Cherrigie has been a little troubled recently, to be precise, it should be counted from the time when the Han court controlled Liangzhou, and since then, Cherrigi has not had a comfortable day.

The Qiang people usually lived a nomadic life in the tribal unit, and later under the influence of Han culture, some Qiang tribes lived a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural life. The Qiang people are not united, a tribe is equivalent to a country, and the chieftain of the tribe is equivalent to a king. Tribes often fought for their own interests, and in order to protect their own interests, the tribes united with each other, and gradually formed an organization like an alliance. The boss of every tribal alliance is the Qiang King, and the Qiang King is the most powerful person in the tribal alliance. Cheriji, the king of Xiqiang, is the one who has the strongest tribe in Xiqiang.

But as the Han court's policy toward the Qiang changed, it became increasingly clear that his position was under threat. The Han people no longer regarded the Qiang people as outsiders, but shouted the slogan of the Han and Qiang families, and took practical actions. Since it is a family, it should follow the same rules and enjoy the same treatment.

Under the orders of the emperor of the Han family, those Qiang people who wanted to live a stable life were allocated land, and then Han people came to teach the Qiang people the skills of farming. In the past, the Qiang people were afraid of meeting profiteers, because once deceived, the government would favor the Han people, but now it is different, the government is no longer biased because of racial origin, right is right, wrong is wrong, especially after returning the property obtained by the Han people from the Qiang people through deception and punishing the profiteers in public, the Qiang people began to learn to rely on the government to seek justice for themselves rather than relying solely on their own force.

A large number of Qiang children were admitted to the school to receive the master's teachings with the children of the Han family, and a large number of strong men of the Qiang people were incorporated into the county soldiers to take on the responsibility of protecting the family and defending the country.

Sometimes, the root cause of the conflict is the mutual exclusion of each other, as long as you can let go of each other's prejudices about each other, then you can find a lot of advantages in each other, so as to understand and trust each other. A Han law that everyone must abide by blurred the boundary between Han and Qiang, whether you are a Han or a Qiang, you will be punished for breaking the law, and the government's impartial and judgmental attitude regardless of Han and Qiang has also made the Qiang people gradually identify with and accept the official government of the Han Dynasty.

For the Qiang people, the policies of the Han Dynasty were good and beneficial to them. In fact, for ordinary people, race is not what they care about most, but how to live a good life of prosperity and not being bullied by others is what they care about most. When someone can give them what they want in life, they don't really care who the ruler is.

Those who really care about whether the Qiang will be assimilated by the Han Chinese are those who hold great power among the Qiang, such as Cherrigiji.

Cheriji is the king of Qiang, although compared with the Han Dynasty, he, the king of Xiqiang, can only be regarded as a grass-headed emperor. But as the old saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than a phoenix tail, and in Xiqiang, Cheriji is the king, and he is a man of his word. But if he is assimilated by the Han Dynasty, the days of Cherrigi's past majesty will really be gone.

When the Son of Heaven of the Han family put forward the slogan of the Han Qiang family after eliminating Han Sui and subduing Ma Teng, Cherrigie only laughed when he heard it, thinking that the Son of Heaven of the Han family was just talking about it and would not really treat the Qiang people as a clan, but after that, the attitude of the Han government towards the Qiang people, and the attitude of the Han people towards the Qiang people, made Cherrigi feel more and more bottomless.

Just before Cheriji sent troops to take the initiative to attack Zhangye County in Liangzhou, the news that was not good news for Cheriji was one after another, the Qiang people who originally lived in Liangzhou were accepting the arrangements of the Han government one tribe after another, granting land to naturalize, and one after another Qiang tribes close to Liangzhou were also constantly accepting the concept of the Han Qiang family put forward by the Han government, and the relationship with the Han people was constantly harmonious. The most obvious example is when a caravan of Han Chinese came to the rescue of a Qiang tribe when it was attacked by a group of horse thieves. After repelling the horse thieves, the Han caravan took out its belongings and thanked the Qiang warriors who came to help, and the Qiang warriors kept protecting the Han caravan to its destination.

