In mid-March, Li Wu, the general manager of Liangzhou, presented a memorial.
Yuan Renqing, the former general manager of Liangzhou, was ambushed by mountain barbarians on his way back to Beijing to report on his duties, and unfortunately died.
Then he ordered Lu Shi to join the army. Feng Li led his army to suppress the mountain barbarians and captured and killed more than 2,000 mountain barbarians. He also found out that Hanchuan County Governor Shen Zuodaosu was not on good terms with Yuan Renqing, so he colluded with the mountain barbarians to kill Yuan Renqing in Dao. On the way.
Li Wu summoned him to the general manager's office for questioning. Shen Zuodao refused to obey and wanted to raise the county soldiers to cause chaos. Zhang Gongjin, the commander of the general manager's office, led his army to break it and killed Shen Zuodao and more than ten people to police everyone.
Li Po took a rough look. Judging from the paper, the situation in Hanzhong was neither good nor bad.
Li Wu was really busy when he got there, and a lot of people died. It seems that more people died than when Yu Wenwo attacked Hanzhong last year.
The former governor of Liangzhou, Yuan Renqing, died, and the governor of Hanchuan County, Shen Zuodao, also died. One was a descendant of a noble family in Guanxi, and the other was a native of Hanzhong. They were both prominent figures in Hanzhong. Now they are on the road together. It's not lonely on the road.
Although the memorial written by Li Wu has a beginning and an end, and the structure is very clear, it is too rough. Li Po can detect the smell of conspiracy with just a little imagination.
Of course, he has no intention of pursuing anything. Many people are in danger these days, and the death of a few nobles is more like a happy event... As long as Li Wu doesn't let himself get away with it, Hanzhong will be in chaos. The rest doesn't need to be too much. care.
Li Wu also knew what the emperor wanted to hear. He suppressed bandits and killed people in passing. He spent a long time talking about the spring plowing in Liangzhou, as if suppressing bandits and other things were incidental, and only spring plowing was done by him. Business.
Spring plowing in Hanzhong started much earlier than in Guanxi and Shanxi, and it is now coming to an end. According to Li Wu, Hanzhong can guarantee a good harvest if there are no natural or man-made disasters this year.
Generally speaking, the situation in Hanzhong will soon stabilize. He is also searching for mountain barbarians and preparing to form an army to use barbarians to control barbarians.
Li Po finally nodded with satisfaction after seeing this. Li Wu was very advanced, he could think of strategies to use barbarism to control barbarians, and he also knew what was light and what was heavy, and his methods were very flexible. This was exactly the attitude needed to govern the place.
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A few days later, news came from Xue Wanjun, the general manager of Lingzhou.
Not long after he took office, he had already experienced six or seven rebellions. This had a lot to do with the return of Li Daozong, the former general manager of Lingzhou. Many people felt that with Li Daozong gone, the sky was high and the emperor was far away in the northwest, so he was the king and hegemon. It’s a good place. I want to learn from Liang Shidu, Guo Zihe and others and become a free king of the northwest.
After Xue Wanjun took office, he first summoned officials from all over the county to meet him. Those who did not come naturally became traitors.
Xue Wanjun then led his troops on a patrol, destroyed Mingsha City, killed Xiaoyun, the former Sima Wei of Lingzhou, and others. He then led his troops to quell the Qiang rebellion and killed Ji Shelu, the leader of the Qiang who proclaimed himself the Five-Power King.
It can be seen from this that, like Li Wu, Xue Wanjun did not show any mercy. After arriving in Lingzhou, he began to kill people to establish his authority, and put the rest behind.
However, Xue Wanjun later took people to Anle, where he tidied up the messy Anle City that no one dared to approach. He also held a sacrificial ceremony and brought in monks, Taoist priests and even some people from the northwest. Wu Zhu, come to rescue the innocent souls of peace and happiness.
In fact, Xue Wanjun wanted to capture some Turks and sacrifice them alive... It was not that everyone had done this before in Mayi, but compared to the unscrupulousness back then, now that condition was no longer available, which made him feel a little sad.
This was obviously a move to win the hearts and minds of the northwest. The tragedy of Anle was officially confirmed, and the reputation of the Turks was severely damaged in the northwest.
By the time Wang Xiongdan came to Lingzhou, Xue Wanjun had actually led his troops to sort out the territory of Lingzhou. The folk customs in the northwest were fierce and fierce, and it seemed that everyone would not stop until there was blood. So wherever Xue Wanjun went, heads fell to the ground one after another.
Compared to the former Lingzhou manager Li Daozong, Xue Wanjun's name is obviously more worthy of respect in the northwest, because this guy is indiscriminate in his use of the knife and has more murderous intent than Li Daozong.
The reason for this is actually very simple. Without the grass-head king of the northwest like Liang Shidu, Xue Wanjun is obviously more free than Li Daozong.
And Xue Wanjun was not a murderous person. He suppressed rebellions everywhere. He was a little more ruthless when attacking the bandits, but he was also very forceful when trying to appease them. After all, he had the increasingly stable Kansai region behind him.
When Wang Xiongdan arrived, Xue Wanjun was not polite to him. Sima Zheng of Lingzhou should be one of his most capable officials. After killing Wei Xiaoyun, he wanted to recommend his close associates to succeed him, but he didn't want Wang Xiongdan to invite him without invitation.
Come.
So Xue Wanjun ordered him to lead three thousand troops out of the Yanchi in the east. Wang Xiongdan didn't say anything. He was known for his bravery and fearlessness when he was in Huaizuo. He led his troops out of the Yanchi, but within a short time of defeating it, he killed Liang Luoren, the cousin of Liangshidu, and others.
