Straight man of steel

Chapter 389
Wei Qing, who understands the temperament of the Huns, knows how to trick the Huns, and Zhang Yuan can only talk about it on paper.

Fortunately, there was Wei Qing by his side, who did not let Zhang Yuan take detours, nor let Chu Da take risks that were not necessary in the first place.

After a little discussion, the three of them changed their original departure from Shang County to the north to Xihe County to the west.

Moreover, the guides invited changed from guides from the countries in the Western Regions to Huns guides.

Everything is to better lure King Loufan and King Aries to the bait.

"I don't know what news I need to convey to A Yuan, you and the former general?"

Chu Da is still very positive about playing his due role.

Every time a piece of useful information is delivered, it is an achievement for Chu Da.

"Brother Chu, you don't need to do anything in this war, your role can only be played in the future when we want to take down the Xiongnu Shanyu tribe.

If attacking Lou Fan King and Aries King exposes your weaknesses, then you are overqualified and underused. "

Zhang Yuan directly rejected Chu Da.

Wei Qing's opinion is also the same. For decades, the two tribes that the big man is most familiar with with the Xiongnu are King Loufan and King Aries.

He is quite sure of taking down the two tribes. Even if Zhang Yuan's plan fails, Wei Qing is almost [-]% sure that there will be no Huns in Henan and Hetao.

Anyone can see the gap in the current equipment of the Han and Hungarian armies.

Liu Che ordered the people all over the country to raise horses. Although the quality of the war horses of the big Han was not as good as that of the Huns, it was not as difficult as it was before even taking out a cavalry of 3000 men.

A war horse becomes an adult when it is almost three years old, that is, it can be used as a war horse, and now it is far more than three years since the Battle of Mayi.

During this period, there were no major battles that consumed war horses. Generally, war horses can serve in the army for more than ten years as long as they are not injured or sick.

As long as the people of the big man continue to implement Liu Che's horse policy, the big man will not feel stretched on the horse.

Similarly, someone needs to ensure that the finances of the Han people will not gradually become ugly because of the horse administration. As long as a balance is found, who said that the Han people cannot abuse the nomadic tribes?
"Brother Yuan, do you have any other opinions on this battle?"

Zhang Yuan and Chu Da were discussing some details when Wei Qing suddenly interrupted their conversation and asked.

He seemed to feel that something was missing, or maybe he had overlooked something.

"The plan is quite complete, and we are afraid that there will be some accidents that we cannot control."

"What accident?"

"What if King Xiutu and King Hunxie really come from the desert?
There is another possibility that we cannot completely ignore.

Yiqu people and Qiang people from our rear. "

Zhang Yuan did have concerns about this. It seems that the contest between foreigners and Han people is not measured by whether they submit or not.

It is normal for two ethnic groups to have back-and-forth situations for the benefit of their respective ethnic groups. If Zhang Yuan did not stand in the position of the Han people, but regarded himself as an outsider, whether he was rebelling or surrendering, Zhang Yuan felt that it was normal circumstances.

Fortunately for the Yiqu people, they have almost become Chineseized over the years.

But the Qiang people don't know what faith is at all. There are many Qiang people who take refuge in the Han, and even more Qiang people who take refuge in the Huns. Of course, there are also independent Qiang tribes, where both the Han and the Huns go The distant sky that can't be seen.

Zhang Yuan had evaluated and recalled it earlier, and it seemed that such a thing had not happened, so he never raised it.

But after thinking about it for a while, it is better to make sure that everything is safe. There are not a few Yiqu people who are officials in the court, but the Qiang people can't really trust them.

If the Qiang people really paid attention to faith and righteousness, the Qiang people would not have passed it on forever, or they would have been Sinicized or assimilated by the Huns long ago.

Most of the nomadic peoples who can pass on are either too strong for themselves, and other peoples have no way to fight hard, or they are like the Qiang people, who surrender when they can’t win, and then rebel when they grow up.

In this way, the continuity of their ethnic group is guaranteed.

In addition, of course, there is another kind of nation that can continue. Basically, there is really no threat. A powerful nation looks down on its territory or the people living on the territory.

Agrarian society is not yet an industrial society, and the desire for human resources has not reached a level that requires waging war as a prerequisite to obtain human resources.

