Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 407
The leader of the small tribe is still clear about whether to follow Shen Chen or follow Mang Zhongzhu to rebel.

Now that Liu Bei is enthroned in the south, he has been fighting with Cao Cao in Liangzhou, and finally repelled Cao Cao, occupied Liangzhou, and became the master of Liangzhou.

Afterwards, more than 1 cavalry from the Liu Bei Group have been stationed in Xiliang, and Zhang Fei was transferred to the south, but these cavalry did not follow him. Now they are all under the jurisdiction of Shen Chen, guarding all parts of Liangzhou.

In addition to more than 1 cavalry, Liangzhou also has more than 2 infantry.

The source of these pawns was the Qiangdi tribe in Wudu who had defected to Liu Bei at the beginning. Although they were not strong in combat and were defeated by Cao Cao in the first battle, they were large and powerful, and they were somewhat useful.

After that, Liu Bei rewarded the leaders of the Qiangdi tribes, such as Lei Ding, Dou Mao, Agui, Yang Ju, Fu Jian, etc., just like the Bajun army, selected the young and strong to join the army, and trained soldiers in Liangzhou. Gradually it worked.

Therefore, the total army strength in Liangzhou is now less than [-], including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Although infantry are not as elite as those in the south and north, they are enough to suppress any rebellion in Liangzhou.

In this case, Shaodang Wang Mangzhong and Zhu Yi suddenly launched a rebellion, and the government had no time to mobilize troops. Shen Chen asked them, these small tribes, to send troops to follow him to put down the rebellion. , they are naturally willing to gamble.

Anyway, in their perception, the army of the Han Dynasty was strong, even if Shen Chen failed, it wouldn't matter if they didn't destroy Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi immediately.Later, when the Han army came over, they could easily be wiped out.

They chose to take refuge in Shen Chen, and they would naturally be rewarded afterwards, after all, it was much better than following Mang Zhongzhu's rebellion and then being wiped out by the Han army.

As for Shen Chen, it was to prevent the situation from getting worse and causing a chain reaction, so it was better to act first.

The Qiang people in Liangzhou either did not rebel. Once they rebelled, the impact would be very great. Like the first Qiang rebellion, millions of Qiang Di and Beihu were involved in Liangzhou. The Eastern Han Dynasty spent 240 billion military expenditures, which barely subsided.

Although the scale of the second Qiang rebellion was not as large as the first one, it lasted for a long time. It lasted for three to forty years from Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, and the impact was also very bad.

Later, during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others rebelled, and Han Suimateng joined them. The scale of the Qiang rebellion involved reached more than [-] people. Guanzhong brought great disaster.

The same is true of the current situation.

Shen Chen probably understood the reason why Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi wanted to launch a rebellion.

Because the current new policy is that the imperial court hopes that the Qiang Di will submit, obey, and those who surrender voluntarily, the imperial court will send officials to govern them.

Of course the small tribe is willing, so with the support of the imperial court, they will not be bullied and annexed by the big tribe.

But those big tribes were used to being arrogant in Liangzhou, so they naturally didn't want to have an extra manager on their head, so they had to launch a rebellion to drive Shen Chen out of Xiliang.

They contacted the remaining Qiang tribes everywhere, hoping to set off another large-scale rebellion.

There is even a shadow of Cao Wei in it.

Cao Wei now has many Liangzhou officials, such as Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Jiang Yin, Zhao Ang, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong, Kong Xin, etc. who drove Ma Chao out of Xiliang, are now officials in Cao Wei, and they have even been dismissed. He was named Liehou.

Han Sui's son-in-law and general Yan Xing also defected to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao drove Han Sui out of Guanzhong, he immediately launched a rebellion, forcing Han Sui to leave Jincheng County.In the end, with the help of Yan Xing, Cao Cao won Tianshui, Longyou, Anding and other counties, and confronted Liu Bei in Wudu County and other places.

Therefore, the influence of the Cao Wei forces in Liangzhou is still very large, but Liu Bei's army entered Liangzhou in the early days, and Zhang Fei's two years of guarding were mainly suppressed by force. Next, they dare not resist.

Now that Shen Chen came over, at the beginning, because Shen Chen was well-known in the south, he didn't dare to make any moves.

However, in the past six months, Shen Chen has adopted a moderate policy, treating Yi and Han as colleagues. Although they don't know that this is a policy of ethnic integration like boiling frogs in warm water, they know that the other party is slowly dividing the Qiang Di, wooing the small tribes of the Qiang Di, forcing The Qiang and Di tribes surrendered to the Liu Bei court in the south.

Therefore, under the influence of Cao Wei's officials from Liangzhou, it was natural to launch a rebellion.

