Chapter 209 I would like to refer to the weak water as an oath
Chapter 209 I am willing to swear by weak water
Inside the city, the situation was at a stalemate.
Outside the city, a middle-aged Qiang man, also known as Ke Wu, pushed a wooden cart and returned with a loaded load while humming a ditty.
He is an optimistic and open-minded person by nature, and he quickly let go of the previous two experiences of being kidnapped into the city, thinking that it was just an accident and that he would definitely not encounter a third accident.
However, when he was still a few hundred steps away from the west gate, he stopped the wooden cart and looked at the two uninvited guests blocking the road, his heart skipping a beat.
Qu Bu and Qu Shang have been waiting here for a long time.
The two of them couldn't enter the city because they didn't have identity cards. They walked around outside the city and turned outside the west gate.
After figuring out the rules of the identity card, Qu Shang quickly thought of a way.
He kidnapped a local and sneaked into the city.
But they waited here for a long time and stopped dozens of pedestrians, but these people either had tourist ID cards or did not have them, which was of no use at all.
Fortunately, there is no sure path.
They waited for most of the day and finally saw a middle-aged Qiang man pushing a wooden cart.
That dark face and honest appearance all exuded a sense of "I am a local".
As long as we hold him hostage and pretend to be his relatives, wouldn't it be possible to enter the city without any hindrance?!
So, Qu Bu fiercely pulled out a four-foot-long sword and approached with a sneer.
Kewu's eyes suddenly widened.
He is a leader who does not have much ambition and only wants to benefit his people. His greatest pleasure is to play different roles and experience different joys in life.
And Xijun is located at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, which is rich in rouge and various cosmetic black grasses (Yanzhi Mountain: Yanzhi Mountain, also called Yanzhi Mountain, etc.). Before the Han Dynasty, it was occupied by the Xiongnu and was famous for its production of Yanzhi (Yanzhi) grass.
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During the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu had a song that said: Losing my Yanzhi Mountain will make my women colorless. Losing my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals unable to rest.
Therefore, now he looks like an ordinary old man, experiencing the joy of a pushcart farmer.
When the experience is enough, change roles and continue to experience a different role.
However, today, I don't know if he didn't read the almanac. First, two people with extremely high martial arts beat him twice, and now someone is chasing him for no reason.
what the hell is this?
In fact, when he was intercepted by the two people before (Ma Su and Zhao Yun), he did not resist, but the force he was proud of was not enough in front of those two people.
In the end, he had to endure humiliating beatings twice and was forced to lie down in the car. He also spent some money to help the two of them sneak into the city.
Fortunately, the purpose of the two men was just to enter the city, and they did not attack him harshly, so he was not seriously injured.
But this time it's different. The strong man opposite has a knife!
Kewu abandoned the wooden cart, turned around and ran away.
A good man never suffers immediate losses.
His physical fitness is excellent, his legs and feet are nimble, and he can run four or five miles away in the blink of an eye.
This sprint down, the speed is extremely fast.
The strong man was chasing after him. He was so tired that he was vomiting bubbles at his mouth, but he didn't catch up. He was twenty steps away with his hands on his hips, sticking out his tongue, out of breath, and panting hard at the same time.
He glared over fiercely and said intermittently:
"Damn it, why are you running?!"
Ke Wu was shocked when he heard this and quickly calmed down:
"Who... who is Ke Wu? I am not Ke Wu, I am just an ordinary citizen."
"..."
Qu Bu was also stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said right away: "Are you really sick?"
"It's not Ke Wu, then why are you running?"
"..."
"You are holding a four-foot sword." Ke Wu spread his hands.
"If I didn't run away, I would definitely be hacked to death by you now..."
"..."
"..."
The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
The two stared at each other for a long time without speaking.
At this time, Qu Shang was out of breath and chased after him. He bent down and gasped, waving his hands repeatedly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it is Ke Wu we are looking for, not you."
...Ke Wu glanced at the two of them warily and stopped where he was.
"What do you want to do with Kewu...our leader?"
When the two members of the Qu family came to Ke Wu, Qu Shang was the first to speak: "Brother, are you really a local and not Ke Wu?"
Ke Wu breathed a sigh of relief, took out his identity card from his arms and showed it.
I thought it turned out to be a misunderstanding and I finally didn't have to be beaten anymore.
To be honest, he didn't feel like he could defeat this nine-foot tall man.
Qu Shang and Qu Bu looked at each other and saw a hint of joy in each other's eyes.
Seeing this, Ke Wu felt his heart skip a beat again, and there was a bad feeling in his heart.
Just as he was about to turn around and run again, Qu Bu dropped his sword and rushed over with a fist.
"If the locals run away, I'll punch you!"
"Ah fight~..."
After a stick of incense, Ke Wu, whose face was covered with blood for the third time, was thrown on the wooden cart by Kobu and pushed towards the city.
He rubbed his cheeks and groaned, while mentally cursing these outsiders for being crazy.
It was like he had a fit today, so I just caught him and beat him up.
