This Lou Zibo can actually represent the Tomb Sect with full powers, and he often uses the word "we", what is his relationship with the Tomb Sect? Is it really as the grapevine said, he and Fairy Li are a pair of loving lovers, and it is only because of the rule that the head of the Tomb Sect is not allowed to marry that it has not been made clear to the world?

Liu Yu, who restrained his "gossip" thoughts, said to Lou Zibo: "It's almost time...... Master, you sit down first, and when I destroy the Qiang soldiers, let's drink the celebration wine together!" ”

"Please wait, Lord Wang.;." Liu Yu, who turned around and was about to leave, was stopped by Lou Zibo: "Lord Wang, the mountain people won't stay here, the ancient tomb faction is still waiting for a reply!" The sooner the mountain people go back, the sooner they can rest assured! ”

"Okay, you wait." Considering that it was really unnecessary for Lou Zibo to stay here, Liu Yu agreed to his proposal and quickly wrote two official letters. One is an approval letter to reward 2,000 acres of fertile land at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain to the ancient tomb faction, and the other is to ask the local government to send a batch of daily necessities to the ancient tomb faction for emergency relief.

Seeing off Lou Zibo, who was so grateful, Liu Yu did not delay for a moment, and braved the pouring rain to come to the front line. After more than half an hour of scouring and soaking, the originally dry and hard ground has turned into a loose mud swamp. Thousands of iron carts weighing thousands of pounds were stuck in the mud and were in a dilemma.

Originally, the Qiang soldiers wanted to set up camp at the beginning of the heavy rain, but they were desperately pursued by Wei Yan sent by Liu Yu, and it was not until now that they could not move, they became panicked. The timing of Liu Yu's arrival was just right, and the encirclement network of the Han army could be formed. Liu Yu naturally didn't wait any longer. At the sound of the order, 40,000 light cavalry, who had already held their breath, swarmed out in the face of the heavy rain.

Speaking of which. The strength of the enemy and us is about the same, except that one is a "light cavalry" and the other is an "iron chariot soldier". It's a pity that in such an environment, all the "iron chariot soldiers" have been converted into "infantry". How can an infantry without heavy defense be an opponent of the "light cavalry" with bows and crossbows and guns and knives in hand?

Ten thousand arrows were fired, and the chaotic Qiang soldiers fell in an instant. The rest immediately hid behind the iron cart. If all the iron carts can be combined to form an "iron bucket array", then our army's bows and crossbows may really fail. It's a pity that most of the current iron cars are already in separate formations, leaving a huge gap between them for two horses to gallop together.

Light cavalry against light infantry. The result of an army with a rainbow of morale against an army with low morale is already self-evident.

Liu Yu smiled faintly, and shouted in a majestic and lofty voice: "Stop." As soon as his words came out, the offensive of the Han army slowed down. And gradually formed an encirclement outside the Qiang soldiers' assembly place. "Qiang cubs. I believe you also know that today is your end. Now the king is merciful and gives you a chance to live. If you are willing to surrender to me, put down your weapons and sit down on the spot......"

The pouring rain did not affect the spread of Liu Yu's voice, but the Qiang soldiers just looked at each other, and none of them responded to Liu Yu's call. Liu Yu was furious in his heart, snorted coldly, and was about to give the order to besiege and kill. But a man beside him said, "Master, please let the slave give it a try." ”

Liu Yu turned his head to look. This person is none other than the left bearded Shohachi, who has become the centurion of the back army and has dutifully guarded his side since the beginning of the war. "Oh, do you have a way?"

"Returning to the master, the slave has served as a pioneer general for several years, and has a certain prestige among the Qiang soldiers. Although there is no guarantee that everyone will surrender, it is still possible to call thousands of people to submit! Seeing that Liu Yu nodded in agreement, Zuo Zhangba immediately slapped his horse and went out of battle, shouting towards the Qiang soldiers' position: "Little ones, if you don't surrender quickly, what are you waiting for?" Do you really want to die? Don't forget, there are still kind grandma and beautiful girls waiting for you in your hometown, are you willing to die like this......"

