The captain who protects Qiang is worth two thousand stones.
Mainly the Western Qiang. It can be arranged and compiled; it can be attacked and attacked.
He was responsible for taking care of people with integrity, managing their grievances, walking around every year, and asking about their sufferings. He also sent several envoys to communicate with the people, so that the Qiang and barbarians outside the Great Wall could be the eyes and ears of the officials, so that the states and counties could make preparations.
Jiang Wei, who held the post of captain of the Qiang Guard, had arbitrary power in handling Qiang affairs.
No matter whether the Qiang tribe is within the territory of the Han Dynasty or outside the territory.
It was this arbitrary power that caused him to fall into a war between heaven and man in the valley where he pursued the Shenlang Qiang to the Animaqing Mountains.
Marching in pursuit would be of great benefit to the big man.
Since the fall of the Han Dynasty at the turn of the two emperors Lingxian, Liangzhou has been troubled for decades. The Qiang and Hu tribes with some strength have become unruly and no longer respect the Central Plains Dynasty.
Whether it's the Wei Dynasty or the Han Dynasty.
They even often raised troops to rebel or invade, and robbed or killed the common people in the counties of Han Dynasty.
For example, Jiang Wei's late father, Jiang Ji, died in the Qiang-Hu rebellion.
Now that the Han Dynasty is about to march into Liangzhou, it is imperative to re-establish the deterrent power of the Han Dynasty.
Even if it is not possible to achieve what Chen Tang said in the past, "Anyone who openly offends a strong Han will be punished no matter how far away", we still need to make those Qiang and Hu tribes feel afraid when they hear the name of the big Han and dare not make enemies of the big Han.
The wolf breeds Qiang, which is a tribe that can be used to kill chickens to scare monkeys.
Marshal Shenlang, Li Yan and other subsequent troops who fled to Qingshan Mountain in the west were able to defeat the enemy easily.
If he can escape the remnants of Shenlang in the river valley of the Animaqing Mountains, he can show the determination of the Han Dynasty to the Qiang and Hu tribes inside and outside Liangzhou: if he dares to raise troops to become the enemy of the Han Dynasty, no matter how far he escapes, he will not be spared.
Distress!
Furthermore, pursuit is also a consideration to nip danger in the bud.
Be it the Xiqing Mountains or the river valleys of the Animaqing Mountains, they were both remote places for the Han people.
The Han Dynasty will not and cannot move people to the border areas and occupy these places!
This will bring about a problem: whether those Shenlang Qiang who fled to the valley of the Animaqing Mountains allied with the Baima Qiang or were annexed, tribes of the Baima Qiang would come to occupy the Taoshui River in Xiqing Mountain.
river valley.
Later, by occupying a larger territory, they became more populous and powerful, which in turn gave rise to the desire to invade the Han border.
This is a foreseeable consequence.
Various Qiang chaos over hundreds of years have proven this point countless times.
And from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, the conquest of the Shenlang Qiang was to solve the worries of marching into Liangzhou; it was not to give the Baima Qiang a chance to become powerful and create a greater threat.
Otherwise, as long as the Qiang and the Qiang of the Shenlang species had not invaded each other before, why waste manpower and material resources on attacking them?
However, the risk of pursuing them is also very high.
First of all, the only troops who obeyed his orders without any conditions were three thousand.
The five thousand cavalry assigned by Hussar General Li Yan were only temporarily under his command and were not directly under his command.
If there is a normal combat order, the generals at all levels can still obey the orders; but with such a desperate order, those generals will argue based on reason, and it is understandable not to obey the general's orders, and he cannot force it. Just like the battle of Xiaoguandao in the past, temporarily
Wang Ping, who was transferred to Ma Su's command, refused to obey his orders, and Ma Su had nothing to do about it.
Secondly, pursuit is an adventure in which the lives of countless soldiers are gambled.
Trapped in complex terrain, if you want to pursue, you can only abandon your baggage and food and go lightly. If you are informed of the whereabouts of the White Horse Qiang and others along the way, you can prepare for the battle in advance, or if you can't decide whether to fight in the past or not, you will
Falling into a dead end, the white-horse Qiang only need to stand firm and wait until the Han army is out of food and annihilate themselves.
