"Want to fight with us? Is it up to you to deserve it? It's just a barbarian, I don't know whether I live or die! Looking at the cavalry of the Hetu tribe, which was less than 1,500 intact, a faint mockery appeared on Nangong Hao's face.

"Kill me, don't leave a single one! Since they are not willing to surrender, let them perish! "Say, with a wave of his spear, he rushed forward. As for the more than 1,000 cavalry coming from the opposite side, he was completely out of sight.

On top of Nangong Hao's central army, the cavalry on both sides had already inserted from both sides of the Hetu cavalry. The Eight Banners of the Zhao Army had already lowered their longbows, wielding their cold-light horizontal knives, and their blood-colored cloaks fluttered from behind their shoulders, crackling. These soldiers roared loudly, and cold murderous intent poured out of his eyes, as if the more than 1,000 cavalry on the opposite side were a flock of lambs to the slaughter......

Yes, now the more than 1,000 Hetu cavalry on the opposite side are lambs to be slaughtered, and they are frightened by the sharp arrow rain of the Zhao army, and before they can meet, they have already broken seventy or eighty percent of their brothers. Now, the Zhao army on the opposite side is almost ten times as large as theirs, and they are still well-armoured.

However, this is what Zhao Jun wants! Zhao Xun demanded that his soldiers not only physically destroy these unsubmissive Qianghu tribes, but also spiritually destroy the will of all Qianghu tribes to resist, so that they could become the most honest people under his rule.

"Die ......"

"Kill ......"

Gao Lin, the first banner master on the left, shouted loudly, rode his horse hard, and the horizontal knife in his hand slid through a cold light, and slashed down with strong inertia.

"Poof......

Blood splattered, and before a knight of the Hetu tribe could scream, the whole thing had been split into two sections. Then he rolled off the horse and became a part of the earth, and then he was trampled by the horse.

Behind Gao Lin, three thousand cavalry came like a tide, and each cavalryman straightened his body, raised his horizontal knife in his hand, and made a chopping motion.

"Boom ......"

On both sides of the Hetu Division, the cavalry formation composed of two 3,000 cavalry carried a strong inertia, like a monstrous wave, covering the sky overwhelmingly, and in an instant, the pitiful more than 1,000 Hetu cavalry were drowned, and tens of thousands of sharp waist knives were ruthlessly cut down, drawing thousands of strange arcs in the air.

The commander of this cavalry, Qianhu Tuge of the Hetu Division, was only cut into three Zhao cavalry after he was dismembered. It can be said that this border guard, which was arranged by the Hetu Department more than 50 miles north of the tribe, disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, just like a whirlpool in the middle of the big river.

Half an hour later, looking at the messy battlefield, Nangong Hao sneered and ordered: "Gather up the spoils, take away all the war horses and the livestock in the camp behind them, and return to the camp immediately." ”

Moments later, the 10,000 cavalry vanished into the gloomy wilderness. By the time the Hetu Department received the news and the reinforcements arrived, the Zhao army had already left for an hour.

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Canglin City, Zhao Jun's North Road Station. Canglin City was the station of the Canglin tribe earlier, and now after submitting to the Zhao army, plus a large grassland around it, when it was divided into local areas by civil and political officials, it was positioned as a county seat. In the future, a city will be built here. As for now, this is the base camp of the Zhao army, and a total of 780,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners and the First Town are stationed here.

"Are your troops going to build a city here?" It was the tribal envoy who was questioned.

Li Chenfeng smiled lightly: "That's right, my lord is going to build a government and a county, build a city, gallop roads, open commerce and trade, and of course, crusade against the ministers." ”

Since several tribes of different sizes, such as the Hetu Department and the Yeshu tribe, were continuously harassed by the Zhao army, the Qianghu tribe in the central region of Beisai suddenly became frightened.

Winter has arrived, and occasionally there are fluttering snowflakes falling, and the earth is yellow. Therefore, the grazing of the Qianghu tribes has been greatly affected. This, combined with their inability or lack of skill in farming, makes the food and grass they need to live extremely scarce. And Zhao Jun came and went without a trace like this, fighting more and less, and plundering people and livestock, which made these tribes worried. The former powerful Hetu Department is now decaying, and most of the rest of the tribes are not as good as this Hetu Department, how can they fight against the Zhao army?

