Before the shepherds at the gate of the city were all killed by the defenders, the cavalry of the Western Qin Army finally rushed into the inner pass, of course, its combat effectiveness was not comparable to those ordinary herdsmen, the defenders were killed by the fierce cavalry of the Western Qin Army, and suddenly dispersed, the cavalry of the Western Qin Army even rushed up the city wall and the city tower directly along the stone ladder with superb riding skills, and the city was quickly captured by the Western Qin Army, and the defenders of the Guannai were killed by two thousand people, and one thousand surrendered. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Ma Lan led the army into the Yumen Pass, the battle was all over, and there were bloodstains, corpses, weapons and arrows scattered everywhere in the upper and lower passes of the city wall.

"General, Yumen Pass has fallen into my hands, nearly 2,000 defenders in the pass have been killed, and more than 1,000 have surrendered to our army!"

Ma Lan ordered: "Send someone to bury the corpse, count the booty and all kinds of property!" ”

"Yes!"

At lunchtime, someone piled up horses and said: "General, after Guazhou loses contact with Yumen Pass, it will soon notice that something is wrong, and we will definitely send someone to investigate, and our army must prepare in advance!" ”

Ma Lan nodded and said, "Not bad!" Someone, convene the lieutenant generals and colonels to discuss the matter! ”

In the military meeting, Ma Lan decided to immediately arrest all the strong men in the vicinity to prepare for the siege of the city, and the Western Qin army under his command was mainly responsible for field battles, and the siege operation was too depleting of troops, so he decided to use the nearby strong men to attack the city. After catching a strong man at the fastest speed, he quickly advanced in the direction of Guazhou!

After the order was given, everyone went to make their own preparations, and then a lieutenant came to report: "General, we have found more than 2,000 Han captives held by the rebels in a barracks in the pass, they used to be the defenders of Yumen Pass, and they were captured after Yumen Pass was breached by the rebels, and they have been locked up for several months!" ”

"Oh? Go and bring their highest-ranking men to see General Ben! Ma Lan immediately commanded.

"Yes!"

After a while, a man in his thirties wearing tattered armor walked in and saluted Ma Lan and said, "Meet the general!" ”

Ma Lan said: "What is your surname?" What is the military position? ”

"Captain Han Changrong in Xiazhaowu is the commander of the first battalion of the Yumen Pass Garrison!"

"How many years have you been in Yumen Pass?"

Han Changrong said: "General Hui, it's been ten years since I came to Yumen Pass!" ”

Ma Lan said: "I have also spent a lot of time in Xiqin before, my name is Ma Lan, and I have been the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, do you know me?" ”

Han Changrong's eyes widened suddenly: "The general is General Ma Xuan?" Of course, I have heard of the general's prestige, but I have never met him. I heard that the general disappeared six or seven years ago, but I didn't want to go to Western Qin! ”

Ma Ling nodded and said, "Today, General Bai Xiaode and I are on the orders of the King of Western Qin to come to quell the rebellion, open up the Hexi Corridor, recover the Longyou region, and recapture Chang'an!" You and your soldiers have been saved, but you must now obey my commands, will you? ”

Han Changrong immediately said: "Of course, Western Qin and the imperial court are one family, and the subordinates and soldiers under their command are willing to listen to the general's dispatch!" It's just that we now have neither weapons nor armor nor clothing, which is really ugly! ”

Ma Lan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I will order someone to send you weapons, armor and clothing!" You have organized all the more than 2,000 men into two battalions, both of which are under your command, and the captains of the two battalions have also been appointed by you, and your department will be temporarily under my control, and I will make you a general! ”

"Yes, General, the last general must obey the general's orders!"

At this time, a general walked in and reported: "General Qiyu, we have searched all over the border for 100 miles, and a total of 11,000 men over the age of 16 and under the age of 45 have been arrested, and now all of these people have been concentrated in the gate and separated from more than 1,000 prisoners!" ”

"Good!" Ma Lu said to Han Changrong: "You go first, organize your people, reorganize, and complete it within today, and then find the quartermaster to get weapons, armor, clothing, and food and grass!" ”

"Yes, General! The last will take his leave! ”

Sending Han Changrong away, Ma Ling said to his generals: "Go and bring over several leaders of the rebel army and the more prestigious people among the more than 10,000 strong men who have been captured!" ”

"Yes, General!"

After a while, more than a dozen people from the Fan clan were brought into the lobby, and the surrounding soldiers shouted: "Kneel!" ”

There were thirteen people in total, seven of them were scared and all knelt down, but the other six did not, one of them was a rebel general, two of the seven people who knelt were rebel generals, and the others were more prestigious people in the Fan clan who were captured.

Ma Lan was furious: "Bold, when I saw that General Ben didn't kneel, someone came and cut them down!" ”

A group of soldiers drew their swords and rushed forward, a knife flashed, and a series of screams rang out, and the six people who insisted on not kneeling were all cut to the ground, some were directly cut off their heads, and blood quickly flowed everywhere, and the other kneeling people were so frightened that they trembled and kept begging for mercy.

