"The frontline retreated and Major General Ma Jin died in battle!"
A piece of news was like thunder on a dry day, causing the entire five counties of Liangzhou to suddenly become excited.
Who is Ma Jin? The Ma family in Liangzhou, the owner of two of the five counties in Liangzhou, can be called a local emperor.
As the heir to the Ma family, Ma Jin only needs to wait for his father to abdicate, and Ma Jin will take that position and become the controller of the Ma family.
But now that Ma Jin is dead, only part of the army that Ma Jin brought out came back alive, and the rest all died on the grassland near Sanshui City.
The number of troops sent out this time exceeded 200,000, and now it seems that most of them have been lost there!
The governor of Jiuyuan County in the northwest, Li Xiang, once again came into everyone's eyes. While Li Xiang was at war with Liangzhou, Zhang Qingyun on the other side headed to the imperial capital with a large number of items.
Li Xiang couldn't go to the imperial capital due to special reasons, so he had to ask him, the general manager, to go there and bring various genius treasures from the northwest, as well as some gold and silver.
After the defeat of the three major families in Liangzhou, in addition to gathering the defeated troops immediately, they also strengthened the garrison of the border troops. Especially, there was no word about the defense of Sanshui City.
Even if the three major families want to regroup and fight with Prime Minister Li again, they will have to wait for a while.
The disastrous defeat brought them not only superficial losses, but also pensions for those killed in battle, comfort from relatives of soldiers, and a lot of other things waiting for them to solve.
Although Liangzhou has a large population, the loss of more than 100,000 people at one time was a heavy blow to the entire Liangzhou.
Li Xiang was also licking his wounds on the other side, but the Xiliang transport team transported the third batch of Xiliang troops to the vicinity of Sanshui City!
In Prime Minister Li's plan, after defeating the Liangzhou coalition, he would send out a large-scale army to capture Zhangye County, the county where the Liangzhou Governor's Office was located. He was the Liangzhou Governor, so how could he do it without the Governor's Office.
This is expected to require 100,000 soldiers from Xiliang headquarters and 100,000 soldiers from the Eighth Army, for a total of 200,000 soldiers.
Then wait for the Xiliang headquarters army from the Dark World to come back. Now Xiliang Town Center is recruiting a large number of new farmers every day, and they are transferred to soldiers. They enter the Dark World to train, kill hell monsters, and they can only leave the Dark World after reaching level five.
world and become a qualified soldier of the headquarters.
If he wants to capture the entire Liangzhou area, he will need at least 200,000 troops from his own army, the 7th Army will also need 200,000, and the 8th Army will need more, 400,000 or 500,000 people.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to suppress the aristocratic families in Liangzhou. After those aristocratic families are cleaned up, it will only take about 300,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army to manage Liangzhou.
General Li Xiang and all the lieutenant generals gathered in the big tent. Although they won the victory, they also suffered a lot in this battle. The Liangzhou Army was not the kind of army they had encountered before. They were really tough!
"Liangzhou is the gateway for our Xiliang to officially enter the Daqian Central Plains. We must capture Liangzhou!" Li Xiang looked at the generals who came back with some wounds on their bodies and said: "So, I decided to let go
Start recruiting troops and include the militia as part of the recruitable force. The Seventh Army must recruit 300,000 troops for me this winter!"
The camp leaders of the Seventh Army opened their eyes wide when they heard what Li Xiang said. There are 300,000 troops. According to the current share, each of them can recruit at least 20,000 people.
However, this will increase the pressure on logistics, and the finances of the northwest are currently maintained by the lord himself.
Black Dragon said: "My lord, apart from being unable to compare with the Forbidden Army in terms of salary and treatment, my Xiliang soldiers are the best in the world.
Suddenly, the increase of more than 200,000 troops puts pressure on finances..."
Heilong didn't finish his words, everyone knew what he meant.
Li Xiang waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this. I have my own arrangements. What I need is that you can form an army of 300,000. We have entered the Central Plains. If we don't have an army of one million, how can we compete with these people in the Central Plains?"
A battle between rich people?"
The Central Plains has a large population. As long as many people are willing, they can raise an army of one million, but no one knows the true combat power.
Every village and town in Xiliang has militiamen, and these are considered the reserve troops of the Xiliang army.
