In the battle of the eastern suburbs of Pingxiang, the princes of Xiliang and the leaders of the Qiang tribe were terrified.

After the war, the Xiliang army, which was not solid, fell apart, and the princes of Liangzhou led their soldiers back to their nests.

After the defeat, Ma Teng and Han Sui blamed each other.

Ma Teng said that it was precisely because of Han Sui's wrong strategy that Guan Zhongbing had an opportunity to take advantage of it, causing him to break a general.

Han Sui said that if Ma Teng hadn't listened to the dissuasion and insisted on leading the troops to rescue Ma Chao, he would not have been defeated by Zhao Yun and Xu Huang who were rushing to the scene.

Moreover, it was precisely because of Ma Teng's unauthorized departure that the Xiliang military camp was empty, allowing the Guanzhong soldiers to take the opportunity to seize it.

The two fought each other, and later almost fought each other.

Although they are nominally brothers, they are in fact taking advantage of each other. Especially when the two had a bad relationship, Han Sui killed Ma Teng's wife and children. Ma Teng has always kept this matter in mind.

Even if he was forced to join forces with Han Suixu and the snake to resist the Guanzhong soldiers, he still did not completely let go of the hatred in his heart. If Ma Teng found an opportunity, he would stab Han Sui in the back mercilessly.

Fortunately, they still have some sense, knowing that with Chen Xu, a big enemy, on their side, they didn't face each other with swords after all, but just led their subordinates to leave.

However, it is said that after Wen Zhao defeated the Western Liang coalition army, he listened to the advice of Jia Xu and Li Ru, and did not drive straight into exterminate the princes of Liangzhou.

On the contrary, the Guanzhong soldiers marched step by step, with Hanyang County as the center, and divided their troops to seize Longxi County. Wudu County, Anding County, and Beidi County.

After more than three months of campaigning, the six richest counties in the east of Liangzhou have been occupied by Chen Xu.

In addition to Jincheng County, where Han Sui is entrenched, the remaining four counties and four counties of Longxi in Liangzhou are full of desert and Gobi, Qiang people and foreign races, and they are some barren lands.

The pacification of the six counties in the eastern part of Liangzhou, and the princes entrenched here, were also wiped out by the autumn wind of the Guanzhong army. The remaining princes of Liangzhou and the leaders of the Qiang people finally began to be afraid.

On this day, the generals who captured the eastern counties of Liangzhou all led their troops back to Longxian. The whole Longxian County was dressed in red and hung colors, and the military and civilians enjoyed together, and the joy shook the sky.

Wen Zhao held a feast and feasted meritorious soldiers in the army. After the banquet, there was a sudden report from left and right, saying that the leader of the Qiang tribe had sent an envoy to come over and wanted to meet Chen Xu in person.

After hearing this news, Chen Xu did not immediately summon the leader of the Qiang tribe, but instead summoned his subordinates to come to discuss the matter.

"We have already become mortal enemies with the Qiang people and the princes of Liangzhou. The leader of the Qiang people sent an envoy at this time, but I don't know what it was? ”

When the generals heard this, they all talked about it.

Some people say that the Qiang people saw that the Han army occupied the eastern part of Liangzhou, and finally couldn't sit still, so they sent people to write a war letter; Some people also believe that the Qiang people were afraid of the Han army and came to beg for surrender.

Everyone looks at you, and I say a word. For a moment, the chamber became noisy. Wen Zhao sat on the throne, not the slightest dissatisfaction, but listened carefully to everyone's point of view.

After half a pillar of incense, Wen Zhao waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.

He ordered Fan Chou, Yang Ding, Yang Qiu, and Ma Wan, and said to them: "All four of you are from Liangzhou, and you know the Qiang people better than us. What do you think is the matter with many Qiang tribal leaders sending envoys over? ”

The four of them looked at each other for a while, and finally Yang Ding took the lead in speaking: "My lord, the Qiang people are brutal and greedy by nature, bullying the weak and afraid of the hard. In the past, he repeatedly rebelled against the imperial court, burned, killed and looted, and begged the imperial court to recruit peace when he was poor. ”

"I foolishly thought that this must be because the Qiang people were afraid of the lord's soldiers, so they sent messengers to beg for surrender."

Fan Chou, Yang Qiu, and Ma Yu also echoed it.

After pondering for a long time, Wen Zhao still set his eyes on Jia Xu and Li Ru, and said, "What do the two military advisors think?" ”

Jia Xu frowned and was silent, but Li Ru said: "The Qiang people sent an envoy to beg for surrender, this matter is confirmed, and the lord does not need to think about anything else." ”

After Li Ru's confirmation, all the generals in the chamber rejoiced. If the Qiang people really surrendered, Han Sui and Ma Teng would be unable to support them alone, and the Guanzhong army would not be able to pacify the entire Liangzhou.

Now that the year is approaching, what a pleasant thing it would be to be able to return to the dynasty with full of military exploits and honors.

Wen Zhao's face also showed joy, and said: "In this case, I will go and gather the Qiang envoys and discuss with them about accepting surrenders. ”

At this moment, Jia Xu, who had been frowning and silent, suddenly spoke: "It's okay for the lord to see the Qiang envoys first, but the matter of allowing them to surrender is also for the lord to consider carefully." ”

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "Wen He, what's worried?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

Jia Xu looked at Wen Zhao and shook his head slightly.

