After eight days of rapid march, Zheng Pu finally arrived at Guzang, the seat of Wuwei County.
After the military meeting that day, he divided his troops.
Guan Xing, Zhang Yi, Zong Yu and Mi Wei led 16,000 soldiers to Zhiyang County. After all, there were 20,000 Wei troops huddling in Jincheng County. The Hexi Allied Forces were defeated, so they naturally had to go back and obey Wei Yan's command.
Even Zhang Bao led his headquarters back to Guanyin City.
As the commander-in-chief of Guanyin, he was worried that Ni Wei would send troops to attack after learning about the battle here. Liu Yin's two thousand dragonfly army might not be able to defend it due to insufficient strength.
Following Zheng Pu were Liao Hua and Wang Ping.
Thanks to Jia Xuxian's search for grain and fodder in various prefectures and counties, the Han army captured a large amount of baggage and grain fodder when they captured the Hexi Allied Forces camp, which provided the army with enough food for three months. Therefore, in order to support Ma Dai, Fei Yi and Zhuge Qiao
The governor Yan Yu, the Qiang battalion infantry Sima Jiang Shu and other troops escorted the baggage and grain behind.
The general who stayed behind at Lingjusai was Zhou Tai, who was affiliated with Zheng Pu's headquarters.
Lingjusai, as the preferred route for the Silk Road guarding the hub of Hexi and Jincheng, must be rebuilt. In addition, in Yunjie County below, the court has already allowed Zhiwudai and Baihuwen to move inward, out of precaution.
Because of his thoughts, he also needed to relocate the common people, establish households, and garrison troops.
These Hexi captives are the best choice for emigrating people.
Governor Zhou Tai led 3,000 soldiers to stay in Lingjusai. His duty was to supervise the Hexi captives to cut wood and collect stones, repair the forts, and build houses for the immigrants in advance. He only needed to draw out the acres of land and move their families there, and then break up the gangs.
After being incorporated into each camp of the Han army, they can be transferred to the counties in Hexi and made to guard them with all their heart.
Yes, Zhou Tai will stay in Hexi to garrison in the future.
He asked for it personally.
The reason is that Sima Yi, who had treated him very well and promoted him in the past, is now supervising the battle in Yongliang. If he leads the army to fight against him, he will be betraying his true nature; if he does not fight with all his strength, he will be betraying the great man's kindness to him.
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Faced with the dilemma, he asked Zheng Pu and Zhuge Qiao to come forward and ask for his orders to stay in Hexi in the future.
Zhuge Qiao, who had an irreversible friendship with him, tried to persuade him with both big and small righteousness, but Zhou Tai still couldn't change his mind.
Zheng Pu also felt a little regretful.
In the past, when the prime minister privately asked him to comment on the generals of his generation, he had high praise for Zhou Tai's talents. Now he asked to stay in the rear area because his talents were not fully used. However, such is the current social customs, he can't force it.
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It's up to everyone to have their own ambitions.
Feeling so relieved, when Zheng Pu rushed outside Guzang City, Ma Dai came out to greet him with solemn eyes.
It was not because of the flow of troops who had stayed in the Gulang Valley that poisoned the counties.
The Xiliang cavalry lived up to their reputation of running for thousands of miles. Ma Dai, who was two days late in marching, led the cavalry in pursuit and was able to catch up with the troops when they entered Tuoci County.
Although the leader of the army was Jia Xu's confidant, he was also from Wuwei County.
When the situation was over, they did not vent their anger by burning the city and killing the people. Instead, they closed the city gates and defended themselves to prevent the Han army from entering the city.
Ma Dai sent an envoy to negotiate, claiming that the Han army was an army of benevolence and righteousness, and did not want to cause more killings. As long as they disarmed and surrendered, the Han army would not be responsible for the crime of participating in the conquest, and would not offend Li Shu. He also informed Jia Xu that he was dead and his body had not been found.
After the general returned to his hometown to be buried and their fighting spirit was broken, the military leader asked someone to come forward and say they were willing to surrender.
But after he witnessed Jia Xu's burial with his own eyes, he would lead his army out of the city to inspect his head.
In response to this, Ma Dai insisted on not forgetting his old master, so he used the power of the general to suppress the west and temporarily assigned him to take charge of the guard general of Tueci County on his behalf to protect order and prevent the common people from being injured by those who took the opportunity to cause chaos.
