Street Pavilion, Western Han Dan Ma Station, Northern Wei Lian Kechuan, located between Longcheng and Broken Mountain, the mountain is high and the valley is deep, and the terrain is dangerous; Two thousand Qin cavalry escorted the convoy slowly along the narrow road, listening to the cries of the women on the donkey cart, the Qin soldiers laughed at each other and said meaty words. It was only sixty miles away from Longcheng, and General Chang Zhongxing had already led the army out of the city to greet him, and everything was safe, so the officers were a little slack, and even pretended to be reprimanded.

Suddenly, there was a whistle, and arrows rained down on the mountain, and four or five hundred people were shot down at once; The fireworks rose into the air, the hooves sounded like thunder, and the cavalry of the 5,000 Hexi Army actually rushed down from the broken mountain, and the Qin army didn't have time to set up the formation, so it was cut into several sections. The Hexi army waited for work, the number was more than twice that of the other party, the battle was not suspenseful at all, the Qin army was defeated, and the road in front was blocked by bows and arrows; During the bitter battle, the Qin army lit a cigarette, and seven black smoke rose into the air.

Shi Daqian laughed loudly, where Zhang He defeated Ma Jian during the Three Kingdoms, he didn't expect that he could also be compared with the ancients; Zhuge Quan's trick is indeed dangerous, the five thousand people did not attack the Qin army on the road and then pretend, but lurked in the mountains in advance to ambush, if they were discovered, they would be the second Ma Tan. The key to the ambush was to let the Qin army send a signal to attract the 10,000 troops of Chang Zhongxing in Longcheng to come to help.

Shi Daqian killed the Qin army in a whirlwind, didn't care about counting the spoils, rushed directly through the street pavilion, and met Chang Zhongxing's reinforcements head-on; Xue Ju took away 20,000 cavalry at one time, Xue Rengao concentrated the rest of the cavalry around him, and Chang Zhongxing's 10,000 people only had more than 400 war horses. The inferiority of the infantry was fully exposed, lacking the sniper of the hard crossbow, 10,000 people under the impact of Shi Daqian's 55,000 cavalry, and the whole army collapsed before it lasted half an hour, and Chang Zhongxing fled from the battlefield with only more than 200 people.

Chang Zhongxing fled to the gate of Longcheng City, and was about to pass through the suspension bridge, when there was a burst of wild shooting on the city tower, and in a blink of an eye, there were only more than thirty left, Shan Ying led five hundred horsemen to kill from the city, Chang Zhongxing knew that his war horse could not outrun the other party, and raised his hand to surrender. Longcheng is the Han Dynasty Liangzhou Thorn History Department Ye, Jin Dynasty for Luoyang County Governance, if 10,000 troops in the city, even if the casualties are large; Shan Ying and Shan Fu 3,000 cavalry took advantage of Chang Zhongxing's whole army to go out of the city, unexpectedly captured the city gate, and then entered the city.

Shi Daqian learned that Chang Zhongxing was captured, and used Chang Zhongxing to deceive Chengji County, on the south bank of Chengji Water, and waited for Zhuge Quan to arrive with a follow-up army of 10,000; Counting the results of the battle, a total of more than 10,000 prisoners were surrendered in the two counties, Zhuge Quan left more than 4,000 people who were willing to join the Hexi Army, and the rest of the prisoners were all released. Longcheng is the barrier of Tianshui, and Xue Rengao led 30,000 horse infantry troops to kill violently, wanting to recapture Longcheng.

The Qin army challenged, and Zhuge Quan waited until the afternoon, when the sun's rays were facing the Qin army, to let Shi Daqian lead 15,000 cavalry to fight; The two sides fought until dusk, Xue Rengao did not resist defeat and left, and was beheaded by the Hexi army with 6,000 heads and 12,000 prisoners. Xue Rengao withdrew to Tianshui, but there were only 10,000 people; The people of Tianshui are fierce, the area is poor, being a soldier is a way to live, the Hexi Army has won successive battles, and more than 7,000 people are willing to join the Hexi Army this time.

