People are poor and short-sighted......

It's not really an adjective, it's a portrayal of the real situation. Without eating and drinking, no matter how ambitious he is, he can't resist the gurgling of his stomach. If you can't solve the problem of eating and drinking, it's useless to have a big ambition?

At first, the Qiang people came to Tianshui with a very clear purpose, that is, to ask for the grain and grass of the Han people, the utensils of the Han people, and the population of the Han people, and even they felt that if everything went well, they could even go to Guanzhong Sanfu to feel the feeling of the rice jar, to experience the life of a rich man, to eat a bowl, pour a bowl, touch one, and go on one......

But now, the cold truth crackled on their faces, and they woke up from their dreams and faced the tragedy before them.

To the north of Zhangye, light snow has already begun!

It's just past mid-autumn, and it's not yet winter!

If there is no way to get a large amount of relief from the Han brothers, these Qiang people in the northwest of Liangzhou will each have to peel off a layer of skin!

So a large number of stragglers appeared, spread out in small groups, and searched the surrounding villages like locusts up and down the Weishui River.

Each time, these Qiang people saw a corner of the village from a distance, and they always rushed into the village with the greatest hope, roaring, but soon, there were shouts of disappointment and unwillingness......

Not to mention a radius of ten miles, even if it is a radius of twenty or thirty miles, there is no grain and grass left, and even if there is, it is just some dilapidated wooden barrels and broken clay pots.

At this time, Ma Chao and the Qiang people gradually came back to their senses and realized a terrible reality in front of them.

The Han people have cleared the wilderness.

Not a day or two in advance, but at least ten, or even twenty days in advance!

Although they started from Jincheng, they were already going south at the fastest speed, and they didn't delay much along the way, and even some of the follow-up small tribes didn't wait, but just left signs for these later Qiang people to chase along the way, just like that, they were all late, what did it mean?

Explain the plan of the joint operation of Ma Chao and the Qiang people, leaked ......

Ma Chao and the head of Xian Lingqiang, Quinoa Xiangli, sat together, staring at each other and being silent.

Normally, when the two bigwigs meet, they always have to put some food, wine, pastries, dried meat or something, but now, in front of Ma Chao and Quinoa Xiangli, there is nothing, well, except for the withered yellow grass and sand.

"Who? Who is it? ”

Quinoa's eyes were red, and the muscles on her face were throbbing.

Ma Chao stared at Quinoa Xiangli's eyes, shook his head and said, "It's not my person." ”

Quinoa gritted her teeth, the flesh on her face throbbing, and said, "It won't be my man." ”

First of all, Ma Chao and Xian Lingqiang are discharged, Ma Chao will not talk about it, Xian Lingqiang is a big tribe that took the lead and fought against the Han people a few years ago, and naturally it is impossible to sell itself to the Han people, even if it is sold, the Han people dare not ask for it, so basically, the suspicion of Ma Chao and Xian Lingqiang leaking can basically be ruled out.

So who will it be?

A word popped out of Ma Chao's mouth: "White horse!" ”

Quinoa Xiangli was silent, staring at Ma Chao deadly, and only nodded after half a ring, and said, "Okay!" White horse! ”

Immediately, the two of them stood up and beckoned to the guards and heralds: "Someone! Fence up all the white horses and Qiang who fornicate with the Han people! Kill them all! ”

Whether Bai Maqiang was wronged or not, whether he needs to be tried again, whether he needs to give a chance to explain, for Ma Chao and Quinoa Xiangli, these are not important, the important thing is to find a direction for these people under him to vent their anger.

Moreover, from a certain point of view, Bai Maqiang is the most suspicious.

Baimaqiang and Baishiqiang have a good relationship, although the gods they believe in are different, but they both respect white.

Long before the Xiqiang rebelled, the Qiang and the Han people had border trade, but this mutual market was relatively casual, and there was no special agreement, sometimes there were, sometimes there was not, and even became a means used by Han officials to blackmail the Qiang people.

Qiang people are the same as most nomadic people, they also need a lot of living materials, such as utensils, clothes, pots and kettles, etc., and even because of the very little intake of coarse plant fiber, many Qiang people will cause constipation due to intestinal adhesion, so Qiang people also need a lot of tea, which can be stored for a long time and can lower cholesterol, prevent and cure diseases.

