In the matter of following Shen Chen's chaos or rebelling with Mangzhong's note, the leader of the small tribe still has a clear hand.

Now that Liu Bei ascended the throne in the south, he fought with Cao Cao in Liangzhou, and finally repelled Cao Cao, occupied Liangzhou, and became the master of Liangzhou.

After that, more than 10,000 cavalry of Liu Bei's group have been stationed in Xiliang, and Zhang Fei has been transferred to the south, but these cavalry have not followed him, and now they are all under the jurisdiction of Shen Chen, guarding all parts of Liangzhou.

In addition to more than 10,000 cavalry, there are more than 20,000 foot soldiers in Liangzhou.

The source of these foot soldiers is the Wudu Qiangdi tribe that took refuge in Liu Bei, although their combat effectiveness is not strong, and they were defeated by Cao Cao in a battle, but there are many people, so they are somewhat useful.

After that, Liu Bei rewarded the leaders of the Qiang tribes, such as Lei Ding, Dou Mao, A Gui, Yang Ju, Fu Jian and others, like the army of Ba County, selected the elite young and strong to enlist in the army, and trained soldiers in Liangzhou, which gradually achieved results.

Therefore, the total strength of Liangzhou is probably less than 40,000, including 12,000 cavalry and 26,000 foot soldiers.

And in this case, the king of Burndang, Mangzhong and Zhu Yi, suddenly launched a rebellion, and the government did not have time to mobilize troops and horses, Shen Chen asked them to send troops to follow him to quell the rebellion, although the number of soldiers and horses was not large, but for the sake of the future and wealth, they were naturally willing to fight.

Anyway, in their cognition, the Han Dynasty army was strong, and even if Shen Chen failed, it didn't hurt if he didn't extinguish Mangzhong and Zhuyi in the first place. Later, when the Han army came, they could be easily wiped out.

They chose to take refuge in Shen Chen, and they could naturally be rewarded afterwards, which was much better than following Mangzhong to rebel and then being wiped out by the Han army.

For Shen Chen, it is to prevent the situation from becoming big and causing a chain reaction, so it is better to strike first.

The Qiang people in Liangzhou either did not rebel, once the rebellion had a very big impact, like the first Qiang rebellion, millions of Qiang and Beihu in Liangzhou were implicated, and the Eastern Han Dynasty fought 24 billion military spending, which was barely quelled.

Although the scale of the second Qiang rebellion was not as large as the first one, it lasted for a long time, from Emperor Shun of Han to Emperor Huan of Han, which lasted for thirty or forty years, and the impact was also very bad.

Later, during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there were Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and other people rebelled, and Han Sui Ma Teng joined them, involving more than 100,000 Qiang rebellions.

The same is true of the current situation.

Shen Chen probably understood the reason why Mangzhong and Zhu Yi wanted to start a rebellion.

Because the new policy is that the imperial court hopes that those who are obedient and obedient will be sent by the imperial court to govern them.

Of course, the small tribes are willing, so that with the support of the imperial court, they will not be bullied and annexed by the big tribes.

But those big tribes are used to being arrogant in Liangzhou, so they naturally don't want to have an extra manager on their heads, so they must launch a rebellion and drive Shen Chen out of Xiliang.

They contacted the rest of the Qiang tribes in an attempt to start another large-scale rebellion.

There is not even a shadow of Cao Wei in this.

Cao Wei now has many Liangzhou officials, such as Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Jiang Yin, Zhao Ang, Yin Feng, Yao Qiong, Kong Xin and others who drove Ma Chao out of Xiliang at the beginning, and now they are all officials in Cao Wei, and they are even named liehous.

and Han Sui's son-in-law and general Yan Xing, who also took refuge in Cao Cao, and after Cao Cao drove Han Sui out of Guanzhong, he immediately launched a rebellion, forcing Han Sui to leave Jincheng County. In the end, with the help of Yan Xing, Cao Cao got Tianshui, Longyou, Anding and other counties, and confronted Liu Bei in Wudu County and other places.

Therefore, the influence of Cao Wei's forces in Liangzhou is still very large, but in the early days, Liu Bei's army entered Liangzhou, and Zhang Fei's two years of defense were mainly suppressed by force, and the Qiang people worshiped the strong, so under Zhang Fei's suppression, they did not dare to resist.

Now that Shen Chen is here, he didn't dare to make any moves because Shen Chen was famous in the south.

However, in the past six months, Shen Chen's moderate policy has been regarded as a warm boiled frog national integration policy, although they don't know that this is a warm boiled frog-style national integration policy, but they know that the other party is slowly dividing the Qiang, co-opting the small Qiang tribes, and forcing the big Qiang tribes to submit to the Liu Bei court in the south.

Therefore, under the influence of Cao Wei's Liangzhou officials, it was natural to launch a rebellion.

