From Li Ru's point of view, Yelu Abaoji became the overlord of the Qiang people only after marrying a daughter of the Dong family and with the support of Dong Zhuo, so he should also contribute to avenge his father-in-law.
But Li Ru ignored one thing, that is, the foreigners bullied the weak and feared the strong, as well as their greedy nature.
Yelu Abaoji agreed to send troops to avenge Dong Zhuo, but he made two demands. One was to have the court confer him the title of Qiang King, and the other was to cede Longxi County as a reward for sending troops.
Although Yelu Abaoji was the overlord of the Western Qiang, he did not unify the Western Qiang. Moreover, the various tribes of the Western Qiang were frightened by Dong Zhuo and did not dare to easily rebel against the Han.
Therefore, as long as he can be canonized by the imperial court and the Yelu tribe is the overlord of the Qiang tribe, Yelu Abaoji can easily unify the Qiang tribe and become a veritable Qiang king.
Li Ru did not expect Yelu Abaoji to have such dissatisfaction, but considering that the Liang army in Guanzhong was currently facing difficulties in turning around troops, and most of Longxi County was in the hands of Yang Su, he agreed to Yelu Abaoji's second position instead of Li Shimin.
a requirement.
As for the first request to be crowned king, Li Ru would not dare to agree no matter what. Regardless of whether he had such a right or not, even if he did, he would not dare to agree. Li Shimin would never agree, so Li Ru
Since the Han Emperor was not in the court, he declined politely and dissuaded Yelu Abaoji from temporarily giving up the idea of becoming king.
Under the influence of Li Ru, Yelu Abaoji decided to unify the Qiang people first. After the Qiang people were unified, he would still be the Qiang king without the need for the imperial court to ennoble him.
Subsequently, under the banner of revenge for Dong Zhuo, Yelu Abaoji personally led an army of 80,000 to attack Longxi County, and appointed his kin general Yelu Xiuge to lead an army of 50,000 to attack various Qiang tribes.
After Yang Su learned about the invasion of the Qiang army, he decisively ordered Hou Yi to lead 30,000 troops to continue to support Yang Guang, while Yang Su himself took Lu Bu and led 30,000 troops to fight against Yelu Abaoji's 100,000 troops.
In this way, two major battles occurred in Liangzhou. Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked the northwest counties of the Liang army, and Yelvxiu's 80,000-strong army faced off against Yang Su's 40,000-50,000 Sui army.
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Luoyang.
After Jia Xu read the letter in his hand, he laughed happily and said: "Yang Jian, Yang Jian, you really brought it upon yourself. You plotted against me and my son, and I ruined your reputation."
"Father, if Yang Jian dies, will the child's grievances be washed away?" Jia Fu asked excitedly.
After hearing this, Jia Xu was silent for a while and then said: "Although the whole of Guanxi says that Yang Jian murdered Dong Zhuo, Li Shimin has not produced conclusive evidence to prove it, so your suspicion cannot be cleared away."
"Why is this so..."
Jia Fu couldn't help but look disappointed. Seeing this, Jia Xu added: "But since Yang Jian is already there to support you, no one will make trouble for you in the future."
"That's...okay."
After Jia Fu sighed, he quickly regained his energy and said with a smile: "Father, the child's injury has been completely healed, so I am ready to go to Mengjin to help my lord."
"Well, remember, you must use your brain when marching and fighting, and don't rely solely on personal bravery."
"Children, remember your father's teachings."
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After Meng Jin and Qin Hao obtained the information about Kansai, they immediately said with great joy: "I no longer have any worries."
The reason why Qin Hao chose the march route of unifying Hebei instead of unifying Guanxi to strengthen Qin was because the Liang army was still strong. In addition, the land of Guanxi was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was impossible to conquer it in a short time.
Its unity.
If Qin Hao were to forcefully conquer the land of Kansai, without this huge threat to him, he would only be able to unite all the major forces in Kansai to attack the outside world. This is obviously the most difficult way to conquer.
However, if Qin Hao turns his attention elsewhere, after the major forces in Kansai lose the threat, they will naturally fight among themselves. After Qin Hao unifies Hebei, Kansai will be severely weakened and it will naturally be difficult to resist.
The pace of the Qin army.
Qin Hao originally thought that the internal fighting in Guanxi would officially begin, at least until his main army left Sizhou, but he did not expect Li Shimin and Yang Guang to fight so quickly. Obviously Jia Xu must have played a lot of role in this.
After seeing the specific information sent by Jia Xu, Qin Hao couldn't help but take a breath.
Killing Yang Jian and placing the blame on Li Shimin made it impossible for Yang Guang and Li Shimin to reconcile, and the internal fighting between the Liang troops would begin in the most intense way.
In the previous killing of Li Yuan, only Arthur participated, so only Arthur was promoted.
This time, because more people participated in the execution of Yang Jian, all three of them benefited.
The reason why Chang'e has received the most promotions is because Chang'e's attributes are the worst. People with stronger abilities will receive less promotions, while those with weaker abilities will receive more promotions.
"It is indeed right to leave the Kansai affairs to Jia Xu. Now our Qin army will have no worries and can boldly embark on the journey to unify Hebei."
Qin Hao smiled and muttered to himself, and then ordered: "Send the order to the whole army to start crossing the river."
"promise."
Now that the Qin army's supplies have been transported, they can cross the river and fight to Bingzhou at any time just waiting for Qin Hao's order.
As soon as the Qin Army's military order came out, the generals of the Qin Army were excited and excited. The Qin Army immediately started to cross the river. Soon after, 130,000 Qin Army officially set foot on the border of Bingzhou.
Although Wang Mang also wanted to prevent the Qin army from crossing the river, the thousand-mile defense line on the Yellow River was too long and it was impossible for them to prevent it, so they had no choice but to give up renting the Qin army to cross the river and strengthen all the dangerous terrain until they could defend it to death.
To wait quietly for the arrival of the Qin army.
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Long Qie's 50,000 Ming army quickly passed through Wuguan after leaving Taihang, and now finally arrived at Changzi County, the seat of Shangdang County.
Wang Shichong and Long Qie were old acquaintances. Considering that Long Qie was here to help him resist the Qin army, Wang Shichong personally went out of the city to greet him.
"General Long Qie, the number is gone, but the general's style is still the same."
Wang Shichong greeted him with a smile, but Long Qie had a gloomy look on his face, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Long Qi didn't say anything nonsense and directly pulled out the sword from his waist.
Seeing this, Wang Shichong was shocked and turned around to run away, but Long Qie easily caught up with him and chopped off his head.
In this way, Wang Shichong died under Long Qie's sword, becoming another fallen prince after Yang Jian.