Zhao Xinxing Wang is only the emperor located in Xiangguo, and the Yuan is forever guarded. With Wang Kun of Ruyin as the prime minister, those who support troops in the prefectures and counties of Liuyi should be followed. Only Yao Yizhong is the right prime minister, pro-Zhao Wang, and he is treated with special gifts. Only Yi Zhongzixiang is the hussar general, Yuzhou Thorn History, and Xinchang Gong. He also took Fu Jian as the governor of Henan Zhujun, the general of Zhennan, the three divisions of Kaifu Yitong, Yanzhou Mu, and Luoyang County. In the summer and April, Lord Zhao only sent 100,000 soldiers to attack Wei with Wang Kun of Ruyin.

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Watching the imposing Qinzhou Army get closer and closer, Shen Meng's heart suddenly shook, and a layer of fine sweat suddenly appeared on his nose and face, making the face that was not thin look a little shiny. But Wang Zhen rolled his eyes to the side, not knowing what to calculate.

"Hurry up and get ready to meet the enemy!" Shen Meng's voice became a little hoarse and sharp, which seemed very peculiar, and the herald next to him was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned around and ran, shouting hysterically as he ran: "Line up to fight!" ”

As soon as the Liangzhou army marched out of the camp, the Qinzhou army had already walked less than two thousand feet in front. Compared with the murderous Qinzhou army, the Liangzhou army seemed a little flustered, but the formation did not become scattered. Shen Meng rode a horse and stood behind, looking at his subordinates uncertainly for a while, and then at the Qinzhou army in the distance. And Wang Zhen followed behind on horseback, and the look on his face was also cloudy.

Still walking to a thousand places, the Qinzhou army stopped, and then heard a loud shout: "Shoot!" An iron feather arrow came with a buzzing sound, and suddenly shot into the dirt in the middle of the Liangzhou sergeant under the gaze of everyone, and less than half of the arrow body was shot away, and the thin arrow tail iron feather was still buzzing there, this kind of strong domineering scared the surrounding Liangzhou sergeant a lot.

Before the Liangzhou sergeant could come back to his senses, a buzzing sound had already flown over, and thousands of iron arrows suddenly fired, instantly shooting down hundreds of Liangzhou sergeants. The Liangzhou sergeants, who were a little panicked, should feel fortunate that they only encountered the expanded Qinzhou Army, not the expanded Yongzhou Army. Because the Weiyang Arsenal has been relocated to the Xianyang Arsenal in the past few months, the production capacity has not been fully raised, and Zeng Hua's army is growing exponentially, so in addition to ensuring the production of basic weapons such as waist knives, simple knives, horizontal knives, spears, shields, etc., medium and long-range weapons such as longbows, divine arm crossbows, and bed crossbows are not guaranteed, especially the complex production process of the divine arm crossbow, bed crossbow, etc. Under the policy of taking care of the east first and then the west, the nearly 20,000 sergeants of the Qinzhou army only had less than 3,000 divine arm crossbows, and the rest were "perfunctory" with longbows, so the density of arrow rain of the divine arm crossbows was greatly reduced.

In the buzzing of the iron feather arrows, in the panic of the Liangzhou army, the Qinzhou army was still slowly advancing, and it didn't take long to reach a place of less than six hundred feet. At this time, there were eye-catching officers in the Liangzhou army who beckoned their men to shoot back with bows and arrows. After a while, a sparse array of arrows finally flew out of the Liangzhou army's military formation. At the same time, tens of thousands of longbowmen in the Qinzhou army had lined up and began to fire diagonally volleys. In a burst of whirring, dense wooden arrows fell on the heads of the Liangzhou sergeants, which suddenly made the casualties of the Liangzhou army begin to increase.

