On the last day of the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei camped with his soldiers in the wilderness of Youzhou, drank wine, ate barbecue, and ordered the captured Xianbei people to dance for their pleasure as a banquet to welcome the New Year.

The soldiers sang and danced, twisted their bodies around the campfire, danced demonic dances, tore their throats and sang completely out-of-tune songs, or fought each other hand-to-hand as if they were frolicking in the army.

Liu Bei organized a wrist-breaking contest as a fun program, and also took out the jade pendant he carried with him as a color head, saying that whoever can break his wrist and win everyone can get this jade pendant.

So the generals and soldiers in the army were excited, and one by one they started to fight against each other, Liu Bei did not participate for the sake of fairness, and the soldiers tried their own strength with their teeth and mouths.

In the final tiebreaker, Zhao Yun fought against Zhang He.

The faces of the two of them broke their wrists and broke red, their green tendons burst out, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down drop by drop, and they felt like they were going to explode.

In the end, Zhang He was defeated, and Zhao Yun had the last laugh and won the jade pendant that Liu Bei carried.

By this day, the Xianbei people, Zhuhu and Han robbers in the three counties of Guangyang County, Yuyang County and Youbeiping County had all been wiped out by them, and the large-scale armed forces of the three counties had almost disappeared.

On the same day, in Luoyang, after heavy discussions and many arguments among the ministers, an agreement was finally reached to change the name of next year's era to Jian'an.

It is said that this era name was highly recommended by Cai Yong, a doctor in Taizhong, and Cai Yong formed this idea after talking with Yin Cao Cao in Henan.

Let's just say that history is so interesting.

Liu Bei, who was far away in Youzhou, didn't learn the news for the first time, but he knew that he didn't want to take a holiday this New Year.

On the first day of the new year, Liu Bei led his army to gallop forward, met Lü Bu in Wuzhong County, and then continued to move forward, and the two troops of Zhang Fei and Pang De also continued to advance.

In this battle, they did not have a stable logistical support, so they all adopted the mode of fighting to feed the war, grabbing the prisoners and sending them back, and then using the grain they looted and the cattle, sheep and horses they carried with them as army rations, and marching in the way of a nomadic army.

For this reason, the advance of these three forces was quite fast.

They soon reached the border of Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County, where the three troops encountered a small number of Wuhuan cavalry at the same time, and Liu Bei also received the news from Pang De and realized that the Wuhuan people had begun to stretch their hands to this side.

The part of the Xianbei people going south has been defeated, but the Wuhuan people have not yet, and the Wuhuan people still have sufficient main forces, according to limited intelligence, Liu Bei deduced that the number of combat cavalry dispatched by the Wuhuan people must be about forty or fifty thousand, and the number of their troops will not be less than two hundred thousand.

This is also a challenge for the Han army, which currently has a total strength of 38,000 troops.

But so what?

One Han is the five Hu, the 38,000-strong Han army is equal to almost 200,000 in terms of combat effectiveness, 200,000 to 40,000 or 50,000, who is the advantage?

This is an issue that does not need to be discussed.

On the fifth day of the first month of the new year, Liu Bei led a large army to Lingzhi County in Liaoxi County, which was Gongsun Zhan's hometown.

Here, Liu Bei encountered a branch of the Wuhuan cavalry, which was led by the Wuhuan lord Qiu Liju Congzi Badun, and after discovering that Liu Bei's troops were close to Lingzhi County, he took the initiative to challenge.

Liu Bei did not hesitate to invest in the main force to fight with it, the result is undoubted, Badun was defeated by Liu Bei, and he was beheaded by Liu Bei's young general Zhang He, so that the county was recovered by Liu Bei, and more than 40,000 people were rescued from the captured people.

After defeating Bunton, Liu Bei found that the combat effectiveness of the Wuhuan people was just that, not better than the Xianbei people, and even weaker than the Xianbei people.

No matter how you play the classic cavalry and archery tactics, in front of the advanced equipment of the Han army under Liu Bei, it is just a tofu hitting a stone.

After Lingzhi County was recovered, Liu Bei continued to cross two big rivers to the east, and the soldiers pointed directly at Feiru County, and it was in Feiru County that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei and Pang De joined forces.

Then in Feiru County, Liu Bei temporarily reorganized the army, let the army rest, and at the same time count the results and losses.

