Since this dynasty, the early Han Dynasty and the Qiang people were repeatedly defeated, and even after Dou Xian expelled the Northern Xiongnu, Xianbei rose, and the Han Dynasty repeatedly fought with Xianbei alone, and the reason for the many defeats was because of the corruption of the army's top ranks.

The Han general Shuai Ke withheld the soldiers' salaries and forcibly took the spoils of war, and the soldiers would not work for the generals who died for a long time. And if you don't work hard, the combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined, and it is precisely because of this that there is the rise of "Liangzhou Sanming" later.

To put it simply, in addition to the military literacy and ability of Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan, and Duan Cheng, the "Liangzhou Sanming" can be famous all over the world, and the most important thing is that they love soldiers like sons, do not deduct military salaries, and reasonably distribute the spoils, so as to win the determination of the soldiers under their command to serve the death, which can allow the Han army to regain the dominance of the Pingqiang War.

Now that the Han army is looting the goods of the Xianbei people everywhere, Fuquan will naturally not stop it, of course, seeing this, he is also glad that he did not bring any subordinates from Shu to the north this expedition, but let them go back to Ba County to handle internal affairs on his behalf. After all, although Emperor Liu Hong ordered himself to be the commander of the Northern Expedition, he did not remove him from the duty of the Taishou of Ba County, so even if he went on an expedition, Naba County was also under his jurisdiction, so it was natural to send suitable confidants and strategists to govern it.

Otherwise, when those Confucian scholars in Shu don't know the habits of the soldiers in the border counties, and see that they condone their subordinates like this, they will definitely have to admonish themselves to the death, it will be quite a headache.

When everyone walked to an open area, they saw men, women, and children kneeling on the ground, all wearing Xianbei clothes, and there was no doubt that they were Xianbei people.

"General, the Xianbei prisoners are all here, what should I do with them?" Guan Yu and the others saw the arrival of Fuquan and his party, and hurriedly came to salute, and then asked by him.

Fu Quan glanced at the opposite side, and saw a dense crowd of Xianbei men and women, kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads under the forced order of the Han army's sword. Only a few Xianbei people who knew Chinese hesitated, and secretly looked up, as if they wanted to know who the main general of the Han army who attacked them was, but the Han army who was soon discovered raised their feet and kicked them a few times, which was to warn them not to disobey orders, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

However, Fu Quan saw the frightened eyes of the Xianbei people who looked up, and their faces were now mixed with countless black ashes, which should have been reflected on their faces when the fire burned during the night attack.

After being stunned for a while, Fu Quan did not reply, but asked Guan Yu, "What is the situation of the surrendered city?" ”

"General Huiyu, according to the surrender of Hu Nu and the rescued Han people, the surrendered city is now guarded by the Xianbei Lord in the west, and there should be 2,000 soldiers in the city, because the Xianbei people are guarding the city, the arrows are dense, and it is difficult to overcome quickly, so the last general will order the troops to retreat, and after building siege equipment, they will attack the city."

"Two thousand soldiers?" Fu Quan asked in surprise, although he had already expected it in his heart when he watched the night attack of the Han army just now, but now that Guan Yu confirmed it, he still didn't believe it, after all, the defense force of this Xianbei people was inevitably too weak, and it really didn't look like the military strength that most of the Xianbei people should have.

"Exactly."

"Where's the man?"

"Right here." After speaking, Guan Yu hurriedly gestured to the soldiers behind him, and soon saw a group of Hu and Han people dressed in tatters appear in front of everyone.

Before Fu Quan could speak, he saw that among the group of people, a man with a strong figure took the initiative to run over, knelt directly on the ground, and bowed and said: "Hujie Xiaomin Shi Qutu has seen the general of the Han Dynasty. "His person was wearing tattered grassland clothes, and there was a shocking wound on his forehead, which was obviously caused by the enslavement of the Xianbei people, but at this time, he suddenly saw the Han army, and he could still show favor so politely, which is rare, which shows that he is not a master of peace.

"Are you a Hujie?" Fu Quan asked rhetorically, calling the name of the country, he knows, it is a small country in the Western Regions, north of the Xiongnu's homeland. When Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty of the former Han Dynasty, the Hujie country was conquered by the Huns, and the son of Shan Yu was the king of Hujie, so far, with the flight of the Northern Huns, the Southern Huns were attached, and the grassland was occupied by the Xianbei people.

