In Beidi County, the Ma family's private soldiers united with Zhang Xiu, a total of 3,500 people, Ma Chao sent a letter, appointing Zhang Xiu as the magistrate of Wuyuan County, and ordered him to lead this group of volunteers.

Zhang Xiu, this person, was born in the wind of a jade tree, and a tiger-headed golden gun in his hand made it a seductive momentum.

After getting the letter, he wondered, "Huh? The Captain of the Northern Army has never seen me, and he even directly appointed me as the chief of Wuyuan County? ”

The private soldier of the Ma family said: "This is where the young master of my family is powerful, all the characters recognized by the young master, regardless of age and background, can be used by the young master!" ”

"Oh?"

Doesn't this mean that you are complimenting me for my embroidery?

Zhang Xiu's heart was itchy and asked, "Could it be that the young master has heard my name?" ”

"I don't know, but Sima Cuo, Zhang Liao, and Su Dingfang, the three captains, all came here like this."

The tiger-headed golden gun in his hand rang out, Zhang Xiu really wanted to compare with the three people, nodded and said: "The deeds of the three captains, Zhang Mou has heard about them when he was in Jincheng County, and they are all heroes in the world!" ”

Without further ado, after the Beidi County assembled the volunteers, led by Zhang Xiu, according to the instructions of Ma Chao in the letter, they began to sweep the nearby Qiang people.

A few days later, because Zhang Xiu fought bravely, different from ordinary people, and even personally led 500 cavalry, he dared to surprise a 2,000-person grain transportation team of the Qiang people, which attracted the attention of the Qianghu army, gathered a group of soldiers and horses, and prepared to attack Beidi County.

At this time, Zhang Xiu climbed the city wall and looked at the Qianghu army that was camping and building a village in the distance, and it was estimated that there were 5,000 people, which was not small.

After getting off the city wall, Zhang Xiu picked up a gun and got on his horse, and the leader of the Ma family's private soldiers asked: "Lord Changshi, what are you going to do?" ”

"Naturally, when the enemy army has not yet finished camping, he will lead the army to rush and kill a wave to weaken the morale of the enemy army!"

After that, he led 500 horsemen out of the city and killed the Qianghu army.

But when he rushed directly into the enemy camp, he found that the camp was quiet and there was no one.

Zhang Xiu secretly screamed that it was not good, he had fallen into the trap of the enemy!

Before turning the horse's head and retreating, there was a bang in the camp, and a large number of Qianghu poured out from all directions, all holding spears, brandishing and fighting with Zhang Xiujun.

"Fight!"

Zhang Xiu roared, smashed the enemy's head with one shot, and provoked it with another shot, using the headless corpse as a hammer, riding a war horse, waving the corpse everywhere to kill the enemy.

The 500 cavalry behind him saw Zhang Xiu's bravery, and they all shouted: "Lord Changshi is mighty!" I'm willing to fight to the death! ”

The two sides fought fiercely for half an hour, and Beidi County sent troops to help, and in the first battle, they defeated the Qianghu army, killed more than 1,000 people, and left a corpse in one place.

In the center of the corpse, Zhang Xiu was riding a war horse, and he was covered in the blood of the enemy, as if bathed in a rain of blood.

Zhang Xiu shook his spirits, raised the tiger's head and golden gun, and the point of the spear was the retreat of the Qianghu army.

He led his army in pursuit of the deserters: "Charge! Hunt down the enemy! ”

The 5,000-strong Qianghu army was directly killed by Zhang Xiu, more than 1,000 people were killed, and more than 3,000 people remained.

I don't know, before I ran far, Zhang Xiu's devilish voice came from behind: "Qiang Hu!" Come on! ”

"Ahh

"Nope! Don't kill me! ”

The psychological defense line of this Qianghu army completely collapsed, and Zhang Xiu, who was like a bloody man behind him, seemed to have crawled out of the abyss of evil ghosts, was opening his mouth wide and wanted to devour them!

In the first battle of Beidi County, Zhang Xiu's prestige gradually rose, and Qiang Hu was afraid of being killed, so he fled back to Xihe County, preaching Zhang Xiu's ferocity everywhere.

Due to Zhang Xiu's rebellion in the rear, the Qiang-Hu coalition army was furious, killed the deserters who spread rumors, and immediately sent heavy troops to attack Beidi County.

In this way, the defensive pressure of Xihe County suddenly became a lot easier, and Dong Zhuo summoned Zhang Ji: "Zhang Xiu is your nephew?" ”

Zhang Ji replied: "Exactly, I didn't expect my nephew to be so good." ”

Dong Zhuo nodded: "Let Zhang Xiu make a big fuss in Beidi County, the more fierce the trouble, the better." ”

Wuyuan County, Ma Chao got the scout news and laughed: "Zhang Xiu is amazing!" ”

Jia Xu said: "Zhang Xiu attracted the attention of Qianghu, the Qianghu coalition army must send heavy troops to attack Beidi County, the enemy's battle line is too long, our army can take the opportunity to quickly go south, cut off the enemy's battle line from the middle, so that the enemy army can not take care of each other, and then divide the troops, gradually encroach, eliminate the enemy!" ”

"Not bad!"

There were 20,000 cavalry in front, of which 5,000 were Xianbei cavalry and 1,500 Mayi volunteers, totaling nearly 20,000 cavalry troops.

