The next day, with Ma Chao as the main and Pang De as the deputy, he led 5,000 Guanzhong Iron Cavalry to set off from Feng Yi and go straight to Anding along the Jingshui River. Long Jun took Zhao Yun as the forward and led 3,000 foot soldiers through the Benwu clan in Wangxian County. Stationed in the Wu clan is a tribal patriarch in the Xian Lingqiang, and the relationship between Sibo and Beigong Boyu is irreversible.

Wushi City is actually not a city, since the Qiang people occupy here, the city wall has been slowly weathered, the original high city wall, now only a ruin is left, most of the Han homes in the city have been replaced by nomadic tents, but fortunately, Xibo has more reverence for Han culture, so the county government is the only intact building in Wushi.

Four days later, in the Wushi County Commander's Mansion, when Xi Bo learned that Long Jun had been sent to Wangxian County, his heart was not only heavy but frightened. The Qiang people advocate warriors, when Beigong Boyu entered Beijing and kissed, he accompanied him throughout the whole process, the competition in the Hanting Palace gave him a great impact, Yan Xing, the first warrior of the Qiang army, was defeated in the hands of Ma Chao, although it was Zhao Yun who inserted a bar, but Yan Xing also personally admitted the martial arts of Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, so as the master or uncle of the two, Long Jun's martial arts are not stronger?

But the Wu clan must not be conceded to Long Jun, otherwise Beigong Boyu's forces will be compressed back to Sanshui by the other party, and then Long Jun will be raising troops to conquer the north, and there will be no place for the Qiang tribe to stand south of the river. So Xi Bo snorted with a gloomy face, and said with anger, "Our Wu clan doesn't have many soldiers and horses, and defending the city is not a strong point, so I plan to confront Long Jun in Jingshui and fight for a half-crossing attack." ”

"Whoa."

Long Jiajun, who had already traveled to Wangxian County, was sitting by the Huangshui River with Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others waiting for Bai Yu's latest news. After the First World War, in order to strengthen his control over the northwest, Long Jun transferred Bai Yu from Gucheng back to the army to carry out reconnaissance work. Subsequently, four and five places were sent to Yanzhou and Jizhou respectively to observe the recent situation of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in real time.

Looking at Ryoma drinking water by the river, Long Jun bit the weeds that he dragged from nowhere, and said in a rather relaxed tone, "I thought that Dong Zhuo would send Lu Bu to the battle of Hedong, but I didn't expect to send Fan Chou and Li Dao, and they led the Bingzhou army to the battle." I'm wondering if I should let Ziyi and Gongming enter Hedong and provoke the relationship between the generals of the Xiliang Army? ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he crossed his hands behind his head, slowly lay back, and chuckled, "Fan Chou and Lu Bu have always had a bad relationship, and Li Dao admired Lu Bu in the battle of Tongguan, so let these two people send troops to Hedong, I'm afraid Dong Zhuo is also afraid that the Bingzhou army will become bigger in Bingzhou, after all, he is now equal to a dove occupying the magpie's nest, and some things can't be said on the surface." But if the lord lets Ziyi and them enter Hedong, I'm afraid that the Xiliang army will work together to fight with us for Hedong, and some of the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Isn't the gain outweighing?" Long Jun smiled weirdly, although the Diao Chan in this life has been brought back to Chang'an by Long Jun, but Wang Yun, who has always dreamed of it, how could he let Dong Zhuo control the Taiyuan Imperial Court?

Just as the Long Jiajun was resting in Huangshui, Ma Chao had already led five thousand tiger roaring horses to gallop to Yinpan, and there was only half a day's journey left from Anding County. Staring at the dilapidated Yin Pan City, Ma Chao had a plan, so he called Pang De and asked him to lead a thousand soldiers to be stationed in Yin Pan, making it look like five thousand soldiers and horses were all here, and he led his troops across Jingshui to prepare for a surprise attack on Anding.

It was night, the tiger who had just crossed Jingshui rode with a roar, the person covered the horse's bit, wrapped the horse's hooves with his bag, and went straight to the Qiang camp outside the city of Anding along Jingshui to kill, and for a time the people in the Qiang camp turned over on their backs, and the fight continued. By the time Pang De led his troops here in the early morning, the 5,000 rebels guarding Anding had all been wiped out, and Anding fell into the hands of Ma Chao.

