"In other words, whether we can hold it or not depends entirely on the effectiveness of our pursuit. As long as we pursue it well, the Xiliang army will be stuck between Tielong and Yangping Pass by these six thousand soldiers."
"How are you doing, my lord?"
Liu Zhang frowned and thought for a moment, then said loudly: "Come here, get some paper and pen."
The soldier handed over a pen and paper, Liu Zhang wrote it, handed it to a young general and said: "Hurry to the Qishan Pass immediately, where Xiao Furong's barbarian army must pass. Send more people to wait and give this letter to her."
"yes."
"Lord, are you going to stop the Xiliang army?" Fa Zheng said, Xiao Furong's original plan was to rush to Tielong Mutai and Shangguan and guard them tightly to prevent the Xiliang army from escaping.
"Of course we have to intercept it, and we also need to form grassland cavalry. Otherwise, if we attack Xiliang in the future, will we still rely on infantry?"
Although the infantry won against the cavalry this time, they had prepared too much before and took advantage of the geographical advantages. It can be said that all conditions were brought to the extreme, but the result was a tragic victory. The Sichuan army suffered heavy casualties. When they outflanked the Xiliang cavalry, the heavy infantry
With such speed, the whole army was almost wiped out.
If you go to Yongliang in the future and you are still an infantryman, then there is no strong city in the vast area of Yongliang, so you can only be beaten passively. Let alone capture Xiliang, it will be difficult to build a stable military station.
Fazheng didn't understand what Liu Zhang meant, but he was a little worried when he heard that Liu Zhang would not let Xiao Furong intercept the Xiliang Cavalry. Liu Zhang saw it and knew that he was taking some risks, but wealth can be gained in danger, not to mention that taking risks is not without support.
"Come here, bring Ma Yunlu out, and the whole army will pursue the Xiliang army."
"yes."
Guan Yinping frowned.
...... Outside the Xiliang Army camp, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie asked the soldiers to run away with the seriously injured Ma Chao and Ma Dai. On the twenty-mile mountain road, countless people were trampled, and many cavalry fell off the cliff, but they saw the camp in front of them burst into flames.
"What to do, what to do." Seeing the camp being burned and the Qiang cavalry chasing after them, not only the Qiang soldiers who were attached to Han Sui surrendered, but also those who were attached to the Ma family, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie had no idea.
"Of the two major generals, only one of the rear groups is left behind. The rest will directly attack Tielong, cross Guanmutai, and return to Xiliang." Xiliang General Pang Rou said.
"Then who is the queen? Who is the queen?" Ma Xiu asked anxiously.
Ma Tie said with a boyish look on his face: "Since General Pang has asked for orders, let General Pang take the rear seat."
"I..." Pang Rou struggled for a moment and said, "Our unit has suffered heavy casualties. If the Major General decides to move to the rear, please allocate five thousand troops."
"Allocate troops and horses? We only have so few people now, why allocate soldiers and horses?" Ma Tie said angrily, and suddenly his expression changed: "Oh, I understand, you Pang Rou, your brother Pang De surrendered,
You want to surrender too, don't you? You also want to gain my soldiers and horses, that's unreasonable. Someone is coming and takes Pang Rou into custody."
"Young General, Mo Han's loyal general's heart." Pang Rou shouted loudly.
"What loyal general are you? This time we were defeated because Pound surrendered to the enemy. You and your brother are the same as each other..." Matthew said loudly, the more he spoke, the angrier he became, as if the defeat of the Xiliang army was really because Pound surrendered to the enemy.
Pang Rou was Pang De's brother (according to romance, not official history). Pang Rou surrendered to the enemy, but Pang Rou neither understood nor disdained her. She never thought of surrendering. Because of Pang De's relationship, Pang Rou's unit was the most ferocious in the attack.
That's why there were heavy casualties.
Xiliang is now divided by warlords, relying on the strong to bully the weak. Han Sui's eight cavalrymen are warlords, and Ma's men are also warlords. When there is no unified foreign enemy, they will fight against each other.
It was precisely because of this that Pang Rou refused to follow the Queen of his army. This time she followed the Ma family southward, and the entire Pang family fled. If they could not go back, the Pang family would be annihilated.
