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Chapter 419 Zhang He's Scheme to Destroy the Family

"shut up!"

Seeing that the eldest prince was still wailing, Zhang He kicked him and inserted the blood-stained Mo Dao next to his head.

The eldest prince was so frightened that he was silent. Even though the severe pain from his lower body made him break out in a cold sweat and tremble all over, he dared not scream anymore.

Zhang He snorted coldly, then stepped on the eldest prince's face and asked: "Let me ask you, where is Ma Chao now?"

Among this group of Qiang nobles, the eldest prince has the highest status and position, and it is most likely that useful information can be pried out from him.

After hearing Zhang He's words, the eldest prince immediately understood that the target of this group of Han troops was Ma Chao.

So he endured the pain and said: "Ma, Ma Chao is not in our royal court. He passed by the royal court a month ago, asked for a batch of supplies, and then went to Shangjun."

"Not long ago, he sent an invitation to the leaders of the tribes in the royal court to go to Shangjun for a meeting. My father also went there."

"Shangjun?"

Upon hearing the news from the eldest prince, Zhang He's brows immediately furrowed, because Shangjun was located deep in the Qiang area, even deeper than the royal court.

If he led the Modao Army there, the supply would not be able to keep up, and if they encountered any accident, they would not even have any support.

"General, I can lead you, but please don't kill me. My father will give me a lot of gold, silver, cattle and sheep to redeem my life!"

The eldest prince kept begging Zhang He.

Although he had lost his dignity as a man after being castrated, he would rather live in shame than die.

Zhang He looked at the eldest prince with disdain and kicked him unconscious. Then he ordered many Mo Dao soldiers: "Stop the bleeding, capture them all and bring them back to Yecheng!"

Keeping these people is more valuable than killing them.

Upon hearing this, the deputy general at the side could not help but ask: "General, are we not going to continue chasing the rebels?"

"I can't go. It's too far."

Zhang He shook his head and sighed, "There are quite a few rebels, and going deep into Qiang territory is too risky. I cannot take my soldiers to take this risk."

"This time, we have defeated the Qiang people and found out the whereabouts of Ma Chao. This is enough."

Although Zhang He wanted to kill Ma Chao very much, he also understood that the Modao Army was not good at long-distance raids. If the Modao Army was really destroyed in Qiang territory because of his recklessness, how would he have the face to go back and see the emperor?
But before he left, he had one more thing to do.

Zhang He looked down at the bodies of the Han women who had committed suicide on the ground, and said with murderous intent: "Pass on my military order, kill everyone in the royal court, leaving no one alive!"

"Let them also feel the pain suffered by the people of our Han Dynasty!"

The deputy general clasped his fists heavily, turned around and retreated.

……

As Zhang He's order was issued, the Modao Army launched a bloody massacre in the Qiang king's court.

Although there are still many warriors in the Qiang royal court, the Modao Army is ranked first in strength even among all the military branches of the Han Dynasty. The Qiang cavalry is no match for them, let alone ordinary warriors.

The Modao Army, armed to the teeth, was like a tiger among a flock of sheep in the Qiang king's court. No one could stop their butcher knives from falling!
The massacre lasted from noon to dusk, and the Qiang royal court was now filled with an extremely miserable scene.

There were corpses everywhere and rivers of blood - in a very literal sense.

The blood from many corpses gathered together to form a winding stream, forming pools of blood in the low-lying areas.

The entire Qiang royal court had been slaughtered.

Zhang He inspected the royal court and soon came to the center of the court, where a group of captives gathered.

When the deputy general saw Zhang He coming, he stepped forward and reported to him: "General, we have slaughtered the entire royal court as you ordered."

"But there are still some women and children left. What should we do with them?"

Hearing this, Zhang He looked up at his deputy general, his brows furrowed, his eyes full of doubts.

"Killed them all? What are you talking about?"

Zhang He pointed at the women and children and said, "Since you said you had killed them all, how come there were any women and children left?"

"My order to you is to leave no one alive in the royal court. Don't you understand what this means?"

After the words fell, the deputy general was suddenly horrified.

The meaning of Zhang He's words is very simple.

Except for the Qiang nobles who had been captured before, all other Qiang people, even women and children, were killed!
Kill them all!

The eldest prince had already woken up from his coma. He watched the Modao army slaughtering people in the royal court and thought this was the limit.

