Zhuge Liang finally found out about Zhang Xi's taking in Qiang women and children.
For such a big thing, Zhang Xi must report the sudden increase in food expenses to Zhuge Liang, otherwise there would be no way to explain it.
Zhuge Liang expressed his appreciation for Zhang Xi's approach.
Although doing this is a bit silly from a practical point of view, and it takes a lot of risks, but it is not in line with Confucian values to do nothing.
It is true that Confucianism emphasizes "repaying kindness with kindness and repaying evil with straightness", but it also emphasizes "benevolence and forgiveness" and "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you."
There is no problem for Zhang Xi to do this.
Another thing is that Zhuge Liang led the army this time not only to suppress the rebellion, but more importantly to appease the Qiang people and stabilize the rear after the war. Otherwise, Qiang people will always cause trouble during the Northern Expedition in the future.
With Zhang Xi's adoption this time, it will become much easier to divide and appease the Qiang people in the future.
To a certain extent, Zhang Xi's taking in Qiang women and children this time also paved the way for Zhuge Liang's subsequent appeasement work.
But that will only happen after the spring begins. The top priority now is to let Zhang Xi hold Xi County and wait for the spring to deploy troops.
Zhuge Liang has already learned from Nan'an County's lurking details that there are many internal conflicts among the Qiang people in Nan'an County. The five Qiang tribes are busy annexing small and medium-sized tribes. Because of their ugly appearance, many conflicts have arisen.
In addition, there are some gaps between the five Qiang tribes due to the issue of annexing small and medium-sized tribes. Now the five Qiang tribes are all in one place, and they are vaguely guarding against each other and suspicious of each other.
Nowadays, the roads are blocked by heavy snow, and the Qiang people cannot return to the grassland despite the snow, so they are relatively restrained.
Once these people are able to return to the grassland, these conflicts will break out sooner or later.
What Zhuge Liang had to do was to take advantage of the disunity within the Qiang people to launch another assault to completely defeat the rebel Qiang coalition and weaken the Qiang's power on the grasslands.
A united and powerful Qiang alliance is not what Zhuge Liang wants to see. Only a Qiang alliance that has its own agenda and is suspicious of each other, but lacks strength and has to rely on big men to survive, is necessary to support.
In this way, we can truly solve the Qiang problem, stabilize the rear area, and save these people from causing chaos to the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang certainly could not just let the five tribes of Qiang people return to the grassland safely.
After these annexations, these five leaders will more or less strengthen their strength. If the superficial alliance between these five leaders can still be maintained, then the next time the Qiang people cause trouble, the threat will not be small.
Must fight again.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang sent a message to Zhang Xi, asking Zhang Xi to be prepared. Once the snow melts in spring, he will immediately lead his troops north to attack Nan'an County, delaying the return of the five Qiang tribes to the grassland, and allowing the main force of the army to march westward to Nan'an County. Defeat the five Qiang tribes again to buy time.
After Zhang Xi received the military order, he found Pang De and Ma Dai and thought about it together. He felt that it was not difficult.
Xi County is just south of Nan'an County, not far from each other.
Today's Xixian garrison has 8,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry. They can use the cavalry to harass the Qiang and Hu coalition forces' retreat speed. The 8,000 cavalry quickly moved north to seize Didao on the west side of Pi Road and block the Qiang. The shortcut for Hu's coalition forces to return to the grassland forced them to retreat from Longxi County, buying time for Zhuge Liang's main Han army.
As for whether the 11,000 infantry and cavalry coalition forces can block the Qiang and Hu coalition forces, which still have at least 70,000 to 80,000 troops, Zhang Xi thinks that it will not be a problem for about ten days.
After all, the combat effectiveness of the Qiang and Hu coalition forces is just that, Zhang Xi has already experienced this.
Moreover, Didao is not a place without danger. Didao has Didao City. Although it is a small city, having a city is better than not having a city at all.
Moreover, with Zhuge Liang's leadership ability, ten days were enough for him to march west from Ji County, enter Nan'an County, and attack the flanks of the Qiang and Hu coalition forces.
Even the longer Zhang Xi can hold off the Qiang and Hu coalition forces, the greater Zhuge Liang's victory will be.
This situation is basically similar to the situation when Zhang Xi pacified Nanzhong in his early years.
However, this time Zhang Xi took on Li Hui's role and encircled the Qiang and Hu coalition forces in a detour, while Zhuge Liang's route was the real main attack.
However, there is a small problem here - what should we do with these more than 10,000 Qiang women and children? !
After all, we have few troops on our side. If we send out troops, they will definitely be sent out in full force. With more than 10,000 Qiang women and children staying in Xixian County, it will be troublesome if something happens.
