128 no trace
The so-called "Catch the thief and catch the stolen goods, catch the evil and catch the two".
The reason why the governor of Liangzhou, Zhou Hong, still looked back and forth when he received a secret letter from Liu Bei was that he was looking forward to it. If the Qiang people in the north raised their troops to plunder Chang'an, the Huns went south to plunder the Qiang people in the north. Once the Qiang people learned about it, they would rush back to help regardless of everything.
Meeting halfway through the road is inevitable in a fight.
If the war is in trouble, it will be difficult to end. The two Hu fights together, and the disaster will be even worse.
So Liu Bei made a clever series of tricks to make the Southern Xiongnu slaughter the corpse and chase the Shanyu, proving his innocence.
No matter how you search through the camp, you will find nothing. Moreover, the ruts and horses around the camp were all left many days ago. There are no new traces, and there are no traces of going south, and there are no ruts to going north, which are the third.
I was camping here, but I didn't move.
How could it be done by the Huns?
The Qiang prince who cremated the remains of Lao Wang for three days, did not get in and could not afford to get sick.
Butcher Te's body was driven to the death of Shanyu, and he couldn't bear it. So he brought the medicine to see him.
They were all Chinese-made Hu people. The Qiang prince couldn't help but burst into tears. He forced himself to take the decoction and asked, "I dare to ask Shanyu why he went south here?"
Tu Teruozi rushed Shanyu and replied, "I will not hide it from the prince. I heard that 'there were still the remaining Xianbei tribes advancing north along the Sheyan River and occupying the old land of Kucha'. They were adjacent to the royal court, so they led their troops south to deter them as a deterrent."
"So that's it..." Prince Xianling suddenly realized: "Xianbei!"
He was about to make a move, but the Chanyu reached out to stop him: "Prince, don't be in a hurry to hurt your body. If I have this king blocked me, I think the Xianbei will have no way to escape. Let's rest for several days. The people and horses will be full and they will be able to accumulate energy. It's not too late to raise troops to fight again."
"Thank you Shanyu!" Prince Xianling was very grateful.
After a few more days of rest, it was raining and Prince Zero also led his men to set off, heading west along the Sheyan River, and heading to the old land of Kucha vassal state.
Prince Zero first rode a fast horse and came with hatred.
The Xianbei tribe was unaware of the situation and the garrison was very loose. They were rushed into the city.
I saw nomadic tents of all sizes scattered in the city walls, and there were dozens of bonfires extinguished by rain.
It was not until the Qiang people entered the inner city that the Xianbei sounded the trumpet. The warriors quickly came out of their tent, occupied the top of the city, and waited for it.
Very loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
In just a short time, Prince Zero's men were surrounded like iron barrels.
"The prince's relatives are from the Beidi County, please answer the Xianbei!" The prince's close minister shouted.
After a moment, someone replied: "The adults have gone to Luoyang. They are not in the camp for many days. The Xianbei and the Dong Qiangsu have no hatred, so why are they rushing to my camp?"
Prince Xianling replied: "The Beidi County was plundered and scorched earth thousands of miles away. There are rumors that it was done by the Hu people in the northern border. If you were not waiting, why should you panic?"
The man replied, "Just. There are so many Hu people in the north! In the white soil, there are the Huns going south to graze, and there are Tufa Xianbei wandering around in Longxi. Why did they come to our tribe?"
Prince Xianling smiled desolately: "I came from the Hun camp. The Hun King has nothing to do with this matter. If you are not guilty, why don't you let me search the camps to prove your innocence!"
"You let the army withdraw from the city and lead ten people to see you."
"A word is determined." Prince Xianling looked around at the Xianbei warriors in Congcong, and then ordered the army to withdraw slowly. He led ten people into the city. Someone came to receive it.
Once you ask, you will find out that it is a left-behind cavalry general.
The tribal adults had gone east to Luoyang and asked the Han court to allow them to be attached to the Xianbei vassal state.
Prince Zero led people to check one by one. The tents were all Xianbei families, and there was no one in the Qiang people. He went to the back camp to see the caravans. There was no one left.
Then he pointed to the bonfire and asked, "Is there a festival?"
