Can I get to the other side?

“No——!”

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe knelt down in front of the ruins of the royal court and the towering human heads, his face full of despair.

The scene in front of him was too shocking for him.

The former royal court no longer existed, leaving only a scorched earth and a mountain of human heads. This “gift” was extremely bloody!

The next moment, the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe actually raised his head and spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the spot.

“Leader! Leader!”

The leaders of other tribes present were in chaos when they saw this.

Ma Chao did not care about the situation of the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe. He looked at the vast scorched earth and corpses in front of him with a cold look in his eyes.

A month ago, he led his troops to the Qiang royal court. At that time, he considered stationing in the royal court, but after consideration, he finally decided to continue to go deep into the Qiang land.

Now it seems that his decision is correct.

If he had not continued to go deeper into the Qiang territory and chose to stay in the Qiang royal court, he would have definitely run into Zhang He head-on.

He did not expect Zhang He to be so ruthless, destroying the entire Qiang royal court and killing so many people.

"But... this may not be a bad thing."

Ma Chao glanced at the leaders of the various Qiang tribes. He might be able to take this opportunity to gather the various Qiang tribes.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao immediately showed his anger and said: "Bold Zhang He! How dare you be so cruel, you are really arrogant!"

"Pass my military order, immediately gather the troops and follow me to pursue the enemy!"

According to the situation on the scene, it can be seen that the Han army has been retreating for several days, and it is too late to pursue now.

But the surface work still needs to be done.

After that, Ma Chao led the troops and horses and chased after the Han army in a mighty manner along the retreating trail.

…

The Qiang people’s royal court was completely destroyed by Zhang He, which was a great blow to all the Qiang people, and the leader Zhong Qiang was so angry that he fainted.

This coma lasted for two days.

In order to take care of the leader Zhong Qiang and to discuss what to do after he woke up, the leaders of various tribes led their troops to temporarily camp on the ruins of the royal court.

At this time, the leader Zhong Qiang was lying on the bed.

His face was pale and haggard.

The king’s tent was filled with an unpleasant smell of herbs, mixed with the strange smell of burnt land, making the entire king’s tent difficult to stay in.

What’s more terrible is that there is also a witch doctor performing a strange dance.

In short, it was extremely noisy.

Perhaps he was awakened by these sounds, and the leader Zhong Qiang opened his eyes.

“Leader, you are awake!”

Seeing the leader Zhong Qiang wake up, the guards on the side immediately showed joy and hurried forward.

At the same time, the witch doctors who were still dancing were driven out.

After the king's tent was quiet, the face of the leader of Zhong Qiang looked better. Not long after, the leaders of other tribes came to the king's tent after hearing the news.

Everyone looked very unhappy.

After arriving in the king's tent, no one spoke first.

The leader of Zhong Qiang took a deep breath, and then asked the leader of Xian Ling tribe with a gloomy face: "What is the situation now?"

The eyes of the leader of Xian Ling tribe were full of bloodshot.

Hearing the words of Zhong Qiang tribe, he said in a heavy tone: "All cattle and sheep of the tribes in the king's court have been slaughtered, not a single one is left!"

"In addition, the water sources within a hundred miles were thrown into the corpses. Now the corpses have been soaked and rotten, and the water sources are all polluted. Even a mouthful of clean water cannot be found."

"The fire on the nearby mountain is still burning, and all the pastures have been burned!"

With each item, the anger in the eyes of the leader of Zhong Qiang tribe became more intense, and the leaders of other tribes became more and more distraught.

Some people even couldn't help crying.

"The pasture was burned, the water source was polluted, the cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and most of the tribe members were killed! How can we live like this!"

"Those beasts didn't even let children and women go! They killed them all and threw their bodies into the lake!"

"Is God going to kill us Qiang people?"

...

The voices of the leaders of each tribe were extremely sad.

Although the Qiang people are nomadic, they also have a fixed place to live, which is where the royal court is located.

This is the land with the most lush grass and the most favorable geographical location in the Qiang land, and it is also the place where all tribes survive.

They can settle down in the royal court here, and they can also cut trees on the mountain for firewood, make bows and arrows, tents, etc.

Even the water source flows down from the mountain.

Therefore, the nearby mountains are now burned and the water sources on the mountains are also polluted. This is the biggest blow to the royal court!

