Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 387
The basis for measuring the strength of an army is the soldiers' ability to resist battle damage. The more elite the army, the greater the psychological endurance.

However, these ethnic soldiers in Hezhou City have neither the blessing of national beliefs nor formal training.

Facing the deterrence brought by such strong soldiers as the Central Plains infantry, the psychological defense line collapsed directly.

Zhang Youde also wanted to behead a few deserters to stand up.But looking around, the army was defeated like a mountain, and tens of hundreds of soldiers were fleeing backward.

Where can I kill them?
Zhang Youde knew that if he fell into the enemy's hands, he would surely die, so he had better be happy, and strangled the knife in his hand to the bottom of his neck.

Hezhou has fallen!

This Hezhou fell, and the first person to get the news was Li Qianpu who was "working" in Lanzhou voluntarily.

Li Qianpu is a wise and brave general who blooms late.

In the period of Shi Jingtang in the later Jin Dynasty, he entered the Bianjing Budian straight by virtue of his burly figure.Bumping and bumping all the way, from Xitou enshrined official to Dongtou enshrined official, and then served as the deputy envoy of Beiku.For more than ten years, he has been serving in the military, but he has been in charge of logistics in the army, and has no chance to go to the battlefield.

It wasn't until the first year of Xiande, after Guo Rong ascended the throne, that Li Qianpu got the chance to perform.

Guo Rong didn't know how powerful Li Qianpu was at first, so he asked him to do the work of a literati and went to Liaozhou to persuade Zhang Hanchao, the governor of Liaozhou, to surrender.

With one mouth, he successfully persuaded Zhang Hanchao to surrender the city.

It was also by virtue of this credit that Li Qianpu won a task to lead a partial division into Youyi in the territory of Hedong.

As a result, Li Qianpu kept buying local people to lead the way. He came and went freely in Hedong, was invincible, and won consecutive battles.The outstanding record shocked a group of people's jaws.

After that, Li Qianpu guarded Xizhou, and he had no more credit.

It's not that Li Qianpu is incapable, but that a good fighter has no great military exploits.

Li Qianpu has a generous temperament, promises a thousand dollars, is not only good at military strategy, but also good at government affairs, and has won the hearts of the people and the army.

Under his guard, Xizhou is like a tortoise and a hedgehog, and people have nowhere to say anything.

The generals of the Northern Han Dynasty would rather find trouble with the more powerful Li Yun than Li Qianpu.

Therefore, if it wasn't for Wei Renpu's recommendation, Luo Youdu would have really ignored this famous player whose strength made him keep a low profile.

During this Western Expedition, Li Qianpu was not hindered by the city like Murong Yanzhao. He took advantage of the Tubo allies to take down the Golden City of Lanzhou without any effort.

Then Li Qianpu stopped moving, and worked as an assassin in Jincheng.

He walked around the streets, visited the local wealthy and virtuous elders, and won the support of the local government for the people, and laid a solid foundation for Song Xiong, the governor who had not yet taken office.

Liu Jin came to Li Qianpu excitedly, seeing that his boss was seriously handling state affairs, he was a little speechless.

This general conquered the city and captured the territory, and he was indeed obliged to appease the people in the city, but it was unheard of for him to treat himself as a governor and diligently handle the affairs of the state capital like his own superior.

"Li Dujian, Hezhou has fallen. After waiting for half a month, my bones are numb. Hurry up and enter the army. If you drag it on, it will be too late."

Liu Jin is a mighty general who played for the Northern Han Dynasty in the past and was a partial general in Qinzhou City.

When Li Qianpu attacked Qinzhou, Liu Jin was besieged by more than 31 people. He killed [-] people by himself and was captured exhausted.

Commander Sun Yanjin wanted to kill him to vent his anger.

Li Qianpu kept him alive and took him for his own use.

Li Qianpu said without raising his head, "No hurry!"

Liu Jin said dumbfounded: "Before the supervisor said there was no rush, it was because Hezhou could not be conquered. Our army marched westward alone, and it was easy for Tubo to defeat them one by one. Now that Hezhou has fallen, Marshal Murong Jie led his troops westward first. If you don't keep up, wouldn't you put them in danger?"

Li Qianpu closed the official document in his hand, and said with a smile: "This is not the same, what kind of soldier is Murong Jieshuai in hand? It is the front of the palace, with the best equipment, the most elite soldiers, plus Murong Jieshuai's own bravery Good at fighting, good at fighting tough battles. Even against the elite of Tubo at the peak of the previous year, he will not be easily defeated. Let alone an alliance army composed of a group of powerful families? Even if the number of enemies is several times theirs, they are just a group of mobs .Even if you can’t win, you won’t lose.”

The difference between the tribe and the country is enormous.

At the peak of Tubo, there were well-known armored cavalry in the world. They were said to be full of clothes, with two eyes, and their strong bows and sharp blades could not hurt them.

but now?
Not to mention heavy cavalry armor like cavalry.

It is very difficult for ordinary tribes to raise a hundred armors.

Liu Jin refused to accept it and said: "The general doesn't think that the frontier soldiers trained by the Dujian himself are inferior to those of the Dianqian Division, not to mention that we also have [-] brothers who serve as the guards and the Army Division!"

Li Qianpu smiled and said nothing, different people have different fighting styles.

Murong Yanzhao is a master who is good at fighting tough battles, the more people there are, the more vigorous he is.He dared to attack an enemy that was several times his own, and he was sure of gaining an advantage, but he didn't have the guts.

