In the middle of the night, Black Panther Yi rushed from the camp to Chiyang.

Li Hong ordered all the tribes to rest outside the city and hurry to the road early tomorrow morning. The exhausted soldiers dismounted and fell asleep. Li Hong and his guards scattered around, taking turns to patrol the patrol.

At this time, a team of people rushed from the direction of Chiyang City, and more than a dozen burning torches were particularly eye-catching in the dark night. Several squires rode up to meet him.

"My lord, it's Lord Kyung Zhao Yin Gai Xun Gai."

When Li Hong heard the reply, he hurriedly rode his horse to meet him. Gai Xun looked very tired because of overwork, his face was very bad.

"How did Master Gai get to Chiyang?" Li Hong asked as he bowed.

"The first batch of grain and grass to be sent to Anding will leave tomorrow morning, and I will rush over to take a look." Gai Xun smiled, "Zimin, can you have the confidence to keep the Hu people out of Sanfu's borders?" ”

Li Hong hesitated for a moment, bowed down and replied: "Please rest assured, the lower officials will never let the Hu people step into Sanfu, just ......"

"Just what?" The wrinkles on Gai Xun's face suddenly squeezed together, and he asked with a slightly nervous expression, "If there is any difficulty, even if you say that I can't solve it, you can still present Your Majesty." ”

Li Hong smiled gratefully and said, "The Hu people are like a bamboo, they have already forced into Xiao Pass, and our armies from all walks of life are still hurrying, so we will definitely lose again and again in the early battles." ”

Gai Xun immediately understood what Li Hong meant. He stroked his beard and smiled: "During the trip to Luoyang, the people have made great progress." You can fight in peace and don't care about the affairs of the court. With Your Majesty's trust in you, it shouldn't be a big deal to lose a few battles in the early days, but I'm afraid that if you lose too many battles and cause low morale, it will be out of control. ”

Li Hong smiled and didn't make a sound.

"I'll explain it to Your Majesty for you." Gai Xun sighed, "It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that the captain in charge of military affairs will be dismissed from his post soon." His departure may not be a good thing for you. ”

Li Hong looked at Gai Xun in confusion and asked in a low voice: "The invasion of the Hu people, everyone knows it, not to mention that it is reasonable to fight a few defeats, why do you want to dismiss Lord Taiwei?" ”

"Actually, he should have resigned a long time ago." Gai Xun said, "If it weren't for your great victory over the rebels in Yicheng, he would have been a captain long ago. But this time, no matter whether you win the Hu people or not, he will not be able to keep the official position of this Tai Lieutenant. If you have a few more defeats, he'll be out of office sooner. ”

"The general can't tolerate him?"

"It's not that the general can't tolerate him, but the two are fundamentally incompatible." Gai Xun sighed, "You didn't see it in Luoyang? ”

Li Hong shook his head and said, "I think they have a good relationship." ”

Gai Xun glanced at him, and didn't know if Li Hong really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, "The official position of Tai Lieutenant used to be called Da Sima, and in the twenty-seventh year of Jianwu, it was changed to Tai Lieutenant, mainly in charge of the military affairs of the Quartet and prison lawsuits, rewards and punishments, and the general was in charge of the conquest, and there was a great conflict with the authority of the Tai Lieutenant in military affairs, so in many cases, in order to avoid contradictions, the general was a part-time Da Sima or Tai Lieutenant. The successive generals of this dynasty are all relatives of the emperor, and their power is beyond and they have monopolized power, so although the position of Taiwei is prominent and ranks first among the three princes, they generally have no real power in military affairs, to put it bluntly, it is a decoration. ”

"Lord Zhang Wen Zhang took the position of the general and led the cavalry, led the army to Xiliang to quell the rebellion, and was worshiped by His Majesty as a lieutenant last spring, so as to control the real power in military affairs, so far, the weight of the Taiwei Mansion in military affairs is far greater than that of the General's Mansion, so his resignation is a matter of time, but this time the opportunity is very good, avoiding the open and secret battles between the two governments."

