Chapter 31 Qiu Chi 3

In December of the third year of Yonghe, the Zhenwei guard Xiao Jingwen killed the general Yang Qian of the envoy, attacked Fucheng, and captured him. He claimed to be the governor of Yizhou. He then wanted to take Brazil and seek to connect with Hanzhong. General Zhang Qu first took Zitong and forced Xiao Ni to retreat to Fucheng. The Ming King led his personal army to the south. Chengdu, Fucheng was shocked and frightened.

--Introduction Excerpt

This starts with Tuyan, the second generation of Khan of Tuyan. In the fourth year of Xianhe (329 AD), Tuyan, the second Khan of Tuyan, inherited the "old gang leader", that is, his father's position, and worked hard to force and annex the Qiang Di tribes everywhere. Later, he fought to the territory of Baima Qiang. Jiang Cong, the boss of Baima Qiang, was unable to bear the disturbance, pretended to surrender, set up an ambush at the banquet, and stabbed Tuyan with a knife. Tuyan escaped back to the base under the protection of the guards. He just instructed his son Ye Yan to return to the Bailan area (now the Blan Mountain area in the Balong River Basin of Qinghai) to gather his subordinates to avoid being attacked by the Qiang people. Not long after he explained his last words, he died.

Ye Yan returned to Bailan quickly, first apologized to the Qiang tribes and gave gifts to the grandson, and received "everyone's forgiveness". After silently accumulating strength for several years, Ye Yan established Mukechuan (headquarters) in Shazhou (now Muketan area in Guinan County, Qinghai Province), and then suddenly sent troops to break through Angcheng, killed Jiang Cong, and turned his family into slaves, which shocked the Qiang people everywhere. Then Ye Yan fought south and north, and subdued more than 200,000 Qiang tribes, which was even greater than the territory and power founded by his father.

Jiang Nan was already in her teenage years old at that time. After suddenly encountering the misfortune of the clan and the family, she kept enduring it secretly and vowed to avenge her family.

Later, Tuyuhun formed an alliance with Qiuchi, and the relationship between the two families was pretty good. Jiang Nan was "communicated" to Qiuchi and became Yang An's slave. In the end, he fled to Jinshou with the will to avenge his relatives and friends. This time he was sent to Liangzhou Governor's Mansion by the prefect of Jinshou in a confused manner. He was uneasy and didn't know why. Later, after hearing Zeng Hua's words, he immediately understood the "main official's intention."

In Jinshou, I heard that the governor of Liangzhou was a lunatic. When he destroyed the Han Dynasty in the Western Expedition, he led three thousand elite troops to the front and fought for Wanli Quanwu. This time it seemed that he was going to have a big vote again. Jiang Nan felt that his opportunity had come. He guessed that Zeng Hua was going to eliminate the surrounding forces and Qiu Chi was the first to start the operation. If Qiu Chi was taken down, where could Tuyuhun next to the west go?

So Jiang Nan did not hesitate to reveal all his old secrets, hoping that this "high official" could trust him and give him a chance to avenge him.

Zeng Hua was so happy when he looked at Jiang Nan who had all the tricks. He threw a pillow as soon as he was sleepy. With this kid exploring the way forward, he should be able to touch the city of Wudu. Before destroying Tuyuhun, this kid was absolutely reliable. It had long been seen that you were not an ordinary person, and you could have all the tricks as soon as you swindled.

After the guide found it, Zeng Hua began to prepare. He ordered the counties to start quietly purchasing sheepskin, the kind with fur. Soon he collected tens of thousands of pieces, and then ordered people to make a sandwich leather jacket with cotton. Finally, he prepared the fried millet and wheat to make dry food.

In early February, news came from Jinshou and Brazilian County. Xiao Jingwen, the Zhenwei Guardian of Deyang, killed Yang Qian, the general of the capture of the captive army, and then gathered nearly 20,000 troops to re-capture Fucheng (now Mianyang, Sichuan), proclaimed himself the governor of Yizhou, and then stationed troops to the east to the border of Liangzhou Brazilian County. It seems that Brother Xiao was very dissatisfied with Zeng Hua in Liangzhou and was preparing to drive out the governor of Liangzhou who made meritorious service by "luck" and "promotion" and promoted, and then occupied Hanzhong by himself, and became a veritable "local emperor".

