In February, the Liangzhou rebels besieged the county town of Chencang for a long time, and the army ran out of food, cut off supplies, and retreated from exhaustion.

Huangfu Song ordered the pursuit.

Dong Zhuo resisted the order, disobeyed the orders of the imperial court, and did not go to serve in the Shaofu, so he naturally did not want the imperial court to win, so he dissuaded: "General, don't chase after the poor, don't force the public!" ”

Huangfu Song retorted: "The rebels are tired soldiers who have lost their fighting spirit, not the people and the poor!" ”

Subsequently, Huangfu Song felt that Dong Zhuo was unwilling to fight, so he let Dong Zhuo be in charge of the palace, and he led the army to pursue, winning consecutive battles, beheading more than 10,000 ranks, and the rebel leader Wang Guo died of illness shortly after fleeing. Dong Zhuo was even more jealous of Huangfu Song because of this.

Huangfu Song did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and recapture Liangzhou, but guarded Sanfu and was responsible for the military affairs of the Sanfu region together with Jingzhao Yin Gaixun.

After Gai Xun took office, he thought that the only 5,000 soldiers in Chang'an City were not enough to complete the defense, so he applied to the imperial court to recruit 10,000 soldiers, and Liu Hong approved. Sun Rui, a soldier who uses the wind and helps the wind, is the captain of the Eagle Harrier, Du Yang Wei Jie is the captain of breaking the enemy, Du Kai of Jingzhao is the captain of Weiyu, Yang Ru of Hongnong is the captain of the bird strike, and the fifth lieutenant of Changling is the captain of the Qing Dynasty. All the five captains are well-known and receive their own honors.

Dong Zhuo was the most depressed, not only did he not make an inch, but his status was lower than that of Huangfu Song and Gai Xun, and the court was jealous of him, and he wanted to cut his military power.

At that time, Emperor Ling was seriously ill, and he was even more worried about Dong Zhuo, so he issued an edict to worship Dong Zhuo as the pastor of Jingzhou, and his subordinate army was transferred to Huangfu Song, which was the seventh state pastor in the world at that time, which showed the lofty status.

After Dong Zhuo negotiated with his son-in-law, he saw through the conspiracy of the imperial court and accepted the appointment, but refused to hand over the army, and defended himself in a letter: "I have been in charge of the army for ten years, and the soldiers have a good relationship with me, and they all want to die for me, and I beg to take these soldiers to Jingzhou to serve the country." ”

Huangfu Li persuaded his father, Huang Fu Song, to take the opportunity to get rid of Dong Zhuo, but Huang Fu Song did not comply, but only played the matter of Dong Zhuo's refusal to hand over military power to the imperial court. So, Emperor Ling issued an edict to reproach Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo was even more resentful of Huangfu Song.

There was Huangfu Song's army nearby, and there was the army of Guangnian Hou Zhou Fei in the distance, Dong Zhuo didn't dare to be too tough.

In the end, Dong Zhuo was forced to take 5,000 people to set off from Youfufeng, but when he arrived at Jingzhaoyin, he stayed in Lantian County and sent people to seize Wuguan.

At this time, Dong Zhuo did not have his own territory, and he could not be defined as a warlord, but he had his own team, he occupied Wuguan, entered the south to occupy the rich Jingzhou, and retreated back to the pass, which he was familiar with.

The Chencang rebels were defeated, and the news soon spread to the city of Chaona, which frustrated the officers and soldiers of the Qiang army, and some felt frightened and uneasy; If the Han army marched north with the newly victorious army and attacked from inside and outside, they would definitely be defeated.

The atmosphere of commotion outside the city, Lu Yi was the first to perceive, feeling that something must be happening inside the Qiang people, thinking that the time to attack had come, so he reported to Fu Zhi and asked for instructions to fight.

Fu Zhi knew in his heart, and Lu Yi's report made him immediately understand the reason for the riot in the Qiang camp, and he felt that the lord Gao Shun was really smart. A military council was immediately convened to discuss the counteroffensive.

Everyone was very positive about this.

The officers and soldiers of the headquarters of the commander are the vanguard; Xu Huang and Yan Liang both expressed their willingness to take the lead.

Frustration stopped the noise of the crowd and said: "The Qiang people are demoralized, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they will have no will to fight, so they must be given a fierce blow in the first wave, crush the enemy, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue them from behind; Xiao Pass is a long and narrow road, and the Qiang army will not be allowed to pass in time, and under the road, there will be mutual trampling, and the Qiang people who surrender can be smoothly accepted at this time; If possible, Xiaoguan and Gaopingcheng will follow the trend. ”

The crowd agreed.

Lu Yi suggested: "Military division, the enemy is in a hurry to retreat, and will fight to the death, you can send the first camp to resist the attack of the Qiang people, shoot it with a strong crossbow, disrupt its formation, and cause its confusion, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks will counterattack strongly, and the effect will be better." ”

Fu Zhu felt that Lu Yi's suggestion was better, if he couldn't withstand the first wave of attack of the Qiang people, how could he talk about counterattacking? He agreed to Lu Yi's suggestion and sent the Situn Trap camp to assist.