In the end, Wen Zhao took Wen Wu to meet the Qiang envoy. This time, there were more than 20 Qiang envoys to Longxian, and the representatives behind them were more than 20 Qiang tribes.

A Qiang envoy who seemed to have a high status came to Wen Zhao's side and stroked his chest and saluted: "The voice of the great general, even if we are in the desert without people, it is like thunder. ”

"This time, on behalf of the Qiang tribe, I surrendered to the general!"

At this point, the messenger bowed his noble head. I have to say that this Qiang envoy speaks Chinese well, and he has also read some Han books.

"Please also ask the general to accept our surrender!"

The rest of the Qiang envoys also stepped forward and chanted in unison.

A bright smile appeared on Wen Zhao's face. Maybe this is the so-called Ten Thousand Tribes to come to court, I have to say that seeing so many Qiang tribes want to surrender themselves, Chen Xu felt a little fluttering.

However, before he could continue to fight, he was so angry by the words of those Qiang envoys that his face turned pale.

I only heard the Qiang envoy who was the first to speak: "According to the practice of the Celestial Empire, after we surrender, the imperial court will give money and food according to the number of our tribes. As for the head of our tribe, he should also be canonized by the imperial court. ”

As soon as the man finished speaking, the rest of the Qiang envoys also crowded over, asking for money, food, and official positions, and the amount was extremely huge.

Dian Wei originally saw that many tribes were willing to surrender, and he also felt honored. But he didn't expect that these people would make such an impudent request.

Dian Wei roared, came to Wen Zhao's side, and waved his fist to knock several Qiang envoys to the ground in a row.

He roared angrily: "You bastards, how dare you blackmail me and others like this, and bully me into not having a hard fist? ”

Several people were knocked to the ground by Dian Wei, and the rest of the Qiang envoys were horrified and hurriedly avoided from afar. The Qiang man who spoke first lay on the ground and touched a handful of nosebleeds, and got up in a panic, looking at Dian Wei with a look of resentment and fear.

He took a few steps back and said loudly: "General, we are here to surrender, why are your men so rude?" ”

Wen Zhao sneered twice and said, "Let me give you a lot of money, grain and grass in exchange for peace?" ”

"In front of me, Chen Xu, there is only the peace brought by the sword and killing; We will never sell our dignity and the blood and sweat of our people in exchange for this so-called pseudo-peace. ”

"If you come to surrender with this attitude, I only give you one word, and that is 'kill'!"

"Kill!"

Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and others all pulled out their swords at their waists and shouted loudly. For a time, the murderous spirit in the camp was rampant, and the Qiang envoys were all trembling.

Although those Qiang envoys were afraid, they still felt a little inexplicable. They don't know what went wrong with their requests.

As is customary, isn't it true that as long as they can surrender, they can get everything they want?

Wen Zhao snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and strode away without saying a word. He didn't pay any attention to the Qiang messengers who were shouting behind him.

It was only at this time that he understood why Jia Xu would say such a sentence before.

That night, Wen Zhao took Dian Wei, Dian Man, and a few personal soldiers to Jia Xu's residence and asked him for advice on how to calm Qiang.

As soon as Wen Zhao came to the door, Jia Xu's scholar's eyes lit up. After he stepped forward and saluted, he led Wen Zhao to Jia Xu's study.

Seeing this situation, Chen Xu asked in surprise: "Could it be that the military advisor has long known that I will come to visit him tonight?" ”

The scholar raised his neck proudly and said, "My master is so clever that he has no last resort." He had expected the lord to come tonight, so he asked me to receive him at the door. ”

Chen Xu chuckled twice, and followed the scholar into the door.

"Hey, I've seen the lord."

As soon as he pushed open the door, Jia Xu appeared beside Wen Zhao and saluted him.

Wen Zhao stepped forward to hold his arm and said, "Since Sir expects me to come to visit tonight, can you tell me how to quell the Xiqiang Rebellion?" ”

Jia Xu didn't answer in a hurry, but welcomed Chen Xu into the house. After the two sat down, Jia Xu said slowly: "The lord wants to capture Liangzhou as soon as possible, and he also wants to completely solve the scourge of the Qiang people?" ”

Chen Xu was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Of course, it is a complete solution to the Qiang problem." ”

Hearing Chen Xu's words, a smile appeared on Jia Xu's face. He got up and saluted Wen Zhao again, and said, "If the lord has this ambition, dare to disobey the death force?" ”

It is not a simple matter to completely quell the trouble. It must be known that since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang people have been disrupting the border and depleting the treasury of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.

The reason why the Eastern Han Dynasty fell to this point was because of the continuous troubles. Even generations of virtuous monarchs in history have failed to solve this problem. This shows how tricky the Qiang rebellion was.

Jia Xu walked to the bookshelf, picked up a book made of new paper, put him next to Wen Zhao, and said, "If the lord really wants to calm the trouble, you might as well read this book first." ”

"I wrote everything in the book."

When Wen Zhao saw this thick scroll, his face became extremely solemn. He straightened his clothes, then carefully picked up the scroll and began to read it carefully.