The Nameless of the Common Clans

The originally pure white snow has become muddy, and the flowing blood is frozen. Among the corpses scattered all over the mountains and plains, there are occasionally one or two twitching. Groups of Guanzhong soldiers are walking among the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and they are still panting when they encounter them. Hell, just giving him a knife can be regarded as helping the other person to escape. In this case, rescuing people is unrealistic. In many cases, it will only prolong the pain of the other person for a period of time, and eventually he will die.

What's more, why should we save the enemy and rebels if they are not our own troops?

"My lord, Ma Teng and Han Sui have already fled and failed to catch up. However, the Qiang army has been completely defeated and is still fleeing. There are also many Qiang soldiers who surrendered. How to deal with them?" Taishi Ci rode back to Chen Mo. , bowed.

Chen Mo got off the horse, stretched out his hand to help Taishi Ci and said: "This battle can be won thanks to Ziyi. As for these Qiang people, you gather them together and let the soldiers ask them one by one. Either burn them as Qiang people, or just kill them." He will be killed, and he will be let go as long as he says that he is a Shaodang Qiang."

Taishi Ci didn't react when he heard the words, and asked doubtfully: "My lord, what if other Qiang people pretend to be Qiang?"

"Let them go in the same way, without going into details. Remember, the soldiers only need to ask, and don't care what other people think. As long as the other party says that they are Shaodang Qiang, let them go directly, and their attitude will be better. Don't ask for anything else. Pay attention and don't pay attention to what the other party says." Chen Mo patted Tai Shici on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"I will understand." Tai Shici nodded and did not ask any more questions. After bowing to Chen Mo, he turned around and left.

"Inform Cui Geng, Bao Geng and Shi Geng to immediately send troops northward and take advantage of the situation to occupy Didao, Angu, Shouyang and other places, and order Wang Biao to organize a new defense line on the spot to prevent Ma Han from counterattack," Chen Mo said to said the guard beside him.

"Here!" There were personal guards who went to deliver the order. Chen Mo took Xun You and Xu Shu to Xiangwu for a short break. They followed closely all the way. Although the Maharaja-Korean coalition forces were suppressed, Chen Mo was not relaxed either. They marched in the ice and snow. Many times they were in trouble. This is a taboo for military strategists. This time Chen Mo did the opposite. He didn't move before and waited for the Ma-Korean coalition to withdraw before sending out troops. Although the results were great, the troops were almost at their limit at this time. He just took this opportunity to cultivate. After a while, after Longxi was pacified, he raised his troops and went to Jincheng.

"Congratulations, lord." Xun You said with a smile after following Chen Mo and Xu Shu back to the government office.

After this battle, the prestige of Ma Teng and Han Sui among the Qiang people will inevitably be greatly reduced. It will be easier for Chen Mo to implement many policies among the Qiang people than before. At the same time, Ma Teng and Han Sui will be weakened in disguise. The seeds of distrust were sown between Teng and Han Sui. Once Ma Teng and Han Sui turned against each other, it would no longer be a problem for Chen Mo to completely pacify Xiliang, and Chen Mo would no longer have any worries.

"This is not my fault. On the battlefield, there are Ziyi, Gao Shun, and Dian Wei. There are also Gongda and Yuan Zhi who make plans. This is the fault of all the generals. How can it be attributed to me?" Chen Mo knelt down and pointed. Pointing to the position of his hand, he said: "It's fair to say that you are willing to go out with me before you join my army. It is really a crime of silence to risk the severe cold."

"My lord, please don't say that. As the saying goes, eating the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor's worries. Since you are determined to follow the lord, you should share the lord's worries." Xun You quickly bowed and said.

Don't forget that before he became an official, Xun You was not easy to talk to, and he shied away from Chen Mo's recruitment several times. However, once he decided to join Chen Mo, Xun You would never go too far in his attitude towards Chen Mo.

"That's serious." Chen Mo waved his hand and said, "If I don't say this, Gongda thinks, what should I do next?"

"Since the lord has come up with a plan, if it succeeds, we should take advantage of the situation to pursue and completely wipe out Xiliang!" We must continue. If we withdraw at this time, it will give Ma Teng and Han Sui the opportunity to regain the hearts of the Qiang people, and Chen Mo's victory in this battle will become meaningless.

"What Gongda said is very much what I want." Chen Mo said with a satisfied smile. The purpose of his coming out this time was to completely solve the troubles in Xiliang. Ma Teng and Han Sui's influence in Xiliang must be uprooted. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles.

As for how to pull it out, it depends on Tai Shici's results.

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On the other side, after Taishi Ci said goodbye to Chen Mo, he joined his soldiers and gathered the prisoners together.

"Which tribe are you from?" Taishi Ci came to a young Qiang man and asked.

"I am Baishi Qiang!" the young Qiang warrior raised his head and said.

"Behead!" Tai Shici had no interest in saying anything more. After uttering a single word, he allowed his guards to drag the young Qiang soldier aside and kill him on the spot.

"And you!"

"Po Qiang!"

"kill!"

"you!"

"Shao Dang Qiang!"

"put!"

This went back and forth, but within a moment, there were already more than a dozen bloody heads in the open space, and the bodies were thrown into the dug pit.