More and more Qiang people and Han people have become harmonious, and although there are still occasional small disputes, they are no longer as disagreeable as in the past. More and more Han people accepted the Qiang people, and more and more Qiang people began to identify with the Han people.

Cherrigi is scared! Rights are like an addictive poison that you know is poisonous, but you can't stop it. Cherrigi was afraid of the day when he lost his rights, and if he wanted to keep the rights in his hands, he had to find a way to drive the Han people away from Liangzhou, so he did not hesitate to give it a go.

There's no way around it! If the emperor of the Han family is allowed to continue to buy people's hearts, his subordinates will choose to leave him sooner or later, and while he still has some prestige at this time, it is better to fight to the death, if it goes well, he can maintain his rule at worst, and if the worst result occurs, at least he will not regret it.

The strength of the Han army has been taught by Cherrigi once before, and the fate of the Western Regions countries also reminds Cherrigi that he must not underestimate the opponent of the Han Dynasty. In order to deal with the Han army, Cheriji did not hesitate to collect iron tools from all over the country to build iron chariots, and formed an iron chariot array as his killer weapon. And from the current point of view, the effect of the iron car formation is not bad.

"King, Prime Minister Yadan is here." Someone reported to Cherry Gil from outside the tent.

Yadan is the prime minister of the Xiqiang Kingdom, and he is a wise man who is relied on by Cherrigi, and the very powerful iron car array in Cherrigi's eyes is from the hand of Yadan. Hearing that Yadan was coming, Cherrigi hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Yadan has seen the king."

"My prime minister, don't be polite, why do you have time to come to me?" Cherrigi asked, picking Yadan up.

"My lord, I have brought not very good news, the Son of Heaven of the Great Han is leading his army."

Hearing this, Cherrigi nodded and said: "It's good, it's good, as long as we can kill him, we Qiang people can live a peaceful life for decades." ”

"Great King, your attitude of not being afraid of any enemy has convinced Yadan, but the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty should not be underestimated, and we still need to be cautious."

"It's nature. Someone came, went and found Yueji, and said that this king would consult with him about the military situation. Cherrigi nodded, and commanded outside the tent.

Soon, Yueji, who had been summoned, hurried over, and as soon as he saw Cherrigie, he asked loudly, "King, is there a battle?" It's been a really suffocating period of time. ”

Yueji's status in the Xiqiang Kingdom was similar to Yadan, Yadan was the prime minister, while Yueji was the marshal, and the two were Cheriji's right and left hands. Compared to the resourceful Yadan, Cherrigi prefers the straightforward Yueji.

Cheriji didn't blame Yue Ji for being rude, and said with a smile: "My marshal, don't worry, the Son of Heaven of the Han family is coming with his army, and you can fight this battle." ”

"The son of the Han family is also here? Great, as long as he can kill him, will the king be able to sit back and relax? Yue Ji thought about it and exclaimed with some excitement.

Yadan, who was sitting on the side, shook his head secretly in his heart at this time, and he suddenly found that whether it was Cheriji or Yueji, they seemed to have thought about things a little simpler, what does it mean to kill the son of the Han family? It seems that the son of the Han family is very easy to kill. If it's really that easy to kill, why don't you sit here and discuss? Just wait for someone to come and rush up and kill it.

Yue Ji is a wise man, but this is like looking for a big one among the short people, in a group of reckless people, only Yadan is willing to use his brain, doesn't it seem that he is much smarter than others. But Yadan himself is self-aware, and he knows very well that if he compares himself with those wise men among the Han people, he is not a fart. The deceased Han Sui, known as the Yellow River Jiuqu, is many times stronger than himself, but he is such a smart person, but he was played with by the men of the Han family.

"The king, the marshal, don't underestimate the enemy." Yadan kindly persuaded Cherrigi and Yueji. It's just that before Cherrigie could speak, Yue Ji preemptively said: "I said Yadan, your courage is too small, what is there to be afraid of, we have an invincible iron car array, and the Han army can only flee when it comes." ”

"The Iron Car Formation is not omnipotent, Yue Ji, how dare you guarantee that the Han people will not be able to think of a way to crack the Iron Car Formation." Yadan asked unhappily glaring at Yueji.