Under Zuo Zhangba's hard speech, as he said, there were ** Qianqiang soldiers who put down their weapons and sat in the mire. After Zuo Zhangba completed his task, Liu Yu did not give the order to attack, but said: "Qiang cubs, I limit you to get out of the way before I count to 'three'. Otherwise, you'll all stay here forever! As soon as Liu Yu's words fell, the cavalry circle surrounded by him immediately opened a big opening.

This kind of change made the Qiang soldiers who were already preparing to fight to the death stunned, and when they were puzzled and stunned, Liu Yu's first count had already been merciless! Then, just when their minds had not yet recovered and their hearts were still in a state of panic, Liu Yu's lips opened slightly, and he coldly said another number: "Two!" ”

A ghost horn sounded, and immediately there were countless screams and strange howls in response, and in an instant, I saw a figure swaying, and the steps were urgent, and all the remnants of the Qiang soldiers who could still move had already run for their lives with their legs, and fled out of the gap in the encirclement in panic.

After hearing Liu Yu's order, Wei Yan, who was accompanying him, asked curiously, "Lord Wang, why did you suddenly show great mercy today and let go of all the remnants of this group of Qiang soldiers?" ”

Liu Yu said indifferently: "Oh, is that what you think? ”

Wei Yan said in surprise: "In fact, you have forgiven them......

Liu Yu pursed his lips and smiled but did not answer, Wei Yan was about to ask again, but outside the encirclement, there was suddenly a terrible and terrible scream from afar, which was faintly mixed with angry scolding and the crisp sound of the bowstring!

Wei Yan was stunned and asked, "What is that?" ”

Liu Yu smiled, raised his hand, and said, "You are also a veteran of the battlefield, why can't you even hear what this is?" Bun Chang, this is the screams of people in great pain and the groans of despair before their lives! ”

Wei Yan touched his head, looked at the large army that turned around and galloped towards the screaming place, and said suspiciously: "This Weichen knows, but why is this happening?" ”

His eyes were clear and cold, and Liu Yu said gloomily: "There is a small hillside two miles away from the gap, where there are three thousand Beiwei troops in ambush. I have given orders that if anyone escapes, they should be pursued and shot, and now they are doing so. ”

Wei Yan became more and more puzzled: "Lord Wang, with the combat effectiveness of our army. You can completely explain all the Qiang soldiers here, why do you have to ......"

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Liu Yu couldn't help but smile and said, "You want to say why I want to do this, right?" ”

"Please forgive me!" Wei Yan turned over and dismounted with a panicked expression. Kneeling in muddy water.

"Get up, let's go back." While pulling his horse to the camp, Liu Yu explained to Wei Yan, who was eager to learn: "The Qiang soldiers' iron chariots are in a mess, although they can't form a formation to protect themselves, but at the same time, it will also make our army's movement inconvenient. In order to avoid unnecessary losses for our troops, I will lure the Qiang soldiers out of the open area that is conducive to the movement of cavalry. ”

Wei Yan gasped and said in horror, "Lord Wang." It turns out that you didn't really want to release them, but drove them to the ghost gate......"

Liu Yu said calmly: "Being merciful to the enemy is tantamount to being cruel to yourself. Let alone. These jackal minions don't deserve pity at all! ”

Faint howls, cries, cries of killing, and nightmares came from afar. His voice was sad. Soul-shangling! Wei Yan shuddered slightly, and then shook his head vigorously. I don't know if I want to shake off the rain on my head, or if I want to throw that throbbing out of my heart!

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Two hours later, the pouring rain finally stopped, and Wei Yan also came to report the results to Liu Yu! In fact, the real battle ended more than an hour ago, but it still takes time to sort out the statistics after the war, so it will be delayed until now.

"Lord Wang. Our army has won a great victory! Wei Yan smiled very happily, probably because today's battle vented his sullen anger that he had been depressed these days!

