After all, the establishment of a 50,000-cavalry Liangzhou army is not something that can be done with only money and food, and there must be a large number of officers at all levels, scribes, weapons and horses, etc., so he first replied to the letter of frustration, temporarily recruited 20,000, and immediately wrote to Gao Shun for instructions.

Gao Shun received the letter and felt that the method was feasible, so that there would be an additional mobile cavalry, which would facilitate the fight for Liangzhou in the future, and the emperor Liu Hong only had a few months to live, this kind of army had not yet been established, and it was estimated that the emperor would not be there, and it would not cause the emperor's dissatisfaction.

So Gao Shun replied and agreed, and at the same time, he sent 50,000 military attaches and scribes needed by the cavalry to support Fu Zhi, and transferred Yan Liang to Fu Zhi's subordinates to help form the Liangzhou cavalry.

In this way, when the Liangzhou Army is formed, the number of cavalry of the Gaoshun forces will be close to 200,000, and it will become the strongest military group in the Han Dynasty; Gao Shun couldn't help but be proud in his heart, but he was not proud, if there was no help from the system, even if he formed so many troops, he would not be able to afford so many military expenditures.

After more than half a month of rectification, the situation in the southern part of Anding County was very stable, and the county government began to operate normally; He sat in Linjing County and served as the duty of the Taishou.

Xu Huang's 20,000 cavalry had already gone north to support Lu Yi in the city, hoping to lure the Qiang people into battle to recover Xiao Pass.

Cheng Wu trained 15,000 newly recruited and incorporated cavalry in Linjing; Of the 5,000 cavalry under his direct jurisdiction, 1,000 were stationed in Linjing County, 1,500 were responsible for continuously transporting grain and baggage to Chaona City, and 2,500 were divided into five parts, each of which guarded 4,000 Qiang prisoners.

At the end of January, Yan Liang arrived at Linjing City, and was greatly pleased, and immediately led the 15,000 cavalry that Cheng Wu had just trained to the north with Yan Liang; At the same time, he ordered Cheng Zhi (Cheng Zhiyuan), the Taishou of Beidi County, to lead 15,000 cavalry to Chaona City to support the battle.

Cheng Wu stayed in Linjing County to ensure the supply of logistics materials and local stability.

The Han army's support troops continued to arrive in Chaona City, and the number of Han troops increased day by day, and the Hu defenders of Xiaoguan were not calm, and they were very frightened in their hearts, and they continued to ask the leaders of Gaoping City for help.

At this time, there were also serious differences of opinion among the Hu people in Gaoping City.

Some people believe that the Han army has gathered so many troops, the logistics line is long, and the logistics supply is difficult, so it will not be a long-term confrontation, otherwise the material consumption alone is astronomical, and the Han army must be in a hurry to fight them a decisive battle now.

Some people also believe that north of Xiaoguan, there are still large areas of land, and the Han army will definitely not be optimistic about those wastelands, and there is no need to confront the Han army strongly, and maintaining strength is the best policy; For example, now the Han army only occupies the southern part of Beidi County, but does not recover the northern part of Anding County, and the situation is similar in Anding County.

There are also people who believe that the Han army must be severely damaged and let the Han army understand the strength of the Qiang people, otherwise they will continue to harass them in the future, and in the long run, they will be exhausted and not conducive to stability.

More people underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Han army, believing that the Han cavalry is vulnerable, and the Han army relies on the defense of the city.

In any case, Xiaoguan and Gaoping City are their bottom line, and if they lose these two places, they will never have peace, and the Han army can attack their towns at any time.

Now that the Han army is gathering in the city of Chaona, it has seriously threatened their survival and security, and in the end, they decided to send troops to support the Xiaoguan front line first, and then decide the next plan based on the development of the situation.

Before the military advisor arrived at Chaona City, Lu Yi did not launch an attack on Xiao Pass for the purpose of holding on to Chaona City, and the Hu people did not attack, and the two sides confronted each other and were safe.

At the end of January, Fu Zhu arrived at the city of Chaona, and gathered nearly 100,000 troops in the city, and everyone had the belief that they would win, and they prepared for a decisive battle with the Qiang.

