Chapter 221: Pacification of the North
With the final fall of the last Evil Cavalry, the entire Evil Cavalry was wiped out, and only the Hutu and Lu Shuihu people were still alive on the battlefield.
After the common enemy fell, the Lushuihu cavalry and Hutu were immediately relieved. The hatred of losing the chief made the evil cavalry possessed like a killing god, even if it was several times the Hutu cavalry and Lu Shuihu cavalry, it was impossible to parry. The two paused, gasping for breath. The battlefield suddenly became strange with the exit of the evil people. The Lu Shuihu cavalry looked at the Hugh Tu cavalry, and the Hutu cavalry looked at the Lu Shuihu cavalry, and there was an indescribable calm between the two armies.
Almost at the same time, the Lu Shuihu cavalry and the Hutu cavalry each realized that the battle had not yet been over, and the enemy was in front of them!
The killing was imminent, and everything happened in an instant, when a Lushuihu cavalryman stretched out his spear and pierced the head of a Hugh Tu cavalryman squarely, and threw him off his horse.
Seeing this scene, the Hutu cavalry burst out into a roar, rose up, and killed the Lu Shuihu cavalry. The Lu Shuihu cavalry also forgot their timidity and killed the Hutu cavalry.
Originally, the two armies attacked and killed the evil cavalry together, so they gradually mixed together, you have me, I have you. When the war broke out again, the soldiers of the two armies went crazy and attacked the surrounding enemies, occasionally accidentally killing their own people. However, in the past few days, there have been too many fierce battles and too many casualties, which has put the soldiers of both armies under tremendous psychological pressure. Therefore, although they knew that they would injure their own people by mistake, the soldiers of the two armies still kept moving, and the battlefield was chaotic, and no one could guarantee that the one he stabbed in a hurry was not his own person. The entire battlefield turned into a chaotic situation of killing each other.
Yang Fu watched from the sidelines, and saw that the evil people had fallen, and Lu Shuihu and the Hutu people were killing hard, and he knew that he had finally completed the task given to him by Ma Chao, that is, to use Lu Shuihu to resist the Hutu and Hutu evil. Originally, Ma Chao just hoped that the Lu Shuihu people could contain the Hutu Hun evil for a while, and the purpose was just to leave more time for Xiliang to react and avoid being attacked by the Hutu Hun evil from the north. But Yang Fu overfulfilled this task, and with a little subcalculation, he let the three of them fall into each other.
At this time, the Lushuihu cavalry and the Hutu cavalry had been forced to lose their minds by the cruel war, and some cavalry even dismounted and fought on foot, pulling the enemy off their horses and beating each other. Yang Fu knew that now, the time had come to close the net.
Yang Fu immediately sent a horse to the south to report to Pang De and Zhang Ji.
Yang Fu spent a good time watching the melee between Hutu and Lu Shuihu while waiting for the arrival of the Xiliang army.
After Pang De and Zhang Ji received the news, they were afraid that they would come too slowly and that Yang Fu was in danger, so they hurried to come.
After a moment, when Yang Fu estimated that the combined number of Hutu and Lu Shuihu on the battlefield did not exceed four thousand, ten thousand Xiliang Tie cavalry came.
As soon as Pang De and Zhang Ji came, they immediately led their troops to surround the battlefield strewn with corpses, so that the two armies that were fighting on the battlefield stopped the attack. At this time, there were only 3,000 horsemen left in Hutu, and only 1,000 horsemen in Lushuihu. Xiliang Iron Cavalry circled the battlefield, kept circling, holding bows, crossbows, knives and guns in his hands, slowly narrowing the encirclement like a pack of wolves, and finally forced the two armies that were terrified to retreat into their hearts, not daring to act rashly.
Yang Fu rode forward and came to Pang De and Zhang Ji. The two generals didn't have the time to flatter Yang Fu's strategy, and their first thought was to deal with these defeated troops in front of them.
Zhang Jidao: "Yang Junshi, now that our army is rushing to kill, these two armies will not be able to withstand it for a moment." ”
Pang De also said: "Military advisor, do you kill him or capture him?" ”
Yang Fu didn't make a decision easily, looking at the trembling Xiu Tu and Lu Shuihu people on the battlefield, he actually didn't think about how to deal with these remnants.
Zhang Jidao: "The young master explained before, this time not only to fight against Xiu Tu and Chao Evil, but also to use this to annex Lu Shuihu's subordinates, so as to expand the population and strengthen the strength of my Xiliang." So I think that the young master is most concerned about the problem of the sparse population in Liangzhou. If you don't kill them all, you can swallow up Hutu, Hun Evil, and Lu Shuihu. ”
Pound disagreed: "The young lord did intend to expand the population by annexing the women of the three tribes. But the young master is also very concerned about the casualties of my Xiliang disciples. These 4,000 remnants, although they are afraid of our army, are the only ones left after the three fierce battles, and they must be elite. If we attack, we will inevitably suffer hundreds of casualties. It is better to persuade him to surrender. ”
Yang Fu listened to Pang De's words, and took a closer look, sure enough, the remaining 3,000 Shui Hu cavalry and Xiu Tu cavalry were all tall and strong, and they all had a lot of injuries on their bodies, and they were indeed elite.
After listening to the conversation between the three of them, the two concubines Yijian and Zhiyuanduo, who were surrounded in the heart, as well as the chief of Hutu, all understood that the fight between the three of them was a conspiracy of the Xiliang people. The Xiliang people clearly wanted to set off a cannibalism between the three departments, and then took the opportunity to annex the three departments.
