"It's hard to say, even we can find it difficult to understand the logic of some of the behaviors of Beigui's senior officials. The existence of the princess is only one aspect for Beigui, and the other is a social difference." Chen Xi thought for a while and explained.
He said, because it was difficult for him to explain clearly what was going on.
However, Chen Xi basically left full power to Masinde in the Tibetan area. As for what happened in the middle, Chen Xi didn't care much, it all depended on Masinde's own operations.
"Indeed, if you think about it carefully, some of Bei Gui's actions are indeed a bit extreme. The existence of the princess is more to give them a step up, and the difference at the social level is the key to truly inducing them to take that step." Fa Zheng pointed out.
Nodding, he agreed with this.
Although there are many young people in Beigui who really believe that the purpose of establishing the empire is to fight back and snatch the Han princess, for most normal young people, the existence of the princess is more of a way to help them when they don't have many choices.
When the time comes, you can quickly fall back to the Han Dynasty without feeling any psychological pressure.
The life of the Han Dynasty is good, and the people of Beiguishan eat dirt. Betrayal does not sound good, but it means that it is a long-cherished wish. At least the latter sounds like a family inheritance. For the sake of this inheritance, choosing to step out is not so loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous.
The scene that sounds good, at least has a step that everyone can believe in.
After all, Bei Gui, who really believes in this and has trained for generations in the mountains for this belief, has already voted. Those who did not vote at the time are using this reason to vote now. What kind of attitude they have is actually self-evident.
However, the people were not promoted and the officials were not investigated. If everyone could get by like this, the Han Dynasty saw that Beigui was also from East Asia and his ancestors were from the same lineage as them, so they did not bother to analyze them one by one.
"So, don't worry about it, let's see what Masinde can do for us." Chen Xi said calmly, "Anyway, with Masinde's ability, if he is calculating mentally or not, he can still control
If I can't help Ward, then I have to consider whether the other party did it on purpose."
Fulward is a figure, but Fulward is facing Masinde, and after Masinde took Fulward to the Tibetan area and threatened the Han Dynasty border, Fulward most likely will not doubt Masinde.
In this situation, if Masinde still can't control it, then who is the other person playing? It will be very angry.
"Send a letter to the Tibetan area, and also send a letter to Zhang Derong and Chen Xiaoqi to let them make preparations. Next, many things should come to fruition." Chen Xi thought for a while and spoke to Li You.
Said, whether it is Masinde playing Fulward or Masinde playing the Han Dynasty, at this stage, the results have been achieved.
"Okay, leave it to me here." Li You nodded to Chen Xi and said.
"Allocate a batch of supplies for Qingqiang and Faqiang to use, and let Yang Pu and the others prepare to guard against Fulward. Although there is a high probability that they will not take action, it is just in case." Chen Xi told Li You again
He said, "Let Qingqiang and Faqiang pretend for a while, which can satisfy their vanity."
Chen Xi's positioning of Qingqiang and Faqiang is not as a garrison in Zangzhou, but as a people in Zangzhou. Let them stay in Zangzhou and near the Qiangtang area because they can adapt to the environment there and be sustainable.
Staying there can consolidate the border of the Han Dynasty and achieve something close to the effect of immigrating to the border. As for letting Qingqiang and Faqiang fight with the locals in Tibetan areas, Chen Xi had no plan from the beginning. After all, Tibetan areas are so
Big, there are so few locals these days, so be restrained and you won't be able to touch them.
It's just that the leaders of Qingqiang and Faqiang and the people under their rule got so much that they, who used to live in poor places, had some doubts about life. However, people these days are still quite simple, or simply point out.
, even in future generations, if you spend the money to raise a dead soldier, there will still be someone who will sacrifice his life.
The materials and logistics provided by Chen Xi to Qingqiang and Faqiang were calculated according to the people of the Central Plains. After all, these two tribes themselves were willing to integrate into the Han Dynasty, and because they had arrived in Tibetan areas early, they had no hatred against Liangzhou.
In the early years when I was still in Liangzhou, I traveled thousands of miles with Dou Xian and his group to attack the Xiongnu. I can really say that they were considered a meritorious tribe.
So after Qingqiang and Faqiang took the initiative to get closer, Chen Xi also gave a lot of benefits. Except for the problem of road construction in Tibetan areas, which Chen Xi now feels is a big problem, Chen Xi can give nothing less.
Therefore, over the past few years, both Qingqiang and Faqiang felt that if they did not do anything serious, it would be a bit difficult to receive subsidies from the state.
This is also the reason why Qingqiang and Faqiang have been clamoring for a fight with Fulward in recent years.
If we say that in the early days, Qingqiang and Faqiang regarded Fuwode as Khotan and Tiele, they were fighting wastes like me. I couldn’t defeat the Han Dynasty, and I can’t defeat you wastes. The Han Dynasty passed on their skills. Look at me.
