Unlike Yuchi Jiong who had an unobstructed entry into Shu before, Yu Wengui and his party began to be harassed by border residents after passing through Jiange.
Their marching army plus soldiers numbered tens of thousands, and there was no shortage of elite soldiers. However, the rugged mountain roads severely restricted the deployment of the military formation, and the border rogues were familiar with the nearby mountains and rivers, and they were elusive.
The harassment also brought a lot of trouble to the march.
However, after a little adaptation, Yu Wengui also arranged for elite soldiers to fight back, and captured and killed a group of border residents who were not afraid of death. Only then did they stop these border residents from harassing the Wei army.
Through the interrogation of the prisoners, they learned that there are rebels in Brazil and Zitong counties in central Shu today, and they are generally distributed along the Fushui River. In the area south of Jiange and north of Chengdu, except for Tongzhou, Mianzhu and Langzhong,
The city was still defended, but in other places many rioters gathered and roamed freely, and were not controlled by the Western Wei Dynasty.
Only after Yu Wengui entered the country did he realize that the situation was already so serious, because the specific enemy situation was not fully known. After Yu Wengui led his army out of Jiange, he did not march rashly, but sent his elite cavalry to contact the nearby Tongzhou City and Langzhong City.
He ordered each of the two parties to send troops to help his troops enter Shu.
Two days later, Li Qianzhe from Langzhong led a thousand fine cavalry to arrive here first. Yu Wengui was not idle these two days. Although he did not dare to go deep, he dispatched troops to attack the nearby walled city occupied by the rebels.
Several strongholds were uprooted, and thousands of rebels were captured and killed.
"The last general is Li Qianzhe, a subordinate of General Li, the Duke of Taiyuan, and a subordinate of the General Manager of Jingzhou. I have met General Yuwen!"
After arriving at Yu Wengui's camp, Li Qianzhe solemnly greeted him.
"Li Kaifu doesn't need to be polite. Although we are meeting for the first time, I already knew that Kaifu's famous work was in Shannan. It is a great blessing for us to have Kaifu and the army to help us when we enter Sichuan."
Yu Wengui said to Li Qianzhe in a pleasant manner, not neglecting him because they were unfamiliar with each other. After Li Qianzhe sat down at the table, he asked again: "Our army marched into Jiannan and was already quite disturbed by the chaos.
, Li Kaifu has been here for a long time, so he must be familiar with the situation in Shu, can you give me some answers?"
"Since Duke Hua Zheng asked, the general would naturally not dare to hide anything. He told everything he knew in the hope that it would be helpful."
After hearing this, Li Qianzhe hurriedly said: "Nowadays, the rebels in the south of Jiannan can be roughly divided into two groups. Zhao Xiongjie, the chieftain of Di in Wucheng County, gathered tens of thousands of people to counterattack Tongzhou along the Fulishui River, and there were also rebels in Zitong.
Raising the crowd to respond, they turned the chaos seen by Zheng Gong. In addition, the territory of Brazil County was also unrest. Recently, Brazil Qiaoyan sent his disciples back to his hometown and gathered the township party with the intention of attacking Langzhong. Although the final generals and others occupied the city and defeated it, they failed.
His followers fled south along the Yangtze River, but failed to pursue and annihilate them..."
At this time, more than a month had passed since Yuchi Jiong ordered the massacre of Chengdu citizens. What was originally just a spontaneous resistance by the people to the rule of the Wei army has now become an organized and large-scale resistance action.
Previously, Di chief Yang Qianyun took Tongzhou and surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty, but Tongzhou was not limited to Yang Qianyun's troops.
Other powerful Di and Qiang chiefs did not share enough benefits in the Western Wei's campaign to conquer Shu, and were shocked by the cruelty of the Western Wei army. Coupled with some other reasons, they launched a rebellion and soon followed the trend.
