The sun turned westward, and with mixed feelings, Ekin and his concubine said goodbye and left.
The Han army agreed to Lu Shuihu's request for attachment, and also agreed to return all the pastures and acres that had been usurped by the Wei government, other Qiang and Hu tribes, and Haoyou.
However, these pastures and acres were painted in Hanzhong or Shu.
"The land in the Hexi Corridor is barren and bitterly cold. The Guibu has been in decline for a long time. If it continues to stay in Weiwu County, it may not be possible to regain its momentum in decades. Therefore, before I came, the Prime Minister specifically gave instructions, claiming that the Guibu would be moved to a place where the soil is fertile.
The abundant water and grass in Shu should make up for the inability of the Han Dynasty to visit Hexi in recent years, which caused your tribe to suffer harsh hardships against the Wei Dynasty."
The Han general explained it this way.
Another official attending the banquet, Zhuge Qiao, the son of the prime minister, also swore that Lu Shuihu would never be harshly treated after moving to Shu.
This made Concubine Ekin stunned at first, and then felt sad in her heart.
Having survived for decades, he had no shortage of sophistication and wisdom, and it was easy to hear the hidden meaning of the Han army - the Han did not want Lu Shuihu to have a leader again, let alone let them stay in an uncontrollable place far away from the temple.
Restore momentum.
Migrating to the Shu region and dividing the territory into separate households eliminated the cohesion of the tribe and prevented the generation of rebellion.
Sure enough, all Han family members are the same.
Both the Wei State and the Han Dynasty were afraid of Lu Shuihu, who had once rebelled.
However, even though he knew it in his heart, he had to accept it due to the situation.
Lu Shuihu, who was still on his last breath, had no better choice.
However, he himself still has room for maneuver.
After his ambitions were wiped out in his heart, he retreated to the next best thing, claiming that his deceased brother's son was very brave and could make his troops die, so he was willing to join the army and serve the Han Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, he wanted to take advantage of it.
He knew that the world was divided into three parts, and the war between Han and Wei was in full swing. Even if Lu Shuihu was registered as a citizen, he would definitely be conscripted as a soldier by the Han Dynasty with a small land and few people.
Since you have to fight and dance sooner or later, you might as well join the army now and gain fame as soon as possible.
Furthermore, since the Han army surrendered before the Han army could recapture the Hexi Corridor, the Han army would certainly treat him kindly and promise him an official position for the sake of his horse bones.
In fact, Ekin's concubine's idea is not bad at all.
After Zheng Pu and Zhuge Qiao heard the request, they understood what he was thinking.
But he still smiled and praised a lot of high-sounding words, promising that he would definitely write a letter to the prime minister and award him an official position.
Show your sincerity~~
Who gave Ekin the concubine such a coincidence to secretly "ask for an official position" at the right time?
At that time, Zheng Pu still had a bad taste in his heart.
When I was thinking about writing a book for Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, I specially added a sentence to arrange for the nephew of Ekin's concubine to serve in the land of Nanzhong!
Get rid of this unpleasant feeling of being taken advantage of.
Anyway, he is a member of the Central Guards, and he has a say in the selection and appointment of low-ranking generals.
However, when he met Ekin's nephew, he changed his mind.
This person's name is Li Tang Mang. He has not yet reached the age of 30, but he has already made a huge name in the Hexi Corridor.
Yes, he is a thief who robbed homes and homes!
During the war when Lu Shuihu was suppressed by the Wei State, his biological father died in battle. As a young man, he was rescued by his uncle's tribe members. Because he wanted revenge and did not want to be enslaved by the Wei State, he attracted Bai Bai when he grew up.
The rest of the tribe became horse thieves with no fixed abode.
Although within a few years, the number of casualties among the shadow followers dropped sharply to around twenty.
However, his bravery and ferocity made the bureaucrats, powerful rightists and caravans in the Hexi Corridor change their minds.
Moreover, as the Wei government frequently sent troops to encircle and suppress people, he gradually lost the bandit spirit of fighting only with blood and bravery. Not only did he train his subordinates to prohibit words and deeds, but he also vaguely developed rules for military campaigns and attacks.
This time, the concubine Yi Jian, who was old and dying, was able to successfully evade Wei's surveillance and came to the Fortress of Manyin to see the Han army, which was due to his escort.
In order to prevent the Wei State from noticing Lu Shuihu's intention to seek shelter from the Han army, he actually broke into the residence of Yi Jian's concubine at night, hacked to death and injured more than a dozen people of the same origin, and then killed
Ekin's prostitutes and belongings were taken away together.
