Even a small person can cast a huge shadow when illuminated by a torch.
Yang Fu, whose beard and hair are both frost-white, is not tall, and is as thin as a tree that has died due to lack of water outside the Great Wall. For such an old man, any man from the border will have his life withered with a slight swing of a knife.
But when he rode his horse slowly into Wuwei County and headed for the governor's office in Liangzhou, the Qiang, Hu and Han family officials along the way all bowed their heads and stepped aside, showing great respect.
Not only did he respect Yang Fu for many years and had an excellent official reputation, but he also had the merit of expelling horses from Liangzhou.
He is now the governor of Liangzhou.
Moreover, he was appointed as the captain of Wuji School in the Western Regions by Chijie, added as a servant, and was granted the title of Marquis Ting of the capital.
However, with all kinds of graces gathered in him, he didn't feel the slightest joy in his heart.
His ambition in this life is to "be a farmer in the morning and ascend to the Emperor's Hall in the evening" so that he can display his talents and knowledge and report them to the imperial court to help the officials and the people!
There is no ambition for separatism.
This is also the reason why he was awarded so many honors by Wei Emperor Cao Rui and succeeded Xu Miao, the governor of Yongzhou.
Therefore, he felt extremely sad.
Because he is a staunch opponent of the policy of "people on one side governing the other side", and he was once a victim of the right-wing separatism in Liangzhou.
In the past, there was great chaos in Liangzhou, and all kinds of careerists came on stage. He avenged his old lord Liangzhou Governor Wei Kang, and many of his clan members died and were injured. Finally, when Cao Cao of Wei Wu sent Xia Houyuan to the right of the pass, he regained Liangzhou. I thought that Liangzhou would be gone from then on. My hometown will be peaceful.
Unexpectedly, when I was old, I encountered a situation where the emperor once again condoned the right-wing separatism.
Let his village elders once again face the future of being reduced to bones under the hooves of all kinds of careerists!
The long sky, why do you make people evil?
With melancholy, he dismounted at the Governor's Mansion, waved gently to let the greeting officers and assistants disperse, and then smiled bitterly at an old man with frost-white beard and hair and a haggard face and said, "Cizeng, I am waiting for my nephew and descendants. , can you still enjoy cultural gatherings and hunting by the Wei River in Longshan without any worries?"
Cizeng is the cousin of Yin Feng.
They were both from Tianshui. In the past, he, Zhao Ang and Yang Fu became famous in the world. They also raised troops to drive away Ma Chao.
Now that Zhao Ang has passed away, he who served as the prefect of Dunhuang was transferred to the prefect of Wuwei, and he joined forces to fight against the rebel generals. Together with Yang Fu, he urged Liangzhou Haoyou to resist the rebels against Shu.
"It's up to future generations to worry about it."
After hearing the question, Yin Feng also fell silent for a while, and Fang sighed, "Yishan, we are both old, so we don't have to worry about God anymore, and we should do our best to obey the destiny."
Yang Fu was silent.
"well"
After a long time, he said in a faint tone, "Forget it, just do your best."
Similar melancholy also played out in the officialdom of Xiping County.
They were the newly appointed Governor of Xiping, Pang Chuan, and Colonel Li Feng, Yang Feng.
Pang Qiao was born in Biao family in Jiuquan.
His mother, Zhao E, avenged her father and became famous in Liangzhou. He was famous for his loyalty and martyrdom, and was a righteous man in Liangzhou. During the great disturbance in Hexi, he acted as the savior regardless of his family and life. When he could not be saved, he collected the body and kept mourning for three years.
Later, he was made a vassal by Wei Wu Cao Cao; Wei Wen Cao Pi worshiped the Prince Consort as the Commander-in-Chief, moved to the West Sea Prefecture, and was given the title of Marquis of Guannei. [Note 1]
This time, because of his great prestige, he was highly respected by the Qiang and Hu tribes, and he had served as the chief of Po Qiang in Xiping County, so he was promoted to the prefect of Xiping by Cao Rui. He hoped that he could appease the Qiang and Hu tribes in the Huangshui River Valley and allow them to stand on their own. Fight against Shu under the banner of Wei.
Yang Feng is a famous knight-errant in Liangzhou.
The courtesy name is Boyang, a native of Jiuquan. When he was young, he often took revenge and settled grudges. People at that time nicknamed him: "The East Market is looking for Yang Aruo, and the West Market is looking for Yang Aruo."
