Feng Yong knew some things about the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou during the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Feng Yong did not know more.
Gongsun Zheng explained in detail the recent large-scale Qiang rebellion, and Feng Yong had a rough overall impression of the Qiang and Hu in Liangzhou.
"This time the Qiang and Hu who besieged Didao, some people raised slogans to defeat the King of Han..."
"What did you say?"
Feng Yong's face darkened when he heard this.
Pinghan? Whose Han family is the equal?
Not to mention the three major warlords in Liangzhou at that time, Han Sui and Ma Teng, Song Jian had separatist rule in the western part of Longxi for thirty years, and even took the title of King of Ping Han, which is also unpleasant to hear.
I didn’t expect that someone would dare to raise this name now?
It seems that when Xia Houyuan slaughtered Song Jian, the small court of King Ping Han, he did not scare them, and he dared to use this unlucky name.
"Your Majesty, although the Cao thieves killed Song Jian back then, they actually gave up the Heguan and Wuhan areas in the end. Therefore, the Qiang and Di people resurrected and occupied the old areas of Song Jian."
Seeing Feng Yong's face, Gongsun Zheng perked up and said quickly, "In recent years, Qiang and Hu have become more and more rampant. It is really treasonous to dare to mention the title of Pinghan Kingdom again."
"The Cao thieves were able to destroy them back then, and the Han Dynasty could also destroy them." Feng Yong said coldly with a gloomy face.
The boss and the second child are fighting, and there is a third child next to him who is ready to stab him.
But no matter what, it is a family matter, and if outsiders get involved, they are seeking death.
On the other hand, Chen Shi was more calm. When he heard that Feng Yong had the intention of sending troops to Di Dao and even Wu Han, he quickly advised, "Your Majesty, the Qiang and Hu are rebelling, and the Cao thieves are watching, so be careful."
Feng Yong nodded, "Don't worry, Governor Chen, I have my own ideas."
It was Mr. Zhao's plan to conquer Longxi and control the passage to Liangzhou, and Feng Yong would naturally not say it on such an occasion.
"By the way, Governor Chen, how many troops are there in Shouyang?" Feng Yong asked again.
"Back to the lord, there are three hundred people." Chen Shi replied quickly.
The troops in Longxi are mainly concentrated in Xiangwu, and 300 are placed in Shouyang, which is not much, but it is enough.
If Cao's thieves really attack Didao, Shouyang is not a place that must be defended.
An ordinary robber would not dare to touch a city guarded by three hundred regular soldiers.
If the Qiang and Hu invade, they only need to hold on for two days, which is enough for Xiangwu to send troops to support.
After asking some more about the situation in Longxi, everyone dispersed.
Chen Shi personally arranged the accommodation.
Before going to bed, watching Guan Ji open the door and come in, Feng Yong asked, "Is everything arranged?"
Guan Ji nodded, "The old rule is that the personal guards guard the first line and the female maids guard the second line. Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Feng Yong smiled and said, "Why am I worried? On the contrary, I think Mr. Xi is a little too nervous. This is Xiangwu City, and it is not a dangerous place."
Guan Ji understood Feng Yong's words and frowned slightly.
In this regard, she has always been a little worried about Alang's attitude.
He glared at Feng Yong immediately, "It's because A Lang thinks so, so I have to be more careful. The easier it is to relax, the easier it is for those assassins to succeed."
She sat down next to Feng Yong and tried her best to persuade him, "Alang's status now is no different than before. He is both the leader of the Xinghan Association and the captain of the Qiang Protector."
"In addition, Nanxiang and Longyou are closely involved. Not to mention what Alang has done, how many people have been offended. With Alang's status, there are some things that others will only take into account even if Alang did not do them. On Alang’s head.”
"The land of Liangzhou is full of heroes. During Alang's Northern Expedition, and also leading the army to patrol Longyou, there are probably not a few people who hate Alang. Alang must not be careless."
"I don't have as many concubines as Alang in terms of military and national affairs, but I am confident that I still have some ability in this kind of matter. From now on, I will leave it to you, and Alang can just think about the important matters of the family and the country in peace."
