As soon as Li Ru finished speaking, the man on Dong Zhuo's left stood up and said loudly: "Sir, how can you increase their ambition and destroy your own prestige? I wonder how the southerners have always been weak, so how can they be the Marquis of Wen?"
Opponent? They must have used a trick to defeat Marquis Wen. I am not talented, but I am willing to be the vanguard of the Grand Master and swear to take the head of the southern bandit."
When Dong Zhuo turned around to look, he saw Liu Bao, the Zuoxian King of the Southern Xiongnu. Although this Zuoxian King was under the jurisdiction of the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu, he was the actual holder of the power of the Southern Xiongnu. He believed that the Xiongnu nobles had long been in harmony with the Han Dynasty, and he should do the same.
He was considered a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so he gave himself the Han name Liu Bao. In fact, he did not understand the etiquette of the Han Dynasty at all. How could he understand that even if his mother was a princess of the Han Dynasty, he could not be considered a clan member of the Han Dynasty.
Before Dong Zhuo could speak, a man sitting on his right stood up and said, "I would like to be a vanguard and lead my troops to attack Yangping Pass at night to avenge Marquis Wen!"
This person was Beigong Boyu, the leader of the Qiang people in Liangzhou. He had led a rebellion in his early years and was later suppressed by the imperial court. After his defeat, he asked for recruitment. He had always been on good terms with Dong Zhuo. This time he was recruited by Dong Zhuo to help in the war.
Are these two people really good brothers, loyal and willing to go to all lengths for Dong Zhuo? Of course not. The Qiang people are a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic minority living in the Ganliang area, while the Southern Xiongnu are pure nomads.
, the adult men in their tribe were ordinary people when they were herding horses and sheep, and they became fierce warriors when they picked up swords and guns. These nomadic or semi-nomadic people often plundered everywhere during the seasons when they were not producing. Not only did they
To plunder the counties and counties on the border of the Han Dynasty, even the same clans often fought for a land with rich water and grass. This time, Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao were glad to lead their troops after receiving Dong Zhuo's call, because now they are still
In early spring, the grass on the grassland has not turned green yet, and it is not yet the time for grazing. It is a good opportunity to go to the hinterland of the Han Dynasty to plunder.
However, what greatly disappointed them was that they hadn't grabbed anything since they left Chang'an and headed south. Little did they know that Dong Zhuo's soldiers were just like them. Starting from Chencang, they went to Hechi and Juxian, first
It was robbed once by Li Jue, and then Li Ying and Li Wei led 50,000 Luoyang old troops to sweep them all the way. By the time Lu Bu led his army through, there was not much oil and water left. The land had been scraped three times, and there was still
How many things were left? When it was Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao's turn to come over, they didn't even pick up a few bones or scraps. As a result, the two people who had gained nothing were eager to take the lead.
Dong Zhuo twisted his fat body and looked at Li Ru. He trusted Li Ru very much. Since Li Ru felt that he should avoid his sharp edges, then not sending troops was naturally the best choice. He hoped that Li Ru could say something convincing.
Reason to dispel Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao's idea of sending troops.
Li Ru saw Dong Zhuo's eyes and immediately understood. He stood up and said, "With the help of two of you, there is no need to worry about Liu Xin's death. The city wall in Ju County is low and it is not suitable to hold on. Liu Xin will definitely go out and set up camp. Since you two are willing,
If we go there, we can send troops immediately to catch him off guard before his foothold is stable, and we can gain full success."
Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao said in unison: "Okay, then according to your words, sir, I will go back to the camp to order troops and set off immediately."
Seeing the two people hurriedly walking out of the tent, Dong Zhuo asked in confusion: "Wen You, you just advised me not to move lightly, why did you let the two of them take the initiative to attack? Besides, you are not incompetent in the strength of the Qiang soldiers and the Huns soldiers. Clearly, they will definitely not be superior to my Xiliang soldiers, can they defeat Liu Xin?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "Grand Master, do you still remember that the Qiang and the Huns invaded our Xiliang border more than once? Since they took the initiative to ask for a fight this time, let them fight with Liu Xin and both sides will suffer. Isn't it right for us to clean up the mess?" better?"
Dong Zhuo put his palms in his hands and laughed and said: "It's really a good plan. Immediately send an order for Feng to withdraw from Sanguan first."
Li Ru's prediction was accurate. Liu Xin did not intend to stick to Ju County, and had already moved his army thirty miles forward to set up camp. Liu Xin was not in a hurry to advance, and even though he won several battles in succession, he won a complete victory. However, the soldiers were extremely tired from the continuous running and needed proper rest and recuperation. More importantly, many equipment and food supplies had not been transported in place.
Two days later, it was already the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and a batch of trebuchets arrived at the camp one after another. Liu Xin was sitting in the tent, drinking with the generals. This year's Lantern Festival could only be spent in the military camp, and it was inevitable to have to drink. Celebrate together with the generals. The banquet of the Lantern Festival should be held in the evening. Considering that vigilance should be heightened at night, Liu Xin stipulated that drinking was not allowed at night, so he had to advance the banquet to noon.
Just halfway through the banquet, a scout came to report that a large number of cavalry appeared outside Hechi City. Liu Xin raised the wine glass in her hand and said loudly: "Everyone, Dong Zhuo doesn't want us to spend this festival in peace, so let's call him You." There is no coming back, so please drink up this cup and go out to meet the enemy!"