You know, Qiang women have always been famous for their physical fitness. Although they are not as good as men, they are not without any fighting ability.
Once Zhang Xi leads his troops on an expedition, what will happen to these Qiang women and children? !
As for this problem, Pound and Ma Dai said that they have a solution.
Zhang Xi immediately asked for advice humbly.
But what these two guys said is not human language.
Ma Dai said that he had sent people to investigate. Although there are now more than ten thousand Qiang women and children in the city, belonging to more than thirty different tribes, among these thirty tribes, the largest one with the most people is the Three.
And unfortunately, the leaders of these three tribes were all killed in the previous two battles.
So now things are simple. The three people can discuss it. Each person takes the widow or daughter of a tribal leader as a concubine, so that she is considered one of their own, and then controls the others through these three slightly older tribesmen. Women and children of small tribes.
In this way, even if the whole army is deployed in the spring of next year, there will still be people in the west county to control these Qiang and Hu women and children, so that they will not cause a big mess.
This is the idea given by these two short-sighted people.
Zhang Xi expressed his opposition on the spot! ! !
Good guy, if I do this, can I still have a good life after returning to Chang'an City? !
Besides, why do you take other people's widows and orphans as concubines? They will listen to you. Don't forget, their husbands or fathers died in our hands.
How can such a huge hatred be so easily forgotten? !
It is indeed unbelievable that this matter should be left in the Han region, but this is the northwest border, and the other party is Qiang Hu women and children.
The Qiang people have a view on marriage. This can be confirmed. Their ancestors also inherited the Eight Classics, and they are much more disciplined than other Hu people.
But the problem is that the living environment in the northwest of Liangzhou is really not that good. In addition, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, the Liangzhou area has been unstable. Under the pressure of life, although the Qiang people have a view on marriage, The concept of chastity is really not strong.
In fact, during the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, cases of widowers remarrying were common in Han. Even Cao Cao's wives and concubines had widowers remarrying.
Except for those wealthy families who are well fed and supported, no one will say anything about these poor women.
By the way, although they often joke that Cao Cao is a good wife, in fact, Cao Cao is just a lustful woman. As long as he likes someone, he doesn't care whether the other party is a widow or a wife.
All in all, the world is like this, especially in the northwest. There is no shame in losing a husband and remarrying.
As the widows and orphans of the leaders of the Qiang tribe, they themselves have a certain influence in the tribe. Now, the status of these women and children is that they are prisoners at best. According to the rules on the grassland, at best, they are prisoners. They are slaves now.
If Zhang Xi and others are really willing to take the widows and orphans of these three tribes as concubines, then not only will the widows and orphans themselves have a support, but their tribesmen will also have a backer. In this case, they will not go He cares about whether his tribal leader is a Qiang person.
This kind of thing happens too often on the grassland.
Through this relationship, the three of Zhang Xi can guide and utilize the tribesmen of these three tribes and let them manage other women and children. This is much more useful than leaving soldiers to guard these women and children.
Although Pound and Ma Dai didn't understand what the "Japanese Japs Effect" was, they had seen too many similar scenes in the Northwest for so many years.
Another thing. Pang De and Ma Dai really don't understand. They gave you a woman for nothing. Why do you, Zhang Yuanchang, still look so sad? !
After all, she was the widow or orphan of the tribal leader. In terms of appearance, she must be one of the best in the tribe, or even among many surrounding tribes.
Moreover, the Qiang people are different from other Hu people. The Qiang people are very close to the Han people in terms of facial features, aesthetics, and even some etiquette rules. It is said that the ancestors of the Qiang people are even Emperor Yan. This does not mean that you will accept an ugly monster home. As for Well!
Well, even if we take a step back, this can barely be regarded as a political marriage, and it will also help stabilize the local area in the future. Beauty and ugliness are not important at all, but whether it is beneficial to the Han Dynasty is important! ! !
As the governor of Yongzhou and an important official of the imperial court, Zhang Yuanchang, how can you be so ignorant? !
Really, it’s really shameless to say this to these two guys! ! !
Is this the way to stabilize a place? !
If this can also stabilize the place, why don't you two marry the daughters of the Qiang tribe leaders? ! Or, why don't you two find one for our Prime Minister Zhuge? !
What kind of "Su Wu on the couch" strategy is this? !
Besides, if this method can appease the Qiang people, why do you two need to do it? !
A Colonel Protecting Qiang and a Qinzhou Sima, can't you two have some thinking patterns in your mind that a normal military general should have? !
In a word - you two are making excuses for being horny, don't drag me into this! ! !
If I really dare to do this, I will kneel on the washboard when I return to the backyard of Yongzhou Governor's Mansion! ! ! !
(End of chapter)
