"What do you think?" Meng Wei looked at Lu Zhonglian, since the imperial court sent a military division, the matter of using his brain was naturally handed over to the military division, and he was responsible for commanding the troops to fight.

"Don't worry, let's wait for a while, and help the Qiang people by the way." Lu Zhonglian said with a smile.

The speed at which the Qiang people gather the army is too slow, it's been a month, and they're still arguing, if it goes on like this, when the Qiang people assemble well, it's almost winter, so what's the point of fighting?

In the Central Plains, they tried to avoid winter, let alone fight against the Qiang. In the winter of the Great Northwest, there are more non-combat attrition than combat attrition, and it is really no joke.

If Zhao didn't send troops, he naturally hoped to drag it out until winter and watch the Qiang people retreat in a gray manner.

Now tens of thousands of Zhao troops are already standing in Zhangye, and the officers and soldiers of the whole army, including many generals including Meng Fu and Lu Zhonglian, are waiting to earn military merits by relying on the Qiang people.

The Qiang people have run away, how can they still earn military merits?

"The Qiang people are now mainly divided into three factions, one is the main battle faction, advocating war with our Zhao State. One faction is a surrender faction and wants to attach itself to my Zhao State. The last faction is the peace-seeking faction, they are neither willing to attach themselves to our Zhao State, nor are they willing to fight with our Zhao State, and they are more inclined to fight with our Zhao State without violating the river water."

"Most people feel that the main enemy of my Zhao State is the main battle faction among the Qiang people. As everyone knows, the peace faction is the biggest threat to my Zhao State. The strength of my Zhao country far exceeds that of the Qiang people, and what the Qiang people rely on is only geographical advantages. Leaving the plateau, their combat effectiveness is not even as good as that of the Hu people in the north. A single army of my Zhao Kingdom is enough to defeat it."

"On the contrary, those Qiang people who remain in the high mountains, because they occupy a favorable terrain, my Zhao Kingdom can't do anything. Although they will not pose a threat to our Zhao State in a short period of time, they can even establish friendly exchanges and exchange ideas. But as time goes by, the two sides will inevitably have contradictions again, and even war will break out. At that time, the western part of our Zhao country will fall into a long melee. The old man thought that it was better to leave the disaster to future generations than to leave it to future generations!"

"Besides, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore!"

Lu Zhonglian slapped the table, his eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces, and there was a cold chill in his eyes.

Although he advocated peace, he opposed the attack of the strong against the weak, except for the barbarians.

In the past, Lu Zhonglian was very disdainful of barbarians, and he didn't even treat the other party as a human being.

Not now, the development of Zhao requires a large population, and there are some things that Zhao people can do, but some things are too dangerous, such as mining, building roads in mountainous areas, digging canals, etc., which are easy to die.

The country of Zhao is vast and sparsely populated, and every Zhao person is incomparably precious, and the government has to compensate for the death. There is no choice but to capture barbarians to be slaves.

If the Qiang people all come to attach themselves to the Zhao State, the Zhao State will have no reason to do anything to them, where can they get so many slaves?

Without slaves, what would Zhao take to develop?

"What do we need to do?" Meng Fu asked.

"It's very simple, you just need to spread the news out, my Zhao State will go out to conquer the Qiang people this time, plow their courts, sweep their caves, eliminate their rituals, and destroy their clans. Not a single Qiang will be spared, and all the tribes will naturally unite together." Lu Zhonglian looked at the map and said with a smile.

Although the Qiang people joining together will cause some trouble for the Zhao army, it will also save them a lot of things.

Moreover, if a tribe fights one tribe after another, although the combat attrition will be much less, in the face of complex terrain, extreme weather, and some unexpected accidents, the non-combat attrition will increase significantly, and it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net.

After comprehensive consideration, Lu Zhonglian still decided to connect the pot end.

Moreover, Lu Zhonglian's approach is very in line with the style of doing things in the Central Plains.

The countries of the Central Plains could not distinguish the internal division of the Qiang people at all, let alone what the difference between the various tribes was, but they only unified this area of foreign tribes as Qiang.

Just like the Hu people in the north and the Baiyue in the south.

"In that case...... Those Qiang people who have already attached themselves to my Zhao Kingdom will probably have fluctuating people's hearts." Meng Fu said worriedly, he didn't have a good impression of the Qiang people, even if they were all killed, it didn't matter.

But Zhao was attached to the Qiang people before

A promise has been made that Lu Zhonglian's actions will greatly damage the credibility of the Zhao court.

"Don't worry about them, if they betray my Zhao country, let them go, my Zhao country doesn't need these wall grass. Similarly, after this time, those Qiang people who continue to follow my Zhao Kingdom are the people of my Zhao Kingdom, and my Zhao Kingdom will give them benefits. The Hehuang Valley is one of the few river valley treasures south of the Qilian Mountains, which is suitable for farming and pasture, and my Zhao Kingdom naturally wants to hold it in my hands, and it depends on them whether they can seize the opportunity or not." Lu Zhonglian said.

