A few days later, Hou Junji sent by Luo Zhaoyun had occupied the county of Shihan. Some local wealthy families, landlords, etc. had long heard that the young marshal came to the northwest to govern the army, quell the chaos, suppress the rebel kings, responded secretly, informed, and helped the Sui army in the northwest to quickly defeat several local uprising troops.

And those county towns, county magistrates and county magistrates who were not attacked by the rebels welcomed the imperial army.

As a result, the Sui Army in the northwest was captured, and the territory was developed for the Sui army, and several cities were recovered, with population and land, and wealth increased.

Xihai County, Jiaohe County, Heyuan County, Xiping County, Jincheng County, and Kuhan County are all in one area, all under Luo Zhaoyun's jurisdiction. In addition, Zhangye County, which Li Jinggang conquered, all the seven counties in the northwest were taken into account.

Luo Zhaoyun dispatched personnel to re-appoint some local officials, counted household registration, surveyed the population, opened warehouses and released grain, and did not allow people to starve to death.

These are the frontiers of the Great Sui Dynasty. The folk customs are simple and even lack education. They maintain many backward and ignorant customs and habits. The economy is relatively primitive. There are many bartering things and lack trust in coins.

Luo Zhaoyun personally brought his personal soldiers to visit these counties and places to investigate the people's conditions, and then formulated some simple and practical systems, such as how to restore production, how to abolish some old harsh laws, and that slaves are not allowed to be bought and sold, and that murder is not allowed to be punished in the name of the clan.

Because this area is mostly inhabited by Dangxiang people, Dangxiang is a branch of the Western Qiang people, and its birthplace is in Qinghai. During the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people moved in large numbers to Helong and Guanzhong areas. Because the Dangxiang people lived a primitive nomadic tribe life, they were customary and could not be ordered, and they were all engaged in life. If they had battle formations, they would gather together, without labor and taxes, and they would not interact with each other.

In the northwest region, in addition to the seven major families, there are also eight major tribes, including the Xifeng family, Feiting family, Qianli family, Pochao family, Yeli family, Fangdang family, Miqin family, and Tuoba family. They are quite powerful and live in Xiping, Jiaohe, Kuanghan, Lintao and other counties.

If Luo Zhaoyun wants to truly turn the northwest into his own base, he needs to establish good relations with the Seven Heroes and Eight Tribes, gain their support, blindly kill and high pressure, and fail to be truly obedient, and will have the opposite effect.

While shocking, how to give benefits and benefits to them will naturally incline to him and sincerely submit to him.

At the same time, Luo Zhaoyun sent someone to send letters to Zhuojun, and transferred some orphans he had adopted before to cultivate talents who had learned from the people, business, handicrafts, blacksmiths and other aspects to govern the northwest for seven or eight years.

After seeing Luo Zhaoyun, Hou Junji reported: "The Tubo Qiang tribe is ready to move and appears on the borders of Heyuan County and Lintao County. It may disturb our territory. After all, it is about to fall. This is when the nomadic tribes of the border guards gather into soldiers and come to hunt grass valley to plunder food, supplies and population."

Luo Zhaoyun said coldly: "When I am under my jurisdiction, this will never be allowed to happen. I am anxious to find local warriors to form troops and government troops to resist the Tubo herders coming north to invade. In addition, Mai Jicai brought 5,000 troops to the border guards to inspect and block the Tubo troops."

Hou Junji nodded, knowing that this was related to An Ning in the jurisdiction and the prestige of the young marshal, and that the border garrison would not be destroyed or invaded.

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Wuwei County.

Li Gui and his remaining troops established a foothold in Wuwei County, occupying four larger cities, Guzang, Huining, Changsong, Fanhe, but the scale was still a little different from that of Jincheng and Huangshui City.

Although there are quite a few troops from tens of thousands of people, it is not easy to gain a complete foothold in Wuwei County and control the people within the tribe.

Although Li Gui, Guan Jin, Liang Shuo and Li Yun were from Wuwei, they raised their flags and raised their troops in Xiping County and were mostly strong men from Xiping. After all, those soldiers were far away from their hometowns and had been missing homes for a long time. They didn't know how their family lived under the jurisdiction of the Sui army.

The people in Wuwei County were mostly mixed with Dangxiang, Xianbei, Tiel, and Han people, which were difficult to manage. The Xiliang regime had no experience in governing the people and blindly used troops to suppress them. As a result, local people had little resentment, and some people fled to Xiping and Jincheng County.

Over time, not only the people fled, but also deserters appeared in the army and were about to defect to the Sui army.

Li Gui was very angry, but he had no choice but to do anything. At present, he had no strength to challenge the Luo family army, and only two ways were left. One was to join forces with Xue Ju, Liang Shidu, and Li Yuan to form a strategic alliance, and then fight to the end with Luo Zhaoyun; the other way was to surrender to the Sui army, but life and death were unpredictable.

The King of Xiliang summoned the military officials and generals to discuss countermeasures and how to choose the way ahead. Because Li Jing took Zhangye, Wuwei was surrounded by Zhangye, Jincheng, Hexi County and others, and to the north of Wuwei County, it was the Tengger Desert area, and it was impossible to migrate and survive, which was a dead end.

"Everyone, how should we decide whether to fight or surrender?"

"I report to Your Majesty. I think it is difficult to resist if the battle continues. If I surrender one day earlier, I may be able to receive certain treatment. Recruiting Sui ministers is also a way to protect myself." Some ministers are unwilling to be enemies of the young commander and want to surrender. In this way, they may be able to continue to be an official.

Liang Shuo hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, since we have rebelled against the court, it is difficult to submit to it anymore. Once the military power is handed over, then people will be the slaughter and I will be the slaughter of fish and meat, and I will be the slaughter of others."

Crown Prince Li Boyu also said: "Father, the court is about to perish. No matter how strong Luo Cheng is, it cannot turn around the overall situation. We should not surrender to the court. Otherwise, other ministers may not be hindered. Our Li family father and son cannot escape the death penalty. We should join forces with Xue Ju, Liang Shidu, Turks, Li Yuan and other forces to fight against Luo Cheng together!"

"I also agree with the prince's words. It is not the time to end the end. Join forces against Luo Cheng's troops, storm and seek survival space!" An Xiuren paused and bowed, "My elder brother An Xinggui is under Li Yuan's tent as a military service Sima. I volunteered to meet the King of Tang, make an alliance, take care of each other, and put pressure on Luo Cheng so that he did not dare to act rashly and become the target of the northwest public target."
Chapter completed!