Chapter 625: Preemptive Battle
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Zhang Chunnai was born in the Yuyang clan, and was once the Taishou of Zhongshan County, the reason why he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty suddenly rebelled, in fact, it was also related to Fuquan, of course, although this matter was related to Fuquan, but he didn't know it himself.
The cause of this incident was that Fuquan asked the imperial court for help, and dropped the elite cavalry to aid Liangzhou, fought against the rebels, and quelled the rebellion.
At that time, the imperial court transferred 4,000 Han cavalry from the Han army of Merge and Youerzhou, plus 6,000 Hu cavalry of the Hu nationality such as the Southern Xiongnu, Tuge, and Wuhuan, to aid Liangzhou. When Zhang Chun heard the news, he invited himself to be a general, but he was rejected by the officials who selected the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and the reason was naturally that they didn't want to do much.
These officials don't know much about Zhang Chun's ability, so they naturally don't dare to agree to Zhang Chun's request indiscriminately, otherwise, if Zhang Chun's ability is not good, and the chaos is broken, won't they, the recommenders, also suffer?
However, if it is like Gongsun Zhan, Xu Rong, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, etc., in the previous extermination of the Taiping Road Yellow Turban Moth Thieves, the Youzhou generals who have made great contributions invited their generals to invite their generals, those officials are still very willing to agree, after all, the generals who have proved themselves and those who have not proved themselves have two treatments.
It is precisely because of this that he was rejected by the court officials, Zhang Chun was angry and indignant. Then there were many tribesmen in Wuhuan, who were dissatisfied with the Han court's repeated requisition of Wuhuan and cavalry, which suddenly made Zhang Chun, who was resentful in his heart, find a way to take revenge.
So Zhang Chun made an appointment with Zhang Ju, the former Taishan Taishou, in private: "Today, Wuhuan is on the side, all of them are willing to be chaotic, Liangzhou thieves rise, the imperial court sends troops to the west, there are no soldiers in northern Xinjiang, and the wives and sons of Luoyang have two heads, this Han Zuo is exhausted, and there are two lords in the world." If the son and I lead the Wuhuan people to raise troops, we can set a great cause. ”
In this passage, Zhang Chun used the strange thing that the baby that appeared in Luoyang had two heads, and in the words of later generations, the baby was a freak like a conjoined baby with a very low probability. This kind of thing has been interpreted scientifically in later generations, but in today's era when the entire Han people are very superstitious because of the words of the proverbs, they believe in the destiny of heaven and think that this strange thing is a bad omen and a warning from heaven.
And Zhang Chun also took advantage of this, using the newborn baby to have two heads, implying that there are two masters in heaven, and then used it to be born in Luoyang, and used crooked theory to derive the meaning that there will be two sons of heaven today.
Zhang Ju, like the people of this era, also believed in the mandate of heaven very much, and when he heard Zhang Chun say this, he immediately believed it, and he was stupid enough to think that the mandate of heaven should be in his god, so he immediately agreed to form an alliance with Zhang Chun and prepare to rebel against the Han and stand on his own......
These two were both former guards of the 2000 Shi County, and their families were also the big clans of Yuyang in northern Xinjiang, and at the same time they were very familiar with Wuhuan, and the two soon formed an alliance with Qiu Liju and other Wuhuan tribes and agreed to start an incident.
As the plan was decided, Zhang Ju and his people colluded with Qiu Liju, and they started an incident together, sending troops to attack Jixia, burning the city, and capturing the people. The rebellion was so sudden that the officials did not notice it for a while, and many of the victims were killed. The victims include Captain Ji Chou, the captain of the Qiang school, Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping, and the Taishou Yang Zhong of Liaodong. Because of this big matter, it will cause great harm to the northern Xinjiang, and then resume the scale of the rebellion of the previous Taiping Dao, and at the same time directly call the founding of the Son of Heaven, which will shake the world.
When Fu Quan learned the news in Liangzhou, he had already issued an order from the imperial court, and he quickly sent a message to him to prepare cavalry and transfer him to the north of Xinjiang.
To be honest, for Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion, Fu Quan was angry on the one hand, but also very happy. The anger is naturally because the two of them are still dealing with foreign races in the country, and they are stuck in the country, and they are glad that it is because of their army that Fu Quan does not need to worry about what accidents will happen to him because of Zhang Xuan's matter.
Emperor Liu Hong's thoughts, Fu Quan, who has been an official for many years, can still guess some, nothing more than slowly reducing his own strength, until after the Liangzhou rebellion is quelled, he weakens himself to the point that it will not threaten his rule over the Han world.
Of course, this seems to be unfavorable to Fuquan, after all, his soldiers and horses will be constantly restrained by the emperor, but there is one thing, if Liu Hong's doubts can be dispelled, so that he will not lose trust in Fuquan, and take away Fuquan's Liangzhou Thorn History, he will be slowly cut by Liu Hong, Fuquan is still very happy.
