As soon as Li Ru's words fell, Dong Zhuo's first person on the left, "Huo", stood up and said loudly: "How can Mr. grow their ambition and destroy their prestige, thinking that the southern people have always been weak, how can they be Wen Hou's opponents, it must be their sudden tricks, so they won Wen Hou, and they are willing to take the lead for the Taishi and swear to take the head of the southern thief." ”

When Dong Zhuo turned his head to look, it was Liu Bao, the Zuoxian King of the Southern Xiongnu, although this Zuoxian King was under the jurisdiction of the Southern Xiongnu, but he was the actual holder of the power of the Southern Xiongnu, he thought that the Xiongnu nobles had been at peace with the Han family for a long time, and he should also be regarded as a relative of the Han family, so he named himself a Han named Liu Bao, in fact, he didn't understand the etiquette of the Han Dynasty at all, where did he understand, even if his mother was a princess of the Han Dynasty, he was not a relative of the Han family,

Before Dong Zhuo could speak, the person sitting on his right stood up again and said: "I am willing to be the forward, and lead the people and horses of the department to attack Yangping Pass at night to avenge the shame of Wen Hou." ”

This person is the leader of the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou, Beigong Boyu, he also led the rebellion in his early years, and was later suppressed by the imperial court, after the defeat of the army, he asked for Zhao'an, and Dong Zhuo has always been friendly, this time he was recruited by Dong Zhuo, came to help in the war,

Are these two people really good brothers, righteous, willing to stick a knife in Dong Zhuo's ribs, of course not, the Qiang people are a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic minority living in the Ganliang area, while the Southern Xiongnu are pure nomads, the adult men in their clan are ordinary people when they herd horses and sheep, and they are a fierce warrior when they pick up a knife and gun. This time after receiving Dong Zhuo's call, Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao were happy to lead the troops, because it was still early spring, and the pasture on the grassland had not yet returned to green, and it was not yet the season for grazing.

However, to the great disappointment of the two of them, since leaving Chang'an all the way south, they didn't grab anything, how did they know that Dong Zhuo's soldiers and them were all the way, starting from Chencang, to Hechi and Fuxian, they were first robbed by Li Dao, and then Li Ying and Li Wei swept all the way with 50,000 Luoyang old troops, and when Lu Bu led the army to pass by, there was not much oil and water to fish, this land had been scraped three times, how many things could be left, when it was the turn of Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao, There were not a few bones and slag left, so that the two people who had no gain were in a hurry to propose to fight this battle.

Dong Zhuo twisted his fat body and looked at Li Ru, he trusted Li Ru very much, since Li Ru felt that he should avoid his edge, then not sending troops was naturally the best choice, he hoped that Li Ru could say a convincing reason to dispel the idea of Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao sending troops,

Li Ru saw Dong Zhuo's eyes, immediately understood, stood up and said: "With the help of the two, why worry about Liu Xin's immortality, the city wall of Fuxian County is low, it is not suitable to hold on, Liu Xin will definitely go forward to camp, since the two are willing to go, they can immediately send troops, take advantage of their unstable foothold, take him by surprise, and get full credit." ”

Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao said in unison: "Okay, then according to Mr. 's words, I will return to the camp now to order troops and set off immediately." ”

Seeing the two of them hurriedly walking out of the big tent, Dong Zhuo asked puzzledly: "Wen You, you advised me just now that I should not move lightly, why did you let the two of them take the initiative to attack, not to mention that you are not unclear about the strength of the Qiang soldiers and the Hun soldiers, they will definitely not be above my Xiliang soldiers, can they defeat Liu Xin." ”

Li Ru said with a smile: "Taishi still remembers that the Qiang and Xiongnu have invaded my Xiliang border more than once, and since they took the initiative to ask for war this time, then let them and Liu Xin lose both, wouldn't it be better for us to clean up the mess again." ”

Dong Zhuo stroked his palms and laughed: "Sure enough, it's a good plan, immediately send an order to let Feng Xian withdraw to Sanguan." ”

Li Ru's expectations were not bad at all, Liu Xin really did not have the intention of sticking to Fu County, he had already set up camp for thirty miles of the army, Liu Xin was not in a hurry to enter the army, several battles in a row, although they were all victorious, but the soldiers were extremely tired under the continuous rush, and they needed to take a proper rest, and more importantly, many equipment, grain and grass had not been transported in place,

Two days later, it was already the fifteenth day of the first month, and a batch of trebuchets arrived at the camp one after another, Liu Xin sat in the tent, and was drinking with the generals, this year's Lantern Festival can only be spent in the barracks, it is inevitable to celebrate with the generals, it stands to reason that the banquet of the Lantern Festival should be placed in the evening, considering that the night is more vigilant, so Liu Xin stipulates that it is not allowed to drink alcohol at night, so the banquet must be held in advance to noon,

Liu Xin raised the wine glass in his hand and said loudly: "Everyone, Dong Zhuo doesn't want us to spend this festival comfortably, then let's call him to come and go, everyone please drink this cup and go out of the village to meet the enemy." ”

