In the past few days, the battle of the Koji brothers has been smooth, but their hearts have been up and down, and they have never been stable.

After they confirmed the situation of the rapid evacuation of the Huang family's soldiers and horses, they immediately commanded the soldiers and horses to attack the city of the Cousin.

Although Huang Hua's thousands of men and horses left in the Cousin Clan resisted stubbornly, they still did not hold it under the repeated attacks of the Koji brothers, and the Cousin City fell.

It's just that before the brothers of the Qi family could withdraw from the joy of breaking the city, they heard another news.

Yang Feng, who captured Lufu City, faced the Huang Hua army that was fierce and returned to his division for revenge, but also did not hold Lufu City, and had been defeated and fled, and he did not know where to go.

This frightened the brothers of the Lu family, if Yang Feng really broke Jiuquan, then their battles would be in vain, the defeated division and the general, the blame could not be escaped, and if they continued to fight, they were afraid that they would not even be able to save their lives.

Whether to stay in Biaoshi City or withdraw to Zhangye has also become a difficult problem for them to choose.

Just when the brothers of the Lu family hesitated, Yang Feng, who had been cut off for a long time, finally came to the military order again, and urgently summoned the brothers of the Lu family to lead the troops to attack Jiuquan and drag Huang Hua's soldiers and horses for the precarious Yumen City.

The Koji brothers were overjoyed and surprised, and after hastily trimming the men and horses, they could only be ordered to lead the troops and continue to attack Jiuquan, but the soldiers and horses of the two entered between Anmi and Lejuan, and they met the Huanghua army who was familiar with geography.

At this point, the battle situation in Jiuquan has reached a stalemate again, and the brothers of the Koji family who led the troops are also anxious.

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in the military tent.

"Brother, the general is too light on the enemy, so he shouldn't have gone to get Lufu in person. At present, this battle can be completely fought out of the general's planning, this Lufu City has been gained and lost, and the Huanghua army has gone and returned, which is not at all in the response strategy of marching and using troops, if Yumen falls, then this battle will be lost if it is not fought, and we can only retreat to Zhangye. ”

Koji Guang walked around the tent and said to Ko Ying worriedly.

Ko Ying's expression also looked restless, and he looked at Koji Guang who was walking around in front of him and said angrily:

"The battle is all over this, what's the use of saying these frustrating words?"

"Now Huang Hua's army is here to confront us, in order to avoid being ambushed, the soldiers dare not move forward, but the army food will run out one day after all, if you wait for the Yumen to fall and then leave, it will be too late."

Koji Ying heard Koji's thoughts, and he glared at him.

"Don't think about that little bit of your mind. At present, if we withdraw the army first, even if we retreat to Zhangye safely, and let the military in the army, the assassin lieutenant, and the general's office go straight to investigate, it will inevitably be stabbed in the head, but it will affect the family. ”

Koji Guang pursed his mouth and said:

"Then it's better to ask General Gan in Liangzhou for help, the battle between Ganyang and Yang in the army has little to do with our Lu family, ask for help as soon as possible, lest after the fall of Yumen, I will wait for this army to become a substitute for others."

Koji Ying shook his hand and stopped Koji Hikari from thinking unrealistically.

"Far water can't save the near fire, even if General Gan, who is far away in Hanyang, can send thousands of soldiers and horses out to rescue, but when they rush to Jiuquan, the battle with Huang Hua here will already be over."

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you still have to spend so much?"

Koji Guang simply sat on the Hu bed, since they led the army into Jiuquan, this battle has completely changed its taste, and he held it in his heart, but he couldn't vent it.

Koji Ying looked at Koji Guang and sighed.

"You have to change your temperament, you have fought a lot of big battles and victories before, but when it comes to the nest battle, you can't fight. Although we can't defeat the rebels and rescue Yumen, we at least dragged Huang Hua's main force, and we didn't lose the thousands of lives under our command in the battle array, which ruined the prestige of the Koji family. If you continue to survive, whether you can change the situation depends on the Yumen side. ”

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Jade Gate, military camp outside the city.

"This is your Zhang family's part?"

When Yang Feng followed Zhang Hua to inspect the military camp of the Dunhuang soldiers, he saw the two hundred armored cavalry of the Zhang family's tribe, and couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

It turned out that Yang Feng and the others' fear of the soldiers and horses coming from the direction of Dunhuang was just a false alarm. Although the Zhang family in Dunhuang seems to have formed an independent situation, they are different from Yan Jun, Huang Hua and other martial arts heroes, they are the frontier heroes who have passed on their family learning, farming and reading to keep their families, and their family advocates the heart of the Central Plains, only because of the blockage of the west of the river, the impassability of the road, and the change of the king's banner at the head of the city, so they have not been able to get in touch with the regime of the Central Plains for a long time.

Zhang Gong, who had previously taken charge of the county government instead of Ma Ai, heard that Wang Shi had recovered Wuwei and Zhangye counties, and was now confronting the rebels in Jiuquan, so he sent his younger brother Zhang Hua to Jiuquan to help Wang Shi.

After Zhang Hua led his army into Jiuquan, he was blocked by Shatou, Ganqi and other cities, so he waved his army to capture the two cities, wanting to use it as a welcome gift to the "Wang Shi".

