On the sixth day of the third month of the third year of Han'an, the spring at the junction of Qiang and Han came later than other places, it was warm and cold at first, and the young leaves on the willow branches were half open and half closed, slightly goose yellow.

Luyin ferry, located in Anding County Luyin County west more than 20 miles, is the way of business travel in peacetime, and is the place where soldiers must fight during the war, now the west bank of this ferry is the land of Xiqiang, and the east bank is the land of Han. The terrain is dangerous from east to west, open on all sides, concealed during attack, and the code is solid.

Early in the morning, I saw a large group of people coming from the east, and there were thousands of people. Previously, these thousands of men were all men, all of them with thick waists and broad shoulders, brown and linen shirts, and no blades in their hands, obviously not to fight, but each of them carried a hoe and a pickaxe, like a farmer who went to spring ploughing, but he had never seen so many people gather together to cultivate the land.

Behind these people were thousands of people, and when they saw that the group of people behind them were wearing armor and holding swords, it was the soldiers of the Han army, as if they were driving the people in front of them forward.

"Report! There are still five miles to reach Luyin County, and there are not many Qiang soldiers on the other side! The soldiers who had gone to the front to explore the way first hurried back, came to the two generals in the Han army, and knelt down to pray.

"Brother, it seems that the Qiang people have not moved, we can farm with peace of mind today!" The person who spoke was none other than the protector who was engaged in Ma Xuan.

"That's very good, but you still need to be careful, let the sergeant stay in front of these Qiang prisoners, and then probe and report again." Of course, this person is Wei Ju, the captain of the Qiang Guard, and the two of them drove the three thousand Qiang prisoners to this Huyin County according to the previous discussion, and the last sentence was Wei Ju said to the scout.

Ma Xuan said secretly, "This person is still so careful. "Gritted his teeth and hated.

After a while, the scout came to report that he had arrived in Luyin County, and Wei Ju gave an order to stop the 3,000 Qiang prisoners, and the Han army was also stationed. Another order was given, and one hundred Han soldiers in the army went out of the ranks, each of them went to the front, each led dozens of Qiang prisoners into a team, and divided into dozens of teams to prepare for the opening of the land on the outskirts of the county.

The rest of the soldiers were also separated, guarding the many Qiang prisoners. Just see a group of Qiang prisoners come to the designated land, and they will wait for an order to start hoeing. Although the Qiang people are a nomadic race, most of them are used to grazing and hunting, and they can't farm, but some Qiang people have lived together with the Han people for a long time, and then they were captured in the Han land, and they have learned some methods of cultivating the land.

"When, when ......" Wei Ju gave the order, he only heard the sound of blunt objects colliding from all directions, which made people very tired to listen to, but the sound still came and went one after another, louder than louder, endlessly, and the soldiers of the Han family couldn't help frowning.

After a stick of incense time like this, I only listened to the cultivator who didn't know who whispered and scolded, and then listened to a few people scolding a few words, and the scolding gradually became louder and louder, just because the scolding was Qiang, but most of the Han soldiers couldn't understand it.

I saw a Qiang man swinging his hoe vigorously and smashing it on the ground a few times, but there was no sign of hoeing on the land. The Qiang man was furious, and once again waved the hoe, this time it seemed to concentrate the strength of his whole body in both hands, and smashed it suddenly, and only a small shallow pit was smashed out of the land, and the Qiang man simply threw the hoe to the side, and scolded in Qiang language.

Seeing this, all the Han soldiers pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords, looking nervous, and when these Qiang people had any more abnormal behavior, they would draw their swords and kill them. Wei Ju was also afraid of a riot when he saw this scene, if there was a real conflict, although these three thousand Qiang prisoners did not have blades, they were also holding hoes and pickaxes, and there were many people, and the Han army was not easy to deal with. I'm afraid that if one person gets into trouble, the rest of the people will follow suit, and then it will be out of control, "You go and see what's wrong!" "Wei Ju sent a military commander to visit.

"I'll take a look!" Ma Xuan volunteered, Wei Ju nodded and agreed, he knew that Ma Xuan was ingenious, and let him handle this matter most appropriately. Ma Xuan walked among the Qiang people, asked a few soldiers a few words, and found a few Qiang people who could speak Chinese to ask a few words, picked up a hoe and hoeed the land a few times, and then returned to Wei Ju.