According to a series of reports and statistics, since the launch of the war to recover the lost land in Youzhou, Liu Bei and his subordinates have killed and captured more than 180,000 Xianbei cavalry and herdsmen, more than 800,000 grassland livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses, and rescued more than 200,000 captured people.

And after a series of wars and non-combat attrition of the 38,000 people when Liu Bei sent his troops, there were still more than 33,000 people left.

In a few days, more than 5,000 people were left because of battle deaths, accidental deaths, and wounds, and naturally, most of them were wounded, and there was a high probability that they would be rescued, and the majority of those who died in battle did not account for the majority.

Liu Bei was very pleased with this.

In general, because of the successive victories, the Han army under Liu Bei had a strong will to fight and a strong willingness to continue fighting, so everyone was willing to follow Liu Bei to continue to attack to the west and establish more achievements.

Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, who are eager for credit and eager to go crazy, compete to be pioneers, and the two don't seem to have any festivals, but they just don't like each other, and I don't know what the reason is, Zhang Fei wants to fight, Lu Bu must not let go, and Lu Bu wants to fight, Zhang Fei is not willing to let go.

In the end, Liu Bei arranged a double vanguard lineup, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu together, each with 5,000 cavalry, the soldiers set off in two ways, each seeking the enemy, Liu Bei took the main force to march behind, and everyone marched with batches of live cattle, sheep and horses and cooked beef and mutton.

Because it is a cold season, the food is also very well preserved, even if it is meat, it can be preserved for several days, when there is a situation, eat the frozen meat that has been cooked, and when there is no situation, kill the cow and slaughter the sheep and eat fresh.

Anyway, during the war, the cattle and sheep were enough, Liu Bei specially approved, everyone's rations were all meat, eat with an open stomach, don't be afraid if you don't eat, go to the grassland to rob his mother!

On the eleventh day of the first month, on the way to Liucheng with the vanguard led by Lü Bu, he encountered a small detachment of Wuhuan cavalry.

He showed his might, led the troops to eliminate this small team, captured the tongue, and forcibly asked them where the main force was, and then got the news that a main force of the Wuhuan people under the leadership of Nanlou was staying in Zhiyangle County, Liaoxi County, where there were not only the main force of the tribe where Nanlou was located, but also many Han people who were captured as slaves.

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard this, and realized that this was a huge battle achievement.

Although he also forced out that the total number of troops in the Yanlou Department was 60,000 or 70,000, and there were more than 13,000 soldiers capable of fighting, and he only had 5,000 men in his hands, he was not worried about this, but thought that this was a great opportunity to show his ability.

He summoned Zhang Liao, Li Su, Zhang Yang and other generals to explain the situation to them.

"There are more than 10,000 soldiers such as Wuhuan barbarians and other soldiers who can fight, and our army is only 5,000, and there are no people and horses, if you force a war with you, you may not be able to win, but I want to take military merits, and you are willing to go with me to get military merits and wealth?"

Li Su and Zhang Yang, who had fought too many victories with Liu Bei before, didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed to Lu Bu's suggestion, only Zhang Liao had a trace of worry, feeling that it was difficult to have many soldiers, and they were tired of the cavalry, so they might not be able to win, and the danger was great.

Lu Bu scoffed at this.

"Wealth is in danger, not adventure, how to get rich? If Wen Yuan doesn't want to get rich, he can supervise the rear army. ”

In the face of Lu Bu's contempt, Zhang Liao was helpless, but he could only keep up with his team.

On the fourteenth day of the first month, Lu Bu led his troops to brave the cold wind and galloped forward for three days, and finally arrived near Liucheng, a charge defeated the few Wuhuan people who rested in Liucheng, and increased his confidence, so he only let the troops rest for one day, and on the fifteenth day of the first month, he ordered to send troops again.

According to the direction of the captured Wuhuan people, Lu Bu led his troops to attack overnight, galloped forward, and led the Bingzhou cavalry to arrive near Yangxia County at noon on the 16th day of the first month.

"This is the military merit that God has given me! Brethren! Come with me and get rich! ”

With an order, Lu Bu shook his spirits and launched a surprise attack with the Bingzhou Commando, which caught the Wuhuan people in the Nanlou Department off guard.

(End of chapter)