And Shen Chen didn't go back immediately to mobilize the army to suppress the rebellion.

He is now in Jincheng County, even if he speeds up, it will take at least ten days and a half months to return to Tianshui County.

It may take two or three months to mobilize the army to put down the rebellion.

At this time, Mangzhong and Zhuyi are constantly contacting the surrounding Qiangdi tribes. After two or three months, it is likely that a large number of Qiangdi tribes will be instigated by them and join them.

At that time, once they are slow for two or three months to quell their rebellion, the enemy may not be on the scale of 10,000 to [-], but the scale of [-]+.

So at this time, since I happened to be lobbying the local Qiang leader in the small tribe of Xihan, why not simply raid Dayun Mountain and take the enemy's hinterland.

That night, Shen Chen ordered Anyi county magistrate to go back, and immediately dispatched county soldiers to join him in Xihan.

During the daytime on the second and third day, the leaders of small tribes from surrounding Xihan, Donghan and other places came one after another with their troops. There were 8000 people, plus 1 soldiers from Jincheng County. About [-] people have already arrived.

The Qiang people each brought dry food and war horses, and the weapons they used were relatively simple pig iron weapons. Only the more than 100 personal guards brought by Shen Chen used steel weapons, and the county soldiers used wrought iron weapons.

But this did not hinder Shen Chen's determination to capture the king in one fell swoop.

With Shen Chen's order, the Qiang Di made a sound like howling wolves, and headed towards Dayun Mountain in the west.

Dayun Mountain is located in the later Qinghai Guide County. At that time, Guide County was also known as Dayun Valley, and Yu Valley in the northwest of Jianzha County was the main gathering place of Shaodang Qiang people.

To the north is Riyue Mountain, a branch of the Qilian Mountains, and to the northwest is Qinghai Lake. The upper reaches of the Yellow River and Qinghai River pass through here, nourishing the earth and making the vast hills burst with vitality.

Even further south, there is a large basin, which is the Huangshatou Desert in Guinan County, Qinghai in later generations. Desertification was not so serious in the Han Dynasty, and it was one of the most important pastures for the Qiangdi people.

But it is precisely because of such unique conditions that Shaodang, the leader of the Qiang tribe, resolutely launched a rebellion and became an enemy of Liu Bei's court.

At this time, Shen Chen changed into a Qiang Di costume, with disheveled hair, pretending to be a Qiang man.The skin of the Qiang people is slightly darker than that of the Han people, showing the wheat color of perennial sunshine, somewhat like the Tibetans of later generations.

However, in recent years, Qiang Di has intermarried with Han people, so there are still many Qiang Di people who look like Han people. As long as they cover up a little, his identity cannot be seen.

He is sitting on a horse, with a white jade horse galloping. In the distance, there are only a few trees growing on the rolling hills and mountains, most of which are vast grasslands. Farther away, there are peaks that go deep into the clouds, with an altitude of more than 5000 meters. The top is dyed white, which is the top of the snow peak.

The team went all the way to the west, crossing countless hills and hills. Along the way, they could see many Qiang tribes, large and small, rushing there. They sent people to inquire and found out that many of them were forced to send soldiers to participate in the alliance.

Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi also knew that their two big tribes alone would definitely not be able to accomplish their careers, so they threatened the surrounding small and medium tribes to join, increase the number of soldiers and the scale of the rebellion, and slaughter them if they did not follow.

This made many small and medium-sized tribes join them even if they did not want to be enemies of Liu Bei's court, and went to Dayun Mountain to form an alliance with Mangzhong and Zhuyi.

Shen Chen ignored these small and medium tribes.

Because he knew that these people were not of the same mind as Mang Zhong Zhu Yi, and since they were not enemies, he naturally didn't need to worry about them.

A few days later, they arrived at Yugu. Yugu was the territory of King Qiang. He had already led people to Dayun Mountain, but he also left people in Yugu to guide the rest of the small and medium tribes to Dayunshan. Join them.

The reason why they went to Dayun Mountain was because there was a road leading directly to Linqiang County and Anyi County from the north of Dayun Mountain. They planned to occupy Jincheng County first, and then spread the flames of war to the entire Liangzhou.

Led by Yugu Shaodangqiang, they continued to walk along the Yellow River.

Even a few days later, Shen Chen saw Guiyi City and Jianwei City located on the north bank of the Yellow River. These two cities were built by the Shaodang Qiang during the Han Dynasty to suppress the local rebellion.

But now times have passed, and the imperial court’s control over Liangzhou has become increasingly low, so that these two cities were acquired by the Qiang people. It's Qiangdi, which inevitably makes people feel uncomfortable.

"After I burn the Qiang, I will set up a county here, send troops to station, and manage the Qiang!"

