After listening to the scout's report, Li Hong immediately called out for the wind and sand.

Tempest Sand was the leader of the Northland Xianlingqiang, who knew the terrain of this area well, and he thought that it was most likely that Helian would cross the river north from Lingzhou City, "It was a shortcut, which could help them quickly reach Lingwu Valley and cross Helan Mountain." ”

Li Hong didn't ask any more questions, and then led a large team of people to Lingzhou.

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Li Hong stood outside Lingzhou City, greeted the scouts who were speeding and asked, "Is there any news of General Dong?" ”

"Nope." The scout replied, "We have carefully searched the area around thirty miles outside Lingzhou City, and we have found no trace of General Dong. ”

Li Hong looked at Pang De and Storm Sand standing beside him, looked at the map again, and said very puzzled: "Why hasn't General Dong and his 30,000 army arrived yet?" ”

"Maybe something on the road has delayed you." Pound said cautiously, "He probably didn't expect us to defeat the Xianbei people so quickly, and it's normal to be a little slower." ”

"My lord, don't worry about Dong Fatman, let's cross the river immediately and continue the pursuit." Storm Sand said restlessly, "In order to quickly rush back to the grassland, the Xianbei people have abandoned the three cities of Fuping, Dingxi and Lingzhou, and are now running all the way on the north bank of the Yellow River. If Rang Helian escapes into Helan Mountain, we will have no chance of killing him. The time is fleeting and cannot be delayed. ”

Li Hong shook his head and said: "The Xianbei people crossed the river from Gaoting, Shanghe, and Lingzhou to the north, while the Dongqiang people simply did not go to the Yellow River and went directly to the east from Lingzhou City. What should we do if Helian and Tuoba Feng gather 40,000 horses and horses to ambush us in the area of Liancheng and Lingwu Valley? There is the Yellow River here, once defeated, can we still escape? ”

Pound pondered.

Tempest Sand thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency seems to be overly worried. The tribes of Ri Deduction and Yan Liyou were originally close to Wuwei County, and their crossing of the river from Gaoting was the closest way back. Xu Hui went directly east along the Yellow River from Lingzhou City, and he could return to Dongqiang in a few days, which was several days faster than crossing Helan Mountain after crossing the river. These two people were already frightened, and they only wanted to flee back as soon as possible, and they would no longer listen to Helian's command. ”

"Now, Ri Deduction and Xu Qi are on their way home, and there are only Helian and Tuoba Feng on the north bank of the Yellow River in the north, and they only have 20,000 deserters at most, even if they are ambushed, we have the strength to fight."

Li Hong nodded and praised: "You are very reasonable. ”

"Shall we cross the river at once, then?" Tempest Sand asked in surprise.

"No, we will join Xu Rong and Liyi, and then cross the river to pursue." Li Hong said calmly, "The situation in Western Xinjiang has been decided, and it doesn't matter whether Helian is killed or not, whether he can completely annihilate the Xianbei people." ”

He patted Tempest Sand on the shoulder and sighed, "It's important that we don't have any more casualties. With 50,000 dead in World War I, I lost too much in this battle. I've been wondering for the past few days, could I have avoided such a big casualty but didn't do it? I can't let my brothers die for nothing anymore, you know? ”

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The Wolf Roar Valley is located at the southern foot of Helan Mountain, and the valley is inhabited by the Yingling tribe of the Qiang people, with more than 3,000 people.

He Lian took Nan Nanyun and more than a dozen attendants to beat horses and rushed into the Wolf Howling Valley.

The leader of the Yingling clan, Dunhu, heard that King Xianbei and Lian were coming, and hurriedly went out to greet him.

For more than ten years, the Xianbei people invaded the north almost every year, causing the Qiang people north of the Yellow River to be unable to survive, so some of them escaped the Yellow River and attached themselves to the Xianling tribe, some migrated to the Dongqiang to live, and some simply bowed to Helian. The Yingling adopted the method of surrender. As soon as the Xianbei people came, he was a subordinate of the Xianbei people, burning and killing and plundering behind the Xianbei people; As soon as the Xianbei people left, he was a Qiang person belonging to the Great Han Kingdom and enjoyed the relief of the Great Han Kingdom.

A few years ago, Helian had led his troops to cross Helan Mountain and drink the Yellow River. He Lian took the benefits of others, but he simply found an excuse to kill Ying Lingqiang's old Qu Shuai and made Dunhu the new leader. This time, Dunhu also wanted to cross the Yellow River with the Xianbei army, but Helian left him behind.

