"You mean, there are Xiongnu envoys who have infiltrated Xiqiang?"
Shaoqing, the county guard in Yunwu City, Ren Hong, after the battle of Haomen Shui, interrogated the information from the captured Qiang people and Zhao Chongguo.Ren Hong still looked sick, so weak that Zhao Chongguo couldn't let him do drudgery such as envoys and guides, dressed in a mink, sat next to the charcoal basin and said: "That's right, the captured Qiang people Zhonghao said that a Xiongnu envoy named Daigo Ada entered the Qiang and participated in the alliance between Xian Lingqiang and the seventeen great heroes in the Great Elm Valley!"
It seems that this Xiqiang rebellion was indeed instigated by the Xiongnu. ”Ren Hong only felt that the name of Daigo Ada was familiar, but he forgot where he had heard it, and he didn't pay much attention to it.Zhao Chongguo bowed his head after listening: "This is not surprising, the Huns want to be with Qiang, not the first life." ”He said to Jin Xian and Zhao Wei: "I won't mention the great battle of Xian Zero, Feng Yang, and Sister Prison colluding with the Xiongnu to attack Lingju during the Yuan and Ding years.In the fifth year of Zhenghe, Xian Linghao once again sent the Xiongnu, when the Western Regions were still in the hands of the Xiongnu, so he sent people to Xiaoyue's clan and told Zhuqiang that more than 100,000 people of the Han Second Division would descend to the Xiongnu.The Qiang people suffered from Han affairs.Zhangye and Jiuquan are their own land, and the land is fertile and beautiful, and they can be co-killed. ”The Xiongnu and Xiqiang had a common enemy, and their geographical location made them natural allies.And the land west of the river is coveted by the Xiqiang, but it is a pity that the more anti-Han the Qiang people are, the more they lose, and they have been forced to the upper reaches of Huangshui and Qinghai Lake, and they are getting farther and farther away from the Xiongnu."
Although the states of the Western Regions are subordinate to the Han, the Xiongnu envoys may still sneak into the Western Qiang."
Ren Hong can draw a map of the Western Regions with his eyes closed: "The road goes from the Shayin Land, out of Yanze, bypasses Shanshan City, passes through Changkeng, reaches the wolf surnamed Xiaoyue in the south, and then passes through the Sea of Fresh Water, and communicates with Xian Ling." ”That is, the branch of the Silk Road in later generations: the Qiangzhong Road, which crossed the Altun Pass to the Western Regions through the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai.Jin Xian understood: "Since the Xiongnu envoys can go through this road, it means that the wolf surnamed Xiaoyue in Dunhuang and south of Jiuquan has also fallen to the Xiongnu!"
”Ren Hong bowed: "That's right, it is a fact that the Xiongnu colluded with Xiqiang and the wolf surnamed Xiaoyue, but what I am worried about is that this time the Xiongnu are plotting, I am afraid it is not Hexi and Jincheng." ”Zhao Chongguo was interested: "Oh, why did Daoyuan say this?
”Ren Hongdao: "In the third year of Yuanfeng, the Xiongnu sent the right Xianwang and others into the west of the Kou River, and I was in Dunhuang at the time, but the Huns were broken by the commander of Zhangye's subordinate state, and a king was killed, and more than 4,000 horsemen were lost.The Xiongnu thus knew that Hexi was tightly defended, and they did not dare to enter the Kou again.Now, even if Xiqiang is added to disturb Jincheng, and the wolf surnamed Xiaoyue is harassing Dunhuang Jiuquan, it is still impossible to recapture the four counties of Hexi. ”The Great Wall, which stretches to the west, has sheltered the narrow Hexi corridor, and the war in Hexi, the Han army can fight three at a time, and once the army of Chang'an rushes to help, the Xiongnu will be defeated."
So I think that the Xiongnu are using the strategy of the Marquis of Huaiyin, cutting the plank road in the open, and Chen Cang in the dark!
Send envoys to incite Xiqiang to make trouble, attract the Han to send troops to Jincheng, and have other plans!
”Zhao Chongguo bowed: "Daoyuan refers to the Western Regions?
”Ren Hong said: "To be precise, it's Wusun!"
