On 5 June, Marshal Rong Mi appeared in Hecheng County with 36,000 men and horses, and it took four days to travel more than 230 miles between the two places from Qianning to Hecheng. In the past four days, Zheng Jun has been like maggots attached to the bones, which may appear anytime and anywhere, especially the five thousand light horsemen led by Guan Pingzhong, like dog skin paste sticking to the body, from time to time to peel off a layer of skin and flesh of the Western Regions Army.

In addition to the wounded soldiers who were killed and abandoned, the Rong Mi army had deserters every day, and when they came to the territory of Hecheng County, only 36,000 people were left from the 50,000 horses, fortunately, there were grain and grass reserves in the county seat they passed, otherwise these people and horses would not be able to keep them.

Entering Hecheng County, Pelius found that the roads had been destroyed, the bridges had been broken, and the march of the army had been blocked. He had invaded Hecheng County with the tiger, and this familiar scene made him feel ominous, this tactic was made by Jiang Anyi, the assassin of Huazhou. He ordered to rush to the Jingmen Pass as soon as possible, as long as he got out of the pass, the sea and the sky would not be worried.

In front of the well gate, seeing the Zheng army's flag fluttering, Bei Qisi's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, the slope into the pass had already been dug up, and the thunderbolt cars and winch crossbows on the top of the slope were lined up, and thousands of Zheng troops blocked the way. The slope was only three zhang wide, and only four carriages could be carried side by side, although there were tens of thousands of people but could not be deployed, after an hour of fierce attack, Guan Pingzhong's light cavalry launched an attack behind him, and Bei Qisi had no choice but to order to return to the division to attack Hecheng County.

Hecheng County was garrisoned by Jiang Anyong, and when tens of thousands of Rong Mi troops passed outside the city, Jiang Anyong immediately made a decision, and abandoned the city with thousands of defenders and people. Guan Pingzhong and Jiang Anyi successfully joined forces, with 5,000 fresh troops, Jiang Anyi is full of confidence, and this group of Rong Mi army has become a fish in the net.

The next day, Bei Qi Si led a large army to storm the Jingmen Pass, and found that there were a few more improved thunderbolt cars on the well gate, and immediately ordered to abandon the Jing Gate and run to Cumulus to break through, but he encountered tens of thousands of Zheng troops on the way. Jiang Anyi did not attack the city either, and ordered the Zheng army to recover the lost territory and capture the defeated Western Regions coalition army.

Ten days have passed, except for a few county towns and prefectures that have been recovered, in addition to the more than 34,000 people trapped in Hecheng County, the Zheng army has also captured more than 14,000 Western Regions coalition troops, and the danger of the eastward invasion of the Western Regions coalition forces was relieved last November. Seeing the hordes of captives being escorted by, Jiang Anyi's heart was full of pride, he came to Huazhou for just over two months and completely changed the situation of the war in Huazhou, the Western Regions Coalition Army 360,000 invaded, half of them were folded in Huazhou, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and it may be difficult to go east in the next 20 years this year.

Guan Pingzhong said with a smile: "My lord, although more than 30,000 people are still trapped in Hecheng County, the victory has been decided, and it is time to report to the court." Yan Jiancai and Huang Jifei both smiled together, this big victory over the court will be rewarded, and they have also become famous generals in the world and will go down in history.

Jiang Anyi said: "I have ordered someone to draft the recital, and after it is drafted, I will ask all the generals to sign and present it together." ”

"The most important thing now is to recall the fleeing people, the wheat in the fields is about to ripen, and it is necessary to organize people to harvest by hand, and there is a lot of trouble for the labor workers." As an economic envoy, Jiang Anyi is not only in charge of military affairs, but also has to worry about civil affairs.

Talking about business, Fang Shishu said solemnly: "The old man didn't expect that Lord Jiang would be able to drive out the thieves in the Western Regions so quickly, and he was a little underprepared. But don't worry, the lower officials will not miss the grain collection. ”

Jiang Anyi continued: "General Guan, you allocate 5,000 light cavalry to Jiang Anyong, let him go out of the pass to sweep away the fleeing Western Regions army, capture more prisoners, many people are coerced away, see how many can be saved." ”

Yan Yan said: "Lord Jiang, there are a lot of prisoners captured this time, how do you plan to deal with them?" ”

Jiang Anyi responded: "I am ready to let these captives pave bridges and roads, rebuild the county seat, Huazhou has been harmed by them a lot, and I can't let them go easily." Long Wei sent envoys to various countries to deliver letters, asking them to exchange the people of Zheng for prisoners, one soldier for ten people. ”

"Send people to Hecheng County to surrender, let them send a letter back to Rong Mi Kingdom, let Rong Mi Kingdom redeem them, and if the people of Zheng State are not enough, let them exchange their property for money." Jiang Anyi said coldly.