More than a dozen people passed by, and Taishi Ci handed the matter over to his officers for questioning, while he stood aside and watched the performance of these people.

"Brother, what should I do? I don't want to die!" The Qiang prisoners began to get confused. Some of the young ones had already been torn apart by the Han army's ruthless killing of prisoners. They looked at themselves as if they were holding the last straw. The elder next to him.

"Stupid, haven't you seen that anyone who is a Shao Dang Qiang has been let go? I think there must be an ulterior secret between this Han general and Shao Dang Qiang or Han Sui, so I let Shao Dang Qiang go." Become a Qiang person!" Some older Qiang people saw the clues and quickly exchanged information with Pao Ze and his companions.

Taishi Ci seemed to have not seen half of it and continued to execute the order. Some clever Qiang people also reported that they were from Shaodang Qiang and were indeed released.

Next, more people claimed to be Shaodang Qiang. At the beginning, eight out of ten were Qiang people from other tribes. There were as many as fifty or sixty heads under the generals' stand. But as more and more people claimed to be Shaodang Qiang and were released, fewer and fewer people were beheaded. Even later, until thousands of people were released, no one was killed.

"General, this..." Naturally, someone saw something wrong. Even if Shaodang was a large tribe among the Qiang people, these were the only Qiang people who were alive among the Mahan coalition forces this time? They were just caught by their own people? This is obviously impossible.

"Just do it, don't ask too much!" Taishi Ci leaned on the flagpole of the general's flag, squinting at the Qiang people who fled frantically after leaving the camp. After saying something lightly, he leaned against the flagpole and closed his eyes to rest.

"Yes!" The general understood and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he continued to execute Taishi Ci's orders until the last person was released. There were less than 200 prisoners who died in front of the generals' platform.

"Bury them." The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood. Taishi Ci stood up, stretched his waist, and said to his generals: "After the job is done, return to the city to rest. I'm afraid there will be more wars next."

Chen Mo's strategy was not complicated. He just relied on these people to pass a message to Ma Teng and Han Sui. Chen Mo had an unspeakable interest with Shaodang Qiang or Han Sui behind Shaodang Qiang. Even if Taishi Ci did not understand it at the beginning, after personally presiding over this "massacre", how could he not understand that this was obviously just the beginning. Next, there will be chaos between the Qiang people and even Ma Teng and Han Sui, and the war will have to be fought.

"Yes!" After several generals bowed, they followed Taishi Ci to withdraw the troops and return to the camp. Taishi Ci had been running from Pingxiang to Xiangwu and fighting continuously these days. Not to mention these generals, Taishi Ci felt a little tired. It was indeed time to rest. What happened next depended on Cui Geng and his men.

In the next few days, Xiangwu was gradually pacified. Bao Geng broke through Didao. Shi Geng and Cui Geng occupied Angu and Shouyang respectively. Except for a few more remote counties, Longxi was under Chen Mo's control. After a period of extreme cold, the weather showed some signs of warming up in December.

On the other hand, after Ma Teng and Han Sui fled all the way to Yuzhong, many of the released Qiang captives came back one after another. The fact that Chen Mo only set fire to the Qiang and killed all the other tribes that day also spread among Ma Teng and Han Sui's army.

"Father, are you going to endure it?" Ma Chao found Ma Teng, furious. This battle was almost the most frustrating one he had ever fought in his life. From Pingxiang to Xiangwu, he had never been happy. What annoyed him most was not the defeat to Chen Mo, but Han Sui's double-dealing.

"Gather the troops and follow me to attack Han Sui's camp!" Han Sui slammed the table fiercely. Han Sui was indeed secretly colluding with Chen Mo. No wonder he lost so inexplicably in this battle. Tens of thousands of Qiang troops were almost wiped out, and Longxi was also completely captured by Chen Mo.

"Here! I'll go and check the troops now!" Ma Chao shouted excitedly after hearing this.

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On the other side, Han Sui frowned slightly after hearing the news, and then asked someone to find several Shaodang Qiang soldiers who were released and asked about the process in detail.

"It's bad, I fell into the trap!" Han Sui said with a change of expression.

"Father-in-law, will Ma Teng believe such an obvious trick?" After listening to the narration of the Shaodang Qiang soldiers, Yan Xing also understood that this was simply Chen Mo's plan to alienate.

"If it were you, would you ask so much detail?" Han Sui stood up and frowned.

Any conspiracy and trick cannot withstand detailed scrutiny. Han Sui asked in detail because he did not reach any secret agreement with Chen Mo, but what would be the first reaction of ordinary people to this news? Han Sui could almost imagine what Ma Teng looked like.

"Send someone immediately to make this matter clear! Ma Teng and I must not fight each other at this time!" Han Sui said solemnly.

"Yes!" Yan Xing agreed and was about to arrange an envoy to explain to Ma Teng, when the sound of fighting suddenly sounded outside the tent, and the two people's faces changed.

Li Kan rushed in and said, "My lord, I don't know what Ma Teng has gone crazy for, and he has already rushed in!"

"Reckless man!" Han Sui said helplessly.

"Father-in-law, what should we do now?" Yan Xing looked at Han Sui and said anxiously.

"Fight!" Han Sui sighed. What else could he do now? Even if he wanted to explain, he needed someone to listen. He could only fight first!

"Yes!"