Due to the intervention of the Di people, the Qiang people, who originally formed an alliance with Han Sui and Ma Teng, fell apart again. They scattered and fought the Di people in all directions.

As for Han Sui, because Chen Xubing was in the city, he had to abandon Jincheng County, led his troops to flee to the siege of Wuwei County, and reconciled with Ma Teng again.

So far, in addition to the four counties of Longxi, all the six eastern counties of Liangzhou have been captured by Chen Xu. At this time, the New Year had passed, and it was the third year of Jian'an, that is, 198 AD.

The appearance of the 'Qiang Killing Order' caused the Wolf Qiang cavalry, which was originally under Zhang Liao, to begin to become ambitious.

After all, although there are contradictions between Sam Wolf Qiang and Baima Qiang, they are both Qiang people after all. The emergence of the 'Qiang Killing Order' led to the killing of many Qiang people in the territory of Shenwolf Qiang.

The truth of the cold lips and teeth, the leader of the wolf and Qiang understands.

Wen Zhao's move made it clear that he wanted to completely exterminate the Qiang people, and the leader of the Wolf Qiang conspired to kill Chen Xu.

But he didn't want to, Li Ru had been waiting for the rebellion of the wolf for a long time. He will plan and slaughter 5,000 wolf cavalry in a battle with Zhang Liao.

Not only the wolf Qiang, but also the soldiers under Yang Qiu and Ma Play, half of them are Qiang. They united with the leader of the Wolf Qiang to get rid of Wen Zhao, but they were all killed.

After Yang Qiu and Ma Wan learned the news, they were inexplicably frightened, and they all came to ask Chen Xu for their guilt.

Wen Zhao not only did not punish them, but comforted the two with kind words, so that they still commanded the Han soldiers and horses under their command.

After this brutal purge, Wen Zhao's forces in Liangzhou were also reduced by nearly 20,000.

In addition, the newly occupied six counties should also send soldiers to garrison to stabilize law and order and exterminate the remnants of the Qiang people. Therefore, the soldiers and horses that Wen Zhao can mobilize now are only 30,000 elites.

Of the 30,000 troops, only 8,000 were cavalry, and the rest were foot soldiers.

At the beginning of the third year of Jian'an, Wen Zhao led 30,000 cavalry, against the cold northwest wind, to the westernmost bank of the Yellow River in Hanyang County, and confronted the combined forces of Han Sui and Ma Teng.

After setting up camp, Zhao Yun asked Wen Zhao: "Although the six counties in the eastern part of Liangzhou are newly determined, they need to send a large army to garrison them. However, it was still not a problem to mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses to go on the expedition. ”

"Why does the lord insist on leading 30,000 soldiers and horses to the battle?"

Dian Wei and Dian Man stayed beside Wen Zhao and looked at him with some doubts. Wouldn't it be better if there were many people fighting a war?

Wen Zhao did not immediately answer Zhao Yun's words, but instead led the three of them around the camp.

After a full half an hour, he said quietly: "Now is the cold winter season, and it is not the best time to fight. ”

"This time Xingbing fought with Han Sui and Ma Teng, and it was already a taboo for soldiers. In addition, this place is far away from Kasaka, and it is inconvenient to transport grain and grass, so if you lead a large army to come, the cost of money and grain will be immeasurable. ”

"Yes, I only led 30,000 foot cavalry to come to a decisive battle with Ma Teng and Han Sui."

Speaking of this, Wen Zhao paused and continued: "What's more, the last defeat of the Xiliang army was already terrifying; The Qiang people fought endlessly, and were intercepted and killed by the Han people everywhere, and the situation was worrying. ”

"If I lead the army to come, Han Sui and Ma Teng will panic in their hearts, and they will definitely flee without a fight. The land of Liangzhou stretches for thousands of miles, the Gobi and the desert are criss-crossed, if they flee, it may be difficult to annihilate. ”

"On the contrary, if there are only 30,000 generals and our troops do not have an advantage, Ma Teng and Han Sui will definitely be lucky and will fight to the death with us."

