Liu Qi's efficiency is very high, early the next morning, the Praetorian Guard and the Xiao Guard a total of more than 20,000 people and Meng Huo, Sha Moke and others 10,000 soldiers all gathered in the school field, Liu Qi did a military mobilization as usual, such as announcing that Han Sui did not obey the king's orders, killed the court officials without authorization, conspiracy and other crimes, and then took the four major military commanders, Jia Xu, Zhou Budo, Ma Tan and others, commanded 20,000 personal soldiers and Meng Huo, Shamoke and others 10,000 soldiers, a total of 30,000 people went to Hanzhong.

The escort of the army's grain and grass was mainly in charge of the general Gan Ning, because it was still relatively convenient for Gan Ning's navy to travel between Han and Han.

Liu Qi's army stayed overnight, and after half a month, he came to Nanzheng, Liu Qi was still a few miles away from Nanzheng City, and he saw Hanzhong Taishou Li Dian leading civil and military officials to respectfully greet and prepare wine and meat to treat the army under the city, Liu Qi comforted Li Dian, and asked him to guard Hanzhong: "Although Liu Bei is now attacking Wuwei with all his might, he can't help but prevent him from leading the army to attack Hanzhong, so everything would rather be prepared than useless, and it must not be unprepared." ”

Li Dian is also a generation of famous generals, he deeply agreed with Liu Qi's words, and hurriedly patted his chest to assure that Liu Qi also knew that this person was safe, so the army simply rested for one night, and continued to lead the army to Wudu early the next morning.

When Liu Qi came to the Xiafen camp, Huang Zhong's army had already gathered there, anxiously waiting for the arrival of Liu Qi's army, and now the army of the Tuifeng battalion under his command was equipped with the latest crossbows, and was eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, after hearing Liu Qi's order to conquer Xiliang in the near future. I was already impatient, so I made enough preparations early, just waiting for the arrival of Liu Qi's army.

"The last general, Huang Zhong, saw the lord. Enlighten the lord. We have already made preparations for the expedition to Xiliang, and the army commanded by the last general includes 10,000 people in the Tuifeng battalion under the direct management of the last general, 20,000 troops in Yizhou Dongzhou, and 20,000 cavalry in Wudu Taishou Ma Chao, and 20,000 soldiers and horses commanded by Guanghan Taishou Zhang Ren, Zitong Taishou Yan Yan, and Basil Taishou Huo Jun, a total of 80,000 people have already been prepared and are waiting for the military order of the lord. ”

Liu Qi nodded when he heard this. I also deeply agreed with Huang Zhong, and said something hard again. Then he ordered the army to rest for two days, and early in the morning of the third day, 100,000 troops left Wudu Road and went straight to Lintao.

Early in the morning of the third day. Liu Qi commanded an army of 100,000, and his generals included Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Huo Jun, Meng Shu, Sha Moke, Liu Shi, Liao Hua, Zhang Tong, Fu Wei and others, and the strategists Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, Ma Tan and others.

The main people living in the Qiang Road are the Wolf Qiang people, and they are naturally aware of such a big movement made by the Han army, and even the spies of the Qiang people have reported the news to the leader of the Wolf Qiang.

After Ole went through the battle of Yinping, he was originally afraid of Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu. Now after hearing the news, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and immediately led his clan to greet him. This time, when he saw that the army under Liu Qi was better than before, it was not only the 20,000 elite cavalry under the command of the general Ma Chao that he was afraid of that brought him heavy pressure, but even the huge bows and crossbows under the command of Huang Zhong, the assassin of Yizhou, made him terrified.

And what frightened Ole and his people the most was the 20,000 elite soldiers around Duke Chu, all of whom were fat and strong, with indifferent expressions. The eyes are sharp and calm as a mountain. Even if they looked at it, they felt cold, they carried bows and crossbows on their backs, sharp blades around their waists, spears on their shoulders, shields in their hands, and even 10,000 people held in their hands, it turned out to be a kind of long knife that looked like it made people feel hairy, they had never seen the shape of this long knife, but when they saw the cold glow emanating from the long knife, they felt that although they were a mile or two away from these people, their whole body was still trembling.

"Alas, the Han people are indeed not easy to mess with, I can feel that whether it is the crossbowmen of the Yellow Thorn History, or those personal soldiers around the Duke of Chu, they can easily defeat our cavalry, not to mention that there is a huge cavalry team of 20,000 in the hands of Ma Taishou, I am really glad that the Duke of Chu was surrendered at the beginning, otherwise, even if these teams are thirty percent, they are enough to kill our tribe and leave no one behind." Ole was worried in his heart, and after Liu Qi's army had gone a long way, he was still afraid, and said to his son Oh Zhan with a straight face: "Remember for me, you can't resist the Han people under any circumstances, otherwise, you will definitely bring disaster to our race." ”

Although Liu Qi didn't know Ore's solemn advice to his son at this time, he knew that his show of force would definitely make Oreer dare not have the idea of rebellion for a long time, so that he could use the rich resources of their tribe and even the entire Qiang tribe to develop and expand their own strength, especially those cattle, horses and alpacas, which are the things they need the most at present, not to mention the war horses, the number of cavalry is still far from enough, naturally the more the merrier, and the cattle can also develop in large quantities, Because if they are used for cultivated land, they will greatly promote the development of agricultural production, and even if they are not converted into cultivated cattle, milk and beef will definitely solve a lot of food problems.

