Before dawn in the winter, Ma Dai supervised two thousand Xiliang cavalry and set off.
Last night, Liao Hua, who went to occupy the valley passage on the east side of Wushan Ridge, sent a messenger to report that the Hexi garrison on the other side of the original valley seemed to have learned the news of the defeat and actually broke camp and left.
This made Ma Dai a little eager.
According to time calculation, Huang Hua, Ke Wu, Hu Bo Juzi and others who took a detour to the east of Wushaoling on their way back to Hexi could not possibly arrive before Ma Dai arrived at Guzang County due to the long journey and lack of supplies.
However, the garrison at Gulanghe who had abandoned their camp could only reach there in two or three days by walking quickly.
If Ma Dai had not set out quickly, he might have robbed all the palaces and arsenals in the city by the time he arrived at Guzang.
What's worse, the merchants, wealthy households and common people in the city were all raided by insurgent soldiers, their houses were raided, their women were raped, and their belongings were stolen, creating a tragic scene of hell on earth.
When the world is constantly at war, "thieves pass by like a comb, soldiers pass by like a grate" is not an exaggeration.
Moreover, the Hexi Allied Forces that Jia Xu put together temporarily cannot be called "soldiers" in the strict sense!
Zheng Pu, who was awakened by the sound of horse hooves, briefly washed himself and stepped out of the military tent.
At this time, the military camp was filled with smoke, and the soldiers were all sitting in groups in front of the smoke.
They were not hungry or impatient, they just wanted to get closer to the fire to get some warmth.
Wherever there is water and soil, one person can be nourished.
The climate in the land of Bashu is mild, while the land in the south is hot and humid, so many soldiers of the Northern Expedition are not very adaptable to the dry and bitter cold in the northwest. Even if they are as majestic as a beggar's house, at the end of the year, they will become restless due to frostbite on their hands.
Therefore, for the Han Dynasty, although the war was a great victory and the Hexi Corridor was within his grasp, the test of restoring rule had just begun.
In other words, none of the Han army units that are coming to fight are good candidates for guarding Hexi.
Whether it was to ensure sufficient troops when marching into Guanzhong in the future, or to make the Hexi Corridor a stable rear for the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition, most of the soldiers and horses for the garrison needed to be selected from prisoners.
How to make these prisoners put aside their prejudices and stand under the banner of the Han Dynasty with sincerity has become Zheng Pu's top priority.
It also belongs to Fei Yi.
Although Prime Minister Zhuge Liang asked Wei Yan to also serve as the governor of Liangzhou, Wei Yan's military strategy and official position would not allow him to miss future wars. Let Fei Yi serve as military commander Shi, which meant that he would be in charge of the government affairs of Liangzhou.
This is something everyone knows.
Because after the recovery of the Hexi Corridor, the Silk Road will become unimpeded, and the Bashu wealthy families will divide their families and come to seek profits.
Fei Yi was a native of Jiangxia County and one of the scholars of Dongzhou. During the Liu Zhang period, he followed his father to Shu and had long been on good terms with the wealthy Yizhou clan.
The prime minister put him in charge of Liangzhou, coordinating and distributing the interests of the Silk Road. No matter whether it was the Jingxiang clan, the Dongzhou scholars or the Bashu tycoons, there would be no complaints from the court about favoring one over the other.
At this moment, he had woken up a long time ago and was walking slowly in the snow and mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
When the camp where the prisoners were held came into view, they happened to meet Zheng Pu who came with the same idea.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
They did not adhere to the complicated etiquette and entered the camp side by side.
A total of more than 6,000 prisoners were detained in the prisoner camp, almost all of whom were private soldiers or disciples of powerful officials from various counties in Hexi.
Because Jia Xu, Pang Hui's tribe and Zhangye County soldiers were the first to advance, almost all of them were killed or injured; while Huang Hua, Ke Wu and Hu Bo's cavalry all fled, leaving other Qiang and Hu tribes and horse thieves.
