In the simple thinking of the Qiang people, it is difficult to understand why such unreasonable things happen, and it is also unclear why they are required to pay various fees, even if the fees seem so reasonable or unreasonable, abrupt or
It's not obtrusive.
But in fact, this kind of thing is not just for the Huangyang tribe, or the Qiang people themselves, but the powerful will do this when facing all vulnerable groups. Just like the Eight-Nation Allied Forces defeated Braided Qing,
Zhuiziqing did not need the consent of the people across the country to sign the treaty and start paying protection fees and various fees to the foreign masters. Even in later generations, it will be the same.
In the final analysis, it is not a problem of the contract, nor a problem of the Eight-Nation Alliance, but if you are weak, you will be beaten. If you want not to be beaten, you must become stronger!
There are many ways to become stronger, but joining the crowd is obviously not an effective one...
The key is that the mob often doesn’t think so themselves.
In July of the fifth year of Taixing, the Longyou Qiang people gathered again to rebel.
When the news came, it immediately caused an uproar in Guanzhong. Everyone's attention was focused on Longyou. Some people began to say that they had expected this incident, and others began to say that some people had been in Longyou before.
Some practices are unfair and so on.
Of course, these discussions were just a foreshadowing. More people remained silent and did not make any sound. They just stared at the Cavalry General's Mansion with their small eyes, staring at Fei Qian's next move.
Fei Qian went to Zuo Fengyi, and after receiving the latest information, he didn't say a word. He just picked up a pen and wrote the word "war" behind the information, and asked Kuai Ma to take the letter back.
The children of the Guanzhong gentry clan looked at each other for a while.
Although there is a high probability that the hussars will still fight head-on, but being so direct, without even foreplay, does make these people feel a little painful.
Are you really not afraid that Longyou will be in chaos from now on?
And then fell into the embarrassing situation of Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty?
In particular, many local officials in Longyou have been arrested and are now in a relatively unstable state. Is fighting under such circumstances really a good choice?
What if instability arises and spreads to the surrounding area, leading to something like that, will the Cavalry General not even consider it?
In the yamen hall of General Hussar's Mansion.
This battle is no small matter. If Longyou falls, Guanzhong will be affected... Wei Duan was on one side, quickly glanced at Pang Tong, and then said, if Longyou is lost, it will harm the lord's great cause, this matter is very big...
Pang Tong smiled slightly, with a hint of frost on his dark face. Wei Shenlu, how do you know that our Longyou army will be defeated? Is Zhang Ziyuan vulnerable, or is Jia Wenhe short-sighted?
Wei Duan waved his hands repeatedly and said with a wry smile: Mr. Pang Ling, that is not what I meant. The hussars, soldiers, generals, and commanders are all very brave. This is a public opinion, but... it is just the so-called Hexi struggle, among the Qiang and Hu. If the Eastern and Western Qiang unite,
It's better to be cautious... it's better to be cautious...
Wei Duan was full of nonsense from beginning to end. He expressed his concerns, but he didn't give any suggestions. Although he looked like a little daughter-in-law who was being bullied with a sad face, in fact, he was sitting firmly on Diaoyutai. If Zhang Liaojia
If Zhang Liao and Jia Xu failed, what Wei Duan said now would be the basis for settling accounts in the future.
Pang Tong laughed twice at Wei Duan, then turned his eyes to the others and said loudly, "Do you have any unfinished ideas?"
The expressions of the officials present were a little solemn, and no one responded for a while.
Pang Tong stood up and sent orders to all places to prepare for war in accordance with the orders of the hussar!
Everyone looked at each other, finally lowered their heads and responded.
A single Qiang tribe is worthless in the eyes of everyone present. But if there are too many Qiang tribes making trouble, it will be troublesome. Just like in later generations, sometimes it is like a fart, but
If the farts spread out and are connected in one place, they will become poisonous gas, and the faces of officials above and below will turn green.
Especially the children of the gentry in Guanzhong, their memories of the Qiang rebellion are actually very fresh.