After firing at each other for a while, Shen Meng found that his subordinates could not take advantage of the dense arrow rain of the Qinzhou army, so he simply gritted his teeth and ordered the whole line to attack. As soon as the order was given, the Liangzhou army, which was about to be overwhelmed by the arrows of the Qinzhou army, rushed forward one after another, preparing to have a bloody battle with the Qinzhou army. However, the tidal wave of the Liangzhou army's offensive slowed down in front of the turtle shield formation at the front of the Qinzhou army. The sturdy turtle shield and sharp spear made the Liangzhou sergeants have to stop moving forward, while the Liangzhou sergeants behind are still rushing forward vigorously, which soon made the Liangzhou forward sergeants who were there feel the pressure, and also made the Qinzhou army with shields feel great pressure.

At this time, the Qinzhou saber player rushed out and pounced on the Liangzhou sergeant who was huddled into a pile, three or four people as a group, holding a small round shield in his left hand and a Pu knife in his right hand, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, quite methodical, and immediately killed the front line full of the corpses of Liangzhou sergeants. The longbow and strong crossbowman who dropped the bow and crossbow behind him also rushed up with the Yanling waist knife, followed by a burst of slashing. The shield held a turtle shield standing on the ground in one hand, a spear in the other, or a goose feather waist knife, followed behind, and slowly followed the battle of the comrades in front of him step by step, as a solid support for them.

In front of Shangqu Pass, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing, as well as intermittent screams and wails. In the midst of this earth-shattering commotion, the midnight and morning drizzle finally stopped. As the drizzle stopped, a black smoke slowly rose on the north bank of the river, rising straight into the clouds.

Seeing this scene, not only Shen Meng panicked, but all the Liangzhou sergeants who saw the smoke behind him were panicking. At this time, a voice came from afar from the pontoon. "Jincheng Pass is lost!"

Jincheng Pass is a small castle on the north bank of Jincheng Ferry, which was set up in the former Han Dynasty to guard Jincheng Ferry from the invasion from the west. Although Shen Meng was rampant, he also knew that he had to keep the way back, so he deliberately left 2,000 men and horses to guard Jincheng Pass when the army went south, firstly to protect the north bank of Jincheng Ferry, and secondly, to guard the large amount of grain and grass hoarded there. However, he was afraid that the begging and bald rangers would come to him from behind, drag him back, or block his retreat.

At dawn, taking advantage of the drizzle in the sky, Zeng Hua ordered the two Flying Feather Troops to attack Jincheng Pass from two directions. The siege of the Flying Feather Cavalry was its usual swiftness and suddenness. More than a dozen sergeants pushed the long wooden pole behind, and also pushed the warrior holding the long wooden pole in front to run violently, and then relying on the force of the long wooden pole diagonally upward, the warrior ran on the city wall under the impetus of the wooden pole, and finally jumped to the low Jincheng Pass. Hundreds of warriors of the Flying Feather Army used their strength to kill the Liangzhou sergeants who were caught off guard on the city tower, and quickly captured two of them. When the gate creaked open, the long-awaited Feiyu cavalry rode their horses and roared in, and Jincheng Pass fell into the hands of the Jin army in less than an hour, and was almost completely annihilated, and a large amount of grain and grass was captured.

Seeing that the sky finally stopped raining, Zeng Hua ordered to find some not too wet firewood and light it together, and used thick black smoke to tell the two armies in Henan that the Jincheng Pass had changed hands.

Hearing this news, Shen Meng felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he was immediately petrified there. And Wang Zhen next to him broke out in a cold sweat, and his eyes turned faster.

The first to stir up chaos was the rear army. They were the first to get the news of the loss of Jincheng Pass, and ran back without saying a word. If the enemy who occupies Jincheng Pass burns down the pontoon bridge, if you want to go back, you really have to fly. As soon as the rear army moved, it immediately caused a chain reaction, and the Liangzhou sergeants turned around and ran back, lest they would not be able to escape back to Hebei if they were one step slower.

