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Chapter 421 Recover the Qiang tribes! Ma Chao's ambition!

"Do not--!"

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe knelt down in front of the ruins of the royal court and the towering human head temple, his face full of despair.

The scene before him had such a huge impact on him.

The former royal court no longer exists, and all that is left is a scorched earth and mountains of human heads. This "gift" is extremely bloody!
The next moment, the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe raised his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, then fainted on the spot.

"Chief! Chief!"

The other leaders present were thrown into chaos upon seeing this.

Ma Chao did not care about the situation of the Zhong Qiang leader. He looked at the scorched earth and corpses in front of him with indifference in his eyes.

He led his troops to the Qiang royal court a month ago. At that time, he considered stationing at the royal court, but after consideration, he finally decided to continue advancing deeper into Qiang territory.

Now it seems that his decision was correct.

If he had not continued to advance into Qiang territory and chose to stay in the Qiang royal court, he would definitely have encountered Zhang He head-on.

He also didn't expect that Zhang He would be so cruel, destroying the entire Qiang royal court and killing so many people.

"But... this may not be a bad thing."

Ma Chao glanced at the leaders of the various Qiang tribes, thinking that he might be able to take this opportunity to unite the Qiang tribes.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately showed his anger and said: "How dare Zhang He! How dare he be so cruel! He is really arrogant to the extreme!"

"Pass on my military order. Gather your troops immediately and follow me to pursue the enemy!"

According to the situation at the scene, the Han army had been retreating for several days, and it was too late to pursue them now.

But you still have to do some surface work.

After saying this, Ma Chao led his troops and followed the Han army's retreat route in a mighty manner.

……

The Qiang royal court was completely destroyed by Zhang He, which was a huge blow to all the Qiang people. The leader of the Zhong Qiang was so angry that he fainted.

He was unconscious for two whole days.

In order to take care of Chief Zhong Qiang and also to discuss what to do after he wakes up, the leaders of various tribes led their troops and temporarily camped on the ruins of the royal court.

At this time, leader Zhong Qiang was lying on the bed.

His face was pale and haggard.

The royal tent was filled with an unpleasant herbal smell, mixed with the strange smell of burnt earth, making the entire tent uninhabitable.

What’s even worse is that there is a witch doctor priest doing a weird dance.

All in all, it was extremely noisy.

Perhaps awakened by the noises, Leader Zhong Qiang opened his eyes.

"Chief, you're awake!"

Seeing leader Zhong Qiang wake up, the guards beside him immediately showed joy on their faces and hurried forward.

At the same time, all the witch doctors who were still dancing were driven out.

After the king's tent was quieted down, the face of leader Zhong Qiang looked a little better. Not long after, the leaders of other tribes heard the news and rushed to the king's tent.

Everyone looked ugly.

After arriving at the king's tent, no one spoke first.

The leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe took a deep breath, then asked the leader of the Xian Ling tribe with a gloomy face: "What is the situation now?"

The eyes of the Xianling tribe leader were bloodshot.

Hearing what the Zhongqiang tribe said, he said in a heavy tone: "All the cattle and sheep of the tribes in the royal court have been slaughtered, not a single one is left!"

"In addition, the bodies were thrown into the water sources within a hundred miles. Now the bodies have been soaked and rotted. The water sources are all polluted. There is not even a clean bottle of water to be found."

"The fire on the nearby mountain is still burning, and all the grasslands have been burned!"

With each statement, the anger in the eyes of the Zhongqiang tribe leader grew more intense, while the leaders of the other tribes looked more and more distraught.

Some people even couldn't help but shed tears.

"The pastures were burned, the water sources were polluted, the cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and most of the tribe members were killed! How can we survive like this?"

"Those beasts didn't even spare the children and women! They killed them all and dumped their bodies in the lake!"

"Is it God's will that we Qiang people will perish?"

……

The voices of the tribal leaders were all extremely sad.

Although the Qiang people were a nomadic people, they also had a fixed place of residence, which was where the royal court was located.

This is the land with the most lush grass and water and the best geographical location in the Qiang area. It is also the place where many tribes depend on for survival.

They can settle down their royal court here, and they can also cut trees in the mountains for firewood, make bows and arrows, tents, etc.

Even the water source flows down from the mountain.

As a result, all the nearby mountains have been burned and the water sources on the mountains have been polluted. This is the biggest blow to the royal court!