The school field ordered troops, Ma Chao climbed on the high platform, raised his arms and shouted: "Qianghu wantonly invaded the border of the Han Dynasty, for a long time, today, I, Ma Chao, as the captain of the Northern Army and the two counties are guarded, naturally want to sweep away the enemy, recover the lost territory, and raise the prestige of my Han country!" ”

The army shouted: "Raise the prestige of our country!" ”

"Raise the prestige of our country!"

Ma Chao ordered the three armies, used Jia Xu as a strategy, and led his generals Su Dingfang, Zhang Liao, Sima Cuo, Gao Shun, Tian Yu, Zhaozhao, and Xian Yufu to move south, and went straight to Qianghu.

The place captured by Qianghu was Shangjun, one of the nine counties of Bingzhou, and after the fall, it became the main area for Qianghu to recuperate.

Ma Chaojun galloped all the way south, rolling up countless dust and smoke, and the scout came to report: "In Fushi County, there is a group of 5,000 Qianghu troops stationed!" ”

"Clear these Qiang people, and if you want to recover the lost territory, you should start with Fu Shi!"

"Whoa!"

Fushi County, located on the road of the eastern and western fronts of Qianghu, is the center of the Beidi-Xihe County front.

The Han and Qiang armies immediately fought, Ma Chao used Jia Xu's strategy, besieged the city on three sides, and let go of the east gate alone, and the Qiang and Hu armies saw that Ma Chao's army was attacking the city fiercely and abnormally, and even escaped from the east gate at night.

Captured by Ma Chaojun's ambush soldiers, in the first battle, a total of more than 3,000 prisoners were captured by Qianghu.

Jia Xu suggested dividing the troops into two routes, escorting the Qianghu prisoners all the way, and resting in the county town of Fushi.

The other way was to march westward, and the Zhang Xiu army of Beidi County was flanked back and forth, eliminating the living force of the Qianghu army.

Soon, with Zhang Liao and Sima Cuo as the vanguard generals, 10,000 troops were divided into 17,000 troops, and they marched westward, and a few days later, the good news came, Zhang Liao and Sima Cuo's troops had successfully converged with Zhang Xiu, and the two armies joined forces, captured a large number of Qianghu prisoners, and filled them into Beidi County.

Su Dingfang led Tian Yu, Zhao Zhao, and Xian Yu to assist the three generals, lined up 5,000 people, and captured the scattered fleeing Qiang people everywhere.

Ma Chao, on the other hand, took Gao Shun and 5,000 cavalry to the east of Fushi and went to the main road to Xihe County, confronting the Qianghu coalition army in Xihe County.

The great leader of the Qiang-Hu coalition army never dreamed that when the cold winter came, he led the coalition army to attack the Han city, in order to plunder grain, gold and silver, and slaves in order to survive the cold winter.

Unexpectedly, it has only been more than 2 months, and he has lost his territory in a row and was trapped in the military camp outside Xihe County!

Ma Chao led his troops to the heights and looked at the Qianghu camp from afar, which consisted of four sub-camps in the southeast, northwest and northwest, as well as a large battalion of the Chinese army.

At this time, in the camp of the Qianghu Chinese army, the Qiang tribes were holding a meeting here, and the first Lingqiang patriarch said: "Great leader, recently, our army has been continuously attacked by the Han army, and the rear Fushi and other places have been lost. ”

The big leader thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Originally, our army was in full swing, and Dong Zhuo retreated to Xihe County, where did a Han army come from, and actually conquered Dingxiang and Wuyuan counties in a row, cut off our army's grain land, and captured Fushi County, causing our army to be unable to care for each other, and was divided and attacked, and all of them were taken prisoner?!" ”

Zero Chao sighed: "When our army led the army back to attack Jiuyuan County, it was lost to this Han army, their main general, named Ma Chao, was only 8 years old, he was the captain of Dong Zhuo Xinbai's Northern Army, and his father was Ma Teng of Longxi County, Liangzhou!" ”

"What? The commander of the Han army's strange soldiers is only 8 years old? ”

Such absurd news, unheard of, unseen, impacted the world view of the great chief, and he was furious: "It's so terrifying at the age of 8! When he grows up, will he pay it back? ”

"For the sake of today, Great Chief, let's retreat first, and then discuss later."

"Okay... That's all there is to it..."

The big leader suddenly lost the strength of his whole body, it was December at this time, the cold was about to invade the northern land, and if he didn't plunder enough food and other materials, the entire Qiang tribe, how many people would die!

"I... Can you only judge yourself to apologize? ”

As the big leader, he lost his troops and lost his generals, and he couldn't escape the blame, and he was about to accept his fate and become the new big leader, and then commit suicide.

The guards outside came to report: "Report! Big Boss! ”

"What?"

"The Han army that captured Fushi County divided its troops into several units and raided our army's camp, and now the western camp has fallen! The southern and northern battalions are under onslaught, and only the central army and the eastern battalion remain! ”

"What?!"

The bad news was like a thunderbolt, which struck the heart of the big leader, and he only felt that his eyes were dark and crumbling, but fortunately he was supported by the chaos and did not fall to the ground immediately.

The big leader used the last of his strength: "Biography... I order... Hurry up... Hurry up and withdraw to the north... ”

Anyway, unconscious.