Chapter Seventy-Eight: Hengshan Returns to the Heart
In the Liangzhou Mansion, generals at all levels gathered together.
There was a lot of talk in the lobby, and almost everyone was excited as far as the eye could see.
After subduing the Seven Qiang of Hengshan, Li Wei rewarded the lords of various departments, and Liangzhou was short of money, but Li Wei was not stingy at all.
He returned the treasures he had stolen from Hengshan to the lords of the tribes. Many of them were snatched from ordinary Qiang people.
Nearly 10,000 Qiang people died in battle, but their patriarch shared the property that should have belonged to them.
The seven patriarchs, on the corpses of countless Qiang people's children, have become richer and more comfortable.
A wave of dissatisfaction began to spread a long time ago, and Li Wei's actions made the patriarchs trust him very much, and Hengshan also became a trade artery, and many Liangzhou people took the opportunity to get mixed up in Hengshan.
A few days ago, the son of the patriarch of the Yeli tribe died unexpectedly on the way to hunt, was robbed cleanly, and hung his body on a tree.
The patriarch of Yeli was furious and ordered a search for suspicious suspects, and some officials in Liangzhou took the opportunity to instigate the patriarch's private soldiers to raid on a large scale.
The Han people oppressed the people in their crooked ways, but after more than ten centuries of tempering, the officials who heard all kinds of money-making tricks were stunned and excited.
This time, it was like a fuse, igniting the long-standing resentment of the Hengshan Qiang people.
Throughout Hengshan, rebellions broke out everywhere, and corpses were everywhere.
The patriarchs raised their private soldiers and slaughtered the Qiang people at the bottom, but the Qiang were a martial nomadic tribe, and almost all of them were soldiers.
Soon, the rebellious Qiang people besieged the leaders of the seven tribes to Xiaoyue Peak in Hengshan.
Xiaoyue Peak is high and steep, with cliffs on three sides, and it is easy to attack.
The rebellious Qiang people lacked a leader, but they couldn't bear the oppression of the patriarch, and their blood was strong, and they gathered together, and now they were afraid that the Han people would come to clear themselves, and gradually retreated.
However, they were afraid that the patriarch would retaliate in the future, and some advocated killing them altogether, while others advocated negotiating with them, and the differences became bigger and bigger. There is no leader to take the idea, and after arguing for several days, each has its own interests, and it is messy and clueless.
At this time, the General's Mansion was finally ready to take action, and Li Wei also regained some of his spirit, sitting on the top and sinking like water.
The Hengshan Qiang people fought with the general's mansion for hundreds of years, and he had a deep hatred for those leaders, eager to eat their flesh and drink their blood, so after the victory, he rewarded those leaders lavishly, which once caused an uproar in the army.
If it weren't for Li Wei's prestige being high enough, he would have mutinied a long time ago.
Now that they have reached this point, all the soldiers understand Li Wei's intentions, and they are all admired in their hearts.
"Since Taizu set up the General's Mansion, my Li family has guarded Xiliang for generations, fought more than 2,000 battles with the Qiang people, and more than 100 ancestors died in the civil war. Today, it is time to completely solve the situation of the Qiang people in Hengshan. ”
"Old Shuai, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and wipe out the Qiang people!"
Li Wei waved his hand, looked at Jiang Xiangyu, the only one who could see his thoughts, and said with a smile: "I don't mean to exterminate the Qiang people, but to take them all for my own use." When we send troops today, we will not support the leaders of the various tribes, but take their heads, destroy their full gates, and then completely bring the Qiang people who have no commander into our jurisdiction and abolish the chief system! ”
"I personally lead the Chinese army, Li Xin, you lead the people of the headquarters as the right army, Wu Feng, you lead the people of the headquarters as the left army, attack in three ways, and send the troops to Xiaoyuefeng!"
"Whoa!"
Under Xiaoyue Peak, there are still quite a few Qiang people who have not dispersed, and they are more confused.
Many people are at a loss, and the Qiang people have always practiced a tribal system. The patriarch is their absolute master, and he only needs to listen to the arrangement of the leader before, and he has no chance to use his brain to think.
Over time, the Qiang people at the bottom slowly stopped using their brains and became accustomed to obeying the patriarch in everything. But now, Danfan, who used to be an official, was either killed early by the angry Qiang people, or fled to Xiaoyue Peak. Now let them make up their minds, they can't make a unified and reasonable arrangement at all, they neither sent people up the mountain to negotiate, nor did they think about communicating with the general's mansion.
The northwestern sky, narrow and high, hovered over the birds of prey, let out a piercing chirp.
The Qiang people lying on the ground had nothing to do, and several groups were waiting.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and all the Qiang people stood up alertly.
This shock was all too familiar to them, it was a sign that a large force of cavalry was galloping, and although the Qiang people were dull in their brains, each one of them was a natural warrior, and his judgment was amazing.
"The Han people are coming, the Han people are coming to the rescue of the patriarch..."
Some screamed in despair, their knives in hand, finally knowing what they were going to do, and the battle was all it was, regardless of who they were against.
Soon, the outside of the Qiang encirclement outside Xiaoyue Peak was surrounded by people again.
On the other side was an enemy they knew all too well, yes, an enemy. Han and Qiang have been hostile for a hundred years, and the surrender has only been half a year, that is to say, they have been friends for half a year.
The familiar Xiliang horses, the familiar opponents, are still so strong, which also provokes the belligerence in the bones of the Qiang people, their eyes are red, they have no fear, just waiting to fight.
From the forward formation of the Xiliang soldiers, a tall horse slowly walked out, and the knight on the horse, in a very fluent party language, shouted loudly: "Qiang brothers, the leaders of the seven tribes are cruel and unkind, abusing the people and oppressing the people. Your sons die for them, and your wives and daughters weep dry, but they lie on the corpses of your children, your fathers and brothers, and they are fattened.
They have taken possession of your daughters, bullied your sons, abused your parents, and what right have they to be supported and loyal to you?
Now, the time has come to resist, and the general is willing to make the decision for you, kill all the leaders of the seven tribes, and return the dignity of one person. ”
After a moment of silence, a violent cheer suddenly erupted in front of the main peak, shaking the ground and shaking the mountain.
On Xiaoyue Peak, the leaders of the seven tribes, looking at the banner of the General's Mansion, were also rejoicing.
They opened the gates of the defenses, lowered the ropes, and welcomed the arrival of the Savior.
In the autumn of the twelfth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Wei, the general of the expedition to the west, killed the leaders of the Seven Qiang of Hengshan in a battle, and read out ten articles of the seven surnames in public at Xiaoyuefeng, and punished his people.
The Qiang people present were all grateful, clenched their fists in their chests, and loudly expressed their loyalty.
The Qiang people, who have always been the confidants of the northwest, completely surrendered to the general's mansion in the west, and let the general's mansion increase the source of more than 100,000 high-quality soldiers.
Such a big event didn't even stir up a stir in Bianliang...
In the eyes of the dignitaries and nobles in Bianliang, this is just a military general on the border, a small victory over the barbarians, not worth mentioning...