Riding a horse in the canyon, Ma Dai and the others were followed by dozens of Qiang men.

Along the way, Ma Dai's eyes were glancing towards the cliffs on both sides.

The distance between the cliffs was not very wide, and if a cavalry passed by, at most a dozen horses could ride and ride together.

After entering the valley, Ma Dai was completely sure that the strategy of frustration was the most effective way to defeat the Qiang people in a war.

Occupying the exit of Dragon Bone Mountain, the Qiang people will definitely meet the Xiliang army lined up at the valley mouth as early as the valley mouth.

After all, the Qiang people out of the valley mouth are limited, but the Xiliang army will have already set up an attack posture by then.

Dividing the enemy army into outnumbered enemies, even those who do not understand military affairs can see which is superior and which is inferior.

After walking through the valley for about three or four miles, the small leader of the Qiang people who followed them raised his hand and pointed forward, and said something to Ma Dai.

Knowing that the Qiang people were saying that they had arrived in front, Ma Dai looked ahead, and sure enough, he found that the exit of the valley was ahead.

Seeing the exit, he did not rush to speed up the speed of the war horse's march, but let the war horse walk slowly as if he was strolling leisurely.

Ma Dai's actions were quite unexpected by the Qiang people behind him.

The little leader glanced at him and said something to a Qiang man beside him.

The Qiang man answered, and rode his horse to the mouth of the valley.

Knowing that the Qiang people who went to Gukou were going to report to the chief, Ma Dai's mood became even more indifferent.

When Ma Teng was guarding Xiliang, his soldiers and horses also fought with the Qiang people from time to time, and even in Ma Teng's army, there were many Qiang soldiers.

The Qiang people who have joined the army are no different from the Han people now, and they will not hesitate at all if they raise their swords to their compatriots.

The Qiang tribes scattered everywhere still maintain nomadic customs.

Ma Teng and Han Sui also tried to gather the Qiang people in one place and let them cultivate the land like the Han people, but the Qiang people seemed to have no talent for farming, and the newly grown young seedlings were used to feed cattle, sheep and healthy horses.

After several attempts, Ma Teng and Han Sui also lost confidence in the Qiang people's cultivation of the fields, so they had to continue to live a nomadic life.

The Qiang people are good at fighting, but they don't have many brains.

The nomadic days are indefinite, and there is often a shortage of food and grass, and the whole tribe is hungry.

Every time the Qiang people are hungry and about to be unable to live, they will think of a way, which is to make trouble with the Han people and make trouble with the heroes of Xiliang.

When there is trouble, as long as the leader gives an order, the Qiang people will gather in one place.

But if you really want them to say what to do after the trouble, they don't have a specific idea.

Ma Teng, who guarded Xiliang, was a veteran of the Han Dynasty, although Han Sui also followed the Yellow Turban in his early years, and was later captured by the Qiang people, and the ghost made the god send him to become the leader of the Qiang people, but he also had a lot of combat experience.

The Qiang people who have no specific ideas and only know how to make trouble have often been exterminated by Ma Teng and Han Sui before they have become a climate, so in recent years, although the Qiang people have not been very good, they have not made trouble with Xiliang Haoxiong.

Ma Teng was summoned to Luoyang by the emperor, and the entire Ma clan moved to the capital.

Such news in Xiliang is nothing less than an earth-shattering event!

The Qiang people who got the news immediately thought that Ma Teng was not there, and there was only Han Sui in Xiliang, and they made a fuss and robbed some benefits from the Han people, and it didn't matter much.

So there was an incident of 20,000 Qiang people gathering at Dragon Bone Mountain.

He knew the Qiang people very well, and Ma Dai probably guessed the reason why they gathered on the Dragon Bone Mountain.

When the Qiang people who reported the news rushed out of the valley, he slowed down his horse a little.

Negotiating with the Qiang people, if the strategy is good, it doesn't take much effort to get benefits from them.

Slowing down the speed of the war horse, what Ma Dai wanted was to make the leader of the Qiang people unable to sink up, and his family came to the valley to meet him.

The war horse moved forward slowly, and the little leader of the Qiang people who followed Ma Dai really couldn't stand it anymore, and asked him why he didn't go faster.

Glancing back at the little leader, Ma Dai ignored him.

With a small boss, you don't need to explain too much.

Seeing Ma Dai ignoring him, the little leader was a little angry in his heart, but he hadn't seen the leader yet, and he didn't dare to do anything to Ma Dai, but he just urged Ma Dai to go faster.

His urging was heard in Ma Dai's ears as if it were passing through the ears, and the left ear went in and the right ear went out again.

Moving forward slowly, walking a full stick of incense, Ma Dai and the others still did not walk out of the valley.

There were still more than 100 steps from the valley mouth, and Ma Dai saw a team of people and horses appear in front of him.

When this group of centaurs appeared in his field of vision, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The leader of the Qiang people really couldn't bear it, and sent someone to urge him.

Coming from the mouth of the valley was a big leader of the Qiang people.

