"It's hard to say, even we can find it difficult to understand the logic of some of the behaviors of Beigui's senior officials. The existence of the princess is only one aspect for Beigui, and the other is a social difference." Chen Xi thought for a while and explained.
He said, because it was difficult for him to explain clearly what was going on.
However, Chen Xi basically left full power to Masinde in the Tibetan area. As for what happened in the middle, Chen Xi didn't care much, it all depended on Masinde's own operations.
"Indeed, if you think about it carefully, some of Bei Gui's actions are indeed a bit extreme. The existence of the princess is more to give them a step up, and the difference at the social level is the key to truly inducing them to take that step." Fa Zheng pointed out.
Nodding, he agreed with this.
Although there are many young people in Beigui who really believe that the purpose of establishing the empire is to fight back and snatch the Han princess, for most normal young people, the existence of the princess is more of a way to help them when they don't have many choices.
When the time comes, you can quickly fall back to the Han Dynasty without feeling any psychological pressure.
The life of the Han Dynasty is good, and the people of Beiguishan eat dirt. Betrayal does not sound good, but it means that it is a long-cherished wish. At least the latter sounds like a family inheritance. For the sake of this inheritance, choosing to step out is not so loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous.
The scene that sounds good, at least has a step that everyone can believe in.
After all, Bei Gui, who really believes in this and has trained for generations in the mountains for this belief, has already voted. Those who did not vote at the time are using this reason to vote now. What kind of attitude they have is actually self-evident.
However, the people were not promoted and the officials were not investigated. If everyone could get by like this, the Han Dynasty saw that Beigui was also from East Asia and his ancestors were from the same lineage as them, so they did not bother to analyze them one by one.
"So, don't worry about it, let's see what Masinde can do for us." Chen Xi said calmly, "Anyway, with Masinde's ability, if he is calculating mentally or not, he can still control
If I can't help Ward, then I have to consider whether the other party did it on purpose."
Fulward is a figure, but Fulward is facing Masinde, and after Masinde took Fulward to the Tibetan area and threatened the Han Dynasty border, Fulward most likely will not doubt Masinde.
In this situation, if Masinde still can't control it, then who is the other person playing? It will be very angry.
"Send a letter to the Tibetan area, and also send a letter to Zhang Derong and Chen Xiaoqi to let them make preparations. Next, many things should come to fruition." Chen Xi thought for a while and spoke to Li You.
Said, whether it is Masinde playing Fulward or Masinde playing the Han Dynasty, at this stage, the results have been achieved.
"Okay, leave it to me here." Li You nodded to Chen Xi and said.
"Allocate a batch of supplies for Qingqiang and Faqiang to use, and let Yang Pu and the others prepare to guard against Fulward. Although there is a high probability that they will not take action, it is just in case." Chen Xi told Li You again
He said, "Let Qingqiang and Faqiang pretend for a while, which can satisfy their vanity."
Chen Xi's positioning of Qingqiang and Faqiang is not as a garrison in Zangzhou, but as a people in Zangzhou. Let them stay in Zangzhou and near the Qiangtang area because they can adapt to the environment there and be sustainable.
Staying there can consolidate the border of the Han Dynasty and achieve something close to the effect of immigrating to the border. As for letting Qingqiang and Faqiang fight with the locals in Tibetan areas, Chen Xi had no plan from the beginning. After all, Tibetan areas are so
Big, there are so few locals these days, so be restrained and you won't be able to touch them.
It's just that the leaders of Qingqiang and Faqiang and the people under their rule got so much that they, who used to live in poor places, had some doubts about life. However, people these days are still quite simple, or simply point out.
, even in future generations, if you spend the money to raise a dead soldier, there will still be someone who will sacrifice his life.
The materials and logistics provided by Chen Xi to Qingqiang and Faqiang were calculated according to the people of the Central Plains. After all, these two tribes themselves were willing to integrate into the Han Dynasty, and because they had arrived in Tibetan areas early, they had no hatred against Liangzhou.
In the early years when I was still in Liangzhou, I traveled thousands of miles with Dou Xian and his group to attack the Xiongnu. I can really say that they were considered a meritorious tribe.
