"Long live! Long live! Long live!" After a long period of silence, the five thousand cavalrymen below the high hill all cheered in unison, and the high-pitched shouts resounded throughout the open wilderness.
Su Buyan hurriedly jumped off the horse, walked up to the high hill quickly, grabbed Gao Fei's hand, and then used the Wuhuan people's hug to hit Li and Gao Fei's left and right chests twice, and then
He laughed loudly and said: "General Gao is really a hero. He was able to defeat Uliden, the number one warrior in our army. It's really amazing!"
Gao Fei said: "It's a fluke! Your Majesty, can I take these five thousand cavalry out of here now?"
Su Puyan laughed and said: "Don't worry, I have one more important thing to do. It's an unkind request. I wonder if General Gao can agree to it?"
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
"General Gao is a hero. I, Su Puyan, respect heroes. I want to become brothers with different surnames from General Gao. I wonder what General Gao wants?"
"Sworn brotherhood?" Gao Fei said in surprise.
Su Puyan said: "Yes, sworn brotherhood! Liaodong and the vassal kingdom of Liaodong are originally one body. Now General Gao is the governor of Liaodong, and I, Su Puyan, am the lord of the Wuhuan tribe of the vassal state of Liaodong. If the two of us become brothers with different surnames, then from now on
If we deal with the Xianbei people, we can advance and retreat together. I wonder if General Gao can agree?"
Gao Fei muttered in his heart: "Being sworn friends with Su Buyan has many benefits, but he is too much older than me. If we become sworn brothers, won't he become my eldest brother in the future?"
Su Puyan seemed to see what Gao Fei was thinking, and hurriedly explained: "General Gao, the way we Wuhuan people form bonds of friendship is different from that of you Han people. You Han people follow the order of age, while we Wuhuan people follow the order of age.
The order of seniority is based on the level of military force, and General Gao is a hero for everyone to see, so this custom of Kuntou can be dispensed with. As long as General Gao agrees to sworn with me, I, Su Puyan, am willing to regard General Gao as my eldest brother.
General Gao immediately followed suit."
After hearing this, Gao Fei felt that this was a good deal, but then he thought: "Su Puyan is also the leader of a group after all, and there is no way he will become sworn friends with me just because I defeated Uliden. There must be something hidden in this."
Human secrets. Could it be... could it be that Su Puyan wanted to attack Liaodong County in the name of being sworn with me? No! I have to find out!"
Seeing that Gao Fei was still deep in thought, Su Puyan hurriedly asked softly: "General Gao, what are you thinking about?"
Gao Fei's words became cold and he said softly: "Your Majesty is so eager to swore sworn vows with me. Is there some hidden agenda?"
Su Puyan's face was startled for a moment, and his expression became slightly stiff. Then he sighed heavily and whispered to Gao Fei: "General Gao doesn't know something. Lord Qiu Liju of Wuhuan in western Liaoning claims to be the king of Liao.
He has more than 5,000 followers and is quite powerful, and most of his subordinates are very brave. Even Nanlou, Lord Wuhuan of Shanggu, who has more than 9,000 followers, was defeated by him a month ago. Naturally, I am not him.
His opponent. Now Wuyan, the Wuhuan ** in Youbeiping, claimed to be King of Hanlu. He was also defeated by Qiu Liju and was forced to regard Qiu Liju as his lord. Qiu Liju defeated Nanlou and Wuyan, and the next one was Qiu Liju.
It's my turn. I only have 60,000 troops here and only 20,000 string control men. I can't defeat Qiu Liju who has tens of thousands of cavalry. Today I saw that General Gao is brave and has two men under his command.
With tens of thousands of troops, if I can unite with General Gao, maybe Qiu Liju will look out for the general's sake and not come to trouble me."
After hearing what Su Buyan said, Gao Fei felt that his guess was not wrong at all. Su Buyan was afraid of Qiu Liju and wanted to use him as a shield. After all, Qiu Liju didn't dare to go mad at the big man yet. He thought carefully
After thinking about it, he felt that he should really find a strong ally now. Su Buyan's Wuhuan people just gave him a good opportunity. He nodded and said to Su Buyan: "Okay, I
I hit it off right away with the king, and now the king is willing to lend me five thousand cavalry. It is a blessing for me, Gao Fei, to have a brother like the king. However, if we want to become sworn friends, the king must promise me something."
"What...what happened?"
"The king must remove his self-proclaimed title of King Qiao, continue to be a vassal to the Han, and send envoys to Luoyang to show your loyalty to the Han. In this way, the conflict between you and the Han court can be temporarily alleviated, and the Han will become a strong side.
A powerful wall stands in front of you and Qiu Liju. Qiu Liju has not really fallen out with the Han yet, not to mention that there are still a large number of Han troops stationed in Youzhou, which can ensure the safety of the Liaodong vassal country for more than half a year."
"Okay, Qiu Liju was the one who deceived our tribes when he became king. We don't want to be enemies with the big Han. Once we fall out with the big Han, with Xianbei behind us and the big Han in front, then we Wuhuan people will be in a situation of being attacked from both sides. Gao
General, I will do whatever you say."
After listening to Su Buyan's words, Gao Fei felt that although this Su Buyan bullied the weak and was afraid of the strong, he at least had some strategy and knew how to use diplomacy to protect his tribe. He immediately smiled and said to Su Buyan: "Then let's go
Let’s sworn sworn friends!”
