Although the leaders of the five Qiang tribes have some courage, they really lack strategy. Apart from some ambitions that have grown out of them, they really don't have any special military strategies.
The reason why no one was sent to intercept Zhang Xi and Pang De was not because they were luring the enemy deeper, but simply because they did not expect the Han reinforcements to come so quickly. At this time, all the five Qiang tribes were scattered throughout Qinzhou. The counties are busy looting.
Therefore, when Zhang Xi and Pang De had already led their troops into Xixian County, the five Qiang leaders were still working hard to gather the dispersed tribesmen and gather their forces, planning to fight the Han army in Tianshui County.
Therefore, after Zhang Xi and Pang De joined forces, the real Qiang opponents they encountered were actually the Qiang soldiers besieging Ji County.
There are not many troops, but they are not small, with more than 20,000 people.
But the problem is that after Zhang Xi and Pang De joined forces, there were still 20,000 people, including 3,000 Liangzhou cavalry brought by Pang De.
The infantry of the Han people are elite soldiers with complete armor and sharp weapons, not to mention the cavalry of the Han people. Their combat concepts are different and they are not on the same level at all.
The Qiang people's cavalry is mainly based on rangers, who are good at cruising and fighting, and use cavalry to kill enemies.
This kind of ranger has certain advantages when fighting on the vast grassland, but when faced with the Han people covered by the city, or facing a cavalry assault, the role of the ranger is not obvious.
The three thousand Liangzhou cavalry brought by Pang De were assault cavalry with both men and horses. Not only were they equally good at riding and shooting, but their frontal impact capability was not something that the Qiang rangers could compete with.
If they were to chase the Qiang people on the grassland, Pang De's three thousand cavalry might not necessarily be able to outrun the Qiang cavalry. But now Zhang Xi and Pang De's purpose was just to kill the Qiang soldiers besieging the city and enter Hebei. The county supported Jiang Xu. With equal strength, the Qiang people could not stop the Han army commanded by the two men.
There was no suspense at all in this rescue battle in Hebei County. Even the Han army led by Zhang Xi easily dispersed the Qiang soldiers besieging the city without much loss and led the army into Hebei County.
Entering Ji County, I met Jiang Xu and Ma Dai who had been holding Tianshui for two months, as well as tens of thousands of Qinzhou people who were trapped in Ji County.
After all, Jiang Xu was still a qualified local governor. Although he was caught off guard by the sudden rebellion of the Qiang people and had some misjudgments about the scale and combat capabilities of the Qiang people's rebellion in the early stage, he still did not panic after all.
Although Jiang Xu could not take care of all the four counties in Qinzhou, he still tried his best to protect some of the people. With the help of Ma Dai's command, he led the people to fight and retreat all the way to Tianshui County.
Ji County is a relatively large city and is also the seat of Tianshui County. Jiang Xu protected tens of thousands of people here and finally waited for reinforcements.
Other counties have also gathered some people to some extent. Although it is not possible to rescue immediately, since Ji County has reinforcements, it will be a matter of time for other counties to relieve the siege.
Therefore, when Zhang Xi and Pang De led their troops into the city, they were cheered by tens of thousands of people in Ji County.
But neither Zhang Xi nor Pang De was happy.
This is not about coming back from a victorious battle and winning the support of the people. This is the rejoicing of the people for the rest of their lives. It can only be said that they have not lost hope in the court.
Especially Zhang Xi, as soon as he saw Jiang Xu, he began to question Jiang Xu, how could the Qinzhou incident end up like this! ! !
Although in theory, Jiang Xu is the governor of Qinzhou and Zhang Xi is the governor of Yongzhou, and they are considered equal, Zhang Xi somewhat disrespects Jiang Xu by asking this.
But the problem is that Qinzhou now only has one Tianshui County in hand. Even if the remaining three counties are not completely lost, they have already lost contact. He, Jiang Xu, has to bear the main responsibility.
