The raid was very unfavorable for the Yizhou army.

They never imagined that the imperial court would come to Yixian County to raid them at such a fast speed.

The words "soldiers are noble and fast" are used on the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, which can be said to be in line with its meaning.

Liu Jian commanded Ruoding in the rear, and he asked Xiahou Lan and Hua Xiong to lead the captains and other Sima respectively to defeat Zhang Wei's army as quickly as possible.

For a time, the soldiers and horses of the Heavenly Master Sect were bleeding like a river, and they fled in embarrassment.

When Hua Xiong and Xiahou Lan were commanding the soldiers and horses to attack Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei led his troops to the front and wanted to resist the soldiers of the imperial court.

Hua Xiong saw Zhang Wei from afar, and without saying a word, he directly commanded the cavalry archers under his command to shoot arrows at Zhang Wei for a while!

The arrows of the archers are not dense, but they are very close and shoot in a wandering manner, and their trajectory is difficult to figure out!

Those arrows flew towards Zhang Wei's location, Zhang Wei was caught off guard, was shot into a red sieve, and fell to the ground and died!

Zhang Wei died, and the other sect soldiers of the Heavenly Master Sect were scurrying around like a swarm of dragonless flies, and without a unified command, they could only fight blindly.

They were no match for the imperial soldiers and horses at all, and were quickly dispersed by the imperial soldiers.

At this time, the soldiers and horses led by Yan Yan had also arrived.

He is a general in Shuzhong, and in terms of experience, he is not a grade compared to Zhang Wei.

Seeing that the army of the Heavenly Master Sect was defeated, he hurriedly commanded the soldiers to rush forward and assist the Heavenly Master Sect in the confrontation with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

It's just that although Yan Yan has rich combat experience, his combat experience is limited to Sichuan and Shu.

However, on this kind of plain battlefield, he faced Xiahoulan and Hua Xiong, who had rich field experience, both of whom were fierce generals who had experienced a hundred battles and had been in the north and northwest all year round.

These two people are added together, and it is completely easy and pleasant to beat Yan Yan.

Hua Xiong's cavalry was extremely powerful, coupled with the strategy of Xiahou Lan's Bai Yu army beside him, the tactics of the troops were skillful, and Yan Yan's army was quickly beaten without the power to fight back.

And Hua Xiong himself is even more unstoppable, brandishing a big knife and rushing into the battle formation of the Shu army, his war knife in the enemy formation back and forth, countless soldiers have died under his hands, it can be described as a rare fierce general!

And along the way, there were two generals from Shuzhong who came to stop Huaxiong, one was Ling Bao and the other was Deng Xian.

The problem is that the general in the middle of the river is not enough to see in front of this Xiliang brave general, and the two sides have only fought for a few battles, so he saw Hua Xiong shouting, relying on the cover of the cavalry gate next to him, and suddenly killed Ling Bao under the horse.

Subsequently, Jiang Qi, the general of Hebei, and the lieutenants Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang rushed one after another.

The three of them attacked Deng Xian together, and Deng Xian couldn't parry it at all.

Soon, Deng Xian's group was dispersed, and he himself could only retreat in defeat, but these three people did not give him a chance, and a team of cavalry under the captain Lu Kuang rode to Deng Xian's side, and five spears pierced out at the same time, directly piercing Deng Xian into this act and throwing him off the horse.

For a while, the Shu army broke two generals in a row, and it was impossible to continue the confrontation with the imperial army.

Yan Yan, the famous general of Sichuan and Shu, saw that things had come to such a point, and knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, so he could only lead the soldiers to retreat in a hurry.

Xiahoulan quickly reported the battle on the front line to Liu Jian in the rear, Liu Jian was not in a hurry, he just calmly asked Huaxiong and Xiahoulan to temporarily station the soldiers and horses in Yixian, and always supervised whether the enemy's soldiers and horses would kill back the horses.

And he himself returned to Chang'an with great fanfare, and at the same time sent the news that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court had defeated 30,000 Shu troops in a burst to various places, and trumpeted this good news.

As soon as the 30,000 Yizhou army left Qinchuan, they were retracted back to Hanzhong by the army of the imperial court, and they could no longer play any role and threaten the imperial court at all.

This victory came so quickly, and the results were so great, that almost all the Han soldiers in the states were inspired, and the morale of the imperial court was unprecedentedly high.

The closest battlefield to Guanzhong was Longxi County, where Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Zhang He, Xu Rong and others fought against the Liangzhou rebels in the northwest.