Nodding. Liu Yu asked lightly: "Is the battle still going well?" ”

"It went so well! Moreover, our army also captured the prince of Qiang, Cheriji! ”

"Oh?" Liu Yu smiled and praised: "I didn't expect to catch Cherrigie, good job!" ”

"Hehe...... Wei Yan smirked a little embarrassed and asked, "Lord Wang, do you want to interrogate this prince of Qiang, Weichen has already brought him!" ”

"Let's talk about it later!" Liu Yu shook his head and said, "Have the results been counted?" ”

"It's all out, lord!" Wei Yan flipped through the booklet he was holding and began his report: "In this battle, our army killed more than 36,000 Qiang soldiers, and after the battle of encirclement and suppression began, we followed the instructions of the prince and did not leave a single prisoner. ”

"Good." Liu Yu nodded and asked, "How many Qiang soldiers did we recruit beforehand?" ”

"About 9,400 people." Wei Yan said this, and after a slight roar, he continued: "However, nearly four thousand and two hundred of them are wounded soldiers, and Wechen has already sent a military doctor to treat their injuries. ”

"Well done. Now that they have surrendered, they are our comrades-in-arms, and we can't snub them! Liu Yu affirmed Wei Yan's approach, and asked, "Have all the iron carts of the Qiang soldiers been recovered?" ”

"Our army has collected a total of 5,000 iron carts, of which only 4,653 are intact and can be used directly on the battlefield!"

Ninety percent of the captured equipment can continue to be used, which is already very good, Wei Yan, this kid, still uses the word "only" full of regrets, it seems that he is also a very greedy person!

"Bring all the iron carts back to the Ordnance Department and have them melt them down into weapons!" According to the calculation of at least 800 catties of an iron car, these armored vehicles made of pig iron weigh 4 million catties, which is almost equivalent to the iron ore mine in Bingzhou in one year. Now the territory of the Qiang people should be Qinghai in later generations, Liu Yu doesn't remember that there are any huge iron mines in Qinghai that can make the Qiang people waste iron resources so much? …… Maybe it's due to the difference in time and space!

"Lord Wang, why don't you equip the iron car into our army?" Wei Yan asked suspiciously.

"Do you think it's necessary for this kind of bulky guy to be equipped into our army?" Liu Yu has always felt that although the rudimentary armored unit of the "Iron Cavalry" is very good in terms of impact and defense, its limitations are also very high. Its requirements for terrain and environment made Liu Yu not optimistic about it, so he did not plan to generate this new type of troops in the army.

Wei Yan, who was dialed by Liu Yu, suddenly thought of the defects of the iron car, and immediately nodded and praised: "It's still the prince, you can see far away!" ”

"Less sycophants." Liu Yu scolded with a smile, and then asked, "The military supplies loaded on the iron car should have also been seized, right?" ”

"Yes. Rajah! Wei Yan looked at the book and said, "In addition to pots and pans, weapons and tents, there are two thousand one hundred and twenty-four iron carts loaded with grain and grass, and the number of them is about twenty-one thousand six hundred stones. ”

So it seems. When the Qiang people sent out their troops, they should have only brought about 40,000 stone of grain and grass, which was enough to eat for four months according to its 50,000 soldiers and horses. Is it confident that it will defeat our army in four months, or is it going to fight for war? Liu Yu raised his eyebrows and asked, "How about the casualties of our army?" ”

In Liu Yu's opinion, the casualties of the Han army should not be too large. After all, there was no frontal hard fighting, and the enemy's morale was greatly demoralized. Wei Yan's answer was as he expected: "In this battle, our army only lost 772 people and more than 3,800 were wounded. ”

Nodding in satisfaction. Liu Yu said: "You have worked hard today, go down and rest early!" By the way, when you go out, by the way, ask someone to send that Cherrigi over! ”

"Yes. Rajah. Wechen retires! ”

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"You are the Qiang prince Cheriji?" Liu Yu looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief, because he had a jade face and red lips, he looked like a son of a beautiful family, without any alien characteristics.

"Qiang Prince Cheriji has seen the Han prince." At this time, Cherrigi was completely aristocratic.

