In June of the fourth year of Yonghe, the prince of Northern Zhao gradually hated Qin Gongtao. Fortunately, Yang Qi, Mu Cheng, and Zhao Sheng said: "Fierce arrogance is daring!" If you can kill it, I will enter the West Palace, and I should divide you and others with the country of Tao. If Tao dies, the Lord will mourn, and I will not be able to do anything because I have done great things. "Wait for the promise

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After the whipping, Zeng Hua "returned" the beard and more than 100 guards to the Flying Feather Army, and appointed the former deputy commander of the guard, Feng Yangli, as the commander of the guard, and then selected more than 100 elites to supplement the guards. Feng Yangli's brave and loyal is no worse than that of the beard, but it is much more wooden, so he used to be the deputy position, but if he was on duty tonight, it is estimated that it is impossible to "smuggle" his daughter into the back account even if he continues to knock on the head.

Seeing that the bearded man and the others were carried down to rest by others in shame, Zeng Hua ordered the whole army to disband and go back to rest, but more than 100 clerks were left behind.

Zeng Hua asked them to take advantage of this opportunity. His whip tonight has already made these wild Qiang soldiers memorize, and the next thing is to rely on the clerks to educate them well, so that they understand military law and discipline, and know how to obey orders. Zeng Hua gave some advice, and then let these clerks who already understood what they should do dispersed.

At this time, Zeng Hua turned around, only to find that the Xu Zhi was still hiding aside, because there was no order from Zeng Hua, so he had to stand there in panic all the time.

Zeng Hua politely grabbed Xu Zhi's hand, pulled him back to the big tent, and asked him to sit down on one side, while Zhen Pu, who followed in, sat silently on the other side.

Looking at the pale Xuzhi, Zeng Hua sighed and said: "Lord Xuzhi, I understand your thoughts, and I also understand your inner hesitation, there are only two of you left in your Tuguhun bloodline under my butcher's knife." ”

Hearing this, he couldn't help but tremble slightly, trying to suppress his fear and emotions in the dim light.

"Those brothers and nephews of yours must die. Tuyuhun has been strong here for decades, and I don't know how many Qiang people's blood and tears are in my hands, and I must borrow their heads to envelop the Qiang people. Zeng Hua stared at Xu Zhi and said slowly, the voice hit Xu Zhi's head like a heavy hammer, making him bow his head deeply and dare not speak at all.

"But the matter has passed, the Qinghai and Hetao Qiang tribes are also stable, I don't need to kill the Tuyuhun, these tens of thousands of Tuyuhun people after losing the noble leader, and then mixed with the Qiang, after a period of time, there is no difference with other Qiang. And before your Tuyuhun Khan Ye Yan committed suicide, I promised him to let Tuyuhun, a hard-won surname, continue to be the bloodline. ”

Hearing this, Xu Zhi began to understand, and knelt down in front of Zeng Hua with a plop, and choked up: "My lord, I ......." ”

Zeng Hua hurriedly helped him up, helped him back to his seat, and then continued: "Since you are willing to marry your daughter to me, I am not welcome. It's just that Lord Xu Zhi doesn't have to do this to himself and your daughter. I have seen your daughter in the back account, she looks beautiful and beautiful, extraordinary, and she was really wronged by sending it to my back account in the dark. ”

Hearing this, he was a little moved, and hurriedly stood up and said: "The little girl looks like a three-point beauty, and it is a great fortune to be able to climb the Lord Hou, how dare she think about it?" ”

At this time, Zhen Pu said: "Lord Xuzhi doesn't have to be so modest, who on this grassland doesn't know that Zhenxiu, the daughter of Lord Xuzhi, is not only the first beauty in Tuyuhun, but also the most beautiful flower in the grasslands of Qinghai, Bailan, and Hetao. ”

Hearing this, Zeng Hua couldn't help but be secretly excited, recalling the appearance of Zhenxiu who had just seen it in the back tent, and the fire that had long been extinguished in his heart was rising again, and he couldn't wait to go back to the back tent immediately to be a "beast".

