Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 173 The Silver Spear Female General
"So you are Xing Daorong, one of the three dragons under Liu Bei, the descendant of Bai Qi, who defeated the Grand Commander of the Eastern Wu in Jingzhou?"

Ma Yunlu's words always sounded like a question.

That's right...

This house was indeed the former Ma family's house, and the one who came forward to attack Xing Daorong was none other than the youngest sister of the Ma family... Ma Yunlu.

but…

Judging from her questioning tone, does she feel that she is not worthy of those who "raised their heads" before her?
But speaking of it, Xing Daorong felt that these "heads of head" were not impressive enough.

It should be: "Descendant of the God of Killing, God of War of Lingling, Killing Star of Dongwu, Widow Killer...", something like this is cool enough.

"Hey! Why aren't you talking? Are you still angry about my sneak attack just now?"

After thinking about it for a while, Ma Yunlu seemed unable to wait any longer.

His temper seems to be not much different from Ma Chao's, and he is even more impatient than Ma Chao.

Xing Daorong quickly said: "It is me..."

After hearing this, Ma Yunlu looked him up and down and said, "He does have some martial arts skills, but I didn't realize... he's as powerful as I heard."

This was embarrassing. Ma Chao heard the little sister talking without restraint and hurriedly stopped her, saying, "What nonsense! General Xing came here to help us and contact the Qiang people..."

Finally, we are down to business!
Facing Ma Yunlu's reckless words, Xing Daorong couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard Ma Chao talking about business, and hurriedly said: "Yes, we are here in a hurry, I wonder what the current situation is?"

Now it was Ma Yunlu's turn to feel ashamed.

Looking at the two of them, he said somewhat embarrassedly: "The Qiang King said... that we had gathered an army of 100,000 before but couldn't do anything to Cao Cao, and were beaten to a pulp."

"They say that our people only have so few soldiers and horses, so we should not fight Cao Cao."

Ma Chao felt ashamed when he heard this.

He glanced at Xing Daorong and felt relieved to see that he didn't have any strange expression.

Xing Daorong had already complained about it eight hundred times in his heart.

Everything was going well in Chengdu, that the 30,000-strong Qiang army could be used for anything, but when they arrived in Xiliang, they found that there was nothing, not even a clue.

But since they were already here, it was too late to say anything, so Xing Daorong decided not to provoke Ma Chao and his face naturally showed no expression.

Seeing that Xing Daorong was not surprised, Ma Chao said quickly, "Let's go! I'll go and see the king to see who he is and how dare he reject me!"

Ma Yunlu said: "The Qiang king is called King Midang, he is very prestigious in his tribe, and he likes the customs of Guanzhong, and he often talks about 'planning and strategizing', so it is not easy to force him."

Ma Chao waved his spear and said, "Who cares what he likes? Ask the spear in my hand first!"

For Ma Chao, it would be better to just shoot out and make it clear without any reason.

However, Xing Daorong's heart moved when he heard it, and he immediately had some ideas.

But he said, "Wait a minute, Mengqi. Since the Qiang King is not easy to force, let's go and talk it out. I will go with Mengqi this time to see what the Qiang King is like."

Ma Chao naturally agreed, and the three of them went to the Qiang territory.

...

Qiang people.

In the late Han Dynasty, it has always played an important role.

The most powerful force in the early Han Dynasty was the Xiliang Army, and the Qiang people were the backbone of the Xiliang Cavalry. Dong Zhuo, the great warlord who started the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, on the one hand, made merit by conquering the Qiang and Hu soldiers, and on the other hand, he was promoted by suppressing the rebellion of Qiang and Hu, and gradually grew into a Liangzhou warlord.

The hundred years of war between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Qiang people forged a group of Western Liang cavalrymen, which eventually, under the leadership of Dong Zhuo, almost buried the Han Dynasty.

However, the relationship between the Qiang people and the Han people has always been delicate.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, "the emperor conquered the four barbarians, expanded the territory, repelled the Xiongnu in the north, and drove out the Qiang people in the west. The road connected to Yumen separated the Qiang and Hu people, preventing the north and the south from communicating." The Qiang power was squeezed in the Hexi region.

In the late Xinmang regime, "the four barbarians invaded the country. When the Xinmang regime was defeated, the Qiang returned to occupy (Xihai) and became bandits. During the Gengshi and Chimei periods, the Qiang became unbridled and attacked Jincheng and Longxi."

Since then, the Qiang people's living space moved further and further westward, until the end of the Han Dynasty when the situation in the Central Plains was shaken and no one cared about the strong men, and the Qiang people began to gradually return eastward.

During this continuous conquest, the Qiang people gradually merged with the Han people, and more and more Han people had Qiang blood, and many Han people also had prestige among the Qiang people.

Xing Daorong was now standing at the gate of the Qiang base camp. At first glance, apart from the fact that their clothing and decorations were indeed very different from those of the Han people, it was really difficult to tell the difference between the Qiang and Han people just by looking at their appearance.

"Ma Chao, I heard that you surrendered to Shu a long time ago. Why are you back to Xiliang?"

The King Midang who was speaking had his upper body completely naked, with a golden bead tassel around his neck and two sharpened swords hanging from his shoulders.

He sat cross-legged in front of a long table, served by two Qiang women on his left and right, with a table full of delicious food and fine wine in front of him.

While talking to Ma Chao, he was chewing a leg of lamb, obviously showing no respect at all.

"Your Majesty, I came to Xiliang to ask you to send troops to attack Cao Cao!"

When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Even Ma Chao, who has a bad temper, can only endure the arrogance of King Mi Dang for the time being.

Unfortunately, it was obvious that the king did not take Ma Chao seriously.

He just sneered and said, "You came here empty-handed and want me to send troops? Why should I help you Han people in the war? What's the benefit?"

The tea is cold when people leave!
Ma Chao did have some reputation among the Qiang people in his past, but after suffering several defeats and leaving Xiliang, it seemed that that reputation was no longer enough.

To put it bluntly, reputation is the face that others give you.

If others don't give you face, then you will have nothing.

Ma Chao is almost in this situation right now.

Hearing this, he was filled with anger and said, "The Qiang people have always been on good terms with our Ma family and fought Cao Cao together. Why did they change their minds?"

King Midang listened impatiently and said, "Friends? How can there be any such thing as friendship? Who I make friends with today is entirely up to my own will. How can there be any such thing as a long-standing friendship?"

"If there is nothing else, Ma Chao, I think you should go back to Shu and serve as your general."

After saying this, King Mi Dang waved his hand to drive them away.

Xing Daorong saw that if he was driven away, when would he be able to come back and explain things clearly?
Knowing that it was time for him to come forward, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I am the Left General under the Hanzhong King, Xing Daorong from Lingling. I came here today with General Ma without being invited, but I have something important to discuss with you, and I want Your Majesty to know."

When King Mi Dang heard Xing Daorong's name, he was finally stunned, put down the leg of lamb in his hand, and stood up.

He stared at Xing Daorong and said, "I have heard of you. Some people say that you are the descendant of Bai Qi from the Qin Dynasty. Is that true?"

“The descendant of Bai Qi” is really useful. Look at all the things I have done, but the title of “the descendant of Bai Qi” is not as famous as it could be.

Xing Daorong thought about it in his heart, but nodded directly, actually admitting it!
He actually understood it. Since King Midang cared so much about this, he would just admit it first!

Anyway, no one is investigating this matter.
(End of this chapter)