Chapter 199: Xiliang Horse Bandit: Cruel and Cunning
The army advanced in the dark, and Sun Jian led his men directly into the camp gate.
Soon after the imperial army's expeditionary force retreated, the rebels' defenses were lax, and the camp gate was quickly opened, and more than 3,000 Anping troops marched straight in. Kebineng led his troops in the streets, and the enemies who rushed out of the houses were attacked by Xianbei.
The cavalry trampled them wantonly. Zhang He led his troops straight to the stables. The 1,500 Wuhuan cavalry encountered no obstacles and successfully controlled the horses. The bandits stationed here could only fight on foot and lost the possibility of escaping.
Liu Xiang led the guards to seal the camp gate, not wanting to let anyone escape. Taishi Ci led Yueqi to become Sun Jian's auxiliary archers, and they were clearing out the defenders from building to building.
Sun Jian shouted for a fierce battle and felt extremely happy. The cavalry completely cut off the enemy. He only had to lead his men to kick in the door and kill them one by one. He kept attacking with more and less, without worrying about the way back, and he also had shooting skills.
With the support of superb archers, this battle is a comfortable one.
"Please pay attention to me. If anyone dies, he will be a loser." Sun Jian felt that he could have zero casualties in this kind of battle.
He laughed heartily: "It's so damn happy."
The battle went very smoothly. We used three times the force to attack at night. The enemy was sleepy and caught off guard. Just as Sun Jian expected, none of our troops were killed. Several injured people were ridiculed by Sun Jian so much that they couldn't even lift their heads. They just wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground.
Go inside.
One thousand two hundred rebel defenders and dozens of Qiang herdsmen were all killed.
One thousand, two hundred war horses, sixty stallions, and more than a thousand mares were seized.
At the beginning of Yinshi, under the whitening sky, the army divided into five groups, with more than 500 riders in each group. Under the banner of several horse thieves prepared in advance, they rushed to attack the remaining five stables. Liu Xiang and Sun Jian led the five
Six hundred people stayed behind.
The convoy came from a distance, and the peasants were busy loading the fine materials. Liu Xiang went to check it out and wanted to know about the food of the Hexi horses in the animal husbandry. It was mainly beans, supplemented by wheat, and there was a lot of bran and watercress.
What a strange selection of feed.
Sun Jian followed and persuaded disapprovingly: "It's just ordinary horse materials. Why should Yicheng come and see it in person? Capture a few herder slaves here, they can naturally raise war horses well."
Liu Xiang shook his head: "We can't take people from Muyuan with us, so be careful and you won't make a big mistake."
Several groups of troops sent out reported one after another that the stables had been occupied and there were no defenders stationed. The total number of Qiang herdsmen and slaves was less than 400, and all of them had been executed.
The convoy dispersed and rushed to other stables. It was not until noon that the captured war horses and horse materials were pulled back. According to statistics, there were 1,200 war horses, 350 stallions, and more than 4,000 mares.
Start dividing the spoils.
Sun Jian felt that there were too few war horses, so he couldn't help complaining: "The thieves have been very cruel, and more than half of them have been taken away."
He was only allocated 360 war horses, 105 stallions and more than 1,200 mares. The war horses were not enough for him to form a cavalry regiment.
Liu Xiang looked at his stallion, a little greedy, and said, "Brother Wentai, does he have a pasture to breed horses?"
"No." Sun Jian did not have his own territory. His family was in Yangzhou, and he was not a wealthy family. He could not afford to set up a large-scale horse breeding farm. Breeding horses was a big problem for him.
"It would be a pity to use a stallion as a war horse. How about this? I'll trade the war horses with you, five for one, and I'll give you nine hundred war horses. You also have more than one thousand, two hundred mares.
, this way we can form a cavalry regiment of a thousand people, do you want to change it?"
Sun Jian thought for a while, it would be a good thing to have his own horse farm in the future, but the cycle of breeding and training war horses is too long, at least three or four years, and it is too expensive and he cannot afford it. It is better to seize the moment and build a cavalry regiment first.