In the Han Dynasty, the Western Qiang issue was a very prominent social issue in the Hexi region. This issue was prominent not only because of the complex ethnic composition of Hexi, but also because the Han Dynasty promoted Hexi as a border control policy.
Key areas.
That is, the experimental field...
If you look at history from the perspective of future generations, you will generally have a feeling of superiority. Watching some big figure or little lolita in history, uh, little minions, do this or that thing, a kind of
The onlookers' sense of superiority will rise in their hearts to some extent.
However, for those who live in history, everything is unknown. They cannot know what the future will be like, nor do they know whether what they are doing now is in line with future changes, so various disagreements will inevitably arise.
It's not because they are stupid or because they are benzene, it's just that they can't see clearly the fog of the future.
Just like no one in future generations would have expected that a new crown could pull off Yingjiang's underwear and expose the black hair under her buttocks. Otherwise, at the beginning of the 21st century, many people still thought that Yingjiang was a sharp-tongued person.
Li, the hair on his head is shiny, and he looks like a born free gentleman...
So in 20 years, we can laugh at those people who lived in the early 2000s, saying they were all idiots and fools?
It's obviously biased.
The same was true in the Han Dynasty.
In the Han Dynasty, there were two attitudes and methods towards dealing with the Hu people. One was to expel some of the main forces of the Hu people, such as the Xiongnu; the other was to seal some of the main forces of the Hu people in remote areas, such as
This is the case for the Qiang people.
The Xiongnu was one experimental field, and the Xiqiang was another experimental field. Unfortunately, most of the crops in the two experimental fields during the Han Dynasty were not grown well.
Expelling the Xiongnu was a thankless task. The expulsion was barely successful, but the benefits were taken away by Xianbei. The Han Dynasty did not control the desert.
Here in Xiqiang, because the life style of the Qiang people actually had a lot of integration with the Chinese before the Qin Dynasty, the Qiang people are different from the Xiongnu. Although animal husbandry is still the main aspect of the Qiang people, the proportion of agriculture is obviously
is increasing.
As the Qiang people gradually enter farming, the increase in the proportion of the agricultural economy will inevitably cause the livestock industry to lose part of their pastures, prompting herdsmen to move to new areas. The requirements for agricultural production conditions will also make farmers inevitably pursue more fertile areas.
Easy to cultivate land.
The Han Dynasty's strict defense and even obvious favoritism when solving problems made the Qiang people unable to express their emotions and demands, which naturally led to the Qiang people's resentment and injustice.
First, the Ling Qiang asked the Han Dynasty to allow them to cross the Huang River to the north, and drove livestock away from the land where the people did not have land. In other words, they saw that no one was growing grass in those lands. They asked for grazing for the Qiang people, but they were rejected by the Han people.
The Xianling Qiang later attacked cities, killed officials, occupied land by force, and used war to achieve their goals. This was the Xianling Qiang rebellion.
If we say that the policies and wars against the Xiongnu and the Western Qiang in the early Han Dynasty still had some flavor of safeguarding national sovereignty and protecting territorial peace, but after the Eastern Han Dynasty, various inappropriate policies and methods were used to isolate and rule the Qiang people.
Corrupt local officials and various exorbitant taxes are highly discriminatory and oppressive.
Because during the Eastern Han Dynasty, some Qiang people could no longer be regarded as foreigners. Before Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, some Qiang people had been moved to the interior by the Han Dynasty to guard the Han people. It was precisely because the Qiang people continued to move inland that there were also
The East and West Qiang are divided into two groups: those who live in Anding, Beidi, Shangjun, and Xihe are called East Qiang; those who live in Longxi, Hanyang, and extend beyond the Jincheng Wall are called Western Qiang.
Because the Qiang people have not been completely domesticated, and they are not like ordinary Han people who will break out when they can no longer survive, so they are labored by the powerful officials, and they accumulate sorrows and grievances.