"The whole army rested for an hour, leaving five hundred soldiers to garrison and settle down, and the rest continued westward with me. Strive to reach Wushi within two days, and give the army the opportunity to cross the river. ”

"Whoa."

Two days later, Ma Chao, who rushed to Wu's army, immediately ordered the tiger roar to ride to Fanting Mountain after learning that Xibo was stationed on the north side of Jingshui, since Long Jun was sure to capture Wu's, then as long as he acted according to the plan and did not give Yan Xing, who was in the capital, a chance, the Long family army would have full confidence in forming a condescending situation on the Hetao.

On the south side of Jingshui, when Bai Yu sent the news that Ma Chao had arrived at Wushi, Long Jun immediately raised his account, preparing to force the crossing of Jingshui while Xibo was retreating. But after crossing Jingshui, what made Long Jun incomprehensible was that the Sibo tribe suddenly retreated westward and retreated to the Zuli River. After careful consideration, Long Jun suspected that Duye Yan Xing had already been dispatched, so he hurriedly ordered Bai Yu to send an order to Ma Chao, so that he could quickly capture Zuli and rush to the aid of Zuli River.

On the sixth day of June in the first year of Chuping, Long Jun gathered all the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expedition to fight with the rebels of Beigong Boyu in the Zuli River. As a last resort, Yan Xing retreated from Zu Li and prepared to fight Long Jun in Zu Li. At the same time, Beigong Boyu, as the commander of the Qiang tribe, marched south to Fengyi Mountain with 40,000 troops, preparing to flank the Longjia army.

On June 16, when Long Jun got the news, he hurriedly sent a letter to Zhang Ji, who was far away in Zhangye, asking him to take the opportunity to attack Juyanze and force Beigong Boyu to withdraw his troops and return to defense. At the end of June, Zhang Ji ordered his nephew Zhang Xiu to lead his troops into Juyanze, Han Sui was defeated and fled to the capital, and then Zhang Xiu led troops to chase and kill, until Zu Li, he stopped the army. At this time, the army of Beigong Boyu and nearly 100,000 troops on both sides launched a major battle in Zuli to determine the belonging of the northwest.

Zhang Xiu, who led the troops here, handed over the army to the deputy general Hu Che'er, and hurried to the camp of the Long family army to greet everyone, especially Long Jun, who had the grace of giving books back then. As soon as they saw Zhang Xiu, he bowed his head for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Youwei has seen Uncle Shi." ”

Holding up Zhang Xiu with both hands, Long Jun was very embarrassed in his heart, he thought that he could quickly occupy Zu Li and block Beigong Boyu in the north, but he let Yan Xing take advantage of the loophole and almost wiped out the Long family army on the bank of the Zuli River, if it wasn't for Ma Chao's timely arrival at that time, the 10,000 Long family army would have already become the other party's meal.

Later, Yan Xing used the remnants of the army to attract Long Junbing to Zuli, and the Beigong Boyu Xing troops went south, and the Long family army had no way to retreat. In desperation, he could only turn to Zhang Ji, who was far away in Liangzhou, hoping that the other party could send reinforcements to break the current situation.

"When you return to Zhangye, thank you uncle for helping me, if it weren't for him raising troops to help this time, I'm afraid that we would have already defeated Zu Li and let Beigong Boyu threaten Guanzhong."

"Uncle don't worry, when I came, my uncle had already told me that this time was not only a game between you and Beigong Boyu, but also a time for him to clear up his grievances with this group of Liangzhou bandits. At that time, Han Sui was a lieutenant under my uncle's account, and if it wasn't for Han Sui secretly taking refuge in Beigong Boyu, my Zhang clan would not have suffered the difficulty of extermination. So my uncle said that as long as Han Sui and Beigong Boyu are destroyed, there will be no Zhang warlords in Liangzhou from now on, only the Xiliang army in China. ”

"What? Your uncle's enemy is Han Sui? ”

