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Chapter 256: The battle to protect the Qiang is over, and the expedition to the West Sea! (4.3K for subscription)
Huo Shan squinted his eyes, thinking about the plan in his heart.

As the saying goes, one can be two, but not three times, Miezhong Qiang White Wolf counts as the last time, if it happens again, they will go crazy.

And these big tribes can't let them go, and now their lives are still in their own hands, and they are obedient.

But after going to the West Sea, the situation may change. The West Sea is very high in altitude. If they want to run away, Huo Shan can't catch them!
So to weaken them, you have to complete most of this step here, and let all the troops they come here stay here, so that their strength can be greatly reduced.

When the power of these big tribes is weakened, and when they see the situation on Zhao Puonu's side, let them know that the situation between the enemy and ourselves has already changed, and the big man can destroy them at any time.

Only those whose strength has been greatly weakened will be as obedient as the small tribes.

Coupled with Huangzhong guarding the West Sea, it will be stable.

But the question now is how to keep these people, killing them will not kill them anymore!
Huo Shan opened his eyes and smiled slightly, he thought of a way.

.........

In the early morning of the [-]th, Huo Shan was dressed neatly in his armor, riding on the champion, followed by wolves, with Xiao Hei standing on his shoulders, and walked towards Hu Qi's defense line very coquettishly.

Huo Shan turned his head and looked at Zhang Anshi who was following him:
"How many are left?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and cupped his hands:

"Back to the governor, it's about [-] or so.

Now this mountainous area has been covered in blood, and there are corpses everywhere. The Qiang people are in a trance, almost unable to hold on.

The current military strength should be around [-] for small tribes and around [-] for large tribes. "

Huo Shan chuckled:
"Hehe, it's not much different from my prediction."

Sima Qian next to him also sighed again and again:
"[-] people came and [-] died. It is estimated that not even half of them died in our hands. Most of them were killed by each other."

Huo Guang: "Half of them are still there, but the casualties of our soldiers are very small."

After hearing what the two said, Huo Shan said lightly:

"No matter what the situation is, no matter who they died in, they are all the meritorious service of the soldiers."

Everyone nodded.

"Tian Qianqiu."

"The minister is here."

"Send an order to protect Qiang City, let Lu Bode, Zhong Gan, Wang Wei, Han Zeng, Gongsun Jingsheng and others set off immediately, come as soon as possible, and make sure to arrive here at night."

"promise."

Xiao Hei went out to send the letter again, and Huo Shan and others continued to walk towards the defense line.

Huo Shan continued to think about the situation of the Qiang people, not only the population figure was the same as he predicted, but also their mental condition at this time was generally the same as his prediction.

At this time, the Qiang people can no longer be stimulated, if they are stimulated again, they will definitely go crazy, and once they are crazy, it is not surprising that they will do anything.

There's no need to provoke them anymore, the next method has to be tougher and softer, and can't be so extreme.

.........

After a while, everyone came to the defense line, and Zhao Chongguo was ready.

It was still the same set of operations, a small high platform with a big seat on it, Huo Shan sat on it, the champion and Li Yu stood beside, surrounded by wolves, and the military flags fluttered in the wind behind them.

Zhao Chongguo and others have long been accustomed to this scene. After the soldiers of the Han Dynasty saw it, they felt a strong power rushing towards them, and they did not mention the Qiang people who preyed on the weak.

Prestige is a mysterious thing to say, and it makes people breathless, but it has a lot to do with the psychological effect of the person opposite, and it is not so mysterious in the final analysis.

Huo Shan leaned on the back of the chair, beckoned, and told Zhang Anshi:
"Bring it up!"

"promise."

After Zhang Anshi bowed and saluted, he waved to the audience, Zhao Chongguo left, and brought a group of people over after a while.

Looking at this group of people with disheveled hair and ragged clothes, who would have thought that they are all the masters of a book!

These people walked all the way with their heads down, not even daring to look up at Huo Shan, they came to the bottom of the high platform, and all of them knelt down on the ground with their knees limp.

Then he murmured words that Huo Shan didn't understand, but it didn't matter if he didn't understand, it was nothing more than paying homage.

Huo Shan didn't speak, but leaned on the armrest and watched them quietly, but this eerie silence put a lot of psychological pressure on them, making them sweat profusely.

Huo Shan was a little bored seeing this scene, he was still planning to play tricks, but looking at the current situation, what tricks are he going to play!

Huo Shan felt that as long as he continued to give orders, these people would definitely obey.

The real life and death lies in Huo Shan's thought, they can't help but obey.

Huo Shan stood up and tied the Snake Slaying Sword on the tray held by Xiao Lizi:
"Surrender!"

Huo Shan gave the order, and the surrounding horns, drums, and shouts of soldiers rang out, making these Qiang leaders who didn't understand the situation frightened.

At this moment, their heads are almost stuck in the soil.

Huo Shan walked down the high platform and waved to Zhang Anshi:

"Let these people hold their heads up."

Zhang Anshi made arrangements with the interpreter, and after a while these people raised their heads, but they all knelt on the ground and looked ahead, still not daring to look up at Huo Shan's face.

