Cao De led an army of 46,000 troops out of Yangping Pass in the west, passed through Xiaban and Chencang Mountain, and crossed the Dasan Pass to the south bank of Weishui and settled down. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This expedition Cao De brought an extremely luxurious lineup. The strategists were Xu Shu and Guo Jia, and the generals were Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Pei Yuanshao and Wei Yan. And the army brought by Cao De is also the most elite army in Hanzhong County. Flood Camp, Fire Camp, Hammer Side Camp, Sword Camp and Rat Ride!

The Tianshui City where Cao De was stationed was basically located at the junction of Longxi County and Hanyang County.

There are ten counties in Liangzhou, Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Zhangye County, Wuwei County, Jincheng County, Longxi County, Hanyang County, Anding County, Beidi County, and Wudu County. If you add the subject state of Zhangye, it is eleven counties.

At present, the counties affected by the rebel forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui are actually only the whole of Wuwei County and Jincheng County, plus most of Hanyang County and a small part of Longxi County.

The shape of the whole Liangzhou is like a thin bone with two thick ends. And Wuwei County and Jincheng County just cut Liangzhou and the bone in half from the middle.

After Ma Teng and Han Sui raised their flags. Ma Teng is in Wuwei County in the north, and Han Sui is in Jincheng County in the south. It only took a few days for the two of them to take control of the two counties. Later, before the Han court in Luoyang could respond, Ma Teng crossed the Yellow River all the way south along the Great Wall and went straight to Didao. In Jincheng, Han Sui followed the south bank of Weishui all the way to the city of Longxi.

When Huangfu Song led an army of 50,000 from the Sili region to Liangzhou, Longxi City had been conquered by Ma Teng Han Sui's 100,000 troops. Longxi County Taishou does not know the life and death. After that, Ma Tenghan plundered for five days. The entire city of Longxi has been changed beyond recognition.

By the time Cao De led his men and horses to the south bank of Weishui, the combined forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui had already arrived at the foot of Tianshui City.

As the representative of the central government, Huangfu Song also rushed to Chencang City on the north bank of Weishui with his men and horses. Across the water from Cao De.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo, the general of the Han Dynasty, also set off from the north to the vicinity of Hanxing.

Dong Zhuo, long before Cao De served as the Taishou of Hanzhong, had already sat in the position of the general of the Qiang Zhonglang. However, due to the later battle against the Yellow Turban Army, he was beaten by the Yellow Turban Army due to carelessness. So much so that Dong Zhuo fled back to his nest in Liangzhou in embarrassment, and did not dare to raise troops to fight against the Yellow Turban.

The Han court may reward meritorious generals with more or less reward points, but the punishment for generals who have lost battles is very timely and severe.

However, Dong Zhuo is also very good at being a person. In time, he sent a big gift to someone in the court. Therefore, Dong Zhuo's position has not been lowered or promoted, and he has always been a general in the protection of Qiang.

However, when Dong Zhuo used the Central Plains to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, he engaged in the Qiang people and developed the territory. Therefore, although Dong Zhuo's official position is not high, he has a lot of land and younger brothers.

Just like this time, Huangfu Song brought an army of 50,000, and Cao De brought an army of 46,000. Dong Zhuo also brought an army of 40,000.

Attention, though. Of Huangfu Song's 50,000 men, only 20,000 were cavalry. Cao De's 46,000 men also had only 10,000 cavalry. But Dong Zhuo's army of 40,000 is all cavalry!

Looking at the two sides of the entire battlefield, nearly 140,000 men and horses representing the Han Dynasty court, including 70,000 cavalry. As a rebel, the combined army of Ma Teng and Han Sui had nearly 150,000 horses, including 110,000 cavalry.

Moreover, most of the cavalry under the command of Ma Teng Han Sui were Qiang people.

The Qiang people are a fierce and aggressive people, and they advocate force. Moreover, the Qiang people were also a people living on horseback before they were annexed to the Han Dynasty. Even after the annexation of the Han Dynasty, although the Qiang people began to live with the Han people, they still did not give up their horses.