After all, even if most of the elite soldiers of Liangzhou under his command were divided, for Fuquan, who had stirrups and horseshoes, once there was a change, with the number of horses in Liangzhou and the qualified young men who were suitable for cavalry, he could easily form a cavalry army that made Liangzhou and even the entire Han world tremble. In this way, compared with the division of troops, Fuquan is only half less of the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, and he doesn't need to worry about being framed and hand over the land of Liangzhou that he finally got to others.
It's just that, having said that, the 10,000 cavalry in Liangzhou is not so easy to send, after all, the nearly 40,000 rebels who are still entrenched in Linqiang County can't be defeated by Fuquan without all his strength.
Moreover, in the past few days, according to the confessions of some Han wealthy families who took the initiative to surrender, the rebels have been infighting, and Han Sui, the leader of the Han rebels, actually took the initiative to abandon Liangzhou and take people to the Western Regions.
Han Sui's retreat caused dissatisfaction among the Qiang, who split up for this, and after successive defeats, the Qiang recruited the young and strong tribes to defend Linqiang. And Han Sui, now he is bent on preparing for the westward expansion in Wuwei, and he does not plan to entrench in Liangzhou at all, it is precisely because of this that those who are unwilling to go to the Western Regions with Han Sui, and are not willing to serve the Qiang people, part of the Liangzhou wealthy clan, finally quietly came to Yunwu County to surrender to the Han army, and it is precisely because of this that Fuquan knew the news.
Of course, Fu Quan knew what the split of the rebels and Han Sui's departure to the Western Regions meant for the situation in Liangzhou, which meant that the enemy he faced would be reduced by half, and it was the time for him to fight a decisive battle with some of the rebels.
After making a choice, Fuquan still chose to fight the strongest Qiang people first, as for Han Sui, he did not have many soldiers and horses, so he only needed to leave some soldiers and horses to guard his army.
Whether Han Sui really went to the Western Regions or had some other plans, his current strength really didn't need Fu Quan to have too much fear. Even if Han Sui wanted to send troops to attack Liangzhou after the decisive battle between the Han army and the Qiang people, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but for Fuquan, who already had an advantage in military strength, unless he could still conjure up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, otherwise, Han Sui would not be able to make too big a wave.
Of course, Fu Quan did not attack Han Sui, who was relatively weak, first, in fact, he also had another purpose, this purpose was naturally that he heard from the Han rebels who took the initiative to surrender to Cheng that Han Sui planned to enter the Western Regions, relying on the wealth of the Western Regions to raise troops, and then try to make other strategies.
It is precisely because Han Sui wants to do the strategy of recovering the Western Regions that Fu Quan has always wanted to do, that Fu Quan will not do it to him first, after all, if he can really let this Han Sui lead troops to fight the Western Regions, isn't this a change of direction to help him fulfill those wishes?
Moreover, if he doesn't fight Han Sui, let Han Sui take the initiative to consume with those Hu people in the Western Regions, and also let him know the current strength of the Western Regions, as the Western Regions and the Han have been cut off for too long, the Han has little knowledge of the current situation in the Western Regions and the combat strength of the army there, if Han Sui can take the rebels to test a wave, it is also a good choice.
Therefore, Fu Quan reported to the imperial court that the war was in full swing, and he would prepare cavalry to aid the northern frontier as soon as possible, delaying the imperial court; On the other hand, that is, to reorganize the troops and horses and attack directly to Linqiang County, he wants to fight to the death with the rebels in Linqiang County and completely defeat them, so that in the land of Liangzhou, even if 10,000 cavalry is sent, no one can pose a threat to him.
However, doing so is also equivalent to a disguised enemy, after all, this is to indulge Han Sui to go to the Western Regions, if he is really allowed to control the Western Regions, it is impossible to say that it is really possible for him to become the lord of the Western Regions, and it is not necessary to control the rich Western Regions.
After thinking about it, Fu Quan still decided on the original plan, at the moment it is most beneficial to fight the Qiang people, who cares about the rest, besides, it is not certain whether Han Sui can defeat the Western Regions, if he takes it, it will be better, it is a big deal to recruit him directly, anyway, in history, this guy is also a warlord who is entrenched in one side, and it is extremely difficult to deal with.
The plan has been decided, the rest is to prepare, the Han army has advanced all the way to Yunwu County, and it has been prepared for a long time before the war, so there is naturally no shortage of logistics supplies, and the rest is only the problem of troop mobilization in various places.
Therefore, after preparing for a few days, Fuquan put the cavalry of Guan Yu's original department under his account, and after drawing troops and horses from all over the country, he ordered a horse infantry army of 40,000 to directly kill Linqiang County from Yunwu County, and Han Sui, who stayed in Wuwei County, asked Huang Zhong to lead his elite cavalry and Ma Teng to dispatch other soldiers and horses in Liangzhou to monitor and guard them.