"Exactly, General, the little people are the ones who call for the Jie." The man named Shi Qutu continued to worship again, and his expression was extremely flattering, which made Fuquan a little disdainful.

However, disdain is disdain, and what should be asked has to be asked, but Fu Quan continued to ask: "Do you know Chinese?" Where did you learn? "It's not uncommon for Hu people to know Chinese, but who knows if there will be fraud in this, after all, although this person hasn't said it yet, but as far as he is acting now, it seems that he is coming to lead the way for the Han army to surrender, so Fu Quan can't be more cautious.

"Returning to the general, when the small people were calling for revelations, they often bought and sold the goods of the Han people, and learned the Chinese dialect in their places."

"Hmm!" Fu Quan nodded, and then said, "In this case, get up and talk again." ”

"No!"

Shi Qutu will not know Chinese because of the Han Dynasty Daxing Silk Road, at that time the Han Dynasty land Silk Road has long been blocked, with the Han Qiang Hundred Years War, the Han Dynasty has no control over the Western Regions, merchants rely on the land Silk Road, to the Western Regions for goods trading, it is already dangerous, not only the loss of goods, even life can not be saved, so basically cut off the Western Regions trade exchanges, so that the Han Dynasty therefore, opened its own maritime Silk Road, and Europe to establish diplomatic relations, trade exchanges.

But Fu Quan knew that for the military heroes in the northwest Liangzhou area, nothing was dangerous. Since no one dares to take the Silk Road, for these northwest wealthy families who have some power in the Western Regions, as long as they smuggle and take rare objects in the Western Regions to the Central Plains to sell, they can naturally earn more.

Of course, as Shi Qu suddenly got up, Fu Quan did not immediately inquire, but asked Guan Yu: "Who described the situation in the surrendered city?" ”

Guan Yu saluted and replied: "It is what Shi Qutu said. ”

"Can anyone else say that?"

"None?"

"Why?"

"The surrendered city is inhabited by the Xianbei nobles, unless there are slaves in the city, only the Xianbei nobles and this Shiqu break into the city outside the city."

"Huh? Interesting! Interesting! Fu Quan nodded, then turned his head and continued to ask Shi Qutu: "The situation in the surrendered city, you and Ben will say it again." ”

"No!" Shi Qutu learned the etiquette of the Han people and saluted, and then continued: "The city is garrisoned by the Xianbei Lord in the west, and there should be two thousand elite horsemen, all of whom can attack and shoot well, and the Xianbei women do not know, but there are hundreds of slaves, and men and women have no plan. ”

"How do you know?"

"Returning to the general, because the small people are multilingual and still have military force, they were originally a slave commander under the command of Zhi Luoluo, but recently he has been annoyed by Zhi Luoluo and was expelled from the city as a slave, so he knows the situation in the surrendered city." Shi Qutu had already guessed that the Han people would ask, so he didn't hide it, and hurriedly told his grievances with Zhi Luoluo.

Fu Quan nodded after hearing this, expressing his agreement, and then asked the other doubts in his heart one by one, when he learned that as early as a few days ago, He Lian continued to order the transfer of troops to the Xianbei Royal Court, preparing to attack the birthplace of Xianbei, Da Xianbei Mountain, he already believed in his heart, otherwise this promised surrendered city, the geographical location is very important, and the soldiers and horses guarding the city and outside the city are not even 10,000, unless it is the Xianbei people in their minds except for asking the head will arrange the deployment of troops like this.

Later, Fu Quan looked at the other Hu Nu and the rescued Han slaves, Hu Nu didn't say anything, compared to them, Shi Qutu couldn't be better. As for the Han slaves, it made Fu Quan's heart tighten, because it was obvious that although the Hu slaves were abused, they could at least ensure that their limbs were sound and they had a meal. The Han people, on the other hand, are extremely miserable, some of them are directly chained, treating them as dogs, and their skinny bamboo pole figures, which are so hungry that they only have skin and bones, obviously shows that they have not even eaten a meal, and I am afraid that they have not even seen what the rice looks like, which is extremely pitiful.

Moreover, the sluggish gaze of these Han people, even if they saw the Han army coming, did not have too many looks, which fully explained what kind of destruction and abuse they had endured, and even Fuquan saw that several Han girls who were not very good were directly chained around their necks by them, and their hands were also tied to the chains, and their bodies were bare, obviously there were not a few pieces of cloth on their bodies, fortunately, there were a few pieces of cloak found by the Han army on their bodies, otherwise they must have been miserable again, looking at the posture, It's completely like humiliating the Han girl like a, which is really hateful.

