebel. He once intercepted Liu Can on the road, but was defeated.
The third one is a person who has disappeared for many years: Zhao Gu.
They surrendered in large numbers in Lantian, but they did not dare to come in person.
Shao Xun looked at Zhao Gu's letter and snorted coldly.
Concubine Pei's brother Pei Dun was killed by him, but Pei Dun's daughter was Zhao Gu's wife. Shao Xun was still thinking about how to deal with this person, and asked Pei Lingyan for his opinion.
"Where is Yao Yizhong?" After receiving several envoys, Shao Xun asked around.
Shao Xun didn't know much about this man. He only knew that he had forty-two sons in history, which was slightly worse than brother Murong Xin who gave birth to more than sixty sons.
It’s really possible to give birth! This makes Wang Dunqing so embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, Yao Yizhong is waiting outside the tent." Huang Zheng, the personal military governor, said.
"Oh? Let him in." Shao Xun sat upright, quite interested.
"Ming Gong..." The voice came from far outside the tent.
Yao Yizhong trotted over and knelt down, with several knives on his neck.
But Yao Laoqiang did not change his expression and only said: "Death penalty! Death penalty!"
"What crime did Mr. Yao have?" Shao Xun sat still and asked with a smile.
"When I was living in Fufeng, I heard about the righteous act, but I hesitated and hesitated again and again. I still couldn't make up my mind to surrender. This is called a capital crime." Yao Yizhong said with regret.
Shao Xun was speechless. Did you perform too hard?
He waved his hand and signaled his soldiers to remove their weapons, stepped forward in person, helped Yao Yizhong up, and said, "Come to Fu Shi today, have you made up your mind?"
When Yao Yizhong heard this, he bowed again and said: "Now that I have surrendered, I have no doubts. I am willing to lead my best soldiers to defeat the Xiongnu."
"Oh?" Shao Xun was a little surprised that Yao Yizhong was so straightforward, and he also had a good impression, saying: "You are quite refreshing."
"Since ancient times, there has never been a Yi Di who was the emperor. If Liu Can succeeds for a while, he will be defeated sooner or later, so why should he be afraid? Ming Gong only saw the old Qiang leaping on the horse and carrying the horse, and killed the animal." Yao Yizhong said, patting his chest.
Damn, this guy knows how to talk!
Shao Xun laughed loudly and said: "Guanzhong has been settled, so there is no need to rush. When I heard that the king was living in Longyou, he visited people in danger and helped those in need. He also used military methods to bully the countryside. The soldiers and the people were afraid of him and loved him. He will definitely be a minister. Qinzhou
Is there anything you can teach me about everything?"
Yao Yizhong thought for a while and said: "There are many powerful right-wingers in Longxi and the people's customs are fierce. It would be better to move them all to Luoyang and keep a close watch on them to avoid trouble in the future."
"What kind of wealthy families are there?" Shao Xun asked.
"Pu Hong in Lueyang, Yang Nan in Wudu, and even the old Qiang in Nan'an should all be moved away," Yao Yizhong said.
Shao Xun was noncommittal.
At the same time, I wonder why Yao Yizhong is so "tiger"? Is he really a loyal minister? Is he willing to leave his nest and destroy his family to save his family?
I thought he was overacting before, but now it seems that's not necessarily the case.
Is this really a loyal person?
"Please follow me south." Shao Xun patted Yao Yizhong's hand and said, "The land of Qinlong requires Yao Jun's efforts."
"As ordered." Yao Yizhong had a solemn look on his face and stood respectfully beside Shao Xun, treating himself as a loyal and upright minister.
Huang Zheng and others were a little dumbfounded. Could this guy be a traitor and a loyal person?
When he came out of the tent, Pu Hong glanced at Yao Yizhong, seemingly resentful.
Chapter completed!