"Then you can tell me who can break the iron car formation?" Yueji asked unconvinced.

"How do I know who's going to break it. I just want to remind you not to underestimate the enemy, the Han army is not so easy to deal with. There are countless capable people around the emperor of the Han family, this time we are fighting with the strength of the whole country, once we lose, what we pay may be all we have now. ”

"Yueji, don't say it, the prime minister is right." Cherrigi stopped Yueji from continuing to raise the bar with Yadan, and Zhengse asked Yadan: "Prime Minister, then what do you say we are going to do next?" ”

“…… King, I haven't come up with any good solutions for the time being, but the soldiers will block, the water will cover up, the reality of the Han army, we still need to see it with our own eyes to count, but before figuring out the reality of the Han army, I suggest that the iron car array should not be moved lightly for the time being. ”

"What? I also expect to kill the Han army with an iron chariot formation, leaving not a single piece of armor. Yue Ji shouted disappointed when he heard this.

Whether it was Cherrigie or Yadan, they didn't hear Yueji's complaints, so they saw Cheriji and asked Yadan: "I agree with the Prime Minister's opinion, then we will first send someone to test the current strength of the Han army, and then decide whether to use the iron chariot array." ”

"The king is wise." Yadan flattered when he heard this.

……

As soon as the army entered Liangzhou, officials from all over Liangzhou rushed to meet Liu Xie, and in addition to those officials, many representatives of the Qiang people who had already entered the Han nationality also came to meet them.

Liu Xie rejected his subordinates' suggestion to exclude the Qiang, and although he would be in danger of being assassinated if he met the Qiang at this time, Liu Xie did not want to chill the Qiang who were willing to accept naturalization because of his actions at this time. Since the slogan of the Han Qiang family was shouted by himself, he should naturally carry out this matter to the end at this time.

Without the slightest precaution, Liu Xie generously met with those Qiang representatives from all over the country, and while letting the person responsible for protecting Liu Xie's safety raise his heart to his throat, Liu Xie also gained the loyalty of the Qiang people to himself. As Liu Xie's personal meeting with the representatives of the Qiang people spread quickly throughout Liangzhou, the Qiang people, who had been floating because of Cheriji's attack, settled down. The Emperor of the Han Dynasty did not regard them as outsiders, and their actions were always more effective than their promises. Liu Xie used his practical actions to once again buy the hearts of the Qiang people, so that the Qiang people, who were still on the sidelines, also began to guide Liu Xie.

As I said before, the Qiang people are nomadic people with tribes as a unit, and each tribe has its own choice, in the past, maybe those smaller tribes were still worried about being threatened by powerful tribes, but now they have the Han court as their backers, and those tribes that were powerful in their eyes are nothing now. Having lost the support of the subordinate tribes, those tribes that were originally powerful had to bow to the Han and begin to accept the arrangements of the Han people.

This is what Liu Xie did not expect at the beginning, he was willing to meet with the representatives of the Qiang people, just because he did not want to see his previous efforts wasted, at this sensitive time, any negligence would lead to the re-rupture of the already increasingly harmonious Han-Qiang relationship.

However, Liu Xie was happy, and Cherrigi was disappointed. Cherrigi is not willing to be the king of Xiqiang, he hopes that he can become the king of the entire Qiang people, but the reality is always contrary to his wishes. Before deciding to attack the Han Dynasty, Cherrigi accepted Yadan's suggestion and sent people to constantly stir up relations between the Han and Qiang, hoping to provoke confrontation between the Han and Qiang tribes, but now that Liu Xie has come to such a hand, the Qiang people who had been provoked have died down, and Prime Minister Yadan's efforts during this time have been in vain. And because of the troubles everywhere, those who stirred up trouble were also found out by the people around them, and after some explanations, the reputation of Cherrigi became stinky, and more and more Qiang people began to resent Cherrigi who provoked wars and destroyed their stable life.