Therefore, even if they were at war with the Han Chinese, many Qiang tribes still maintained a close relationship with the Han people, or had a good relationship with some Han people, so that they could obtain the materials they needed from the Han people.

Among these people, Bai Shiqiang, who is almost attached to the Han people, and Bai Ma Qiang, who has a good relationship with Bai Shiqiang, have become the main Qiang regional agent suppliers, providing transit retail services.

Baishiqiang is in the northland, and Baimaqiang is here.

In the past, Lingqiang did not purchase materials from Baishiqiang and Baimaqiang, but now, Quinoa Xiangli's eyes showed a fierce light, and his face was murderous, and turning his face was the same as turning Etbuyk.

Therefore, on the whole, Bai Maqiang is the most likely to leak the news.

Maybe someone from Baimaqiang said that he leaked his mouth, maybe it was someone who was planted by the Han people in Baimaqiang who found out the news, maybe not the entire Baimaqiang is a traitor, but to screen out one by one from these Baimaqiang and find out who it is, it is too time-consuming, and for Ma Chao and Quinoa Xiangli, the most lacking thing is time.

So now, it's better to kill them all, anyway, the Qiang people don't have the habit of not killing generals when a big war comes, and on the one hand, they can vent the anger accumulated by other Qiang people and regain people's hearts, and on the other hand, they can also borrow the materials and livestock of Baima Qiang and distribute them to other Qiang people, otherwise how to deal with the current lack of food and grass?

Of course, such a way of dealing with it is not a good thing in the long run, but what can it be, if the current situation cannot be overcome, who can control the future?

Ma Chao and Quinoa's orders were quickly carried out, and the Baimaqiang people cried, scolded, and fought hard, but they still couldn't change the impending fate, and the other Qiang people who were so hungry that their eyes were green swarmed like evil spirits, tearing at the flesh and blood of the white Maqiang, and eating them......

"The ...... of the Ma family" In the sound of the White Horse Qiang people crying and screaming, Quinoa Xiangli stared at Ma Chao and said coldly, "What you want, I support you...... But if I can't get what I want......"

"I know!" Ma Chao interrupted Quinoa Xiangli's words.

Quinoa turned his gaze on Ma Chao's face, then turned his head away and dropped a few words, "It's good to know." ”

Ma Chao's gaze stayed on Quinoa Xiangli's figure for a moment, and then turned to the east, and now in front of Ma Chao was a terrible question.

Normally, if the matter is revealed and you encounter a situation where the wall is clear, choosing to retreat is a very wise and correct move, but ......

These Qiang people led by Ma Chao are certainly a group of hungry wolves, or hungry dogs, but no matter what it is, if you can't get food and materials, then the next thing to be eaten will inevitably be Ma Chao.

Does Quinoa Xiangli believe that it is the news of the leakage of Baimaqiang?

Not necessarily, but Quinoa Xiangli still didn't argue with Ma Chao at a word, nor did he bargain, and directly gave the order to besiege and kill Bai Maqiang.

What does this mean?

Ma Chao knew very well in his heart.

The trees in the distance had gradually stripped off their clothes, revealing their bony bodies, and the wind blowing through them was cold for a while, and winter would soon come.

Ma Chao led the Qiang people south, not to attack Guanzhong, of course, if he could attack Guanzhong, it would naturally be the best, but Ma Chao himself also knew that just with his current strength, it was estimated that there was no way to confront the general Fei Qian of Zhengxi, so Ma Chao's goal at the beginning was very simple, enter the Han land, loot, and leave with a vote.

At the same time, Ma Chao can also use this action to re-establish the prestige of the Ma clan, integrate the legacy left by Ma Teng and Han Sui, completely collect Jincheng under his own name, and eliminate the dissatisfaction and resistance of others.

However, how did what was originally a lot of things become the current situation?

Otherwise, change direction?

It's too late.

Ma Chao quickly dispelled this idea.

Since this is already the case here in Tianshui, I'm afraid other places are not much better, and Tianshui is the hub connecting the east and south, if you abandon Tianshui and turn to other directions, continue to go deeper, not to mention whether you can conquer it, the back road alone is not clean, in case someone stabs the chrysanthemum......

Then there is only one last option left.

Capture Ji County.

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Xia.

