The Zhao army slaughtered from all sides, and in just a few moments, the combination of foot and cavalry killed the Yanqi cavalry, who was barely forming a formation, and fled in all directions. However, when they fled around, they found that they were already surrounded by Zhao troops.

The sharp arrows, crossbow arrows, and the unresistible throwing spears have already made the Yanqi cavalry lose the heart to resist, and then the foot soldiers are even closer to the center in formation, gradually compressing their living space.

The cavalry rushed back and forth in the center, as if it was devastated, and the entire Yanqi cavalry was charged back and forth by the iron cavalry of the Zhao army, tearing to the ground.

The short soldiers wanted to pick up, and the wails and screams suddenly spread throughout the four fields, echoing in all directions above the twilight plains. On the battlefield, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, torn corpses scattered in the grass, and the plains were extremely cold.

Because he had to continue to attack Lancheng, and also to deter the Yanqi people in the camp, Xu Ye did not leave prisoners. In other words, all the enemy soldiers were killed. Of course, this is also what Zhao Xun and others meant, here, immigration and indoctrination alone are not enough, and bloody killings are also an indispensable means.

From the attack of the Zhao army, in the entire camp, there were not only thousands of Yanqi cavalry resisting, but also nearly a thousand ordinary young and strong people resisting, it can be seen that these people from the Western Regions are not so easy to contain. In the end, the entire camp of two or three thousand soldiers, all of whom were killed by the Zhao army, more than 8,000 Yanqi, of which more than 500 people wielded weapons to resist, none of them survived.

"Haha...... General, this battle is a great one! Deputy Xu Ye, who is also the lieutenant Yu Cheng, said with a laugh.

Xu Ye also smiled, "Yes, happy, once, we Liangzhou Han people were often bullied by the countries of the Western Regions, and once, my Liangzhou garrison did not dare to fight with them." Now, we have finally let our soldiers stand here and defeat the armies of the Western Regions, letting them know that now, Feng Shui is turning. ”

"By the way, what about the casualties?" After sighing, Xu Ye hurriedly asked.

Yu Cheng's face froze, and he said: "Fortunately, we are raiding each other, and the troops are superior, and the armor and equipment are better than the other party." Therefore, the casualties were not serious, only less than 300 people. ”

"They are all good, they must be taken care of, and they must not be neglected." While Xu Ye was surprised by the combat power of his own soldiers, he said in a loud voice.

"The general can rest assured that in my Zhao army, every battalion and every battalion is equipped with a special physician who is responsible for treating the wounds of the soldiers. Now, they have been properly settled. ”

"How can the army arrange it like this?" Xu Ye was taken aback, and now, the more he knew about Zhao Jun, the more surprised he felt. The arrangement of doctors in the army is definitely the greatest boon for non-commissioned officers. As a general, Xu Ye naturally knew that after a major battle, many soldiers died or were disabled because their injuries could not be effectively treated. But he knew better that if these soldiers were treated in time, then they would all be restored to their old ways. You must know that most of the soldiers who have experienced bloody battles have become the elite of the army.

"General, what are you going to do with these captives? All told, there were seven or eight thousand captives here. ”

"The army has repaired a little, and after we have eaten here, we will immediately attack Lancheng. Presumably, they don't know what is going on here. As for the captives, they sat down. Ten people in a squad, ten squads in a squadron, ten squadrons in a brigade. If one person makes trouble or escapes, he kills a squad, if a squad has a problem, he kills a squadron, and so on. Let them figure out what is going on with them and spy on each other. Xu Ye said coldly. He didn't have a good impression of the people of the Western Regions. In the past, I don't know how many Han people were more miserable than their current situation.

The night was deep and the breeze was blowing, making the night in the Western Regions exceptionally cold. Xu Ye bent down and gently stroked the soft mane of the war horse, which slowed down the war horse.