Listening to the cries of the leaders of each tribe.

The leader of the Dangjian tribe sighed and said to the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe: "Not only that, the Han army also captured all our relatives."

"This shows that the Han army wants to negotiate with us and wants us to surrender to the Han Kingdom. Otherwise, they don't need to capture anyone, just kill them all."

"Now we should surrender to the Han Kingdom, otherwise we will not even be able to survive this winter, and our relatives and families will all be killed."

The tone of the leader of the Dangjian tribe was full of fatigue.

After seeing the miserable state of the royal court, he was completely discouraged and even felt afraid.

Fear of Zhang He!

Such means and such cruelty are simply outrageous. Even Ma Chao had never used such a cruel strategy against them before!

He didn't want to continue to be an opponent with such an enemy.

It was really terrible.

If they all surrendered to the Han Kingdom, the Han Kingdom would certainly be happy to accept their powerful fighting force, because the Han Kingdom had previously adopted a policy of appeasement towards them.

After he finished speaking, several tribal leaders showed hesitation on their faces, and were obviously persuaded.

The polluted water source, the loss of pastures, and the capture of their families made them think of giving up resistance.

But the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe was furious when he heard this.

"Surrender?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The face of the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe was extremely gloomy, and the anger in his eyes was about to burst out.

"That group of Han people slaughtered our royal court! Burned our pastures and captured our families. Do you want to surrender to them now?!"

"We should retaliate against them severely!"

"Send troops with General Shenwei Tian to capture Chang'an! Then slaughter all the Han people inside! This is what we should do!"

He was full of boundless anger towards the Han Kingdom at this time, and he wanted to tear Zhang He to pieces and eat him alive. How could he agree to surrender!

"Chief, calm down!"

The leader of the Xianling tribe patiently advised: "Don't you find it strange? The Han army's dispatch this time was too abrupt. They have never sent troops to attack the royal court before."

"There must be other reasons."

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe calmed down a little after hearing this, stared at him and asked: "What do you mean by this?"

The leader of the Xianling tribe lowered his voice and said: "I think it is because we helped Ma Chao before and were involved with him that the Han army was attracted."

"The Han country's current military strength is very strong. Let's not talk about whether Chang'an can be captured. Even if it can be captured, it will attract more fierce revenge from the Han country in the future."

"That will be a real disaster!"

The words of the leader of the Xianling tribe made the leaders of all tribes fall into deep thought.

Because what he said makes sense.

Although they had constant disputes with the Han country before, the Han country had never attacked their royal court once, let alone killed everyone regardless of gender, age or young.

But the Han army did something out of character this time, which only means that they did something that touched the bottom line of the Han people - such as helping Ma Chao, who was a rebel.

"I will never surrender!"

The leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe was full of rage, "No matter why the Han army slaughtered the royal court, I will make them pay the price!"

The leader of the Xianling tribe also lost his patience and snorted coldly, "It's up to you, I will take my tribe to surrender to the Han Kingdom!"

Then he said to the other tribal leaders: "Do you choose to stay and wait for death, or choose to find a way to survive with me?"

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The leaders of each tribe looked at each other, hesitated and struggled for a while, and several tribal leaders stood up silently.

They were unwilling to join forces with Ma Chao to fight against the Han Kingdom. After seeing the cruel behavior of the Han army this time, they dared not to do it.

"You cowards!"

The leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe was furious and cursed.

The leader of the Xianling tribe ignored the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe and left the king's tent with the leaders who were willing to surrender with him.

As soon as they left, only the leader of the Zhongqiang tribe and Miaomiao, who were still loyal to him, were left in the tent.

"Leader, what should we do now?"

"If the Xianling tribe surrenders to the Han Dynasty, at least half of the power of the royal court will be eliminated!"

A tribal leader said worriedly.

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe had a cold light in his eyes and said coldly: "Since he chose to betray the tribe, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Where is General Tian now?"

Hearing this, a leader replied: "General Tian is stationed at a water source ten miles away. The water source there was missed by the Han army and was not polluted."

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe immediately said: "Send someone to send a message to General Tian immediately, saying that the Xianling tribe intends to rebel and ask him to come to help quickly!"

As soon as this was said, the leaders of other tribes were all shocked.

Because if Ma Chao knew about this, the fate of the Xianling tribe would be death!