"Long history, the Qiang people besieged Ji County." Xu Huang said to Li Ru.

Li Ru was wrapped in a leather robe, perhaps it was the approach of winter, the heavy leather robe almost wrapped Li Ru's whole person, just revealing a thin face, listening to Xu Huang's words, he just responded in a low voice, as if he heard that the sun was about to set, calm and indifferent.

"......" Xu Huang waited for a while, but he didn't hear Li Ru's response, and couldn't help but look up at Li Ru.

Li Ru looked at the scroll quietly, as if the sky fell and didn't care.

Xu Huang was silent for a moment, but still said: "Long history, the so-called lonely city cannot be defended for a long time, so whether it is ......?"

Xu Huang is in charge of some things in military affairs, although he is also making some preparations, but if he really wants to send reinforcements, there are still a lot of things that need to be done, at least the cloth and tents used to keep out the cold need to be prepared, otherwise who knows if he will encounter a cold snap blowing from the north on the way, and if he is not fully prepared, it will be like sending him to death?

Therefore, Xu Huang came over this time, just to know how Li Ru arranged it, otherwise it would be too late to wait for the order, when he really wanted to set off.

Li Ru put down the scroll, pointed to the side, and said, "Sit." ”

"Thank you for the long history." Xu Huang thanked him, and then sat down.

"According to Gongming's opinion...... Li Ru said slowly, "Ji County, do you need reinforcements?" ”

Xu Huang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Ru, shouldn't you make up your mind? But since Li Ru asked, Xu Huang thought for a moment and said: "The lonely city is trapped, if you know that there is no help, your morale will be declining and it will not last." ”

Xu Huang bought a good one, neither said yes nor said no, but just said that if there were no reinforcements, the lonely city would be difficult to defend, which was also military common sense.

Li Ru nodded and said, "What if Ji County is already cleared?" ”

"Kiyono?" Xu shook his eyebrows. Xu Huang was not stupid, and immediately reacted, it turned out that Li Ru had already arranged it, so he arched his hand and said, "Huang Meng Lang, look at Shi Haihan." ”

Li Ru waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's not easy for Gongming to have this heart." What happened to the logging? ”

Xu Huang arched his hand and said: "After Changshi gave the order, it is convenient for the surrounding mountains and forests to cut down trees, and they have now been included in the workshop in the city one after another...... Within three days, it should be ready. A few days ago, Li Ru suddenly ordered to cut down trees and send them to the workshop in the city, but he didn't say what he wanted to do, and Xu Huang didn't know what to do, but the military order had been issued, so he naturally had to follow it.

"Good!" Li Ru nodded, and then instructed again, "Recently, there should be five hundred soldiers coming from the right side of the wind, led by the Mengshi, Gongming needs to choose a battalion in the school field in the city to accept it, and it is not allowed to mix with other soldiers, and it is strictly forbidden for idle people to peep. ”

Montessori's 500 soldiers?

Still want to keep it secret?

Although he had some doubts in his heart, Xu Huang still immediately gave up, and seeing that Li Ru had no other instructions, Xu Huang got up and said goodbye.

Li Ru nodded, watched Xu Huang leave, and then turned his gaze from Xu Huang to the table, and in the corner of the table, a wooden sign was lying quietly. There seem to be some patterns and words on the wooden plaque.

Li Ru couldn't help but shake his head and smiled slightly. General Zhengxi, have you ever thought that a method of moving the capital back then is now used on top of the strong walls and clear fields, and it is so suitable and effective?

In fact, the time for Tianshui to clear the field is not as long as Ma Chao and others imagined, but because of all the previous activities of the strong wall and clear the field, it often causes losses to the people, so the people are generally more resistant, and now there is a certificate, although it is just a certificate, but it is also much better than the previous empty mouth, and the people are relatively more agreeable.

It's just that there are still some reluctances, or some people who do something out of it, but these are still a few after all, and if you really want to find out that someone has taken advantage of the crisis to make a fortune, Li Ru doesn't mind killing his three clans to make an example.

The cold wind blew by, whining, and filled with the sound of jingo.

Li Ru pinched his fingers and showed a smile: "This autumn, the white tiger is at the time of the moon breaking, and the nine empty are leaving the nest...... Hehe, hehe...... Kill yourself, you deserve it...... You deserve it......"