A junior colonel, leading a horse, came to his side and said in a deep voice: "General, three miles ahead, is Lancheng." According to what we have checked, there is no high city in Lancheng, and there is no sharp weapon for defense. In addition, the defenders of the city did not seem to know that we were already at war, so the defense was lax. ”

"Good, get ready for action!" Xu Ye sneered, "The two armies are fighting, and they are so careless when they are hostile, hum!" I really thought we were the Liangzhou Army. ”

"General, our army is ready, the enemy's city gate is a wooden gate, we only need to blow it up with earth-shattering thunder." Yu Cheng said softly.

"Earthquake Thunder?" Xu Ye muttered to himself, he now understood the Heaven-Shaking Thunder, and in his mind, he couldn't help but think of the effect when Zhao Jun showed the Heaven-Shaking Thunder to him. I have to say that Xu Ye was shocked at that time. Now, he is very clear about the role of the earth-shaking thunder.

"Then go ahead! Fight this city! ”

The army approached slowly, and in the night, if anyone on the city wall looked closely, they could see a large black shadow, approaching the city gate.

Xu Ye waved his spear slightly, and suddenly dozens of Zhao Jun went straight to the city gate hundreds of meters away with large packages one by one.

A moment later, the soldiers rushed back. But Xu Ye knew that under the city gate, a lot of earth-shattering thunder had been piled up.

"Boom ......" There was a loud bang, accompanied by a shining firelight, and in the eyes of Sergeant Zhao, the unsturdy city gate of Lancheng suddenly became fragments. Even the walls above the city gates were cracked one by one.

"That's amazing!" Xu Ye sighed secretly, and then stepped on the pedals with both feet, and gently knocked the belly of the war horse with his heels. The war horse comprehended that he took small steps and slowly trotted in the direction of the Lancheng City Gate......

In addition to leaving 1,000 soldiers to guard the prisoners in the rear camp, the remaining 4,000 soldiers also started to act with Xu Ye. The sound of horses' hooves rang out, and the sound of the armor on the soldiers' bodies gradually became louder.

The area of Lancheng is not large, but the population here is not small. In the past, it was the only way to trade between the east and the west, so it was still extremely prosperous here. Of course, it's a far worse place now than it was then. Of course, after the Zhao army occupied Liangzhou, some of the old scenes were slightly restored here.

"Kill! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed! Running straight through the city gate, Xu Ye shouted. Without stopping, they went straight to the military camp in the city. Regarding the situation here, Zhao Jun has already figured it out.

In addition to the rapid action of the Zhao army, in this operation, the army did not move, and the defenders of Lancheng did not know that the Zhao army was killed, which was also related to the weather here, and at night, it was indeed quite cold here. Therefore, most of the defenders and residents of Lancheng are already asleep.

"Set it on fire, burn it!" Seeing that many residents in the city actually took out weapons from their homes to stop them, Xu Ye suddenly became angry, "General Ben didn't want to kill more, but he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Since you want to come out and be the enemy of my Great Zhao soldiers, then, I will leave you homeless. ”

After the Zhao soldiers received the order, the cavalrymen who had entered the city took out a sheepskin bag full of fire oil from the pouch on the side of the horse, and smashed it towards the simple house in the city. Then the torches and rockets that had just been lit were fired. Suddenly, flames rose into the air. After a while, the entire area around the east city of Lancheng was suddenly engulfed by the fire.

Screams, terrible wails...... Although Xu Ye's heart was still a little unbearable, he could no longer impress Xu Ye's cold heart. In my mind, Zhao Xun's words also came to mind, the so-called justice and forgiveness are all shit. When dealing with the enemy, you can talk about anything, but you can't talk about kindness.

This is war, a war to the death. A little bit of forgiveness will lead to a catastrophe from which nothing can be recovered.

And the defenders in the city did not react at all, and were killed into the barracks by the Zhao army. And the main general in the city, as soon as he got up from the bed, was already beheaded by Zhao Jun. The slaughter lasted for half an hour, and the flames that rushed into the sky illuminated the darkness before dawn......

"Lord, Lancheng is a good news, General Xu Ye has taken Lancheng. This first pipe card has been controlled by us. In the Yiwu Mansion, Wei Zilin laughed and reported.