Seeing invasion, poverty, boredom, and rebellion, those who belong to them may be controlled by the right hand of the powerful, or they may be defeated by the diligence of servants. When the situation is clear, they will be angry and think about misfortunes; if the revolution is temporary, they belong to
The bird is frightened.
When Pang Tong and others were preparing to fight, although the Xiqiang in Hexi were the first to cause rebellion, in fact, most of the Qiang people were not born vicious and would disturb others even if they had nothing to do. Basically, they were just like ordinary people.
They suffered a loss because they wanted to find a place to reason but found that there was nowhere to reason, so they could only make a fuss in the hope that someone would hear their voice.
Therefore, for Beigong and other leaders, it is also very important to appease the tribal leaders and ordinary Qiang people. If this battle is defeated, not only will there be no way to get an explanation, but also whether Xiang Shang's head will still be there.
Question. At the same time, these Qiang people will definitely be forced to move to the mountainous areas to avoid the retaliatory harm of the Han people. Tragic days will come again. When the young and strong are gone, what will happen to the old, young, women and children in their families in the future? Are they like jackals?
Running around like a dog and being slaughtered?
The ordinary Qiang people who were agitated were young, angry, and full of momentum. That was because the ordinary Qiang people just wanted to express their grievances, protect their own land, protect their families, and protect whatever was in their hearts.
Hope, but for the Qiang head people, especially some of the larger Qiang head people, their thoughts are not so simple. They think more about their own lives and interests.
The yellow sheep-headed man jumped up and shouted angrily: Why don't you say anything? We were able to fight bloody battles with the Han people in the court, why can't we fight bloody battles with the three-color Han people today? Did I obediently pay the money this time?
, is there no next time? Someone came today to charge us land fees, and tomorrow someone else will come to collect grassland fees for some unknown reason, and what happens next? Are you willing to pay for the cattle and sheep that you have worked so hard to raise?
Just like this, just one of them was dragged away by the Han people? Where is your blood? Where is your courage?
The more the yellow sheep-headed man talked, the more annoyed he became. He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist and chopped it on the carpet in front of him. He was deeply immersed in it. Who wants to quit? Say it!
The atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became tense.
With this posture, who can say anything about quitting?
They were afraid that they would be killed if they opened their mouths, so some people did not speak, but turned to look at Beigong.
Beigong and the yellow sheep-headed man have actually swung between them for a period of time. It's just that the two people's hesitations are different. But now, the interests of the two overlap to some extent, so naturally
A consensus was reached.
For the Yellow Sheep-headed man, the purpose was more to eliminate excessive levies and miscellaneous fees, especially the death of Zeng Dahu, which made him uneasy and wondered whether he would be implicated for this...
As for Bei Gong, what he fears is that after his outer circle of forces is eliminated, it will be his turn next. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it is better to strike first...
But on the surface, they both seem to be speaking out for the future of the Qiang people...
Okay! This is the warrior of our Qiang people! Beigong said loudly, we have been fighting with the Han people for hundreds of years, and we have lost and won, but we have never backed down! This time we oppose the Han people of three colors for the sake of
Our own sons and daughters are fighting for the future of our Qiang people! Our ancient warriors in the past fought for us! Our current warriors are fighting for our future descendants!
Beigong stood up and pulled out his sword. This battle is not for me alone, nor is it for any of you here. It is for our future, the future of all of us Qiang people.
!
Therefore, this battle must be won! If anyone retreats in this battle, I will never show mercy and I will kill them without mercy!
……(^w^)……
On the other side, the Ding Ling people also confirmed Cao Jun's military operations in northern Youzhou through various methods. This made them feel the crisis coming, and then launched a more ferocious attack.
If Cao Jun is allowed to successfully recover various parts of Youzhou, wipe out or integrate the remnants of Gongsun, and drive them out of Youzhou area, then no matter how hard Ding Ling people put in, they may not be able to capture Youzhou. After all, they will attack the city and seize the pass.