Listen to the cries of the tribal leaders.

The leader of the Dangjian tribe sighed and said to the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe, "Not only that, the Han army also captured all our relatives."

"This shows that the Han army wants to negotiate with us and wants us to submit to the Han Kingdom. Otherwise, they don't need to arrest anyone and can just kill them all."

"We should surrender to the Han Kingdom now, otherwise we won't even be able to survive this winter, and all our relatives and families will be killed."

The tone of the Dangjian tribe leader was full of fatigue.

After seeing the miserable state of the royal court, he became completely disheartened and even felt frightened.

Fear of Zhang He!

Such means and such cruelty are simply outrageous. Even Ma Chao had never used such a vicious strategy against them before!

He didn't want to continue to fight against such an enemy.

It's really terrible.

If they all surrendered to the Han Kingdom, the Han Kingdom would certainly be happy to accept their powerful fighting force, because the Han Kingdom had previously adopted a policy of appeasement towards them.

After he finished speaking, several tribal leaders looked hesitant, apparently somewhat persuaded.

The pollution of water sources, the loss of pastures, and the capture of their families made them consider giving up resistance.

But the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe was very angry when he heard this.

"surrender?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The face of the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe was extremely gloomy, and the anger in his eyes was about to burst out.

"That group of Han people massacred our royal court! They burned our pastures and captured our families. Do you want to surrender to them now?!"

"We should take revenge on them severely!"

"Join the army with General Shenwei Tian to capture Chang'an! Then slaughter all the Han people inside! This is what we should do!"

At this time, he was filled with boundless anger towards the Han State and wished to tear Zhang He to pieces and eat him alive. How could he agree to surrender!
"Chief, calm down!"

The leader of the Xianling tribe patiently advised: "Don't you find it strange? The Han army's dispatch this time was too sudden. They have never sent troops to attack the royal court before."

"There must be other reasons."

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe calmed down a little after hearing this, stared at him and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

The leader of the Xianling tribe lowered his voice and said, "I think it is because we helped Ma Chao before and were involved with him that the Han army was attracted here." "The Han army is very powerful now. Let's not talk about whether we can capture Chang'an. Even if we can, it will attract more fierce revenge from the Han in the future."

"That will be the real disaster!"

The words of the Xianling tribe leader made the leaders of all tribes fall into deep thought.

Because what he said makes sense.

Although they had been in constant conflict with the Han Kingdom before, the Han Kingdom had never once attacked their royal court, nor had it ever killed everyone regardless of gender, age or status.

But the Han army acted uncharacteristically this time, which only means that they did something that touched the bottom line of the Han people - such as helping the rebel Ma Chao.

"I will never surrender!"

The Zhong Qiang leader's eyes were filled with rage. "No matter why the Han army massacred the royal court, I will make them pay the price!"

The leader of the Xianling tribe also lost his patience and snorted coldly, "Whatever you want, I will lead my tribe to surrender to the Han Kingdom!"

Then he said to the other tribal leaders: "Will you choose to stay and wait for death, or choose to follow me to find a way to survive?"

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The leaders of each tribe looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. After hesitating and struggling for a moment, several tribal leaders stood up silently.

They were unwilling to join forces with Ma Chao to fight against the Han Kingdom in the first place, and after seeing the cruel behavior of the Han army this time, they were even more afraid.

"You cowards!"

Upon seeing this, leader Zhong Qiang became extremely angry and started cursing.

The leader of the Xianling tribe ignored the leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe and left the royal tent with the leaders who were willing to surrender with him.

As soon as they left, the only ones left in the account were Chief Zhong Qiang and a few other tribal leaders who were still loyal to him, Miao Miao.

"Chief, what should we do now?"

"If the Xianling tribe surrenders to the Han Kingdom, the power of the royal court will be reduced by at least half!"

A tribal leader said with concern.

The Zhong Qiang leader's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said coldly: "Since he chose to betray the tribe, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Where is General Tian now?"

Upon hearing this, one of the leaders replied, “General Tian is stationed at a water source ten miles away, and the water source there was missed by the Han army and was not polluted.”

The leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe said immediately: "Send a message to General Tian immediately, tell him that the Xianling tribe is planning to rebel, and ask him to come to our aid as soon as possible!"

When these words were spoken, the leaders of other tribes were all shocked.

