Liu Zhang, who led his troops to march quickly, received two pieces of good news, one was that Chen Gongzheng was leading 8,000 tiger guards and 4,000 cavalry from west to east, and the other was that Guan Yu was breaking through Chang'an, and at this time he was leading 10,000 troops from east to west. With the help of 20,000 troops, Liu Zhang believed that the time to catch up with Dong Zhuo would be Dong Zhuo's death.

It turned out that the herald sent by Chen Gong only found out that Dong Zhuo had fled after arriving at Wugong, Liu Zhang was leading his troops to chase after him, and immediately reported back to Chen Gong, Chen Gong immediately changed his route, did not go to Wugong, and directly chased Dong Zhuo; After taking Chang'an, the people in Chang'an City who had long been subjected to Dong Zhuo's brutal rule could be said to be welcome to the Yizhou army, Guan Yu quickly stabilized the situation in the city, and then left Jia Yun and others to guard the city, he personally led an army of 10,000 to go to the martial arts, Guan Yu did not forget Liu Bei's great hatred, and also did not forget his almost abolished arm, if possible, he hoped to be able to slash Dong Zhuo, similarly, Guan Yu sent a herald to Liu Zhang to report his movements before the army, and as a result, the herald met the retreating Dong Zhuojun more than ten miles west of Huaili, The herald was at a loss for some reason, and immediately asked the two of them to report back to Guan Yu, while the remaining few quietly followed. Guan Yu got the report, thinking that Dong Zhuo was returning to the division to capture Chang'an, checked the troops in his hand, and knew that it was difficult to resist, so he immediately ordered to seize Xiliu and prepare to block Dong Zhuo.

Fine willow, also known as fine willow gathering, Emperor Wen Zhou Yafu had a garrison of tens of thousands of soldiers here, after hundreds of years, Zhou Yafu garrison relics are especially there, the fine willow has long been decayed, the population of the city is less than 5,000, the defenders are only a few hundred, see Guan Yu led 10,000 large legions to surround, not waiting for Guan Yu to persuade him to surrender, the county magistrate opened the city gate, personally held the household registration book, the seal of the tiger charm, the key to the treasury, and led the county officials and gentry to surrender.

Guan Yu immediately entered the city, controlled all the former Xiliang officials and soldiers, and then began to deploy defenses, preparing to block Dong Zhuo's eastward advance. Unexpectedly, the soldiers who followed and monitored found that Dong Zhuo did not go to Chang'an, but turned around and went north, and the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and quickly reported to Guan Yu. Guan Yu was also at a loss when he got the news, but he understood that Dong Zhuo had changed his route, and it was no longer useful for him to stay in Xiliu, in this case, it was better to follow up and see what Dong Zhuo was playing, so he left five hundred soldiers to control Xiliu, and personally led other soldiers to chase after him, of course, he inevitably sent someone to report the news to Liu Zhang.

Dong Zhuo didn't know that there were three soldiers and horses behind his buttocks, and no matter which one he was bitten by, the other two would pounce on him and tear him apart.

Hua Xiong rushed to the west of Huaili before sunset, and the spies came to report that a large number of Qiang soldiers were blocking the way, numbering about 14,500 people. At this time, the third cavalry division fought repeatedly, only more than 5,000 horsemen, and the opponent was a Qiang who grew up on horseback, even if Hua Xiong was arrogant, he also understood that it was impossible to defeat the enemy in front of him by himself. Hua Xiong didn't understand why the Qiang cavalry had an absolute advantage, but did not attack, he personally climbed the height to check, the Qiang people blocking the road did not seem to come to fight, not to mention the military formation, most of the Qiang soldiers were sitting on the ground, and their mounts were leisurely gnawing on the yellow weeds on the side, and then behind, you could even see more than a dozen cooking smokes.

Hua Xiong was puzzled, so he decided to test the other party, and he sent five hundred cavalry to form a shock formation and rushed towards the place where the Qiang people were. When the Qiang people saw the Yizhou army rushing towards them, they immediately put their fingers in their mouths and blew a loud whistle, and the summoned mounts galloped up, and the Qiang people got on their horses one after another......

These people who grew up on horseback really deserve to be natural cavalry, and thousands of Qiang soldiers formed a formation in an instant, ready to resist the attack of the Yizhou army, and the strange thing is that although these Qiang people have formed a Chen shape, they do not raise bows or arrows!

The cavalry who went to try the control had already received Hua Xiong's order, and seeing that the Qiang people were fully prepared in a moment, they pulled their horses' heads outside the range of bows and arrows, and ran back to their own formation, and the Qiang people did not pursue, and sent the Yizhou army away with a salute, and then jumped down from the horse, sat down on the spot, or chatted, or pretended to sleep, or took off the cowhide water bag to replenish water, or broke a piece of dry grass and put it in the mouth and chewed it with relish.

Hua Xiong saw that he couldn't rush over, and he planned to bypass here, but after the Qiang people on the opposite side saw the Yizhou army detour, they immediately rushed to the front of them to block the way, and then sat down on the spot as usual.

Hua Xiong tried several times, but it was the same situation, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Hua Xiong had to order to retreat five miles back and camp, waiting for Liu Zhang's arrival to make plans.