The Hehuang Valley is the center of the Qiang people, and the two largest tribes of the Qiang people are distributed in the Heshui Valley and the Huangshui Valley. It was difficult for Zhao to really occupy other plateaus and mountainous areas, but the Hehuang Valley could be cultivated and grazed, and Zhao was fully able to incorporate them into its territory.

"Okay, Ben will command this." Meng Fu no longer hesitated, and immediately nodded in agreement.

On the other side, the leader of the seed Lingqiang and the leader of Zhong Qiang were sitting together, their faces were not very good.

In the past, with a wave of their arms, they could quickly gather dozens of tribes and 120,000 horses to plunder the surrounding countries.

Now that a month has passed, they have sent round after round of emissaries, and only half of the tribes have responded, adding up to only 100,000 horses.

"Burning Dangqiang and Burning He Qiang still haven't replied." Leader Zhong Qiang sighed.

In the past, Lingqiang and Zhong Qiang were the same among the Qiang people, but since sending troops to help the Qin State and losing 50,000 troops, the strength of the two tribes and the various tribes that depend on them has been greatly damaged.

The prestige of Chong Lingqiang and Zhong Qiang was seriously hit, and Burning Dangqiang and Burning He Qiang took advantage of the situation to rise and confront Chong Lingqiang and Zhong Qiang.

In addition to the reason for revenge, there is also a very important reason, that is, with the help of Zhao Guo's hand, to weaken the disobedient tribes of Burning Dangqiang and Burning He Qiang.

As for facing a strong enemy like Zhao, all Qiang people should unite with the outside world, which is impossible.

Don't look at Zhao Guo didn't take the Qiang people in his eyes, in fact, the Qiang people didn't take Zhao Guo in their eyes either.

For the Qiang people, there was no difference between the Zhao and the Qin people, who, although powerful, could not climb thousands of meters high to fight them.

The high mountains are their best umbrella, even if they can't beat the Zhao State, they can retract back to the mountains to raise horses and graze, and the big deal is to surrender to the Zhao State when the time comes, and lose some face, it's not a big deal.

On the contrary, the other tribes of the Qiang people are the biggest threat to them.

The topography of the Qiang people is a natural moat for the Zhao and Qin states, but it does not play a big role for other tribes who are also Qiang people.

Just like the biggest enemies of the Central Plains countries are never those Rong Di, but other Central Plains countries.

The Qiang's greatest enemies were also not Zhao or Qin, but other tribes of the Qiang.

For Chong Lingqiang and Zhong Qiang, if they can win against Zhao State, the strength of the two departments will be greatly increased, and they will be able to negotiate with Zhao State to return the captured clansmen.

If you lose, you can weaken the strength of the tribes of Burning Dangqiang and Burning He Qiang and ensure their own status.

You won't lose anything.

But the premise is that Burn Dangqiang and Burn He Qiang should be pulled onto the ship and attack Zhao with them.

However, no matter how they sent people to lobby, neither Dangqiang nor Qiang Qiang agreed to send troops.

It's been delaying for so long.

"Chief, big deal...... It's a big deal, Zhao Guo...... Zhao said that he would destroy us, and he would raze all the tribes of our Qiang people to the ground." At this time, a clansman rushed in from outside in a panic and said in horror.

"That's a good thing." When the leader of the Seed Zero Qiang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy, "Immediately send someone to notify all the tribes to gather, and at the same time tell them the news. I don't believe they're so calm after receiving this news!"

As for what Zhao Guo said, to destroy them all, the leader of the Seed Zero Qiang did not take it to heart, and Zhao Guo was not the first to say so, if their Qiang people were really so easy to destroy, they would not have stood here for thousands of years.

"Hmph, it's so naïve to burn Dangqiang and Burn He Qiang, I even thought they wouldn't attack

If you fight Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo will let them go, but as everyone knows, in Zhao Guo's eyes, they are no different from us." The leader of Zhong Qiang said coldly.

His younger brother died at the hands of Zhao Jun, so he hated Zhao very much. When Lingqiang launched a war against Zhao, he was also the first to stand up and respond.

"The commander sent by Zhao Guo this time is an idiot, maybe we can really gain something." The leader of the Seed Zero Qiang said happily, his eyes flashing with excitement.

The Qiang people have lived in the bitter cold area above the high mountains for generations, and have coveted the Hexi Corridor and Longyou with fertile pastures for a long time.

It's just that these places were first occupied by the powerful Yiqu and Yueshi people, then by the Qin State, and now by the even more powerful Zhao State.

The Qiang people could only look north at the grassland, shed impotent tears, and return to the mountains to continue grazing.

But now, the leader of Zhong Qiang has seen hope.

Although the Zhao State was so powerful that even the Qin State was no opponent, the commander sent was a fool and forced those originally neutral Qiang people to the opposite side.