"Oh? So quickly, he immediately gave Xu Ye an order to repair in Lancheng, and the army arrived later. An order was given to all the departments of Yiwu Prefecture, except for one that stayed behind to guard against Gaochang Kingdom in the north, the rest of the army was divided into five routes and attacked separately. This king wants to let the eastern region of Yanqi Kingdom be destroyed overnight, and it will be a good shock to the countries of the Western Regions. Zhao Xun ordered coldly.

In an instant, the Zhao army in Yiwu Province immediately set off and headed towards the west. Let the spies of all countries in the city start to get busy. At the same time, the Zhao Army's Shadow Division and Eagle Eye Division's people in the territory of Yiwu Province also began to take action to capture the enemy troops in the territory.

At the same time, the Qiuzi Kingdom to the west of Yanqi also began to send troops to the east and invade the territory of Yanqi. As the news of the Zhao army's actions came back, and as the guide who accompanied the Zhao army to the battle went back to tell the strength of the Zhao army, the actions of the Qiuzi Kingdom were suddenly much faster.

The follow-up army of the Zhao army soon entered Lancheng, and at this moment, Lancheng had been burned by the Zhao army, and the residents in the city were also reduced by one-third. Maybe they resisted the Zhao army and died, perhaps, it was the Zhao army who set fire to it or deliberately killed it, but who cares?

After the army was stationed, the Zhao army took over the place and began to settle the people. Began to gather the inhabitants of the strongholds in and out of the city in a joint system. Xu Ye, on the other hand, continued to lead 8,000 soldiers to the west.

Wuhe Town, the city of Yanqi, or a big stronghold, here, than Zhilan City, has more residents. It is located on the southwest side of Lancheng, but there are not many defenders here. Because all around it are its own cities. The countries of the Western Regions were not accustomed to building cities in settlements like the Han people. More often than not, they set up camps and established settlements in fertile areas with water and grass. In addition, most of the countries in the Western Regions are nomadic and good at raising livestock. Otherwise, there would not have been an expedition by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the countries of the Western Regions for the sake of the Han Blood Horse. Therefore, in addition to the use of trade, they also built cities on the border between the two countries for defensive purposes.

So, in a sense, this is not good news for the attacker, and there are also foot soldiers in Zhao Jun. After all, the other party does not have a stable place for you to fight, and for Zhao Jun, who needs to provide food and grass materials from the rear, the burden is really not small.

However, what the Zhao army needs to do now is to attack the enemy's settlements. Having wiped out all your people, is there any possibility for your country to exist?

Wuhe Town is adjacent to the Beihe River in the south, and several tributaries of the Beihe River pass through it, making it a nomadic paradise with abundant water and grass. But there aren't too many defenders here, after all, this is in the country.

Xu Yelerma looked over, smiled coldly, and said to himself, "Blitzkrieg, I really didn't get the news in time here." Hum! In the past, you and other people who insulted me, now it is our turn. After copying your old bottom, I don't believe that your Yanqi Kingdom can still exist? ”

Immediately, he raised his hand slightly, and the cavalry of the Zhao army behind him drew out his horizontal knife. Looking at the camp in front of him, Xu Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly burst out: "Kill!" ”

As soon as the word "kill" was exported, Zhao Jun's iron cavalry rode his horse and charged. Xu Ye took the lead, urging the horse to rush to the camp opposite.

The Yanqi people in the tribe in the camp stronghold saw the Zhao cavalry from a distance, and with the sound of a long horn, they barely gathered more than 3,000 people to kill from the camp. At the head was an old man, not surprisingly, who was the official or leader of the camp, riding a tall horse and carrying a knife to the front. The people of the Western Regions are good at riding, so although this person is old, he still rushes forward. However, it is a pity that he met Sergeant Zhao.

When he was twenty steps away, Xu Ye drew a throwing gun and threw it with his arm. Since then, seeing that the cavalry of the Zhao army is equipped with this, Xu Ye is also used to this kind of weapon, and sometimes, he is indeed very powerful. There was a piercing roar, and a black glow suddenly appeared, piercing the old man's chest, and lifting his body from his horse, and slamming him to the ground. Countless war horses rushed by, and the old man became a pile of rotten meat in the blink of an eye......

