More than 40,000 Xiliang cavalry, after being trapped in the nameless valley for several days, exhausted the dry food they carried, and heard about the battle of Huimengtai, Ma Chao and Han Sui both died in battle, and finally completely gave up resistance, and surrendered to Gongsun Bai one after another.
In this way, the Gongsun army obtained more than 40,000 Xiliang cavalry, from which Gongsun Bai selected 8,000 fierce cavalry with more than 52 armed forces, included in the Zhenxi army, and then selected war horses, so that the Zhenxi army was all converted into cavalry, and one person and two horses, so that the Zhenxi army became the largest cavalry in the Gongsun army, with 25,000 people.
The establishment of such a large cavalry, Gongsun Bai is considered, the number of people in Xiliang Qiang has been in rebellion for hundreds of years, although the main reason is forced by life, but it is also closely related to the wildness of the Qiang people themselves.
Moreover, the Qiang people had many cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and the Eastern Han Dynasty court repeatedly sent troops to levy, which consumed a lot of money and grain and had little effect, but made the national strength decline.
Therefore, Gongsun Bai wanted to station a strong cavalry in the Xiliang area, and on the premise of increasing mutual markets and trade, and developing the economy, he would use force to subdue him, so as to prevent the future imperial court from continuing to fall into the pit of repeated rebellions of the Qiang people.
The commander of the Zhenxi Army, Pang De, worshiped as the general of Pingxi, the deputy commander Yan Xing, and worshiped as the general of Pingxi Zhonglang.
Two famous generals who were born and raised in Liangzhou and were powerful in Xiliang led this elite cavalry dominated by Qiang people, which was naturally the most suitable.
The submission of Liangxing in Jicheng, coupled with the defeat of Ma Chao and Ma Dai, did not dare to stop in Hanyang County, so that the entire Hanyang County had completely fallen into the hands of Gongsun Bai.
Liang Xingbai was the cavalry captain of the Zhenxi Army, and he listened to it under Pang De's account, and became the first person to return to Sun Bai, the prince of Shunyan, in the ten departments of Xiliang.
After the defeat of Ma Chao and Ma Dai, there were less than 40,000 cavalry left, not counting the more than 100,000 infantry of the Gongsun Army, the cavalry of the Gongsun Army alone had already exceeded 40,000, so they didn't dare to stay in Hanyang County at all, but went all the way west and retreated to Jincheng County.
In any case, the Xiliang Ma clan has gone to the general trend, and has completely lost the ability to compete with Gongsun Bai, and all that remains is to chase and beat the water dogs with victory.
Therefore, Gongsun Bai did not immediately order a pursuit, but sent the Zhenxi Army into Longxi County, while appeasing the Han and Qiang people, and on the other hand, sending heavy troops to defend the northern part of Longxi County, preventing Ma Chao from going south from Jincheng County and wandering around, becoming a veritable horse thief.
In addition to Longxi, Hanyang, and Anding, officials from the southernmost counties of Wudu and northeast of Beidi counties surrendered to Gongsun Bai, and Gongsun Bai also sent troops and horses into these two counties to stabilize his rule.
At the same time, Gongsun Bai opened up the mutual market at the border of the counties, and sent heavy troops to supervise and manage the mutual market, so as to ensure that the trade between the Han and Qiang people was carried out in a fair and reasonable environment.
At this time, the potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes in Guanzhong all got a bumper harvest, plus the potatoes and sweet potatoes from the Central Plains also entered Guanzhong in a steady stream, and then entered the east and south of Liangzhou from Guanzhong, exchanging cattle, sheep and horses with the Qiang people.
These high-yield grains are extremely popular with the Qiang people, not only because they are inexpensive, but also because they are also delicious for the Qiang people who are accustomed to eating beef and mutton.
Of course, in addition to food, materials such as cotton, cotton clothing, and ironware are also popular.
In the night when the weather is gradually getting cooler, put on a cotton coat, put on a sheepskin jacket, dig an earthen stove, set up a pot, stew a pot of water, put in chopped beef and potatoes, put some salt, the whole family gathers around the pot, while drinking milk wine, eating potatoes and roast meat, while talking and laughing loudly, or shouting a few grassland folk songs, what a pleasant thing it is However, not everyone in the counties of the Qiang people is so obedient to the education, and some of the Qiang tribes who are committed to plundering or have always done their own thing do not buy Gongsun Bai, and even openly resist it.