"There is no festival." The rider replied.
“Why burn a bonfire?”
"I'm not hiding it. In order to raise the fees for going to Beijing, our army sold most of the cattle and sheep. A few days ago, a wealthy merchant entered the camp, so he lit a bonfire to entertain him." The cavalry general replied.
"Who is the one who is selling?" the prince asked again.
"Liaodong Tian clan." The cavalry general replied again.
"But Tianshao, Liaodong, has a ship of ten thousand feet?" The prince suddenly thought of the paddle steamer fleet he saw when he was ferrying the Sheyanshui River.
"That's right." The rider suddenly smiled slightly and quickly disappeared.
The prince's eyes were bloody: "Did you only sell cattle and sheep?"
"There are also some worthless 'two-legged livestock'." The rider added: "Chicken, duck, geese, and so on."
I wanted to turn my back and ask, but why did I get stuck in the tiger's den and dare not move lightly. The prince walked out of the abandoned city and rushed to meet with most of the people.
The cavalry generals under his command also investigated the surrounding area and rushed to report: "There are no traces of heavy vehicles around the camp. Going further east is Sheyan County and a boundless Sheyan Daze. We have nothing to find."
"Ahhhhh--" The prince had a splitting headache.
He really couldn't think of who did this!
Then a cavalry general said, "At the edge of Sheyan Daze, I met several Xianbei shepherds. I said..."
"say what?"
"Say, a few days ago, I saw a golden light falling from the sky. The light was like a figure flashing, and the people and horses were neighing, all heading northwest."
"..." The prince was furious. Although he forced himself to hold it back, he still had bleeding from his mouth and nose.
After a moment, the blood was swallowed back, and the prince said in vainly: "Search for traces of my generation along the way. Meet in my hometown in the north!"
"Here!" The army roared away.
The news that some people pretended to be the Southern Xiongnu and plundered all the other Qiang people in the north were spread in Sanfufeng.
The officials of the northern county government sent people to check. The northern border, which the Qiang people have occupied for generations, is scorched earth inside and outside the Great Wall. All the houses were burned, and the bones of chickens, ducks, cows and sheep were left untold. The people's sentiment is so tragic that it can be said that there is no one in the crowd for thousands of miles.
This also confirms that the Qiang people were plundered.
The question is, who did it and where the Qiang people were. There is no way to know.
Various legends are rampant. Some say it was the Southern Xiongnu, some say it was the Xianbei in the West. Some say it was the Han court secretly ruthless and slaughtered all the Qiang people in the north. Some say it was because the Qiang people rebelled and the Emperor of Heaven was furious. This reduced his divine power and ordered the god-like Taiwei Duan to lead the heavenly soldiers and generals under his command to move all the Qiang people in the north to a barren land thousands of miles away.
Different.
In the northern part of Qiang, Shangjun's "Shen Di seeds", "no seeds", Xihe's "Chian people's seeds", "Effective seeds", "San tail seeds", "Mobie seeds"...
Everyone is in danger.
Everyone is cautious in their homeland and dare not have any unfair intentions. Why dare to raise an army and rebel again?
Searching for traces of tribes along the way, the Qiang people, who had no clue, returned to the north. Seeing that their home was scorched, they couldn't help but feel sad and burst into tears. They camped in a hurry, and most of the soldiers dispersed overnight.
Three days later, there were only a few hundred cavalry left by Prince Xianling.
The home could no longer be resurrected. So he led his troops to the same clan of Xianling and fled far away to Hexi.
At this point, no Qiang people were entrenched in the northern border of Beidi County. A scorched earth-stained old place was even passed by the Qiang people as a forbidden area. They dared not step beyond the line.
Linxiangcheng.
Linxiang Hou Parang Palace.
It coincides with the meeting.
Civil and military officials were divided into different places. The civil officials were led by two family ministers. The military generals were naturally led by their adoptive father Huang Zhong.
A curtain is placed in the middle.
The Grandma, Madam, behind the curtains.
Liu Bei traveled far away, and the young master was young. He was governed by his mother and wife.
This is a practice of the Han Dynasty.
Chapter completed!