The White Horse Qiang was adjacent to Longxi. To the south was Yizhou, and to the west was the endless plateau. The White Horse Qiang lived in between these three places!
They often harassed the Great Han and plundered countless Han citizens and wealth. The Han army had also gone out to wipe them out many times, but the White Horse Qiang were as powerful as the Western Liang Qiang!
Ordinary Han troops were hardly their match. Even if they could not defeat them, they would flee westward. The Han army could not adapt to the highland climate at all!
Therefore, for many years, the White Horse Qiang had been a headache for the Great Han Dynasty. They had stuck to Western Liang like dog skin plaster!
However, at this moment, the scene in the White Horse Qiang was completely different!
When the sun rose, the blazing light shone on everything. This ancient land seemed to have come alive!
However, no one could feel its vitality at this moment!
Broken limbs were everywhere, and countless corpses lay on the stiff ground. Blood formed pools of blood on the ground!
The air was filled with a foul stench, and the extinguished flames were emitting white smoke. It was a cruel and tragic scene!
Dead, they were all dead. Too many people had died on this land for an entire night!
Every corpse had a horrified and ferocious expression on their faces. They felt so desperate that their hearts must have been filled with fear before they died!
In the silence of the world, the soldiers of the Western Liang army walked quietly through the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, searching for those who were not dead and looting their spoils of war!
Zhao Yun stood in the distance, watching all of this with an indifferent gaze. There was an indescribable complicated expression on her face!
His bright silver armor was already stained with blood, and his handsome face was also stained with blood. He had killed many people that night!
When his teacher left the mountain, he was going to serve the Great Han Dynasty, kill the barbarians, and protect the country!
However, looking at the many corpses on the ground, he still couldn't bear it. He wasn't afraid of killing people, but the way the Western Liang army fought still shocked him!
Only now did he know how the Western Liang army had massacred the Qiang army of 100,000 in one battle, and how the entire Qiang tribe of Western Liang had been wiped out!
The way the Western Liang army fought was simply too terrifying!
At this moment, footsteps sounded from behind Zhao Yun. Meng Qian appeared beside him. There was not a single trace of blood on his scarlet cloak!
"Feeling uncomfortable?" Meng Qian smiled faintly and said.
"It's just that it's my first time killing so many people, so I'm not used to it!" Zhao Yun shook her head lightly.”
Zhao Yun had killed many bandits in the past, but they were not many. This time, however, he had killed at least hundreds of Qiang people! He wasn't a naturally brutal person, so he felt a little awkward after experiencing all of this!
Meng Qian's gaze turned to the sky as if he was recalling something. He said in a deep voice,"The first time I killed someone was when I was eight years old. I killed a Xiongnu!”
"I was holding a knife, and he was unarmed. He was dead, and I was injured!”
"After killing him, I was terrified. I will never forget that feeling! However, over the years, countless people have died by my hands. Looking at the corpses on the ground, I don't feel uncomfortable at all!”
"This is the law of survival in this world. The strong prey on the weak. Do you know how many Han people these helpless Qiang people have killed?”
"No one in this world is innocent. If we don't wipe out this tribe today, millions of Han will die in their hands in the future!”
"You are a Han Chinese, don't be sad for these people. If you want to become a general, you must first throw away the pity in your heart!”
Meng Qian patted Zhao Yun's shoulder heavily and turned to leave. His tall figure said to Zhao Yun,""You failed the test in this battle! The position of general in the tenth guard of the Western Liang Army doesn't belong to you yet!”
A general shouldn't have pity in his heart. That would be a sign of incompetence and cowardice, and would bring devastating consequences to himself and his army!
General, you must have a cold mind, a cold heart, and an indestructible temperament!
At this moment, Zhao Yun was clearly not qualified. The pity in his heart would harm the 5,000-strong Western Liang army!
Moreover, he lacked the murderous aura of a general. He had experienced too few wars! He couldn't learn true battlefield killing from his master on the mountain!
Zhao Yun heaved a sigh of relief in his heart as he watched Meng Qian's departing back. He tightly gripped his long spear as his gaze became even more determined!
Not long after, Ma Chao appeared in front of Meng Qian with a middle-aged man following behind him. It was his father, Ma Teng!
"General!" Ma Chao directly knelt down on one knee in front of Meng Qian. His gaze was solemn, and he did not say anything else!
Ma Teng also knelt down on one knee and held a package in his hand. He said in a deep voice,"Criminal Ma Teng is here to apologize!"
This was Han Sui's head, and it had been chopped off by Ma Teng in this battle. Of course, it was hard to say whether Ma Chao had helped him or not, and Meng Qian would not care!
What he saw was Ma Teng kneeling in front of him!
Ever since the battle at the bluestone shore, Ma Teng had fled and had been wandering around Western Liang. He had become a group of bandits and had gathered two to three thousand men under him!
However, for Ma Chao's sake, Meng Qian did not eliminate him. Instead, he waited for Ma Teng to surrender!
After all, if he wanted Ma Chao, this valiant general, to risk his life for him, Meng Qian naturally could not kill his father!
At this time, Ma Teng came with Han Sui's head. He had made a great contribution! If he came to the Western Liang Army, he would not be looked down upon by the generals of the Western Liang Army and thought that he was using his son's glory!
Meng Qian looked at the two of them indifferently. He walked in front of Ma Teng and nodded lightly."Shoucheng, I've waited for you for a long time!”
Meng Qian personally helped Ma Teng up. This old general gave Meng Qian the feeling that he still had the might of a tiger. Even if it wasn't for Ma Chao, it was still a good thing for the Western Liang Army to take this old general in!
Hearing Meng Qian's tone, Ma Teng heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He knew that Meng Qian did not blame him. Instead, he thought highly of him!
He also knew that Meng Qian valued his son even more! Ma Teng, who had lived for more than half his life, could see very clearly that Meng Qian was a person with great luck!
His future achievements were unimaginable! Western Liang would never tolerate someone like Meng Qian! At this moment, Western Liang could not tolerate a second force! Only by following Meng Qian could the Ma Family ensure their future glory and wealth!
For Ma Chao's future, and even more so for Ma Clan's future!
Thus, Ma Teng ignored Meng Qian's support and knelt down once again, staring at Meng Qian with a pair of fierce eyes! He said firmly,
"Thank you for your favor, General. Today, I, Ma Teng, swear that I, the Right Fufeng Ma family, will follow you to the death! Go through fire and water!"
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