Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 607 Returning Bravely
At the end of the 20th year of Xiping, all the southern troops were mobilized to move beyond the Great Wall.

Ever since Dong Zhuo fought Guishuang, the Southern Army had never set out on such a large scale. Naturally, Zhang Liao led the army, and the [-]th Battalion under his command was also fully prepared. The crazy drill competition was still interrupted by Zhang Liao, and the army was about to Before setting off, the soldiers had to preserve their physical strength before they could go on an expedition beyond the Great Wall. However, after this competition, the military generals in each ministry had already integrated into their own army, chatting and laughing happily with the school lieutenant and the like.

Only Lu Yi was excluded by the others.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Liao did not intervene. Lu Yi is not stupid. On the contrary, he is a very smart person. He will definitely have a solution. Zhang Liao thought so, and at a time when it was not suitable to send troops, he launched a campaign outside the Great Wall , The so-called area outside the Great Wall originally referred to the northwest of Bingliang and the southwest of Liangyi. In the northwest of Bingliang, there were a large number of Xianbei, Huns, and even many different tribes. However, after the establishment of Xinzhou and Hezhou, these Either people have become citizens of these two states, or they have moved away.

Therefore, the northwestern region of Bingzhou and Liangzhou has become the territory of the Han Dynasty, that is, it is included in Xinzhou. There is no such thing as a so-called foreign race. It borders the state, where there are a large number of aboriginals and Qiang people. In fact, most of these Qiang people have followed the Han army to conquer the surrounding soldiers, and have had their own kings one after another. Unfortunately, bad luck always meets them. Meet people you shouldn't meet.
Every time they were hit, they were able to recover, but last time, they met Duan Jiong, who directly cut off their king, which made them sink for decades, and they couldn't recover. Surprisingly, they later incited the Qiang people in Liangzhou to stir up a rebellion within the Han Dynasty, and encountered Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Qieli Tuo, and now Zhang Liao.

If it’s just a blind war, it’s fine. The hateful thing is that the big man changed his previous strategy. After Emperor Xiaokang, the frontier area implemented a more gentle policy, and a large number of Xiongnu, Qiang, Wuhuan, Di, etc. were taken in, distributed land, and taught farming. , literacy and hyphenation, allowed them to participate in the assessment, and can serve as local officials. Now there are a large number of Qiang people in the southern army. This series of changes has completely collapsed the bandits outside the Great Wall.

They lost the support and response of their fellow tribesmen in the Han Dynasty, and even their own tribal people fled in groups and went to the territory of the Han Dynasty, where they lived for more than 40 years. Up to now, the third generation of children are singing Yayan nursery rhymes on weekdays , Speaking of the Liangzhou dialect, they are even more like Liangzhou people than Liangzhou people. This directly destroys their foundation. The temple also thought about incorporating this place into the territory of the Han Dynasty and managing it.

However, many ministers in the DPRK are against it. They even want to give up Liangzhou, let alone this land outside the Great Wall?

There is no benefit to getting it, but it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to manage it, and the gain outweighs the gain.

However, since the time of Sun Jian, the strength of many thieves outside the Great Wall has been unable to threaten the territory of Liangzhou, but they still maintain the tradition of often going to the outside of the Great Wall to train troops, which has continued to this day. I was sitting in the middle army, and the army was marching towards the outside of the Great Wall. As soon as they left Liangzhou, they encountered small-scale bandits, horse bandits, and Ma Chao and Zhao Yun. They attacked together, but they captured hundreds of prisoners .

The captives were left with Lu Yi, and the rest continued to advance.

It was originally winter, and the winter here is even colder. There is snow everywhere, making it difficult for the soldiers to advance. Zhang Liao insisted on going out at this time. As an army, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Southern Army. After entering the core area, Zhang Liao directly implemented the strategy of dividing the army, scattered all the twelve battalions, and carried out arrests and suppression in a scattered manner.

At the same time, he strictly ordered his subordinates not to kill civilians for military merit.

Everyone left one after another. It wasn't the first time they came here, and they were relatively familiar with it. Zhang Liao told them the area where they gathered and the time, but Lu Yi was still kept by his side. After all, Lu Yi came here for the first time, I don't know the terrain and environment here, so it's better to stay by my side and feel at ease. Zhang Liao is not as eager as other generals. Together with Lu Yi's troops, he rushed towards the assembly area in a calm manner.

Lu Yi also understood in his heart that this was his first expedition outside the Great Wall, and he was unlikely to have any chance to make meritorious deeds. He had to observe and study more. It was good to follow Zhang Liao. People walked all the way, on the road, occasionally saw some gray-faced herdsmen wrapped in sweaters. These people were very vigilant against the incoming army. The thieves outside the Great Wall often made a living by plundering them.

Lu Yi immediately sent his soldiers to chat with them. All the soldiers under his command were Qiang people. When these people talked with the herdsmen, the herdsmen were shocked. They knew that this army, the Han army, was different from bandits. , They never violated the common people, even if there were violations, as long as they told the riders, they would deal with them, but for so long, they have not seen any Qiang people in this army.

