When the soldiers of the first Lingqiang people heard Ma Chao's words, they immediately felt excited in their hearts, and said secretly: "If there are really such favorable conditions, why should we rebel? Are you willing to live this kind of life in the past? Spring and summer are better to say, every year to winter, it is a life and death for us, how can you live a stable and leisurely life in winter, live in a comfortable big house, roast the stove, wife and children hot kang head, the family has endless fun? ”

However, due to the capriciousness, cunning and cruelty of the Han people in the past few hundred years, they have to wonder, how credible is the Han people doing this? What kind of conspiracy is behind this?

The first Lingqiang people naturally didn't know that Liu Qi would naturally have a conspiracy in doing this, but his conspiracy was not to kill all the Qianghu, but to assimilate them, and use advanced farming civilization to conquer these barbarian peoples, so that after they tasted the benefits of farming civilization, they gradually diluted their national spirit, and even forgot their identity, and were proud of being Han, and tried their best to integrate and join the camp of the Han people. @頂@点@小@说,

On the one hand, this was because Liu Qi summed up his experience in a series of sinicization policies implemented in Shanyue, Wuxi Barbarian, Pangu and other places, and on the other hand, in view of the needs of the Han Dynasty after years of war and sparse population, he urgently needed more people to participate in agricultural production, relying on their strength to restore and develop the economy of the Han Dynasty.

Ma Chao saw that although the first Lingqiang people were in high spirits, they still looked incredulous, so he said loudly: "Wait for Hugh to be suspicious, do you know that there is also the blood of the Qiang people in the general's body?" Ben Jiang's grandmother and biological mother are both Qiang, but even so, the Duke of Chu still appointed Ben Wei as the assassin of Liangzhou, so that Ben Jiang can rule over the land of Liangzhou for thousands of miles. With tens of thousands of troops and horses, and a population of more than 100,000, Duke Chu can trust this general so much, but how can he trust you? ”

"What? It turns out that this general also has the blood of our Qiang people, no wonder he is so brave and difficult to fight. ”

"Hehe, no wonder this general looks so much about us Qiang. It turns out that we are also a family. ”

"Yes, this general has such a big power, Duke Chu is not afraid, is he still afraid of us ordinary subordinates?"

"If we can really do what this general said, the Duke of Chu has given us so many benefits, why are we not willing? This Duke of Chu looks up to us so much, we should serve him to the death. ”

"This Duke of Chu is so bold, he is really a god."

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The subordinates of Xian Lingqiang had long believed in Ma Chao's words, and even though many of them expressed their willingness to join the command of Duke Chu. Swear allegiance to the Duke of Chu, and never dare to betray it for the rest of his life, even if it is his children and grandchildren, he will teach them to finally Duke Chu.

The night was getting darker, but these soldiers who had surrendered to Lingqiang felt infinite light and hope in their hearts, and they lined up in a long line to sign up to join Ma Chao's cavalry.

Ma Chao ordered people to register one by one, so as to be used in the future to reward land and cash in various preferential treatments. He also appointed a lot of middle and low-level generals, and ordered someone to write a letter to report the detailed situation to the Duke of Chu.

The bustling crowd did not disperse until the third watch. This time, Ma Chao actually recruited another 20,000 well-trained cavalry, which was really unexpected, and even he didn't expect that Duke Chu's policy would be so attractive.

Looking at Yao Naxuan, who was stunned on the side, Ma Chao said with some embarrassment: "Let Chief Yao wait for a long time, please rest assured Chief Yao." Duke Chu will definitely keep his promise to you. You are still the ruler of all the Qiang people, and as for the distribution of materials, the Duke of Chu will take them out of our treasury as compensation, and you must not let your troops suffer. ”

Yao Naxuan hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Spurs history is really polite, and we have nothing to lose." It's just a trip, how can I ask for Chu Gong's supplies again? I can't take this anymore. ”

In fact, after this battle, Yao Naxuan not only admired the Han people's combat methods, but also envied the preferential treatment that Ma Chao said, and wished that their tribes were all attached to the Duke of Chu and became his soldiers, so that although he lost his direct rule over the tribes, he let the tribes live a good life from then on.

And such a good life, he estimates that if it were on their own, it would be difficult to achieve it even if it was a hundred years later.

Of course, Yao Naxuan didn't know if what Ma Chao said to Xian Lingqiang was true, if that was the case, he would definitely lead his troops to surrender without hesitation.