The Fushui line has grown rapidly and has tens of thousands of people, covering almost the entire northwest corner of the Chengdu Plain.
The same was true for the Brazilian County that Li Qianzhe and others entered. Although they had won over many Bashu powerful people in advance, local powerful factions like the Brazilian Qiao family still refused to give in. This also made some Brazilian wealthy families ready to move.
And tried to seize control of Langzhong City.
Although his actions were counterattacked and collapsed, Qiao Yan's headquarters did not suffer much losses and was still active between Suining and Dianjiang in the lower reaches of Fulishui River.
Since Li Qianzhe and others have been stationed near Langzhong, they do not have a comprehensive understanding of the changes in the overall situation in Shuzhong. After he finished explaining the information he knew, he said to Yu Wengui: "After the general is informed,
, immediately led the crowd to welcome him, there are still He Ruokai governors stationed in Langzhong City. Now the situation along the Fushui River is boiling, the rebels and ants are gathering, and the Huazheng public servants have arrived. They can also temporarily move to Langzhong to rest for a while, and then find another time.
Enter Chengdu."
The turmoil in the fringe areas of central Shu has become so serious, and there is no good news coming from Chengdu. To be on the safe side, temporarily moving to Langzhong is an expedient measure.
But when Yu Wengui thought that he could only lead 2,000 troops when he entered Shu, but the troops from Jingzhou had 10,000 troops, if he followed Li Qianzhe's suggestion and went to Langzhong, if any differences of opinion arose between them, he would
But they may not be able to instruct these Jingzhou troops.
Although this is only a very small probability, when he thought of the hints and instructions from Grand Master Yuwen before leaving, Yu Wengui couldn't help but feel a little guilty. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said: "The military situation is so fierce that I have no time to sit around and take advantage of my master."
The brigade is new and its morale is strong. It is time to defeat the enemy as soon as possible. It is not appropriate to turn around and avoid fighting!"
Even so, even Li Qianzhe could not provide accurate information about the rebel army here. They did not even know where the main force of the rebel army was, so naturally they could not act rashly.
So Yu Wengui continued to dispatch envoys to urge Tongzhou City, and at the same time sent additional scouts to investigate the distribution of the rebel forces.
It was not until the day after Li Qianzhe arrived that Shi Chiluo Xie, the commander of the march in Tongzhou, arrived belatedly. It was not that he deliberately ignored Yu Wengui, the newly appointed general manager of Yizhou, but he personally escorted a batch of grain and grass.
The baggage was headed to Chengdu, and I just returned today, and then I came to see you immediately.
"Although the rebels here are quite large in number and their momentum is not weak, they are composed of many rural soldiers and a mob, with insufficient armor and weapons, and no chariots or cavalry. They each guard the rivers, valleys and gulfs. Our troops can move in and out with light cavalry, and it is difficult for thieves to stop them..."
Chiluo Xie undoubtedly had a better understanding of the situation of the rebels, but after talking about the shortcomings of these rebels, he also said with a worried look: "The only problem we have now is that the thieves are not afraid of death and will run away as soon as they are pursued.
They dispersed immediately after the attack, but soon after the division retreated, they gathered again in the fields of Xiaochuan. The thieves are tenacious. The Shu people are greedy and happy for misfortune, which is really worrying and difficult to solve. It seems that the only way to permanently eliminate future troubles is to kill them all!"
Speaking of this, Chiluo Xie also looked helpless. In fact, he had attacked the rebels entrenched in Fulishui many times, and had many victories. But even if he chased and dispersed these rebels, he would not be able to defeat them.
But they will gather again within ten days. They gather and disperse like this. Although they are not as quick as the elite cavalry troops, they are still too hard to deal with.
"Chiluo may not know, but there are many bureaucrats and barbarians between Bashu and Shu. These races are not good at farming and weaving, are not good at production, are short and strong, like to fight, prone to chaos, and have long been a scourge on the surface of the earth!"
