Chapter 54 Flexible Governance Huo Qu's Disease

It was not a strong warrior who stopped Huo Quai's horse's hooves, but a thin old woman, who yelled at Huo Quai's tower-like Huo Quai, holding a tattered wooden shield in her hand.

The black horse that was about to trample on her was gently taken by Huo Quai, so he bypassed the old woman and went straight to the head man who was surrounded by many strong shepherds.

The head man was also shouting, this time, Huo Quzhi did not control the black horse, the roaring black horse man stood up, and the two huge front hooves stepped heavily on the head of a shepherd in front of him, and the huge skull suddenly shattered.

The frightened leader continued to retreat, and shouted at Huo Quai: "Let's give!" ”

Huo Quzhi had no intention of stopping, and the long sword in his hand cut off the head of a shepherd who dared to swing a weapon at him.

When attacking, Huo Qubing is the blade of the cavalry of the cavalry, so when he goes there, the army will continue to attack in the direction of his impact.

It wasn't until Huo Qu's illness cut off the head of the head man and all the shepherds fell to their knees that he reined in his war horse and looked around.

"General, someone has run west with women and children."

Xie Ning gasped and pointed to the fleeing backs in the west, eager to chase and kill.

Huo Quzhi glanced at it and found that all the women and children who had fled shook his head and said, "I didn't want to kill them all!" ”

Zhao Ponu said faintly: "They will take revenge." ”

Huo Quzhi smiled: "Then come!" ”

Except for the Han army, the only person standing was the old woman, who stubbornly attacked the strongest of the all-armored Han cavalry, using her broken wooden shield.

The wooden shield hit the armor, making a fluffy sound, and Li Dang, who was beaten, looked at the old woman depressedly, and pulled the old woman's wooden shield with his sword, and the old woman stumbled and fell out.

The old woman who fell out didn't care about her bleeding nose, rolled on the ground and hugged Li Kang's horse legs.

"She must love her grandchildren very much......"

The cavalry beside Li Dang smiled at Li Dang.

"The patriarch is dead, who is the new patriarch?" Huo Quzhi opened his mouth and asked.

The Qiang herdsmen kneeling on the ground were silent, and no one answered.

The old woman holding Li Kang's leg struggled to stand up and said loudly: "I am!" ”

Huo Quzhi glanced at the old woman deeply, nodded and said, "Okay!" You are the new patriarch, and now I want 500 cows, 5,000 sheep, and 5,000 sheepskins. ”

After speaking, a bronze medal popped out of his hand and fell at the feet of the old woman: "Take this bronze medal as a token!" ”

The old woman looked at Huo Qu and said, "We will starve to death." ”

Huo Quzhi sneered: "This is the tribute you should pay in the past ten years, and in the future, fifty cows, five hundred sheep, and five hundred sheepskins every year!"

If you don't want us to come, you should send you to Baishan! ”

In the same way, Huo Qubing has already said it four times, and the first three times the process was very smooth, after Zhao Ponu announced it, those tribes immediately promised that they would prepare cattle and sheep, make up for the tributes that had not been paid over the years, and send them together when the army returned.

For this reason, Zhao Ponu was still not satisfied, he insisted that these people could not be trusted, and once the army left, these tribes would run away.

Huo Quzhi did not accept his suggestion to rob immediately, and left the camp of those tribes with the army without committing any crimes.

The matter had been decided, and the old woman was powerless to change it, looking at the dead bodies of the shepherds all over the ground with muddy tears, and agreed to Huo Quai's request.

And Huo Qubing did not stay in this messy place for long, and once again led the troops away.

It was already far away, and Zhao Ponu still kept looking back at the tribal camp that was crying loudly.

He had no confidence in the credibility of these aliens.

Huo Quzhi has never been a person who likes to explain his intentions to others, and seeing that Zhao Ponu still doesn't understand.

said to Zhao Ponu: "When we return to Baishan Mountain, you go to find Ah Lang, and he will give you a suitable explanation." ”

"What if these tribes run away?"

Huo Quzhi smiled: "What did the Huns do? ”

Zhao Ponu took a sip and said, "Burn, kill, loot!" ”

"Are we the Huns?"

"Naturally not!"

"Since we are not Huns, why do we learn from the Huns?

Ah Lang once said that it is the stupidest thing to uproot a source of wealth, which is called killing chickens and taking eggs!

Of course, if you take less, these people will develop, and if you take more, these people will have no way to live, they will run, and they will rebel.

