Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The battle of Chiyang City has ended, and the Xiliang army won the first battle and defeated the barbarian army.

The first battle lasted three days, and after the defeat of Yu Luo's army under the city, the Xiliang army took advantage of the victory to pursue and strive to maximize the results.

On the frontal battlefield under the city, the Xiliang army attacked back and forth, defeating more than 100,000 barbarian troops in one fell swoop.

Then Zhang Liao led the Jin Yiwei Iron Cavalry to take advantage of the situation to attack the camp of Yufuluo, and seized the gate under the command of the main general Li Zhi, and then attacked the enemy camp, and defeated the army of Yufuluo, which lost the first battle, and abandoned the camp and fled.

When Jin Yiwei occupied the barbarian camp, Zhou Yu led the infantry army and the iron cavalry of the tiger camp to kill and injure the living forces of the barbarian army, and pursued them closely. When the barbarian army was completely defeated and fled, Zhou Yu personally led more than 40,000 foot cavalry to chase and kill more than 100 miles, and drove the barbarian army into the three passes on the border.

Subsequently, the Xiliang army did not take off the saddle and the people did not take off the armor, and after a short rest for half a day, they attacked the northern city of Saibei at night, pressing step by step, and expelled all the barbarian troops to the two passes of the Black Wolf Gorge and Shuofengkou.

In the next two days, taking advantage of the defeat and low morale of the barbarian army, Zhou Yu commanded the army to take advantage of the victory to march and capture the two passes of Black Wolf Gorge and Shuofengkou in one go, completely expelling the barbarian army and fleeing to the Saibei grassland outside Beidi County.

In the battle, the Western Liang army drove 150,000 barbarian troops out of Liangzhou in only three days, recovered six cities in three counties, including three city passes, and won a complete victory.

In the battle of Chiyang City, the Xiliang army killed more than 20,000 barbarians and captured more than 10,000 barbarian soldiers. In the battle of attacking the barbarian camp, the Jinyiwei Iron Cavalry captured the enemy camp in only one and a half hours, intercepted and killed more than 5,000 barbarian troops, captured more than 3,000 wounded barbarian soldiers, and more than 10,000 barbarian families. In the ensuing pursuit, Zhou Yu led his troops to fight fiercely for three days, killing more than 10,000 enemy soldiers. Thousands were captured alive, and all the cities and passes occupied by the barbarian army were collected, and the desired goal was almost perfectly achieved.

At the same time, the Xiliang army made a lot of gains, minimizing the losses of the barbarian army in the month since the invasion. In the barbarian camp alone, most of the property looted by the Yufu Luo coalition army was seized, and more than 20,000 Han Chinese people were rescued, most of whom were young and young women.

In addition, there were tens of thousands of family members of tribal nobles brought with the army in the barbarian camp, and they could not escape when the camp fell. As a result, he fell into the hands of the Han army and became a prisoner of war. Tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock fell along with these captives, and these livestock were the rations for hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops.

In addition to the above-mentioned seizures, there are a wide variety of seizures, the number of which is extremely impressive. Almost all the grain and grass carried by the barbarian army were captured. The first time the Jin Qiwei cavalry captured the barbarian camp was because there was no time left for the barbarian army to transfer grain and grass. So much so that the barbarians only escaped with their lives. All other materials were too late to be transported away, and all fell into the hands of the Xiliang army.

According to post-war statistics, more than 30,000 of the 150,000 Yufuluo army were killed, nearly 20,000 soldiers were captured, and more than 10,000 barbarian nobles and daughters were also captured by the Xiliang army. That is, after this war. The 150,000 soldiers and horses of the barbarian army lost more than 50,000 people, and the remaining soldiers and horses were full of more than 90,000 people. Among them, the Xianbei Iron Cavalry and the White Wave Thieves of Yufu Luo's own army suffered the largest casualties, losing a total of more than 30,000 foot cavalry, and the Xianbei Iron Cavalry was disabled by the Xiliang Army. Nearly half of the white wave thieves were killed and wounded.

