"This is just a trick of carving insects, what kind of spell is it." Liu Xiu shook his head again and again with disdain, making the wolf confused, and even forgetting that Liu Xiu was a messenger of the Han people, and asked about Taiping Dao one by one. Liu Xiu is wantonly slandering Taiping Dao at the moment, and Zhang Jiao is extremely unbearable, what kind of deception of wives and daughters, defrauding people of money, abducting and selling children, promiscuous sex between men and women, and piling up all the crimes he wants to get on Zhang Jiao's body. The wolf raised his eyebrows at the hearing, and he was skeptical.

"If you don't believe it, I will also have some so-called spells, so I might as well ask Dashuai to compare." Liu Xiu said smoothly.

"You can spell too?" Heavenly Wolf looked at Liu Xiu suspiciously.

"Will it be, Dashuai will know if he sees it." Liu Xiu sat up straight and put on a sanctimonious posture. Although he is not a member of the Daomen, he has a close relationship with the people in the Daomen, and he has not seen the scene of Mrs. Lu's preaching once or twice, and he is no stranger to pretending to be a magic stick.

Seeing his posture, the wolf didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly sat upright, closed his lips hard, held his breath, and his face was a little pale, as if he was on the execution ground. Liu Xiu looked around, stretched out his hand to take the wine bowl in front of the heavenly wolf, and said to the warrior next to him, "Borrow a feather arrow and use it." ”

The warrior hesitated, and set his gaze on the wolf. The heavenly wolf also frowned, for fear that Liu Xiu would use this arrow as a weapon, but when he touched the heavy armor on his body, he calmed down again. "Give it to him."

The warrior took out a feather arrow and handed it to Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu took it in his hand, pulled out the arrow, slapped the shaft of the arrow into the length of chopsticks, knocked it twice on the wine bowl, and tried the sound. When the wolf saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief. Pound saw it in his eyes, but he was a little puzzled. None of them had any weapons with them, and now it was easy to get an arrow, so why did they still use the arrow, could they use this foot-long arrow shaft to kill people?

Liu Xiu didn't look at them either, closed his eyes and listened carefully to the heartbeat of the heavenly wolf, gradually grasped his rhythm, and tapped lightly according to the techniques studied by Mrs. Lu and Wang Zhi.

"Du", the wolf only felt that his heart jumped violently, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily, he was taken aback, and before he could react, Liu Xiu knocked lightly again, and now his heart was like being punched by someone, and he screamed in pain. The warrior next to him was startled and hurriedly came over to help him, Liu Xiu also stopped and looked at him with concern: "Dashuai, are you okay?" ”

The wolf waved his hand painfully: "Don't knock, don't knock, Lao Tzu is uncomfortable." ”

Liu Xiu secretly shouted hello, he could hear from the sound of the wolf's heartbeat just now that the wolf was very nervous now, his heartbeat was too fast, presumably he was tortured by Zhang Jiao's disciple at that time, and he had sequelae. Just like a string that is too tight, just a little pluck is enough to make him react strongly. He struck that spot twice, and although the sound was not very loud, the sound of the wooden bowl was muffled, and if the technique was used well, it hurt more than the scream.

"The person who opened the horn, this is the spell, right?" Liu Xiu deliberately made a disdainful look and said to the Heavenly Wolf.

"Yes, yes, but he's chanting a mantra, not like you." It took a while for the wolf to regain his strength, let out a long breath, and said with palpitations.

"I said, it's just a trick, not a spell." Liu Xiu threw the wooden bowl and arrow shaft, and tidied up the hem of his clothes, "If you want to see the real spell, I can meet your requirements." However, spells can't be shown lightly, please rebuke the handsome. ”

The wolf looked at him suspiciously for a moment, for fear that he would not be good for him, so he hesitated and did not dare to agree.

"You don't have to go too far, just let them out of the big tent." Liu Xiu spread out his hands and looked at the wolf with a smile: "Could it be that the handsome man is fully armed, and he is still afraid that I will not be able to become a bare-handed person?" ”

The wolf smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to stand down. Pang De was very confident in Liu Xiu's martial arts, so he had nothing to worry about, just glanced at Liu Xiu and retreated together.

"Boss, please pay attention." Although Liu Xiu couldn't speak Qiang, his gesture reminded the wolf to pay attention, and when the wolf had concentrated all his attention, he gently touched his thumb to the ring.

