Zhang Ji had no intention of forcing Ma Xinde. Although Zhang Ji was informed from Chang'an that Ma Xinde was a high-level official in Guishang, Zhang Ji was on guard. But the more he was on guard, the more Zhang Ji realized that Ma Xinde
Xin De is very powerful. This person is on the same level as the real top wise men of the Han Dynasty in Chang'an.
"It's rare that you didn't directly ask me where Fulward went." Masinde poured a bowl of wine, drank it quietly, threw away the pottery bowl, and looked at Zhang Ji and said.
"You will naturally say what you want to say, and at least I can't do anything to you if you don't want to say it. The longer I stay with you, the more I will realize the gap between us. There is such a person in Kushan."
Zhang Ji calmly replied to Masinde.
"After all, it is a force that can develop from being beheaded and expelled by the tribal leader to a force that covers thousands of miles and has tens of millions of people. At such a scale, if some amazing people cannot be born, this country will still be
Is it necessary to exist?" Masinde sighed softly, "The Han Empire is very strong, but this is not the basis for your arrogance."
Zhang Ji nodded after hearing this, "Then are you going to stay in Tibetan areas, or?"
"Of course I'm going to Chang'an to enjoy the blessings." Ma Xinde answered very directly, "The price offered by Chen Zichuan is too high, and I can do it. Everything I didn't enjoy in the first seventy years, I can't enjoy it in the next two years."
I am going to make up for it in ten years. Rangarajan has grandchildren, and it is time for me to be a human being."
Zhang watched Assam guarding Masinde and leaving, but he neither stopped him nor sent anyone to protect him, because it was not necessary. For what happened next, it would be better for them to leave.
"Can it really stand out?" Assam asked with some worry as he looked at the Qiang people who were not well-equipped with weapons and equipment, but were obviously united and willing to die.
"Weren't you planning to use Fulward's head as a reward for promotion?" Masinde asked with interest. The relationship between Assam and Fulward was not good at all.
"That's because you didn't know that you had prepared a retreat, and you realized that Fulward was on a different path from us, and he hasn't left yet." Assam said his thoughts honestly, "Now you have a retreat.
We are ready, and Fulward has also left. If I consider this matter as a colleague, after all, we have worked together for so many years."
"We have worked together for so many years." Masinde looked up at the sky. The high blue sky made Masinde feel more open-minded.
"Although I can't stand many of his actions, it's more because of his identity and status, as well as his past experience. If anything, Fulward informed the soldiers under his command and risked his own life to lead the soldiers back to Guishang.
I guess I can't do it." Assam said with a bit of sadness, "Commander, after watching Fulward leave, I know more or less what I want to do?"
"Until then, no one knows whether they can do it." Masinde said with an indifferent expression, "In fact, Fulward, who took these soldiers to Tibet a few years ago, would definitely not have thought that he could do it.
I will take a gamble and take these soldiers back."
"Until then, no one knows whether he is a hero or a bear." Masinde calmly concluded, "In my opinion, no matter what choice you make, it is not wrong. Dying for your beliefs is a choice.
Living a good life is also a choice, and everyone has his or her own ambitions."
"I am living a modest life." Assam recalled the scene when Fulward left, followed Masinde for a few steps, and suddenly asked.
"Are you a Yuezhi noble?" Masinde asked casually.
"No." Assam understood Masinde's words.
"Then why are you empathic? You have risked your life and they don't regard you as one of their own. Why do you have to be so humble and live for yourself with your head held high?" Masinde withdrew his eyes and looked at the sky, very plainly.
Said, "Be an ordinary person. When you don't enjoy the treatment that others have, don't shoulder the responsibilities that others should shoulder."
"Oh, I heard that the Han Dynasty had a large pasture in the north. When I was a child, I wanted to have a large pasture. I would go to the north to raise cattle and sheep. I remember you told me that you are good at herding.
Assam said with a somewhat nostalgic tone. As a Sage, he has never had the opportunity to graze since he was born in the mountainous area of ​​​​Beigui. The mountainous areas of Beigui have never been suitable for grazing.
