Zhang Liao and his party broke through the Qiang tribe who stayed in Duyeze and went to Wuwei County for repairs.
The soft and red sunset slanted in front of us, adding a little warmth to the cold wind.
Zhang Liao stood on the dilapidated city wall of Wuwei County and looked into the distance.
This place was originally called Ino Nozawa because there were a lot of wild boars. Later, I don’t know whether it was because the official who recorded the place name misheard it, or because he thought Ino Nozawa was not very elegant, so it was changed to Miyako Ze.
Then, I don’t know if it was because of the name change. When Ino Nozawa became Tonozawa, there were gradually no more wild boars...
As for the Huns, they called this place Xiutu Ze, because this was once the place where the royal court of King Xiutu of the Xiongnu was located. Of course, there is no King Xiutu of the Xiongnu here anymore, and only the water and grass remain.
It grows and withers year after year here, looking forward to the evolution of the vicissitudes of life.
Zhang Liao looked around, and an inexplicable feeling surged in his heart. Wuwei County was originally the place where the Han people promoted the martial power of the Han people after they defeated King Xiutu of the Xiongnu. However, now it has been ruined, like a faded and dilapidated area.
The battle flag of the great Han Dynasty, the glory on the battle flag also faded away in the wind and rain over time. If it weren't for General Fei Qian, would this place have been completely forgotten in the dust of the desert?
What Zhang Liao thought was not wrong. In fact, the Wuwei of later generations was gone, and only Guzang remained. Then it was renamed Wuwei, but changing the name did not return the martial spirit of the Han Dynasty.
According to the battle plan formulated by Jia Xu, before encircling and suppressing the Qiang people, Zhang Liao first cut off the Qiang people's escape route into the desert, and then, together with Tai Shici, pressed against Zhang Ye.
This place in Tsunozawa is the only place to replenish aquatic plants in the surrounding areas.
Unless the Qiang people want to risk their lives to find a way in the barren areas of the desert, or if they want to retreat to the desert, they have to go here.
Even if there is a global positioning and navigation system in later generations, traveling in uninhabited desert areas is still high-risk, high-fat, and even directly refused by insurance companies. Not to mention the current big man, everything relies on human flesh and the sun and stars for positioning.
In the era, if you accidentally lost your water supply and wanted to travel through the desert, it would be almost impossible to reach the sky.
Footsteps came from behind, Zhang Liao turned around slightly, it was Han Guo.
As an assistant to the army, Han Guo began his career in Zhang Liao's army.
"How is the inventory of supplies in the city going?" Zhang Liao asked.
Han Guo frowned slightly, "Reporting to the general, the people in the city had fled here a few years ago. Now... there are only some old and weak Qiang people left in the city... The warehouses are empty, and the Qiang people have left nothing behind."
The things are just some cattle and sheep, as well as some miscellaneous cloth and felt, which may be used."
Zhang Liao nodded and sighed slightly, "In the old days of the Western Qiang rebellion, most of the people here moved in, or fled to Guanzhong, or went to northern Sichuan, dragging their families with them, stretching for dozens of miles..."
Zhang Liao turned around and continued to look out, "This place was originally the place where the Han family proclaimed its power. Where is the power of the Han Dynasty now? The Qiang people looked down on us and became violent and chaotic. This is how many people came. No wonder others
...』
When the country is strong, many problems are no longer a problem, but when the country is weak, many troubles begin to come to the door, and it is useless no matter how far you hide.
At this point, both the country and the family are the same.
After experiencing war, drought and man-made disasters, some of the original cultivated fields near Wuwei have long been deserted and have become overgrown with weeds. Crows stood on the dead branches against the cold wind, tilting their heads and staring at their red eyes.
Look at these two-legged guys who only know how to fight to death on the ground.
The ruins and devastation everywhere in Wuwei show the Qiang people's inability to build and create. Of course, perhaps from the perspective of nomadic people, fixed houses and earthen walls and beams are useless burdens, so these nomadic people almost plundered
Everything was taken away and everything that could not be moved was destroyed.
