Guo Yi's army left Luoyang on the same day and marched west along the official road towards Liangzhou. The use of cavalry archery, cavalry slashing, mosake, miao knife, and crossbow, as well as the formation of cavalry combat, were all practiced in the course of hurrying.

These soldiers still used some of Guo Yi's training methods during Zhao Yun's command, and their execution was no problem at all, but they needed to learn to adapt to the natural environment of Xiliang.

In ancient times, it was too difficult to train a strong army, and due to the way of thinking, it was difficult for these soldiers to understand the ideological and political courses, and they also needed a lot of time to learn the concept of warfare.

"Compulsory education, after graduating from modern high school and going to be a soldier, at least you know how to read and understand."

Guo Yi and the other generals did not wear armor, he didn't need it, Fan Xin was hiding from the rear and commanding, and he didn't need it. Yan Hua's trio is dressed in a strong suit, in order to design this suit, it can cost Guo Yi a lot of brain cells, and it must be easy to wear and move. Of course, there is also the need to overcome the quality problems of the Han Dynasty cloth. In this era, there was no nylon and leather clothing.

The only thing that made Yan Hua dissatisfied was the weapon, she wanted a weapon made of high-carbon steel, but it was too late, so she could only use a hundred steels. Although 100 steels were enough to crush all the weapons of the era.

"Why didn't Zilong come?"

"He is the county lieutenant of Changshan Country, so he naturally can't come when he has official business." Guo Yi was also disappointed, if Zhao Yun was here, it would be simple. Zhao Yun is inferior to himself in strategy, but the on-the-spot command is a grade higher than himself.

It is also a pity that Guo Jia did not come to the appointment, and it is not too simple to kill the mentally retarded Ma Teng and Han Sui if there is a top strategist.

"My lord, if we win this time, will we go back?" Fan Xin asked a lot of questions common to the soldiers. Of course, they followed Guo Yi out to fight, hoping that the boss would mix well, so that they could also get a piece of the pie.

"It depends on when we can recover Xiliang. It takes patience to wait and see what happens. Guo Yi is also hesitating, once he really pacifies Xiliang, he can completely become a party of princes to support the army and respect himself, but considering various political things, his best choice is to return to Luoyang with a triumphant return, which can not only brush up a wave of merits, but also win the reputation of loyalty, in the early stage of the army can attract a lot of "Han loyal ministers", and he can't decide which is more important than the attraction of talents and the land of a state.

When he took office, the officials along the way treated each other with courtesy and provided quite good hospitality. Five days later, the team arrived in Chencang.

Chencang is a fortified city, stuck at the junction of Liangzhou, Sili, and Yizhou, and is well garrisoned and well armed. Now Ma Teng and Han Sui often lead troops to plunder in the Sanqin region, and the defenders are like frightened birds. Guo Yi replenished his armament here, and each cavalryman carried ten days' rations, replenished food by hunting along the way, and quickly marched south along the old road.

The originally rich Sanqin region is now desolate, and it took more than 20 miles to find a dilapidated small town. There were homeless people begging on the road, and there were countless piles of bones.

"The people are bitter when they prosper, and the people who are dying are bitter." Any war is a carnival of those in power and a disaster for the people at the bottom. Did you do something wrong? Should you choose to assist the Han Dynasty to minimize the risk of war? For the sake of his own imperial hegemony, he will involve these innocent people in the war?

"Poetry again?" Yan Hua rode with him, and when he saw his gloomy expression, he knew that he was beginning to be compassionate again. It cannot be said that he did something wrong, it is a good thing to have compassion for the people, but the goal that should be achieved must be achieved.

"Think about what you can do if you don't want the people to suffer."

Guo Yi sighed, "I don't know if I should start a war. ”

"You?" Yan Hua laughed, in the desolation and depression here, this laughter was particularly harsh and disgusting.

"Aren't the Qiang people who stirred up the trouble? Not a rebel of the kingdom? It's just that when you see a few homeless people, you forget why you're here. ”

Ha, Guo Yi smiled dumbly. Yes, I am a little too sentimental, I came here to expel the invaders, and only by recovering these lands can the people here be at peace. He is their liberator, his savior!

"A word to wake up the dreamer! Thank you very much. ”

"Let's go, the old county seat is in front of you."

Riding a horse and whipping, we arrived at the old county seat. In front of the dilapidated dirt slope stood a few yellow-skinned villagers, who immediately cheered when they saw the banner of the big man.

"The county magistrate is a Han Chinese! It's the imperial court coming! ”

"The court has come to our rescue!"

Soon a lot of people gathered around, and an old man with a goatee came out to receive him, "The general has come from afar, and he has missed the welcome." ”

"It doesn't matter. What is the situation in the county? Guo Yi dismounted, and after returning the salute, he entered the city with the county magistrate.

"Alas!" The county magistrate shook his head and sighed, and said hatefully: "Those Qiang people who killed a thousand knives came to the county to loot two times in three days. Xia Guan gathered the surrounding villagers into the county, although some people have manpower, they can't stop those fierce and vicious barbarians! ”

"Where did they come from?"

"From below." The old county magistrate pointed out a direction to Guo Yi and asked, "The official's surname is Zhou, and I haven't asked the general's surname yet." ”

Fan Xin took out the scepter and said in a loud voice: "This is Lord Guo Yi, the assassin of Liangzhou, who is ordered to crusade against traitors!" ”

"It turned out to be Lord Thorn." The old county magistrate saw the scepter, saluted first, and then said to Guo Yi: "Lord Suwen is a 'hidden dragon', known as a national warrior, and I can see it today, and it really deserves its name." ”

The tasting is really a good thing, and I can have such a reputation even if I am from a humble family. Guo Yi briefly looked at the county's defense, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, no wonder this broken place was beaten like this, isn't it just looking for death if it is deployed like this.

"County magistrate, the top priority is to rectify the defense first, and the next time the Qiang people come, they can take revenge."

"Thank you, Lord Thorn." The county magistrate was happy to kneel for Guo Yi, but he held him and let an elder kneel, modern people don't have this habit. The county magistrate was ashamed and said: "The lower officials have been reading poetry and books for a long time, and they don't know about military affairs, so they have to work a lot for adults." ”

"Hmm." Guo Yi nodded and ordered: "Call all the strong men in the county over and deploy them according to what I said." ”

Gudao County is a county composed of dozens of small villages in the upper reaches of the Jialing River. The population is small and scattered between valleys and ridges, and the combined population is only a few thousand. From the northernmost town of Huangniu to the westernmost town of Liangdang, between the two places, there is a road of 240 miles along the only mountain road.

Guo Yi was a cavalry team, and it took nearly two hours to set off from Chencang into the mountains and walk to the county seat of Gudao. The mountain roads are tortuous, the ups and downs, and it is difficult to transport grain and troops.