Li Hong suddenly realized, and couldn't help but secretly feel sorry for Zhang Wenming. Speaking of which, after all, he has been Zhang Wen's subordinate, and emotionally, he still favors Zhang Wen. Although Zhang Wen later had a very strong opinion about his anti-corruption behavior and wanted to kill him at one point, Zhang Wen's calmness and knowledge still left a deep impact on him. In Luoyang, Zhang Wen treated him very well, shushing the cold and asking for warmth, and on many occasions, Zhang Wen also pulled him to say a lot in private and taught him a lot of things in officialdom.

"During your time in Luoyang and Jizhou, you should know what the general wants to do the most." Gai Xun continued, "Before you left Chang'an, I talked to you specifically, but you didn't listen to me at all, you are in Luoyang and Jizhou, you are nine deaths, dangerous and dangerous, you know? ”

Li Hong bowed down and thanked: "Thank you for your concern." ”

A trace of mockery and disdain flashed in Gai Xun's eyes, and then said: "You don't need to thank me, you can return to Chang'an safely, you are lucky enough." If Zhang Wen is dismissed, and the general is in charge of military affairs, I am afraid it will be very unfavorable to you, so you have to do it yourself. ”

Li Hong smiled slightly, bowed and thanked again. He wasn't worried at all about what Gai Xun said. Not only will this not happen, but the general will support and help him, because he and the general have reconciled privately. Li Hong was a little secretly happy. He felt that he had to thank Ho Hao. If it weren't for He Hao's courage and courage, he would not only not have reconciled with the general now, but would also have to fight to the death.

Li Hong was disgusted with this kind of deceitful officialdom, he felt that he was tired, living a sloppy life, and living a dirty life, and he never even thought of Luoyang again. If he can die like Fu Xie, he will be very content. He is not interested in any imperial power, what imperial system, what power, he just wants to let more brothers, so that more soldiers can survive the upcoming war, so that they can return to their homeland to see their families.

The two stood in the dark and talked for a long time, including Luoyang, Jizhou, Xianbei, and grain and grass in the rear.

"Food and weapons are being brought in from nearby states and counties, and there will be no problems with supplies in the short term." "We have collected about 100,000 people, and we will send all these things to Anding County in the near future. ”

"There are adults in Chang'an, and the officials are very down-to-earth." Li Hong said with a smile, "Who will lead Sanfu's army to the north this time?" ”

"It's Lord Xin Zengxin, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion." Gai Xun said, "Yesterday he had already led an army of 5,000 to the north. ”

"Sheen was my brother and my friend for many years. At that time, in Ayang City in Hanyang County, he and Kong Chang, who are now the Taishou of Anding County, led the army with me to meet the rebels of Lao Bian and Beigong Boyu. When you meet him, tell him not to worry about his family, and to ask them for a bite to eat as long as I don't die. ”

"The lower official must bring it." Li Hong was infected by Gai Xun's arrogance, and said excitedly, "Xiaguan swears to fight to the death to cheer up my great Han Tianwei!" ”

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Spring always comes late outside the Seychelles, and the mountains in the distance are still gray, and there is no tender green color to be seen. The morning breeze was cool, and they whistled across the endless Gaoping River, as if to wake up the sleeping grass.

Koji opened his sleepy eyes, stared at the clear blue sky for a moment, and then got up and stretched long.

"Hey, Hirayama, get up." He gently kicked Tie Yue, who was sleeping beside him, and shouted with a smile, "The Xianbei people are here." ”

Tie Yue snorted twice in a daze, barely opened his eyes, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "The sun hasn't come out yet, what's your name?" ”

"Get up and sleep every day." Ko Yi kicked him again, pointed to the crowd around him, and said with a smile, "Brothers, all get up, you, Shangguan, are still sleeping, like something." ”

Tie Yue had no choice but to staggered up.

"Hirayama, you go and shave, it's too long."

