After Zhang Song returned to Chengdu, he said to Liu Zhang: "I went to Hanzhong to meet with the general, and several times I provoked each other with words, and even falsely claimed that I was willing to be the internal response, to test whether he had the heart to seize Shudi. ”

"However, the general said that the lord is a relative of the Han family, and as a general of the dynasty, he will never dare to offend the lord easily."

Moreover, the general also said that Yuan Shao relied on his strength to disobey the emperor's orders, attacked the rest of the princes in vain, and oppressed the Han clan. The general is preparing to raise an army to fight, how can he have the leisure to covet Yizhou? ”

"The lord of this matter, but please rest assured, the general has no intention of seizing Yizhou."

Liu Zhang was overjoyed when he heard this, and rewarded Zhang Song heavily, so he no longer worried about Wen Zhao's southward journey.

Because Ma Teng's Xiliang army was ambushed by the Qiang people and returned defeated, the four counties of Longxi were recaptured by the Qiang people.

In addition, the scattered Qiang people in the past were all gathered together, and for a time the Qiang people were extremely powerful in Longxi, and they actually founded a country in the four counties of Longxi.

Ma Teng had no soldiers and horses in his hands, so he had to hide in the desert with some remnants of the defeated generals, and then sent people to express his willingness to surrender to the Son of Heaven, hoping to get the help of the general.

Pusaka, after Tian Feng received Ma Teng's documents, he immediately asked people to hurry up and travel under the stars, and rushed to Hanzhong with Ma Teng's documents.

However, it was said that Wen Zhao had counted the treasury of Hanzhong, and when he was lamenting the wealth of Hanzhong, someone suddenly came to report that the messenger from Pusaka had arrived and was in a hurry to see.

Wen Zhao did not dare to slack off, so he summoned the messenger.

He took the letter, and after reading the contents in detail, he immediately laughed and said: "The Qiang people are scattered all over the place, and I still have to spend time to conquer them one by one, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to calm down for several years. ”

"Today, the Qiang people don't measure their own strength, and they actually gather the strength of various tribes in vain to establish a national name, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

Subsequently, Wen Zhao gathered Jia Xu, Li Ru, and Dong Zhao together and handed them Ma Teng's documents to read. When the three of them heard that Ma Teng had been ambushed by the Qiang people and almost wiped out the whole army, they were all surprised.

After seeing that the Qiang people did not measure their own strength to build the country, they laughed out loud.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the reason why it is difficult to calm down the Qiang plague is because there are too many Qiang tribes, and it is difficult to conquer them one by one. In addition, some tribes surrendered to the Han family today, but they rebelled again tomorrow, which caused the Han family a headache.

The Great Han is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and for those Qiang people who surrender, even if they know that they may rebel in the future, they will still be appeased.

Therefore, even if Duan Cheng was at that time, almost all the rebellious Qiang people were killed. Those Qiang people who surrendered to the Han dynasty were still retained, leaving a disaster for the resurgence of Qiang troubles in the future.

Now that the Qiang people have gathered together to establish the name of the country, one is prosperous and one is lost, and Wen Zhao's goal is much clearer. As long as we can take every step of the way and destroy the Qiang people, the Qiang trouble will be completely subsided sooner or later.

Jia Xu said pointedly: "The affairs of the Qiang people can be postponed, how is the lord going to deal with Ma Teng?" ”

Li Ru and Dong Zhao also looked at Chen Xu, wanting to hear what Wen Zhao meant. Although they are strategists under Wen Zhao's command, sometimes they still have to find out the thoughts of their own lords.

If it is a matter of life and death for the Chen Group, they will naturally not be ambiguous and will fight for it on the basis of reason.

However, Ma Teng was defeated and the Qiang people founded the country, and now Ma Teng has become a little insignificant and has no use value at all.

Although Ma Teng's last table was very euphemistic, everyone still felt that he wanted to surrender.

This kind of surrender is not like the last time, when Ma Teng nominally surrendered to the Han family, but in fact he was still a prince on one side. It can be said that the current Ma Teng no longer has the capital to secede.

If he surrenders to Chen Xu this time, he will really surrender and will become Wen Zhao's subordinate.

Ma Teng, who has no use value, it doesn't matter if Wen Zhao accepts him or not. For such a trivial matter, a few strategists naturally wanted to find out what Wen Zhao meant, and then give some advice to his liking.

Chen Xu thought for a while, rubbed his brows and said, "Although Ma Teng was defeated, he also has a lot of prestige in the four counties of Longxi. For the sake of the people of the four counties of Longxi, he traveled a long distance to Yumen Pass to attack the Qiang people. ”

"At this time, he defeated the hands of the Qiang people, if I ignore him, won't it chill the hearts of the people of the four counties of Longxi?"

Speaking of this, Wen Zhao walked back and forth in the house a few times with his hands behind his back, and then said: "I want to recall him to Pusaka, give him the position of guard lieutenant, and let him take care of his old age in the capital, okay?" ”

Jia Xu, Li Ru, and Dong Zhao immediately bowed down and said, "The Lord is benevolent and righteous!" ”

After finalizing Ma Teng's surrender, Wen Zhao immediately said: "The 500,000 newly recruited soldiers are all stranded in Liangzhou now, and it's time to settle them." ”

Jia Xu and Li Ru glanced at each other, and a smile appeared on their faces. This time, the entire Guanzhong conscription was completely planned by them.

Conscription is a void, and the primary purpose is to relocate the people.

Of course, there is another meaning, that is, to deter Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, as well as the civil and military officials under his command.

It can be said that without this huge military base, the Yang family may not be able to defect to Chen Xu so easily. Although the 500,000 troops did not go to the front, they also put extremely great pressure on Hanzhong.

Wen Zhao estimated that he left 500,000 troops in Liangzhou in order to be able to enrich the population of Liangzhou.

The current Liangzhou, even if it is described as a thousand miles without a rooster crow, the entire Liangzhou is ruled by Wen Zhao, and the total population is less than 300,000.

Of course, many people did not register at all, but with the stability of the situation and the various preferential policies implemented by Wen Zhao in Liangzhou, many people took the initiative to go to the government to register.

Rao is like this, and the people in Liangzhou are still very scarce.

This time, Wen Zhao recruited troops, on the one hand, to raise grain and grass, but more to move the people to Liangzhou.

Moreover, considering that Hanoi County and Henan Yin County were east of Hangu Pass and Kei Pass, Wen Zhao also had the idea of moving the people to other places as much as possible.

After all, what the Han lacks now is not territory, but population.

In a Liangzhou prefecture in Nuoda, there are less than 300,000 registered people, which has to be said to be a great sadness.

If the proclamation is promulgated and it is clearly stated that the people will be allowed to migrate to Liangzhou, I am afraid that there will be very few responses. Once it is not handled well, it will even lead to complaints from the people.

However, as long as 500,000 young people were brought to Liangzhou, Wen Zhao had many ways to move their families over. In this way, not only will it not stir up public resentment, but if it is done properly, it will make these people rejoice.

If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time.

If you use different strategies for the same thing, the results will be different.