Han Suijun did not delay for too long, and soon left Yumen Pass and entered the territory of Dunhuang County. Ma Chao knew that it must be the beginning of the nightmare for the people of Dunhuang County. However, Ma Chao has no time to regret the decision he made, and he has no time to go down in Hexi. Ma Chao wanted to take advantage of the fact that Huangfu Song did not know the victory or defeat of the Battle of Hexi, and hurriedly led the army back to defend Jincheng and prepared to deal with Huangfu Song's large-scale attack.

Ma Chao ordered, and the remaining 27,000 iron horsemen immediately rushed back to Jincheng with him at full speed.

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Wuwei County, Park Huancheng.

Hearing that Yang Fu, Pang De and Zhang Ji were about to lead the army back from Hutu Zeban and were about to pass by Puhuancheng, Yang Biao put down his work and led a cadre of subordinate officials early to greet him in the long pavilion outside the city.

Not waiting long, Yang Biao looked north, and a long black line appeared on the horizon in the north. Yang Biao squinted his eyes and looked at it, it turned out to be rows of Xiliang iron riders, which looked like a line in the distance. Then the Xiliang Iron Cavalry slowly approached, and the formation was gradually revealed, with groups of people and horses, banners covering the sun, thousands of thunderstorms, and thousands of horses. Although Xiliang Tie rode under the leadership of Yang Fu, Pang De, Zhang Ji and others, he did not run at full speed, but just walked with confidence, in Yang Biao's view, it had the tendency to overwhelm the mountains and seas and swallow the sky and the earth.

Such a male soldier, such a tiger wolf, Yang Biao gasped. Yang Biao, as Cao Peng of the Taifu Mansion, has lived in the capital for a long time, and it is not that he has not seen other armies of the Han Dynasty. For example, in the city of Luoyang, there are five colonels of the Southern Army, the Northern Army, Zhijinwu, Weiwei, Chengmen, Yulin, Huben and other armies, with about 50,000 foot cavalry, which is already the top army of the Han Dynasty; In Sanfu, Huangfu Song has 100,000 steps to ride;

Liyang Battalion, Yongying, Yuyang Battalion, Fuli Battalion, Huya Battalion (also called Chang'an Battalion, stationed in Chang'an, named because it is under the control of Huya Lieutenant), Sanfu Jiji, Captain Hu Karasuma, and Hu Xiongnu Zhonglang General each have 1,000 steps to ride, a total of about 10,000 steps to ride; In Youzhou, Zhonglang, who had just defeated Zhang Chun, rode 10,000 troops on Gongsun Zhan.

There are also some officers and soldiers who vary in number, adding up to 50,000 or 60,000 foot cavalry, and are fighting with the Montenegrin Yellow Turban Army of Zhang Yan and Zhang Niujiao, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army of Guan Hai and Guan Cheng, the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army of Yu Poison, Langu, and Baihuan, the Runan Yellow Turban Army of Liu Pi and Gong Du, and the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army of He Yi, He Man, and Huang Shao.

In addition, some border counties and inner counties of the Han Dynasty generally temporarily conscripted county soldiers, and the number varied according to the situation, ranging from thousands to hundreds.

And none of these armies can defeat the army in front of Yang Biao. In front of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, even the Huangfu Song Army, which defeated the Yellow Turban Army, the Gongsun Zan Army, which monitored Karasuma and Xianbei, and the Liyang Battalion, Huya Battalion, Yongying, etc., which were often regarded as important tasks by the Han family, all looked like weak brigades.

Looking at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in front of him marching slowly and neatly, Yang Biao's appreciation slowly faded, and was replaced by fear. There is no doubt that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry surpassed the Liyang Battalion, Captain Gokarsuma and other troops, and was the strongest cavalry in the Han Dynasty, and the number was also very impressive, reaching 40,000 cavalry. However, such a strong soldier is a secession corps that is not loyal to the Han Dynasty and should be wiped out!

However, Yang Biao thought, not yet.

Soon, the Xiliang army marched outside the long pavilion, Yang Fu, Pang De and Zhang Ji saw that it was Yang Biao coming, ordered the troops to stay temporarily, and each of them had some eyes and greeted them.

Seeing the three of them dismount and walk towards him, Yang Biao also changed his smiling face and greeted him.

The four of them saluted each other, and Pang De said: "Lao Yang Gong greets him, and the last general is extremely honored." ”

Yang Biao smiled and said: "The three generals broke through the remnants of the thieves and added so many people and cattle and sheep to Liangzhou, which is a great achievement." I prepared some thin wine under the pavilion, just under the pavilion, three generals, please! ”

Yang Fu, Pang De and Zhang Ji followed Yang Biao into the long pavilion, and after the three rounds, Yang Biao suddenly asked: "Three generals, you have already sent the women and children of the three departments back to Liangzhou in batches, and handed them over to the assassin Shi for good placement." Now leading a large army, is this the last batch? ”

Yang Fu said: "Yang Gong is right, this time the class teacher is to send back the last batch of cattle and sheep of the three departments by the way." ”

Yang Biao nodded and said, "Okay, there are more cattle, and it is much more convenient for the people of Liangzhou to plough the fields or use ox carts to pull and transport." This time, the three generals conquered Xiu Tu, Hun Evil, and Lu Shuihu, which can be described as fruitful! ”

Zhang Jidao: "Where is it, Yang Gong has won the award." ”

Yang Biao said: "I heard that this time it was Captain Yang who maneuvered around to make the three kill each other, giving the Xiliang army a good opportunity to annihilate them at the smallest cost?" ”

