The girl blinked and said to Fa Zheng: "You see that I am so seriously injured, don't you know?"
Fazheng said to Liu Zhang: "The Xianling Qiang annihilated many nobles of the Tsing Yi Qiang. This woman is indeed a Tsing Yi Qiang."
Liu Zhang nodded. Although the girl spoke Chinese, her accent was definitely not Han. Liu Zhang had learned from his lesson last time and had carefully distinguished herself this time. She was probably not pretending.
The only foreigners around here are the Qiang and Di, and the woman who suffered so many injuries must have been besieged. The woman doesn't talk like a completely uneducated foreigner. She thinks she is a Qiang and Di noble. After reasoning like this, she is the only one who is being oppressed now.
Only among Qingyi Qiang can such a person appear.
If this girl is really Qingyi Qiang, then...
Fazheng was the first to ask: "What is your identity? Tell me everything."
"If I tell you, you are not allowed to abandon me, let alone kill me." The girl said weakly.
"Don't worry, even if you are from Xian Ling Qiang, we won't touch a hair on your head." Liu Zhang looked at this woman, with an innocent look on her face. Even if you are Xian Ling Qiang's wife, the daughter of Saint
It doesn't matter if you let go of the female saint or whatever.
The girl bit her lip, hesitated for a long time, and then said with all her heart: "I am the daughter of the leader of the Qingyi Qiang. I escaped because the Xianling Qiang attacked my stronghold and kidnapped my tribe, and then I was chased by the Xianling Qiang and Xiliang people.
He was killed before he fled here with the refugees."
After saying this, the girl bowed to Liu Zhang, with a sad face, and said with a little trembling: "I know that we Qiang people are fighting with you now, including me, the Tsing Yi Qiang, so I dare not speak out. But I believe that the Tsing Yi Qiang are fighting with you.
, must have been forced by Xian Ling Qiang, please forgive me."
After the woman finished speaking, she burst into tears and sobbed slightly, like a thin willow in the cold night wind.
"Raise your head." Liu Zhang said.
The girl raised her head and looked at Liu Zhang. Her pink face was filled with tears, and she was inexplicably sad. Liu Zhang stared at her and after a while said: "Since the girl is the daughter of the leader of the Tsing Yi Qiang, I think she is worried about her previous enmity. The girl can't help but
no need to worry.
I know that someone else was responsible for the ambush of our Han prefect. Instead, the Qingyi Qiang were kidnapped by the Xiliang army. Is the girl willing to go to the Xiliang army camp and convince your father's old troops to cooperate with our Sichuan army to resist the Xiliang army?
"
The girl cried for a while, and after listening to Liu Zhang's words, she was a little worried and said: "I'm just afraid that those tribesmen won't listen to me, a little girl."
"If they win, the Qingyi Qiang will continue to be in charge of the thirteen tribes of Xiqiang. They will also form an alliance with the Sichuan army to suppress the Xiliang army."
"That's it. The little girl is willing to give it a try." The girl gritted her teeth and said.
Liu Zhang nodded.
The Sichuan army helped the girl change her clothes, and the girl dragged her sick body out of the confinement. Liu Zhang watched the girl walk into the darkness and breathed a sigh of relief. With the daughter of the Qiang leader coming forward, and the performance of the Qingyi Qiang these days, it should be very possible for success*
*.
Returning to the city and passing by the Wounded Soldiers Camp, I suddenly saw a figure sneaking past.
"Stop... Hu Che'er, if you don't take good care of yourself, why are you out here?"
The figure turned around, and it was Hu Che'er. Hu Che'er smiled awkwardly and said, "My lord, the camp is very stuffy. I'll come out and look at the moon."
"Look at the moon?" Liu Zhang glanced at the dark sky, walked over, and saw Hu Che'er holding a bunch of things in his hand. He pulled it off and found a helmet and armor, staring at him with an unkind look.
Hu Che'er said "Ouch" loudly: "Okay. I just want to fight, Lord. I can see the situation in the injured barracks. The war is so fierce now. What does it mean for me to stay here at this time?
Many lightly wounded soldiers have gone to the battlefield, but I am still my lord's personal guard, and I am always cowering, and I am afraid of being laughed at."
"You were seriously injured. Do you know that if you don't take good care of your injuries and the wounds are affected, you will be left disabled? Do you think I, Liu Zhang, will raise you like a loser at that time?" Liu Zhang said loudly.
Hu Che'er drooped his eyelids and pursed his lips in dissatisfaction. Liu Zhang waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, go in and give me a rest."
"I don't, that female lord of the Western Regions has been let go. She was more seriously injured than me. She is still a woman and she can come out. Why should I have to lie down?"