The injuries of the Southern Xiongnu control soldiers ranked third, losing more than 7,000 war horses, they did not participate in the battle, and all the dead and wounded soldiers were killed by the Tiger Ben Battalion and Jin Qiwei on the way to escape. The loss of the Qiang cavalry was not large, only more than 1,000 people were lost, but this cavalry also made the Qiang leader feel distressed, after all, he only had more than 7,000 cavalry, and he lost more than 1,000 cavalry under the first battle, so that he only had more than 5,000 soldiers and horses left, and his strength was greatly reduced.

Comparatively speaking, after this battle, among the Fro's army, the Southern Huns had the strongest cavalry, with more than 30,000 horsemen, and the rest were more than 20,000 white wave thieves under Fro. The Xianbei cavalry and the Qiang cavalry together were less than 20,000 cavalry, so they became vassal forces under the command of Fu Luo, and their status in the coalition army was much worse than before.

After this battle, the vitality of the Yufu Luo coalition army was greatly damaged, and the loss of more than 50,000 soldiers and horses was still second, and the most fatal was the heavy loss of grain, grass, cattle and sheep. In addition to the grain and grass temporarily stored in the passes such as Saibei City, Black Wolf Gorge and Shuofengkou, the grain and grass of the barbarian army were almost lost, and nearly eighty percent of the cattle and sheep driven by the army fell into the hands of the Xiliang army.

This means that after nearly 100,000 barbarian troops escaped from Northland County, they first had to face the problem of food and grass supply. Now the barbarian army, which has lost grain and grass, cattle and sheep, has nearly 100,000 horsemen and horses every day, and the grain and grass required is definitely not a small amount. The most fatal thing is that the barbarian army that withdrew from Beidi County was stationed in the territory of the Southern Xiongnu, and the grain and grass of the various tribes of the Southern Xiongnu were not abundant at present, and they were unable to supply the needs of the army for war. As a result, the barbarian army's previous good form shì is gone, and the original siege of the city and the village are invincible, but now they are defeated in a battle, losing their armor and losing all their grain and grass. In the blink of an eye, the property and slaves plundered by the barbarian army were regained, and the situation was very difficult, which can be described as a dilemma.

The barbarians sent troops to fight were different from the Han army, they always carried not much grain and grass, most of them brought enough forage and a small amount of grain for war horses, and most of the food was cattle, sheep and livestock that came with the army. For a long time, the barbarian conquest had a distinctive characteristic, that is, fighting on the front line, grazing in the rear, and the cattle, sheep and livestock raised by the army were the source of food for their daily needs.

Before the war, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the battle against Liangzhou, Yu Fuluo and the leaders of various tribes raised no less than 50,000 cattle, sheep and livestock to serve as food and grass for the army. Unexpectedly, after a big battle, the frontal battlefield was lost, the camp fell, and the livestock were lost, all of which fell into the hands of the Han army, which made the shape of the barbarian army take a sharp turn and the situation was worrying.

Compared with the difficult situation of the barbarian army, the Xiliang army was a smooth division and achieved fruitful results.

After three days of the battle, the Xiliang army lost a total of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, of which the wounded soldiers accounted for most of them, and the soldiers who were actually killed in the battle were less than 10,000 foot cavalry, and most of them were county soldiers. The two main cavalry battalions of the Tiger Battalion and Jin Yiwei lost a total of more than 6,000 cavalry, of which the Tiger Battalion suffered 4,000 casualties and Jin Yiwei only suffered more than 2,000 casualties. The bow and crossbow battalion of Cao Xing's headquarters was almost unscathed, while the county soldiers suffered the greatest losses, with a total of more than 14,000 casualties.

Therefore, after the Xiliang army drove the barbarian army out of Beidi County in one go, the army advanced rapidly, and the Chinese army's big tent moved to the forefront and set up camp. At this moment, it is stationed in the Shuofeng Pass.

After the end of the war, Li Li, who had been sitting in the rear, quickly reorganized 20,000 county soldiers and handed them over to Zhou Yu, and the rest of the county soldiers all stayed in Beidi County, and all military and political affairs in the county were handed over to Li Xian and the county Chengfa to be responsible for handling them, relocating the people, sorting out the county's government affairs, and garrisoning the city. In addition, the Tiger Battalion stationed in Shuofengkou turned into a Chinese army, and the Jin Yiwei cavalry became the vanguard of the front army of the army, and opened out of the pass to confront the barbarian army.