Zhang Yuan really wants to thank these ambitious emperors in China for this. If it weren't for their personal selfishness and desire to conquer, China would not have so much territory in the future.

"Beidi County is on the edge of Shang County, we really need to consider the Qiang people."

There are really many Qiang people in Beidi County and Shang County, and there are more Qiang people active in this area than the Huns.

Extending from the Hetao area to the southwest, Henan, the Hexi Corridor, and Qinghai are actually the main activity areas of the Qiang people.

If all the Qiang people here can be condensed into a force and used to fight the Huns, there will be no big problem.

"Actually, it's easy to solve, just feed a sweet date with a stick.

I request His Majesty to dispatch the Eighth Colonel of the Northern Army to clean up the Qiang tribes in Hexi and Beidi County.

Those who surrender will be given food and supplies, and those who do not surrender will be bloodbathed. These Qiang people will definitely be deterred in a short time. "

What Chu Da said is also a relatively normal approach, in order to keep the Qiang people from making trouble and then send some things they need.

As a superior, it must be a gift. In fact, Zhang Yuan knew what it was. Feeding those white-eyed wolves with food would not be possible for Zhang Yuan to do such a thing.

"It's okay to call, but there is no need to send things.

Don't the Huns collect taxes from those Qiang people every year?

We built up a Qiang tribe that was willing to take refuge with the Han, and then went to rob the other Qiang tribes.

Only cattle and sheep for survival are left to other tribes, and the rest are shared equally with the Qiang tribes who are willing to join the Han. "

"Brother Yuan is right, the Huns can collect taxes from the Qiang, why can't we?
In terms of force, we are no worse than the Huns, and these Qiang people are the closest to us.

There is another advantage of doing this, that is, the Huns cannot collect the Qiang people’s things, or the amount they collect is greatly reduced, then the Huns will be more eager to rob, and the implementation of our plan next year will be more certain. "

Wei Qing was a born nationalist, and he had no pretentious literati temperament in his bones.

Because Wei Qing knows how to advance and retreat, and has a gentle personality, others think he is a Confucian general, but in fact Wei Qing is tougher than anyone else.

He and Huo Qubing really didn't want to leave a way for the aliens to survive. Of course, in the eyes of literati, this kind of behavior can't be regarded as the demeanor of a big country, but there is a saying.

If you want grace, you will lose temperature.

It seems that there are also examples of countries falling apart because of tolerance of aliens.

"You can do it this way, young brother, go and ask His Majesty.

In fact, the Yueqi and Huqi captains among the eight captains can be dispatched to suppress the Qiang people in Beidi County. "

The excellent equipment of these two school captains is completely comparable to that of the door army and the habayashi army in the previous period, and all of them are people who crawled out of the sea of ​​​​blood.

The name of the Eighth Colonel of the Northern Army can even suppress those princes and kings from sending troops to Guanzhong.

Although these eight armies were stationed near Chang'an, Zhang Yuan had never seen them a few times, and only Liu Che knew where they were stationed.

The Eighth School Lieutenant Yulin Army and the Qimen Army were the most elite forces firmly in Liu Che's hands.

Wei Qing was very satisfied with Zhang Yuan's set, and it was the wisest choice to use barbarians to suppress barbarians.

If it is replaced by the Han army, there will always be people who are soft.

I don't know why, people of the same race seem to be enemies who kill their fathers and mothers when facing people of the same race, but they can be tolerant to them when facing people of other races.

In addition to being cruel, war is also the place where you can see the true side of human nature.

"Okay, then I will send someone to ask His Majesty's opinion."

Before the battle, it was just a matter of training soldiers and testing the attitudes and strengths of all parties. Zhang Yuan believed that Liu Che would not refuse this matter.

"Since today's matter is closed, Brother Chu and I will leave first.

Young brother, just tell the people below what we said today. "

It is completely unnecessary to continue to discuss in depth. The war is changing rapidly, and the opportunity for war is fleeting. Many things cannot be discussed before the war has started.

"Okay, Brother Yuan, Brother Chu, let's meet again next time."

After bidding farewell to Wei Qing, Zhang Yuan led Chu Da back to Zhang's mansion.

Chu Da did not come alone this time, but also brought more than ten officials who were going to go on a mission together.

These people were all left in Zhang's mansion by Chu Da earlier, and they had to learn the essentials of positioning from Luo Xiahong.

