The reply from Xianbei Tuoba tribe was not what Jia Xu expected.
Even though he promised to provide food and fodder and the Tuoba tribe would have priority in selecting the spoils after the war, Marshal Dai Hua Langni was still unwilling to fight side by side with the Wei army.
And his attitude remains the same.
He claimed that with thousands of his clansmen, he could plunder the Han army's baggage and return home, so why should he condescend to listen to Jia Xu's orders?
Jia Xuneng vaguely guessed Dai Hua Langni's lustful look and inner lust.
He was afraid.
Let me ask, if he brought his tribe here, and if the Han army noticed the location of his troops, how could they not regard him as the first choice for attack?
In other words, he did not want to become a consumable in the war between Han and Wei again.
Jia Xu didn't try to persuade him, he just let him go.
Because a dagger hidden in the shadow is more worrying than an unsheathed sword.
As long as Dai Hua Langni remained in Hexi, the Han army would have to be on guard, which would already be a burden for Wei.
In fact, on the way to find Yang Fu, the latest news reported by the scouts made Jia Xu laugh.
Wei Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Han army, either because he thought it was too embarrassing to have his baggage looted by Xianbei, or because he wanted to boost the morale of his soldiers who had been defeated for a while before the battle, so he separated two thousand Qiang cavalry from the Qiang camp, and was led by Jiang Wei himself.
He left the team and went to Yuwei to look for Dai Hua Lang Ni.
And there is a strong tendency not to kill him, but to swear to return to the master.
To this day, the Wei State will no longer look down upon Jiang Wei as a mediocre person.
Based on his past record of chasing down the Shenlang Qiang for thousands of miles and successfully attacking the Manyin City fortress in a decisive attack, no one would think that the Xianbei Tuoba tribe could compete with him.
Even though Governor Jiang Wei leads fewer cavalry.
However, Jia Xu didn't care about Dai Hua Lang Ni's life or death.
What he was concerned about was that the Han army, which originally had few cavalry, actually separated the cavalry to protect the Qiang camp.
You know, among the 30,000 coalition troops in Hexi under his command, there are nearly 18,000 cavalry!
With only Ma Dai's three thousand Xiliang cavalry left, how could Wei Yan protect the grain route?
Taking a step back, even if the Han army marched in a chariot formation and the Hexi cavalry had no way to attack, but after the main force of the Han army arrived at Jincheng County, the Hexi cavalry would be able to come and go freely in the land behind them, so how could they concentrate on attacking the city?
Where is plug?
This is the reason why Jia Xu is in a good mood - before the war between Han and Wei has begun, the Xianbei Tuoba tribe has pinned down the Han army's four to five thousand soldiers and horses.
What a joy!
However, there are gains and losses.
There were many things that made Jia Xu regretful.
For example, after being attacked by the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei, the Han army would inevitably be delayed in arriving at Jincheng County, and they would have to be careful along the way. The marching speed would be greatly reduced, which would give Wei Ping in Jincheng enough time to prepare for the battle.
In other words, he made a mistake by letting Governor Pang lead his cavalry to harvest the unripe wheat.
Calculating the time, the wheat could be harvested when it was ripe. However, due to the strong walls and clear fields he and Wei Ping decided to make, Jincheng County lost one season of grain harvest.
There was also news from Cang Ci, the governor of Zhangye, about Zhang Hua, the governor of Xihai, sending troops to enter the country.
This made Jia Xu feel a little uneasy.
Ever since the Zhang family in Dunhuang refused to jointly resist the Han army with various excuses, he had been worried about changes in Dunhuang and Xihai counties, which were located at the northwest ends of the Hexi Corridor before the war.
He was afraid that the Zhang family would change its banner, or that he would reap the benefits.
There are two reasons.
First, Huang Hua, the governor of Jiuquan, became enemies with the Zhang family during the great disturbance in Hexi.
At that time, if Zhang Gong had not sent troops to attack Huang Hua's rear and welcomed Yin Feng, the prefect appointed by the imperial court, into the county, Huang Hua would not have been defeated so easily and had no choice but to surrender.