"These Qiang people..." Zhang Liao said with some emotion, "Don't they realize that their lives are the same as ten years ago? Or even similar to a hundred years ago? At the time of Hengling, the Qiang people plundered Longyou Guanzhong, like rogue bandits.
During normal times, the Qiang people also raided Xiliang..."
Han Guo also nodded and said: "My lord once said that without a fixed place, there will be no inheritance. After five generations, there will be no heirs... The Xiongnu is like this, the Xianbei is like this, the Qiang people... are like..."
The long-term troubled times have made these Qiang people adapt to looting and killing as their way of survival. Just preaching about benevolence, justice and morality cannot solve the problem. Only by using strength, law and land to restrain them on the right track, and then gradually with
Moral teachings are subtle.
Just like the Cavalry General did...
They work together to help the world, and scriptures teach them.
There was no words for a night, but after the sun rose again, the battlefield seemed to have new changes...
Beigong is leading people to chase Gao Wutong and others.
Zhangye lies on the Qilian Mountains in the south, and Heli Mountain, Longshou Mountain, and the Heihe River run through the whole territory in the north. Although it is flat outside the city, the city is high and the river is deep, making it difficult to attack. In addition, people from Rile and other places have migrated to Zhangye, making the city
The garrison manpower has increased a lot, so Beigong's original plan was not to attack Zhangye from the beginning, but to focus on siege, and then continuously defeat the Han reinforcements, and finally force the Zhangye defenders to surrender.
Therefore, when Beigong discovered that Zhang Ye's first wave of reinforcements had arrived, he immediately launched an attack...
But the changes that followed gave Beigong a bit of a headache.
The partial troops from the Western Region Protectorate who came from Jiuquan seemed to be afraid of Beigong and seemed to be provoking. They neither took the initiative to attack nor fled. They just wandered far away and saw small groups of Qiang.
The people were killed in one go, and then the main force moved away from Beigong.
Beigong had no choice but to design a trap first, let a small group of Qiang people go to lure them, and then he followed with a large army. But for some reason, the people of the Western Region Protectorate suddenly accelerated their speed, and
He seemed a little panicked, leaving behind some flags and sundries that he had no time to take away, as if he had discovered the large army of Beigong and others.
The Qiang-headed people found Beigong and discussed whether to continue the pursuit according to the original plan or to abandon the escaped troops of the Western Region Protectorate.
"Your Majesty, these Han people probably found out that Your Majesty has personally arrived with his army, so they accelerated their escape..." A Qiang leader said, "There are only more than a thousand Han people in this part of the country, and nothing has been found yet."
If we catch up with the follow-up reinforcements immediately, we will have an absolute advantage in terms of numbers, and we will definitely be able to deal with this nasty bug!"
"The Han people are very cunning, I think we should be more careful..." Another Qiang-headed man said, "If the Han people keep running, should we keep chasing them? To Jiuquan, or to Dunhuang? In that case
Our team is too long, just in case... I say, if there is an eventuality..."
"What are the chances?" A bearded Qiang-headed man waved his hand and said, "With your Majesty in charge, we will definitely win! Go after us and kill all these Han people! We want the Han people to know how powerful we are.
!This land is ours! Don’t try to bully us! And don’t try to collect our money, cattle and sheep!』
Bei Gong was thinking, unconsciously swinging the riding crop in his hand.
"Your Majesty, there are only more than a thousand Han people at most, and we have the advantage in numbers! Even if we don't say total annihilation, we can defeat them! Otherwise, these Han people will always be around us, which will be very annoying!"
"I think we should be more cautious. We still don't know how these Han people discovered our arrival and then pursued us..."
"What are you afraid of? There are many of us! Just fight!"
Beigong thought for a long time, calculated the gains and losses, and finally decided to pursue. Because, although some Han military strongholds and cities were conquered, in fact, they were basically either abandoned long ago, or the Han people took the initiative.
It can be said that the actual results achieved by those who gave up were not many. On the one hand, the number of Han cavalry in front of them was not large. On the other hand, if they were defeated, it would also help boost morale and prove that their leadership was effective...
