contend

Chapter 44
On the second day, the predecessors of Duanjiawubao shouted.

Han and Qiang people rushed to watch the excitement.

The three leaders of the Qiang people, Erhe Shaoge, Fatong, and Mozhaisai were all present.

It is clear at a glance who is Han and who is Qiang.

Even if the Han people were poor, their clothes generally looked neat and clean, and they tried their best to maintain their decency.

The Qiang people are really sharp-eyed. They are all skinny, with various cloth strips wrapped around their bodies casually, and their messy hair is fluffy like straw, as if they are a group of beggars who come to beg for food.

It can be seen that the life of the Qiang people in Longyou is not easy.

Although Qiang and Di were regarded together in this era, the degree of Sinicization of the Di people was deeper, as can be seen from their names.

"I checked the fort thoroughly yesterday, but there was no Qiang woman inside. Why did you burn it? Could it be that you lied to someone?" Xia Houba looked angry.

Xiahouba's power is extremely powerful, once he attacks, everyone present will be shocked.

Ehe Shaoge shook his body, "If Xiamin's two daughters are not in the castle, they must have been hidden by Duan Kui."

Duan Kui said angrily: "You are spitting blood, my Duan family has been in the northwest for 130 years, why have I ever done anything wrong?"

"Whether you have done it or not, you know in your heart." Ehe Shaoge is afraid of Xia Houba, but not Duan Kui.

Xia Houba's face sank like water, "I'll give you one last chance, the Duan family will pay you a thousand stones, how about letting this matter go?"

The Duanjiawu Fort was not big in the first place, and a thousand stones of grain was not a small amount, and it could buy more than 100 female slaves.

It is also enough for a Qiang village to lie down and eat until next year's spring plowing.

Duan Kui's face was livid, but he was frightened by Xia Houba's power and did not dare to object.

However, Ehe's appetite for burning fire was more than that. Seeing that Duan Kui didn't speak, he thought he was timid. A Han Wubao definitely has more than that.

"Thank you General for your kindness, but my two daughters were born like pearls. I thought that after this year, I would give them to the former general as concubines. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. I really feel ashamed to face the elders... "

He cried while talking, arousing the sympathy and indignation of the Qiang people.

"The Duan family is too bullying."

"Could it be that we Qiang people are easy to bully?"

……

The former general was Guo Huai.

Hungry He Shaoge dragged him out, obviously he didn't have any good intentions.

In the whole Yongliang, the nominal leader is Xia Houxuan, the governor of Yongliang who conquered the west.

But right now, Guo Huai, the former general and the governor of Yongzhou, was obviously more powerful than Xia Houxuan.

In the land of Yongliang, there is only Xiahouba, the only seedling left.

The Qiang people did not dare to offend Deng Ai of Nan'an, nor Guo Huai of Wudu, but came to offend Xiahouba.

There may not be other secrets in it.

It is said that the folk customs in the Northwest are simple and tough, but Erhe Shaoge refreshed Yang Zheng's impression.

It should be troublesome people out of poor mountains and evil mountains.

Ehe's hysterical performance of singing and singing made the Qiang people's anger reach its peak.

The crowd became louder and fiercer.

"Enough!" Xia Houba roared, "Since this is the case, I asked you to search Wubao by yourself. If you find it, everything in Wubao belongs to you. If you can't find it, don't blame the military law for being ruthless." .”

Ehe Shaoge rolled his eyeballs a few times, "General, if the Duan family hides someone elsewhere, how can we find him here?"

This guy quickly grasped the key.

"The Duan family doesn't have a mansion in Didao City. There is only one nearby manor. Your daughter was captured yesterday. If she is not in this Wubao, where else can she hide?" Xiahouba squinted, "If you can't find it, then you are not here. The Duan family stole it!"

Ehe Shaoge couldn't help shrinking his neck, squinting at Duanjiawubao, with a greedy look on his face.

Yang Zheng stared at him, as if he was looking at a fish that was about to take the bait.

The other Qiang people were also upright, shouting to enter the fort one after another.