Yang Fu waved his hand and said, "A little trick, why bother?" However, Yang Gong worked hard to find mineral deposits here in Wuwei County, and I don't know if there are greater results? ”

Yang Biao listened to it and was quite proud, he said: "A few days ago, I just found more than 100 mineral deposits, large and small, including more than a dozen kinds of mineral deposits such as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, etc., the quality is excellent, the reserves are not small, and craftsmen have been hired to mine. In the following estimates, the mineral deposits of Wuwei County are no less than the mineral reserves of Handan, Nanyang and Shuzhong. Among them, there are many iron ores, and with sufficient iron ore, Liangzhou will not have to worry about the shortage of iron tools. ”

When the three of them heard this, they were all very happy, not to mention anything else, the abundance of iron ore alone meant that the Xiliang Army could obtain a large number of swords and armor, and its strength had been greatly improved.

Yang Fu said: "Yang Gong has contributed so much to Liangzhou, and the three of us are like Buddhas." ”

Yang Biao waved his hand modestly and said, "Where and where, the matter is heard." ”

After a polite meal, Yang Biao changed his words: "By the way, it has always been strange that the two departments of Hutu and Chao Evil are attacking my Liangzhou?" Aren't they afraid of General Shenweitian? Aren't you afraid of the mighty Xiliang Iron Ride? ”

As soon as the three of them heard Yang Biao's words, they all knew that Yang Biao was suspecting that the Xiliang Army's movements were related to Hexi Han Sui, and they immediately became slightly nervous from the casual words they had just said.

Pound pretended to be calm and said: "He is a barbarian, naturally he is a predator. ”

Yang Biao saw that when the three of them heard his question, they showed a slight nervousness, and the doubts in their hearts became even heavier. He thought, did he really guess it?

Yang Biao said: "That's not right! It stands to reason that ten days ago, General Shen Weitian was in a fierce battle with Han Sui, and the whole Liangzhou was in chaos. Because General Shenwei still wants to crusade against Han Sui, if the second department takes advantage of the weakness, General Shenwei will also lack skills. However, Hutu and Hun Evil avoided this opportunity and chose to send troops to attack when most of Liangzhou had been recovered by General Shenwei. Thinking about it, although Xiu Tu and Chaos are evil, they are not so stupid, right? ”

Yang Fu was very uneasy in his heart, if Yang Biao didn't care about this at all, it would show that Yang Biao did not suspect Ma Chao's concealment. But at this time, Yang Biao was aggressive, arguing with reason, indicating that he had long suspected that Ma Chao had led the army to conquer Hexi Hansui. It's just that the time of the expedition to Hexi was chosen too early and too bizarre, even Yang Biao couldn't believe that Ma Chao would really dare to send troops to conquer Hexi in less than a month at the beginning of the war, when Liangzhou was in ruins and undecided. Therefore, Yang Biao was still in a state of half-belief, and wanted to come to the three of them to speak out to confirm his conjecture.

Yang Fu said: "It may be that it was summer, and the grassland was full of water and grass, and the cattle and sheep were breeding, so the slaughter and the evil did not invade." And when the young master expelled Han Sui and pacified most of Liangzhou, it was almost autumn, and the grass on the grassland was reduced. ”

This answer was seamless, and Yang Biao still refused to believe it. Yang Biao said: "No. No matter how much Hugh Tu and Hun Evil want to plunder, they must also weigh their strength. After all, the two of them are not as strong as a Qiang tribe, and there are Xiliang Tie riding here, how dare they plunder easily? ”

Yang Fu had some bad premonitions, and became more and more afraid that Yang Biao had already guessed the truth, and said: "Then according to Yang Gong's opinion, why did Hutu Hun have the courage to invade Liangzhou?" ”

Yang Biao thought for a while and said, "It can't be that Han Sui is behind it, right?" ”

The three of them were even more nervous, and Zhang Ji, who was the most nervous, said: "Yang Gong's conjecture is not impossible. Perhaps Han Sui wanted to use the Hugh Tu Hun evil to weaken my Liangzhou, and then he invaded Liangzhou even higher. ”

When Yang Fu and Pang De heard this, there was no fluctuation on the surface, but they began to be afraid in their hearts. Because Zhang Ji's words have already hidden loopholes, if Yang Biao sees through it, the plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea will be over, and after Huangfu Song gets the news, he will also raise troops to attack.

After listening to this, Yang Biao thought about it for a while and said, "What General Zhang said is indeed possible. ”

Seeing Yang Biao's calm face, as if he didn't see the flaws in Zhang Ji's words, Yang Fu and Pang De breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Fu looked outside the long pavilion and saw that it was already afternoon, so he stood up and said, "Yang Gong, I will drive the cattle and sheep today and lead the soldiers back to Jincheng." Now that it is afternoon, I am afraid that if I delay any longer, I will miss the time to enter the city, and Jincheng may be about to close the city gate, so it will no longer be around. ”

Yang Biao also stood up and said, "Okay, then I won't bother the three of you anymore, and the three of you can hurry up as soon as possible." ”

"Thank you Yang Gong for your hospitality, I'll leave first."

Yang Biao sent the three out of the long pavilion, and the three hurriedly instigated the whole army to leave.

Watching the dust raised by Xiliang Tieqi gradually disappear on the horizon, Yang Biao put his hands behind his back, but began to think carefully about what Zhang Ji had just said in his heart.

Zhang Ji said that Hutu Hun was probably allied with Han Sui, and Han Sui asked the second division to attack Liangzhou first. Yang Biao pondered carefully and immediately felt that this was not in line with common sense.