At the beginning of September of the sixth year of Jian'an, Liangzhou, Jincheng County. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Northern Army's attempt to encircle the Qiang cavalry in the Anyi area was unsuccessful.

King Qiang is very cunning. He knew that the main target of the Han people was himself, so after the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly crossed the Yellow River south and entered Longxi, he immediately asked Shen Feng of Shen Yiqiang to lead the army to pretend to be the main force to lure the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army who stayed in the Hehuang area, intending to eat this group of "prey" first.

However, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army far exceeded Mi Hong's imagination, and after the 40,000 cavalry fought the battle of the Great and Small Elm Valleys, they rushed into the river at a speed like lightning.

Mihong was horrified and quickly evacuated in the direction of the valley in the upper reaches of the Huangshui River.

Zhang Liao and Ma Chao pounced, unable to block Mihong's main force, only stopping Shen Qiqiang's Shen Feng and his 10,000 troops. Shen Feng desperately broke through the siege, but the armies of Pang De, Xu Rong and others then arrived, and the two sides fought hard by the Weishui River northeast of Linqiang City.

When Mi Hong heard the news, he led the main force of the Qiang people back to help, and in turn surrounded the armies of Zhang Liao and Ma Chao.

At this time, Li Yi led the army to arrive, and Dian Wei, Li Cunxiao, Gao Zhong and others led the heavy cavalry of the pro-guard army and swarmed up.

The Qiang turned their horses' heads and withdrew into the valley again.

In this battle, 1,800 people were beheaded and more than 8,000 people were captured. Shen Feng, the leader of Shen Qiqiang, was killed, and his army was completely routed.

Li Yi demanded that the army continue to advance westward until the West Sea. Jia Xu, Xu Shu and others immediately objected. It is already late autumn, and it is about to snow in the West Sea, and at this moment it is too dangerous to go west to the West Sea to kill the enemy, and if you are not careful, it will be the disaster of the whole army.

Jia Xu persuaded him: "My lord, wait until next spring, and we will enter the West Sea again." ”

"Lord, now that you are entering the West Sea to fight, there are many difficulties and dangers, please think twice." Xu Shu was in a hurry, and knelt down, "Lord, I beg you, you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the community." ”

Li Yi smiled, bent down and pulled him up, and said, "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." ”

Then he pointed to Murong Han, Hua Xiong, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, and Han De and said, "The seven of you will bring 30,000 cavalry to follow me westward, and the others will stay here with Yan'er." ”

Ma Chao and others agreed with a bang. Others were dumbfounded and overwhelmed.

Jia Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord, you haven't been to the West Sea, and you don't know how powerful the West Sea is." Okay, since you must go, then I will accompany you. To die, we die together. ”

Li Yan stood up suddenly, picked up the battle helmet on the desk and ran to Li Yi, standing tall.

Jia Xu's soul flew out of the sky, and he shouted loudly: "Young master, that's the West Sea, it's the West Sea...... You can't go ......."

Li Yi wanted to say something, but suddenly closed his mouth again, reached out and patted his son's shoulder gently, with a relieved smile on his face.

"If you are worthy of being the son of the eldest brother, you should ...... like this" Zhang Fei raised his head and laughed, looking around at the generals in the tent, "Since the eldest brother wants to conquer the West Sea in person, then my Third Army will also go." ”

There was a burst of cheers in the tent.

"Xiliang people must go." Yang Qiu raised his arms and shouted, "If you don't drive the Qiang people into the West Sea, you will never turn back." ”

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In the West Sea, the Northern Frontier Army continued to advance westward, and the Qiang people were terrified.

It was about to snow, and the Northern Frontier Army fought bravely regardless of life or death, which was unprecedented. Moreover, the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Li Yi, took his son to rush to the front, which was the greatest encouragement to the morale of the Northern Xinjiang Army, but it was bad news for the Qiang people.

The army crossed the valley of writing and the valley of Mucheng, conquered Longqi, and recovered the important pass in the westernmost part of Jincheng County.

Out of this pass, it is the Xihai, where the Qiang people have lived for generations.

In mid-September, the army crossed the Sun Moon Mountain.

Riyue Mountain is located in the southwest of Huangyuan County, Qinghai 40 kilometers, the east side of Qinghai Lake, for the Qilian Mountain branch, northwest to southeast direction, 90 kilometers long, 10-15 kilometers wide, the average altitude of about 4000 meters, the highest peak Ale Dawan Mountain, 4877 meters above sea level.

Riyue Mountain is a very important dividing line in China's physical geography, the boundary between China's outflow area and inflow area, monsoon area and non-monsoon area, Loess Plateau and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and also the boundary between agricultural area and animal husbandry area in Qinghai Province. The east side of the Sun Moon Mountain is a fertile field, and the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is stuffed; The grassland on the west side is vast, with herds of cattle and sheep, which is a picture of the scenery outside the fortress. There is such a big contrast between the two sides of the mountain, which is rare in China. The top of the Sun Moon Mountain is composed of Tertiary purple sandstone and is red, so it was called "Chiling" in ancient times, "Nimadawa" in Tibetan, and "Nalasara" in Mongolian, which means the sun and the moon. Because the mountain is red, it was called "Red Ridge" in ancient times.

Sun Moon Mountain has always been the throat of the road to Tibet from the mainland. As early as the Han, Wei, Jin and Sui dynasties, Tang and other dynasties, they were the outposts and barriers of the Central Plains Dynasty. Therefore, it is known as "West Sea Screen" and "Grassland Gateway".

