Chapter 249: Soldiers Sent to the West Sea
At night, Longqi City, the Western Governor's Mansion.
Jia Xu strode into the inner hall and bowed his hand to Luo Zheng: "Lord! β
Luo Zheng waved his hand and asked, "What, is the army all ready?" β
Jia Xu replied: "All have arrived, 10,000 cavalry are divided into ten groups, each batch of 1,000 cavalry, and they have arrived in Longqi City in batches." β
Luo Zheng said 'um', "It wasn't discovered by the scouts of the Qiang tribes of the West Sea, right?" β
Jia Xu said excitedly: "Forgive me for not making mistakes, our army is day and night, and it took half a month to rush from Yunwu to Longqi City in batches, and the scouts of the Xihai Zhuqiang tribes are at most in the vicinity of Linqiang, and they dare not cross Linqiang!" β
Luo Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, what has been the recent movement of the Xihai Zhuqiang?" β
Jia Xu said: "Last year, the neighboring department and the wolf department fought viciously, missed the agricultural time, the autumn grain was almost no harvest, the consumption of cattle, sheep and livestock was huge, and hundreds of thousands of people in the two departments saw that hunger was floating all over the place, just waiting for the end of spring planting, in order to compete for the little food left, the brother and the wolf Erqiang were bound to launch a more tragic war. According to the news sent back by Xizuo, the cavalry of the second division of Shenwolf and Brother Neighbor is now assembling in the area of Cizhihe and Chagang, and will start in March at the latest. β
Luo Zheng got up and paced back and forth in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "It's the end of February now, that is to say, the Brother's Neighbor Department and the Wolf Department will start in half a month at most, and our army will have to wait for more than half a month." β
[Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "The lord is wise, since the brother neighbor and the wolf department both want to attack each other, sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight is indeed the best way for our army, just wait for the two departments to suffer heavy casualties, you can defeat the brother and the wolf at the lowest cost.] β
Luo Zheng waved his hand. "Let Cheng Ying pay close attention to the movements of the West Sea and report back at any time!"
"Yes!"
Jia Xu agreed. Immediately turned around and walked out.
The Cizhi River area is located in the upper reaches of the river, where water and grass are abundant. The abundant water source is the best pasture, and it is also suitable for cultivating fertile land, and if there is no war, it will probably become a fertile soil on the 800-mile Qiang Plain.
However, due to national habits, it is destined that it is impossible to calm down on the Qiang Plain.
Tribal annexation is a normal thing for nomadic tribesmen.
Although the Qiang learned to farm and build houses from the Han Chinese. But they did not lose the habits of the nomads, and because of the harsh living conditions in the Qiang Plains, the wars between the tribes have never stopped since the pre-Qin period.
At night, the big man of the wolf department served as a military tent.
"Dashuai!"
When a tribal leader entered the tent and shouted, he regarded it as having seen it.
The Qiang people are ignorant and do not know etiquette, and naturally they do not have the very cumbersome etiquette of the Han people.
The Qiang people who moved to Liangzhou were better. I have learned some basic etiquette of the Han people, and the Qiang people living in the 800-mile Qiang Plain are slightly better than Ru Mao drinking blood, and they are essentially not much different from the nomads in Mobei.
"How many soldiers and horses have not yet arrived?"
Wu Dang asked in a deep voice.
The head said: "There are more than 7,000 people, and there are still more than 4,000 people who have not arrived." β
Wudang frowned and scolded: "Send someone to urge again." Sue sΓΉ those small tribes who have not yet come, half a month and so on, Lao Tzu asked all the troops to assemble in place in the big camp on the north bank of the river. Less than half a month later, Lao Tzu will destroy his entire clan! β
"Yes!"
The head of the head was cold. hurriedly agreed.
Wu Dang asked again, "What about the donkey's day?" What's been happening lately? β
The leader replied, "Chagang also has soldiers and horses gathered. β
Wu Dang said in a cruel voice: "Sue the heads of the tribes, if you can't kill your brother's neighbors this time, and you can't grab the grain, cattle and sheep of your brother's neighbors, their whole clan will be ready to starve to death." Lao Tzu first said the ugly words in front, if anyone dares not to contribute, when he defeats his brother and neighbor, and divides the grain, cattle and sheep, he will stand aside for Lao Tzu, and don't think about getting a sheep. β
"Yes!"
The leader hurriedly agreed, and then retreated.
Longqi City, Luo Zheng camp.
Cheng Ying hurried into the tent and bowed to Luo Zheng: "Lord, there is news." β
Luo Zheng suddenly perked up and asked, "What's the matter, have Brother Neighbor Qiang and Shen Wolf Qiang sent troops?" β
Cheng Ying said excitedly: "Exactly, the scouts of our army have found out the news that the handsome Wudang of the Wolf Department and the handsome Marshal of the neighboring brother have gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and are approaching the Blue Wolf Plain west of the West Sea (Qinghai Lake). β
"Good!"