The tent suddenly shone brightly, and a vast grassland appeared out of thin air in front of the wolf's eyes, the grassland floated in the air, getting closer and closer, and slowly, a man in a short coat appeared in front of the wolf, he turned his head, looked at the wolf calmly, and smiled slightly. The prairie suddenly turned, just as a wolf turned its head to look, and a woman with draped hair appeared in front of her, and she slowly brushed the hair off her face, revealing a face with a severed nose.

She smiled gently, but the face was very hideous, and love and fear were mixed in it.

The wolf suddenly screamed, fell to the ground, and kowtowed. The warriors outside rushed in, and they all drew their weapons and aimed at Liu Xiu, Pang De was shocked, rushed to Liu Xiu, opened his arms to protect him, and shouted: "General, go quickly!" ”

Liu Xiu's head was suddenly full of black lines, this baby is brave, but he is too inexperienced, and he doesn't have the quality of working behind enemy lines.

"General?" The wolf lying on the ground was taken aback, slowly raised his head, and stared at Liu Xiu deadly: "Are you ...... Liu Xiu? ”

Pound realized that he was in trouble, his face suddenly turned pale, and beads of sweat dripped from his head.

The matter has come to this, and chaos is useless. Liu Xiu calmed down instead, and he smiled slightly: "Yes, I am Liu Xiu, the general of the Great Han Guard." ”

The wolf was startled, quickly turned over and jumped up, took a step back, and touched the war knife at his waist. Those warriors were even more frightened and inexplicable, and they surrounded Liu Xiu in an instant, and the knife was almost pointed at the tip of Pang De's nose. Pang De Khan was like rain, his face was colorless, but he was dead in front of Liu Xiu, refusing to back down half a step.

Liu Xiu frowned, calmly and calmly glanced at everyone who was facing the enemy, and finally his eyes fell on the face of the wolf, who held the knife in both hands, but the surprise in his eyes was very obvious, as soon as he saw Liu Xiu looking at him, he subconsciously took a step back and hid behind the two guards.

"The wolf, known as the warrior of the Qiang people, was still afraid of me as an unarmed person?" Liu Xiu chuckled, slowly picked up the wooden bowl that the wolf had dropped on the ground, and stretched out to the soft Qiang girl: "Annoying, can you help me pour a bowl of wine?" ”

The Qiang girl looked at him, her hands and feet trembled, where could she still move.

Pound was the first to calm down, he stepped forward, lifted the wine jug on the ground, and poured Liu Xiu a bowl of wine. Liu Xiu took a shallow sip and nodded in praise: "I didn't expect you Qiang people to be able to make such a fine wine, it's not bad." ”

The Sky Wolf, who had been staring at him, also slowly calmed down, waved his hand, and motioned for the guards to take two steps back. He walked up to Liu Xiu and looked at him vigilantly: "You go to Lao Tzu...... What are I doing in my camp? ”

Liu Xiu put down the wine bowl, paused for a moment, and then said word by word: "Come and save you!" ”

Pound immediately translated.

"Help me?" Sky Wolf sneered, a look of suspicion.

"Yes, if it wasn't for saving you, why would I have come here to see you." Liu Xiu slowly stood up, put his hands behind his back, looked at the Qiang people with frightened faces for a long time, and slowly turned around, then walked back to the sky wolf, and frowned slightly: "Do you know what you saw just now?" ”

The wolf's eyes flashed with doubt, and he muttered a few words, and when those Qiang people heard it, they all turned their heads around, and their eyes were full of ecstasy and disbelief as if they had seen a beautiful woman without clothes.

The heavenly wolf was startled, and muttered a few more words, and those Qiang people cheered again, turning their heads to look at Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu was puzzled, and Pang De leaned into his ear and said, "The Heavenly Wolf said that your spell just now made him see the Qiang people's ancestor sword and the noseless woman. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, showing a smile that the old god was there, and involuntarily clenched his fists to cheer himself on. He didn't have any preparations before this, although it was better to write "Donghu Zhi" like he did with the Xianbei people, but when chatting with Fu Xie, he also asked about the origin of the Qiang people. The woman in the ancestor of the Qiang people was a slave who had been tortured, as Fu Xie told him. It's a pity that Fu Xie doesn't understand Qiang, otherwise he would have let the two "ancestors" yell at the wolf and promise that he would lie on the ground and beg for adoption now.

Pang De looked at Liu Xiu puzzled, he felt that Liu Xiu could still laugh in this situation, it was really amazing. No wonder he became General Wei at a young age, you look at the momentum of others, he is worthy of being an immortal general who killed Tanshi Huai.