Ma Teng and Han Sui also started by suppressing the Qiang rebellion, but they subdued and killed the Qiang people. Therefore, as soon as they ascended to the heights and shouted, countless Qiang people immediately responded.

Therefore, Ma Teng and Han Sui were able to gather so many cavalry.

But the Qiang people are a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised. Now the Qiang people follow Ma Teng Han Sui, and they have wine to drink and meat to eat. If, once Ma Teng Han Sui loses the battle, it is really hard to say whether the Qiang people will follow these two people or not.

Liangzhou seems to have as many as eleven counties, but because Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County and Zhangye vassal states to the west of Zhangye County, have basically broken away from the rule of the Luoyang court.

These four counties were the most complex in terms of population, and the Han Dynasty ruled over them until the Yellow Turban uprising, and the local government imposed harsh taxes on the people. However, after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Army, the local foreign people in these four counties rose up against the tyrannical rule of the government.

They killed the Taishou sent by the Han Dynasty and confiscated the weapons and equipment of the local defenders. Formed his own army and set himself up as king. And the Han court was busy sorting out the damage caused by the Yellow Turban Uprising, but it had no time to care about these clowns.

Now, Ma Teng Han raised the banner in Wuwei and Jincheng to rebel, and their opportunity has come again.

They took advantage of this opportunity to fight hard and were ready to move.

And after the Xianbei people on the back side learned the news of the chaos in Liangzhou, they began to gather people, it seems that this is to come to Liangzhou to take advantage of the fire to rob and fight the autumn wind!

The four counties of Dunhuang are said to be the territory of the Han Dynasty, but now it seems that they exist in name only. Cao De and Huangfu Song both know this.

However, they did not know that the small people who were causing rebellion in the four counties of Dunhuang had even greater intentions; They didn't even know that the powerful Xianbei people in the north had also begun to sharpen their knives.

The Battle of Liangzhou seemed to be a war to quell the rebellion. But once it is not done well, it will become the fuse for the fall of the Han Dynasty.

You must know that the 50,000 soldiers and horses brought out by Huangfu Song from the Sili region at this moment are already the most elite army in the hands of the Luoyang Imperial Court of the Han Dynasty.

Once, the 50,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Huangfu Song were handed over to Liangzhou, and the Han Dynasty would have no soldiers to fight.

The Xianbei people are short-sighted and only know how to plunder. And Ma Teng Han Sui is likely to use this opportunity to break Luoyang in one fell swoop.

At that time, the Han Dynasty will not need Dong Zhuo to cause trouble. Moreover, the historical trend at that time will not be the history that Cao De is familiar with.

The battle of Liangzhou is about to evolve into a battle for the survival of the Han Dynasty.

However, all this had little effect on Cao De.

First of all, the Han forgot that Cao De could raise the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty and attract celebrities from all over the world to take refuge. Then follow Liu Bei's path.

If the big Han is lucky enough to continue to survive, then Cao De will honestly retract back to Hanzhong and continue to wait for the opportunity.

The premise of all this is that Cao De has someone with a knife and a territory.

At present, Huangfu Song is concerned about how to exterminate the rebels. Cao De is concerned about how to keep Ma Teng, and he also has to let Ma Teng expand his sphere of influence in Liangzhou. And Dong Zhuo, who has not yet arrived, is concerned about how he can get the most out of this war.

Ma Teng Han Sui, who was on the opposite side of the official army, was concerned about how to capture Tianshui City, and then defeated the official army based on Tianshui City and dominated Liangzhou! If there is a chance to attack Luoyang, of course, it will be better.

This is also the intrigue that led to the final defeat of the coalition forces since ancient times!

After Cao De was stationed on the south bank of Weishui for three days, the Huangfu Song camp on the north bank of Weishui was moved.

An army of about 20,000 men swaggered aboard the ferry. It seems that this is to cross the river to join Cao De.

When the Huangfu Song army that crossed the river crossed the middle of the river, Cao De finally saw the banner of the comer!

"Zhu"!

It's Zhu Jun here! (To be continued.) )