In the seventh month of autumn, the locust plague raged, and the Yellow Turbans reappeared in the three counties of Liaodong. The people were starving, and their power was unstoppable. The prefect of Liaodong Yang Zhong, the prefect of Xuantu Gongsun Yu, and the chief minister of Liaodong Shi Gongsun Zan were all killed.
I raised soldiers to quell the rebellion and fought hard for three months before we were able to pacify it.
Youzhou is in decline and the people's livelihood is difficult. I beg your majesty for permission to reduce or reduce taxes so that the people can rest.
Liu Xiang, the governor of Youzhou, listed above.
It was the tenth day of October in the second year of Zhongping.
After writing the above report to the court, Liu Xiang stretched himself, and the three counties in Liaodong were pacified. After preliminary statistics, after the locust plague and the military disaster, the population loss was extremely heavy. At least 80,000 people died of famine, mostly old, weak, women and children.
There are still 180,000 people left, including more than 74,000 young and strong men.
On the line from Xi'an to Fanhan, there are 15,000 young and strong soldiers in the army. There are 20,000 young and strong soldiers in the Xuantu County army and 15,000 women and children. There are more than 80,000 people in the army in the Liaohe plain. Most of them are strong women and elderly people.
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In Liaodong, there are 25,000 young men and 20,000 women and children stationed in the national army.
Yang Qian was appointed governor of Liaodong, and the right army was expanded to 8,000 men, supplemented by 3,000 Hu Qingqi.
Deploy 5,000 former troops to garrison Tuhe to supplement Liaodong's combat strength.
The Black Mountain Army gathered in Yangle County for repairs and was ready to march westward to Liucheng at any time. That was Qiu Liju's home base. There were more than 5,000 Wuhuan herdsmen and hundreds of thousands of people nearby.
Yan Rou sent people to report that they had withdrawn from the Xianbei territory. Although there was a small loss, the harvest was not bad, and the goal of delaying the Xianbei southward was achieved.
The three-way coalition had a total of 40,000 cavalry, and killed more than 60,000 Xianbei herdsmen and 8,000 Xianbei leader cavalry. They did not engage in direct combat with the Shanyu and his company.
They plundered 4,000 people, 21,000 horses, and more than 50,000 cattle, sheep, and livestock.
I received 2,000 war horses for my part, 5,000 for the rest, and 15,000 cattle, sheep, and livestock. All of them were exchanged with Qiu Liju, who received 800 war horses. I also gave him 20,000 dan of grain and 60,000 bundles of fodder.
Qiu Liju's troops have sent out 15,000 cavalry, and there are 12,000 people left. They are carrying 2,000 prisoners of war, more than 8,000 horses, and 40,000 livestock. They are marching towards Bailang Mountain and are preparing to return along the south bank of the Chongqing River. There are many of them.
The baggage train stretched for ten miles and moved slowly.
More than 8,000 of our troops are following up 20 miles away, waiting for fighter opportunities at any time.
After being informed by Yan Rou that such a good opportunity could not be missed, Liu Xiang led a Chinese army of 20,000 people, marched westward along the Xiaoling River, and went straight to Bailang Mountain.
In seven days, they traveled more than 400 miles in a hurry, and on October 17th, they arrived in front of Qiu Liju and ambush at the foot of Bailang Mountain.
Bailang Mountain, modernly called Dayang Mountain, is located between Baitazi Town, Pingfangfang Town and Shanzuizi Town in Kazuo County, with an altitude of 880 meters and stretching for 12 square kilometers.
On the crest of the mountain halfway southwest of the main peak, there is a flower-white stone cliff about 50 meters long and 15 meters high. From a distance, it looks like a white wolf. It is called White Wolf Rock, and the mountain is also named.
It is Bailang Mountain.
Qiu Liju's march was indeed too slow. The army waited for three days, but he didn't arrive.
Liu Xiang was really bored, so he climbed to the top of the mountain and recalled that more than 20 years later, Boss Cao conquered Wuhuan at the Battle of Bailang Mountain. It was here that Cao defeated Qiu Liju's nephew Tadun, and wrote this on the way to victory.
The famous chapter "Guan Cang Hai".