In accordance with the pre-war agreement. Zhou Yu fulfilled his promise and expelled the barbarians from the country within three days. In this way, after the strategic goal was achieved, Li Li also fulfilled his promise and appointed Zhou Yu as the chief general of the army. Took over the Chinese army and took full command of all subsequent battles against the Southern Xiongnu tribes.

For the next battle. Li Li prepared 60,000 soldiers for him. Among them, there are more than 35,000 Huben battalions and Jinyi guard cavalry, 20,000 county soldiers and 5,000 bow and crossbow battalions. At the same time, Li Li appointed Lu Su as the chief secretary of the army and concurrently led the army, and Dian Wei as the deputy general of the Chinese army, responsible for protecting Zhou Yu's safety; Zhang Liao is the pioneer, and Xu Chu and Duan Xuan are the deputy pioneers. Chen Zhi was the commander of the rear army, and all the generals were at the disposal of Zhou Yu.

As a result, Li Li can be regarded as a real shopkeeper, staying in the rear all day long with Dian Flawless and Ma Yunluo, leisurely and happy. It's not happy.

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Shuofengkou, the camp of the Xiliang Army.

At the meeting just now, Li Li officially appointed Zhou Yu as the main general, sitting in charge of the Chinese army, fully responsible for the next expeditionary matters, and making decisions on military affairs at his own discretion, and gave Zhou Yu the right to transfer troops and send generals, rewards and punishments. In addition, Fa Zheng was appointed as the chief secretary of the marshal's mansion, responsible for straightening out the administrative affairs of Beidi County and the supply of grain and grass in the rear, and Lu Su was the chief secretary of the front line to assist Zhou Yu in the battle against the defeated army of Yufu Luo and the war of the Southern Xiongnu.

After the discussion of the Shuai Tent, Zhang Liao hurriedly followed the commander Li Zhi back to the Jin Qiwei garrison in the east, and then walked into the main general's tent.

After entering the tent, Li Zhi sat casually on the left side of the tent, and raised his hand to signal Zhang Liao to sit beside him. Before the tent was served, Li Zhi waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, poured a cup of hot tea for Zhang Liao with his own hands, and handed it to him.

"Thank you, Commander." Zhang Liao hurriedly thanked him, but was about to get up to give a salute when Li Zhi raised his hand to stop him.

"Wen Yuan doesn't have to be polite." Li Zhi motioned for Zhang Liao to drink tea, and said softly: "I invited Wen Yuan to come today, but I want to apologize to Wen Yuan in person, and I also ask Wen Yuan to forgive me. ”

"Why did the Commander say that? The last general is stupid, and he doesn't know what the commander said, why should he apologize to his subordinates? Zhang Liao looked stunned and asked in surprise.

Li Zhi shook his head slightly, a rare smile appeared on his face, and said with a smile: "Wen Yuan is really magnanimous and admirable, but I still want to apologize to Wen Yuan for the battle of the barbarian camp two days ago." ”

"This 、、、 the Commander is too worried." Zhang Liao's expression changed slightly, he looked up at Li Zhi, waved his hand and said: "The commander is the commander of my battalion, and it is okay to participate in the battle halfway, and the last general is willing to wait for the commander to dispatch!" ”

Li Zhi shook his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It seems that Wen Yuan still has some ideas, but it is just inconvenient to say them in person due to his feelings." ”

Zhang Liao's voice changed when he heard this, and he was about to explain, but he saw Li Zhi waving his hand to signal him to be at ease. Then Li Zhi continued: "Wen Yuan is unhappy in his heart, this is a reasonable thing, and there is no need to explain. This time, Jin Yiwei was ordered to fight, and before the war, I had been staying with the lord and did not appear among the generals on the expedition, but after the battle began, I suddenly joined the battle, and then naturally took over the command of Jin Yiwei. This move seems to be taken for granted, but in fact it is contrary to military orders, inappropriate, and difficult to get rid of the suspicion of stealing the hosts. Because Wen Yuan is the vanguard of the army appointed by the lord himself, even if I, Li Zhi, am the commander of Jin Yiwei, I must obey your dispatch. Therefore, I should apologize to Wenyuan, please understand! ”

After speaking, Li Zhi stood up, bowed to Zhang Liao, and apologized solemnly.

"Don't be like this, your subordinates are afraid." Zhang Liao hurriedly got up and helped Li Zhi up, and said hurriedly.