So after Qingqiang and Faqiang took the initiative to get closer, Chen Xi also gave a lot of benefits. Except for the problem of road construction in Tibetan areas, which Chen Xi now feels is a big problem, Chen Xi can give nothing less.
Therefore, over the past few years, both Qingqiang and Faqiang felt that if they did not do anything serious, it would be a bit difficult to receive subsidies from the state.
This is also the reason why Qingqiang and Faqiang have been clamoring for a fight with Fulward in recent years.
If we say that in the early days, Qingqiang and Faqiang regarded Fuwode as Khotan and Tiele, they were fighting wastes like me. I couldn’t defeat the Han Dynasty, and I can’t defeat you wastes. The Han Dynasty passed on their skills. Look at me.
I will hammer you to death. As for the losses, with the help of the Han Dynasty, we can sustain it. We must be worthy of the subsidies that the Han Dynasty gives them every year. Come on, brothers.
Later, Qingqiang and Faqiang knew that Fuwode was a famous Kushan general, and the regular army under his command was also the main force of Kushan. They were somewhat timid, but the Han Dynasty said that they did not need Qingqiang and Faqiang to control Fuwode and had their own affairs.
Professionals led troops to suppress Fulward, and all kinds of material benefits were distributed.
After two years of making money, Qingqiang and Faqiang felt that the money was somewhat hot. After all, they did everything, just raise geese in Tibetan areas, dig some Cordyceps sinensis, get some weird wild herbs, and then make it for a year.
It's better than a year ago, and it feels like the state subsidizes them specifically to support them.
So much so that the leaders of the Qingqiang, Faqiang, and Di people discussed it and felt that this could not be done. The Han Dynasty treated them like this. How could they hold back because of the danger? In addition, an epidemic occurred in the middle, and the Han Dynasty sent doctors to carry out the treatment.
The treatment prevented these nomadic grassland animals from dying as much as before, and they also received no money. The Han Dynasty also gave them some nutritional supplements.
Such benefits made Qingqiang, Faqiang, and Di people completely at ease. After the three leaders sat together to discuss, they said that the Han Dynasty treated them like this, they had no expression, and they couldn't bear it. This was a sign that the king regarded his ministers as brothers.
Ah, what else is there to say? Just do it!
Then the Qingqiang and Faqiang happened. The Di people gathered all the young people and raided the territory of the Xiong Dynasty. Again, Fuwode was very powerful, and the regular army under Fuwode was also very powerful. The problem was that Fuwode was very powerful.
Ward has a total of 40,000 people, and some of them have to be left to garrison Shang Shung and suppress the local area. The number of troops that can be mobilized is extremely limited.
As for Qingqiang, Faqiang and Di people, they basically fought on their own. Not to mention the young and strong, they even brought healthy women with them when they set off, and they had the armaments of the Han Dynasty. They looked more or less the same thing. Then the two sides fought in Tibet.
The battle started again in the area. Fuwode mobilized 11,200 troops and the Qiang people mobilized 70,000 troops.
The result is nothing to say. After discovering the movement of the Qiang people, Fulward took precautions and won the victory on the battlefield. However, his troop strength was reduced by more than 3,000. If the wounded are included, Fulward's mobile troops could be used in the future.
, dropped directly to more than 6,000.
In short, winning was as miserable as losing. Even if Chen Xi hadn't asked Zhang Ji to severely criticize the Qiang leader, after this group of people calmed down, they would probably start another war with Fulward and fight a few more times.
,Loss? I’m afraid of loss. Now I have to show their loyalty to the Han Dynasty first.
Although Chen Xi felt it was completely unnecessary, everyone on the Qiang side wanted to continue this kind of life. After all, after enjoying the wealth of the Han family, they would go back to eat grass in the ravine, and the weather would be cold.
The Qiang people cannot stand the situation of being frozen and having no food to eat, a snowstorm killing their whole family, and an epidemic killing half their clan.
If you don’t know some things and haven’t enjoyed them, then that’s it. After you’ve seen them, understood them, and enjoyed them, if you want to go back to the past and maintain the situation of living in poverty and living happily, how should I put it, you must have a gentleman’s mentality in the beginning, and if
Everyone is a gentleman, how can there be such nonsense in this world?