But when he heard that Zhang He had actually ordered to attack women and children, he could not help but look at Zhang He in horror and anger, and cursed in a trembling voice: "Devil! You are a devil!"

"You even don't let go of children and women. You are a complete devil!"

Even if there were wars between the Qiang tribes.

They rarely kill children and women.

But Zhang He actually gave the order to kill all the women and children, leaving no one alive!
This is no longer something that can be described as cruel.

This is simply callous and cruel!
Even the deputy general hesitated and said, "General, killing women and children is too much..."

"Are you trying to say that this general is too cruel?"

Zhang He glanced at his deputy general and sneered, "Take a good look at those women and children you want to spare!"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general looked over subconsciously.

There were thousands of women and children captured here. Although they had fear on their faces, the eyes of most of the women and children were filled with deep hatred and resentment!

Hate for these murderers!
Even though the deputy general was a brave soldier eight feet tall and strong enough to fight a tiger, he couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart after seeing hundreds of pairs of resentful eyes.

"The Han people and the Qiang have been fighting each other for hundreds of years. They have always been a scourge on the Han border, and countless people have suffered at their hands."

"That's their nature, just like wolves."

"If you don't kill them today, the people of our Han Dynasty will die under their swords tomorrow. Do you think he will be merciful to the people of our Han Dynasty?"

Zhang He's voice was icy and extremely cold.

"We must root out the grass! Since we have chosen to take action against them, any mercy is unnecessary!"

"What's more, they didn't let go of those children when they went to the border of our Han Dynasty to massacre the villages! So why should this general show mercy to these beasts?"

"Even if I will be abused by the group of civil servants in the court and reprimanded by Your Majesty, I will not leave any harm behind!"

Zhang He's eyes were filled with cold murderous intent.

After seeing the tragic conditions in the Han Women's Pavilion and the Colosseum, he was left with only the purest murderous intent towards the Qiang people. He only regretted not bringing more people this time, which resulted in many Qiang people escaping.

"If you can't do it, I'll do it!"

Seeing that the deputy general was still in a daze, Zhang He drew his sword and walked towards the captured women and children.

The surrounding Modao soldiers also drew their swords.

Seeing this, the deputy general no longer hesitated, drew his sword and followed.

Before long, except for the eldest prince and other Qiang nobles, no other captives were left alive. After doing all this, the deputy general asked Zhang He: "General, should we retreat now?"

"Many of the Qiang people in the royal court have fled. They will definitely go to Shangjun to report the news. If Ma Chao and the Qiang leaders lead their troops here, it will be bad."

The population of the Qiang royal court was huge.

Although the Modao Army could massacre at will, it was impossible to kill them all. After all, there were only 5,000 people, not to mention that some of them were lost in the battle.

There is no doubt that those who escaped would go to Shangjun for help.

"If we retreat now, wouldn't our trip here be in vain?"

Zhang He had no intention of retreating immediately. He said with a deep look in his eyes: "It is far from enough to simply destroy the Qiang people's royal court. This general will make them suffer to the core!"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general asked in confusion: "What else is the general going to do?"

They have already killed everyone in the royal court. What else can they do to make the Qiang people suffer so much?

"It's simple. Burn the land and pollute the water source."

Zhang He said without hesitation, his eyes cold, "The Qiang people are just like the Xiongnu and Wuhuan people. Their roots are in animal husbandry."

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"Raising cattle and sheep is something that every Qiang tribe does, and cattle and sheep are also the resources they rely on for survival."

"This is the most fertile place in the Wangting area. We just need to turn it into scorched earth, so that they will not be able to graze for a long time!"

"In addition, all cattle and sheep must be taken back. Those that cannot be taken away must be slaughtered and their carcasses thrown near major water sources to pollute them, leaving them without drinkable water!"

After Zhang He finished talking about his plan, everyone was completely shocked.

Because this method is too cruel.
The Qiang people were nomadic people, so slaughtering all their cattle and sheep was not a big deal; but burning the land and polluting the water source was a truly devastating blow!

The cattle and sheep are the most valuable resources of the Qiang people. Their fur can be used to make clothes to keep warm, their meat can be eaten, their bones can be made into weapons, and their milk can be drunk...

Once they are unable to graze, it means they have lost their precious resources of cattle and sheep. So where will the Qiang people go in the future?