"Don't shave, keep it. Scraped clean, like a eunuch. Tie Yue smiled, "Yesterday, you dealt with the deserter's matter?" ”

"It's kind of dealt with." Koji Yi said, "Heng Sai strongly opposed the killing, he said that the soldiers of Xian Lingqiang saw that their homes were occupied and the whereabouts of their relatives were unknown, so they secretly left the army and wanted to go home to see, saying that this is also human nature." ”

"How is this human?" Tie Yue said in surprise, "This is a serious violation of military discipline, if the soldiers are like this, how can the battle be fought?" ”

"Storm Sand doesn't speak by himself, Heng Sacrifice is helping him speak, what do you tell me to do? Why can't I tear my face with them and kill all those dozens of soldiers? Koji Yi said helplessly, "Heng Sai also said that if Master Li was here, he would definitely not kill them." ”

"So you're going to forget it?"

"One man was given ten lashes." Koji Yi said with a smile, "At this time, it is indeed not suitable for heavy punishment and killing, once the soldiers of Xian Lingqiang are provoked, they do not listen to the command and kill everywhere, it will be difficult for us to delay the enemy's attack speed." ”

Tie Yue glanced at him strangely and said, "Yuntian, I see that you have changed a lot, what about the aggressive arrogance before?" ”

"Haha, to soldiers, to brothers, I have never been arrogant." Koji Yi laughed and said, "You kid don't go to clean up and talk a lot of nonsense here, do you want to find scolding?" ”

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, I won't say it." Tie Yue hurriedly raised his hand and shouted, "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, assemble immediately, and prepare to go." ”

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The red sun rises in the east.

Ritsuri inferred and looked intently at the fiery morning sun on the horizon, motionless. He was in his forties, tall and large, with a long beard and a gentle expression, looking like an ordinary herdsman, and it was hard to imagine that he was a powerful and humble handsome.

"Old cow, old cow ......"

Ri deduced and looked back, it was Yan Liyou calling him.

"Wolf head, have you eaten it in the morning?"

Yan Liyou smiled and nodded. He was also in his forties, tall, slightly fat, and stood out for the oily black beard on his face, and a round bare braincase.

"Today, are we going to take the initiative to attack?"

Ritsuri reluctantly looked at the rising sun, and then glanced at Yan Liyou's bare braincase, hesitating.

"We are holding each other, and if we continue to advance steadily, the Han army may withdraw to Xiaoguan ahead of schedule." Yan Liyou said, "They have not been able to find a chance to attack, and the soldiers are also very tired, and there is a high possibility of retreating in advance." Once they retreat in advance, the king's attack strategy will be disrupted, then we can only force the attack on Xiao Pass, and in this way, our casualties will be greatly increased. ”

"In front of us is Gaopingchuan, which is a prairie, and if we fight, our casualties will not be small." Ri deduced and said slowly, "The Han army has the leopard's wind and cloud iron cavalry, the first Lingqiang with the wind and sand, and the Xiqiang in the Huang, if we really want to fight, we can't take any advantage." ”

"But if you don't fight again, the army of the king and Lord Tuoba will be exposed." Yan Liyou persuaded, "Lao Niu, let's attack it, anyway, they rushed to the front in the later battles, and our losses were mainly in the battle of Gaopingchuan." ”

"Really?" Ritsuri squinted his eyes at Yan Liyou, and said suspiciously, "Wolf Head, do you believe in Helian's nonsense?" ”

Yan Liyou raised his hand and touched his bare brain, and said with a smile: "What kind of thing is he?" However, Tuoba Feng's words are not nonsense, old cow, what do you say? ”

"Tuoba Feng? Hmph, Tuoba Feng? Ritsu laughed, "What does Tuoba Feng want to do?" He wanted nothing more than to expand his territory and gradually encroach on the border counties of the Great Han Kingdom. He didn't have enough strength himself, so he instigated Helian, a fool, to build something for thousands of years, and as a result, Helian and us were dragged here. What are we doing here? Do you really want to fight for Tuoba Feng? ”

Yan Liyou asked with a smile: "Old Niu, where did you get so many complaints?" If you don't want to fight, why did you come? ”

"Not coming? Won't I do it? I'm not all the same as you, poor. "Last year's heavy snowfall froze to death thousands of our livestock, and the tribe had nothing to eat, so we had to borrow it from Danhan Mountain and Tuoba Feng. They were willing to lend us livestock and food on the condition that they would help them in their wars. If I hadn't been subject to them, I would have come to war? ”