Zhang Fei and Liu Biao had a clear division of labor this time, Zhang Fei fought against Ma Teng and Han Sui in Longxi County, and Liu Biao coordinated grain and grass for him in the rear and provided ordnance.

The cooperation between the Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps and the Ministry of Thorn History, that is, from this time, gradually formed a tacit understanding.

The battle of the Liangzhou Thorn History Department was very fierce this time, and as soon as Ma Teng and Han Sui gained a firm foothold in Longxi County, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu launched attacks on them from both sides.

Zhang Fei is a person who fights with hard, he is not afraid of the soldiers of the Liangzhou army in the field all the year round, especially in the cavalry, although the Liangzhou army is very powerful, but Zhang Fei is confident that his elite knights in Hebei are by no means inferior to the Liangzhou army.

After several major battles, the imperial army's army fully demonstrated their combat effectiveness.

In terms of generals, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Zhang He, and Xu Rong were all top generals of the Han Dynasty, whether it was martial arts or the ability to command the army, or the arrangement of troops, or even the means of scheming, they were far superior to the rebels in Liangzhou.

Of course, this is not to say that none of the rebels in Liangzhou are their opponents.

For example, Ma Teng and Han Sui's ability to use soldiers is very powerful, but the skills of people like Hou Xuan, Cheng Yin, and Yang Qiu are much worse.

The number of soldiers and horses they had was far less than that of Han Sui and Ma Teng, and they all hid their own careful thoughts.

Therefore, although the number of Liangzhou troops is very large, their actions are not under unified command, and the biggest obstacle is only the two warlords Ma Teng and Han Sui, although the remaining rebels are obviously under their command and mobilization, but when it comes to the critical moment, it is easy to drop the chain, and they will all worry about each other for some of their own trivial matters, and many warlords are not very harmonious with each other.

Liu Biao's subordinate Gong Cao Jiang Jian saw through this, so he asked Liu Biao to tell Zhang Fei on the front line that he could not be in a hurry to fight against these small warlords, mainly to block Han Sui and Ma Teng, as for the other small warlords, they could use the temptation of interests and all aspects to make them betray Han Sui.

After Zhang Fei got Liu Biao's information, he felt that Liu Biao was still very capable, and it was remarkable that he could think of this.

It's better to find a way to drive a wedge between the rebels and turn them on each other than to fight them forcibly.

After formulating a suitable plan, Zhang Fei confronted Han Sui and Ma Teng, and at the same time sent people to secretly visit Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, Hou Xuan, Li Kan and other Liangzhou rebels.

Use the official position of the imperial court, as well as goods, food and other materials to lure them, hoping to reach cooperation with them.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Fei is now recruiting them on behalf of Liu Jian.

After all, the composition of these Liangzhou warlords is very mixed, there are Han people, Han people, and Qiang tribesmen, etc., and the situation is very complicated.

If these people are treated as enemies, then Zhang Fei will have something to do in the end.

Ma Teng and Han Sui are known as 300,000 rebels, but according to Zhang Fei's estimates, the main combat strength of the headquarters led by Ma Teng and Han Sui is about 80,000.

Regardless of whether the number of these rebels was falsely reported by Ma Teng Hansui or whether they did have so many soldiers and horses, the key point now is, where did their food and grass come from?

According to Zhang Fei's analysis, his Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps was supported by supplies from the imperial court, Liu Biao assisted Tuntian, and these production and construction corps cultivated on their own, so that the soldiers of the Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps could gain a firm foothold in the eastern part of Liangzhou and be able to worry about the supply of grain and grass in the rear.

Although Ma Teng and Han Sui are from Benzhou, Liangzhou is still relatively poor.

What do they feed so many armies on?

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Fei still felt that Beidi County, Wuwei County, Jincheng County, Zhangye County, and Jiuquan County were these places. There were many local tycoons secretly supporting them, otherwise, Ma Teng and Han Sui would not have been able to support so many troops.

In the western part of Liangzhou, the support of the Han people is the most important for Ma Teng and Han Sui, don't look at the Qiang people in Liangzhou, but the one who can really control the right to speak has to be the Han Haoqiang.

It is the Han Haoyou who can guide the Qiang tribes in various counties to compete with Zhang Fei, and at the same time, the people who want to keep their own interests are also Han Haoyou.

Of course, the so-called local tyrants also have to depend on who they are assigned to.

After all, Liangzhou is a poor place, and the wealth and grain of the local tycoons are very different from those of the Central Plains.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to support the rebels on a large scale, and they can only select some key rebels for supply, such as Ma Teng and Han Sui.

