At the Khanate of the Western Qiang in the southern Henan province, several tribal leaders who supported the Western Qiang in their rebellion came collectively to the Khan of the Western Qiang, Qiulubao, hoping that Khan Qiulubao would stand up and lead the entire Western Qiang to resist the exploitation of the Han State.
The Khan of the Western Qiang tribe, Qiulubao, is seventy years old this year. After the previous Khan of the Western Qiang tribe, Qiulutai, died on the battlefield, Sun Hao selected Qiulutai's nephew Qiulubao from the captured Western Qiang cavalry and supported him to become the new Khan of the Western Qiang tribe.
Later, after Sun Hao ascended the throne, the title of Khan of various ethnic groups on the grassland was abolished and unified into Khan.
The Khan of the Western Qiang, Qiulubao, looked at the tribal leaders and said helplessly, "Since the Western Qiang tribe surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the imperial court has always treated us very well. This is why our population has increased to 15 million.
What do you mean by exploitation?"
A tribal leader immediately said indignantly: "The Han State takes many cattle and sheep from our tribes every year. Isn't this exploitation?"
The Khan of the Western Qiang, Qiulubao, sighed and said, "Since we have become subjects of the Han Dynasty, we should pay taxes to the imperial court. The imperial court allows our Western Qiang tribes to use cattle and sheep to pay taxes, which is actually a kind of preferential treatment for our Western Qiang tribes.
How come it becomes exploitation when it comes to you?"
At this time, another tribal leader spoke up and said, "Khan, now all the tribes on the grassland have united and are ready to drive the Han people out of the grassland and let the tribes become the masters of the grassland again.
Now, the Han Empire's tens of millions of troops are trapped in the Western Continent. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
The Khan of the Western Qiang tribe, Qiulubao, said helplessly, "It seems that I can't convince you anymore."
The tribal leader who spoke first added, "Khan, to be honest, several generals in charge of the Khan's army have now sided with us, so I hope Khan can recognize the reality."
Upon hearing this, Qiulubao, the Khan of the Western Qiang tribe, couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, "We really need to face reality and take action!"
Just after Khan Qiulubao said the word "take action", the trusted guards who had been following several tribal leaders suddenly attacked and killed all of them on the spot.
Soon after, a general in charge of the Khan's army entered the tent and reported to the Khan, Qiulubao: "Khan, the two generals who planned to participate in the rebellion have been executed."
Khan Qiulubao then smiled and said, "This is a good opportunity to clean up some of the garbage of our Western Qiang people, lest it bring disaster to the Western Qiang people when I am gone."
Internal purges like the one involving the Western Qiang also occurred among the Northern Qiang, White Qiang, and Dangxiang. When Sun Hao personally led two imperial guard towns, four forbidden army towns, and four wing army towns to the grassland, the Western Qiang, Northern Qiang, White Qiang, and Dangxiang tribes all expressed to Sun Hao their willingness to help the court quell the rebellion.
Sun Hao gave it a little thought and then agreed to the request of the eight major grassland tribes, namely the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Turkic, Western Qiang, Northern Qiang, White Qiang and Dangxiang, to send troops to help quell the rebellion.
However, 200,000 cavalrymen were recruited from each of these eight major tribes.
Sun Hao's purpose in recruiting these eight tribes of cavalry was not actually to ask them to help fight, but to let the eight tribes see how the Han Dynasty dealt with the rebels.
The rebels, led by the Mengjie, Rouran, Uighur, Wuheng and Western Jie tribes, learned that Emperor Sun Hao was leading the army in person, and immediately formed a huge cavalry of more than 15 million people, attempting to defeat the Han Dynasty's rebel army in a decisive battle and capture the Han Dynasty emperor alive.
Seeing that the rebels wanted a decisive battle, Sun Hao satisfied their hope. However, before the decisive battle, Sun Hao consumed 3 billion conversion points and exchanged them for 3 million Snow Dragon Riders from the "Hero Converter".
As a result, the three million Snow Dragon Riders who suddenly appeared easily defeated the fifteen million rebels of various ethnic groups.
Next, Sun Hao led the Han army to launch an extremely bloody purge on the vast grasslands of Northern Henan Province and Southern Henan Province. All men of various ethnic groups involved in the rebellion who were taller than the wheels were beheaded.
When Sun Hao led his army to leave the grassland, at least 40 million people were massacred, and the five major tribes of the grassland, namely the Mengjie, Rouran, Uighur, Wuheng, and Western Jie, also disappeared.
At the Xiongnu Khanate in Southern Henan Province, Helian Wenzhong reported to the Xiongnu Khan, Helian Mingzhu: "Father Khan, Your Majesty has bestowed upon my people a total of one million women of various ethnic groups. How will these one million women be distributed?"
"Has Your Majesty left Southern Henan Province?"
"He should have left. His Majesty should be leading his troops to the Far Eastern Province."
After the Han Dynasty established provinces, Sun Hao set up the entire Yanzhou as the Far East Province. After the Donglu tribe rebelled, they occupied the eastern part of the Far East Province.
Xiongnu Khan Helian Mingzhu pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's distribute one million women of all ethnic groups to each tribe!
By the way, for each of the 200,000 conscripted cavalrymen, I will reward them with a woman as a concubine."
Helian Wenzhong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Father Khan, won't the Khan's court leave some?"
Xiongnu Khan Helian Mingzhu said with a wry smile: "The Khan Court now has nearly one million people, which is too many. I am already planning to divide the Khan Court into several tribes. Being too strong is not a good thing.
You have also witnessed the power and means of the imperial court.
Perhaps you and I, father and son, have no intention of rebelling against the imperial court, but we must be wary of future generations who fail to recognize reality."
In Ice Dragon City in the Far East Province, the Donglu Khan, Dagala, angrily shouted to several bannermen, "It's been four full months, with nearly 800,000 casualties, and we still can't take Yingshan City.
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