But now Zeng Hua could only secretly swallow a mouthful of saliva, and said calmly with difficulty: "Lord Xuzhi, you take Miss Zhenxiu back first, and tomorrow I will ask Mr. Su Chang to be the matchmaker of the man, and then order all the ministries to announce that I will marry the family of Lord Xuzhi and marry Miss Guifu." It's just that I have already hired Miss Fuling Fanfu as the main room in Nanzheng, so I can only wronged Miss Zhenxiu to be the side room. ”

Hearing Zeng Hua say this, he couldn't wait to kowtow ninety-nine heads to this "good son-in-law" immediately. You must know that continuing to endure the pain and sending her daughter is not only for your own family, but also for the more than 3,000 Tuyuhun families who are now living secretly. After this Zeng lord came to the grassland, he went up to the Tuyuhun Khan, down to the big and small nobles, the butcher's knife was everywhere, the heads were rolling, nearly 10,000 Tuyuhun people were killed, and thousands of noble Tuyuhun noble women became the former lowly slaves and maids of the Qiang people.

The Tuyuhun people don't know if their subordinates had a grudge against this Zeng Lord in their previous lives, and they don't know when the butcher's knife will fall on their heads. In order to please this new strong man on the grassland, in order to save the lives of his family and more than 3,000 clansmen, he continued to think about it and sacrificed his most beloved daughter to Zeng Hua.

But things changed too quickly tonight. The daughter was successfully sent into the back account, and I heard that Zeng Hua also entered the back account. I believe that any normal man is not unmoved when he sees his daughter. But soon Zeng Hua came out again, and ordered an urgent assembly. In front of the big tent, more than a dozen of Zeng Hua's henchmen and more than 100 cronies were whipped in front of 6,000 soldiers because of this incident.

The whip hit everyone's backs, and it also hit Xuzhi's heart heavily. I can't guess that Zeng Hua will be like this? For the sake of military discipline and military law that he is talking about? It seemed to make some sense, but Xu Zhi was still panicked until Zeng Hua brought him back to the big tent.

After listening to Zeng Hua's true thoughts, a heart hanging in the ninety-nine heavens finally let go. Zeng Hua not only agreed to accept his daughter, but also accepted it as a side room with a grand and formal etiquette. This shows that the saber hanging over the heads of the Tuyuhun people has finally been removed, and they can finally be ordinary herdsmen.

Watching the thankful continuation take his daughter Zhenxiu back to his own tent, Zeng Hua and Zheng Pu looked at each other and smiled.

Zheng Pu watched the tall and elegant Zhenxiu disappear behind the curtain of the big tent, and couldn't help but sigh: "Tomorrow, as long as the news of the marriage between the adults and Miss Zhenxiu spreads all over the grassland, not only the Tuyuhun people can sleep with peace of mind, but many others will also be at ease." ”

Zeng Hua swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes were still staring at the curtain and replied: "A person who does a good deed every day will not be taken seriously by others if he does great good deeds, but a murderous demon king suddenly becomes kind, and others will treat him as a saint." ”

Zhen Pu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, his lord didn't dare to think about it, there was nothing he didn't dare to do, although he was ruthless, but he knew when to be evil and when to be good, such a person was simply a traitor born for troubled times.

After laughing for a while, Zheng Pu found that his adult was still staring at the curtain there, and his eyes, which had always been shining, were now dull, revealing a complex expression of dirty, shameless, regretful, remorse, and so on.

"My lord! My lord! Di Pu felt a little bad, and hurriedly called twice.

Zeng Hua suddenly came back to his senses and turned his head when he heard the sound.

"Are you alright, my lord?" Zheng Pu asked cautiously.

"Nothing, just a little annoyed." Zeng Hua said in a low voice.

"I wonder what the adults are annoyed about?" Zhen Pu was shocked, what is this adult annoyed about? Could it be that someone's head is going to fall tomorrow?