On the Jicheng side, Xue Renyue's 10,000 troops learned that Longcheng was lost, and the army had no fighting spirit, and the field battle could not withstand the 5,000 cavalry of Tuoba Rock and Xifenglin, so they could only retreat to the city and hold on. Xue Ju tried to surround Wei to save Zhao, and killed him from Anding County to Jincheng County, but was stopped by Xie Yingdeng in Lintao; Yang, who had recovered Beidi County, took the opportunity to let Suo Yanshou and Lifei Shixiong go south, attack Anding County, and approach Xue Ju's flank, while He Bawei quietly attacked Liangyuan County.

Wei Weiqing Hao Ying saw the danger and reminded Xue Ju: "Once the stability is lost, the cavalry of the Hexi Army may come back from Jicheng and Longcheng, and we will be surrounded by the enemy cavalry of the five routes. The king, there is nothing to do, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the enemy has not formed a siege, detour from Chaona County to Qingshui, or return to Qinzhou, or retreat to Fufeng. ”

Xue Ju held out for a day, and when he saw that Xie Yingdeng was still closed without a fight, he immediately retreated eastward; ran for a day, and the two ambushes that stayed behind returned to the team, and Xie Yingdeng did not chase and kill him at all; However, the scouts quickly reported a new situation, and Xie Yingdeng's cavalry followed, but they were not prepared to fight, and they were far away fifty miles away. By the next day, another line of cavalry appeared seventy miles to the north, about 10,000 horsemen.

Xue Ju synthesized the intelligence and concluded that it was the Hexi Army that had not had time to cooperate, so he had a gap to drill, and ordered the three armies to abandon the baggage and the people, and rush all the way with ten days of grain and grass, trying to get rid of the haunting opponent. Unexpectedly, after Chaonasai, the Qin army was ambushed by infantry at Zihu Lake in the East China Sea; Donghaizi Lake is less than fifty miles away from Pingliang and Baiquan, Wei Yuanzhao gathered the infantry troops of the two places, and set up a strong crossbow position in advance to wait for work.

Xue Ju's army charged for a day, paying more than 4,000 corpses to force the infantry of the Hexi Army to withdraw from the position; Donghaizi Lake is surrounded by mountains, and Wei Yuanzhao calmly commanded the army to retreat while fighting, until he retreated to the mountains. Xue Ju didn't dare to delay any longer, and led the army to continue to break through to the east, but he didn't expect Wei Yuanzhao to kill from the mountain again and entangle the rear army of the Qin army; With the arrival of Suo Yanshou and Lifei Shixiong, the 2,000 cavalry after the break were all wiped out.

When Xue Ju arrived in Qingshui County, there were only more than 11,000 riders, and all the materials and vehicles that had been stolen were lost; After Xie Yingdeng, Suo Yanshou, and Wei Yuan met with their divisions, they discussed with Xie Yingdeng as the main general, commanded the army to approach Qingshui County, and notified Longcheng County in addition. Zhuge Quan received the news and commanded 23,000 horse infantry troops with Shi Daqian to rendezvous; Xue Ju was helpless and retreated to Shangtai County, Tianshui County.

Zhuge Quan believed that Xue Ju's army retreated into Shangqi, and the city suddenly recovered to more than 40,000 horses, relying on less than 50,000 people to attack the city with little certainty, and the war should come to an end. Wei Yuanzhao and Suo Yanshou agreed, Xie Yingdeng felt that there was still room for power, so Zhuge Quan proposed a new plan to grab the grain in the wide valley basin and valley terraces on both sides of the Wei River; After a few days of repairing the army, it began to arrange for the common people and the soldiers who had just surrendered to harvest, and the common people were paid according to the amount of harvest.

Wild ducks soaring, the reeds are green, a few small green lotus leaves can be seen by the river in Weishui, and the fish in the river make waves from time to time, which is different from the wild interest of the vast countryside. In the autumn fields, there are many crops and other agricultural operations, and busy soldiers and civilians are constantly working in the fields, harvesting crops and loading them into various trucks to transport away; The officers of the Hexi Army were very responsible, and every time they received how much grain they received from the peasants, they would write it on a small wooden plaque, so that the peasants could go back to the city to receive it, saving the busyness and worry of transportation.

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