Again, it’s a question of trust in the guide.
When chasing in unknown terrain, you must find a guide.
Most of Jiang Wei's soldiers are from the Heshou Qiang and Baima Qiang from the Baishui Basin. They are not very familiar with the roads from the Taoshui Basin to the river valley of the Animaqing Mountains. If they pursue, they must surrender along the way.
The small Qiang tribe of the Shenlang tribe looked for guides to lead the way for the army.
However, can these Qiang people, who have just been forced to surrender by the Han soldiers, be trusted?
Can this kind of trust be able to withstand the consequences of being wiped out by one oversight?
Finally, there is Jiang Wei’s own consideration.
He is a descendant, born with a different kind of aura.
Even a few years and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's extraordinary abilities could not offset the growing gap in people's hearts.
Therefore, he must be cautious in his actions, and even more cautious when leading troops on expeditions.
Whether it's to worry about worldly views, or more importantly, to live up to the Prime Minister's trust.
In this case, the best choice is not to take risks.
After all, Li Yan's military order asked him to lead the front march into Xiqing Mountain, instead of changing the route to the valley of the Animaqing Mountains on his own initiative. Even if it is "The general is outside, the emperor's order will be different" in "The Art of War"
Even if you accept it, you can't stop others from criticizing you.
Therefore, a combination of many reasons caused Jiang Wei to hesitate briefly.
Yes, temporarily.
When he walked slowly and supervised his soldiers to collect the small Qiang tribe of Shenlang tribe that came to surrender, he also saw the situation of the Qiang women and children in the tribe.
It is now February in spring, and the sky is still full of wind and snow.
However, many Qiang women show a natural selection attitude towards their children.
Many infants or toddlers are only wrapped in a few pieces of animal skins by their mothers, who are not at all worried about their children being exposed to wind and snow and contracting cold or illness.
Jiang Wei suddenly remembered the Han family's knowledge of the Xiqiang.
For Western Qiang, if the fruit is on the synapse, death in battle is considered auspicious, and the end of the disease is unlucky. The nature is strong and brave, and can withstand cold and hardship, similar to animals. Even if a woman gives birth to a child, she cannot avoid wind and snow.
In other words, those who are qualified to survive in the barren soil of the northwest will not care too much about life and death.
As long as they promise enough benefits, they won't have to worry about whether they can survive if they are pursued.
At least, his three thousand soldiers, mainly Qiang people, had nothing to fear.
Even if the five thousand soldiers assigned by Li Yan were temporarily under his control, even if he was unwilling to participate in the pursuit, he could still fight to the death alone.
Because he is not afraid of death.
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang treated him very kindly, as if giving him a new life, so that he had no intention of caring about personal gains and losses.
As long as it's beneficial to the Northern Expedition and beneficial to the Han Dynasty, just do it.
There is no need to think too much.
It's done, everyone is happy.
If you fail, you will apologize with your own body and have no regrets in this life.
Just like Pingbei General Zheng Pu took away Xiao Guan's "good luck".
Jiang Wei is a native of Ji County. He has lived in Longyou for nearly 30 years. He has seen white disasters, droughts, flash floods and other natural disasters, but he has never experienced a major epidemic. It is not that he is lucky, but the climate in the northwest rarely induces major epidemics.
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And he was once a member of the Wei army.
I know that Cao Zhen, the great commander of the Anti-Wei Dynasty who guarded the northwest, participated in many battles against Sun Wu. From the experience of frequent epidemics in the river basin, he accumulated a lot of experience in protecting the army from major epidemic outbreaks. Dai Ling, the general of the Anti-Wei Dynasty, and
Wei Ping, both of whom had served under Cao Zhen for many years, could never let their army sergeants contract a serious epidemic in the northwest region.
In other words, the great epidemic that occurred when Xiaoguan was guarding the Wei army came very strangely.
Zheng Pu's good luck is also very strange.
