The war finally ended when the sky was just dark, 30,000 Hu cavalry were killed 15,000 people, and the remaining more than 10,000 people all became prisoners of war, not only that, nearly 200,000 Di people, old and young women and children also became prisoners of the Han army, the Han army captured a million sheep and tens of thousands of horses, and achieved the first big victory of the Jiangxia army in the Hu campaign since its establishment, and wiped out the Dongdi tribe.

It was already dark, a group of men and women were disarmed and escorted to the open space behind, 200,000 people sat on the grassland and wept helplessly, they were like more than 200,000 lambs to be slaughtered, there was no choice, their fate would be decided by the Han army, and there were 8,000 Han cavalry guarding them around.

Hundreds of Di nobles were imprisoned in another big tent, and Yang Wan's brothers and nephews had all been killed, and these nobles were the leaders of various tribes, and they were even more frightened and desperate waiting for the moment of killing.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Jing is discussing with Pang Tong and Fa Zheng about the resettlement of these Di people, killing these unarmed women and children is obviously not realistic, and it is not the tradition of the Han army, the current disagreement is how to settle them, whether to move them into Shuzhong and integrate with the Han people, or let them continue to stay in Longxi and restore their former lives.

Liu Jing preferred to move them into Shuzhong, but Pang Tong and Fa Zheng agreed that they should be left in Longxi, Pang Tong said: "Your Highness has thought about it, there are still Qiang people, Tuyuhun people, Xiongnu, Xidi people and other Hu people in Longxi, move these Dongdi people, the gap left will be filled by other Hu people immediately, but it will help other Hu people to be strong, it is better to let them stay in Longxi, let the Hu people in Longxi diversify, and it is also conducive to our rule, the key is to turn these Hu people into sheep, let Di Hu become Di sheep, become our people, Beneficial to our source of war horses and livestock. ”

"Shi Yuan is right!"

Fa Zheng also added: "They are Hu people, accustomed to nomadic life, move them to Shuzhong, whether they can adapt to farming is still one thing, the key is mostly women and children, and the government also needs to spend money and food to take care of them, but it will increase the burden of local officials, if it involves land division, it will also cause hostility and conflict among the Shu people, I am not in favor of forcing them to sinicize, they should take their time - read online ——"

Liu Jing nodded, then turned back to Ma Chao and asked, "What about Meng Qi's opinion?" ”

Ma Chao said lightly: "The borders of the Han Kingdom are all the people of His Royal Highness, why care about Han Hu?" ”

Liu Jing saw that none of the three advocated relocation, and he no longer insisted on it, so he said to the guards: "Go and find a few major tribal elders." ”

After a short time, five elderly tribal elders were brought into the big tent, and they knelt down and wept: "I beg His Royal Highness the King of Han to spare the lives of our tribe and not kill us!" ”

"I didn't want to kill people, but you have repeatedly become enemies of me and aided in abuse, and you are to blame!" Liu Jing said sharply.

An old man led by him kowtowed and said: "Back to Your Highness, we are also coerced by Yang Qian, and he bewitched our young herdsmen, saying that the Han army wants to rob our pasture, take our wives and daughters, kill our old people, young people were deceived by him, and fought against the Han army in order to defend the hometown of his wife and children, they are by no means born to be enemies of the Han army, as long as His Highness gives us a chance, we are willing to surrender to His Highness and become His Highness's people." ”

"We would like to return to Your Highness!" The elders in the back responded one after another.

Seeing that the old man had a clear mind and was fluent in Chinese, Liu Jing asked, "What is your name, and which tribal elder is it?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the little old man's name is Ah Gui, and he is the leader of the Qiu Chi Department."

Next to him, Ma Chao added: "The Qiu Chi Department is the second largest tribe of the Di people after the Xingguo Department, and Elder Agui is trustworthy. ”

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said: "Since you are willing to become the people of the Han Kingdom, I will no longer kill you, I can let you live, and I will not take your property, but I have two conditions, first, you must fulfill the previous promise of Yang Wan, and present 10,000 war horses and 300,000 sheep to the Han army, and secondly, all aristocratic teenagers under the age of 14 must go to Chengdu to study, and they can return to Longxi after the age of 18." ”

The five old men were very excited, kowtowed, and said: "We fully agree to the request of the King of Han, and we still have a lot of horses in the Xishan Ranch, and we are willing to select another 20,000 horses and dedicate them to His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

Liu Jing was quite satisfied with their attitude, so he nodded and said: "In this case, the sheep can be reduced to 100,000, from today onwards, Agui will be the king of Di, replacing Yang Qian, in addition, the Han army will protect you from the bullying of the Qiang people." ”

The five old men glanced at each other, and the Han army actually promised to protect them from being bullied by the Qiang people, and all five of them wept and said: "I knew that the King of Han was so kind, why should we be deceived by Yang Qian, and so many children were killed and injured in vain, we swear here, we will never have two hearts again, and we are willing to be the people of the Han Dynasty for generations." ”

Five old men cut their wrists and swore blood, Liu Jing was overjoyed, officially canonized Agui as the king of Xindi, that night, Liu Jing ordered the release of the Di people to go home, return their belongings, more than 200,000 Dongdi people packed up their tents and belongings in a grateful cry, under the leadership of the king of Xindi, Agui, drove the sheep back to their hometown pasture.

