After Dayu Valley was captured, Yang Zheng ordered Meng Hui to lead two thousand cavalry to continue up the Yellow River, sweep across Xiaoyu Valley and Dayun Valley to the west, and cut off the connection between Shankou City and the Qiang region.

Yang Zheng personally guarded Dayu Valley.

And his character as an iron-blooded conqueror will naturally attract some loyalists.

Smart people abound.

More than a hundred Qiang people who could speak Chinese were promoted to slave corps commanders.

With their cooperation, Yang Zheng's third-class civil policy was spread.

Slaves, waiting to be returned to govern the people.

There is only one law: anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!

Facts have proved that most people are wise and know how to choose.

And slaves are not lifelong.

During the reign of Mi Dang, the life of the lower-class Qiang people was not necessarily much better than that of slaves.

Grain and livestock are almost all owned by Mi Dang and the leaders of various tribes.

It is common for the lower class Qiang people to go hungry, and it is also common for people to starve to death.

Once you have established your authority, you must show kindness.

Yang Zheng ordered the warehouses to be opened for grain storage.

Don't let them eat too much, and don't let them go hungry.

After being a fan for so many years, I still have some possessions. I don’t have much food, but I have a lot of cattle, sheep, and livestock, more than 30,000 of them.

After the slaves received food, they gradually felt at ease.

Most slaves actually have nothing of value.

Those taken captive were leaders and nobles.

Two or three days later, when Yang Zheng cooked broth and recruited soldiers, the Qiang people were very enthusiastic.

Becoming a regular soldier can directly break away from the slaves.

Yang Zheng selected 2,000 of his best men and appointed officers of more than ten years as his own soldiers.

The new army was not issued weapons or armor, but only gave each person a stick to manage.

The soil and water in the Big and Small Yu Valleys are fertile, and fertile fields stretch as far as the eye can see, and it’s time to start farming.

It's definitely not possible to leave slaves idle. When people are idle, all kinds of evil will connect with each other.

Only the order established during labor can allow them to gradually adapt to their new identity.

Soon the fields were filled with busy people.

Yang Zheng was not stingy either. After a hard day's work, he gave them a meal of broth in the evening.

At this stage, we can only manage it in such a rough way. We have just laid a framework, which will be gradually improved in the future.

After staying in Dayu Valley for five days, good news came from Mengfei. Xiaoyu Valley and Dayun Valley had been captured, with more than 10,000 prisoners and 7,000 livestock.

Almost all the major Qiang settlements south of the Yellow River were captured by Yang Zheng.

Mi Dang in Shankou City, Hebei Province has become a lonely ghost.

After leaving Meng Fei to guard the south of the Yellow River, Yang Zheng led a thousand horsemen and rode towards Shankou City.

It's time to end the confusion.

Green water, snow-capped sky, spring breeze and green mountains.

Being there, the fatigue from many days of expeditions was gone.

Looking back at the soldiers around us, everyone is inspired.

Successive victories continue to inspire people.

When we arrived at Yamakou Castle, we saw a sea of ​​people at the foot of the mountain.

The entire Xiping Qiang and Hu Yi army gathered here.

There are also prisoners.

Zhang Te, Jiang Fane and a group of Qiang generals left the camp ten miles away to greet him.

"Fortunately, my subordinates have lived up to their orders and relieved the siege of Linqiang. This is the reason for the confusion!" Zhang Teyou was very high-spirited.

At only twenty-five or six years old, with more than 3,000 people in an isolated city and defeating tens of thousands of enemies, how could he not be so high-spirited?

Yang Zheng laughed, "The son of a famous general is born!"

After getting high-spirited, Zhang Te returned to his previous respectful demeanor, saying, "Mistakes should be good at making plans but without strategies, and they should be cunning and aggressive. There is no joy in breaking them."

These two comments are quite appropriate.

Not only was he mistaken, but Ye Wudai was also the same at the time. He underestimated the enemy and rushed forward without knowing the general strategy.

How lucky is a nation and a country to have a leader with a long-term vision?

When the Xiongnu came out, the big men had to endure it.

Wuhuan came out of Tadun and took control of western Liaoning.

Xianbei sent out Ke Bi Neng and commanded more than 100,000 horses to intimidate Hebei.

Compared with them, Midang was still far behind, so much so that he was mentioned briefly in the history books.

"Why should Zichan be so humble? One battle at Linqiang will be famous all over the world!" Yang Zheng said with a smile.

Zhang Te also laughed and said: "The general traveled eight hundred miles, rushed to the aid of Qin and Hu, defeated Guiyi to build his power, and swept across the meander of the river. He is the famous general in the world!"

If the business exchanges continue like this, he won't be embarrassed, Yang Zheng will feel embarrassed too.

The key is to do it in front of so many Qiang generals.

Yang Zheng held Zhang Te with his left hand and Jiang Fane with his right hand, and they entered the camp together.

Only then did those Qiang generals find a chance to speak. Under Jiang Fane's introduction, they reported their families one by one.

"Ms. Lu Shuiyi Jianya pays homage to General Yang!"

"Lu Shui and Peng Hu pay homage to General Yang!"

"Yueshi Bomo pays homage to General Yang!"

"Qiuci Bai Suyun meets General Yang!"

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Yang Zheng looked at the Hu Renyi standing in front of him speaking pure Northwest dialect, and was a little dazed for a moment.

But there is no doubt that Han civilization is the most brilliant civilization of this era.

It is extremely attractive to surrounding foreign races.

Yang Zheng greeted everyone one by one and said some words of encouragement.

During the Cao and Wei Dynasties, these Qiang and Hu were relatively obedient.

After the pleasantries were over, Yang Zheng went straight to the topic, "If you are trapped in the isolated city, you will be captured by me. Do you have any clever ideas?"

Several people looked at each other.

Ikenya stood up and said: "The mountain pass city is dangerous and cannot be attacked by force. The general might as well cut off its water source, and the enemy will be defeated."

This name is quite unique, but he is a blue-eyed bearded man with a thick beard.

Yang Zheng remembered that there was also a concubine named Yi Jian. During the early reign of Emperor Wen of Huang, he raised tens of thousands of troops in Wuwei and Zhangye, but was defeated by Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou at the time.

"Shankou City is backed by Chiling and is nourished by snow water. How to cut off its water source?" Peng Hu, another leader of Lu Shuihu, said.

Although they were both Lu Shuihu, Yang Zheng could tell that the two of them were a bit uncomfortable with each other.

Ms. Egenya's face turned red, and she looked like she dared not speak out in anger.

"Do you have any clever ideas?" Yang Zheng became interested in Peng Hu, who was in his thirties.

The name is a Chinese name, but the person has obvious Hu characteristics.

Peng Hu cupped his hands and said: "The general has swept across the meander of the river. All we need to do is place the defenders' families under the city walls, and the enemy will have no intention of defending."

Yang Zheng's eyes lit up, "What a plan!"

Originally it was just a matter of dealing with the situation, but I didn't expect anyone to actually come up with a countermeasure.

I was secretly vigilant in my heart, as there were also wise men among the barbarians.

Yang Zheng took a deep look at Peng Hu and ordered all the family members of the Qiang army from the Big and Small Yu Valleys to be transported.

Two days later, more than 3,000 family members were pulled into the camp on wooden carts.

Yang Zheng comforted them with kind words, and as long as they could persuade their relatives to return, they would be exempted from their status as slaves and promoted to the status of returnees.

If you can kill the leader and correct the chaos, you will be directly promoted to govern the people and be rewarded with a hundred acres of fertile land.
To be continued...