Jiang Midang led the Qiang straight toward Xiqi.
Xiqi was the wealthiest place in the west, and he knew perfectly well that the Marquis of the West was imprisoned, while Bo Yikao and Tai Si were both in Chaoge. There was no one in charge of Xiqi.
This was Xiqi at its weakest!
"Your Majesty, are we really going to attack Xiqi?"
Ehe felt rather guilty, and the other Qiang were somewhat uncomfortable too.
The founding ancestor of the Zhou people was Hou Ji, whose descendants had formed the Zhou clan. Hou Ji's mother was named Jiang Yuan. Legend said that she had stepped into a giant's footprint in the wilderness, become pregnant, and given birth to Hou Ji.
Jiang and Qiang were the same; Jiang Yuan had actually been a member of Qiang Fang.
Only later, after the Zhou people formed their own tribe, had they adopted the surname "Ji" and called the surrounding tribes "Jiang."
This marked how distant the blood ties between the Zhou and Jiang had become, allowing them to intermarry. According to their customs, people of the same surname or clan could not marry.
Their ancestors had all been their own people!
Jiang Midang roared, "The Qiang and the Ji came from the same bloodline and fought the Rongdi together! Ji Dan was a coward! Under pressure from the Rongdi, he led his people out of the Bin Territory to Zhouyuan below Mount Qi and threw himself into the arms of the Shang!"
All the Qiang knew about this fine deed of Ji Chang's grandfather. He had abandoned the Qiang, willingly submitted to Shang, and become Great Shang's Marquis of the West in exchange for a place to settle.
Jiang Midang continued, "In the eyes of the Ji, the Qiang are sacrifices to curry favor