But Zhang Shou and Zhang Qu, who were stationed in Jinshou, were not careless. When they heard the spies' urgent report, they looked at the current situation. Without saying a word, they reported to Nanzheng while using the temporary power granted by Zeng Hua to directly send troops south and occupy Zitong City (now Zitong, Sichuan) first.

Zeng Hua received the report here, and was not polite. He immediately issued an order in the name of General Zhenbei, Zhechong Prefecture, the three counties of Ba County, Fuling County, and Baxi County, to Langzhong, Baxi County, defend Xiao Jingwen from the east. He ordered Che Yin to serve as the prefect of Hanzhong to protect Liangzhou, Mao Muzhi to serve as the general of Zhenbei, General Zhenbei to protect Zhenbei, Xu Dang and Gan Rui each took the power of the front-end guarding military camps, and then led the left and right guard camps to the south.

When Zeng Hua moved like this, Xiao Jingwen felt pressure immediately. Zhang Qu had already fooled him from Jinshou's departure from Zitong with lightning speed. At the beginning, he sent thousands of people to try to recover Zitong. As a result, before he got close to Zitong, he was ambushed by Zhang Qu and could not find the north, and only escaped less than dozens of people.

Xiao Jingwen finally understood that Zeng Hua had two tricks besides "luck" and "support". His subordinates could fight the Cheng Han army as fast as possible. So Xiao Jingwen quickly shrank his troops and retreated to the old nest of Fucheng, and did not dare to take another step towards Brazil County.

Deng Ding and Wei Wen in Chengdu to the south were also nervous. Zeng Hua came down from Liangzhou to pacify Fucheng, and the troops would probably "injure the innocent" wherever the troops went. So the two of them were so angry that they wanted to send someone to tell Zeng Hua that Xiao Jingwen, the bastard, we two helped you to suppress you, so there was no need to bother you, the old man, going south.

However, even if Deng and Wei were in this way, they could not find Zeng Hua because he was "missed" on the way south, and together with more than 2,000 elite soldiers. However, official news from Liangzhou said that they had gone to Brazil County, and the journey was relatively long, so they were still rushing.

Looking at the vast Qinling Mountains, Zeng Hua was in a deep mood. How many people live in these steep mountains? The people of the Central Plains, Di people, and Qiang people silently cultivated animal husbandry here. The dangerous terrain and the surroundings of the mountains made them the best protection and shield. However, even in this remote "paradise", they still could not escape the war and the war was continuous.

The early spring cold wind blew along the ridge of the Qinling Mountains in the north made Zeng Hua's face painful, and immediately interrupted his pursuit of ancient and modern thoughts. Zeng Hua felt that the north wind was like a steel needle covered in the sky, desperately drilling into his arms. You are not a beauty, why are you drilling into my arms? Zeng Hua tightened his jacket tightly while thinking angrily.

This cotton sheepskin jacket was made by Zeng Hua who collected tens of thousands of "military wives" and his family members. Two layers of wool sheepskin inside and outside, filled with loose cotton inside, and then sewed them into hundreds of small grids, wrapping the cotton inside, and also divided them into upper jackets and lower trousers according to Zeng Hua's design. For these jackets, Zeng Hua almost collected all the cotton from Liangzhou and sheepskin from Hanzhong, spending a lot of money and grain, and only hoped that this "buying and sale" would not lose money.

Looking at the snowy mountains in the distance, Zeng Hua couldn't help but touch a short knife on his waist. This was what Fan Min gave to him quietly before he set out from Nanzheng City. Touching the cold and refined knife handle, the beautiful face as beautiful as peach blossoms appeared in front of him again. Her instructions before leaving also came to his ears: "This is a male and female sword created by me for skillful work. The male sword follows the adults' expedition and blesses the adults to return safely and triumphantly. The female sword is with me, hoping that the underworld will never be separated."

Zeng Hua fully understood Fan Min's thoughts. If she couldn't go back, she would use the female knife to accompany herself to the underworld. Unexpectedly, this brilliant and weak young lady of the Fan family would have such a strong side. However, Zeng Hua still felt a warm feeling in the cold wind, and we are also someone who is concerned about.

At this time, Duan Huan came over and said softly: "Sir, hot water is boiled down there, everyone is waiting for you to have dinner."

