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Jiang Jiong had returned to Xiliang a few days ago. He submitted Liu Jing's handwritten letter to Qiang King Nangong. It was obvious that Nangong was very unhappy with the letter, so he ignored Jiang Jiong and ordered him to go home to rest, and there was no news again.

Jiang Er's home is in Zhangye County, which is also a royal city of the Qiang people. The city is full of Han buildings and Qiang people's tents. The tent of Qiang King Nangong is located in the center of the county town, while Jiang Er's home is in the northwest corner of the county town. It is a small house covering an area of ​​two acres. The mansion is solid and solid, and it is a top-notch house. It was originally a house of a merchant. After the merchant fled Liangzhou more than ten years ago, the house was vacant. In order to thank Jiang Er for bringing her back from Chang'an, Nangong rewarded him with this house.

Only Jiang Jiong's father and a few servants lived in the house. Jiang Jiong's wife temporarily lived in Guanzhong's mother's house. She didn't know that their father was currently in Liangzhou. For Jiang Jiong, Xiliang was just a temporary stop. As long as the situation in Longxi calmed down, he would take his son out of Liangzhou.

Jiang Jie was in a bad mood these two days. Another staff member of Nangong told him privately that the last time he and Tao Li went to Shu and were chased by Di Hu was actually Nangong revealed the news to Yang Qianwan, with the purpose of using Yang Qianwan's hand to kill Tao Li, angering Liu Jing to send troops to Longxi, so that the Qiang people could seek greater benefits in it.

As for him, Jiang Jiong, it was just right at the right time, which confirmed that Tao Li's guess was completely correct. He was still defending Nangong, believing that Nangong could not betray them. It was this news that made him feel depressed. Although he believed that Nangong did not want to kill him, Nangong obviously did not take his surname to heart. Dihu killed Tao Li, and he would definitely kill him. How could Nangong not know

At this moment, Jiang Jiong finally saw Nangong's distrust in his bones. Perhaps his name was Qiang, but in fact he was no different from the Han people. Nangong became cautious about him and did not treat him as a Han person at all.

In the afternoon, Jiang Jiong returned to his mansion in depressed mood. He went to Nangong today to resign and prepare to return to Tianshui. Cao Cao and Liu Jing had reached an armistice agreement, Guanlong had been transferred to the Han army, and the situation in Tianshui was completely calmed down. It was time for him to go home. If he took his wife back, the whole family could be reunited.

But Nangong avoided him. He waited for nearly an hour, but Nangong refused to see him, which made him feel depressed. However, he had decided that he would leave regardless of whether Nangong agreed or not.

As soon as Jiang Jie returned home, Jiang Wei came out of the yard and smiled and said, "Why did Dad come back?"

Jiang Wei is already ten years old this year. He is tall and strong, with a very beautiful face. He follows his father to study martial arts, especially his martial arts skills are very rapid. Even Nangong's personal bodyguard is not his opponent.

Looking at the bright sunny smile of Jiang Jiong, he suddenly became cheerful. He also smiled and said, "I originally said goodbye to the King of Qiang, but he refused to see me. Forget it, I will leave him a letter and let's leave directly."

Stopped, Jiang Jiong asked again: "Have you said goodbye to Nangong Boyu?"

Jiang Wei nodded, and he took out a sword with gems inlaid. This was the souvenir given to me by Bo Yu, and I also gave him my own sword. At this time, Jiang Wei remembered something and hurriedly said, "Father, Bo Yu told us not to go back to Tianshui County, we can go to Shuzhong or Guanzhong."

"Why?" Jiang Jie frowned and asked in confusion.

"He may get some news, maybe the Qiang people will attack Longxi."

"What?" Jiang Jie was shocked and quickly pressed his shoulder and asked in a deep voice: "Your news is serious."

"It was Boyu who told me personally that he didn't know the specific reason, but he is the king, so he should know the inside story better than us."