"King, why did you bring so many people?" Shield Fox asked in surprise, "Is something wrong?" ”

He Lian smiled and said, "Yes, something may happen to Danhan Mountain, so I plan to quietly rush back and wipe out a few rebels." ”

The shield fox immediately understood Helian's intention to rush to the Wolf Howling Valley, and he wanted to borrow troops. He estimated that after receiving the news of Danhan Mountain, He Lian was worried about startling the snakes, so he sneaked out of the army. There are thousands of miles of road back to Khan Mountain from here, and it is unsafe to be escorted by soldiers along the way.

"It turns out that the king asked me to stay in Wolf Howling Valley just to ......"

"Not a single piece of the goods I promised you will be missing." He Lian waved his hand to interrupt his words, and said with a smile, "Lord Tuoba Feng has already led the army across Liupan Mountain, and it will soon reach Guanzhong, and the wealth that will be given to you in the future will only be more, not less." ”

Hearing this, the shield fox was overjoyed, and praised He Lian with all his might, and then asked, "How many people does the king want?" ”

"If you are willing to take all the horses of Yinglingqiang to Danhan Mountain with me, I will double the reward." He Lian said with a smile, "Qu Shuai, are you willing to follow me to Danhan Mountain?" ”

Shield Fox agreed without hesitation.

Following the King of Xianbei, you can't suffer a loss no matter what.

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Dong Zhuo led the army to quickly cross Liancheng and quickly went north.

There was a scout Pegasus to report that in the southwest of Liancheng, the Yinglingqiang people were found.

"How many?"

"About a thousand people." The scout panted and said, "In the same direction as us, it is also heading towards Helan Mountain, and the speed is very fast. ”

Dong Zhuo waved his hand and told him to go down and explore again.

"This Yingling Qiang is despicable and cunning, especially that Qu Shuai Dun Fox, whoever gives him money, he will lick his feet, and he is born a cheap bone." Dong Zhuo stared at a pair of big eyes and scolded hatefully, "A few years ago, I wanted to kill him, but I never found a chance. Today is good, he delivered it to the door himself. ”

"Adults want to eat him in one bite?" Li Ru asked.

Dong Zhuo nodded, pointed at Niu Fu and shouted, "Zixiu, bring five thousand cavalry and follow me to meet you." ”

"Your Excellency......" Li Ru hurriedly persuaded, "Since your lord plans to ambush the Xianbei people, we need to hide our traces, but if you kill like this, won't our traces be exposed?" ”

Dong Zhuo sneered and was silent.

"My lord, the top priority is to annihilate the deserters of the Xianbei people, not to attack and kill the Yinglingqiang ...... who are being captured everywhere."

"Hmph, I'm going to kill them all, not a single one." Dong Zhuo said murderously, "Dead people never tell our traces, right?" ”

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Looking at the iron cavalry of the Han army killing all over the mountains, he didn't even think about it, turned around and ran, and ran to the nearby mountains. After escaping from Bluestone Mountain last time, he was confident in escaping from the mountains.

He Lian was very frightened, he intuitively thought that it was the leopard's iron horse chasing after him, he panicked, beat his horse and galloped wildly, not even knowing his head, and did not care whether his subordinates followed.

The shield fox ran faster than Helian. Caught off guard, he was ambushed by an enemy with a numerical advantage, and if he wanted to survive, he only had to flee desperately.

When the shield fox saw Helian running into the deep mountains and old forests, he hurriedly called him and told him to run with him. He knew this place well. Helian only cared about running for his life, where did he hear his scream. The more the shield fox barked, the faster he ran. The shield fox had no choice but to turn around and follow him. And Lian died, and the loss to him was too great.

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Dong Zhuo took Niu Fu, Li Dao (pronounced jue), Guo Yan, Fan Chou, and 5,000 iron horses to gallop wildly, wantonly killing. More than 1,000 people were hunted down and killed by them in a short period of time.

"My lord, I didn't see the shield fox, it seems that he escaped." Li Dao rode his horse to Dong Zhuo's side and said with a smile, "My lord, do you want to send a team of brothers to chase after you?" ”

"Forget it, it's just a matter of moving your muscles and bones, and there's no need to kill them all." Dong Zhuo smiled, "Save your energy to fight Xianbei people." ”

"Let's go, brothers, we've had enough, let's go."

"My lord, this dead body is not disposed of?" Niu Fu pointed to the battlefield of flesh and blood, and said cautiously, "Lord Sima has repeatedly confessed that there will be no traces. ”

"Hmph......" Dong Zhuo sneered, "With this corpse all over the ground, the Xianbei people will run faster, will the Xianbei people turn around and cross the Yellow River?" ”

Li Dao laughed out loud, "Haha...... when it comes to fighting, there are few opponents in this world who are our adults. ”

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"King, the Han people are not chasing, take a break, take a break." The shield fox grabbed the reins of Helian's horse and shouted loudly.

