Zhang Liao drove straight towards the countless Qiang cavalry who fell under his sword along the way, and finally he saw the Arel clan leader who was being protected by a group of personal guards.
"Finally found you, kill."
There was a sneer on Zhang Liao's lips. As long as the Qiang tribe leader was eliminated, the battle would basically come to an end.
"Protect the patriarch."
Seeing Zhang Liao leading his men to kill, the guards surrounding the clan leader did not hesitate and directly swung their swords towards Zhang Liao.
Although it is said that the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road, sometimes courage cannot make up for innate defects. They faced Zhang Liao like a baby fighting an adult, and they still could not escape the situation of being killed with a single sword.
"kill,"
Seeing that the personal guards were unable to resist Zhang Liao, the tribe leader also roared and waved Chang Shuo towards Zhang Liao to kill him.
With a crisp sound, Zhang Liao's broadsword collided with the tribe leader's Changshuo. The tribe leader felt a strong force coming, and the jaw of the Changshuo broke apart, dyeing the gun barrel blood-red.
"Go to hell."
Although the jaws of his hands exploded, the tribe leader didn't seem to feel anything. Chang Shuo hit Zhang Liao's head with a roaring wind.
The long knife in Zhang Liao's hand slashed at Chang Shuo from bottom to top. Now the tribe leader could no longer resist. With his hands cramping, Chang Shuo flew directly into the air, and Zhang Liao's long knife also touched his neck.
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"Surrender now and you will avoid death. If you resist stubbornly, after killing all of you, the Arel tribe will be completely finished."
Looking at the tribal chief who had a look of death on his face, Zhang Liao didn't have anything else to say and just threatened him with the tribe to surrender.
"Haha, just kill me. If you surrender, won't the Azele tribe be finished?"
Hearing Zhang Liao's words, the tribe leader sneered. He knew what the other party meant. As long as he surrendered, the tribe's cavalry would definitely surrender together. Anyway, the Arile tribe was finished, and he no longer cared.
"Stubborn."
After hearing what the tribe leader said, Zhang Liao didn't hesitate at all. He raised his sword and chopped the tribe leader off his horse.
"You can ask for death, but do you think everyone in your tribe will ask for death?
joke."
Picking up the tribe leader's body with a knife, Zhang Liao couldn't help but shake his head.
"The enemy chief is dead, those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
As Zhang Liao shouted, the soldiers of the bandit army also shouted together.
"The enemy chief is dead, those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
"The enemy chief is dead, those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
"The enemy chief is dead, those who surrender will live, and those who fight will die."
The sounds of surrender one after another kept hitting the eardrums of the Qiang cavalry. Looking at the corpse of the clan leader being lifted up high, and looking at the ferocious Dang bandit soldiers from all directions, these proud Arile cavalry finally lowered their noble heads and threw them down in their hands.
With his scimitar, he jumped off his horse, knelt on the ground and surrendered to the bandits.
"Anyone who gathers captives but resists will be killed without mercy, but anyone who massacres the captives will be killed without mercy."
Zhang Liao was relieved to see the Qiang cavalry surrendering. After all, if they continued to fight, they would be able to annihilate this group of Qiang people, but they would also suffer heavy casualties. It was good to be able to recruit surrender, but his second sentence was
He shouted to the bandits, but he was also afraid that his troops would kill prisoners again.
"promise."
Upon hearing Zhang Liao's order, several Dang bandit soldiers who were preparing to take advantage of the situation to deal with the Qiang people in front of them couldn't help but feel a chill. After thinking for a while, they still did not swing the butcher knife.
The work of collecting the prisoners went smoothly. After everything was completed, the army directly suppressed the prisoners and returned to the Azhil tribe, which was in a mess.
The old, young, women and children in the tribe looked at the victorious bandit army and the long list of prisoners behind them, their eyes were full of deathly gray. The tribe leader's defeat meant that they would become slaves of the enemy.
This life is over.
"Okay, don't look at us like this. We are not you Qiang people. You are just prisoners now and will be moved into the hinterland of the Han Dynasty in the future. It is not as scary as you think."
Looking at the horror in the eyes of the old woman, Zhang Liao didn't know what to say. He couldn't commit the act of massacre and genocide. The fate of these people in the future should be the same as that of the foreigners in Bingzhou, or they would organize soldiers and horses to become servants and fight with the army.
Or they could move to other states and counties and pay their debts with work.
"Thank you, sir."
After hearing Zhang Liao's words, all the Arile people felt relieved. As long as they did not die or become slaves, even migrating into the mainland of the Han Dynasty was acceptable.
"General, what should we do next?"
Now that the strongest Arile tribe in the Fanhe region has been destroyed, the war here can basically come to an end.
"The next step is to eliminate the Qiang forces in Fanhe area first, and then consider the next move after Wang Ling returns from Rile."
Facing Jia Kui's words, Zhang Liao also pondered for a while. Originally, he wanted to clear these two areas and then lead troops to sweep Xuanwei and other places, but now he had a hunch that these might not be needed anymore.
After all, so many days had passed, and maybe the lord had captured Ma Teng, so he wanted to use a telegram to see if Yuan Shu had any latest instructions.
"promise."
Jia Kui did not stop, and left the Arile tribe with 10,000 cavalry, heading towards a small tribe not far from here. When Jia Kui left, Zhang Liao also rode away and headed for a small valley. Yuan Shu gave him
The telegraph class is hidden here.
Zhang Liao separated the telegraph squad from the main force at the beginning of the war in order to ensure their safety. After all, weapons and weapons have no eyesight. If the telegraph squad was attacked during the battle, then his sin would be too great.
"General."
Zhang Liao rushed over, and the soldiers guarding the telegraph immediately saluted him.
"Immediately prepare a telegram to say that the Qiang forces in the Rile and Fanhe areas have been basically eliminated, and that our army still has more than 25,000 combatable troops. I want to ask my lord about the direction of the next battle, which is to eliminate the enemies in Xuanwei and other places.
, it’s better to wait for the arrival of the army.”
"promise."
Soon the telegram was sent directly to Yuan Shu. Looking at the telegram, Xun You couldn't help but nodded.
"My lord, Zhang Wenyuan is indeed the general you selected. He sent this telegram to prove that he had a premonition that our place may have been solved and there will be new actions. The new action is to march westward to clean up the Qiang and Di forces.
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Hearing Xunyou's words, Yuan Shu couldn't help but nodded. It seemed right to defy all the opinions and let Zhang Liao be the bandit general. He had eliminated the Qiang forces in two areas in such a short time. This set the stage for the subsequent campaign.
The westward deployment opened the door.
"The telegram commended Zhang Liao and the entire Dang bandit army, and told him that Ma Teng and his son had led their troops to surrender, and that Zilong had led the West Route Army to march westward. He was asked to join the West Route Army and be under Zilong's control. At the same time, the telegraph team waited until Zilong arrived.