Needless to say, Fu Quan then selected a few Hu slaves and Han slaves to inquire about the experience, and after getting the same reply as Shi Qutu, he already had a plan in his heart, that is, what the Xianbei people do, must be repaid by blood, otherwise, he, the Han general, will not have to go out on an expedition again.

Originally, at the beginning, Fu Quan was ready to choose women not to kill among these surrendered Xianbei people, and all the others were just like he did in Youzhou, all of them were killed, no matter what if there were old and weak women and children among them, for Fu Quan, it was just to kill some Hu people who had no value.

However, when Fu Quan looked at the ruined surrendered city not far away, and the Xianbei soldiers who were guarding the city with bows and arrows, a trace of thought appeared in his heart, even if he wanted to kill this group of Xianbei people, he had to squeeze out all their value, otherwise, the simple slaughter would waste the physical strength and ordnance of the soldiers under his command.

In the distance, on the surrendered city, the large and small nobles of the western Xianbei led by Zhi Luoluo gathered on the city tower at this moment, like ants on a hot pot, discussing how to defend against the attack of the Han Dynasty army.

The Han army actually attacked when their tribe was scarce, which was obviously beyond their expectations, and the Han army outside the city, which seemed to have tens of thousands of people, really made them sit on pins and needles, after all, there were less than 3,000 women and slaves in the city, including Xianbei who could go to the battlefield.

Although the Xianbei people have surrendered the city in hand, but with the city in disrepair, I don't know how long it can hold on, the most important thing is that the Han Dynasty built a city here, and it was not built as a big city, so as long as the Han army dared to fill it with human lives, but with simple siege equipment such as a ladder, for them, this is really a catastrophe.

"My lord! My lord! Look, there's something different outside the city! ”

The shouts of the guards quickly attracted the attention of these Xianbei nobles, and they walked to the city wall first, and then followed the soldiers' pointing, and soon saw the scene outside the city.

I saw that under the city wall, there were hundreds of Xianbei people who came forward, nesting on the city wall, and at this time, the Xianbei soldiers on the city tower also came up with a way to save their own people. They used a sturdy rope and a wide hanging basket to put it under the city, and slowly pulled those Xianbei people up to the city, although it took a lot of effort to do so, but they could bring people into the city without opening the door, and slowly increase the vitality of the city.

Of course, this must be very inefficient, so there are still many Xianbei people in the city, constantly knocking on the closed city gates, hoping that the people in the city will let them into the city.

However, the cavalry of the Han army wandered recklessly in the distance, it was impossible for the Xianbei people on the city tower to dare to make such a move, everyone understands that the reason why the Han army did not come to capture the Xianbei people under the city, in addition to the fear of the arrows of the Xianbei soldiers on the city tower to cause casualties to themselves, in addition to because they want the Xianbei people in the city to open the city by themselves, then the Han army's iron cavalry can take advantage of the opening of the surrendered city, rush into the city, and directly break the city.

The Xianbei people are not stupid, so they would rather rely on the protection of bows and arrows and slowly pull their people up the city than choose to open the city gates. It's just that when the Han army on the opposite side drove thousands of Xianbei people and approached the surrendered city step by step, a trace of ominous aura shrouded the hearts of all Xianbei people.

Outside the city, the Han army densely arrived, and the torches in their hands directly illuminated the entire surrendered city within a radius of several miles, and the Xianbei people saw clearly that the Han army was about 20,000 people, which was more than several times their strength.

At this time, I saw countless Han army crossbowmen, holding bows and crossbows, aiming at those Xianbei people behind their backs, and around the Xianbei people, the spearmen of the Han army were driving those Xianbei people to the surrendered city with long weapons in their hands.

What surprised the Xianbei people at the head of the city the most was that the Xianbei people who were driven away by the Han army were holding several huge wooden battering rams at the moment. And looking at their appearance, they are slowly pushing the siege weapon that can knock their city gate away after dozens or hundreds of blows, and reach the surrendered city.

Obviously, the Han army has become a devil, and they want to let the Xianbei people be the consumables for their siege, and they want to use the Xianbei captives as cannon fodder to break the city......