This is just a way of survival in the bitter cold land of Yongliang, and it does not mean that Pang Rou has second thoughts about the Ma family. Ma Xiu said this, which made Pang Rou angry.
"If a horse is an iron horse, don't be rude." Ma Chao interrupted Ma Xiu weakly and said in a firm tone: "I believe in Pang Rou, and I believe in Pang De even more. The Pang family is loyal and will never betray."
"Brother." Matthew said anxiously.
The rumble of horse hoofs was getting closer and closer, and the Qiang cavalry formed a black line to cover the defeated Xiliang army, followed by the Sichuan infantry led by Huang Zhong.
Seeing that the situation was critical, Matthew looked at each of the generals: "Who among you is in the rear?"
All the generals, including the Xianling Qiang and other cavalry leaders, were silent. The Xiliang warlords could unite when they were united in facing the outside world, but at the end of the road, they could also break up the hozens.
The Sichuan army and the Qiang cavalry were approaching, but before they could kill them, they rushed out on horseback and shouted to the defeated Xiliang army: "The general, Shu Hou Liu Huangshu, has ordered us, the Sichuan army and the Xiliang army to fight openly and openly. We will not allow defeat. If we are defeated, we will flee."
, our army will deal with this woman at will."
After the cavalry shouted, a car drove out, and it was Ma Yunlu who was tied up.
Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and all the Ma family generals were all shocked, frightened and angry. They did not expect Ma Yunlu's identity to be exposed, nor did they expect Liu Zhang to use this as a threat.
Ma Tie shouted loudly: "The two armies are fighting, why are they threatening the female relatives? Liu Zhang is so shameless."
"The rules of Xiliang are that the women of the defeated will return to the victor." After the Sichuan cavalry shouted, without another word, they turned their horses back to the formation, and at the same time a large number of Qiang cavalry began to charge.
"Fight, fight." Ma Tie and Ma Xiu shouted.
"No." Ma Chao yelled with all his strength. Although he was also very angry, he knew that the Xiliang army was in scattered formations and had no morale. If they fought, they would only die.
"If we don't fight, my sister will be ravaged by the Sichuan army." Ma Tie shouted angrily, and Ma Xiu said loudly: "Whoever doesn't kill the enemy is an enemy of the Ma family in Xiliang. If he returns to Xiliang, he will be attacked.
Of."
Ma Xiu shouted and led the Ma clan's cavalry to rush out first. Those Qiang cavalry who were attached to the Ma clan, especially the Xianling Qiang, had broken with Han Sui and were afraid of the Ma clan's revenge, so they also rushed out.
"Come back, are you going to die? Come back." Ma Chao shouted, causing internal injuries and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The Xiliang cavalry engaged the Qiang army in a chaotic manner, and the Qiang army's condition was not much better. The two armies collided and consumed each other. The Qingyi Qiang and other Xiqiang leaders were afraid of letting Ma Chao go and being retaliated, so they all rushed to kill Ma Chao.
Full of anger, Hugh Ma fought hard to resist, and his former allies fought for life and death.
The Sichuan infantry passed through the spear formations on both wings of the Qiang cavalry and outflanked the Xiliang army.
"It's over, it's over." Ma Chao watched as Ma Xiu and Ma Tie fell into the sea of Sichuan troops and Qiang cavalry. He knew very well that if the Sichuan army's infantry arrayed to complete the encirclement, none of the Xiliang cavalry would be able to return to Xiliang.
At this moment, Pang Rou took advantage of the two soldiers watching the battle nervously, broke away from the restraints, grabbed the sword, killed the two soldiers with one knife, called on his own soldiers and horses, and hijacked other soldiers and horses.
The situation is tense.
"General Pang, are you really going to betray me?" Ma Chao asked with raised eyebrows.
"Major General, don't blame Pang Rou. Ma Xiu and Ma Tie are chilling. But this time my Pang brothers did not go out to fight with the two major generals and die. They will be retaliated when they return to Xiliang. Pang Rou has no choice but to do it."