Ri Ri then said angrily: "He Lian and Tuoba Feng are too stingy. What do we get by helping them fight? Except that they don't have to return their livestock, they don't do any good by robbing as much as they want. They zhan have big swaths of land, and what about us? They're going to give us a little bit, right? ”

"What are we given? Land? Yan Liyou scoffed, "Lao Niu, don't dream, let's go to Chang'an as soon as possible to grab it." I heard that Chang'an is full of treasures, and we only need to grab a few hundred cars to be the first in Xianbei in the west. With these treasures, we don't have to look at the dead faces of He Lian and Tuoba Feng in the future. ”

"There are still nearly 1,000 miles to Chang'an, enough to fight." "I heard that the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom has sent a leopard to Xiliang, this person is difficult to deal with, Murong Feng, Micah and Tuoba Feng have all suffered losses under him, we better be careful and don't fight against him easily." ”

Yan Liyou said hatefully: "I have also suffered his losses, and I have the opportunity to teach him a good lesson." Murong Feng is old, and his heart has softened, why didn't this person kill when he left Xianbei? Raising tigers is a problem, and now they are harming themselves. ”

"No wonder you're in such a hurry to fight." Ritsuri deduced and laughed, "It turns out that you have also suffered his loss." Well, whatever you wish, we'll take the initiative. Who will go first? ”

"Of course it's Dongqiang's Xuqi, otherwise how could the Han army take the bait?" Yan Liyou grabbed back and forth on his bald head twice, and said with a grin.

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Seeing that the Dongqiang people were the first to attack, Liyi immediately ordered the three battalions of cavalry to form a dense formation and slowly retreat in a zigzag formation.

Seeing that Xuqi's 10,000-strong army was pursuing very quickly, and had already opened some distance from the main army behind, Tempest Sand immediately ordered the trumpeter to contact Koji Yoshi, and he asked for an attack.

Regardless of the feelings of the same clan, the Dongqiang people and the Xianbei people attacked Beidi and Anding County, and slaughtered the Xianling Qiang people, which greatly stimulated the soldiers of the Xianling Qiang people and provoked their hatred.

Koji Yoshi, who was in the center, received the news of the storm and sand, and flatly refused. The enemy's offensive intention is very obvious, that is, to lure the enemy with the Qiang people in the east, once the two sides are entangled in the battle, its 50,000 troops following behind will definitely rush up, first encircle and then divide, and then annihilate one by one.

"Tell Tempest Sand, stay in formation, don't make contact with the enemy, and continue to retreat."

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The wind and sand looked at the Dongqiang people who were getting closer and closer, and his eyes were almost on fire.

"The Han people have no courage, they only care about running for their lives." Storm Sand's subordinate Xinhu turned out to be Xiao Shuai, but now he is Jun Sima, and he gritted his teeth and shouted, "My lord, let's kill Xu Gui." ”

Tempest Sand hesitated.

"My lord, don't fall for the Xianbei people, this is their trick to lure the enemy." "As soon as we move, the army will immediately lose its defensive position. Without the momentum, we can only fight to the death with the 60,000 army on the opposite side. ”

"Afraid of what? Fight anyway. "Whip your horse and wave your whip, shouting angrily, "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, and get ready to attack!" ”

The trumpeters gathered around were in high spirits and immediately blew the horn of the charge.

"Uh......h Woo......"

"Don't be impulsive, my lord." Nine sheepskins cried hoarsely.

"Lao Tzu killed you." Chopping the horse violently drew his sword, pointed at the neck of the nine sheepskins and shouted, "From the Yellow River to Gaopingchuan, we have retreated six hundred miles, when will we retreat?" Lao Tzu will not retreat. ”

The muscles on Nine Sheepskin's face twitched violently a few times because of anger. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Okay, if you don't retreat, you won't retreat, it's all death anyway, whoever is afraid of whom, kill ......"

Seeing that the three military commanders under his command all said to attack, Storm Sand did not hesitate anymore, raised his sword and roared: "Brothers, kill ......"

The sound of a huge horn suddenly rose into the sky, and the shouts of the soldiers resounded through the open field in an instant, and the iron cavalry on the left of the stormy sand suddenly attacked.