Hu Che'er's mouth was turned sideways, with an unconvinced look on his face. Liu Zhang said angrily: "I'm not going to fight, I'm going to... wait."
Liu Zhang was suddenly startled: "What girl from the Western Regions? Isn't that a Qiang girl?"
"Qiang people? My lord, are you kidding me?" Hu Che'er widened his eyes and said, "Are there any Qiang people who speak the dialect of the Western Regions?"
"Western Region dialect?" Liu Zhang, Fazheng and others were all stunned. Guan Yinping had just arrived in Xiliang for more than a year and was not familiar with the Qiang language. Thinking about it now, although he didn't understand the meaning, he was talking to the Qiang people he met.
, the taste is indeed different.
"Also, the Qiang people regard the wolf as their totem. How could someone wearing wolf-print shoes trample a wolf under their feet? If so, they would be stoned."
"You mean that woman is not a Qiang?" Liu Zhang asked Hu Che'er.
"Absolutely not."
So awesome: "How is it possible? That woman answered the question about the Qiang people very clearly."
"That may be because she knows something about the Qiang people," Hu Cheer said.
Liu Zhang suddenly said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that woman doesn't know anything about the Qiang people. She just followed what we said. It's hateful. We took it for granted."
Fazheng's expression twisted, and he thought about the conversation just now, and it turned out to be true.
Liu Zhang slapped his forehead and looked up at the dark night sky, "I, Liu Zhang, have been famous all my life, but I was deceived by a little liar. Someone, come and get me back."
"Yes." Wang Xu agreed, leading his troops and rushing towards the gate.
"Go and find out if any important figures from the Western Regions have come to the Central Plains recently. The woman is being besieged. She is either rich or noble. She is by no means an ordinary person."
"yes."
Liu Zhang let out a breath and gritted his teeth with hatred. If he was teased by people like Zhou Yu and Guo Jia, it would be easier to bear. It would be calm and calm. After all, he is also a generation of wizards, but what is a woman who has just reached the age of hairpin? Liu Zhang
I get angry just thinking about it, and I really want to slap her face when I think of the girl's natural and innocent little face.
Guan Yinping looked at Liu Zhang's angry look from behind, and almost laughed out loud, and quickly covered her mouth. But thinking of the female corpse last night, she calmed down again.
"My lord, the woman was lying to you because my subordinates were careless. However, if the woman is not a Qiang, no matter how important she is in the Western Regions, it is not a top priority. Our top priority is to alienate the Qing Yi Qiang, otherwise the chance of success in sending troops in the future is really slim.
"
Seeing that the estrangement between Qingyi Qiang has been completed, Fazheng is also sad. But now it has returned to the original point, Qingyi Qiang has not separated, and the small victory Liu Zhang said tomorrow has not been achieved, Fazheng is naturally worried.
"God won't help me." Liu Zhang sighed, and Hu Che'er suddenly said in surprise: "Master, do you want to alienate the Tsing Yi Qiang? Are they willing?"
Liu Zhang said casually: "The Qingyi Qiang were harmed by the Xianling Qiang and the Xiliang army. They all knew it and were oppressed by both sides. They were the vanguard in attacking the city for days. How could they not be resentful? If there were people they trusted to persuade them to rebel.
It will definitely work, but there is no such person."
"Why not? Am I not a human being?" Hu Che'er said.
"You?" Liu Zhang looked at Hu Che'er.
Hu Che'er patted his chest and said: "I, Hu Che'er, was once the number one warrior of the Qingyi Qiang Shatuo Tribe. I grew up playing with Gao Ta, the Shatuo Tribe's young leader. They are like ripe raisins. If I go there, I will definitely be able to see him."
Looking at the faces of the leaders.
It’s just that I’m not very good at talking. Only if the Qingyi Qiang are really dissatisfied with the Xiliang Army can I persuade them, otherwise, the Qiang people have clear grievances and will not easily switch sides.”
"When did you become a Qiang? Aren't you a subordinate of Zhang Xiu?" Fazheng asked.
"Does this conflict with me being a Qiang?" Hu Che'er asked.
Hu Che'er was originally a Qiang. Later, Dong Zhuo conquered the Qiang village and the Qiang people surrendered. Hu Che'er joined the Liangzhou army and followed Dong Zhuo out of the Central Plains. After the chaos in Guanzhong, Hu Che'er followed Zhang Xiu to Wancheng.
Hu Che'er is not his real name. Hu Che'er means that there is a Hu man named Che'er. In order to blend in with the Han people, Hu Che'er changed his surname to Hu to facilitate promotion in the Han army.
"Wow, you have been mocking me as a barbarian all day long. It turns out that you are also a barbarian." He grabbed Hu Che'er so powerfully.