Liu Xiu was in no mood to pay attention to Pang De's surging admiration like the Yellow River at the moment, he seemed to be calm, but in fact, his underwear was soaked with sweat. He is also a human being, in the face of so many knives, he is not afraid of it, no matter how high his martial arts are, he is also afraid of kitchen knives, not to mention that this is not a kitchen knife, and there is more than one, it is more than a dozen.

He just knew that it was useless to be afraid, so he just let it out.

"Do you believe me now?" Liu Xiu didn't give the wolf time to think about it, he went straight into the knife alone, his eyes gradually became cold, and he suddenly shouted: "Don't put the knife away yet, when Lao Tzu has no temper, he won't kill?" ”

Pound understood and translated the past with the same vigour. When the wolf and the Qiang people heard this, they looked at each other in a daze, and they all put away their knives in unison. Liu Xiu won't kill? Who believes. This young Han general is a killing god, even a legendary figure like Tan Shihuai was hacked to death by him, a mere wolf is a fart, they have no doubt that as long as Liu Xiu is angry, even if he doesn't have a knife in his hand, he can kill them cleanly.

The name of the person and the shadow of the tree are vividly expressed at this time.

The Heavenly Wolf retreated from his guards, threw away his weapon, knelt down in front of Liu Xiu, and honestly asked to cast another spell so that he could have a good look at the ancestor's dignity. He also asked Liu Xiu for instructions if he could let a few cronies come and worship together.

Liu Xiu agreed, the wolf was overjoyed, and soon called a few people who knew at a glance that they were important figures in the tribe, they worshiped in front of Liu Xiu in fear, and watched the appearance of the sword couple again, when the two people appeared in the big tent out of thin air and looked at them lovingly, these Qiang people all opened their eyes wide, making Liu Xiu very worried that there would be a certain eyeball rolling down.

When the light dissipated and calm was restored in the big tent, the Qiang people looked at each other, muttered a few words, and then took the heavenly wolf as the leader, and at the same time bowed in front of Liu Xiu, shouting loudly. Liu Xiu didn't understand, so he called Pang De in, Pang De had already heard it outside, and he couldn't suppress his excitement without Liu Xiu's instructions: "General, they want to surrender." ”

Although Liu Xiu had already expected this result, he almost collapsed on the ground when he heard this. He took two deep breaths to calm himself from his ecstasy, stepped forward to help the wolf and them one by one, and whispered a few words of comfort. He said to the wolf, you are Sirius, in the hearts of our Han people, you are Jing Mu Qian, the first of the seven houses of the southern Vermilion Bird. My battle banner is Suzaku, and you were born to be my subordinate, my first general.

Only then did Sirius remember about Sirius, and said in fear, "General, Sirius is gone. ”

"It's not that it's gone." Liu Xiu smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "The heavenly wolf met the Suzaku bird, of course he has to return to his position." If it is returned, it will not appear again. ”

The wolf woke up like a dream, proclaimed his master, and kowtowed again and again, so excited that he was like an underground worker who had been fighting alone for many years and finally found the organization again, and he couldn't wait to kiss Liu Xiu's feet.

Liu Xiu immediately promised them that after pacifying Liangzhou, I will definitely arrange a good place for you, arrange good officials, and ensure that you will never be oppressed again, and you can live happily and peacefully.

Tian Wolf and the others were all overjoyed, thanked them again, patted their chests and promised to obey General Wei's dispatch, and never listen to Zhang Jiao's deception again. In order to show his sincerity, the heavenly wolf personally sent Liu Xiu out of the camp, and asked people to send dozens of cattle and sheep to Liu Xiu's camp, and swore in front of everyone that he would gather all his subordinates to surrender to Liu Xiu early tomorrow morning.

Out of the cliff gate, Liu Xiu sat on horseback, and then he took a long breath, and the night wind blew, and his whole body was cold. He knew that the Heavenly Wolf and the others were still looking at him behind him, and he didn't dare to show anything unusual, so he turned around and waved his hand to the Heavenly Wolf calmly, and then said to Pang De: "Ling Ming, let's go back!" ”

"Whoa." Pound responded excitedly, and consciously held the torch to open the way in front. Walking about a few hundred paces away, Wang Zhi leaped out of the darkness, landed lightly on Pound's horse, and the three of them walked towards the camp together.

