Wei County, Guzang City.

Guzang, also known as Gaizang, is an important town in Liangzhou, built by the Huns according to legend, originally just a small town, and later because of living in the traffic arteries of the Hexi Corridor, it gradually became a big city, and now it is the seat of Wuwei County, and it is also the richest in Hexi. The most populous city, the capital of Qianliang and Houliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the later generations is also this Guzang City. And now, Ma Chao's army is stationed in Guzang City, stuck in this main road.

"Brother, I've inquired clearly!" Ma hurriedly ran to Ma Chao, and then said: "A few days ago, the Qiang King Cheriji asked Wang Fujian for 100,000 grains and grass, together with the grain and grass that Cheriji originally collected, I am afraid it will be enough for the 200,000 Qiang army to last until next summer. ”

"Tomorrow summer? So long? Ma Chao's face darkened.

"The clan has gathered an army of 100,000, but the people have been fighting for years, and there is not much grain and grass left, but I heard that the people of the Qiang tribe have also asked for 100,000 grains and grass from the clan." Ma continued.

"There is a lot of food for people! This Fu key is not simple, it is much stronger than the two guys Ah Gui and Yang Wan back then. I remember that Ah Gui and Yang Wan still needed me to provide them with food and grass. Ma Chao muttered.

The Ah Gui and Yang Wan in Ma Chao's mouth are the leaders of the people, and they once followed Ma Chao to crusade against Cao Cao.

"Brother, this is the difference, I heard that people's food is not rich, but Wang Fujian is afraid of the Qiang and the clan, so he will give them grain and grass, and now the rest of the grain and grass, I am afraid there will not be a lot left, even if the new grain harvested after the autumn, it can barely survive this winter, and after the beginning of spring, maybe there will still be no food." Ma said from the side.

Ma Chao nodded. Ma Chao has lived in Liangzhou for a long time, and the alien races around Yuzhou are also very well understood. It is not the harsh climate or the war that restricts the development of nomads, but food. The characteristics of the nomadic people make it impossible for them to accumulate enough food like the farming people, so the nomads will continue to invade the farming people, in the final analysis, in order to grab the grain.

"The horse will immediately choose three thousand for me to ride, and then prepare ten days' worth of food and grass."

"Brother. Are you going to ......?"

"Not bad. Do you still remember that the Prime Minister gave us the brocade? As long as those Hu people dare to enter the territory of my Wuwei. When the time comes, look for an opportunity to cut off their food routes. Destroy their grain and grass. The Hu people will retreat when they lack food. Even if the Hu people don't retreat. There was no extra grain and grass to support their attack on Yongzhou. ”

Marching to fight. The farther the distance, the greater the pressure on logistics to protect the land. Take the Qiang people to talk about the Qiang cavalry harassing Liangzhou. You don't have to bring much food. And if it is an attack on Youzhou or even an attack on Chang'an. For the Qiang people, the logistical pressure is very large. If it weren't for this time, Cheriji asked for 100,000 hulu of grain and grass from the Qiang people. It's not enough to hit Yongzhou at all.

"Isn't my brother too dangerous?" Ma asked.

The Hu people combined numbered three or four hundred thousand people. And Ma Chao only led 3,000 people to harass the Hu people's grain road alone. The wilderness is not a hundred times the difference in the number of people in the city. If you are not careful, you will probably be wiped out.

"Hahaha......" Ma Chao suddenly laughed. Then he patted the horse on the shoulder and said, "Brother." I, Ma Chao, have been crisscrossing Liangzhou since I was fourteen years old. He has not met an opponent for more than 30 years. This Liangzhou. It's my place! In this Liangzhou. No one has been able to stop me yet! ”

……

The camp of the Qiang king, Cheriji.

Yue Ji was killed by Cheriji, which still had a certain impact on the morale of the Qiang people, but at this time, the 100,000 grains and grass extorted by Cheriji arrived, which was regarded as a dose of strength for Cherrigi.

As Zhuge Liang expected, Cherrigi had just inherited the position of King Qiang for a few years, and it was when he was young and vigorous, and he always wanted to do a good job. It's a bit of a quick success. When Cherrigi received the grain and grass sent by the people, he immediately commanded the army and killed Wuwei.