After hearing Chen Huaihe's words, these generals felt relieved. Chen Huaihe continued: "However, you all have to remember that everything must be carried out in accordance with military regulations. If you let me know who committed the crime,
Military rules, don't blame me for being ruthless.
Three hundred thousand troops are given to your seventh legion. You can discuss among yourselves how to allocate the number of troops!"
Luo Mu, who was tied to his body like a mummy, was the first to speak out: "Master, our Ji Mo Sect only has 10,000 troops. If there are more, we Ji Mo Sect will have no disciples!"
The Ji Mo Camp, which can also be called the Ji Mo Army, is filled with disciples of the Ji Mo Sect. Every one of them is paranoid, and they are all life-threatening beings on the battlefield.
They usually only recruit disciples, and they recruit disciples directly from the sect into the army.
On the other side, Chief Lou Fan also spoke up: "My lord, our Lou Fan army needs 20,000 people, and we also ask your lord to transfer a few transport ships to Beizhong, who wants to go to Western Xinjiang.
My subordinates have made an agreement with the tribe last year that our Loufan tribe is willing to join the lord's service. They have prepared 10,000 Loufan warriors. When I leave, I will definitely bring back more than 10,000 warriors!"
The fighting prowess of the warriors of Lou Fan and the disciples of the Jimo Sect are comparable. One reason is due to their skills and the other is due to their race. Both troops are very fierce.
"Okay!" Li Xiang nodded with a smile.
There are currently 30,000 people coming to the Guanwai camp, and there are still 270,000 people left. Zhao Tiezhu glanced at Luo Mu and Lou Fan, the chief manager, and felt a little helpless. It would be great if the black cloud was still there!
I had no choice but to speak out: "Lord, there are 300,000 troops. The two camp leaders should leave 30,000 people, so my subordinates will need the remaining 120,000 people!"
We have 150,000 troops in the Guanwai Army and 150,000 troops in the Five Dragons Army. I wonder how General Black Dragon feels?"
Black Dragon smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
The Seventh Legion is headed by two of them, one leads the outside of the Pass and the other leads the Five Dragons Army.
When Li Xiang saw that the number of troops had been distributed, he smiled and said: "It has been roughly distributed. You can prepare the issue of the military services. This time I will give you 40,000 prairie war horses. You can make your own arrangements and rank the soldiers in the army.
After that, send them to General Manager Li Yi, and then go to various villages, towns, and cities to recruit soldiers. This winter will last four or five months. Next year, I will launch an attack on the entire Liangzhou. By then, I will need the Seventh Legion.
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"Yes!" All the generals responded in unison.
It is a good thing for them that Li Xiang defeated Xiliang. Li Xiang's foundation is getting bigger and bigger. Those of them who have followed Li Xiang all the way up, will they be treated badly by Li Xiang's character?
Certainly not!
They don't have to worry about killing heroes, where is the Xiliang headquarters?
Their current fighting performance is very good, but compared with the main army of Xiliang, they are just younger brothers, and the lord has a lot of cultivation. As long as they don't die on the battlefield, it is unclear whether they can survive the lord.
Besides, the young master has been born, and there is plenty of time for him to grow up.
After the others exited, only Li Xiang was left. Looking at the map behind him, Zhangye was not very far from here, which was about three days' journey.
They are located on the edge of Wuwei County and close to the Qiang grassland.
So there are no cities except Sanshui City.
Zhangye belongs to the Ma family. The Ma family's headquarters is in Zhangye County. There are about 300,000 troops in it, including nearly 100,000 cavalry!
Having fought against the Ma Jiajun, he knew the strength of the Ma Jiajun very well. The soldiers from the Xiliang headquarters could only gain some small advantages over the Ma Jiajun.
Zhangye County has six major cities, three major fortresses, and the rest are some small towns.
If you want to take Zhangye into your hands, all these important cities and fortresses must be captured...
After the victory in Xiliang, the army did not attack immediately, but stayed quietly on the grassland. When it seemed that they were no longer moving, many families in Liangzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Marching in the cold winter can kill people!
When the snowflakes fell, the Xiliang Shenji Battalion came to the camp, and the Xiliang soldiers had already changed into winter clothes.
No matter how cold the grassland is, they can't be cold outside the Pass. The snow outside the Pass can bury people.
When the cold wind blows, it's like a knife!
Li Xiang put on his mask and set off with 35,000 men, marching in the ice and snow. This was Xiliang's advantage. Xiliang soldiers and Xiliang war horses who often marched outside the customs were already used to the cold.