It is only appropriate to take away those financial resources that can help them in their development, which is a great science. ”

"Is there such a thing as robbery or learning?"

"Ah Lang said that the most simple thing about learning is that it is everywhere!"

Zhao Ponu thought for a while before he suddenly realized: "What do you mean to say that these people who have taken refuge in my Han can still live, and when they see the Huns, they have no way to live at all, right?" ”

Huo Quzhi said with a smile: "This is the way to long-term peace and stability!" ”

Zhao Ponu rubbed his hands and said: "There is a bigger tribe in the river bay, and now is the time when the cattle and sheep are fat and strong, and I have heard that their tribe not only lives on nomadism, they also farm in the river bay.

It's a very fat tribe. ”

Huo Qu took a breath and said: "Okay, just take this tribe as the final goal, the half-farming and half-pastoral tribe is the easiest to grow, after doing this, we will go back, and the return time can not be delayed any longer." ”

These strange truths, Huo Quzhi heard from Yun Lang, but such arguments are generally very scattered.

Yun Lang sometimes says a word or two when they eat together, and sometimes they come to say a couple when they take a bath together.

More often than not, I heard it when Yun Lang was sighing at the grassland.

It's strange that Huo Quzhi didn't doubt what Yun Lang said at all, or rather, the impression that Yun Lang left on him since he was a child was a person who didn't say the wrong thing.

People are inert, and after finding a reliable partner, he feels that he doesn't need to study hard or think about things that are difficult to find answers.

This is the optimization of resources in the social division of labor.

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, brotherhood was still very simple, and many unswerving friendships occurred in this era, and the probability was far higher than that of unswerving love. ，

After all, good women of big men are generally tough, even strong enough to be above men.

The Qiang people are obviously a nation of male superiority and inferiority to women, and Huo Quzhi didn't think about the old woman who fought desperately.

Or she simply wants to die, the older women are a burden to the tribe, that is, the tribe has been rich in goods in recent years, and if there is a disaster year, they are the first to be abandoned.

Having one of the most humble old women as the patriarch has a profound impact on the clan.

A desperate man, suddenly gaining the most power, God knows what kind of waves it will cause in the clan.

Huo Qubing wanted this kind of waves, and if possible, he was ready to replace all the tribal leaders on the grassland with old women.

For the old woman, letting her children and grandchildren live is the greatest happiness.

As for those Qiang people who have ideals and lofty ambitions, Huo Qubing thinks that they should all be killed, or sold to distant places to become slaves, and such people cannot be given any chance, once such people grow up, it will not be good for the Han.

Land of the Loop...... It can be called the land of abundance.

The unruly river has made a big bend here, and the abundant river water has finally played its due role, nourishing the land here, and turning this large river loop into a land of fertile water and grass.

The scouts of the cavalry captain galloped back and forth on the grassland, and wherever the horses' hooves went, countless birds were startled, and they flew into the sky, some soaring into the sky, and some clumsily fluttering on the tips of the grass.

Some small beasts hidden in the grass also parted a ripple in the green grass, and quickly ran into the distance.

The wild wolves standing on dirt bags were singing a warning to the humans who had stepped into their territory.

Before he reached the big clan that Zhao Ponu said, he saw the hospitable clan leader.

They prepared fat lambs, and the mellow mare's milk wine was ready to entertain the guests who came from afar.

The honest face full of laughter and the bewitching Qiang beauties all reveal the hospitality of the Qiang patriarch.

It was only in the distance that Huo Qubing also saw the surging cavalry group, these cavalry were completely different from the cavalry composed of herdsmen and slaves that Huo Qubing saw, some of them had already put on iron armor, and the weapons in their hands were no longer simple scimitars and wolf fangs and arrows, but iron weapons with a metallic luster.

At the last moment, the patriarch promised a tribute of 5,000 cattle, 20,000 sheep, 20,000 sheepskins, and 300,000 catties of grain and grass.

The next moment, the patriarch's head was already flying in the air, and the blood mist that had stirred up fell into the silver wine bowl.

"Those who dare to call soldiers die in front of the angels of the Great Han!"

Huo Quai's roar completely stimulated the blood of the cavalry captain.

Zhao Ponu laughed, and took the lead in the cavalry team that the Qiang people used to strengthen their courage, Li Kang and Xie Ning were not far behind.

Since the general issued such a general order, it indicates that this battle will not be sealed!