As its name suggests, the Qiang Dao (Zhouqu County, Gansu) is a place where the Qiang people gather. It was controlled by the court during the Qin Dynasty and was set up as a Taoist. It has always been a mixed place of Han and Qiang, but the relationship between the two sides is not very friendly. This makes the Qiang Dao County town a steep place, with cliffs in the east, dangerous ditches in the west, and hills in the north. At this border, the high mountains, the throat of the Bailong River builds a city and surrounds the village, hanging alone on the periphery of the empire.

Outside the city is endless forests and grasslands, stone beaches, Qiang herders are herding sheep, singing songs in Qiang language.

"What are you singing?"

After hearing this, Wei Xiang asked others and the translation he got was: "The mountains are green, the water is long, the clouds are surging, and the fog is vast."

This Qiang song aroused Wei Xiang's homesickness, but in the distance were high mountains and bare rocks and snow-capped mountains that never melted all year round. They were blocked by them, and Wei Xiang's eyes could not see Longyou at all.

Since being defeated by the Fifth Reunion, Wei Xiang and three or four thousand remaining troops have lived in the Qiang Road for more than half a year. This place is a tunnel connecting the Western Qiang, Longyou and Bashu. It is because it is too remote and not as important as the Qishan Road in the east, but it has to be guarded. Therefore, Emperor Gongsun named Wei Xiang "King of Shuo Ning" and asked him to take his old subordinates to settle down here. After all, this county theoretically belongs to Longxi County, and became the last place for the Liangzhou Group to live.

The small Wei army tried to attack several times and were forced to retreat by mountain torrents and snow. However, the soldiers of Longyou who followed Wei Xiang here were not happy at all. The Qiang Road was too bitter. The frost-free period was only a few months each year. There was not much food in the field, and the Qiang girl with her hair was not able to arouse their interest. Life was full of boredom and depression. Many soldiers followed Wei Xiang through the sea of ​​swords and blood, but were defeated in the homesickness and hard life and became deserters.

"When Liu Bang was granted the title of Hanzhong, from Chang'an to Nanzheng, there were dozens of generals who had died on the road. Did Han Xin almost run away?"

Wei Xiang comforted himself so much, but how could he, a self-reliant loser, still welcome the allegiance of "Han Xin"?

After May, the only good news was that when the time came, the Dai Gongsun Shu entered the Qiang, he contacted the adviser Fang Wang, who was the Qiang in Xianling, to come back!

Fang Wang came back on a Qiang horse. This kind of horse is different from the Youbian horse and Hequ big horse. It has a short figure and more hair. It is also very down-to-earth and steady walking on the rugged mountain road.

Wei Xiang went out to greet him personally. Before Fang Wang could stand still, he strode over to talk to him. Fang Wang had many pertinent advice, but Wei Xiang did not listen because of hesitation. Now, he has regarded Fang Wang as the key to whether he can return to his hometown.

"After I have been there for nearly half a year, I wonder what the situation in Qiangzhong is today?"

Fang Wang didn't say anything, and waited to the private hall before he stroked his beard and smiled, "It's been done!"

"I heard that the Wei general Wan Hu's old injury relapsed, died of illness and could not manage the ministers. He had left Tianshui and returned to Chang'an for treatment. The eighth Jiao was far away in Hexi, and the military power of Longyou was all in the hands of the Later General Wu Han. This man was a powerful general in fighting, but he was quite mediocre in the county. In addition, he was used to being vigilant. Whether it was to surrender people from Longyou or the Qiang in various vassal states, the Hu ruler would only win over with his will, but he did not know how to give him benefits."

"When Wu Han was even more powerful when facing the Western Qiang Xianling, he was obsessed with martial arts, gathered refugees in Hehuang, rebuilt military farms, and advanced step by step towards Jincheng."

Fang Wang smiled and said, "Wu Han also flatly refused the matter of Xianling Qiang's sending people to return Hehuang to the Qiang people for grazing!"

"Xian Ling is the strongest tribe of the Western Qiang, with tens of thousands of strings and many relatives. The three Qiang rebellions in the previous Han Dynasty were all related to those generations. Seeing that the Wu Han despised the Qiang tribe and could not be with each other. In order to return to Hehuang, Xian Ling was willing to join forces with us! Under my persuasion, he had accepted the title of Emperor Gongsun and as the King of Xihai, he had the Qiang tribe."

