After three more rests, Ma Chao left Ma Xiu to lead 5,000 Xiliang Army assistants to Wenpin to guard the eldest son city, plus 5,000 soldiers to recruit in a few months, the eldest son county has 10,000 soldiers and horses, which can be guaranteed! Ma Chao led 5,000 Xiliang troops, 5,000 Shenwei battalions, plus more than 30,000 infantry troops of Lejin and Chen Zhi and 5,000 cavalry of the Huns, a total of nearly 50,000 troops to Hedong County! Dian Wei and Wang Shuang also went to war with the army.

Hedong County is adjacent to Shangdang County, and there is no danger to defend at all, and the Baibo Army and Yu Fuluo may attack Shangdang County at any time. Ma Chao was unwilling to stand under the dangerous wall, so he decided to strike first, and the 50,000-strong army marched straight to Pingyang County.

However, it was said that the Baibo army could not attack Jinyang City, and feared that the super army of horses would come to help, so they retreated to the Baibo Valley of the West River first. After a short rest, the army successively captured Yangxian, Pingyang County and other county towns along the west bank of Fenshui, and went straight to Anyi City, the seat of Hedong County, and the 100,000-strong army was like a bamboo.

Hedong Taishou Wangyi was busy organizing county soldiers to meet the enemy in Wenxi, and the defeated soldiers and people in Yang County and Pingyang County were also concentrated in Wenxi County, with nearly 30,000 people. Wenxi County is a big county, the city is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, the white wave thieves only have a numerical advantage, their own equipment is extremely poor and the military discipline is loose, and they can't break Wenxi County for a while!

Ma Chao saw this situation clearly and entered Pingyang County, the purpose of which was to flank the Baibo army with the Hedong official army and completely wipe them out between Pingyang and Wenxi.

The 50,000-strong army was menacing, and under the deliberate rapid march, it rushed to the city of Pingyang County at noon the next day. At this time, Pingyang City had already been plundered by the White Wave Thieves, and the more than 2,000 White Wave troops stationed in Pingyang County had already fled when they heard that the army was pressing. Ma Chao occupied Pingyang City without a single soldier!

While sending scouts to inquire about the military situation in the direction of Wenxi, he convened an impromptu meeting of the generals. Ma Chao had already formulated the strategic policy for this dispatch, and said: "The Baibo army united with Fuluo to fight in Hedong, this is a good opportunity for us to recover Hexi County, Wen Qian, Shu Zhi, this will order you two to take 20,000 troops north to capture Yangxian, and then cross Fenshui to exterminate the Qianghu forces and the remaining Baibo thieves in the area west of the Yellow River and east of Fenshui, and garrison Shixian after completing the task! . ”

"Obey!"

This area belongs to the state, but when the Southern Xiongnu rebelled, it was greatly poisoned, and the people either fled south into Hedong County or were co-opted by Guo Tai and others to become white wave thieves, and the white wave valley was in this area. Two months ago, Pang De, Wang Shuang, and Ma Tie led troops to pacify Shangjun, which was across the river, and some of the small Qianghu forces saw that the opportunity was not good, so they fled from Shangjun to Hexi County to plunder, so there were also some small Qianghu forces here.

Le Jin thought for a while and asked: "Lord Qiqi, there are nearly 200,000 families of white wave thieves in Baibo Valley, all of whom are old and young, women and children, how to deal with them!" ”

Ma Chao pondered for a while: "For the time being, only besiege and not attack, the White Wave Thieves and the Black Mountain Thieves are both poor people, and most of them are Hexi people, and they will plan to recruit the White Wave Army and let them return to their hometown to cultivate the land!" ”

"The lord is merciful, and the last general will guarantee the completion of the task!"

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Once the Baibo army learns that the general has occupied the plain city, it will definitely turn the army back and attack to save itself, and you must be quick to take advantage of its emptiness to take the land west of the river in one fell swoop, and the general will personally lead 30,000 troops to sit in Pingyang City to wait for work!" ”

But it was said that Mrs. Guo, Yang Feng and Yu Fuluo led an army of 100,000 to storm Wenxi for seven days, and with the advantage of a large number of people, they finally entered Wenxi City after paying more than 10,000 lives. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Yi led more than 10,000 remnants of the army to retreat to Anyi overnight, intending to use Anyi to resist the white wave thieves in the southern half of Hedong County.