"Three Kingdoms·Wei·Wudi Chronicle" records: "The Duke (Cao Cao) climbed high and saw that the captive formation was not in order, so he sent his troops to attack them, and sent Zhang Liao as the vanguard. The captive formation collapsed, and more than 20 Hu and Han surrenderers below Ta Dun and Ming Wang were killed.
Thousands of mouths.”
"The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms: Karasuma Biography" records: "Those who are caught in a sudden attack will be killed, and the dead will be killed."
After this battle, they continued to advance eastward and created another "Slaughter of Liu City".
Lao Cao loves to massacre the city, there is really no way to clean up this matter, it is too cruel.
Liu Xiang was filled with emotions because he was too busy.
After waiting for another two days, on October 22, the Wuhuan people's team finally appeared.
A long team marched slowly along the ancient road at the foot of the mountain, driving cattle and horses, carrying food and fodder. They were noisy and scattered, just like refugees moving.
The 60,000 bundles of fodder were really difficult for the Wuhuan people. There were not enough oxen and horses, and there were not many carts, so they had to use people to carry them. Except for a small amount of warning, everyone dismounted and walked.
In previous years, they would have just thrown it away, but this year there was a locust plague, and what they were transporting was not fodder, but the lives of the tribe.
People can die, but grass cannot be lost.
The Wuhuan people were struggling for their lives, and Liu Xiang was happy.
This is pie in the sky, you can eat it if you open your mouth.
He ordered all the troops to hide carefully, let the front team go, and go straight to the middle army. He ordered people to send a message to Yan Rou to speed up and intercept the enemy's rear team.
The Wuhuan people's team was too long, and the front team walked for half an hour before they passed. The soldiers of the Anping Army were impatient to wait, and then they saw Qiu Liju's big gate.
Liu Xiang drew his sword and ordered: "The brave cavalry rushes into the formation and cuts off the enemy's army. The other teams follow up to kill the barbarians and increase the prestige of our army."
Cui Yi held a horse in his hand and shouted loudly: "Charge and kill the enemy."
The heroic cavalry sprinted down the hillside, followed closely by the Yue cavalry, followed by more than ten thousand infantry. The army charged down from all over the mountains and fields, with flags waving and war drums thundering.
The originally scattered team of the Wuhuan people became even more chaotic. The cavalrymen threw away the fodder they were carrying and hurriedly unloaded their horses. These actions were too time-consuming. The enemy was about to rush in, but most of the cavalrymen had no time to mount their horses.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Qiu Liju shouted strangely and led the warriors who were guarding him to mount a counterattack. He was brave and wanted to kill the enemy general, block the enemy's advance, and buy time for the cavalry to mount their horses.
He kept yelling strangely to boost his morale, and then he ran into a big red-faced man. The big man probably must have been a foot tall, riding a tall horse, charging towards him like a mad tiger.
Guan Yu rushed very quickly, surpassed Cui Yi, rushed out of the formation, and rode alone to the opposite side. He shouted loudly, trying to vent the frustration in his chest.
"ah…!"
Facing the enemy chieftain who was surrounded by guards, he continued to hit the horse regardless of it. Ignoring the spear stabbing his chest, he picked up the horse's shaft and smashed it.
"die!"
This desperate attack scared Qiu Liju into a cold sweat. He retracted the spear he thrust forward and raised the spear with both hands.
Only a "kacha" sound was heard, and the spear shaft broke.
Guan Yu's horse smashed the spear and continued to smash it down on the iron helmet.
"clang"
The iron helmet burst into flames, and Qiu Liju's wails were drowned in the loud sound like forging iron. He lost consciousness and relaxed his body. He fell off the horse with the force of the horse's shaft and was trampled by the Wuhuan warriors who followed.
Guan Yu smashed the enemy chief to death, but he was not in a good mood. Ma Shan smashed left and right and rushed into the enemy group, knocking down five or six in an instant.
But the Wuhuan cavalry led by Qiu Liju were also brave men. Their leader died in the battle, but the cavalry behind them still rushed up desperately, stabbing them with spears one after another.
Guan Yu made a strong call and swung it more than ten times. Just when he smashed away a spear aimed at the war horse, the spear suddenly broke. The following spears had no chance to block, and they were about to pierce into the chest. He felt deeply in his heart.
Sigh: That's it, that's fine. Fight against the Hulu and die in battle. This is what a man should do.
It's just that I'm not willing to live a busy life and have no strength to do anything.