When the wolf saw Wang Zhi's figure, he suddenly remembered the scout's words and exclaimed, "Look, the one who can fly." Then he smiled happily: "It turns out that he is the master's attendant, the master is really a god, even the attendant is so powerful, Nie Xiao wants to fight against him, how can he not die." ”

Xun You and the others were anxiously waiting for Liu Xiu to return, they had noticed the strangeness of the Qiang camp, but they couldn't think of what happened because they wanted to break their heads, they just thought that Liu Xiu and the others were discovered by the Qiang people. When Liu Xiu and the others returned to the camp and told them about the situation, everyone was surprised and delighted, and they all fell to the ground and shouted "The general is mighty".

Liu Xiu was in a good mood, and he was in a hurry, and he actually got a better result than assassinating the Heavenly Wolf, which made him very satisfied. The wolf surrendered, he could get 20,000 Qiang soldiers out of thin air, even if those old and weak were removed, there should always be 5,000 elites. Moreover, the Qiang people believe in ghosts and gods, and after the wolf has seen his "spell", he is far more loyal than those who are attached to him because of interests, and he can play a very important role in Liangzhou in the future. The biggest problem in pacifying the Qiang rebellion has always been not defeat, but the inability to maintain the victory, once the Qiang people were defeated, they scattered into the valleys, the Han army could not stay for a long time, as soon as they withdrew, the Qiang people returned. The Han army tossed back and forth, and was dragged to death.

Governing Qiang with Qiang may be the most appropriate way. The attachment of the heavenly wolf made Liu Xiu suddenly have a new idea, and increased his confidence in pacifying the Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou as soon as possible.

The next day, the Heavenly Wolf came to Liu Xiu's camp and presented gifts to Liu Xiu, officially surrendering. Liu Xiu immediately rectified the 20,000 Qiang soldiers under his command, eliminated all the old and weak men who were not strong enough, and finally singled out only more than 3,500 people.

"You're not very good." Liu Xiu jokingly said to the Heavenly Wolf: "No wonder I ran away as soon as I saw it." ”

The wolf had changed into Han costumes at the moment, and he was a little unaccustomed to it, twisting his body from time to time. Listening to Liu Xiu's words, he smiled and said: "The master doesn't know, my strength is already very powerful, except for Zhong Qiang, probably only Shen Wolf Qiang is stronger than me, they have about five or six thousand soldiers, if you follow the adult's selection method, he may not have as many people as me." ”

He sighed and said: "The Qiang people have been in chaos for thirty or forty years, and it is another natural disaster, and it is [***], you Han people have suffered a lot of losses, but how can we Qiang people have suffered big losses." Especially the master's gentleman......" Speaking of Duan Cheng's name, the heavenly wolf shuddered obviously: "He killed 20,000 or 30,000 of us before and after, captured nearly 100,000 people, and millions of livestock, and we were beaten by him miserably." ”

Liu Xiuda knew this, he had learned about Duan Cheng's exploits from different channels, but most people praised him the most Pingdongqiang, that is, the original Xian Lingqiang in the Beidi and Anding areas, one hundred and eighty battles before and after, beheaded more than 38,000, consumed 4.4 billion military expenses, and the sergeants died no more than 400 people, which can be called a miracle. His previous exploits in destroying Xiqiang were covered up by Pingdongqiang, but for a person like Tianluo, the experience of being chased by Duan Cheng all the way to the head of the Cizhi River is unforgettable.

Liu Xiu organized these more than 3,000 people into the first battalion of the Qiang Army, called the Heavenly Wolf, with the Heavenly Wolf as the captain, and the entourage was recruited, and the remaining old and weak were placed in the area of the Shooting Tiger Valley and taken care of by Hanyang County. Liu Xiu took special care of Fan Jin, this is the first batch of Qiang people who surrendered, you must take good care of them, you must not bully them, if you force them to rebel, no one will believe them if you recruit Qiang people in the future. If there are locals who want to get some benefits from it, don't be soft, kill me, make an example, and show no mercy.

When he said this, he specially in front of Jiang Xu, Jiang Xu's face was a little embarrassed, but he didn't say anything. After the confession was finished, Liu Xiu asked Xun You to find Jiang Xu. Seeing Xun You, Jiang Xu probably knew his intention, and forced a laugh: "I don't know what advice Xun Junshi has." ”

"I don't dare to give advice. This battle can be a great success, Jiang Jun has made great contributions, General Wei has clear rewards and punishments, and he will not forget Jiang Jun. ”

Jiang Xu laughed dryly twice.

"Is Jiang Jun familiar with General Wei?" Xun You deliberately spoke to Jiang Xu in a chatty tone, so as not to arouse his resistance.