Furthermore, the fact that the Tianshui Jiang family was able to create a Qinzhou governor within the Han system was closely related to Zhang Xi's recommendation of the Jiang family to Liu Bei. Privately speaking, Zhang Xi was the benefactor of the Tianshui Jiang family.
In addition, Zhang Xi's status within the Liu Bei Group can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Therefore, Zhang Xi dared to question Jiang Xu, and Jiang Xu did not dare to fool Zhang Xi.
Jiang Xu told Zhang Xi everything about the situation in Qinzhou.
Most of the Qiang rebellion in Qinzhou was indeed a natural disaster, but a small part was indeed a man-made disaster.
Needless to say the cause of the natural disaster.
After four or five consecutive years of heavy snowfall in winter, not to mention Qinzhou, even Yongzhou has had a hard time. Zhang Xi allocates a snow disaster reserve fund every year to relieve the people in winter.
But the problem is that Yongzhou is a plain area, one of the few elite areas of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Xi has Zhuge Liang's promise to mobilize Hanzhong's grain reserves when necessary, so Zhang Xi is confident that he can resettle the people in winter.
Qinzhou is different. Qinzhou itself is vast, sparsely populated and barren. Jiang Xu's ability to resettle Han people under the continuous snowstorms in the past four or five years is a reflection of his ability.
Regarding the Qiang people, one of them was Jiang Xu who didn't think much of them, thinking that "people who are not from my race must have different minds", while the other one was powerless.
Therefore, compared with when Ma Chao was the governor of Qinzhou, the living standard of the Qiang people suddenly dropped by another level.
Ma Chao could help the Qiang people get some winter relief in exchange for them serving as mercenaries to help the Han Dynasty fight. Jiang Xu would not embarrass Ma Chao on this matter. But after Ma Chao's death, the Han Dynasty implemented the national policy of recuperation and recuperation, and Jiang Xu Regarding the underlying attitude of the Qiang people, the Qiang people are no longer qualified to be mercenaries, so what kind of winter relief can they expect.
In addition, the Qiang people's ability to withstand disasters is significantly lower than that of the Han people. Four or five consecutive snowstorms have indeed brought the Qiang people to the edge of survival.
Under such circumstances, it would not be a psychological burden for the Qiang people to continue their ancestral trade and plunder the Han people.
As for man-made disasters, we have to talk about some historical issues left over in Qinzhou.
In the past, Qinzhou was not called Qinzhou yet. When it was still part of Liangzhou, the aristocratic families in this place were very powerful.
When Ma Chao was here, he was united by the four major aristocratic families and fought against the scammers. His wife and children were gone.
But since Liu Bei's Northern Expedition and regained his homeland, in order to appease the local aristocratic families and Ma Chao at the same time, he turned this place into a different place, and finally set it apart separately to establish Qinzhou.
One thing to say is that since Liu Bei's Northern Expedition, Ma Chao has become a lot gentler and has made quite a few concessions. Apart from being a bit shameless in Zhao Ang's affairs, it is still considered revenge in the end, which is in line with the times. Right and wrong.
Being shameless does not mean that Ma Chao chopped up Zhao Ang, that is nothing. What is really shameless is that he raped Zhao Ang's widow Wang Yi and recognized Zhao Ang's son Zhao Yue as his stepson.
Although this matter has eased some relations with local aristocratic families, these aristocratic families have always maintained a certain distance from Ma Chao.
No one dares to believe such a shameless person.
But precisely because of this, Ma Chao knew that he was in an embarrassing position in Qinzhou. He had to try his best to appease the Qiang people and use Qiang mercenaries as his political capital within the Han Dynasty to fight against the wealthy families in Qinzhou.
But when Ma Chao died, Jiang Xu took over as the governor of Qinzhou. Jiang Xu himself was from the Jiang family in Tianshui, and was a member of a well-established family, which was different from Ma Chao.