Because it was a sneak attack, in order to prevent the nearby Qiuchi Qiang, the Di tribes discovered that the Liangzhou army only hurriedly burned the fire before it was dark, burning a little hot water to warm up the body. The rest of the time they were eating cold water and dry food.

Zeng Hua turned his head when he heard the sound, looked at the Zuo Mo Dao General, shook his hand and said, "No, don't worry. Let's talk while walking." After that, he walked in front, while Duan Huan followed closely behind and replied respectfully, "Yes, sir!"

"Yuan Qing (Duan Huan's word), if there were no arrogance and chaos in the country, what would your greatest wish be?" Zeng Hua asked as he walked.

"Sir, I hope to be able to farm with the cheap man and weave the woman. If the child goes to a private school, he will learn some words and everyone will be safe and sound." Duan Huan replied honestly.

Zeng Hua couldn't help but stop, looked back at Duan Huan, and sighed, "Yuan Qing, you are not a greedy person." Zeng Hua knew that not only Duan Huan's wife and children, but also his parents and brothers, and others had long died at Jie Hu's hands. Later, he fled to Hanzhong and joined the Liangzhou Army, and became Mo Dao Shu. He just got a fat boy last December. I wonder which wife and child he was talking about?

Thinking of this, Zeng Hua turned around, looked at the distant north, and silently for a long time before saying quietly: "Yuan Qing, it's a pity that your simple wish cannot be realized."

Duan Huan also looked gloomy, lowering his head as if he was holding back something: "Sir, this may be fate. But God did not kill him all, so we met you, sir."

After hearing Duan Huan's words, Zeng Hua shook his head and continued, "There is a cause and effect. There is a reason for us to become like this now. But we will not understand for a while. It just made me suffer the Chinese people." Speaking of this, Zeng Hua felt a little sour in his nose and a little foggy in his eyes, and quickly changed the topic.

"Yuanqing, the Central Plains were turned into grassland by the Hu people, but we Chinese people were regarded as sheep. What do you think we should do?" Zeng Hua suddenly pointed to the northeast and asked.

"The little one doesn't know, but the little one only understands that as long as the adult gives orders, the little one wants to follow the adult and kill all the wild wolves." Duan Huan replied in a deep voice.

"Haha!" Zeng Hua couldn't help but turn his head and smile and continued to walk down as he said, "Yuan Qing, we just rely on a few of us to kill the Hu people."

"This is not something that the young one cares about, the adults have their own opinions. The young one just need to kill the enemy." Duan Huan replied respectfully.

Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing again when he heard this, and the two of them quickly walked to the camp hidden in the mountain nest.

Zhao Fu, Le Changshan, Wei Xingguo and Jiang Nan were all surrounded by a pot of steaming water, holding dry food, waiting for Zeng Hua.

Seeing this, Zeng Hua squatted down without hesitation, took a spoonful of hot water handed over by Zhao Fu, and then took the dry food handed over by a personal guard, and started to chew. When everyone saw it, they scooped hot water and ate the dry food. Suddenly, they could only hear a whisper and creaking sound.

After a few sips of hot water in their stomachs, everyone felt a warm feeling on their bodies. A warm feeling surged from the bottom of their hearts and soon spread throughout their bodies. Everyone ate and started their daily "collision meeting" as usual.

"Changshan, Xingguo, how is the team going?" Zeng Hua first asked the commander of the left and right military guards. These two were refugees in Chenliu County, Yanzhou, and were "Lao Tun Dings" who followed Zeng Hua. Because of their bravery, they became Zeng Hua's personal soldiers. Their original names were Le Goudan and Wei Luzi, but they were really indecent and damaged their "official power", so they asked Che Yin to take the two more imposing gentle names, Le Changshan and Wei Xingguo, and even the font sizes were omitted.

"Everything is safe, but more than fifty soldiers had frostbite on their feet, but it was not serious and they could still follow the team."

Zeng Hua took great pains to attack this time, from jackets and pants, to sheepskin shoes and gloves, to fur hats, all of them were carefully prepared. Because Zeng Hua knew that if the soldier was frozen, his combat effectiveness would be reduced by at least half. The cold wind of the mountains was not a joke. It seemed that his preparation was effective. Although it was damaged, it had not had much impact.

"That's good! Is there any problem with the Modao team?" Zeng Hua turned to ask the Modao players Duan Huan and Zhao Fu.