Although the prime minister claimed that this was God's help for the great man when he presented to the court, Jiang Wei had a vague understanding in his heart.
Even Zheng Pu, who was highly regarded by the prime minister and was brother-in-law to the emperor, did not hesitate to honor his country and did not take into account the criticism of others. What was the taboo for him to demote someone?
A true man is born in this world, and he who repays kindness to others does not care about life and death!
Those who seek to benefit the country do not care about honor, disgrace, gain or loss!
If everything fails, you will die, so why worry about it!
Jiang Wei, who was determined, asked his personal guards to convey the order to the troops at home, and then summoned the generals and subordinates of Li Yan's five thousand soldiers, informing them of his intention to pursue, and letting them decide whether to accompany him.
Not surprisingly, most of the Yamen generals or captains rejected the proposal because the pursuit was too risky.
Some generals spoke out, claiming that this arrangement violated the general order of the hussar general Li Yan and that he could not risk the lives of his soldiers.
Some generals were more tactful.
In addition to refusing, he also claimed that he admired Jiang Wei's courage and was willing to mobilize more than a hundred of his troops to accompany him on the expedition to enhance his reputation.
There was only one small school with 800 soldiers who immediately agreed to go with him.
His name is Jiang Shu.
Not long after the twenties of the year, it is a time of passion and heroic spirit.
Therefore, Jiang Wei asked the generals who were unwilling to accompany him to lead the army to the Xiqing Mountains, while he took more than 4,000 soldiers, abandoned all his baggage, and headed for the valley of the Animaqing Mountains with light equipment.
Before leaving, he wrote a letter and sent it to Li Yan, the commander-in-chief of the battle.
say:
"We rebelled against Wei and abandoned people, but the imperial court did not abandon them and took them as pawns. The prime minister treated me with kindness and kindness; the general promoted me like a respected elder. I was grateful and had nothing to repay. Now there are heroes from the Qiang captives, ginseng and wolves, who have gone south.
The intention is to join forces with the Qiang captives and white horse breeds. If we don't attack them, I'm afraid they will cause disaster to our great Han Dynasty in the future! Wei Zi thinks that there are generals in Xiqing Mountain to supervise the army, so there is nothing to worry about. Therefore, Wei Yuan leads four thousand troops there.
Pursue them in the south and attack them. If you win, we will take the road to Baishui and return to Yinping County; if you lose, you will die in the captives, and the general will not worry about it."
When Li Yan got the letter, it was already two days later.
This is also the reason why Jiang Wei decided to leave without asking for orders.
The road along the Taoshui River Valley is not easy to walk, and the time it takes to call for orders back and forth will delay the fighter plane.
"Ziyuan, we are getting old after all."
After reading it, Li Yan forwarded the letter to Wu Yi and sighed quietly.
Wu Yi was also a little surprised.
After taking the letter and reading it quickly, I realized what Li Yan was sighing about.
He is an old man of Han Dynasty and has known Li Yan for a long time, so he knows that if the two of them were in Jiang Wei's situation, they would never choose to lead the army south in pursuit!
It's not that they don't have enough generals to see the harm caused by the Qiang of the Samlang species flowing into the valley of the Animaqing Mountains; it's not that they have lost their courage because of their old age and dare not lead the army there.
It's because they are all old men in the military.
The longer you stay in the army, the more cautious you will become, and you will weigh the pros and cons of military warfare.
It's not that it's bad to act this way.
On the contrary, acting like this is the character a general should have.
But the counterpart is to strive for stability and foolproofness in everything, and you will lose your determination to move forward.
Fighting requires courage.
If you don't put yourself to death, you won't be able to win a decisive battle.
Especially on the ever-changing battlefield, sometimes indomitable spirit can often turn decay into magic.
The "old age" that Li Yan sighed does not just mean that they are getting older, but also that they have been immersed in high positions for a long time and are used to worrying about gains and losses, so they have lost their vigor.