A veritable "fake thing to confuse the real thing".
However, what Zheng Pu valued was not Li Tang Mang's decisiveness and ruthlessness.
Rather, he has traveled throughout the Hexi Corridor in the past few years and has a clear understanding of the terrain. He can also be the best guide for the Han Dynasty to march into Hexi in the future.
When Qieli Tang Mang was first introduced, he offered him military information.
More than a month ago, when the Kewu tribe migrated into Xiutuze, he led the bandits behind and wanted to take the opportunity to seize some luggage. Unexpectedly, he accidentally bumped into Liu Bao, the Xian King of the Left of the Xiongnu, who sent about three thousand horses into Xiutuze.
After hearing this military information, Zheng Pu immediately felt awe-inspiring.
The news that Liu Bao, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, was granted the title of Protector of Shuofang by the Wei Dynasty was not a secret among the Han Dynasty.
Now, since the Xiongnu who were attached to Ni Wei sent troops to Xiutuze, would Ni Wei also take measures in Yuwei County, which is closer to the Fortress of Manyin?
He quickly moved out of the military tent, called the soldiers on guard, and ordered them to rush to the fortress immediately to find Zhang Bao, and asked him to send a messenger across the river again to find Jiang Wei's return.
Military sentiment is like fire.
It was already mid-June, and the army led by Wei Yan to attack Jincheng County was already on the way. If he failed to detect potential dangers in advance, he would be derelict in his duties.
Naturally, Li Tang Mang also received Zheng Pu's kindness.
Directly using the authority of the Central Guard Army, he was kept by his side to temporarily serve as a subordinate.
He also wrote a letter and sent it to the Prime Minister, asking him to be given the post of Commander-in-Chief of another department. This was an unusual letter.
After all, it is a mere horse thief who is trusted with his life by his side when they first meet. It is rare for such a person to be employed without suspicion.
Even Li Tang Mang was surprised, and for a while he vowed to show his loyalty to the sky and the earth.
When he stood up, he specifically gave way to the governor of the tribe to beg his teeth for half a step to show that he had no objections.
However, it was said that after Ekin and his concubine left, the people Zheng Pu and Zhuge Qiao met again were some down-and-out scholars and wandering knights in the Hexi Corridor.
Almost all of these people come alone, and their intentions are very obvious.
They had no chance to get ahead under the rule of Wei, so they hoped to stand under the banner of the Han Dynasty and change their destiny.
The difference is nothing more than literature and martial arts.
Zheng Pu didn't have much interest in the rangers, so he asked the soldiers on guard to lead them to the fortress and hand them over to Liu Yin for selection.
These people are used to being dissolute in daily life, often acting on their own initiative, and using force to violate the prohibitions. Without some training, they are unable to serve as soldiers in the military formation.
But those down-and-out scholars are not like that.
Although these scholars must be good and bad, or their talents and learning must be low, the Han Dynasty has regained quite a large territory in these years, and county magistrates, county magistrates, and other assistants such as chief clerks and clerks can still be transferred from Shu.
But the food officials were helpless.
After all, how many scholars are willing to travel hundreds of miles to fight for food?
And these scholars, who were born in humble beginnings and were literate, were the best candidates to supplement the minor officials.
And when Zheng Pu came out of the military tent to meet him, he suddenly discovered a man who stood out from the crowd.
The man was about a young man, more than seven feet tall, extremely thin, and his clothes were full of traces of seams and patches. However, he had a round and square forehead, a neatly trimmed light beard, deep eyes, and a hanging nose. He had a majestic appearance.
It makes people feel good.
With such clothes and appearance, as soon as he saw him, he knew that he was a man from the White House.
After all, even after living in poverty for countless years, I couldn’t have a body that was so upright and slim; and without the painstaking study, I couldn’t have developed a magnanimous temperament filled with poetry and calligraphy.
When they saw Zheng Pu and Zhuge Qiao approaching, they were neither humble nor overbearing. They just bowed slightly and raised their hands in salute, without even a hint of flattery.
"I am Zheng Pu, the guard of the Han Dynasty. May I ask who you are?"
Zheng Pu, who had a good impression of him, came up to him, helped him up with great courtesy and asked questions.
"Reporting to General, I am from Jiuquan Biao County, my surname is Li."
The man raised his head and answered in an unhurried manner.
But before he finished speaking, when his eyes met Zheng Pu's eyes, he pinched Zheng Pu's hand and pulled it back. His body suddenly leaned forward; he flipped his other wrist and pulled out a short hand from his sleeve.