For this kind of tribe, Gongsun Bai's method is very simple, that is, one word: kill those who don't want to go with King Yan, then please go with Ma Teng The Han army's methods for foreign races have always been based on Huairou, but it is not uncommon for the Qiang people who have repeatedly refused to accept the indoctrination to raise a butcher's knife to slaughter naked, Duan Xuan is a typical representative of the year, but there are very few entire tribes like Gongsun Bai who have been uprooted.
However, in more than ten days, more than a dozen large tribes of more than 10,000 people disappeared overnight, and the tribesmen were either killed or enslaved, rough and simple, but the most effective.
In this way, in just over two months, the originally turbulent situation in the five eastern and southern counties of Liangzhou: Wudu, Longxi, Anding, Hanyang, and Beidi counties gradually stabilized, and in the face of King Yan, who was one of the gods and demons, they had no choice but to surrender.
What's more, surrender is not a bad thing, after all, as long as a small number of livestock, they can exchange a large amount of cotton clothing, grain and iron tools, these are all things they dream of, who has nothing to do with their heads to rebel At this time, it was already early autumn, and the weather in Liangzhou was gradually getting cooler, and the army to conquer Ma Chao also began to set off.
Gongsun Bai ordered Zhang Liao to lead the Relief Army and the Zhenxi Army to hold the northern cities and key passes of the entire occupied Five Counties to prevent Ma Chao's army from moving south.
And Gongsun Bai personally led the white horse Yicong, Moyun and Flying Wolf to ride three fine horses, starting from Yunwu City, the county of Longxi County, and slaughtered to Yunwu City.
The northwest of Liangzhou is a vast grassland, and Ma Chao has cavalry under his command, so it is obvious that bringing foot soldiers to pursue the cavalry is just a waste of grain and grass.
Therefore, Gongsun Bai's strategy is to send cavalry to pursue first, and after occupying the city, then let Zhang Liao send foot soldiers to defend the city, and then step by step, gradually advancing to the north, so that even if he runs fast, he can only go all the way to the northwest until he reaches Dunhuang County, and stops in front of Yumen Pass, because further west is Yumen Pass, after Yumen Pass is the territory of Fanguo in the Western Regions, and to the north is the vast desert, and those who enter and cannot go out.
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Ma Chao was wearing a black tiger skin coat, sitting in the middle of the lobby, after more than two months of recuperation, coupled with the healing medicine of the Qiang people, his arm that was stabbed by Zhao Yun was intact.
On either side of him, there were Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Cheng Yin, Hou Xuan, Zhang Heng and Ma Wan and other leaders of the Xiliang tribe.
The battle at the northern foot of Liupan Mountain caused Ma Teng and Han Sui to be killed, and when the dragons were leaderless, Ma Chao, the "Shenwei Heavenly General" in the minds of the Qiang people, naturally became their leader.
What made the generals of the Xiliang tribes even more depressed was that after the Battle of Nameless Valley, among the remaining 40,000 troops, the strength of the Ma family accounted for nearly 16,000 people, and the damage was far less than that of the leaders of the tribes.
"The Gongsun thief is now coming violently, approaching Yunwu City, what do you have to do," Ma Chao asked in a deep voice.
The generals looked at each other, but no one made a sound.
The 120,000 iron cavalry were beaten to pieces, and even the fur of the Gongsun army cavalry was not injured, and now the number of enemy cavalry attacking is almost the same as his own, how can he fight, especially Bai Ma Yicong's invulnerable aluminum armor, aluminum helmet, aluminum horse armor, indestructible hundred steel knives, and the divine arm crossbow with extremely terrifying lethality and range, it is like a nightmare for the generals, what do they use to confront Gongsun Bai Seeing that no one answered, Yang Qiu's face became more and more gloomy, and he hurriedly cleared his throat and said, "Now that the enemy army is too strong to be tough, it is better for me to retreat north."
The grassland is reckless, the enemy advances and retreats, and he is camped everywhere, and he does not confront him head-on, how can he help me Gongsun thief is still in the south of the Yangtze River, it is reported that Liu He, the prince of the Beijing Division, has always been dissatisfied with Gongsun Bai, and does not believe that he can always chase and kill us on the grassland."
As soon as the words fell, not only did the other generals nod, but even Ma Dai felt that it made sense.