The three thousand Xianbei cavalry, who had been staying on the flanks as a reserve, gave full play to the advantages of their cavalry, instigated their mounts to rampage in the Liangzhou infantry army, desperately breaking out a way to return to the north, and hundreds of Liangzhou infantry troops were trampled down on this life road, and the Xianbei cavalry stepped straight over them, and suddenly stepped all the way to the flesh and blood. When the Xianbei cavalry rushed onto the pontoon bridge, their tall mounts had a huge advantage on the crowded bridge deck, squeezing the Liangzhou infantry troops on both sides down the river. The Liangzhou infantry army was furious, turned around and fought with the Xianbei cavalry, so the entire pontoon bridge and the south bank were in a mess, and all the people were trying to find a way to survive in the madness of despair.

Seeing that the army was in chaos, Shen Meng, who was in chaos, was even more at a loss, at this time Wang raised a shout, beckoned dozens of clansmen who had already quietly surrounded him, killed the guards, tied up Shen Meng and several of his lieutenant generals with a rope, and then hugged these captives with a proud face to "surrender".

However, the Liangzhou sergeant, who was lucky enough to rush across the pontoon bridge, sadly found that thousands of cavalry were standing there in formation, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.

In the battle, the Liangzhou army was beheaded more than 5,000 people, and more than 10,000 people surrendered. Wang promoted Shen Meng to surrender, but was beheaded by Mao Muzhi and dozens of his people. In the end, Zeng Hua ordered the heads of Shen Meng, Wang Zheng, and the two lieutenants to be passed to Guzang (now Wuwei, Gansu), and Liangzhou was shocked.

But Liangzhou will be shocked more than that. After Zeng Hua handed over the captives and Jincheng Pass to Mao Muzhi to deal with, he personally led 15,000 Feiyu troops with 30,000 mounts to the north, first captured Guangwu County, the bald Xianbei leader Wu Hu led more than 60,000 troops to surrender, and then swept away the area east of the reverse water (now Zhuanglang River) and west of the river, and the begging Xianbei leader Si Fan led more than 50,000 troops to surrender, and the rest of the Yunyi Xianbei, Hexi Qiang, and Di tribes nearly 100,000 surrendered.

Zeng Hua was stationed in Guangwu City, first collected all the bald, begging Xianbei chiefs such as Wuhu and Si Fan, and sent them to Chang'an to "Rongyang", and then nearly 150,000 Xianbei moved east in batches and moved to Hedong. Zeng Hua discussed with Mao Muzhi, abolished Nan'an County, divided most of the jurisdiction to Longxi County in the west and Luoyang and Tianshui Counties in the east, and established Jincheng County as a new county, including the area near the river in the north of Nan'an County and the Jincheng area and the Jingyuan area north of Jincheng and east of the river, bordering Anding County in the east, and south of the river (south of present-day Zhongwei County, Ningxia) in the north. However, all the ministries and ministries of Xianbei were disrupted, and there were no counties for the time being, but only moved here according to the records and 100 households, and then re-divided into counties according to the localities when they stabilized.

Zeng Hua was mainly based on Wei Xingguo, and the fox slave raised was the deputy, and led the two compartment infantry troops and the Feiyu cavalry transferred from the back of the first compartment to be stationed in the newly built Jingyuan City, to complete the new establishment, and to settle the Xianbei people who moved eastward, and at the same time as the resettlement, Wei Xingguo and the fox slave began to form a new cavalry unit. The entire resettlement work continued until June, and not only were 150,000 Hexi Xianbei relocated in Xinjincheng County, but Wei Xingguo and Hu Nuyang also formed a new four-compartment cavalry.

After Zeng Hua moved 150,000 Xianbei east to Jincheng County, he did not let go of more than 60,000 Qiang and Di people. He collected all the tribal leaders of the Qiang people to Chang'an, and then moved these Qiang to Luoyang and Tianshui counties in the east of the river. In this way, in May, the vast Guangwu County of Liangzhou suddenly became desolate.