After hearing what Chi Luo Xie said, Li Qianzhe explained again.
The Liao people are not natives of Shu, but moved to Shu from the southwest in large numbers during the Cheng Han Dynasty. These Liao people have low production skills, low social organization, do not respect their parents, do not care about grudges, and have cruel and evil personalities.
Due to the continuous wars in Shu, the population was greatly reduced, so these officials poured into Shu in large numbers.
Afterwards, every time there was a military disaster or riot in Shu, these officials were indispensable. They were good at making a living by looting, and because of their aggressive nature, they were cultivated by many powerful families. Especially when many powerful people in Shu were in trouble, they
He is used to inciting his tribe to build momentum.
For these officials, there seems to be no big difference between gathering people to cause chaos and farming, fishing and hunting. Although the risk is higher, the income is also rich, so there are frequent chaos and uneasy situations.
Just looking at the situation described by Chiluo Xie, it is obvious that the rebellious Di chieftains also incited a large number of Li people to join the rebellion.
Not to mention that the Chiluo Association was helpless, even Li Qianzhe, who was familiar with its habits, had no good way to deal with it, because other armed forces with higher organization levels could basically be pacified by getting rid of the leader. But the Liao people
If you kill their leader, they will choose another one at any time. You might as well not even want the leader, so everyone can just find the right target and grab it.
Therefore, the best way to deal with these officials who are incited to cause rebellion is to temporarily imprison them in a fixed area, hunt and kill them for a long time, and gradually suppress and integrate them, so that their ferocity can be gradually worn away. Reorganization and education are better than
Other categories take longer.
Although Yu Wengui understood this, he still ordered an attack and elimination of the rebel camps along the Fushui River. The process was lackluster. After all, as Chi Luo Xie said, although these rebels were large in force, their armor and weapons were crude and their machinery was poor.
The power is not strong, and they will disperse in a rush after a slight impact. They are not at the same level as the elite cavalry of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Of course, Yu Wengui did not have time to stay here and wait for the rebels to regroup. He originally wanted to arrange for a fine cavalry to continue patrolling along the Fushui River, but there was no stronghold along the Fushui River that could provide supplies.
He was already very busy raising the supplies needed for the Chengdu garrison, and he had no reserves for this arrangement.
So Yu Wengui could only lead his troops to Chengdu for the time being. Although he occasionally encountered traces of some rebels on the Chengdu plain, most of them did not dare to go forward and make trouble, so they swam away early.
Looking at the short Shu horses running away, Li Qianzhe couldn't help but sigh: "There were no strong cavalry in Shu. Xiao disciplined Shu for many years before gathering thousands of cavalry, and they all went east. Now there are Shu horses again.
Running around in the wilderness, the defeated troops must have traveled far and returned to the west. If they are not lured and defeated quickly, I am afraid that the situation in Shu will be even worse."
A few days later, a group of people arrived at the northern suburbs of Chengdu, and Yuchi Jiong had already led his generals to wait here. This was the place where he accepted the surrender of the Shu people before, but now it has become the place where he handed over military and political power. His mood was complicated.
Extremely.
After delivering a token of the military talisman to Yu Wengui in person, Yuchi Jiong looked back at the city of Chengdu in the south. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said in a deep and angry voice: "Li Boshan, you are a villain! You can't tolerate me, so...
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"Please be careful what you say, Mr. Wei An! The public army has lost its skills and it makes people laugh. How can it be forced by General Li!"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yu Wenshan who was following Yu Wengui. Immediately, Li Qianzhe and other Jingzhou generals also stepped forward and glared at Yuchi Jiong.
When Yuchijiong saw this scene, he was slightly stunned at first. After a moment, his heroic face suddenly turned red with shame. He gritted his teeth, raised his eyebrows angrily, and the beard under his jaw trembled slightly. Until Yu Wengui scolded his son,
Then he turned around and headed towards his subordinates, Wu Xing.