Sun Jian was so angry that he almost died: "You Zhou Shen, you are frightened in the face of battle. I don't know that the generals of chariots and cavalry are not far behind. As long as they can hold on for a while and the reinforcements arrive, they will surely defeat these Qiang troops."
Counterattack a drum and annihilate it, achieving an unparalleled feat!
This distraction caused him to be stabbed once in the thigh and lower abdomen, and he almost fell off the horse. He was cursing in his mind: "We can't continue the fight. The numbers are very different. If they hadn't divided their forces to chase Zhou Shen, they might have been defeated faster!"
He and Zhou Shen each led 15,000 cavalry, and together they had 30,000. The Western Qiang coalition had more than 50,000. The difference was 20,000, which was not a lot. But in one battle, whether they won or lost, they could hold off the opponent for at least half a day.
That's when the infantry from the rear came up. The people and horses here were so exhausted that they could really be surrounded and annihilated.
"Demo, public prosecution, go, retreat quickly, rush out!"
In desperation, the five people quickly abandoned their opponents and broke out in the direction Zhou Shen fled.
He was moving back and forth, he had just opened the gap and caught the Qiang people by surprise, but now he easily opened the exit and broke through.
Seeing the tragic death of his friend, Bei Gongyu was furious and wanted to pursue him. Han Sui quickly shouted: "Brother Bei Gong, don't chase the poor enemy. I'm afraid the main force of the Han army is behind. We'll take care of the battlefield quickly and leave here first."
Everyone was dead, and it was useless to be angry. Bei Gongyu calmed down after hearing this. Han Sui, Ma Teng, and Bian Zhang suffered no losses from this ambush. Only he and Li Wenhou's troops were attacked by Sun Jian, and they suffered a lot. Even Li Wenhou suffered a lot.
They all died in battle, how can they be worthy of themselves if they don't collect more spoils?
"Yes, clean the battlefield immediately, pay attention to collect crossbow arrows, grain and dried meat, as well as gold and silver, remember not to leave them behind!"
A group of troops tidied up the battlefield in this way. In a short time, all the valuable and useful things were collected, but the corpses were discarded.
Then the army marched out again, covering more than a hundred miles in a blink of an eye.
After the Xiqiang and Qiang armies retreated, a team of 500 cavalry came from behind, their bright spears dazzling in the blood.
The leader was a major general, who looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He had a long sword tied to his back and an iron rope twisted around his waist. He was none other than Gan Ning.
Gan Ning dismounted and made some excuses. He took a general look at the corpses on the ground. There were fewer Qiang clothes and more Han clothes. He then looked at the direction in which the Western Qiang allied forces were retreating.
He said to himself: "My eldest brother is very good at predicting things. He said that Zhang Wen would send Sun Jian and Zhou Shen to pursue them, but the two of them would rush in with a light army, only to be defeated. That Zhou Shen is really a coward."
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On that day, after Zhu Kui decided to lead the cavalry to attack, he rushed to the Yuzhong area without stopping and set up camp in hiding. Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Liao Hua, and Wang Cheng each led 500 cavalry and went out to explore, because they still knew that
Understand the movements of the Xiqiang coalition forces.
During the investigation along the way, Gan Ning heard the cry of killing from afar and was attracted to him. The battle had just begun. Nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from both sides were fighting. How could he, the 500 men, dare to take the lead, let alone rescue and help?
Naturally, he stayed away and watched.
I saw Sun Jian's fierce charge at the beginning, and then Zhou Shenzhan broke out of the encirclement without fighting. Then Sun Jian killed all parties, beheaded Li Wenhou, and then had to retreat.
By comparison in his own mind, he was still not as good as Sun Jian now. He was thirty years old, and his physical strength, reflexes, courage, etc. were still far behind.
Even if they dare to charge into the formation, they will not be able to achieve the opponent's high lethality.
In fact, there is another point that Gan Ning did not consider, that is, he was too young and could not give the soldiers enough trust. Human nature is that he has no hair on his mouth and is not reliable in his work. Sun Jian's full beard set off his fierce appearance, which naturally gave the soldiers a sense of trust.
A sense of security.
Of course, as Gan Ning led the army for a longer period of time, his prestige would naturally increase, and this flaw would no longer exist.
"Okay, go back and report to brother that we have found traces of Ni Qiang."
He got on his horse and in a flash, the five hundred people disappeared.
More than three hours later, the sound of "hum ha! hum ha!" breathing spread throughout the forest road. Zhang Wen led the Chinese infantry and finally arrived. Unfortunately, he was too late, and now no one could catch up...
Sun Jian tied his wounds and led Zhang Wen and others to inspect the battlefield. It was really desolate. The Han cavalry suffered heavy losses in this battle. Originally, the Chinese cavalry suffered 20,000, Sun Jian had 15,000, and Zhou Shen had 15,000, for a total of 50,000.
