The west wind is fierce, the geese are singing in the sky, the horse's hooves are broken, the iron armor is ringing, the gorge wall is confronted, and the mountain pass is many.

Hu Fen mobilized heavy troops to block the Dadou Pull Valley and the Pingqiang Valley, and the Xiongguan rose from the ground, with large and small camps, antlers, and traps layered on top of each other.

Yang Zheng couldn't help frowning.

Hu Fen obviously wanted to drain Xiping's blood.

Hao Zhao's more than 1,000 people in Chencang City blocked the tens of thousands of troops of Zhuge Wuhou.

Ma Long's 3,000 men guarded Hefei New City, leaving Zhuge Ke's 200,000 horses exhausted.

Molfezepin is also going to be blocked here?

Behind Yang Zheng, the personal guard battalion, the Xiao cavalry battalion, and the government soldiers added up to only 26,000 people.

Hu Fen began to arm and build fortifications halfway through the valley.

"With a thousand armor soldiers with me, my subordinates will step on this valley!" Liu Heng, as usual, was the first to ask for battle.

This kind of brutal method, Yang Zheng is naturally unwilling.

Attacking the strong pass is nothing more than flooding and fire attack, detouring mountain roads, or making a big detour.

Flooding and fire are unrealistic, the nearby mountains are bare, and trees are cut down in advance.

The topography of Pingqiang Pass is also very special, and there are only a few passages through Qilian Mountain in Xiping, and Hu Fen is on guard.

There are also many stone barriers built on the mountain road.

Great detour, then you can only detour thousands of miles from the Western Regions......

The difficulty is not ordinarily large, the distance is long, and the supply is difficult.

Although Ma Yan, the commander of Wuji in the Western Regions, the emperor Fulong of Dunhuang, and Wang Huiyang, the Taishou of Jiuquan, did not oppose him, he did not openly support it.

What will people think when an army crosses through other people's territory?

False Ways to Destroy the Dead?

Yang Zheng does have this thought, but not now, eat one bite at a time, and walk step by step.

Behind closed doors, the expeditionary force was in a dilemma.

"My subordinates have a plan." Wei Qian said.

"Boyu, please speak."

"Fire Bull Formation." Wei Qian smiled.

The valley is so narrow that once the herd is running, it can only rush forward until it dies.

Tian Dan broke the Yan army with a fire ox formation and restored more than 70 cities in the country.

Wang Xuance in history also used the fire ox array to break the tens of thousands of troops in Tianzhu.

In ancient and modern times, it is not a strange thing to break the enemy with animal power.

Yang Zheng vaguely remembered that in the battles of Carthage and Rome, it seems that he also used the fire bull trick to break through the mountain pass.

There are many cattle and horses in the West Sea, and there are many in Pingqiang City.

Of course, it is definitely impossible to kill Hu Fen with a fire bull array, and you can only clear the antlers and traps in the valley, and in the end, you still have to rely on the bloody battle of the armor.

However, this can greatly reduce the casualties of non-commissioned officers.

It's just a few hundred cows, which is not a high price.

Yang Zheng nodded, and Meng Guan got more than 200 bullocks from Pingqiang City in the rear.

He also ordered Liu Heng to lead a thousand armor soldiers behind.

After resting for a day and half the night, in the valley, suddenly the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the fire was bursting.

Yang Zheng took the opportunity to make the soldiers shout loudly in the rear, creating the illusion of a large-scale attack.

In the middle of the valley, a stream of fire rushed forward frantically.

Liu Heng also led his gong and drummer to beat the gong and drum in the back, and the valley was suddenly lively.

But soon, the screams of cattle and people, the sound of various crashes, and the sound of stampede mixed together, gradually overpowering the sound of gongs and drums.

The valley seemed to be boiling.

What antlers, pits, and stone ramparts are all paper lakes in front of the panicked bullocks.

"Kill!" In the midst of the noise, Liu Heng's roar was particularly harsh.

Hu Fen's pass, relying on the Pingqiang Valley to be effective, without the Pingqiang Valley, there are only bare hills on both sides.

However, Yang Zheng has a large number of Qiang people who are good at mountain warfare.

There are also people who walk on the ground in the mountains.

The Qilian Mountains are far less steep than the Qinling Mountains, and the mountains around Pingqiangkou are relatively gentle.

Breaking through the Pingqiang Valley, he basically stepped on the Qilian Mountain with one foot.

"The general's order, Luo Hu led 3,000 foot soldiers to assist in tackling the key problems!" Meng Guan shouted loudly.

"Obey!" In the dark night before dawn, there was a sullen roar like a tiger.