Then he led his troops and rushed to Guzang County.
As soon as he arrived, he saw no soldiers in armor and weapons preparing for battle, but he saw the city gates wide open and the city full of plains.
Yang Fu is dead.
After the news of the defeat of the Hexi Allied Forces came, Yang Fu, who seemed to have been well prepared, dismissed his subordinates and subordinates and committed suicide by poisoning.
By the time others noticed, he had been out of breath for a long time.
He also left a suicide note, claiming that he was the governor of Liangzhou in Wei, and that he had the responsibility to defend the territory and would not regret his death, but he did not want the other officials and soldiers to follow his example. He also persuaded them not to resist because the general trend was irreversible, and not to increase the number of orphans and widows in the counties. wait.
Yang Fu had a great reputation in Liangzhou and had many good governance since he took office. Therefore, when the people in the city heard of his death, they all mourned him.
The nobles voluntarily paid for his coffin and mourned for him, his subordinates and subordinates wore sackcloth to keep vigil, and the common people stamped their feet and cried in the streets, which actually made the Hexi Allied Forces defeated in panic.
After Ma Dai heard about it, he stationed troops outside the city and ordered a few soldiers to enter the city to protect the palace and arsenal.
Because when he was on the way, he had thought about how to deal with Yang Fu more than once.
Because of the Longxi branch of the Fufeng Ma family, they were first exterminated in Yecheng by Cao Cao of Wei Dynasty, and then executed in Ji County by Yang Fu. More than 200 members of the family were wiped out.
Although there is a reason why Ma Chao raised his troops and broke his promise.
But if we don’t avenge blood relatives, how can we live in this evil world?
However, despite his ambition to kill his enemies, Ma Dai still maintained a trace of reason - he knew that if he killed Yang Fu without permission, it would be detrimental to the court.
One is to violate the laws of the imperial court.
The decision was based on Yang Fu's official position. If he was not killed in battle, the living captives would ask the Prime Minister for instructions and he would not be able to do it on his own.
On the other hand, it is not conducive to appeasing the counties in Hexi.
Yang Fu had a good reputation as an official and was loved by all the people. If he were to be executed, it would not only arouse resentment among the counties, but also make other Wei officials feel in danger, thinking that the Han army was bloodthirsty and had no intention of surrendering.
Therefore, Yang Fu's suicide did not relieve him of the dilemma of choice.
It was precisely because of this that Ma Dai did not want to lead the army into the city.
The officials and powerful officials in the city set up their mourning hall in the Prefectural Governor's Mansion. Once he entered, he would be faced with the dilemma of whether to evict him or not. Why bother?
Anyway, there is no commotion in the city, and the palace and arsenal are under control, so there is nothing more to worry about.
"General."
Zheng Pu, who was well aware of Ma Chao's past deeds, bowed after listening to Ma Dai's narration and said softly, "Before the army went out, I was ordered by the prime minister to care for the right and subordinate officials in Hexi. Therefore, I ordered the soldiers in Hexi to I know that I, a great man, have shown kindness and will return home as soon as possible. I would like to go to the city to express my condolences, and I will also praise him with my words. Please don’t blame me, general."
Ma Dai listened and responded silently.
After a long time, Fang suddenly spoke up and said, "Now that a person is dead, things of the past must be put to rest. Zijin is doing business for the country and will go on his own, so there is no need to interfere with me."
"General Gaoyi is the pillar of the country!"
Zheng Pu raised his hands to do something and praised it heartily.
After returning, he asked Liao Hua to supervise Yan Yu, Jiang Shu and other troops to go to other counties in Wuwei to promote the military power of the Han Dynasty, occupy various cities and appease the Li people. He himself led Wang Ping's troops into the city to take over the defense, and went to the governor's office to express his condolences. That was all. , Yang Fuhu was ordered to return from carrying the coffin and coffin to Ji County for burial. He also ordered a curfew in the city, the laws of the Han Dynasty, and the fact that the Han army had no casualties among the soldiers and common people to soothe people's hearts.
Everything has been settled roughly, five days later.
Fei Yi and Zhuge Qiao also rushed to the rear, and Zheng Pufang was able to escape.
Coincidentally, Jiang Wei also came after hearing the news, but he also brought news that made people and gods angry.
