Chapter 385 The first bullet of the Hexi Strategy: Fengyi Army
Hongze is located in the middle of Hexi Province.
There is a small market town, which is not too big. In the past, the Han army once established a barracks here. After the Qiang people rebelled, the imperial court abandoned Hexi. The Han people who stayed here built camps based on the old Han army barracks.
A small town. Some of the Han people who stayed at that time still maintained the Han farming customs, and some people lived together with the local Qiang and Hu, gradually changed their living habits and began a nomadic life.
However, their attachment to the land kept them from Hongze.
Instead, with Hongze Market Town as the center, small tribes were formed, scattered densely on the Hongze Muyuan.
In July of the eighth year of Jian'an, a Han army entered Hongze...
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"Have you seen it clearly? It's really the Han cavalry?"
In a Han tribe tent located on the edge of the red swamp, the white-haired Li Qi stood up and asked excitedly.
In front of him was a young man from the Han family.
Although he was dressed in Qiang and beard, the appearance of the Han family revealed his identity.
"Grandpa, they are definitely the Han cavalry... The Red Dragon Banner is exactly the same as the Red Dragon Banner left by Duan Jiong back then. Their armor is not much different from your armor. But there are not many people.
There were only a few hundred people, so my grandson was not sure of their origins. He just saw them from a distance and hurried back to report the news."
"Only a few hundred riders?"
Li Qi looked disappointed.
However, he quickly cheered up and walked out of the tent.
"Immediately call on the sons of the clan and follow me to investigate."
"Grandpa, my grandson can just take someone with him, why do you have to..."
Before the young man finished speaking, he saw Li Qi's eyes widen. He swallowed the words that came to his lips and intervened: "My grandson obeys."
"It's been forty years... I never thought I'd see the Han cavalry again!"
Li Qi stood outside the tent for a long time, then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, making the surrounding herdsmen look puzzled.
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After Cao Peng and his party entered Hongze, they felt something was not right.
"Cizeng, why do I feel like I'm being watched?"
In the distance, several herdsmen saw Cao Peng and his party and immediately rode away.
Yin Feng shook his head, "I don't know much about humble positions."
"Did Jiang Xu and the others get in touch?"
"There is no reply yet, but I guess they have received the news... It takes a day to come from Hongshuiji. It is estimated that they will greet you at Hongshuiji. It is even possible that Liang Kuan has contacted everyone in Xiutu and arrived at Hongshuiji.
Then you will know.”
"Okay, let's pass on the order and let everyone be more vigilant and not take it lightly."
Although Cao Peng had a general understanding of the situation in Hongze, he was still very cautious. After all, although the majority of people in Hongze were Han people, God knows what the situation would be after so many years. Since the first year of Yongchu, that is, 107 AD,
In order to withdraw the guards and officers and soldiers from the Western Regions, the imperial court sent Wang Hongzheng, the Cavalry Commander, to send Qiang people from the three counties of Jincheng and Longxi to serve as army guards and handymen. This made the Qiang and Hu resentful and eventually triggered a rebellion. After that, the imperial court gradually
Lost control of Hexi... The Qiang-Hu rebellion has never stopped since Yongchu.
There were Xianling Qiang, Huangzhong Yicong, and Shaodang Qiang who continued to cause chaos.
During the Xiping period, the Beigong Boyu rebellion in Bianzhang broke out again, causing the entire Liangzhou to be in chaos.
At that time, many Han people also joined the army.
Cao Peng is not very clear about the current state of the Han people in Hongze. After all, it has been reduced to a Qiang and Hu area for decades, or even nearly a hundred years. How do the Han people view the imperial court? Yin Feng
He said that the Han people here were devoted to the imperial court, but without seeing it with his own eyes, Cao Peng still had no decision in his heart.
Suddenly, the liger on his crotch stopped and snorted slightly agitatedly.
Cao Peng was startled and immediately raised his hand, "Send the order and prepare to meet the enemy!"
As soon as the voice fell, three hundred cavalry troops immediately formed a cone formation and lined up on the grassland. Cao Peng stretched out his hand, and Wang Shuang immediately took the Tianhua Halberd from a horse, handed it to Cao Peng's hand, and then got on the horse.
He drew out a big knife.
Yin Feng also looked nervous, raised his leg and took off the big gun.
In the distance, the rumble of iron hooves could be heard.
A group of cavalry in Qiang and Hu uniforms rushed over at lightning speed. Judging from the number of people, there were about five or six hundred people in an extremely neat formation.
Cao Peng narrowed his eyes!
Because he discovered that the formation listed by the opponent's cavalry while running was the Yanyue formation commonly used by the Han army's cavalry formation.
Is it the Han army?
Cao Peng was wondering in his heart when the cavalry army had already arrived.
The leader is a veteran with gray hair. His face, which is covered with the ravines of time, reveals a calm look. He is wearing a Qiang beard costume, a short jacket with a slanted collar, and an iron armor. His hair is tied up in a bun, and he has thick eyebrows.
The tiger's eyes... held a big sword in his palm, carried an iron bow on his back, and hung four Hulu on his horse, filled with arrows.
"Where are the soldiers and horses on the opposite side?"
Cao Peng glanced at Yin Feng, and Yin Feng immediately jumped out of the horse, "Yin Feng, a certain captain of the Hexi Tongjun Military Academy, who is here?"
"I'm not asking you, why don't you come out and talk, you idiot?"
The old man's eyes were extremely vicious, and he immediately saw that Yin Feng was not the commander-in-chief.
Cao Peng couldn't help but laugh and urged his horse forward.
"Liger?"
The old man was shocked again when he saw the horse under Cao Peng's crotch.