Jiang Er knew that the relationship between the one and Wang Nangong Boyu was very good, and the man from Nangong Boyu was also good, and he was kinder than his father. Since he said that, it must be true, but Tianshui County was the foundation of his Jiang family. Wouldn't the Ruoqiang people attacked Tianshui County ruin the foundation of the family?

Although Jiang Jie had no good feelings for his family, he was his family after all, and when he went to Shu, he promised that Nangong was sincere. Now Nangong took advantage of the opportunity of the Han army attacking the Di people and was ready to attack Longxi, where the troops were empty, which made him how Jiang Jiong face Liu Jing in the future.

Without thinking about it, Jiang Jiong immediately said to the elder, "Go and pack up, and we'll leave immediately."

Soon, the father of Jiang packed up a package, and the two led their horses out of the house, turned over and ran out of the city. Shortly after they left the mansion, the Qiang cavalry went forward and surrounded Jiang Jiong's house. They came to capture Jiang Jiong under the order of the Qiang King, and did not allow him to leave Liangzhou.

"They just left not long, chase them."

A thousand cavalry turned their horses and chased the north gate like lightning

Jiang Jie led his Er out of the north gate. At this moment, Jiang Jie heard the sound of horse hooves behind him like thunder. He looked back and saw dust flying not far away, and a cavalry was running towards him. Jiang Jie was shocked. He knew that the Qiang King refused to let him go.

"Go to the south"

He led his son to the south, and he could only walk through the Dadoubagu, cross the Qilian Mountains, and reach Hehuang. Now Liu Jing's army should be there, and his father and the two rushed, but the more than a thousand pursuers behind him were chasing him and getting closer.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Jiang Jie said to her, "You go to the Han army to find Liu Jing. He promised me to send you to study in Xiangyang, and you can leave quickly."

"Father, the child must be with his father."

"Don't be stupid. Nangong won't kill me, but if you are caught by him, I will never escape. Go away."

Jiang Wei bit his lip tightly and rushed to the horse. Jiang Jie saw that he was walking away, and blocked the pursuing troops behind him. After a while, more than a thousand pursuers arrived. Because the general did not see Jiang Wei, he shouted: "Go and chase Jiang Wei and kill him directly."

Jiang Jie realized that they were chasing him. He was shocked and angry. He shouted loudly and swung his sword to overthrow the cavalry who was about to pursue him. The Qiang cavalry was furious and countless spears stabbed him together. Jiang Jie couldn't dodge and was stabbed to death by the spears at the entrance of the Dadoubagu Valley.

A thousand cavalry continued to chase into the valley. The Qiang King had an order and had to catch up with Jiang Wei, regardless of life or death.

Dadoubagu is a crack in the Qilian Mountains of thousands of miles and a crucial passage between Liangzhou and Hehuang. It is nearly two miles deep, reaching Zhangye County in the north and north of Qinghai Lake in the south. It is a shortcut to enter the Hehuang area from the Hexi Corridor. It saves the detour of thousands of miles and has an important strategic position.

Before the Han army cleared out the Di people in Longxi, the southern end of the valley was a thousand-man army of Song Jian stationed at a dangerous place to defend against Qiang and Hu cavalry coming from the north.

Since Song Jian's destruction, the defense here has been taken over by the Han army. Liu Jing selected 1,000 people from Song Jian's Han prisoners of war and took over the garrison of Dadubagu. He was commanded by a general, and the base was at the southern exit of Dadubagugu.

This army not only guarded the key points at the southern end of the valley, but also expanded to the north for dozens of miles and built a beacon post for easy early warning.

That morning, a patrol team composed of twenty Han cavalry was patrolling in the Dadouba Valley as usual. Due to the high altitude, although it was late spring, the weather was still relatively cold and you had to wear thick military uniforms to keep the cold.

After patrolling for more than twenty miles, just as the cavalry was about to turn around and return to the outpost, a cavalry suddenly pointed to the north and shouted: "Look, what is that?"

Everyone looked north together and saw a small black dot on the mountain road in the distance, which looked like a horse. The cavalry urged the horse to rush up. When they got closer, it was indeed a black horse. The horse was carrying a man. The man fainted and his hands were soft. Looking at his clothes, he didn't look like a Hu person, but rather a Han person. He was not old, at most fourteen or five years old.