Yi Jian's prostitute and concubine scolded: "Yang Fu, I, Lu Shuihu, have suffered such heavy losses after you Xiliang saddle the horse, I didn't expect you Xiliang people to be so despicable and ......."
Before Yi Jian's concubine finished speaking, she immediately asked Zhi Yuanduo, who was anxious, to cover her mouth.
"If you cover my mouth and do something, I will scold Yang Fu's traitor!"
Zhi Yuanduo worriedly persuaded: "You are crazy! Now, we are surrounded here, as long as the Xiliang army releases its arrows, they will all be dead. ”
Concubine Yi Jian said unconvinced: "Then what if he uses us Lu Shuihu and wants to annex us?!" ”
Zhi Yuanduo trembled and said: "Annexation, annexation, saving life, saving the last of these Lu Shuihu people, is the most important thing at the moment!" ”
The concubine Yi Jian closed her mouth weakly.
Chief Xiu Tu was as dead as ashes, he knew that Xi Liang had taken away the women of Xiu Tu and killed most of the Xiu Tu men, and that Xiu Tu had been de facto swallowed up by Xi Liang. Thinking of this, Chief Hutu was discouraged and drew his sword to kill himself. The Hugh slaughter cavalry immediately burst into tears.
Yang Fu thought for a while and said: "In the future, the young master will have to compete with Huangfu Yizhen, that is the biggest crisis facing Xiliang, we must preserve the strength of the Xiliang army, and leave it to compete with Huangfu Song's 100,000 officers and troops at that time." ”
Zhang Ji was also persuaded, and as soon as he had an idea, he said: "In this case, why don't you persuade these people to use me?" ”
Pang De also said: "Yes, if these 4,000 elite cavalry are used by me, it will also be a big help, after all, our army's iron cavalry is only 40,000 cavalry." ”
Yang Fu, as a military advisor and Cao Peng, is the highest status person here. Yang Fu said: "Okay, since the two generals support the collection for my use, then it is up to the subordinates to take in these people." ”
"Okay."
Yang Fu said: "Lu Shuihu and Xiu Tu have listened, you have all seen it, our army can annihilate you at any time, and Xiliang's annexation of Xiu Tu, Hun Evil, and Lu Shuihu is already a sure thing." You have two choices, one, is to die! ”
As soon as they heard this, the three thousand Xiu Tu and the one thousand Lu Shuihu people all showed frightened expressions. At this point, no one wants to die for no reason.
Yang Fu said again: "Second, it is to surrender our army and join our army. If you surrender and join our army, you will be guaranteed to survive, and Xiliang will not swallow your wives, but will return your wives to you. As for those who have died in battle, their wives still belong to me Xiliang. Moreover, if you join my Xiliang Army, our Xiliang Army will treat you and others like Xiliang people, and the corresponding land and military salaries will be a lot."
As soon as he heard this, he could not only live, but also take back his wife, and the Hugh Tu people first yearned for it. Originally, the reason why they fought was to recapture their wives and cattle and sheep. But now that the cattle and sheep had been swallowed up, and that they could get their wives back, and even the fields and salaries, they were satisfied. Immediately, Hugh Tu threw down his weapons and climbed off his horse.
Yijian's concubines and Zhiyuan Duojian, who had more people than them, had surrendered, and Yang Fu's conditions were not very difficult to accept, so Zhiyuan Duo said: "Captain, can you speak?" ”
Yang Fu smiled and said, "I promise that this time, it will definitely be a word." However, everything that was promised to you Lu Shuihu people before must be taken back. How, to drop or not to fall? ”
Concubine Yijian and Zhi Yuanduo glanced at each other, sighed together, and did not ask questions and answers, but silently dismounted. The Lu Shuihu people also threw down their weapons one after another, dismounted and stood solemnly.
Yang Fu, Pang De and Zhang Ji were all satisfied.
Yang Fu spent less than three days, four fierce battles, and at the cost of killing more than 60 Xiliang people, in exchange for a complete solution to the problems of Hugh Tu, Hun Evil, and Lu Shuihu. As a result, Xiliang obtained 4,000 fine horsemen, 420,000 cattle and sheep, 40,000 horses, 63,000 women, and 21,000 young children of those women, and also obtained 200 miles of grassland from Hutuze to Helan Mountain, so that Wuwei County and Beidi County bordered each other, which can be said to have made a lot of money.
However, in order to make these 4,000 elite horsemen bow down to their orders, Yang Fu kept an eye on it, let Lu Shuihu and Xiu Tu people mix with each other, and ordered Yi Jian's concubine and Zhi Yuanduo to be each a captain, each divided into two thousand people and one leader. Hugh slaughtered the majority, and with Lu Shuihu as the captain, the two departments could balance each other, and they had to obey the command.
With Yang Fu's success, Liangzhou no longer had to worry about the threat of Hutu and Hun Evil. The northern border of Liangzhou has been completely settled. Ma Tengsong was a lot faster. However, the spoils of this battle also gave Ma Teng a headache. In the end, Ma Teng chose to marry the more than 60,000 plundered Hu women to men of appropriate age in Xiliang as his wife and concubine. As for those women with young children, Ma Teng ordered that they be allowed to choose to marry into the Xiliang family, or they could choose to set up their own doors and become their own families. However, a Hu woman who marries a Xiliang man must take her husband's surname; Women who take away young children must also choose a Chinese surname and a Chinese name to put on themselves and their children.