Cao Peng, holding his halberd in front of him, put his hands together and saluted, saying: "General Cao Peng of Bei Zhonglang, following the imperial decree, has established a stronghold in Hexi.
Old man, may I ask who you are?"
General Beizhonglang?
The old man took a deep breath and his expression suddenly changed.
He turned over and dismounted, walked a few steps quickly, suddenly knelt down on one knee, and said in a trembling voice: "Li Qi, the captain of Fengyi Army, pays homage to General Beizhong Lang."
"Fengyi Army?"
Cao Peng couldn't help but change his expression, hurriedly handed the big halberd to Wang Shuang, and dismounted.
This Fengyi Army was the elite under Taiwei Duan Juan, also known as the Fengyi Soldiers. They participated in the battle from Fengyi Mountain to pursue the Qiang Hu to Lingwu Valley. However, Duan Jiong later defected to Wang Fu, and the Fengyi Army followed.
its dissolution.
After Duan Jiong's death, no news about the Fengyi Army was heard again.
Cao Peng took two steps forward and said, "Li Qi, you said you are a soldier of Fengyi?"
"Exactly!"
"Then why are you in Hexi? I remember that the Fengyi Army returned to Luoyang with Duan Jiong and then disbanded."
Li Qi raised his head with a wry smile, "Returning to the north, Zhonglang General, his humble position is indeed Fengyi Army Colonel.
During the Battle of Fengyi Mountain, I followed General Duan in my humble position to pursue the Xianling Qiang. I did not want to be ambushed by the Xianling Bastard Qiang on the way, and I was seriously injured. I was rescued by the local Han herdsmen. After I recovered from my injuries, the battle of Lingwu Valley was over, and Duan
The general led the Fengyi Army back to Luoyang. Due to some accidents, Beizhi was not in a hurry to return... When Beizhi was about to return to Luoyang, he heard that the Fengyi Army had been disbanded. In desperation, Beizhi stayed here in Hongze, Hexi.
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"Why don't you go home?"
Li Qi is silent!
After a long while, he whispered: "General Beizhong, where do you have a home?
My humble parents have long since died, and my family's land has been taken away. If not, how can I join the army?"
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the trend of land annexation was extremely serious.
It is precisely because a large amount of land has been occupied by powerful people that there have been a large number of refugees in various places. Some have joined the army to find a career, while others have become bandits and bandits, causing trouble for the place. Cao Peng has also heard of these situations.
, but the specific situation was not clear. He took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to help Li Qi up, and looked up and down.
After a long while, he said in a deep voice: "Cao, in the name of the imperial court, re-ruled Hexi.
Li Qi, I don’t want to talk about the past anymore, I just want to ask you, are you willing to serve the imperial court again?"
"In my humble job, I dream of the imperial army returning to Hexi."
Li Qi looked excited, held Cao Peng's hand tightly, and answered in a trembling voice.
"General Beizhong Lang, you have come a long way, why don't you take a rest in my tribe?"
"Well...I'm about to go to Hongshuiji."
"Red Water Collection?"
Li Qi couldn't help but smile and said: "It's easy for the general to go to Hongshui. After drinking, I am willing to accompany the general."
With such a guide, Cao Peng was naturally willing.
However, just when he was about to nod in agreement, the young man behind Li Qi suddenly said: "General, how many troops and horses do you have when you come to Hongze?"
"Um?"
Cao Peng was startled and looked at the young man.
Li Qi shouted angrily: "Li Ding, don't talk nonsense. How can you ask about this important military matter without permission?"
"Grandpa, of course my grandson must ask clearly.
Over the years, the Han Dynasty court has always said that it would regain Hexi. In the past, Dong Zhuo, and later Li Jue and Guo Si, but after receiving benefits one by one, there was no more news. For the sake of the Han Dynasty court, I, Hongze Thirty-Six
How heavy was the tribe's loss? Back then, the Han Dynasty court just left us and ignored us. When necessary, they shouted slogans to regain Hexi, and disappeared after getting benefits, but we are still here.
Dealing with those Qiang and Hu."
"Li Ding, if you don't shut up, get out of here."
Li Qi shouted harshly, but saw Li Ding give Cao Peng a vicious look, then turn his horse and leave.
As soon as he left, dozens of young people hesitated and followed Li Ding. Cao Peng stood with his hands behind his hands and frowned as he looked at the young people walking away.
Yin Feng said that the hearts of the Han people in Hongze were toward the imperial court.
But looking at this situation, it seems that it is not as simple as Yin Feng said...
Li Qi said with some embarrassment: "General Beizhong Lang, don't blame me, my grandson..."
"Captain Li, are you a wife-in-law?"
"This... is not a marriage. It's just that when I was recuperating here, my father-in-law saw that I was brave, so he betrothed his daughter to me. Originally, I wanted to take my wife and children to Luoyang, but unexpectedly the Fengyi Army... I stayed
Into the clan."
"Then what about the thirty-six tribes of Hongze that Li Ding mentioned just now?"
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "During the Yongchu period, the imperial court withdrew from Hongze, and the Han family's sons who stayed in Hongze formed their own tribes in order to resist the Qiang and Xianbei people. We formed a tribe based on distance and distance.
Tribes support each other and compete with the barbarians... If not, this red land may have gone to the Qiang and Hu people."
Thirty-six tribes of Hongze?
It seems a bit complicated...
Cao Peng suddenly felt that it was necessary for him to stay and learn more about Hongze's situation.
Otherwise, if he didn't even know Hongze's situation when he met Liang Yuanbi, wouldn't he be given the upper hand by Liang Yuanbi?
"General Bei Zhonglang, please come to my tent and rest."
Cao Peng leaned forward slightly and grabbed Li Qi's arm with one hand, "Li Qi, please!"