The people of Xiliang are fond of grudges and not so tolerant. First, Pang De surrendered to the enemy, and then Pang Rou refused to fight. No matter whether Ma Xiu and Ma Tie were alive or dead, if they were alive, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie would take revenge on Pang Rou. If they died, then even more
Unfortunately, Ma Teng can destroy the Pang family.
Pang Rou has no way to go.
"But, Major General, based on what you just said, Pang is loyal and will never betray. I, Pang Rou, am willing to help the Major General one last time. He said that we will meet on the battlefield, and the Major General will just take off Pang Rou's head."
Pang Rou bowed to Ma Chao and ordered his troops to shout loudly: "Kill Ma Chao and Ma Dai, and destroy the Ma family."
As he spoke, he led his troops to attack Ma Chao's tribe, but without touching a single hair of Ma Chao and Ma Dai, Ma Chao's cavalry hurriedly protected Ma Chao and Ma Dai and fled, while Pang Rou pursued and killed him.
Ma Xiu Ma Tie, who was in the battle formation, was furious when he saw this. He was worried about his two brothers and hurriedly turned his troops back to fight. The Qiang cavalry in the rear pursued and killed them.
Ma Chao was protected by his own soldiers. He glanced at Pang Rou, who was shouting but not pursuing him. He knew that Pang Rou's move was a great help to the Xiliang army. If he hadn't rebelled, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie would not have been surrounded by the Sichuan army.
It is better to withdraw from the battle, even if you are surrounded and killed, than to be surrounded and annihilated.
Although Pang Rou rebelled, she saved more Xiliang troops than she betrayed.
It's just that once such a loyal person rebels, he will never come back.
Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and Ma Chao's troops merged into one, bypassed the burning Xiliang army camp, and killed in the direction of Tie Long. The Qiang soldiers continued to cover up the killing.
"It's hateful, it's hateful, the horses ran away." Liu Zhang arrived with his soldiers, but only saw the Qiang soldiers chasing the Xiliang army from behind, leaving a large number of corpses behind, with a look of reluctance on his face.
"The whole army continues to pursue the Xiliang horse bandits. Send me an order. Anyone who kills Ma Chao will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and promoted to the third level. Anyone who captures Ma Chao alive will be made a marquis and made a general."
"The Lord has ordered that anyone who kills Ma Chao will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be promoted to the third level. Anyone who captures Ma Chao alive will be made a marquis and a general." The rangers shouted loudly, and the Sichuan army and Qiang cavalry quickly pursued and killed them.
........."Pang Rou from Xiliang, pay homage to Uncle Liu Huang." Pang Rou led the Pang family to surrender.
"Pang is a die-hard general of Ma family in Xiliang. I have heard about it a little bit. Why did you vote for me?" Liu Zhang did not look at Pang Rou.
"Follow your brother Pang De's righteousness." Pang Rou replied.
"Pang De did not vote for me." Liu Zhang said solemnly.
Pang Rou raised his head and glanced at Liu Zhang, who had a normal look on his face. He had never believed that his younger brother would betray Ma Chao. Although he was surprised, he was not surprised. He said, "Ma Xiu and Ma Tie, who did not listen to others and fought to the death with the emperor's uncle's army, were trapped."
I am on the verge of death, so I have no choice but to rebel."
"I am so weak that I have to bear my lord's back. What's the point of keeping you?"
Pang Rou glanced at Liu Zhang and said loudly: "Then please ask the emperor to give you the sword."
Liu Zhang took off his sword and threw it over. Pang Rou took it and immediately pulled the sword to his neck. When he was about to pull it down, Liu Zhang said slowly: "Okay, I can accommodate all the people in my tent. I'm just worried about your Pang Rou."
My relatives who live in Xiliang, if you have made up your mind, you can follow me to hunt down the Xiliang army."
After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he galloped forward to pursue.
.........The Xiliang army passed through the Battle of Ma Xiu Ma Tie. Although they were not annihilated, there were not many cavalry left that escaped. By the time they reached Tie Long Pass, there were already less than 10,000 people. The whole army was miserable, exhausted, and had no fighting strength.