"Oops! It's the dereliction of duty and negligence of the younger brother, and everything is borne by the younger brother! As soon as Ma Xuan saw Wei Ju, he said thoughtlessly.

"What is your dereliction of duty, and what is the reason for such a Qiang riot?" Wei Ju was puzzled and asked Ma Xuandao.

"The little brother did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that the soil in the northwest of the early spring of March was still frozen firmly, and he didn't send someone to try to dig this land first, this Ganqiang man is indeed hoeing, not lazy and slippery......" Ma Xuan explained to Wei Ju, taking all the blame on himself. In fact, Ma Xuan had already calculated this, and everything was as he expected.

Wei Ju understood the reason for the Qiang people's anger, and only sighed to himself, but also looked helpless, and persuaded Ma Xiandao, "This is not all the fault of the virtuous brother, my brother, as a leader, did not think of this, this cold land in the northwest is so strong, how could we have expected it in advance......" Ma Xuan's move to retreat into advance was really effective, Wei Ju also felt quite remorseful, but he didn't blame Ma Xuan very much.

"Then let's go back, and come back when he warms up the soil every day, but in a few days, Captain Zhao will already be back......," Ma Xuan said to Wei Ju.

"Hmm...... It is impossible to bring out these many Qiang prisoners in this way but return in vain......" Wei Ju listened to what Ma Xuan said and really didn't want to go back immediately, "Can the virtuous brother think about a good plan to solve this current ......" Wei Ju also knew that this frozen soil was not humanized, and he had no confidence later.

Ma Xuan thought for a long time, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly said to Wei Ju, "Brother, the younger brother has a plan, but I'm afraid that my brother won't allow it." ”

"Oh, why would I not allow it?" Wei Ju saw that Ma Xuan seemed to have come up with a clever plan, but he didn't say anything, and said strangely.

"The younger brother thought that the soil by the river was generally softer and thicker than the soil inland, and that it was the same for him to come here, so he might as well let these Qiang prisoners pull some more into the river, and the soil on the river would not be as solid as here. But the closer you get to the river, the closer you get to the Qiang people, the more dangerous it is, I'm afraid my brother won't let me ......," Ma Xuan said unhurriedly.

"That's right, what the virtuous brother is worried about is...... But, alas, ......" Wei Ju was also hesitant, and only said after a while, "As the virtuous brother said before, if you don't cultivate the fields, the matter of military rations will be difficult to solve, so you will delay the big thing, and when the Qiang soldiers attack, you will not be able to resist." At this time, the Qiang people have not yet realized that they need to take advantage of this time to seize the tuntian, and it is appropriate to take some risks! Wei Ju unconsciously smoothed out his thoughts.

Ma Xuan just wanted Wei Ju to say this, and he was overjoyed in his heart, but he showed embarrassment on the surface, "This ...... If you meet the Qiang soldiers......" then sighed, "Brother has decided, let's take a risk." ”

Then Wei Ju ordered the Qiang prisoners to open to the river, and everyone walked for a stick of incense for a while, and finally arrived near the Luyin ferry, and stopped to reclaim, sure enough, the soil here has softened a lot, and the Qiang prisoners began to work. Half an hour has passed like this, but Ma Xuan is secretly anxious, "Didn't Jia Ying say that someone answered, how could he not see anyone?" ”

But I saw that behind a low hill on the west bank of the Luyin ferry, a dark-skinned young man was looking at the other end of the river, only to see that the Yellow River was not fully civilized at this time, and pieces of ice floes were floating on the riverbed, going down the river, as if to transport these ice blocks all the way to the sea.

The young man looked at this ice cube and was amazed, although he had been in Longxi since his next life, but because he was weak and had been at home for a long time, not to mention that he had seen this scene, he had only seen the Yellow River once in his impression. Although he found it interesting, he was worried in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Master, why did we come to Qiangdi, why don't we hide on the east coast?" But there was no one around him, as if talking to himself. This young man is Dong Zhuo, and he is asking him openly in his body.

"You know what, these Qiang people are about to cross the river! Haha, wait to see the show......" A blasphemy voice came from Dong Zhuo's head.

"What! If they want to cross the river, are they going to flee back to the land of Qiang? Dong Zhuo was shocked and couldn't believe it.

