Chapter 900 Murder and Punishment(1/2)
Guan Yu looked at their expressions and sneered in his heart, but he did not show such an expression on the surface.
"What are you calling? More... more?"
"General Huiguan, I'm going to go to Dohemu." Although Dohemu had just become the leader, he respected Guan Yu very much.
"Well, Duohemu, now you are the new leader. You will definitely live in peace with my great man in the future and interact more often, and do not violate our borders again. Otherwise, the next time you die, you will not be a mere leader. This general will personally lead the cavalry to flatten your entire clan."
As soon as he finished speaking, the purple gold dragon cavalry behind him shouted in unison: "Step the entire clan, no one will be left!"
This murderous voice soared into the sky, echoing in the valley, intimidating the hearts of every Qiang person.
Dohemu knelt down again: "Dohemu, I swear to the Great Wolf God that in my lifetime, I will not only not be enemies with the Great Han, but also be a foreign minister of the Great Han and be loyal to me forever. If I violate the oath, let the Wolf God punch my body into pieces, and let the eagle peck my eyes and internal organs and throw them into the valley."
Guan Yu looked at the Qiang people present, and when he saw that most of them also showed the same expression as Dohemu, he felt very satisfied.
"Well, it's so good. Since you have such loyalty, I will have a favor to Your Majesty."
When the Qiang people heard the word "grace", they immediately felt extremely expectant.
Guan Yu said, "Your Majesty has an order. Any Qiang tribe who is willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty from now on, from now on, the court will arrange houses in the city closest to you and others to live in the grassland for you to live. All tribes are still controlled by the leader. They can grazed and produced on the grassland on weekdays, or they can live in the city to rest and take their own as they please. If there are people in the tribe who are not familiar with the Chinese, the court will educate them. In addition, there will be special personnel to train the tribes such as farming, textiles, and casting. Any tribe who surrenders will not violate the law and discipline within three years, and they can reduce the taxes in half when trading in the business."
"Wow..." After saying something, everyone was uproared.
This favor came too suddenly, and the hearts of these Qiang people were so excited that they were about to jump out.
They had long been fascinated by the wealth and prosperity of the Han Dynasty. They tried their best to invade the Han Dynasty. Isn’t it just to occupy their land and enjoy their prosperity?
Now, you can live in those tall and solid cities without any effort, no need to sleep in the wilderness, and move home every few months. This is a dream-free life.
For those generals and leaders, this decree seems to have no malicious intentions towards them, and they come and go freely. All tribes and troops are still under their control. At the same time, the income produced by the tribes, through trade to exchange for treasures from the Han Dynasty, can be taxed in half. The most profitable person is not the ordinary people in the tribe, but the nobles in these tribes.
How can this kind of thing that only benefits but no harm suddenly falls from the sky, so how can they not be surprised?
From ordinary soldiers to the generals, as well as the new leader Dohemu, they were all excited after hearing this order.
Especially Duohemu, he took office after killing the old leader, and there will inevitably be many people in the tribe who are dissatisfied with him. However, the benefits brought by the imperial edict of the Han emperor alone were enough to overwhelm most of the voices opposed to him.
He was so excited that the flesh on his cheeks jumped, and he knocked to the ground: "I, Duohemu, representing the Bonan Qiang clan, thank His Majesty the Emperor of Han..."
Many Qiang people also knelt down one after another: "Kow to His Majesty the Emperor of Han..."
Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh... Fortunately, I finally completed my brother's mission. In a hurry, I almost killed the old thief by myself. Fortunately, this Dohemu appeared. After he led the infantry to Liangzhou, I should take care of him..."
Amidst the forests on the west coast, a continuous camp stands.
These camps seem to be unified, but if you look closely, you will find that they are divided into dozens of large and small military camps, each of which is in charge of their own affairs.
At this moment, in the central area of these camps, dozens of people sat around, and behind each of them, there were a group of guards, highlighting the extraordinary identity of these dozens of people.
But despite this, all of these people frowned, with a look of worry in their expressions, and they seemed to be full of worries.
One of them coughed a few times, breaking the tranquility for a long time.
"Ahem... Since Bonan Qiang fled in fear of war, we don't have to feel sorry for him. Now that he was killed by the Han army, he was also seeking death by himself. For the sake of this, we should think of a countermeasure, how to defeat Guan Yu and conquer Liangzhou."
As soon as this person said this, the other leaders of the Qiang tribes also spoke.
"Well, that's right. We didn't have any siege equipment before, and we didn't know the reality of the Han army, so we have always been wandering without attacking, relying on the right territorial position to avoid the attack of the Han army. Now everything is ready to stop, so we already know how many troops Guan Yu has, and it's time to fight him to the death."
"Be true, fight to the death and capture Liangzhou."
Everyone started to clamor, but the sound sounded quite a bit, but looking at their faces, they didn't have any murderous aura. Instead, they looked around and didn't know what they were guarding against.
Among these dozens of Qiang tribe leaders, there is a tribe. Whether it is the armor worn by its leader or the appearance of the guards and generals behind him, everything is better than the other tribes, and it is like the leader of the alliance.
At this moment, the leader of Jian Qiang looked at everyone's reactions and stretched out his hands to press them for a while.
"Dear leaders, don't be anxious."
Among his allies, he had a very high prestige, otherwise he would not have been able to squeeze out Bonan Qiang, who was as powerful as him. As soon as he spoke, the leaders quickly calmed down.
When the leader of Jianqiang said, "Everyone said it well. Now we are ready. It is indeed time to officially fight the Han army. But..."
