Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

231 AD, February, Wenshan County, Canling.

In the high mountains and valleys on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, strong winds howl, bringing bursts of chill, rustling the dead branches and leaves in the mountains.

Zhang Ni was fully armored, wrapped in a winter robe, holding a ring-sword in his hand, and flashed out of the mountain path under the guard of dozens of sturdy soldiers.

Not far from Zhang Ni's eyes, there are cliffs more than ten meters high standing on both sides, like stone gates.There is only a narrow path that can be passed through, and in the deep mountain road, there are several corpses of Han soldiers lying in it, bloody and bloody, and the nearby rocks are intertwined, and the blood stained the stone surface.Obviously they were all killed by the thrown stones!
Zhang Ni looked up at the Wenshan Qiang army stronghold stationed on the cliff, guarding the mountain road and hindering the advance of the Han soldiers.There are countless hills made of chaotic rocks outside the village, no doubt!The Han soldiers in the mountain road were stoned to death by them.

Zhang Ni hammered the dead wood with his fist angrily, cracks appeared on the dry bark.Zhang Ni secretly cursed 'Qiang dog'.

After Zhang Ni and Ma Zhong entered Wenshan County, they fought three victories and defeated Wenshan Qiang, Baigou Qiang, and Di Wang Qiangduan.The army went up against the Minjiang River smoothly. After regaining Canling County, Zhang Ni, who was the front, set out first to wipe out the remnants of the rebel army in Jiandi County, but he never wanted to be blocked by this natural danger.

The Qiang people stationed troops on the cliffs and high mountains, and piled up a lot of stones. If the soldiers of the Han army passed by the mountain road, they would be smashed to pieces by the stones.Therefore, Zhang Yi led his army to arrive here for several days, and could not launch an attack at all.The soldiers of the Han army who died in the mountains are examples.

"General, what should I do next?" The guard asked with a worried face.

Zhang Ni restrained his emotions, and said in a deep voice, "No rush, how long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?"

"The army will arrive here in half a day, and the rear team of food and grass escorted by General Ma will arrive in two days." The personal guard said.

Zhang Ni clenched the hilt of his sword tightly, stared at the Qiang camp on the top of the mountain, and ordered: "Command the soldiers to rest for now."

After a pause, Zhang Ni said: "This place is so dangerous that we can't take it by force, we can only take it out of our wits. The Wenshan Qiang people were defeated by our army many times. They threw away their helmets and armor and fled. Now they have lost their spirit. Even Tianzhu is useless to them After half a day, the army will arrive, and I will have my own strategy to let our army pass here."

"promise!"

After Zhang Ni ordered his soldiers, he led several personal guards and stood on a huge rock on the hillside, overlooking the entire mountain and river.

When Zhang Ni climbed to the top of the boulder, he could see the Minjiang River flowing down the mountain, meandering through the valleys, and the high mountains undulating continuously like continuous mountains.

Zhang Ni looked thoughtfully at the layout of the Qiang camp. The Qiang camp stood on high mountains, and they could break down the road with huge boulders. But if you look carefully, they are isolated and helpless.The most obvious thing is that it is difficult to transport food and grass, and coupled with the repeated defeats in previous battles, the Qiang people discarded a lot of food and grass.

At this time, Zhang Ni had a plan in mind, so he summoned his guards and said: "Let the army that arrives in half a day set up banners, stretch the army, and blow the bugle to show that our army has arrived."

"promise!"

……

Not long after, the flags of the army fluttered, and the sound of horns shook the sky, spreading across the mountain road for more than ten miles, with a huge momentum, as if there were an army of ten thousand people.

The Qiang people in the army stronghold looked from afar, and their hearts were filled with panic.The leaders of all the ministries were restless, and there were discussions from top to bottom.

At this time, a Han military officer approached the military camp wearing only commoner clothes, and shouted in Qiang language: "I want to see the leader of your ministry to discuss important matters. I wonder if you can inform me."