I will hammer you to death. As for the losses, with the help of the Han Dynasty, we can sustain it. We must be worthy of the subsidies that the Han Dynasty gives them every year. Come on, brothers.
Later, Qingqiang and Faqiang knew that Fuwode was a famous Kushan general, and the regular army under his command was also the main force of Kushan. They were somewhat timid, but the Han Dynasty said that they did not need Qingqiang and Faqiang to control Fuwode and had their own affairs.
Professionals led troops to suppress Fulward, and all kinds of material benefits were distributed.
After two years of making money, Qingqiang and Faqiang felt that the money was somewhat hot. After all, they did everything, just raise geese in Tibetan areas, dig some Cordyceps sinensis, get some weird wild herbs, and then make it for a year.
It's better than a year ago, and it feels like the state subsidizes them specifically to support them.
So much so that the leaders of the Qingqiang, Faqiang, and Di people discussed it and felt that this could not be done. The Han Dynasty treated them like this. How could they hold back because of the danger? In addition, an epidemic occurred in the middle, and the Han Dynasty sent doctors to carry out the treatment.
The treatment prevented these nomadic grassland animals from dying as much as before, and they also received no money. The Han Dynasty also gave them some nutritional supplements.
Such benefits made Qingqiang, Faqiang, and Di people completely at ease. After the three leaders sat together to discuss, they said that the Han Dynasty treated them like this, they had no expression, and they couldn't bear it. This was a sign that the king regarded his ministers as brothers.
Ah, what else is there to say? Just do it!
Then the Qingqiang and Faqiang happened. The Di people gathered all the young people and raided the territory of the Xiong Dynasty. Again, Fuwode was very powerful, and the regular army under Fuwode was also very powerful. The problem was that Fuwode was very powerful.
Ward has a total of 40,000 people, and some of them have to be left to garrison Shang Shung and suppress the local area. The number of troops that can be mobilized is extremely limited.
As for Qingqiang, Faqiang and Di people, they basically fought on their own. Not to mention the young and strong, they even brought healthy women with them when they set off, and they had the armaments of the Han Dynasty. They looked more or less the same thing. Then the two sides fought in Tibet.
The battle started again in the area. Fuwode mobilized 11,200 troops and the Qiang people mobilized 70,000 troops.
The result is nothing to say. After discovering the movement of the Qiang people, Fulward took precautions and won the victory on the battlefield. However, his troop strength was reduced by more than 3,000. If the wounded are included, Fulward's mobile troops could be used in the future.
, dropped directly to more than 6,000.
In short, winning was as miserable as losing. Even if Chen Xi hadn't asked Zhang Ji to severely criticize the Qiang leader, after this group of people calmed down, they would probably start another war with Fulward and fight a few more times.
,Loss? I’m afraid of loss. Now I have to show their loyalty to the Han Dynasty first.
Although Chen Xi felt it was completely unnecessary, everyone on the Qiang side wanted to continue this kind of life. After all, after enjoying the wealth of the Han family, they would go back to eat grass in the ravine, and the weather would be cold.
The Qiang people cannot stand the situation of being frozen and having no food to eat, a snowstorm killing their whole family, and an epidemic killing half their clan.
If you don’t know some things and haven’t enjoyed them, then that’s it. After you’ve seen them, understood them, and enjoyed them, if you want to go back to the past and maintain the situation of living in poverty and living happily, how should I put it, you must have a gentleman’s mentality in the beginning, and if
Everyone is a gentleman, how can there be such nonsense in this world?
Most people are just normal people, and there is no serious distinction between superior and inferior.
With this idea, it is understandable what the Qiang people can do, but Chen Xi still asked Zhang Ji and Chen Zhen to stop the madness of this group of people. It is true that this group of people did not care about the loss, and it was indeed a good idea to cripple Fulward.
It can be done, but the damage involved in doing so is not worth it in Chen Xi's opinion. After all, with Masinde as an insider, many things are actually unnecessary.
"I think if you continue to send things to the Qiang people in Tibetan areas, they may have to think of ways to start a war to thank the Han Dynasty." Li You said angrily from the side.
"There should be no chance to launch. If what happened in Xinzhou was really done by Fulward, then it's almost time for Masinde and Fulward to show off." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Let's just wait and see.
, there should be news soon."
In Zangzhou, Yang Pu and others brought up a batch of supplies from Hanzhong with their men. When they arrived in Zangzhou, this group of people were muttering about whether they should launch another war against Fulward.
"Did Liu Zi find a station for Xiang Xiong?" Yang Pu asked Lin Dai.