Ehe Shaoge squinted his eyes to look at Wupu and then at Xiahouba, the expression on his face changed from greedy to puzzled.

Yang Zheng's heart tightened, the critical moment had arrived.

Duan Kuibai bowed in front of Xiahouba, "General Xiahou, my Duan family has been farming here for six years. There is only grain in the fort, and there are no Qiang women. The general is very clear."

It was this sentence that helped Erhe make his final decision to burn the fire.

The value of food in this world is self-evident.

A six-year grain accumulation in Wubao is not a small amount.

With food, there are so many things that can be done.

It can turn a small village into a big village, quickly gather refugees, and exchange weapons.

Ehe Shaoge Huang Chengcheng's eyeballs kept shining.

He could calm down, but the other leaders couldn't calm down, and were crowded into the fort by the Qiang people.

Ehe Shaoge's slippery eyes swept over Xia Houba, then at Duan Kui, then at the Qiang people who lost control, and finally couldn't help it...

The laughter of the Qiang people came from Wubao from time to time.

Duan Kui's face gradually turned pale.

The other Han people also looked disheartened, looking at Xia Houba with disappointment in their eyes.

Xia Houba glanced at Yang Zheng.

Yang Zheng was also sweating coldly.

Many things are planned by people, but whether they can be done or not depends on the sky.

There is no foolproof strategy.

However, Xia Houba's trust touched Yang Zheng's heart.

If Cao Shuang could trust himself so much, perhaps the miserable end of the Cao family would not have happened.

With a wave of his hand, [-] cavalrymen under him blocked the front door, and [-] personal soldiers blocked the back door.

Xia Houba snapped his fingers towards the sky, and suddenly the sound of the earth shaking came from outside the valley.

The sound of rumbling war drums came from the high hills, like a mountain torrent erupting.

After a while, rows of soldiers with bright armor came in along the river, with shields like mountains, spears like forests, banners like fire, and cavalry like wind.

The faces of the Qiang people who stayed outside Wubao suddenly changed drastically.

The laughter in Wubao also stopped abruptly.

In the land of long battles in the northwest, no one knows what this means.

Many people ran out in a panic, carrying the looted food on their backs, and were pushed to the ground by Wei Jun in front of Wubao.

"What are you doing, General?" Ehe Shaoge just went in and retreated before burning a stick of incense.

With a sullen face, Xia Houba pointed with a murderous look: "If you find the Qiang girl, Duan Kui is oppressing you. If you don't find it, it's robbing you of money and food. This is a rebellion, a great crime against the Yi tribes!"

The words are like knives and spears, stabbing at Ohe and burning the spear.

Ehe Shaoge shook his body.

If he can slander others, can't others repay him with his way?
Now it seems that this is not a slander, the Qiang people are indeed looting things in the fort.

Ehe Shaoge stared at Xiahouba like a wolf cornered, "The general wants to use this to kill us?"

As expected of the leader of the Qiang people, he has some political savvy.

There are three leaders of the Qiang people here. If they can be killed in one fell swoop, the Qiang people will be scattered and take the opportunity to send troops to the Qiang village. Longxi can be stable for at least six or seven years.

But once this example is opened, I am afraid that the entire Qiang people in Longyou will stand on the opposite side of Wei.

Longyou is connected to Hexi, and there are many barbarians and few Han.

With a little carelessness, the Hundred Years' War between Han and Qiang will reappear.

It's fine if it's just the Qiang people, the key point is that the Shu people are watching.

Xia Houba is a heavy general in the imperial court, he has just been in office for a year, and his foundation is not stable, so he dared to make trouble for him, which shows that the Qiang people have long been willing to do anything wrong.

Xia Houba snorted coldly and pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"I'm afraid the general will be disappointed." A smile suddenly appeared on Ehe Shaoge's face, "Bring him up!"

Several Qiang people came forward with six women.

Looking at the costumes, there are Qiang women and Han women.

Duan Kui's face darkened, "This, how is this possible?"

Ehe Shaoge burst out laughing.

Xia Houba's gaze turned to Yang Zheng again.

Yang Zheng sighed, it's time for him to appear.

(End of this chapter)