"Maybe Brother Wen Yue has another choice, that is, to take Guanzhong as the foundation and dominate the western frontier. "www.biquge.info Zhang Meng's face showed disdain, and he said coldly, "Judging from the current situation, it is indeed possible for Brother Wen Yue to dominate Western Xinjiang, but the result is nothing more than becoming a rogue in Western Xinjiang because of poverty, and finally gradually losing the ability to defend Western Xinjiang. The so-called hegemony is nothing but a self-deceptive deception, and it is the vast territory of western Xinjiang and more than 500,000 innocent people who suffer from it. ”

The generals of Xiliang were panicked.

Huangfu Li visited all the Xiliang generals in Chang'an, and his efforts seemed to have played a certain role, and today's "bombardment" by Zhang Meng's righteous and stern words made the Xiliang generals have a more sober understanding of the current situation.

Yang Qiu and the others began to cautiously advise Han Sui, asking him to consider it carefully.

"Have you heard of it?" Han Sui asked with a smile.

The generals were silent.

Zhang Meng sighed in disappointment.

Han Sui continued: "Hebei has always said that it wants to fight Luoyang, okay, we will help him fight Luoyang." What about after Luoyang? Where are we going? Do you want to return to Xiliang or continue to sit in Guanzhong? ”

There is no need for an answer to this sentence, Hebei will not let Han Sui and his Xiliang army be stationed in Guanzhong for a long time.

"We returned to Xiliang and continued to defend the frontier, while Li Yi continued to lead his army southward." Han Sui stared at Zhang Ming and asked word by word, "What about Xiliang?" Who will solve the problem of Xiliang? Will the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Court of Jicheng concentrate on solving the problem of Xiliang before they pacify the world? Can we trust the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Court of Jicheng? ”

Han Sui slowly stood up, walked a few steps back and forth in the lobby, and then stopped in front of Zhang Meng, stared at him and said, "Your words make sense, you and I have the same ultimate goal, both for Xiliang, but you think we must respect the Son of Heaven and the imperial court." But if you look at the world today, who else respects the Son of Heaven and the imperial court? Whether it is the Son of Heaven and the court of Nanyang, or the Son of Heaven and the court of Jicheng, who sincerely respects it? ”

"After King Li Yiqin succeeded, how many days did he stay in Jicheng? For Hebei, is it the court lord of Jicheng who is in power, or the general who is in charge? ”

"What about Yuan Shao? How many years has Yuan Shao occupied Luoyang, and how could he ever have thought of taking the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to Luoyang? You let the people of Xiliang respect the Son of Heaven and the court, what is the use of respecting such a Son of Heaven and the court? Can you help Xiliang get out of trouble? ”

"If Xiliang wants to survive, he can only rely on himself. After so many years of fighting, the blood and lives of countless brothers have made us clearly see our own way of survival. ”

Han Sui faced the generals, let out a long sigh, and said helplessly: "But the reality is cruel, Hebei is indeed very strong, so strong that we Xiliang people have lost their fighting spirit. Without fighting spirit, how can we survive? ”

"Everyone has illusions about Hebei, hoping that they can help Xiliang and defend Xiliang, and I am the same, and I have the same luxury." Han Sui waved his hand vigorously and said, "Okay, let's show sincerity and talk to Hebei once." If Hebei agrees to our conditions, we will join forces with Hebei to fight Luoyang. If Hebei still refuses, then I can only tell you in despair that if we want to survive, we can only fight to the death. ”

"For Xiliang, the most urgent issue at hand is survival, the survival of more than half a million people. I had planned to move the population as soon as Guanzhong stabilized, but now if we join forces with Hebei, Guanzhong will be stable immediately, there is no danger, and we can start population migration immediately. ”

Han Sui pointed his finger at Zhang Meng and said, "You go and discuss with Huangfu Li in person." As long as Hebei agrees to this condition, I can give them in Guanzhong, and I can help them fight in Luoyang. When Luoyang is defeated, I can also immediately return to Xiliang with the army to defend it. ”

"I only have this one condition now, if Hebei doesn't agree, then we can only take up arms, fight bloodily for our own survival, for the survival of Xiliang, and never retreat."

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Huangfu Li categorically rejected Han Sui's conditions.

"Brother Zhongyi, Xiliang only has this one request, one request...... Zhang Meng begged bitterly, "Brother Wen Yue has stepped back to this step, what else do you want him to do?" You can not let the Xiliang army be stationed in Guanzhong, but you must always let the people of Xiliang move to Guanzhong and let them live, right? Is this little request too much? ”

"This request is not only excessive, but also will make the Han quickly and completely lose Western Xinjiang." Huangfu Li waved his hands angrily and shouted loudly, "The imperial court would rather allocate five years of relief to Xiliang, would rather give Xiliang 100,000 troops enough food and salary, and would rather let Gao Changgong and Zhang Liao lead the army to recover the five counties of Hexi, and would never let the Xiliang people move into Guanzhong." ”

"Why? Why are you doing this? Zhang Meng trembled with anger, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "You can ask the eldest princess, ask the general, what qualifications do you have to refuse?" Do you have to turn Guanzhong into a battlefield of flesh and blood? ”