"That's fine." Masinde nodded to Assam, "It's enough to have something to do. If you don't have any ambitions, that's fine. Our mission is over and it's time to rest."
Assam nodded and followed Masinde to the Qiang village, preparing to wait for a while. After confirming the news about Fuwode and the overall situation, he headed to Chang'an for no other reason than to say goodbye.
A thread that involves Kushan.
"Master Ma Xinde is from Kushan?" After Ma Xinde left, Yang servant looked at Zhang Ji with some surprise and asked. You must know that it was he who personally took Ma Xinde to Chang'an during the last court meeting.
Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be from Kushan.
"He is from the Han Dynasty, but he was lurking in Guishang, and now he has retired." Zhang Zi said without thinking, and Yang Pu had no doubts about it after hearing this.
"Have the investigators found any traces of Fulward?" After Zhang Ji answered Yang Pu's curious inquiry, he naturally changed the subject.
"It's not easy to be sure. The opponent had already led his men to retreat scattered before the Sangshung Royal City was captured. Although Fulward was a key target, the opponent seemed to have taken precautions early. The locals we found gave
There are several escape directions, and these people are obviously not lying." Servant Yang said with a headache, "We now suspect that these escape directions may be to set up suspicions."
"There are so many of us who still care about his suspicions. A team of one hundred people will investigate along these possible lines of defense. Every half hour, each investigating team will send one person back, so that if a certain team reports back
If the manpower suddenly stops, you can be sure that the direction of the target is definitely there, or at least it is being baited." Lin Dai sneered and said, what is there to think about? There are many Qiang people, so of course they must use their maximum manpower.
Resource advantages.
"In this case, it is easy to cause losses to personnel. If the team sent out for reconnaissance actually encounters the opponent, they will definitely be wiped out. Now that we have won a complete victory, it may be better to leave the rest to the border defense corps.
Some." Zhang Ji agrees with Lindai's judgment, but considering that even if the resistance of the Kushan soldiers was very weak in this battle, the Qiang people have lost thousands of people by now, and now they have basically won a complete victory.
, there is really no need to consume human resources anymore.
"It's okay. We have already distributed the settlement allowance in advance. If you really die by then, we will issue another one. This is not a problem. Fuwo is more dangerous." Lindai said without caring. After all, he was attacking Fuwo.
When it comes to virtue, he doesn't even care much about his own life.
Zhang Ji had nothing to say. He had more power to make suggestions in terms of combat. How to fight still depended on the ideas of these tribal leaders. Since Neighbor Dai was so determined now, Zhang Ji didn't have any good ideas.
As for wanting to avoid losses, if the Qiang people themselves don't care about losses, Zhang Ji really doesn't have any good solution. Although in Zhang Ji's opinion, the credit for wiping out Xiangxiong this time is enough for the Qiang people to suffer for twenty years.
Yes, but for the Qiang people, Fuwode is the biggest enemy.
"Chief, we found traces of a small number of cavalry passing through in the southwest." Just when Zhang Ji, Yang Pu, Lin Dai and others were discussing how to deal with the Kushan prisoners next, what kind of food to arrange for each other, and how to give benefits to each other.
When the local army from Xinzhou or Xinzhou came to hand over the prisoners, the Qingzhuang tribe of the southern Di people came to inform their neighbors with an urgent battle report.
"Cavalry?" Yang Pu looked at Lin Dai, already having some guesses in his mind. The reason why he didn't confirm it directly was mainly because in the impression of Yang Pu and Lin Dai, Fulward's headquarters had been transformed into infantry.
The organized cavalry did not exist at all.
And now the news sent by the Di people in the south is that there is a small number of cavalry, but it is obviously an organizational size, which is somewhat unlikely.
"Zhang Xiong doesn't have many horses here, and Furward shouldn't have an established cavalry." Zhang Ji directly told Yang Pu and others the information informed by Masinde.