This is what Cherrigi did not expect, he originally wanted to win the support of the Qiang people for himself by provoking the Han and Qiang contradictions, at this time the Qiang people are very widely distributed in Liangzhou, and there is no need for all of them, even if only one-third or even one-quarter of the Qiang people make trouble, Liangzhou will also have erosion, which will make the Han court anxious. But now, the Han and Qiang ethnic groups in Liangzhou have become more harmonious and united than before because of Cherrigi's provocation.

"My prime minister, why did you become like this?" Cherrigi asked Yadan in confusion. It's just that Yadan doesn't understand why, but he knows that the Qiang people living in Liangzhou are by no means the ancestors of the Qiang people who have forgotten the Qiang people as Yueji Nawufu said.

"What is the reason why these Qiang people are willing to stand on the side of the Han people against themselves?" Yadan was puzzled by this question.

"Prime Minister, the king will ask you again." Yue Ji reminded Yadan on the side.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but I was distracted." Yadan, who was reminded, hurriedly apologized to Cherrigi.

"It's okay, my prime minister, can you tell me what you were thinking just now?" Cheriji shook his head slightly and asked Yadan.

"My lord, I was actually thinking about the question that the king just asked me. Why did those Qiang people who moved to Liangzhou stand on the side of the Han people with such a firm attitude, is it just because the Son of Heaven of the Han people met with the representatives of the Qiang people? ”

"The king, the prime minister, according to me, those people are all traitors among our Qiang people, and they all deserve to die." Yue Ji said viciously.

After hearing Yue Ji's words, Yadan couldn't help but say angrily: "Kill, kill, kill, you know kill." Do you know how many Qiang people there are in Liangzhou? Do you know how many relatives those Qiang people living in Liangzhou have? According to you, except for us Xiqiang, all other Qiang people will become our enemies, do you want us to be enemies of all Qiang people? ”

"You don't scare me, I'm not scared." Yue Ji shouted refusing to admit defeat.

"That's enough, I don't want to say a word." Cheriji stopped the dispute between Yadan and Yueji in time, and when Yueji honestly shut up, Cheriji said to Yadan: "My prime minister, since the Qiang people in Liangzhou are no longer able to use it, look at Hexi Xianbei's side, should we send someone to contact us?" ”

"Wang Yingming, Hexi Xianbei really needs to send someone to contact him, even if he can't say that Putou sent troops to help, he can't let them be co-opted by the Han Dynasty."

"Hmm...... Who does the prime minister think is more appropriate? Cherrigi asked again.

"Uh, this...... If you want to move that Putou, it is best to send someone who can speak well, and it is most appropriate to say that I will go, but the king can't do without ......people on his side," Yadan said hesitantly.

"Prime Minister, isn't there me on the king's side? You can just go boldly. Yue Ji shouted with a big grin.

"What I'm worried about is you, the king himself is fine, I'm afraid that you will provoke the king to attack the enemy." Yadan glared at Yue Ji and said.

"Yadan, if you don't look down on people, I don't believe that Han people have three heads and six arms."

"Okay, Yueji, shut up for me." Cheriji glared at Yue Ji, and then said to Yadan: "Prime Minister rest assured, this king is not a soft-eared person, before you come back, this king promises you that you will never use the iron chariot array." ”

Hearing this, Yadan's heart was a little relieved. To be honest, he didn't want to go to Hexi Xianbei to contact Putou, but now the Liangzhou Qiang people's move was obviously out of order, and he had to win over Hexi Xianbei as Xiqiang's foreign aid. Even if it doesn't help much, it's good to be able to contain part of the Han army.

Yadan set off, and before leaving Cherrigie, he told him thousands of instructions, reminding Cherrigi not to take out the last hole card iron car formation too early before he figured out the reality of the Han army, and Cherrigi also repeatedly promised to reassure Yadan. It's just that whether or not to use the iron car formation is not something that Cherrigi can decide alone. How could Liu Xie, who had been eyeing the Iron Car Formation for a long time, let Cherrigi keep hiding the Iron Car Formation in the dark and not using it, if you refuse to use it, then find a way to force you to use it.