Li Zhi shook his head slightly, looked at Zhang Liao with a sincere expression, and said softly: "Could it be that Wen Yuan doesn't believe in my sincerity and thinks I'm acting coy?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare, please lead Mingjian." Zhang Liao said respectfully.

"Well, Wen Yuan sat down and spoke." Pulling Zhang Liao to sit down again, Li Zhi said in a low voice: "This time Jin Yiwei was ordered to fight, whether he can win the battle or not, the significance is heavy, because even I dare not slack off." Perhaps Wen Yuan doesn't know that Jin Yiwei has only participated in three major wars since its formation. The first battle was the Battle of Bahe in the past, facing the wolf cavalry under the command of Lu Bu, and after the battle, Jin Yiwei suffered more than half of the casualties, and the victory was like defeat. The Second World War was the Battle of the Southern Suburbs. In that battle, Jin Yiwei and the Xiliang Tiger Camp went head-to-head, and there were also many casualties. This attack on the barbarian army is Jin Yiwei's third major battle. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zhi's tone paused slightly, and he said in a low voice: "In the first two battles, Jin Yiwei faced a strong enemy head-on, and although he won in the end, he won both battles miserably. Therefore, in my opinion, it is a poor record, compared to the other battalions. The table is mediocre and does not show the strong combat effectiveness that the main father-in-law and personal guard army should have. After a lapse of two years, Jin Yiwei went out again, and this battle must not be lost, otherwise I, Jin Yiwei, may lose the honor of the pro-guard army and be demoted to an ordinary war camp. ”

"Ugh. Is there such a thing? Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard this, and asked urgently.

Li Li nodded slightly. He said in a low voice: "Wen Yuan doesn't know. The Northern Expedition. The lord did not personally lead the army into battle, and on the surface, it seemed that he intended to train and promote young generals and strategists who had recently joined the army, but in fact it was not so simple, but had another deep meaning.

Our army now has 12 main battalions, and in the past two years, all battalions have been engaged in small fights, and there have been no large-scale battles. What is the actual combat effectiveness of the battalions. To be examined, it is necessary to put each battalion into the battlefield one after another, and redefine the position and equipment of each battalion according to the number of achievements in the war. Correspondingly, after the war, the commanders and deputy commanders of each battalion will face a new round of transfers. Many of the current generals no longer hold the position of chief or deputy commander.

In addition, in the past two years, a large number of new types of ordnance have been created by the weapons workshop under the name of the General's Mansion, all of which are currently hoarded in the government treasury, and the equipment will be replaced after the combat strength of each battalion of the school is examined. At that time, the gap in combat strength between the various battalions will become prominent, and the battalions with strong combat strength will become stronger and stronger, and the battalions with slightly weaker combat strength will face the fate of reorganizing and training.

I, Jin Yiwei, am a pro-guard army that has been with the lord for a long time, and I am well-equipped, according to common sense, we will not reorganize, and the position of the pro-guard army will not change. However, the lord has always acted in an eclectic manner, and he is always unpredictable. Once Jin Yiwei's performance is not good, it is very likely that he will lose his status as a pro-guard army and be demoted to an ordinary war camp. If this is the case, although I, Li Zhi, am still the commander of the guards, but the soldiers of Jin Yiwei will be replaced by a new batch of people, so I can't explain to the soldiers of the whole battalion, and I can't bear it. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, I asked the lord for an order to join the war, and in any case, I would take the barbarian camp and maintain the reputation of my Jin Qiwei guard. ”

After Zhang Liao heard this, he looked nervous, nodded thoughtfully, and then lowered his head and pondered.

It is true that in the battle of Yuanmen two days ago, the commander Li Zhi suddenly attacked and captured the barbarian camp in one fell swoop, making Jin Yiwei a victorious banner with a remarkable record. Immediately, Zhang Liao, the vanguard officer, was reduced to a supporting role, and the command was automatically transferred to Li Zhi, which was overshadowed.

In the face of such a situation, no one can accept it calmly, and it is inevitable that they will be unhappy, and Zhang Liao is naturally no exception. It's just that he is a general who takes the overall situation into account, and even though he is unhappy in his heart, he will not immediately express himself and find Li Zhi to theorize in private. What's more, Li Zhi was originally the commander of Jin Yiwei, and he was also a confidant and close minister around the lord, so Zhang Liao could only forcibly suppress the resentment in his heart and continue to lead the troops to fight.