In addition to Dong Zhuo's 15,000 and Zhu Kui's 8,000, the total number of cavalry is 73,000. This is the capital to fight the Qiang cavalry and is the foundation of the Han army in the northwest.
In the ambush just now, Sun Jian lost more than 12,000 cavalry, and only 2,000 people escaped.
Thank you very much Zhou Shen. More than 6,000 people came back. However, he was hit by two arrows, one in his hand and one in his ribs. It seems that he will have to stay in bed for a year and a half. Don't even think about going to war. There may be sequelae.
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In this situation, Zhang Wen could no longer punish him for being timid, so he sent someone back to Chang'an, which was considered kind.
After some counting, it was found that there were only 4,000 Qiang corpses, so the Western Qiang Allied Army still had nearly 50,000 cavalry.
Zhang Wen was stunned now and no longer dared to pursue him. The 28,000 cavalry were his foundation. If he was ambushed again, it would be tragic. Without cavalry to protect his wings, he would be beaten by the opponent just relying on infantry.
Harvested bit by bit.
The pursuit failed, and Zhang Wen suffered a night of pain. He never mentioned the matter again, using this to cover up his mistakes and oversight. He then adopted Fu Xie's tactics, captured the city, and slowly advanced.
Zhu Kui was overjoyed after receiving Gan Ning's report.
"That's great, third brother, recall your second brother quickly, Acheng and the others, hurry up and give chase!"
After the order was given, the soldiers were ordered to break camp immediately and mount their horses to prepare for battle.
After a while, everyone else rushed back one after another. After receiving the news and the traces of Gan Ning's good luck talks, they felt that God was unfair.
Knowing that it was the first watch of the night, Zhu Kui and the others had just caught up. This time he personally led people to carefully go forward to explore the situation.
The Han army had just suffered an ambush during the day, so it was better to conduct more careful investigation.
At this moment, the Xiqiang coalition forces were setting up camp. Suddenly, there seemed to be a slight noise in the distance. Zhu Kui was very surprised. He couldn't figure out for a while what was going on with Han Sui and Bei Gongyu. He was very upset.
Don't be anxious, the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, there are many opportunities, what you want is the best.
After a while, Zhu Kui saw that the Qiang troops stopped setting up camps and put them away one after another. Gradually, the Western Qiang coalition forces divided into two groups.
He squinted his eyes and took a closer look, Han Sui, Bian Zhang's group, Ma Teng, Bei Gongyu's group. The two sides said a few words, and then suddenly said goodbye.
Unexpectedly, they didn't even set up camp. Ma Teng and Beigong Yu marched northwest all night, while Han Sui and Bian Zhang headed southwest in the opposite direction.
After Li Wenhou's death, his troops were divided among the three families. Han Sui still had 20,000 main cavalry, 10,000 side soldiers, more than 15,000 Beigong Yu, and Ma Teng still had about 10,000 men.
"Why is this? How did they separate?" Gan Ning asked first again.
In fact, Zhu Kui didn't know either. He calmly asked, "What do you think? What were they arguing about just now? Did they split into two groups or go their separate ways?"
"I don't think it's possible for the troops to split into two groups," Wang Cheng said.
"A Cheng and I have the same idea, it won't be a division of troops." Zhou Tai also said: "First quarrel and then divide. Obviously it cannot be a division of troops. It is more like the alliance has been suspended and therefore separated."
"It doesn't matter how we divide the troops or go their separate ways. Just now we were worried about whether we could handle nearly 50,000 cavalry with only 10,000 cavalry. Now God help us, the group of rebels have separated. We can't be more confident about killing them one by one." Gan
Ning yelled.
Zhu Kui's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "The third brother has enlightened himself this time. Now comes to the key point. Separating the Qiang and Ni will only bring benefits to us, but no harm."
He rolled his eyes, crossed his hands, kept bouncing his right fingers, and stopped for a moment: "I decided to chase Han Sui, Bian Zhang."
"Han Sui is the most famous person among the Xiqiang rebels. Capturing him is the greatest achievement of this war against the Qiang."
"Listen to big brother in everything!"
Zhu Kui nodded and shouted: "Let's go back first. We must make sure that the army is willing to stay behind the opponent. I want to see where Han Sui is going?"
In fact, he has another thought in his mind, which is to let Ma Teng and his son go. If Ma Teng and his son are left in Xiliang, they will definitely become warlords in the future. If they have the opportunity to make friends now, if they make good friends, they can compete in the Central Plains in the future, and they can also become foreign aid allies.
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He knew very well that Ma Teng and Ma Chao only had the talents of princes and had no talent as emperors. If he conquered the Central Plains, the father and son would be very good to each other.