Among the rebellious troops, Shen Chen killed the Shaodang Qiang king Mangzhong in the formation, and another Shaodang Qiang king Zhuyi also died in the formation, killed by a Qiang warrior who followed Shen Chen.
As soon as they died, the Qiang soldiers organized by the two to resist also dispersed.
The other Qiang people further away who were still leaving their tents to come to rescue did not dare to come over and could only watch from a distance.
Soon the battlefield became quiet, with only nearly a thousand corpses left on the ground. In the first wave of charges, more people died not from the charge, but from the overturning of horses.
Under the iron hooves of thousands of horses, the thousands of people brought by Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi could not stop them at all. A large number of Qiang people were rushed off their horses and then trampled to death. The battlefield was full of human and horse corpses. There are many ownerless horses wandering around.
Shen Chen's body was stained with blood, and the knife in his hand was also dripping with blood. He turned around and saw more than a hundred personal guards and several disciples around him. They were also covered in blood. They were slightly injured, but they were in high spirits and had some unfinished thoughts. meaning.
"Grand Governor."
Guduo and several Qiang commanders rode over from behind, then dismounted and reported to him: "The enemy has been defeated."
"Um."
Shen Chen looked around.
Above the wilderness, there are Qiang and Di tribes watching from a distance.
After Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi were beheaded, the people in their tribe fled back to their tents in panic.
Many people began to flee westward, dragging their families with them.
According to Qiang and Di traditions, after the leader is killed, the tribe will be annexed by the rest of the tribe.
However, the tribe of Mangzhong and Zhuyi is the most powerful Shaodang Qiang in this area. There are tens of thousands of tribesmen, and the total number of troops they can gather can be 30,000 to 40,000. The total population of the two tribes reaches more than 100,000.
No one can annex them.
So many people thought they were going to be slaughtered, so they ran away one after another.
However, they also had some forces within themselves, and they quickly stopped the Qiang people who wanted to escape, and soon someone came to negotiate and expressed their willingness to surrender.
Shen Chen smiled and asked Guduo and other tribes to surround the entire Mangzhong tribe, and then asked all tribal leaders to go to the king's tent.
He himself led hundreds of people and swaggered into the Mangzhong tribe, not caring at all that the enemy's tribe had a population of 50,000 to 60,000 people and 10,000 to 20,000 young Qiang people.
Because all the Qiang people in the tents on both sides moved out of the way, everyone looked at him not with hatred, but with deep awe and respect.
The Qiang people worship the strong. Han Sui is a Han, and he even killed the Qiang king Beigong Boyu, but he is still respected by the Qiang people. Ma Chao is of mixed Qiang and Han descent, and is known as a mighty general in Xiliang. It can be seen that among the Qiang people position in mind.
Therefore, just like the Mongols later, the killing of tribal leaders never made the tribal people feel hatred, but deep obedience. This is the experience of nomadic people for thousands of years and their deep-rooted belief that the strong is respected. The result of the idea.
After all, life has to go on. The leader and tribesmen were killed. If the rest of the tribe wants to live, they have to join other tribes to continue to survive. For the continuation of the tribe, why care about hatred?
Soon, with the awed eyes of all the Qiang people, Shen Chen entered the king's tent, with Wu Dang and Shan Yi guarding the door as usual, while Jiang Wei and Deng Ai screened the personnel.
In addition to Guduo and other Qiang commanders from the imperial camp who followed him, the other tribal leaders, large and small, as well as several successors of the two large tribes of Mangzhong and Zhuyi, were put into the tent. Jiang Wei and Deng Ai Sitting on the left and right sides of Shen Chen, Gu Duo and others followed.
Then came the clear seating order. Although Guduo and others were from the Qiang tribe of small and medium-sized tribes, because they were from the Shen Chen camp and had won the battle, they sat above the other Qiang and Di tribes, followed by the other large tribes.
There are several successors to Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi, and they are basically brothers and sons of the two of them. This is the tribal order of the nomadic people. Either the younger brother succeeds the younger brother, or the father dies and the son takes over.
At this moment, everyone was sitting in rows, and the royal tent was crowded with forty or fifty people. They all sat respectfully below, waiting for Shen Chen to speak above.
Shen Chen looked around, placed the bloody tiger gallbladder in his hand on the table, and said angrily: "I am the shepherd of Liangzhou, a great Han Dynasty, and I govern Xiliang on behalf of the emperor. Liangzhou was originally a Han territory, and you are now in Han territory. Those who are above us are Han people, and since they have committed rebellion above, they should be put to death and exterminated. What else can you say?"
Hearing these words, everyone below suddenly felt a chill in their hearts.
Many Qiang leaders knelt on the ground and kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, it was Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi who forced us to come to join the alliance. If we don't obey, we will be slaughtered. Our tribe only has hundreds of troops, so we can only come here." .”
"Yes, Shijun, we have no intention of rebelling. We heard that Shijun has a good reputation in Liangzhou and we all want to join him. However, Mangzhonghe Zhuyi is so powerful that we have to follow him."
