In the first year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, although the year name was changed, the fortunes of this year did not improve. There were still wars in various parts of the Central Plains!
The melee between the princes of Guandong began with the alliance between Western Qin and Liu Bei, and became a little more subtle. Especially when Sun Wu's army abandoned Guangling and attacked directly after besieging Guangling for many days without success.
The hinterland of Xuzhou made the war in Xuzhou more complicated. Even Cao Cao, who was already determined to capture Xuzhou, stopped his offensive and began to station troops in Xiaopei to observe the situation.
I originally thought that under such circumstances, the Western Qin Army stationed in Guangling would send troops to intercept Sun Wu's army to rescue Liu Bei in Pengcheng. However, I never expected that half a month had passed, and there was no movement from the Western Qin Army in Guangling.
Sun Wu's army that invaded Xuzhou retreated very consciously! Except for a few people, most people in the world couldn't understand what was wrong with this. Without Sun Wu's army, Cao Cao's
The soldiers and horses were also stationed in Xiaopei and never showed any signs of attacking forward. As for Gongsun Zan's army that besieged Langya, they were ambushed by Liu Bei's military advisor Zhuge Liang outside the city. A fire burned Gongsun Zan's 20,000 troops.
, forcing Gongsun Zan to retreat.
At this point, the Battle of Xuzhou has come to an end. From this point of view, no one in the Kwantung princes seems to have taken advantage. Not to mention Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan and Sun Ce who lost their troops. Although Liu Bei defended Xuzhou, he lost Xiaopei and Guangling.
The two counties can't be considered a victory. But at least one thing is certain, this melee between the Guandong princes ended with the absolute advantage of the Western Qin.
The war between the Guandong princes had just ended, and the other two wars in the southwest also came to fruition. First, the army led by the Western Qin generals Huang Xu and Li Yan defeated the Western Qiang, and even the king of the Western Qiang was captured alive by Huang Xu. This time
In the battle, the Xiqiang lost a total of 40,000 armored soldiers. In addition to the Xiqiang soldiers who had died in Longxi, for a while, there was not even an adult man in the Xiqiang station! This means that the momentum has just begun.
The Xiqiang will never threaten the Central Plains again in a hundred years!
As the commander-in-chief of this battle, Huang Xu also became famous in the first battle. I heard that in the decisive battle of the Xiqiang army, Huang Xu killed a thousand people by himself. After the battle, Huang Xu's body was covered with the blood of the enemy and he was killed.
The Western Qiang people were given the title of evil killers! As the Western Qin army escorted the Western Qiang battle ax back to the Central Plains, Huang Xu's title also spread to the Central Plains. In addition, he was the first general of the Western Qin Dynasty, Huang Zhong.
His son, Huang Xu’s reputation is getting louder and louder!
Another war in the southwest was the Battle of Jiaozhou. The Southern Barbarian King Meng Huo, on the orders of Luo Yang, led an army of 40,000 Southern Barbarians to invade Jiaozhou. The leader of Jiaozhou, Cangwu Prefect Shi Xie, vowed not to surrender and led the Jiaozhou army and Meng Huo.
Meng Huo's Southern Barbarian Army launched a great battle. This battle resulted in a river of blood in Jiaozhou! In two months, the entire Jiaozhou army was wiped out, and Meng Huo's Southern Barbarian Army also lost more than half! After capturing Cangwu, Meng Huo became angry and angry.
Huo immediately ordered the massacre of the city. Fortunately, Lu Su, who followed the army, stopped him and saved the lives of the people of Cangwu. However, Shi Xie's family was not spared. All 531 members of the Shi Xie family were beheaded.
The scale was hung at the top of Cangwu City. The bloody scene scared the people of Cangwu so much that they did not dare to go to the top of the city for more than a month.
In any case, the destruction of the Shi family marked the disappearance of the only force in Jiaozhou that dared to resist the Western Qin, and Jiaozhou fell into the control of the Western Qin. The Southern Barbarian King Meng Huo repaid Lu Su for saving him.
The kindness of his wife and children, after capturing Jiaozhou, led the Southern Barbarian army back to the Southern Barbarian land, and once again lived his leisurely life of high mountains and far away emperors.
Whether it is the Battle of Xiqiang or the Battle of Jiaozhou, it is not the battle that attracts the most attention from the world. Almost all the Kanto princes have set their sights on the northwest, waiting for the Western Qin soldiers who were sent to the northwest by Luo Yang to attack the Xiongnu.
Horses. If nothing else, these Western Qin soldiers and horses include the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry. These are the two ace armies of the Western Qin! If these two armies return from victory, it means that the Western Qin has returned.
Once again, we have the strength to invade Guandong! In this way, the princes of Guandong will have to consider reuniting to resist the invasion of Western Qin.
On the other hand, if the Western Qin army suffered a defeat in the northwest, and even defeated these two ace armies, then the Western Qin army would be severely damaged! This can be said to be the best for the princes of Guandong.