"I'm old, I don't know how to take care of my old age, I don't know whether I'm alive or dead!" When he passed over the old man's corpse, Xu Ye said coldly to himself. But his hands did not stop, and rushed into the chaos caused by the riots caused by the guns thrown by the Zhao army. The spear in his hand flew up and down with a piercing and sharp sound, and the spear was bloody.

Sergeant Zhao followed, and they didn't need to know who their opponent was. There is no need to look at whether those people are men or women, old or young, anyone who stands in the way of progress only needs to use the weapon in his hand to kill the other party.

Sergeant Zhao was a soldier, the bowstring sounded, the arrows flew horizontally, and the horizontal knife was constantly waved in his hand, and everywhere he passed, flesh and blood flew sideways. And the opponent's scimitar slashed at himself, except for the vital place, the rest of the soldiers of the Zhao army did not care at all. The plate armor made by the hydraulic forging press can already resist the frontal slash of the weapon in the opponent's hand.

However, Zhao Jun's weapons are extremely sharp, far from being comparable to the weapons of the Yanqi people and the countries of the Western Regions, and they are obviously not above the same level. Instead of being cut off, it was cut out of the gap by Zhao Jun's weapon.

The town of Wuhe soon fell into the hands of the Zhao army, and more than 2,000 rebels and 4,000 inhabitants died in the battle.

"General Hui, all the inhabitants, take them all. Here, there are a lot of war horses, all of them are good horses, and this is the case! Soldiers, there is no need to walk with your feet. ”

"The order goes down, and the system of sitting together will bring it together, and everything that can be taken away, all will be taken away. As for here, set fire to it. Xu Ye ordered in a cold voice.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers of the Zhao army, with more than 30,000 Yanqi, 20,000 fine war horses and more than 100,000 livestock, quietly left. And here, after the defeat of the resisters, a fire was lit and vanished.

And in the north, east and west of Wuhe Town, there are all the same people doing the same thing. They took away the inhabitants and livestock, set fire to the camps built by the inhabitants, and then left.

These are the results of the deliberations of the Military Affairs Department. Zhao Xun and the others knew very well that in the land of the Western Regions, if they wanted to start a war with the countries of the Western Regions, they had to maintain a strong mobility, and the war horse had become an indispensable existence. Rather than constantly replenishing from the rear, it is better to seize it on the spot.

As the saying goes, the enemy is weak, and I am strong. This is not only to supplement one's own needs, but also to weaken the other side.

Xu Ye and other people continued to act like this after handing over the looted things to the foot soldiers and letting the foot soldiers escort them back. Not to mention anything else, it was Xu Ye's journey, in just three days, he rushed to a radius of 500 miles, attacked four camps in a row, and then drifted away. At the same time, all the livestock and local residents were taken away.

Zhao Jun, on the other hand, resettled these people in a unified manner, selected suitable places respectively, established several large camps, and settled them. With foot soldiers as the defenders, they formed a proposed city.

"Is the lord planning to build a city in these places?" Zhang Yuanjing looked at the Zhao Jun camps marked on the map and couldn't help asking.

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Yes, these Yanqi people live in various places, and we put them together, but we can't ignore it, and we can't always rely on the army to restrain it." How to settle down, this is also a question. Since we want to control this place, we have to let them follow the habits of our Han people. With the city, it is not only convenient for us to garrison and govern, but also to guard against enemy attacks. ”

"Besides, aren't these people good laborers? The cities we have built are basically facing each other in pairs, echoing each other and helping each other. In the future, this will not only be the foundation of our control here. In addition, it is also our trade channel with the west. ”

"When the trade routes are prosperous, more people will naturally gather here, and it won't be long before the people around here will slowly gather together based on these cities. And what we need to do is to take them in little by little. Zhao Xun pointed his finger along the small dots marked on the map and explained with a smile.

Zhang Yuanjing looked at the location marked on the map, all the way to the west, corresponding to the western front of the southern line that had not yet started to act, and couldn't help staring at the part of the Western Regions countries on the map, and said excitedly: "Okay, so wonderful!" The northern line, the southern line, two places, one south and one north, two thin lines, will become the center of this large area. In this way, it will be much easier for us to control this place. ”