.With cavalry, you can naturally grab more war horses.
"make a deal!"
After the exchange, Liu Xiang had 350 stallions, 300 war horses and nearly 3,000 mares. As long as he was brought back to Youzhou, he would have a large-scale Hexi war horse breeding farm.
He was very happy.
Sun Jian was also very happy. Seeing the cavalry regiment in front of him, he smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes.
Both of them have needs and gain.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate with Yicheng. Next time there is a good deal, let's give him another try. If you and I join forces, we can win everything in the world."
"Brother Wentai, don't worry, we haven't finished yet."
Hearing this, Sun Jian was confused: "We have killed all the people, robbed all the horses, and pulled five hundred carts and horses. Isn't that the end of the world? Yicheng wants to cut the grass too?"
Liu Xiang sighed inwardly, Sun Jian was too rough, so he explained: "Everyone who has seen us in Muyuan cannot stay, but our names haven't been announced yet, so we have to hang around the nearby Qiang and Di tribes.
Let the names of me, Yun Yun, and you, Gust of Wind, be known, otherwise how will others know that horse thieves robbed the Muyuan, and how can we have an excuse to shirk it. There is also a military order to suppress the Qiang rebellion, and we also need people to deal with it."
Sun Jian felt that he had learned a lot, and Liu Yicheng was really thorough in his work.
Then do it.
The Qiang and Di tribes in the east and north of Muyuan were in bad luck. A group of ferocious horse thieves were killing people and setting fires everywhere. These thieves moved like the wind and were so powerful that no one could stop them.
The leader is called Xiliang Yiyun. Wherever he passes, the sky is three feet high and the earth is thin. He plunders everything cleanly.
There is also a leader named Xiliang Jifeng. He is even more ferocious. If you encounter him, he will not leave any chickens or dogs behind. He will even kill the livestock shed for you.
The most arrogant thing is that after they committed the crime, they would leave a flag directly on the pile of corpses, with white words on a black background, and ask you if you are afraid?
In a short period of time, the name of this group of horse thieves spread throughout the world. They were so arrogant, cruel and cunning that they could make a child stop crying.
There were many who feared and many who imitated the situation. The junction of Hanyang County, Jincheng County and Wuwei County was boiling and filled with chaos.
The name was passed to Han Sui, who sent out scouts and cavalry to recruit these two talents to jointly fight against the imperial army. Even Zhang Wen heard about the horse thief's reputation and sent a message to Liu Xiang to investigate.
If there is an opportunity, he will recruit his people, and he will not hesitate to promise high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
On May 23, Liu Xiang's troops fought with the horse thieves in the south of Zuli County, Wuwei County. After a fierce battle for a day, the horse thieves fled in panic. Liu Xiang's troops were not strong enough to pursue them, so they withdrew their troops.
After half a month of tossing, both the enemy and ours had turned their attention, and it was time to return to the army. Liu Xiang and Sun Jian led a herd of more than 12,000 horses, pulling more than 10,000 stones and more than 5,000 bundles of fodder.
More than 4,000 heads and more than 30,000 cattle, sheep and livestock were driven back to Longguan in a mighty manner.
They didn't take any prisoners.
Sun Jian gathered together more than a thousand war horses and nearly two thousand pack horses, and he was very satisfied.
Liu Xiang made up for the shortage of horses and earned more than 2,000 more horses. Most importantly, 350 stallions were his beloved ones.
After returning to the army, I heard the good news that the bandit-suppressing army was about to withdraw to Chencang, which meant that the operation to suppress Liangzhou had failed.
No matter what others think, Liu Xiang thinks it is good news.
The results of the battle were reported to the Chinese army, and Zhang Wen told him another good news:
"Liu Xiang, the general who was in trouble during the crisis, was brave and good at fighting, and displayed great power with force. He was promoted to the general of Liao Dynasty, the title of Marquis of Xixiang, and the settlement of 500 households."