"It hurts, it hurts." Hu Che'er pointed at his wound, and he let go of Hu Che'er with great hatred, still angry.
Fa Zheng said happily: "My lord, if Hu Che'er is a Qiang and has a relationship with the Qiang leader, this matter will be easy to handle."
Liu Zhang was also overjoyed and said to Hu Che'er: "Hu Che'er, are you willing to accept the order and go to the Xiliang Army Camp to persuade the Tsing Yi Qiang to surrender?"
"Take the order." Hu Che'er cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I also want to see those bastards."
Hu Che'er was sent out of the city gate, and Liu Zhang returned to the house and listened to the reports on the military training organized by Fa Zheng these days.
Now the Sichuan army has a 1,000-man Gebing team, a 3,000-man hook and sickle team, 50 chariots, 30 trebuchets, and thousands of strong archers drawn from this city defense battle.
With the bows open to the full moon, a team of strong bows was formed. In addition, there were ground swordsmen, sword and shield soldiers, cavalry interception teams, etc., all for the decisive battle.
Fazheng has exerted himself to the maximum to increase the winning rate in frontal battles. If Wei Yan and Qingyi Qiang are added, the winning chance may be raised to 50%.
However, although the morale of the Sichuan Army has improved, and although the Xiliang Army has declined, the combat power of the two sides is still very different. If there can be a victory to boost morale and let the Sichuan Army know that the Xiliang Army is not invincible, it will definitely have obvious effects.
It's just that Fazheng really didn't know that the Sichuan army closed the city and defended it, passively being beaten, how could it achieve the victory Liu Zhang talked about.
After a while, Wang Xu came back with a group of soldiers, escorting the escaping girl behind him. They saw a group of soldiers who were all in a mess and in tattered clothes. Especially Wang Xu, who had red envelopes on his face and looked miserable.
Man, if it weren't for his clothes, Liu Zhang would hardly recognize him.
"What's going on?" Liu Zhang turned around and walked to Wang Xu. He looked at the woman. The woman still lowered her head, looking like she was being bullied. She looked Wang Xu up and down again.
"Does this woman know martial arts? Beat you all like this?"
"No." Wang Xu looked downcast and ashamed, and whispered: "We chased her five miles away and caught up with her. She immediately ran into the jungle, and we chased her in. Their clothes were torn by thorns in the forest.
The last general was stung by a swarm of bees, and two soldiers were bitten by poisonous snakes and were sent to the wounded camp."
"If I hadn't been injured, you wouldn't have been able to catch me." The girl pouted. She didn't expect the Sichuan army to see through it so quickly. She just wanted to hurry on the main road, but she didn't expect to be overtaken.
Liu Zhang pushed Wang Xu away, walked outside and took a look at the sky, blew a cold wind, returned to the house, looked at Wang Xu and said: "Nonsense, it's late autumn, and it's so cold today. It's late at night,
Where do the swarms of bees and snakes come from?”
"My subordinates are also strange." Wang Xu said aggrievedly, lowering his head and not daring to look at Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang shook his head, walked up to the girl, took a look, and the girl smiled cutely at him. Liu Zhang returned to the handsome desk and sat down, and said to the girl: "I can't tell, you are really good at lying. Say... you
What status?"
"The daughter of a Hu merchant from the Western Regions."
"Do you still want to lie to us? How could Hu Shang's daughter be besieged? And still hurt like this?" Liu Zhang threatened angrily.
"How can we not be surrounded when bandits are robbing us?" the girl said matter-of-factly.
"It's strange." Liu Zhang said: "I think you are still alive, but the bandit is so full that he wants to chop you dozens of times and won't take you back to the village? I have never seen such a stupid bandit.
."
"Since you think my life is okay, why haven't you done anything to the little girl for so many days? I have never seen such a stupid Han official. He is stupider than those bandits."
"You..." Liu Zhang had never been so speechless before. Guan Yinping stood aside and smiled softly, feeling so great that he finally vented the grievances he had suffered for so many days.
Liu Zhang was too lazy to look at the villains around him. He said to the girl with a straight face: "Stop quibbling, I have already checked. Not long ago, the king of Shache sent the princess to Xuchang as a hostage.
The escort team arrived at the northern suburbs of Chang'an, but was robbed by the Guanzhong warlord Zhang Baiqi. The princess escaped. On the way to escape, she was chased by the warlord and was seriously injured. The direction of escape was exactly Hanzhong.
Is there such a coincidence in the world? If you don't tell the truth, drag me out and beat you until you tell the truth."
