Chapter 180: Sharpening the knife (Part 2)

"Did you ask me to go to Hexi to apologize?"

In the camp of the Dangxiang people, Tuoba Qianli looked coldly at the Dangxiang nobles. They decided to attack Liusha River. But in the end, they asked him to apologize and could not lead his troops. Humph! It is still a question whether he can come back. If he is lucky, what else can he have left? The vicious intentions in the middle are self-evident.

Seeing the atmosphere in the big tent tense, Tuoba Xi smiled and smoothed out, "It's not that we must ask you to go, but that the other party pointed out that you want you to go. Wanli said Zhang Huan might know you. I think this may be something you told him when you passed by Wuwei!"

"What did you say to him?" Tuoba Qianli slowly raised his head and stared at his elder brother Tuoba Wanli with a cold look. Although they were brothers, they were not born to the same mother, but they were natural enemies on the road to fighting for King Dangxiang.

Tuoba Qianli was extremely capable and showed his sharpness. Although he made a lot of contributions to the Dangxiang people, for example, this time he went to the Western Regions to trade, the Dangxiang people solved the urgent needs of the Dangxiang people, but few of the Dangxiang nobles liked him, especially because he adopted Tuoba Yue's adopted son less than ten days ago, Tuoba Yue died suddenly. Although there was no evidence, it is undeniable that he was the biggest suspect.

Tuoba Wanli was the opposite. He was easy-going and good at making friends with other nobles in a low-key manner. He could not see an aggressive aura in him, and he was kind to the slaves he controlled, so he was very popular among the Dangxiang people.

Seeing Tuoba Qianli's momentum, he smiled coldly, and said unwillingly: "What can I say to him? My father only asked you to plunder some laborers, but you asked Baili to sneak attack the military camp first, make the matter big, and deliberately provoke the conflict between us and Hexi. Isn't this your responsibility? Shouldn't you apologize?"

His words aroused an uproar in the tent. Everyone glared at Tuoba Qianli, and Tuoba Xi could not sit still. He said in a deep voice: "Qianli, you must make the matter clear."

"A bunch of incompetent rats, do you think Zhang Huan will let you go when he shows weakness?" Tuoba Qianli said coldly, turned around and strode away from the tent.

There was silence in the tent. No one expressed his rudeness to Tuoba Qianli, nor did anyone express his anger. Everyone had a gloomy face and said nothing. But it was this silence that gradually made Tuoba Xi scared. He knew that he would not handle this matter properly, and Xi Dangxiang was about to fall apart.

He pondered for a long time and made up his mind. He winked at everyone, then turned to Tuoba Wanli and said, "In this way, you can work hard to go there and have a good talk with him. You must know what we can do. As long as we can do, you can agree."

Tuoba Wanli bowed and bowed, and then retreated. As soon as he left, Tuoba Xi immediately ordered someone to look at the tent. He whispered to everyone: "Let's discuss how to deal with Tuoba Qianli, just pretend that I don't have this son."

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Tuoba Wanli was escorted by more than a dozen followers and traveled south. On this day, they walked to the boundary of Hexi. The setting sun was as bloody as the sun set, and the cold sunset shone on the elusive Gobi Desert at a glance, which seemed particularly sad. A group of hundreds of Tang cavalry rushed towards him from afar.

A group of horses rushed to the front of him, and a Tang army captain suddenly recognized Tuoba Wanli, "We the governor specially sent us to protect the envoy of Dangxiang, but is the eldest prince?"

Tuoba Wanligong bowed and smiled, "That's right!"

"We are inspecting Liushahe Camp in the past two days, not far away."

The Tang cavalry closely guarded Tuoba Wanli and walked south, but after only less than thirty miles, Tuoba Wanli suddenly saw the Tang army's camp. It was dozens of miles away from Liusha River. How could Zhang Huan be here?

Tuoba Wanli couldn't help but be stunned. He suddenly turned his head and looked at the Tang Army Captain, but the other party glanced at him coldly, "Our governor has been waiting for you for a long time."

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The temperature in the Gobi Desert can be roasted eggs during the day, but at night, the temperature drops sharply. The huge temperature difference makes a layer of gray mist on the Gobi Desert. It looks like a half-old gauze scarf, making the moonlight hazy, revealing a strange dark red.

In a clearing ground about twenty miles from the gathering place of the Dangxiang people at the foot of Henan Mountain, five thousand iron cavalry were arranged neatly. They were like a huge group of wild wolves, with cold eyes and revealing the breath of death. They were the most formal army, with strict military discipline and a strong sense of honor. They brought safety and joy to the people of Hexi, but they also brought cruel killings to the enemies and foreign races. At this time, an iron-blooded army that combines angels and devils.

They were waiting, waiting for the coach's final order, Zhang Huan's low and slightly hoarse voice echoed in the bitter north wind, "Before destroying the enemy's resistance, no raping women! No robbery of property! Anyone, whether a woman or a child, as long as they resist, will be killed!"

A gust of mountain wind blew, the forest rustled, and two scouts rushed over, "Report to the Governor that there had been a commotion in the Dangxiang people's camp, with fire and crying."

Zhang Huan stared at the dark north and smiled coldly. The time for the troops was coming. His eyes slowly narrowed. What he saw were tens of thousands of Dangxiang slaves who belonged to him, Zhang Huan.

"Kill!" A short order came out from his straight lip, and the five thousand iron cavalry suddenly launched, silently, and in the darkness, he was invincible and killed Dangxiang camp in an unstoppable aura.

