The failure of the attack on the city gate made the already low morale of the Xiliang army even more demoralized.

Zhang Xiu's wishful thinking of counterattacking the next argument was also shattered.

In a day's attack, more than 500 casualties were paid, but they were never able to land on the city, and even the improvised ladder was damaged by more than one-third, which made Zhang Xiu a little dilemma.

In the evening, the sun set, the sound of Mingjin sounded, and Zhang Xiu temporarily made a truce.

In the temporary camp of the Xiliang Army, the soldiers began to bury the pot and cook with a tired spirit, and the wounded barracks were even more wailing.

"Major General, you can't fight!"

Zhang Xian walked into the camp tent and said in a deep voice: "Lei Xu died in battle, and the soldiers of our army who argued collapsed, and they couldn't survive until we came back, and now we are attacking and defending the side for the turnaround, although it seems that there are not many herdsmen and horses in the city, but the combat effectiveness is fierce, we continue to attack, and we may not be able to attack it!" ”

"What if you contact Hu Feng's soldiers and horses?"

Zhang Xiu was still unwilling: "Can you call from the north and the south and fight together!" ”

"Major General, can't you still see clearly?"

Zhang Xian said gloomily: "If the Dasan Pass is still in our hands, how can Hu Feng be indifferent, there are no soldiers and horses in the north going south, it can only show one problem, the Dasan Pass has been breached, and even Chen Cang may be attacked by the pastoral army!" ”

"Impossible!"

Zhang Xiu's eyes widened.

"The herdsmen have obviously been planning for a long time, since they can attack Wudu while our main force is on the battlefield of the Wolf Tribe, why can't they go north and attack Chencang directly?" Zhang first asked rhetorically.

Zhang Xiu was speechless, and after half a sound, he muttered: "So, we have become a turtle in the urn?" ”

Behind is Qishan, the herdsmen of Qishan will inevitably chase and fight after them, and the Xiabiancheng in front cannot be breached, if even Dasanguan and Chencang can't be relied on, their Xiliang army may be dangerous.

"Now I can only go west, along the Qishan Mountain Road, cross the Tianshui, and return to Xiliang!"

Zhang Xian said.

"I'm not reconciled!" Zhang Xiu was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "Uncle is dead, Wudu is lost, how should I gain a foothold in the Xiliang army in the future!" ”

"Young General, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood!"

Zhang Xian arched his hand and said sincerely: "As long as we go back to the North, we still have hope, the Major General is heroic and brave, General Hu Che'er is invincible, and our Northland soldiers are even more elite, there is still the affection between the general and the Taishi, and it is impossible for the Taishi to stranded the ability of the young general!" ”

"This is the end of it!"

Zhang Xiu smiled bitterly: "I only carried my uncle's head and went to ask Master Taishi for guilt!" ”

He thought about it, his calm reason still defeated the humiliation and unwillingness, and ordered softly: "Zhang Xian, you go and prepare, we will withdraw our troops to the west tomorrow!" ”

can't fight the lower debate, is there any hope, and there are chasing soldiers behind.

He doesn't withdraw, and he can't help it.

"No!"

Zhang Xian gave up his hand to receive the order, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would be young and vigorous, fight desperately, and die in vain.

But did not wait for the next day.

In the middle of the night, the Xiliang army was attacked in the camp.

The battle started from the camp in the east, and the shouting and killing sound was earth-shattering for a while, and the fire rose to the sky, covering the entire camp in an instant, and it didn't take long for a soldier and horse to be killed from the city gate, and the east and north jointly attacked the Xiliang camp.

"I was careless!"

Zhang Xiu looked at the firelight of the camp, and countless figures were fighting, and his heart suddenly burst out, muttering gloomily.

"Major General, withdraw!"

Zhang first came in from the outer camp and said admonishingly: "The herdsman army has already had soldiers and horses ambushed in the east, in order to catch us off guard, the east camp has been breached, more than 1,000 soldiers have been killed in the battle, they are about to enter the middle camp, if we continue to fight hard, the whole army will be wiped out, and please take the overall situation of the major general seriously!" ”

"Withdraw!"