Ma Lan looked at the seven people kneeling down and said coldly: "General Ben only needs five obedient ones, but you have seven, what should you do?" ”

Two soldiers threw their weapons in front of the seven people, and with two clangs on the ground, the seven people kneeling on the ground immediately grabbed their weapons, and one of the captured generals first grabbed the weapons, and swung their knives twice in a row, killing two people, and the other person who grabbed the weapons immediately protected himself with a knife and stared at the others vigilantly!

"Good, now there are only five people left!" Ma Lan stood up and said.

The two people with weapons in their hands immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "We are willing to be loyal to the general, but the general's orders are obeyed!" Please spare our lives, General."

The remaining three also knelt on the ground and cried for mercy: "The general spares his life, we are willing to be loyal!" ”

Ma Lan smiled with satisfaction: "Very good! Now there are 12,000 strong men plus the captives, and the 1,000 captives will be scattered into the other 11,100,000 strong men, and these men will be the officers, and the twelve thousand men will be divided into five battalions, each with 2,400 men, each under the command of the five of you! If you follow the general to march and fight, if you have merit, the general will not hesitate to reward and promote, but if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and disobey the general's military orders, the general can take your head at any time! If you dare to betray this general and have any misdeeds, this general will be the first to know, and your fate will be extremely miserable! Of course, you can also spy on each other, and if you find someone who is disloyal or misbehaves to the general, you can also report it to the general, and the general will be rewarded! ”

No one trembled, kowtowing again and again: "The villain doesn't dare, don't dare!" Don't dare to betray the general even if you kill the villain! ”

Next, Ma Lan talked to these five people one by one, which made these people suspect that Ma Lan was arranging someone to spy on them among them, so these five people became more wary and vigilant of each other.

The number of more than 12,000 people is almost the same as that of the Fourth Legion, and it is really difficult to control them directly, and these Fan tribes are not as good as the Tianzhu people, who are weak and timid and lazy by nature because they believe in Buddhism, but these Fan tribes are all violent people, and it is not easy to effectively control them, and they must be divided and disintegrated, so that they can guard against each other, so that they have no time to resist the rule of the Western Qin army, and they even curry favor with Ma Lu in order to survive, You have to try your best to behave in front of Ma Lan, and Ma Lan's trick is also learned from Zhao Ziliang.

The barbarians have never had the concept of defending and defending the city, farming is too tiring for the barbarians, it is also a very strong technical job, and it is impossible to carry out farming operations without the accumulation of experience for several generations, so the barbarians prefer to graze and migrate with the water and grass, because of this, they do not have the concept of defense.

When the news of the fall of Yumen Pass reached Guazhou City, the 3,000 cavalry of the barbarian army left here immediately dispatched to kill in the direction of Yumen Pass.

At this time, Ma Lan was also ready, and was about to lead the army into Guazhou City, when a sentry came to report: "Report to the general, the Guazhou rebels learned that Yumen Pass was lost, and dispatched 3,000 cavalry to kill us!" ”

Ma Lan sneered: "Hey, we haven't beaten them yet, they came to the door first!" Okay, send orders to all the ministries and prepare for battle! ”

"Yes! General"

The next day, Ma Lan led the army to meet the 3,000 barbarian cavalry from the direction of Guazhou, Ma Lan's actions also surprised the rebel generals, and the Tuyuhun generals did not think too much, and continued to lead the army forward until they encountered the Western Qin army.

In front of the two armies, the Tuyuhun general shouted: "Where are you guys from?" Why did you capture my Jade Gate? ”

Ma Lan shouted: "The Fourth Army of the Western Qin Army was ordered to come to quell the chaos, and the rebel generals in front still dismounted and surrendered?" Are they going to be exterminated? ”

"The Western Qin Army?" General Tuyuhun's face changed, he obviously didn't expect the Western Qin Army to appear here.

Ma Lan did not allow him to hesitate, and immediately ordered the third part to attack with 3,000 light horses.

"Kill-" In the formation of the Western Qin army, the three thousand people in the middle rushed towards the barbarian rebels on the opposite side in a neat formation, and the arrows with ultra-long range made the barbarian rebel soldiers just start to sprint, and the front row was shot one after another.

Nomads are the inventors of mounted archery, and mounted archery is their housekeeping skill, but Zhao Ziliang has brought the power of this tactic to the extreme through systematic and effective training.

Before the two sides came into contact, the barbarian rebels were shot and killed by the cavalry of the Western Qin army, and the light and strong armor made the defense of the cavalry of the Western Qin army much stronger than that of the barbarian rebels, and when the two sides were about to make contact, the cavalry of the Western Qin army quickly divided into two groups to outflank them from the left and right, which made the barbarian cavalry shocked, this tactic Some of them have seen, only Zhao Ziliang's cavalry can skillfully use this tactic.