…
"Pursue at full speed!" Beigong waved the riding crop in his hand fiercely and said decisively.
……(`Pan′)(`Pan′)(`Pan′)……
"Gao Sima! The Qiang troops have caught up!"
A scout galloped over quickly and reported loudly. Then, without waiting for Gao Wutong's special instructions, he turned his horse's head and returned to the reconnaissance mission again.
"There are about three thousand Qiang vanguard troops. They are very fast and have already reached thirty miles away..."
"Gao Sima, the Qiang people have crossed Pinggouzi!"
One after another, the scouts rode horses and galloped back and forth, bringing the aura before the battle to every soldier.
It’s time to get serious!
The soldiers became excited, and many began to check their equipment and weapons.
Gao Wutong was sitting on the horse. Although his face was as calm as possible, his eyes also revealed some excitement.
Are these Qiang people stronger or weaker than the Hu people in the Western Regions?
During this period of time, Lu Bu almost swept across the entire Western Region, and the countries in the Western Region were beaten to the point where they were screaming. If they defended the city, they would be hit by kerosene catapults. If they dared to go out of the city to fight, they would be beaten by Lu Bu.
They were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. In addition, the spheres of influence of these large and small countries were basically not too large. Some even only had one or two cities. There was no strategic depth at all...
Most of these countries in the Western Regions still have a political structure ruled by blood. Under the impact of Lu Bu and others, many countries have exposed the shortcomings of the blood theory. Those so-called "nobles" who were originally aloof, ended up facing
When in danger, he doesn't behave like a noble at all, and is even less bloody than ordinary people. This has led to the direct collapse of many national beliefs in the Western Regions and the loss of the basis for resistance...
Perhaps in the years to come, awakened people may appear in the people of these countries in the Western Regions and overthrow these decadent blood nobles, but now, most of the countries in the Western Regions have to surrender to Lu Bu's battle flag.
under.
Under such circumstances, Lu Bu's Protectorate of the Western Regions naturally gained a lot of wealth. Countless treasures from countries in the Western Regions flowed into the Protectorate of the Western Regions like water, but Lu Bu did not pay attention to this, and even
He doesn’t think the issue is a problem…
Gao Wutong looked at Yun Er beside him.
From a certain point of view, Yunji, who just knows how to fight, well, fight, is somewhat stupid.
Just like Gao Wutong himself.
Gao Wutong felt that there were some problems in the Western Region Protectorate, but no one listened to what he said, and he was even disliked. Everyone called him a fool. It happened that Jia Xu of Longyou provided such an opportunity. Naturally,
So the "idiot duo" left the Western Region and came here.
Yun Er was riding a tall colorful war horse, looking back and muttering as if he was dissatisfied with the Qiang people for not pursuing the Qiang people fast enough and not starting the fight right away...
"Don't look, the Qiang people won't be here soon..." Gao Wutong pointed ahead and said to Yun Er, "We're going over there! The hillside over there is flat and wide. When the time comes, we'll come from above.
It will be more advantageous if you lower it...』
"Okay!" Yun Er muttered, "You have the final say! But when the fight starts, you can't leave me behind! I'm going to be in front!"
Gao Wutong laughed and said, "This time the Qiang people are coming in large numbers. Do you want to rush to the front?"
"That's right..." Yun Er subconsciously wanted to answer, but then changed his mind midway and asked, "How many people?"
"There are three thousand people in the front, and there are about six thousand people behind..." Gao Wutong said, "We only have 1,200 people now... What do we think, do we still want to rush to the front?"
Yun Er glared, "If you come at me, come at me!"
Gao Wutong laughed, and immediately rode forward. After a while, the two people arrived at the predetermined place. At the bottom of this small hill was a half-moon arc-shaped grassland, with a radius of three or four miles. And at the edge of the grassland, there were two other
Hills, with some shrubs and woods.
"We're here!" Gao Wutong said solemnly, "Smoke is rising!"
Three lines of black smoke rose into the sky, seemingly reaching the sky from the ground.
Beigong looked up and saw the smoke in front of him, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"The smoke of the Han people!" Some Qiang people exclaimed.