"Leopard, that's the leopard's ......" He Lian didn't stop him at all, waved his whip and whipped his horse, and wanted to flee again.

"Wang, that's Dong Zhuo, the fat man Dong who kills people without blinking, not a leopard." Shield Fox shouted, "The king is wrong. Didn't the king say that the leopard fled into the gate? How did he end up here? ”

When He Lian heard that it was Dong Zhuo, he immediately restrained the war horse.

"Really? Is it Dong Zhuo? ”

"I've fought a lot with him, so of course I'm familiar with him." Shield Fox said, "As long as I hear the sound of horses' hooves, I know that it is Dong Zhuo's cavalry." It's just weird, how could he be here? I remember you said that you said that he went to Hanyang County to fight the rebels of the Kingdom and Han Sui. ”

He Lian was so determined that he didn't pay attention to what the shield fox said, jumped off the horse and asked Nanbeiyun for water to drink.

The more Shield Fox thought about it, the more uneasy he became, he looked at Helian's embarrassed appearance, and an ominous thought suddenly rose in his mind: Is he completely annihilated? Then he laughed self-deprecatingly, rejecting the idea. 120,000 people, how could the whole army be wiped out? How could the Han people have this strength?

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"Great King, the Han soldiers suddenly appeared near Liancheng......" Nan Nanyun looked into Helian's ear, and said in a low voice, "Has our retreat been blocked by them a long time ago?" ”

He Lian was startled, swallowed the water in his mouth hard, and looked at Nanbeiyun with a shocked expression.

"Shield Fox said that it was Dong Zhuo who attacked us." Nan Nan Nanyun continued, "Dong Zhuo has 30,000 horses. Since he appeared here, should his 30,000 horses also be north of the Yellow River? ”

He Lian nodded, but his expression calmed down, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes.

"Great King......" Nan Nanyun saw that Helian's face was abnormal, and asked in surprise, "Great King, are you okay?" ”

He Lian thought that his retreat was blocked, and Tuoba Feng, who was following him, would inevitably be in trouble. Hmph, if you want to kill me, you can die first. As soon as Tuoba Feng died, he could take the opportunity to split the Tuoba tribe and cancel the Xianbei tribe in the north, so that he could not only get part of the strength of the Tuoba tribe, but also regain some of the royal power. Want to be a hereditary adult? Hmph, I've even wiped out your clan, see how you're still hereditary?

"King, we must inform Lord Tuoba of this, otherwise, he will be ambushed by the Han people and the whole army will be annihilated." Nan Nanyun whispered, "My Xianbei country has suffered heavy losses and suffered great losses in this expedition, and there can be no more damages. ”

He Lian glanced at Nanbeiyun and thought, what do you know about you stupid? If I don't let these people be wiped out, and don't hurt the vitality of the Xianbei tribes, how many days can I, the king, sit?

He looked at Nanbeiyun and said, "We are not familiar with the terrain here, once we get lost, we will make a mistake, I asked Dunhu to send his people to find Tuoba Feng." ”

He Lian walked to the side of the shield fox and said in a low voice: "You send someone back to the Wolf Howling Valley, and tell your people to quickly go into the mountain to hide, so as not to be killed by Dong Zhuo's faction." The shield fox suddenly came to his senses, thanked him repeatedly, and then called a few of his men back to the valley.

"Your losses, after returning to Danhan Mountain, I will double the compensation." He Lian patted the shield fox affectionately and asked, "Do you know how to bypass Lingwu Valley?" ”

When Dunhu heard that He Lian wanted to compensate for his losses, he was overjoyed, nodded again and again, he pointed to more than thirty subordinates behind him, and sighed: "But I am just these people, and it is estimated that it will be very difficult to send the king back to Danhan Mountain safely." ”

And Lian smiled. As long as Tuoba Feng can't return to the prairie, he can return to Danhan Mountain safely. Thinking that Tuoba Feng was about to be ambushed by the Han Chinese, the corners of He Lian's mouth couldn't help but raise a hint of pride.

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Xu Rong and Liyi led the cavalry army to Lingzhou, and at the same time brought the holy decree of the Son of Heaven.

Hearing that Li Hong was promoted to general of the captivity, Xu Rong, and Koi Yi were also promoted to Zhonglang general, everyone was very happy and came over to congratulate them.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has finally made you a general." Lei Zi bowed down and said with a smile, "My lord has made so many military achievements, in fact, he should have been a general a long time ago." But it's not too late, we're not dead yet, and we can still call you a general as we wish. ”

Li Hong smiled, his heart was very sour. Lei Zi's words reminded him of his fallen comrades-in-arms such as Li Song, Zhao Wen, and Wu Zhao.