The Zhao army has an incomparably large and powerful group behind it, and the grain and grass materials they need are basically not scarce, and they have already been transported to the camp half a month ago to hoard. Besides, wherever the Zhao army went, they built cities and fortified villages, even these Qianghu tribes also wanted to learn from the Zhao army to counterattack the rear of the Zhao army, but they could not get effective results. Even, nine times out of ten, it will never return, and it will be swallowed by Zhao Jun.

The Zhao army pursued and attacked the tribes that were extremely hostile to the Zhao army, making them miserable. On the other hand, they talk to various tribes and win them over. It's best to get the other person to surrender. Even if you can't let the other party surrender, you must not let them come together and go against Zhao Jun.

It is said that Zhao Jun's method of division and disintegration is not clever, and many people can see that if Zhao Jun is allowed to annex some tribes, then some of the tribes under him will definitely not be able to escape. However, it is clear that not every tribe has the courage to oppose Zhao Jun.

Therefore, after Li Chenfeng and Xue Qinglan, Qin Daolin and others in the south successively exterminated five small tribes and suppressed more than 20 tribes, large and small, all the tribes in the central part began to secretly connect with Zhao Jun. Among them, another key reason is that the Liangzhou reinforcements that the Yishan Alliance said when they were in the league have not arrived for a long time.

Ma Feng, the envoy of the Lili tribe, asked in surprise: "So, is your army preparing to implement the state capital system here to rule?" But most of them are nomadic tribes here, and in your Dayan country, there have always been tribes that manage it. ”

Li Chenfeng smiled indifferently and said in a deep voice: "We, Da Zhao, are preparing to implement the state capital and county system here to rule, no, it should be said that we have already begun to implement it." The northern part of the country is thousands of miles away, and one-third of the northern and southern regions have already begun to implement the prefectural and county system. Here, after all, it will be the same. ”

"As for the problem you are talking about, it is not a problem for us. The lord of my house has benevolence and righteousness in his heart, and blesses all souls. Under the rule of my Da Zhao, nomadism or farming. As long as you obey the laws of my Great Zhao and obey the jurisdiction of my Great Zhao, you will be my Great Zhao people. As for those who have other intentions, the Yi people will be exterminated! We are Da Zhao, not Da Yan. Ma Feng, right, I see that you also have Han Chinese blood, and you should persuade your tribal leader to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be too late to regret it. ”

Although Li Chenfeng's words were plain, they buzzed in the ears of Ma Feng and the envoys of the other two tribes. They felt that a fierce murderous intent went straight into their bodies, making them chill all over.

"General, I heard that the Hele tribe has submitted to you, I wonder if this is true?" Ma Feng, the envoy of the tribe, suddenly asked.

"Yes, three days ago, they had already surrendered to General Ben and surrendered to my Zhao army. In other words, since three days ago, the Hele tribe has become history, and only the people of my Dazhao have survived. Li Chenfeng said lightly. He knew that when the other party asked like this, he said that these Qianghu tribes had begun to surrender. These three tribes only came to tempt. In other words, their strength is too small, and they are the primary target of the Zhao army's future attacks. The other tribes could stalemate with the Zhao army, but they couldn't.

"I wonder what happened to the leader and his people of the Hele tribe?" Ma Feng asked, not only was he waiting for Li Chenfeng's answer. Even the other two tribal envoys who came to contact Zhao Jun together also stared at Li Chenfeng tightly, waiting for Li Chenfeng's answer.

