Chapter 165: The proud will be safe (please order!)
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Because it was a training scene, the Qiang soldiers' behavior of not helping each other made Ma Di very puzzled. He was not sure what F Tong's real thoughts were at this moment, whether he supported the Han and opposed the Wei, or whether he just wanted to wait and see what happened.
In addition, Guo Huai, the lieutenant of Wei Huqiang, made very targeted arrangements to prevent the Shu Han from getting in touch with the Shenlang Qiang and incorporating the Shenlang Qiang into the Shu Han territory.
It can be foreseen that the checkpoints and mobile sentries set up on the road are just ordinary peripheral means. Guo Huai must have a stronger back-up force in the central tribe, that is, more troops.
Therefore, Ma Di speculated that the number of elite troops Guo Huai brought this time should be more than three thousand.
If it were in reality, this small amount of troops would not be able to stop him from unifying the Xiqiang.
But the Shenlang Qiang also has 20,000 Qiang soldiers. The premise for the Qiang king to choose not to join forces is that Ma Di comes alone. If Ma Su takes the 20,000 Qiang cavalry he has formed to kill the Shenlang Qiang, it will cause chaos.
Estimated consequences.
Fa Tong would definitely think that the Shu Han wanted to annex Shenlang Qiang by force, and would no longer remain neutral and join forces with Wei to resist foreign enemies.
Based on this consideration, whether it is in the experience scene or in reality, coming alone is the best way to conquer Shenlangqiang.
But if you come alone, you will be blocked by Guo Huai and thousands of soldiers.
An unavoidable knot.
"It's a bit difficult to handle."
In the dimly lit tent, Ma Su frowned, thinking about countermeasures while embroidering.
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the next day.
As soon as the group of people broke into pieces and sneaked into the central tribe of Shenlang Qiang, they were intercepted head-on by a small group of patrolling Wei soldiers on the street.
"Stop! Where do you want to go?"
The leading officer asked vigilantly when he saw that the nine of them had very different looks, the female was charming, the male was crude, and some were injured and covered in blood.
Ma Su took a deep breath, knowing that this was a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and it was not appropriate for a conflict to occur, so he winked at the ambassador.
Ah Da quickly put on a smile, stepped forward, and said in jabbering Qiang:
"Master Jun, we are tribesmen from the outskirts of Shenlangqiang. We originally came to offer cattle, sheep, horses and treasures to our king. However, we encountered a group of unknown robbers on the road and all the cattle, sheep and horses we brought were robbed. Fortunately, some of the treasures survived.
. We escaped with all our lives, and several clan members were seriously injured and stayed outside for treatment. We want to see the king, can you be accommodating?"
With a smile on his face, Ah Da reached out his hand and took out a bunch of big money, clattering it into the officer's hand.
As soon as the officer touched the big money, it was as if he had received a nuclear bomb. His face suddenly changed. He immediately dropped the bunch of big money on the ground, took a few steps back, drew out his sword at the same time, and shouted: "Come here, take these few
Arrest the Shu spies!"
With a shout, a dozen Wei soldiers armed with spears surrounded the nine people.
Damn it, how did you see that?
Ma Su didn't expect that this would happen, and his eyes widened on the spot.
After taking a look at the big money on the ground, I suddenly realized that the problem was with the coins.
Because the currencies of the three countries are different.
The different economic foundations and social forms of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu led to different currency circulation situations.
The Cao Wei Dynasty was located in the Central Plains, with a large population, abundant resources, and a relatively developed commodity economy, so the currency system was relatively stable. In the early days of the founding of the country, grain and silk were used as currency, but it was abolished after only seven months, and then the five-baht coin was resumed in circulation.
Made in the Han Dynasty, the money style is slightly smaller than the Han five-baht coin. The five-baht coin is round on the outside and square on the inside, with a square hole in the middle. The back is smooth and has no characters. There is a traditional Chinese character "五" engraved on the left side of the front and a traditional Chinese character "五" on the right side.
The word "baht" is very easy to identify.
