It was another time when the sun rose in the east, Yang Tong came to the southeast foot of the West Tilt Mountain under the protection of the Xuanjia Army, here is a completely different scene, the fertile land disappeared, turned into an endless grassland, the mountains are full of large forests, a clear stream flows out of the mountain, winding on the grassland, the land here is fertile, if it is developed, I am afraid that a seed can grow a strong crop. However, the careful Yang Tong still found that the grassland still left low ridges.

In this western expedition, the Sui army moved a total of 80,000 troops, in addition to the 30,000 soldiers of the Ninth Army led by Wang Fubao, and 50,000 soldiers of the First Army, these soldiers are the elite of the elite, and the combat effectiveness is very strong.

It's just that in another three or four months, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be covered with ice and snow, and Yang Tong doesn't want to waste too much time on the variable of the Qiang people, so he advances to the west in the direction of the mountain early in the morning, hoping to solve the Qiang people with a fast horse.

Xue Wanche rode his horse to Yang Tong's side, pointed to the mountains in front of him, and said: "Shengshang, in front of you is the Xilian Mountain, where the streams will flow to the white water, and the white water flows all year round, and it is very turbulent, and it will not freeze in winter. Bai Lanqiang lives here, and this area is the scope of their activities, and they usually go down the mountain from here into the city. ”

"The Turks can still be leveled, I don't believe that the Qiang people can be strong, if the Qiang people are interested, I will treat them equally." Yang Tong looked at Xue Wanche and said lightly: "If they continue to form themselves in the territory of the Great Sui, you are welcome." Anyway, we have a lot of slaves and slaves, and if 10,000 lives are not enough, we will come with 50,000 or 100,000. In short, I will never allow the Great Sui to happen in the country within a state. ”

"Whoa."

Xue Wanche was accustomed to Yang Tong's domineering and felt that this was a matter of course.

On the contrary, it was Wei Fengwu on the side, who saw her husband's iron-blooded and domineering side for the first time, and only felt that her husband was the number one hero between heaven and earth.

This kind of blind worship made Wei Fengwu instantly become Yang Tong's little fan sister......

"If the saint wants to subdue the Qiang people, he doesn't have to fight. Even if it is a fight, there is no need to be so excited; After all, slaves are also human beings and free labor, and it is a pity to die so worthless. Du Ruhui on the side said.

Yang Tong turned his head to look at Du Ruhui and asked, "Keming said this, I think there is a countermeasure." ”

Du Ruhan smiled and said, "Didn't General Xue say it? The Qiang people also have many tribes, and since they are not one, disputes are inevitable. If it really comes to the war to meet each other, it will be a big deal for Eli to divide and disintegrate his heart. ”

"Makes sense." Yang Tong also smiled.

"If you want to subdue them, you only need to show sincerity."

Yang Tong looked at Du Ruhui and said, "Qiang people's land, Qiang people are in charge?" ”

"That's just one aspect." Du Ruhui coughed lightly, and said: "Speaking of the Qiang people, we have to mention Ma Teng and Ma Chao father and son in the late Han Dynasty, they are the queen of Ma Yuan, and General Ma Yuan is very prestigious among the Qiang people, Ma Teng and his son are his descendants, and they are instinctively close to and supported by the Qiang people. In addition, Ma Teng's father and son are extremely brave and warriors worshiped by the Qiang people, and they both have Qiang blood, and they are regarded by the Qiang people as their own family, so they will be supported by the Qiang people. ”

Everyone heard that Du Ruhui meant marriage.

One and two of them have strange expressions, and Yang Tong also has admiring eyes for Du Ruhui.

In front of the first queen and the second concubine, he asked the emperor to ask for a little wife.

Lao Du is awesome.

In an instant, there was silence.

Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, and Yin Mingyue didn't say anything.

Yang Qinfang quit.

This girl's apricot eyes were round, she glared at Du Ruhui angrily, and said with a look of disdain: "The boy is a big man, since he draws his sword in anger, he is not afraid of blood splashing five steps." The saints have said 'not getting along', but I can't imagine that you Du Keming is actually cowardly. ”

Du Ruhui's desire to survive soared, and he waved his hand again and again: "The princess has misunderstood, and Weichen will make a conclusion after speaking." ”

"You say." Yang Qinfang stared at Du Ruhui angrily.

"Ma Teng's father and son have Qiang blood, but at that time, Emperor Ling, Emperor Shao, and Emperor Xian did not have it."

Yang Qinfang understood, and her expression eased, "You mean to let a certain fierce general marry a Qiang woman as a daughter-in-law?" ”

"Her Royal Highness the princess Bing Xue is smart, and Weichen admires it very much." Du Ruhui nodded again and again and said: "The Qiang people, like the northern alien races, are a people who worship warriors, they will compete and sacrifice every year, and at the same time let the girls to be married choose their own warriors to marry; And there are countless warriors in our army, if you send thousands or thousands of warriors to participate, it will naturally be captured, so that you can not only solve the marriage problem of singles in the army, but also obtain the loyalty of the Qiang people, and speed up the naturalization of the Qiang people. ”

"Hehe, this is a good idea." Yang Qinfang said happily: "Lao Du, I misunderstood you, I'm really embarrassed." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Du Ruhui quietly wiped a handful of sweat.

Some people who don't know what to do understand understand that this is a double standard with Princess Lujiang, the soldiers can be all over the mountain, but the emperor can't light an oil lamp.

But think about it, the princess should also maintain the national character of the Great Sui, which is really admirable.

"Holy Lord, these Qiang people living in the territory have not been self-reliant, and have always regarded themselves as the people of the Great Sui, but they have suffered great losses before and dare not believe in us anymore. Among them, many Qiang people admired the Great Sui civilization very much, and were proud to wear Hanfu, speak Chinese, and marry Han women; For such unmarried men, we can also marry some women, anyway, marrying their own people is not considered a relationship. If they cross each other like this, the effect will be multiplied. ”

Xue Wanche said this, and added: "And after so many years of war and turmoil within my Great Sui, all the men in many places have died, and there is a phenomenon of more women than men, we can single out those widows who have died of their husbands to marry, anyway, they don't care about this ......"

"......" everyone's cheeks twitched, feeling that this General Xue still hadn't realized that there were a lot of women around him.

"That's a good idea." Yang Tong also looked at Xue Wanche speechlessly, this product is good, but the emotional intelligence is a little low, and he couldn't help but smile: "Wait until the representative of the Qiang people arrives and then talk about it." ”

At this moment, a group of scouts rushed to the scene and shouted, "Holy Lord, a cavalry has come from the southwest, numbering about three thousand. ”

"Be on guard." Yang Tong ordered.

The Xuanjia army immediately got on the horse, and under the leadership of Xue Wanche, three thousand soldiers greeted them, and the rest of the soldiers also stopped resting and entered the state of battle one after another, guarding Yang Tong and others in the middle with the lineup of the Six Flowers Array.