”After hearing this, Jin Xian made a joke: "Xi'an Hou cares about the woman's family very much." ”Ren Hong coughed again: "Marquis Qin, I am definitely not because of personal feelings, but purely for state affairs!"
The four-year war of Yuanfeng has made the Huns understand that as long as Wusun stands on the side of the Han Dynasty, it will be difficult to recapture the north and south of the Western Regions by relying on the Right Xian King alone. ”This is also what Fu Jiezi told him back then, the national policy of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions is not to conquer cities and conquer places, but to form an alliance with Wusun.Speaking of which, Ren Hong couldn't help but think of Huo Guang's series of operations at the end of last year: he agreed to King Shache's request to let his son-in-law, the grandson of the Han Dynasty and Ren Hong's brother-in-law, Prince Wusun Liu Wannian, be the prince of Shache, return to China with King Shache, and inherit the throne after a hundred years of King Shache.In Ren Hong and Yaoguang's personal eyes, this is to hand over a strange carriage to a child with poor driving skills, and the husband and wife are only worried that his car will be destroyed and killed.But if Ren Hong stood on the national standpoint, he felt that Huo Guang's hand was very beautiful, which was to give Wusun a reassurance: "The interests of the Western Regions are shared by Han and Wusun!"
”After this incident, Wusun Kunmi should no longer have any doubts, and completely fell to the Han Dynasty.Seeing that the Han-Ukrainian alliance that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Zhang Qian had diligently pursued was about to be reached, the Xiongnu would soon face the enemy on their backs, not only could not be snatched back from the Western Regions, but they might also be suffocated by a little encirclement.The only way to break the game is to "When the Han Dynasty fell into the two battles of Wuhuan and Xiqiang, King Shan Yu and Youxian launched a surprise attack and conquered Wusun in one fell swoop!"
”"What?"
This statement shocked Jin Xian, this is a great thing, Zhao Chongguo also groaned, although there is no evidence, but Ren Hong's analysis is indeed the best way to deal with the Huns.To put it mildly, if the Xiongnu took Wusun and turned hundreds of thousands of Wusun people into "Xiongnu", then the Han Dynasty's strategy for the Western Regions would have completely failed, and it would no longer be able to defend the Western Regions by relying on the combination of vertical and horizontal with less cost.It has to be like the Taichu and Tianhan periods, sending hundreds of thousands of troops to the Western Regions and Wusun.But that kind of war has too much impact on the national strength and people's livelihood, which Huo Guang tried his best to avoid, and it is better to say that if he wins, if he loses his dictatorship, it will be the end.The Western Regions is where Ren Hong started his home, and he also remembers that in history, there was indeed an offensive of the Xiongnu against Wusun, and the most anxious thing in his heart was this matter: "I have sent someone Pegasus to the Western Regions, inform the Marquis of Yiyang, and ask him to warn Wusun and prepare early." ”"I hope that the general will also be able to return to Chang'an, so I must guard against it.""
It's nature."
Zhao Chongguo did not panic, and said calmly: "Even if as Daoyuan said, there are people of insight like you in the Huns, and you have learned the strategy of secretly Chen Cang, we are in Hehuang, and we are beyond the reach of things thousands of miles away, so let's calm down the Xiqiang Rebellion within a thousand miles first." ”"If Xiqiang is in turmoil for a long time, Jincheng and Wuwei are restless, even if the Xiongnu really attack Wusun, it will be difficult for the Han to pull out their hands to support."
The Han can win two wars at the same time, but the third Zhao Chongguo shook his head, he was the captain of Shui Heng, and he knew how much each battle would cost, so he no longer mentioned Wusun, and asked about Hao Xingci, first after Lingqiang withdrew his troops."
Xian Ling retreated along the big river to the Great and Small Elm Valleys, while the prison sister Qiang and Fengyang Qiang retreated to the river meander.""
Yang Yu is going to take people into the mountain."
