Xun You's words persuaded Liu Fan that he was in critical danger now, and it was the time to employ people, so he could appropriately reduce Huang Zhong's crimes.

Everyone has their own ideas, obviously, Liu Fan's ideas are a little different from the ideas of the generals.

Liu Fan stared at Huang Zhong for a while, and finally said: "Nian Ru responds to danger and kills the enemy." I don't care about your faults now. In the future war, I hope you can serve your life! In addition, in the previous battle, I will not count your merits. ”

"The last will be a crippled body to serve death, how dare you ask for merit!"

Huang Zhong heard Liu Fan's words, got up and bowed again. He had mixed feelings in his heart.

From now on, whether Huang Zhong is stationed in the border area or goes out to conquer the division, he will bring Sun Wu with him.

"Commander, marching today, another 5,000 prisoners. In normal times, I would be very happy. But at this time, we are surrounded between the Longshan Mountains, and if the five thousand captives are left, I am afraid that they will respond to the rebels and stumble our army. I won't do anything to kill a prisoner! Can the advisor give me a good plan? ”

After Huang Zhong's matter was dealt with, Liu Fan asked Xun You again.

Liu Fan has always called himself a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. Even if you kill a captive, you only kill the guilty.

It often takes years, ten years to erect a flag, but it only takes a moment to destroy it.

These 5,000 captives are like a time bomb, which not only consumes a lot of food, but can also be detonated at any time.

Liu Fan had to be cautious.

Xun You pondered for a while and said to Liu Fan: "Since these 5,000 captives have already surrendered to our army, they will be collected to our army." If you want to survive, you will definitely surrender. ”

"Although the soldiers of Xiliang have surrendered, they cannot be educated in a short time. Accepting it for subordinates, I think this is to take the spear upside down and give it to others. Han Sui and Li Dao's followers use it at will, isn't there a disaster? ”

Liu Fan instinctively thought that this method was not feasible.

However, Liu Fan suddenly thought about it, it was impossible for Xun You not to even understand this truth. There must have been some other meaning, so I looked at him.

"The Xiliang captives were forced to surrender, and it was inevitable that they would have other ideas. The prime minister can force him to surrender, I have a plan to kill two birds with one stone, please adopt it! ”

Xun You stroked his beard and smiled, and bowed his hand to Liu Fan.

"Please speak carefully, and I will listen to you."

Liu Fan hurriedly asked Xun You.

"The prime minister can make the Xiliang prisoners change into the clothes and armor of our army, advance in front of our army, and think that they are the vanguard. If Li Dao, Guo Yan, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others saw this and attacked, our army would just use the way of others to govern them. ”

Xun Yu said to Liu Fan.

"Clever plan, it really kills two birds with one stone!"

Liu Fan's face was overjoyed, and he stroked his palms and praised.

Subsequently, Liu Fan used Xun You's strategy to recruit and surrender the Xiliang prisoners.

Among the Xiliang captives, there was no tough guy who would rather die than surrender, no matter what kind of mind he had, all the five thousand captives were returned to Liu Fan's camp.

Liu Fan promoted several lieutenants and was in charge of his Xiliang prisoners.

Liu Fan also asked Xu Huang to command 5,000 infantry, take off their armor, and distribute the armor and banners to the Xiliang prisoners.

And the armor and banners of the Xiliang captives all belonged to Xu Huangbu, and Liu Fan kept them for great use.

This time, Liu Fan entered Longshan and brought all the food and baggage he could carry.

There was enough food for the army for a month. Liu Fan was afraid that the grain would be discovered and plundered by the enemy, so he sent 5,000 infantry under Yang Ding to put grain and grass and baggage in a valley that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and sent 2,000 horsemen under Huang Zhong to protect the grain road with Yang Ding.

Huang Zhong originally had no war horses under his command, and the two thousand horsemen were all newly equipped for him by Liu Fan.

Liu Fan paid attention to the tens of thousands of Qiang and Di cavalry behind him.

Liu Fan knew what their purpose was, so he pretended to ignore it, but in fact sent a large number of fast horses to monitor their movements.

Once the Qiang and Di cavalry make a big move, Liu Fan can also make the army deal with it.

Liu Fan has 90,000 cavalry, and the cavalry battle formation can definitely make the 50,000 Hu cavalry not take advantage.

Liu Fan is a master of playing cavalry, so he knows the weaknesses of cavalry better.

Next, for two days, Liu Fan's 90,000 troops were deployed on the border of Tianshui County and Anding County.

It's not just an open plain here that is suitable for a large army. It's even more because Liu Fan's grain and grass are near here.

Liu Fan plans to spend some time with the Xiliang soldiers here.

What Liu Fan needs most now is time.

He needs time to wait for his reinforcements to arrive, and then start the Jedi counterattack.

Xun You also analyzed to him, in the depths of Longshan, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Han Sui, and Ma Teng must be in ambush, waiting for Liu Fan to arrive.

It is not wise to go deep alone!

In addition, the implication that the Qiang and Di tribes want to drive Liu Fan to the depths of Longshan is obvious.

Yesterday, the Qiang people rode 10,000 to intimidate and gallop.

ran until Liu Fan's camp was five miles away, and Liu Fan ordered to hold on without any moves.

Perhaps the Qiang and Di tribes were impatient, and early this morning, the Qiang and Di cavalry all set out and rushed to Liu Fan's base camp.

"Xu Huang, lead 20,000 horsemen under your command to go into battle."

Liu Fan knew that the Hu cavalry was mobilizing this time, and it must be really attacking.

However, he also has a backhand, ready to teach the Hu cavalry a lesson, and the Hu cavalry of the province flaunts their might all day long.

Two miles away in front of Liu Fan's camp, Xu Huang led 20,000 horsemen to stand in place, motionless.

They looked at the dust in the distance, which shook the mountains on both sides of the wilderness.

The leaders of the Qiang and Di tribes had learned that there were 20,000 Han cavalry standing in front of the camp, as if they were going to fight them to the death.

The Qiang and Di people put pressure on the Han army for days and days, in order to drive the Han army into the ambush circle they had set up.

However, the Han army was stationed in the same place, and it was unbearable to treat their 50,000 iron cavalry as air, so the leaders of the two departments discussed each other and prepared to give the Han army some colors to see.

"Sons, kill! Annihilate all the Han cavalry in front of them, and let them see how powerful we are. ”

Yang Ju, the leader of the Di tribe, shouted and ordered the Hu cavalry to launch an assault on the vast wilderness.

Yang Ju took his subordinates out of Qiuchi Mountain, if nothing else, Liangzhou would be content with the status quo.

Cheng Gongying recounted Liu Fan's danger and believed that if Liu Fan ruled Liangzhou, Qiang and Di would not even have the land to stand on the cone.

This is too harmful to Yang Ju, who is about to establish the Qiu Chi Kingdom.

The Qiang people are afraid that after Liu Fan becomes strong, they will settle accounts after the autumn and threaten their tribe.

Tens of thousands of iron horsemen charged together, with an extremely powerful deterrent, as if they were about to roll up this side of the mountains and rivers.

One after another, the arrows from the string rushed towards Xu Huang quickly.

And Xu Huang, and the riders under his command, although their complexions changed, they were also motionless.

The cavalry that does not charge has a hard chance of winning against the cavalry that charges up.

The Hu cavalry didn't know what Xu Huang was doing, but they had to send it.

The speed of the horses increased even faster, wanting to scatter Xu Huang's army at once, and wanting to win this battle easily.

This area belongs to the wilderness, and the Hu cavalry can't think of any conspiracy.

(End of chapter)