Volume 2 See the Dragon in the Wild Chapter 68 Victory in the First Battle

The Han army rested in the western capital for two days, and Li Mu left Wang Ping and Deng Zhi to lead 2,000 Han troops to defend the western capital. Li Mu knew that now that the Qiang soldiers of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou had been killed, the Huangyuan area was just a small tribe of some Qiang people.

Li Mu ordered the Han army to bring only five days' rations, and after ten days they had to return to the western capital. Li Mu ordered Zhang Liao and Dian Wei to lead an army of 3,500 men to cross the Huangshui and march west along the left bank of the Huangshui. Li Mu, Jiang Wei, and Fu Yan led 4,000 people and marched west along the right bank of Huangshui.

Li Mu's right army set out from the western capital, all the way through Xibao, Maliugou, Huangyuan City, Mengu, Hazang, on the fourth day to Qinghai Lake, Li Mu saw that there were few Qiang tribes along the way, so he returned to the western capital. Zhang Liao's left route army set out from the western capital, all the way through Mandaling, East Canyon, Honghou Mountain, Dadonggou, Zahan, and came to Muzha Mountain on the fourth day. The Right Route Army and the Left Route Army returned to the Western Capital on the same day, and this time they marched westward, and no Han army was killed; beheaded more than 3,000 Qiang soldiers; destroyed fifty-six Qiang tribes; More than 2,000 horses, more than 20,000 cattle and sheep were seized, and no money and grain were counted.

Li Mu ordered the Han army to rest in the western capital for two days, and then moved east into Longxi County. This expedition to Xiping County took nearly 30 days, and the Han army suffered more than 3,600 casualties; beheaded Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, and beheaded more than 65,000 Qiang soldiers; More than 72,000 horses, 300,000 cattle and sheep were seized, and money, food, and ordnance were not counted.

However, it was said that ten days after Li Mushuai's army went west to Huangzhongyi, two groups of Qiang people from Caohan and Heguan in Longxi County, under the leadership of Song Jian and Bian Zhang, invaded Yunwu City and Jincheng City in Jincheng County. Xu Huang, who was stationed in Yunwu City, Zhao Yun, who was stationed on the front line of Ningcheng and Jincheng City, and Huang Zhong who was stationed on the front line of Yuzhong, all received the news that the Qiang people had marched into Jincheng County. Li Hui rushed from Ningcheng to Yunwu City at night, Zhao Yun ordered Luo Xian and Zhang Wei to lead an army of 2,000 people to enter Jincheng City, and Zhao Yun, Xu Shu, Fu Wei, and Zhang Ji led an army of 3,000 people to guard Ningcheng.

At dusk that day, 5,000 pioneers of the Heguan Qiang soldiers of Bian Zhang, under the leadership of Wu Buji, came to Yunwu City twenty miles away. The Han army had already reported the news of the vanguard of the Qiang army to Xu Huang, Li Hui, Ju Fu and Zhang Cheng on the city tower. Xu Huang glanced at the three of them, and said loudly: "Now, the lord is leading the army to the west, we are responsible for defending the city, and the vanguard of the Qiang army is twenty miles away. ”

Li Hui groaned: "What Gongming said is extremely true, it is not too late to frustrate its sharp spirit first, and then defend the city. At midnight tonight, you can divide your troops into three ways to attack from the Qiang army camp, and you will be able to win a big victory with fire! ”

Xu Huang saw that Jufu and Zhang Cheng also agreed with Li Hui's suggestion, and said loudly: "Okay! Tonight, I led an army of 1,000 to enter from the front battalion, and Jufu and Zhang Cheng entered from both sides respectively, set fire to the camp, and took advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill the Qiang soldiers. ”

When the Han army was full, they rested for more than an hour. At the end of the day, Xu Huang, Jufu and Zhang Cheng led three thousand Han troops out of the south gate of Yunwu City. About two quarters of an hour, the Han army had arrived at the designated attack location. Xu Huang saw that the Han army pried open the door of the former camp, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, kill all the Qiang people and dog thieves, and avenge the blood hatred!" Immediately, Xu Huang took the lead, holding a mountain axe, and rushed into the camp of the Qiang army. The Han army roared and rushed into the camp, set fire to it everywhere, and cut down anyone who met it. Just when Xu Huang broke through the front camp of the Qiang army, the two Han armies of Jufu and Zhang Cheng also broke through the left and right battalions of the Qiang army. In an instant, the entire Qiang army camp was on fire, and many Qiang soldiers turned into corpses in their sleep, and the Qiang army that rushed out of the camp soon became the ghost of the Han army.

Wu Buji rushed out of the camp with bare feet and single clothes, rode on a horse and fled, and in the middle of the line, he saw a Han army general, rushing over with a knife, unstoppable. Wu Buji did not dare to fight, and wanted to avoid the generals of the Han army. But he said that Jufu waved his knife all the way from the left camp to the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw that the single-clothed Qiang man in front of him was acting very strangely, and he dragged the knife and rushed over to kill. Seeing that there was no way to escape, Worbuki had to turn back to fight Jufu, and the two fought for more than ten rendezvous, suddenly, Jufu roared and slashed with a knife, and before Worbuki could react, he became a headless corpse. Jufu picked up the head on the ground and continued to swing his knife to chase and kill the group of Qiang soldiers who were like lost dogs.