The White Wave Army broke through Wenxi County and plundered it again, the unfortunate local landlords were strong, these people's property was strong, the men in the family were killed, and the female dependents were given to the meritorious leaders, and the house slaves were directly incorporated to supplement the military losses, and because of this, the White Wave Army suffered heavy losses every time they attacked the city, but the number of people did not change much, but more and more.

The army was about to celebrate when he heard the bad news of the loss of Pingyang City, and the big leader Guo Tai looked solemn, and immediately gathered Yang Feng, Hu Cai, Han Xian, Li Le and other leaders to discuss countermeasures, and Yu Fuluo, who cooperated with Guo Tai, was also among them.

Guo Tai is over forty years old, wearing a yellow scarf, wearing a green robe, dark complexion, burly and powerful, originally a local Xiaoqu Marshal of the Yellow Turban Army, and has followed Zhang Niujiao to fight in Bingzhou and Jizhou. After the Yellow Turban failed, he led the rest of his troops to build weapons in Baibo Valley, collect the homeless, and hoard grain and grass to prepare for the army.

Until last year, the Southern Xiongnu rebelled, and the people of Hexi County fled for their lives in panic, and Guo Tai took the opportunity to take in more than 100,000 displaced people, with more than 80,000 strong and combatable soldiers. But the more people consume more food, Mrs. Guo couldn't support it, so she could only raise an army to rebel, specializing in plundering those powerful and small families, and harvested a large amount of grain, grass, money and silver in just over a month.

"The champion Hou is powerful and very good at using soldiers, a few years ago he broke through the tens of thousands of troops of the Southern Huns with 10,000 cavalry, and recently incorporated the troops of the Black Mountain Qu Shuai Zhenggu, Tao Sheng and Yang Feng, I am afraid that the 100,000 rabble is not his opponent! What do you think? ”

Han Xian nodded and said: "Champion Hou Aimin is like a son, very comparable, a certain family heard that more than 200,000 displaced people in Montenegro are all placed in Shuofang and Jiuyuan, everyone has food to share, every household has livestock to receive, and the 10,000 acres of fertile land in that area are equally distributed to the people, so it can be seen that our surrender of the champion Hou may not be a clear road!" ”

Li Le said: "That's right, far aside for the time being, just the Shangjun and Shangdang counties in Hexi are very different from the past, and the soldiers under our command are unwilling to fight with the champion Hou, if they are reluctant to fight, they will definitely lose!" ”

Mrs. Guo nodded, and then asked, "What is Leader Yang's opinion?" ”

Yang Feng frowned and said: "Although it is good to surrender the champion Hou, but the Bai Bo army has recently broken through dozens of counties in Bingzhou, and the seized money and grain are piled up, such a big movement has already shocked the world, the champion Hou is the son-in-law of the faint king, if he boldly goes to take refuge, the corporal under his command will be fine, and our leaders will be questioned!" ”

Hu Cai said: "That's right! Even if it can be exonerated from the crime, it will be taken away from the military power, and it is difficult to reuse it, the Baibo army has more food and food, why be afraid of a teenager? A certain family doesn't believe that he has three heads and six arms! ”

Yu Fuluo took over the topic and gritted his teeth and said: "Ma Chao, that thief has a human face and a beast's heart, and you can't be deceived by his appearance." Last year, the king led the Son of Heaven to lead the troops to Youzhou to ask for thieves, coinciding with the Xiongnu rebellion, not only attacked and killed my father Qiangqu Shan Yu, but also sent troops to attack and state, in order to prevent the king from returning to the army, he also set up the waste of the Xu Bu bone as a puppet Shan Yu. ”

"This king has a family that is difficult to return to, and he is planning to go south to Luoyang to ask the Son of Heaven for help, but the thief of Xiliang Ma Chao led the army to copy the back road of the Hun rebels. After the massacre of 10,000 Xiliang troops, my Hun people, except for women of childbearing age, did not leave any old and weak women and children, stole countless livestock, and captured the royal court to force the anti-thief leader Zuo Xian Wang, and then together with Xu Bugu, slandered this king as a thief! This king has fallen to this point today is all due to Ma Chao's thief, and he vows not to share the sky with him! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Mrs. Guo said: "Then why don't you appeal to the faint king?" How can there be a reason in the world for a son to attack his father, and the faint king actually believes it? ”