He is also a tribal leader after all.
Don’t you want to lose face?!
These outsiders just want to enter the city, so why do they have to use such violent methods?
Could it be that there is something unreasonable in his carefully designed ID card system?
No way?
In the past, the identity system was operating normally. With travelers from the west coming from the east and people from the east traveling to the west, the tax revenue in the city increased sharply. Xijun was on the verge of becoming an important town on the Silk Road.
But why do accidents happen one after another today?
After thinking about it for a while, Ke Wu glanced at the two of them and asked depressedly: "Since you two want to enter the city, why don't you go to the city gate to apply for foreign identity cards and passing identity cards, but then block the road and rob people?"
Qu Shang gave him a strange look, "Don't you want to spend money?"
"Don't you even have a hundred dollars?" Ke Wu's eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
In what age is this, who goes out without money?
Qu Bu chuckled: "Otherwise, why do you think I would hold you hostage!"
Ke Wu lay on his back on the wooden cart, suddenly not wanting to speak.
Not long after, the wooden cart passed through the west gate smoothly and entered Zile City. From a distance, countless people and soldiers could be seen on the street in front of them.
The two members of the Qu family left the wooden cart and pushed their way into the crowd with their heads raised.
The streets were blocked at both ends.
At this time, a loud shout suddenly came from the crowd: "I am Changshan Zhao Zilong, and I have been ordered to see Chief Kewu. Why don't you go and report it quickly!"
This name was so loud that it stopped all the Qiang soldiers who were about to move on the spot. They slowly retreated and expanded the encirclement. You looked at me, I looked at you, and they didn't dare to come forward.
"Zhao Yun?"
Ke Wu frowned and thought for a long time, not remembering that he had ever dealt with such a fierce general.
However, he still climbed up from the wooden cart and walked towards the door of his house, intending to recover his appearance first.
Walking to the door, Ke Wu saw a middle-aged man in his thirties standing outside.
It was the same person who beat him up before, used him to enter the city, and stole his wallet.
Of course, he didn't know who this person was right now. He just felt that this person came with bad intentions and had an aura about him that was not easy to mess with.
"May I ask who is at your feet?" Ke Wu asked warily.
"Ma Di, the governor of Yongzhou in the Han Dynasty, was the general who conquered the west." Ma Di said word by word, deliberately describing Ji Han as a big Han Dynasty to release greater justice.
Ma Su?!
Ke Wu's eyes were sharp: "What are you doing here?"
"I want to talk to you alone."
Ma Su did not continue speaking. He looked at the people on the street and had something to say.
Ke Wu hesitated for a moment. If he rejected Ma Su now, it would be inconsistent with etiquette. Secondly, it would be difficult to guarantee that the other party would not become angry and hurt others.
So Ke Wu waved his hand to the servant waiting at the door to go out and convey the order, and asked the soldiers on the street to move away. Then he invited Ma Su into the living room, and seated the guest and host respectively. They were five or six steps away and waited quietly for the latter to express his intention.
As soon as the two of them sat down, a quick-eyed maid came forward, twisting her delicate waist, and brought out fresh seasonal fruits that were not found in the Central Plains, and presented them on the table.
Just from the fact that it was early summer and there were fresh fruits from the Western Regions in the city, it can be seen that merchants from the Western Regions must have frequent business contacts with Liangzhou.
Ma Su chinned his head slightly, waited for the maids to leave, then looked directly at Ke Wu and said:
"I wonder if the Xihai Qiang people can be considered prosperous and peaceful under the rule of Chief Kewu?"
Hearing this, Ke Wu couldn't help but be surprised.
He originally thought that Ma Su would ask him what he thought of the situation in Liangzhou, or ask him to express whether he "supported Shu" or "supported Wei." Or, even worse, he would ask him "what he thought of the bald Xianbei." Unexpectedly, Ma Su would ask
Such a question.
The dignified general of the Shu Han Dynasty who conquered the west came all the way to ask the Qiang people if they could have enough to eat and if they could live peacefully?
This is really incredible.
Even though Ke Wu was used to seeing all kinds of things in life, he didn't know how to answer at this moment. He could only respond casually: "Thanks to the general, I am still rich and peaceful."
"Not necessarily." Ma Su waved his hand and said coldly:
"In Ma's opinion, the Xihai Qiang are in danger of a disaster and they don't even know it."
After a pause, he went straight to the point and threatened: "Now the Xihai Qiang and the Bald-haired Xianbei are collaborating and intending to become enemies of our Han Heavenly Soldiers. If I raise my troops to attack, the Xihai Qiang will be destroyed within five days."
Ke Wu stared at Ma Su's eyes carefully. He was horrified in his heart, but his face was calm. He stood up slowly, took two steps, and laughed loudly:
"Hahaha……"
"General, don't you feel that what you said is too much to deceive me, no one in Liangzhou?"