"No courtesy." Liu Yu said lightly: "Your country has always been subordinate to my Han, why do you want to raise an army and rebel against the lord this time?" This is not Liu Yu's nonsense, the relationship between the Qiang and the Han is indeed much better than that of Xianbei, Shanyue and other foreign races.

Liu Yu's impassivity made Cherrigi not sure what Liu Yu was thinking, so he could only say truthfully: "My country has always gone to Chang'an to worship the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and this time it is also Lord Han Sui who passed on the edict of the Son of Heaven. I want our country to send troops to help the Han Dynasty sweep away the rebellion......"

"Oh, in your minds. Is the royal division led by this king a rebel? Liu Yu's expression was slightly cold.

Liu Yu's cold expression immediately made Cherrigi "hot", and he explained with sweat on his forehead: "The prince is angry. Our country also knows that the Luoyang court represented by the prince is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. It's just that the borders of our country are too close to the Chang'an Imperial Court, and they are in Cao Taiwei...... Under the threat of Cao Cao's army, he can only serve Chang'an as the main ...... against his will."

Liu Yu snorted coldly and interrupted him: "Now that Cao Cao's main army has been driven out of Yongzhou by this king, and Han Sui of Liangzhou is about to fall, why do you still send troops to fight against my Celestial Empire army?" ”

Although Cherrigie, who was shocked by Liu Yu's momentum, could still stand, it was not difficult to see how frightened he was from his trembling legs. He replied tremblingly: "Back to the prince, my country has suffered a great drought this year, not only is the grain harvest only 30% of that of previous years, but the number of cattle and sheep has also decreased sharply due to the shortage of forage. At this time, Han Sui sent 50,000 stone of grain, asked our country to send troops to participate in the war, and promised to provide 200,000 stone of grain and grass to our country free of charge after the war, so he ......"

"That's why you agreed to send troops so that the people don't starve?" Liu Yu took over and said.

Cherrigi nodded like garlic: "Yes, yes, that's it, my country definitely didn't mean to offend the prince, but was forced to ...... by facts."

"You idiots." Liu Yu scolded unceremoniously: "Han Sui, that guy has any extra 200,000 stone grain and grass, can't you see it?" Has not any of you ever thought of asking this king for help? ”

Cheriji, who was scolded by Liu Yu and couldn't raise his head, whispered: "Originally, Yadan, the son of our prime minister, proposed to surrender to the prince and ask for help, but many powerful people in my country said that you are the incarnation of the 'Hani Great Demon King', which will only bring our clan killing and destruction, but will not bring help and vitality to our clan. In addition, Han Sui also hinted that if our country did not send troops, then he would lead the Liangzhou army to invade our country. It is for these reasons that our country finally decided to send troops ......"

"What a bunch of fools! After Cao Cao withdrew the main force, Han Sui now only had 70,000 or 80,000 troops at most. And your Qiang country has a population of nearly two million, how can you recruit 200,000 troops in wartime, how can Han Sui send troops to you without backup and facing a great enemy? Isn't there any of you who will think with your brains? In other words, you feel that Han Sui is a great threat to you, and this king is just an empty name. You don't care? Speaking of which, Liu Yu was already a little angry, and released a little bit of Shura's power.

Now Cherrigi could no longer stand. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again: "The prince is angry, the prince is angry......"

"If you want this king to calm his ......anger," Liu Yu said slowly, "Then it depends on whether you are sincere?" ”

"Sincerity?" After being slightly stunned, Cherrigi suddenly said: "Don't worry, when the little king returns to China, he will persuade his father to ......surrender to the Luoyang court."

"I want more than that......" Liu Yu interrupted him with a smile.

Cherrigi asked cautiously, "Then the prince, what do you mean......"

"The current leadership of the Qiang people has all stepped down. You will be the new king, and that Yadan will be the new prime minister. As for the general, I'll leave it to Zuo Zhangbachi. Other positions. It's up to you to do it yourself. How, can it be done? That last sentence is full of threats.

"This, this ......" Cherrigi's expression couldn't tell whether it was joy or sorrow.