All the cavalry were surprised. You should know that wild wolves were rampant in the valley, and the lonely traveler was not eaten by the wild wolves. This was a rare thing. The head of the Tun looked at him and saw that the young man was wearing a long sword with a gem inlaid on his scabbard. This was not something that ordinary people could wear. He tried the young man's breath and was still angry, so he immediately ordered: "Give him some wine and take him back."

The soldiers poured a few sips of the boy's spirits and rushed to the outpost.

In the room on the second floor of the outpost, the head of the village handed the sword to a medicine doctor, "Mr. Wang, you know the words, look at what words are engraved on the hilt of the sword."

The doctor named Wang Chun, who was a Han Chinese. He was originally an official of the court. During the rebellion, Li Kuizhi, he fled to Xiping County with his Jiaxiao. He was skilled in medical skills and opened a clinic. His reputation became increasingly famous. He was praised as a doctor god by the Hu people in the Hehuang area. He happened to be collecting herbs in Dadoubagu these days.

Wang Chun took the sword and looked at it, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, and said, "This is Qiang, which means the King's Sword, which should be Qiang's King's Sword."

"He is obviously a Han man, how could he be the Qiang King? Could it be that he is Nangong Boyu?" Tun Chang asked in confusion.

"This person's identity is unusual, I'll ask him."

Wang Chun followed Tunchang downstairs and saw the rescued boy behind the manger. He had woken up. With Wang Chun's treatment, his hot body returned to normal temperature. He sat in the haystack with his knees and lowered his head without saying a word, thinking about what

Wang Chun walked up and asked in Qiang language, "Are you a Qiang noble?"

The boy knew that it was Wang Chun who saved him, so he was quite grateful to him and shook his head and said, "I am not, I am the brother of Jiang from Tianshui. My father was originally aide to Wei Kang, the guard of Tianshui."

The boy was Jiang Wei. His father tried his best to block the pursuit of the Qiang cavalry, allowing him to escape. He ran in the valley for two days and two nights. It was also because of his alertness that he avoided the attack of wild wolves and was eventually rescued by the Han army patrol.

Wang Chun nodded, "It turns out that he is a famous brother of the Jiang family. Then why did you come from the north and be alone?"

Wang Chun had a gentle tone and a kind smile. Jiang Wei's nose felt sour. He told him about his escape with his father, and finally shed tears and said, "My father blocked the pursuit of the Qiang cavalry, and he didn't know his life or death. Thanks to his two uncles for saving Xiao Yi's life, Jiang Wei engraved it in his heart."

After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Chun and Tun Chief. Wang Chun quickly helped him up, "Young, you're welcome. It's a fate for us to meet in the valley."

Tun Chang was interested in his sword. Seeing that the boy was so polite, he was embarrassed and returned the sword to Jiang Wei, "This is your sword, it's quite expensive, put him away."

Jiang Wei shook his head, "Please change a scabbard for me, and this scabbard will be regarded as a gift for me to give to the general."

"Haha, why are you so embarrassed?"

Tunchang was overjoyed. The five gems on the scabbard were all the size of pigeon eggs, which were at least worth ten thousand yuan. Since the boy wanted to give them to him, he would accept them without hesitation, "I'll keep them for you first, and you can come to me to retrieve them in the future."

The governor of the Tun said a few polite words and asked with concern: "Is Jiang Shaolang going back to Tianshui County? I can send two soldiers to take you back."

Jiang Wei thought for a while and said, "I was chased by the Qiang people, maybe because I know a little about the Qiang King's military secret. I want to see His Highness the King of Han, is that okay?"

Wang Chun nodded, "I heard that the King of Han is training troops in Xiping County, and I happened to go back to Xiping County, so we can go together."

The head of the village also smiled and said, "With the King of Doctors and Gods walking with me, I don't need to send troops to escort him. His reputation is, even if the bandits have to kneel down and kowtow to him."
Chapter completed!