, was detained on the spot in Yunjie County by Ma Dai's deputy general Yang Ji.
"Fei Changshi, Zheng Hujun."
Wang Ping, who led his headquarters to take custody of the prisoners and received the report from the soldiers, hurried out to greet them, held hands and saluted.
"Um."
Fei Yi smiled in return and said humbly, "I am eager, so I came early, but I disturbed General Wang's breakfast."
Zheng Pu, who fought alongside Wang Ping, was not so polite.
He stepped forward and smiled at Wang Ping's forearm, saying, "I wonder if Zijun's army has prepared food for the imperial court? I'm very hungry, so I came all the way to beg for food!"
"Haha~~~"
Hearing this, Wang Ping smiled heartily, nodded frequently and said, "If it's a long history and the guards don't think that our army's food is despicable, then the food will be enough."
After saying this, he stepped aside and gave way, extending his hand to guide me, "You two, please."
"please."
The only food in the morning is rice, pickled vegetable soup, and that's all.
Fei Yi found two officials from the tent and went to the separate camp where Haoyou and the leader of the Qianghu tribe were detained alone.
Zheng Pu, on the other hand, was strolling around the military camp, watching Wang Ping supervise the soldiers to distribute food to the prisoners. Occasionally, he randomly asked a guard soldier to ask about the status of the prisoners last night.
This stems from their different opinions on the inclusion of prisoners.
According to Zheng Pu's opinion, the captured Haoyou and Qianghu tribe leaders were brought back to Hanzhong to settle down, so that the officials in Hexi could govern the Qingming Dynasty to the greatest extent, and prevent the strong from invading the weak, which would be more conducive to long-term peace and stability. And these
The wealth and grain accumulated in people's homes would be used as military supplies or as assets for the court to appease poor tenant farmers; their acres of pasture would be regarded by the court as a reward for the Bashu nobles' support for the Northern Expedition over the years.
In this way, after their private soldiers and disciples lost their service, and the imperial government promoted good governance such as registering households and granting acres of land, they would be willing to guard the border counties for the Han Dynasty.
As for these powerful right-wingers and Qiang and Hu leaders, will they feel dissatisfied or resist due to the erosion of their power?
It is not within Zheng Pu's consideration.
In his mind, it would be benevolent not to kill them!
The Han Dynasty never killed innocent people indiscriminately, but how could it tolerate those who followed the rebellion?
But Fei Yi held a different opinion.
He went against the Wei Dynasty to promote recuperation in Guanzhong and gathered strength to seize Longyou. He felt that if the Hexi Corridor could be stabilized as soon as possible, it would give the Han Dynasty more war experience, so he wanted to follow the example of the former prime minister who put down the Nanzhong rebellion.
, a way to appease the elders of the southern clans and barbarian tribes.
It was to select out those who had bad deeds and whose family reputation was acceptable and let them go back to declare the benevolence and righteousness of the Han Dynasty; with the prestige accumulated by their ancestors in Hexi for generations, they helped the court appease the people in the counties and counties and return home as soon as possible.
There is no need to worry that they will rebel again.
When the defeated were released and returned home, they naturally had to become monks and financially support the army to show their gratitude.
When the wealthy families from Yizhou are divided into households and settled in Hexi, and the government uses "Shu Ke" to check and balance, those powerful people will no longer have the power to be unruly and domineering in the future.
In other words, the disagreement between the two is due to their temperament, and there is no distinction between them.
Zheng Pu was known for his stubborn temperament and never thought of his own feathers in his actions, so he wanted to take advantage of this great victory to uproot those powerful rightists and Qiang and Hu leaders. Fei Yi was generous and philanthropic, and had served as the center for a long time, so he was very considerate.
With the thought of "governing a country is like cooking fresh food", everything should be considered carefully and stable, and planned slowly.
Zheng Pu no longer argued about this.
After all, Fei Yifang was the person in charge of Liangzhou whom the Prime Minister wanted to belong to.
However, soon, Fei Yi strode out of the prison camp with a bad look on his face.
