When the people of Jicheng were happily preparing to welcome the New Year, the century-old wealthy Gongsun clan in Lingzhi County, Liaoxi County ushered in their end.

Lingzhi is close to the west bank of the water, and hundreds of miles away from it to the north is Lulong, the first fortress of the Han Dynasty. This fortress is located in the eastern section of the Yanshan mountain range, it is called Xifengkou in later generations, along the city wall of Lulongsai to the east, you can reach the Bohai Sea, there is a Xiongguan called "Shanhaiguan" in later generations, it is the necessary place to enter and exit Liaodong. For thousands of years, Lulong has been a military fortress in the northeast of China, and has always been a battleground for soldiers.

In order to prevent the invasion of the Hu people in the north, the Han Empire built a city wall of about 200 miles in the Lulong area, and built a tall city tower between the two mountains one hundred steps back from the main city wall, and the height and width of the city wall are the same as the main city wall, which is 50 zhang long. Above the main city, there is a floor called Lulong, which is connected to the main city wall by stone walls on both sides, and on both sides are barracks where two rows of soldiers live.

One hundred steps south from Lulong Tower, facing the official road, there is another floor, called Crescent Tower.

At this time, Zhang He, a generation of heroes, was standing on the crescent moon tower looking south, and in his hand was holding an urgent report that had just come from Jicheng.

After the end of the Jicheng Garrison War, Zhang He was ordered by Liu He to lead 5,000 elite cavalry all the way to the east, and went straight to the Liaoxi Lingzhi where Gongsun Zhan's lair was located.

Before advancing eastward, Liu He had summoned Zhang He alone and put forward several opinions to him, mainly to remind Zhang He not to be greedy for merit, try to solve the trouble in a gentle way, try not to use the sword soldiers if he can, and reduce the casualties if he can reduce the casualties of the soldiers, in short, there is no need to hurry, and there is no need to kill the remnants of the Gongsun clan.

Zhang He didn't fully understand why the eldest prince would make such a request at first, because it was diametrically opposed to Liu He's attempt to put Gongsun Zhan to death when he besieged him. In Zhang He's opinion. Lingzhi Gongsun clan dominated western Liaoning for nearly a hundred years, and various local connections were intertwined, if it could not be completely cut off, it would be equivalent to returning to the mountain, and in case the descendants of the Gongsun clan made trouble in western Liaoxi one day, it would be endless trouble.

In order to capture Youzhou in one fell swoop, the two brothers Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Yue almost exhausted the troops of Liaoxi and Youbeiping, so there were only 5,000 troops left in Lingzhi, and the other 5,000 people were guarded in Lulongsai to prevent the Wuhuan people in Saibei from taking the opportunity to go south to make trouble.

After Zhang He led the army from Yuyang into Youbeiping County. It happened that the Wuhuan people around Jun Mi and Xu Wu took advantage of the blank period when Gongsun Zhan's army in Youbeiping was advancing westward to make trouble, so Zhang He resolutely suppressed it. Gongsun Zhan fought with Master Taifu, that was an internal matter of the Han people, and it would not be your turn to take the opportunity to come to the territory of the Han people, right?

The main force of the cavalry led by Zhang He was the Wuhuan people, and the object of the bomb pressure was also the Wuhuan people, but there was no accident in the result, and the Wuhuan people killed the Wuhuan people, and they were also merciless. The Wuhuan cavalry under Zhang He's command came from the Yanrou tribe north of Baishan, and these Wuhuan people who made trouble in Youbeiping were from the tribe of Badun. Although they are all Wuhuan people, they are very distant in blood, so after meeting, they are not full of tears, but full of hostility and hatred.

The bones of nomads are full of ferocious and bloodthirsty wolf nature. When there is a shortage of food in winter, they can even kill their elderly parents, and although the Wuhuan people are from Donghu, they are not as particular about ethnicity and blood as the Han people. Otherwise, there would not be such a perverse thing as the father's woman marrying the son, and the brother's wife marrying the younger brother.

Zhang He led the cavalry to drive several rebellious Wuhuan people back to the north of Youbeiping with a thunderous force, and took the opportunity to capture nearly 1,000 Wuhuan prisoners. Then he forced them to go east, all the way to the place where the water turned a big bend to the east.

Zhang He stopped his troops on the west bank of the water, and after personally observing the nearby terrain, he released all the nearly 1,000 Wuhuan people captured on the east bank of the water, and threatened these Wuhuan people that they could not turn back to the west, but could only flee to Liaodong, otherwise they would be killed next time they were caught. The Wuhuan captives were also human, and they were also afraid of being caught and beheaded by the terrifying Youzhou cavalry, so they didn't dare to look back after they were released, but just ran to the east.

After the Wuhuan captives desperately escaped, Zhang He carefully laid various traps on both sides of the water, and then quietly waited for the remnants of Lu Longsai and Gongsun Zan in Lingzhi to come and attack.

This time he deliberately let go of the Wuhuan prisoners, just so that the defenders in Lingzhi City and Lu Longsai would find their tracks earlier, and then lure the two defenders to attack the camp, so that he could give full play to the advantages of cavalry in the field.

The general stationed in Lu Longsai was Yan Gang, one of the only two remaining generals under Gongsun Zhan, and the garrison was Gongsun Zhan's third brother Li Yizi and Gongsun Zhan's son Gongsun Xu.