Now that Huang Hua has returned to Hexi, he is targeting the Zhang family overtly and covertly with his many years of experience and connections in Guandong.
For example, after Zhang Gong's death, many groups of horse bandits appeared on the border between Dunhuang and Jiuquan, and they often went deep into Dunhuang County to plunder.
For this reason, Zhang wanted to lead the army to suppress the bandits more than once, but Huang Hua stopped him on the grounds that he was not allowed to cross the border.
Sometimes, he does not hesitate to show off his face and personally lead troops to block the situation.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that those horse bandits are closely related to Huang Hua.
It was even secretly instigated by Huang Hua!
As for the position of Governor of Hexi Province, the Emperor of Luoyang Temple and the Dukes of Gungun originally wanted Zhang Jiu to take charge of it, with Jia Xu as deputy.
The reason is that the Dunhuang Zhang family has great prestige in Xichuan, and they have two governors in one family, so they can command the common people of the Hexi Corridor to follow them.
But when Huang Hua found out, he made a report.
The table says:
"In the past, Zhongni said, 'Only weapons and names can not be faked, and the king is in charge. Names are used to express trust, and trust is used to guard the weapons.' Today, the Zhang family in Dunhuang has become more merciful and prosperous. If authority is granted again , I am afraid that despite my best efforts, I will rebel against Shu and invade, and Xichuan will no longer belong to Wei!"
To put it bluntly, I concluded that the Zhang family would definitely feel rebellious after taking control of the power.
Although Huang Hua's biggest reason for this move was his selfish concern that it would be disadvantageous for him if the Zhang family became more powerful.
But no one can guarantee that the Zhang family will be loyal to Wei!
After all, he is a frontier gangster.
The Guandong family, which had a large number of people in the Luoyang temple, changed the selection of the Hexi governor in order to avoid hidden dangers.
As for Jia Xu, who is also from Hexi, there is no need to worry.
Jia Xu does not have the same prestige as the Zhang family.
Even if he had objections, not many people would be willing to sacrifice their lives.
Another reason is the old grievances accumulated from the benefits of Silk Road trade after the Wei State implemented "border rule".
The two counties controlled by the Zhang family are both at the end of the Hexi Corridor. The silk, tea and other materials transferred from the Central Plains are already worth a hundred times as much when they are transferred to Dunhuang. The counties and counties along the way are searching for money to expand their own strength. , setting tariffs particularly high.
Zhang Gong had previously served as the captain of the Wuji School in the Western Regions. Zhang Jiu, who was bound by the favor of his father, often received complaints and complaints from the caravans of small countries in the Western Regions, and he could not tolerate this.
But no matter how many times he wrote angry letters, he did not change the counties' desire to make money.
Yang Fu, who was the governor of Liangzhou, intervened, and the governors blamed the matter on the county officials. They responded to the letter and vowed in person that they would rectify the situation, but the situation subsided and everything remained the same after a few days.
There was a lot of pushback back and forth, but nothing came of it in the end.
In desperation, the Zhang family had no choice but to send their cavalry from Xihai County along the edge of the desert to Manyin City to collect Silk Road supplies in order to quell the grievances of the caravans from various small countries in the Western Regions and safeguard the integrity of the Zhang family.
The journey of thousands of miles and the waste of manpower and material resources traveling back and forth made the Zhang family extremely angry.
Even though the Silk Road trade has been interrupted due to the war, the Zhang family still grudges against it.
Jia Xu felt that the Zhang family's excuse for not sending troops now was due to various grudges in the past.
However, what Cang Ci reported was that the Zhang family would not hesitate to lose face and send troops to seize the valley road connecting Zhangye and Huawai Qiang land, which made him uneasy.
The Qiang people who roam the Huawai Qiang territory are Hulu Zhiwudai and Baihuwen nearby, and the Shaodang Qiang tribe far away.
And they all once followed the rebels against Shu and invaded Wei!
Could it be that the Zhang family has surrendered to Shu?
