Qishan, located in the east of Lixian County, Longxi County, the north side of the West Han River, starts from Beiqi in the west, reaches Lucheng in the east, stretches for about 500 miles, even the mountains show its moves, Luo Feng is Jingzhi, it is known as the name of "Kyushu", the strange and steep of the world, and the throat of Shu Long; Momentum control, offense and defense are crucial, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

In the summer of the second year of Jian'an, with the wave of Lu Bu's big hand, 100,000 soldiers of the Western Liangxiong Division went out of Longxi, Wudu, and Hanyang counties, and the soldiers were divided into four roads, attacking Hanzhong from three directions, the first road, with Huang Zhong as the main general, Xu Huang and Zhao Ang as the deputy generals, and Xu Shu as the army, leading 20,000 troops, responsible for attacking the first line of the valley; On the second road, with Wei Yan as the main general, he led the army and horses of the Wudu headquarters to attack the first line of Baocheng and Wuxiang; The third way, with Gan Ning as the main general, Yan Xing, Zhou Tai, and Chen Qi as deputy generals, and Fa Zheng as the army, led 30,000 troops to attack the first line of Yangping Pass; On the fourth road, Lu Bu was the main general, Gao Shun, Zhang Xiu, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Xu Rong were the deputy generals, Jia Xu was the military division, and Ma Liang was the army, leading 20,000 troops to be stationed in Yinping.

In addition, Lu Bu also added a partial division, which was led by Jiang Xu and Yang Fu, with a total of about 30,000 people, all of whom were formed by the Yi people north of Longxi and Jincheng. Therefore, Lu Bu gave them a very fierce name, called: Tiger and Par Battalion, which means that he hopes that they can be as fierce as tigers and agile as cheetahs.

Since ancient times, the people of the Han Dynasty have generally lacked the spirit of perseverance, and the nomadic fishing and hunting people are often brave and ruthless, with the end of the dispute against the Qiang, Jincheng, Longxi border line to restore peace, although Lu Bu left the Qiang realm, but the residual power still exists, those who stayed in the West Qiang Qiang did not dare to raise an army, most of them fell into unemployment, left such a force in the West. There is undoubtedly a great destabilizing factor in society.

After Lü Bu conquered Xiqiang, he used the local Yi people as a source of soldiers to establish a strong army, and at the suggestion of Jia Xu, Lü Bu implemented a favorable policy of killing two birds with one stone, that is, to recruit ethnic minority soldiers to join the Xiliang army. Of course, the population of the Qiang nationality is not very large, burning 20,000 Dangqiang households, 10,000 Wolf Qiang households, 8,000 Baimaqiang households, and 40,000 households first, Lu Bu transferred 10,000 households at once to conquer the family that is accustomed to war. The local separatist forces can be regarded as a draw from the bottom of the kettle.

Yin Ping, and the state camp.

Lu Bu knelt on the tiger fur blanket, holding the battle report that had just come from Wudu in his hand, and said, "Fa Zheng and Xu Shu really gave me a big gift!" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he put down the case in his hand, raised his head and asked Lu Bu: "The lord is so happy, is it possible that they have already surrounded Hanzhong?" ”

Lu Bu shrugged his shoulders and got up to deliver the war report to Jia Xu's desk. Shaking his head, "Not so, sir." See for yourself! ”

Jia Xu picked up the bamboo slip on the table and trembled, staring at the battle report with a piercing gaze, the more he saw that the curvature of the corners of his mouth was longer and longer, and finally even his eyes turned into crescents. After reading it, he handed the battle report to Ma Liang, who was sorting out the case, and looked up and smiled: "One person fires to attack." One person attacks the water, one person looks at the sky, and one person looks at the location, which is really impressive."

Ma Liang gently put the bamboo slip on the table, and hesitated for a while. embarrassedly said: "Lord, sir, I don't know whether to say a sentence or not!" ”

Lu Bumo rubbed the stubble under his chin, nodded and said, "Ji Chang has any opinions, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" ”

Ma Yan frowned, and there was a faint look of unbearability on his face: "Xiaozhi burned 100,000 troops to death with a fire, and there are many people among them, is this hurting the heavens and the peace?" ”

He is not jealous of Fazheng's great achievements, but he feels sorry for those innocent people who died in vain, they are all honest farmers, but they were bewitched by Zhang Lu, so they abandoned their homes and abandoned their mouths, and worked for Zhang Lu without fear of death, and now a fire burned 40,000 people, Ma Liang felt that this was a bit cruel.

Lu Bu was not angry, but patiently explained: "From the moment they picked up their weapons and put on their armor, they were no longer ordinary people. Besides, there is no one who wins the world who is not stained with blood on his hands, and the army of benevolence and righteousness is also brutal to the enemy, so that he can win! ”

Seeing Ma Liang's appearance of understanding or not, Lu Bu turned over and knelt on the tiger skin blanket, stared at Ma Liang with sharp eyes, and said: "Fighting a war is brutal, the success or failure of a soldier supporter often sacrifices thousands of innocent soldiers, killing is killing people, how can you kill more, kill less, kill beautifully, and kill righteously?" Tyrants and benevolent kings are both murderers, and there is no difference, and since there is no difference, why are they afraid of killing? Beautify your face? If you have the heart to reform the world, why bother with the eyes of the world? ”

Lu Bu took a sip of water and continued: "Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, they are killing people all the time, they say that they are all thieves, I blush a little for them!" ”

Ma Liang looked at Lu Bu in astonishment, although he knew that what Lu Bu said was crooked, but he couldn't refute it, thinking about it carefully, he felt that Lu Bu was right, everyone is a person with blood on their hands, why bother to find a reason for himself.