Luo Zheng stood up and said, "Order all departments to immediately gather the army to go on the expedition." β
"Yes!"
Cheng Ying surrendered his order and was about to leave.
Jia Xu hurriedly said: "My lord, the Blue Wolf was originally located fifty miles west of the West Sea, and since the Elder Brother and the Wolf Department chose to fight a decisive battle in the Blue Wolf Plain, it was obvious that they were being attacked by someone when they were preparing for the battle. The detour from the southern foot of Bulian Mountain to the Cangwolf Plain is no less than 600 miles, and even if our army rides two horses, it will take at least four days for the cavalry to march at a gallop. Why didn't the lord cross the Chagang Plain and raid the Blue Wolf Plain directly from the garrison of the neighboring tribe, so as to shorten the march and avoid the scouts and spies of the neighboring tribe. β
Luo Zheng was silent, got up and paced under the tent.
Cheng Ying's eyes lit up, and he said: "Lord, this idea of the military advisor is good, even if Li Tu is on guard against our army, he definitely will not expect that our army will cross the Chagang Plain and attack directly from its rear, and there will not be many horsemen." If it is from Longqi City across the Chagang Plain to the Blue Wolf Plain, but more than 200 miles, as long as the soldiers work hard, our army can be killed in one day and half a night with a pair of horses and a galloping march, or it can receive miraculous results. β
Luo Zheng only pondered for a few breaths, and then said categorically: "Good, the soldiers are fast, just follow the words of Wenhe." However, if you directly cross the Chagang Plain, you will have to wait another three days before you can send troops, and you need to pay close attention to the movements of the two armies. β
"Yes!"
Jia Xu and Cheng Ying bowed their hands and immediately went down to prepare.
Blue Wolf Plain.
The earth is vast, and the grass is green.
Not only is the terrain very open, with an unobstructed view within a radius of dozens of miles, but also the terrain is flat, for the Qianghu people who are not good at intrigue and trickery, the terrain of this place is the most suitable for decisive battles, and they can let go of their hands and feet to fight.
When Tianyang had just jumped out of the sky, Wu Dang and Li Tu led the army forward at the same time.
Although the Qiang people are simple-minded, they like to use force to solve problems. But not stupid either.
The two armies, one south and one north, advanced at the same time. The scout probe galloped back and forth, every other pillar of incense. He reported the movements of the other army to the army, and was ready to deal with emergencies at any time, so as not to be overshadowed by the other party.
Wudang and Litu have not known each other for a day or two, they have dealt with each other twenty years ago, and they have been fighting for more than a year, and they are extremely familiar with each other's methods and tactics, and they know that they can't yin each other, so they chose to fight a decisive battle here.
It was almost noon, and it was in the middle of nowhere. Litu and Wudang have seen Pipi's army.
Half an hour later, the two armies were in formation a mile apart.
The Qiang people don't know the art of war, and the so-called military formation is just a pile of everyone, even if it's a formation.
The soldiers were all familiar with each other in the line, there were sword and shield soldiers, spearmen and archers, and although the more than 10,000 horses were tied into a pile, they were divided into dozens or hundreds of small piles. Each small pile has all the troops in it.
However, the Qiang people have always advocated force, and they are not afraid of death on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
"Let's go, go with Lao Tzu to the mother of the vultures!"
Wudang snorted. Immediately rushed out of the camp with three hundred.
On the opposite side, the handsome and powerful forces of the neighboring brothers also rushed out with three hundred cavalry.
When they were one hundred and fifty paces apart, the two of them gathered their horses at the same time. Wait and see from afar in front of the battle.
Li suddenly shouted: "Wudang, Ben Shuai must behead your dog today." β
How can he show weakness? He scolded: "The strength of the donkey day, your cattle are the seeds." Today, Lao Tzu will not only slaughter you, but also fuck your woman and the old lady again, and let your mother give you a younger brother again! β
"Hahaha!"
The three hundred cavalry behind him burst into laughter and cheered loudly.
Li Tu was not moved, and laughed and said: "People are dead, as long as you can kill Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai's wife and woman will naturally belong to you." If Ben Shuai can get away with your stupid donkey, although your mother is dead, but more than a dozen women Ben Shuai will naturally have to fuck for you, and when you get tired of fucking one day, you will be divided into your brothers to fuck, and give you a few more sons. And your son's woman, Ben Shuai also has to taste what it tastes like. β
Wu Dang smiled and said: "What nonsense is that, hurry back and prepare to fight, today is either you die or I die, only by slaughtering a thing of your donkey day, robbing all the cattle, sheep and livestock and grain in your brother's neighborhood, Lao Tzu's more than 200,000 people can survive, so today you are dead, Lao Tzu will definitely not let you go." β
"Ben Shuai thinks so too!"
