Chapter 224: The Ambition of the Qiang Tribe

Ma Teng, Han Sui in the west, Dong Zhuo in the south.

Dong Zhuo crossed the Yellow River first and set up camp at the boundary of Xiayang County. After stepping into Feng Yijun once, Dong Zhuo's mood was extremely different.

"This was fucking my turf."

"I have damaged Hua Xiong here, I heard that he has been killed, pitiful."

"I'm back again."

Three moods emerged in Dong Zhuo's heart. On the one hand, Dong Zhuo ordered to set up camp, and on the other hand, he rode horses with Jia Xu, Li Ru and others to approach Xiayang City.

I saw that in the wilderness all around, there were still traces of fire on the earth, and it was a mess. The village is silent and uninhabited, as if **.

Looking at Xiayang City again, the city is not high, but it is thick enough. The city gate is closed, and there is a "yellow" flag on the city, flying in the wind, and the majestic air is blowing in the face.

It's like a mountain tiger.

"Hearing the news, Zhang Shuang put all the generals under his command one by one to guard a city. Gather all the people into the city, and rely on the city to stand against me. This surnamed Huang must be the fierce general Huang Gai under Sun Jian. ”

Dong Zhuo looked up for a moment and said.

"Zhang Shuang doesn't know what his intentions are in doing this." Li Ru also touched his chin, revealing a look of doubt.

"Defending the city without losing a single person, this is probably Zhang Shuang's benevolence." Having said that, Jia Xu's face was slightly sneered: "But in my opinion, he intends to use the people in the city as consumables to consume our troops." ”

"Consumables??" Dong Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "Some ordinary people are just some people, how many troops can they consume us?" ”

"That's not necessarily, the last time we made a disturbance in Fengyi County, the people hated us to the core. They are fierce, perhaps even more fierce than our soldiers. ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said.

A wise man can't analyze everything comprehensively, and Jia Xu has a certain deviation in his calculation this time. But what he said is also true, at least the people of Feng Yijun hate Dong Zhuo to the bone.

"That's right, honest people are ruthless, that's really awesome." Dong Zhuo was stunned and nodded without denial.

"What then?" Dong Zhuo asked.

"Let's go directly to Zhang Shuang's lair. Yunyang City. Our forces have the upper hand, and we are not afraid of death. The cavalry was 130,000 and was not afraid of encirclement at all. We directly stormed Yunyang City, regardless of the casualties for half a year. Kill Zhang Shuang in Yunyang. Jia Xu said fiercely.

"Okay." Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up and he nodded again and again.

That night, Dong Zhuo set up camp in Xiayang, and the next day he went to Yunyang.

The fifth year of the great cause, October 5, Ma Teng. Han Sui and Dong Zhuo's tripartite army arrived at Yunyang City, with 290,000 soldiers and horses, and the surrounding water was impassable.

Zhang Shuang, Xun You, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Zhou Cang, Dian Wei, Yu Fuluo and others boarded the city and watched with great interest. Seeing the soldiers and horses stretching. couldn't help but laugh and said: "This is in the plain city, directly facing an army of about 300,000, it's really scary." ”

"Yes, it's completely different from the feeling of meeting Dong Zhuo's army in front of Hangu Pass." Dian Wei looked up, and although he was amazingly bold, he had to sigh at this moment.

"Why should General Dian raise the morale of others and destroy his own prestige." Lu Bu snorted coldly, on the one hand, he was unhappy with Dian Wei, he had been under Zhang Shuang's command for so long, and he said that he was Zhang Shuang's first fierce general. But he felt that Dian Wei was more reused by Zhang Shuang and had more status. On the other hand, it is also heroic.

Thinking, "Lao Tzu, I fought with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and I was the first in the world. This time I will also be in the limelight. ”

Think about it. Lu Bu asked for an order: "Please give the general an order, and at the end of the order, 10,000 cavalry from the main camp will be killed outside the city and fight with Ma Teng and Han Sui." ”

Now Dong Zhuo is no longer in Lu Bu's eyes.

Zhang Shuang smiled and said comfortingly: "In the last battle, Feng Xian defeated Huaxiong. But it also lost 8,000 elite soldiers. This time, the soldiers and horses are all recruited, so it is better to put down the blood for the time being, and wait for the next time when the elite soldiers are strong, and then fight the horses, Han Sui is not too late. ”

Lu Bu was in a hot head just now, and after listening to Zhang Shuang's words, he immediately calmed down. But I still feel a little unhappy in my heart.

"Shame on me again."

"It's moving."

At this time, Xun You suddenly spoke.

"Knock knock." At the same time, the roar of drums rang out. Immediately, a group of soldiers came out of the camp, carrying ladders one after another, and the momentum was overwhelming.

But in Zhang Shuang's view, it's nothing more than that. Zhang Shuang laughed and said: "They came in a hurry, and some siege equipment is still on the way." It's just a ladder, I'm afraid of a hanging. ”

Then, Zhang Shuang said to Xun You: "Immediately give an order, recruit the strong people in the city to help defend the city." ”

"No." Xun Yu promised and went down.

"Dian Wei, Zhou Cang guards the city. The rest of the cavalry did not interfere. At most, a month, or even a dozen days, there will be news from the northwest. Don't be afraid of them. Zhang Shuang said to the generals again.

