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Liu Jing met with a famous Qiang elder in the tent of the Central Army. They were representatives of several Qiang tribes living in the south of Zhangye County and near the Dadoubagu area. They did not expect that the commander of this cavalry was the King of Han himself, and the King of Han was very moved by them.

People can speak Chinese, and one of the old men with white beards sighed: "We have lived in Zhangye County for several years. We have raised horses for the court for generations. The court has not treated us badly. Not only are we exempted from taxes, but the war horses we raise have received food subsidies from the court. The population of our tribes has grown from the initial few to a few thousand, and our lives are relatively rich. But at least Nangong occupied Zhangye, our lives have completely changed. Not only do we have to collect one household to fight for him, but we have to pay more than half of the new war horses and cattle and sheep every year. Our tribe originally had 500,000 sheep, but now there are only 200,000 cattle and horses. The same is true for cattle and horses. Life has suddenly become extremely poor. We dream of getting rid of Nangong's control."

The old man's words were strong, and the other two felt the same feelings. When they were sad, people couldn't help but burst into tears. Liu Jing hurriedly comforted the people and said, "The Han army came to the Hexi Corridor this time to restore the original order. We require that the fate of each tribe and the tribes should be decided by each tribe and be unified in the administration. We will never tolerate the so-called Qiang King existence like Nangong, which cruelly exploits other tribes. So don't worry, this time the Han army will definitely eradicate the cancer of this Qiang people and give freedom to the majority of kind Qiang people."

The famous old man only considered the interests of his own tribe and would never consider what it means to have a powerful and unified Qiang regime. However, Liu Jing knew very well that whether it was the Di people or Qiang people, once a powerful Hu regime was formed, it would mean that the Han Dynasty would likely lose Hexi or Longxi, which he would never tolerate.

For Qiang and Hu heroes like Nangong, they can only carry out ruthless attacks when they are still weak, and completely restore the Qiang and Di people to their former scattered sand. Only the Qiang and Di tribes, large and small, form their own formations and only care about their own interests, will it be beneficial for the government to divide them.

Of course, Liu Jing also knew why Nangong wanted to brutally exploit the Qiang tribes. He did not just for personal enjoyment, but for building a full-time army and breaking the tribal army of the past, which was exactly the foundation of a powerful Hu dynasty.

The famous old men were very grateful and expressed their willingness to collect 50,000 sheep to reward the Han cavalry. The Han army also lacked food. He accepted the enthusiastic dedication of the Qiang people without hesitation.

"Of course, I won't ask for your sheep in vain. After the Zhangye government is restored, I will ask the government to give you some care in the ranch area as compensation for your support for the Han army today."

The old man was overjoyed and immediately expressed his willingness to increase the number of sheep rewarded to 100,000. Liu Jing also accepted it one by one. Although one soldier had six sheep on average, this seemed to be a little more, but Liu Jing never thought it was too much military rations. He could come and get the sheep when needed.

As Fazheng expected, the failure of Wuwei County caused great trouble to Nangong, which not only caused him to lose 8,000 direct cavalry, but also suffered heavy damage to his limited force, but more importantly, his prestige was damaged and some tribes no longer followed his orders.

First, more than 20 tribes near Wuwei County refused Nangong's recruitment request and made a clear statement that they would no longer pay a portion of sheep to Nangong. Secondly, several tribes in the Dadoubagu area also refused to send troops, because their reason was to protect the safety of their own women and children.

As the Wanhan army entered Zhangye County from Wuwei County, this rebellious trend was from south to north. More and more tribes remained silent. Watching the changes, in previous years, more and more troops could be recruited for more than 50,000 troops within ten days. However, this time, only tribes near Zhangye City sent troops to participate in the battle, and the number was only over 20,000. With 20,000 direct troops, Nangong currently has only more than 40,000 troops.

In the tent of Zhangye City, Nangong paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, looking very angry. He had just received news that five thousand Qiang soldiers from Lijing County and Fanhe County near Wuwei County surrendered to the Han army. This was the first incident of Qiang soldiers surrendering, but Nangong knew that this was definitely not the last one. As long as the beginning was started, Qiang soldiers would continue to surrender to the Han army.

What made Nangong even more upset was that there was an army in the Han army that specifically restrained cavalry, called heavy armored infantry, which used the saberata that was strong and urged. In fact, Nangong was definitely familiar with the saberata, so he had one of them himself. When he sold war horses to Jiangxia, Liu Jing personally gave them to him.

Nangong was shocked by the strength and sharpness of the long sword. Over the years, he had been eager to cast such a knife. He proposed the conditions for fine iron to Liu Jing. The fundamental reason was to get fine iron to cast fine iron to cut the horse saber, but Liu Jing did not satisfy him.

He could only buy iron from the West from Sogdian merchants at an expensive price. He already had tens of thousands of kilograms of iron, but he lacked famous craftsmen who could cast swords. For this reason, he sent people to Kuaiji County, Jiangdong to hire famous swordsmen at a high price. Unfortunately, the famous craftsmen had not arrived yet, but the Han army had already arrived.

"Why did my father have to fight with the Han army, and why couldn't he get along well with Liu Jing like before?"

The person who spoke was Nangong Boyu, the only son of Nangong. He was only ten years old this year, but he was born smart. He could not only speak fluent Chinese, but also write poetry and essays. He especially liked the Han Dynasty. His biggest wish was to go to Yedu and become a disciple of Jian'an Qi. However, since Ma Dai rescued him from Chang'an, Nangong Boyu's dream of becoming a disciple was shattered.

At this time, he saw his father worried and couldn't help but persuade him: "Father should have repaired the situation with the Han army unconditionally and admit the mistake of attacking Wuwei County. I don't think the Han King will make things difficult for us."

Nangong sighed and said, "This time the Han army's western expedition to Hexi was obviously premeditated. Liu Jing would not tolerate me occupying Zhangye and Jiuquan. It must be for this reason. How could he easily repair it with me?"

Speaking of this, Nangong said hatefully: "The most hateful thing is that these betrayal tribes usually express their loyalty to me, but when there is any disturbance, they will immediately turn against each other, which will become faster than the weather in Qilian Mountains."

"This may be because my father usually treats them a lot, and I have advised him."

"You know nothing"
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