"King, there is news from Yongzhou." Yadan came from outside.

Yadan is the prime minister of the Qiang people, and he is also the teacher of Cherrigi, and he has a very high prestige among the Qiang people.

"Prime Minister, what's the news over there in Yongzhou?" Cherrigi asked.

"King, Xianbei Kebineng and Fu Luohan have entered Xiao Pass, and the vanguard of Xianbei Kebineng and Liu Bao of the Southern Huns has also entered the territory of Yongzhou." Yadan Yu reported.

"I see." Cherrigi replied painlessly.

"King, we should hurry up and enter Yongzhou now! The Yongzhou is fertile for thousands of miles, and the people are rich, if we say that we are late, I am afraid that the benefits will be taken by the Xianbei and the Huns.

Yadan continued.

Cheriji nodded, in comparison, Yongzhou is much richer than Liangzhou. Especially in Chang'an Xianyang, it has been rich since the pre-Qin period, and although it is not as good as before, the centuries-old foundation is there after all.

"Prime Minister, I also know that Yongzhou is rich, but this meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, now Ma Chao is still in Wuwei, even if we want to go to Yongzhou, we need to solve Ma Chao first." Cherrigi replied.

"The king's words are wrong! This is like a gold next to the king, and the king ten steps away there is a hundred gold, the king next to the gold no one noticed, but the king ten steps away from the hundred gold, some people have coveted it for a long time, if the king leans over to take a gold next to him, I am afraid that at this time ten steps away from the hundred gold will take others away! Now this Liangzhou is the gold, and Yongzhou is the hundred gold! Yadan then persuaded.

Cherry Ji didn't speak, just lowered his head and meditated, while Yadan continued to persuade: "King, Liangzhou is far away from me, and sooner or later it will be the king's, and Yongzhou is far away from us, so the king should take Yongzhou directly, get a piece of the pie from Xianbei and the Xiongnu, and wait until the overall situation of Yongzhou has been decided, and then return to the army to take Liangzhou directly." If the king takes Liangzhou first and is dragged by Ma Chao for a year and a half, when the war in Yongzhou is over, and the benefits are taken away by the Xiongnu and Xianbei, we will not have much to take advantage of. ”

"What the prime minister said is reasonable, if Liu Bei in Yongzhou is defeated, this Liangzhou will be in my pocket sooner or later, but it's just ......" Cherrigi hesitated again.

"The king is worried about Ma Chao in Wuwei City?" Yadan asked.

Cherrigi nodded. During the Three Kingdoms period, the place where the Qiang people were located was actually the area of Lintao and Wushan in Gansu Province, from the Qiang land into the territory of Yongyue Liangzhou, and now Wuwei County, Jincheng County and Xiping County are under the control of the Shu army, which means that Cheriji needs to pass through the area controlled by the Shu army if he wants to enter Yong.

However, there are not many people in Liangzhou, and they are mainly concentrated in Wuwei Liangzhou, so even if Cherrigi leads the army through the territory controlled by the Shu army, the Shu army does not dare to stop it. However, since ancient times, the strategy of attacking cities and expanding their territory has always been adopted, that is, they first occupy the territory adjacent to themselves, and never cross the enemy's defense area to attack the enemy's rear first. Because then it is very easy for the enemy to cut off the rear road and annihilate the whole army.

I saw Yadan smile and said, "Actually, the king doesn't have to worry about the Shu army in Liangzhou. The Shu army in the three counties of Liangzhou was only 30,000 or 40,000 people, and most of them were concentrated in Weiwu. Now I have an army of 200,000, and the king only needs to divide 50,000 troops, stationed in Wuwei, and opposite Ma Chao

Required. Ma Chaoren naturally did not dare to go out of the city to fight with us. 10,000 people, surrounded Xiping and Jincheng, the two cities are naturally too busy to take care of themselves. With these 70,000 people in check, the Shu army did not dare to go out of the city, but it could also ensure that our army would not lose its way back. After defeating Liu Bei in Yongzhou, Liangzhou is just a turtle in an urn. ”

"Good strategy!" A smile suddenly appeared on Cherrigi's face. Left 70,000 people to contain Ma Chao in Liangzhou, Ma Chao dared to go out of the city, even if the Qiang people could take advantage of the situation to seize the city. The Qiang army went directly to Liangzhou to Yongzhou to get a share of the Xianbei and Huns, and then returned to the army to eliminate Ma Chao's Liangzhou department.

