Chapter 379: Burnt as King of Qiang
Since the Later Han Dynasty, the Western Qiang tribes scattered in the Hehuang area often clashed with the Han people in Liangzhou. At that time, local officials sent to Liangzhou to seek military merits, mostly treated the Western Qiang with cruel and harsh methods, which led to the resistance of the Western Qiang tribes one after another.
Therefore, the Qiang troubles also plagued the Later Han Dynasty for more than a hundred years. These Western Qiang people scattered in the Hehuang region gradually replaced the Northern Xiongnu and became the number one external troubles in the Later Han court.
They continued to invade border counties and even went deep into the mainland, resulting in the Guanlong area being often in war. The people's livelihoods in the Yongliang Prefectures became increasingly declining, which caused the Later Han court to bear serious financial burdens.
Although during the reign of Emperor Huan, under the continuous attacks of Duanjin, Huangfu Gui and Zhang Huan in Sanming, Liangzhou, the Qiang in Liangzhou lost tens of thousands of people, and the Qiang rebellion that lasted for more than a hundred years was finally coming to an end.
However, the later Han Dynasty was also exhausted. From then on, the era of chaos in the world came, and heroes emerged, and the universe was shattered. If the Han Dynasty had not produced the Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei, it would have probably died at this time. It can be seen that the decline of the Han Dynasty was indeed inseparable from the century-old Qiang chaos.
Although the tribes of the Western Qiang are no longer as grand as they were in the past, there are still many Qiang tribes living in Liangzhou at this time, such as Xianling Qiang living in Xihai and other places, Lejie Qiang, Dangjian Qiang living in Jincheng and Zhangye, Shaodang Qiang occupying the Xiping County area. In addition, there are small tribes such as Fengyang Qiang and Laojie Qiang traveling and nomadic in various counties.
It can be seen that after Emperor Huan, the Qiang tribes were still forces that cannot be underestimated in the territory of Liangzhou. In fact, Qiang rebellion still occurred frequently in the past 30 years, but the scale was not as large as before.
Moreover, in recent years, the Qiang Rebellion has a very different feature from before, that is, the Qiang Rebellion at this time was not unilaterally caused by the Qiang Rebellion, but was often deliberately provoked by Han warlords.
For example, Dong Zhuo, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others often used the Qiang to raise enemies and respect themselves, and fought against the court and made illegal plans. Therefore, the Qiang people tended to become Han princes thugs.
Of course, the Qiang people are not fools. They rely on the Han warlords and have their own plans. However, now that the Han people in various families are strong, most of them have to play the role of being driven.
Dayugu is located in Xiping County, located in the upper reaches of the Huangshui River. It has abundant water and grass and herds, and has herds of cattle and sheep. Since the pre-Qin period, it has been the most coveted Feng Shui treasure land of the Qiang in Liangzhou.
As long as this territory with superior natural conditions is occupied, this Qiang tribe can definitely develop into the most powerful existence among the Qiang tribe.
The one that occupied the Dayu Valley is Shaodang Qiang. This tribe originally lived in Dayun Valley north of the Yellow River for generations. At first, it was not very large in population and was not strong in power, and was weaker than the Qianling Qiang tribes such as Xianling and Beiling. Therefore, it was deeply bullied by powerful tribes such as Xianling and Beiling.
However, when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the opportunity for the Qiang Qiang came. At this time, the Qiang Qiang King Dianliang and his son were quite talented and had good faith in various tribes.
They took the opportunity to unite the subordinate tribes and other miscellaneous Qiang, which were also bullied by the two powerful tribes of Xianling and Beishu, and secretly advanced from Dayugu. They suddenly launched an attack on the two tribes of Xianling and Beishu, defeating the two tribes in one fell swoop.
This battle not only killed two Dingkou people, but also plundered a large number of livestock and property. What's more important is that they successfully drove Xianling Qiang away and occupied Dayuzhong, which is the central area of Dayugu.
From then on, Shaodang Qiang began to become stronger and replaced Xianling Qiang to become the number one force among the Qiang, until now.
Therefore, Ma Dai, who was ordered to secretly go to Liangzhou to recruit tribes, often appeared in Dayu Valley these days. He knew that as long as he persuaded Shaodang Qiang, it would be equivalent to moving most of the Qiang tribes in Liangzhou.
At this moment, in the heavily guarded tent in the Dayu Valley, Ma Dai was having a secret meeting with Shaodang Qiang King Ehe and his confidant general Shao Ge.
"Brother Ejaculated, how are you thinking?" Ma Dai asked.
He had been in the tribe for several days, and he had repeatedly used his favors and powers to He Xiao, but the Qiang King always delayed his resignation and did not make a decision. The day before yesterday said he would think about it for two days, and today was the time to reply.