But seeing Liu Jin's expression of being afraid of being attacked by Murong Yanzhao, he said: "Don't worry, when it's time to attack, you will naturally have a place to use your skills. Now just wait patiently. If you are really bored, let's take the lead." Soldiers went to Liuling to collect some wood. It will be winter in a few months, and there are some old widows and widows in Jincheng who haven’t wintered yet.”

Liu Jin muttered, "You want me to do this little thing?"

Li Qianpu's ears were sharp, and he said solemnly: "The people's livelihood is the biggest thing in the world."

Liu Jin didn't dare to say any more, and hurried away.

Li Qianpu continued to look down at Wen Gong without hesitation.

It seems that he is not at all enthusiastic about the expedition.

Li Qianpu's leisurely and contented temperament made Wen Chengbu very anxious.

Facing the attack from the Central Plains, Wen Chengbu intends to unite the tribes in Huangzhou and Kuozhou to resist the Central Plains together.

However, Wen Chengbu usually does a lot of evil, and not many people pay attention to it at this critical time.

Wen Chengbu was extremely helpless about this, and finally had to choose to defend Miaochuan City in Huangzhou, planning to strengthen Miaochuan City as much as possible when the Central Plains Western Expeditionary Army came to Huangzhou.

But they soon discovered that the idea was not at all plausible.

Miaochuan City also has a profound history. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the ruler of Nanliang established the country, and the capital was established here.It has always been the political and economic center of Longyou.

But no matter how big the city of Miaochuan was, it couldn't stop dozens of tribes from dragging their families and bringing their cattle and sheep into the city.

There is not so much fodder in Miaochuan city to supply hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep...

There is not so much food to sustain so many tribal people.

But if you really want to leave women, children, and children outside, all ethnic groups and tribes will have to make trouble.

Throwing hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep from various tribes outside, the Central Plains army has come, and you have to wake up from your dreams.

If you really want to kill all the cattle and sheep to serve as rations, you can really survive this winter.

What about next year?

There is no need to fight this battle, and they will starve to death in the coming year.

Facing each of these problems, Wen Chengbu discovered that it was impossible for them to defend a single city, and faced with a bad situation, there was only one dead end.

Murong Yanzhao's overbearing gave Wen Chengbu hope in despair.

With the lessons learned from Taozhou and Hezhou, all small and medium-sized tribes understand that if they don't get together, they will end up being defeated one by one like the various tribes in Hezhou and Taozhou.

The many tribes who were originally unwilling to gather under Wen Chengbu's command also became guilty and panicked.

In the end, facing the life and death of the tribe, the conflicting Tubo tribes couldn't help but let go one by one and unanimously spoke out.

There is someone in this hand, with a strong waist and confidence.

Wen Chengbu not only wanted to keep the enemy out of Huangzhou, but also wanted to destroy the enemy.

"The Hezhou has been taken by them, why is Li Qianpu still not moving?"

A trace of anxiety flashed in Wen Chengbu's eyes. The Central Plains attacked in two directions, the main purpose of which was to make them lose their balance.

But this move is a flaw on the one hand.

This is to give them a chance to break through one by one.

It's just that Li Qianpu's department had already captured Jincheng when they sent out troops, and then they have been standing still, without giving them this chance.

Wen Chengbu also saw Li Qianpu's caution, and sent someone to watch in the direction of Jincheng.

As a result, Li Qianpu was still unwilling to send troops, and still stationed troops in Jincheng.

The great lama Ban Zhaxi also had a strange expression on his face, and said: "Based on the poor monk's humble opinion, Li benefactor is more intelligent than Murong Yanzhao, as can be seen from his easy trip to Jincheng. We should go hand in hand with Master Murong. If we continue to stand still, we won't worry that we will defeat Master Murong first and then come to find him?"

He thought about it carefully, and continued: "Could it be that Li Qianpu has an enmity with Murong Yanzhao? He doesn't want to attack with him?"

After this reminder, Wen Chengbu guessed: "There should be no grudges. The emperor of the Central Plains would not let two people with grudges fight together. I think most of them are dissatisfied... Murong Yanzhao's momentum is so great, the real gains It’s just Hezhou. And Li Qianpu is the first to win the battle, but his reputation is far less than Murong Yanzhao, and it would be uncomfortable to replace anyone.”

Ban Zhaxi clasped his hands together, and said: "In this way, the poor monk guessed what Li benefactor meant. He deliberately pushed Murong Yanzhao to the front, and when we were fighting fiercely with him, he sat back. The advantage of a fisherman. It's not that he doesn't send troops, but he wants to send troops at a critical moment..."

Wen Chengbu scolded: "What a cunning guy... In this way, we have to defeat Murong Yanzhao as soon as possible. The longer we stand in a stalemate with Murong Yanzhao, the easier it is for Li Qianpu to take advantage of us."

Ban Zhaxi clasped his hands together, and said with a slight smile, "This is a good thing for us too. Let benefactor Li's intentions be leaked to benefactor Murong. Let them fight for success in secret instead of fighting for merit in the open. Discord between generals and commanders is the same as that of soldiers. Taboo."

"Such benefactor Murong certainly doesn't want to allow benefactor Li to take advantage of the fisherman. With his aggressive character, he will only be more aggressive, so that he can monopolize the credit, and this gives us an opportunity to take advantage of..."

Wen Chengbu was in a good mood when he heard this, and he said proudly: "Then let Li Qianpu not be a fisherman in time, we have already arranged heavy troops around Ningtao Village, Dangcheng, Ningchuan Fort, and Bajin City along the upper reaches of the Yellow River , as long as Murong Yanzhao has the guts to cross the Yellow River, let him get by and not go back!"

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