On the grounds that the camp was guarded by military divisions, Koji Yi rejected Fu Zhi's suggestion.

Only 8,000 infantry were left to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all put into battle.

Under the advice of Lu Yi, Gao Shun spent a lot of money and was equipped with heavy armor, giant shields, strong crossbows, Bangang spears and Bangang (hemp steel) waist knives.

The first battalion was the first batch of troops to be equipped with steel waist knives in the formation squad, which shows how much Gao Shun attaches importance to this unit.

The first row was five hundred giant shields, which were large and thick, and were covered with a thick layer of iron, which was very heavy, and had a sharp point under it, which could be inserted into the soil.

Interspersed with each other were five hundred spearmen, two feet long, who specialized in dealing with the cavalry.

This was followed by a thousand crossbowmen, armed with pedal slaves and three-stone bows.

In addition, each person is equipped with an extremely sharp Bangang waist knife.

In order to strengthen the attack, 4,000 crossbow infantry, 3,000 sword and shield soldiers, and 3,000 pikemen were arranged.

Fu Zhi did not attack immediately, leaving a few days for the army to be rehearsed.

As time passed, the riots in the Qiang camp became even worse, they did not dare to retreat, for fear that the Han army would take advantage of the situation to pursue, and it was likely to become a big rout, and siege was not their strong point, the longer the time, the more they were afraid that the Han army would have reinforcements, and the fear would be contagious.

On the tenth day of the third month, the Qiang people withdrew the cavalry of the south gate and the east city gate, and joined the Qiang cavalry at the west gate and the north gate respectively.

Judging from the frustration, the Qiang people could no longer resist it and would retreat soon. When the news of the Battle of Chencang came, the spirit of the people was greatly boosted, and the battle of Chaona City would be the same as the Battle of Chencang.

On 14 March, a small number of Qiang had already retreated, which caused even more tension in the Qiang camp, and some felt that they had been abandoned.

Fu Zhu, Lu Yi and others felt that it was appropriate to send troops, otherwise, the Qiang people would choose to fight to the death out of despair.

On 15 March, the officers and men in the city got up on the fifth watch and had a full meal.

At dawn, the golden drums sounded in unison, the west gate was opened, and the reincarnation of the reins was the first to camp and the first to go out of the city, followed by the infantry, arrayed outside the city; Then the cavalry went out of the city, Xu Huang led 20,000 cavalry on the left, Yan Liang and Cheng Zhi led 30,000 cavalry on the right, with Yan Liang as the main and Cheng Zhi as the auxiliary.

Koji Yi's lieutenant, the young general Koji Yan, gathered 20,000 cavalry in the city to support the war outside the city at any time.

At this time, the day was just dawn, the Qiang people had not yet eaten, and the sudden attack of the Han army made them fearful, and the patriarch, Hao Shuai and others hurriedly gathered their troops to meet the battle.

When the Qiang cavalry was about 10,000 out of the village, Lu Yi seized the opportunity and immediately led the infantry to advance steadily, so that the Qiang people could not calmly line up.

When the Han infantry attacked, the Qiang people despised it and prepared to destroy it with the 10,000 cavalry that had already left the village, and then launched a charge against the infantry.

Lu Yi ordered his troops to halt their advance, and the whole team met them, and set up in front, and the giant shield soldiers calmly hid behind their shields.

When the enemy cavalry rushed to a place where the distance was only a few dozen paces, the officers and men of the first battalion jumped up together and slashed and slashed over; At the same time, thousands of strong crossbows fired in unison and shot at the Qiang cavalry; The four thousand crossbowmen who followed also began to shoot arrows.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Sharp arrows rained down on the Qiang cavalry.

The Qiang people lack armor, the cavalry and the war horses have been hit by arrows, some people fall off their horses, some horses fall to the ground, the cavalry behind can't be contained, they directly rush up, either hit the arrow, or are tripped, people turn over on their backs, extremely embarrassed.

The Qiang cavalry suffered an unexpected blow, and the whole army fell into chaos, and the cavalry behind scrambled for their lives.

The army of Koyi became more and more courageous, took advantage of the situation to pursue, and killed one of the Qiang people in battle.

Seeing it clearly at the head of the city, he was overjoyed in his heart, and the first camp was really strong, not only withstanding the attack of the Qiang people, but also able to fight back strongly; Immediately ordered the drums to beat and ordered the whole army to attack.

Xu Huang and Yan Liang on both flanks moved when they heard the agitation and outflanked the enemy from the left and right flanks.

Especially Xu Huang, since the dispatch of the army, has been a spectator, not an inch of merit, at this time morale is high, he took the lead, rushed to the front, the big axe flying, there is no enemy.

Yan Liang attacked from the right side, and the fast horse smashed into the enemy group, condescending, and the long knife was flying, which was overwhelming.

The Qiang cavalry was even more frightened, the scene was even more chaotic, and the gate was blocked, and it was impossible to advance or retreat.