The two sergeants were about to take the woman away. The woman shouted loudly: "Foolish official, if I tell you now that I am the princess of Shache, will you believe it again? Do you Han people like to be so self-righteous? I
If you say no, you say yes, well, now I say that I am the princess of Yarkand, do you believe it?"
The woman looked at Liu Zhang angrily, and Liu Zhang looked over. She looked very much like Dou E, who was wrongly accused on TV, with a look of anger and determination, and he couldn't help but feel hesitant again.
Liu Zhang looked at Fazheng, who shook his head. Originally, the information from the Sichuan Army could not infer that this woman was the princess of Shache. Liu Zhang just wanted to scare this woman. If she admitted it, she would definitely be sent to Chengdu to be raised as a precaution.
Unexpected needs.
You must know that Yarkand is a big country in the Western Region. Now, since Yarkand is the farthest away from Yumen Pass, it is gradually leaning towards the Kushan Empire and is less interested in the Han Dynasty. This is why Cao Cao forced Yarkand to take hostage in Xuchang.
He and Cao Cao were in a civil war, and as for the Western Regions, they still had to share the same hatred, so it would be good to have a hostage from the Shache Kingdom.
But with this woman's words and this expression, Liu Zhang would have really thought that he had wronged her before. But after the Qiang people's lesson just now, Liu Zhang didn't dare to believe her, but he couldn't deny her. Think about it.
Confused.
Liu Zhang met such a difficult girl for the first time, so he tapped his forehead and said: "Whether it is a Hu Shang or a princess from the Western Regions, I will drag her down first and beat her with a stick from the Fifth Army and send her to Chengdu."
"Brother, you can't be so unreasonable." The girl suddenly became anxious. Thinking that "brother" was the word she often used, she blurted it out, and the surrounding generals and Guan Yinping were also dumbfounded.
"I won't be unreasonable. Don't say so much. I'll wait until you get beaten." This woman was born innocent and well-behaved, with a cheerful expression, but it was unpredictable. She was like a cute beauty who was born to look like she was being beaten. Liu Zhang
I feel that if I don't give her a few sticks, my anger will not go away.
Fazheng wanted to persuade her, but stopped. Although it was unreasonable, so what if she was beaten? Not to mention Hu Shang's daughter, even if she was really the princess of Shache, so what if she was beaten?
"The Han Dynasty is a civilized country, so we can't be unreasonable... I beg you, please be reasonable... Don't hit me, it hurts so much." The girl struggled and shouted loudly, her face filled with tears.
Like resentment and admiration.
"If I'm reasonable with you, I'll be betrayed by you sooner or later." Liu Zhang snorted coldly.
"Don't hit me. If you let me go today, there will be consequences for me." The girl was pulled to the door, broke free from the sergeant's restraints, and kowtowed to Liu Zhang.
The girl kowtows like a chicken pecking at rice, with a sincere expression that arouses pity.
But Liu Zhang was used to seeing people kowtow, so he didn't feel any sympathy for this one. Upon closer inspection, he could see that the girl put her delicate white palms on the ground and kowtowed on the back of her hands every time.
, and then slapped the ground with his palms.
Liu Zhang let out a sigh of relief and said to the girl: "Unless you are the princess of Shache, what can you, a Hu Shang woman, do to repay me? Come here, drag her out and beat her."
"No." The girl's delicate eyebrows were crooked, and she said loudly to Liu Zhang: "Who said that Hu Shang will have no future? If you don't hit me, I have jade in the south of the Western Region and horses in the north. Come and rest in peace in the west.
Hard bow, Qin armor, Kushan gold, poisonous slave.
As long as eldest brother, oh, sir, let me go, from now on all the business groups in my clan will go to Sichuan and Sichuan from Yumen to earn some money for traveling, and how about selling it to me at a low price, sir?"
Seeing that Liu Zhang still had a straight face, the girl hurriedly said: "Aren't you adults worried about dealing with the enemy? I can help you defeat the enemy."
"Oh? You can defeat the enemy?" Liu Zhang looked at the girl in surprise. He was not surprised that the girl could defeat the enemy, but he was surprised that a little girl like her dared to speak so brazenly.
"That's natural, but my method of defeating the enemy is a secret that must not be revealed. You only need to take me to the battlefield. But if you defeat the enemy, you must let me go and give me herbs, money, horses, etc.
Something you’ll need for your trip.”
"It's a lot to ask for." Liu Zhang looked at the girl. Although the girl was full of lies and was full of lies, she was still very cute. She kept complaining about pain and couldn't really hit her. He said in a deep voice: "Well, you'd better go back.
The wounded soldiers are lying in the camp. If they dare to escape, it will not be as simple as beating the fifth army with a stick."
"I know, I know, the little girl knows." The girl patted her bulging chest: "I'm scared to death."