Fang Shishu sighed: "My lord's benevolence, the grace of thousands of people in Huazhou, the old man can't sit idly by as the assassin of Huazhou, and he is willing to join hands on the adult's recital to the court." "The Son of Heaven gave Jiang Anyi the right to dispose of it on the spot, but the disposal of tens of thousands of captives was disposed of by himself without consultation with the court, and Yushitai inevitably accused Jiang Anyi of trespassing, so Fang Shishu wanted to help him and share some of the pressure with a joint performance. Fang Shishu asked himself if the Son of Heaven trusted him, and then wrote a secret note to explain the reason, so that An Yi could not be attacked by the imperial history.

In Hecheng County, Bei Qisi looked at the Zheng army stationed outside the four gates, and knew that more than 30,000 horses and horses had become turtles in the urn. As the leader of the alliance, the eastern invasion of Rong Mi sent 120,000 troops, all of which were the elite in China, but all of them were folded in Huazhou, but fortunately the lord returned to the country, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

The envoy of the Zheng army entered the city and brought the document of Jiang Anyi's surrender, which was written very clearly, so that the Rong Mi army laid down its arms and surrendered as prisoners, and prepared them to send people to Rong Mi to send a letter to redeem the prisoners, at the cost of an ordinary soldier for ten Zheng people, as for the generals for more, if the Zheng people are not enough, they can replace it with gold and silver, and a soldier can be converted into a hundred taels of silver.

Pedes sent the messenger out of the city, promising to reply within the morrow. As the head of the top ten golden protectors of the Rong Mi Kingdom, Bei Qi Si is deeply respected by Hu Rui, and is actually the commander of the three armies of the Rong Mi Kingdom. Under the leadership of the first king and Hu Kang, the country of Rong Mi is getting stronger and stronger, and it is inevitable that the small countries on all sides dare not speak out, if they can't lead the army back, the situation of the country of Rong Mi has become very dangerous, Huli and Le Li will take the opportunity to invade the country, Tian Wei, Weiche, Jusu and other countries may also take advantage of the weakness, and even small countries such as Shasu and Qianglan may take advantage of the fire to rob, and the powerful Rong Mi may be divided by the countries at that time. As a Rongmi person, the thought of the possible consequences made Pedes anxious.

Holding the official document written by Jiang Anyi, Bei Qisi was full of bitterness, this Zheng man was really powerful, he blocked the eastward march of the first king with three thousand light horses, Emperor Zheng sent him to Huazhou for only two months, the coalition army turned from victory to defeat, and the lives of more than 30,000 soldiers were in his hands, and this person was a disaster for the countries of the Western Regions.

In fact, when he saw Jiang Anyi's letter, he decided to capture the people of Zheng in exchange for the return of the soldiers, and he believed that the lord of the country would make the same choice, and the reason why he did not immediately agree was because he wanted to think about it thoroughly, so as not to lose his wife and break his army, and summoned the generals in the army to discuss, and everyone saw that there was a glimmer of hope for life, of course, no one wanted to die.

Five Rong Mi envoys left from Jingmen Pass with letters, and Jiang Anyong took 5,000 light horsemen out of Cumulus Pass, and met with Park Tianhao soon after. Park Tianhao was a little frustrated, he was ordered to come to recruit horse thieves to harass the Western Regions Alliance, but those horse thieves were as cunning as oil, and they accepted gifts and sent troops without talking. Hundreds of scientific research to produce an improved thunderbolt, in one fell swoop changed the tide of the war, the Western Regions coalition army quickly routed, these horse thieves saw the opportunity to take advantage of, without Park Tianhao's greeting, one after another sent troops to grab supplies, captives and rout soldiers to seize armor and weapons.

