On the third day of the first month of March, the 250,000 soldiers and horses of the Xia State were divided into two routes, east and west, and at the same time the war against the two countries of Qi and Liang.

Dong Zhuo, the Taishi of the Xia Kingdom, led the Xiliang Army to take the lead in taking the north and south passes of Feiyan Pass, and the Youyan Army, the Controlling String Wolf Cavalry, and the Xirong Light Cavalry entered Jiudingzhou on the next day, defeating the rescue soldiers and horses, destroying the withered and decaying all the way, and launching an attack on the whole line.

At the end of March, on the day when the Xiliang and Youyan armies slaughtered Pingwu, 120,000 soldiers and horses on the western front with Guan Yu as the commander and Xiahou Yuan as the deputy commander rushed to the northeast of the Liang State.

This is a small country in the Western Regions located in the north of Xirong and Liang in the west, less than half of Yanzhou, the population of the whole country is about 100,000, and the whole country has 12,000 soldiers and horses.

It is located in the middle of the Liang State and the Liang State, because of the inclination of the Liang State, there is the protection of the Liang Army, and it was spared when the Ghost of the Liang Dynasty conquered several small countries of Zhan Mi and Tiele.

However, on this day, 50,000 light cavalry, plus 5,000 soldiers from Tiele and Zhan Mi, launched a strategy against Changkang and conquered Changkang in only two days, hanging the head of its king at the city gate, before re-entering the north of Liang and joining the main force of Xia that had crossed the border of Liang.

On the first day of April, it rarely rained in the northwest.

The army, with the Yizhou Army and the Qingzhou Army as the main force, advanced more than 100 miles from north to south, and set up camp in the two clearings between the mountains, and the camp of 40,000 people almost occupied the two fields in the north and south of the mountain.

The foothills here are sparsely vegetated, exposed with brown mud beds and mountains, and as far as the eye can see, there is a feeling of desolation in the northwest.

A light rain fell on the camp.

From the vast grassland, and then to the desolate northwest, many people felt uncomfortable, and there was a problem of vomiting and diarrhea, but fortunately, the generals in the army were all veterans of the southern and northern wars, and they had been prepared for these unexpected things, and even said that they were accustomed to it.

In the slender rain curtain, Lang Zhong, who was with the army, was preparing a decoction to stop diarrhea, and then according to the list, he asked people to send the decoction over for the patient to take.

At this time, in the huge tent in the middle of the barracks, a figure in a gold armor and green robe was sitting in front of the desk, stroking his beard with one hand and reading with a book in the other.

There were two people standing on either side, one was his eldest son Guan Ping, and the other was a black-faced rough man with a crossed waist and a knife.

"Second brother!"

Zhang Fei's thick voice suddenly sounded outside, and the curtain was immediately lifted, Zhang Fei and Zhang Bao strode in with a body of water vapor, patting the water droplets on their robes, while shouting: "How long are we going to stop?" I'm so uncomfortable with your nephew that I'm getting moldy. ”

"Third brother, don't be impatient."

Guan Yu put down the "Spring and Autumn Left Biography" in his hand, he knew his brother's temperament, if it was placed in the late Han Dynasty, he would inevitably be lightly punished, but later he knew that he died in Jingzhou, and the third brother also avenged him, and encountered an accident, it was inevitable guilt in his heart, and he cherished the reunion of his brothers.

"The sons and daughters of the army have been running around for days, and it is the grassland and the Gobi desert, and now they are experiencing wet rain for days, and they are unwell, you and I should be considerate of the soldiers, and we should not be driven like livestock."

Zhang Fei grinned, didn't refute, came over and took the wine on the long table, poured a glass and poured it: "Anyway, the eldest brother is not around, whatever the second brother says, it's what it is." ”

poured another cup and handed it to Guan Yu, who shook his head and asked Guan Ping again: "Nephew, do you want a cup?" ”

Guan Ping is loyal and politely refuses.

"Third uncle, this is better to come down and drink ......" Immediately, he also winked at Zhang Bao behind Zhang Fei, Zhang Bao also stepped forward to persuade his father, pulled to the side and sat down, and then heard someone outside the tent come in again, and said as he walked: "Zhang Yide, are you going to be considerate of the soldiers?" Neck doesn't hurt anymore? ”

As soon as the person entered the big tent, Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment, but still arched his hand: "Meet my grandfather." ”

Ha ha!

Xiahou Yuan took Zhang He into the tent, and when he saw Zhang Bao so respectful, he couldn't help laughing, after all, he was his daughter's flesh and blood, and he loved the house and Wuxia, and he liked this brave grandson for a few days.

However, when he saw Zhang Fei, Xiahou Yuan still snorted coldly and sat down opposite Zhang He.

And Zhang Fei on the other side pressed the long case and glared at the tiger's eyes: "What does it matter to you whether my neck hurts or not, why don't you go out to repair the antlers!" ”

Seeing that the two quarreled again as soon as they met, Guan Yu sighed, turned the conversation away, and asked Xiahou Yuan, "Miaocai, where is your brother?" ”

"Go check the baggage."

He casually made an excuse to perfunctory the past, in fact, it was the clan brother Xiahoudun who didn't want to see Guan Yu, although he had accepted the fact that he came to this world, but Xiahoudun's temperament was stubborn and stubborn, like Zhang Fei, he didn't like a person, and it was all written on his face.

Of course, Guan Yu also understood in his heart that since Xiahou Yuan said so, he would not expose it, which would save everyone embarrassment.