Counting the strength of Gongsun Zhan, there are seven people who have died, namely Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Fan, Ji Yong, Zou Dan, Le Hedang, and Wang Men, and three people who were captured, namely Guan Jing, Shan Jing and Liu Weitai, and the three brothers Youtian Kai and Taozi who stayed in Qingzhou, but Liu Bei cannot be counted as Gongsun Zhan's strength.

Li Yizi, who was guarding the Lingzhi City, was a snobbish businessman, and he was able to make money everywhere and oppress the people under the banner of Gongsun Zhan, but if he commanded the troops to defend the city, it would be a mess. When he found that there were panicked Wuhuan people fleeing east from the north of Lingzhi City, he came with a team of soldiers and horses to arrest him without saying a word, and the result was very fruitful, and he actually captured hundreds of Wuhuan prisoners.

In Li Yizi's eyes, these Wuhuan captives are white flowers and golden wealth, as long as they are loaded and transported to Qingzhou by ship, a Wuhuan slave can be sold for dozens of dollars, and hundreds of captives are thousands of dollars, which is really effortless.

Lu Long's guard general Yan Gang is much stronger than Li Yizi in Lingzhicheng, but it is still at least two grades worse than Zhang He, who has rich combat experience, and he still doesn't know the news that Gongsun Zan and Gongsun Yue were defeated and killed one after another, so he was just a little puzzled about the Huan cavalry that suddenly appeared near Lishui, but he didn't expect that the Wuhuan cavalry led by Zhang He would be the army sent by Liu He to copy Gongsun Zhan's nest.

Yan Gang only thought that he had come to plunder when Liaoxi's troops were empty, so he hurriedly sent someone to summon the city of Lingzhi, asking Li Yizi not to act rashly, close the city gate, and guard the county seat.

Li Yizi, who had just tasted the sweetness, felt that Yan Gang was making a fuss, and he instigated Gongsun Xu, who was not yet twenty years old, to give Yan Gang an order to force him to lead an army from Lulongsai to attack the Wuhuan people who came to make trouble.

After receiving Gongsun Xu's order, Yan Gang scolded Li Yizi for not knowing how to command blindly, and he did not send troops in the Sein. After Li Yizi learned of this, he felt very shameless, so he asked Gongsun to give Yan Gang an order, claiming that if Yan Gang did not send troops, then he would do his best to order 5,000 soldiers and horses in the city to go to the west bank of the river to fight the Wuhuan people.

Lingzhi City is the old nest of the Gongsun clan, if Li Yizi leads the army out of the city to fight, in case there is a mistake, Lingzhi will not be guaranteed. Yan Gang was forced by Li Yizi, a fool, and had no choice but to agree with Li Yizi that both sides would send 3,000 troops each, attack the Wuhuan people in the north and south, and work together to drive them back to Xu Wu and Junmi.

Zhang He, who had been waiting for Lu Long and Ling to send troops, sent many rangers scattered in the field to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and when he learned that Yan Gang and Li Yizi had sent troops at the same time, ready to attack him in the area of Lishui, he showed a contemptuous smile.

The place where Zhang He laid the trap was more than 60 li away from Lu Longsai and more than 40 li away from Lingzhi, and if the two places sent troops at the same time, Li Yizi would arrive in Lishui half a day in advance, while Yan Gang's troops would have taken a day and a half to arrive here.

The time difference of half a day is enough for Zhang He to fight a few easy and beautiful ambush battles.

Blinded by money, Li Yizi ignored Yan Gang's reminder to slow down his march, and quickly approached the south bank of the river with 3,000 infantry. At this time, Zhang He only left 500 soldiers on the shore of the wet water to lure the enemy, while he personally led the main force around Li Yizi's back.

When Li Yizi found the Wuhuan cavalry on the shore of the water, the first thing he thought of was not whether the other party had an ambush, but how much silver he could sell after capturing these hundreds of war horses and Wuhuan prisoners. So, he led 3,000 infantry to outflank the Wuhuan cavalry on the south bank of the river......

Then, Li Yizi was surrounded and killed by the main force led by Zhang He on the south bank of the water.

Five thousand Youzhou elite cavalry dealt with three thousand infantry with average combat strength in the field, and various traps were carefully arranged in advance, this battle could not be fought at all, Zhang He led the army with just a charge, which frightened Li Yizi's courage. This Li Yizi, who had bowed to Gongsun Zhan, did not wait for Zhang He to be persecuted, so he stood up tremblingly and took the initiative to surrender.

Zhang He asked 500 cavalry to stay on the south bank of the river to guard Li Yizi's surrender, and then sent another 1,000 cavalry to the north bank of the river, creating a false impression of confrontation with Li Yizi's troops across the river, while he himself once again led the main force to detour back to the west bank of the north-south direction of the upper reaches of the river, only to wait for Yan Gang to lead the army to the river and then make another flanking attack.

Yan Gang was cautious by nature, and after leading the army out of Lulongsai, he sent a scout horse to carefully investigate the front, but he did not find anything abnormal all the way, and when he was still twenty miles away from the water, he suddenly got a report from the front, saying that he found that the Wuhuan cavalry was fighting across the river on the north bank of the water, and Yan Gang then ordered the army to speed up the march to prevent the Wuhuan people from escaping.

When Yan Gang arrived panting, he was a little surprised to find that the Wuhuan people on the north bank of the river had turned their horses' heads and formed a formation towards the north!

Yan Gang knew that something was wrong, and immediately ordered the troops to form a square formation to protect themselves, but the sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from behind him. (To be continued......)