In the 16th year of Jian'an, Ma Chao was betrayed by Han Sui and others in Guanzhong, and more than 10,000 cavalry in his headquarters were dispersed. He joined the rest of his troops to break into Hanzhong, and took Zhang Lu's troops and Qiang Di knights to go south, and was hit by Lei Yuan's head-on attack in Brazil. Ma Chao had to retreat again, and eventually lived in the Qiang Di tribe territory of Wudu County and Guanghan vassal states.

During that time, Duke Xuande captured Shuzhong. Huo Jun, who was the prefect of Zitong at that time, cooperated with Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other generals, took advantage of the disturbance of Hanzhong and gradually deployed troops north of Guancheng.

In order to control the northward passage of Hanzhong, Wei Yan led his troops into Wudu County several times, and gradually set up a permanent military camp in the Xili area where the old waters and the Western Han Dynasty merged. The military camp was expanded based on the former site of the Huangge built by Li Xi, the prefect of Wudu in the third year of Jianning, and was newly named Wuxing.

In the 17th year of Jian'an, Duke Xuande led his troops to attack Hanzhong. General Pang Tong personally met with Ma Chao, and gave Ma Chao food, fodder and weapons, so that he could attack the counties of Liangzhou to divide the power of Cao's army. At that time, the place where the two sides handed over the materials was in the mountain road west of Wuxing.

Ma Chao went south this time and heavily stationed in Hechi to deter the Qiang and Di tribes in the southwest and blocked their contact with Yizhou. Zhang Fei launched rapid military operations in various places west of Wuxing as a reward for Ma Chao.

Since the Di chief who was kind to Ma Chao was arrested by Zhang Fei, Ma Chao sent Yao Qiong's troops to the Hekou and set up a company to monitor Zhang Fei's operations.

The Yao family is a great surname in Hanyang and has always had the spirit of majesty. Its leader Yao Qiong was originally ordered to station in Xi County, with more than a thousand soldiers under his command.

This morning, Ma Chao received an urgent report from Jiang Xu that Yao Qiong and Jiang Jie were united and were about to plan a rebellion. Ma Chao was worried that Yao Qiong's troops were changing outside, so he urgently ordered Pang De to control the situation.

There are two roads from Hechi to Wuxing.

One is to first distinguish downward, then go east along the Western Han River, and the other is to go south directly along the old water. In early summer, there are many turbulent waves in both rivers, and the waves are high, with lightning and thunder running. People and horses must be careful when they move in the high gorges and valleys.

Relatively speaking, before moving south along the old road water, you can organize a crossing river in a small plain east of the river, which is more convenient; and there are few plants and trees along the way, so you can try to avoid the disturbance of poisonous insects and beasts. Therefore, Pang De took this path.

Pang De led more than 500 cavalry to march quickly and took only two hours to reach the vicinity of Wuxing.

Further ahead is the Baiya Plank Road with a narrow road. At the east end of the plank road is the camp of Yao Qiong's troops.

Pound stopped his horse in front of the plank road, and the soldiers stopped immediately.

The weather was a little gloomy and the river was filled with mist. Pang De squinted his eyes and looked at it, and could only vaguely see the continuous cliffs across the river that seemed to be penetrated by the sky, and the huge cliff carvings on the cliffs.

He looked at him silently for a while, and his subordinates behind him were a little restless.

A Qiang school with loose hair came up and urged: "General, Liang Gong means that we should take advantage of Yao Qiong's absence and attack as soon as possible, and kill all the rebels in one fell swoop."

Ponde glanced at him coldly: "I have my own reason!"

Pang De was in the Liangzhou army with great qualifications and high reputation.

He was a son of the Pang clan of Hanyang and was first a county official. Later, Han Sui and the Hanyang Kingdom coalition forces, who claimed to be a general of the Communist Party, initiated a rebellion of Qiang and Hu, and he joined the army. Because of his contribution to fighting Qiang and Hu, he was promoted to the county rank of military affairs several years later.

Before this, Ma Teng, the leader of the wealthy clan of Fufeng County, was promoted to the Sima of the Army, a general, while Pang De served as the captain under Ma Teng. His position was extremely prominent at that time.

The generals under Cao Cao were like Yu Jin and Le Jin. At this time, they were just commanders, military officials, etc.

However, in the decades later, Ma Teng and Han Sui broke up and reunited, surrendered or rebelled against the court, and always stayed at the border armed level that lacked political prospects. As an important assistant to Ma Teng, Pang De often captured Chen's enemy in every battle and was bravest in the army, but he failed to go further.