When the Qiang soldiers saw that the Yizhou army was encamped, they also set up camp, looking like they were going to consume the Yizhou army to the end.

In Beigong Yan's handsome tent, Beigong Yan sat in the middle, and several Qiang army generals sat on the left and right.

A Qiang general was very puzzled and said: "Young master, Dong Zhuo's order to us is to attack Liu Zhangjun, if we do this, will Dong Zhuo embarrass the young master in the future?" ”

Beigong Yan smiled and said, "Dong Zhuo asked them to stop Liu Zhangjun from chasing him, isn't there no way for Liu Zhangjun to chase him now?" Didn't I carry out Dong Zhuo's orders? What reason does he have to embarrass me? ”

"But Dong Zhuo is powerful, if he is jealous of the young master because of this, he will definitely try his best to make things difficult for the young master in the future!"

"According to General Hou's wishes, what should I do?" Beigong Yan asked.

"Back to the young master, according to the opinion of the last general, it is better to take advantage of the small scale of this Yizhou cavalry, our whole army will attack, annihilate it in one fell swoop, and grow the prestige of our Qiang people, so that Dong Zhuo will respect the young master even more!"

"Hmph......" Beigong Yan snorted heavily from his nostrils and said, "It's not difficult to completely annihilate this Yizhou cavalry, but have you thought about it, what if you completely annihilate them?" What can we gain except for sacrificing the lives of my Qiang warriors in vain? Dong Zhuo's weight? Dong Zhuo and I are just using each other, Dong Zhuo has never trusted us again, think about it, no matter when, the most tragic and dangerous battle Dong Zhuo always lets us go, is that trusting us? No, Dong Zhuo just treated us as cannon fodder, I could bear it in the past to avenge my father, but now, I paid the lives of tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers to avenge my father, and also let Dong Zhuo set foot in Xiliang, it can be said that I no longer owe Dong Zhuo anything, but Dong Zhuo owes us Qiang people. But Dong Zhuo still looked high, in the battle of martial arts, he asked my Qiang warriors to abandon their horses and fight on foot, and sacrificed thousands of people in vain; Mihui fought for him in all directions, and after the fall of Yiwu, he finally managed to break out of the siege after the fall, but was beaten to death by Dong Zhuo; Now that the Yizhou army is in full swing, Dong Zhuo can't resist it, and let us stay for him...... You say, why do we still have to work hard for Dong Zhuo? Could it be that the lives of our Qiang people are so worthless? ”

Everyone has long been dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo's strength is strong, they are powerless to resist, so they have to endure it as much as possible, and now when they hear Beigong Yan say it in public, they immediately vent all the suppressed emotions these days, and bursts of angry scolding immediately sounded in the tent.

Beigong Yan waited for everyone to vent before he said: "It is not difficult to defeat the Yizhou cavalry in front, or even annihilate them all, but then you will inevitably have a mortal enmity with Liu Zhang." Now Dong Zhuo is already in the waning mountains and is about to be destroyed, once we and Liu Zhang have a mortal enmity, after Liu Zhang solves Dong Zhuo, he will inevitably take revenge on our Qiang people, and then millions of people of my Qiang people will face Liu Zhang's revenge, how much blood and sacrifice will they pay? Would you like to see our people slaughtered by Liu Zhang? ”

"I don't want to ......," the generals said in unison.

The general surnamed Hou said: "It turns out that the young master ordered not to attack, it was for our people, and the last general finally understood the young master's good intentions." In that case, why don't we just make overtures to each other and let them pass? ”

"First, Dong Zhuo is finally kind to me, and I want to help him in the end. Second, we are in the way between Liu Zhang and Dong Zhuo, Liu Zhang is eager to catch up with Dong Zhuo, and he will inevitably send someone to come to talk, and then we can put forward conditions to Liu Zhang......"

"Young master, high opinion......" the generals said in unison.

"You remember to give the order, unless the Yizhou army takes the initiative to attack, you are not allowed to attack!"

Liu Zhang, who traveled day and night, caught up with Hua Xiong that night, Liu Zhang and a man from the civil and military heard Hua Xiong talk about the strange movements of the Qiang soldiers in front, and after a short discussion, they quickly came to the conclusion that the Qiang people did not want to be enemies with the Yizhou army, blocking the road as if they wanted to sit on the ground and start negotiations with Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang ordered to bury the pot and make rice, and on the other hand, he sent Mao Jue to ask to see Beigong Yan.

Mao Jue led two personal soldiers, holding torches and going straight to the Qiang soldier camp, about a mile away from the Qiang soldier camp, blocked the road by the Qiang soldiers in charge of guarding, after Mao Jue identified himself, several Qiang soldiers immediately led him to Beigong Yan's handsome tent.

Mao Jue along the way, not only sighed the Qiang people's will to endure hardships and stand hard work, the original Qiang people's camp was very simple, except for the soldiers on the periphery of the camp, there was no slightest defense facilities, there was no room in the camp, the few tents were crowded with soldiers, most of the soldiers could only pull some hay mats on the cold ground, several, more than a dozen of them were huddled together and lay on the hay, warm themselves with each other's body temperature, and then cover their bodies with a sheepskin, and fell asleep in the north wind.

Not long after, the Qiang soldiers took Mao Jue to Beigong Yan's handsome tent.