This is what happened in the past few months. If Wan Xiu was Wan Xiu, there was one person in the Eighth Jiao who would have restrained Wu Han, so he would never have been there. The fifth reunion was also on the battlefield of Heji in the East. The Qiang incident was urgent, so Wu Han decided the decision. Domineering and domineering, but the consequences were unpredictable...

This incident made Wei Xiao breathe a sigh of relief. When he controlled Longyou, he was appeased and gentle to the Qiang people, hoping to exchange the Qiang cavalry to deal with the Wei army together. But at that time, the Qiang first chose neutrality. Now his fortune is finally on their side?

"As Mr. expected, Wu Han looked down on the Qiang people and thought that it was easy to get along with each other, and the Western Qiang was first zero, and he would definitely become a sore that would never be cured in the western part of Wei!"

In this way, the Wei army in Longyou had no time to visit Wudu and Qiang Dao, but Wei Xiang was able to cooperate with the Qiang people and constantly disturb Longxi and fight back to his hometown. He seemed to see a little hope...

But there is one thing that he must remind Fang Wang immediately.

"While Mr. Abandoned, several major events also happened."

Wei Xiang said: "I heard recently that the fifth reunion has defeated the Red Eyebrow and swept across Yu Yan, and what's even more deadly is..."

"The fifth reunification sent an envoy from Hanzhong to Shu. According to the detailed work I placed in Hanzhong, the envoy was the old opponent of the gentleman."

"Feng Yan!"

...

Feng Yan was of high rank in the Wei Kingdom and was a "dianke" among the nine ministers.

However, starting this year, the Fifth Reunification abolished Dianke and divided the agency in charge of diplomacy into two. The "Dian vassal state" was responsible for the relationship with the barbarians and Rongdi states, and selected a dedicated person to be responsible, focusing on the control of the throne; while Feng Yan was the "Great Operation Order", focusing on the Chinese princes, and focusing on the throne.

When he was on a mission to get a family, he was the first mission after he obtained his new position. After all, the nominal salary and quality remained unchanged, but his power was reduced by half out of thin air. Although each person performed his duties to facilitate the handling of internal and external relations, Feng Yan himself was anxious. If he didn't show it, it was still unknown how long these nine ministers could be. As we all know, the fifth reunion will not interfere in local government affairs and military affairs, but he likes to do things like "air pitching orders" and "special commissioners" in diplomacy. Feng Yan only cared about his affairs, and in terms of grand strategy, the fifth reunion has his own strategies.

So the order of the Great Promise became a higher-level errand. Xia Chu's fifth reunion focused on diplomacy and sent a large envoy, Liu Xiu had to rise and Feng Yan could not replace him. Feng Yan was disdainful to go small forces such as Zhang Bu of Qi and King Li of Chu, so he came to Gongsun Shu, the "enemy country".

The so-called enemy country is not a country of enemy country, but a country with equal status or power. The fifth emperor and Gongsun Emperor, at least, they admit each other in a fake way and agree to fight against the Han dynasties together...

Now that this unbreakable alliance has broken down, Feng Yan's mission is to stitch the crack - pretend to stitch it.

But unlike when he was warmly entertained in Shu last time, he could walk around at will. When he entered Shu, it was difficult for Feng Yan to leave the convoy for a hundred steps. Gongsun Shu sent a specialist to stare at him, for fear that Feng Yan would spy on the truth in Shu.

In this way, Feng Yan was isolated by Gongsun Shu's people and sent him all the way to Ligong Pavilion outside Chengdu. He was not summoned immediately. Two days later, he met Li Xiong, the Grand Situ of Chengjia.

"Li Xiang."

The family inherited the new dynasty system in full. The Grand Situ was equivalent to the prime minister. When Feng Yan was on a mission in Shu, he had a good personal relationship with Li Xiong and admired each other. Now when he saw each other again, Feng Yan actually turned his sleeves and scolded Li Xiong.

"In the past, Chengdu was sent to Chengdu to serve my lord, Gongsun as the king, and formed a alliance between Wei and Shu, and then he started a family and sent a black and white bear, and agreed to make friends forever. However, before the blood was exhausted, the Shu army sneaked into Ziwu Road and helped Long bandit Wei Xiang. The alliance was in his ears. I dare to ask Li Xiang, is this the way for a great country to get along with each other!"

Li Xiong had nothing to say. Although it was common for a great struggle and intrigues were common, if they had to talk about it, they were indeed the fault first. They could only say ashamed: "Xiong failed to stop this matter, which is the pain of this life! Every time when the night was late, people were always ashamed and sleepless. The alliance created by Jingtong with me fell apart due to the slander of villains!"