"Kill ......"

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The two battalions of cavalry of Koji Yi and Heng Sai watched in amazement as the eight thousand iron cavalry roared like a hurricane and viciously swept towards the rushing enemy.

"Tempest, I'm going to slaughter you bastard!" Koji yelled angrily.

"Order the Lord Heng on the right to immediately move closer to me, gather intensively, assemble intensively."

"My lord, we should kill it immediately, and quickly solve the Dongqiang Iron Cavalry in front of us with the momentum of thunder." Sima Zizi of the other department said loudly, "My lord, the formation has broken at this time, we should immediately change the formation, and then charge." ”

"Nope." Koji Yi waved his hand resolutely and said, "Rushing up is a grappling, and you can't solve the problem in a short time." As soon as the Xianbei army pounces, we will be encircled. ”

"Order the troops, retreat quickly, and distance themselves from the battlefield."

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Xu 癸 is a tall, thin, black-faced kanji with sharp eyes like an eagle. He has always hated the Han people, and even more hated the Qiang people who abandoned their ancient homeland and defected to the Great Han Kingdom. He considered them shameful traitors who had turned their backs on their ancestors.

In the face of the roaring Han army, his face suddenly showed a hint of ruddy, and he became as excited as a vicious wolf seeing his long-lost prey.

"Upper Arrow......" Xu Gui raised his spear and shouted wildly, "Upper Arrow ......"

"Accelerate...... Accelerate ......"

The sound of the trumpets was rapid and terrible, and the shouts of the soldiers were drowned out by a loud roar.

The withered grass on the Gaoping River trembled violently under the trampling of countless horses' hooves.

Ten thousand horses galloping.

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Seeing that the Han army had turned back to meet the enemy, he immediately ordered the army to speed up.

"Order the left and right flanks, advance quickly, and encircle the Han army."

"All units of the Chinese army, advance at full speed."

The Huns slaughtered the Dusk Gaiting of various tribes, and the little handsome Chongyun of the wild wolf tribe each took 10,000 horsemen, and shot out from the left and right wings of the army like two long arrows off the string.

The Ri deduction and the banquet Liyou with 30,000 iron horsemen were like a mountain and a sea, overwhelming and pouring down, and the momentum was amazing.

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Long arrows roared in the air, war horses galloped across the grassland, soldiers shouted to their heart's content, and two iron horses collided in an instant.

"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom ......"

In an instant, the bloody slaughter began.

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Heng Xi saw that two long arrows suddenly shot out from the sky, and a fierce murderous aura suddenly shot out from his eyes.

The left and right flanks of the enemy army were launched at the same time, and they were encircling the Han army on the battlefield. The 8,000 cavalry of the storm and sand were more than lucky.

"My lord, we have to get them out." Lu Huanyang stopped his horse and shouted loudly as he pointed to the battlefield in the distance with a loud sound of killing.

Heng Sai nodded, turned back to the herald behind him and said, "You go and tell Lord Koji that I will never leave a comrade behind. ”

"Blow the trumpet!"

Heng Sai rode out of the ranks, raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill...... Kill ......"

The soldiers of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry suddenly thundered with joy and roared like a tide, and everyone rode forward, and the army began to advance, run, and gallop.

Closer and closer to the battlefield.

The soldiers who were fighting fiercely saw the wind and clouds of iron cavalry coming to help, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the battle situation became even more tragic for a while.

Heng Sai suddenly stood up and raised his sword on the galloping warhorse, and shouted wildly: "Whew...... Ho ......"

Lu Huanyang, who followed closely, was shocked, and excitedly raised his gun to echo: "Huh...... Ho ......"

The soldiers of the Wind and Cloud Iron Cavalry roared in unison: "Whew...... Ho...... Call...... Ho ......"

The roar was like a burst of thunder, smashing into the sky above Gaopingchuan, thrilling.

The army suddenly slammed into the battlefield like lightning.

"Kill ......"

The wind and cloud iron cavalry swept in, destroying the Dongqiang soldiers and drowning them in the surging flood.

All of a sudden, the tide of battle turned around.

The Dongqiang soldiers were defeated like a mountain and scattered and fled.

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