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The tens of thousands of Dangxiang people who moved to Hexi can only be said to be an accidental event during Zhang Huan's journey. Just like the ingot of gold he picked up during his journey, although it was just an unexpected fortune, for Hexi, where the population was short and the arable land was sparse, these tens of thousands of Dangxiang slaves were undoubtedly a huge fortune. Many times the original accumulation was often unjust and bloody.

The camp of the Dangxiang people was already in chaos. The old noble Tuoba Ming's early launch exposed the Dangxiang nobles' attempt to kill Tuoba Qianli. Tuoba Qianli took the lead and killed Tuoba Ming and the other three nobles. He divided his troops into two places at the same time. He personally led two thousand people to besiege Yanran's small town, while the other troops intercepted Tuoba Xi who came to rescue.

He also released rumors, claiming that the two nobles within Dangxiang had surrendered to Ye Liping and wanted to take the king to go east. Various news spread in the Dangxiang people's camps. They contradicted themselves and caused chaos in the dark. However, for ordinary Dangxiang people, all they wanted was to save the lives of their women and children. They took their families and fled in scattered places to find a safe place.

A corner of the camp was fired by a rocket. The fire was swift in the rushing wind, and war horses were neighing everywhere, and swords and swords were flying all over the sky.

But at this moment, many Dangxiang soldiers suddenly stopped fighting. They seemed to hear a strange sound, like the low roar of wild beasts when they were looking for prey, and like the howling of a river when it collapsed. In an instant, it seemed like a thunder sound on the ground. Thousands of black cavalry groups were roaring and rushing, like landslides and cracks, and entered the Dangxiang people's camp. The blade flashed coldly, blood arrows flew up, and the heads rolled on the ground.

Where the Xiliang cavalry passed, corpses were everywhere, blood flowed into a river, and there were wails and cries everywhere, without pity, only ruthless killing. In an instant, the cavalry group rushed out a bloody path, pointing directly at Yanran’s small town with the blade dripping blood.

Tuoba Qianli was shocked. Although he knew that there would be a decisive battle between the Dangxiang people and the Tang army in Hexi, he never expected that the Tang army would suddenly come here at this time. The timing and the accuracy of the fighter captured the enemy made Tuoba Qianli feel chill behind him. He suddenly realized that he was actually a fish on Zhang Huan's chopping board. No matter how apologizes and allows gold to be collected, they were all illusions that confuse them. He even ignored the hostages he was accused of.

Tuoba Qianli knew that the Dangxiang people had been defeated and they could not organize any effective resistance. He made a quick decision and turned his horse's head to lead hundreds of personal guards to flee north desperately. Before leaving, he did not forget to bring Mrs. Ruyi with him.

Just as Tuoba Qianli escaped, more than 2,000 Tang troops had already arrived. They slammed open the door like unstoppable storm, and the black iron stream rushed into the small city in an instant.

Tuoba Xi was crying to the sky on the city wall. In his last despair, he suddenly saw a man riding on a horse. In the light and dark fire, he was cold and full of sarcastic smile. At this time, he saw Zhang Huan for the first time, but it was the last time.

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The sky gradually became bright, and the massacre of the Dangxiang people gradually stopped. The Dangxiang camp was in a mess. Some Tang army soldiers were cleaning up money, cattle, sheep, tents and other items, while others buried their bodies under the surveillance of the Tang army. However, more of them were yellow-faced, thin-skinned, ragged men and women, women holding children, while men lowered their heads and slowly headed south under the custody of the Tang army. They were in groups, supporting the elderly and young, and they could not see their heads at a glance. From time to time, Tang army dragged out the fat and bright clothes inside.

Zhang Huan stood on a hill surrounded by hundreds of personal guards, looking coldly at the team that seemed to be a torrent. At this time, a Chinese military clerk ran up the hill to report to Zhang Huan: "Report to the Governor, we have captured more than 38,000 Dangxiang people in total, and more than 1,000 Dangxiang cavalry fled north."

Zhang Huan nodded, not seeing Tuoba Qianli's shadow. He should be the one who escaped. He pondered for a moment and asked, "What's the situation of the abducted gold digger?"

"More than a hundred women died in the chaos, and the rest were all safe."

"Okay! Choose more than a hundred young people among Dangxiang women, as compensation for the families of the deceased. In addition, all the gold-grabbing workers in the captives will give each of them twenty coins of money."

"Affect the order!" The clerk went to execute Zhang Huan's orders.

At this time, Zhang Huan saw that many elderly people and children were struggling to walk, so he turned around and instructed the soldiers behind him, "Get some cars and horses free up, let these elderly people and children sit on them, and also have someone register them one by one. Try to arrange for their family reunion, do you know?"

The personal soldiers were about to leave, but Zhang Huan suddenly called him again, "Tell Lin Jiuhan that all the Dangxiang nobles and their children will be killed, and no one will be left."

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In mid-July 2nd year of Xuanren, 5,000 cavalry of the Western Liang army attacked the Dongdangxiang camp at night, killing more than 10,000 Dangxiang men and women, and capturing 40,000 Dangxiang men and women, and taking them to Hedong as slaves. Among them, the more than 100 captured Dangxiang nobles, except for the eldest prince Tuoba Wanli who was left with him, the rest were executed. Many years later, most of this Dangxiang people were changed to Han. Since then, all the Dongdangxiang branches formed by the internal division of the Dangxiang people were destroyed.
Chapter completed!