At this time, the Qiang people were even more frightened, and the 20,000 troops stationed in Linjing County had surrendered to the Han Chinese, and they continued to increase their troops in Chaonacheng, and the situation became more and more unfavorable for them.

If they can defeat the Han army, they still hope to live in the area south of Xiaoguan, so that the water and grass are more abundant, and they can trade cheaper materials from the Han people, their lives will be much better, unless they are forced to do so, they are not willing to live in the bitter cold land north of Xiaoguan.

A decisive battle with the Han army was inevitable, otherwise even if they withdrew from Xiaoguan and Gaoping City, the Han cavalry would be in pursuit.

The Hu people were forced to helpless, and successively gathered 150,000 troops and concentrated on Xiaoguan.

At the beginning of February, the 150,000 troops of the Hu people surrounded the city of Chaona, and the water surrounding the city was impassable, and they felt that even if they did not attack the city, the baggage in the city of the Han army would last for a month at most.

There are 80,000 troops in the city, but less than half of them are veterans, and most of the rest are newly formed recruits.

The infantry was ordered to strictly defend the city, and the officers and men of the various units were not to be ordered to strictly prohibit fighting; Lu Yi, Xu Huang, Yan Liang and Cheng Zhi are four people, each sitting at a city gate.

During this period, he sat at the head of the city every day, paid close attention to the movements of the Hu people, and constantly observed and studied the habits of the Hu people.

Within 200 miles around the city, the walls have been cleared, the Hu and Han people either joined the army, or were relocated to the southern counties to settle, the Qiang people went out to plunder and returned in vain, now they dare not divide the troops, send a large army to the south to plunder, otherwise it is easy to be broken by the Han army.

The besieging Hu people were divided into four divisions, each with 30,000 soldiers, a total of 120,000 people participating in the siege, and 30,000 remained at Xiaoguan to ensure the safety of their back roads.

With so many Hu troops surrounding the city, the amount of baggage consumed every day was very large.

Now, the morale of the Hu army is high, the rebels of Liangzhou surround Chencang, the imperial court rescue is delayed, and now they are surrounding Chaonacheng, the Han army has no reinforcements to send, the victory will belong to their Qiang people, as long as the rebels occupy Chencang, they defeat the Han army here, Liangzhou will be the world of their Qiang people from now on.

It is a pity that the Qiang tribes are independent and do not form a unified whole, and their ideas are doomed to fail.

There were also serious divisions within the castle.

Koji Yi wants to take the initiative; Yan Liang hopes to fight every day to fight the morale of the Qiang people; Xu Huang suggested that small units could be sent to attack from time to time every day, constantly harassing the Qiang people, and accumulating small victories into big victories.

The military advisor was unmoved, insisted on continuing the confrontation, and as long as the Qiang people did not attack the city and the food in the city was sufficient, they would not attack.

Everyone was puzzled, full of frustration, and smiled at everyone's doubts.

This time, Yan Liang brought a letter from Gao Shun, in which Gao Shun told Fu Zhu that the rebels of the Chen Cangqiang people would be defeated in February.

Analyzing Gao Shun's judgment, he felt that it was very likely that Chen Cang had been besieged for several months, and the cold winter was about to pass, but there was no result, and the imperial army of the left general Huangfu Song and the former general Dong Zhuo was approaching day by day, giving strong pressure to the rebels; The Qiang people consumed huge materials, and they must have no intention of returning to war, and when the rebels retreated, the official army took advantage of the situation to pursue, and they would definitely be able to win a complete victory.

He believed that if the rebels of the Qiang people in Chen Cang were defeated and fled, the Qiang people here would be affected, and their morale would drop sharply, and they would not dare to hold out for too long, which was the best opportunity for a decisive battle.

It is now the middle of February, and there is no need to wait long for good news to come, and the officers and men are ordered to prepare for a decisive battle while asking the officers and men to continue the confrontation patiently.

The Hu people outside the city were very happy in their hearts, and the Han army did not attack, indicating that they were afraid of them, as long as the materials in the city were consumed, the victory would belong to their Qiang people.