After sending Huang Yan and Lu Yan to Jincheng, Fu Zhu began to work on the matter of quelling the rebellion and the traitor Zongjian, and cooperated with the recruitment of the two.

According to Gao Shun's deployment, Cheng Zhi, Ma Teng, Li Meng and Pang De were dispatched this time, with a total of nearly 30,000 cavalry; Cheng Zhi's main responsibility is not to fight, but to protect the military advisor.

Taishou Yiyi ensures the transportation of logistics baggage.

Everyone was full of confidence and began to reorganize their armies for war, hoping to obtain enough military exploits and quickly promote their official positions.

During the period of waiting for the scouts to return, every night, Fu Zhu summoned Ma Teng and others to discuss the crusade, which was arranged by Gao Shun, aiming to improve their thinking ability and military literacy, so that they could be independent in the future.

Ma Teng and others have put forward a lot of valuable information or suggestions.

The military advisors taught them military knowledge from the speed of marching, the choice of roads, logistical support, scout arrangements, camp selection, camping, guard posts, and queue formations.

Everyone studied modestly, felt that they had benefited a lot, and respected the frustration more and more.

Zong Jian, a traitor in Caohan County, has been in a worried mood lately and has difficulty sleeping and eating; The champion Hou personally went to Liangzhou, adjusted the defense, restored the jurisdiction of Wudu County, cut off the connection between Liangzhou and Yizhou, and caused heavy losses in his trade; Subsequently, Gao Shun recruited Ma Teng of Longxi County, Anlong, to expand the armament war, and the spearhead was directly aimed at the many rebel forces in the west of Liangzhou; What made him even more frightened was that Didao County was close to his current territory, and the cavalry was within reach.

On the contrary, Zong Jian's subordinates were secretly happy.

They believe that now that the Central Plains has all the princes, the two biggest forces are the border forces headed by Gao Shun and the imperial court forces headed by Dong Zhuo.

Besides, the rebellion in Liangzhou has been going on for a long time, and it was suppressed badly, so they surrendered to the imperial court, and when the imperial court relaxed its control, they rebelled again, and accepted Zhao'an and rebellion, which was a common thing for them.

Accepting the recruitment of the champion Hou, they will definitely gain greater development prospects, which is much stronger than following the king of Zongjian to retreat in this small area to become the king and dominate; More importantly, they didn't think that King Zongjian would be able to withstand the attack of Champion Hou.

Even if there is a small war, the champion Hou Sheng, in order to stabilize the local situation, will not go on a killing spree, but will only punish the first evil, but there is no harm to them, there is still an official to do, continue to be free.

King Zongjian did not dare to be careless, and transferred the surrounding troops back to Caohan County to station, and actively scavenged grain, cattle and sheep and other materials, and made preparations for holding on, he believed that from Guanzhong to this, the road was far away, and the Gaoshun army consumed a huge amount, and it would not hold out for a long time, and it would not be able to attack for a long time, and the army would be withdrawn.

But everyone's thoughts are different, and they actively comfort King Zongjian, hoping that he will not resist, otherwise, if the champion Hou attacks the city, if there is a big loss, he will anger the people in the city, and they will not die well.

Some people suggested that from the matter of recruiting An Ma Teng, it seems that after the champion Hou is stable, he will definitely send someone to recruit them, and the king will continue to enjoy the high officials and good fortune in the future.

Some people suggested that if the champion Hou dared to attack, Jincheng Han Sui and the thieves of Heguan would definitely come to support, and they would not understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.

Some people even suggested that the champion Hou would not fight hard and damage his own strength, so that Dong Zhuo and the court would take advantage of it for nothing, and the champion Hou would definitely not be stupid enough to do things that hurt others and did not benefit himself.

Only the leaders of the Qiang people were worried and hoped to evacuate to the area west of the Yellow River, temporarily avoid the edge of the official army, preserve their strength, and make a comeback after the official army withdrew.

They are a nomadic tribe accustomed to wandering, and now it is summer, when the water and grass are fertile, and they can wander around without baggage.

