The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Lord, will Mr. Ziyuan's actions lead to more chaos in the Qiang land?" Li Ru frowned.

"Chaos will definitely lead to chaos, but even if we don't do this, there will be no peace." Chen Mo nodded and said with a smile: "Besides, our government has not forced it. If we really want to fight, they will be at fault. Besides, we here have always supported the Qiang population’s household registration, and the teacher did this to strengthen the relationship between the Qiang and Han people.”

Chen Mo probably guessed that Zang Hong's hand was broken later. If a Qiang man is willing to become a Han nationality, he will have the same treatment. In this way, as long as a Qiang man can live as a Han nationality, he can not only reduce taxes, but also get a wife and bring his own livestock. , how good?

The biggest sufferer here is the leader of the Qiang tribe. The population will continue to be lost in this way. If there is a war, the population will be lost even faster. After a few defeats, all prestige in the tribe will be lost, and the population will be lost. Only faster.

Now Chen Mo is not only not afraid of fighting the Qiang people, he is even a little impatient. Zang Hong is right. To integrate foreign races, not only must there be means, but war is also necessary. Fight until they are afraid, and it is best to fight when they are at a loss. Now What Zang Hong did was actually to force the Qiang people to take the initiative to provoke, and then press and beat them.

In this way, even Ma Teng and Han Sui have no reason to help. After all, this is the fault of the Qiang people. They are already suffering from Chen Mo's military strength. If they help the Qiang people fight against Chen Mo because of this kind of thing, what will the people under their rule think? ? But if they don't help, Ma Teng or Han Sui can fight against Chen Mo. In addition to the two joining forces, they also rely heavily on the Qiang people. Zang Hong is now using this soft knife to cut flesh against the Qiang people. To operate is to draw out the fire under the cauldron, not only the Qiang people, but also Ma Teng and Han Sui.

This plan is brilliant!

At this moment, Chen Mo and Li Ru also gradually saw Zang Hong's move clearly, and even Ma Teng and Han Sui were involved in the calculation.

"Do you think Ma Teng and Han Sui will send troops?" Chen Mo looked at Li Ru and asked with a smile.

"Yes!" Li Ru nodded affirmatively. Although sending troops is definitely untenable in terms of justice, if they don't send troops, the confidence of the two of them to confront Chen Mo will be completely destroyed. In this case, how can Ma Teng and Han Sui Can we not send troops?

Then Li Ru frowned and said, "Just by doing this, we have successfully provoked Ma Teng and Han Sui into fighting. I'm afraid the two of them will not really turn against each other."

Things have priorities. Both of them are old foxes. At this time, they naturally know how to choose.

From this point of view, Ma Teng and Han Sui are actually much stronger than Li Jue and Guo Si in the past. It is a pity that the resources they have cannot compare with Li Jue and Guo Si. Otherwise, Chen Mo may not be able to win so quickly. Chang'an.

"It still has some uses. Ma Teng and Han Sui can see clearly, but it does not mean that his two generals can also put aside their past grudges in an instant like they did. Therefore, they can change their strategies and provoke conflicts between their two generals. They will always send Useful." Chen Mo said with a smile.

It is still the beginning stage, and the real war has not yet come. Chen Mo estimates that even if the war starts, it will have to wait until the end of the year or even next year.

"Here." Li Ru nodded. Seeing that Chen Mo had no other instructions, he bowed and left. Although all parties were secretly plotting and invisible confrontations never stopped, in essence, Chen Mo still focused on developing people's livelihood. Guanzhong is now gradually recovering its vitality, but many of Chen Mo's ideas have not yet been implemented. Today, Guanzhong is still developing around people's livelihood, and it is also accumulating more foundation.

Don't look at the two consecutive years of bumper harvests in Guanzhong, but if there is a war, the little food and grass that Chen Mo has saved now will not even be able to withstand a war if he mobilizes the entire army.

After all, war consumes a lot of food and grass. Chen Mo has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. He can only support the army the year before last. If the war really starts now, even if the army of 150,000 is not sent out, the food and grass will be consumed. It is also an astonishing number, which is why Chen Mo is unwilling to go to war directly with Ma Teng and Han Sui.

It would be best if he could fight quickly, but if he could not defeat him in one blow, it would not only damage his reputation, but more importantly, it would be more difficult to destroy Ma Teng and Han Sui in the future. Therefore, unless there was an excellent opportunity, Chen Mo would not Easy to take action.

Time passes day by day. It seems that Chen Mo’s harvest this year will not be too low. There are new plows, manure and grafting, as well as trade with the outside world. The days are prosperous. In comparison, Xiliang’s On the other hand, Ma Teng and Han Sui's life was a little difficult.

"Wen Yue, the situation is not good." On this day, Ma Teng took the initiative to find Han Sui to discuss the matter: "Recently, many tribes from the south have moved northward, and there have been no wars. However, it seems that something big has happened to a large number of tribes moving northward. ”

"It is indeed a big deal." Han Sui nodded, handed some files to Ma Teng and said, "We were deceived by that Zang Hong."

Ma Teng frowned slightly when he heard this. He had a good impression of Zang Hong. After all, when Zang Hong came to Liangzhou, the first thing he did was to show his goodwill to them, saying that he only cares about people's livelihood and doesn't want to care about other things. The eight hundred soldiers guarding him obviously couldn't make any waves. What did Han Sui mean by saying this now?