"The king is good! Big things are wrong! A Qiang rider stumbled in.

"What's wrong, so flustered?" Yadan asked.

"Back to the king, back to the prime minister, the big thing is not good, the grain and grass are gone! All burned! ”

"What do you say? Why? Cherrigi jumped up, grabbed the rider's clothes, and said fiercely.

"King, it's Ma Chao, he made people attack, and the brigade that transported grain behind them was all burned by them!"

"What about the 100,000 grains and grass that the man came?"

"It's burned too!"

"Ahh Cherry Ji was angry and almost fainted.

In fact, this is also to blame Cherrigi for being too anxious, there is a sentence in the art of war, the three armies go first before moving grain and grass. However, the Qiang people are all cavalry, and the speed of the baggage troops is naturally slower than that of the Qiang cavalry army, and the Cheriji is in a hurry to attack, and the speed of the baggage troops greatly affects the speed of the Cheriji army. Therefore, Cherrigi ordered his army to bring a small amount of grain and grass in front, and the baggage troops behind to march slowly.

This also gave Ma Chao an opportunity.

Cherrigi never imagined that the enemy would run to the ground to intercept his baggage troops, and if he were a different person, he would not have the ability to do so. But Ma Chao is different, Ma Chao has lived in Liangzhou for a long time, and he is also very familiar with the Qiang land, in front of Ma Chao, the so-called time and place are favorable, and Cheriji does not have it, and as a result, Ma Chao led three thousand fine horses into the Qiang land and burned the grain and grass of Cherrigi.

In fact, Ma Chao didn't expect that this battle would be so rich, but the blame is that Cherrigi was too anxious, if Cherrigi was willing to slow down the march and let the baggage troops advance with the army, it would also be burned by Ma Chao.

Now that the grain and grass are burned, with the current supply of grain and grass of the Qiang people, it is no longer enough to support the Qiang army to attack Yongzhou, and the long supply line from Qiang to Yongzhou can completely drag the Qiang army down.

"Prime Minister, what should we do?" Cherrigi opened his mouth and asked, "Why don't we go to Fu Jian again and ask them for some food and grass?" ”

Yadan shook his head: "King, last time someone gave us 100,000 grains, I'm afraid this time, it will be difficult to get grain and grass again." ”

"They dare not give! If I don't give it to him, I'll kill him first! Cherrigi said angrily.

"King, I heard that a few days ago, Ren Shi Yong also asked someone for 100,000 pieces of grain and grass, and now people's own grain and grass are probably insufficient. The king must know that things must be reversed, and if he pushes people into a hurry and bites us back, it will not be good. Yadan said.

"So what do we do?" Cherrigi hurriedly asked Yadan.

"The king Hugh should be anxious, I heard that there is a lot of grain and grass in Guzang City in Wuwei County, we only need to capture Guzang, and there will be food. It's just that in this way, when we attack Yongzhou, I'm afraid there will be a lot less benefit. However, the situation is pressing, and there are only Xianbei and Huns who are cheap first. ”

……

The Qiang people used to be the slaves of the Huns, and among the wild people, it is reasonable to have big fists, and there are many people who use force among the Qiang, so that no one among them obeys anyone. Therefore, the 100,000-strong army of the Qiang seems to be a large number, but it lacks a unified commander to command, although the 100,000 people are gathered together, but in fact each tribe is fighting separately. Fortunately, the people are united, so there hasn't been any chaos so far.

However, it is really unreasonable that there is no one to lead these 100,000 people, and it is not conducive to fighting, so the chiefs of the tribes decided to nominate one person to come out first, as the commander, and temporarily lead the 100,000 soldiers of the Qiang tribe. And in the end, the person everyone selected was Shi Yong.

Shi Yong is also the chief of a tribe, and this tribe is not too big.

In fact, Shi Yong was recommended as a handsome, and there was also some luck involved. There are many big tribes within the clan, but these big tribes are not convinced by each other, if you recommend a leader from one of these big tribes, the other big tribes will definitely not be convinced At this time, Shi Yong came back from the people, and also brought 100,000 grains and grass The people of the tribe are short of food, so Shi Yong is a great achievement. So the Hu family recommended Shi Yong as the handsome. Shi Yong is not from a big tribe, and it is also a fair thing for him to be the commander of these big tribes, and everyone can accept it.

