A few days later, as the weather gradually got warmer, Fei Qian and Humphrey organized their troops and embarked on a journey to expand northward.
Humphrey was naturally very happy, and took over most of the scouting work automatically. The Huqi, who pulled his neck and yelled "Hurrah", shuttled back and forth, and released the scouts like an unfolding fan.
Ma Yan and Xu Shu need to stay in Pingyang to guard an area including Beiqu and Diaoyin. After all, Baishi Qiang still has a certain fear of Ma Yan, and with Xu Shu in charge, Fei Qian can feel more at ease, so this On one trip north, he only took Xu Huang, Ma Yue and Zhang Ji with him.
Xu Huang commanded the infantry, while Ma Yue and Zhang Ji led the cavalry.
Shaanxi in later generations was a land dominated by yellow. It was wrinkled like a piece of sugarcane residue that had been chewed dry of its juice, or like a piece of crumpled ancient rice paper. It had rugged ravines of all sizes. When you open your mouth, you will get a mouthful of yellow dust.
In the Han Dynasty, although there was more vegetation than later generations, and not all yellow mud was visible, it looked even more desolate.
Going up from Diaoyin, the population gradually becomes sparse, and even more so after passing Gaonu. Sometimes you can’t even see a village after walking for a long time, let alone a pedestrian on the road.
Because no one had repaired it for a long time, the original straight road from Sanfu area, from Chang'an to the foot of Yinshan Mountain was also in dilapidated state, and in some areas the entire road was even dug up...
Fei Qian sometimes feels helpless about this situation.
Because such road damage is not natural, but man-made. As for why it is necessary to destroy a road that has obviously spent countless manpower, material and financial resources to build...
Are such examples still rare in later generations during the Anti-Japanese War?
Xianbei, Eastern and Western Qiang, the reason why the Eastern Han Dynasty is inferior to the Western Han Dynasty is sometimes reflected in the attitude of the central court towards these ethnic minorities.
Fei Qian followed the large army further north, and an idea became stronger and stronger in his mind. Although the Qin Dynasty was short-lived, the Kansai people of the Qin Dynasty had strong national self-confidence, so they had a calm attitude. Roads were built in all directions because the people of Guanzhong in the Qin Dynasty believed that they had enough strength to resist any attack. Instead of digging and cutting off the road, the Qin Dynasty people built it directly under the Yin Mountain...
In the Han Dynasty, this kind of courage was increasingly missing.
At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, after Donghu was defeated by Maodun Chanyu of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, like Wuhuan, became the object of the rule and enslavement of the Xiongnu slave-owners. For example, Tan Shihuai's father Tou Luhou served in the army among the Xiongnu for three years.
At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xianbei still belonged to the Xiongnu, but gradually developed relations with the Han Dynasty. In the early days of Jianwu, Xianbei joined forces with the Xiongnu and Wuhuan to invade the north of the Han Dynasty, "killing the officials, and there was no peaceful life."
After that, "the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Chishan Wuhuan united and became strong and entered the fortress." In the 21st year of Jianwu, the Xiongnu and Xianbei divided their forces and invaded the north. The Xiongnu plundered Shanggu and Zhongshan, and Xianbei harassed Liaodong.
The prefect of Liaodong, Ji Tong, thought that "the three captives were united in peace, and the soldiers were the frontier harm", so he used Xianbei's power to fight against the Xiongnu and Wuhuan. In the 25th year of Jianwu, Wuhuan moved to the frontier county fortress, and Xianbei's power extended south to
The Laoha River and the Han Dynasty "began to communicate with the post envoys". The Xianbei people went to Liaodong and surrendered, and sacrificed Tongcu to enable them to fight against the Xiongnu in Yiyuzi. From then on, the Xiongnu and Xianbei attacked each other year after year, and their power declined.
In the 30th year of the founding of the Han Dynasty, Lord Xianbei came to Qiuben and led many people who belonged to the Han Dynasty and were named kings and marquises. This was the first time Xianbei accepted the titles of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, he sacrificed Tong and bribed the envoy Pian He to send troops to attack the migratory fishermen.