"Why? Why do you say? You're from Xiliang, don't you know? Huangfu Li pointed at Zhang Meng's nose and scolded angrily, "Have you lived in vain in your life?" The 500,000 population of Xiliang moved into Guanzhong, and the entire Xiliang defense line was about to retreat 2,000 miles, and the cavalry of the Qiang people would soon reach the line of Dasanguan and Chencang, and approach Chang'an, and all the western Xinjiang would be lost, and Guanzhong would become a battlefield full of flames. ”

Zhang Meng said in disbelief: "The Xiliang army is still guarding the border fortress in the western frontier, how can the Qiang people kill Guanzhong?" You don't want to be alarmist. ”

"Am I alarmist?" Huangfu Li smiled angrily, "Your father is a famous general of this dynasty, and he is a powerful frontier, why do you descendants know nothing about military affairs?" ”

In his later years, Zhang Huan devoted himself to studying scriptures, and had thousands of disciples. His eldest son Zhang Zhi and second son Zhang Chang are both famous calligraphers, while Zhang Meng himself is a great Confucian. Huangfu Li's words made Zhang Meng so angry that his face was red, and he stared at Qing Qing and was speechless with shame.

Huangfu Li tried his best to hold back his anger and explained: "At that time, General Meng Tian of the Great Qin State led an army of 300,000 to the north, laid down the Hetao, forced Yin Mountain, and opened up a large territory. In order to defend the territory, the first emperor issued an order to migrate hundreds of thousands of people from the interior several times to the north to fill the border. ”

"At that time, the great general Wei Qing, the hussar general Huo Qubing and other famous generals of this dynasty repeatedly led expeditions to open up territory for the Han Dynasty. In order to defend these territories, Emperor Xiaowu ordered the migration of more than one million people north to the Tuntian border in Hetao and Hexi for more than 20 years. ”

"The first emperor of the Great Qin State and the Xiaowu Emperor of this dynasty, why did they not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to migrate the population to the border? Very simply, the army on the border needs food, but the cost of sending grain from the interior to the border is very large, and the consumption of national strength is even more amazing. No other dynasty has been able to bear such a heavy burden for a long time. The garrison needs a steady supply of troops, but the soldiers who have traveled thousands of miles from the interior to the frontier are often unable to adapt to the water and soil, and cannot guarantee the combat effectiveness of the army, and once they encounter a war, the frontier cannot be replenished in the shortest possible time. After the population moved north, there were more people in the border counties, more cultivated land, and the supply of soldiers and food was guaranteed, and the border fortress became more and more secure. ”

"More than ten years ago, there were wars in northern Xinjiang and western Xinjiang, and it seemed that the national strength was not enough, and the financial endowment of the imperial court was insufficient, but when it came to a deeper investigation, it was because the land annexation of border counties was serious, and the government was extremely corrupt. In addition, the climate in the border county was harsh, and the Hu people repeatedly invaded, and the people could not survive, so they had to leave their homes and escape. The population of the border counties is getting smaller and smaller, the land is becoming more and more barren, and the supply of troops and food has decreased sharply, and the combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined, and it is inevitable that the border counties will fall into the flames of war. ”

As time went on, the cycle became more and more severe, and when the situation became irretrievable, the frontier defense collapsed, and the flames of war rose into the sky and quickly spread throughout the border.

"Now the garrison of the western frontier has collapsed. With the efforts of the imperial court and the generals, tens of millions of displaced people in northern Xinjiang migrated north to the border of Tuntian several times, and after 15 years of rectification, stability was gradually restored. ”

"If the western Xinjiang wants to restore stability, defeating the Qiang is only a small problem, and the bigger problem is the migration of the population, the tuntian garrison, and the promotion and implementation of a series of new policies to ensure the long-term stability of the western Xinjiang."

"Before I arrived in Chang'an, the imperial court had discussed the affairs of Western Xinjiang many times, and some ministers also mentioned the proposal to temporarily abandon Western Xinjiang and move all the people of Western Xinjiang to Guanzhong, but this proposal was immediately rejected."

"Once the Western Xinjiang is abandoned, and once the Han people in the Western Xinjiang move into Guanzhong, the situation in the Western Xinjiang will completely change, and there will be no room for salvation. In order to protect the Central Plains, the imperial court is bound to do its best in Guanzhong, which will greatly delay the pace of the imperial court to pacify the world. ”

"What's more serious is that in the future, in order to recapture Western Xinjiang, in order to migrate people to Western Xinjiang, and in order to garrison the frontier in Western Xinjiang, it will need to spend amazing financial and material resources. Western Xinjiang may once again drag the Han down alive. ”

"Do you understand now?" Huangfu Li took a few quick breaths, and said angrily, "Xiliang people can't only take care of themselves and ignore the big man. The Han has overturned, how long can Xiliang exist alone? How many of the 500,000 people in Xiliang can survive the flames of war? The people of Xiliang lived a hard life in Western Xinjiang, but when they arrived in Guanzhong, they were likely to live harder and die faster. ”

"As for saying that the Xiliang army will continue to defend the western frontier after the people of Xiliang migrate, this is simply a joke. How do they defend it? Grass or mud? The Qiang people have their own tribe and their own livestock, but what about them? Their homeland has migrated to Guanzhong, and their grain is one or two thousand miles away from Biansai, even if it is transported to Biansai, how much will be left? How do you let them keep? Who wants to keep it? (To be continued.) )