Then proceed to Shuofang and pass through Changze to Yanlv City. Yanlv City has become an empty city. Last year, the Turkic army stationed here for several days. How could any living beings survive?
There were some horse bandits stationed here during the winter, but they all dispersed in the spring. Rock Green City was too conspicuous and not suitable for living as a bandit's nest.
So Wang Xiongdan took over Yanchuan County, Shuofang County and other places without any effort, and basically wiped out the remaining forces of Liang Division in the northwest.
Lingzhou is no better than Hanzhong, the situation of various ethnic groups living together is more serious, and there are more people who want to stand out, so this year may still be relatively turbulent.
But there is nothing to worry about. The regular army stationed in Lingzhou is simply invincible. It is common for the soldiers to destroy the city and kill thieves. Just like Xue Wanjun, after arriving in Lingzhou, he will win every battle without much effort.
In comparison, Fan Wenjin, the general manager of Liangzhou, has a much harder time, and the situation there is becoming more and more complicated.
Li Gui's old subordinates seemed to be accustomed to internal strife, so they always seemed ready to take action, and their loyalty was extremely low. Master Xie was smart and took his people to Chang'an to meet the emperor.
He was accompanied by several Tuyuhun leaders who surrendered, which actually didn't mean much.
Tuyuhun was divided into countless tribes in the northwest, scattered in the highlands and lowlands, competing for territory with other ethnic groups in the northwest, and vendetta against each other, which lasted for who knows how many years.
They are entangled with the tribes in the northwest, and the Hexi Corridor is in chaos. Since the Western Wei Dynasty, the conquest of Tuyuhun has been one of the main ways for Guanxi Erlang to be rewarded for his meritorious service.
However, until the Daye period, it seemed that they had not been affected. Instead, they were mixed with some Qiang tribes, and their numbers became more and more numerous.
The Tuyuhun tribe in the northwest has become a stubborn problem. Some of their tribes took refuge in the highlands when they were weak, or came to Chang'an to kowtow for mercy, or their heads were taken to Chang'an to show off.
When they accumulated some strength, they launched a challenge to drive the Han people out of the Hexi Corridor. They failed again and again, and the war was rekindled again and again, seemingly endlessly.
The main subjects of the war in the northwest for decades have been the Han people and the Tuyuhun tribe.
Therefore, it is nothing to say that several Tuyuhun leaders came to Chang'an to flatter themselves. Yang Guang had seen many Tuyuhun in Luoyang before, but he had never seen Tuyuhun submit, because they were full-blooded hydras and there was no khan to unify them.
But now, their life has finally become difficult. A more powerful enemy has appeared behind them, and they are more adapted to the plateau climate than they are.
As a large number of Tuyuhun and Qiang tribes were driven down to the highlands, the Hexi Corridor area became more chaotic. Coupled with some Western Turkic tribes, Tuqiang, etc., Fan Wenjin once again asked for help from Chang'an. He could no longer hold on.
Already.
Li Po also felt a little ashamed. After all, he had thrown the family into Liangzhou without much care... After thinking about it, he ordered Pang Yu, the general of the left prison guard, to be the general manager of Liangzhou's march, and led 8,000 people to Guzang to frighten Liang.
States and counties, put down rebellions, etc.
We really can't draw too many troops. These 8,000 people have to be selected from Li Yuan's surrendered army, plus some defenders from various counties. I don't know if they can fight. It will also be a test for General Pang Yu.
The ability to lead troops.
In fact, we still need to rely on these 8,000 reinforcements to help Fan Wenjin grasp the military power of various ministries in Liangzhou, so that Liangzhou will be much more stable.
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For Li Po, the current situation in the northwest can only be regarded as an episode. Even if someone raises the banner in the northwest and declares himself a king or emperor, as long as he does not come to spy on Guanxi, Li Po can tolerate it.
Because his attention has turned to Henan and he can't care about other places.
In March, spring had already begun to bloom in the south, but there was no movement from Xiao Xian, which was very worrying. However, at the end of March, Li Jing and others received a letter persuading them to surrender, and the original letter was sent directly to the emperor's desk.
What the letter said was still the same, it only talked about Xiao Mian's background, but Boruto just laughed. In terms of reputation, he and Li Yuan are far apart. Li Yuan has already reported to the underworld. No matter how high your background is, Xiao Mian.
, what’s the use?
But the person who wrote the letter was quite interesting. The letter was written by Chai Shao himself... could it be regarded as a certificate of surrender for Xiao Mian? Thinking of the people in the princess's house, Li Po felt quite uncomfortable, but he couldn't tell Zhang Lun and others.
It would be best to kill the people conveniently when breaking through Kuizhou...
At this time, Chai Shao's fate was unknown, but Liu Hongji was devastated.
His leg injury is getting better. As the largest among the generals, Li Jing and others are not good at it, so they just want to send him to Chang'an. Just like Li Xiaogong and others, they still have many remnants in Shu.
It is easy to cause rebellion.
Liu Hongji was defeated because he was a coward, maybe because he was holding on to his breath and was unwilling to submit. After receiving the secret letter from Chai Shao's consort, he began to collude with his former subordinates privately in order to lead troops to surrender to Chai Shao.
This horse thief had been in Shu for a long time, and due to his temperament, he was a bit unruly... As a result, the matter was exposed, and Liu Hongji tried to escape despite the protection of everyone, but was eventually captured.
Zhang Lun and Yuwen Huo were still hesitant, but Li Jing had already killed Liu Hongji and dozens of other party members with a wave of his hand...