During the Jian'an period, there was great disturbance in Hexi. He thought it was unjust for the powerful right to besiege the government, so he took the initiative to run for the prefect. Later, using his own prestige, he went into the Qiang to find the Qiang and Hu leaders and borrowed more than a thousand cavalry to serve, and worked with the government to put down the rebellion.
After the rebellion, he was promoted by the county to be filial and honest, and the state showed his righteousness and bravery, and he was ordered to worship the prince-in-law as the commander-in-chief.
Now, Cao Rui thought that he could win over the Qiang and Hu tribes, so he made him Pang Xu's deputy.
It's just that after they got the appointment, they felt equally unhappy. That's why the two of them were given "righteousness"!
Wei and Han were fighting for orthodoxy, but they allowed the powerful rightists to separatist power over the common people. Is this still righteous?
Naturally, some people feel sad, while others feel inexplicably happy.
It is Huang Hua from Jiuquan Haoyou.
At first, he, Wuwei Yanjun, Zhangye Heluan, Xiping Quyan and others called themselves generals and jointly raised the counties to rebel. However, due to internal discord and mutual attacks and the decline of their power, they had no choice but to surrender.
Later, he and Qu Yan colluded with Zhang Jin of Zhangye County and the Hulu tribe of Wuwei County to rebel.
However, as Zhang Jin and Qu Yan were defeated and killed one after another, he had no choice but to surrender again and was transferred to Guandong to serve.
Now Emperor Cao Rui actually asked him to come back!
And he was appointed as the prefect of Jiuquan in this county!
Such a result made the ambition in his heart come alive like a dead tree blooming with spring.
Even though he knew clearly that the emperor Cao Rui had set many restrictions and asked him to prepare for war with great strength and obey the orders of Xia Houru, who had just been transferred to the general of the Western Conquest, to jointly resist the rebellion against Shu, he was extremely excited.
Isn't it because of the vigorous military strength that he can sow his prestige in the county?
In the same way, resisting Shu is to protect one's own territory, isn't it?
Why not!
Furthermore, when his prestige makes all the people in the county bow their heads and obey orders, it will be Xia Houru's turn to ask him to send troops!
Ha~~~~
However, Huang Hua is not the biggest beneficiary of the policy of "man on border governing border".
The Zhang family of Dunhuang County is the biggest winner.
Zhang Gong, who had a long history of learning and benevolence, was first a meritorious official in Dunhuang County.
During the great disturbance in Hexi, the prefect Ma Ai died in office. He was promoted by the people of the county to make a long history. They sent his son to the east of Weiwu to invite the prefect to serve. He also sent his younger brother Zhang Hua to capture the rebellious Jiuquan Sha. At the head of the Qianqi County, two hundred cavalry were sent to welcome the officials and their families, as well as the new governor Yin Feng to take office in the county.
After Cao Pi came to the throne, he recorded an edict praising his previous achievements, and granted him the title of Marquis of Guannei and the rank of Lieutenant of Wuji in the Western Regions.
Later, he wanted to conquer Luoyang, and he would be given the position of courtier, and his son Zhang Jiu would succeed him as Wuji captain. However, after Zhang Gong returned to Dunhuang, his county, he refused to leave his hometown because of his old age and illness.
Now, Cao Rui once again asked him to serve in Luo, and he went happily.
Because his younger brother Zhang Hua was awarded the title of Governor of Xihai, Zizhang was awarded the title of Governor of Dunhuang!
He became the most powerful right man in Liangzhou.
And before he went to Luo, he also met with Huang Hua in private.
Well, the Zhang family has a grudge against Huang Hua.
During the Great Troubles in Hexi, part of the achievements of the Zhang family were based on the rebellion against Huang Hua. However, now that the two families are officials in the same dynasty and are connected to each other, some things can be selectively forgotten in the face of common interests. .
Liangzhou Haoyou, it is normal to combine and divide.
Just like Han Sui and Ma Teng in the past, they attacked each other after becoming brothers, and then formed an alliance after killing their wives and children.
Itβs okay not to mention the sordid entanglement of interests.
After conniving the power of Liangzhou Haoyou, the Wei State Temple also arranged the responsibilities of various garrison troops accordingly.
In order to prepare for the advance of Ni Shu and to take back Liangzhou in the future.
Xia Houru, the general who conquered the west, led his headquarters into the Wushui River Basin and stationed himself in the fields to support himself.