After hearing Guan Ji's words, Feng Yong felt warm in his heart and held her hand, "I feel so grateful for your wealth and hate that the Han Dynasty has not yet flourished."
When Guan Ji heard this, she felt that he was mentioning the promise he made to her back then.
Thinking of how they met and got to know each other at that time, her eyes were filled with tears, and she bit her lower lip, with a slight tremor in her voice, "You... this person is very annoying! I want to tell you something serious!"
"What serious business? Family and country affairs are important. If national affairs are important, family affairs are also important..."
Feng Yong swallowed a mouthful of saliva and felt that the beauty under the lamp made his heart beat faster.
"What countermeasures does Alang have for this incident in Longxi?"
Guan Ji knew what he was thinking by looking at his appearance and quickly changed the subject.
"Today is just to understand the situation in advance. How can we come up with countermeasures so quickly?"
Feng Yong said softly, playing with Xijun's palm and feeling that the calluses on her hands were much thinner than before.
Knowing that in the past few years she no longer practiced martial arts day and night as before, and it also showed that she had relaxed a lot, she couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.
"I think it seems that Gongsun Zheng has not finished speaking. Why don't Alang find an opportunity to ask again?"
Although Guan Ji didn't speak much today, her observations were meticulous.
Feng Yong nodded, "I also think Gongsun Zheng is a little strange. It seems that he is more worried about Longxi than us."
When Guan Ji heard this, she immediately became wary, "Speaking of which, is Gongsun Zheng a new recruit? Will there be any problems?"
Feng Yong didn't think about it at first, but once Guan Ji mentioned it and looked at her serious expression, he became a little confused.
But he thought about it and asked again, "What do you think of Gongsun Zheng's martial arts skills?"
"He should be someone who can fence, which means he is better than ordinary scholars."
Hearing Guan Ji's tone, it seemed that he was not interested in her, and Feng Yong finally felt relieved.
In this era, scholars knew how to use swords.
After all, you have to reason with people, what should you do if you can’t? Of course, whoever has the bigger fist is justified.
But no matter how powerful a scholar's swordsmanship is, can it still be better than his own mother-in-law's martial arts?
"That's okay. I'll ask someone to find him tomorrow for questioning. Then Mr. Xi will be closer to me. I think it won't be a problem if he comes."
Guan Ji nodded, this was just an opportunity to test him.
"I know that even if this person is close to Alang and has me by his side, even if he does any evil deeds, he will definitely not succeed."
"Well, it's really great to have Xi-kun by my side."
Feng Yong whispered.
Guan Ji didn't know why, but her heart trembled when she heard Alang's voice become deeper.
"Alang, I have one more thing to do."
"It's getting late and it's time to rest. Is there anything you can't talk about later?"
"No! Those two lines of poetry that Alang read just now are fascinating, but I don't know what the full text is?"
"forget."
"forget?"
When Guan Ji heard this, she immediately became angry.
This person is always like this, half of his words are read and half of them are kept.
Guan Ji was about to teach him a lesson when she heard him say again, "But I remembered another poem."
"What?"
"The beautiful lady plays the flute and the flowers move her face, and the young man dances with his sword and the moon shines. Mr. Xi, what do you think of this poem?"
When Guan Ji heard it, her heart softened, and her expression was full of yearning, "This poem sounds like a painting."
Then he chuckled again, "Alang is so shameless! Not to mention whether I can play the flute, but I wonder when and which swordsmanship Alang learned?"
Feng Tuchel imitated the domineering president and raised an evil smile on his lips.
"Ugh, you're laughing so hard!"
Guan Ji patted Feng Yong and said disgustedly.
A night of silence.
When Feng Yong got up on time the next day according to his biological clock, Guan Ji was still sleeping.
These days, Guan Ji feels more and more lethargic.
After exercising and having breakfast, before Feng Yong could send someone to look for Gongsun Zheng, Gongsun Zheng came on his own initiative.
After hearing the guard report that Gongsun Zheng had come to visit, Feng Yong and Guan Ji looked at each other knowingly.
He was invited to come in, and the two parties met with each other. After Gongsun Zheng sat down, he explained, "Your Majesty, there is something strange happening among the Qiang and Hu in Longxi, and it's already winter."