Jiang Anyong saw that Park Tianhao was a little listless, and said with a smile: "Brother Pu, my brother asked me to tell you that I don't blame you for recruiting horse thieves, but he didn't think it through, I was ordered to come to pursue the rout of the Western Regions, and simply kill those horse thieves by the way, and sulk for you." It is said that horse thieves are rich, let's grab more money and go back, big brother will definitely be happy

Enjoy. ”

There are many horse thieves on the Gobi Desert, there are more than 1,000 people in the big ones, and there are only dozens of small ones, and their identities are also complicated, and many of them are simply spies from various countries in the Western Regions. Then we rested there, and in the evening we went to purge another unit, and our supplies were taken from these thieves' dens. ”

Jiang Anyong said: "I heard my eldest brother say that Xiaoji is a distribution center for horse thieves, or Brother Pu will lead the way, we will suppress Xiaozhen, my brother's gun, bow, and the bow I used are all obtained from there, and there are a lot of good things there." ”

Park Tianhao was taken aback by Jiang Anyong's suggestion, and said: "No, although those market towns are the gathering places of horse thieves, they are also supply depots for merchants. ”

Jiang Anyong swept the Gobi Desert with five thousand light horses, those horse thieves complained bitterly, few of them had the courage to compete with Zheng Jun, and fled into the distance, Jiang Anyong gained a lot in the first few days, and then he didn't even catch the shadow of the horse thieves, and the dens of those horse thieves went to the nest, leaving nothing but horse manure on the ground.

The Western Regions coalition army was defeated, Jiang Anyi reopened the border market, the merchants heard the news, and the long caravan on the Gobi Desert reappeared, and at the same time there were teams of various countries to redeem prisoners of war. The yamen was busy from top to bottom, arranging for the returning people, organizing the harvest of wheat fields, reorganizing destroyed houses, repairing roads and bridges, and Huazhou was in full swing.

The first batch of 100,000 captives sent by Rong Mi Country exchanged for 10,000 Rong Mi troops, Jiang Anyi did not allow the withdrawn Rong Mi army to take away weapons and armor, and the people had to admit it under the low eaves, these 10,000 people returned to Rong Mi Country, Hu Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and finally Jiang Anyi kept his word. Next, there were not so many people Zheng Guo, so they had to buy from various countries, the price of Zheng slaves skyrocketed, twenty taels were priceless, and there were prisoners in all countries who fell into the hands of Zheng people, and everyone had to use Zheng Nu to exchange for their own soldiers.

The dark tide is surging in the Western Regions, and the spies of the Dragon Guard and the Secret Guard will naturally not let go of the opportunity, all kinds of rumors are spreading among the countries, and the relations between the countries that are already wary of each other are even more tense, and then the news that the Western Regions have sent troops to the east, and the countries of the Western Regions are very nervous.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Rui, the lord of Rong Mi Kingdom, raised 2 million taels of silver and 80,000 Zheng slaves to redeem Bei Qisi and others, although weapons and horses were lost to Zheng State, 36,000 trained soldiers finally returned to the country, and they were much more confident, and the stupid neighboring countries also stopped thinking of taking advantage of the fire to rob. Other countries followed suit, bleeding to redeem their own soldiers, this time the eastward invasion of chickens and stealing rice did not become a counter-erosion, and the vitality was greatly damaged.

Of course, there are also profits, under the leadership of Yang Siqi, the Great Qi State borrowed a city from the Yuche Country and the Jusu State, Jiang Anyong swept away the horse thieves, Yang Siqi sent people to recruit and ambush, at present, the Great Qi State has 14,000 light cavalry, 12,000 infantry, plus more than 60,000 people captured from Hecheng and Yiding, the Great Qi State is based on the land of the four cities, the Gobi in the east, and the Rong Mi in the west, and the climate is beginning to begin.

The court's reward came on July 16, and Jiang Anyi Jin was crowned the Marquis of Pingshan, continued to serve as the envoy of Huazhou, restored the trade routes, and guarded the pastoral side; Guan Ping Zhongjin was promoted to the governor of Anxi; Yan Jiancai was promoted to Xinqiao Hou, and Huang Jifei was promoted to Huafang Hou, and ordered the two to rest for three days and led reinforcements to Zhenbei City. The others have their own rewards, among which the hundred engineering department for improving the thunderbolt car all the craftsmen rewarded 20 taels of silver, the hundred engineering department chief book Tu Yong and Jin Feng Shi Shanzi, the military weapons supervisor appointed the bow and crossbow to sign the order (under the seven products), you can raise the situation to use the craftsman to go together.