Sun Wu was located in the south of the Yangtze River, with rich products and wealthy people, so Sun Quan implemented several currencies: Daquan for one thousand, Daquan for two thousand, and Daquan for five thousand. Daquan coins are slightly larger than five baht coins, and they are also round on the outside and square on the inside.
, there is a square hole in the middle, the back is smooth and wordless, and the front is engraved clockwise with four traditional Chinese characters "Daquan 1000", "Daquan 2000" or "Daquan 5000", which are also very easy to identify.
The Shu Han Dynasty is located in Bachuan, with favorable natural and geographical conditions. It is a country of abundance. However, Liu Bei entered Sichuan late and had a shallow foundation. In order to fill the treasury, he minted large amounts of money such as one hundred and five baht (similar to the beautiful country's direct printing of banknotes and harvesting).
The practice of wealth all over the world), one hundred and five baht is equivalent to the value of one hundred five baht coins. Of course, Wei and Wu categorically do not agree with the straight hundred and five baht. So the people of Shu Han usually regard this kind of five baht as
Money is called big money.
The straight hundred five baht coin is slightly larger than the Daquan five thousand. It is round on the outside and square on the inside. There is a square hole in the middle. The back is smooth and has no words. The front is engraved with four traditional Chinese characters "straight hundred and five baht" in the order of top, bottom, left and right. Read it clockwise.
It's "Straight Five Hundred Baht", which is also very easy to identify.
Although Ah Da was a Qiang person and spoke the Qiang language, the Wei Bing officer could still tell the details of Ah Da at a glance from the hundred and five baht money he took out.
Because Shenlangqiang has always been under the control of the Wei State, barter is used here, or five baht coins are circulated here.
The Shu Han printed money worth one hundred and five baht? Even the people in Shu didn't like it, let alone other places.
The money thing in this world is not that if you print out a copper coin and say it is a hundred times the ordinary copper coin, it will really be worth a hundred times.
The scene was tense and the atmosphere was almost frozen.
Ah Da is indeed the eldest brother of the seven brothers. He eats more salt. At the critical moment, he was only slightly stunned, and immediately rushed over and hugged the Wei officer's thigh, shouting:
"Come here, the despicable and shameless Wei soldiers are grabbing money and asking for bribes. Big money is always too small, but they want silver and gold from a poor and defenseless shepherd like me!"
Hearing this, people of all ethnic groups on the street gathered around and pointed at the big money and a group of Wei soldiers scattered on the ground, and they were all filled with indignation.
Regardless of whether what Ada said was true or not, in their imagination, Wei Bing could have done this.
Even things a hundred times more shameless than this, Wei Bing could do.
They have all been oppressed by Wei for many years and have suffered from Wei for a long time.
The Wei officer was stunned for a moment. He froze on the spot with his knife and hurriedly explained to everyone: "Don't listen to his nonsense. I didn't ask for bribes. I was just conducting a routine investigation. They are Shu Han spies..."
But who among the people around was willing to listen to his explanation? I don’t know who was the first to shout, "Kill Wei Gou, want freedom!" This immediately detonated the long-simmering anger of everyone.
With a roar, the rioting crowd instantly overwhelmed more than a dozen Wei soldiers.
In normal times, regardless of the small number of Wei soldiers, they are not afraid of this kind of battle. As long as they bloodyly slaughter a few ignorant Qiang people, they can shock everyone.
But today they suddenly realized that they couldn't do this at all. As soon as the leading officer raised his knife and wanted to chop Ada, who was hugging his thigh, he received a heavy blow on the back of the head. His vision went dark, and then he didn't know what happened.
Before the spears in the hands of the other dozen Wei soldiers could be pierced, they were covered with big men, tearing and biting them.
In the distance, several groups of Wei soldiers who came from all directions after hearing the news couldn't help but stop and looked around nervously. They wanted to come to support, but they were afraid of becoming a punching bag for everyone to vent their anger; they wanted to retreat, but they couldn't show their face.
For a moment, I was stuck in place, in a dilemma.
Axiu pushed Ma Su with her butt and took two steps back, spreading her arms to protect him behind her. Her bright eyes were wide open and she simply couldn't understand the scene in front of her.
She couldn't understand that ordinary people could burst out with such shocking power.
