Ma Chao saw that although the man was dressed in luxurious armor and powerful, he was wearing a cloak with a trace of blood in his mouth, and his sluggish expression contained undisguised anger, and his eagle eyes were sharp, because this person was staring at Ma Chao who was sitting on a horse.

Zhang Xiu turned over and dismounted, kicked the man down in front of Ma Chao, and said, "Brother, this person is the leader of the Wuqiang." This old boy is stubborn, his subordinates have already surrendered, and he still dares to fight alone with a sword, killing more than a dozen of our brothers! If it weren't for the elder brother's words, he would have tried to avoid the bloodshed of the sword soldiers, and the younger brother would have cut off this person's head with a knife! ”

Hearing Zhang Xiu's description, Ma Chao admired the person in front of him who was kneeling but still glaring at him, because in this battle of Qiang, the leaders of all the tribes surrendered under his fierce and fast raid, and only this person dared to resist.

As he spoke, the leader of Wuqiang listened to Zhang Xiu's words, and turned his head to glare at Zhang Xiu again. Zhang Xiu raised his fist and scolded angrily: "Be honest! ”

Ma Chao waved his hand to stop Zhang Xiu, and said calmly to the leader of this strong point, in fluent Qiang: "What's your name?" ”

"Cherrigie!"

Ma Chao opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and was speechless for a while. First, because he answered fluent Chinese, and secondly, because the name is not small.

Ma Chao is familiar with "Romance" and knows that in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, Xiqiang once had a king named Cheriji, who opposed Zhuge Liang, and was easily defeated by Zhuge Liang, so he obeyed Zhuge Liang and did not dare to commit it again. Unexpectedly, the future king of a country is the leader of this strong point in front of him!

However, Ma Chao's current strength and status are much higher than Cherrigi's, so Ma Chao said: "Do you know my name? ”

"I know, you are General Shenweitian, the descendant of General Fubo, and the current overlord of Xiliang." Cherrigi said without humility or arrogance.

"Now that you know, why not surrender?"

Cherrigi sneered: "I would like to ask General Shenweitian, why did you invade my Qiangzhong for no reason?" ”

Ma Chaobo said angrily: "No reason? In the past hundred years, can you count the people who have died at the hands of your Qiang? I fight against rebellion with obedience, hang the people and fight crimes, and the teacher is famous, how can I have no reason? ”

Cheriji knew that he was wrong, and said unwillingly: "General, don't forget, you are more or less, and you also have the blood of the Qiang people on your body!" Can't you bear to drive us to death? ”

Ma Chao said: "I know this, so I want to cut down Qiang." Besides, when did I say that I would kill them all? ”

Cherrigi was even more speechless, and now his tone and attitude softened, and said, "Since the general has no intention of killing them all, then why ......?"

But before he could finish speaking, Ma Chao interrupted him, Ma Chao said: "Why do you want to surround and land on you?" ”

Cherrigi lowered his head: "Yes." ”

Ma Chao said: "If I say that I am planning for the Qiang people, do you believe it? ”

Cherrigi was a little puzzled and didn't dare to speak easily.

Ma Chao saw that his attitude was okay, so he raised his hand to signal him to stand up, and said: "In the future, Qiangzhong will be merged into the Han realm, and my father and I will set up counties in Qiangzhong, and the Taishou and county orders will replace you leaders, Qiang, Di, Xiongnu, and Xiaoyue people will all become the people of the Han Dynasty." ”

As soon as he heard this, Cheriji, who had just stood up, became angry again and said, "General, you are going to completely destroy and destroy my Qiang people!" If you do this, aren't you afraid that my Qiang people will resist? You must know that they are as strong as Liangzhou Sanming, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Zhang Wen, Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo and others, none of them can break the backbone of the Qiang people, let alone you, the general? Aren't you afraid that my Qiang people will fight back, and one day they will knock you to the ground? ”

Before Ma Chao got angry, Zhang Xiu had already lifted his legs, kicked Cherrigi to his knees again, and scolded: "What are you, you dare to threaten my brother!" ”

Cherrigi didn't care about Zhang Xiu at all, just gasped and glared at Ma Chao.

Ma Chao smiled: "Will the Qiang people fight back?" I don't think so, right? ”

Ma Chao turned his head and nodded to Pound, who understood and shouted: "Bring it up!" ”

Then Cheriji saw that from the majestic military formation with many flags behind Ma Chao, a group of cavalrymen armed with horse lances were holding sharp spears against the backs of a group of people, driving those people out of the formation like driving sheep, and the military formation automatically moved to the left and right, making way for those people.

Cherrigi saw that those people were all familiar to him, all of them were the leaders of the various tribes and their leaders. Everyone was unkempt and ragged, and it looked like they had been detained for some time.

Ma Chao looked at the group of lifeless people behind him, full of confidence, as if it was not his prisoners standing behind him, but his powerful cavalry. All the heads of the Qiang tribes in Qiang are here, as well as all the heads of the Di people, the Xiongnu, and the Yue clan.

Ma Chao said: "All the people with heads and faces in Qiang are here, they know each other better than you, and they have already surrendered to me." I will find some good houses for them in Jincheng and Guzang City, so that they can live the rest of their lives in peace. ”

Cheriji said unwillingly: "Even if the general kills the leader, the common people of the Qiang people will avenge us!" ”

Ma Chao felt even more ridiculous when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing.

Jia Xu explained to Cherrigi: "The chief does not know, my lord has already announced that whoever surrenders to my lord, my lord will divide the pastures, herds, and cultivated land in Qiang equally among them, and the slaves will be free again, and all will become the people under my lord's rule. Therefore, the whole Qiangzhong has completely surrendered, and everyone in Qiangzhong has won the grain shadow, and now the assassin has sent officials to measure the land and pastures in Qiangzhong, and it will be distributed to everyone in the near future. ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Cherriji, you know now, Qiangzhong has long been convinced of my brother, and no one will follow you to do rebellious things!" Throw in the towel! ”

When Cherrigi heard this, he was stunned and couldn't say a word.

Ma Chao thought that Cherrigi was in despair, and just wanted to order someone to drag him down, but he didn't expect Cherrigi to bow his head, and kept kowtowing to Ma Chao, and shouted excitedly: "I thank General Xie for the people in Qiang!" The general is gracious and virtuous, and the people in my Qiang will never forget! ”

Ma Chao was a little confused by him and said, "Cherrigie, what do you mean by this?" ”

Cherrigi raised his head, the original indignant look had long disappeared without a trace, replaced by a sincere face, he said: "The general is benevolent and righteous, and Ze is the people, not only ending the war that lasted for a hundred years, but also raising the people to rest, so that the people in our Qiang can get a way to live." Cherrigi actually offended the general, I really don't know what to do, and the crime deserves death! ”

Ma Chao then understood, and said: "You can rest assured, I will definitely treat the people in Qiang equally, and I will never abuse people like those officials in the past." If you violate this oath, heaven and man will kill together! ”

"General Xie, General Xie!" Cherrigi kept prostrating again.