Shen Chen said to the two major disciples on the left and right, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei said: "Master, this place is located in the upper reaches of the big river. Although the water and grass are luxuriant, the land is fertile, and it is rich in farm animals and has the benefits of fish and salt, but the river is fast and the roads are inconvenient. Moreover, there are many Qiangs and Dies. It is not suitable for Han people to live in. I am afraid it is not It’s a good long-term stay.”

"It's okay."

Shen Chen waved his hand and said: "It's true that this place is too far away from our control area, and the roads are not easy to walk, but in the future, we can appoint Qiang Di who is loyal to the imperial court as officials to carry out systematic governance. You have to pay the price of rebellion."

Deng Ai said with a smile: "It's because Shijun's reputation is only spread in the Central Plains. Cao Wei already knows how powerful Shijun is. But after Shijun arrived in Liangzhou, he was too gentle with them, and often sat with them in person regardless of his status, letting them sit together. I thought Master’s reputation was nothing more than that.”

"Yes, sir."

Shan Yi also said in a low voice: "Look at Uncle Yide, in Liangzhou for two years, if there were those who refused to accept Wanghua, they immediately sent troops to punish them, and personally beheaded an unknown number of Qiangdi leaders. They were so powerful in Xiliang. Bully."

"Ha ha."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Since that's the case, then it's time to pass on my name to the frontier. Send an order to speed up the march, and I must go to Dayun Mountain tomorrow."

"only."

Several people immediately conveyed the military order.

Since the army of the Qiangdi tribe was fragmented, Ulala, the capital of war, would only charge forward, so Shen Chen ordered two thousand soldiers to disperse among them, leading the tribes to follow orders.

For example, there are 2000 Han soldiers for every [-] people. Each tribe is broken up and reorganized. There are [-] Qiang soldiers with [-] Han soldiers. This is divided into four large formations and [-] small formations. The orders of the generals of the Han soldiers in the headquarters are sufficient.

Soon the military order was issued, and the ministries blew their whistles to speed up their pace.

Qiangdi also used bone whistles and horns as tools for sending orders, and even bone whistles and horns themselves were their traditional way of sending orders.The traditional way of passing orders of the Han people is gongs, drums and flags, and the whistle and horns are still learned from Qiang Di, so Qiang Di can naturally understand these orders.

After the military order was delivered, the ministries stepped up their pace.

On the morning of the second day, they arrived at Dayun Mountain, and they saw that this mountain was the Laji Mountain Range in the north of Guide County. A long and narrow plain.

Many counties in Liangzhou are located in such faulted valleys, and even many counties in Qinghai, Gansu, and later generations were built in this way, often on both sides of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Wei River, Huang River, and Tao River.

Shen Chen looked around on horseback, and saw lush water and grass on both sides, a large number of tents set up by the river, and groups of cattle, sheep, and horses running on the grass.

Countless Qiangdi are converging here like a river, and a temporary camp is being built further south.

The old Qiang Shuai's name is Guduo, and he also belongs to the Shaodang Qiang branch.

At this moment, he came in a hurry on horseback and reported to Shen Chenhui: "General Governor, they asked us to place the clansmen on the grassland in the south, and then only ordered the leaders to attend the meeting."

"Where is their meeting place?"

Shen Chen asked.

Gu Duo pointed to a huge Qiangdi camp by the Yellow River and said: "That is the tribal land in Mangzhong, and the biggest tent in the middle is the king's tent in Mangzhong."

Shen Chen said: "Don't worry about other things, you follow me and head over there, and watch my order."

"Yes."

At that moment, Gudo returned to his tribe.

With a whistling sound, Shen Chen urged the horses to move forward, descended the hillside, and headed towards the tent in the awning.

There are tens of thousands of people on their side, and there are Mangzhong Qiang soldiers who maintain order on the periphery, leading the rest of the tribes who will join the alliance to the south to the temporary camp.

When they passed by at the beginning, the Qiang soldiers who were in charge of guiding thought they were going to the camp, so they took the initiative to greet them and lead them the way.

But as he walked, he found that something was wrong, because the other party did not go south, but went west, towards the direction of the main camp.

The Qiang soldiers leading the way couldn't help saying in the Qiang language: "Gulu Guru Guru Gulu."

Shen Chen naturally couldn't understand Qiang language.

In fact, due to the mixed population of Hu and Han in Liangzhou, most of the leaders of the Qiang nationality can speak Chinese, but the lower-level Qiang people naturally cannot, so Shen Chen doesn’t need to learn Qiang language to communicate with the Qiang people.

But hearing the Qiang man's tone seemed to be a bit scolding, he immediately became a little unhappy.