"The general seizes the prefectures and prefectures, and uses force to coerce the world. Don't you know that it is easy to intimidate people with strong force, but it is difficult to convince them? Not to mention that the general has a hundred thousand lions of the Wei Dynasty in the east, and there are a hundred thousand bald Xianbei tribes in the west.
From this, there are hidden worries about hundreds of thousands of tribes going south in the north, constraints from the court's sycophants in the south, desolation of the territory in the interior, and the danger of disobedience from the big families. This situation is so similar to the old days when Guan Yu was in charge of Jingzhou!
"
"At this time, the general should cultivate political principles internally and defend against enemies externally, instead of coveting the small Qiang territory in the Western Sea. If the general sends troops to attack at this time, won't he be afraid of repeating the loss of Jingzhou?"
"We, the Xihai Qiang, have always loved peace and have no intention of becoming enemies of the Shu Han, let alone the generals. When the Wei Kingdom ruled Liangzhou, they granted me the right of self-government to the Xihai Qiang."
"My lord, I have just entered Liangzhou, and before I have a stable foothold, I threaten to seize my city and my ethnic group. In order to protect myself, I, the leader, will fight even if I have no choice."
"If there is no resistance, Ke would rather lead his people to flee to the Western Regions to survive, rather than lose their ethnic identity like the Western Qiang tribes and become ordinary people under the rule of the Shu Han!"
"Pa bang bang..." Ma Su sighed while stroking his palms.
"Well said, Chief Kewu."
"Although I don't know where you heard this distorted statement, in fact, I have no intention of annexing the Xihai Qiang."
Ke Wu was startled and looked hesitant: "Is this true?"
"Natural!" Ma Di said firmly.
"In the past, the State of Wei granted your clan special rights, and I, Ji Han, have continued to do so. I wonder what Chief Kewu wants?"
"As long as Chief Kewu is willing to remain neutral and not ally with Bald Xianbei, I, the general, am willing to swear on Ruoshui that I will never return to the Western Sea Qiang in my lifetime, how about that?"
Ke Wu suddenly felt a little moved: "...I need to think about it. General, take a rest and Ke will come to change clothes."
After saying that, he cupped his hands and left in a hurry.
After a while, Ma Su came back with a new look, the greasy middle-aged farmer's appearance disappeared, and what appeared in front of Ma Su was a powerful and powerful person.
It's just that there are bruises and purple patches on his face, which makes him a little uncoordinated.
Needless to say, these injuries were all caused by Ma Su, Zhao Yun, and Qu Bu.
Ma Su secretly laughed in his heart, but said: "I don't think the leader's method of disguise is so clever. It's really hard for people to recognize each other when they meet."
"..."
Ke Wu noticed that his words reflected the three beatings today. He didn't want to answer this question, so he changed the topic and said:
"General, Ke still has doubts."
"The general must take an oath on the weak water and promise not to exploit our people or recruit our people into the army..."
"Impossible!" Ma Di took out his sword from his waist and said in a bad tone, "This general can only agree to the first one (pointing to water as an oath), but the second and third ones are absolutely impossible."
"If you refuse my request and don't believe me, then I, the general, will have no choice but to send troops to pacify Xijun first and then Xihaijun. Even if Liangzhou is lost because of this, I will not hesitate!"
"..."
Kewu was extremely speechless.
When he met a reckless general like Ma Su, he was truly speechless.
Not to mention, this rough and sloppy method was more intimidating and frightened him.
Thanks to his long years of hanging out in Liangzhou, a very vicious place, and dealing with many tribes who would fight each other whenever they disagreed, Ke Wu knew that what Ma Su said was probably true.
If he rejects Ma Di's proposal, the latter will 90% attack his tribe first.
There was a long silence in the lobby, and Ke Wu understood that a decision must be made now.
The General Zhengxi, the governor of Yongzhou in the Shu Han Dynasty, is not so easy to fool.
Ke Wu let out a long breath and cupped his hands to Ma Su: "General, let's set off now."
"Where to go?" Ma Su was startled.
"South of the city, by the weak water, General, you don't want to break your promise, do you?"
"..."
Ma Di walked out of the house first and met up with Zhao Yun and others who were waiting outside. Then, together with Ke Wu and his guards, he got on his horse and left the city to swear an oath by the Ruoshui River.
After completing this set of procedures, it was already noon on the third day when we returned to Jile City.
Ke Wu took out a roster from the inner room, held it in both hands and handed it over, saying calmly.
"General, this is the population and property list of my tribe. There are currently 80,000 people, and the warehouse is full of money and grain."
"This is the number of soldiers in my tribe. There are currently 10,000 soldiers."
After Ma Di took over the roster and read it, he came to the top of the city and inspected the large group of Xihai Qiang people from a high position.
This combination of divisions and win-wins not only disintegrated Bald Xianbei's allies, but also created 10,000 soldiers out of thin air from not a single soldier in hand.
The next step is to use these 10,000 soldiers to capture Bald Xianbei by surprise and clear the dungeon.
Then, swallow the Xihai Qiang with its bones and skin...