Feng Yan's way, Li Xiong is following the situation.

According to the report, Feng Yan knew that there was a disagreement within the Cheng family about moving north and south. The North-Rebellion faction advocated joining forces with Wei Xiang, fighting with the fifth reunion in Longyou, and finally seizing Guanzhong. It has basically failed now, but he still regarded Wei as a great enemy and thought that the fifth reunion would go south sooner or later, hoping to use Wei Xiang and the Qiang tribe to restrain the Wei army and protect Shuzhong.

This faction undoubtedly guessed the strategy of the Fifth Wei, which was also the reason why the Fifth Reunion divided the Dianke official office and specially set up Dian vassal states to deal with the Qiang and Hu relations. As Wan Xiudong returned to recuperate, there was only one Wu Han left in Longyou. I heard that this general was quite rude when dealing with the East and West Qiang. It was impossible to do this. He had to go to Long to guide and implement the emperor's policies.

The faction to the south was mainly Li Xiong. He initially believed that the Wei Kingdom was strong and there was no possibility of expansion to the north. Concentrating on building ships and having Jingyi was the only way out! For the fifth relationship, we should be vain and implicate the snake to win the opportunity to grow a family.

Li Xiong's opinion is also correct. The bad thing is that Gongsun Shu is too greedy and wants it both north and south.

As a result, last year, the Shu army suddenly turned against Wei. On Ziwu Road, Qishan Fort was defeated and lost the opportunity to compete for Liangzhou and advance to Guanzhong. Because the main force, the grain was transferred to the north, Li Xiong's plan to attack Chu was also failed. He was defeated by Qin Feng, King Li of Chu in Yiling, and hundreds of ships returned without a single sail.

Now Chengjia's eastern border has only expanded to Zigui County, Nanjun, and there are two of the Three Gorges, but Qutang Gorge cannot break through. However, Wuling County in Jingnan was "decided by an edict" and nominally surrendered to Gongsun Shu, which made Li Xiong's strategy of moving south make a little progress.

Li Xiong knew that Wei and Shu would never be able to continue the past, but even if they pretended, they would keep the peace between the two sides. Now that Feng Yan entered Shu, it would be better to use each other with this person, so that Gongsun Shu would dispel his dream of advancing north, and leave the soldiers to resist the danger and defend it enough, and devote his energy to the south where there is still a possibility of expansion!

So Li Xiong ignored his dignity and bowed to Feng Yan again: "Although he was rude to get married, Jingtong, as the Jiuqing of Wei, would like to enter Shu again, must have good intentions. He also hopes that you and I can join forces again to let Wei Shu abandon the misunderstanding and return to the old days!"

Misunderstanding? Who misunderstood with you?

Feng Yan stroked his beard and said, "Yan went south this time, and it was not entirely accusing him of the army. Emperor Wei was furious for a while and wanted to fight the family to death. Fortunately, Yan tried his best to persuade him, and then he calmed down slightly. But if he wanted to continue the alliance with Wei Shu, His Majesty the Emperor Wei still had one condition!"

Li Xiong said: "What are the conditions?"

Feng Yan smiled, but his eyes were murderous: "The reason why the two countries broke up was because of Wei Xiang. Fang Wang and Fang Wang stood up. Since Wei Xiang was already the prince of Emperor Gongsun, Emperor Wei did not want to pursue it too much, but Fang Wang, a lobbyist, was also a villain, and clamored for evil sayings. Recently, Longyou found that he went deep into Xianling and colluded with Qiang captives. He hoped that Emperor Gongsun could execute this person!"

"Will it be nice to kill one person to make the two countries reconcile?"

...

"Sir, really want to go south?"

At the same time, outside the Qiangdao City, Fang Wang had just finished his long journey into the Qiang, and had not even eaten a bite of food, but was in a hurry to go south to Chengdu, which made Wei Xiang quite worried.

"Must go!"

Although Fang Wang looked tired, he was still holding on.

"Feng Yan is a wise man with a clever tongue, and Gongsun Shu is indecisive, and he may be moved by him. What's more, Li Xiong, the prime minister of Shu, insisted on going south, and he did not agree with Gongsun Shu to accept the king..."

Wei Xiang was also worried: "How do you want to persuade him?"

Fang Wang gritted his teeth and said, "I must enter Chengdu quickly, persuade Gongsun Shu, kill Feng Yan, completely break off diplomatic relations with Wei, and join forces with Liu Xiu to fight against Wei. Only by the three powerful countries under Fang today can there be hope of standing together!"
Chapter completed!