Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2301 Doing a favor to help the world

  Taixing five years, in August.

  Wuwei.

  Zhang Liao and his entourage broke through the Qiang tribe staying in Duyeze, and went to Wuwei County to recuperate.

  The soft and red sunset slanted in front of my eyes, adding a little warmth to the cold wind.

  Zhang Liao stood on the broken city wall of Wuwei County, looking into the distance.

   This place was originally called Inozawa, because there were a lot of wild boars. Later, I don’t know if it was because the clerk who recorded the place name misheard, or thought that Inozawa was not very elegant, so it was changed to Tonozawa.

   Then, I don’t know if it’s because of the name change. When this Pig Nozawa became Tsunozawa, I gradually lost sight of wild boars…

  As for the Huns, they called this place Xiutuze, because it was once the place where the royal court of a Huns king Xiutu was located. Of course, there is no longer the Xiongnu King Xiutu here, only the aquatic plants are still growing and withering here year after year, looking forward to the evolution of the vicissitudes of life.

   Zhang Liao looked around, feeling an inexplicable feeling in his heart. Wuwei County was originally the place where the Han people preached the Wuwei of the Han people after they defeated King Xiutu of the Huns, but now it has been ruined, like a faded and dilapidated battle flag of the Han Dynasty, and the glory on the battle flag is also in time. , Faintly disappeared in the wind and rain. If it weren't for Hussar General Fei Qian, would this place have been completely forgotten in the dust of the desert?

   What Zhang Liao thought was not wrong. In fact, the Wuwei of the later generations is gone, only Guzang is left, and then changed its name to Wuwei, but changing a name does not change back to the martial spirit before the Han Dynasty.

  According to the battle plan formulated by Jia Xu, before encircling and suppressing the Qiang people, Zhang Liao first cut off the passage for the Qiang people to escape to the desert, and then squeezed together with Tai Shici to Zhangye.

  Here in Tonozawa is the only place to replenish aquatic plants in the surrounding area.

   Unless the Qiang people want to fight their way through the barren desert, or want to retreat to the desert, they have to go here.

Even if there are global positioning and navigation systems in later generations, traveling in uninhabited desert areas is still high risk, high death rate, and even the insurance company directly refuses to pay, not to mention the current big man, everything is based on human flesh, relying on the sun and stars for positioning In the era, if you accidentally lost the water supply and wanted to travel through the desert, it would be almost impossible.

  Footsteps came from behind, Zhang Liao turned his head slightly, it was Han Guo.

  As the secretary of the army, Han Guo began his career in Zhang Liao's army.

  『How is the inventory in the city going? ’ Zhang Liao asked.

Han Guo frowned slightly, "Reporting to the general, the people in the city had fled this place a few years ago, and now in the city... there are only a few old and weak Qiang people left... the warehouses are empty, and the Qiang people have left nothing behind. Just some cattle and sheep, and some miscellaneous cloth and felt, which may be useful. 』

  Zhang Liao nodded, and sighed slightly, "In the past, during the Western Qiang Rebellion, many of the people here moved to the interior, or fled to Guanzhong, or went to northern Sichuan, dragging their families with them, stretching for tens of miles..."

  Zhang Liao turned around, and then continued to look out, "This place was originally the place where the Han family Xuanwei was, where is Hanwei now?" The Qiang people underestimated us and became chaotic outrageously. This is how many people came from it. No wonder others...』

  When the country is strong, many problems are not a problem, but when the country is weak, many troubles start to come to the door. No matter how far you hide, it is useless.

   At this point, the country and the family are the same.

After going through wars, droughts and man-made disasters, some of the original cultivated fields around Wuwei have long been barren and become overgrown with weeds. Crows stand on dead branches against the cold wind, tilting their heads and staring at their red eyes. Look at these two-legged guys who can only fight to death on the ground.

The devastation of Wuwei shows the powerlessness of Qiang people in construction and creation. Of course, from the perspective of nomads, fixed houses and earthen walls and beams are useless burdens, so these nomads almost plundered Everything was gone, and everything that could not be moved was destroyed.