When Dong Zhuo was stunned, he suddenly heard a sudden whistle on the west bank where he was, so he looked at the whistle, but there was no one person. They only hear the whistle and don't see the person.

I saw that the Ganqiang prisoners on the east bank also heard this whistle, but one by one they were not as confused as Dong Zhuo, they all gradually put down the hoe in their hands, and slowly raised their heads to look at the west bank.

"What are you doing! Grab your hoe and get to work! But it was the Han sergeant who guarded the Qiang prisoner and shouted fiercely, and the Han army saw that the more than 3,000 Qiang people were no longer farming, so they got up and looked around, and the whistle was like a sound spell, attracting the Qiang people's attention. The Han army couldn't help but shudder when they saw this scene, some scolded loudly, and some had raised their whips to whip the Qiang prisoners, but these Qiang people were unconscious when the whip reached their bodies, and all the Qiang people were silent, and the Han soldiers' shouts and scolding were particularly loud.

"Jump over the ice and cross the river!" Suddenly, a thunderous sound came out of the mouth of a Qiang captive, followed by a cry of "Jump over the ice and cross the river!" The voice was louder than the other, and it came from the mouths of several Qiang, but it was like a drum beating and cheering from the military formation, shouting "Jump over the ice and cross the river!" "Four words.

Suddenly, a Qiang man rushed forward, slammed the Han soldiers in front of him, the whip in the hands of the Han soldiers also came out of their hands, and heard several "oops" sounds coming and going, but they were all the screams of the Han soldiers, it turned out that these Qiang prisoners had crashed away from the encirclement of the Han army around them, like crazy like rushing in the river, the bodies of these Qiang people were like wild bulls, the Han soldiers were knocked down and couldn't stand up for a long time, and the Han soldiers who had not been knocked down were all frightened by the sudden battle in front of them, and they didn't know how to wield the short whip in their hands. Not to mention pulling out the long knife at his waist.

I saw these three thousand Qiang captives running wildly and rampage, and it was a group of frightened beasts who rushed towards the whistle, not paying attention to the river in front of them. "Quick, quick! Stop them! A man who looked like an officer in the Han army shouted in a trembling voice, and all the sergeants woke up and drew their swords one after another, but no one dared to go forward to intercept them, that is, how could a man beat a mad beast, not to mention that there were three thousand of these beasts.

"Kill them! Kill them all! If a Qiang is lost, don't come to me alive! It turned out that Wei Ju was shouting loudly behind everyone, and he had already shouted orders when he saw this chaos, but first, the sergeants were stunned, and secondly, his voice was drowned out by the sound of thousands of people running, and no one heard his order. At this time, Wei Ju was already suffocating and drinking.

"The military order is like a mountain!" Many soldiers of the Han army heard Wei Ju's order, and realized in their hearts that if they did not stop these Qiang people with their lives, it would be difficult to escape the military law, so they no longer had to be afraid, rushed forward one by one, drew their swords and slashed at the Qiang people, and the majestic tiger power of the Han soldiers had been restored. Injected blood gushed out from the Qiang people's bodies, splashing the Han soldiers' faces, but none of these Qiang people cried out in pain, they were cut down and struggled to get up and forward, and their arms and thighs were cut off, and they also dragged their bodies prostrately, which was extremely tragic.

"Report! Captain Zhao has arrived thirty miles away from Yuyin County, and he will be there in a moment! But a dusty herald came from the east, dismounted, and came to Wei Ju to pray.

"What! What did you say! Captain Zhao has arrived here! When has he returned to Lingju! Wei Ju was already dizzy by the news, if the Qiang prisoners had fled like crazy before, he was still sensible, and calmly commanded and stopped, but how did Zhao Chong know that the news came, wasn't he fighting against the remnants of the Huns, only to feel that his head was no longer above his neck.

"Acting Captain, Captain Zhao arrived at Lingju at three o'clock this morning, and heard that Acting Captain brought Qiang prisoners to Yuyin County, so he hurried over, and asked the villain to pass the order, ordering the Acting Captain to stop, don't move forward lightly, and wait for the Captain to come over and make a decision, just in case!" The herald said.

"Accident! Haha, unexpected! And this has happened! I only heard Wei Ju's voice as if he was crazy.