"The leaders of the Hele tribe and the five nobles all went to Youzhou with their own wealth, and they were all given the title of viscount of my Great Zhao, maybe to enjoy happiness, or maybe to do business. Anyway, they are also the leaders of a tribe, and they have a lot of wealth. And I, Dazhao, are prosperous in business and prosperous in things. They are free to move around under my Great Zhao, but it is much better than staying in this small land of Saibei to graze. ”

"As for those herdsmen, those who are willing to serve in the army, they are selected as cavalry of our army. For the people, whether farming or nomadism, all have the consent of the government to arrange, these ordinary herdsmen will become independent people, no longer the personal slaves of tribal leaders and nobles. ”

"Hiss......" Ma Feng's faces changed greatly. You know, in these nomadic tribes, the tribal people are basically the slaves of the tribal leaders and nobles. It is no wonder that these places conquered by the Zhao army, whether they were forced to surrender or defeated, did not resist too much. It turned out that they had already received the support of the majority of herders. As for the few nobles and the guards under their command, there is nothing to fear.

"Three, do you know what will happen to the tribes that refuse to submit? The tribal leaders and nobles were all exterminated, and all the nobles' personal guards and armies were all sent to build Chi Road in the state and even in Zhao. Even in this north, there were captives in the north and south of the country, and there were captives of various tribes who were building cities. This is the fate of those who resist to the end. Li Chenfeng said calmly, and the fierce killing intent in his eyes swept over the three of them, making the three of them chill.

Ma Feng and the other three all understood that when Li Chenfeng said this, he was putting pressure on them to make a choice. They also knew that since they had come to the headquarters of the Zhao army, they had already represented the submission of the tribal leader behind them. But giving up the power in their hands is not something that everyone can do easily.

The three of them naturally couldn't make any decisions now, Ma Feng said with a stiff face: "Ma is naturally unwilling to fight with your army, as for how to decide, free for our leader to make it himself." We are here today to buy some grain and grass from your army......"

Li Chenfeng interrupted Ma Feng's words and sneered: "Buy grain and grass from us? Ha ha...... General Ben heard me right. I have heard that these three tribes are also part of the Anti-Zhao Alliance, and together with the Yishan Tribe, the largest tribe in the central region, they have joined forces to fight against our army, do you think that General Ben will sell us grain to you, and then let you fight our army in turn? Ladies and gentlemen, there are hundreds of thousands of people behind us who need to be fed, in addition to hundreds of thousands of people from the Qianghu tribe who have surrendered to provide for their daily necessities. Neither are you our people, nor the people of my lord: why does this general sell us our grain to you? ”

Ma Feng hurriedly said: "The general clearly sees that we join the Anti-Zhao Alliance, and we will not be forced by the Yishan Department. Actually, our three tribes didn't fight your army, did we. If it weren't for the proximity to the Hutu tribe, how could we join the alliance? This Hutu Department is the iron core of the Yishan Department, and its strength is very strong, we dare not refuse. Now that the cold winter has arrived, and the tribe's grain and livestock have been harassed by your army, the Hutu tribe has come to our tribe many times to plunder. As a result, our mouth is now inadequate. Coupled with the blockade of your army, our department is now unable to obtain even table salt. ”

"Rejecting the mercy of adults, we are willing to exchange livestock and war horses for the necessities of life. If the adults are willing to trade, they can also get the approval of our herdsmen, and even if your army accepts our department in the future, they can also ......"

"Haha...... Joke! Since you have no intention of being an enemy of us, you should not join the Anti-Zhao Alliance. What persecuted, do you think General Ben believes? Did you originally expect the Liangzhou Army to participate in the war? Don't say that the Liangzhou army doesn't dare to come, even if it comes, my Zhao million army will come at any time. In addition, General Ben also emphasized again. This land of Beisai, my Da Zhao is going to decide. In a word, surrender or die. My lord has said, "Those who obey prosper and those who rebel perish, and those who do not submit will be destroyed." This is the result, no matter who you are trying to represent, this is the result. As for the people's hearts, General Ben believes that when they are attached to our Great Zhao, they will abandon their resistance mentality and will sincerely become a member of our Great Zhao. ”

Selling grain, how could Li Chenfeng agree. Even if it is a high benefit, he will not agree. If it is said that the two armies live in peace, it is still possible to accept it. But on both sides of the war, he could never agree. If it continues like this, sooner or later these tribes will collapse. Grazing is plundered, and livestock starve to death if they don't. When the time comes, it will be completely possible to win without a fight.