With the sonorous sound of iron armor, three thousand armor soldiers stepped into the valley again.

There is no suspense about victory or defeat.

Yang Zheng retracted his gaze and no longer paid attention to the battle in the valley, "Did the scout find out Deng Ai's traces?" ”

There is only one most important opponent in Yang Zheng's heart.

Even Hu Fen was left behind.

Meng Guan shook his head, "Deng Aiwu Fort is very well guarded, it is difficult to infiltrate, and the scouts cannot be approached. ”

"Could it be that Deng Ai is still in Longxi?"

I don't know where Deng Ai is, Yang Zheng can't sleep well.

"Recently, Jiang Wei led 20,000 Shu troops with the intention of watching Longxi, and Yinping Liaohua marched to Qishan Fort, maybe Deng Ai was pinned down in Didao." Meng Guan Dao.

Some time ago, Yang Zheng sent a messenger to Shuzhong, and Jiang Wei promised to send troops, but asked Yang Zheng to support 100,000 stone of grain and 3,000 head of livestock......

Although it is appropriate to support allies, Jiang Wei is obviously slaughtering himself as a fat sheep when he opens his mouth so widely.

After a period of bargaining, it turned into 30,000 stone grain and 1,000 sheep.

Of course, Yang Zheng did not pin his hopes on the Shu army.

Iron also needs to be hard.

In these years, no one can rely on themselves, only on their own.

"No, maybe, I want conclusive information, scouts will continue to investigate, don't let go of any clues!" In the cool land, the only people Yang Zheng feared the most were Guo Huai and Deng Ai, but fortunately, Guo Huai had his own little abacus, and he couldn't pee into the same pot with Sima Shi.

"Yui!" Meng Guan arched his hand.

The sky was shining, and there was a cheer in the valley.

"It seems that Hu Fen doesn't want to fight our army here." Wei Qian smiled.

"Of course, our army has crossed the Qilian Mountains, the grain road is long, Guzang is an important town in the west of the Hexi, a strong city in the world, and there are grain and soldiers."

A hastily built mountain pass, there is little point in holding on.

Hu Fen not only has to guard against Yang Zheng, but also against Qiang Hu behind him, Guzang Cheng is naturally the best choice.

At that time, Ye Wudai did not shake the city in the slightest bit by 100,000 horses and horses.

After crossing the Qilian Mountains, the real test begins.

Sure enough, all the soldiers and horses in the cities along the way were evacuated.

Only a few empty cities remained.

An empty city is also an empty city, and Yang Zheng does not dislike it, as a grain for the rear.

Pingqiang Valley was captured, and there was no need to defend Dadou Bagu, and Hu Fen's other army also retreated.

Jiang Faye led 3,000 Qiang cavalry, and 3,000 soldiers arrived.

Long Qi Shao Tong also led 6,000 horses to converge.

Yang Zheng has nearly 40,000 troops.

Although the number of troops is not much, it is not as good as Ye Wudai back then, nor is it as good as Zhuge Ke of the 200,000-strong Northern Expedition.

But with the prosperity of the army and the high morale, Yang Zheng can be called the best in the past 20 years.

The black-red banner fluttered in the autumn wind, the blue-black armor stomach was like a tide, and the cavalry ran wildly between the empty sky and the earth.

With snow-capped mountains behind you, a blue sky overhead, and a grassland at your feet, the magnificent atmosphere arises spontaneously.

"The kings of the northwest are all gathered here!" Wei Qian, who was riding on a horse, looked at the towering Gu Zangcheng with emotion.

Gu Zang is the royal city of the Hun Hugh Tu King, after Han Huo went to the sick and took it, the name did not change, and it was transliterated directly.

Yang Zheng remembers that sixty or seventy years later, Guzang has become an important place for all parties to compete for, with the former Liang, Houliang, North Liang, South Liang, and West Liang following one another.

The western capital is also considered a big city, but compared with Guzang, the momentum is much worse.

But how long can a lonely city be defended?

"This city, I am bound to win!" Yang Zheng leaked domineeringly.

Even if it is an inch of grinding, it is necessary to take this important town in Hexi.

Whether Xiping can open up the situation and how far Yang Zheng can go is all in this city.

"I would like to take it for the general!" Behind him, a group of Xiping generals knelt on the ground.

"Good!" Yang Zheng's fighting spirit also gradually ignited.

However, at this moment, Meng Guan rode his horse, saw Yang Zheng, threw off the saddle and dismounted, his face was not very good-looking, so many people, and he didn't speak.

Yang Zheng chuckled in his heart, could it be that he was happy and sad again?

As soon as the fuck took off his pants, the atmosphere was stirred up, and here comes the thing.