He looked up and glanced around, smiled, and said, "But this rebellion of Bonan Qiang is probably quite volatile. I am not convinced by you or your warriors, but now that the war is imminent, what if someone learns that big wood, wouldn't it ruin our big thing?"
These leaders have always been worried about this matter in their hearts, but they did not point it out in person due to the occasion. Now that he has told them, everyone no longer cares about anything.
"You are right. If you want to defeat the Han army, we cannot have internal strife."
"I have heard that in the imperial edict of the Han emperor, not only did the subordinates kill the leader, but they could succeed as the new leader, but they also said that one tribe could not only legitimately annex their tribes, but also received a reward from the Han emperor. Among these rewards, I heard that there were a thousand pieces of silk alone."
"Wow, so many? If you can get it, wouldn't you be rich?"
"Dangduo, what do you mean? Do you want to get this bounty?"
"Hey, Hemoer, are you embarrassed to say to me? When he went out to fight a few days ago, he killed hundreds of warriors in the chaos. Do you think I don't know?"
"What are you talking nonsense? How dare you slander me here? Do you really think I'm afraid you won't do it?"
In a blink of an eye, everyone became a quarrel, and the leader of Jianqiang was upset.
"Stop arguing. I was just saying something that I had to be united. Now that the argument is like this, how can I defeat Guan Yu?"
He scolded him and dozens of leaders sat back in cursing, but his face was still extremely resentful.
When the leader of Jianqiang looked at them with disgust: "I mean, everyone should naturally trust their subordinates, but at the same time, they should strengthen their own security precautions. The two do not conflict. I deliberately said this to the generals and guards behind us, because I believe them and are not afraid to let them know. We Qiang people are all descendants of the wolf god, with an open mind and nothing to hide, so do whatever they should do."
His words were righteous and stern, passionate, and moved everyone present.
"It's still my brother who has foresight."
"Yes, I didn't say anything. We all listen to you. We will do whatever you want."
When the leader of Jianqiang nodded with satisfaction: "Well, since that's the case, you guys go back and prepare well. Three days later, the clan leader will personally lead the army, gather in the valley fifty miles southeast of this place, send troops together, and attack Liangzhou."
"Okay, that's it."
All the leaders agreed.
After all the agreements, everyone dispersed.
Three days passed quickly. As soon as the sky was dawn, the camps set up camps one after another, and dozens of tribes each raised their troops and prepared to set off.
However, just when most of the troops had already been dispatched, there were still six tribes camps, without any movement, which caused surprise to many leaders.
When the leader of Jianqiang thought it was the leader of those tribes who had not woken up yet, he immediately sent someone to urge him.
Not long after, the people ran back in a panic: "It's not good, leader, something big is wrong, these six tribes...they..."
The expressions and tone of these people made the leaders feel a little scared and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with them?"
"Their military camps are empty, only... there are only one headless corpse left in the tent of the commander. Judging from their figure and outfit, they are clearly six leaders."
"What?" Everyone was scared.
Even when he was the leader of Jianqiang, his face turned pale at this moment: "Okay, it seems that they are the generals under their command. They secretly killed their own leader and took advantage of the night to directly lead their troops to defect. Their six tribes have only a few thousand troops, and the barracks are on the periphery of the Allied Forces. It is definitely not difficult to escape without knowing it. It is hateful, damn!"
Now all the leaders immediately took a few steps forward, and looked at the generals they brought with them with full vigilance.
Even the leader of Jianqiang moved quietly and approached the dozens of leaders.
The generals all showed grievances on their faces: "Chief, the last general will never have the will to rebel."
"Yes, I am absolutely loyal to you, the leader. You can't doubt me."
"Stop!" A leader seemed to have been blinded by the nervousness and scolded several generals under his command.
"I dare to say that I am loyal. During the last battle, my leader was surrounded by the Han army and almost died in battle. Why didn't anyone come to save me at that time?"
"I'm right, I remembered it too. I encountered this situation when I attacked Wudu County."
Many leaders agreed and recorded all the unfaithful acts of their subordinates.
In this way, some of the generals finally couldn't help it and jumped out and retorted: "You just have to stop!"
The leader was stunned by his shouting. He never expected that someone would stand up to oppose him.
The general said angrily: "On weekdays, you have all the benefits in the tribe, and we are also nobles in the tribe. When you were the leader, wasn't it that our brothers supported you? Now they are doubting us here. With a waste of you, if we brothers want to kill you and destroy you, will we have to wait until now?"
"You...you dare to speak to me like this, you...I want to punish you with clan rules!"
"That's right, it's a big rebellion!" Other leaders all accused them.
As soon as they spoke, the generals in their tribe immediately jumped out: "You are not good things either..."
"What are you doing? Do you want to rebel?"
"We are rebelling today, so what can you do?"
"Brothers, how do these bastards treat us in normal times? Now they want to kill us, why are we still polite? Let's go together..."
"All warriors from my tribe will kill the traitors with this leader!"
When the leader of Jianqiang looked at the chaos in front of him, he was extremely anxious and was about to stop him, but he saw two generals from his tribe coming over with weapons, which immediately scared him.
"Quick...protect me..."
"Flipping..."
The pigeon fell down and stopped at the door of the study in the palace. Gong Saner picked up the pigeon, Xun Yu took the letter from its leg, and walked back to the study quickly.
"Your Majesty, it's an urgent report from Liangzhou."
When Liu He heard this, he immediately put down his pen: "Hurry, tell me."
To be continued...