"The price of being a gentleman is miserable. You see Miss Zhenxiu is such a wonderful person, Lao Tzu actually watched her walk out of my back tent. Speaking of this, Zeng Hua overwhelmed his voice even more, "Look at such a thick leather robe, this Miss Zhenxiu is still a drum that should be drummed, and it should be warped." This figure, her mother, Lao Tzu couldn't help but drool when he thought of it. ”

At this time, Zeng Hua looked at Zhen Pu and glared at him and said: "Su Chang, you are the wedding host, you can do it simply, let me have a cave room early, if you suffocate me, I will not be finished with you!" ”

Zhen Pu looked at this Zeng Zeng, who was completely different from usual, and listened to him whisper the "private words" that only came between brothers, and his heart was indescribably moved. Perhaps it is this sincerity and honesty that makes all those who follow him feel a kind of personality charm, and they are willing to work for this adult who always warms everyone's heart. And this Zeng Lord's unpredictable plan and "man and god are unbearable" means made all those who followed him full of confidence and awe, as if there was nothing in the world that this Zeng Lord did not dare to do, there was nothing he could not do, and there was nothing he did not know.

He did not adopt the time-consuming and very tiring "orthodox" customs of the Central Plains, but adapted measures to local conditions, followed the customs of the locals, and directly adopted the lively and simple customs of the Tuyuhun and Qiang people.

Early in the morning of the third day, Zeng Hua wore Tuyuhun's unique small-sleeved robe and small hakama, with a long-headed skirt and hat, the hat was decorated with red beads and red belts, and his body was draped with a freshly killed lambskin.

Zeng Hua rode a horse, carried a saber, and came to the tent of Xuzhi under the escort of three hundred energetic cavalrymen. It was already crowded with the Tuyuhun and Qiang tribesmen who had heard the news, and they were also happily dressed in the robes that were only worn on major festivals, hanging colorful and strange ornaments, and gathered in front of the big tent of Xuzhi, as the mother's family made all preparations there.

Zhen Pu nodded and sang in Tuyuhun dialect with the old duck's voice, and a respected old man from Tuyuhun walked out in front of the account and began to sing in duet. Zeng Hua was confused when he heard it, and he only felt that the two of them had finally negotiated the "price" after singing for a quarter of an hour, and Zheng Pu also began to happily instruct his entourage to lift the lids of swords, bows and arrows, cloth, tea, gold, silver, jewelry, and other gifts one by one, and then ostentatiously held these gifts in front of everyone and proudly delivered them to the account of the continuation of the account. The number of gifts, as well as its preciousness, made the onlookers can't help but let out bursts of exclamations from time to time, making the continuation who stood there calmly accept the gift blush, and felt that he had face, and even the Tuyuhun people who helped him felt face.

The bride finally came out, and saw her hair in braids, adorned with beautiful beads and shells, and a new large leather robe with a delicate red wool blanket on top, and an extremely precious aqua-green silk around her neck.

Just as Zeng Hua went up to pick up his wife, he was stopped by Di Pu, and then saw the wedding host, and the burly Xian Lingbo and others immediately rushed up. Zeng Hua was depressed, who is getting married! Why are you more anxious than Lao Tzu!

As soon as Xian Lingbo and the others rushed to the vicinity of Zhenxiu, a group of people immediately rushed out near the big tent, and suddenly there was a fierce "physical conflict" with Xian Lingbo and others, and the two sides huddled together and greeted each other with their fists. I don't know if Xian Lingbo and the others are too strong and burly, or if Tuyu Hun Niang's family is deliberately releasing water, Xian Lingbo and others quickly squeezed out the mother's family and squeezed out an open space in front of Zhenxiu.

At this time, Zheng Pu hurriedly pushed Zeng Hua, who was standing there stunned. Zeng Hua reacted suddenly, immediately rushed over, and carried Zhenxiu who was standing there on his shoulder, and then ran away, which immediately caused everyone to laugh. Under the "counterattack" of Tuyu Hun Niang's family, and under the "cover" of Xian Lingbo and others, Zeng Hua put Zhenxiu on the saddle, and then quickly turned over and got on the horse, instigated the mount, and hugged the "beauty" and "ran away".

In the Chishui camp, the grand feast began at noon, and piles of bonfires were lit everywhere, and the cattle and sheep were slaughtered one by one, and then the barbecue began. In the toast you come and go, the rich aroma of fine wine mixed with the aroma of barbecue wafts across the grassland. There was laughter everywhere, there was singing everywhere, and the entire Chishui camp turned into a sea of joy.