"Forgive me, please forgive me. Our tribe clearly has 800 soldiers, but I only brought 400 people here. I just don't want to go against the imperial court. They are forcing me to do so."
Everyone kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Shen Chen then showed a smile and said: "I see, since you are all being coerced, it would really be unfair to kill them all. As the saying goes, God has the virtue of good life, and our Lord has always been benevolent and righteous. Since you are all If it is not voluntary, then only the first culprit will be killed, and the rest will be spared death."
After saying these words, everyone below was immediately overjoyed and thanked them repeatedly: "Thank you so much, envoy, thank you so much, envoy."
But they were happy, and several leaders of Mang Zhong and Zhu Yi couldn't sit still, and they quickly knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy. One of them said: "Your Majesty, my brother wants to rebel, and I am firmly opposed to it. But he is the leader, and there is nothing I can do about it."
"Yes, envoy, my father did not listen to my persuasion. I told him that the new Liangzhou Muzhai has a kind heart and treats us leniently, so he must not rebel. But my father listened to the envoy from Wei and insisted on rebellion."
"Nonsense, you clearly persuaded my brother to rebel. You, a rebellious son, killed your father. Do you still think you can inherit our Mangzhong tribe?"
"You are just talking nonsense. It was you who deceived my father. What did the messenger say to you that day? Do you think I don't know?"
"Brother, you should die in battle with your father. The Wei envoy came to find you first. Through you, we contacted my father. If our tribe is to perish, it will also be in your hands."
"The envoy from the State of Wei came to me first, but didn't you agree? Don't think you can get away with it just by putting the blame on me!"
Qiang and Di tribes are often named after their leaders.
Now, with the death of Mang Zhong and Zhu Yiyi, the successors of the two tribes immediately began to shirk responsibility from each other and began to try their best to pass the blame.
The reason for doing this is also very simple. Naturally, he wants to kill the other party so that he can take over the tribe.
However, Shen Chen's face was very gloomy, he looked at them angrily and said: "Shut up!"
When he was angry, several people immediately became as obedient as quails. In their fight just now, brothers, uncles and nephews wanted to strangle each other to death.
Shen Chen looked at them and said: "You are indeed provoked by Cao Wei. Now that you have been defeated, where is the envoy?"
"We have been escorted here. Please send me a message."
A Qiang man about forty years old hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of Shen Chen and said: "Your Majesty, if I can inherit the Mangzhong tribe, everyone will obey your orders from now on."
"Get in!"
At this moment, the tent curtain was opened and two envoys were escorted in.
Shen Chen looked at them and asked: "Who sent you two to instigate the Qiang people to rebel?"
"snort."
One person sneered and kept silent.
Shen Chen smiled: "Push it out and chop it."
Immediately, someone pulled him out, and soon there was a scream.
His death not only shocked many Qiang and Di people in the tent, but also made another Wei envoy tremble with fear.
Shen Chen looked at him and said: "You can say it. If you say it, you still have one life. If you don't say it, you will die!"
"I said, I said."
The man quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "It was Yin Feng, the prefect of Dunhuang, and Su Ze, the prefect of Jiuquan, who asked us to come."
"It's indeed them."
Shen Chen sighed: "I heard that when Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Su Ze wore mourning clothes and cried sadly for the Han Dynasty. I didn't expect that he was also a rebellious minister and traitor."
The envoy said: "Prefect Su said that he mourned for the Han Dynasty because he was once a Han official, but now that the King of Wei has ascended the throne, he is a Wei official, and he should be loyal to the emperor."
"Su Ze has a high prestige in Jincheng. Cao Pi sent him to Jiuquan, which was indeed a good idea."
Shen Chen waved his hand: "Pull him out. I have faith. If I say I won't kill him, I won't kill him. Let him go back and tell Su Ze that the Han Dynasty is not dead yet. If he still has faith, he should return to Han soil instead of Continue to serve as the accomplice of usurping officials like Cao Wei."
"Thank you very much, envoy. Thank you very much, envoy."
The messenger was saved his life, and he immediately kowtowed with great joy, walked backwards, and was escorted out.
After he left, Shen Chen frowned.
Su Ze was a native of Fufeng in Guanzhong. He promoted both Xiaolian and Maocai to serve as prefects of Jiuquan, Anding, Jincheng and other places.
When Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought for Xiliang, he sided with Cao Cao.
Because he believed that Cao Cao was attacking Liu Bei in the name of the Emperor, and that the rightful name was in Cao Cao's hands, he sent troops to help Cao Cao when he attacked Liu Bei.
Later, Cao Cao was forced to retreat to Guanzhong because Cao Hong was beheaded, so he took Su Ze with him and became a close attendant.
When Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, this man was still in mourning for the Han Dynasty. Shen Chen thought that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but unexpectedly, Cao Pi sent him back to Jiuquan and started to use his high prestige in Jincheng County to cause trouble.
This made Shen Chen very unhappy.
He has not yet gone north to occupy Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang and other counties. It is not because of lack of strength, but because he thinks that it is necessary to send troops from Tianshui to those places, the farthest Dunhuang is more than 1,000 kilometers, and the nearest Wuwei is more than 600 kilometers. It’s really not worth the gain.