On the one hand, it was to coerce the severely injured Xianbei begging tribe to surrender.
Even if they no longer send troops to accompany the expedition, it is still good to pay tribute to some cattle, sheep, horses and some grain to feed the garrison.
Another reason was to guard against other Xianbei and Xiongnu tribes living in the Hetao Plain, who would take the opportunity to collude with Liangzhou Haoyou internally and externally, so that Liangzhou could be completely separated from Wei's control.
Guo Huai succeeded him to conquer Shu and protect the army, and his duties and powers remained unchanged.
He still supervised the military affairs of the two counties of Jincheng and Xiping, and was the first line of defense against Shu.
However, he welcomed a general.
He is Pang Hui, the son of Pang De, whose posthumous title is "Zhuanghou".
Pang De is a native of Nan'an. When he was subordinate to Ma Teng, he often fell into Chen Que's enemy in every battle, and he was the bravest of the entire army. Later he returned to Wei Wu and Cao Cao. kill.
It also allowed his descendants to receive preferential treatment from Cao Wei.
Now that Pang Hui has grown up, and it coincides with the troubled autumn in Liangzhou, the emperor Cao Rui awarded him the title of General Liyi, his father's former commander, and sent him to Guo Huai for dispatch. He wanted to use him as an example of "a rich man with a lot of money," and bring the imperial court to the old. Show favor to others.
On the Guanzhong side, after the great Sima Cao Zhen returned from his army, he began to appease the Li people, persuade farmers and mulberry trees, and build military camps on a large scale.
It seems that this plan has extinguished the ambition to conquer Ni Shu.
The only mobilization of troops and horses was to transfer Wei Ping to serve in Beidi County; let Xiahou Ba replace him, and led more than 10,000 people to station in Anding County to govern Jingyang County to pacify the place.
For example, be on guard against the Xiongnu branch.
Hu Bo, the leader of Wei Baosai, has led the tribe to move some distance north and no longer obeys Wei's orders. He has also been in frequent contact with the Qiang tribe in Beidi County, but his intentions are unclear. With the current situation, Wei In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the state cannot send troops to attack, so let Xiahou Ba temporarily monitor it.
In addition, Cao Zhen also sent General Fei Yao to lead more than 5,000 people and set up a garrison outside Xiaoguan along the Jingshui River.
It's just a passive defense to guard the camp.
Because when you leave Xiaoguan from Longyou, the terrain is condescending.
No matter how many troops Wei sent to defend outside, Ni Shu would clearly see the truth and reality at a glance.
It is impossible to prevent troops from sending troops against Shu.
Therefore, Cao Zhen asked General Fei Yao to guard the road and act as an outpost to guard against the enemy.
If we send troops against Shu, we can send a message back as soon as possible so that the army in Guanzhong can prepare to meet the enemy.
Naturally, Wei's large-scale planning could not hide the Han's meticulous work.
After Prime Minister Zhuge Liang heard about it, he also dispatched various troops and horses accordingly and made preparations to attack Liangzhou.
When Cao Zhen retreated against Wei, the Han army did not pursue him.
On the one hand, the Wei army still has strength.
Going against Wei means not retreating after defeat, but must leave elite soldiers in the rear. A sudden pursuit may lead to an ambush; and continuous heavy rains are not conducive to marching.
On the other hand, the Han army suffered a lot of casualties in the battle.
Under the attack of Ni Wei regardless of casualties, even if the Han army's soldiers and horses defended the danger, a total of more than 10,000 soldiers were killed or disabled and retired. This time, Ni Wei killed more people and recaptured Xiaoguan. The results are impressive and there is no need to cause more casualties.
Furthermore, the big man's foundation is still weak after all.
The 100,000-strong army had been fighting fiercely for nearly two months, and had lost countless amounts of food, fodder, and baggage. It seemed that it was becoming unsustainable.
At least the Dongwu grain and fodder obtained by trading war horses in the past has been exhausted.
Therefore, except for a few generals who had other things to do, the prime minister asked all troops to return to their previous stations and continue to cultivate their own fields while practicing martial arts, waiting for the opportunity to attack Liangzhou when there was sufficient food.
The soldiers and horses that cannot yet take off their armor are Li Yan, Wu Ban, Ma Dai and Jiang Wei.
Among them, Wu Ban's troops took over Zheng Pu's troops to guard Xiaoguan.
