After the Xianbei army left, Cheriji and Lu Yan also reorganized their troops and horses, and then supported, originally waiting until the spring was warm to send troops, but the arrival of Ma Chao made everyone feel in crisis, and they had to prepare early.

Before the army was launched, the front sentry horse had already come to report, and the Tuyuhun Department was caught in Ma Chao's ambush plan, and the whole army was annihilated, and the Han army drove straight into it and occupied Yunwu.

Lu Yan was shocked: "Ma Chao can use tricks? ”

Cheriji didn't care, got rid of the Xianbei army and went to a strong enemy, but he was secretly happy in his heart, and sneered: "Xi Shu is reckless and unplanned, and he has the good of Longyang, when he sees Jin Ma Chao, he must not be able to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, what is the reason for him to calculate?" ”

"Ma Chao is not scary, I'm afraid that Ma Chao has a plan!" Lu Yan touched his stubble and said worriedly: "I don't know where the national teacher has gone recently, how should this be?" ”

After infiltrating Xiliang, he first said that Jiang Shi rebelled, and then united with Lu Yan and Cheriji, and echoed with Yan Jun and other Liangzhou heroes in the north and south, and served Han Ying as the king of Xiliang, and Sima Sui was incognito, only discussing matters as a national teacher.

"There is no need to ask the national teacher!" Cheriji smiled proudly: "This king has Marshal Yueji, and Wu has Prime Minister Yadan, and he can't deal with the little Ma Chao?" ”

Lu Yan said again: "Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry, all of them are elite soldiers, and the good horses they ride are strong and vigorous, and I am afraid they are not easy to deal with." ”

Cheriji waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, although the Xiliang cavalry is powerful, but this king's iron chariot soldiers are their nightmare, don't say it's Ma Chao, even Lu Bu back then can only look at the wind and run away, it's time for General Shenweitian to be replaced." ”

Lu Yan was overjoyed and said: "King Qiang is willing to dispatch iron chariot soldiers, and there is a text and a martial arts, Ma Chao is not worried!" ”

It turned out that this Cheriji was able to rise in Huangzhong and recover the Qiang tribes, and it was by relying on this iron chariot army, which was wrapped in iron sheets, which could not only load food, weapons, but also fight, and the cavalry of the Qiang people to unify all departments.

In addition, Marshal Yueji's elite soldiers, are accustomed to bows, crossbows, guns, knives, flying hammers, etc., all kinds of various iron weapons, this is also the most deadly for the Qiang people, without war horses, with leather armor and wooden-handled weapons how can he compete?

At that moment, Marshal Yueji raised 10,000 Qiang soldiers as the vanguard, and Lu Yan personally led the troops to respond, and Cheriji led 100,000 Qiang soldiers with Prime Minister Yadan, and came to kill Ben Yunwu.

Yunwu was originally the county ruler of Jincheng, due to the weakening of the imperial court, Xiliang was turbulent several times, first occupied by Beigong Boyu, and then after the struggle of Han Sui and Qiang people, the county was abandoned.

Yunwu is located at the southern foot of the Wusheling Mountains, there is a big river flowing out from Qilian in the north, flowing into the Huangshui, because the water flows out of the gorge mountain, the mountains on both sides are deep like a door, the river water comes out urgently, called Haomen water.

At the confluence of the two rivers, the canyon is gentle, the water and grass are abundant, this is the place where the Qiang people breed, because the leader of the Beihe Qiang has a good will to dedicate the land to the ministers, dedication

Fresh water sea, Yungu salt pond, flat land and beautiful grass to the Han Dynasty, and the emperor built the dragon Qicheng, and ordered the western governor of Jincheng to tuntian here.

Ma Chao led the troops to Yunwu, thinking that he followed his father to Huangzhong to gather with the Qiang people, here is a strange traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other, cattle and sheep are everywhere at the foot of the mountain, and now the city is abandoned, the fields are barren, as far as the eye can see, the river is silted, the dry grass is desolate, and there is a depressed scene.

Yang Fu transferred Yin Feng, Zhao Ang and other officials, and in accordance with Zhuge Liang's order, first dredged the channel, built a city wall along the Haomen River, and dredged the channel to deploy Tuntian.

