Zhao Shuang spoke impassionedly and said that he would travel hundreds of miles to help, but that was just talk.
In fact, he just walked a few miles and set up a stronghold on the road, that's all.
However, the location of Rile, the county seat, is indeed critical. Together with Xiedan (today's Xiedan), it is one of the two major nodes in the Hexi Corridor. Troops stationed here can effectively block Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Jinchang, Xihai, and Gaochang.
County reinforcements.
The terrain is like this. Unless you cross the desert, you can't get around Xijun.
This is actually a major flaw in Liangzhou’s terrain.
The corridor is too narrow, and the counties are lined up. When the enemy comes from the west, it's fine, and they can fight back. However, if they come from the north and south, it will be easily cut off, and the operation will not work well, and they will not be able to fully mobilize their strength.
They can only fight on their own.
Not to mention, the Qilian Mountains also divided Liangzhou into two parts. When the political center is located in Lingbei, the Lingnan part naturally has a centrifugal tendency. It is better to reset a state and separate them.
To the east of Xijun is Wuxing County, which is experiencing a brief period of chaos.
Ji Yan, the leader of Yanzhi, suddenly took action and imprisoned the prefect Song Xiu, and moved him to various counties, asking him to join Daliang.
The remaining seven counties responded in different ways. Some responded directly, some waited and waited, and some cursed but did not move.
In the end, there were less than a thousand horses heading east, and they were intercepted by soldiers and horses of the Beigong and Jia clans of Liangzhou's powerful families. Only a few dozen people fled into Guzang City in embarrassment.
Zhang Jun had recently been disturbed by the defeat of Dong Guang and Song Ji. When he heard the news, he was furious and ordered the execution of generals Jia Qian and Xin Tao's family to warn those with evil intentions.
When more than a hundred heads of the Jia and Xin families were hung at various city gates, the defenders were shocked, but their morale also plummeted because they knew that too many people outside the city had launched a rebellion.
Then, without any surprise, rumors began to spread in the city, and people were panicked.
On April 22nd, at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains southeast of Guzang, the sky was filled with smoke and dust, and troops gathered.
The miscellaneous soldiers and horses who were fighting outside the city ran away one after another, and then looked at this army with frightened eyes.
The core is the five thousand Xiongnu cavalry of Jin tribe. After the fall of Liu Han, Jin Zhun integrated the remaining troops of Jin, Qiao, Huyan, Tuge and other tribes to become the new Jin tribe.
In addition, there were also Tu Ge (descendants of Jin Ri Chan), An Ding Lu Shui Hu, Shi Qiang, and Xianbei from all the counties in Guanzhong, with a total army of 30,000 horses.
After crossing the Yellow River, Wuwei, Lushuihu, and Xianbei tribes all came to surrender. A mighty cavalry of 20,000 to 30,000 people, all under the command of Jin Zhun, drove cattle and sheep all the way west, and rushed to the southeast of Guzang, Liankecang.
The two counties of Song and Yici completely removed the eastern barrier of Guzang.
Subsequently, Brigadier Jin divided his troops into two.
The mixed cavalry gathered along the way to besiege Guzang City, intercept and kill the messengers, and cut off foreign aid.
The Hu cavalry from Guanzhong who followed him went south in large numbers and attacked directly behind the Hongchi Ridge.
That afternoon, he climbed a mountain to overlook the battlefield so that he could better mobilize his army.
At this time, the oncoming sound of killing echoed through the valley from the south.
The "gold" flag was flying high, and several infantry and cavalry troops were arrayed in the wide river valley.
At a rough count, there are almost 20,000 people.
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be administrative units such as the left and right Jinwu Guards, the left and right Yulin Guards, the right Xiao Cavalry Guards, and even the Heishao Right Battalion.
Jin Zhun found a large bluestone and prepared to sit down and watch the battle.
Dou Yuzhen, the guard of Huangbaicheng City, was very discerning. He wiped the stone with his sleeve and asked Jin Zhun to take a seat.
For some reason, he was not very scared when he saw the emperor, and was even a little jealous that he and Ke Dun spent the night together. But when he saw Jin Jun, he felt as if he was facing a poisonous snake.
It’s really evil!
Liang Aguang, Lu Songduo, and Jin Yu were also watching the battle.