"Heh~~~"
After being silent for a long time, Wu Yi suddenly laughed softly and said, "Why does the general feel evil? If we are not calm, how can we tolerate the enthusiasm of the younger people? Since Jiang Boyue has an enterprising spirit, we will strengthen it.
Just let him use his talent and learning as he wishes. Besides, if the general is missing, how can the Prime Minister let Zheng Zijin display his talent and learning?"
Kong Ming and Zheng Zijin?
Hearing this, Li Yan's eyes narrowed slightly and he paused while stroking his hands.
Soon he was laughing heartily.
So he combined Jiang Wei's writings with the daily military reports and forwarded them to the prime minister for review, and there was no more sighing.
He also ordered Liao Hua to supervise the rear army to escort the grain, fodder and baggage on the grounds that there was internal discord among the Shenlang Qiang people, people were panicking, and their power was no longer as strong as before.
Five days later, we pursued him, and the army attacked with a roar.
The Langzhong Qiang rebelled against the enemy and were severely defeated. Countless people surrendered, and most of the cattle, sheep, and horses were captured by the Han army.
The powerful commanders of all major tribes were all escorted by close cavalry and fled.
Li Yannai detached Liu Yin's army and escorted the captives and captured soldiers back. He did not ask Wu Yi to lead the infantry behind, but he himself led the cavalry in pursuit.
Eight days later, they met Ma Dai's general Yang Ji.
The Huawai Zhongzhong Qiang in the Zizhihe meander area had already been defeated. Ma Dai and Shaodang Qiang King Mangzhong were pursuing them fiercely. Worried about the lack of cavalry on Li Yan's side, he sent Yang Ji to come with 500 cavalry to assist in the battle.
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Five days later, Li Yan pursued him to Xiqing Mountain.
The powerful Qiang commanders of the ginseng and wolf breeds all hid in the valley, felling trees and blocking the roads to guard the area.
Li Yannai marched hundreds of steps before the battle and dropped into camp to block the road. He made loud propaganda every moment and pretended to march, causing great disturbance to the enemy.
That night, at the third watch, he personally put on his armor and armed himself, led his soldiers into the valley, crossed the chasm and attacked, killing more than 3,000 people below the commander. The enemy was defeated and they all fell to the ground and asked to surrender.
The ginseng and wolf species of Qiang in Xiqing Mountain were all wiped out.
Jiang Wei, who had more than 4,000 soldiers, ordered his soldiers to carry fifteen days of rations, and pursued them with light troops.
During the day, they picked up snow along the way to eat, and at night, they hugged each other to stay warm and slept.
After chasing for more than twenty days, we reached the river valley of the Animaqing Mountains.
At that time, the Shenlang Qiang had already joined the Baima Qiang tribe in Huawai. The tents stretched for more than thirty miles, and the smoke from the cooking pots danced in the sky.
The Han army was tired, hungry and thirsty, and when they saw the Qiang troops in full force, they were all afraid of them.
Jiang Wei then ordered his soldiers not to eat or drink, and encouraged them, saying: "If you travel a thousand miles away from the country, you will achieve success if you advance, but you will die if you leave. You will not regret your life, but you will behead the captives to share the fame and honor your family!"
Immediately, Naizi, wearing armor and holding a contradiction, stepped forward first, shouting loudly, and the soldiers fought with all their lives, fearing that they would be behind.
Then they defeated the Erqiang.
The thieves abandoned their homes and ran away, taking innumerable items including cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, felts, fur tents, and tents.
Jiang Wei then ordered his soldiers not to protect the baggage and continued to pursue him, traveling more than 200 miles in a day and night.
On the third day, I met the thief.
He then ordered the army to draw sharp swords, triple spears, strong crossbows, and light cavalry as the left and right wings to fight the thieves again.
The Han soldiers shouted loudly and rushed forward with all their strength; the Qiang captives lost their temper and retreated step by step.
When Jiang Wei saw this, he ordered his cavalry to gallop from the side and attack them suddenly. The formation collapsed and more than 5,000 soldiers were beheaded before the battle. All of them were defeated.
At this point, all the ginseng, wolf, and Qiang species were wiped out.