Result!
It's a pity that the Yongzhou line was tightly sealed by the defenders of the Western Qin Dynasty. The Kwantung princes had no way of knowing the situation of the northwest war, so they could only wait for the news to come. However, what they didn't expect was
, I have been waiting for this for three years!
In the late autumn of the fourth year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, Xuantu City was located in the northernmost part of the Han Dynasty's territory and east of Youzhou.
Originally, Xuantu City was also a large county in Youzhou, but later due to some changes, the territory of Xuantu County shrank rapidly. Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong who monopolized Liaodong, simply merged Xuantu County into Liaodong.
Therefore, Xuantu County became Xuantu City.
In Xuantu City, although the city is very large, it is not very popular. There are only a few passers-by walking hurriedly on the streets in the city, and there is a dead atmosphere in the whole city.
On the largest street in Xuantu City, several strong men were walking on the street leading tall horses. Looking at their clothes, although they were wearing armor, most of them were in tatters, but they were
Wrapped with some animal furs, it is a bit ugly, but it is very warm, just suitable for the cold weather in Liaodong. Their dress is not like the locals at all, but it is somewhat similar to the Xianbei people in the north, but
They all wear big fur hats, and I wonder if their hairstyles are as ugly as those of the Xianbei people.
"General!" A man following behind walked a few steps quickly, came to the majestic man at the front, and whispered: "Looking at the atmosphere in this city, something seems wrong?"
The majestic man nodded. Although most of his face was covered by the fur hat, it could be seen from the exposed skin on the lower half of his face that this man must have experienced a lot of travel.
At this point, the man waved a hand and said to the subordinates behind him: "You go find an inn to stay first, and I will check around the situation! Remember, you must pay attention to safety, this is Gongsun Du's territory
, although it is rumored that his relationship with Gongsun Zan is not very good, after all, they are both descendants of the Gongsun family in Liaodong, so there is no guarantee that there will be no connection between them!"
"Here!" Several subordinates immediately gave the man a military salute, and then led the horse straight towards the inn not far ahead. After the majestic man handed over the reins of his mount to his subordinates,
, but he held the sword at his waist with one hand, turned around and walked to the other side.
Maybe it was because the man was carrying weapons. After seeing the man, the passers-by showed fear and lowered their heads to avoid him. The man couldn't find someone to ask about the situation, so he could only smile and shake his head.
He shook his head. After walking for a long time, the man didn't meet anyone he could ask. In the end, the man simply turned around and walked towards a grocery store next to the street.
The clerk at the grocery store obviously saw the man early, but he didn't expect the man to come here before. Now he panicked and wanted to close the store door immediately, but it was too late. He couldn't wait.
The clerk closed the store door halfway, and the man had already arrived at the door of the store. He directly waved his arm to block the store door and shouted at the clerk: "You are so unreasonable as a store! Since we are opening a store,
, then of course you have to welcome customers to the door! Why do you have to close the store door when you see customers coming to the door? "
When the guy saw the man coming, his face was already pale with fright. Now that he saw the man getting angry, his legs became weak. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, taking with him the surrounding goods.
Spread all over the floor!
"Damn it! Ergouzi! You clumsy bastard! What did you break again?" A shouting and cursing sound came from the back of the grocery store. Listening to this, it should be the owner of the grocery store.
Sure enough, not long after, I saw a fat middle-aged man holding his belt and running out from behind in a hurry. I bet this guy had just gone to the latrine, and he heard the sound of things being broken, and he didn't even have his pants.
After getting dressed, he ran out in a hurry.
It's just that the boss originally ran out cursing, but when he saw the majestic man standing at the door, he immediately turned pale with fright, staggered and fell to the ground. Judging from the way his whole body was shaking, it was obvious that he was scared.
It was so terrible that the majestic man subconsciously touched his cheek. When did his face look so scary?
For a moment, he couldn't figure out the reason. The majestic man simply stopped thinking about it. He just took a step forward and shouted: "Stand up for me! I have something to ask you! Answer me honestly!" Since
Already being regarded as a villain by others, the majestic man decided to simply act like a villain. The tone of his shouting became more and more fierce, which frightened the boss and the waiter who were sitting on the ground but kept moving back.
"Hmph!" The majestic man simply pulled out the sword from his waist, chopped it directly on the shelf next to him, and cursed fiercely: "Bastard! If you dare to take a step back again! I will chop it down.
Your heads!”
Not to mention, the majestic man's move really worked. The boss and the waiter were so frightened by him that they dared not even move for fear of offending the man in front of them and having their heads chopped off by him. See you.
This intimidation really worked, and the majestic man couldn't help but have a wry smile on his lips. Finally, he shook his head and continued to pretend to be fierce: "Listen! I have some questions to ask you! If you are smart,
, just answer honestly, otherwise, my sword will not be polite!"