Ma Dai thought he could give me a happy reply at this time, but he still stammered: "It's important, so please let General Zhonghua let me consider it for another two days."
"What, Brother Hungry, are you teasing Yu? I have agreed to reply today, how can I change it at will? You were not a person who was untrustworthy before." Ma Dai said angrily after hearing this.
Hae He is a Qiang people who is known as a daughter. At this moment, when he heard Ma Dai accusing him of breaking his promise, his face turned red. However, when he thought of the survival of the tribe, he had to bite the bullet and reply: "General Zhonghua, it's not that Hae He is not because of hunger, he is really a matter of returning to the Han Dynasty to relate to our clan's life and death.
Hunger is no longer the young man who was eager to revenge. Now he is the leader of the clan and cannot act cautiously. So please forgive me and let me give you another two days, and I will definitely reply in two days."
Of course, Ma Dai could see that Eye He has become mature and smooth over the years. He once went to visit this tribe with his brother Ma Chao. At that time, Eye He was still a teenager who was impulsive and aggressive, advocated force, and challenged Ma Chao without knowing that he was so arrogant.
The final result was easily defeated by Ma Chao, but since then, Ehe has been deeply admired by Ma Chao and regarded him as the god of war. He often followed Ma Chao left and right to charge into battle with Ma Dai, so the relationship between the two is quite deep.
Ma Dai sighed and said, "Oh, I know your difficulties, but there is nothing to think about in this matter. Now that my great man occupies Longyou, Liangzhou will be my hands sooner or later. When will your troops not return to the Han Dynasty have to wait? It must be noted that the icing on the cake is not as good as a timely help.
Besides, don’t you like tea, Shu brocade and other things in Yizhou? If you want to obtain a lot of these things, it is impossible not to surrender to our great man.
When you return to Han, you will occupy the largest share of the tribes. I was the first to come to you after being intimate with you for many years. If you drag it down, I will go to Midang, Zhiyuanduo and others."
Before Ejaculation could answer, Shao Ge, who was standing aside, interrupted: "General Zhonghua's words are too arbitrary. Although Wei was defeated, he still held several states and his national strength was still strong. Even if the Han Dynasty occupied Liangzhou for a while, how could he know that Wei would not make a comeback in the future?"
The meaning of his words was very obvious, it was nothing more than that he was not optimistic about Ji Han's prospects and was worried that he would be cruelly retaliated by Cao Wei in the future.
"Hmph, it's simply nonsense. When my Han Dynasty had only Yizhou, he could still compete with the pseudo-Wei. In the battle of Jieting, he defeated his elite army tens of thousands.
Now our great man has gained a foothold in Longyou, with many soldiers and many generals and excellent equipment. How could such a strong upward momentum be worse than before?
If the Er Shaodang tribe was afraid of Wei, he would just say it bluntly, and turn his head and leave, and he would never force you." Ma Dai's face sank and said with a sneer.
Shao Ge said angrily: "Ma Dai, do you dare to despise our clan? How could we, the brave men of Qiang, be afraid of the Wei people? Don't think that you are the brother of General Shenweitian..."
"Rareless, how can you call General Zhonghua's name? It's really big or small. Why don't you apologize to General Zhonghua?" Seeing that Shao Ge's more and more rude, why should you stop him from drinking?
Shao Ge looked dissatisfied, turned his head and pretended not to hear it. Seeing this, Eihe slapped the table and shouted, "You don't listen to what I said?"
Seeing that his king was really angry, Shao Ge stood up and said to Ma Dai: "General Zhonghua, for a while, was unscrupulous and offended him."
"General Zhonghua, this guy has this kind of personality. Please look at me and forgive him this time." Eye He also smiled.
"Forget it, I dare to be rude again next time, don't blame Ma for turning against me." Ma Dai waved his hand and said lightly.
"General Xie forgives me."
Seeing this matter finally revealed, I breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "General Zhonghua's mind is indeed wider than the sky, and I admire him. Please show your mind again and allow me to think about it for two days. I will definitely make a decision in two days."
Ma Dai pondered, thinking that this Shao was the most powerful branch of Qiang, and he had to try his best to fight for it. If he turned against him, it would be useless to recruit Qianghu. So he replied: "Well, I will let you go for two more days. If there is no reply in two days, then don't blame Ma for not thinking about his friendship back then."
"Thank you, General Zhonghua, for your tolerance. General, don't worry. I will never delay any more in two days." Eage He said with his fists.
Ma Dai returned to the big tent where he lived with a suspicious look. He was a little confused about Eye He's behavior today. With his understanding of Eye He, he should not be a hesitant person, nor a person who speaks without trust.
So what exactly made him delay for another two days? Is it really for the lives of tens of thousands of people in the tribe? This is not true. When did these Qiang people regard human lives so seriously? Haven’t they seen them so afraid of death before?
"General, there is something weird."
Chapter completed!