All the generals said hello in unison and drank it all in one gulp.
Soon, another spy came to report that the cavalry was coming this way, and the number was as many as 200,000. Liu Xin was shocked when he received the report. He had already received the information, and Dong Zhuo's elite Xiliang cavalry only had a total of Two hundred thousand people. After two battles, there are now at most 120,000 people left. Why did another two hundred thousand cavalry appear all of a sudden? He quickly ordered another investigation. Not long after, another news came that these cavalry Not the Xiliang cavalry, but the Qiang and Southern Xiongnu armies.
Zhang Fei heard the news and said proudly: "Brother, they say these barbarians are good at riding and shooting, so let them see the power of our Han cavalry!"
In fact, no matter Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers, Luoyang soldiers, Kwantung soldiers, or the armies of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Tao Qian, they all fought under the banner of the Han army. However, Liu Xin has now classified them all into The rebellious ranks of the Han people proclaimed to the outside world that only their own army was the orthodox Han army.
Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Sun Ce, Gao Shun, and Wenpin all stood up and asked for battle, asking to lead the Han cavalry to compete with these barbarians. Liu Xin had only 25,000 cavalry in total, distributed among Among the five legions, some cavalry were lost in the previous battles, and there are still 13,000 people stationed in the camp. It is a very big thing to use 13,000 people to fight against 200,000 people. It was a dangerous mission, but there was no trace of fear on the faces of Zhang Fei and others.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xin waved his hand and said decisively: "All the cavalry will retreat ten miles to rest in place. No one is allowed to use these cavalry without my order! Order the three armies to come out of camp and form a formation. Let's do this The infantry is here to try out how powerful these barbarians’ mounted archery is! Also, assemble the trebuchet.”
All the generals looked at each other, wondering why Liu Xin wanted to hide the few cavalry in the snow. It was not only difficult to fight the cavalry with infantry, but also would cause huge casualties.
Liu Xin had his own ideas. On the one hand, it was not easy to train his cavalry, and it would be difficult to replenish them in time after losses. Just like the two thousand cavalry casualties in the first two battles, they still cannot make up for it. In the past, he did not have enough cavalry.
The lack of war horses is a major reason. Now, more than 40,000 war horses have been captured, but it is still not possible to immediately form a strong cavalry regiment, because most of the people in Jing and Yi states are not good at riding horses, and every cavalryman must
Only after long-term training can one go into battle to kill the enemy.
In addition to this consideration, there is another more important reason, that is, the cavalry of the Qiang and Southern Huns are attacking this time. Liu Xin's cavalry are already equipped with stirrups and sabers. With the stirrups, the knight's hands can be
After being liberated, in addition to riding and shooting, you can also easily perform chopping, slashing and stabbing movements. However, the technical content of stirrups is really not high. Anyone who is interested can learn to use stirrups as long as they pay a little attention.
How to make stirrups. Both the Qiang and the Southern Huns are peoples who live on horseback. If they master the method of making stirrups, it will be even more powerful, and I am afraid it will bring huge disasters to the Han nation. Without mastery,
Before the land where horses were raised, Liu Xin did not dare to let the barbarians know that there was such equipment as stirrups. He would rather sacrifice a large number of infantry than use cavalry to charge. This is the reason.
Liu Xin's courage to use infantry against cavalry was not entirely impulsive. Since he took charge of Xiangyang, he has been ordering the study of various infantry versus cavalry tactics. In fact, in his impression, there is a type of Modao formation for cavalry.
Nemesis, but they only know that this kind of Mo Dao is a long knife, weighing dozens of kilograms, and the soldiers who use the Mo Dao also have to wear heavy armor. Building such a Mo Dao array not only requires a lot of money, but also
to the soldier's body
The physical fitness requirements are also very high. There is no problem in terms of money, but to find so many strong men, Liu Xin feels that he does not have the ability. Although he has not built a Modao formation that can effectively deal with cavalry, the institute has still developed many
The weapon against the cavalry had already been put to a try when he sent troops to Luoyang last time and wiped out all the Luoyang cavalry. This time, he wanted to test its power on the cavalry of the Qiang and Southern Huns.
The armies of Beigong Boyu and Liu Bao should have arrived at Ju County two days ago, but they had not gained anything along the way. They were unwilling to accept it, so they stayed in Hechi for two days. The city of Hechi had been occupied by Xiliang
After two rounds of looting by the army, there was nothing left to rob, but most of the countryside in Hechi had not been looted yet, so the two men indulged their subordinates in looting, and it was not until now that they finally left the city to kill Liu Xin.
Dazhai.
Seeing that Liu Xin's stronghold was getting closer and closer, there had been reports of scouting horses. Liu Xin's army formed a military formation in front, with about 100,000 people, all of them infantry. Beigong Boyu and Liu
The leopards looked at each other and were very surprised. These Han people actually wanted to use infantry to block their elite cavalry. They were simply asking for death.
With a whistle, the large group of nomadic cavalry split into two groups. Beigong Boyu led the Qiang cavalry on the left, and Liu Bao led the Southern Huns cavalry on the right. They all rushed towards the dark military formation. They wanted this to make Dong Zhuo
Liu Xin, who was frightened by the news, surrendered under his horse's hooves.