Most people are just normal people, and there is no serious distinction between superior and inferior.
With this idea, it is understandable what the Qiang people can do, but Chen Xi still asked Zhang Ji and Chen Zhen to stop the madness of this group of people. It is true that this group of people did not care about the loss, and it was indeed a good idea to cripple Fulward.
It can be done, but the damage involved in doing so is not worth it in Chen Xi's opinion. After all, with Masinde as an insider, many things are actually unnecessary.
"I think if you continue to send things to the Qiang people in Tibetan areas, they may have to think of ways to start a war to thank the Han Dynasty." Li You said angrily from the side.
"There should be no chance to launch. If what happened in Xinzhou was really done by Fulward, then it's almost time for Masinde and Fulward to show off." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Let's just wait and see.
, there should be news soon."
In Zangzhou, Yang Pu and others brought up a batch of supplies from Hanzhong with their men. When they arrived in Zangzhou, this group of people were muttering about whether they should launch another war against Fulward.
"Did Liu Zi find a station for Xiang Xiong?" Yang Pu asked Lin Dai.
"Yes, he said that he went hunting and happened to find a Xiangxiong tribe. According to his observation, this tribe is a large tribe. There should be 500 to 800 Kushan garrison in it. I was thinking about this after this wave of goods
, let’s go over there and fight. If we can’t defeat the three to five thousand Kushan elites, how can we defeat the five hundred Kushan elites?” Lindai nodded and said, the last time he was slashed by the Kushan soldiers almost killed him.
He lost half his life, but even so, he was still active in attacking Xiangxiong and killing the Kushan soldiers.
"Speaking of it, we have only killed three or four thousand true Kushan soldiers in the past few years, right? The rest are just servants. We are killing them here and there, but it is the first time that we killed the most." Servant Yang felt a little tired.
He opened his mouth and said, "How can we get Fuwode to gather all the Kushan army, and then we can gather all the men together and fight them head-on."
"We can't win even if we fight head-on. There are almost 30,000 people in Fulward now. Even if we arm all the young men in the tribe, we will only have just over 100,000. This is still a half-year-old who is fifteen or sixteen years old.
You guys, you can't win." Lindai sighed and said, a well-prepared Fulward can really fight, and if they fight from behind, they really can't win.
"Even if we can't win, a battle like this can at least cause nearly ten thousand casualties to Kushan. They are different from us. We have both logistics and medicinal materials. If Fulward causes nearly ten thousand casualties,
, the leader Xiangxiong we hooked up with can do big things." Yang Pu said with a sneer.
"You're such a shady kid." Lindai laughed and scolded. The truth is indeed the same. As long as Fuwode's power is reduced to a certain level, Fuwode will not only face the Qiang people. Now Xiangxiong
The nobles did not dare to move. On the one hand, Fulward's strength was indeed strong enough. On the other hand, the operating framework created by Masinde could indeed allow Shang Xiong to develop smoothly.
Regardless of how strong Kuishang is, or whether Xiangxiong can develop steadily, for the leaders of Xiangxiong who have lost a lot of interests, they are still very active if they have a plan to attack Ward.
Therefore, when Yang Pu contacted him privately, they also responded positively.
Of course, Masinde sees this kind of contact clearly. After all, he has fully supported Shang Shung's national operations and has placed people everywhere with talents suitable for this position. Therefore, this kind of contact will naturally be paid attention to by the strict organization.
It's just that Masinde doesn't care.
"Although we can't defeat Fulward, we can drag him to death. How about this time we don't have a big battle and organize more manpower." Yang Pu suggested that the Qiang people would definitely fight in this kind of battle.
There would be heavy losses, but for the sake of the future and in order to be able to enjoy this kind of life in the future, Yang Pu felt that it was necessary to take the risk and give Fulward a try.
"This still needs to be discussed with the leaders of each department. After all, one of the leaders died in the last battle, so we still need to be more careful." Lin Dai said somewhat cautiously.
If it had been before joining the Han Dynasty, if the leader of the tribe died, everything under him would be absorbed by other leaders, and his wife and children would become other people's wives and children. But after the last war, Zhang
After counting the losses, a lot of pensions were paid to those who died in the battle, and other leaders who wanted to annex were restrained.
To be continued...