And Shen Chen did not go back to mobilize the army to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.

He is now in Jincheng County, even if he is fast, it will take at least ten days and half a month to return to Tianshui County.

It may take two or three months to mobilize a large army to quell the rebellion.

At this time, Mangzhong and Zhu Yi were constantly contacting the surrounding Qiang tribes, and after two or three months, it was likely that a large number of Qiang tribes would be fanned by them and join them.

When the time comes, if they come to put down their rebellion after two or three months of delay, the enemy may not be on the scale of thirty or forty thousand, but on the scale of hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, at this time, since he happened to lobby the local Qiang leaders in the small tribe of Xihan, it was better to simply raid Dayun Mountain and take the enemy's hinterland.

That night, Shen Chen ordered Anyi County to go back, and immediately dispatched county soldiers to Xihan to join him.

By daylight on the second and third days, the leaders of the small tribes in the surrounding Xihan, Donghan and other places came one after another with men and horses, and seven or eight thousand people were huhulala, plus two thousand soldiers from Jincheng County, about 10,000 people had already arrived.

The Qiang people each brought dry food and war horses, and the weapons they used were still relatively simple pig iron weapons, only the more than 100 guards brought by Shen Chen were steel weapons, and the county soldiers used wrought iron weapons.

But this did not hinder Shen Chen's determination to prepare to capture the king in one fell swoop.

Shen Chen gave an order, and the Qiang let out a wolf-like sound and headed in the direction of Dayun Mountain in the west.

Dayun Mountain is located in Guide County, Qinghai in later generations, when Guide County was also Dayun Valley, plus Yugu in the northwest of Jianzha County, it was the main gathering place of the Qiang people in Shaodang.

The north of this place is the Riyue Mountain, a branch of the Qilian Mountains, and the northwest is Qinghai Lake, where the upper reaches of the Qinghai part of the Yellow River pass through, moistening the earth, making the vast hills burst out with vitality, and the grasslands all over the mountains have raised countless Qiang children.

Even further south, there is a large basin, which is the Huangshatou Desert in Guinan County, Qinghai in later generations, and the desertification was not so serious in the Han Dynasty, and it is one of the most important grasslands for the Qiang people.

But it was precisely because of such unique conditions that the leader of the Qiang tribe had to resolutely launch a rebellion and become an enemy of Liu Bei's court.

At this time, Shen Chen changed into a Qiang costume, with a cloak and a dishevel, disguised as a Qiang person. The Qiang people's skin is slightly darker than that of the Han people, showing the wheat color of perennial sunshine, somewhat like the Tibetans of later generations.

However, in recent years, Qiang Di has intermarried with Han people, so there are still a lot of Qiang people who look like Han people, as long as he covers it up a little, he can't see his identity.

He sat on a horse, white jade horses galloping, in the distance there were only a few trees growing on the rolling hills and mountains, most of them were vast grasslands, and in the farther distance there were peaks deep into the clouds, more than four or five thousand meters above sea level, dyed white, the top of the snowy peak.

The team went all the way to the west, climbing over countless hills and hills, and along the way could see many large and small Qiang tribes also rushing over there.

Mangzhong and Zhuyi also knew that their two big tribes alone would definitely not be able to do anything, so they threatened the surrounding small and medium-sized tribes to join in, increase the number of soldiers and the scale of the rebellion, and slaughter them if they did not comply.

This made many small and medium-sized tribes even if they didn't want to be enemies of Liu Bei's court, so they could only join it and go to Dayun Mountain to form an alliance with Mangzhong and Zhuyi.

Shen Chen ignored these small and medium-sized tribes.

Because he knows that these people are not of the same mind as Mangzhong, since they are not enemies, they naturally don't need to care.

Soon a few days later, they arrived at the valley of Yu, the territory of the king of Qiang, who had already led people to Mount Dayun, but left men and horses in the valley to guide the rest of the small and medium-sized tribes to join them in Mount Dayun.

The reason why they wanted to go to Dayun Mountain was because there was a road to the north of Dayun Mountain that led directly to Linqiang County and Anyi County, and they planned to occupy Jincheng County first, and then spread the war to the whole of Liangzhou.

Under the guidance of Yugu Yaodangqiang, they continued to walk along the Yellow River.

Even a few days later, Shen Chen saw the cities of Guiyi and Jianwei on the north bank of the Yellow River, both of which were built by Emperor Han and Emperor Shaodangqiang to suppress local rebellions.

But now the times have passed, the imperial court's control of Liangzhou is getting lower and lower, so that these two cities are obtained by the Qiang people, although the Qiang people do not know how to build the city, the city made of rammed earth is close to dilapidation, but looking at the other side, seeing the outside of the city are Qiang, it is inevitable that people feel uncomfortable.

