Gaoping River Water, also known as Xiluo Water and Weiru Water in ancient times, is now called Qingshui River, which is a tributary of the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It originates at the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain, flows northward through Guyuan, Haiyuan, Tongxin, Zhongning and other counties, and then flows into the Yellow River.

At present, it is the dividing line between the west Shuofang of the river and the northeast of the West Qin.

According to legend, during the Western Zhou Dynasty, Bao Xi was abandoned in the Qingshui River when she was born, and was rescued again.

Later, she became the favorite concubine of King Zhou You, until the queen, and staged the farce of the princes of the beacon fire.

Historically, the plateaus on both sides of the Gaoping River were not only the places where the nomads lived, reproduced, cultivated and pastured, but also a part of the ancient Silk Road and the Xiaoguan Ancient Road, and was one of the main passages for the nomads to invade Guanzhong.

At present, this strategic place has been secretly controlled by Hexi, and half a month ago, Li Wei had infiltrated Gaopingchuan with 6,000 iron horsemen.

On this day, an envoy came from Jincheng and broke the peace of Dolan.

The envoy read out to Wu Yigan in public the order of begging for the return of the king, and ordered him to bring the young and strong, cattle, sheep and horses to Jincheng to listen to the dispatch.

didn't do anything to make a fool of himself, and at the same time secretly reported the news to Li Wei.

When Li Wei learned about it, he immediately became excited, realized that the opportunity had come, and ordered the army to march to Jincheng immediately.

Since the beginning of the war, the Hexi Army has won successive battles.

Most of the protectors swept across both sides of the Huangshui, and the 'newcomer' Wang Maide was also not to be outdone, and even captured Luoyang and Tianshui.

Only Li Wei hid in Gaopingchuan all day long, doing nothing.

He was impatient to wait, if it weren't for the strict discipline of the Hexi Army, I am afraid that he would have led a large army to Jincheng at this moment.

Today, I finally waited for the opportunity to send troops, and it only took a quarter of an hour for all the soldiers to be fully equipped and rush to Jincheng with a roar.

More than 10,000 mixed troops crossed the Gaoping River and marched westward, and then successfully crossed the northern branch of Liupan and arrived at the east bank of the Zuli River a few days later.

Standing on the bank of the Zuli River, Wu Yigan pointed to the meandering and rushing river under his feet, and introduced to Li Wei: "Dudu, the river under our feet is called the Zuli River, and because the strata in the basin contain more salt and alkali, and the water tastes bitter and salty, it is also called the Kushui River. ”

Li Wei raised his eyes and looked at the other side for a while and asked, "No, how far is it from here to Jincheng?" ”

"It's probably less than two hundred miles away."

"Two hundred miles, that is to say, there are ten more days of travel, and the army will arrive in Jincheng?"

"That's right, but crossing the river from here to the west will enter the core area of Western Qin, and the inventory along the way will be more strict, and it may take a little longer."

"If you spend an extra day or two, the key is not to be detected by the enemy."

"My subordinates understand."

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In Jincheng, the prime minister even got up early to beg, and last night he received an urgent letter from Yizhou, asking him to transport Wanshi military rations to the Didao camp.

He didn't even dare to slack off, so he came early in the morning to arrange for the transportation of grain.

Originally, before the war, there were more than 100,000 stone of grain stored in the Jincheng granary, but with the start of the war, this bit of grain gradually could not meet the needs of the war.

In order to raise grain and grass, Western Qin has repeatedly collected grain from the surrounding tribes and the people under his rule, but he still feels that he is not enough.

"Prime Minister, did you send someone outside to collect food today?"

"Recently, because of the grain requisition, there have been many clashes between the people in various places and the surrounding Hu people and the sergeants, and if it goes on like this, I am worried that there will be chaos."

"Hey! I also know that this is not a long-term solution, but I don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, now that the war is tense, and there is no surplus food in the country, if I don't scavenge from the surrounding areas, will it not be possible for the front-line soldiers to go hungry? ”

Hearing this, Zuo Servant was stunned for a long time, not knowing what to say.

In the end, he had to worry and said, "Can ...... But if it provokes a rebellion among the surrounding tribes, my Great Qin is in danger! ”

"Alas, this is no way, for the time being, it can only be like this first, otherwise there is no need for the people to rebel, and the front-line soldiers are afraid that they will collapse first."

"Now that Western Qin has reached the most critical juncture, in order to make up for the shortage of food and soldiers, the king not only ordered to collect grain from the surrounding tribes, but also ordered the leaders to participate in the war with young and strong."

"Yesterday, I received a message from the king, saying that in a few days, the leader of the Dolan tribe will arrive in Jincheng, and I want to wait for a good reception."