Zeng Hua led his army to garrison Guangwu, but Zhang Chonghua of Guzang never had no soldiers to counterattack the attack. It's not that Zhang Chonghua wants to let Zeng Hua go, when Zhang Chonghua saw the heads of Shen Meng, Wang Zhen and others, he almost fainted. Just as he gathered his troops and horses and prepared to wash away this humiliation, the entire southwest front of Liangzhou was full of flames.

When Zeng Hua led the army to the west, he also sent an order to Xian Lingbo, who was guarding Qinghai, in the name of General Duhu, to lead the cavalry of the two captains of Hetao and Qinghai to launch an attack on Huanghe County, Jinxing County, and Xiping County in Liangzhou under the leadership of the cavalry captain, Du Wei and Deputy Captain Sima.

After receiving the order, Xian Lingbo immediately gathered the cavalry and divided it into more than a dozen to attack Xiping County and Jinxing County. Conquer the counties, kill the guards and seize the warehouses, and then divide half of the grain money to the local people, and finally roar away. By the end of April, there were even more than a dozen Xiqiang cavalry over the Qilian Mountains and captured Qilian County, Zhangye County, and Jiankang County.

After receiving an urgent report like snowflakes, knowing that nearly half of the counties had been looted, and the surname Zhang was no longer surnamed Zhang in the south of Qilian Mountain and Huangshui, Zhang Chonghua was so angry that he spat out several mouthfuls of blood and fainted to the ground.

When he finally woke up faintly after three days of fainting, Zeng Hua came to join in the excitement at this time. He led his troops to capture Cangsong, which was only fifty miles away from Guzang, and then disappeared again. So Zhang Chonghua lay in bed for two more days.

In May, Liangzhou was finally a little more stable, and Zhang Chonghua, who was frail and sick but didn't know how to "take care of his body", finally recovered a little, but he still didn't have the ability to get close to the many harems that had been lonely for many days, so he could only take a walk in the back garden.

But at this time, Zhang Chonghua suddenly inadvertently discovered a secret, that is, his half-brother Zhang Zuo, who he had always respected, actually committed adultery with his mother Ma. When he walked outside the Ma Hall and discovered the secret, he fainted there, and suddenly woke up Zhang Zuo, who was happy inside.

Zhang Zuo is also a decisive person, first asked someone to help Zhang Chonghua back to the palace, and then sent his cronies to block the palace gate and prevent any entry and exit, and at the same time called his ally Shi Zhaochang, the right chief, to discuss major matters together. But before the two of them could make the next move, Zhang Chonghua was already dying.

The right long Shi Zhao Changxian called the testament, worshiped Zhang Zuo as the envoy, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, the general of the army, and the auxiliary government, and then established the heir of the son Lingyao.

The first major thing Zhang Zuo did when he took power was to send an envoy to Zeng Hua stationed in Hongchiling to ask for peace, he knew that if he continued to fight hard, it would definitely be Liangzhou who would suffer, and he needed time.

Hearing the report of the Liangzhou envoy's visit, Zeng Hua breathed a sigh of relief to Zheng Pu and said, "His grandmother's has finally waited for him." Liangzhou stretches thousands of miles, with a population of tens of millions, and the Zhang family has been operating here for decades. I, Guanlong, are in danger now, and it's not the time to make a big move, so take advantage of it and stop it quickly. ”

Zheng Pu replied with a smile: "I'm afraid my lord has been waiting for the envoy of Liangzhou." If he doesn't come, it is estimated that the adults will take the people and horses to Guzang City for a turn. ”

"Haha, how can I put forward conditions if this Zhang family doesn't speak first? It's just that I didn't expect this Zhang Chonghua to be so casual and so weak. Zeng Hua smiled "shamelessly".