In the early days when Jiang Xu took office, the local aristocratic families were very supportive of Jiang Xu.
For a period of time, Qinzhou's external environment was a bit unstable, but internally it was really "politically connected and people-friendly".
But, this scene was somewhat shattered two years ago.
Two years ago, Jiang Xu didn't know where he got a method, which he called the "Green Reserve Strategy", which could provide green grass for his war horses in winter.
This matter was originally a good thing. Qinzhou was originally responsible for providing war horses for the Han Dynasty, and local aristocratic families had horse farms and pastures.
Therefore, when Jiang Xu came up with this "Qingzhu strategy", the relationship between the local aristocratic family and the Jiang family became more intense, and they approached each other in a roundabout way, hoping to get this "Qingzhu strategy" from the Jiang family. Of the policy".
It's all money.
But Jiang Xu was unwilling to tell anyone. In the end, he would rather hide the possibility of falling out and explicitly rejected the local aristocratic family's coveting of the "Qing Crown Prince Strategy", refusing to reveal even a single word.
At this time, the local aristocratic families began to be dissatisfied with Jiang Xu.
If there is a chance to make a fortune, let's make it together. Why, Mrs. Jiang, you still want to be alone? !
The grassland is so big and there are so many cattle, sheep and horses. You, Mr. Jiang, are not afraid of stretching yourself to death if you eat alone? !
The aristocratic family was very dissatisfied with the Jiang family because of this, but Jiang Xu was also in trouble and couldn't tell her about this matter.
This is not because he, Mr. Jiang, wants to live alone, but because of this "Qing Chu's policy", he simply doesn't dare to tell these northwest aristocratic families.
Although the "Qing Chu Strategy" was proposed by Zhang Xi, Zhuge Liang had already told Jiang Xu and Zhao Yun that this thing was considered a secret at the moment and must not be snooped by Cao Wei.
Cao Wei itself is a big country with powerful cavalry. With this "Qingchu strategy", wouldn't it be even more powerful? !
Therefore, before the Han Dynasty did not have a large number of cavalry, this strategy could only stay at the government level and could never spread to the people.
As for the local aristocratic families, you can think about it for yourself. How many families have no one serving as an official in Cao Wei? !
If this method is passed on to these people, it is estimated that within a few days, this strategy will be placed on Cao Rui's imperial case! ! !
Especially the Wang family and the Yang family.
The ancestors of the Tianshui Wang family and the Taiyuan Wang family are the same family, and Yang Fu of the Yang family is now the general master craftsman of the Cao Wei Group, and he is responsible for this kind of technology.
Even if Jiang Xu had the guts, he wouldn't dare to reveal this stuff to these aristocratic families.
Another thing is that the Tianshui Jiang family is now deeply tied to Ji Han.
Jiang Xu is the governor of Qinzhou. Although there is another Ma Dai who divides the power, he is still the highest official of the state.
Not to mention Jiang Wei, the late emperor valued training, and now he is a close minister of the emperor, with an unlimited future. How could Jiang Xu easily put the Jiang family in danger for the benefit of these aristocratic families?
Therefore, it is difficult to say that the reason why the Qiang rebellion was so large and had such huge consequences had nothing to do with these local aristocratic families.
After all, this group of aristocratic families still have some integrity, at least they did not take the initiative to fan the flames and start a rebellion. However, in the early stages of the rebellion, these aristocratic families did not work hard and sat back and watched the rebellion expand.
Their purpose is actually very clear, that is, they hope that this rebellion will cause a shock, but the court is beyond its reach, so they have to use "Qingshu technology" in exchange for their money and efforts to help the court quell the rebellion.
However, one thing is that they also made a mistake and underestimated the threat of this Qiang rebellion.
Now, these aristocratic families can only retreat to Tianshui County like Jiang Xu, trying their best to protect the counties and preserve their last foundation.
However, the Qiang rebellion has already begun and cannot be suppressed so easily.
(End of chapter)