"Only by exterminating these two people first, can we let go of our hands and feet to eliminate the Qiang plague."

When Zhao Yun and the others heard this, they understood Wen Zhao's good intentions, and immediately bowed to him.

The Guanzhong army had been on the east bank of the Yellow River for five days, but had never been able to cross the river.

Now the pontoon bridge on the river has long been burned by the Xiliang army, and now the weather is cold, and a thin layer of ice has formed on the Yellow River.

As a result, it becomes unrealistic to cross the river by boat.

Since the ice was not thick, the soldiers had no way to cross the river by stepping on the ice. In this way, 30,000 Guanzhong soldiers were trapped east of the Yellow River.

"Wen Zhao, it's not a way to wait like this, let's think about a plan to cross the river as soon as possible."

can speak to Wen Zhao in this tone, and Lu Bu is the only one in the entire Guanzhong.

After nearly half a year of expedition, he never returned even for the New Year, and Lu Bu had long missed his wife at home.

Of course, if you kill the enemy outside and make meritorious contributions, it is nothing. But like now, staying on the banks of the Yellow River every day, Lu Bu can't stay a little anymore.

Wen Zhao smiled slightly, comforted Lu Bu and said, "Uncle Hugh should be anxious, and we will see in a few days." ”

Now not only Lu Bu, but even Sergeant Guan is a little homesick. Especially being stationed here for a long time is easy to make the soldiers lazy.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

Wen Zhao led the troops to pacify Liangzhou, but his series of actions made the princes of the world have their own thoughts.

Yuan Shao hated Wen Zhao's actions against him last time, and always wanted to take revenge on Chen Xu.

Yuan Shao saw that Wen Zhao was in a stalemate with Ma Teng and Han Sui, so he naturally began to become impatient, wanting to take this opportunity to attack Guanzhong and snatch the Son of Heaven.

When he said what he thought, several strategists under his command, an extremely rare united front, all advised Yuan Shao not to act like this.

Everyone's reasons are the same, and now Chen Xu occupies the righteousness and represents the orthodoxy of the Han family. In addition, he put down the Qiang rebellion for the imperial court, and if he rashly raised troops to attack him, he would lose the hope of the world.

What's more, although Chen Xu is not in Guanzhong, there are still elite soldiers and fierce generals in Sili and Bingzhou, and top strategists are stationed, and it is not easy to seize the steep terrain of Guanzhong.

If something is not done, not only will you be infamy, but you will also completely tear your face with Chen Xu, which is very unwise.

The most important thing is that Gongsun Chan is entrenched in the area of Liaodong, and he is eyeing Youzhou. If Gongsun Chan can't be removed, for Yuan Shao, sooner or later it will be a trouble.

In desperation, Yuan Shao had no choice but to extinguish the idea of attacking Guanzhong, and began to prepare grain and grass, train soldiers, and prepare to attack Liaodong after the beginning of spring.

In addition, when Cao Cao in Xuzhou saw the 'Qiang Killing Order', he held the edict and was silent for a long time.

It's just that in private, he said to those close to him: "My ambition in life is to make meritorious contributions to the country, to make the marquis the general of the expedition to the west, and then inscribe the tomb of 'the tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the late Han Dynasty to conquer the west'. ”

"Riding a horse westward, pacifying the Qiang trouble, raising the prestige of my Han Dynasty, what Chen Wenzhao has done is my life's ambition. Although I have never known him in my life, I only know today that this person is my lifelong confidant. ”

"If he defeats Chen Wenzhao one day, not only will I not take his life, but I will seek the position of general of Zhengxi for him, and I will be the commander of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty."

I have to say that Cao Cao is always so optimistic, even if Wen Zhao is in full swing now, he still firmly believes that he can defeat Chen Xu.

Sun Ce also admired Wen Zhao's iron-blooded methods very much, and wanted to follow Wen Zhao's example to exterminate Shanyue in the south.