After eating and drinking, Wang Ding asked the prisoners to get food by themselves. However, there were still soldiers guarding them.
The more than two hundred prisoners had little fighting power. They didn't dare to resist if they wanted to survive. They each went to their own tents and made some food. Some wanted to sneak away, but they were afraid of being discovered.
After dark, the three thousand cavalrymen began to rest, and a hundred men were assigned to keep watch overnight to guard the prisoners. At the same time, there were more than fifty cavalrymen scattered over a ten-mile radius to monitor.
Many people escaped during the day, and I don’t know if those people would move to bring in reinforcements after they escaped.
More than two hundred prisoners were imprisoned in one place.
In the darkness, someone opened the rope tied to his hand and escaped quietly.
They are just women and children, and Wang Ding is not strict with them. If he really wants to run away, or if he really dares to run away, there is no chance.
Run away a few more to spread his reputation and let the Qiang and barbarians here know that a murderer is coming.
None of the Qiang people who escaped came back. Perhaps their reinforcements were far away and could not arrive in one night.
When he got up in the morning, Wang Ding counted the number of people and found that more than 20 prisoners had escaped.
He didn't care, and drove all the cattle, sheep, horses, and prisoners away, preparing to return to Chang'an.
They could kidnap women and children from the Han Dynasty, and Wang Ding could also kidnap the Qiang people and bring them back to the Han Dynasty.
After being harmed by Dong Zhuo, Guanzhong is now very short of population.
More than a hundred prisoners, with fright in their eyes, staggered behind the large army.
Because the prisoners, as well as the cattle and sheep, returned much slower than when they came.
But there are cattle and sheep, as well as the dried meat stored by the Qiang people when winter comes, so there is no need to worry about running out of food on the way back.
Not everyone went back. Wang Ding asked Xu Huang to lead 500 people, bring enough dry food, and continue to explore the locations of other Qiang and Hu tribes in the Qiang and Hu lands.
This time we only harvested more than 300 war horses, which is far from enough.
Wang Ding will not stop here.
It only took two days to arrive, but it took five days to return before Wang Ding returned to Chang'an.
After entering Feng Yi County, Wang Ding handed over the cattle, sheep and prisoners to the prefect of Feng Yi County.
Otherwise, we would have to walk for several days to return to Chang'an.
When Wang Ding returned to Chang'an, no one came to report except Gao Shun.
In the past few days, everything in Changan has been normal.
Farmers outside the city have already begun preparing for spring plowing.
Wang Ding met many farmers all the way back. Because of Wang Ding's military order, no one in Chang'an took anything from the common people.
When the common people saw soldiers outside the city, they no longer panicked and fled. They just did what they were supposed to do. At most, they just looked at them a few times.
After all, most of the time, there are very few soldiers on horseback.
Suddenly I saw a cavalry, and I was a little surprised. I was curious about where this cavalry came from and who was leading it.
Wang Ding is very close to the people and does not feel that there is any difference between himself and the farmers. The people of Chang'an now love Wang Ding very much. This is because Wang Ding intends to let people publicize his deeds and enhance his reputation.
But it is one thing to know Wang Ding, and it is another thing to know Wang Ding.
Not many people really know Wang Ding.
"Boping, there is no need to report all these things to me." Wang Ding interrupted Gao Shun.
Since Gao Shun is responsible for staying in Chang'an, it is a sign of trust in Gao Shun.
Not only do they believe in Gao Shun's loyal ministers, but they also believe in Gao Shun's ability.
It's just an army of tens of thousands, but Gao Shun is better than Wang Ding in running an army.
It was during the seven days that he was away that something went wrong in the army, which surprised Wang Ding.
After sending Gao Shun away, Wang Ding couldn't wait to return to his mansion.
He still lives in the same mansion as Wang Yun.
"Chan'er, I'm back."
Wang Ding rushed into the mansion, threw the weapon and bay red horse in his hand to Zhang Yu, and ran towards the Peony Courtyard.
Diao Chan, who was staying in the Peony Garden, heard Wang Ding's shout, and her face was burning, but she still put down the ferret in her arms and ran out, wanting to greet Wang Ding.
Wang Yun from Qingzhuyuan next door put down the slips in his hands and said bitterly: "How can a shameless and impetuous guy behave like this?"
Wang Ding doesn't care what others think. How can an old guy like Wang Yun know that a little separation is better than a new marriage?
When Wang Ding saw Diao Chan, he hugged Diao Chan and turned around several times before putting Diao Chan down.
"Chan'er, have you missed me these past few days?" Wang Ding asked in a low voice in Diao Chan's ear.
Diao Chan hugged Wang Ding, buried her head in Wang Ding's chest, and said softly: "Yes."
Wang Dingdao: "I didn't hear what you said."
Diao Chan's face was burning, and she didn't dare to raise her head more and more. This was also the backyard and there was no one around. Then she responded again.
"Hahaha..." Wang Ding laughed and hugged Diao Chan.
Diao Chan let out an exclamation, afraid of falling, and naturally put her hands around Wang Ding's neck, and then tried to break away from Wang Ding's arms, but her body was weak.
Wang Ding hugged Diao Chan and walked into the yard. He glanced at the ferret lying on the chair, then kicked open the door and placed Diao Chan on the soft bed.
"Wait for me." Wang Ding put Diao Chan down. His whole body was smelling of sweat all the way back. He wanted to take a good bath.
"Yeah."
Diao Chan's voice was as thin as a gossamer, and she no longer dared to look at Wang Ding.
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Wang Ding washed away his fatigue and paid the official food, then went to the Qingzhu Courtyard next door to pay his respects to Wang Yun.
But Wang Yun was not willing to see Wang Ding as usual.
Wang Ding doesn't care, as long as the old guy is still alive, but he can't be mad to death.
Wang Ding spent several days repairing in Chang'an.
Xu Huang, who was still staying in Hetao, sent someone back to report. He informed Wang Ding of the Qiang tribe discovered in the past few days and also drew a map.
This time Xu Huang discovered a total of five Qiang tribes. Wang Ding was very excited and set off again with the cavalry the next day.
But this time, Wang Ding didn't notice that after he left Chang'an, there were several fast horses galloping out of the city.
It's just that the direction is completely different from Wang Ding's, they are going to the east.
Two thousand and five cavalrymen marched along the same road as last time.
The next day, they met with Xu Huang's 500 people.
The news that the Qiang tribe was wiped out a few days ago has spread.
However, the Han people quickly went back, so the Qiang people who were still in Hetao were still the same as before, and no one cared about the exterminated tribe.
This time Wang Ding was worried that the Qiang tribe was on guard, so he did not attack directly.
Instead, we waited until night before setting off.
They also used cotton cloth to wrap the horses' hooves to reduce the sound of the cavalry running.
Zhang Liao separated a thousand men and went around behind the Qiang tribe.
Wang Ding and Xu Huang led two thousand men to attack from the front.
The moonlight is bright tonight, and even if there are no torches, it will not affect their journey.
The Qiang tribe has long fallen into a deep sleep.