Except for some Xiliang people who live in Hehuang, except for Li Yi, the other soldiers all have symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, and the young master Li Yan is even more unbearable, and he vomited a mess, but he hugged the horse's neck, but he just didn't come down, and no one could persuade him.

In this regard, Li Yi is also very helpless, because this is the altitude sickness that will inevitably occur when the army comes here. That is, when he was a special soldier in his previous life, he had trained in various terrains, and after coming to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, his adaptability was slightly stronger. But in fact, he just stood up in front of the soldiers, after all, this body has never been to such extreme terrain now.

Three days later, the army arrived at Gahai and saw the endless West Sea, the vast and magnificent West Sea.

Standing on the vast prairie, looking at the vast and lofty blue sky, looking at the sparkling blue lake, and looking at the majestic and majestic snow-capped mountains, I am really relaxed and drunk. The soldiers who have adapted to the plateau terrain and gradually returned to normal are intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of them, and they are like a dream, as if they have entered a beautiful fairyland.

"It's so beautiful...... Li Yan opened his eyes wide and sighed in a low voice, "I really don't understand, why such a beautiful place can give birth to such a barbaric and cruel tribe?" ”

"The beautiful West Sea has given birth to thousands of children, but she cannot satisfy the strong desire of these children to survive, they need not only life, they need to survive." Jia Xu sat on the grass, wrapped tightly in Dayu, and said sadly, "When winter comes, the lake in the West Sea will disappear and be replaced by silver-white ice." At that time, the West Sea was covered in silver makeup, and it was breathtakingly beautiful. But standing in the biting cold wind, listening to the bitter howl of the cold wind, what the young master felt was not the beating of life, but the cry of life, the cry of helplessness......"

Li Yan couldn't help but shudder, terrified.

Sure enough, the Northern Frontier Army did not arrive in the West Sea for long, and the first snow of the year fell in the West Sea, and the West Sea also froze. Overnight, the West Sea covered the beautiful waters of the lake with its white feathers, revealing her most charming pride. The sun gently hits the lake, and the cracks in the ice are cast deep shadows, which is picturesque and makes people feel extremely mysterious, as if entering a wonderful dreamland.

The Northern Frontier Army advanced with difficulty along Xihai Lake, aiming directly at the Yegong Bull River.

The Yegong River is located near the Rubber Mountain in the northern part of the West Sea, and is the largest river in the West Sea, which gave birth to the West Sea and the Qiang people.

The main habitat of Burndangqiang is in the upper reaches of the Yeniu River. An army of nearly 70,000 is like an ice sheet on the western sea, impregnable, invulnerable, and pressing forward step by step.

Burning the Qiang leader Mi Hong urgently told the Qiang tribes, assembled, decisive battle, and decisive battle of life and death.

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The snow stretches endlessly, the snowfields are vast, the mountains are like jade, and the ice of the West Sea is covered with jade, shining and dazzling under the reflection of the sun.

Under the repeated resistance of the Qiang people, the Northern Xinjiang Army advanced slowly, and arrived at Datong Mountain in early October, more than 100 miles away from the Yegong Niu River.

At this time, the transportation of grain and grass for the Northern Xinjiang Army was extremely difficult, but the Xiliang people exerted their amazing strength, and more than 100,000 people continued to send truckloads of grain, grass and ordnance from Longqi Pass to the Xihai front.

The autumn harvest and the truce on the battlefield of Wudu greatly relieved the imperial court, and the people and grain were available, and the imperial court immediately requisitioned more than 300,000 people in Guanzhong, Hedong and other places at the fastest speed to quickly march westward, and quickly sent the grain, grass and ordnance hoarded in Chencang to Hehuang.

The Qiang people originally wanted to use this heavy snow and heavy obstacles to slow down the advance of the Northern Xinjiang Army, drag the Northern Xinjiang Army on the snowy fields of the West Sea, and force the Northern Xinjiang Army to withdraw due to lack of food and grass. However, more than half a month has passed, and the Northern Xinjiang Army has not shown the slightest sign of withdrawing, but has begun to climb over the Datong Mountain in the northern part of the West Sea.

Datong Mountain is a branch of the eastern section of the Qilian Mountains. It is located between Qinghai Lake and Datong River. Ancient folded broken block mountain. Northwest-southeast trending. It starts from the Obotu Ridge of Chahan in the northwest, ends at Kadang Mountain in the southeast, and extends to the Daban Mountain in the southeast. It is 300 km long and 50-60 km wide. The average altitude is 3,000-3,500 kilometers, and the highest peak, Sansza, is 4,755 meters above sea level. The mountain is the watershed between the inland water system of Qinghai Lake and the Datong River.

The unexpected heavy snow slowed down the advance of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and also hindered the assembly of the Qiang people.

Mihong was furious, while sending people to negotiate peace with the Han people, and then told the Qiang tribes that the Han people have killed our homeland, if everyone can't work together, it will be the disaster of the clan in the end. If we want to survive, we must fight bloodily, and we must drive the Han people out of the West Sea. We have no way out, surrender is death, and death in battle is death. In order to defend the West Sea, we fought to the end.

Li Yan refused the Qiang people's peace proposal, and he cut off the head of the Qiang envoy. The Northern Xinjiang Army has no way to retreat, retreating at this time, it is very likely to be pursued and killed by the Qiang people, and it is extremely heavy, so it can only continue to attack and kill until the Tianjun grassland.

It's a matter of success or failure.