The Qiang people are pure nomadic people, but after all, the time of independence is relatively short, the background is insufficient, when it comes to the ability to graze, the Qiang people are far inferior to their former masters, the Huns. A nomad is not very good at herding, and this is certainly not good for survival. In addition, the most fertile grasslands of the grassland are occupied by the powerful Xianbei people, so the tribe often faces the problem of food shortage.

Without food, the clan had to burn and loot everywhere, which made the clan develop a murderous character. Sometimes, when there is a shortage of food, the people of the Qiang tribe will even kill the old and weak of the tribe for food.

The Qiang people want to expand, but they are surrounded by powerful enemies, Xianbei, Qiang, and the countries of the Western Regions, none of whom are easy to mess with. Now, the rich Guanzhong is a good opportunity for the clansmen, but the clan does not have enough food.

The food that Shi Yong extorted from people was tantamount to helping the clan solve the big problem of food shortage.

The soldiers of the Qiang tribe were all cavalry, and although their equipment was inferior to that of the Qiang, their horses were superior. The war horses of the Qiang people were originally Xiongnu war horses, and later they were crossed with West Asian horses, so the war horses of the tribe have both the endurance of the Xiongnu war horses and the strength of the Qiang war horses.

Because the tribesmen were all cavalry, they encountered the same problem as the Qiang, that is, the baggage troops could not keep up with the large army.

At the beginning, Shi Yong brought 100,000 pieces of grain and grass, all of which were distributed to various tribes according to the number of people. That is to say, the grain and grass of the tribe are not uniformly escorted, but transported privately by each tribe. As a result, it was more time-consuming than collective delivery, and the chiefs of the tribes were reluctant to get the food, and they were afraid that the other tribes would rob it, so they kept the food in the army. Therefore, the army of the Qiang people stopped and went, and after walking for a month, they were still wandering around the Hexi Corridor.

Shi Yong saw that if this continued, it was difficult to think of Wuwei, so he invited all the chiefs to discuss, and finally everyone discussed that it should be decided, that is, each tribe assigned a small number of people to escort grain and grass to march behind, and the cavalry army continued to march towards Wuwei County.

Each tribe assigned a small number of men to escort its own grain and grass, which made the movement of the large armies uneven. Some tribes' grain carriers set out at dawn, while others waited until the sun rose. The different work and rest times lead to the inability to unify the march, and at a glance, the sparse soldiers along the way escort grain and grass, platoons

A long snake formation. Piles of people in groups of three or five, none

When Ma Chao came here with three thousand Liangzhou cavalry, he looked at the piles of grain trucks in front of him that were marching forward in an orderly manner, and his heart was surprised. Ma Chao had never seen such a grain shipment.

For a while, Ma Chao thought that the clansmen had set a trap to take him.

After investigation, Ma Chao confirmed that what was in front of him was definitely not a trap. These people are truly ignorant of the art of war.

Today's people are not the same as they were during the Sixteen Kingdoms, and they lack a unified leader. For this nation that had just become independent from the hands of the Xiongnu, they had not yet learned the art of war of the Han people, or these people who advocated force simply looked down on those Han people who could only farm in their opinion, let alone the art of war of the Han people.

And now the ignorance of the tribesmen pays for the tuition.

I have to say that the clansmen are indeed very warlike, but the combat effectiveness of Ma Chao's Liangzhou Iron Cavalry is also very strong. When it comes to personal combat effectiveness, the gap may not be large, but in terms of equipment, coordination and tactics of battle, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is more than one grade higher. In addition, the grain transportation team of the Qian people was not concentrated, and the distribution was too loose, so as soon as they fought, they were broken by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry one by one.

……

The army of the Qiang tribe is rushing towards Wuwei.

"Dashuai, it's not good!" Someone shouted Shi Yong in the back. Shi hurriedly looked back, and it was the leader of a large tribe of the Qiang tribe named Taoyu.

"What's wrong?" Ishigchi asked.

"Dashuai, something happened to our tribe's grain transportation team, and it was intercepted, and all the grain and grass are gone!" Tao Yu said.