Among the group of barbarians, there is one person who is more obvious, that is, Yinmi Zhenjiangyang.
Most of his soldiers were Qiang and Xiongnu, and there were also some Yang tribes. The whole army of two to three thousand people came with them.
Unlike others, he is not afraid of Jin Zhun.
Jin Zhun didn't want to talk too much with this guy, because sheep are quite crazy.
Jin Zhun even suspected that he was sick. There was no need for a normal person like him to argue with a madman.
"Jin Du attacked very fiercely." The corners of Yang's mouth turned up slightly, not sure if it was appreciation or ridicule, maybe it was the former.
People like Kim Jong have become a faction of their own in the DPRK.
In the Zhenxi General's Mansion in Chang'an, there are dozens of staff in Guandong and Guanxi, and hundreds of guests from the Jin family. I also have a wide network of contacts in the army.
I also know a lot of down-and-out scholars...
In the past, it was always said that someone depends on someone, but now Jin Zheng is a towering tree that people can rely on.
Aren't all the people present here, including Jin Zhun, subject to his control on weekdays?
Therefore, Jin Zhun did not watch, and sent his number one fierce general Pingxian to lead 3,000 fine cavalry, over the mountains from the Liangzhou barracks, and rushed into Lingnan, preparing to attack front and rear with the army on the south road, and storm an enemy camp out in the field.
military.
The battle has been going on for a while.
Surprisingly, the Liangzhou soldiers were still supporting and did not show signs of defeat.
The word "gold" is displayed loudly, flags are raised continuously, and messengers rush to and fro.
The soldiers of the Jinwu Guards on the left and right rushed up like waves, but the Liangzhou soldiers did not move.
The knights on the right charged quickly to cover the retreat of the soldiers.
After the left and right Jinwu guards reorganized, they launched a second charge, and the enemy's formation remained as strong as ever.
Ping's cavalry arrived at the right time and attacked from the side and rear. Arrows rained down for a while.
The Liangzhou army's formation finally wavered.
The Jinwu Guard formations on the left and right took the opportunity to press down and launched the third and probably the last charge.
Jin Zheng marched down, and several more imperial flags were raised.
The left and right Habayashi guards also joined the battle.
The left and right Jinwu guards are in the center, the left and right Yulin guards come out from the front of the two wings, and the black camp on the right is in the back to support them.
I don't know whether it was Xin Yan's tribe or some other private soldiers of a wealthy family. They galloped on their horses and strangled the cavalry of the Liangzhou Army.
For a moment, the sound of killings on the battlefield was loud, and countless men were furious, squandering their lives wantonly in this remote and desolate valley.
Jin Zhun's second cavalry unit joined the battlefield.
Jin Ming, the general of Caobi Town, saw the opportunity and led 3,000 cavalry into the battlefield. They poured in through a gap in the Liangzhou Army and then dug in desperately, constantly widening the gap and creating chaos. In an instant, they disrupted the enemy's rear formation.
The man was thrown off his back.
Under such a siege, the Liangzhou Army finally couldn't hold on anymore. The two rear formations were the first to collapse, followed by the most elite front army formation.
A total of nine thousand people were beaten so hard that they fled home in all directions.
"Dong Guang was defeated." Jin Zhun stood up and watched silently.
"It is said that Liangzhou's horses are rampant in the world, but it is actually a bit exaggerated." Yang said: "I think Liangzhou's infantry are more resistant to hard fighting. They were charged three times by the left and right Jinwu guards before they collapsed."
"The Jinwu Guards have never fought against the Liangzhou Army before." Lu Songduo shook his head and said, "When did the Central Plains have so many spear throwers? When they charged into the formation, the short spears roared in and penetrated the armor.
Have you seen it? There are no such soldiers in Lingnan, only in Wuwei, Dunhuang, Jiuquan and other counties.
The big shield that is taller than a man, the roaring spears, the strong bows and the big horses, these are Zhang Jun's old skills. It is a pity that they were destroyed in one battle."
While a few people were talking, the remaining Liangzhou soldiers on the battlefield had been divided and surrounded, with groups of abandoned weapons and kneeling on the ground.
The armies of Dong Guang and Song Yi, who represented the strongest force in Hexi, were destroyed.
The left and right Yulin guards took the lead in rushing to Hongchiling. The more than a thousand enemy troops who were left behind to guard the camp had no fighting spirit and all surrendered.