Yu Fuluo shook his head and said: "The little thief is powerful, and there are Hun scum who are embarrassed to annihilate him, and it is difficult for Xiao Wang to lose the opportunity!" Going to Luoyang to find a faint gentleman to appeal is tantamount to taking the initiative to send him to death! Besides, the emperor's family is fighting for power and profit, how can it be theorized in ordinary ways! ”

Mrs. Guo pondered for a while, feeling quite embarrassed, and sighed: "What you said is reasonable, in this case, we will meet this champion Hou first, our army has been fighting hard for several days, and it is not appropriate to send troops immediately, and then wave the army north to attack Pingyang County after resting for three days. ”

Yu Fuluo gritted his teeth and said: "As it should be, this king is willing to lead the eight thousand Hun warriors under his command as the vanguard!" ”

Early the next morning, Ma Chao got the news that Wenxi County had been breached, and Hedong Taishou Wangyi returned to Anyi City with more than 10,000 remnants! More than 100,000 people of the Baibo Army and nearly 10,000 cavalry of Yu Fuluo are all entrenched in Wenxi County, and there is no movement for the time being!

Ma Chao smiled slightly, and said confidently: "The White Wave Thief still doesn't know that Ben will send troops to attack the White Wave Valley, otherwise he will definitely attack the nest!" Wang Shuang, Tian Hukang! The two of you immediately set out with 5,000 Shenwei battalions and 5,000 Hun warriors, and after traveling twenty miles, find a valley to ambush, and if the white wave thieves come to attack, let them come, and wait for the thieves to attack the city on a large scale, and then suddenly kill them from the back road. ”

"Obey!"

"Lao Dian will sit in Pingyang County, as I expected, the thief army is on the way at the moment."

Wenxi County is less than 200 miles away from Pingyang County, Guo Tai and others originally planned to rest for a few days and then fight Ma Chao, but in the middle of the night, a small group of routs suddenly came from Yang County, and the news of 20,000 troops rushing to Baibo Valley spread quickly. The White Wave Valley is not only their base camp, but the parents, wives and children of most of the soldiers of the White Wave Army are placed there, and there is no room for error!

If you want to rush back to Baibo Valley from Wenxi County, there are only two ways to go, one is to cross Fenshui directly from Wenxi and return to Baibo Valley through Jiangxian County, but this will pass through the Baili Luliang Mountains, and when the army arrives in Baibo Valley, the cucumbers and vegetables are cold. The only way is to conquer Pingyang County and Yang County as soon as possible and return along the original road, Baibo Valley is still guarded by nearly 10,000 strong people, and it is definitely not a problem to defend it for ten days this month with natural hazards.

After Guo Tai and other high-level discussions overnight, it was decided to send troops to attack Pingyang County with all their might, with 8,000 cavalry in Fuluo as the vanguard, followed by 100,000 Baibo troops. At noon, 30,000 forward troops rushed to Pingyang City to call for battle, vowing to capture Pingyang County in one go.

Ma Chao stood at the head of the city and watched, only to see that a small half of the 30,000 people were Hun cavalry, and the rest were all young and strong people wearing yellow scarves, dressed in messy clothes, with few armor, and weapons were even more varied. However, the Hun cavalry was well-armed, all dressed in light kais, armed with spears, most of them were equipped with wooden bilateral stirrups, and there were a few Takahashi saddles.

After the guidance of the Huns left by his side, Ma Chao quickly locked on a big man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a black beard, and a very fierce appearance. At the moment, he pointed to Yu Fuluo and said: "Lao Dian, this person will be handed over to you in a while, if you can kill or capture, Ben will not only remember your great achievements, but also reward you with ten jars of good wine!" ”

Dian Wei was overjoyed, looked at Yu Fuluo, his eyes flashed with fierce light, and he patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, my lord, I haven't killed anyone yet!" It's time to take him today! (To be continued.) )