"I heard that General Wei has made great achievements in Bingzhou, and I have always admired it, and it is really an honor to be able to fight with the general this time." Jiang Xu thought that Liu Xiu only relied on 3,000 men and horses to force down 20,000 Qiang people, and his bloodless record, he was also convinced. "The general's soldiers are like gods, they are easy to come by, the ghosts and gods are difficult to understand, they are worthy of being Duan Gong's disciples, and I can't wait for them."

"Jiang Jun only knows that the general is clever with soldiers, but he doesn't know that the general's most proud method is not to use soldiers." Xun You arched his hand and said with a smile. Jiang Xu was taken aback, and looked at Xun Yu nervously, the most powerful thing is not to use soldiers, is it to kill his own people? Xun You saw his nervousness in his eyes and smiled slightly: "The general's most proud method is to hide the wealth from the people. Can Jiang Jun know the new policy of merging the state? ”

Jiang Xu shook his head: "I have heard a little, but I don't know it, so I dare to ask Xun Junshi to dial it." ”

Xun You roughly explained Liu Xiu's new policy in Bingzhou, to the effect that Liu Xiu and Zhang Jiao are different, he is not to eradicate Haoqiang, but to develop with everyone, pursue long-term interests, and do not harm everyone's practical interests. He and Bingzhou Haoqiang can coexist peacefully, Guanzhong is already implementing the new policy, and when he arrives in Liangzhou, of course he will do the same. It's just that the general is disgusted with those who oppress the people for the sake of wealth and unrestrainedness, and he thinks that such people only care about their own immediate interests and ignore everyone's long-term interests, and are black sheep.

Jiang Xu understood, and hurriedly assured Xun You that our Jiang family would definitely support General Wei and would not do that kind of shameless thing. Xun You laughed, "I have heard for a long time that Tianshui has four surnames, Jiang Yan is Zhao, the Jiang family is very important, you support the general, and the general will not forget you." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

…… Bian Zhang hurriedly walked into the Taishou Mansion, panting and looking at the kingdom with a frown: "Call me in such a hurry, what's wrong?" ”

Wang Guo pointed to the military report on the case, and motioned to Bian Zhang to look at it himself, and Bian Zhang couldn't help but raise his throat when he saw Wang Guo's expression. The kingdom has always been known for having a city, and his mood is invisible, but today his behavior is clearly somewhat aberration. He opened the military newspaper, only glanced at it, and was stunned for a moment: "Nie Xiao died in battle, and the wolf surrendered?" ”

Wang Guo's mouth twitched, and he also felt bitter in his mouth. When he first received a request for help from the wolf the day before, he still felt funny, thinking that the wolf had a name, 20,000 people were chased and beaten by 3,000 people, and he still had the face to ask for help. But on the third day, he received an urgent report from the Longxi County Counselor Wolf Qiang, saying that the Heavenly Wolf had surrendered to Liu Xiu and was now marching towards Di Dao with Liu Xiu, so he panicked.

The Celestial Wolf surrendered? 20,000 people didn't stop 3,000 people, and they surrendered? What does this mean, is Liu Xiu a god descending from heaven, more powerful than his husband Duan Cheng, and three thousand people can sweep Liangzhou? He suspected that he had read it wrong, and read it several times to confirm that the military report was undoubted, and suspected that Shen Wolf Qiang was scared stupid, so he personally ordered someone to investigate, only then did he know that the matter was really serious, Liu Xiu had rushed to Yuzhong and was marching to Yunwu in a hurry. And the wolf Qiang in Longxi actually avoided fighting, just watching Liu Xiu pass through their territory.

This is more terrifying than losing the battle, the defeat is just not strong, as long as there are more people, you can get it back, but if you are psychologically afraid of Liu Xiu, then no matter how many people there are, it is impossible to win.

In a war, the most important thing is morale, and if the courage is broken, what morale is there.

"What can I do?" After reading Bian Zhang, his face turned pale and his eyes were anxious.

"Liu Xiu is menacing, we can't deal with it carelessly." The kingdom stood up and circled back and forth in the hall, "If you don't go without a fight, it doesn't matter if the Qiang people leave, they are used to wandering anyway, but what should we do?" He turned his head to look at Bian Zhang: "The Wang family and the Bian family will disappear in Liangzhou from now on." ”

Bian Zhang shuddered, and suddenly felt that the light and the spring of the fourth year were particularly cold.

(To be continued)