"What?! This...... Isn't this drinking to quench your thirst? ”

"The matter of requisitioning grain has seriously offended the surrounding tribes, how can you dare to transfer their young and strong?"

"In case there are unscrupulous people instigating, I am afraid that Western Qin will fall into a place of no return."

"Not to mention that the Dolan Department is the northeast barrier of Western Qin, if you don't fight south, who will guard against the Shuofang garrison?"

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Twenty miles away from Jincheng, a team under the banner of the Dolan tribe drove thousands of cattle, sheep and horses to come, looking like a long dragon from a distance.

The whole team set out from Gaopingchuan, crossed the Zuli River to the west, and went straight to Jincheng.

Due to the lack of Yigan up and down and cover, Li Wei successfully passed the checkpoints along the way.

Ten days later, the army successfully arrived in Jincheng.

As the former Jincheng County Administration, the Jincheng city wall is still quite tall, about 160 zhang long from north to south, 80 zhang wide from east to west, and about 10 zhang high.

Wu Yigan did as Li Wei ordered, beat the horse to the city, and shouted at the defenders at the city.

"The defenders of the city listened, the leader of the Dolan tribe did not do anything, and was ordered to escort the grain and grass here, and quickly opened the city gate."

After only a cup of tea, I saw the city gate open, and the prime minister even begged to come out to greet him.

As the war on the front line intensified, Jincheng gradually became a material transit center.

Every day, countless grains, grass, horses, and soldiers were gathered in the city from all over the country, and then after being counted and distributed, they were transported to various parts of the front line.

In addition to receiving supplies every day, the prime minister even begged to entertain the leaders of the various departments who escorted the materials and did a good job of pacifying them.

Just now he received a report from the city gate guard, saying that the leader of the Dolan tribe did not escort the grain and grass and arrived in Jincheng.

It must be known that Wu Yigan, Yue Zhi Gui, and Peng Xinian are the three major affiliated tribes of Western Qin, and the three departments guard the west, south, and east respectively.

In particular, the Dolan Department, to which Wu Yigan belonged, guarded the northeast gate of Western Qin and was responsible for defending against the threat from Shuofang.

At present, Western Qin is in danger, and these affiliated tribes are even more important.

Not to mention that this time I didn't do it, I also donated more than 10,000 young people and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock, so I didn't even dare to slack off at all.

Li Wei, who was hiding in the crowd, watched the team approach the city gate little by little, and was nervous to death, for fear of being detected by the enemy.

After handing over the seal letter, Wu Yigan only exchanged a few words with the beggar, and the city gate official lowered the drawbridge and let them in.

Li Wei didn't know that he was able to enter the city so smoothly, on the one hand, thanks to the assistance of the Dolan Ministry, and on the other hand, it was also related to the current shortage of food and soldiers in Western Qin.

As soon as I saw thousands of young people and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock, where could I care about anything else?

I just want to put away the young and strong livestock as soon as possible, so I am so negligent.

More than 10,000 soldiers followed the cattle, sheep and livestock into the city, and just as Li Wei was about to enter the city, the enemy realized that something was wrong.

"Huh? If you don't have a leader, why are there so many young people in your tribe? And how come people are all raw faces? ”

When the gatekeeper asked, even the beggar took a closer look and found something unusual.

Not only were the young men of the Dolan tribe much larger than expected, but they all looked strong.

Especially the one in front of him, there is a heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, and he is not a mortal at first glance.

"Hahaha, the prime minister didn't know anything, and after receiving an order from the king, he knew that there was a shortage of food and troops on the front line, so he specially selected the elite of the tribe to come."

After listening to Wu Yigan's explanation, even the beggar would be suspicious, he would never believe that Wu Yigan would be so kind.

Just as he was hesitating whether to buckle Wu Yigan, he saw that the heroic man suddenly drew his saber and slashed at the throat of the beggar.

It happened suddenly, and even the beggar didn't even scream, and he was beheaded by Li Wei.

With a pop, the prime minister of Western Qin even fell to the ground like this.

At the same time, the Hexi army, which had already entered the city, took out their weapons one after another and rushed towards the soldiers defending the city.

The defenders who were caught off guard fell to the ground one after another as if they had been cut leeks, and most of them were killed in the blink of an eye.

After easily taking care of the defenders of the city gate, Li Wei immediately led the army to kill in the direction of the palace, intending to capture and kill the beggars in one fell swoop.

At this moment, the sound of earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded in Jincheng, and most people didn't know what was going on, so they could only run around like a headless fly.

When he learned that the city gate was broken, he was so frightened that he couldn't care about cleaning up, so he only took hundreds of henchmen to open the west gate and fled to Di Dao.