  『These Qiang people...』 Zhang Liao said with some emotion, 『Didn’t they realize that their lives are the same as they were ten years ago? Even similar to a hundred years ago? At the time of Heng Ling, the Qiang people plundered Longyou Pass like bandits, and during the Zhongping period, the Qiang people also plundered Xiliang...』

  Han Guo also nodded and said: "My lord once said that if you don't live in a fixed place, you will have no inheritance. After five generations, there will be no heirs... The same is true for the Huns, the same for the Xianbei, and the same for the Qiang people..."

  The long-term troubled times have made these Qiang people adapt to looting and killing as their way of life, and the preaching of benevolence, righteousness and morality alone cannot solve the problem at all. We can only restrain them on the right track with the law and land first, and then gradually use moral teaching to subtly influence them.

   Just like the Hussar General did...

  Genesis helps the world, scriptures teach.

   There was nothing to say all night, and after the sun rose again, the battlefield seemed to have a new change...

  Bei Gong is leading people, chasing Gao Wutong and others.

Zhangye lies on Qilian Mountain in the south, Heli Mountain and Longshou Mountain in the north, and the Heihe River runs through the whole area. Although the outside of the city is flat, the city is high and the river is deep, making it difficult to attack. In addition, people from Rile and other places moved to Zhangye, making the city The manpower of the garrison has increased a lot, so Beigong's original plan did not mean to attack Zhangye by force at the beginning, but wanted to focus on siege, and then through continuous defeat of the Han reinforcements, finally forced the Zhangye defenders to surrender.

  So when Beigong discovered the arrival of the first wave of reinforcements from Zhangye, he immediately launched an attack...

  But the subsequent changes gave Bei Gong a headache.

The partial army of the Protectorate of the Western Regions came from Jiuquan, as if they were afraid of the North Palace, but also seemed to be provocative. They neither took the initiative to attack nor fled. They just cruised far away and saw a small group of Qiang People are killed in one go, and then they are the main force away from Beigong.

Beigong had no choice but to design a trap first, and let a small group of Qiang people go to lure them, and then led a large army to follow behind. For some reason, these troops from the Western Regions Protectorate suddenly accelerated, and He seemed to be a little panicked, and dropped some flags and sundries that were too late to take away, as if he had discovered the large army of Bei Gong and others.

  The Qiang headman found Beigong and discussed whether to continue the pursuit according to the original plan, or to abandon the escaped troops of the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, these Han people probably found out that your Majesty has personally brought the army, so they speed up their escape..." A Qiang leader said, "There are only a thousand Han people in this part of the country, and there is no follow-up. The reinforcements, if we catch up immediately, we have an absolute advantage in numbers, and we will definitely be able to clean up this annoying bug! 』

  『The Han people are very cunning, I think it’s better for us to be more careful... 』 Another Qiang headman said, 『If the Han people keep running, should we just keep chasing them? To chase to Jiuquan, or to chase to Dunhuang? In that case, our team will be too long, just in case... I said, if there is a just in case...』

  『Then what happens? ’ A bearded Qiang headman waved his hands and said, ‘With the king leading us, we will surely win! Go after them and kill all these Han people! We want to let the Han people know how powerful we are! This land is ours! Don't try to bully us! Don't even think about collecting our money, cattle and sheep! 』

  Bei Gong thought about it, unconsciously swinging the horsewhip in his hand.

  『Your Majesty, there are only more than a thousand Han Chinese at most, and we have the upper hand in numbers! Even if they don't say total annihilation, they can be defeated! Otherwise, these Han people have been around us all the time, which is very annoying! 』

  『I think it’s better to be more cautious. We still don’t know how these Han people found out that we were coming, and then they chased us like this...』

  『What are you afraid of? We have a lot of people! Just hit it! 』

  Bei Gong thought for a long time, calculated the gains and losses, and finally decided to pursue. Because for a long time, although it is said that some Han military strongholds and cities have been conquered, in fact, they are basically either abandoned long ago, or the Han people themselves voluntarily gave up. These Han cavalry, on the one hand, are not many in number, on the other hand, if they are defeated, it will also help boost morale and prove that they have a good command...

  『Full speed pursuit! 』Bei Gong waved the whip in his hand fiercely, and said firmly.