At night, after everyone respectfully saluted Zeng Hua with a few glasses of wine, they sang Qiang slang songs in unison, and sent Zeng Hua, who had been thinking about apes all day, back to the big tent cave room. Seeing that Zeng Hua, who was a little panicked, was almost tripped and chewed on mud at the door of the big tent, everyone suddenly burst into laughter, which made Zeng Hua, who had always been very thick-skinned, blush a little.

The room in the big tent is like spring, but outside the big tent is still a sea of singing and laughter, and everyone continues to feast, enjoying the happy time that they have only looked forward to in these lifetimes.

"Lord Xuzhi, Tugu Hun still hasn't replied?" Zeng Hua, who had just been married for a few days, continued to get busy, and on this day he was discussing the affairs of the Bailan area with Xu Zhi, Ji Pu, Xian Lingbo and others.

According to the detailed introduction of Xu Zhi, Zeng Hua finally knew that the Bailan area was about west of the Daxue Mountain (Bayan Kala Mountain), the source of the river and the area near the Tongtian River, not the Qaidam Basin area in his previous mind, which was reserved for the party members.

"Gui is upright by nature and sincere. He was the son of a handmaiden, and as a child he was bullied by his brothers. Tuyan Khan once took care of him, so he remembered Tuyan's kindness and followed Tuyan before and after the saddle. When Tuyan Khan died early and Ye Yan was young, Gui Yu was also one of the generals of Tuogu, and he was loyal to Ye Yan, so Ye Yan was relieved to hand over Bailan Mountain to him, and gave him five hundred Tuyuhun tribes. He continued to introduce in detail, "However, there are not many tribes in the Bailan Tribe, less than 60,000 people, and they are the most cowardly of the Xiqiang people, so the source of soldiers is not strong. No matter how hard Gui Kui worked, he could only muster up 3,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"Since you won't surrender, let's fight! It's summer now, and there's no need to worry about the heavy snow on this plateau. And Ye Lixun and Jiang Nan have already sorted out their eyebrows. Suchang, you can introduce me! ”

"Yes, sir! Jiang Nan defeated the original Tuyuhun tribe that was guarding the Baimaqiang area in April, captured more than 600 Tuyuhun soldiers, and then began to rectify the Baimaqiang department. Everything is the same as the instructions of the adults, and the cattle and sheep are divided into pastures and sheep according to households, and then divided into 100 households. Since Baimaqiang has always been the key care area of Tuyuhun, the leaders of the Qiang people who are a little famous have basically been killed, and the remaining dozens of leaders have to fight with Jiang Nan, which is still a little worse, so the rectification and integration of the Baimaqiang region is not dangerous, everything is under Jiang Nan's control, and there is no need to worry too much. ”

Then Di Pu talked about the things about Nandang Xiang and Ye Lixun.

After Jiang Nan stabilized the Baima Qiang tribe, he sent people to contact the Nandang Xiang Qiang tribe to recruit troops. The Xiangqiang people of the Southern Party have been divided into six departments, with a total of more than 50,000 people, among which the Tuoba Department is the strongest, and they also don't buy Jiang Nan's face the least, and there are a few small frictions on both sides.

And Ye Lixun became bigger, and the belongings of dozens of pack horses he brought made the eyes of those poor Beidang Xiangqiang people who had been poor for several lifetimes directly turn green. Ye Lixun used some rhetoric to describe the "good life" of joining the army as if he were a god, and suddenly moved many people from the Northern Party Xiangqiang. Serving as a soldier is the only way for them to embark on a "rich" life, and the lucrative conditions such as rich military salaries, the possibility of sharing the spoils of war, and the fact that their families can move to the "fertile" meandering land of the river make the Xiangqiang people of the Northern Party cry and shout that they want to become soldiers.

In just three months, Ye Lixun has recruited 5,000 Dang Xiangqiang people, if it weren't for the long distance, it is estimated that he already has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, you must know that there are nearly 100,000 Beidang Xiangqiang people scattered in these thousands of miles. Moreover, even the Black Mountain Qiang, the Snow Mountain Qiang and even the Subi Qiang were all seduced by the Yeli Xun faction, and they were ready to send some warriors to earn some "foreign exchange".

"Subiqiang? Montenegro Qiang? Snow Mountain Qiang? Zeng Hua was a little dizzy, how many Qiang people are nested on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau!