The leader of the Qiang people next to him translated to him in a low voice: "He said that there is the residence of the respected King Qiang. We, the untouchables of low-level tribes, are not allowed to go there. Only the leaders can go to the king's tent."

"Pfft."

Shen Chen laughed all of a sudden, and said to the left and right: "What are Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi worthy of calling themselves the respected King Qiang?"

After saying that, he drew out the tiger gallbladder knife, slashed at the Qiang man, and beheaded him with one blow.

The remaining Qiang soldiers who led the way were stunned.

But Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Dan Yi, Wu Dang and other disciples reacted very quickly, and drew their swords at the same time, killing them all one after another.

Shen Chen raised the gallbladder knife in his hand, pointed forward, and roared angrily: "Boys, today is the day to make meritorious deeds, follow me to kill the two traitors, Mangzhong and Zhuyi!"

"kill!"

The Han soldiers around Shen Chen roared at the same time.

Then the horn sounded.

Everyone drew out the knives at their waists, clamped their legs tightly around the horse's belly, slapped the horse's buttocks, howled like a wild wolf, and headed towards the camp in Mangzhong to the west.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the Mangzhong camp in the distance, and the Qiang Di who came to the alliance from various places along the way scattered and fled.

On the other side of the Mangzhong Camp, the two Qiang Kings Mangzhong and Zhuyi were entertaining the other Qiang leaders who came to the alliance in their tents, when they heard horns ringing and whistles outside the camp, they were shocked and ran out of the tent in a hurry.

Seeing the chaos in the village at this time, and hearing that there was an enemy attack, the two immediately summoned the soldiers and gave the order to gather in a hurry. At the same time, they took a small number of soldiers and horses and hurried out of the camp to stop them.

It’s not that they don’t want to guard the camp, but that the Qiangdi tribes don’t set up camps like the Han people’s camps. Their periphery is even a low fence with a circle of sheep at most, which is only waist-high. .

Just like the prairie tribes, once a large group of enemy troops entered the tent camp, they would easily be breached and slaughtered without resistance.

Therefore, both of them hoped to organize soldiers and horses as soon as possible to keep the enemy out of the camp.

However, it was too late to gather troops hastily. Before they hurriedly led thousands of people out of the camp and had no time to form an formation, Shen Chen had already led tens of thousands of cavalry and killed them in front of them.

I saw Shen Chen taking the lead, rushing into the formation, slashing like a tiger into a herd of sheep, and several people fell under his sword in an instant.

After that, the two sides collided like a flood, and people turned their backs on their backs, and they were in a mess.

In the chaos, under the cover of Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Dan Yi, Wu Dang and other disciples with outstanding martial arts skills, Shen Chen swung around and kept slashing. He quickly cut a bloody path and encountered an enemy general in front of him.

The man was surrounded by dozens of cavalry guards, and he was at the back of the battle formation. He suddenly saw more than ten enemies coming in, he shouted, and immediately led his men to rush over.

"Just in time!"

Shen Chen shouted loudly, clamped his legs tightly on the Yuluo horse, and the tiger knife in his hand seized the opponent first, the horseman stood up, and he slashed at the enemy general with the knife.

The Qiangdi iron wares and weapons are far inferior to those of the Han people, and they are not as rich and powerful as the Han people. There is so much iron to make long weapons, so their weapons are often short knives that are three or four feet long.

And Shen Chen's Tiger Dangerous Sword was seven feet long, taking advantage of the length of the weapon, he cut it first before the enemy's sword came over.

The enemy general had no choice but to block with a knife.

"boom!"

With a soft and crisp sound, under the force of terror, Shen Chen split the enemy general's knife in two with one knife, and kept cutting down all the way without changing the momentum of the knife.

Immediately after hearing a "poof", the tiger gallbladder chopped down diagonally, cutting off half of the enemy general's head.

puff!

Because the head fell off, blood gushed out from the neck, and the head of the enemy general was sprayed half a foot high and fell to the ground.

As soon as the man died, the surrounding Qiang people were instantly terrified.

Someone shouted in Qiang language.

Then countless Qiang people shouted one after another, as if seeing a ghost, they looked at Shen Chen in horror, then turned their horses and ran away desperately.

Even before they had just come into contact with the battle not long ago, and the main force of the army behind hadn't fought the enemy head-on, some Qiang soldiers had already fled one after another, daring not to fight again.

Immediately afterwards, the main force arrived, surrounded and killed the enemy, and another enemy general died in the chaos, and the battle soon subsided.

A large number of Qiang and Di birds and beasts scattered, and the battlefield was suddenly silent.

It wasn't until this moment that Shen Chen knew that he was among the chaotic army, and he actually cut off the mangzhong of one of the burning Qiang kings!
(End of this chapter)