Different from the battle in the grassland and desert, the more people defending the city, the harder it is to fight.
Although Gongsun Du has repeatedly stated that he still has people in Youzhou and can even contact some people from Liaodong to come over, but the leader of the Ding Ling people believes that Han people are Han people. Who knows whether these people will change their minds, and they still have to rely on themselves.
The Ding Ling people gathered together and began to attack fiercely. The leader Ding Ling gathered the news from various ministries and determined that Cao Jun's troops were not as large as they had shown before. This made some Ding Ling people who had been deceived by Cao Jun become furious all day long.
He talked about Cao Jun's shamelessness and wished he could drag Cao Jun up and down and kill them all in the next moment.
Compared with the Han people under the tricolor flag, the Ding Ling people did not value Cao Jun more. This is not to say that the Ding Ling people think that Cao Jun has no combat effectiveness, but compared to the power of the Han cavalry under the tricolor flag on the grassland, Cao Jun naturally declined.
A level of opponent.
There are no Han people with the tricolor flag in Youzhou now, so what are you afraid of?
After Ding Ling saw through Cao Hong's suspicious tactics, Cao Hong's limited troops were unable to withstand the men and horses surging down like a tide. In addition, some counties in northern Youzhou were almost exhausted in terms of city defense and reserves.
In July and August, especially at the beginning, some important passes in Youbei were not in the hands of Cao's army, which made it very difficult for Cao Hong to defend and had to abandon some of the counties he had just acquired and withdraw his troops.
The Ding Ling people quickly captured some counties in northern Youzhou, including Yuyang, and opened up the communication lines between western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning, and rescued Gongsun Kang who was on the verge of death. However, Liu Yimo was captured by Cao Jun and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
…
In Yuyang City.
This time, we have a total of 50,000 troops... The leader of the Ding Ling people looked around and said in a deep voice, currently, according to our estimates, there are at most more than 3,000 Han troops left in Cao's army in Jixian. Tomorrow, we will gather
We will use all our forces to launch an all-out attack and choose Jixian as our main attack direction. As long as we capture it, the northern part of Youzhou will basically be ours.
The commander-in-chief glanced at Gongsundu slightly, because a lot of the internal information of the Han Dynasty came from Gongsundu. Including the geographical mountains, rivers, important towns and passes, etc., it was basically all information provided by Gongsundu.
It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Du's status in Ding Ling's army has been somewhat improved.
From a dispensable dog to a somewhat useful dog.
At this moment, Gongsun Du showed his six-toothed smile to cater to the gaze of the big boss Ding Ling, just like he would do it even if the big boss Ding Ling asked him to stick his butt out at the next moment.
In this military operation, Gongsun Du of course suffered a lot of losses, and it can even be said that the losses were quite large, so Gongsun Du coughed lightly, saluted to the leader Ding Ling, and then said to the other leaders Ding Ling with a smile.
: Once you capture Jixian, you can consider whether to divide your troops and go south, or continue to go south together... To the south of Jixian, there are Anci, Yongnu, Quanzhou and other counties to the east, and to the west there are Liangxiang, Zhuoxian, Fangcheng, etc.
Wait, they are all good places...
Just my personal suggestion, after defeating Jixian County, it would be better to divide the troops and give each person a county seat... Gongsun Du smiled, after all, it is July now. If we attack them one by one, it will be too slow. Wait until we reach the later ones.
By that time, Cao Jun might have finished harvesting the surrounding crops, so...
Hmm! Marquis Gudu arranged it well. How about letting you arrange everything?
Commander Ding Ling suddenly coughed. Gongsun Du's expression immediately changed, and then he assumed a more humble posture, lying on the ground, saying he did not dare.
The Ding Ling leaders in the big tent looked at each other one after another, and then laughed.
We’ll talk about the rest later! Leader Ding Ling said in a deep voice, right now, we want to capture Jixian County first! Everyone, go back and make preparations immediately, and we will march together tomorrow morning!
