The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 501
In this era, the population is wealth, and the population is the army. If things go on like this, the national power of Wei State will gradually decline.Moreover, after several years of economic warfare, Wei's economy has now collapsed. Under the system of Jiupin Zhongzheng, the wealthy families have gradually monopolized political power, and then monopolized the national economy.

In order to deal with the threat of the Chu army, the government of the State of Wei had to impose a lot of taxes. These taxes will definitely not let those wealthy families come out, and most of them will fall on the common people in the end. The lives of the people of the State of Wei are even more difficult. Looking forward to the Chu army calling.

Then there is the area from Wancheng to Fancheng on the middle road. Since Cao Cao defeated Hanshui twice, this has been a buffer zone between the two armies.

The main reason is that neither of the two sides can help each other. The Chu army has no cavalry and dare not confront the Wei army in the Nanyang Basin; the Wei army has no water army. Fancheng.

Therefore, there has been no war here for many years. The last time Hou Yin's rebellion was a good opportunity to capture Wancheng, but it's a pity that Hou Yin's idiot let the Nanyang prefect go, wasting this opportunity in vain.

But over the years, most of the people in Nanyang have come to Jingzhou, resulting in the waste of a lot of farmland in such a good grain-producing area in Nanyang Basin.

Such a stalemate is actually not good for Wei, because the Chu army does not lack the ability to attack the city. The reason why they did not attack Wancheng is because they have no cavalry and cannot block the counterattack of the Wei army's cavalry when attacking the city.

Once the Chu army has cavalry capable of fighting against the Wei army, this balance will be broken.

In history, after the Three Kingdoms were established, the more time was delayed, the stronger Wei became compared to Shu and Wu; but in this era, the longer time was delayed, the more Wei would be at a disadvantage, all because of Zhang It was caused by Wu, the traverser.

Finally, in the areas of Hanzhong, Liangzhou, and Guanzhong on the western front, as Wudu was occupied by the Chu army, Liangzhou had been opened by the Chu army, and Wei Guo could no longer prohibit the Chu army from obtaining war horses.

After a year of development, the cavalry of the Chu army has been rapidly expanded, and now there are 3000 regular cavalry.Among them, there are [-] heavy cavalry, which is also the limit of Chu State, and it cannot afford to support any more. Each heavy cavalry is matched with three retinue cavalry from the Di or Qiang tribe.

There are [-] light cavalry, and each light cavalry is equipped with two retinue cavalry.

The total number of regular cavalry and retinue cavalry reached nearly [-], and the infantry cooperating with the Chu army could completely face the Wei army on the plain.

Under the pressure of the Chu army, Yu Jin, Guo Huai, and Zhang Yun finally gave up Nan'an and Tianshui and retreated to Guanzhong.

Tianshui County was originally the gathering place of the Kurong people. After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Kurong people, it was set up as a county-level administrative area.During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, part of Longxi County was divided into Tianshui County, which roughly covers the area of ​​Tianshui City today.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tianshui County was renamed Hanyang County, with thirteen counties under its jurisdiction.

After Wei Wendi Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he adjusted and reformed the prefectures, counties, and counties in the territory, and changed Hanyang County back to Tianshui County, which was subordinate to the Yongzhou Governor's Department, governed nine counties, and was governed by Ji County.

Tianshui area guards the traffic throat of Gansu, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces. It is an important military town in Northwest China and has extremely important military value and strategic position.

Therefore, this place has also become a place of contention. After Ma Chao was defeated by Cao Cao in Guanzhong, he recuperated for a period of time, then entangled with the old tribe, contacted the Qiang tribe, and launched an attack on the counties and counties in the Longyou area. Among them, the main The target of the conquest is the Tianshui area.

Later, when Ma Chao besieged Ji County, Wei Kang, the governor of Liangzhou, couldn't wait for reinforcements, so he surrendered Ma Chao in Kaesong, but was killed by Ma Chao.Wei Kang's friend Yang Fu pretended to surrender to Ma Chao, and took the opportunity to contact Jiang Xu, Zhao Ang, Yin Feng and others to kill Ma Chao.

Revisiting the old place, Ma Chao felt a lot of emotion. At the beginning, his wife and son died tragically on the city wall of Jicheng. Now things are different. Although he fought back again, the tragic death of his wife and children would never come back. .

War is so cruel. Ma Chao's father, brother, wife, son, and clan members all died in the war, but how many people did Ma Chao kill?Those who were killed were also fathers, brothers, wives, sons...

Tianshui was still Pound's hometown, and it was not far from Fufeng, Ma Chao's hometown. When they came to Tianshui, even if Ma Chao and his group had returned to their hometown, the role of Ma Chao and Ma's family in Liangzhou would really be revealed.

There is another celebrity in Tianshui, that is Jiang Wei, the great general in the late Shu Han Dynasty. He is a commander in both civil and military skills like Lu Xun. He is not well-known at this time because he is only 14 years old.Jiang Wei was born in the Jiang family in Tianshui. His father, Jiang Jiong, died protecting the prefect Jiang Xu when Ma Chao attacked Ji County.

In fact, Jiang Wei and Ma Chao are family friends. Jiang Wei's grandfather and Ma Chao's father Ma Teng are good friends. Jiang Wei's mother, Yao Shi, once recognized Ma Chao as his brother, but on the battlefield, each is their master. Self-proclaimed, it is natural to desperately resist the rebel Ma Chao.

After Zhang Wu came to Tianshui, he also sent people to look for Jiang Wei. Later, he learned that when Yu Jin and Guo Huai abandoned Tianshui and retreated to Guanzhong, the Jiang family moved to Guanzhong in fear of Ma Chao's revenge.

After Ma Chao occupied Ji County, Yang Fu found an opportunity to find his cousin Jiang Xu, and contacted Liang Kuan, Zhao Qu, Yin Feng, Zhao Ang and others to rebel against Ma Chao.Later, when Ma Chao attacked Jiang Xu, Xia Houyuan's army arrived and defeated Ma Chao. Liang Kuan and Zhao Qu took the opportunity to occupy Ji County and killed Ma Chao's wife and children.

When Ma Chao was retreating, he rushed into Licheng and killed Jiang Xu's mother, Yin Feng, and Zhao Ang's family. The two sides formed a bloody feud. Although Jiang Wei's family was family friends with Ma Chao, he and Jiang Xu also belonged to the same family. My son, I will definitely not dare to stay in Tianshui.

Let's just go, anyway, I can't escape Huaxia, and I will look for it after I take down Chang'an in the future.

Occupying Tianshui, even if it opened the passage from Liangzhou to Guanzhong, at this time, Zhang Wu had two choices, one is to completely solve Liangzhou first, ensure the safety of the back road, and then gather troops to attack Guanzhong.

The other is to send a small number of troops to guard the main roads, regardless of Liangzhou, and the army will go straight to Guanzhong. As long as Guanzhong is taken, Liangzhou will be completely isolated and will eventually have to surrender.

After discussion, Zhang Wu decided to completely occupy Liangzhou before attacking Guanzhong, so as to completely solve the worries for the future, so as to avoid troubles in the rear when the battle ahead is tight.

Although Liangzhou is relatively large, its population is the smallest among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, especially Liangzhou has fewer Han people.Now the two counties of Wudu and Tianshui have been occupied by the state of Chu. As long as the two counties of Jincheng and Anding are captured, Liangzhou is basically occupied.

As for the counties such as Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang in the west, they can be called the Western Regions. Wuwei was the Xiongnu King's City during the Western Han Dynasty.

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