Ma Chao led the army to repair the old city, issued a list to recruit the people who fled into the mountains, and the spring was about to begin, and those who were willing to migrate into the city were not only given land, but also distributed grain seeds, provided ploughing cattle to help cultivate the land, and were exempted from taxes for five years.

Half a month passed, and no one came to register, but the soldiers were so busy that they put down their swords and picked up their hoes, which was really unaccustomed to it, especially those Diren soldiers, who were even more complaining.

Yang Qian was a little remorseful, and complained: "If I knew this, I should have left those Xianbei people and let them repair the city and farm the land, how good it would be for us to only be overseers." ”

"That's true!" Ma Chao patted his thigh and stood up, and sighed: "King Han is really far-sighted, and it has a deep meaning not to kill prisoners, these people are not better than cattle and horses?" ”

A few people then discussed, and then against the enemy, if they win the battle, they should capture more prisoners, lock them up for labor, and if they are killed, they have to bury the corpses, how tired and panicked?

Not a day Zhuge Liang led the troops to Yunwu, everyone went out to greet him, seeing Kong Ming's elegant bearing, fluttering and calm, all of them were broken, these officials had seen Pang Tong before, thinking that Wolong was also an ugly and wild man, and now he knew that Wolong had an outstanding demeanor.

However, he was disappointed with the generals accompanying Zhuge Liang, the old beard was white, and the small milk smell was not dry, although the war in the Central Plains was urgent, this was too much to take Xiliang Haojie seriously, right?

After the ceremony, Yang Fu told the rebels about the situation and said: "Today, the Koji show recruits troops and horses, and Cheriji recruits Qiang people, all of whom are ambitious, and Sima Yi has gone to Xiliang again. ”

Ma Chao also asked: "Sima Yi instigated the Xiliang Rebellion because of the enmity between the two of us. A certain received the kindness of the king of the Han Dynasty, and he came back to life twice, but did not repay an inch of merit. I am willing to be the vanguard, ask the Qiang people to return to obedience, and behead Sima Yi to repay the lord. ”

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Since Meng Qi punished Han Sui, Xiliang has been flattened. If he sent troops to attack him, they all thought that the court did not distinguish between right and wrong, but forced him to take risks! Now that Yunwu has received it, he can go out of the list to settle the people, contact Qianghu who is willing to follow the court, and reward the recruitment as a backup. Then with the arrival of a large army, the external resistance to its momentum, the internal separation of its friends, the thief is like a rootless Ping, a battle can be determined! ”

Yang Fu said worriedly: "If this plan is only for Qiang Hu, it will be successful, but I am afraid that Sima Yi will be scheming and calculating, and it will be a big disaster for a long time." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Sima Yi is in Hexi today, and his whereabouts are mysterious and difficult to get rid of suddenly. Now I and Meng Qi are stationed here, and they are eager to take revenge, and they will definitely provoke rebels from all walks of life to come to the decisive battle. Huangzhong Mountain is far away, if the group of thieves escape from the mountain, it is difficult to calm down, we wait for work, when the thieves are exhausted, in one fell swoop, it can be done once and for all. ”

Yang Fu nodded and said: "It's better to dig a pit and wait for the tiger to go hunting in the mountains!" ”

"Strategist Takami!" Everyone was impressed, and since then, the impetuous spirit in the army has been lost, and they have been fighting hard and recuperating.

In a day, the Qiang army killed Yunwu, and the Han army had already deployed on the bank of the river, at this time the river had thawed, and the cavalry could not cross the river, so they had to build boats, and the two armies faced each other across the river.

Zhuge Liang still ignored it, at this time Ma Le had rushed to the army, ordered him to take the post deep into the Huangzhong, widely issued a message to tell Zhuqiang, for the coercion of Cheriji, the court did not pursue the rebellion, if the thief can be quelled and the rebellion is rewarded, for a time the Qiang people are in turmoil, each is suspicious, and they are unwilling to take the lead.

Half a month later, the Qiang army arrived, and Cheriji was furious, summoned all the leaders to give lectures, and ordered the construction of a pontoon bridge, and to crush the golden city with iron carts.

Zhuge Liang ordered the troops to stay put, and ordered Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, Yang Yue, and Yin Feng to take turns to deploy defenses and personally inspect the riverbank every day.

Although they were at the border, they were not idle for a moment, arranging troops in the barracks in the morning, pointing out the tuntian outside the city in the afternoon, and reading official documents with lamps in the evening.