Before Shi Yong could answer, there were several chiefs behind him, telling them about the robbery of grain one by one.

Later, more and more chiefs came to Shi Yong, and Shi Yong realized the seriousness of the matter, and Shi Yong had to stop and gather everyone to discuss.

"Dashuai, what should we do now that our food is gone!"

"Yes, because the marshal got food from people this time, we didn't bring more food to march and now the food is gone, what should we do?"

A group of Qiang chieftains gathered together, you said a word, I coaxed a word, Shi Yong couldn't hear what everyone was saying at all.

"Give me all peace!" Shi Yong shouted, and everyone immediately quieted down.

Shi Yong took a deep breath, cleared his throat, and said, "I said everyone, now that the grain has been destroyed, the food we bring with us is definitely not enough to eat. If we don't have food, it doesn't mean that others don't have food, we can grab it! ”

"That's right!" Next to him, Tao Yu patted his head. Robbery is a familiar road for the Qiang people, just now everyone because of the destruction of food, all of them are impetuous, and the old business of the tribe is not robbery.

"What the marshal said is extremely true, but there are not many people in this Hexi area, where can we find enough food for our 100,000 troops?" A big chief next to him asked.

The area around the Hexi Corridor is not only inhabited by the Han people, but also the people, Qiang people, Xiongnu people, Xianbei people, etc. However, there are not many people living near the Hexi Corridor, although it is not said that there are no people for thousands of miles, but it is also necessary to walk hundreds of miles to meet a village, just this population base, where can raise an army of 100,000 tribes, that is, all the surrounding people are robbed and bankrupt, and it is not enough for the consumption of 100,000 troops.

As soon as the chief spoke, everyone nodded. If there are only one or two tribes, the robbers come to Hexi, it is enough to consume, but these 100,000 people, Hexi can't afford to support this little material. Wolves have more meat and less meat, so it is difficult to make everyone hungry.

Shi Yong waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then spoke again: "Hexi is not enough for us to grab, then let's find a place with a lot of people to rob." I heard that the Yongzhou of the Han Dynasty is fertile for thousands of miles, the people are rich, and Jin Chengshan is a mountain, so let's go there and rob all the Han people! ”

"Dashuai, I heard that the Xianbei people and the Huns also went to Yongzhou!" A little chief interjected.

"Humph! The Huns also went, so it's just right, let's take this opportunity to give those Huns some awesome taste! The other little chief said viciously.

The Qiang people were originally slaves of the Xiongnu, and the life of slaves was naturally not easy, so since independence, the clansmen hated the Xiongnu in their hearts.

"Dashuai, I still have a problem, Yongzhou is far away, and our current food is simply not enough for us to support Yongzhou."

"Yes, Dashuai, let's solve the problem of food first."

I saw a cold light flash in Shi Yong's eyes, revealing a vicious smile, and said, "I want the food back."

"Huh?"

"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at Shi Yong puzzled.

Shi Yong stood up fiercely and said with a hideous face: "Those Han people live in the house all the year round, and they all have fine skin and tender meat, and they must taste good......

……

The Qiang began to circulate and rob everywhere. What people didn't expect was that the people of the Qian people not only robbed property and food, but also robbed people. Anyone who is encountered by the clansmen, men, women, and children will be taken away.

Originally, these people who were taken away thought that they might be used as slaves, but soon they found out that this was not the case, and the people did not capture them so that they could be slaves but as military rations!

The further east you go, the more villages and populations you encounter, and everything you encounter by the clan army becomes the rations of the clan soldiers. There are Han people, Qiang people, Xianbei people and Xiongnu people. But none of this mattered to the Qiang soldiers. When they were hungry, they ate even their own people, let alone other tribes.

In this way, the clan army used human flesh as rations to support this killing of Benyongzhou.

……

Yongzhou.

The first to arrive in Yongzhou were the Quartet people, namely the western Xianbei Shan Yu Budugen, the western Xianbei Lord Fu Luohan, the central Xianbei Shan Yu Kebineng and the Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao.

Budugen and Fu Luohan are both from the western Xianbei, and they are also brothers. Although the two were very discordant when they were in Xianbei in the west, but now that they are going to Yongzhou, the two are walking together again, and they really respond to the words of brothers in battle.