Yang's Chishan Wuhuan. In the first year of the Shui Dynasty, Pianhe captured Chishan and beheaded the Wuhuan master Xin Zhiben. So "all the Xianbei masters came to join him and went to Liaodong to receive rewards. The two states of Qing and Xu gave him 270 million yuan.
Chang", Xianbei gradually gained the upper hand outside the Great Wall.
Later, as the Xiongnu gradually declined, Xianbei occupied the original territory of the Xiongnu and began the process of war and peace with the Eastern Han Dynasty...
However, among these historical documents, Fei Qian found that the so-called "killing officials" appeared in many places. This official was naturally an official sent by the Han Dynasty to manage the border and coordinate relations and trade between Han and Hu people.
The reasons for the killing of officials are naturally not mentioned in the historical records, but Fei Qian can probably imagine that the rebellions of ethnic minorities recorded in the roaring torrent of China all have the same beginning.
First, he killed one or two central court officials to test his attitude, and then he expanded his ambitions amid cautious trepidation, and then led the army to start a rebellion. In this process, sometimes it only takes a decisive and action-minded person like Ban Gu.
People with motivation can often nip the ambitions of border barbarians in the bud.
Fei Qian glanced at the Southern Xiongnu tribe who was camping nearby, wondering if he really wanted to say something about future generations. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, too many talents broke out in a short period of time, so the stars fell.
Was there a talent gap after that?
And the various outstanding talents who emerged during the Three Kingdoms period, if brought to the border, seem to be no less than people like Ban Gu. For example, if Taishi Ci can guard the north, with his ability to make decisions on the spot, it is estimated that
Whether it is the Southern Xiongnu or Xianbei, they can play it to death...
It's a pity that Taishi Ci returned to Montenegro first and did not directly accept Fei Qian's recruitment. However, Fei Qian could understand Tai Shici's behavior in the current situation.
However, since there is still a relationship with Taishi Ming, when Taishi Ci leaves Gongsun Zan in the future, he will naturally tend to Fei Qian's side. Therefore, although Fei Qian is regretful, he is not in a hurry.
On the contrary, the current strategy for Kucha is the top priority at this stage.
This area starts from Gaonu, passes through Zouma River, and then crosses the old Zhao Great Wall from Fushi to the Qiuci area. If it were changed to the area of later generations, it would be from Suide in Shaanxi to Yulin...
This area is an important transit area south of Yinshan Mountain. There is a saying in later generations called "Aunt Mizhi Suidehan, the widow of Yulin cannot be exchanged for gold", which talks about the people in this area.
Usually this sentence is interpreted as beauties come out of rice, heroes come out of Suide, and widows come out of Yulin, but the sadness hidden behind it is full of bitterness. People in northern Shaanxi value love and righteousness, so there are also many heroes.
Many aunts in Yulin became widows because of the burial ground.
But from another perspective, since this area can breed beauties and heroes who will be famous for generations to come, then naturally this area can support a large number of people, and it can also support it well...
Not far to the north of Qiuci is Baitu. It is called Baitu because there is a large desertification area in the northwest of Baitu. It is barren of grass and inaccessible. Under the conditions of the Han Dynasty, it was necessary to lead a large army through the desert Gobi.
In this area, except for fantasy novels, they are basically just seeking death.
With water sources and land that is relatively flat compared to the surrounding folds, it is the perfect area to use as an offensive or defensive base. Therefore, if Fei Qian wants to take Yinshan into his arms, he cannot avoid this area, and he must also
Only with the help of this area can we continue to expand towards the Yinshan Mountains in the north.
While Fei Qian was thinking, he suddenly saw some smoke and dust rising in the distance to the south. It seemed that a group of cavalry was coming from behind Fei Qian. He didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend...
The temperature dropped sharply, and I caught a damn cold again... I had a blast during Double Eleven... I felt good for a while, and then I received a bill reminder text message today... My flesh hurts so much...
