After this wave of crusade, Liu Bei will simultaneously promote the governance of Han people and Qiang Hu people in various counties and counties in Liangzhou.
In his plan, including encouraging farmers to work, opening up mutual markets, reducing taxes, relieving refugees, etc., it is necessary to fully restore agricultural production in the five counties, including Hanyang County, in the shortest possible time.
He must work hard to create an environment where people in these places can have stable production and long for a normal and peaceful life.
At the same time, Liu Bei did not forget the importance of intelligence.
Liu Hui's successful mission to assassinate Zhang Jiao was a great achievement. Although he could not be rewarded publicly, Liu Bei still sent a large sum of property back to his hometown as a gift to Liu Hui's father Liu Bo as a reward.
Subsequently, Liu Hui continued to be responsible for the establishment of the intelligence system outside Luoyang for Liu Bei, focusing on using part of the manpower in his family's village to train as secret agents, and made great progress.
This time Liu Bei became the shepherd of Liangzhou, so he directly brought Liu Hui and most of his subordinates to Liangzhou to help him, while the remaining few stayed in Luoyang to continue passing on information about Luoyang.
After arriving in Liangzhou, Liu Hui was able to do whatever he wanted.
With the help of Liu Hui's preliminary intelligence team and their trek across mountains and rivers, Liu Bei was able to understand and understand the five counties surrounding Hanyang County in a relatively short period of time.
In mid-August of the third year of Zhongping, three months after Liu Bei arrived in Liangzhou and took office, a series of military plans were formulated, and five generals led by Guan Yu attacked according to the military plan.
Among the five counties, there are rebellious Di Qiang in Wudu County, there are still remnants of rebellious Qiang and Han powerful people in Longxi County, the same is true in Jincheng County, and there are rebellious troops and people in Beidi County and Anding County, and they are all divided into one area. Acting arrogantly, not obeying the government's orders.
It can be said that there is a rebellion in each of these five counties, and there are grass-head kings everywhere. There are not many cities and lands under the control of the government, but the good thing is that most of their forces are scattered and not united.
It's very simple, there is no psychological burden on beating them.
Liu Bei originally thought that Guan Yu should be the first to establish his merits, but in the end he did not expect that it was Xia Houyuan who was the first to establish his merits.
Xiahou Yuan did not know when to light up the technical point of his urgent march, and led the army to rush forward faster than Xiahou Dun arrived at Fanting Mountain in Anding County.
He quickly rushed to Yuzhi in Beidi County and prepared to attack the Qiang and Hu armed groups who occupied the area around Shegu Mountain and committed crimes.
Because Xia Houyuan arrived very quickly, the Qiang and Hu soldiers in Shegu Mountain had no preparation or expectation beforehand. They were caught off guard by Xia Houyuan and were wiped out without much resistance. Xia Houyuan led his troops and killed more than 600 Qiang and Hu soldiers. More than 3,000 people were captured and a Qiang and Hu tribe was completely wiped out.
After that, according to the secret of dealing with the Qiang and Hu tribes taught by Liu Bei, Xia Houyuan ordered that all the Qiang and Hu people who were in the leading position among the captured groups be beheaded, including the leader and his cronies and family members. .
Most of the remaining Qiang and Hu men, women, and children who were common people were not killed, but became prisoners of the Han army.
The living customs of these Qianghu tribes living in counties and counties in Liangzhou are slightly different from those of tribes living outside Liangzhou.
The Qiang and Hu tribes living outside Liangzhou still retain a strong color of nomadic migration, while those living in Liangzhou have a stronger color of farming, and their settled living customs are the same as those of the Han people.
Therefore, the Qiang and Hu people who have established settlement and farming customs also rely on the production of food to make a living. They will only go out to rob when there is not enough food. The frequency and intensity are not as great as those of the Qiang and Hu tribes outside the country.
According to Liu Bei's plan, Liangzhou was vast and sparsely populated, with a lack of population and a severe labor shortage. Although the Qiang and Hu people were not Han people and their living customs were different, most Han people were illiterate and their living customs were not necessarily the same as those of the Han people in the mainland. .