Ma Su was not surprised at all by this, but was slightly surprised that Ah Da could say such inflammatory words, so he held his hands and watched what happened.
Look at how high Ah Da’s upper limit is.
Can it overthrow the rule of Fa Tong?
In just a moment, more than a dozen Wei soldiers were beaten until their flesh and blood were mutilated and they were no longer human.
The crowd was still upset, waving various instruments and hitting the ground randomly.
Ada opened one pair of thighs after another, crawled out from under the crotches of everyone, stood outside the circle and raised his fists and shouted: "My tribe, the Wei people are raping and plundering on our territory. They commit all kinds of evil. Can we bear it?"
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Everyone stopped and responded: "I can't bear it!"
"The Wei people are extorting our cattle, sheep and horses, and forcing the young men of our clan to serve as soldiers. Can we bear it?!"
"Can't bear it!"
Ah Da looked around, then climbed up to a high platform, looked around at everyone and said, "Then what are you waiting for? With the knife in hand, kill Wei Gou and gain freedom!"
The crowd's response became even more enthusiastic: "Kill Wei Gou and seize freedom!"
Led by the seven brothers, the vast crowd was like locusts flying across the sky, or like a pack of wolves out in force, searching for people wearing Wei army uniforms in every street and area of the central tribe.
Whenever they see Wei soldiers, the crowd rushes to swarm them and tear them into pieces in a matter of seconds.
Soon, the 400 Qiang soldiers and more than 100 Qiang people who were instigated by Ma Su yesterday also joined the rioting crowd.
As time went by, more and more Qiang people joined the rioting crowd, while fewer and fewer Wei soldiers were stationed in the central tribe.
Seeing that the situation was not good, many Wei soldiers immediately took off their military uniforms, joined the hunting team with their shirts off, and in turn started hunting the Wei soldiers.
On the top floor of the three-story palace, Fa Tong looked around, and all he saw was the scene of riots in the tribe.
General Zhi Wudai slapped the female wall, he was so angry that he shouted: "Rebellion, rebellion! These tribesmen are rebelling! I want to suppress them, come here! Bring the sword, lead the horse, follow me to charge...
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"Don't be impatient!" Fa Tong raised his hand to push away the soldiers summoned by Zhi Wudai, and looked at the latter meaningfully: "Don't you think this is a good thing, General?"
"Good thing?"
Zhi Wudai was at a loss and confused.
While he was struggling, a voice suddenly shouted: "Why has your Majesty been holding back his troops for so long?"
The monarch and his ministers turned around to look, and saw Guo Huai, the new Wei Qiang Protector Captain, leading a group of guards, running up, striding in front of the two of them, and speaking in a particularly domineering tone: "Your Majesty, Fa Tong, why don't you send troops to stop it?
Your people? All my soldiers were killed!"
Guo Huai stared at Fatong closely and said in a bad tone: "What's the matter with you? From yesterday to today, all your soldiers are like wooden men, indifferent to everything, allowing the situation to develop out of control, hiss.
Could it be that I want you to rebel against me, the Great Wei?"
Guo Huai suddenly realized a terrible guess, took two steps back, drew out his sword and shouted coldly:
"Fatong, you are seeking your own destruction!"
Fa Tong looked at Guo Huai expressionlessly: "Master Guo, why did my people massacre your soldiers? You should know the reason, right?"
"What, what's the reason? I don't know." Guo Huai's momentum froze and he looked around: "They must have been tricked by traitors to sow discord!"
Fatong sighed: "Master Guo, there is no hatred without reason in the world. If there is no cause, even provoking it is useless. Besides, I know everything about what your soldiers did to my people..."
Guo Huai didn't know much about what his soldiers were doing, but he only had a general idea that he seemed to have gone too far towards the Qiang people.
It must be said that when he first took office, Xu Miao advised him to treat the Qiang and Han people equally, and he must not allow soldiers to act recklessly in the Qiang land and bully the Qiang people. It should be noted that the Qiang people can support Wei and oppose Wei, but they must not
Numb and careless.
Considering that the State of Wei was the suzerain state of Shenlang Qiang, and he came with five thousand elites, Guo Huai disapproved of this.