The goose-feather heavy snow fell, and the sky and the earth turned white in just a few days. At this time, everything on the earth was in silence, and the common people in Liangzhou were also in their homes, enjoying this few rests during the year.
days.
The soldiers also rested in the military camp. Even the Qiang soldiers would settle down in the cold winter.
They didn't know the sound of Xiliang's army dispatching. Li Xiang chose the time very well, and ten days before departure, Xiliang scouts dispatched to drive out the surrounding enemy scouts. In addition, even the practitioners could not bear the ice and snow.
kind of cold weather.
Li Xiang left with the army. Shortly after the army left, the Shenji camp was escorted by a heavy infantry force and left the camp.
As the most prosperous place in Liangzhou, Zhangye also has the largest population. Unlike several other counties, there is a large amount of land left uncultivated.
Zhangye is basically a small town connected to a small town. The walls of these small towns basically have little defensive power. They are used to resist some bandits and bandits. Facing real troops, these walls are of little use!
The Ma family also knew this, so they built fortresses in some important places in Zhangye County, such as the fortress between Duwuwei County and Zhangye County. This fortress was previously called the Qiang Resistance Fortress, and it was used to
To resist the Qiang people, it is now used to defend against the enemies of the Ma family.
Originally, there were 10,000 troops stationed in the city. Later, due to the Xiliang army, the number of troops in the city became 30,000.
The city wall, which is more than three feet high, can be regarded as a big obstacle in this unobstructed plain. The majority of the grassland is cavalry, and the infantry is missing. In addition, if there is no construction machinery, it will be difficult to build the city wall.
On this snowstorm day, the soldiers in the city were hiding in the warm military camps or in the arrow towers of the city wall. Few people would stand on the city wall and look at the dark earth in the distance.
For them, the outside world is too cold, especially at night. Even if they lean against the fire pot, they can't feel the slightest warmth.
In the darkness, Li Xiang led the Xiliang army to the front of the fortress, with the cold wind howling.
This time he brought 10,000 Xiliang cavalry, 5,000 flying bear troops, 15,000 Xiliang light infantry, spearmen, sword and shield bearers, long swordsmen, etc., and 5,000 archers were left, totaling 35,000 people.
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Light infantry and archers rode horses captured from Liangzhou, one person per rider, and nearly 10,000 horses were responsible for transporting goods.
Snowflakes stayed on their cloaks, dressing everyone up as white snowmen.
In the dark night, I could only vaguely see the road more than ten meters ahead. The horses walked steadily and did not run. Coupled with the cover of snow, there was basically no sound.
"My lord, ahead is the Qiang blocking fortress!" Cheng Jushu looked at the fortress in front with only one pair of eyes: "How about waiting for a humble position to be a vanguard?"
Cheng Jushu felt that his big ax was already hungry and thirsty. It had been spent in the ice and snow. If he didn't use it, his body would get rusty!
"Let you be the vanguard, can you cut down their city walls?" Li Xiang took out the beast blood wine and took a sip, feeling the heat brought by the beast blood wine: "Wait a minute, I will lead the attack, you and Ju Rong will take the lead.
The Flying Bear Army is waiting for me at the city gate, I will open the gate, and you two will lead the army in!"
Li Xiang said to the soldiers behind him: "Take down this fortress and let's have a hot bite!"
"Follow me, Guards!" Li Xiang gradually accelerated. The city wall, which was more than three feet tall, was very high in the eyes of ordinary people. However, as long as there was no air ban formed on it, it would be easy for Li Xiang and the Guards soldiers to reach the city wall.
It was the coldest time of the night and the darkest time of the day, and the light of the fire could not be seen very far in the wind and snow.
The cold wind whistled by like a ghost, and the soldiers guarding the city wall fell into a deep sleep, so that no one would come during the snowy day!
It is generally accepted that snowy weather is not suitable for marching or fighting, and there are very few wars that occur in winter.
If you are not busy at home making babies in the winter, why would you go out and blow the wind?
When Xing Liao approached the city more than thirty meters away, he burst out at his fastest speed and jumped to the top of the city wall.
The horses' hooves and the city wall, which had become very slippery due to the snow, made a screeching sound. Several sleeping soldiers opened their eyes and saw in the firelight a very tall war horse and a man wearing bright red armor, holding a handle.
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