Zhao Chongguo smiled dumbly, he was too familiar with the habits of the Qiang people, knowing that once they could not defeat the Han army, they would drill into the mountains and forests and high places, the terrain of the river is complex, it can be described as eight mountains, one water and one field, the Qiang people are familiar with the geographical advantages, especially good at mountain warfare, if it is broken into pieces and the Han army to hide and seek, it is really a troublesome thing.The first Han-Qiang War was because the Qiang people drilled deep into the mountains and old forests to resist stubbornly, and it took five or six years to finally settle down, costing 100,000 military expenses.Zhao Chongguo had his own idea in his heart, but he looked at everyone present: "You think that how can we completely pacify Xiqiang?"
”Jin Xian thought for a moment: "How about burning the forest on fire?"
”Ren Hong almost laughed, although this gold reward is a descendant of the Huns, but he grew up in Chang'an Weiyang since he was a child, he is not familiar with side affairs, and he has no general strategy, the reason why he can become a deputy general is probably that the emperor stuffed it into the gilding.The river is vast, the mountains are big, how many fires do you have to put to burn them out?
Zhao Chongguo didn't think it was funny, and said seriously: "It is indeed a good way to destroy its hiding place, but the Qiang people can also go to a high place with a cold miasma, the Qiang people do not take shelter from the wind and snow, but we can't, Haoxing is too guarded, what do you think?"
”Hao Xingci thought about it for a long time, and hurriedly said: "In fact, the best way is still the strategy that the general once mentioned to his subordinates, accumulate grain, and often Tuntian!"
”"From the west of Haomen Water, to the area of Huangzhong, there are more than 2,000 hectares of fields cultivated by Zhuqiang in the spring, which can make the army stationed everywhere, build barriers, and ride the tuntian, so that you can benefit from savings, save a lot of money, the terrain in Huangzhong is conducive to the Han army, but the Qiang people are in the cold place, at most support until next spring, the Qiang people will be defeated."
This is indeed a good policy that Zhao Chongguo has always emphasized, Hao Xingci knows that he will inevitably be held accountable afterwards, so he can only count on his old friends to help.But since Ren Hong guessed that this Qiang rebellion was instigated by the Xiongnu to attract the energy of the Han Dynasty, then they couldn't drag it out for too long.Zhao Chongguo then looked at Ren Hong, just now, he had already heard the villagers in Lingju County praise and praise Ren Hong, and also looked at the magical horseshoe, and decided to report to the court to promote, this young man can always surprise people."
Daoyuan has been serving as the protector of Qiang for four months, and the results are remarkable, how do you think Xiqiang should be pacified?"
Ren Hongying said: "The strategy of accumulating grain in Tuntian was taught to me by General Hou in Shanglin Yuan a few months ago, this is a safe method, it is a correct fit, but it is still a miraculous victory."
In addition to the Han army's tuntian, they also have to keep an eye on the encirclement and suppression of the first evil Xian Lingqiang, and they can let the Xiaoyue clan and the Zhuqiang who are willing to surrender assist, they can climb to the cold place to take it, which is enough to make Xian Lingqiang tired. ”"I still have a plan, that is, to give the big and small elm valleys to the Han Kaiqiang and Beihe Qiang, who have accepted the seal of the Great Han Guiyi Qiang King, but have not yet moved, so that this Han-Qiang battle will become a civil war between the Qiang people and the Qiang people!""
The words of the long way are very good."
Zhao Chongguo smiled with satisfaction, and was about to chat with Ren Hong about the details, but heard someone outside shouting: "The Western Governor has good news!"
”Everyone looked at each other, Xin Wuxian, who had disappeared for a long time, finally appeared, and it was good news that the whole army was not annihilated.But he saw the envoy enter and said: "Dare to tell the general Yuhou, Taishou, and Huqiang captain, the western lieutenant led the army west out of the Huangxia Gorge for hundreds of miles, went south to burn the Great Yu Valley, and then turned back to Huangyuan, beheaded 3,000 Qiang prisoners and returned, and returned to the division to Siwangxia, and arrived in Yunwu in a few days." ”Xin Qingji, who was standing outside the door, was overjoyed when he heard the news, and finally heard the news of his father, Zhao Chongguo glanced at everyone, but saw Ren Hong thoughtful, and Hao Xingci's face was gloomy, and he asked the messenger a key question."
Wait, is Xin Duwei cutting Ling Qiang first, or what Qiang?"