"Yes, he said that he went hunting and happened to find a Xiangxiong tribe. According to his observation, this tribe is a large tribe. There should be 500 to 800 Kushan garrison in it. I was thinking about this after this wave of goods
, let’s go over there and fight. If we can’t defeat the three to five thousand Kushan elites, how can we defeat the five hundred Kushan elites?” Lindai nodded and said, the last time he was slashed by the Kushan soldiers almost killed him.
He lost half his life, but even so, he was still active in attacking Xiangxiong and killing the Kushan soldiers.
"Speaking of it, we have only killed three or four thousand true Kushan soldiers in the past few years, right? The rest are just servants. We are killing them here and there, but it is the first time that we killed the most." Servant Yang felt a little tired.
He opened his mouth and said, "How can we get Fuwode to gather all the Kushan army, and then we can gather all the men together and fight them head-on."
"We can't win even if we fight head-on. There are almost 30,000 people in Fulward now. Even if we arm all the young men in the tribe, we will only have just over 100,000. This is still a half-year-old who is fifteen or sixteen years old.
You guys, you can't win." Lindai sighed and said, a well-prepared Fulward can really fight, and if they fight from behind, they really can't win.
"Even if we can't win, a battle like this can at least cause nearly ten thousand casualties to Kushan. They are different from us. We have both logistics and medicinal materials. If Fulward causes nearly ten thousand casualties,
, the leader Xiangxiong we hooked up with can do big things." Yang Pu said with a sneer.
"You're such a shady kid." Lindai laughed and scolded. The truth is indeed the same. As long as Fuwode's power is reduced to a certain level, Fuwode will not only face the Qiang people. Now Xiangxiong
The nobles did not dare to move. On the one hand, Fulward's strength was indeed strong enough. On the other hand, the operating framework created by Masinde could indeed allow Shang Xiong to develop smoothly.
Regardless of how strong Kuishang is, or whether Xiangxiong can develop steadily, for the leaders of Xiangxiong who have lost a lot of interests, they are still very active if they have a plan to attack Ward.
Therefore, when Yang Pu contacted him privately, they also responded positively.
Of course, Masinde sees this kind of contact clearly. After all, he has fully supported Shang Shung's national operations and has placed people everywhere with talents suitable for this position. Therefore, this kind of contact will naturally be paid attention to by the strict organization.
It's just that Masinde doesn't care.
"Although we can't defeat Fulward, we can drag him to death. How about this time we don't have a big battle and organize more manpower." Yang Pu suggested that the Qiang people would definitely fight in this kind of battle.
There would be heavy losses, but for the sake of the future and in order to be able to enjoy this kind of life in the future, Yang Pu felt that it was necessary to take the risk and give Fulward a try.
"This still needs to be discussed with the leaders of each department. After all, one of the leaders died in the last battle, so we still need to be more careful." Lin Dai said somewhat cautiously.
If it had been before joining the Han Dynasty, if the leader of the tribe died, everything under him would be absorbed by other leaders, and his wife and children would become other people's wives and children. But after the last war, Zhang
After counting the losses, a lot of pensions were paid to those who died in the battle, and other leaders who wanted to annex were restrained.
One thing to say is that because all the leaders did not annex the dead guys, and no one became stronger by eating others in this round of war, there was no conflict between the leaders of the various ministries. After all, they did not join
During the Han Dynasty, annexing the family members and subordinates of the deceased after the war was a very effective means of reinforcement, and it could also prevent oneself from being devoured.
Of course, the shortcomings are probably that the law of the jungle is too extreme and the moral quality is too low. However, this is an unavoidable situation in life on the grassland. After joining the Han Dynasty, this aspect can be avoided. For most tribal leaders,
It's actually not a bad thing for people.
At the very least, you don't have to worry about one day dying and everything about you will become someone else's, and you can feel more at ease when fighting.
"Yes, but do you mean you agree?" Yang Pu nodded and asked.
"We have medicine and logistics here, and although the Han Dynasty prohibits us from going to war with Fulward, after we fight against Fulward, no matter we win or lose, the Han Dynasty will reissue various supplies to us. In this case, there is nothing wrong with it.
Agree?" Lin Dai said calmly.
"Speaking of which, have we ever won?" Yang Pu asked after being silent for a while.
"If you think about it carefully, it seems not. Every time, we were beaten by Fulward. Our losses were actually quite heavy. The number of casualties each time was several times that of Fulward. But I don't know.
Why, I always feel that if we continue to fight like this, we will definitely win." Li Dai touched his chin, pondered for a while and said.
"Maybe it's because of the problem of hurting people." Luozhu, who had been silent for the whole time and was just silently calculating how much supplies they could share this time, spoke up rarely.
"But that's not important. Think about it, if Governor Zhang hadn't realized that we had an epidemic last time and asked Chang'an to send people to treat it, at least half of us would have died, and even a few of us would have died." Lin Dai was very happy.