The western Xianbei was originally the most powerful among the Xianbei, so when Bu Dugen and Fu Luohan put aside their prejudices and joined forces, they became the most powerful side and naturally occupied an absolute strong dominant position.

The central Xianbei Kebineng is a very ambitious person, Kebi can always think that when Xianbei was like Tanshi Huai, he unified the Xianbei tribes is talking about strength, and the central Xianbei is indeed inferior to the western Xianbei. So Kebineng united with Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian of the Southern Xiongnu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu had declined, in the face of the strong Xianbei people, most of the Xiongnu people moved to other places, and there were also Xiongnu people who were reluctant to the abundant water and grass on this grassland, and chose to stay, this Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao is one of them.

However, in the face of the rise of the Xianbei people, the life of the Huns was not easy, and the living space was repeatedly compressed, especially after the Xianbei unified the entire Xianbei in Tanshihuai, the Xianbei people were unprecedentedly strong, and the remaining Huns had to take refuge in the Han court at that time in order to continue to survive.

Han called the minister, in order to seek protection.

However, the Han people have a saying that if they are not of our race, their hearts will be different, and the Huns have invaded the Central Plains since the pre-Qin period, and the Han people still have a grudge against the Huns. Therefore, the Han people did not really accept the Huns at all, and the Huns did not sincerely surrender. When Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, the Huns felt that there was a advantage to take advantage of, and Liu Bao, who was only the son of Zuoxian Wang at that time, once led his troops to invade the Central Plains, and once killed the Hanoi area. And what is more worth mentioning is that Liu Bao's son Liu Yuan later raised troops and fought for power in the Western Jin Dynasty, which opened the prelude to the Five Hu Chaohua.

Although the Huns are in decline, the remnants are still there, and Liu Bao's men are also real soldiers and horses, so when Kebi can unite with Liu Bao, it is enough to fight against the Xianbei in the west. As a result, the four people who invaded Yongzhou were divided into two factions.

The news of the enemy's internal discord was soon heard by Pang Tongtan, who immediately decided to divide and divide the Hu people, increase the contradictions within the enemy, and delay the enemy's attack.

But it's a pity that the other side is all of different races, and Pang Tong doesn't know much about them, and he can't think of a very obvious discord plan for a while, so he can only make a small fuss and create some friction between the Hu people.

The Hu people are menacing, and in the eyes of the Hu people, Yongzhou is rich, and it is simply gold everywhere, and the Hu people have always had only one purpose in attacking the Central Plains, that is, robbery. In this era, the Hu people were most interested in the possessions and food of the Han people, rather than occupying a city and a place to rule the Han people.

Although Pang Tong had already adopted the strategy of fortifying the wall, Yongzhou was so large that it was impossible to move everyone and materials to the city. Therefore, the Xianbei and Xiongnu still gained a lot.

Now although there is a contradiction between Ke Neng and Bu Dugen, the two seem to have a very clear purpose for this time, that is, to rob, besides, Yongzhou is rich, and the materials are enough for the two groups of people to rob, so although the two groups of people have friction, it does not affect the overall situation.

Yongzhou's cities and population are mainly concentrated on both sides of Weishui, and if the Hu army did not reach the vicinity of Weishui, it would not encounter much resistance. Of course, the main wealth of Yongzhou is also concentrated along the Weishui coast, so while the Hu coalition army did not encounter much resistance, the Han people did not lose much population, and the vitality of Yongzhou is still there.

When the Hu allied forces arrived in Weishui: when they were near, they immediately encountered the fiercest resistance of the Han Chinese. In Xinping, Hanxing, Fufeng, Wugong, Gao, Chiyang and other cities, the Hu people were repeatedly invincible to conquer, let alone fortresses like Chencang. Although the villages north of the Wei River were sacked by the Hu army, the Han army relied on the city's tall walls and defensive weapons to block the Hu people's attacks again and again.

The Xianbei and Xiongnu who came this time were both Youmin who grew up on horseback, and if they fought on the plains, they might be very powerful, but they were not good at attacking the city, so for a while, the war entered a stalemate.