The Han army attacked the camp at night, and it ended in more than half an hour. In this battle, the Han army suffered more than 100 casualties; beheaded more than 4,500 Qiang soldiers; More than 3,000 usable horses were seized, and no grain and ordnance were counted. When Xu Huang saw this, he ordered the Han army to return to Yunwu City.

But he said that it was when the vanguard of the Heguan Qiang Army in Bian Zhang arrived in Yunwu City. Song Jian's vanguard of the Caohan Qiang army of 5,000 people, under the leadership of the leader Gu Shanji, came to Jincheng City twenty miles away. There was already news that the Han army was exploring the horse and the vanguard of the Qiang army, and reported it to Luo Xian of Jincheng City and Zhao Yun, the commander of Ningcheng. Besides, the distance between this Jincheng City and Ningcheng City is only twenty miles, and you can reach it in a quarter of an hour.

Zhao Yun looked at Xu Shu and Fu Wei, and said loudly: "Nowadays, our army is small, and we must use strange tricks to win. ”

Xu Shu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Zilong, Luo Xian is good at defending the city, and Jincheng City can be guaranteed to be foolproof." Tomorrow, you can first let Ling Ze lead the army to call for battle, and then our army will be defeated and leave, leading the vanguard of the Qiang army to Baiyun Valley, twenty miles south of Ningcheng. When the time comes, the ambush army will be exhausted, and the Qiang army will inevitably be defeated. ”

Zhao Yun and Fu Wei listened to it and praised it. Zhao Yun Xingye sent someone to inform Luo Xian of Jincheng City of this plan. Just after noon the next day, Zhang Wei led a thousand Han troops to garrison Jincheng City, and Luo Xian took a thousand Han troops to call the vanguard of the Zhanqiang army. About two quarters of an hour, Luo Xian came to the camp of the Qiang army and ordered the Han army to insult the Qiang soldiers loudly. Gu Shan was angry, and then rushed out of the camp with 4,000 Qiang soldiers and killed the Han army.

Luo Xian immediately turned his horse's head and led the Han army to Baiyun Valley. Seeing that the Han army was not fighting, Gu Shan Ji began to flee, only to think that the Han army was frightened. Gu Shanji was overjoyed in his heart and ordered the Qiang army to pursue and kill the Han army. About two quarters of an hour, the Han army led 4,000 Qiang soldiers to Baiyun Valley. Gu Shanji reacted at this time, hurriedly drank the Qiang army, and prepared to withdraw from the valley.

At this moment, I saw countless rockets flying overwhelmingly towards the Qiang army, and on the top of the mountains on both sides of the Baiyun Valley, countless fireballs rolled down the hillside. In an instant, thousands of Qiang troops were killed by arrows, and the Qiang army's formation was in chaos, and Gu Shanji couldn't stop drinking, so he had to rush towards the valley with his own guards. Gu Shanji had just fled for a mile, only to see the Han army rushing over under the leadership of Luo Xian. Taniyama Ji hurriedly turned his horse's head and broke through towards Taniguchi on the other side. Luo Xian led the Han army to catch up, and the Qiang army that killed him cried and cried his father and mother, complaining bitterly.

Just when Luo Xian was killing to the valley, at the mouth of the valley on the other side, Fu Wei also killed the valley with a thousand Han troops. The Han army was invincible, and the Qiang army was frightened and had no heart to fight. Gu Shanji was ruthless and rushed towards Fu Wei to kill, Fu Wei held a gun and took Gu Shanji directly, the two of them exchanged horses less than ten times, Fu Wei stabbed Gu Shanji to death with one shot. When the Qiang army saw that the leader was killed in battle, they were so frightened that they had to lie on the ground and beg for mercy. The Han army didn't answer, and rushed up to serve with a knife.

About half an hour, the ambush battle in Baiyun Valley ended with the complete victory of the Han army. In this battle, the Han army lost more than 100 people; beheaded 4,000 Qiang soldiers; More than 2,600 usable horses were seized. Zhao Yun ordered Fu Wei to lead a thousand Han troops and temporarily return to Ningcheng. Zhao Yun also ordered the Han army to change into the clothes of the Qiang army, and Zhao Yun and Luo Xian led two thousand Han troops to kill the camp of the vanguard army of Caohan.

About two quarters of an hour, Zhao Yun and Luo Xian came to the camp of the Qiang army, and the Qiang soldiers saw that they were returning from their own horses, so they did not interrogate and let the Han army enter the camp. Zhao Yun stabbed to death a Qiang army with a thousand households and led the Han army to rush to the camp. The Han army set fire to all sides, cutting down people whenever they met, and the Qiang army had to flee in all directions. Zhao Yun and Luo Xian led the army to cover and kill the fleeing Qiang soldiers, and chased them for thirty miles before returning to the camp. In this battle, the Han army suffered fifteen casualties; beheaded more than 600 Qiang soldiers; Nearly 1,000 usable horses were seized, and there was no food, grass and ordnance!

Zhao Yun ordered the Han army to burn down the pioneer camp of the Qiang army, and then returned to Ningcheng. Luo Xian returned to Jincheng City with a thousand Han troops.

At this point, the Han army of Yunwu City and Jincheng City won the first battle, and the morale of the Han army was high, and the fighting spirit was rolling!