I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 399, Xiliang Chaos
Xu Wei looked at Jia Xu and asked, "How many troops do we need to fully attack Xiliang?"

Jia Xu knew that Xu Wei wanted to occupy Xiliang for less!If there are too many troops, it will not be able to support the big work!

So Jia Xu said: "It will take a lot of food, grass and time to fully occupy Xiliang, but if we only occupy Beidi County and Anding County, and establish a buffer zone with Ma Teng and the others, it will be difficult for Xiliang rebels to harass Bingzhou. With only 5 soldiers and horses, Ma Teng and the others are short of food, so it is impossible to fight us head-on! Naturally, it is impossible to resist our attack!"

"And as long as our Dagan army occupies Beidi County and Anding County, they can use food to lure people in other places in Xiliang to join them. In Xiliang now, whoever can get food can gain a firm foothold in Xiliang. Even Ma Teng and Han Sui's subordinates will be attracted by us, and even if we don't attack, we can make Ma Teng and Han Sui's forces disappear!"

Xu Wei doesn't like passive defense. Since the war is inevitable, Xu Wei prefers to take the initiative to break into the enemy's territory and keep the war away from Dagan's land!
Then Xu Wei ordered Wang Lei of the Governor's Mansion in Mobei to summon 4 cavalry, and he took the artillery battalion and the first cavalry battalion to go north to Fushi County, preparing to completely wipe out Ma Teng and Han Sui!

At the beginning of September, they were caught off guard by Ma Teng and the others, and the army reacted quickly. The militiamen in Shangjun and Shuofang counties quickly assembled and began to gather on the side close to Guanzhong.

In less than 10 days, Shangjun and Shuofang counties assembled 10 troops to guard the counties and counties. After taking precautions, it became very difficult for Ma Teng and the others to attack Dagan, no matter ordinary villages or towns. There are a large number of militiamen guarding against their surprise attack. As soon as they see them, the militiamen will light a beacon and pass on their location information. At this time, Wang Lei quickly rushed over with 2 cavalry.

Ma Teng and Han Sui found that Wang Lei's army was only half of theirs, so they wanted to annihilate Wang Lei's cavalry so that they could continue to plunder Bingzhou!
So the armies of the two sides met in the wilderness of Gaonu!

Compared with the Dagan cavalry who have been completely ironized, Ma Teng and Han Sui's armaments have not improved over the years. They are still made of iron swords and leather armor, and many of them don't even have leather armor!There is no modern difference in the weapon yet, but there is already a modern difference in the armor.

Not to mention that Ma Teng and Han Sui's Xiliang rebels have not fought any major wars in recent years, and what they have done most is to maintain robbery with hundreds of people, but the Dagan army has fought against the big man many times In the battle of hundreds of thousands of people, it can be said that the Xiliang rebels are no longer comparable to the big men and the big gangs in terms of tactics and combat effectiveness.The Xiliang rebels who had cholera in the past have become horse thieves and bandits!

Such an army could not be the opponent of the Dagan army. Wang Lei's attack on them was very simple. First, he fired a flying thunder cannon, which knocked Ma Teng's army back on their backs, and then led the cavalry to charge up to fight Ma Teng and the others hand-to-hand!Only one charge completely defeated the coalition forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui!
Han Sui is famous for being a long-legged general. He was also the leader of the first batch of rebels in Xiliang back then. Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, and even the kingdoms behind were all dead. He lived well because of his good looks. With the ability to steer the rudder, when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately led his army to flee to Xiliang, and sold Ma Teng and Li Jue!
Wang Lei's army outflanked and almost wiped out all the subordinates of Ma Teng and Li Jue. Ma Teng and Li Jue tried their best to escape from Wang Lei's pursuit. After a great battle, half of Ma Teng and Li Jue's subordinates were wiped out !
But after this battle, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Li Jue were all terrified, and they didn't dare to stay in Bingzhou any longer, so they had to flee back to Xiliang in desperation!

And not long after the war ended, Xu Wei's reinforcements came to Shangjun!
Wang Lei led his men to meet Xu Wei outside Gaonu City!

He saw Xu Wei excitedly said: "Government!"

Xu Wei also laughed and patted Wang Lei on the shoulder and said: "Wang Lei, we haven't seen each other for several years, and now you are getting stronger and stronger. 2 cavalrymen fought 4 Xiliang rebels, and you all fled Already!"

Wang Lei smiled and said, "It's Ma Teng and Han Sui who haven't made any progress in the past few years. At any rate, they were as rebellious as us. Now we have occupied the whole of Hebei and established a brand new country."