But today's grim situation made him realize that the previous practice of letting the soldiers take whatever they wanted from the Qiang people was simply digging their own grave.
Moreover, Fa Tong's unfriendly attitude also made him extremely angry.
So Guo Huai immediately interrupted Fatong: "Stop talking nonsense, what do you want?"
Fa Tong glanced at him with a faint look, "Master Guo, your soldiers have been wiped out. In order to calm down the anger of the tribe, I want to borrow something from you. I wonder if you are willing to part with it?"
Guo Huai made a sword dance, pointed the tip of his sword at Fatong, and sneered: "You want to take my head? Haha, just do it with your true ability!"
Hearing this, more than ten personal guards drew their weapons and closely guarded Guo Huai. They also blocked Fa Tong and Zhi Wudai in a corner on the third floor of the palace.
Depending on the situation, it's going to be a fight to the death.
Fa Tong shook his head: "Misunderstanding, Mr. Guo has misunderstood. Xiao Wang has no intention to be an enemy of the Wei State. What Xiao Wang means is: borrow Mr. Guo's clothes and sword to use, find a replacement body to put on, and declare to the outside world that you are dead.
.When the anger of my tribe subsides, how about you disguise yourself as a spiritual supporter and run away?"
Hearing this, Guo Huai looked hesitant and remained silent.
To be honest, this strategy is very good.
But he couldn't tell whether Fa Tong was sincere in letting him go. If it was sincere, he should be able to escape; if it was fake, then he would definitely die.
The situation outside is very serious now. There are rioting people everywhere, and they go crazy when they see Wei Bing.
The bodyguard suggested: "Sir, why don't you take Fa Tong as a hostage and then find a way to escape?"
Guo Huai looked at Zhi Wudai who was standing next to Fa Tong, knowing that even if they had more people, they would not have much chance of winning. Even if they defeated Zhi Wudai and kidnapped Fa Tong, they would not be able to escape from the Shenlang Qiang tribe.
The rioting crowd will not care about the life or death of the hostage, even if the hostage is Qiang King Fa Tong.
Therefore, before things became irreversible, Guo Huai raised his hand to stop the guards at the rear, looked at Fatong and said, "Okay, let's follow the king's plan."
"grown ups!"
"Stop talking, I've made up my mind!"
Guo Huai shook his head and signaled to his guards not to move rashly.
He took the initiative to throw away his sword, took off his armor, took the servant clothes handed to him by a Qiang guard and put them on. Then he endured the humiliation and stepped aside with a dozen guards who had changed their clothes, lowering their heads.
The palace housekeeper led a group of Qiang soldiers, carrying an unrecognizable corpse. He put on Guo Huai's clothes, carried the corpse onto a stretcher, and placed his sword.
Fa Tong did not break his promise. He looked around at the crowd and said to Zhi Wudai in a deep voice: "You come and announce the death."
Zhi Wudai glanced sideways at Guo Huai and ordered: "Take the body out and say that Guo Huai has been killed by the king who cares about the tribe. In addition, tell all the tribesmen that all tribesmen who participated in the riot today will be exempted from paying taxes."
cattle, sheep and horses for one year.”
"Yes." The housekeeper hurriedly bowed and accepted the order, and walked out in a swagger. Zhi Wudai glanced at Guo Huai again, and pursed his lips at the corpse on the ground.
"Master Guo, please."
Guo Huai had no choice but to bite the bullet and pick up the body with his soldiers and go out.
The journey was smooth.
Fa Tong did not make any small moves behind his back.
The group of people carried the body out of the palace smoothly, came to the street, and walked far away smoothly. Everything was still peaceful.
Guo Huai breathed a long sigh of relief, secretly glad that his life was saved.
At the same time, he secretly said, "Fatong, Ma Su, just wait! I will come back!"
Just as he was gnashing his teeth, he suddenly heard a loud shout from behind him: "Come on, big guy, Guo Huai's body is here, get rid of him!"
As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of dense footsteps.
Tap tap tap, tap tap tap...
Guo Huai had no time to cry out as he was drowned by tens of thousands of people.