Zhang Xiu had no choice but to order, he wanted to take the initiative to retreat, but he never thought that he would still have to be driven out like a lost dog, and he was helpless with his strong unwillingness: "Zhang Xian!" ”

"You lead the vanguard to open the way and enter Qishan to the west!"

"No!"

Zhang took the order and left.

"Hu Che'er!"

"In!"

"I order you to lead an army of 1,000 and cut off the rear for our army!"

"No!" Hu Che'er gave up his life.

The battle of this night was extremely fierce, until dawn, the Xiliang army was defeated, retreated while fighting, and went west into Qishan, and the herdsmen pursued all the way, covering ten miles, killing more than a thousand Xiliang troops, and finally Yang Feng and Han Xian joined forces, but were violently defeated by Hu Che'er, which made the herdsmen stop the pursuit.

In the end, Zhang Xiu escaped with the main force, but left at least 2,000 corpses.

……

The day dawned, the red sun reflected on the earth, and the sun was extraordinarily bright.

Mu Jing rode his horse, walked slowly on the battlefield, looked at the embarrassed battlefield, looked at the corpses of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, and also looked at the corpses of the soldiers of the Mu Army.

Although it was a big victory, it was blood that stained the earth after all.

"Where did the Xiliang army flee?" Mu Jing asked.

"Report to the lord, they fled to the Qishan Mountain Range?"

"The southern foot of Qishan?"

"No, Xiliang direction!"

The Qishan Mountains are majestic and majestic, stretching continuously, like a long dragon, traversing the entire western part of Wudu, since the south is been, staggered in Liangzhou, Guanzhong and Yizhou, the south foot is the south, the direction of Qiang Road.

In the direction of Xiliang, it is the main mountain of Qishan, and the mountain road is rugged and winding, and it is difficult to chase it.

"It seems that they also realized that they couldn't keep Wudu, so they fled to Xiliang, and I also expected them to go north, so that they could intercept and kill in Dasanguan for a while, it's a pity!" Mu Jing said calmly.

The Xiliang army withdrew, and Wudu was taken.

"Lord, I just got news from a few captives!"

Lei Hu rode his horse and galloped up, and reported with his hand: "Zhang Ji died on the battlefield of the Wolf Tribe, and now the chief general of this Xiliang Army is Zhang Ji's nephew......

"Zhang Xiu?"

Mu Jing's eyes burst into a scorching light.

"Exactly!" Lei Hu nodded.

"It shouldn't be!"

Mu Jing was a little remorseful: "If I knew it was him, I should have desperately left him behind, and I couldn't let him escape!" ”

"Why?" Lei Hu frowned.

"This person must be more difficult for Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji can still deal with it, this person is brave, and he has taken the deep hatred, he should cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" Mu Jing sighed and shook his head: "Forget it, under his new defeat, it will be difficult to make waves and clean up the battlefield!" ”

"No!"

The generals nodded.

……

Since the two battles and two victories, the entire Wudu has been controlled by the herdsmen, and the mountains overlap, the roads are rugged, not only are there few people, but there are few cities, and there are only seven county seats.

There is also a Qiang Road in the seven county seats.

The so-called Qiang Road is the city of the Qiang people, and the Qiang and Han people who live together on the southwest border are mixed and uncontrolled.

There is also a county town is Wudu Dao, Wudu Dao is actually a town that alleviates the contradictions between the Qiang and the Han people, and many of the people living in it are Qiang people, and the control of the Wudu Taishou Mansion is not very good.

Leaving aside these two cities, there are only five county towns left in Wudu, Xiabian, Hechi, Fuxian, Gudao, and Shanglu.

Putting aside the affairs of the Qiang people, these five county towns must be controlled at the first time, and controlling them is equivalent to controlling Wudu, of course, if you want to control these cities, you need talents.