"I'm going to go out and have a real big battle with Zhao Guo." Leader Zhong Qiang slapped the table and said in a deep voice.

With the help of Zhao State, the Qiang people, who were originally scattered, quickly united together, and the leaders of the major tribes made a bloody alliance at the confluence of the river and the Huangshui, and elected the leader of the Lingqiang as the leader of the alliance, and the leader of Zhong Qiang as the deputy leader of the alliance, presiding over the battle against Zhao.

Soon after, the Zhao army received news that Meng Fu, with Feng Wuxue as the vanguard, set out along the Qilian Mountains to meet the Qiang people.

In the first two days, there was nothing wrong all the way.

On the third day, Feng Wuxue encountered the vanguard of the Qiang people, which seemed to have four or five thousand men, about the same number as the Zhao army.

"A few of you, go back immediately to report to the general, our army has found traces of the Qiang people!" Feng Wuxue did not act rashly, but immediately sent someone back to report it.

On the other side, the Qiang people did the same thing.

"Are there any other Qiang people around?" Feng Wuxuan looked at the scout.

"General, there is no trace of other Qiang people within a radius of twenty miles." The scout said hurriedly.

"It seems that this is a lone army, and it should be the same as our army, and it is here to explore the way." Feng Wuxue glanced at the Qiang people, slowly took out the scimitar from the horse bag, and wiped it with his sleeve, "Come to Tong." Fat side."

"General." The two looked at Feng Wuxue.

"Each of you will lead a team and surround the enemy from both sides." Feng Wuxue ordered.

"No." The two clasped their fists and saluted, and led their headquarters to kill the Qiang people.

"The rest of the people will be killed with Ben!" After speaking, Feng Wuxue waved the big knife forward, slapped the horse and rushed over.

Feng Wu took the lead, and in order to have the effect of taking the lead, he directly mobilized the legion to attack and smashed down on the Qiang people, and a blow blasted a big hole in the Qiang army.

Feng Wuxuan looked up to the sky and roared, and killed along the gap, and behind him, Zhao Jun rushed in, wielding a scimitar, and kept harvesting the lives of the Qiang people.

Before the Qiang people could react, they suffered a heavy blow from the Zhao army, and their morale suddenly plummeted, and by the time they reacted and wanted to fight back, it was too late.

The elite level and fighting will of the Zhao army were not comparable to these Qiang people, not to mention that the Zhao army also had the advantage of being the first move, and killed the Qiang riders on their backs in an instant.

"Transcendental!" The Qiang general blocked Feng Wuxue and said in surprise.

The Qiang people used to have four transcendent realm powerhouses, but they were killed by Qin State three years ago, and another by Zhao State last year, and now there are only two transcendent realm left, none of them are as young as Feng Wuxue.

The youngest one can also be Feng Wuxuan's father.

"The strength is good, it should be relatively strong in the Gangyuan Realm, if you surrender, I would have been able to spare your life." Feng Wuxue said.

Although due to the gradual recovery of the aura of heaven and earth, the number of transcendent realms has gradually increased, but the overall number is still very small, a small country like South Korea, even if those rangers are counted, there are only two or three transcendent realms, and the peak of Gangyuan realm is already very precious.

It's a pity that it's just like Feng Wuxuan

Just as they couldn't understand the words of the Qiang generals, the Qiang generals couldn't understand Feng Wuxue's words, otherwise they might really surrender.

After all, the Qiang people do not have the so-called sacrifice of life for righteousness.

For them, the first thing is to be alive.

Seeing the shock on Feng Wuxue's face, coupled with the fact that the opponent's strength had decreased somewhat, the Qiang generals thought that Feng Wuxue was shocked by his own strength, after all, he was the strongest general in the entire Qiang clan except for the transcendent realm.

It can also be regarded as the third strongest person of the Qiang people.

Feng Wuxue looked so young, he must have just broken through the transcendent realm not long ago, and he was not without hope of victory.

Thinking of this, the Qiang general picked up a sledgehammer and smashed it towards Feng Wuxue.

"It's a good man." Seeing that the other party was unwilling to surrender, Feng Wuxue no longer persuaded him, and suddenly increased his strength, waving the big knife in his hand like the wind, and slashing the other party to the ground.

The enemy's main general was killed in battle, and Feng Wu took advantage of the situation to lead the army to cover up and kill.

Thousands of Qiang riders were suddenly killed, and fled frantically to the rear.

"What scum!" Feng Wuxue spat at the Qiang cavalry, said disdainfully, and led the Zhao army to pursue the past.

However, after chasing for nearly ten miles, Feng Wuxuan gave up.

On the one hand, they were worried that the Qiang people had reinforcements, and on the other hand, the Qiang cavalry was familiar with the nearby terrain, and as soon as the horse's butt twisted, they threw the Zhao army away, and the Zhao army did not dare to pursue too far in a strange place.