The soldiers persuaded them along the way, telling them how beautiful the life of the people in the Han Dynasty was, and telling them that if they don't want to stay here and suffer persecution from bandits, they can go to Liangzhou and Yizhou. , but they are more convincing than other soldiers. Just persuading them all the way, it has moved many people, and they all have a yearning for this powerful country.

Occasionally, when bandits plundered the herdsmen, Zhang Liao would not take action and let Lu Yi handle it.

"The weather here is not right. If you feel dizzy or have any discomfort, please let me know." Zhang Liao just ordered Lu Yi, and didn't say much.

In fact, Zhang Liao didn't need to say much, Lu Yi already felt the difference here. The group of people advanced like this, and along the way, they could often see traces of battles. This was naturally left by the previous army. Many battalions gained a lot. Many, such a large-scale expedition by the southern army, not to mention such a season, caused heavy damage to the enemy, because the Han army had never launched an expedition in this season, so they were not prepared for the battle.

And none of the twelve battalions is easy to provoke. They have hardly suffered any major wartime deaths along the way. Some fell into the valley, but none died in battle. No one can resist such an attack. The gathering place was getting closer and closer, but the thieves outside the Great Wall were not enough to kill. Ma Chao's battalion alone captured more than 4000 thieves. With such a mighty team, the thieves fled.

Lu Yi chatted with Zhang Liao all the way, gradually approaching the gathering place.

"what!!!!"

With a loud roar, Lu Yi was taken aback, and quickly grabbed the reins. Zhang Liao had already drawn his long sword. Looking around, the soldiers were all posing to fight, but there was no one around. Yi feels a little chilly in his heart, there are only voices but no shadows, what's going on?Just as he was thinking, a few people jumped out of the snow in front of him. Lu Yi hurriedly looked at them. There were only four people, and it seemed that they were not bandits.

But they are not like herdsmen, they don't have livestock, and their clothes are also different. What's more, the place where they are buried has been explored by soldiers just now. Can ordinary people hide themselves so well?If they hadn't opened their mouths, I'm afraid that the army would have passed by like this, and they would not be found at all.

There were four people in total, two of them were supporting one, and the other was howling at the Han army.

Lu Yi looked at the soldiers beside him and said, "Go over and ask, who are they?"

The soldiers nodded and walked towards them. The man at the head looked at the Han army and howled like crazy. He fell to his knees on the ground, tore his hair, and then burst into tears. , such a crazy appearance, the soldiers were a little scared, walked up to them, and asked in Qiang language: "Who are you?!"

Those people looked at him in a daze, and then at the Han army.

The four of them were a little excited, and a little collapsed. The person who was being supported said tremblingly, "We are the Han army, we are the Han army."

The Qiang soldiers were shocked and hurried back to report.

"What?? Han Army?? How is it possible?? Apart from my Southern Army, which Han Army will appear here?" Zhang Liao was a little surprised when he heard this, but got off his horse again, walked in front of them, and knelt on the ground. The weeping man helped him up, and the supported man seemed to be their leader. Zhang Liao looked at them with some doubts, and asked, "Which battalion are you guys from the Han army?"

It was only then that he saw clearly that both legs of the person being supported had been crippled, and everything below the knees had been cut off.

The appearance of this person is really scary, the whole face has been burnt, extremely ferocious.

The four of them stood in front of Zhang Liao, the leader's lips were trembling all the time, and tears dripped down his face.

"The Bravery Camp is here!!!!!!"

Zhang Liao's face changed, he widened his eyes, looked at the people in front of him, and shouted: "Come here!! Get hot water quickly!! Get food!!!", the soldiers quickly got busy , Lu Yi also came over, supported a few people, took them to the carriage, let them sit down, changed their winter clothes for them, and drank hot water, these people seemed to have some energy.

"My gentlemen, are you soldiers of the Valiant Battalion??"

"Exactly. A long time ago, we went to Guishuang. Many people got separated on the way, and some people rushed out of the sea of ​​fire on Yangjia Mountain. I was one of them. We got together and were hunted down by Guishuang people. Keep chasing, keep running, we fled to Nanguishuang, fled into the mountains, towards the big man, kept walking, kept walking, there were only four of us left, what happened to the war?? Did we win? ?” The leader suddenly raised his head and asked.

"We won. King Guishuang was killed."

"Then do you know the leader of the Valiant Battalion? Lieutenant Gongsun, what about him?" the lame soldier asked in a panic.

"He's still alive, he's fine, he's in Luoyang now."

The lame soldier smiled gratifiedly, nodded, and said, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive, I still have a brother."

His voice became smaller and smaller, and he closed his eyes slowly. Zhang Liao was taken aback, and quickly stretched out his hand to check his breath. He was huddled in his coat, skinny, and his whole body was huddled up, eyes closed, sleeping soundly forever .

"Junhou!! Junhou!!"

Seeing the other three crying bitterly, Zhang Liao stood for a long time, then took two steps back and knelt down on one knee.

He gave a humble military salute to the unknown military marquis.

(End of this chapter)