As for Duan Xuan, candidates, Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Yang Qiu, and Ma playing with these second-rate rebel goods, that is, following Ma Teng and Han Sui to pick up a mouthful of leftovers to eat.

To be honest, the specific benefits given by Liangzhou Haoqiang don't have much to do with them.

No way, the cake is so big, whoever has a hard fist eats more!

Therefore, Zhang Fei sent people to appease the small group of warlords at this time, and promised heavy profits, which was extremely tempting for these rebels who followed Ma Teng and Han Sui.

After all, these thieves in Liangzhou are all poor thieves.

The envoys sent by Zhang Fei soon began to communicate with those small forces, among which Li Kan, Hou Xuan, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin were very interested in Zhang Fei's proposal.

Although the other thieves did not directly agree with Zhang Fei's opinion, they did not inform Ma Teng and Han Sui of this matter.

These thieves are not stupid, they see that Zhang Fei's army has established a foothold in Liangzhou, until Ma Teng and Han Sui are the rebels led by them, I am afraid that they will not be able to live smoothly in Liangzhou in the future, in case Zhang Fei really invades the western part of Liangzhou in the future, and the imperial court completely controls Liangzhou, then they will now sell Zhang Fei's news to Ma Teng and Han Sui, and in the future, the imperial court will find them to turn over old accounts, and they will have no chance to maneuver.

However, most of the traitor leaders still wanted to wait and see, and did not want to leave Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately, so they neither agreed nor opposed Zhang Fei's solicitation, but only remained silent consistently.

Only Yang Qiu, Li Kan and the other four thought carefully.

After Zhang Fei and others occupied Longxi County, the local tycoons became more and more attached to the imperial court, and many Qiang people were also co-opted by them, and the rebels' sources of livelihood were lost a lot, and the annual grain support was really not enough to support the soldiers.

And the benefits and wealth that Zhang Fei promised them, including food, can be said to be an amount that they have never heard of before.

After all, now Liu Biao is very effective in Tuntian, eastern Liangzhou, and the Liangzhou Production and Construction Corps is becoming stronger and stronger, Zhang Fei has enough food and wealth in his hands to recruit these people, and Zhang Fei relies on the entire imperial court behind him, and he is the biggest financier of the Han Dynasty. The promise he made to these rebel leaders would not be broken.

Li Kan, the candidate, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin, finally decided to accept the imperial court's edict.

Accepting the edict means that they will become members of the imperial court from now on.

Zhang Fei also did not let them act as internal responses, and conspiracy with Han Sui and Ma Teng to cooperate with him inside and outside.

Zhang Fei knew that that was unrealistic, if these small groups of rebels were to act as internal agents by Ma Teng and Han Sui's side, they would soon be discovered by them, and when the time came, they would be uprooted, and it would be more than worth the loss for Zhang Fei.

Li Kan, Cheng Yin, Yang Qiu, and Hou Xuan, the four people, the imperial court all conferred their military positions, and Zhang Fei asked them to lead troops to Longxi, to his jurisdiction, and announced the holy decree of the imperial court with great fanfare, officially removed the notoriety of thieves on their bodies, and gave them the title of captain, and at the same time, their army also became the regular army of the imperial court, which was incorporated under Zhang Fei's production and construction corps.

And the goods, grain and grass that Zhang Fei had promised them before were all supplied to their army.

The reason why Zhang Fei wanted to do this was to use these rebels as an example for other rebels.

He wants to let all the heroes and local Qiang people in Liangzhou see that the imperial court will fulfill its promise to treat Liangzhou no matter what kind of power it is.

In this way, it can improve the credibility of the imperial court in Liangzhou, and at the same time, it can also reduce the influence of the rebels in Liangzhou.

Zhang Fei's thinking is very clear now, and things on the battlefield are not the most important.

Winning a battle, or losing a battle, is not a big deal for the big picture.

The key issue now is to let the majesty of the imperial court and the prestige of the imperial court be erected in Liangzhou, so that the people of Liangzhou have a sense of dependence and longing for the imperial court.

The influence of the previous imperial court in Liangzhou was too weak, which was the reason why the people of Liangzhou continued to rebel.

Only by strengthening the influence of the imperial court in Liangzhou and the hearts of the Qiang people can we control the northwest once and for all.

Previously, the imperial court had the idea of how to control Liangzhou and move a large number of Han people here, but Zhang Fei thought it was completely unnecessary.

As long as you can get the hearts of the Qiang people, Liangzhou is still the imperial court.

Where are the people not the people of the court?

(End of chapter)