It didn't take long for someone to offer the heads of Dong Guang and Song Yi, and the war was settled.
"Let's go to Guzang." Jin Zhun stopped looking, stood up and ordered.
On the night of the 23rd, Jin Zhun's idiot appeared outside Guzang City.
During the day on the 24th, the right cavalry guard acting as the vanguard also arrived outside the city.
The sergeants carried the heads of Dong Guang and Song Yi with spears and walked in a circle outside the city.
On the 25th, more than 6,000 prisoners were escorted outside the city, crying loudly.
Gu Zang is very frightened.
******
After more than ten days of trekking, Liangzhou Zhizhong engaged in Yindan finally arrived in Chang'an.
Shao Xun had been stationed here for many days and was about to set off westward when he heard that the envoy from Liangzhou had arrived, so he met him by the Luziyuan Pond.
Yindan sat respectfully on the bed and spoke eloquently: "I understand that those who regulate the world are in Zhenjing Fanping and harmonious people in the distance; those who are loyal are in the Pizan royal family and are ranked among the nobility."
"Since the Yongjia period, the Central Plains has been in chaos. Zhang Xiping has embraced his solitary nature and has great virtues and weapons. He has a land of rivers and longs, and the country has a huge screen. He uses virtuous people to herd Li Yuan and pull out the black bears to care for me.
The teacher traveled. As a result, he made a new start at night, and the bandits escaped. This effect can illuminate the sun and the moon, and it can show one thing -"
"Zhang Xiping defends any side and has inherent merit." Shao Xun played with the white jade wine glass in his hand and asked, "What merit does Zhang Jun have?"
A pair of white and tender bare hands took away the wine glass and poured some more wine for him.
After doing all this, Jin Yuehua sat quietly beside Shao Xun.
Jin Yuehui sat on the other side, lowering his head shyly.
The little girl is not old, but she is not short in stature. When she is sitting upright, her breasts are protruding, her waist is slender, and her originally flat and tender lower abdomen is slightly raised, which slightly destroys this beauty, but it is also
The greenness and immaturity on the little girl's face were washed away, leaving her with a more mature look.
Shao Xun loved watering this tender and tight young bud.
Yin Dan did not dare to look at the two sisters. After hearing Shao Xun's question, he added: "My master has great trust in the family and protects Ningshuo Mo. He inherited the fierce wind from his father and ancestors and caressed the west of the Sui River. While working hard, he is always afraid.
Lost and fallen; when working diligently, there is always a fear of being unethical. The three camps in the twelve counties of Liangzhou have become more and more weathered, and the people are peaceful and happy. This is the contribution to protecting the environment and the people."
"Since you have achieved merit, why not change your banner and become an official in the court?" Shao Xun asked rhetorically.
"The minister guarding the screen did not dare to leave lightly." Yin Dan replied, "In the final analysis, I still can't let go." Shao Xun smiled and said, "I have arrived in Chang'an and sent 500,000 troops. How can I retreat with just a few words from you?"
I'm not in a hurry, my sons have already secured the Golden City.
Approaching Hongchi. Jin Zhun defeated Song Ji again and shocked the desert. The loyal men of the three battalions of the twelve counties were eager to extricate themselves; the lost people were all frightened. What's my hurry? If Zhang Jun is not in a hurry, he can just sit in the city.
I can see him within a month."
Yin Dan listened and remained silent.
"I accept the beauty of Loulan," Shao Xun said, "but I prefer the brave men of Liangzhou. If Zhang Jun knew the opportunity, he would surrender now.
It is his credit to be able to retain a little more of Liangzhou's vitality, and he is still a wealthy man. If he resists stubbornly, his sin is serious, and he will not be punished with an axe. That's all. In today's world, no one is worthy of me.
I am condescending, and I have repeatedly asked for help. I have been given the opportunity, and who can blame me for not being able to seize it?"
After that, he waved his hand to signal the messenger to leave.
Yin Dan had no choice but to bow and leave.
Emperor Liang spoke very clearly.
He came down from Liangzhou and his whole family was safe.
You can't blame him for not keeping his word as he stubbornly resists to the end.
After returning to Guanyi, I thought about it gloomily and worried about delaying the opportunity, so I immediately wrote a letter and sent it back quickly.
Chapter completed!