In the third year of Zhongping, in the summer, the weather in the northwest was unbearable, and after the Han army launched the battle of Yunwu again, it went to Linqiang again, and nearly 40,000 rebels in Linqiang County, mainly Qiang cavalry, carried out the largest decisive battle in the Liangzhou counterinsurgency war in the flat land of Guangmao in the east of Linqiang County.
When the scorching sun was in the sky, whether it was the Han army or the rebel army, they were all stubborn, even if their bodies were already covered with beads of sweat, they did not dare to have a trace of vigilance at this moment, because he knew that maybe the next moment would be the last time they saw the sun in the sky in their lives.
On the opposite side, the Han army lined up and waited, their armor was distinct, the military formation was strictly disciplined, the rebel cavalry only felt that the array was forested, the killing machine was full of wilderness, and a soaring murderous aura came to the face, this momentum was more terrifying than the Liangzhou Han army they had seen before, and it was the elite soldier in the elite soldier at a glance.
"Today, I know why Han Wenyue is so afraid of Fuliuchuan, this fang is not only due to strategy, but also the cavalry formation under his command, but also the brave and strong army, which is really a big trouble!"
The rebel army, Wu Ge Haojian looked at the Han army opposite, his eyes were jealous, he always thought that the reason why Fuquan was able to defeat them repeatedly was that most of them liked to play tricks, and now it seems that Fuquan will be able to march and set up formations, no matter where this kind of person is, he will definitely be a great enemy of the soldiers.
Wu Ge Taijian on the side suddenly interjected: "Brother, Huang Zhong has not yet arrived. ”
"Huh?" Wu Ge Haojian suddenly said happily: "Really? ”
"Definitely!" Wu Ge Taijian was very sure, of course, in his heart, he didn't say that it seemed that the cavalry of the Han army and Huang Zhong's cavalry were a little different in terms of equipment, but the specific difference was there, he hadn't figured it out yet, it was really Huang Zhong who was defeated that day, which made him dold, and he still hasn't figured it out.
"Hahaha!" Wu Ge Haojian laughed and said: "Fu Liuchuan is a famous general, in this battle, Huang Zhong's elite cavalry is not transferred, and he will kill himself!" Come on, blow the trumpet, attack! ”
For Wu Ge Haojian, when he knew from Wu Ge Taijian's mouth that the Han army had an elite iron cavalry with more than 3,000 cavalry shooting nearly 100 paces, it was a collapse for him at that time, because if the Han army had such a cavalry, it would undoubtedly bring more trouble to the rebels who were already at a disadvantage now.
Fortunately, Fu Quan didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and he didn't even bring this elite cavalry, which undoubtedly reduced the difficulty of Wuge's good sword. Of course, if Wu Ge Haojian knew that the reason why Fu Quan didn't lead Huang Zhong's cavalry was because he didn't want the stirrup and horseshoe matter to be exposed too early, then he wouldn't think so.
Even, in order to keep it secret, Fu Quan directly asked Huang Zhong to lead his troops to monitor Han Sui's actions, and he also strictly ordered Huang Zhong, and there were no special circumstances, and his headquarters soldiers and horses had to take off the stirrups, and after all, add an iron shoe to the horse's shoe, even if it was known by the rebels, it was just to reduce the loss of horses, but if the bilateral stirrups that could make the cavalry walk on the ground on the horse were discovered by the rebels, it would be really a disaster. After all, this will make the Hu people, who have grown up right away, instantly explode their combat power, and they must be guarded against, especially if it reaches the ears of other Huns, Tu Ge and other Hu people, it will be even more terrifying, and the consequences are unpredictable.
At that moment, as the long horn of the bull horn resounded in the sky, nearly 40,000 cavalry rebel cavalry, like ants, surging out of the dense forest, lined up in a dense cavalry formation in the vast open space, roared like wild beasts, and launched an overwhelming charge towards the Han army.
They all understood that this battle was not only a battle for the rebels to dominate Liangzhou again, but also a continuation of the battle between themselves and their relatives and clans.
Seeing the rebel cavalry surging in, Fu Quan ordered the whole army to line up and wait, and the Han army once again used their familiar horse rejection formation to shoot the Qiang people with bows and crossbows, and fought with the cavalry swimming on both wings.
In his heart, Fuquan is still full of contempt for the Qiang people, how many years, these Qiang cavalry do not know how to change their cavalry tactics, they can only charge, vainly trying to use the cavalry sprint force to break through the dense defense line of the Han army, which is really ridiculous.
If the Han army's military formation was really so easy to break through, then they would have defeated Duan a long time ago, and would there be today?
However, think about it, now these Qiang people and even other nomadic peoples have not even mastered the stirrup and horseshoe, how can they be expected to come up with other tactics, after all, they are now very difficult to control horses.
In a few moments, the cavalry of the rebels collided with the Han army's military formation, and the decisive battle began......
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