Beigong glanced at the talkative Qiang man. As long as you are not blind, how can you not see such obvious smoke? The question is what does this Han want to do? Is there an ambush ahead? Or is he asking for reinforcements? And the reinforcements of the Han people
Where again?
Beigong straightened up on his horse and looked around.
"Your Majesty!" The Qiang vanguard sent soldiers to report, saying that they had caught up with the Han people, but they had discovered the smoke, and they didn't know whether to attack immediately or wait for Beigong to meet before making plans.
"Send the order! Let the front keep an eye on the Han! Suspend the attack and immediately send scouts to look around! Check if there are any Han ambush!" Beigong thought for a moment and then ordered, and then ordered the troops behind to slow down and shrink the queue.
, and began to dispatch scouts to search and explore the surrounding areas.
In the process of chasing the enemy, the most taboo thing is to form a long queue and then be cut off by the enemy. The head and tail cannot see each other, and then the order breaks down. Therefore, after Beigong saw the wolf smoke, his first reaction was to guard against the possibility of appearing on the left and right wings.
To reduce the number of enemy troops, shrink the troops, slow down and organize the queue.
This is almost what any military commander should do, but Beigong did not expect that when he issued the order to stop the Qiang vanguard in the front, the battle situation would change...
The two sides were confronting each other.
Gao Wutong looked at the Qiang people's formation and the various weapons in their hands. When he saw the Qiang people holding spears and spears of different lengths, axes, knives, and even bronze spears, he originally thought
My heart, which was still a little nervous, suddenly calmed down.
Flag waving.
The war horses seemed to have had a premonition of the battle that was about to break out. They held their heads high, raised their ears, snorted, and kicked their front hooves, seeming to be urging and ready to accept battle instructions at any time.
Gao Wutong remained calm and composed, squinting at the settling smoke in the distance, then laughed, and immediately raised his sword. Then the messenger in the queue immediately puffed up his cheeks and blew the whistle that had been on his lips for a long time.
The sound of the bull horn and the long charging horn resounded throughout the hillside for a while.
"The great man is victorious!"
"Wonderful victory!"
The soldiers raised their weapons high and let out earth-shattering shouts from their chests. It seemed that with the shouts, the blood in their bodies began to boil. The chaotic hooves of the Qiang people under the hillside were all overtaken by this deafening roar.
Covered up by the roar, the slight fear, panic, timidity, and all negative emotions in the hearts of the Han cavalry in Gao Wutong's queue were turned into clouds and smoke at this moment, disappearing, leaving only
Longing for the glory of iron and the blooming of blood!
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch..." Yun Er was infected by this atmosphere. He opened his eyes wide and blushed. He raised the iron rod with all his strength and roared at the top of his lungs, like a bear riding on a beautiful sheep.
.
"Big man! Won victory! Kill!"
Gao Wutong gave the order to attack, and then led his men to rush down the hillside towards the Qiang queue on the grass.
The Qiang forwards were looking for possible ambush, and even suspected that there was an ambush in the hills and forests on the other side, so they sent people to search among the hills, forests and shrubs. It was precisely because of this move that the Qiang array was not
Everyone faced Gao Wutong's side. After Gao Wutong blew the charging horn without saying a word, he suddenly realized that Gao Wutong had actually taken the lead in attacking!
Although it was beyond the expectations of the Qiang people and they understood that Gao Wutong and others had occupied certain geographical advantages from above, the Qiang people felt that they had an absolute advantage in numbers, which was enough to offset the advantages of the Han people, so they immediately
He shouted to the buglers beside him: "Charge! Let's charge too!"
The Qiang horn soldiers also immediately blew the usual charge order, but what the Qiang leader did not expect was that the surrounding Qiang people reacted a bit strangely. I don't know why, but they seemed to be inexplicably slow.
Or rather a delay.
It was as if a young man in a certain dormitory was downloading a large amount of study materials, which then slowed down the Internet speed of the entire building, causing the input command to be stuck on the interface for a while before the Qiang people reacted and shouted loudly according to the command.
The small scream made the Qiang cavalry start to speed up...