"After I break the burn and become a Qiang, I will set up a county in this place, send soldiers and horses to station, and manage Zhuqiang!"

Shen Chen said to Deng Ai Jiangwei, the two disciples on the left and right.

Jiang Wei said: "Shijun, this place is located in the upper reaches of the big river, although the water and grass are abundant, the land is fertile, spare the field animals, and have the benefit of fish and salt, but the river is turbulent and the road is inconvenient. Moreover, there are many Qiang, which is not suitable for Han people to live, and I am afraid that it is not good to stay for a long time. ”

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Chen waved his hand and said: "It is true that this place is too far away from our control area, and the road is not easy to walk, but in the future, we can appoint Qiang Di, who is loyal to the imperial court, as an official for systematic governance." The barbarians outside the Saiwai are used to being lazy, and if they want to rebel, they will rebel, and they will have to pay the price of rebellion. ”

Deng Ai said with a smile: "It's Shijun's prestige that only spreads in the Central Plains, and Cao Wei already knows Shijun's power." But after Shijun arrived in Liangzhou, he was too gentle to them, and he often sat at the same table with them in person regardless of his identity, making them think that Shijun's reputation was nothing more than that. ”

"Yes, Master."

Shan Yi also said angrily: "Look at Uncle Yide, in Liangzhou for two years, there are people who disobey the king, so they immediately sent troops to conscript, and personally beheaded I don't know how many Qiang Di leaders, and they are good to bully Shijun." ”

"Huh."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then it is time for me to pass on the frontier, pass the order, speed up the march, and I must go to Dayun Mountain tomorrow." ”

"Yui."

A few people immediately conveyed the military order.

Due to the disintegration of the Qiang tribe's army, the capital of Ulala would only rush forward when fighting, so Shen Chen ordered two thousand county soldiers to scatter among them, and led the tribes to obey orders.

For example, there are 500 Han soldiers for every 2,000 people, and each tribe is scattered and reorganized, and 400 Qiang people have 100 Han soldiers, so that it is divided into four large formations and 20 small formations.

Soon the military order was issued, and the various departments blew the bone whistle to speed up the pace.

The Qiang also used bone whistles and horns as messengers, and even bone whistles and horns themselves were their traditional way of giving orders. The traditional way of issuing orders of the Han people is gongs, drums and flags, and whistles and trumpets are still learned from Qiang, so Qiangqi naturally understands these orders.

After the military order was issued, the ministries stepped up.

On the morning of the second day, they arrived at Dayun Mountain, and saw that this mountain was the Layun Mountain Range in the north of Guide County, and the Dayun Valley was located at the foot of the mountain, extending along both sides of the Yellow River to create a large broken valley, presenting a long and narrow plain.

Many counties in Liangzhou are located in such broken river valleys, and even many counties in Qinghai in Gansu Province in later generations were built in this way, often on the upper banks of the Yellow River, Weishui, Huangshui and Taoshui.

Shen Chen rode on horseback and glanced around, and saw that the water and grass on both sides of the bank were abundant, a large number of tents were set up by the river, and herds of cattle, sheep and horses were running on the grass.

Countless Qiang are converging like rivers in this direction, and makeshift camps are being set up farther to the south.

Lao Qiang's name is Guduo, and he also belongs to the Burning Qiang branch.

At this moment, he hurried over on horseback and reported to Shen Chen: "Grand Duke, they asked us to place our people in the grass to the south, and then only ordered the chief to go to the meeting. ”

"Where are they here?"

Shen Chen asked.

Guduo pointed to a huge Qiang camp by the Yellow River and said: "There is the landing of the Mangzhong Division, and the largest tent in the middle is the king's tent in Mangzhong." ”

Shen Chen said: "Don't worry about anything else, you follow me towards that side and watch my orders be done." ”

"Yes."

Now Gudo returned to his tribe.

Shen Chen roared, urging the horses forward, down the hill, and in the direction of the camp in Mangzhong.

There were tens of thousands of people on their side, and there were Mangzhong Qiang soldiers who maintained order on the periphery, leading the rest of the tribes who came to the alliance to the south to face the camp to station.

At first, when they passed, the Qiang soldiers in charge of guiding them thought they were going to the garrison, so they took the initiative to greet them and show them the way.

But as he walked, he found that something was wrong, because the other party did not go south, but kept going west, in the direction of the main camp.

The Qiang soldiers who led the way couldn't help but say in Qiang language: "Gollum goo, gurgling." ”

Shen Chen naturally couldn't understand the Qiang language.

In fact, due to the problem of Hu and Han living together in Liangzhou, most of the Qiang leaders can speak Chinese, but the low-level Qiang people naturally can't, so Shen Chen has no need to learn Qiang language to communicate with the Qiang people.

However, listening to the Qiang man's tone, which seemed to carry a little reprimand, he immediately became a little unhappy.