It was not until the seventh year of Jian'an that Yuan Cao fought with Liyang, and the Yuan general Guo Yuan and the senior officials attacked Hedong. Pang De followed Ma Chao to attack Guo Yuan as a vanguard. With this achievement, he was promoted to General of the Central Army and was granted the title of Marquis of Duting.

Not long after, Ma Teng responded to the call of the court and entered the court as the guard, while Pang De was under Ma Chao's command. After that, Ma Chao fought east and west, and Pang De followed him with all his guards.

Although the scope of activity is generally not as good as Guanxi, Pang De is rare in the world in terms of combat experience. Being able to be active on the front line of combat for decades also shows that he is both brave and sophisticated, and is worthy of being Ma Chao's most respected arm figure.

Unfortunately, the Liangzhou men who fought side by side with Ma Teng and Pang De had already withered so much by now. In the tragic wars over the past 20 years, too many men in Liangzhou died, and Pang De's old comrades were left at that time, and the headquarters had undergone several reconstructions from scratch.

After Ma Chao took office as Liang Gong, in order to restore his strength as soon as possible, he tried his best to extract people from the Qiang and Di tribes, relying on the power of the Qiang and Hu people to fight against Cao and Liu.

As a result, even Pang De's subordinates gradually turned to Qiang and Hu Jianer as the main body.

Pang De is a military man from the border area and has long been immersed in Hu Feng, so he doesn't have any opinions on the Qiang and Hu people.

However, he and Ma Chao had similar visions to the Qiang and Hu people, and both regarded them as dogs and horses driven. However, the Qiang and Hu people themselves did not understand that in recent years, they had vaguely regarded themselves as the master who had turned over and gained power. They dared to talk too much when facing a long-time general like Pang De, and even took Ma Chao's military order to suppress Pang De.

It's really a joke.

Pound was a little irritated.

If it were ten years ago, no, even five years ago, he had already ordered the ignorant Qiang people to whip fifty. But now it was the time when Liang Gong was employed, he had to suppress his anger and explained in a deep voice: "Yao Qiong colluded with Jiang Jie, which was definitely not his own idea, and his subordinates must have been involved. Since they are on the front line of confrontation with the Yizhou army, they may have introduced the Yizhou army as aid."

"What does the general mean?"

"Ten miles ahead is Yao Qiong's camp, and the camp is connected to us by a narrow plank road by the river. On the east side of the camp, it leads directly to the Yizhou military camp in Wuxing. The terrain on both sides is slightly flat, suitable for infantry and cycling." Pang De pondered: "If we go straight to Yao Qiong's camp and the Yizhou army comes to support us... we have no way out of retreat, and we will be defeated immediately."

He thought for a while and pointed to the height of Bai Cliff: "You are here for a while and prepare for the surprise attack. Be careful not to be discovered by the Yao clan's sergeant. I will take a hundred people up the cliff and pass by the high point of the northern side of Yao Qiong Camp. After a moment, you move first, I will cover the flanks. If the Yizhou army dares to move rashly, I will break it from a high place. Perhaps, I can find an opportunity to seize Wuxing."

The Qiang military academy said in admiration: "The general's plan is extremely wonderful."

At that moment, Pang De ordered a hundred outstanding people and started climbing from a slightly flatter behind the white cliff.

In order to facilitate movement in the mountains, the soldiers took off their iron armor and wore light military uniforms and leather armor covering their chest and abdomen. They tied their heads to their belts so that they could not shake, and then carried crossbows and quickly moved up. Although Pang De was nearly fifty years old and as strong as when he was young, he walked in front of everyone himself, slashing the thorns blocking the road with a knife along the way.

After climbing to the height of Bai Cliff, they carefully visited the surrounding situation. Instead of getting up, they covered their bodies with gray uniforms, bowed their bodies and walked along the ridge. Because the river was bent here, the road below had to walk ten miles, and the mountain road above was straight into it, and Yao Qiong's camp could be seen in just five or six miles.

Pang De looked down and saw hundreds of people forming a small camp, with fences around the camp. The soldiers in the camp rested and the patrol arrangement was as usual. It seemed that Yao Qiong had not yet informed his subordinates of the rebellion.

Pound exchanged two Dubies and pointed them with a scabbard: "After the cavalry breaks in, we should not move first. If necessary, I will lead you down from here to rush down the slope."
Chapter completed!