  …(`dish)(`dish)(`dish)…

  『Gao Sima! The Qiang troops have already caught up! 』

  A scout galloped over quickly, reported loudly, and then turned the horse's head around without waiting for Gao Wutong to give any special instructions, and returned to scouting again.

  『The vanguard of the Qiang people is about 3,000, and the speed is extremely fast, and they have already reached 30 miles away...』

  『Gao Sima, the Qiang people have passed Pinggouzi! 』

   One scout after another rode horses, galloping around, bringing the breath before the battle to every soldier.

   Let's get serious!

  The soldiers became excited, and many began to check their equipment and weapons.

  Gao Wutong sat on the horseback. Although his face was as calm as possible, there was some excitement in his eyes.

  Are these Qiang people stronger or weaker than those Hu people in the Western Regions?

During this period of time, Lu Bu almost swept across the entire Western Region, beating the countries in the Western Region, big and small, howling. If they defended the city, they would be smashed to death by kerosene catapults. If they dared to go out of the city to fight, they would be killed by Lu Bu His nose was bruised and his face was swollen. In addition, the spheres of influence of these large and small countries are basically not too large, and some even have only one or two cities, so there is no strategic depth at all...

Most of these countries in the Western Regions are still in the political structure ruled by blood. Under the impact of Lu Bu and others, many countries have exposed the disadvantages of the theory of blood. When in danger, he behaved like no nobleman at all, and was even less **** than ordinary people. This led to the direct collapse of the beliefs of many countries in the Western Regions, and lost the basis for resistance...

Maybe in the years to come, people in these countries in the Western Regions may have awakened people to overthrow these corrupt blood nobles, but now, most of the countries in the Western Regions have to submit to Lu Bu's battle banner under.

Under such circumstances, Lu Bu's Protectorate of the Western Regions naturally acquired a large amount of wealth, and countless treasures from countries in the Western Regions flowed into the Protectorate of the Western Regions like water, but Lu Bu did not pay attention to this point, even He thinks this question is not a problem...

  Gao Wutong looked at Yun Er who was at the side.

   From a certain point of view, he just knows how to fight, um, Yun Er who fights is somewhat stupid.

   It's like Gao Wutong himself.

Gao Wutong felt that there were some problems in the Protectorate of the Western Regions, but no one listened to what he said, and he was even disgusting. Everyone scolded him as a fool. It happened that Jia Xu from Longyou provided such an opportunity, and it was natural This made the "Duo Duo of Fools" leave the Western Regions and come here.

  Yun Er rode a tall horse of various colors, kept looking back and muttering in his mouth, as if he disliked that the Qiang people's pursuit was not fast enough, and they couldn't start fighting immediately...

  『Don’t look, the Qiang people won’t arrive so soon...』 Gao Wutong pointed to the front and said to Yun Er, 『We are going there! The hillside over there is flat and wide, and it will be more beneficial for us to descend from the top...』

"Row! ”Yun Er muttered, “You have the final say! But when the time comes to fight, you can no longer put me behind! I want to rush ahead! 』

  Gao Wutong laughed and said, "This time the Qiang people are coming in a large force, you want to rush forward too?" 』

   "That's it..." Yun Er wanted to answer subconsciously, and then changed his words halfway and asked, "How many people?" 』

  『There are 3,000 people in the front, and there are about 6,000 people in the back...' Gao Wutong said, 『Are we now, only 1,200 people...how about it, do we still have to rush to the front? 』

  Yun Er stared, "Right at me as soon as you go!" 』

  Gao Wutong laughed loudly, and immediately rode forward. Not long after, the two arrived at the predetermined place. At the bottom of this small hill is a half-moon-shaped grassland with a radius of three or four miles. At the edge of the grassland, there are two other hills, with some bushes and woods growing.

"Arrived! ”Gao Wutong said in a deep voice, “Smoke up! 』

  Three streaks of black smoke rose into the sky, as if they were connected from the ground to the sky.

  Bei Gong raised his head and saw the wolf smoke in front of him, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

  『The smoke of the Han people! ’ a Qiang man exclaimed.

