Chastity Layman

Chapter 534 A Good News Ninth Heaven

"Mu'an Zhuxia, don't worry about it!"

"Don't use the barbarians to labor China, and don't use uselessness to harm usefulness!"

In Luoyang Palace, Wei Zheng was still looking for an opportunity to persuade the emperor. In Wei Zheng's eyes, the mountains to the west and north of Yizhou were originally the territory of the Qiang Di and Xi Rong, and the Qiang Di there were also rebellious and capricious. . So there is no need to go to those places to compete with those barbarians.

Especially at a time like this, it's even more uneconomical.

Li Shimin didn't want to pay attention to Wei Zheng.

"Wei Zheng, stop talking."

Wei Zheng was also a little bit dry in persuasion, "Does Your Majesty want to put the safety of the country at risk because of that little face?"

Li Shimin didn't bother to say any more, he got up directly, shook his sleeves and walked away, if he hadn't restrained himself, he would have almost kicked the case again.

How could this be a matter of face?

Songfu and other prefectures are indeed considered to be starved, but they are by no means a burden. On the contrary, this is a strategic high ground. Li Shimin, who fought against Wushuang in his early years, is not an ordinary emperor, he is an emperor on horseback, and his vision of the strategic situation is far beyond that of a civil servant like Wei Zheng.

From the point of view of a courtier like Wei Zheng, don't provoke those barbarians all around, it's not worthwhile to get entangled with them, the gain outweighs the loss. It's good to appease the barbarians, but Li Shimin didn't want to just build the Great Wall and set up fortresses for passive defense.

What he wants is a more active defense, with offense instead of defense.

With restlessness all around, why is China stable?

If you treat the barbarians with all your heart, they will only think you are weak and can be bullied, and there will be no peace on the border. Just like this party invasion, the court has no way to retreat.

Back in the palace, Li Shimin drank half a pot of herbal tea. Now there are too many courtiers like Wei Zheng in the court. He misses the time when Qin Lang was in the court. That kid has good eyesight and good speech. If he is in the court, he can make Wei Zheng I can't even let out a single fart.

"Your Majesty, good news from Jiannan!"

"Quick read!"

"Jiannan Qin Situ made a victory, claiming that he has regained Fuzhou and Wenzhou for the second time, wiped out more than 3,000 Dangxiang Qiang people in several battles, and captured more than 5,000 people. At present, the number of Qiang chieftains such as Xifeng Bulai and Feiting Changsheng is less than 30,000. Dangxiang Qiang fled in panic, and fled into Wuzhou, Longyou Road, trying to flee westward along the Qiang River! Qin Situ is leading his troops to pursue!"

"In addition, Huaiyang King Li Daoming and Jiannan Dao Changping envoy Jia Runfu defeated the ten thousand Qiang thieves in Gansongling!"

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After hearing the good news, Li Shimin was overjoyed, grabbed the good news in his hand, and read it several times carefully.

"Hahaha, I knew that Shubao would never let me worry. Well fought, this battle was fought really well!"

The emperor stood up with the news in hand, and shouted, "Get the map of Longyou quickly."

The servant hurriedly fetched the map of Longyou Road, hung it on the copper screen and unfolded it. The emperor stepped forward and moved his eyes directly to the line of Qiangshui.

That is the most southwestern end of Longyou Road. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Liangzhou, it governed ten counties, of which Wudu County was located in the Wuzhou area in the lower reaches of the Qiang River.

The Liangzhou jurisdiction of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is peculiar. The northwest includes the Hexi Corridor including Zhangye Dunhuang Jiuquan, and the southeast includes Wudu County, which was assigned to Longyou by the Tang Dynasty, and even Xingzhou in the south of Shannan at this time. In addition, Anding County and Beidi County, which belonged to Guannei Road in the Tang Dynasty, and Tianshui County and Longxi County, which belonged to Longyou, were all included in this Liangzhou at that time.

At that time, the ten counties of Liangzhou can be said to have occupied many areas in Hexi, Longyou, and even Shannan and Guannei, making it a super state.