Li Yan and other three troops marched into Wangqu Valley in Longxi County.
After retreating against the Wei Dynasty, the Shenlang Zhongqiang had been unwilling to submit to the Han Dynasty. It was time to deal with it.
Otherwise, when they march into Liangzhou in the future, they will need to keep troops and horses to guard them.
Moreover, Li Yan had asked for orders to lead the army in the expedition a long time ago.
This time, he was allowed to supervise various ministries, use the Qiang of ginseng and wolf species as a whetstone, and become familiar with the combat skills of the Qiang and Hu tribes in the northwest. This power should be a preparation for knowing yourself and the enemy!
As for why Jiang Wei also accompanied the expedition?
It was because the prime minister wanted him to accumulate meritorious service and establish prestige in the military.
Nowadays, the three kingdoms are competing for supremacy, and enemies will be rewarded with titles to show their favor.
This is the reason why Jiang Weifu was granted the title of Marquis as soon as he entered the Han Dynasty.
However, the prime minister recognized his talents and treated him very seriously, and also granted him military power, which made the generals in the army feel a little dissatisfied.
I want to ask, they all lived and died for many years before they were authorized to command an army, and Jiang Weifu became the commander-in-chief as soon as he came. Does anyone have any ulterior motives?
Naturally, no one would slander the Prime Minister.
There is no scruple in slandering him.
When resisting the Wei Dynasty this time, the prime minister specifically asked him to guard the Lianyun plank road connecting Baoxie Valley and Chencang Road, without being controlled by others, so that he could take this opportunity to prove his ability.
Moreover, when the Prime Minister addressed Li Yan in private, he added an extra sentence.
"Listen together and you will understand. When I was supervising the war, I often asked Zheng Zijin to review the military affairs and make plans. Now that Zhengfang is also supervising the expedition of various ministries, there should be someone who can consult on military matters. Jiang Boyue is also a sergeant in Liangzhou! Planning strategies may be slightly inferior to
Zijin, if you have any doubts about the Qiang and Hu things you are familiar with, you can ask more."
Li Yan looked at someone who could be praised so highly by the Prime Minister.
Moreover, he was already aware of Zheng Pu's planning skills; Jiang Weiruo was only half as good, but he was also a leader among the great men!
Therefore, when he sent out troops, he always kept Jiang Wei by his side and asked him questions at all times.
In addition to military affairs, the Prime Minister also had countermeasures to deal with the rebellion against the Wei Dynasty and the connivance of the right-wing separatist regime in Liangzhou.
He went to the imperial court to move to Chu and become the prefect of Shu County, and asked him to move his family to Li County, Guanghan, where he was naturalized.
Under the old Han Dynasty system, people from the border areas were not allowed to move inland!
Because since ancient times, borderlands have also been places of exile.
Most of the Han people who lived here were descendants of the local garrison soldiers who had disbanded their armor and returned to their fields, criminal ministers, prisoners, and impoverished Shibian heads of Guizhou.
Even though there are some families that have gone through hundreds of years of struggle and established a family name for generations, are loyal to the court and have many meritorious deeds, they are still despised by the Guandong aristocratic families.
The reason is very sad: it has the style of Hulu! It even has the blood of Hulu!
From the roots of blood and cultural etiquette, the identity of the people on the border was rejected as a member of the Han family.
Just like Zhang Huan, one of the Three Ming Dynasties of Liangzhou who had great military exploits in the past, who had spent his whole life fighting chaos for the Han Dynasty and the Qiang.
He was originally from Yuanquan, Dunhuang. After a great victory, he was rewarded based on his merits and declined all rewards. He only asked Emperor Ling Liu Hong to move his family's place of origin inland, and then he moved to Huayin County, Hongnong County due to his meritorious service.
Household registration.
Today, the prime minister asked You Chu, a native of Wuwei, to move inland. He wanted to use this as an example to release goodwill and temptation to the Liangzhou heroes: if they are willing to submit to the Han Dynasty, they can move inland, so that future generations can get rid of the "frontier despicable people".
"Husband"; let the family become a distinguished family that will not be despised by others in the future!
As for Zheng Pu, he led the army back to Ji County.
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[Note 1: Xihai County, established by Wang Mang, was located to the west of present-day Xiping County (Qinghai), and was later abandoned. During the Jian'an period of Emperor Xian, the Juyan vassal state of Zhangye County was changed to Xihai County. γ
