The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 500 Military orders are like mountains
General of the Central Army

"Actually, these people are not deliberately trying to go against you."

The leader of the Xishan Qiang also spoke at this moment.

He looked at the empty banquet table and forced an awkward smile onto his chubby face.

"All they want is respect. If you show them some respect, they will repay you tenfold. Once, a general slaughtered his own cattle to entertain them, and they gave him dozens of cattle in return."

"Most of them are like this. You came here without meeting them, and you don't have enough of them, and they don't know you very well. But you ordered them to come and threatened them. They must have some complaints."

Shi Bao nodded and asked, "Then why don't you have any complaints?"

The two leaders looked at each other, smiled bitterly and said, "We have heard of the reputation of the General of the Central Army, so we dare not not come."

Shi Bao shook his head. "It's not because you've heard of my reputation, but because you've been educated and know that military orders cannot be disobeyed."

The Baishan leader couldn't help but say, "General, why are you getting angry with these people?"

"They are uneducated and crude. General, you only need to be a little tolerant of them. In fact, they are easy to please. Even if you give them a cow, they will help you fight the war."

Shi Bao shook his head.

"When a general of our Great Wei summons his men, he does not need to send them cattle."

"They are my subordinates and your Majesty's subjects. They should accept my command and pay taxes."

"Just like you, when you hear the order, you should come in time."

"Today, I gave them a cow and asked them to fight for me. Then tomorrow, can Jiang Wei also give them a cow and ask them to fight for Jiang Wei?"

"Then are they still considered His Majesty's subjects?!"

Shi Bao asked two questions in a row, and the two leaders dared not say a word.

Baishan Qiang wanted to say something, but Wuge Qiang beside him shook his head at him, signaling him not to say anything more.

Shi Bao held a rather strange banquet. The hall was empty. There was meat on the tables, but no one was there. Shi Bao sat in the upper seat with only two people beside him.

The three of them had a meal and drank a lot of wine. Shi Bao then sent someone to take them to rest.

As they walked along the road, Wu Ge Qiang couldn't help but ask, "Is the imperial court planning to mobilize troops against the Qiang people?"

The Baishan Qiang nodded. "I think so, but why? They haven't shown any intention of causing trouble recently and have been very obedient. Why are you suddenly attacking them?"

Shi Bao's attitude today was particularly resolute, and his words even revealed great dissatisfaction with the Qiang people.

These two leaders were well-versed in classics, and they could see some clues just from Shi Bao's attitude.

But they couldn't understand why Shi Bao came with hostility?
Obviously no one came out to cause trouble.

Isn't he afraid of causing rebellion and being punished by the government?
Wu Geqiang said at this moment: "It seems that General Shi Zhonglang came here with a mission, not just to teach. Tomorrow, those people will come, and we must be careful and not make any mistakes!"

After seeing them off, Shi Bao sat alone in the lobby, took a sip of his wine, narrowed his eyes, and had an inexplicable smile on his lips.

The next day, the leaders of the Qiang tribes appeared here calmly.

When they met, they were both very happy.

They seemed to have won something, and each of them was like a victorious general, hugging each other and shouting loudly, as if they wanted to let the whole world know about their achievements.

"Hahaha, I heard that Shi Bao gathered two wimps for a banquet last night. It was just the three of them!"

"This time, he has lost face!"

Everyone cheered, but some were curious.

"Anyone dares to go against our agreement? Which two tribes are they?"

"Who else could it be? Those Qiang people who can't even herd sheep!"

The crowd was making so much noise, and only after the soldiers opened the door did they walk into the hall together.

They all raised their heads, exposed their bellies, and walked into the lobby with a swagger.

Shi Bao was sitting in the upper seat. Bai Shan and Wu Ge had arrived here at some point and sat on Shi Bao's left and right respectively.

Shi Bao looked at the people in front of him calmly.

And no one showed any intention of paying respects, so the two sides just stood there in a standoff.

Shi Bao suddenly asked, "I ordered you to come within ten days, why did you delay for one day?"

Bai Langqiang sneered and said, "The journey is long, so I'm a day late."

Shi Bao shook his head. "How could that be? You all have fast horses. You can gallop from here to Luoyang in ten days. How could you not reach my mansion?"

"The General of the Household is about to punish us by military law. We are terrified. Even the fastest horses are frightened by your mighty power and can't run!"

Bai Langqiang spoke again.

Hearing this, the other Qiang people burst into laughter.

The Qiang people who stayed in Yongliang had been in contact with the Han people for many years, so their speech was no different from that of the Han people. Only the Qiang people outside the Great Wall and in Shu still maintained their own language.