The terror that Huo Shan planted in their hearts was too great.

For the Huns, Huo Shan's surrender was relatively gentle, allowing them to worship themselves step by step, but for the Qiang people, that was a proper high pressure, and they didn't even have the courage to suppress them.

Holding the Snake Slaying Sword in his hand, Huo Shan knocked on the heads of these leaders one by one.

After finishing the work, Huo Shan curled his lips and shook his head, thinking about how they trembled when the Snake Sword touched them, the last trace of interest in Huo Shan's heart disappeared.

Huo Shan handed the Snake Slaying Sword to Xiao Lizi to put it away, then waved to the champion, turned around and walked to the back, telling Zhang Anshi as he walked:
"Let these Qiang people move out of the mountains, give them food and drink, and teach them how to obey the rules.

The 5000 small tribes should not be moved, and the [-] large tribes should select [-] horsemen and distribute them from each ministry according to their strength.

The stronger tribes will be assigned more, and the weaker tribes will be assigned less.

Tell those big tribes that these 5000 people will be people from central Huang, including their families, and let them send them over as soon as possible.

They would probably be very happy, after all, without a man, the value will be greatly reduced in this winter, and there will be a lot of food to eat.

Alas, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it will be winter in a blink of an eye. "

"promise!"

Zhang Anshi turned around and went to give instructions. This method was the one Huo Shan came up with.

Since you can't kill them, you can keep them for your own use. If you can't move to the mainland, you can only join Huangzhong.

For these Qiang people, it doesn't matter which tribe they join, they are all the same. On the contrary, if they join Huangzhong, they will probably be very happy.

The life in Huangzhong is good, and they are still relying on the big man. After going through what happened in the past few days, it is probably too late for them to be happy.

Huo Shan originally thought that things would not go so smoothly. If he wanted to do this, the leader of the big tribe would have a lot of opinions.

After all, they had already lost a lot of soldiers, and if they lacked another group, their strength would be greatly reduced, so Huo Shan was going to use some tricks to force them.

But looking at their current appearance, they are simply too obedient, and the methods they thought of are useless, but this is good, so as to save trouble.

.........

night time.

Huo Shan's big tent was full of people, Lu Bode and others also arrived, Xu Ziwei and others were also there, and even the Qiang people also elected a few representatives to come.

The Qiang people withdrew from the mountains, and now they are divided into two parts. Fifteen thousand soldiers and horses gather together, and the remaining five thousand are separated together.

Of the [-] Han soldiers and horses, except for the [-] frontier soldiers, the remaining [-] cavalry are surrounding them.

Huo Shan couldn't help but smile when he saw the happy faces of the people under his hands. This battle can be said to be a complete victory, and it is worthy of joy.

Huo Shan knocked on the table, everyone fell silent and looked at Huo Shan.

Huo Shan stood up holding a cup of tea:
"Now is the time of war. Alcohol is not allowed in the army. This Marquis replaces wine with tea. Please drink with me!"

Everyone also picked up the tea and drank it together with Huo Shan, but a few clever people had already thought of something.

This battle has already been fought, but Huo Shan still said that it was still a time of war, and thinking about Zhao Ponu, this means that there will be wars to come!

The few people who came to mind, such as Xu Ziwei, are already gearing up in their hearts and are ready to fight!

After Huo Shan finished his drink, he sat down and glanced at the representatives of the Qiang people in the corner. They were extremely embarrassed at the moment.

Congratulate the Han people for defeating themselves?
But Huo Shan just glanced at them and didn't pay much attention.

"In this battle, [-] Qiang invaders, [-] of them were beheaded by my big man, and [-] were surrendered. My big man's casualties were only [-]. It can be said that we have won a complete victory!
However, the war is far from over. This battle started because of Xian Ling Qiang. If Xian Ling Qiang is not destroyed, he will serve as a warning to others. How can we deal with the dead soldiers of my big man? "

Xu Ziwei was ready when he heard half of it, and when Huo Shan finished speaking, he quickly got up and jumped out:

"The end will fight!"

Everyone in the tent looked at Xu Ziwei, who suddenly jumped out so quickly that he couldn't cover his ears, he was a little dazed. After realizing it, they all scolded Xu Ziwei for being shameless in their hearts, but they couldn't help getting up and wanting to fight.

Seeing this situation, Huo Shan quickly coughed twice and knocked on the table:

"Ahem, sit down first!"

Xu Ziwei raised his eyebrows at the crowd, then returned to his seat and sat down.

Huo Shan rolled his eyes looking at the crowd, and then said:

"You don't want to fight anymore. The Lingqiang territory is located in the northwest of the West Sea, and the terrain is relatively high. Except for the soldiers of Huangzhong and the soldiers of the Northern Army, the rest of the soldiers can't hold it."

Hearing what Huo Shan said, everyone thought about it, it was true, everyone sighed again, and then looked at Xu Ziwei in the middle of Linghuang with envy and hatred.