They killed herds of cattle and sheep, burned mountain grasslands, and polluted water sources on the grasslands.

Then by this winter, the number of Qiang people killed will be more than ten times the number killed and massacred by the Modao Army!
"Crazy! You crazy!"

"You can't do this! Stop it now!"

"I will definitely kill you!"

The captured Qiang nobles reacted strongly when they heard Zhang He's plan and started yelling and cursing at him crazily.

The Qiang people have a deep sense of race.

The eldest prince also suppressed his fear and cursed: "How dare you do this! Aren't you afraid that the Qiang people will take crazy revenge on your Han country?"

"You are starting a war!"

What Zhang He did was to put the entire Qiang people to death and force them into a desperate situation, which was more terrifying than killing them!
From now on, the two sides will fight to the death!
However, the soldiers of the Modao Army were very excited when they heard this. The Han people had no good feelings towards the Qiang people and they wanted to kill all of them.

By doing this, Zhang He not only broke the backbone of the Qiang people.

Even the ashes will be scattered for them!
After the deputy general realized what was happening, he said excitedly, "General, I'll take some people to do it right away!"

After saying this, he left with the Modao soldiers amid the crazy shouting, pleas, and desperate gazes of the Qiang people.

……

After Zhang He deployed the plan, he first sent people to gather all the living people in the royal court, and then took the Qiang captives back to Yecheng first.

After all, there are still many Han people in the royal court, and they move slowly, so they must leave first, otherwise they might be caught up by Ma Chao and the Qiang army who will get the news.

He led the remaining Modao troops to complete the plan of wiping out the entire clan.

Burning the land and polluting the water!
The soldiers of the Modao Army set fires everywhere on the grasslands and mountains. At the same time, they took away all the food, cattle, sheep, livestock, etc. that they could take away, and burned all those that they could not take away to ashes!

It's a pity, but there's nothing we can do about it.

There were only 5,000 people in total who came here to raid the royal court this time. It was definitely unrealistic to take them all away, so, adhering to the view that they could not take them all away and could not leave them to the Qiang people, they could only burn them.

Not only that, all major freshwater lakes and water sources also became places where corpses were dumped. Zhang He ordered all the corpses to be thrown into the major water sources.

Looking around, there were corpses floating on the freshwater lake, and even the water was dyed red with blood.

It only takes a few days for the water in these freshwater lakes to be completely polluted, and drinking it will cause disease.

Zhang He did not even let go of the flowing water source.

They had people throw corpses at the source of the water, turning it into plague water; the grass was burning with raging fire, and billowing black smoke went straight to the sky.

It took nearly three days to do all this.

"It's almost time. The Qiang people should have received the news. It's time to leave here."

Zhang He looked at the Qiang man Wang Ting in front of him and nodded.

The current Qiang royal court can no longer be called a royal court. It is just an uninhabited place with corpses scattered all over the place.

But this is exactly what Zhang He wanted.

He suddenly looked forward to what the scene would be like when the Qiang people returned to the royal court.

Thinking of this, Zhang He couldn't help but grin and waved his hand and ordered: "Burn this place!"

"promise!"

The deputy general took the order, and then he and many Modao soldiers took out their bows and arrows, lit the flaming arrows, and launched a volley of shots at the Qiang royal court.

Arrows rained down.

The royal court, which was sprinkled with kerosene everywhere, turned into a sea of ​​fire in an instant.

Finally, he took a look at the Qiang royal court.

Zhang He turned his horse around and left without any reluctance.

Many Modao troops followed closely behind.

Behind them was the grassland that had turned into a scorched earth and the Qiang royal court that had become a sea of ​​fire.

From now on, the Qiang royal court will no longer exist.

……

While Zhang He was wreaking havoc on the Qiang royal court, the Qiang people who had escaped were also rushing all the way to Shangjun without stopping.

A Qiang warrior had been riding a horse for several days, and at this moment his physical strength was almost reaching its limit.

"We must tell the leader quickly, otherwise the royal court will be finished!"

The Qiang warrior had chapped lips and looked extremely tired.

He didn't know the current situation of the Qiang royal court, he just wanted to pass the message on!

After climbing onto the horse with great effort, he dragged his extremely exhausted body and galloped towards Shangjun in the night.

(End of this chapter)