Chapter 637: Cutting the Grass and Eradicating the Roots
Hexi Corridor is a green corridor of life, and Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang are the four pearls inlaid in this green long outline, from the year Huo Qu disease swept the Huns in Hexi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the four counties of Hexi, this rich land has since belonged to the Han Dynasty, after Cao Pi usurped the Han, the four counties of Hexi became part of the Liangzhou Thorn History Department of Cao Wei, after Sima Yan usurped Wei, it became the territory of the Jin State, and now Liu Yin led the army to the west strongly, and reincorporated this land into the territory of the Han Dynasty, This is no longer simply reincarnation fate, and the territorial changes in Liangzhou have also witnessed the quiet evolution of the general trend of the world.
Xu Wu is still the history of Liangzhou Thorn, Liu Yin promised that the officials of Liangzhou will basically be retained, which is first of all including Xu Wu's Liangzhou Thorn History, Tiao Mao's Wuwei Taishou, and Zhangye Taishou Zhang Gong, Jiuquan Taishou Zhang Xu also handed over the table one after another, Liu Yin is of course happy to see it, Tiao Mao, Zhang Gong, and Zhang Xu continued to serve as the Taishou of Wuwei, Zhangye, and Jiuquan counties respectively, but Dunhuang Taishou Ma Xun refused to surrender, and continued to hold high the banner of the Great Jin Dynasty to confront Shu.
Liu Yin didn't care, just a Dunhuang county refused to surrender, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation, as long as the Shu army is there, there are only 5,000 defenders of Dunhuang City, and Liu Yin has never put this little power in the west of the Jin State in his eyes, in Liangzhou, the real enemy can only be called a bald tree.
Although this time in Wuwei bald tree function suffered a fiasco, heavy losses, but Liu Yin knows the truth that the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, such an opponent like the bald tree function must not give him a chance to breathe, a little slack, let him recover, it is bound to make a comeback, such an opponent, it is not difficult to defeat him, the difficult thing is how to eliminate him, only by completely eliminating him, can we keep the peace of Liangzhou.
In history, the bald tree function dominated Hexi for ten years, during which it was only defeated once in the hands of the famous general Wen Yang of the Western Jin Dynasty, and Wen Yang's victory was also a big victory, capturing more than 200,000 people of Zhuhu in one fell swoop, but it failed to eliminate the bald tree function. Just a year later, the bald tree function after the defeat made a comeback, in Wuwei broke the Jin army, the new Liangzhou assassin Yang Xin, Yang Xin also became the third Liangzhou assassin to be killed, and the fourth feudal official who died in battle, which shows the ferocity of the bald tree function.
In the face of such an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, Liu Yin was not complacent because of Gu Zang's victory, he knew that the bald tree function was like a weed in the desert, as long as there was suitable soil for him and brought him a little rain and dew, this weed would grow wildly and even expand into a grassland.
Therefore, to deal with the function of bald trees, what we need to do is to eliminate the evil, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and absolutely cannot give any more living space.
The 100,000 army of the bald tree function, lost 20,000 in the first-line gorge, and lost thousands of men and horses in the two attacks on the way, and the most serious casualties were the battle of Guzang, 40,000 or 50,000 people who entered the city, nearly 70% of the losses, nearly 30,000 people died in Guzang, and the bald tree function only fled to Dunhuang with 30,000 or 40,000 men and horses, which can be described as a heavy loss.
Liu Yin didn't have the slightest intention of letting go of the bald tree function, and after the battle of Guzang, after a few days of short rest, continuing the westward expedition was put on the agenda again.
Of course, before sending troops, Liu Yin also needed to rectify the officials of the Assassin Mansion, although Liu Yin promised Tiao Mao, the officials of the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion should be retained in principle. Liu Yin naturally will not break his word and gain weight, and most of the former Liangzhou officials have stayed. However, Liu Yin also made some fine-tuning to the rule of officials in Liangzhou, which did not contradict the principle mentioned earlier, and would not have a big shock to the rule of officials in Liangzhou.
The most striking feature was the re-establishment of the post of Captain. Du Wei is the military chief of the county level in the Han Dynasty, there are many inland counties, and the border counties have an era with the post of long history without setting up the Du Wei, to the Cao Wei period, most of the positions of the Du Wei have been abolished, and the functions and powers of the military governor are replaced by the county Taishou, and the county guard is in charge of administration at the same time, but also firmly controls the military of the county.
Liu Yin re-established the governor, the most important thing is to divide the military power from the hands of the Taishou, the Taishou is nominally the chief of a county, but it is limited to the administrative field, military affairs, all handed over to the governor to be in charge, and the governors of each county are all Liu Yin sent confidants and generals. Only through this means can the military power of each county be controlled, Liu Yin's purpose is to do administrative things, let those county guards do it themselves, but militarily it is firmly controlled, and it will not relax for a moment.
Of course, this is also in line with the second condition of the ownership of military power, the second condition Liu Yin is no longer ambiguous, he clearly said that the military establishment of the counties in Liangzhou can be retained, but the military command power is not allowed to be left behind, and the establishment of the county lieutenant is the implementation of Liu Yin's idea.
Although Tiao Mao and others were a little disappointed, after all, before Liu Yin's arrival, they still had considerable autonomy in the military, and now the responsibilities of the Taishou have changed most obviously, and they have completely become civilian officials, not only Taishou, but even Xu Wu's assassination history has become the establishment of civilian officials, and they have completely lost their military dominance.
However, seeing the outstanding performance of the Shu army in the battle of Guzang, Xu Wu and Tiao Mao and others also sighed to themselves, although they were slightly reluctant to hand over the military power this time, but they were still happy and convinced, no matter when, the strong are easy to be respected, so that Xu Wu and others had a headache for a few months Xianbei problem, after Liu Yin arrived, like chopping melons and vegetables, they should be solved, such a powerful character, Xu Wu They naturally admired the five bodies to the ground.
The county has a captain, and the state has a captain, which is almost the same as the local military system of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Yinzai firmly controlled the military power of Liangzhou through this means. Gu Zang threw a vote, seized a large number of Xianbei people's horses, weapons, materials, baggage, in order to provide convenient conditions for the next step in the Liangzhou area to recruit troops, although the population of Liangzhou area is sparse, but the people are fierce, in Liu Yin's advocating that the army is expensive in the fine but not in the more than the concept of recruitment, it is still very suitable for recruiting troops here.
After a month in Wuwei, Liu Yin basically completed the control of the military power of Liangzhou, and the next step was to march into Dunhuang, preparing to clean up the Dunhuang Taishou Ma Xun who refused to surrender, and include the last county of the four counties in Hexi into the territory of Shu Han, and at the same time, the more important task was to completely eliminate the bald tree function. (To be continued.) )