Five days later, Gao Lan finally arrived at Lin County with 50,000 mercenaries. By now, Yuan Shu had nearly 100,000 cavalry, including 50,000 Han cavalry and 50,000 Hu cavalry.
"The army was sent to replace the county."
Yuan Shu's military order was issued, and the Jizhou regiments, which had been prepared for a long time, rushed out of the camp like carps crossing the river and headed towards Shangjun.
One hundred thousand cavalry in Bingzhou can definitely be regarded as a small invincible state. Although Bingzhou has many ethnic groups and is very strong, its troops and horses are scattered among the five counties of Bingzhou. It is really difficult to get one hundred thousand cavalry from one place.
Yuan Shu's first stop was Gaonu, with Boluo Ming as the front station. Lian Xu's troops entrenched in Gaonu surrendered directly and sent another three thousand troops to join Yuan Shu's army.
After Gaonu captured it, the troops were divided into two groups. One group was dominated by Zhao Yun, Ying Yang Army, and Wuhuan Army, with a total of 50,000 cavalry, and went south to attack the three counties of Dingyang. The other group was composed of the main force of the army, heading north to attack Fushi.
Shangjun originally had a lot of troops, but Yuan Shu wiped out 45,000 fine cavalry in one battle. This left the three major tribes in Shangjun without any resistance. It was even more difficult for the three tribes to resist the other tribes. Zhao Yun's troops and horses were all the way.
Going south, they defeated more than ten tribesmen, killed 25,000 enemies, captured 60,000, and nearly 10,000 others fled to Liangzhou.
Yuan Shu's Northern Route Army was even more rampant, defeating 20 tribesmen in a row, killing more than 30,000 enemies, and capturing 100,000 people. Only less than 1,000 people escaped. At this point, Shangjun, which had been occupied by foreign tribes for a long time, except for Sheyan,
All have been merged into the state.
Fifteen days later, Yuan Shu's army gathered in Qiuci. After this battle, their troops did not shrink but increased. Because under Boluo Min's lobbying, the Southern Huns helped Yuan Shu gather 10,000 cavalry, and the Wuhuan tribe also had 10,000 cavalry.
Five thousand cavalry surrendered to Yuan Shu and were driven by him.
After integrating the troops and horses, the first batch of supplies from Jizhou were also delivered to Yuan Shu. With enough troops and food, he did not hesitate and directly ordered his troops to march into the two counties of Yuanyin and Yuanyang.
Kanshan Department, Yuanyin County
"Clan leader, it's not good."
A Qiang man rushed directly into the clan leader's tent, his eyes filled with horror.
"Why are you panicking?"
Uldam frowned, then smashed the roasted lamb leg in his hand.
"Clan leader, Shangjun, something big happened in Shangjun."
The scout stuttered for a moment, and then told the news he had received.
"Shangjun? What can happen to Shangjun? Didn't they go to Shangdang to swim in the muddy water? What can happen? Could it be that people from Liangzhou are attacking?"
Upon hearing the scout's words, Uldam was also stunned. In his imagination, Shangjun was not weak and it would not be easy for anyone to attack there.
"No, it's Jizhou Mu Yuan Shu who has already taken Shangjun into his pocket, and is now coming to kill us."
As soon as the scout finished speaking, Uldam stood up directly.
"He Yuan Shu dared to attack me, so he ordered the tribes to prepare troops and horses, and ordered all the tribes in the county to gather troops and horses to come to my station. He also sent a message to Bokoqi in Wanyang County, telling him the situation here, and asking him to send troops to support.
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Urdam's ability to become the master of Yuanyin County naturally has his merits, but it is also possible with this decisiveness.
"promise."
Yuan Shu's army surged forward, and the Qiang people who occupied the two counties did not sit still and wait for death. Not only the Qiang tribesmen from Wanyin County arrived with their troops, but also the Qiang cavalry from Wanyang County, who mobilized the entire county to support Urdam.
"Lord, we are in front of Yuanyin County."
Although Qiuci is not far from Yuanyin, Yuan Shu is not in a hurry. The journey only takes three days.
"Well, have the scouts been sent out?"
Yuan Shu, as a person who is often shady, will naturally not relax when it comes to spying on military intelligence.
"The scouts have marched fifty miles."
Zhao Yun clenched his fist at Yuan Shu.
"Um."
While he was talking, he saw a scout coming on horseback.
"My lord, we have found out the situation in Yuanyin County clearly."
The scout jumped off his horse, knelt on one knee and reported the military situation to Yuan Shu.
"How many men and horses are there in the enemy?"
Hearing the appearance of the Qiang cavalry, Yuan Shu was startled at first, and then he was relieved. After all, he had captured Shangjun, and it was natural for the Qiang people in Yuanyin and Yuanyang to know.
"Back to my lord, we captured a dozen Qiang cavalry scouts. According to them, the number of Qiang cavalry is about 40,000, and they all gathered in the county seat."
The scout paused for a moment and answered Yuan Shu's question.
Hearing the scout's words, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect these alien races to be so united. He originally wanted to defeat them one by one. After all, he still had to fight the Xiongnu, so he didn't want to spend any extra money here.
"Lord, there won't be so many Qiang cavalry in a single Yuanyin County. It's likely that the Qiang cavalry from Yuanyang have also come to support. I have a plan to let them divide their troops."
Xun You thought for a moment and immediately understood the origin of these Qiang cavalry, and also had a countermeasure.
"explain."
Yuan Shu looked at Xun You and couldn't help but relax his frown.
"My lord, there are so many Qiang riders in Yuanyin, how many more people will there be in Yuanyang?"
Xun You did not talk about the strategy, but asked Yuan Shu a question.
"You mean that the Qiang cavalry from Wanyang County have sent all their wealth, so the current Wanyang County must have little defense, or even no defense power."
As soon as Xun You's question came up, Yuan Shu understood what he meant, which was to surround Wei and rescue Zhao.
"That's right, as long as we camp here and send a force south to Wanyang County, the Wanyang soldiers will rush back to rescue them with all their strength after hearing the news. As long as we set up an ambush halfway, it will be difficult for the Wanyang soldiers to escape.
If you remove the troops from the Yang dynasty, the troops from the Yang dynasty will be unable to support them alone, so they can be captured without any effort."
Xun You decided the fate of those Qiang cavalry in a moment.
"Well, just do what Gongda wants, Zilong."
"exist."
"I order you to lead the Yingyang Army, plus the Xianbei cavalry, southward to Yuanyang County. As for how to implement the military division's plan, you can use it freely. What I want is to completely annihilate this Qiang cavalry."
"Zhao Yun takes the order."
"The rest of the generals will set up camp immediately. No matter how the Qiang cavalry challenges them, they are not allowed to fight. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
"promise."
Yuan Shu gave the military order, and the army quickly deployed. The cavalry moved forward to defend, and the elite infantry and militia began to build camps with all their strength.
In the evening, a scout chief came to Uldam with a frown on his face.
"Hey, Lan Muyu, what's wrong? You're looking sad."
Wu Erdam looked at Lan Muyu and couldn't help but smile.
"Clan leader, there is no news from more than a dozen of my brothers, and they haven't come back yet."
Lan Muyu looked at Uldam with a trace of nervousness in his eyes.
"I thought it was a big deal. Isn't it just that they didn't come back? Maybe they went hunting for game somewhere. Why are you panicking?"
Dobda, who was next to Urdam, took a sip of wine after hearing this, with a look of indifference on his face.
"Dobuda, this is an emergency period. Yuan Shu from Shangjun has already led his troops to attack. Now that the scouts have disappeared, I wonder if they have already arrived."