In terms of farming technology, the gap between Liangzhou and the developed agricultural production areas in the Central Plains is also relatively large, and Liangzhou’s farming technology also needs to be re-introduced.
You have to teach what you need to teach. Who should you teach?
Therefore, as long as the people above them who are thoughtful, knowledgeable, and have governance skills are eliminated, what is left will be a high-quality labor force that can be manipulated.
As long as they are willing to learn farming techniques and engage in production activities, then register them with household registration, change their clothes, headgear and hairstyle, and then they will become serious Han people, and they will look similar anyway.
Regarding Liu Bei's view, his subordinates were somewhat confused, but considering the production issues, no one could raise clear objections.
Just give it a try, if you really can increase your household registration in Liangzhou, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If you really can create a large number of high-quality labor force to work diligently here to reclaim wasteland and grow food, no one would be willing to do so.
Therefore, Liu Bei conveyed new military regulations to his generals and soldiers. For enemies, those who resist with weapons should be killed, and the leadership should be eliminated. The rest are prisoners. They should not be killed indiscriminately. They must all be brought back and await disposal.
The more labor force that can carry out agricultural production, the better.
With such new regulations, of course everyone was willing to abide by them. Xia Houyuan captured more than 3,000 prisoners in one battle, and his eyes narrowed with joy.
Before the war, Liu Bei told them everything. As long as they move smoothly enough in this battle and achieve enough military exploits, Liu Bei will immediately report to the court and let them be promoted to local governors and officially become two thousand stone officials, changing their destiny. , Guangzong Yaozu.
The five people suddenly became as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Xia Houyuan was not alone here, Zhang Fei was even more fierce. When he thought that he, who was born in a small family, could be a high-ranking official like a prefect, his whole body was lifted up.
So he changed from his usual frizzy appearance and actually started to feel a little cautious.
During the previous Liangzhou War, the Di Qiang of Wudu County had brought many defeats to You Fufeng Bao Hong, who was responsible for attacking here, which made Bao Hong feel a little disgraced. In the end, the opponent won by actively proposing a peace, not a victory.
Zhang Fei, who was responsible for transporting grain to Bao Hong and participated in the war to a limited extent, knew this place well and knew that these Di and Qiang were more difficult to deal with.
He led the troops forward cautiously, cutting mountains and rocks along the way, fighting steadily and never dividing his troops. He used the tactics Liu Bei suggested him to adopt to compress the living space of the Di people bit by bit, forcing the enemy to concentrate the main force for a decisive battle with him, which was beneficial to the Han army. The display of overall strength.
This is also true. Zhang Fei adopted a steady and steady strategy, and finally forced the Di Qiang rebels to concentrate their main force on a decisive battle with Zhang Fei.
Once they gave up the tactics they were good at and got into the rhythm of the Han army, they would naturally not be an opponent of the well-equipped and well-trained Han army. They were defeated by Zhang Fei in a frontal decisive battle, killing more than a thousand enemies in one battle. Over four thousand were captured.
Afterwards, Zhang Fei took advantage of his victory and marched from the Western Han River Basin to the Qiang River Basin, and entered the activity range of the Shenlang Qiang and Baima Qiang. He encountered vigilance and resistance from some of the Shenlang Qiang.
Zhang Fei was furious, led his troops forward, and personally led the cavalry to charge into battle. They defeated an army of Shenlang Qiang on the banks of the Qiang River, annihilated the tribe, and captured more than 3,000 people.
Similar to Zhang Fei, Dong Huang, who was responsible for attacking the rebels in Longxi County, was also very excited. He was so excited that he felt like his soul had been sublimated.
Although he is from Longxi County and cannot be an official in Longxi County, Liu Bei promised that he would fight for the title of his hometown for Dong Huang. Although he cannot be the eunuch in his hometown, he can obtain the title in his hometown and eat in his hometown. Isn't this right? A supreme honor?
So Dong Huang worked hard to make a contribution in this war.
(End of chapter)
