Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 697 The Battle of the Overlord
It’s no wonder that the Qiang people have a population of millions, are fierce and good at fighting, and occupy the horse-producing land in the northwest. They have harmed the Northwest of the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than 100 years, but they have never formed a climate like the Huns. Disagreeing with each other, they are divided into Shaohe, Shaodang, Xianling, Shenlang and other Qiangs to attack each other!
From squatting in the Qiang land on the high slope of the loess for the past few days, Wang Hou has fully realized this point. The robbers don’t even tie knots with the scholar station and the doctor. Now they are sending food to Shaodang Qiang village, which is equivalent to drinking poison to quench their thirst and rescue their own tribe However, to Wang Hou's shock, there were actually other Qiang people who came to rob him at this juncture. Fully half of the twenty or so Qiang people who gathered to attack the Han were killed. The looting of the other Qiang, the food, cattle and sheep in the small Qiang village below were robbed, and there were as many as dozens of people who could not come to redeem them.

"General!"

Youdao said that barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. A few days ago, Wang Hou wanted to kill all the captured Qiang people with a wave of his hand.

But now, there is a way to survive. Looking at the Qiang village that handed in grain, amidst the cries of women and old people in the village, they were let out of the encirclement, and those who could not hand in grain, cattle and sheep could only look forward to yearning with their relatives across the ditch. , the wife looked at her husband, and the child looked at his father, the eyes were heartbreaking enough.So the black-faced man was also discouraged, kneeling down in front of Wang Hou full of grief, begging heavily with his head kowtowed.

"I beg the general to be lenient! The general is so mighty, the Han army is descending like heavenly soldiers, the Qiang people are already afraid and obey! If the general is willing to kindly release these Qiang people who have no food to redeem, everyone in the Eastern Qiang will definitely treat them The general is grateful to Dade!"

"Grateful to Dade? Heh! The general will take their food for the winter this year. When they are cold and hungry, the Qiang people may wish to eat Wang's meat and sleep with Wang's skin! Are you still grateful to Dade?"

A black-faced man choked on the chrysanthemum, and soon Wang Hou hugged his shoulders and looked at him with distasteful eyes, and asked with a disgusted voice.

"It's you, who the hell are you? Instead of helping my great Han court, you are planning to attack Chang'an for these Qiang people! That day when you pursued in the canyon and saw my guiding flag, you were the one who ordered the Qiang army to retreat, right? Do you have the face to be this Han Chinese?"

It seemed that there was little hope of seeking his life, and the black-faced man looked listless again, and he clasped his fist listlessly in response.

"The next official, Jiang Jiong, is a native of Tianshuiyi County, and serves as a meritorious guard for the Qiang!"

"As for the general blaming the lower official for Tong Qiang, the lower official has a clear conscience!"

Loyalty was extremely important to the ancients. Loyalty to the lord was even more loyal to the country in many cases, and in the era of the family, the sense of belonging to a country is indeed not as strong as before Wang Hou crossed over. Looking at this Jiang Jiong Looking not ashamed, Wang Hou was also speechless, and simply waved his hand irritably.

"Get up!"

"Those people will not be released, otherwise it will be unfair to those tribes who transported food to this general, and their words will not be powerful. How can I shake the northwest? If these people want to survive, let them worship this general as the master, for I am a slave of the Wang family! I will return to Chang'an with this book!"

"The general is serious?"

Hearing this, Jiang Jiong became agitated again. He really didn't know whether he and the Qiang people had kowtowed, or married in-laws. Hearing his question, Wang Hou simply rolled his eyes impatiently.

"I'm idle? Fooling you?"

"Thank you General for your kindness!"

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Nearly one-half of the tribes in the entire Loess Plateau had to exchange grain for people. The cattle, sheep, and grain they sent were quite considerable. There were at least 20 shi of corn and 42 to [-] cattle. There are more than [-] sheep, but it seems to be quite a lot. In fact, compared with Duan Jiong's campaign against the Eastern Qiang, the record of obtaining [-] livestock is far worse. The Qiang people have become poorer over the years.

Then there is no food to send, and there are more than 4000 Qiang tribes who cannot redeem people to go back. If Sun Shangxiang is here, he should be able to get used to it, because among the more than 800 people, there are still more than [-] strong Qiang women warriors. What surprised Wang Hou a little was that these Qiang people didn't seem to be too opposed to the matter of worshiping themselves as their masters and selling themselves into slavery. After a round, they agreed almost immediately.

Wang Hou also experienced the prestige of a slave owner. In front of the Qiang people who were staring at their food, Wang Hou was invited to the high platform by several chiefs. These four thousand male and female warriors of the Qiang nationality were See you in public.

The Eastern Qiang on the Loess Plateau here, Wang Hou has temporarily completed the layout, and he has to admit that the terrain of Shaodang Qiang Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack!Hoarding the Qiang people's corn here is like cheese on a mousetrap, which keeps them drooling!

With this strategic goal, with the strategic vision of the Qiang people, it is impossible for the time being to take up arms and bring in Ma Chao's troops to continue fighting against him!Correspondingly, the price Wang Hou paid was to leave the [-]th mixed brigade with slightly less mobility on the loess high slope.

Harvesting the grain of the Qiang people has another strategic benefit for Guanzhong, that is, in the winter season, Wang Hou can use the grain stored in Chang'an to blackmail the Qiang people, and force some Qiang people to leave the high slopes of the loess and come to Chang'an to cultivate. , to make a great attempt to subdue the Qiang people.

But the task now is not to force them to jump over the wall in a hurry.

"Cook some porridge every day, slaughter some sheep, and put them outside the Qiang village. No matter which tribe the Qiang people are, let them get food, but! If you dare to send troops to snatch it, I will leave you a thousand jars of oil. , all the flocks will be slaughtered, all the food will be burned, and you don’t have to stick to the Shaodang Qiang village anymore, just go back to Guanzhong along the path!"

"I will understand at the end!"

Wei Yan was left behind to guard the Qiangzhai granary. Before leaving, Wang Hou exhorted him very solemnly, and Wei Yan also clasped his fists and bowed with a serious expression, and he agreed heavily.It is said that Wei Yanchang is rebellious, but among the generals in Liaodong, Wang Hou is most at ease with this Wei Yan. He nodded in satisfaction and said nothing more. The knights, the [-] Qiang slaves who had just gathered, and the tens of thousands of cattle grazing by the Qiang people rushed back outside the dam.

At this time, another part of the battlefield, Bashang on the outskirts of Chang'an, was already full of battle clouds. When they jointly attacked Chang'an, Han Sui was absent, but Ma Chao was not absent. He led [-] riders and rushed over aggressively.

but!The cavalry under Ma Chao's command is also not many in the Han army, and most of them are Qiang cavalry. The performance of the Qiang people on the Loess Plateau battlefield is non-committal.

And I got the news half a month ago, although Xia Houyuan was stationed on a large plain, Xia Houyuan had already stationed the military camp in advance, and used the stones and beams that were demolished from Chang'an City to build a square camp, with cows and sheepskin in the middle. My felt bag is like a mushroom after the rain.

Moreover, those who are close to pigs are fat and those who are close to ink are black. It seems that after staying with Wang Hou for a while, Xia Houyuan has learned to be shameless. However, there are ten large black pots with coal fires underneath, rice from Guanzhong and canned fish from Qingzhou on top are deliciously cooked together, and more than 100 soldiers are drinking around the big black pot. Congee, while clicking his mouth in an extremely indecent manner.

Outside, those Qiangliang cavalrymen galloping wildly were so angry that their eyeballs were bloodshot.

The war is also imminent!
(End of this chapter)