Li Tu said slowly: "What's the hurry, we have been dealing for decades, and we used to have a little friendship, but now that we want to share life and death, don't you stupid donkey want to say a few more words to Ben Shuai, lest you have no chance if you die." β
Wu Dang scolded: "Lao Tzu still told you a fart, you dog things have never looked like a man in your life, Lao Tzu looks down on you the most like a cub who often hides behind and harms people, hurry up, come over if you want to die!" β
Litu's face turned a little dark, and the blue tendons on his forehead jumped straight and said, "Can you clean your stupid donkey's mouth?" β
"Hahaha!"
Wu Dang scolded and laughed: "Lao Tzu is just unhappy, what can you do?" β
Litu gritted his teeth and said, "Then don't die!" β
After that, he didn't talk nonsense, and immediately turned around and rushed back to his own camp with three hundred cavalry.
"Let's go!"
Wudang also greeted and returned to the main camp with the cavalry.
Soon, drums beat and trumpets sounded in unison in the quiet wilderness.
Li Tu and Wu Dang ordered at the same time, and each rushed towards each other with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
"Donkey's day, eat Lao Tzu's knife!"
Wudang rushed to the front first, patting the horse and dancing the knife and going straight to the force.
More than 10,000 soldiers and horses behind him also shouted noisily, and charged forward behind Wudang.
"Ben Shuai is still afraid that you won't succeed!"
At the same time, he roared loudly, and swung his knife to intercept Wudang and fight.
The two armies immediately collided fiercely, white knives in, red knives out, and fought hard.
Wudang doesn't like to play tricks, but his courage is much better than his strength, and he will soon be weak in parrying.
Taking a quick look, I found that there were many old and weak women and children in the army of the neighboring tribes who were mixed together to fight, and they were defeated and retreated by their own army. β
Li Tu parried wolf-like, and gritted his teeth: "Don't be complacent too early, you idiot, the men in your wolf department are all eggless, and even the girls in our brother's neighboring department are not as good." β
"Fuck your shit!"
Wu Dang scolded: "The men in your brother's neighborhoods are not fucking planted, and they don't even dare to go to the battlefield, what kind of man are they." Let the women come out and work hard, the men in your brother's neighborhoods are really fucking embarrassing to us, I'm bah! β
"Kill, fight to the death!"
Li Tu roared angrily, and was stabbed desperately, swinging the knife and slashing at the head of Wudang.
"Ouch, donkey day really dare to work hard!"
The wolf howled, and quickly lay on his back on the horse, so as to avoid the knife.
The fierce battle lasted for half an hour, and although most of the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the neighboring parts were old and weak, women and children, even those women who were forced to drive into the battlefield were desperate with red eyes with knives, and no one flinched.
Li Tu wore several knives, and tried to get rid of Wudang several times, but was caught up by Wudang.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, he was really not an opponent, so he had to fight with several warriors in the clan.
Wu Li laughed proudly while killing the group with one enemy and six enemies, because he found that the men and horses of his brother's neighboring tribe finally began to show their defeat, and the people who were killed by his own army began to retreat.
As long as you work harder, you can defeat the army of the neighboring tribe.
As long as he can defeat Litu this time, the cattle, sheep, livestock and grain of the neighboring tribes will be his own.
With the cattle, sheep, livestock and grain of his brother's neighboring department, the 200,000 old and weak women and children under his command, the women and dolls who are waiting for food with their mouths open can hold on until the autumn grain goes to the ground, and they don't have to starve to death.
"Sons, kill Lao Tzu!"
Wu Dang opened his voice and howled, "It's not okay to have no eggs on a donkey's day, kill Lao Tzu hard!" As long as we defeat our neighbors, the cattle, sheep, livestock and grain of our neighbors will be ours, and women and children will not have to starve to death. β
"Kill, kill, kill, kill ......"
Tens of thousands of men roared in unison, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and they fought hard for their lives.
For the Ginseng Wolf tribesmen, whose wives and children are already hungry, nothing is more tempting than cattle, sheep, livestock and grain. In order for his wife and children not to starve to death, even if he fights for his life today, he has to kill one of them.
Under the elimination of the other's strengths, the army of the wolf department exceeded the battle, and the men and horses of the neighboring tribe began to retreat.
Seeing that it was not a way to go on like this, there were Qiang soldiers who killed in front of Li Tu and roared: "Commander, you can't stop it, it's better to withdraw for the time being, wait to collect the soldiers and horses, and then fight with the dog day and the wolf department." β
Li Tu's face was miserable and said: "After this defeat, the tribe does not exist, how can you retreat!" β
Qiang Bing said quickly: "Dashuai, I really can't stand it, if we continue like this, we will all die!" β
"That's it!"
Li Tu's face was sad, and he shouted in despair: "Retreat, retreat to the Tiger Shooting Valley!" β
"Yes!"
The Qiang soldiers immediately mounted their horses and left. (To be continued......) R1292