Ma Chao's face changed drastically, he slapped the table suddenly, and said angrily: "My Xiliang Ma family, after General Han Fubo, how can I be bullied by a mere grandson, avoid without fighting, and panic like a lost dog."
The heaviest loss this time was Yang Qiu, who originally had nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, which was the largest force except for Ma Teng and Han Sui, but now there were less than 5,000 soldiers and horses left, and he was already disheartened in his heart, and couldn't help but sneer, and asked: "Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood, is Meng Qi really going to lead me to wait for these remnants of the defeated generals to resist the three-way elite cavalry of the Gongsun army."
Ma Chao's voice has changed to a very low and fierce voice, and he said angrily: "It is naturally unwise to resist the thief army, but this time Lao Tzu is going to take the defense of Gongsun Bai's old nest thief army, all in Heguan, Caohan, Daxia, Warriors, and Yuzhong, but he missed the big and small elm valleys.
I want to stay here to defend Yunwu City with you, personally lead 20,000 iron cavalry, from the big and small elm valleys, enter Longxi, attack the back road of the thief army, attack its hinterland all the way, force it to retreat, I don't know what you are doing."
The Great and Small Elm Valleys, strictly speaking, do not belong to the territory of the Han Dynasty, but the boundary of burning Dangqiang.
More than 100 years ago, Dangqiang was the king of Qinghai, at this time the entire Qinghai has not been under the rule of the Han Dynasty, Burn Dangqiang King Mi Tang has repeatedly entered Longxi from the big and small elm valleys, attacked the Han people, but was repeatedly defeated by the Han generals and finally died of illness, since then the strength of Dang Qiang has been greatly reduced, and since recent years, the Qiang King Mi Dang was beaten by Ma Chao to be obedient, and Ma Chao is very in awe, so Ma Chao wants to take advantage of the big and small elm valleys, through the territory of Midang to attack Longxi, it is not a problem.
Even Pang De ignored this point, after all, the territory of present-day Qinghai in the south of Jincheng County was not the territory of the Han Dynasty, and Pang De was not very clear about its topography.
In this way, Ma Chao has an opportunity.
Hearing Ma Chao's words, the generals of Xiliang gradually fell silent, and no one answered.
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Ma Chao's total number of soldiers and horses is only 16,000, and it is obviously impossible to pour out of the nest, at most 10,000 cavalry, then the remaining 10,000 cavalry will naturally be borrowed from them.
Ma Chao's lone army went deep into the territory occupied by King Yan and fought alone, which was naturally extremely risky, and no general was willing to let the few remaining troops under his command accompany him to risk or even die.
Seeing that the generals didn't speak, Ma Chao immediately stopped being polite, and said in a deep voice: "Of the 20,000 soldiers and horses, I will send 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses. ” Everyone was still silent, no one answered, especially the candidate with the most troops now, even lowered his head, and took the wine bottle in his hand, knowing that he still had 9,000 soldiers and horses left, how could he give it to others for nothing.
After a full stick of incense, everyone remained silent, and Ma Chao finally became angry: "Since you are humble, then Ma is not welcome, I still have 9,000 soldiers and horses under General Hou, it is better to lend me 5,000" Hou Xuan slowly raised his head and sneered: "At the beginning, there were 120,000 cavalry, and in less than two months, there were 80,000, and now what kind of climate can 20,000 soldiers and horses become, according to the old man's opinion, it is better to return to King Yan."
Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, then smiled, slowly stood up, crossed the case, walked to Hou Xuan and asked: "General Hou is very reasonable, but the general is not good hearing, please ask General Hou to say it again." ” Hou Xuan was intimidated by his expression, looked back and looked around, and saw that everyone had encouraging looks on their faces, and couldn't help but be bold, and said loudly: "It's better for me to return to King Yan than to run around."
As far as I know, Duke Wei has never been to the converts."
Cha A cold light flashed, and as soon as the candidate was halfway through his words, he immediately gurgled in his throat, blood spurted wildly in his throat, and he looked at Ma Chao with horror in his eyes, and he couldn't believe that Ma Chao dared to do this.
"King Yan, Guishun King Yan hums, what is the use of this kind of soft bones for him" Ma Chao sneered, took the sword back into the scabbard as if nothing happened, with a bright smile on his face, and turned around and asked, "I don't know if you have any other opinions" Everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to take a breath, and said urgently: "It's all up to the general's orders" to be continued
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