The four counties and five roads in Wudu County include the Qiandao River Basin in the upper reaches of the Qiang River and the Jialing River. Five of them, Gudao, Jialingdao, Xunchengdao, Biandao and Pingledao, these five are a unique administrative division in the Han Dynasty. They were administrative units equivalent to the county level at that time, but they were specially used to set up those minority tribe areas. Yes, some are similar to the Jimi Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty, or the autonomous prefectures of later generations.

According to the official statement of the Western Han Dynasty, there are barbarian names in the county, such as Qiang Dao, Di Dao, Di Dao, Yiqudao, Yueshi Dao, Gang Di Dao, Dian Di Dao, etc., most of which directly bear the name of the barbarians, and some do not. Family names, such as Yinpingdao, Diaojiao, Lingguandao, etc.

The Western Han Dynasty was originally a system of counties and counties, and later the Thirteen Prefectures' Department of Governors was established to supervise and inspect counties and counties all over the world.

On Li Shimin's map, along the Qiangshui River, there are no Taoist names left. Wuzhou City is Wudu County, which is no longer the name of Wudu Taoism.

In fact, in terms of history, the Central Plains likes to refer to the barbarians in the northwest as Qiang, but in fact, the Qiang mentioned by the Central Plains people also includes Di. Di and Qiang are the same in the eyes of the Central Plains people, but they are still subdivided. There is a big difference.

Generally speaking, the Qiang is a nomadic tribe, and the Di is a half-herding and half-cultivating tribe. From the Qin and Han Dynasties, the boundary of the Qiang clan was actually roughly that the Qiang people mainly lived in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, while the Di people mainly lived in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In the mountainous areas of southeastern Gansu, southwestern Shaanxi, and northwestern Sichuan, the Di people were mainly active. Most of these places had established prefectures and counties by the time of the Tang Dynasty.

The Di people settled down to farm, and also herded and hunted. Therefore, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, they were gradually encroached, annexed and conquered by the Central Plains Dynasty, and merged into the territory.

Li Shimin stared at the Qiangshui line on the southeast road of Longyou Road on the map, Die, Fang, Dang, and Wu prefectures, which belonged to Wudu County and Longxi County of the Liangzhou Governor's Department in the Western Han Dynasty, and there were all Qiang people there earlier.

"Dangxiang Qiang bandits want to flee westward from the Qiangshui River Valley and flee back to Dangxiang, but they are cunning."

"No, they are going to join Tuoba Chici and the Tuyuhun people, and Qin Lang in Diezhou is in danger!"

Li Shimin moved his gaze to Diezhou upstream of the Qiang River, and sighed involuntarily.

Qin Lang had only a few thousand troops in Diezhou, facing the tens of thousands of Tuyuhun Wuyi party Xiang Tuoba Chici, if Xifeng Bulai led tens of thousands of troops to kill them from the east, wouldn't it be a double attack, and the danger would be extremely dangerous. risk.

The emperor studied the map.

To the south of the Qiangshui River is the Baishui River Basin, and there are two prefectures, Fuwen and Qinqiong. Zhang Shigui and Qin Qiong are separated by mountains, making it difficult to cross.

The north of the Qiang River is also surrounded by continuous mountains. Chengzhou, which is on the north of the Western Han River, and Weizhou in the northwest of it, are also not connected by roads.

For a while, it is difficult to solve the problem of being far away from the water and near the fire.

"Waiting Junji, Changsun Wuji, etc. to come, hurry up!"

Soon, a group of important officials were summoned, and a more detailed and accurate sand table of the states in the Qiangshui River Basin of Longyou Road was placed in the hall.

The monarchs and ministers stared at the sand table and studied.

"If Xifeng Burai is allowed to flee to the city of Diezhou, then after joining forces with Tuoba Chici and the Tuyuhun people, Diezhou is in danger, Qin Lang is in danger, think of a way." The emperor said.

Hou Junji stared at the sand table for a long time.

The Qiangshui River Valley is surrounded by high mountains on both sides. This is the most remote and difficult mountainous area, but after careful exploration, there are still a few roads that can lead to the outside.