"For this battle, I only brought 3000 troops from central Huang, 1000 troops from the Fourth School of the Northern Army, and [-] troops from Huben, plus [-] from the Qiang people and [-] from Zhao Ponu, for a total of [-] troops. "

After Huo Shan's words fell, Xu Ziwei from central Huangzhong, the leader of Huangzhong, the fourth lieutenant of the Northern Army, and Shangguan Jie from Huben stood up and walked to the center.

"There are [-] troops in Huangzhong, with Xu Ziwei as the main force and Zhao Chongguo as the deputy."

Zhao Chongguo didn't expect him to be involved, so he quickly stood up and saluted with Xu Ziwei:
"The last general takes orders!"

Huo Shan nodded and continued:
"The four schools of the Northern Army, and Huben have a total of [-] soldiers and horses, and there are [-] soldiers from Zhao Puonu. A total of [-] are the army of the Marquis."

The Fourth Captain and Shangguan Jie hurriedly saluted:

"The last general takes orders!"

"The accompanying documents for this battle are Zhang Anshi, Tian Qianqiu, Han Zeng and Wang Wei."

The four stood up and saluted.

Huo Shan didn't plan to bring too many people, the weather was cold, and it was winter, this battle was a wave, and Ling Qiang would come back after they were wiped out, bringing too many troubles.

But Sun Shang and Xiao Lizi had to take them with them, and they followed Huo Shan wherever he went.

By the way, there is another Liu Zheng who has to take it with him to be safer, and let him go around more to experience the "charm" of high altitude.

Moreover, in Hehuang and other places, the altitude is basically more than 2000, so the problem is not too big, and the Han people can easily bear it.

However, the altitude of the West Sea is more than 3000, soaring directly by [-]. In Huangzhong, they hang out in this area all year round, so it is not a problem.

But whether the Han people could bear it, Huo Shan was a little uncertain.

However, Lao Zhao led his troops to the plateau without mentioning this situation, which means that it can still be tolerated by Huben, and it is not too serious.

But the physique of the soldiers of Huben is the best among all the big men, even the fourth school of the Northern Army can't match it.

Huo Shan led the Northern Army's fourth school, but it was not very useful, it would be better to bring five thousand Huang Lieutenant Generals.

And Huo Shan took them just to experiment. They are also considered to be the best in the Han army, not as good as Yu Lin Hu Ben, but they are much better than other Han people.

If they went to the West Sea and the reaction was not strong, Huo Shan would be relieved;

.........

"Go back tonight and inform the soldiers to get ready and set off tomorrow morning.

Zhang Anshi, you are in charge of conveying the news to the Qiang people, just say that Ben Hou took them to preempt the cattle and sheep of Ling Qiang, Zhong Qiang, and Bai Lang.

Wang Wei, prepare food and grass for ten days tonight, especially the water source. The water in the West Sea cannot be drunk, and the water source is very important. "

"The minister takes orders!"

Huo Shan turned his head and looked at Lu Bode, Zhong Gan and others again:
"There are [-] soldiers and horses here, and I took away [-]. The remaining soldiers and horses are under the command of Lu Bode. You are responsible for cooperating with Zhong Gan and Gongsun Jingsheng to clean up the two battlefields."

"The last general takes orders!"

"Zhong Gan, you are in charge of cleaning the battlefield, obtaining military exploits, burying corpses, and the remains of soldiers, etc. Huo Guang will assist you."

"The minister takes orders!"

"Gongsun Jingsheng, you are responsible for the military records of the soldiers left behind, and Sima Qian will assist you."

"The minister takes orders!"

Huo Shan nodded, then looked at Lu Bode and the others and ordered:
"After the cleaning of the battlefield is completed, the third division of Lingju in the frontier military fort withdrew, together with the first and second divisions of Lingju protecting the Qiang, led by Captain Lingju back to Lingju.

The same is true for Jincheng's [-] soldiers and horses, led by Captain Jincheng to retreat.

The soldiers and all arrangements on the side of Huqiang City have all returned to the non-wartime state. "

Huo Shan paused for a moment, then thought for a while and continued:
"Don't withdraw the blockade on the frontier, wait until I come back, it's winter, let the soldiers return home first, and prepare things for the winter.

They don't have to worry about the rewards for their achievements in this battle, they will definitely be delivered to their homes a year ago, and the Marquis can guarantee this. "

Everyone laughed out loud, the soldiers trusted Huo Shan very much, the other generals were afraid of repudiation, but Huo Shan would not.

Distinguishing rewards and punishments is a consistent tradition of the old Huo family.

Huo Shan looked at the leader of Huangzhong again:
"Here in Huangzhong, the remaining 5000 soldiers and horses and [-] Qiang people set up camp here first, preparing to accept the families of the [-] people.

Zhonggan prepared food, grass and supplies, and the ideological education of the Qiang people should not be left behind, and the same is true for Huangzhong. "

"promise!"

Huo Shan scanned the crowd, patted his thigh and stood up:
"Execute the orders individually, prepare all the supplies tonight, and set off for the West Sea tomorrow!"

"I'm waiting for orders!"

(End of this chapter)