The purpose of Hu Ren's visit this time is very simple, it is robbery. The north bank of Weishui has almost been robbed, and only a few big cities remain. Although there are a lot of materials in the big city, it takes a lot of troops to capture it, and Liu Bei's nearly 200,000 troops are still in Chang'an, and Chang'an is just south of Weishui, and it may cross the river at any time to support. The 200,000 Han army can still pose a great threat to the Hu people's coalition army, so before killing Liu Bei's main army, whether it is Budugen or Kebineng, you need to be cautious.

Finally, Budugen couldn't help it. It was decided to cross the Weishui, find Liu Bei's main force, and wait for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle.

However, it was not the end of summer when Budugen came, and the amount of water in Weishui was still very abundant, and before that, Pang Tong ordered people to tear down all the bridges on Weishui and collect all the ferries for the Hu people to use. At the same time, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and others also personally commanded the army to inspect the south bank of Weishui, and when they found that the Hu people had the intention of crossing the river, they immediately prepared to attack them halfway.

The Hu people found that they could not cross Weishui for the time being, so they had to attack the city and force Liu Bei to cross the river for a decisive battle. Bu Dugen led the main force of the Xianbei army in the west to attack Pingcheng, while the combined forces of Kebineng and Liu Bao focused their eyes on Chi Yang's body.

Xinping and Chiyang faced each other across the river, and they could have formed horns with each other, but at the same time they were attacked by the Hu people, and they could not rescue each other at all. In addition, Liu Bei's main force was originally on the south bank of Weishui, so it was impossible to rescue Xinping and Chiyang in time.

At this time, Liu Bei was still south of Weishui and did not cross the river. Seeing that the people in the north of Weishui were suffering, Liu Bei had no choice but to swallow his anger.

Liu Bei had no cavalry in his hands. To be precise, Liu Bei had no cavalry at all except for those people that Ma Chao brought to Liangzhou.

Liangchuan did not produce war horses in the first place, and naturally there were no cavalry. The terrain on the north bank of Weishui is flat and wide, and the cavalry is very easy to play, so once the Weishui is crossed, it is difficult for the Shu army to win when the cavalry of Xianbei and Xiongnu is not superior in numbers.

The south bank of Weishui is close to the Qinling Mountains, although the terrain is also flat, but it is not wide, because the south bank of Weishui faces water in the north and the mountains in the south, and the cavalry can only move in the east-west direction, which also greatly reduces the mobility of the cavalry, and also shortens the battle line of the Shu infantry, which is still extremely beneficial to the infantry of the Shu army.

Therefore, even if all the cities north of Weishui are lost, Liu Bei must hold back and not engage the main force of the Hu people, but wait until the Hu people have crossed the Weishui and then wait for the opportunity to engage them.

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Just when Liu Bei was enduring Chang'an, Xianbei and the Xiongnu were attacking the city, Adou, who was conquering the Southern Barbarians, also encountered his last battle against the Southern Barbarians, and the opponent was the vulture bone of the Ugo Kingdom and his rattan armor soldiers.

Shamoko walked back in embarrassment. I saw Shamoko holding the thistle bone in one hand and a corpse in the other. The corpse was wearing rattan armor, and its head had been shattered, leaving only its body dragged by Shamoko, and if you looked closely, there were still some yellowish-white brains standing on the thistle bone in Shamoko's hand.

Just now, Shamoke led his Wuxi barbarian army to fight a big battle with the vanguard of the vine armor soldiers of the vulture bones, Shamoke had 3,000 Wuxi barbarian soldiers under his command, and there were 2,000 vine armor soldiers on the opposite side, and the Wuxi barbarian army was killed by the vine armor soldiers and returned from defeat.

Shamoko threw the body to the ground and said, "What the hell! Can these people do witchcraft? Just these broken rattans, the knife can't be cut through, the gun can't be pierced, and there is no need to fight with such a person! still

"Really invulnerable? Let me try. Wen Qin next to him curiously pulled out his saber and stabbed it at the rattan armor on the corpse.

The sword stabbed into the vine armor, Wen Qin only felt a resistance coming, and then the sword in his hand was blocked on the vine armor.

"Strange! What a wicked door! Wen Qin lowered his head and looked curiously at the place where he had just been stabbed, only to see that a thin mark appeared on it, as if it had just been scratched by something, and it was still early to be pierced.