"No."

The generals agreed.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Soon after, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses launched attacks from four directions, and the brave and good Liangzhou soldiers were not afraid of death, carrying arrows on their backs, and the ladder was killed.

At the same time, large numbers of able-bodied people also took up the walls. Just like Jia Xu said, after these people were abused by Dong Zhuo, they hated Dong Zhuo very much.

There was no need for any agitation, and every strong man had a compelling determination.

"Kill !!!"

All the strong men roared angrily, and the battle was about to break out.

……………

Qiangzhong is a similar place in Qinghai Province in later generations, with rivers and lakes and endless grasslands, which is a place where nomads are raised.

After the Qiang occupied this place, they scourged the Han Dynasty to the east and expanded to the Western Regions to the west, which was extremely powerful.

On this day, the men and horses led by Li Hui arrived in Qiangzhong.

"It's a distant place." Li Hui rode his horse, looking at the scenery around him that was completely different from the Central Plains, and did not sigh.

"Da-da-da-da."

At this moment, the horse's hooves sounded crisply.

"There are cavalry." The accompanying guards lost their color for a while and hurriedly shouted.

"Rest easy." Li Hui was very calm, and then said with a smile: "We are in Qiangzhong, how can there be no cavalry in the place where cavalry is abundant in legends?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw a group of Qiang cavalry of about fifty people arrive and surrounded the small number of envoys. One of the Qiang cavalrymen shouted: "You are Han Chinese, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Hui didn't know what it meant until it was translated. I muttered to myself, "It looks quite hostile." So, Li Hui said with a smile: "I was ordered by the emperor of the Han Dynasty to come to see your Qiang Da Danyu. ”

"The Han Emperor?" This man was stunned for a moment, it was the first time he had heard that the envoys of the Han Dynasty had come to Qiangzhong when he was so big.

But since he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he doesn't dare to call the shots. He was just a warrior from a small tribe nearby, and he came to see it when someone reported that there was a strange team.

"In that case, then we will escort you to our Qiang royal court." The man thought for a moment and said.

"Thank you." Li Hui arched his hand.

Immediately, after a long journey to the west, they arrived at the royal court of the Qiang people. Both Shan Yu and Wang Ting of the Qiang nationality were influenced by the Xiongnu to have this word.

Now the Huns are in decline, while the Qiang are very strong. Their royal court is very characteristic of the grassland people, the whole is a tent, there is no brick and tile, and the strong Western style is blowing in the face.

After arriving near the royal court, a Qiang nobleman who claimed to be the king of the capital led a cavalry to meet Li Hui.

"The envoys of the Han Dynasty are really rare distinguished guests. Da Shan Yu has set up a banquet in the king's tent, and the guests are invited. The Protector bent over and said.

"Thank you." Li Hui thanked him.

Here, he didn't dare to pretend to be the same as he did against the Huns last time.

It didn't take long for Li Hui to enter the king's tent and meet Yu Tuguang, the big single of the Qiang tribe. This Qiang Da Dan Yu is very young, strong, and has the spirit of a tiger.

The Qiang nobles sitting there, both old and young, were very imposing, in strong contrast to the weakened Huns.

"It's no wonder that a small grassland tribe has been attacking our Han people for as long as a hundred years. They plundered large quantities of goods. It's very tough. Li Hui was also a little surprised in his heart, but it was more exciting.

"I'm playing with lip service and intelligence, and I'll see me turn what you say around and serve our generals. After that, cross the river and tear down the bridge, and kill them all. ”

Li Hui showed a gentle smile on his face, showing the gentleness of a spring breeze, and respectfully stepped forward and saluted: "In the middle of the service, Li Hui, the general is in charge, and he came to see Da Shan Yu on the order of the emperor and gave him a gift. ”

As he spoke, Li Hui stretched out his hand to a deputy behind him. The deputy understood, and immediately held a gift box, which was opened by a sword made of gold, with a large number of gems inlaid on it.

Tu Guang looked at it, and his expression was not half moved. waved his hand to let his entourage accept it, and then said to Li Hui: "Thank you for the gift from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty." ”

After a pause, Tu Guang asked: "Since you have brought a noble gift, then there must be something to use our Qiang people, and if there is anything to say, you can say it directly." ”

Tu Guang is definitely not an ordinary person, he killed his father Lao Shan Yu and inherited Shan Yu's position. Young, fierce and ambitious.

He had seen countless amounts of gold since he was a child, gems could fill camp tents, and women could be lined up from here to the borders of the Han Dynasty. Just a golden sword, he naturally didn't care about it.

His ambition was to expand the territory and to make a great name for himself.

"I think that when Mao Dunshan led the millions of cavalry of the Xiongnu to the south to fight with the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty people who fought could not carry the map, and besieged the emperor of the Han Dynasty in Baideng. Finally, the woman was offered to sue for peace. How domineering, how majestic. Now the Xiongnu are declining, and Xianbei is not strong. I am destined to lead my clansmen to the north, dominate the grasslands, and abuse the strongmen of the Han family. ”

Tu Guang has infinite ambition in his heart, and his eyes are compelling and aggressive. (To be continued.) )