In this world, people are not the same, some people run fast, some people jump high, some people have a good memory, and some people look at the long term. Today, I will tell you about the fragment of Zhao Chongguo's pacification of the Western Qiang, and see how far this Famous Western Han General can see!
In 61 BC, the Qiang tribes that had long lived in today's Qinghai generation rebelled. Zhao Chongguo, a veteran general in his seventies, proposed himself to Emperor Xuan of Han and led his troops to quell the Rebellion of the Western Qiang.
Zhao Chongguo is a veritable person who has fought all his life, and he is also very familiar with the Qiang people, after he arrived at the front, he did not rush to fight against the other side, but fought steadily and steadily, gradually disintegrating the relations between the various tribes of the Qiang, drawing together those tribes who hesitated to be enemies and friends, and isolating the leading xianzhi tribes.
Zhao Chongguo has his own deployment on the front line, but some people in the imperial court can't understand it, let you bring so many soldiers and horses, supply you with so much grain, you can't see any blood in front, doesn't this make you change places to live? Therefore, many ministers have a lot of criticism of Zhao Chongguo.
Emperor Xuan of Han was a ming emperor of the ming dynasty, and he was not anxious about what to do to Zhao Chongguo, but sent people to question Zhao Chongguo, and Zhao Chongguo used practical actions to disintegrate the Qiang people while writing to the emperor to explain his plans. For such a long time, Zhao Chongguo's method of living on the front line really played a role in attacking the Qiang people, and Emperor Xuan of Han trusted him more and more.
Zhao Chongguo had his own strategy for dealing with the Qiang, but other military generals also had their own strategies against the enemy, such as Jiuquan Taishou Xin Wuxian, who tried to give the Qiang people a hard blow mainly by force. Emperor Xuan of Han weighed the pros and cons and ordered Zhao Chongguo to cooperate with Xin Wuxian's army and launch an armed attack on the Qiang.
Of course, Zhao Chongguo insisted on his own point of view, but this time his son was afraid, and his son himself did not dare to say it, so he let others talk to Zhao Chongguo.
If you say that if you send troops, you will lose troops and the country will suffer losses, then you can stick to your own views and stick to them. But now sending troops and not sending troops is only a difference between small profits and big benefits, if you offend the emperor because of this, then I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect yourself, let alone defend the country!
Zhao Chong Guo listened to it with a long sigh! It can't be said that the Qiang people have come to this step today because they didn't listen to me!
When the Qiang people were about to move, the imperial court sent people to inspect the Western Qiang, and I recommended Jiuquan Taishou Xin Wuxian, but Cheng Xiang and Yushi recommended Yiqu Anguo to the emperor, and the result was a big deal.
(Yiqu Anguo arrived in Xiqiang, and the Qiang people asked for permission to cross the Huangshui River to cultivate land, but Yiqu Anguo had no experience and said that I would go back to the imperial court for instructions on this matter.) After Zhao Chongguo heard about it, he said that if the emissary did not refuse the Request of the Qiang people on the spot, the Qiang people would acquiesce, and later the Qiang people did cross the Huangshui River without authorization to form an alliance.
Later, the signs of the Qiang alliance and rebellion became more and more obvious, and the imperial court once again sent Yiqu Anguo to inspect. Fortunately, Yiqu Anguo arrived in Xiqiang, gathered many Qiang tribal leaders, killed more than thirty people in one go, completely angered the Qiang people, and gave them sufficient excuses to rebel. ）
At the beginning, the grain in Jincheng and Huangzhong (the border between the Han Dynasty and the Western Qiang) was very cheap, and as long as it cost eight yuan, I told the imperial court that as long as we bought three million grain reserves, the Qiang people did not dare to act rashly when they saw that we had enough grain and grass. But Si Nongzhong only agreed to buy one million Huo, and only four hundred thousand Huo was actually bought. Even these four hundred thousand Huo were also half used by Yiqu Anguo.
It was only because my two opinions were not heard that I gave the Qiang people the courage to rebel, and the so-called loss of a thousand miles is a thousand miles! If the Qiang rebellion is not properly resolved this time, there will be other places to learn from, which will cause greater danger to the country, so I must adhere to my ideas!
At the insistence of Zhao Chongguo, the wise Emperor Xuan of Han understood and respected his opinion, and finally put down the Western Qiang Rebellion at the least cost.