The envoy of Liangzhou was Zuo Changshi Ma Qirong, Zeng Hua didn't say a word, threw him a notebook and said: "This is my peace condition." ”

Ma Qirong opened it and took a look, but he didn't faint in fright, only to see that it was written: Zhang's went to the pseudonym of King Liang and re-declared himself a minister to the Jin family; cut Guangwu County to Qinzhou; The south of Qilian Mountain and the south of Huangshui are under the jurisdiction of the Zeng Hua Metropolitan Protector General's Mansion; compensate Guan Long's military expenses for 200,000 horses of cloth and 500,000 stones of grain; Zhang Zuo and Xie Ai, the masterminds of the war, must be handed over to Guan Long for disposal, and so on.

"My lord, this... This! Ma Qirong was almost speechless, and after working hard for a long time, he finally calmed down and bargained with Zeng Hua. But Zeng Hua insisted on these requirements, and in the end, after several arguments, Zeng Hua retreated the conditions to: remove the false name and reclaim the title to the Jin family; Cut Jinchengguan and south of Qilian Mountain, south of Huangshui under the jurisdiction of Zeng Hua; 100,000 horses of cloth, 200,000 stones of grain, and 3 million in money; The masterminds Zhang Zuo and Xie Ai must hand one over.

Ma Qirong still wanted to fight, but was driven out by Zeng Hua, who was "angry and ashamed", and threatened that if he did not reply within ten days, the army would go north, and Yu Qiang would ride under the city of Guzang.

"My lord, your hand is really wonderful, with Jincheng in hand, it is very convenient for us to come to Liangzhou whenever we want to, and the small role of Shen Meng, who is good at starting a war, cannot be assumed, it must be borne by Zhang Zuo and Xie Ai, who presided over the Liangzhou military before and after, in this case, Xie Ai may not be able to escape the palm of the adult." Zheng Pu praised.

"It's called overbidding, bargaining. I tied Zhang Zuo and Xie Ai together, and saw that Zhang Zuo was reluctant to give up himself. But you also have to be more active with the detectives of the Detective Cavalry, and so on. ”

Ma Qirong returned to Guzang in return, Zhang Zuo felt that he could reluctantly agree to other conditions, but he was very hesitant to hand over himself or Xie Ai. I definitely can't hand it over, but Xie Ai can't hand it over either. Although he hated Xie Ai, he still convinced that Xie Ai was a talent, and wouldn't handing it over to the hostile Yongzhou Thorn Shi Zenghua add wings to the tiger?

Just in the midst of hesitation, his ally Zhao Chang ran to persuade him: "My lord, this Xie Ai staying in Liangzhou will definitely be an obstacle for the adults to seek great things, if they are removed, their prestige is very high, and I am afraid that the adults will accumulate public resentment because of this." It's better to hand it over to Yongzhou, you can get rid of the thorn in your eye, and you can keep Liangzhou safe, why not? ”

When Zhang Zuo heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he didn't hesitate anymore. But he didn't expect that Zhao Chang was heavily benefited by the spies of the Detective Cavalry Department to say this.

That being the case, the peace talks were quickly settled. Zeng Hua first ordered the Xiqiang troops to return to the south of Qilian Mountain and Huangshuinan, and then returned to Guanlong, Henan as soon as the compensation for military expenses and Xie Ai arrived.

At the beginning of June, Xie Ai was finally relieved along with the military expenses, and in addition to Xie Ai's family, there were hundreds of family scholars who were angry that Zhang Zuo had used Xie Ai as a scapegoat and voluntarily followed him to accept the guilt together, a total of nearly 2,000 people.

Zeng Hua saw such a look, and did not say much, only asked his subordinates to watch Xie Ai and others, and then returned to the south through the Jincheng pontoon bridge on June 11, and met with Mao Muzhi who was guarding there.

On June 15, Zeng Hua and Mao Mu, who continued to deal with Jincheng's affairs, hugged Xie Ai and others and went straight to Chang'an.