"That is to say, as we know, Fulward has no large-scale cavalry at all, and they are mainly infantry." Lin Dai lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while, "Send a thousand men to chase after them and see what the situation is.
It’s not the Fulward Cavalry, but as long as it is an organized cavalry, we need to pay attention to it. Is it possible that there are other forces in the Tibetan area that can produce organized cavalry?”
Before Lindai's order had been delivered, Agui, the chief of the Di people in the south, had already led more than two thousand young men in pursuit in the direction of the horse's hoof marks.
For Agui, it doesn't matter whether these cavalry are Fulward's men or third-party forces in Tibetan areas. As long as they are cavalry, he has to catch up and take a look, because there are very few horses in Tibetan areas now.
The Di and Qiang people are both purely horse-based peoples. Only by using war horses can they show their due strength. At present, this kind of infantry does not even have half of the combat effectiveness.
If it is Fulward who is the best, if not, he would have already made plans if he discovered a third party force.
"What is this?" After chasing for a while, Agui's men found a group of corpses of their own people in front. The number was not large, but there were hundreds of them.
"He was killed quickly. The opponent was very strong. Moreover, this is very important." After squatting next to the corpse and checking it, he found that the furthest among these Qiang brothers was less than 200 meters away from the battle site. Although this was
The Qiang people are indeed not elites, but more than a hundred people were easily wiped out without even running two hundred meters away. They are definitely top elites.
"Do you have any other suggestions?" After Agui expressed his judgment, he looked at his soldiers and asked.
"Notify the big-headed man over there to send elite cavalry to pursue him. This direction is most likely the direction where Fulward will evacuate. What they encountered is not an ordinary elite regiment." The veteran soldier under his command said with a cautious expression, and then dragged him
An already cold corpse opened the opponent's hand and showed it to Agui, "This is the Condor Shooter, triple smelted, killed by two hits."
The Qiang people have very few vulture shooters, and they are truly elite. When things didn't change in those days, the vulture shooters were basically smelted in the fourth or fifth level. This is also the case with Qingqiang, Faqiang, and Di people who escaped being strangled by the Xiliang cavalry.
The reason why all the extremely large tribes together have less than fifty condor shooters.
At first, Lindai said he would find fifty vulture shooters to beat Sima Lang to death because there were only so many vulture shooters in the entire Tibetan tribe, and Lindai couldn't find a few more even if he wanted to.
Later, due to the changes in the sky and the two effects of the Curse of World Consciousness, the Qiang's Condor Shooting Hands basically reached the third and fourth levels, but even the third and fourth levels are very powerful in the current environment. As a result
He only took action once, and then the breast shield was shattered, and the person died on the spot.
"Quickly, go notify the big boss and ask him to mobilize elite cavalry to pursue. The others will follow me in this direction to continue the pursuit. Everyone be careful not to encounter an ambush." ​​Agui only thought for a moment before agreeing with his subordinates.
As suggested, he quickly asked his fastest veteran to inform the main force of the Qiang people, and then he led his men to continue the pursuit.
As for what to do if you catch up and get beaten to death, there is nothing to be afraid of. This time, the heirs have been chosen. If you die, you will die. As long as your death is worthwhile, the Han Dynasty will really pay you.
We can't just wait here. What if it rains and the traces are wiped out?
As a nomad who has lived in Tibetan areas for almost ten years, Agui is not blind. Although the sky looks dark blue now, the gray-blue color on the horizon has begun to spread. This is the rhythm of rain. In this kind of
In this case, chase after you, bite the traces, and maybe search along the traces. If you don't chase, the heavy rain will sweep away, and you may not be able to find it even if you are far away.
"Chase!" After Agui sent two groups of men to inform his neighbors, he personally led the young men of Di and chased after him. Fulode can fight, right? Come on, I have more than two thousand young men, so I don't believe you.
We can kill them all within an hour, but if we can't kill them all, as long as we entangle them, our Qiang main force will come and we will avenge them all.
To be continued...