The files recorded all Zang Hong's governance strategies. Ma Teng looked at Han Sui doubtfully: "What do you mean?"

"Since last year, he has encouraged intermarriage between Qiang and Han people, and promised that any Qiang woman who marries a Han will be rewarded with a sheep as a betrothal gift, which will be paid out by the government office. At the same time, if a Han man marries a Qiang woman as a wife or concubine, the land will be The tax will be reduced by 30%," Han Sui said solemnly.

"Of course I know this." Ma Teng nodded. Encouraging the integration of Qiang and Han has always been a strategy advocated by Chen Mo. As Chen Mo's teacher, there is nothing wrong with Zang Hong helping Chen Mo to promote the integration of Qiang and Han after taking office.

"Here's the problem. Among the tribes that came to seek refuge, the number of marriageable women in the tribe was less than half of the marriageable men. At the beginning of the year, many tribes were dissatisfied with this incident and rioted. However, Chen Mo's side had already been prepared. Just being destroyed There are more than a dozen tribes that have been defeated. They can't defeat Chen Mo, but they don't want to see their tribe wipe out. Zang Hong's method can be said to be a desperate strategy!" Han Sui said helplessly.

It would not be a big problem if Han women were rewarded for marrying into the Qiang tribe. But the problem now is that they can only go out but not in. Many tribes are just a bunch of bachelors. Zang Hong is not benefiting the people. He is basically driving the Qiang people to death. Well, even reproducing offspring has become a luxury, otherwise there would be trouble.

But the troublesome thing is that Zang Hong did not use any coercive means and had already made preparations. This time to suppress the rebellion, the court's methods were extremely ruthless, with almost no prisoners left on the battlefield. This was different from the past. During the Qiang people's battles, they rarely appeared.

"It seems that Zang Hong is not a kind person!" Ma Teng didn't turn around at first, but when Han Sui explained this, Ma Teng also realized it. It seemed like it was just a decree to promote friendship between the two families. , but unexpectedly it drove people to a dead end.

No wonder those Qiang people who came to seek refuge reacted so violently.

By the way, are one or two of these readers of sages so insidious? Thinking about his brother Han Sui, then thinking about Zang Hong, and Chen Mo, my heart is filled with darkness.

"He taught Chen Mo." Han Sui said leisurely. Han Sui actually admired Chen Mo's ability. In just a few years, he had captured Bingzhou and Sanfu from Hedong at the beginning, and now even more He was beginning to plot against Xiliang. As a bystander, Han Sui could see clearly that Chen Mo was not very ambitious. Many people were sold by Chen Mo and helped him count the money, such as the Manchu minister. I heard that Until now, Chen Mo has not given him a salary, but these officials are working very hard. Many of Dong Zhuo's former subordinates were tricked by Chen Mo and could not vote for Chen Mo, especially the Guanzhong nobles.

How can a teacher be such a good person if he can teach such a monster-like disciple?

"Now these Qiang leaders are inviting me to send troops, but if we send troops now, how can we defeat Chen Mo?" Ma Teng said with a bitter smile, what's the point of saying this now? The problem at hand is that the Qiang leaders are all filled with righteous indignation and want Ma Teng to send troops to deal with Chen Mo, but Ma Teng can harass him by himself, but if he is asked to send troops to fight Chen Mo, Ma Teng is not willing, and he is inferior in terms of military strength. The main reason is that there is no benefit to winning. If he loses, Xiliang will lose to Chen Mo completely, and maybe even the whole family will lose their lives. Ma Teng doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but the Ma family can have the current momentum. It was also relying on the power of the Qiang people. If these Qiang people rebelled, the Ma family would probably be doomed.

Today, Ma Teng does not want to offend either side, but the problem is that both sides must offend one side now. This is why Ma Teng came to Han Sui for discussion.

"In terms of military strength, if you and I join forces, plus the Shaodang, Poqiang and other big tribes send troops, we may not be less than them. It would be better if we can draw the Xiongnu." Han Sui groped his chin and said, Ma Teng had the same problem It's also his problem. At this time, the two of them have to share the same hatred, otherwise defeat is not far away.

"Although our army is brave and good at fighting, has there ever been a time when Chen Mo didn't use his small skills to make a big difference?" Ma Teng said with a bitter smile. If we just count the troops, it would be the Yellow Turban thieves who would win the world. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the total number of Yellow Turbans in the world must have exceeded one million. Weren't the people quickly put down?

Ma Teng is also from a family of generals, and he knows very well that even if these parties are brought together, they will only have a military advantage. In fact, the internal differences will be serious, and they may even be exploited by Chen Mo.

"But the matter has come to this. If we don't care about this matter, I'm afraid there will be no place for us in Xiliang!" Han Sui looked at Ma Teng and said solemnly.

"Let me think about it." Ma Teng shook his head. This matter was too big for him to make a decision at once.

"Brother, make your decision early!" Han Sui did not urge him, but said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Ma Teng nodded. At this moment, he saw someone coming in. He said in a panic: "My lord, something bad has happened. General Yan and Major General Ma are fighting!"