When the general defeats Cao's thieves, it won't be too late to send troops to the Western Regions.
But now it seems that it may be time to send troops.
At least he must stabilize the situation in the rear and eliminate all the unstable factors of Cao and Wei in Liangzhou, so as to prevent a sudden rebellion in the rear when he attacks Guanzhong.
Thinking of this, Shen Chen looked at the Qiang man in his forties and said, "What's your name?"
"Satong."
"Sa Tong, you said before that if you could inherit the Mangzhong tribe, you would all obey my orders from now on?"
"Yes."
Sa Tong immediately said: "Everything is at your command."
"Your Majesty, if I can inherit the Mangzhong tribe, I am willing to obey your orders."
Mangzhong's son suddenly became anxious and hurriedly came forward to kowtow.
Others followed suit.
Mangzhong has two younger brothers and four sons. Zhuyi has one younger brother and one son.
In fact, it should be more than that, because Zhu Yi came to the Mangzhong tribe to join the alliance, and he brought a younger brother and a son with him on this expedition.
But those relatives who stayed behind in the tribe naturally lost their inheritance rights.
Seven or eight people declared their allegiance to Shen Chen. Shen Chen felt a little headache, so he slapped the table and said, "Shut up."
Everyone immediately fell silent.
Shen Chen looked around at them and said in a deep voice: "Qiang people should be honest. Since I am the shepherd of Liangzhou, I also want to establish trust among the Qiang people. But you are people who have rebelled once. If you want to show up in front of me again, Obtaining trust should not be as simple as a verbal promise. Moreover, if any two of you inherit the position of King Qiang, those who compete with you for the position will be killed. This is something I do not want to see, and I am also afraid You take revenge on Guduo and other Qiang Di who followed me. So I decided to divide your tribe and give each of you a piece. At the same time, your tribe's cattle, horses and slaves will also be divided into some, and I will use it for rewards. Guduo and the others, this is my decision, and it is also the punishment for your rebellion against the imperial court. If anyone has objections, then I believe that others will be happy to accept the tribes and property of the dissenters. Do you have any objections?"
When this question was asked, eight people kowtowed almost at the same time: "No objection."
Are you kidding? Didn't I already say that? If you have any objections, you will die. Even if they all want to inherit a powerful tribe, Shen Chen's words are still right.
Now the eight of them, brothers, uncles and nephews, are almost fighting to the death in order to fight for the inheritance rights of the tribe.
If Shen Chen really designated two of them as Qiang kings, then the rest would definitely be executed.
So it is better to separate the families.
Even if he changes from the Qiang king of a large tribe to the Qiang commander of a small or medium-sized tribe, that is still better than death.
"That being the case, let's make arrangements accordingly."
Shen Chen looked at Deng Ai and Jiang Wei and said: "Shi Zai, Bo Yue, I am appointing you two as captains to protect the Qiang, and lead Guduo and the others to carry out the division of affairs here. You must be fair and just."
"yes."
Deng Ai and Jiang Wei silently praised Shen Chen in their hearts.
The Taoist Master of the Heart has good methods.
Mangzhong and Zhuyi are the two largest Qiang kings in Jincheng County, and there is also a Qiang king, Shaoge, who is kneeling below.
Now the two Qiang kings have been divided into tribes, their strength has been greatly reduced, and only Shao Ge is left.
really.
The next second Shen Chen surrendered his eyes to Shao Ge and said, "King Shao Ge Qiang, you said you are willing to submit to me?"
"Yes."
Shao Ge quickly said: "I am willing to surrender."
"Um."
Shen Chen nodded: "Take your troops and follow me. Jincheng County does not allow large-scale Qiang tribes. If the Qiang want to live in this land, they must not unite to fight against the Han people, but just like the Han people, they must fight for themselves." Farm, graze by yourself, and then be the master of your own family. Each tribe should be like the Han people's village and township, only allowing a few people to be stationed in one place. This is also to prevent a large number of Qiang people from gathering and destroying the pasture. Liangzhou The Qiang people should follow the path of sustainable development. I will promote education among the Qiang tribes. Qiang people who are willing to read and learn calligraphy can become officials as long as they are talented. There are also Qiang people who are willing to join the army and fight, as long as they can achieve military exploits. , I will not be stingy with rewards. From today on, the Qiang and Han people will be treated equally, and they are not allowed to be hostile to each other, nor are they allowed to discriminate against each other. However, if there are violations, I will punish them without mercy. Do you understand?"
Shao Ge's heart suddenly trembled, and he said with a grimace: "I understand."
"clear."
Many Qiang and Di leaders below agreed.
Shen Chen stood up and looked around, and finally said: "There is no distinction between the Qiang and Han families. This is the iron law I set in Liangzhou, and it will not be changed for thousands of years. You all will treat each other as compatriots. We To prosper Liangzhou, it starts from today!"
"Respectfully obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief!"
Those below, including Guduo and others, stood up and kowtowed.