  Bei Gong gave that talkative Qiang a glance, so obvious wolf smoke, as long as he is not blind, how can he not see it? The question is what does this Han Chinese want to do? Could it be that there is an ambush ahead? Or are you asking for reinforcements? And where are the reinforcements of the Han people?

  Bei Gong straightened up on horseback, looking around.

  『King! 』The vanguard of the Qiang people sent soldiers to report that they had caught up with the Han people, but when they saw the beacon fire, they didn't know whether to attack immediately or wait for the Beigong to meet before making plans.

  『Order! Let the front keep an eye on the Han Chinese! Suspend the attack, and immediately send scouts around to investigate! Check to see if there are any Han Chinese in ambush! Bei Gong ordered after thinking for a moment, and then ordered the troops behind to slow down, shrink the queue, and began to send out scouts to search and investigate the surrounding area.

In the process of chasing the enemy, the most taboo thing is to pull a long queue, and then be cut off by the enemy, the head and the tail cannot look at each other, and then the order collapses. Therefore, after the Beigong saw the wolf smoke, the first reaction was to be on the lookout. The enemy forces, shrinking troops, slowed down and sorted out the queue.

   This is something that almost any army commander should do, but Beigong did not expect that when he gave the order to stop the Qiang vanguard in the front, the situation of the battle changed...

  The two sides confront each other.

Gao Wutong looked at the Qiang people lined up, and also looked at the various weapons in the hands of the Qiang people. When he saw the Qiang people holding spears and spears of different lengths, axes and knives, and even saw the bronze dagger. Still a little nervous, suddenly calmed down.

  Flags are waving.

  The war horses seemed to have foreseen the impending battle. They held their heads high, pricked up their ears, snorted loudly, and kicked their front hooves, as if they were urging and ready to accept orders for the battle at any time.

Gao Wutong was calm and composed, squinting his eyes to see some of the smoke and dust that had settled in the distance, he just laughed, and immediately raised his sword, and then the orderly in the queue immediately puffed up his cheeks, and blew the whistle that he had put on his mouth long ago. The horn of the bull, the sound of the long charging horn resounded through the entire hillside for a while.

  『The big man wins! 』

  『Wan Sheng! 』

The soldiers raised their weapons high, and let out earth-shattering shouts from their chests. It seemed that with the shouting, the blood in their bodies boiled up. Covered by the roar, the fear, panic, timidity, and all negative emotions in the hearts of the cavalry of the Han army in the Gao Wutong queue were all turned into clouds and smoke at this moment, and there was nothing left. Longing for the glory of iron, the bloom of blood!

  『Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…” Infected by this atmosphere, Yun Er also opened his eyes wide, blushed, raised the iron rod with all his strength, and roared hoarsely, like a bear roaring on a beautiful sheep.

  『Big man! Victory! kill! 』

  Gao Wutong gave the order to attack, and then led the people straight down from the hillside, rushing towards the Qiang formation on the grass.

The Qiang forwards were looking for a possible ambush, and even suspected that there was an ambush in the hills on the other side, so they specially sent people to search among the hills, forests and bushes. It was precisely because of this behavior that the Qiang people's formation was not All of them faced Gao Wutong's side. After Gao Wutong blew the horn of the charge without saying a word, he suddenly realized that Gao Wutong was the first to attack!

Although it was beyond the expectations of the Qiang people, and they understood that Gao Wutong and others occupied a certain geographical advantage from top to bottom, the Qiang headmen felt that they had an absolute advantage in numbers, so it was enough to offset those advantages of the Han people, so they immediately He shouted to the horn soldiers beside him: "Charge!" We charge too! 』

  The horn soldiers of the Qiang people also immediately blew the commonly used command to charge, but what the Qiang leader did not expect was that the surrounding Qiang people reacted a little strangely. For some reason, they seemed to be inexplicably slow.

   Or delay.

It's like a guy who doesn't know a certain dormitory is downloading a large amount of learning materials, and then slows down the Internet speed of the whole building, making the entered command stuck on the interface for a while, before the Qiang people reacted, according to the command, loudly Shouting made the Qiang cavalry start to speed up...

  (end of this chapter)