He said calmly, "What's the point of selling a life to the Han Dynasty if I pick it up for nothing? Besides, there are constant benefits in the process of working hard."
"There is also Baimaoxue from before." Yang Pu sighed and said, "If the Han Dynasty hadn't allocated a large number of winter cotton clothes, we would probably have died a lot more people. I'm thinking about it. Counting these two groups, we
The combined population of several tribes is between 500,000 and 600,000, which is at least 300,000 less, right?"
It sounds outrageous, but if you were living on the grasslands in the feudal era, a large-scale plague plus white snow, killing half of the people in the entire grassland at once would be a very conservative situation. In fact, if it was more miserable, you might die even more.
many.
This is why every time after a heavy snowfall in the north, the Hu people will go south. To be honest, as long as they can have a mouth to eat, who is willing to fight with the Han Dynasty, and they are not Gou Song. They can explode gold coins with a fight. Fighting with the Han Dynasty, let alone
Speaking of gold coins, even human heads will be exploded by the Han Dynasty.
As long as there are other options, who is willing to fight this kind of monster to the death? Isn't it because there is no way to survive, so I have to go south.
So according to Yang Pu's simple and rough calculation, they managed to live an extra 300,000 lives in the past two years because of the special medicines and warm materials. And since they have lived an extra 300,000 people, half of them will fight for the Han Dynasty.
, that is also very reasonable. Even if they are all killed and the Han Dynasty does not provide them with continuous support, at least it will not be a loss, right?
In fact, this is the rhetoric used by Yang Pu and others when mobilizing among the Qiang people. This rhetoric was used when the Qiang people touched their cotton clothes and recalled the situation when they fell to the ground with fever twice due to the epidemic. Damn it, for the Han people
I'll show my loyalty to my wife, but Ward is nothing, so I'll fuck him!
This is almost the case, so the cost for Yang Pu and others to mobilize troops recently has been very low. Many Qiang people feel that the Han Dynasty gives them life-saving money, and the payment is adequate. They should indeed work hard for the Han Dynasty.
As for the question of whether the opponent is strong or not, it has nothing to do with whether one is willing to work hard or not.
"Then let's mobilize ourselves later and have a fierce fight with Fulward." Lin Dai said to Zhu Zhi, and Zhi Zhu, who was reluctant to speak, nodded, indicating that there was no problem with this matter.
When the Qiang people were preparing to mobilize 120,000 to 150,000 young men to fight against Fulward with the unnatural game of four draws and one draw, Fulward was quietly listening to the news reported by his own soldiers.
Again, Fulward is not a fool. Especially after being beaten by Li Jue, Fulward has a clear understanding of whether spies can be bribed. In addition, Tibetan areas are the highest in the world.
After several years of enlightenment, Fulward has a deeper understanding of many things.
"The Xinzhou army has already started dispatching." Fulward sighed and said, "But even so, we can't go northwest back to Kushan. The most promising plan at present is to go south. Unfortunately, the Himalayas
The mountains and snowline have moved lower, making it difficult for us to pass through that side."
"Go and find Masinde. It's already now. He has done everything he can. By the time I realize it, there is nothing you can do. Go and notify him to come over." Fulward said to himself.
The personal guard said, and the personal guard stood there and was about to explain when he was interrupted by Fulward.
"Masinde has gone out. I don't know where he has gone, but you must know it. Please inform Masinde to come over. My soldiers can be gradually gathered by Masinde. I am not doing a good enough job as a general."
." Fulward said, staring at his own soldiers, who immediately knelt down on the spot.
"You don't have to do this, just inform Masinde. I really have no choice now. The last available manpower was also controlled by Masinde after this time. I am the only one left, Masinde."
What else is there to be afraid of?" Fulward said calmly. He had actually thought about it quite thoroughly now, so there was no anger at all.
Soon Masinde and Assam appeared in the palace where Fulward was. The three of them looked at each other in silence. Finally, Fulward slowly asked, "Mahinde, how much did you sell me for?"
.”
"If you want to go back to Kushan, the Himalayas can't stop you." Masinde said calmly, "Actually, I want you to come with me."
"Then what should we do with the less than 30,000 Kuishang elites left?" Fulward looked at Masinde coldly and asked, "Are they just used here as consumables?"
"When I brought them up, I said that there is a high probability that they will not be able to return to Kushan." Masinde's eyes were extremely calm, "I told the truth from the beginning. When I returned to Qunu
city, and the promises I made to Vesuthiva I have been fulfilled. I am worthy of the Kushans. Although I hate the senior officials of the Kushans, I have fulfilled my promises whether in the navy or the army."
When Masinde said this, Fulward could clearly feel that the restraints from Kushan on him were being cut off.
"Tell me your choice. At this point, everything you should understand is clear." Masinde said softly.
It’s the beginning of the month, vote quickly. If you have a vote, vote quickly.