There are no talents available in Wudu, and even if there is, Mu Jing will not dare to use it, so he can only let the Minghou Mansion send a batch from Hanzhong, and now the Minghou Mansion has a stable foundation in Hanzhong, and it is no problem to recruit some scholars.

……

In the third year of the first peace, in July.

Changan.

Since Dong Zhuo conquered Bingzhou, he returned with supreme power, and Chang'an has become much more peaceful, whether it is Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others, or the Son of Heaven, they have endured a lot for this Taishi.

The court was calm, but it was startled by a stone.

The news of Wudu came belatedly, but it made Dong Zhuo angry.

"Shepherd Dragon Map!"

In the Taishi's mansion, Dong Zhuo let out a roar: "Summon, gather all departments, this Taishi is going south, level the land of Hanzhong, and tear him directly!" ”

He didn't go to provoke Hanzhong.

Mu Jing actually dared to behead his general, take him Wudu, and get involved in Xiliang, how rampant, he really didn't dare to move his troops to the south.

"Master Taishi's anger is relieved!"

The generals trembled, but Li Ru stood up and exhorted him neither humbly nor arrogantly, saying: "At this time, we can't go south, go south to Hanzhong, and move the whole body, which will cause Yizhou to rebel, and the gains outweigh the losses!" “

"Could it be that Master Ben watched Zhang Ji die in battle, and the land of my martial capital fell into the hands of his Dragon Shepherd!"

Dong Zhuo took the case, his copper eyes glared at Li Ru, and his breath was very terrifying: "The loyal general next to this Taishi, Niu Fu has died at the hands of this person, Zhang Ji is dead again, if he can't be calm, how can he be worthy of Xiliang's general!" ”

"It's not that I didn't report it, it's just that the time has not yet come!"

Li Ru said softly: "Master Taishi, the court is important!" ”

"Imperial Court!"

Dong Zhuo spit out two words angrily, and the anger in his body gradually dissipated.

Once he succeeds, although the imperial court cannot let the world obey, it will also pacify one-third of the country, and his influence will increase, and he will completely control the government.

But at this time, he must guard against the backlash of some people in the imperial court.

"Where is Zhang Xiu?" Dong Zhuo took a deep breath and asked coldly.

"I've fled back to Xiliang!"

"Incompetent!"

Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes: "Wen Wei, how should I treat him, although his uncle died in battle, but after all, his uncle and nephew lost Wudu, and he should be punished!" ”

"Zhang Xiuqi people, known as the king of guns in the north, he is a fierce general, although he was defeated in the martial capital, but this defeat is the result of greed, if it were not for Yuehu throwing such a bait, they may not dare to send troops to join the wolf department, and they will not be so defeated!"

Li Ru said: "This person still needs to be appeased, although the Northland Army is remnant, but as long as Zhang Xiu is still there, it will always recover, this is the combat power of my Xiliang Department, and there is still Zhang Ji's feelings, Zhang Ji was born and died for the Taishi, and the Taishi must not cool the hearts of the generals!" ”

"A fierce man indeed!"

Dong Zhuo nodded: "It's just a pity for Zhang Ji, when he met this Taishi when he was young, he followed him for more than ten years, and he was loyal, but now he is dead, he has no children behind him, and his only nephew, if he asks again, some can't say it!" ”

He thought for a moment and said, "Call him back to Chang'an!" ”

"No!"

A scribe on the left went to write a document, stamped it out, and sent it to Xiliang in an expedited manner for 800 miles.

"Chen Cang, who is going to guard!" Dong Zhuo asked.

"Ma Teng is still good!"

"Good!"

Dong Zhuo nodded: "Immediately ordered, ordered Ma Teng to lead an army of 30,000 and stationed in Chencang, in case of the Wudu Mu army, after the Taishi sorted out the imperial court, he should wave his troops to the south and destroy his Mu clan!" ”

"Yes!"

And there were scribes who drew up documents on the side, and stamped them and printed them.

The edict issued by the Taishi Mansion is now more convincing by the decree issued by the Weiyang Palace, which is the situation in Chang'an today.