"Your Majesty, you can go to Wuzhou from Wenzhou, or you can go south from Chengzhou to Wuzhou, or you can go south from Minzhou to Dangzhou. Other than that, you can only go west from Taozhou and go west to the mountains. West of the state."

Li Shimin frowned. The only way to get directly to Diezhou is Taozhou, but the journey is far away. The problem is that he still has to pass through Tuyuhun and Dangxiangren territory.

As for the other three roads, one passes through Dangzhou, and the other two arrive at Wuzhou first.

And Fengbu Lai, who has a fine eye, has already fled from Wenzhou and passed through Wuzhou.

"Going south from Minzhou to Dangzhou, can we reach the interception before the Sealing Department?" the emperor asked.

"There are two roads from Minzhou to Dangzhou in the south, one is 230 miles and the other is 260 miles. The east road goes straight to Dangzhou Chenghuai Road, while the west road first reaches the Liangshui River at the border of Dangfang. Gongshan garrison under the fort."

Dangzhou Huaidao City is a state city. Although it is a small city on the border of Xiazhou, it is a state city after all. Lianggong Mountain Fortress is a frontier garrison fort, just a small fort for dozens of frontier troops to garrison .

The biggest problem is that there are not many soldiers in Minzhou, which is located by the Tao River. Troops have to be transferred from the surrounding Taozhou, Weizhou or Lanzhou and Hezhou.

The problem is, it's not close, and I'm afraid it's too late.

Hou Junji looked at the sand table for a long time, "Your Majesty, why don't you let Qin Lang retreat from Diezhou first?"

"Qin Lang is in Diezhou, surrounded by tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people and Dangxiang Qiang people. How can he retreat? It's hard to fly even with wings!"

If Qin Lang wanted to withdraw, he would either go west along the Qiang River to the Dangxiang territory, or go east along the Qiang River to Dangzhou, but now both sides were enemies.

Qin Lang's troops might be able to hold out for a period of time according to the city's danger. If he abandons the city and runs away, he will not seek his own death.

Even Li Shimin felt that he could only stick to the city of Diezhou and wait for help.

"Then we can only pin our hopes on Qin Qiong, I hope Qin Qiong can catch up with Xifeng Bulai soon!" Hou Junji said, feeling a little excited for some reason.

He has always disliked the father and son of the Qin family. Now that he can finally see them in distress, he really hopes that something will happen to them, especially Qin San'er. Arrogant and domineering.

Li Shimin was very angry.

But there's nothing he can do now.

"Fuzhou Inspector Jiang Shanhe lost his army, lost his land and fell into the city, seized the title and dismissed him from office, and expelled his citizenship for the people!" The emperor was annoyed, and gave a severe punishment to Fuzhou Inspector Jiang Shanhe who had previously lost Fuzhou.

After a swipe to the end, he was demoted from the governor of the county to the common people.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

A servant hurried in.

The emperor was still angry, and shouted angrily, "I didn't see me discussing matters with the ministers, and trespassed rudely, what should I do?"

The servant's face paled in shock, and he quickly knelt down, "Your maidservant is dead, I just received the good news from Diezhou, so I hurried to report to Your Majesty, and I'm dead."

"Happy News from Diezhou?" Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment.

"Your Majesty, great joy, Duke Wei of Diezhou achieved victory. A few days ago, under the city of Diezhou, he wiped out ten thousand people from the Wuyi tribe of Tuyuhun, captured the famous king Wuyi and hundreds of generals alive, beheaded more than 5,000 people, and captured more than 4,000 people. Seized tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, wiped out all the Wusu troops!"

"impossible!"

There was a loud shout in the hall, but it was Hou Junji who made an unbelievable voice.

"Qin Lang was besieged in Diezhou by tens of thousands of Tuyuhun and Qiang people. With only a few thousand horses and horses, he was not enough to protect himself. How could he wipe out the thousands of people?"

The emperor was also full of doubts, yes, how did this happen? He was still worried about Qin Lang just now, how could he turn around and win?

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