After resting for two days, the 50,000 Han army continued to march westward, slaughtering the city of Caohan and launching an offensive against the people of Xidi

The leader of the Xidi people, Song Jian, is a strong Han man in Longxi, who started an incident in Caohan 30 years ago, and gradually conquered more than 200 large and small tribes in Xidi and the Tuyuhun people in the Hehuang area, established an army of 80,000 people, repeatedly defeated the officers and soldiers who came to suppress, and finally the imperial court acquiesced to his existence.

Song Jian hated the Han Dynasty, established himself as the king of the Ping Han Dynasty, established the royal government, canonized the queen and prince, and set up Shangshu and other officials to govern the locality, and he was actually a secession regime that existed for 30 years.

The city is a fortified stone city with a circumference of more than ten miles, in which the splendid palace and the palaces of the ministers were built, thousands of slaves who served them lived, countless gold, silver and jewels were piled up in the palace and the underground palace of the palace, as well as mountains of precious furs, and 30,000 troops were stationed, and there was a large amount of grain in the warehouse, enough for the army to eat for a year.

Song Jian first wanted to join forces with Yang Wan to deal with the attack of the Han army, but because they had a deep hatred between them, and Yang Wan was confident that he could defeat the Han army, their alliance was not reached.

But the situation seems to be a little bad, five full days have passed, but the reinforcements from various tribes have not arrived, and Song Jian is pacing back and forth at the head of the city, anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

Song Jian is about sixty years old this year, he was of medium stature when he was young, and he was not good-looking, but now he is over the age of sixties, and has become a thin old man, wearing a royal robe woven with gold silk and jade threads, and a crown inlaid with hundreds of precious stones.

At this time, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "Lord Wang, the second prince is back!" ”

Song Jian lay on the battlements and looked down, only to see the second son Song Lin fleeing back with more than a dozen people in embarrassment, he was stunned, how could there be no army? He immediately commanded, "Bring him to me!" ”

After a short time, several guards took Song Lin to the city, and Song Lin knelt in front of his father and cried loudly, "The child was almost killed, and he can't see his father again." ”

"What's going on, tell me quickly!"

"The child went to gather the Di army, but Agui sent people to send a message to the tribes in advance, asking them not to resist the Han army, these tribes listened to Agui's bewitchment, and refused to send troops again, but imprisoned the child, ready to sacrifice to Liu Jing, thanks to the entourage desperately rescued, the child escaped back."

Song Jian was dumbfounded when he heard this, he also expected the 30,000 troops of the Di people to come to help, but now there was no more, he was in a hurry, and turned back and ordered: "Send someone to Huangzhong to pick up the eldest son quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, another cavalry fled back in the distance, but it was the entourage of the eldest son Song Qi, who shouted in horror under the city: "Lord Wang, something happened to the eldest son." ”

The eldest son Song Qi is Song Jian's most beloved son, is the crown prince who inherited his career, heard that the eldest son had an accident, Song Jian's eyes were dark, almost fell, he held the battlements, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring the entourage up, the entourage knelt on the ground and wept: "We followed the eldest son to Huangzhong to order Tuguhun to send troops, but they did everything possible to prevaricate and refused to send troops, we had to come back, encountered a Han cavalry on the way, the eldest son was killed by random arrows, most of the brothers died, only a few escaped. ”

Song Jian screamed, fell on his back, and the guards hurriedly woke him up, Song Jian burst into tears and gritted his teeth: "Don't snow this hatred, I, Song Jian, swear not to be a person!" ”

He took off his royal robe, put on his armor, and led 30,000 troops to patrol the city at night, although Song Jian was the king of Xidi, but the cavalry had to rely on the Di and Tuyuhun people, and now both families were unwilling to send troops, so that he lost the support of the cavalry, there were less than 1,000 horses in the city, and most of the soldiers in the city were Han infantry, Song Jian knew that the 30,000 troops in the city were not the opponents of the Han army, he could only rely on the tall and strong city and sufficient grain and grass to confront the Han army, and the Han army would retreat without a fight.

This is the secret of Song Jian's repeated defeat of the imperial army's encirclement and suppression for decades, and he has tried and tested it repeatedly, this time, he still has to use this secret to defeat Liu Jing's Han army, and then go to clean up the Di and Tuyuhun people who dare to betray him.

On the afternoon of the seventh day, the main force of the Han army finally appeared, and there were faint bursts of war drums in the distance, only to see the huge Han army gradually moving towards the city of Caohan, Song Jian shouted: "All the troops are in place, the archers are ready!" ”

30,000 troops covered the city, dense bows and arrows aimed at the 50,000 troops miles away, under the overwhelming banner, Liu Jing reined in his horse, and looked coldly at the strong stone city in front of him, he has extremely rich experience in siege, this stone city made him sneer, he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the whole army is stationed on the spot!" ”