Yang Feng was now short of soldiers and horses, and when he learned that Dunhuang sent troops to help, he was overjoyed and hurriedly asked Zhang Hua to lead the army to come to Yumen to rendezvous.

Zhang Hua did not bring all the Dunhuang soldiers under his command, but he also brought 500 cavalry, and what surprised Yang Feng even more was that there were 200 armored cavalry among them.

Zhang Hua is a rugged-looking martial artist who is taciturn. Zhang Gong's son Zhang is quite elegant, with a bit of the demeanor of the Central Plains scholars, he heard Yang Feng's surprised question, and immediately smiled and said to Yang Feng:

"Exactly. Although Dunhuang is located in a remote area, isolated from the Middle Earth, but bordering the Western Regions, every year from Yumen Pass, Yangguan have a lot of Hu merchants come to trade, although Wuwei Guzang is known as the east and west thoroughfare of the rich yi, can talk about the source of merchants, goods, but also from Dunhuang in the past. ”

"The Western Regions are rich in products, including horses and fine iron, and they also have a lot of contacts with countries in the Western Regions among the lower clans, so they follow the example of various countries and train some armored horsemen to guard the cities and merchants, which makes the general smile!"

Yang Feng smiled awkwardly, waved his hand, and didn't say anything more.

He couldn't tell Zhang that his brother-in-law, a dignified hussar general, had more than 100 armored cavalry under his command, and in terms of numbers, it was not as good as the tribal iron cavalry trained by their Zhang family, a county lord who had been rooted in Dunhuang for a long time and had lush foliage.

Although the Zhang family only brought 500 cavalry, these cavalry were composed of strong men from the border with excellent armor and high morale, not to mention that there were 200 armored cavalry equipped with men and horses.

Yang Feng no longer hid, he intended to borrow soldiers, so he simply looked at Zhang Hua and Zhang and said solemnly:

"The two, the general was ordered to conquer the Jiuquan rebels, and they had already captured Lufu, captured and killed Huang Ang, and waited for the soldiers and horses stationed in Zhangye to advance, and the army would be able to pacify the entire territory of Jiuquan. However, the traitor Huang Hua was quite fierce, trapped in the beast and fighting, counterattacking Lufu, coupled with the riots in the city, he could not gain a foothold, so he retreated west to Yumen. ”

"Now the soldiers and horses under my command stationed in Zhangye are blocked by Huang Hua's rebels in the east of Lufu City, and the news is not available, and the rebels of Su Heng and others are on the way to Yumen.

"I want to use Dunhuang's soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, counterattack Lufu City, and exterminate Huanghua's rebels.

Although Zhang Hua was the one who led the troops, when he heard about borrowing the troops, his face changed slightly, and he turned to look at Zhang Yu.

Although Zhang is young, he is the real principal, and he already had a plan when he came, and immediately smiled at Yang Feng:

"As I wish, the two thousand Dunhuang soldiers and horses who entered Jiuquan this time are all willing to serve the general's counterinsurgency!"

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After Yang Feng left, Zhang Hua, who had rarely spoken out, finally asked.

"Although this general is not a mediocre general, the forces he can use at hand are not much stronger than Huang Hua, do we really want to help him?"

Zhang nodded and asked rhetorically:

"Uncle is not worried?"

"Your talent is the youngest leader in the clan, how can my uncle not be at ease. It's just that I heard that there is a big chaos in the Central Plains, and the chaos in the secession of prefectures and counties is not much better than that of Hexi and Longyou. ”

"Although the Jiuquan Huang family openly killed officials and rebelled, they did not have any disrespect for our Dunhuang Zhang family, is it worth it to help this general eliminate Huang Hua? In the future, if these new officials are in charge of the four counties of Hexi, will the clan be able to deal with themselves? ”

Zhang listened to Zhang Hua's words, nodded, and looked pensive.

Before sending out the army, he also discussed these matters with his father Zhang Gong.

In the eyes of their father and son, since the biggest force in Liangzhou, Han Sui, Wei Duan and others have been defeated successively, then this new force is already unstoppable to enter Liangdi, and there are rebels and Luan, Zhang Jin and others in front of them, although the Huang brothers are blinded by the interests of power and insist on raising the strength of the whole county of Jiuquan to resist Wang Shi, but the most likely thing is to delay the war for a year or two, and Hexi will return to the rule of Liangzhou sooner or later.

Since the general trend is irreversible, then take advantage of the situation and take advantage of it, and stop trying to reverse the situation like Huang Hua and others.

As for how to deal with themselves, their father and son have also thought about it, and it is natural that the situation of replacing Taishou in charge of the military administration of a county like the current situation cannot be maintained, but their Zhang family in Dunhuang has a great cause, and they are familiar with the customs and customs of the Western Regions, and they have many contacts with Hu merchants from various countries.

Following the cessation of Bingge, operating Hexi and communicating with the Western Regions are inseparable from their Dunhuang Zhang family.

Zhang cleared his mind in his heart, and soon regained his calm and calm smile.

"It is better to be better in disguise than to go. Uncle can rest assured, this deal, the Zhang family can't lose! ”