"But they haven't thought about making progress these years. They haven't rushed out of Xiliang, and even Xiliang hasn't been built well. Their subordinates are like horse thieves, and they even do the same things as horse thieves. They know how to rob us if they don't have food. , They don’t know about construction at all, and they are no longer worthy of being our enemies!”

Xu Wei also lamented in the first battle. You must know that the Xiliang rebels could be regarded as the most powerful enemy of the Han Dynasty. The million Yellow Turban Army did not use the Central Army of 10 Han to suppress them, but they were treated like this.

There are also many famous generals who suppressed them. Dong Zhuo, Huangfusong, and even Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian and other later generations of princes have come to Xiliang, but even they have not suppressed the Xiliang rebels, which shows how powerful they are. !

But now they have a large army of 20 soldiers, and there is no less than 10 troops from the various princes of the Han Dynasty. The princes of all walks of life are trying to make their soldiers fully iron, and the starting point of the Xiliang rebels is higher than that of the princes of the Han Dynasty. There are too many, but now they have become unscrupulous horse thieves, and they have not attacked at all in these years!

The same is true of their original history. The separatist forces that originally required the entire Han Dynasty to suppress, but they did not appear in the years when the princes fought for hegemony!After decades of chaos for the whole big man, Cao Cao who occupies half of the big man can easily suppress them!Cutting beards and throwing gowns became the last glory of the Xiliang rebels!

Wang Lei took Xu Wei all the way to the Shangjun government office!

Xu Wei smiled and said: "This time I brought troops to support you, mainly to see if there is a chance to capture Xiliang. If it is not difficult, we will completely solve the problem of Xiliang. If it is difficult, we will occupy Beiliang." Di County and Anding County, build a buffer zone for Bingzhou to reduce the occurrence of incidents like this!
At this time, Wang Lei reviewed: "The ruling, this time I was careless, which made Ma Teng and the others rush into Bingzhou to burn, kill and loot!"

Xu Wei stopped him and said, "Bingzhou and Xiliang have a defense line of several thousand miles. Ma Teng and the others want to sneak attack, but it is impossible for you to defend against it. You are already credited for defeating Ma Teng and the others quickly!"

Then Xu Wei said seriously: "I just want to ask you now, how sure are we of 5 cavalry occupying Xiliang?"

Wang Lei thought for a while and said, "As for the information on Xiliang, Li Ru, the chief historian, has been collecting it all the time. Let Li Ru answer the question of governance!"

Li Ru immediately came out and said: "The rebels in Xiliang are not a threat at all! This year's drought has caused the entire Xiliang to collapse, and now they can only rely on robbery to survive! But now Ma Teng and Han Sui have not grabbed much at all. As long as our army attacks, their Xiliang rule will surely collapse!"

"Moreover, Niu Fu came to join us not long ago. With Niu Fu as our guide, we can quickly gain a foothold in Xiliang, and then rely on the advantage of food and grass to quickly defeat the rebels in Xiliang!"

Xu Wei asked strangely: "Why did Niu Fu join us?"

Xu Wei remembered that most of Niu Fu’s former subordinates of Dong Zhuo’s had gone to Xiliang to become kings and hegemons. He didn’t believe that Niu Fu would take refuge in him without being a good tyrant. As the boss, they would never be younger brothers, let alone run away to be their own younger brothers. He and Niu Fu have never met before!
Li Ru hated iron but said: "This is a waste, even my own subordinates can't control him. He was driven out of Wuwei County by his own subordinates, so he had to rely on his subordinates. The subordinates think he is still useful. That’s why we took him in!”

In the organization of Dong Zhuo Liangzhou Legion, Dong Zhuo was the boss, and several Zhonglang generals, such as Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Yan, Hu Zhen, etc., were subordinate to the Zhonglang generals, such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, etc., these are the core of Dong Zhuo.

It can be said that Niu Fu was the No. [-] figure in the Xiliang Army after Dong Zhuo's death, but after Dong Zhuo's death, he was greedy for life and feared death. He either wanted to join the imperial court or escape to his hometown in Xiliang. All the generals looked down on Niu Fu, so when Chang'an rebelled, he was excluded from the core of Dong Zhuo's generals.

In history, Niu Fu defeated Li Su with only a small number of troops in his hands, but he was cowardly and suspicious, and killed Dong Yue with suspicion. He was also afraid of an army mutiny, abandoned the army and fled, and was killed by his followers.