However, they all only knew that they were preparing for a mission to the Western Regions, but they didn't know that their real purpose was to fall into the arms of the Huns.

Among this group of people were the two embroidered emissaries that Liu Che and Zhang Yuan picked out, but Zhang Yuan didn't show any change in expression when he saw these people.

"Brother Chu, all of you are arranged to go to Luoxiahong.

You come with me, let's learn those special symbols first. "

Zhang Yuan can only describe the writing of later generations as symbols, otherwise it would be a bit scary to create a new writing system. Even simplified Chinese characters evolved from traditional Chinese characters.

Some things can be accomplished without enough geniuses, and it takes time to slowly settle, and it is by no means a day's work.

"Okay, I'm already curious about the symbols you mentioned.

A Yuan, you are really different from others. Your intelligence is something I have never seen in other people. "

Before it even started, Chu Da started flattering Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan chuckled, dragging Chu Da into the main building.

The person who is most familiar with the Zhang Mansion is Chu Da, and this place was slowly built up under the watchful eyes of Chu Da.

When Chu Da walked in front of the hall, the memory of eating melon and drinking soy milk with Zhang Yuan in the past came to mind.

Coupled with the uncertain future of life and death, Chu Da's eyes were blurred for a while.

"Well, it's not impossible to come in the future.

You have to know that Mrs. Sister-in-law will bring my nephew here soon.

From now on, this is not only my home but also your home. "

Zhang Yuan patted Chu Da on the back, wanting Chu Da to spit out the depression in his heart.

"Okay, this is what you said. I will take care of myself here when I come back."

Chu Da is also an open-minded person, and immediately put his sadness behind him.

The time for the two of them to get together was getting less and less. He couldn't let Zhang Yuan always think of his sadness when he remembered him.

As soon as he walked to the front of the main building, he saw Zhuo Wenjun waiting in front of the door.

"Brother."

Chu Da was a little confused for a while, then turned his head and gave Zhang Yuan a questioning look, Zhang Yuan also nodded firmly back to Chu Da, and then Chu Da laughed.

"I knew a long time ago that you could make it, and after so many years of bumps and bumps, you finally came together.

Why take so long?It's really hypocritical, hey, maybe I can't understand the fun among you sour literati, I'm getting old. "

Facing Chu Da's jokes, Zhuo Wenjun looked a little embarrassed, and he was no longer as comfortable with Chu Da as he was in the previous years.

Speaking of which, this was the first friend of Zhang Yuan that Zhuo Wenjun met after he made up with Zhang Yuan.

Seeing that Zhuo Wenjun's complexion changed, Chu Da immediately changed the subject.

"It's all Ayuan's fault, this idiot has been able to guard such a big beauty like his younger brother and sister and not do anything.

As a man, I want to beat this guy to death with a stick. "

Zhang Yuan was so embarrassed that he could only touch the back of his head.

"Wen Jun, let Lao Wang cook some good dishes at night, and then let Xiao Qing clean up a guest room and come out. Brother Chu will stay at our house for a few more days."

"Uh-huh."

The scene was a bit awkward. Zhuo Wenjun nodded and ran away after listening to Zhang Yuan's words.

"Come on, Brother Chu, let's go in."

"Okay, I hope it's not too difficult."

Chu Da couldn't understand many things that Zhang Yuan had tinkered with, except for the food.

Therefore, Chu Da was still a little uneasy about studying this time.

After entering the main building, Zhang Yuan took out the paper and the map that he had prepared long ago.

I plan to start teaching Chu Da, which is easy to say, but difficult to say.

Simple is simple because Zhang Yuan only needs to teach Chu Da the place names on the map. If it is difficult, he is worried that Chu Da will confuse the memory of the two languages.

On the map of the Huns' activities, there are not many mountains and rivers, but there are relatively many lakes like emeralds and sapphires.

How to locate must use these lakes, because there are many of them and most of them are not very big.

If you want to use mountains and rivers to locate, it will be troublesome.

Mountains and rivers are a line on the map, and they are divided into directions.

The lake is a circle or a point, and its position is fixed.

It is actually possible to use mountains and rivers to locate the location, but Chuda may need to be taught more things, and Chuda needs to express and describe many things when delivering messages.

So Zhang Yuan planned to use the lake embedded in the grassland to teach Chu Da.

(End of this chapter)