All the generals said yes in unison, and they all drank it all,

Soon, there was a report from the horse, those cavalry really came to this side, the number was as much as 200,000, Liu Xin was shocked when he received the report, he had already received the information, Dong Zhuo's elite Xiliang cavalry only had a total of 200,000 people, after two major battles, now there are up to 120,000 people left, how did 200,000 cavalry come out all of a sudden, and hurriedly ordered to probe again, and it didn't take long for news to come over, these cavalry are not Xiliang iron cavalry, but the army of the Qiang and the Southern Xiongnu,

When Zhang Fei heard the news, he said proudly: "Big brother, they all say that these Hu people are good at riding and shooting, so let them see the power of our Han cavalry." ”

In fact, whether it is Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers, Luoyang soldiers, and Kwantung soldiers, or the armies of Cao Ying, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian, they are all under the banner of the Han army, but Liu Xin has now classified them all into the ranks of the Han rebellion, and preached to the outside world that only his own army is the orthodox Han army.

Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Sun Ce, Gao Shun, and Wen Ping all stood up together, and asked to lead the cavalry of the Han Dynasty to compete with these Hu people, Liu Xin's cavalry in his hands was only 25,000 people, distributed in the five major legions, and some cavalry were lost in the first few battles, and now there are 13,000 people stationed in the camp, and 13,000 people are going to meet 200,000 people, which is a very dangerous task, but there is no fear on the faces of Zhang Fei and others,

Who knows, Liu Xin waved his hand and said decisively: "All the cavalry retreat ten miles back to rest in place, without my order, no one is allowed to use these cavalry, order the three armies to go out of the camp and line up the formation, let's use the infantry to try the strength of these Hu people's cavalry, in addition, assemble the trebuchet." ”

All the generals looked at each other, not understanding why Liu Xin hid the only bit of cavalry, and using infantry against cavalry was not only difficult, but also encountered huge casualties.

Liu Xin has his own ideas, on the one hand, his cavalry training is not easy, it is difficult to replenish in time after the loss, just like the two thousand cavalry casualties in the first two battles, so far can not make up, in the past he did not have enough cavalry, the lack of war horses is a major reason, now, more than 40,000 war horses have been captured, but it is still impossible to immediately form a strong cavalry corps, because most of the people in Jing and Yi Erzhou are not good at riding, and every cavalry must go through long-term training before they can go into battle to kill the enemy,

In addition to this consideration, there is a more important reason, that is, this time it is the cavalry of the Qiang and the Southern Huns, Liu Xin's cavalry has been equipped with stirrups and sabers, with stirrups can liberate the hands of knights, in addition to riding and shooting, it is also very convenient to make slashing and stabbing movements, but the technical content of stirrups is really not high, people with a heart can learn the production method of stirrups as long as they pay a little attention, the Qiang and Southern Huns are all ethnic groups living on horseback, if they master the production method of stirrupsBefore mastering the land of horse breeding, Liu Xin did not dare to let the Hu people know that there was such equipment as stirrups, he would rather sacrifice a large number of infantry than use cavalry to rush, this is the reason,

Liu Xin dared to use infantry to fight against cavalry, not all impulsive, since he entered Xiangyang, he has been ordering the study of various infantry against cavalry tactics, in fact, in his impression there is a kind of Mo knife formation is the nemesis of the cavalry, but they only know that this kind of Mo knife is a long knife, weighing dozens of catties, and the soldiers who use the Mo knife also have to wear heavy armor, to create such a Mo knife formation, not only requires a lot of money, but also has high requirements for the physical fitness of the soldiers, there is no problem in terms of money, But to find so many strong men, Liu Xin felt that he did not have this ability, although he did not create a Mo knife formation that could effectively deal with the cavalry, but the research institute still developed a lot of weapons for the cavalry, in the previous time when he sent troops to Luoyang, he had already tried his edge, and completely annihilated the Luoyang cavalry, this time, he had the intention to try the power of the cavalry of the Qiang and the Southern Huns.

Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao's army should have rushed to Fu County two days ago, but along the way, they still had no gain, and they were unwilling, so they stayed in Hechi for two days, Hechi City has been looted twice by the Xiliang army, and there is nothing to rob, but most places in the countryside of Hechi have not been robbed, so these two people indulged their subordinates to loot everywhere, so they have been delayed until now before the whole team went out of the city and killed Liu Xin's big village,

Seeing that it is getting closer and closer to Liu Xin's Dazhai, there has already been a report from the horse, Liu Xin's army formed an army formation in front, about 100,000 people, all of them are infantry, Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao looked at each other, they were very surprised, these Han people actually wanted to use infantry to block their elite cavalry, it was simply self-defeating,

With a whistle, the nomadic cavalry of the brigade divided into two roads, Beigong Boyu led the Qiang cavalry on the left, and Liu Bao led the Southern Hun cavalry on the right.