Ma Cheng turned his eyes and observed the half body next to him.
This is a young Qiang man, about fourteen or fifteen years old. He is wearing a tattered sheepskin jacket. He is very thin and has many scars. His palms are covered with calluses!
The waist was cut off with a knife, and the appetite was also cut open. There was basically no food inside, mostly undigested grass roots, bones, and shredded cowhide...
As you can imagine, when he was in the tribe, he was also a diligent young man. He herded horses and sheep, hunted and fished every day, and lived a poor but happy life!
But the disaster from heaven forced him to say goodbye to his relatives, mount his horse and hold weapons, and came to the battlefield, where he stayed forever. His relatives who remained in the tribe were still looking forward to his return, right?
"The Han people are human beings, and the Qiang people are also human beings. Why are they fighting each other and not living in peace?" Ma Cheng sighed helplessly in his heart.
The Ma clan actually has some Qiang blood in them, as is Ma Teng, and so is Ma Chao. And Ma Cheng also has some Qiang blood in him.
On the battlefield, Ma Cheng can be focused and decisive in killing. However, after the battlefield, when seeing this tragic battlefield, Ma Cheng always has more other thoughts than others.
Compared to Ma Cheng, Han Qinhu didn't have so many extra thoughts. Those who are not of my race must have different minds. As a pure Han Chinese, for Han Qinhu, the dead Qiang people are the best Qiang people.
Since Han Qinhu joined the Jin army, he fought in Hezhou in the early stage, and then he has been in Liangzhou. Except for fighting with Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Fu Jian during the Yongliang War, the rest Han Qinhu's only opponents were Yuan Meng and the Qiang people.
After a long experience of fighting with foreign races, Han Qinhu did not have the slightest sympathy for foreign races.
In his opinion, when it comes to foreign races, the Central Plains Dynasty should adhere to the attitude since ancient times to conquer, conquer, and conquer again. Conquer by force, conquer by culture, conquer by race, even those who don’t agree must obey!
As early as the reign of Dayu, he sent troops to conquer the Sanmiao tribe, which kicked off the national war. The Yin Shang Dynasty repeatedly conquered the Dongyi tribe, which consumed huge national power, and the Zhou people took advantage of it!
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes fought hard and did not forget to attack foreigners. Zhongshan, Guzhu, Linhu, Loufan, Donghu, Yiqu... all suffered heavy blows, and some were even genocide. Qin After unifying the world, they drove the Xiongnu more than 700 miles north and built the unparalleled Great Wall!
After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, foreign wars not only did not stop, but intensified. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty alone conducted fourteen northern expeditions against the Xiongnu. Later, during the reigns of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Han Ming of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Han Zhang of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Han He of the Han Dynasty, They all used troops on a large scale. In the words of historians: "For more than 400 years since the Han Dynasty, the war has never stopped!" '
After hundreds of years of war, I don’t know how many sons of the Han family have been killed, and how many orphans and widows have been left behind. However, the surrounding foreign tribes are like weeds, with terrible tenacity and vitality. As soon as one crop is cut, another crop will grow, forever. It can't be cut cleanly!
Therefore, Han Qinhu recognized Li Xiang's previous approach to the conquered Qiang people. During the process of conquest, he killed a group of people, and after they were conquered, he sent their men to the battlefield to be used. Come to consume, leaving the women to distribute to the soldiers who have made meritorious service. After a few decades, these people will naturally become Han people.
….What happened to the Qiang people who had been conquered during Su Dingfang’s conquest of the Qiang, and the same is true for the Qiang people who have not yet surrendered.
Kill, kill him, his head is rolling, dripping with blood, almost kill these foreign men, and then integrate their women into the Han people, the problem of these foreign races will naturally be solved.
"General Han, this Qiang disaster is not easy to solve!" Ma Cheng said helplessly.
Before Temujin, Huang Taiji, and Tuoba Tao, were the overall strength of the Qiang people weaker than those in the north?
This is not necessarily the case!
Even when it comes to population alone, the Qiang people are even better.
"Since Yuanjian, there have been one hundred and fifty kinds of descendants. Nine of them are west of the Cizhi River and north of Shu and Han Dynasty. There are no oral records in the history. Only Shenlang is in Wudu, and the number of victorious soldiers is Thousands of people. Fifty-two of them have declined and cannot stand on their own. They are scattered as attachments, either extinct or without heirs, or driven away. Among the eighty-nine species, Zhong is the strongest, with more than 100,000 victories. The rest are large. There are more than 10,000 people in the group, and thousands in the small ones. They also steal from each other, and the rise and fall are unpredictable. When they obey the emperor without any worries, the total number of victorious soldiers can be 200,000. Fa Qiang, Tang Qiang, etc. are far away, and there is no contact between them. Xiu Niu, Baima Qiang In Shu and Han, their species and names are unknown."
Judging from this description in the Later Han Dynasty, the number of Qiang people during the Han Dynasty was very large, at least millions.
The scariest thing about being a nomad is that everyone is a soldier. When necessary, even the elderly and even women and children can ride horses onto the battlefield.
However, in people's impression, when it comes to the threat to the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people are far inferior to those in the north.
The important thing is that the Qiang people are too scattered and there is no unified command at all. The large-scale migration of the Qiang people was a joint action of some relatively large tribes, but there was no claim that one of them had a higher status than the other.
There used to be a nominal Qiang king. Although it had no actual role, it was at least a decoration. But when the nominal Qiang king was defeated by the Jin army, the loose sand became even more scattered.
This also led to the fact that during this Qiang disaster, it was difficult for the Qiang people to have a unified leadership of each other. It could even be said that each one was robbing and fighting each other.
This kind of scattered group is indeed easier to break them apart and defeat them one by one. However, this also means that it takes a lot of time. If you want to decide the outcome in one battle, it is impossible to solve all the problems at once.
"Deputy Governor Yang has personally led more than 10,000 cavalry. In addition, General Li's two thousand Modao troops are also accompanying the army. In addition, Governor Meng of Hezhou has also dispatched three thousand golden fire cavalry to assist in the battle. With the intention of the two deputy governors, We should kill its branches first!”
It is certainly impossible to relax the troops in the north and west. Faced with such a chaotic situation of the general, if you want to deal with them at once, you will have to mobilize a large number of troops.
Therefore, after discussion, the two deputy governors, Li Keyong and Yang Xuangan, decided that Li Keyong would continue to watch from the north, while Yang Xuangan would lead the war in the south, and first concentrate their efforts to deal with several relatively powerful Qiang groups. The remaining weak ones can only slowly figure it out.
The battle for hegemony among the Three Kingdoms is summoned.
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