"No problem. This time, the Modao and waist knife were only used to run, and without armor, it would not be hard for the Modaomen to start their army." Zhao Fu replied.

In order to bring enough dry food for ten days, Zeng Hua took the lead in walking. The chain mail that Modao Hand should wear and the infantry armor that the soldiers in the military guards should wear were all changed to leather armor that the crossbowmen. In addition to the necessary weapons, the rest were all left at home, just to be able to wear a jacket, bring more dry food, and wear light clothes all the way.

"That's good! Jiang Nan, tell you where we are currently." Jiang Nan is a Qiang native, so it's good to have a name, so naturally there is no font size, so Zeng Hua and others call him directly.

"Yes, sir!" Jiang Nan replied while drawing a simple map on the mud on the ground. Jiang Nan was very smart. When he saw Zeng Hua painted twice, he followed him. He learned to behave well within two times.

"The north is the Western Han River, mostly the Di people, and some Baishui Qiang. The south is the Baishui River, which lives in Baishui Qiang. We happen to be among them." Jiang Nan pointed to the two lines on the left and right and said, "We are Konghan Valley ahead of us, and we are almost at the territory of Dangchang Qiang. Tomorrow we should turn around and look north."

Four days ago, Zeng Hua and others passed the Western Han River (upper reaches of the Jialing River) from Maming Pavilion in Jinshou (now north of Guangyuan, Sichuan), and then under the leadership of Jiang Nan, they quietly advanced northwest along the Motianling Ridge. Then they followed the high mountain side on the north bank of the Baishui River, carefully avoiding the Qiang tribes who had been in the winter and continued to move forward. Until today, they have reached the east side of the Konghan Valley. The journey has been more than halfway, and it is relatively smooth, but the road behind is even more difficult to walk.

"We turn north, and there will be more and more Di tribes there. They are no longer the Qiang who have encountered before, who have come out to find the lost sheep. The Di tribes are becoming more and more likely to be discovered. Therefore, I suggest that tomorrow we will start to travel day and night to day and night, and that day and night." Jiang Nan said.

"Okay! You are familiar with this place, and you can do whatever you say!" Zeng Hua said while passing the mutton jerky handed over to Jiang Nan.

Jiang Nan was stunned when he saw a large piece of mutton jerky in front of him. Because he had to wear light clothes, he didn't bring much mutton jerky, which was specially for the generals, and he also had a regular dose. Even Duan Huan, Zhao Fu, Le Changshan, Wei Xingguo and others didn't eat much.

"Sir, this?" Jiang Nan asked hesitantly.

"Eat! What are you polite!" Zeng Hua tucked the jerky mutton into Jiang Nan's hand, and said jokingly, "You are much more important than me now. The lives of the two thousand five hundred soldiers are in your hands. Even if there is only the last piece of jerky mutton left, you should be given to you."

When everyone heard this, they laughed kindly. Jiang Nan did not hesitate anymore and finished the dried mutton with tears in his eyes.

Seeing Jiang Nan finished eating, Zeng Hua asked while gnawing on the buckwheat cake: "Jiang Nan, you are a Qiang person. Tell us about the Qiang person, just treat it as a way to relieve boredom when eating us. Who told you to eat meat and we will chew on the cake!"

With another kind chuckle from everyone, Jiang Nan said slowly: "The Qiang people are roughly divided into four tribes, Yak Qiang, Baima Qiang, Ganlang Qiang, and Qingyi Qiang. Yak Qiang is famous for raising good-bred yaches. At first, most of them were distributed in Chenli County, Yizhou, and there were Yak County (now northeast of Hanyuan County, Sichuan Province). Later, they continued south to Yueli County (in the lower reaches of Ruoshui (Yalong River), which was under the lower reaches of Ruoshui (Yalong River), with more than 100 tribes such as Bailang, Panmu, and Tangli. Qingshui Qiang mainly lives in the Qingyi River area of ​​Jianwei, Yizhou and Hanjia County. There are more than 100 tribes, but they are also the earliest and longest affiliated to Yizhou, which is no different from the people of Yizhou."

He is truly worthy of being the son of the Great Qiang Chief. All the things about the Qiang people came out as soon as they fell in love. It seems that Jiang Nan's role is not only to use the banner, but also to be a general who is the only one.

While listening to Jiang Nan's introduction, Zeng Hua thought about it secretly.
Chapter completed!