In the eastern part of Wuwei County, Song Jian led Yan Xing and 50,000 Qiang cavalry to secretly rush to Hanyang County.

Yan Xing's words to sow discord created a gap between Song Jian and Ma Chao, and later Song Jian did not listen to Ma Chao's opposition and led his subordinates to march eastward.

Even, Song Jian refused Ma Chao's request to go with the army on the grounds that Ma Chao's father Ma Teng was an official in the court.

Along the way, Song Jian adopted Yan Xing's suggestion to kill Longxian by surprise, went out day and night, and sent scouts to hunt down and kill those who saw the traces of the Qiang army.

According to Yan Xing's words, although most of the soldiers and horses in Liangzhou were only new recruits, they had not received much training.

But if the Qiang people don't plan well, even if they can capture Longxian and kill the Liangzhou assassin, they will suffer heavy losses.

If the officials of Liangzhou get the news and all of them hold the city to avoid the battle, it will be absolutely difficult for the Qiang people, who are not good at attacking the city, to take down Longxian.

Therefore, only by concealing their whereabouts along the way, and then attacking Longxian by surprise, can the Qiang people obtain the greatest results with the minimum losses.

Song Jian adopted Yan Xing's suggestion, and if he was not discovered by the Han army along the way, he couldn't help but pay more and more attention to Yan Xing in his heart.

Wuwei County is the easternmost county seat of the four counties in Longxi, bordering Hanyang County, and Longxian, the capital of Liangzhou, is located in Hanyang County.

Since Wuwei County was not yet occupied by Wenzhao, the territory was vast and sparsely populated, and it was very easy for the Qiang people to hide their whereabouts.

However, as long as the Qiang army entered Hanyang County, it was absolutely impossible not to be discovered by the Han army.

Song Jian reined in his war horse, looked in the direction of the east, and asked Yan Xing a little tiredly: "Now that there is no way to conceal his whereabouts, what does the hussar general think about the battle behind?" ”

During this period of time, the long-distance running day and night not only made Song Jian feel very tired, but Yan Xing was also dusty and tired.

After he heard Song Jian's words, he immediately took two steps forward and said, "Dawang Hugh has to worry, we just need to conceal our whereabouts first, and then take advantage of the night to bypass the rest of the cities and directly attack Longxian." ”

"We are all cavalry, and even if the defenders of the county town along the way find us, they will definitely have no time to prepare."

"With the speed of our cavalry, it may not be much worse than the messengers of the counties, and we can rush to kill Longxian in front of them."

"If the king is worried, he may wish to divide another group of men and horses to intercept and kill the messengers of each county. In this way, there is no fear that someone will report to Longxian. ”

Yan Xing's meaning is very obvious, that is, he wants to take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry to fight a time difference.

The distance from this place to Longxian on horseback, the starry night journey is only two days, if the Qiang army can really kill by surprise, Longxian has no time to guard.

Song Jian frowned and thought for a while, then said with some hesitation: "We were originally a long-distance attack, and the soldiers and horses were already exhausted. ”

"If you go deep alone, you will be killed if you are not careful."

In history, Song Jian was able to reign in Liangzhou for more than 30 years, and he repeatedly defeated the crusade team of the imperial court, which was definitely not a straw bag.

After he heard Yan Xing's words, he quickly figured out the great risk involved.

Yan Xing's eyes flickered slightly, and then he said: "Even the king feels risky to act like this, so the generals of Liangzhou, aren't they even more unexpected, we will make such a risky move?" ”

"As the saying goes: If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get a tiger?"

"If the king wants to pacify Liangzhou as soon as possible and let his sons and daughters lose some men, he can only use this strategy."

"If you attack Hanyang County step by step, even if the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou are not the opponent of the king, then how can Chen Wenzhao sit back and watch the king seize Liangzhou and not send reinforcements?"

"Only by taking the king by surprise, attacking Longxian for a long distance and killing the assassin of Liangzhou, can the situation in Liangzhou be quickly stabilized."

"At that time, even if Chen Wenzhao raised a large army to crusade again, the king was also able to coerce the people of Liangzhou and break the enemy according to the city; Why not retreat and plunder the population, rob the money and return to Longxi? ”

Hearing Yan Xing's words, although Song Jian was still very hesitant, he was also a little moved.

Seeing that Song Jian was a little moved, Yan Xing was overjoyed in his heart, and said again: "What's more, the king's command is all cavalry, even if the long-distance attack fails, if you want to escape, what can the Liangzhou army do to the king?" ”

When Song Jian heard this, he nodded secretly.

Although Liangzhou produces horses, war horses consume a lot of grain and grass, and the Han people cannot chase water and grass like nomads.

Therefore, in order to reduce the logistical pressure, the number of cavalry in Guanzhong has been small.

Throughout the history of the Han Dynasty, although the Han army was extremely powerful, when the nomads kept plundering the border, they rarely made any gains.

That's because most of these nomads are cavalry, coming and going without a trace, and it is difficult for the Han army to catch up.

When the famous general Duan Cheng led the troops, he also retreated with a strategy, and first led the Xianbei cavalry into the encirclement, which defeated the Xianbei people.

Of course, if it weren't for those Xianbei people being too greedy, they wouldn't necessarily be broken by Duan Cheng.

The Qiang rebellion in the western part of the Han Dynasty could not be extinguished after a hundred years, and it was not without this reason. Song Jian was the leader of the Qiang rebels in the past, so he naturally knew the advantages of the Qiang people.

When he heard Yan Xing's words, he immediately no longer hesitated, and prepared to lead the army to drive straight in and directly kill Benlong County.

The 50,000 army rested for a long time, in order not to reveal his whereabouts, Song Jian sent scouts to inspect the surroundings on the one hand, and let the Qiang soldiers gnaw on dry food, but they did not dare to bury the pot to make rice.

After resting for half a night, in the dead of night, Song Jian immediately led the Qiang people to rush to the east under the stars.

"Stomp, stomp!"

The horses galloped, and the whole ground shook.

Even the people in Ayang County had already entered their dreams, and they were woken up by the sound of horses' hooves at this time.

The county commander hurriedly put on his clothes and shouted loudly: "The county sergeant quickly went up to the wall, and the young and strong men will also be recruited to help defend the city!" ”

Ayang County Commander has been an official here for a long time, and he is very familiar with the situation in front of him.

He didn't have to guess, he knew that it was the Qiang Koubian, but compared to the past, the number of Qiang people this time was too large.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of war drums rumbled, and the originally peaceful and peaceful county town of Ayang suddenly became boiling.

On the city wall, a heroic man held the weapon tightly in his hand, this person was Guan Wu, who had been exiled to the border for committing murder.

He listened to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer in the distance, and not only did he not feel panicked, but his eyes showed a longing light.

Since he came here, he has always wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and earn a lot of money to compensate Zheng Tu's mother and daughter.

Now, the opportunity has finally arrived.