He led a group of men and horses into the valley, and walked towards Ma Dai, and when he came close, the big leader looked at Ma Dai from the head to the hooves of the war horse, and then asked in a humble voice: "The Wu Na Han people, why do you walk as slowly as a woman?" The head of my house wants me to come and lead you to meet him. ”

"We are Xiliang soldiers, equipped with blades, if you go fast, I am worried that the leader will misunderstand!" Restraining the war horse, Ma Dai said to the big leader: "It's really a sin to make the leader wait in a hurry if you don't want to!" ”

Glancing at him with slanted eyes, the big boss waved his hand at him and said, "Hurry up, don't make the leader wait any longer!" ”

Clenching his fists and arching towards the big leader, Ma Dai gently clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rode the horse towards the valley mouth.

He and his two accompanying soldiers were surrounded by a large group of Qiang people to the mouth of the valley.

What appeared in front of Ma Dai's eyes was a valley located in the mountains.

The valley was not very large, but it was more than enough for 20,000 cavalry.

When he arrived at the mouth of the valley, Ma Dai reined in his war horse and glanced at the nearly 20,000 Qiang people stationed here.

Living a nomadic life all year round, the Qiang people are very different from the Han people in terms of diet and clothing.

They eat mainly meat, especially beef and mutton.

There is not much problem with beef and mutton as a dish, but if meat is regarded as a staple food, over time, a fishy smell will be exuded from people's bodies.

Before entering the valley in front of him, Ma Dai smelled a strong fishy smell emanating from his own body.

As a member of the Ma clan, Ma Dai is no stranger to this smell of the Qiang people.

Glancing at the nearby Qiang, he shook off the reins and rode his horse to a tent in the middle of the valley.

In the valley, there are countless tents made of fur, and of these, the one that is a little further away is the largest.

Although the Qiang people are nomadic tribes, their hierarchy is more rigorous than that of the Han people.

When the Han people marched and fought, the tent was often not much larger than the tent where the soldiers rested, but the Qiang people were different, and every time the Qiang people marched, the leader's tent could be recognized from a long distance.

Ma Dai entered the place where the Qiang people were stationed, and many Qiang people set their eyes on him.

The Xiliang army has been stationed here for many years, and the Qiang people are still a little afraid of the soldiers and horses under the command of Ma Teng.

There was not much to see the Qiang people along the way, Ma Dai rode a horse, led two personal soldiers, surrounded by a large group of Qiang people behind him, and walked to the leader's tent.

Outside the leader's tent, a bonfire was lit.

In front of the bonfire, a Qiang man sat cross-legged.

Compared with the ragged Qiang people behind him, the tiger skin on this man's body is really much more luxurious.

Turning over and getting off the war horse, Ma Dai hugged his fists and arched at the man who was roasting the whole sheep in front of the bonfire and said: "The last general Ma Dai has seen the leader!" ”

The Qiang man sitting cross-legged in front of the bonfire glanced at Ma Dai with squinted eyes, pursed his lips, and asked in a strange manner, "What are you doing here?" ”

The leader of the Qiang people in front of him, Ma Dai also recognized it.

In the early years, when the Qiang people were prosperous, they were enemies of the Han court, and when they coerced Han Sui and others to rebel, the leader was named Beigong Boyu.

Later, Han Sui seized the territory of Beigong Boyu and killed him, and the Qiang people moved all the way south to recuperate a little further away from Han Sui.

It's not that the Qiang people didn't want to seek revenge on Han Sui, but Han Sui's soldiers and horses were strong and numerous, and once the two sides fought, Han Sui had more tactics than the Qiang people.

Knowing that they couldn't beat him, the Qiang people could only swallow their anger, but occasionally a small group of Qiang people would go to the place where Han Sui was stationed to make some trouble with him.

The leader of the Qiang people sitting by the bonfire was none other than Beigong Xin, the son of Beigong Boyu.

If you want to say that this Beigong Xin, he must have no good impression of Han Sui, but he has a good impression of Ma Teng, after all, the Qiang people had a hard time in the past, and they could find Ma Teng to fight the autumn breeze, and they could also mix some subsistence rations.

It was Ma Teng's subordinate Ma Dai who came to his camp, and of course Beigong Xin would not turn his face as soon as he came up.

Squinting at Ma Dai, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he snorted coldly and said, "Could it be that I know that we are gathering soldiers and horses, and the newly arrived general is afraid of fighting with a certain one, so he specially sent you to make peace?" ”

"The leader didn't expect it badly!" Grinning, Ma Dai said to Beigong Xin: "I haven't seen you for some time, and the leader Zhiluo really impresses the last general!" ”

If you want to say that you don't wear thousands of sycophants, Ma Dai's sycophant sentence is really a photograph of Beigong Xin, who is full of comfort.

Finally grinning, he beckoned to Ma Dai, pointed to the opposite side of the bonfire and said, "Sit down, eat mutton and talk!" ”

Ma Dai was not polite, strode to the opposite side of Beigong Xin, followed the example of the Qiang people, and sat down cross-legged.

Flipping over the whole sheep that had been roasted, Beigong Xinxin cut off a slice, stuffed it into his mouth and tasted it, nodded, and took another piece of meat from the sheep.

Handing the piece of meat that had just been slipped to Ma Dai, Beigong Xin asked him: "Come here to find me, what is the explanation, all of them!" ”

"My general is willing to give out a hundred carts of grain and grass, and change the leader to withdraw the troops!" After receiving the mutton handed by Beigong Xin, Ma Dai did not rush to stuff it into his mouth, but leaned forward slightly, and said to Beigong Xin: "I don't know what the leader wants?" ”