But his fate in this world is better, even if he is excluded, he doesn't care about it. With Xu Wei's containment, Dong Zhuo's subordinates basically returned to Xiliang alive, which is much better than their historical ending.

Niu Fu took tens of thousands of his confidants to occupy his hometown in Wuwei County, and became the king of Wuwei County. He started to dominate the Wuwei County. They also wantonly crusade against the tribes of the Qiang people, robbing the war horses of these tribes and selling them to the Central Plains. With this way of making money, Niu Fu's life is better than that in Dong Zhuo's hands!
But he is too greedy. He makes money every day, but the soldiers in his hands don't even get much soup. If this is the case, it's fine. After all, in this troubled world, everyone's requirements are very low, as long as they can eat Just be full!

Following Niu Fu, the boss, can barely earn a living, and at this time, the big man is actually the most stable in Xiliang, and the Central Plains is full of hundreds of thousands of troops fighting. These old fritters are frightened when they hear it. If they stay in the Central Plains, they will die. undoubtedly!

In Xiliang, at most, the Qiang people were beaten. In the past, the Huns and Xianbei would invade Xiliang, but now the Huns and Xianbei have been annexed by Lei Gong. Lei Gong looks down on Xi Liang and will not attack at all. Here, the other princes of Xiliang and Niu Fu are old friends, and everyone will not attack the remote Wuwei County, so Niu Fu's territory actually feels a bit like a paradise!

But this year's drought completely collapsed the Xiliang Taoyuan in Wuwei County. The soldiers under Niu Fu couldn't even satisfy the simplest requirement of being full. He didn't cultivate and grow grain in his hometown, and usually went to other places to buy grain to survive, but like this year's once-in-a-hundred-year drought, everyone began to restrict grain exports, even Niu Fu's friends were the same, losing foreign food. Grain, the price of grain in Wuwei County has exceeded sky-high prices, and the price of grain per stone exceeds 10 yuan, which is affordable for soldiers here and there.

And Niu Fu himself refused to use his wealth to support these soldiers. He even felt that there were too many soldiers in his hands. There were not many people in Wuwei County, so he couldn't afford to support so many soldiers, and the forces around him didn't care at all that he had No matter how many troops there are, he can't win any of them anyway, and it doesn't seem to matter if he raises fewer soldiers.

So Niu Fu came up with the idea of ​​disarmament!If you can't afford it, just cut some, Xiliang has no shortage of soldiers!
This offended all his subordinates. In the year of the catastrophe, Niu Fu actually wanted to drive them out of the barracks. Niu Fu himself ate meat and refused to give his subordinates bones. , and wanted to kill them in such a catastrophic year, Niu Fu did this to drive out all the soldiers under his hands!
The Xiliang army had seen the world back then, and they had gone through many mutinies and rebellions. Since Niu Fu, the boss, refused to give him a way to survive, they could only find a way to survive.

So the [-] Xiliang army in his hands rebelled, rushed directly into Niu Fu's house, and killed Niu Fu's family. Luckily, Niu Fu escaped to heaven with some personal guards!

After escaping from Wuwei County, Niu Fu thought for a long time and decided to join Li Ru in Shuofang County!And Niu Fu was a little luckier than in history, he really came to Shuofang County alive to meet Li Ru!
The reason why Niu Fu took refuge in Li Ru was because the two of them were still relatives. Back then, Niu Fu was the son of Dong Zhuo's subordinates. He was deeply loved by Dong Zhuo. He married his eldest daughter to Niu Fu when he was just an adult, and arranged for him to join the army. , quickly became General Zhonglang, and even became the No. [-] core of the Xiliang Army!And Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's second favorite confidant. He married his second daughter to Li Ru. In this respect, Li Ru should be called Niu Fu's brother-in-law!
When Jia Xu heard the news, he said happily: "If we can occupy Weiwu County, it will be equivalent to cutting off the connection between Xiliang and Ma Teng and the others! At that time, we can divide our troops into three groups to encircle Ma Teng and the others. , the first army went directly south from Weiwu County, attacking Hanyang, Jincheng, and Longxi counties.

"The second army is attacking in the southeast direction. Anding County and Beidi County will completely divide Han Sui and Ma Teng's forces, making it difficult for them to support each other."

"The third army will attack Beidi County and Anding County from Shangjun, so that Ma Teng and Han Sui can only flee to Guanzhong. If they force Ma Teng and Han Sui to fight Yuan Shao, we may even die. It will be of great benefit for us to attack the Central Plains in the future!"

(End of this chapter)