"The prefect should not only guard against the barbarians, but also patrol the city to appease the people, so that they will not be unable to come due to the cold and complicated affairs."
"Xiaguan is quite familiar with the affairs in Longxi, so the eunuch asked him to come and obey the emperor's orders."
Longxi is a newly settled place and people's hearts are initially set. Coupled with the current situation in Longxi, Chen Shi must always be careful and cautious, and he does not mean to be negligent.
Feng Yong is not the kind of unreasonable person, "Prefect Chen has a lot of things to do, so he should be busy. It is enough to have Gongsun join the army who is familiar with the situation in Longxi."
As he spoke, he looked at Gongsun Zheng who was sitting below him. "I heard what Gongsun Jun said yesterday about the Qiang and Hu situation in Liangzhou, and there are Cao thieves around. I am deeply troubled. You are familiar with the situation in Longxi, and I don't know how to teach me. ?”
When Gongsun Zheng heard Feng Yong's intended question, he perked up and said quickly, "I have received your enquiry, how dare I not say anything?"
He said as he put his hands into his wide sleeves.
Guan Ji moved slightly.
Gongsun Zheng took out a piece of paper from it, stood up and handed it to Feng Yong, "Junhou, this is the topographic map of Longxi. The mountains, rivers, roads and roads of Longxi are all drawn in it."
Feng Yong took it and took a look, but he saw that the graphics drawn above, although the proportions were a bit out of proportion, were much more detailed than the map.
Specific symbols are also used in the corners to represent mountains, rivers, roads, etc.
Not only is the real distance between the two places marked, but the height of the mountains, rivers and hills is also marked.
This is already considered to have a certain map concept.
Feng Yong raised his head in surprise, "Did you draw this?"
Gongsun Zheng had a humble look on his face, "Xiaguan's ancestral home is Didao, Longxi. He followed the Lord to take refuge in Hanzhong due to the Qiang Rebellion, and was later moved back to Longxi by the Cao thieves."
"When Xianguan was a child, he saw the Qiang and Hu constantly looting and killing Han people. When he grew older, the Qiang and Hu forced his family to flee. At that time, some of his blood relatives were separated and died of illness during the flight."
When Gongsun Zheng said this, a look of resentment appeared on his face, "I think at the beginning, the Hu people were no match for the slaves of the Han family. Now, taking advantage of the decline of the Han Dynasty, they are biting back like evil wolves."
"After Xiaguan returned to Longxi from Hanzhong, although Didao was still there, Xiaguan's ancestral land had become a place where barbarians were ravaging, so Xiaguan was determined to expel those barbarians."
"Xiaguan has not only returned to Didao several times over the years, but has also set foot in Bohan, Heguan, Baishi and other places, just to understand the situation of the Qiang and Hu there, hoping that one day he can fully restore the Han family's hometown."
Feng Yong raised his eyebrows, not expecting that this was the Han Dynasty version of an angry youth.
No, they should not be called angry youths, but Han people, and they also took action for them.
Of course, this is also because he and his family have suffered deeply from the Qiang and Hu, but this is a typical Han thinking - grudges and grudges based on pleasure.
I will take revenge if I have a grudge, I will not fight with you if I have a grudge.
Feng Yong sighed, "It turns out there are more heroes in Liangzhou."
Thinking of the surname Gongsun, Feng Yongyong couldn't help but think of Gongsun Zan who treated the Hu people as experience treasures, so he asked with some curiosity, "The king's hatred of the Hu people is somewhat similar to the White Horse General Gongsun Zan."
"You two have the same last name, but I don't know what's the connection?"
Gongsun Zheng shook his head, "Back to the lord, I have no connection with Gongsun Zan."
As he spoke, a look of pride appeared on his face, "The surname of Xiaguan Gongsun was passed down from the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor was born in Jishui (Wugong County, Guanzhong) and used Gongsun as his surname, and later changed his surname to Ji."
"Most of the descendants in later generations have the surname Ji, but there are also a few with the surname Gongsun. The ancestors of Xiaguan are one of them. The ancestors of the later generations went north along the Wei River from Guanzhong and finally settled in Didao."