The Qiang-Han War of hundreds of years allowed them to master the essence of guerrilla tactics, fighting if they could fight, running if they couldn't, and rarely fighting hard with Han officers and soldiers; Therefore, even if Liangzhou Sanming and other veterans are alive, every time they win thousands, it is already a big victory, if they win tens of thousands, they will definitely write a big book and leave a name in history.

The Han subordinates of King Zongjian did not want the Qiang people to retreat, otherwise, even if they accepted Zhao'an in the future, their value would be greatly reduced, and they would definitely not be valued by the champion Hou, which would be extremely detrimental to their future.

And King Zongjian himself has been here for many years, and he is never willing to leave his lair to wander in that poor place; If those fierce Qiang Hu gave him away, his strength would be greatly reduced, how could he defend the city and resist the attack of the champion Hou?

As time passed, rumors spread, and the mood of the army and the people in the city was uneasy and extremely unstable; The small Qiang tribes scattered outside the city left the river valley and began to move pastures to the mountains, trying to avoid this place.

The situation is getting worse and worse, and Zong Jian fears losing control of the army.

Based on common interests, King Zongjian hit it off with his Han officials and decided to secretly attack the Qiang leaders.

In the hundreds of years of war, the Qiang and Han are full of contradictions, mutual wariness, and mutual distrust, which can never be eliminated in a short period of time, even within the same organization, and the basis for their coexistence is only to use each other.

The Qiang people are not stupid, in this case, they also secretly prepared for the worst, their leaders eat and live in the barracks, and deal with emergencies at any time, so as to avoid the arrival of the dragon without a leader, which is their self-protection strategy.

The Han people are best at intrigue and trickery, and even the mediocre talents among the Han people are not comparable to the Qiang people.

King Zongjian and his subordinates made a detailed plan, and when all arrangements were stopped, he invited the Qiang leaders to the palace to discuss matters, preparing to take over their army after controlling the Qiang leaders, so as to prevent them from fleeing or rebelling.

The leader of the Qiang people didn't want to go, but he couldn't help but go, he still had a glimmer of hope for King Zongjian, that is, the big war was imminent, and King Zongjian would definitely not take the initiative to cause civil strife and cause internal friction, which would not be beneficial to anyone, and would only cheapen the champion Hou.

The leader of the Qiang people asked his son to stay in the military camp in case of accidents, and he went to the palace to discuss matters.

disappointed him, Zong Jian was not as clever as he thought; When he arrived at the palace, he was surrounded by a large army, the guards were killed, and the leader of the Qiang people was captured and escorted to King Zongjian.

The leader of the Qiang people, Zi Chen, has no intention of rebelling, so he will only lose both sides and let the champion Hou take advantage.

For Zong Jian, now that the arrow is on the bow, he has to send it, completely ignoring the defense of the Qiang leader; The army, which had been arranged for a long time, quickly surrounded the Qiang camp.

The advantage of the Qiang people is cavalry, field battles, coming and going like the wind, losing war horses, fighting in a small barracks, although they are still fierce, but they are not the opponent of the Han battle formation, and in a hurry, they are not the opponent of the well-prepared Han army, after a short battle, the Qiang people gave up resistance and announced their surrender.

For the Qiang soldiers, they had the nature of mercenaries, and whoever paid for food would fight with whomever they wanted; Whether it was Dong Zhuo's army, the original imperial army, Gao Shun's army, the original Ma Teng's army and now Han Sui's army, there were a large number of Qianghu soldiers; Surrender to King Zongjian, they can still serve as soldiers and eat food.

King Zongjian was very happy, and only paid a small price to eliminate internal troubles and strengthen his own strength; Therefore, according to the prior agreement, these Qiang soldiers were assigned to the army controlled by various officials and families, so as to prevent them from causing trouble in tandem and facilitate their control.

For those Han officials and families, the stronger they were, the more favorable it was for them to influence the decisions of King Zongjian, and they could also gain more benefits after accepting Zhao'an