"Subiqiang, also known as Sun Boqiang, is located in the west of the Dangxiang Qiang people, with more than 30,000 or 40,000 people; Black Mountain Qiang is also called Ma'er Dare Qiang, located in the south of Baima Qiang, there are more than 10,000 people; And the Snow Mountain Qiang is also called Bowo Qiang, located between Sun Boqiang and Ma Er Dang Qiang, it is said that there are more than 10,000 people. I heard that in the west of the Bowo Qiang people, there is a group of Qiang people in the south of Sun Boqiang, which is different from the general Xiqiang, called Shannan Qiang, where the terrain is extremely high, but the place of the river valley is extremely fertile, it is said that there are tens of thousands of people, divided into dozens of tribes. ”

Zeng Hua closed his eyes and calculated, and with his solid geographical knowledge, he finally calculated the approximate location of these Qiang people. Sun Boqiang's territory should be on the northern Tibetan plateau, the famous fairyland-Qiangtang grassland; Ma Er Dare Qiang in the Hengduan Mountains and the Sanjiang area; Powoqiang should be in the well-known big bend of the Brahmaputra River, that is, the Nyingchi region of Tibet; And that Shannan Qiang should be in the Lhasa River valley area, that is, the ancestors of the later Tibetans, calculate the time, and in another two hundred years it will be the time for them to flourish. But now they are all little lambs in Zeng Hua's eyes, and they have the opportunity to clean them up.

The next day, the fast horse galloping from Wudu sent the official reward of the imperial court, when Zeng Huaqi attacked Qiuchi, captured Yang Chu alive and sent the good news to Jiankang, the imperial court spent more than a month to digest it, and prepared a fake holding festival, Zhenbei general, Liangzhou Assassin History, Xirong Lieutenant, Governor Qin, Liang, Yongzhuzhou military reward, the result was not sent out, the result was another good news report, running thousands of miles, breaking more than 10,000 Tugu Hun tribes, capturing more than 1,000 people up and down Yeyan Khan, the whole court almost choked to death.

Fortunately, this old reward was not given away, otherwise it would have been a big joke and would have to be rewarded. After all the calculations, Captain Hu Xirong is a little stingy, and Captain Hu Qiang has already given it to the old Zhang family in Liangzhou. What to do? There is no suitable title, so how can Zeng Hua go to the town to guard and govern Xiqiang, which is said to have hundreds of thousands of people.

In the end, Liu Yan came up with an idea, the case of the Western Han Regions to protect the government, set up a general position, and protect the Xiqiang. Now it's okay, it's all safe, so the new reward is finally out. Linxiang County Hou, Zhenbei General, Liangzhou Assassin History, Protector General, Fake Governor Qin, Liang, Yong, Yizhou Military.

With the power of the general protector, Zeng Hua can be famously divided and listed as each guard captain. In addition to the two captains of Hetao and Qinghai, Zeng Hua planned to move the Bailan Department to the western part of Qinghai such as the Qaidam Basin, and set up another captain of Bailan to command; The Dangxiang Qiang people were moved to the source of the river, the upper reaches of the Tongtian River and the Yushu area of Qinghai, and the Hequ school captain was set up to lead the commander; The south of Hetao, the east of Daxue Mountain and Yanshui (Jinsha River), and the east of Longxu (Songpan) are divided into the White Horse area, and the White Horse School Captain is set up. The first Captain of Qinghai was protected by Zero, Captain Bailan was protected by Tugu Hun Continuous, Captain Yeli Xun Moat Qu, and Captain Jiang Nan protected Baima.

Then Zeng Hua issued an order in the name of the general of the capital protection, and Ye Lixun, the captain of the moat, joined forces with Jiang Nan, the captain of the White Horse, to join forces of nearly 10,000 troops, first encircled and suppressed the various departments of the Southern Party and Qiang who "did not obey the governance", and then continued to integrate and rectify the departments of the White Horse and the Party Items. Leaving 2,000 Feiyu troops to protect Captain Qinghai Xian Lingbo continued to rectify the Qinghai area, and he led 4,000 Feiyu troops to escort Captain Bailan Tugu Hun to take office.