The 5,000 soldiers and horses who came with Wei General Wang Shuang to attack, nearly 1,000 people were killed in battle, many of whom were trampled on each other or accidentally injured.
Seeing that the war was irreversible and that the commander-in-chief, Wang Shuang, had been crowned, more than 3,000 people surrendered before the battle. Most of the rest were led by their respective dubos or village commanders and fled into the Taizi Mountains.
In this regard, the Han army did not pursue it.
The wandering soldiers, who are unfamiliar with the place and have no food or supplies, are no longer a danger.
And Gao Xiang's department has more pressing matters.
The reason why the rebels against the Wei Dynasty did not go through the Taoshui River Valley to get to Kou Didao was due to the pro-Wei move of Tang Fan, the leader of the Qiang tribe at the head of the river.
He needed to lead his troops to Daxia County immediately. Before Tang Fan and Wei Liangzhou Governor Xu Miao learned about this place and sent out their troops, they captured Daxia County in an attempt to control the Daxia River Basin, a tributary of the river, and let Didao have control of the area.
Enemy barriers and the establishment of outposts for the future march into Jincheng and Xiping counties.
Therefore, after the Battle of Xiaoguandao, Wang Ping, who had been moved to Gao Xiang's deputy position, was assigned three thousand troops as the vanguard just after the war was over, and hurried there with Longxi Prefect You Chu. Even the cavalry generals of Zheng Pu's tribe
Yang Ji also cooperated and rushed to the lower reaches of the Taoshui River to monitor the movements of the Wei army in the Siwang Gorge area. Because Gao Xiang personally led the main force, he needed to scour the battlefield and prepare all the supplies, food, etc. before heading there.
As for traveling with Chu, it was Zheng Pu's suggestion.
Since he is highly respected by the common people and the Qiang and Hu tribes in the county, we will see if he can make the powerful people in the city of Daxia switch sides and capture Daxia County without bloodshed.
However, Gao Xiang still left 2,000 troops behind and escorted more than 3,000 Wei army prisoners to Ji County to be handed over to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.
The Han army that was succeeded by the late Emperor Liu Bei was not as ruthless as killing prisoners of war.
But it is not advisable to leave these people in Didao.
If the army led by Tang Fan from Heshou were to attack, it would be difficult for Zheng Pu's troops to guard the Didao city while guarding more than 3,000 prisoners.
As for how the Prime Minister will deal with the prisoners of war, he will collect them and send them to Nanzhong.
Because most of Wei's soldiers came from the secular military system, the fate of these captives' families depends on the idea of rebelling against the Wei temple. If they stay on the Longyou front line, they may be intimidated by the soldiers sent by the Wei army to defect on the battlefield or camp.
Wait.
However, the soldiers who can be selected by Wei Wei to serve in surprise attacks are all elite. It would be a pity to send them to iron mines, salt wells, etc. to serve as coolies.
It is better to break them up and divide them into seven counties in Nanzhong for garrison.
Anyway, the prisoners of the Wei army were also Han Chinese, so it was impossible to stir up rebellion among the barbarian tribes in the south and central areas.
Furthermore, in the future, they will disband their armor and return to their fields in Nanzhong, which will also help promote the sinicization of Nanzhong counties.
Such an arrangement can also resolve the resistance of these prisoners.
The world has been in turmoil for decades, and human lives are like grass.
They were defeated, captured, and reduced to mere flesh. The Han court, armed with swords and swords, neither killed them nor treated them harshly. They were already benevolent and kind, so what else could they be dissatisfied with?
And after going to Nanzhong, I have hope for the future.
Not only did he avoid the precarious battle on the battlefield, but he was also able to live and clothe himself with the salary of the garrison.
If you are more diligent and thrifty, you can save up your salary to buy land and marry a wife, and then men will farm and women will weave and raise children, which will be a good destination in troubled times.
Five days later.
Outside Didao City, Zheng Pu and Zhang Bao said goodbye.
Zhang Baonai was sent by the Prime Minister to Lintao to take charge of cavalry training with Jiang Wei, and he could not stay in Didao for long due to his responsibilities.