"Yes, in fact, not only my uncle, Yan Xing in the city also has a hatred for killing his father with Han Sui, but Beigong Boyu has been suppressing Yan Xing and letting him take care of the overall situation all these years, and Han Sui is also obedient to Beigong Boyu, so outsiders don't know about it. If it weren't for the opportunity to eliminate the Liangzhou rebel party in one fell swoop, my uncle wouldn't have told me about it. ”

Hearing this, Guo Jia, who was standing aside, had a burst of doubt flashing in his mind, so he frowned and asked, "Then why didn't your uncle come to Zuli to take revenge in person?" With him, Yan Xing will be better convinced. ”

"Alas!" Zhang Xiu sighed heavily, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Long Jun, explaining, "A few years ago, when Uncle Shi raised troops to attack Luoyang, my uncle wanted to secretly raise troops to raid Beigong Boyu, who would have thought that before the army, a group of thieves quietly sneaked into Zhang's mansion, and my uncle's legs were broken, and now he has become a waste person, in order to avoid causing a mutiny in the army, this matter is now only known to my deputy general Hu Che'er in the army. ”

After receiving the letter handed by Zhang Xiu, Long Jun opened it silently, for the thief Zhang Xiu said, if he guessed correctly, he was definitely a member of the Nanhua faction, as for why he attacked Zhang Ji, I am afraid that he wanted to delay time for Beigong Boyu, after all, at that time, the Long family army had already invaded Liangzhou, if Zhang Ji raised troops, Pang De might not be involved.

However, according to this point of view, I am afraid that Yan Xing sent troops to Zuli River and Xibo retreated, all of which were ghosts of the Nanhua faction. But what exactly is their purpose? After a cursory glance at the news on the letter, Long Jun exhaled lightly, raised his head and said to Bai Yu, "You quickly lead someone to Jincheng to check the details of Yan Xing's wife, General Zhang's letter said that when Han Sui secretly took refuge in Beigong Boyu, Yan Xing's father had blocked Han Sui, and then Han Sui killed Yan Xing's family, but only let this woman go, which is why General Zhang has not contacted Yan Xing in these years." I suspect that this woman has something to do with Han Sui. ”

"Then don't look it up!" Ma Chao on the other side sneered and stopped, "Yan Xing's wife is Han Sui's daughter, but she is an illegitimate daughter, I met it once when I was a child, and at that time I thought that Yan Xing was an undercover agent sent by Han Sui to Beigong Boyu's side, but I didn't expect that there was such a relationship in this." ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, so he sneered, "If this is the case, Yan Xing's refusal to take revenge is not because of Beigong Boyu's relationship, but because of this woman." Could it be that Yan Xing could forget the revenge of killing his father because of the relationship between the two? And this Han Sui can betray the master's family once, or he can sell it a second time, what is Beigong Boyu thinking in his mind? ”

"No matter what Beigong is thinking in his head, judging from the clues given by General Zhang and Meng Qi, first of all, Yan Xing is not necessarily loyal to Beigong Boyu. Secondly, Han Sui was cunning, and he couldn't say that he took refuge in Beigong Boyu just to occupy the magpie's nest. Third, the Nanhua faction is not clearly involved with the northwest bandits, and many things are now a mess for us, and only when Zu Li defeats the other party can we find out the full truth of the facts. ”

"What does the lord mean to find a way to plot against Yan Xing, encircle and suppress Beigong Boyu here, and finally find out the Nanhua faction hidden behind it?"

"Hmm!" He replied heavily, and then Long Jun walked to the marching map, pointed to the Beigong Boyu military camp with his back to the Zuli River, and said in a deep voice, "Meng Qi will lead the soldiers of the Tiger Roar Cavalry to the Beigong Boyu camp tomorrow and call the battle generals, come and kill as many as you want, but remember not to fight with the enemy." Bai Yu went to Jincheng as usual, I suspect that Yan Xing is not just because his wife is Han Sui's daughter, you go and find out what happened back then. Youwei Chen soldiers are on the right side of our army's camp, and Meng Qi is united to block the North Palace, I will go to meet this Han Sui for a while, to see who this thing is, and he can escape the defeat and chase several times. ”

"Whoa!"