When the news spread to the army camp, the leaders of the various ministries immediately quarreled, some wanted to see something, or they wanted to shoot directly. In the end, Ding Huan, the most powerful leader of Baigou Qiang, said: "Call him in, we will wait for you." Listen to the words first."

After a while, the civil official walked into the military tent, looked at the big and small leaders seated in the military tent, cupped his hands and said: "I have seen all the leaders."

Ding Huan, the leader of Baigou Qiang, sized up the officials for a while, then said in a deep voice, "I don't know what's going on?"

The civil official looked at Ding Huan sitting in the center, and said: "I am under the order of General Zhang of our army to enter the camp and explain the current situation to the leaders. General Zhang said, you wait for the Qiang people to be bewitched by King Di Qiangduan to rebel against Wenshan County. Hurt the innocent. Today, my son ordered our army to destroy Qiangduan, and now the army has arrived and is about to attack."

"However, General Zhang thought that many leaders among you were bewitched by King Di Qiangduan to rebel. Now Qiangduan fled to Di County, so he didn't want to hurt innocent people. If you wait to surrender now, I will give you money and food support You wait, live and work in peace and contentment here. If you don’t follow, the whole family will die when the army attacks! I hope you will not regret it at that time.”

There is no doubt that there is a threat in the words of the civil servants.All the Qiang leaders' faces changed, they were outraged, but they didn't dare to speak harsh words.They know the abilities of the Han people, especially the Han general named Zhang Yi in front of them.

The civil official looked at the crowd and said with a sneer: "You and the Qiang people don't know that Qiang Duan was originally ordered by Yang Fu, the governor of Liangzhou who rebelled against the Wei Dynasty, to disturb the inner county of the Han Dynasty. Retire. If you join forces with him, you will end up dead, the general knows that you and others are short of food and grass in the army camp."

The faces of the leaders of the Qiang people were shocked, they didn't expect that there was such a secret in it.The timid leader pretended to be angry and said: "The strong villain, how can we help him when we are deceived and provoked by him."

After finishing speaking, the man went out of the account angrily.The civil official bowed his hands to the crowd and said, "Only the strong are punished, and the rest will not be held accountable. Only tonight, and tomorrow the army will attack."

As soon as the words fell, the civil servants left the stronghold, leaving behind a bunch of preoccupied leaders of the Qiang people.

At night, most of the Qiang leaders surrendered to Zhang Ni, and a small number of Qiang leaders fled to the mountains at night with their troops.

The next day, as he said, Zhang Ni ordered the leader of the surrendered Qiang people to lead the way, and ordered his soldiers to chase and kill the Qiang-Yi tribe who had fled into the mountains, and got thousands of people.

Immediately after Ma Zhong arrived, Zhang Ni and his army marched towards Jiandi County.When the army arrived at the foot of Jiandi City, Qiangduan's men were panicked. Several personal guards cut off Qiangduan's head while Qiangduan was sleeping, and left the city to surrender.Most of the tribesmen surrendered, and the son of Qiangduan forcibly led a small number of tribesmen to flee at night.

Zhang Yi led his army to hunt down Baili, and forcibly beheaded Qiang Duan's son.Ma Zhong moved 3000 people from the Di tribe in Qiangduan and 4000 people from the former Qiang tribe, totaling [-] people.Move it to Hanzhong, register the household as Qimin, so as to realize the population.

In the ninth year of Jianxing, in March, Ma Zhong put down Wenshan County's rebellion against the Qiang, killed Di Wang Qiangduan, sacrificed his head in Chengdu, and moved 4000 people to Hanzhong to register his people.

Liu Chan ordered Ma Zhong, who joined the army, to be the deputy governor of Nanzhong, and to assist Li Hui, who was seriously ill, in dealing with the affairs of Nanzhong.

(ps: Calvin tonight, this chapter was hard-written.)