Because if Ma Chao knew about this, the Xianling tribe would be doomed to die!
However, no one dared to disobey the order of Leader Zhong Qiang and everyone followed his instructions.

……

Chief Xianling did not agree with Chief Zhongqiang's stupid idea.

The Qiang people are no longer as powerful as before and are no match for the Han army. Even if they join forces with Ma Chao, they will just be sent to their deaths.

This time, the Han army destroyed the entire royal court with only 5,000 infantrymen, which has proved how powerful they are.

Tens of thousands of soldiers in the royal court were slaughtered indiscriminately in front of the enemy, so he didn't believe Ma Chao's words that he was defeated only because of betrayal.

It’s clear that they can’t defeat the Han army!
"That stupid guy, I will not die with him and serve as a pawn for Ma Chao."

Leader Xianling snorted coldly.

Although members of the tribe were massacred, his relatives and tribal leaders were still alive, but were captured by the Han army.

After leaving the king's tent, he asked the leaders of his tribes to summon the warriors in their tribes and then prepared to leave.

However, at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came.

"Where do you want to go?"

Hearing this voice, Leader Xianling's heart trembled and his whole body stiffened.

He turned his head and saw that Ma Chao had led a team of cavalry into the camp at some point and was looking at him expressionlessly.

The fear that emerged in the heart of the Xianling leader was uncontrollable, but he still forced himself to calm down and smiled: "General Tian, ​​the water sources here are all polluted. We plan to find a clean water source."

Ma Chao looked straight at him, his eyes swept over the people behind him, and nodded slightly, saying, "I see, that's how it is. You guys go ahead."

"Thank you, General Tian..."

Leader Xianling breathed a sigh of relief, but soon he felt a pain in his chest and a spear pierced his heart.

The person who took action was Ma Chao.

Ma Chao pulled out his spear, and blood immediately gushed out from the chest of the Xianling leader like a fountain, and his body fell off the horse.

There was silence.

All the warriors and tribal leaders looked at this scene with a dazed look, some of them could not believe it.

Ma Chao actually killed him in front of all the warriors of the Xianling tribe and leaders of other tribes!
For a moment, many Qiang warriors were furious.

He stared at Ma Chao with eyes full of hatred.

However, Ma Chao's expression was very calm. He shook off the blood on his spear, looked around at the Qiang warriors and said, "The reason why I killed him is very simple."

"Because he actually wanted to surrender to the Han army!"

Ma Chao's words surprised all the Qiang warriors, because the Xianling leader had not had time to explain and announce it to everyone, so the tribal warriors were unaware of this matter.

After hearing this, there was an uproar around.

Surrender to the Han army?
Why, how is this possible!

Ma Chao said sternly: "The Han army killed your people, destroyed your pastures and water sources, and even destroyed your royal court!"

"You must take revenge on them severely! Kill all the Han troops, that's what you should do!"

"Instead of surrendering to the Han army like this coward!"

As Ma Chao spoke, he pierced the Xianling leader's head with his spear again.

Then he turned his gaze to the numerous warriors and leaders of the Xianling tribe, and said with murderous intent: "This general will now give you two choices!"

"Either you take up arms and fight me to the death, and then I will slaughter you all; or you will obey my orders from now on, and I will lead you to revenge on the Han army!"

"This general promises you that one day I will take you to Chang'an City, and all the wealth and women there will be yours!"

"Come on! Tell me your choice!"

The methods adopted by Ma Chao were simple and direct.

When dealing with this group of Qiang people, strength is the most important thing, and he just happens to have the strength to make them surrender!

Although he only brought a small team of cavalry and the number of Qiang warriors around him was dozens of times his, he still did not show any fear.

"My Zhongqiang tribe is willing to follow General Tian!"

The leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe appeared out of nowhere and was the first to pledge allegiance to Ma Chao. He also led his tribe members to kneel on one knee before him in public.

This kneeling also inspired many other tribes.

Tribal leaders such as Dang Jian and Shao He all chose to pledge allegiance to Ma Chao. After all, Ma Chao's reputation was still there and no one was willing to be his enemy.

Soon, many warriors of the Xianling tribe also made their choice and raised their arms and cheered.

"General Tian!"

"General Tian!"

"General Tian!!"

Ma Chao laughed out loud, feeling extremely happy.

Retaking the Qiang tribes was the beginning of his comeback and revenge on Lu Bu and Zhang Liao!
(End of this chapter)