However, no one dared to disobey the order of the leader Zhong Qiang, and they followed his instructions.

...

The leader of Xianling did not agree with the stupid idea of ​​the leader Zhong Qiang.

The strength of the Qiang people is no longer as strong as before, and they are no match for the Han army. Even if they join forces with Ma Chao, they will only be sent to die.

The Han army destroyed the entire royal court with only 5,000 infantry this time, which has proved how powerful they are.

The tens of thousands of soldiers in the royal court could only be slaughtered wantonly in front of the enemy, so he did not believe Ma Chao's words that he was defeated only because of betrayal.

It is clear that he cannot beat the Han army!

"That stupid guy, I will not die with him and be used as a gun by Ma Chao."

The leader of Xianling snorted coldly.

Although the members of the tribe were slaughtered, his relatives and the high-ranking officials in the tribe were still alive, but they were captured by the Han army.

After leaving the king's tent, he asked the leaders of each tribe to gather the warriors of his tribe and then prepared to leave.

However, at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came.

"Where do you want to go?"

Hearing this voice, the heart of the leader of Xianling suddenly trembled, and his whole body was stiff.

He turned his head and saw that Ma Chao had led a team of cavalry into the camp at some point, looking at him expressionlessly.

The leader of Xianling could not help but feel fear, but he still forced himself to calm down and smiled: "General Tian, ​​the water sources here are all polluted. We plan to find clean water sources."

Ma Chao looked at him straight, his eyes swept over the people behind him, and nodded slightly: "So that's it, you go."

"Thank you, General Tian..."

The leader of Xianling breathed a sigh of relief, but soon he felt a pain in his chest, and a spear pierced his heart.

The person who did it was Ma Chao.

Ma Chao pulled out the spear, and the blood on the chest of the leader of Xianling suddenly gushed out like a spring, and his body fell off the horse.

The whole place was silent.

All the warriors and tribal leaders looked at this scene, and they all looked dazed and unbelievable.

Ma Chao actually killed him in front of all the warriors of the Xianling tribe and the leaders of other tribes!

For a time, many Qiang warriors were red-eyed.

Staring at Ma Chao with hatred.

However, Ma Chao's expression was very calm. He shook off the blood on his gun and looked around at the Qiang warriors and said, "The reason why I killed him is very simple."

"Because he actually wanted to surrender to the Han army!"

Ma Chao's words surprised all the Qiang warriors, because the leader of Xianling had not had time to explain and announce it to everyone, so the tribal warriors did not know about it.

After hearing this, there was an uproar around.

Surrender to the Han army?

Why, how is this possible!

Ma Chao said sternly: "The Han army killed your people, destroyed your pastures and water sources, and even destroyed your royal court!"

"You must retaliate against them! Kill all the Han army, this is what you should do!"

"Instead of surrendering to the Han army like this coward!"

Ma Chao said and pierced the head of the leader of Xianling with his gun again.

Then he turned his eyes to the many warriors and leaders of the Xianling tribe, and said with murderous intent: "This general will give you two choices now!"

"Either take up arms and fight me to the death, and then be slaughtered by me; or obey my orders from now on, and let me take you to revenge the Han army!"

"This general promises you that one day I will take you into Chang'an City, and then the wealth and women inside will be yours!"

"Come! Tell me your choice!"

The means adopted by Ma Chao are simple and direct.

To deal with this group of Qiang people, strength is the most important, and he just has the strength to make them surrender!

Although he only brought a small team of cavalry, and the number of Qiang warriors around him was dozens of times that of him, he still had no fear.

"My Zhongqiang tribe is willing to follow General Tian!"

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe appeared out of nowhere, and was the first to pledge allegiance to Ma Chao, and led the tribe members to kneel on one knee in public.

This kneeling also led to more other tribes.

The tribal leaders such as Dangjian and Shaohe all chose to pledge allegiance to Ma Chao. After all, Ma Chao's reputation was still there, and no one wanted to be his enemy.

Soon, many warriors of the Xianling tribe also made their choice and raised their arms and shouted.

"General Tian!"

"General Tian!"

"General Tian!!"

Ma Chao laughed loudly, feeling extremely happy.

Recovering the tribes of the Qiang people was the beginning of his comeback and revenge on Lu Bu and Zhang Liao!