"Ahhh......h It's boring!! Zhang Fei rubbed his thick beard vigorously, "I knew that I would follow Li Xuanba and them as pioneers!" ”

"Follow the two armies with peace of mind, so that your second brother won't worry about what trouble will happen to you!"

Xiahou Yuan took a sip of wine, teased Zhang Fei again, and discussed the next step with Guan Yu, now with Tang Jun as the vanguard, opening the way in front, they don't have to race against time, after all, the Emperor of Liang has also reacted at this moment, and is stepping up the deployment of troops.

At this time, the Emperor of Liang in their mouths, Tuoba Kui, was sending away the leaders of various tribes, leaving only three people in the palace, saying other things.

"Xia Guobing attacked Liang and Qi at the same time in two ways, and the queen mother sent Fengpintang masters to rescue her aunt from her predicament, and killed a high-ranking official of Xia Guo...... I didn't expect the revenge to come so quickly and so loudly. ”

Tuoba Kui is strongly opposed to his mother's approach, the war between the two countries should be upright, and he still needs the last bit of time to complete the reform of the military system and gather all the tribesmen and horses in his hands, however, this move of the queen mother was directly retaliated against by the Xia State, and the army came so quickly that he had to temporarily stop the reform in his hands.

"This time the Xia Kingdom is fighting on the east and west fronts, and on the eastern front, the Qi State doesn't know how long it can hold on......" The leader of the Xifeng tribe was a little worried, "And the number of soldiers and horses of the Xia Kingdom who invaded my Great Liang is a bit small." ”

"There are 60,000 people who are currently known, and their former army has arrived at Shifengkou." The Yeci tribe is also one of the great surnames of the Great Liang, and many of the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty are from their tribe, and Yeci is the elder of this tribal leader, and after he said a word, he added: "This group of Tang troops has already fought with the Fangdang tribe of Tianzhu City twice, and the other party has won two battles and two victories, which should not be underestimated." ”

"I heard that the opponent's forward is divided into three troops, which way was the Fang Dang clan defeated?"

"The news sent back seems to be an old general, but Fang Dang's clan should be able to defeat them individually at this time, I heard that there is a small general in that striker."

"Leaders, don't worry about the war over there, I'm going to send messengers to pass through the blockade of the Xia army and go to Changkang, so that they can attack the back of the Xia army, who in your tribe has the best equestrian skills?"

Tuoba Kui didn't want to listen to these old tribesmen pulling around, and now his tribes have begun to take effect, mobilizing troops and horses from three directions to start arranging a front more than 700 miles north of the western capital of Daliang, as long as the momentum of the Xia country's soldiers and horses going south, and then Changkang will attack from behind, creating an opportunity for counterattack, he can drag the opponent's soldiers and horses in the northwest Gobi and mountains in this battle.

Not long after he said this, a fast horse came outside with news and handed it over to the eunuch to bring in, and Tuoba Kui glanced at it, and his expression changed.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" The three tribal leaders below saw that his face was different, and hurriedly asked.

Tuoba Kui took a deep breath and handed the letter to the eunuch to pass it to the three of them to circulate.

"Changkang Kingdom was destroyed, no wonder the Western Front Army of Xia Kingdom only had 60,000 people, it turned out that the cavalry of the Xirong Sect did not go south at all, but went to fight Changkangguo, and the other party's commander was a bit powerful."

The three tribal leaders looked grim, but they were not so frightened that the small people of Changkang Kingdom would have been wiped out by the Devil if they hadn't been protected by Liang Guo.

"Your Majesty, the terrain here in Dadu is rugged, you don't have to be afraid of the mad dogs in the grassland, it's better to use the cavalry advantage to defeat the vanguard of the Xia Kingdom at Shifengkou before the people come over!"

It was the third tribal leader who spoke, Fei Tingbajun, "Concentrate the Liang cavalry and take them down in one go." ”

"I have the same intention, but my cavalry is still training......

"Your Majesty, there are also a lot of cavalry in various departments, and the newly rising Sogdian Department in the past two years has quite a good army, and its tribal leader is also a warlike warrior, Your Majesty might as well recruit him to Dadu when he has time!"

Sogdian ......

Tuoba Kui had some impressions of this tribe, three years ago there were only a few dozen people, but three years later, the number of the tribe has skyrocketed to more than 10,000, and there are still 2,000 people under his command.

"Well, I'll send someone to get him right away."

……

At the same time, Liang Dadu went to Shifengkou more than 800 miles to the north.

The soldiers and horses in Tianzhu City are surging and are being redeployed, and the large and small Fangdang tribes outside the city are gathering in the city.

Fang Dangcuo, the chief of the tribe, led 5,000 tribal cavalry and 10,000 tribal soldiers to fight with the 1,000 troops of the Xia State at Shifengkou a few days ago, but lost two games in a row, lost more than 2,000 people and injured more than 1,900 people, and fled back to the city in embarrassment.

Subsequently, he summoned the surrounding tribes to move into the city, so as not to give the forward army of the Xia State the slightest opportunity to take advantage of it.

Of course, he was unwilling to fail like this, and after re-probing, he found that the 20,000 strikers were actually divided into three groups, and they were on the hill twenty miles away from the northwest corner of Tianzhu City.

It is a pioneer camp of the Xia Kingdom with only more than 2,000 people.

In the news of the investigation, the leader was a young general of the Xia Kingdom, except for his burly and tall figure, he couldn't see anything else powerful.

This time, he set his sights on this army of soldiers and horses.

Break them one by one!

(End of chapter)