Lu Bu couldn't accept this thought after seeing Ma Liang for a while, and chuckled at the moment: "Let's not discuss this issue, Ji Chang, unfold the map, let me see where Jiang Xu and the others are!" ”

Ma Liang shook his head, straightened up, strode to Lu Bu's side, took out a yellowed sheepskin that was rolled up in a ball from his arms, and quickly unfolded it on the handsome case in front of Lu Bu.

Lu Bu, who was still smiling, saw the sheepskin map on the table, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he asked casually: "How many days have Jiang Xu been gone?" ”

Jia Xu stepped forward and looked down at the sheepskin map, only to see that the yellowed sheepskin map was full of Xichuan and Hanzhong's city passes, and the roads were steep and there was everything.

Jia Xu stretched out his hand and pointed at the location of the Sword Pavilion: "I have been away for twenty days, and it is estimated that I will be able to reach the Sword Pavilion in a short time, and now it is estimated that it is here!" ”

Lu Bu looked in the direction of his finger, and saw several steep peaks painted on it, with three words written on it: Motianling,

But it was said that Jiang Xu received Lu Bu's military order, and immediately after returning to the camp, he went to the altar to worship the general, looking at the dense alien soldiers below, he raised his arms and shouted: "Today, the general has received the military order of the lord, to smuggle across the Yinping path, take advantage of the void to attack the Sword Pavilion, and establish immortal achievements with you, I don't know if you are willing to follow me?" ”

As soon as Jiang Xu's words fell, he immediately attracted a cheer from his command, and those recruited Yi soldiers were all gearing up, stroking their helmets and spatulas, ready to follow Jiang Xu to do a big job, all along, the tigers and leopards battalion and soldiers are waiting for this moment of meritorious service, only they have established meritorious service, only they have the opportunity to be included in the Han nationality, become a Han people, now the great merit is in front of you, no one hesitates at the moment, under the leadership of several Qiang generals, 30,000 tiger and leopard soldiers have raised their arms and shouted: "I am willing to follow the general, obey the military order, and never give up!" ”

Jiang Xu looked at the emotional Qiang warriors, and after a while, he shouted loudly: "Okay, immediately reorganize the army and set off tomorrow!" ”

With Jiang Xu's order, the Qiang generals of all ethnic groups began to take their troops out of the school field, and each returned to the camp to prepare the knives used in the expedition, because the Yinping path is full of poisonous insects and beasts, miasma and poisonous mist, so they can not wear heavy armor, they can only wear the usual fishing and hunting clothes, these are not ready for a while, so they need to be prepared in advance, but for them, wearing armor and not wearing armor are the same, because they are used to fighting lightly, wearing armor is just one more guarantee.

On the second day, Jiang Xu shilling ordered Yang Fu and his son Jiang Wei to lead 10,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, without wearing clothes and armor, each with an axe and chisel tools, but whenever they encountered a dangerous and dangerous place, they dug mountain roads, filled roads in rivers, and built bridges and pavilions, so that the army could pass smoothly.

Jiang Wei personally led the remaining 20,000 soldiers of the tiger and leopard battalion, each with ropes and dry food, into the Yinping path, about a hundred miles away, Jiang Xu left 1,000 people to build a cottage in case of accidents; Traveled more than 100 miles, and selected a thousand people to go down to the village, it was June from Yinping to march into the army, Jiang Xu led the army to a top cliff canyon, at this time it has been about 20 days since the day of the army, the Xiliang army built several camps along the way, only 20,000 soldiers and horses remained.

The sky is like a dai, and the mountains are vast.

"The soldiers are working harder, and after this, we're done!" Although the Qiang people wandered in the mountains and wilderness after the defeat, marching in the mountains was like climbing apes, but along the way, because of the rugged and steep road and lost their lives of 300 generals, Jiang Xu knew that such a steep road, falling down would mean breaking bones, so he did not send people to search for the bones.

"General, two more warriors just fell into the valley!"

Just as Jiang Xu was encouraging morale, a Qiang general cautiously crossed the cliff and walked into Jiang Xu's ear and whispered.

Jiang Xu looked at him with a sad look on his face and said comfortingly: "Is it your subordinates?" ”

Qiang General didn't speak, just pursed his lips and nodded.

Jiang Xu sighed helplessly and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, the soldiers who went out this time have all been registered, and when the battle is over, the main guild will issue a pension, and then you will hand it over to their families!" ”

Jiang Xu had just finished pacifying the Qiang generals, when he saw Jiang Wei coming from the front, he frowned, and asked: "I ordered you to be the vanguard, you don't want to open the way, what are you doing in the Chinese army?" ”

I saw that Jiang Wei's hair was scattered at this time, and his cloth clothes were also cut by thorn branches, and his face, chest, and arms were densely covered with blood, obviously cut by thorn branches. Jiang Wei didn't dare to slack off in the face of Jiang Xu's questioning, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and reported: "General Qiyu, there is a mountain range in front of me, called Motianling, this ridge is all cliffs and cliffs, and it can't be excavated. ”

Jiang Xu's eyes lit up, and he thought in his heart: Yishan will not be untargeted, is it really as Boyo said?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xu waved his robe and asked Jiang Wei to lead the way, he wanted to see where this Ferris Ridge was dangerous! (To be continued......)