"What about you? Are you now a Sima or a lieutenant? ”

"Other Sima." Lei Zhong said happily, "Zhao Yun is already a captain, and since he killed June Thunder, he has been promoted much faster than me. How old is he? Not yet twenty, right? At the age of twenty, how old is the general? ”

Li Hong smiled: "I was still a slave in Xianbei Country. ”

Zhao Yun, who was standing on the side, glared at him and said dissatisfiedly: "Leizi, if you win the gun in my hand, I will give you the captain." ”

Lei Zi shrank his neck and arched his hand and said, "The subordinate can't beat you, so keep it for yourself." ”

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"Tempest Sand, Your Majesty rewarded you with a captain." Xu Rong took Storm Sand's hand and said with a smile, "Do you know how big an officer the captain is?" ”

Storm Sand was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his nose and asked in disbelief, "Really?" Didn't the adults lie to me? ”

Koji Yi took out a silver ink ribbon and solemnly tied it to his waist.

"This time, several of you Qu Shuai and Xiao Shuai of the Hu clan, Your Majesty have been given official positions, and they are no longer temporary appointments of adults, and from now on, you will be the ministers of the court of my Great Han Kingdom."

The wind and sand fell to their knees excitedly, looking into the sky and worshipping, shouting "Long live".

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When everyone was happy, Xu Rong took out another holy decree.

Li Hong took it and said with a smile: "What kind of will is this?" It won't be His Majesty who asked me to lead the army all the way to Danhan Mountain, right? ”

"Let me go to the state?" Li Hong glanced at it, frowned, and said in surprise, "The Xianbei people are still north of the Yellow River, south of Helan Mountain, and still showing off their might in my Great Han Kingdom, but at this time, Your Majesty asked me to go to Bingzhou, so can the battle here be fought or not?" Do you want the land north of the Yellow River? ”

"Your Majesty's intention is to let General Dong Zhuo be in charge of the future affairs of Western Xinjiang." Xu Rong persuaded in a low voice, "Zhang Yan, the leader of the Yellow Turbans, has already occupied Jinyang City, and the situation in Bingzhou is becoming more and more critical. ”

"What about Yanmen Pass?" Li Hong lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly asked, "Is there any news of Yanmen Pass?" ”

"We just received a message from Shang Shutai." Zheng Xin replied, "The Xianbei people are still stuck in Yanmen Pass, and it is estimated that they don't know that Helian has been defeated and fled." The troops of Liu Bo, the general of Duliao, Zhang Yi, the assassin of Bingzhou, and Guo Yun, the Taishou of Yanmen County, were all on the pass, and they could not transfer troops back to Taiyuan to quell the rebellion. ”

"What about Hanyang? Hanyang's kingdom and Han Sui are still attacking Yiseong? ”

"Sima He Hao of the General's Mansion has been ordered to go to Hanyang to appease the rebels, but there is no news so far." Zheng Xin said with a smile, "However, the general defeated the 120,000 army of Xianbei, which is enough to scare the kingdom and Han Sui to the core, forgive them for not daring not to be appeased." ”

Li Hong sighed, shook his head and said, "This battle will only end in which year." Keep the word, can Your Majesty promise to send reinforcements from Henan Mansion to me? ”

"Nope. Shang Shutai came to the book and said that General Dong was responsible for the aftermath of Xiliang, so now all the departments of Xiliang under the general's control went to Bingzhou with the general to quell the rebellion, mainly the army of Lord Xu and Lord Koji, in addition, His Majesty has promised the general that all prisoners will be at the disposal of the general. ”

Li Hong smiled bitterly: "In my army of 50,000, the Han people are almost exhausted, and now they all rely on the Hu people to fight, to this point, Your Majesty still doesn't give it, it's just ......"

"When will the grain and grass be delivered to Lingzhou?"

"No more to Lingzhou." Zheng Xin said, "Shang Shutai said that everything will be sent to the Great Wall Fortress, so that the transportation convoy can run less and the imperial court will have some money left." ”

"Your Majesty, this is forcing me." Li Hong said unhappily, "Your Majesty won't let me cross the Yellow River, don't give me people, don't give me food, he's forcing me to go to Bingzhou." ”

"Won't the general go?" Zheng Xin asked in a low voice.

"Of course I don't want to go." Li Hong said angrily, "That's a group of homeless people, a group of homeless people who have no food and clothing. What am I going to do? Am I going to kill someone? ”

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