Due to different degrees of sinicization, they also evolved into several different tribes: completely agricultural, semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic, and purely nomadic.

There was still no anger on Shi Bao's face, he looked at these people calmly.

"It seems that you are deliberately disobeying military orders." The two people sitting next to Shi Bao lowered their heads at this moment. They could feel the tense atmosphere here, but they didn't dare to say anything more.

Bai Langqiang shouted again at this moment: "Those two wimps can't ride horses. They came here on donkeys, so they are naturally much faster than us!!"

Looking at the chaos in front of him and the leaders who didn't take him seriously at all, Shi Bao smiled and nodded.

Ministers in the temple preferred to cooperate with the Hu people to deal with the Han people, because they felt that the Han people were the real threat. No matter how strong the Hu people were, they were just plundering, but when the Han people were strong, they would just secede and establish their own kingdom.

Moreover, the ministers all thought that the Hu people were barbarians who did not know etiquette, so they were more indulgent towards them.

Shi Bao suddenly threw the wine cup in his hand to the ground and said, "Come here, arrest these thieves who openly defied military orders!"

At this moment, a large group of soldiers suddenly rushed out from inside and outside.

The leaders probably didn't expect something like this to happen, but it was too late to resist. The number of soldiers was extremely large. There were only more than forty leaders, but there were hundreds of soldiers. They were fully armed, and the crossbows were almost pointing at their foreheads.

Before they could react, the soldiers began to pin them down one by one.

"What do you want to do?!"

"Shi Bao?! What do you want to do?!"

They shouted, but it was of no use. Shi Bao stood in the distance and just looked at them coldly.

The soldiers quickly handled the scene. Two people who drew their swords were directly chopped on the arms by the soldiers.

The scene suddenly became more chaotic, and for a moment, the whole room was filled with exclamations and curses.

Shi Bao looked at them coldly, "I said, if you don't come within ten days, you will be punished by military law."

"You are deliberately disobeying military orders. According to military orders, you must be executed!!"

Hearing this, everyone was even more excited.

"Shi Bao?! You dare to kill us?!"

"Aren't you afraid that our people will avenge us?!"

"If you dare to kill me today, my people will surrender to Shu tomorrow!!"

"Let me go! I won't dare to do it again!"

Everyone started shouting, and everyone said something different.

But Shi Bao ignored them completely. He waved his hand and the soldiers took these people away.

At this point, many leaders still couldn't believe this scene.

They came to see him because they knew clearly that Shi Bao didn't dare to attack them.

How dare he?
Hasn't the government always been afraid that I would get close to Shu? Isn't it afraid that I would start a rebellion?

When the soldiers raised their swords high and chopped off the head of the Bailang Qiang leader who had just shouted, the leaders suddenly came to their senses.

Only then did they believe that Shi Bao was not threatening them, but that this madman really wanted to kill them.

By this time, the cries for mercy finally prevailed.

"General! I plead guilty!"

"Spare my life!!"

Their shouts reached the tent.

Bai Shan and Wu Ge were feeling uneasy, they looked at Shi Bao who was standing beside them.

The cries for mercy outside continued, but so did the sounds of beheadings.

The effect of establishing authority has already been achieved, so why kill again?
The leader of the Baishan Qiang thought about it and wondered if there were no steps to come down?
He cleared his throat and said, "General, if they plead guilty, why not give them a chance?"

Shi Bao glanced at him and said, "There is no such military order. In the Great Wei, military orders are as heavy as a mountain and everyone must obey them. They are now subjects of the Great Wei, and everything must be done according to the laws and military orders of the Great Wei."

The Baishan Qiang were horrified.

As the soldiers swung their swords again and again, one leader after another was executed, and the cries for mercy outside became smaller and smaller.

When the noise outside finally died down, a soldier came in and reported, "General Zhonglang, they've all been executed!"

At this moment, the leader of the Baishan Qiang collapsed to the ground, his face pale. Had they really killed them all?

It wasn't a protest? It wasn't a threat? It was a real killing?

Is this forcing the Qiang people to rise up in arms?

When Shi Bao heard the news, he laughed. He looked at the two people beside him and said, "You have also seen my orders. You can go back and carry them out. Don't let me down."

The two men were trembling and almost fell when they stood up to greet Shi Bao.

When they came out, the soldiers were cleaning up the corpses on the ground. They didn't even dare to take a second look and left trembling.

Shi Bao still sat in his seat and drank his wine quietly.

The two leaders walked faster and faster, and finally almost escaped from Shi Bao's camp.

When leaving here, the leader of the Wuge Qiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to his friend beside him: "This is not the Lieutenant General who Protects the Qiang. This is the Lieutenant General who Destroys the Qiang!"

(End of this chapter)