Zheng Pu, who was granted marriage by Emperor Liu Chan, had to travel ten miles out of the city to see her off.
After Zhang Bao's figure disappeared from the sky, he turned the horse's head and slowly returned to Zheng Pu. His eyebrows were furrowed, and his mind was ups and downs with the bumps of the horse.
Because yesterday, Yang Ji returned with his cavalry.
And I brought back Gao Xiang’s handwriting.
What the book talks about is the war in Daxia County, which is quite detailed.
As soon as Wang Ping's army arrived, the more than a thousand Wei troops who were left behind in the city were shocked and looked at each other with pale faces.
When You Chu's horse came to the city and raised its arms and shouted, the wealthy families and common people in the city were all agitated, secretly collaborating with generals to seize the city gate to welcome the Han army.
Seeing this, the Wei army could not suppress it with a small number of troops, so they abandoned the city and broke out from the west city gate in a hurry. They took the Daxia River to Siwang Gorge in Jincheng County and returned. Wang Ping led the army in pursuit, killed more than a hundred people, and made an forced landing of more than 300 people.
The powerful Qiang people of various tribes who relied on Tang Fan at the head of the river and whose pastures were in Daxia County were also afraid of being held accountable by the Han army.
So they moved all the tribes to the west bank of the Daxia River, forming a Han-Qiang confrontation with the river as the boundary.
According to legend, Xu Miao, the governor of Wei Liangzhou who led the army in Siwang Gorge, learned that General Wang Shuangquan's army had been destroyed. He wanted to lead the army to capture Daxia County as a stronghold for the future battle for Longxi. However, with the arrival of Lord Gao Xiang, he was outnumbered.
Abandoned the plan.
In other words, with Gao Xiang stationed in Daxia County, there is no need to worry about the north of Didao.
The main purpose of Gao Xiang's letter was to fear that Tang Fanhui at the head of the river would send cavalry to disturb Didao, and to tell Zheng Puduo to be on guard against the enemy in the Taizi Mountains and the Shangmen Gorge area.
Although the battle was won, it also had negative consequences.
In the past, Tang Fan, the head of the river, who did not conflict with the Han Dynasty, became an accomplice of the rebellion against the Wei Dynasty.
In terms of its position at the head of the river, it not only threatened Didao's safety from a high position, but also cut off the Han Dynasty's connection with the Shaodang Qiang and the Huangshui River Valley.
Likewise, it affected Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's previous plans.
For example, using Sichuan brocade, tea and other materials in short supply along the Silk Road to induce the Qiang and Hu tribes to renounce Wei and incite them to cause trouble to Xiping County.
It also had an impact on the Bashu nobles who moved to Longyou.
The biggest reason why these wealthy families are willing to move to different households is that they can share the benefits of running the Silk Road.
Now that the Silk Road is cut off, they will inevitably have complaints in their hearts.
Although the Prime Minister is personally in charge of Longyou Ji County, they will not and dare not cause any trouble. However, in order to maintain the integrity of the court and allow more wealthy families to divide their households, this matter must be resolved.
In other words, if we want to have peace in Longyou, we still need to capture the land at the head of the river.
And as early as possible!
Because Wei Wei will not give the big Han much time.
With Wei's national strength and the garrison in Liangzhou, although more than 6,000 elite soldiers were lost in this battle, they could recover within a year.
By then, they would never be able to sit back and watch the Han army attack Tang Fan and stabilize the rear.
With such thoughts in mind, Zheng Pu's thoughts when he returned were all about how to devise a plan to admonish the prime minister and destroy Tang Fan at the head of the river.
The horse's hooves moved slowly, treading the messy ground where a war broke out a few days ago.
The wilderness that was originally covered with snow was now much muddy, and there were only messy footprints from those who fell and rolled during the fight.
Bloodstains were also left in many places.
Some places are very dark, mixed with snow and mud, showing a jet black color; some places are very light, still glowing red on the white snow. The two are mottled and intertwined, reflecting each other, forming the red and black colors admired by the Han Dynasty.
It seems to be a silent declaration that the road to revival of the Han Dynasty is "one inch of mountains and rivers, one inch of blood."