Liu Yu didn't care about his answer at all, and directly called: "Left mustache Zhangba." In. "The left bearded shohachi, who was guarding outside the tent, entered in response." Zhangba, tomorrow you will take the Qiang army to escort Cheriji back to China, and assist him to ascend the throne of the Qiang king. And you don't have to come back, just stay in the Qiang country and become a general! ”

Zuo Zhangba seemed reluctant to stay away from Liu Yu's master, but he couldn't disobey Liu Yu's order, so he had to say with a slight reluctance: "The slave will definitely be optimistic about the Qiang people for the master!" ”

Liu Yu nodded and asked, "If there are people in the Qiang State who are dissatisfied, can you suppress it?" ”

For such blatant words. Cherrigi didn't have any dissatisfaction, but his expression was slightly helpless. Tsukasa thought for a moment. To tell the truth: "If you go back to your master, except for Yue Ji, other people's minions are sure to deal with it!" ”

"Yueji? Who is he? ”

Cherrigi explained on the side: "Yue Ji is a good friend of Xiao Wang and the son of the late general. Although he is young, he has the ability to lift thousands of catties, and he is extremely brave and famous in my Qiangdi. ”

Zuo Shohachi nodded and agreed: "Not bad." Yue Ji this person is talented, and has to be taught by a master, a hand of 86 pounds of hammer dancing water can not splash in, and also good at shooting, five stones open the treasure carving bow can be a hundred steps through Yang. Although he is now less than twenty years old, he can defeat the three pioneer generals without defeat. It's amazing! And he has a very good reputation among the Qiang people, if he is not convinced, then it will be very troublesome for the slave to help the prince to ascend the throne! ”

Liu Yu glanced at Cherrigi and asked, "Since he is your good friend, it shouldn't stop you from sitting on the throne of King Qiang, right?" ”

Cherrigi smiled bitterly and said, "It is not difficult for him to support Xiao Wang to ascend to the throne, but it is very difficult for him to support the prince of Guishun. With his love for the general and his violent character, Xiao Wang dared to assert that it was absolutely impossible for him to approve of our country's dependence on the prince! ”

Isn't the revenge of killing his father shared? Liu Yu smiled coldly and said, "Cheriji, when you go back to Qiang Kingdom, I will ask Zhangba to bring 50,000 stones of grain and grass." As long as you can do what I say, I will send someone to send you another 300,000 stones of grain and grass to ensure that no one in the Qiang Kingdom will die of hunger. ”

Cherrigi was overjoyed when he heard this, his eyes were full of tears, and he thanked him: "The prince is very gracious, everyone in the Qiang country must remember that Cherrigi will not let you down!" ”

With these 300,000 stone grains as capital, even if the Qiang King wants not to abdicate and Yueji wants to make trouble, those Qiang people will not agree. Regardless of race, survival is the most important thing for ordinary people. And as the food necessary for survival, Liu Yu has what he has here!

In fact, if Liu Yuken used the "art of charm", things would be much simpler. However, Liu Yu once set three principles for himself on the use of "charm technique":

First, resolutely do not use it against powerful princes. The "powerful princes" here refer to Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and others, and their subordinates and relatives are not among them. Of course, if you can, try not to use it.

Second, before the destruction of the powerful princes, resolutely do not use them on the important generals and advisers under them.

Third, resolutely do not use it against the leaders of ethnic minorities around the Han Dynasty.

The reason why the first two principles came about is because Liu Yu is bored! Although the main purpose of traveling to this time and space is to re-cultivate Xuangong, Liu Yu also doesn't want to spend a short period of time in the future on cultivation, and he is not an upgraded madman, but also needs "entertainment". If the big man is unified in three clicks and two clicks, it will not be fun for him! At least let him play for another twenty years, and wait for those celebrities in the middle and late stages of the "Three Kingdoms" to finish.

As for the third principle, it is because Liu Yu remembered a "catfish effect". Allowing slightly hostile alien races to exist around the Han can keep the Han alive and motivated. Of course, this degree must be grasped well, and the threat must not be turned into a scourge! (To be continued.) )