Su Buyan was very happy, and immediately took Gao Fei's hand and went down from Gaogang. After returning to Changli, he had sheep and pigs killed, and he and Gao Fei performed a sworn ceremony in the Han Chinese way. However,
However, Su Puyan was willing to accept Gao Fei as his brother, and ordered two thousand cavalrymen to be handed over to Gao Fei to help Gao Fei defeat the Xianbei people at Wangping.
Gao Fei took the 7,000 assault cavalry borrowed from Su Buyan and crossed the Wulu Mountain with Wu Liden who was in charge of the troops, heading towards Wulu County where Zhang He was stationed. He wanted to take Zhang He with him to visit.
Ping County.
In Wulu County, the magistrate Zhang He has rarely had anything to do since he took office, because there are only one or two thousand people in Wulu County. On this day, he climbed up the city tower, and when he looked outside the city, he saw
I found a large number of Wuhuan cavalry coming from the west.
"Close the city gate and put the whole city on alert!" Zhang He looked at the dark group of Wuhuan cavalry. He was not sure about the Wuhuan people's motives, but he could not take it lightly. He immediately shouted to the soldiers guarding the city gate.
The gate of Wulu County was immediately closed, and dozens of fully armed people climbed onto the city tower, holding bows and arrows in their hands. They hid behind the battlements, ready for battle, waiting for Zhang He's order.
Gao Fei rode the Wulong colt and was protected by the Wuhuan Cavalry as an extremely important figure. He was surrounded by five hundred elite cavalry. Uliden rode at the front, closely followed by six
Fifteen hundred Rangers. The seven thousand Rangers in uniform uniforms look like they were copied from the same mold. All of them are almost 1.8 meters tall, and all the horses have been carefully selected.
, coupled with the Wuhuan people who usually use hunting as a training method, the tacit understanding of the entire army is self-evident. From a distance, it looks like waves of the sea, one after another.
The thunderous sound of horse hooves gradually drove into Wuli County, and stopped five hundred meters away from the county seat. Gao Fei looked at Zhang He and the soldiers who were standing in the county seat, and admired their vigilance very much.
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"We have always kept our peace, so why did you suddenly come with so many people?" Zhang He was neither humble nor arrogant, nor fearful. He shouted at the top of his voice to the Wuhuan soldiers who had stopped outside the city.
Uliden ignored Zhang He, but rode his horse backwards, clapped his hands vigorously, and saw five hundred cavalrymen guarding Gao Fei forming two teams, leaving a way.
Gao Fei galloped out on his black pony and ran straight to the bottom of Wulu County. He smiled and shouted to Zhang He on the tower: "Jun Yi, open the city gate, we are all our own people."
Zhang He was surprised when he saw Gao Fei coming out of the Wuhuan cavalry. Then when he heard Gao Fei talking about his own people, he hurriedly got off the city. As he walked, he said to himself: "My lord is worthy of your honor."
It was the reincarnation of Ziwei Emperor Star who actually brought so many Wuhuan people."
After the city gate was opened, Zhang He and his men rode out and came to Gao Fei. He cupped his hands and said, "I see you, my lord!"
"No need to be polite, Junyi, are there any Xianbei people in this area?" Gao Fei said without being polite and directly talked about the topic.
Zhang He said: "Hundreds of cavalry came the day before yesterday. They took a look around the county and then left. They did not loot in Wulu County. On the contrary, tens of thousands of cavalry showed up in Zilong's Wangping County."
"Immediately ask a hundred of your men to escort all the people out of here and head towards Xiangping. You follow me to Wangping to support Zilong." Gao Fei hurriedly ordered.
Zhang He's face was filled with joy, and he immediately cupped his hands and said, "No!"
Subsequently, Zhang He ordered his 100 cavalrymen to notify the people in the city to evacuate, and he himself followed Gao Fei and led the Wuhuan Tuqi towards Wangping County.
At this time, the northern part of Wangping County was already inhabited by Xianbei people. There were Xianbei cavalry all over the mountains and plains. There were at least more than 30,000 cavalry. These Xianbei people had been lingering here for two days. In order to prevent the Xianbei people from launching
During the raid, Zhao Yun sent people to seize the ships along both sides of the Liao River half a month ago, pulled all the ships to the south bank, and buried them underground, making it impossible for the Xianbei people on the north bank of the Liao River to cross the river. They have been looking for a breakthrough in the past two days.
Zhao Yun also sent people to notify Pang De, who was stationed in Liaotui County downstream, asking them to be careful and prepare to retreat to Xiangping.
In Wangping City, Chu Yan, Bian Xi, Pei Yuanshao, Yu Du, Guan Hai and 25,000 soldiers all arrived. Chu Yan also handed over the military power to Zhao Yun. At this time, Wangping City was already full of tension before the war.
breath.
In the county government office, Bian Xi, who had just returned, was still cursing Prefect Xuanzhen. The soldiers did not bring back any of them, but instead killed a horse.
Chu Yan, Pei Yuanshao, Guan Hai, Yu Du and others had just arrived. The two days of rapid march made everyone a little tired. Fortunately, the Xianbei people did not attack Wangping. Otherwise, even if they participated in the war, they would die from fatigue.
Increase casualties.
Zhao Yunduan sat at the top, looked at the people in the hall, and immediately said: "Brothers, you have worked hard along the way. The Xianbei people cannot cross the Liao River without a boat. Let's go back today to have a good rest and relieve our fatigue.
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Everyone nodded and left one after another.
Early the next morning, as soon as Zhao Yung climbed up the city tower, he saw a scout running back from the north. He hurriedly went down to the city tower to greet him. Before the scout could speak, he asked, "What's going on with the Xianbei people?"
The scout replied: "The Xianbei people... the Xianbei people have begun to cross the river..."