To Zhang Liao's surprise, after today's discussion of the account, Li Zhi took the initiative to invite him to come to the account to talk, solemnly apologize to him, and explain the reason. This was the first time that Zhang Liao had spoken alone with Commander Li Zhi since he served as Deputy Commander of Jin Yiwei for more than two years, and it was also the first time he had heard Li Zhi say so many things, and they were all secrets in the army. This shows that Li Zhi has a heartfelt heart to him and makes friends sincerely.

Therefore, after Zhang Liao listened to Li Zhi's words, the original mustard in his heart disappeared, and he turned to worry about Jin Yiwei's future.

If it weren't for Li Zhi's leaking of secrets, Zhang Liao would only think that this battle was an opportunity for the lord Li Li to deliberately train generals and strategists, so as to promote a group of new generals. But after Li Zhi's reminder, he suddenly found that as Li Zhi said, this battle was different from the past, and the pro-guard Jin Yiwei actually served as the vanguard of the army, and no longer guarded the commander's account. What this means is self-evident, and a new round of readjustment of the whole army has officially begun.

This kind of adjustment does not mean that Li Li has become suspicious of the current commanders of the battalions and no longer trusts them, but that he speaks entirely on the basis of strength, and measures the order in which each battalion replaces its equipment after the war by its combat effectiveness and combat achievements. Along with this, the generals of the battalions will be re-rotated, and the status quo that has been maintained for two years will usher in large-scale changes, and a new round of army reorganization movement has begun.

In fact, Li Li's true intentions have been revealed to Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Liao and others before, presumably Zhou Yu and Lu Su have long known it, only Zhang Liao seems to understand it and cannot be sure. Now Li Zhi told him bluntly and unabashedly, intending to resolve the mustard between each other, so as not to deepen the misunderstanding over time and affect the relationship between them.

"Wen Yuan, I have made it clear to the Lord that all the achievements I have made before belong to you. However, this is just the first battle, and whether the victory can be continued is the key, and I hope that Wen Yuan will lead the troops to fight, and must not be negligent! Just as Zhang Liao was thinking about it secretly, Li Zhi said softly.

"Ahh This move is inappropriate, and his subordinates will never accept it! Zhang Liao immediately waved his hand and refused, his expression was absolutely clear, and there was no room for negotiation.

Without waiting for Zhang Liao to speak, Li Zhi raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to be impatient, and said in a low voice: "Wen Yuan must have misunderstood, I didn't do this to give you the credit, but to record this record on Jin Yiwei's head." As far as I am concerned, I am already very content to be by my lord's side all the time, and nothing else is insignificant. But Wen Yuan, you and the soldiers of the whole battalion urgently need to prove their abilities, so Wen Yuan doesn't need to say much, and don't worry, after all, you are the vanguard of the army, and these are the credits you deserve. ”

"It's 、、、 or not, thank you for the success of the commander, and the end will be remembered!" Seeing that Li Zhi had made up his mind, Zhang Liao immediately stopped shirking and gladly responded. As Li Zhi said, the Jin Yi Guards really need to show their due strength in order to consolidate the position of the Pro-Guard Army, otherwise their current position will be in jeopardy. As for the military achievements, it is still too early to say, and the next battle to attack the territory of the Southern Xiongnu is the most important thing, and only by continuing the previous results can it be truly counted as combat merits until the end of the war.

"Well, then the war will be far away." Li Zhi nodded and said.

Zhang Liao got up when he heard the sound and said respectfully: "The subordinates will do their best, please rest assured." The last general will retire, and the commander will rest early. ”

Li Zhi nodded slightly, got up to see him off, and after Zhang Liao left, he whispered to himself: "Fortunately, the lord reminded him, otherwise the previous matter is indeed suspected of robbing the merits of the war, and it has invisibly delayed Wenyuan's future." It seems that the necessary communication is essential, and some things can be relieved when they are said, otherwise they will be left with knots. Zhang Wenyuan is indeed a talented general, and his ability to command the army is far above that of my Li Zhi, and he just lacks the opportunity to be alone at the moment, if the war goes well, the opportunity he has been waiting for for a long time will come. ”

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