The leader of the Qiang people next to him whispered to him and said, "He said that it is the residence of the respected Qiang king, and we untouchables of low-ranking small tribes are not allowed to go there, and only the leader can go to the king's tent." ”

"Poof."

Shen Chen laughed all of a sudden, and said to the left and right: "What kind of thing is Mangzhong and Zhuyi worthy of calling himself the respected Qiang King?" ”

With that, he pulled out his tiger courage knife and slashed at the Qiang man, slashing him with one sword.

The rest of the Qiang soldiers who led the way were stunned.

But Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Danyi, Wu Dang and other disciples reacted very quickly, and at the same time drew their swords, killing several of them one after another.

Shen Chen raised the Tiger Courage Sword in his hand, pointed forward, and roared angrily: "Sons, today, I will kill the two traitors of Mangzhong and Zhuyi with me!" ”

"Kill!"

The Han soldiers around Shen Chen roared at the same time.

Then the trumpet sounded.

Everyone drew their swords from their waists, clamped their legs around the belly of their horses, slapped their horses' buttocks, howled like wolves, and slaughtered the camp in Mangzhong to the west.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the Mangzhong camp in the distance, and the Qiang Yi who came to the alliance from all walks of life along the way scattered and fled.

On the side of the Mangzhong camp, the two Qiang kings of Mangzhong and Zhuyi were entertaining the rest of the Qiang leaders who came to the alliance in the tent, when they suddenly heard the horns outside the camp tent and the whistle sounded, and they were taken aback and hurriedly ran out of the tent.

Seeing that there was a great chaos in the village at this time, and hearing that there was an enemy attack, the two immediately gathered the soldiers, hurriedly issued the order to assemble, and at the same time took a small number of soldiers and horses, and hurriedly went out of the camp to stop it.

It's not that they don't want to defend the camp, but the Qiang tribe is not like the Han camp, they will set up camp, and their periphery is even a low fence of sheep at most, only to the height of the human waist, the cavalry will break through as soon as they rush, and they can't stop it at all.

Just like the steppe tribes, once a large force of the enemy enters the tent camp, it can easily be broken and slaughtered without resistance.

Therefore, both of them hoped to organize their troops and horses as soon as possible to stop the enemy outside the camp.

However, it was too late to hastily assemble troops, and when they hurriedly led thousands of people out of the camp, and before they had time to form a formation, Shen Chen had already led tens of thousands of cavalry to kill them.

I saw Shen Chen taking the lead, rushing into the formation, slashing and killing like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and several people fell under his knife in an instant.

After that, the two sides collided like a flood, and the people flipped on their backs and were in a mess.

In the chaos, under the cover of Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Shan Yi, Wu Dang and other disciples with outstanding martial arts, Shen Chen swung left and right, constantly slashed, and soon fought his way out and encountered an enemy general in front.

The man was surrounded by dozens of cavalry guards, and he was in the rear of the battle formation, and suddenly saw more than a dozen enemies killed him, he shouted and immediately led people to rush over.

"Just in time!"

Shen Chen shouted, his legs clamped the jade horse, the tiger courage knife in his hand took the lead, the horse man stood up, and his knife slammed down towards the enemy general.

The Qiang iron tools and weapons were far inferior to those of the Han people, and they were not as wealthy as the Han people, and there were so many long weapons made of iron, so their weapons were often mainly short knives three or four feet long.

Shen Chen's Tiger Courage Knife was seven feet long, taking advantage of the length of the weapon, and before the enemy could cut the knife, he cut it first.

The enemy general had no choice but to block with a knife.

"Bang!"

With a soft and crisp sound, under the terrifying force, Shen Chen cracked the enemy general's knife into two with a knife, and the knife momentum did not change, and it cracked all the way down.

Immediately afterwards, a "poof" sound was heard, and the tiger guts knife slashed down obliquely, cutting off half of the enemy's head.

Poof!

Because his head fell off, blood gushed in his neck, and he sprayed the head of the enemy leader half a foot high and fell to the ground.

As soon as that person died, the surrounding Qiang people were instantly terrified.

Someone shouted in Qiang.

Then countless Qiang people shouted one after another, as if they had seen a ghost, glanced at Shen Chen in horror, and then turned their horses' heads and ran for their lives.

Even in the front, not long after their side came into contact with the battle, and the main force of the army behind had not yet started a frontal battle with the enemy, some of the Qiang soldiers had already fled one after another, not daring to fight again.

Immediately after the arrival of the main force, the enemy was surrounded and killed, and another enemy general died in the chaos, and soon the battle subsided.

A large number of Qiang birds and beasts scattered, and the battlefield was suddenly silent.

It wasn't until this time that Shen Chen knew that he was in the midst of the chaos, and he actually beheaded Mangzhong, who was one of the Qiang kings!