No, when it was discovered that Sichuan troops were stationed at Tielong Pass, the entire army collapsed before they could fight.
Before the Qiang cavalry from behind arrived, the Xiliang army had to lead the cavalry into the nearby valley and send more troops to guard the mountain pass.
The Qiang soldiers immediately encircled the valley, and then the Sichuan army arrived and surrounded the valley.
The Xiliang army was out of food, exhausted, and panicked. A large number of Qiang soldiers and Xiliang soldiers quietly climbed out of the hillside and surrendered. Liu Zhang set up a recruiting platform outside the valley and recruited all these knights to Hu Che'er's cavalry tent.
Captured horses armed.
The treatment at the recruitment platform was preached by dozens of Qiang and dozens of Han people, which made the tribal Qiang soldiers envious, and many Qiang soldiers also came to seek refuge.
With tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and Qiang soldiers captured on the battlefield, plus Pang Rou's soldiers and horses who surrendered one after another, Hu Che'er quickly raised a cavalry team of 20,000 people, all of whom were chaotic and mixed.
The Sichuan Army did not officially have any clauses about discriminating against barbarians, and even restricted the Han army's behavior of discriminating against barbarian soldiers. However, it was really inconvenient for the Qiang people to mix with the Han people. Liu Zhang divided the cavalry into two groups. The Han cavalry was about 5,000 strong and was under the command of Huang Zhong.
The rest of the Qiang cavalry were led by Hu Che'er.
.........In the valley, soldiers were lying on the ground leaning against the mountain wall. Ma Chao and Ma Dai hadtily bandaged their wounds, but they still couldn't move. Because of the excessive force, the originally small wound on Ma Chao's waist was opened.
It was a bloody hole with almost all the blood drained out. If it weren't for Ma Chao's strong physical strength, he would have died long ago.
Ma Dai was even stabbed in the chest by a crossbow. Not only was the wound unable to heal, but he also had a fever and was in a coma. If he continued to be hit, there would be only death.
Ma Ti and Ma Xiu were worried but had no idea. At this time, a general came over and reported to Ma Chao: "Major General, more than a hundred soldiers have gone out to surrender. These are cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death."
Ma Chao waved his hand. He no longer wanted to hear this. Eighty thousand troops went south, and now there are less than five thousand left. Ma Chao, the mighty general, is already a joke.
"Butcher Liu Zhang." Ma Chao read these four words in a deep voice. The people of Xiliang did not feel the hatred of being defeated by strength, only the sadness of the wolf being lost...
If I could charge and kill, I would like to fight with Liu Zhang at this time. At worst, I will die. Anyway, I have no shame to go back to Xiliang. I have been in Yongliang for several years, and once I invaded Sichuan, it ended up like this. It was ridiculous that I came with such a strong momentum. I was determined.
The will to win was so miserably defeated.
How could I not be worthy of my father, worthy of the Ma family, and worthy of the Erlang of Xiliang who died in the battle?
"Young General." Ma's general Yan Kuo said: "At this point, there is only one way out."
"What's the way out?" Ma Chao asked casually.
"Surrender Liu Zhang." Yan Kuo said in a deep voice.
The generals looked at each other, and Ma Xiu and Ma Ti said loudly: "What, you want us to surrender to Liu Zhang? Liu Zhang defeated my army, killed my brother, and kidnapped my sister. What do you think, Yan Kuo'an? Do you want to follow the example of the Pang brothers?"
"That's enough." Ma Chao roared, touching the wound, frowning deeply, looking at Ma Tiema Xiu coldly: "If you hadn't acted stupidly, how could Pang Rou betray me? If you are still making irresponsible remarks here, get out of the way.
go."
Ma Xiu Ma Tie lowered his head and retreated.
Ma Chao turned to Yan Kuo and said, "Keep talking."
Yan Kuo bowed and said: "Young General, I made this plan precisely because of the young lady and my Xiliang army. If we surrender to Liu Zhang, not only can we return to Xiliang, but the young lady can also return safely.
From now on in Xiliang, the most we can do is fight under the banner of Liu Zhang, without any losses, and with one more powerful ally, it will be easier to survive among the dozens of warlords in Yongliang."