Speaking of this, a look of resoluteness appeared on his face, "My ancestor Sijue, whose hands and feet were calloused, was exposed to the frost and dew, and cut thorns in the wilderness before he could find a suitable place to settle down."
"After more than ten generations, the family of Didao and Gongsun was born. Although the conquest is unworthy, we cannot abandon the land of our ancestors. Otherwise, how can we face our ancestors underground?"
Listening to this tone, the Gongsun family is not inferior to the people in Didao?
But thinking about it, how can one join the army in Longxi without a certain reputation?
But what surprised Feng Yong was what he said.
His face calmed down and he said seriously, "I look at the world's aristocratic families, they are arrogant and extravagant, and they don't care about the national economy and the people's livelihood, but they have long forgotten the hardships that our ancestors led their people to pioneer."
"I didn't expect to see the true style of an ancient aristocratic family here. Please pay my respects to Feng Mou."
With that said, he stood up and bowed deeply to Gongsun Zheng.
Gongsun Zheng was shocked and hurriedly stood up and bowed to him, "I didn't expect that I would be at the prince's place and hear these words that will be engraved in my heart!"
Standing upright, Gongsun Zheng's face glowed with excitement, his breath was a little heavy, and his eyes towards Feng Yong were extremely fiery.
"Nanxiang Ranger, although he has never met the monarch, he is willing to be driven by the monarch. Today I finally know the reason!"
Feng Yong did not hear the flaw in this statement, but Guan Ji's eyes fell on Gongsun Zheng, thinking thoughtfully: This Gongsun Zheng actually knows about Nanxiang? It seems that he must have been paying attention to Alang for a long time!
"Sit, sit!" After a conversation, the two felt a lot closer. After exchanging words, Feng Yong pulled Gongsun Zheng to sit down.
"I also want to control the Qiang rebellion in Longxi, but I don't know how to do it. I wonder what Boyan can teach me?"
"Going back to the king, there are three strategies for conquering, the upper, middle and lower, for the king to make a decision."
When Gongsun Zheng learned that Feng Yong wanted to return to Longxi, he made no attempt to hide it and quickly replied.
"Okay! Please come here quickly, Boyan."
Feng Yong was overjoyed.
"My plan is that the prince can give his subordinate some fur cloth, and he will go to Shouyang personally to find an opportunity to talk to the Qiang and Hu Qushuai and persuade them to retreat. Now the Qiang and Hu soldiers are surrounding Didao to survive the winter."
"The focus of the Qiang and Hu is on Didao, not Shouyang. If they get the best woolen cloth to keep out the cold, they will probably retreat from Shouyang."
"No!" Feng Yong refused, "bribing Hu will damage the dignity of the Han family, so I must not do it."
When Gongsun Zheng heard this, a smile appeared on his face, "Since the prince is unwilling to do this, let's start fighting. The barbarians fear power but not virtue, and the soldiers led by the prince are rare elites."
"If we can find an opportunity, set up an ambush, gather together the invading Qiang and Hu, and destroy them, it will definitely serve as a deterrent, so that the Qiang and Hu will not dare to invade Shouyang easily."
Feng Yong thought for a while, "This is a stop-gap measure. It can only be said to temporarily prevent the Qiang and Hu from invading Shouyang. However, my ultimate goal is to pacify Longxi, so what should I do?"
"The prince, the Li family in Longxi, is the county magistrate. Although they have also suffered from the Qiang and Hu ravages over the years, the Li family has a deep foundation and still has a good reputation in Longxi."
"And now that Cao Cao was defeated by the Prime Minister, he can only defend Hexi and is unable to take care of Didao. If you can get the help of the Li family, it will be easy to pacify Longxi."
This is the second time Feng Yong has heard someone mention the Li family in Longxi.
The first time was Li Mu.
"Does Boyan have a way to establish a relationship with the Li family in Longxi?"
Feng Yong asked.
Gongsun Zheng nodded, "Didao respects the Li family, but Xiaguan's ancestral home is also in Didao, and the Gongsun family and the Li family are also married."
"The Li family has suffered from the Qiang and Hu people for a long time. If the emperor can put an end to the Qiang and Hu rebellion in Longxi, Li family will definitely give her strong support."