In fact, there are two options for the march from Wudu to Longxi County, one is to go north to Hanyang County from below, and then enter Di Dao through Shangqi, Ji County, Pingxiang and other places, although this road is flat, it is heavily guarded by Han Sui, and after occupying Hanyang County, the territory borders on Liu Bei's stability, and Liu Bei will definitely wait until he and Han Sui are defeated and injured in Hanyang County's defenders to reap the benefits of the fisherman, so that he is married to others, even if he can win, the loss will be not light.

And although Liu Qi's route is difficult and difficult, it is indeed able to bypass Han Sui's heavy troops and come directly to Lintao, where his defense is weak, as long as the army occupies Lintao, even if it has a firm foothold, then it will be a matter of success to occupy the entire Longxi County and Jincheng County.

Therefore, Liu Qi would rather choose a difficult and difficult road than risk a large-scale decisive battle with the enemy, no matter how strong he is, avoiding the real and attacking the false is always the only way to win the battle, but the decisive battle is carried out under the necessity of force.

Although the road is difficult and dangerous, the number of casualties lost is only a small number after all, and the casualties caused by a large-scale decisive battle are probably ten times and a hundred times greater.

Of course, such a difficult and dangerous march route is relatively easy for the general army, but it is quite difficult for Liu Qi's personal army, Huang Zhong's crossbowmen and Ma Chao's cavalry, but fortunately, although it is necessary to cross the mountains and mountains, it is far from being as dangerous as when Liu Qi smuggled through Yinping, and Liu Qi's personal soldiers and Huang Zhong's crossbowmen are mainly difficult in the difficulty of carrying heavy loads, fortunately, they are also accustomed to heavy marching, plus there are also those barbarians under the command of Meng Shu and Shamoke who are good at climbing mountains and mountains to open roads and build bridges in front, so they can persevere.

And Ma Chao's cavalry was put last, because the cavalry is really useless to fight here, not only useless, but will become a burden to everyone.

At this time, although Cheng Yi was ordered to lead 20,000 cavalry to defend Longxi County, he did not take Liu Qi's army seriously at all, because in their opinion, they had 20,000 elite Xiliang iron cavalry, and Liu Qi had to use cavalry if he wanted to deal with them, but the cavalry needed to play a role in an open area. One is to defend Liu Bei's stability and guard Zou Qi, and at the same time, it is also to defend Ma Chao in Wudu.

In fact, according to Han Sui's idea, Longxi County does not need to be defended at all, and it is a waste to put 20,000 troops here, it is better to go to Wuwei to defend Liu Bei with himself, or to defend Hanyang County with Yan Xing, but Han Sui's strategist Cheng Gongying advised Han Sui to be careful, because Liu Qi has always loved to take risks, in case he leads this infantry to break into Longxi County, and then take advantage of the situation to occupy Jincheng, I am afraid that their foundation will be lost, Han Sui then ordered Cheng Yi and others to defend Longxi, but whether it is Han Sui or Cheng Yi, They all believe that the deployment of defensive forces here is at most a deterrent, and it is impossible for the enemy to really pass through here.

And it was their carelessness that allowed Liu Qi's army to travel through the 700-mile mountain road without any obstacles, as if it had entered a no-man's land, and finally reached the Niutou Pass.

And it was only at this time that Cheng Yi's spies discovered Liu Qi's army descending from the sky, and when they reported the news to Cheng Yi in a panic, Cheng Yi looked like he was in a dream, with a look of disbelief.

After being stunned for half a pillar of incense, Cheng Yi panicked and ordered 20,000 cavalry to gather immediately and set up an ambush in the open area south of Niutou Mountain.

In their opinion, Liu Qi only came with some infantry this time, and he couldn't stop the most elite Xiliang Iron Cavalry under their command at all.

"Liu Qi, although you love surprise soldiers, you didn't expect that we would already have a large army to defend us, right? Hehe, the general doesn't believe it, my 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry can't block your infantry in the valley? This time, you led a large army to run hundreds of miles, but you didn't expect to have no choice but to turn back in the end, right? Ben will hear that you have never been defeated in your life, and that is mainly because your opponent is too weak, and now that you have met my Xiliang Iron Cavalry, your undefeated myth is about to end. Cheng Yi's eyes were full of banter, and he said with a sneer.

"Brother Cheng, should we inform Yan Xing, who is stable?" Seeing that the army was preparing to go on the march, the candidate on the side frowned and said.

"Hehe, Brother Hou, now that we are using 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, we are just blocking the way of the infantry under Liu Qi's command, do we still need to inform others? Isn't this to give credit to others? Cheng Yi smiled, and then decisively ordered: "The army obeys my order, set off immediately, and rush to the mouth of the treasure bottle at the foot of Niutou Mountain, this time we will entertain guests from afar." (To be continued)