Shuzhong is surrounded by mountains and has a very closed geographical location, but it does not have any communication with the outside world at all. The road to Shu is difficult, and it is more difficult than climbing to the blue sky, but there are still roads that can be passed through.
Those who are familiar with “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” can open their mouths and tell the familiar names of Shu Road such as Taurus Road and Yonekura Road, and talk about the magnificent war stories that have happened on these roads.
Yangba Road, located in the northeast of Bashu, is slightly less famous than the first few Shu Roads, but its other name is familiar, that is, the litchi road that flourished in the Tang Dynasty.
“Book of Jin” Emperor Xuan Ji Youzai from Xicheng to cut the mountain and open the road, which tells the story of Sima Yi opening the way to attack Shu, and the Xicheng was the well-being of later generations. Whenever Li Qianzhe went to and from Shu, he would follow this road to cross Daba Mountain and enter Shu, and this road was also the main channel for communication with Bashu in Ankang area.
Of course, in this era, there were no nobles in Chang’an who were willing to invest a lot of manpower and material resources at all costs to eat a lychee from Fuling. Therefore, these rugged roads have not been named the lychee path.
However, in a small range between Bashu, a new name of Froshu has gradually become popular. Although this is not as good as the lychee Tao for later generations, it sounds like mouth-watering and erotic associations, but in the minds of Bashu people today, it still feels that Froshu Tao is more sweet and tempting!
Who doesn’t like the white, frosted, flawless, sweet and delicious frosting sugar? Who is not addicted?
A large number of Ba people’s barbarian tribes live between the northern and southern foothills of Daba Mountain. These barbarian tribes have different levels of culturalization. They each occupy a territory between these mountains and fields and strive to survive and develop.
Even the Ankang Li family, which is a famous clan in Shannan, actually has some Ba people’s blood. However, as their clan grows, they are less and less mentioned, but there is still a deep or shallow connection with the Barbarian tribe between these mountains and fields.
Before the Northern Wei Dynasty collapsed in the early years, it once competed with Nanliang to compete for this space between Bashu. In addition to directly investing in troops to attack and confrontation, they will also enforce the barbarians between the mountains and fields for their own use. The most commonly used means is to establish barbarian states and counties and appoint those barbarian chiefs to serve as chiefs of prefectures and counties.
This is naturally beneficial to a regime. Anyway, these officials in the banished prefectures and counties will only take effect within their territory. If the barbarian chiefs leave their respective territories, they will have no choice but to do so. And those barbarians were also happy to accept such win-win, which was also a way for them to gain regional reputation.
Therefore, although this mountainous land is not a man in the outside world, if you go into the barbarian tribes and learn about it for a little, you will be surprised to find that the barbarian chiefs each have the titles of governors and generals granted by the Southern Liang or Northern Wei, and even have titles. Of course, there will inevitably be a barbarian chief who is good at dancing and has official titles from both countries. <This situation continued until after Nanliang captured Hanzhong, Bashu had the regional guarantee of Shannan, Hanzhong, and the internal situation stabilized. The frequency of the various official positions of detainees has also been greatly reduced, and the good days of the barbarians have gradually come to an end.
However, with the loss of Hanzhong, the atmosphere of the past gradually recovered.
The Wei forces entered the Hanzhong area again, and these mountain barbarian tribes lived a life of success. However, the style of Wei State today is different from previous years. Although it sounds nice, the rewards that are actually very shabby, which naturally makes the barbarians unable to get interested.
The Wei State was very stingy. The Wuling King of Nanliang, who was in charge of Shu, was also not generous. He also issued a series of orders to recruit the barbarian tribes. Some of the barbarian tribes and even the tribes in the clan were recruited, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled people, and even their livelihoods were unsustainable. It was sad to see.
So some other barbarians who had not yet been affected or were still underdeveloped were sighing, while annexing the tribal territory that Ding Zhuang had lost in large quantities.
Although these barbarian tribes are not mainstream parts of society, as long as they live in this world, it is difficult for them to avoid being affected by the general trends in the outside world. Every change in the external situation will also bring a change to their survival order.
Some barbarian tribes with less risk resistance will inevitably die, and tribes that survive by chance can only strengthen themselves through repeated plunder and mergers, so as to survive again and again.
Li Qianzhe has been busy with the tasks assigned by General Li in recent years. He occasionally returns home and just passes by. After a short rest, he has to go to Mianbei or to Bashu, which is unfamiliar with the development of family affairs.
This time he returned to the General Administration, received a new order from the General, and was promised that as long as the task was completed successfully, he would no longer need to take charge of these affairs, and would be able to directly come to the stage and get the opportunity to preside over the military and political affairs of the party.
Moreover, General Li has created a very good personnel foundation for him in advance. Although most of the actual operations were completed by Li Qianzhe himself, if General Li had not made this statement, he would have never thought of it anyway, even if he had been in the game for several years.
Li Qianzhe was naturally very excited about this. In order to ensure that this trip is foolproof, after Ankang, he said that he would lead more elite troops from the tribe to the south this time, and to inquire about the development trend of the family’s affairs.
“What? There are tens of thousands of people in the family!”
When he heard Li Xian, a brother who was the governor of Jinzhou, reported this data, Li Qianzhe couldn’t help but say in surprise.
Seeing his brother’s shocked look, Li Xian smiled reservedly and said, “Actually, I didn’t expect the clan power.”It has developed so fast that although there were some hikers who came to my house in previous years, it was difficult for thousands of people to stay all year round, and there were not many people who could really stay, and even fewer were in the prime of life.
But since the rebellion in Shu, many tribes have been greatly affected. My family was originally famous in Shannan, but now it is tolerated and valued by General Li, and is known as Shannan. In addition, because you are traveling between brothers, you have thousands of people coming to invest every month. Even if you are just a select group of people, the growth is very gratifying. If this momentum continues, it won’t take long before my family can recruit tens of thousands of soldiers alone! “
Li Xian was very proud of this. After all, the elders and elders in the clan had not yet adapted to the changes in the situation. The entire family grew and grew rapidly under his leadership. Although he did not attribute it to himself completely, the joy was beyond words.
But after hearing this, Li Qianzhe did not have any obvious joy on his face, but instead frowned deeper.