Ma Feng and others tried to find out many times to no avail, and when they saw Li Chenfeng being so tough, they could only secretly sigh for the fate of their tribe. They are right, joining the anti-Zhao alliance is indeed forced. But he was not forced by the Yishan Department, but by the Zhao army, who was mighty and powerful. But so what?

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"Damn, Zhao Jun deserves to die, Liangzhou Jun deserves to die! What does this Situ Fei mean? Let's move to Liangzhou? If so, why should this leader ask him for help? Hu Cong shouted angrily in the tent.

"This Situ Fei was afraid of the Zhao army, and he didn't dare to send troops into the land of Beisai to confront the Zhao army. After all, the Zhao army was so powerful that even the Turks were defeated by it. Besides, his father, King Yong, Situ Lei, didn't dare to fight with Zhao Jun, so how could he? It seems that this plan to lure the Liangzhou army cannot be implemented. ”

"Situ Fei didn't want us to fight with Zhao Jun, and finally was forced to move to Liangzhou. In addition, chief, this Situ Fei also wants to be the same as Zhao Jun, let us be completely used by his subordinates and for him. However, we are better under Situ Fei than under Zhao Xun. Qianhu Louyu said slowly.

Qianhu Bahachi said a little anxiously: "But what now? The Hetu Department was suppressed by the Zhao army and was about to perish. More than 30,000 tribal warriors and more than 50,000 livestock were lost. The Hetu Department has directly driven away the people we sent to contact, and the rest of the major tribes have also been harassed by the Zhao army. Not only that, but some small tribes have already begun to contact Zhao Jun. If this continues, this anti-Zhao alliance is only afraid that it will collapse. ”

"What's the panic? What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that Zhao Jun will not let us go if we fail? Do you think that if we surrender now, the Zhao army will let us go? Just because we are the initiators of the Anti-Zhao Alliance, our tribe, and everyone we have here are all people who are executed by Zhao Jun's order. If you want to survive, you must fight with Zhao Jun. Hu Cong shouted.

"Huyan, how did you get in touch with the Turks? How did they reply? ”

Qianhu Huyan, who is also Hu Cong's clan brother, said in a muffled voice: "I have contacted Xue Jian Khan, but they can't go out now." Even if you go out of the army, you will have to wait until after April or May of the next year. Also, he doesn't like us. ”

"!" Hu Cong couldn't help but scolded angrily again.

Qianhu Batu said abruptly: "Chief, the several tribes I contacted are all asking about the Liangzhou army's dispatch of troops. What's more, most of their tribe was constantly harassed by the Zhao army, and the livestock were constantly slaughtered and plundered by the Zhao army, and now, their tribe is short of food. In addition, because of the blockade of Zhao Jun, the salt tea we need cannot be supplied. All the ministries secretly expressed their dissatisfaction, and vaguely said that if the Liangzhou army did not appear or could not solve the food problem, they would not be able to continue to join the anti-Zhao alliance. ”

"A group of fools, if they don't join the Anti-Zhao Alliance, will the Zhao Army let them go? Are they willing to surrender outright? Huhu, Hutu, the two of you are ready to annex those tribes that are secretly in contact with the Zhao army. ”

"Bayan, Heru, the two of you also send troops to unite those tribal warriors who have been harassed by the Zhao army, and we will fight back. The warriors of my northern divisions are definitely not afraid to fight with the Zhao army. ”

"Huyan, send someone to contact the Metropolitan Governor of Liangzhou again. Sue him, we are willing to move to Liangzhou. However, the weather is now cold, and it is impossible to let the people move far. In addition, Zhao Jun pressed forward step by step, so that we did not dare to move lightly. If he still wants our more than 100,000 tribal warriors, he will send men and horses to help. At worst, they also have to support armor and equipment, as well as food and grass supplies. Hu Cong said coldly, "If you want to use us, we will use him to get what we need." When I saw it, after the Zhao army learned that Situ Fei supported us, would there be problems with the Liangzhou army. ”