In spite of this, Yao Naxuan no longer dared to ask Ma Chao for the previously agreed materials, he only thought about using these materials in exchange for more security and greater benefits for the clan.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao said with a straight face: "This is not good, Duke Chu has already ordered it, and the general will not dare to disobey." In this way, this general will write a letter to the Duke of Chu, report the number, and the Duke of Qin will send someone to escort it to your department, and now due to the busy war, it is estimated that when it is sent to your department, it should be about a month, and then I will ask Chief Yao to order someone to accept it. ”

Yao Naxuan saw that Ma Chao was so insistent, and it was not easy to push it back, but he felt very uneasy in his heart, and after thinking about it, he asked: "I don't know what else needs our service in the history of Spurs?" We will definitely go all out to play for Chu Gong and Spurs. ”

Ma Chao thought for a while, and then said: "Chief Yao is the general of the Qiang Zhonglang, naturally responsible for protecting the territory of the Qiang people from foreign invasion, and now the general needs to lead the army to take Xinping, and the security of the northern land will be handed over to Chief Yao, in fact, this is not an easy task, after all, the northern land is facing the threat of Xianbei and the Southern Xiongnu, and I will send Bodao to be the military advisor of Chief Yao, I believe that although the enemy army is strong, with the sincere cooperation of the two of you, you will be able to protect the safety of my northern county." ”

Yao Naxuan was relieved to see that Ma Chao trusted him so much, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Please rest assured, the last general will definitely do his best to protect the safety of Northland County." ”

"Hehe, with Chief Yao's words, I would have been relieved." After Ma Chao finished speaking, he began to arrange the next battle plan.

According to the assumption of Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu, after capturing Beidi County, the next Li will attack Xinping County, Xinping is in the first year of Xingping, that is, in 194 years, the county is governed in Qi County, mainly including quail and Qi County two counties, of which quail is the only way to enter Guanzhong from stability, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhang Bao led 10,000 troops to garrison here, even with Huang Zhong's ability, tens of thousands of troops have not been able to conquer so far, now Ma Chao occupies the entire Beidi County, as long as Guò Niyang enters Qi County, Zhang Bao's return road will be cut off, Let Zhang Bao suffer from the enemy on his belly and back, and in desperation, he had to lead his troops to retreat.

As long as Quail Yao and Qi County are captured, Zuo Fengyi will be a vast Guanzhong Plain, and Huang Zhong's crossbowmen will cooperate with Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which will definitely cause a shock in Guanzhong.

Even these two armies could directly descend from Qixian along the Jingshui River and directly attack Chiyang and attack Wannian from Niyang, posing a threat to Chang'an.

After some discussion, Ma Chao decided to lead 40,000 cavalry to attack Qi County, and then smashed directly behind the quail Zhang Bao's army, cooperated with Huang Zhong to capture the quail, and set up an ambush to prevent Zhang Bao from escaping.

Because the main forces of Xinping County are gathered in Quail, there are only hundreds of defenders in Qi County, plus the Qin army has always believed that the north is in the hands of its own people, and there are still the cooperation of Xian Lingqiang, Southern Xiongnu and other departments, Ma Chao is absolutely difficult to conquer in a short time, and Niyang is still 300 miles away from Qi County, and the defenders of Qi County did not make the slightest defense against Ma Chao's attack on them from Niyang, so when Ma Chao's 40,000 iron cavalry came to the city of Qi County, The defenders there thought that they were helping them guard the Southern Xiongnu or the Xianlingqiang army in Guanzhong.

But they didn't expect that this fierce army immediately ordered the siege of the city.

Although this team is all cavalry, it is generally difficult to break through the city wall, but because the four gates of Qi County were opened, the Ma Chao army had already taken the opportunity to seize the city gate, and the result was just a cup of tea, and it was captured Qi County.

Qi County is the rear of the quail, hoarding countless grain and grass materials, and now it has changed hands, not only cutting off Zhang Bao's way back, but also making the quail cut off from this aid, completely becoming a lonely city.

According to Cheng Gongying's Jianyi, Ma Chao deliberately let go of the enemy soldiers who had fled from the city, and when he saw these soldiers fleeing to the quail hundreds of miles away, he reported the news of the loss of Qi County to Zhang Bao.

It is conceivable how panicked the Qin army after hearing the news suddenly?

Zhang Bao said in disbelief: "How is this possible? Although the Northland is small, it is with the Qiang people, the camp of the Qiang people is only a hundred miles away from Niyang, and the Qiang people are all cavalry, if it is a rapid march, it can be arrived in an hour, even if Ma Chao is powerful, he can't occupy the Northland County so quickly, right? Even if Ma Chao occupied the Northland, would the Xianlingqiang people be willing to give it up and not take it back? Even if they can't get it back, how long will the war between them last? What kind of losses will Ma Chao's army suffer? Why did Ma Chao defeat the Qiang people so quickly, and the cavalry under his command seemed to not only not decrease, but increased? ”

After Zhang Bao learned the details, he couldn't help but smile wryly, sighed and said: "I really didn't expect that the truth would be like this, our repeated weakness has caused the Qiang people to become more and more arrogant, and honest people like Xue Feng, the guide to the north, will also rise up to resist, and surrender Ma Chao, and Ma Chao actually used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain to drag the main force of Xian Lingqiang, and then led the army to attack the camp of Xian Lingqiang, and finally caused the chaos of Xian Lingqiang, and because of this, even Ma Chao knows how to use tactics, And it's so cleverly used, it looks like it's really a Daqin. ”

"So, what are we going to do? Checkmate. Sima Zhang Hui, the left army under Zhang Bao, hurriedly asked.

"What else can I do? First, we evacuated this place as much as possible, bypassed Qi County, and went to the town to guard Chiyang, and on the other hand, we quickly reported to the Duke of Qin, asking him to immediately return to the army to guard Chang'an in case of mutations. Zhang Bao looked helpless and said with a sigh. (To be continued......)