The bodies of the Qiang people have been cleaned up, and some scattered cattle, sheep, and horses have also been recovered.
There is still a strong smell of blood in the air.
The follow-up army, led by Yan Xing, Ma Teng and others, quickly rushed over.
Many fires were raised in the residential area of the Qiang people.
On the fires, sheep were roasted, beef and beef bone soup were cooked.
The smell of the meat was overflowing.
The soldiers sat around the fires, drooling over the fire and chatting.
In the largest stone house, which is said to be the house of the leader of the Qiang tribe, Liu Cheng and general officials gathered here.
Chen Qun reported to Liu Cheng: "Master Sikong, the students took some inventory and found that more than 500 cattle, 3,600 sheep, no less than 500 dans of grain, and 600 horses were seized.
"Many horses" After hearing this, the generals and officials all had smiles on their faces.
They no longer have to worry about food shortages in the past few days.
Not to mention the food, even if the livestock are slaughtered and pickled, they can feed the army for many days. .
Liu Cheng was also very happy and asked Ma Teng: "Brother Shoucheng, you have been living in Xiliang for a long time.
Is there any way to march with these cattle and sheep?"
Ma Teng clasped his fists and said, "Sir, it is not difficult for us to drive cattle and sheep to fight.
What is difficult is how to prevent them from freezing and starving to death in such a cold weather.
Although the heavy snow has stopped now, it is still very cold.
Yes, the ground is covered with snow.
Cattle and sheep will starve to death if they cannot eat grass.
In less than two days, the cows and sheep will lose weight seriously, and they will starve to death in a few days."
Liu Cheng originally wanted to march with these cattle and sheep so that he could eat fresh beef and mutton every day.
Unexpectedly, he couldn't think of this idea in advance.
He could only tell Chen Qun: "Chang Wen, I will give you a thousand people, and we will bring these cattle and mutton to you tomorrow."
Kill all the cattle and sheep, marinate the meat and distribute it to every soldier."
"Yes, sir" Chen Qun agreed, turned and walked aside.
Liu Cheng then said to other generals and officials: "It will be dawn soon.
Please pass on the order.
The army will rest here for another day today so that everyone can accumulate some fuel and water in their stomachs.
They will break camp and set off as quickly as possible tomorrow morning."
Departing from Longqi City” "promise" After another day's rest, three meals a day of meat and a large amount of bone soup, and each person was given a big cake per ton, which made the soldiers' bellies bulging.
After a day's rest, when they broke camp and set out the next day, one Full of energy.
"Start" at the people's hour, following Liu Cheng's order, the army slowly moved toward the southeast.
The temperature has warmed up a little, the sun is only out, and the snow on the ground is showing signs of melting.
After three days, the snow on the ground has almost melted, but the consequence of melting snow is that the ground is muddy.
Fortunately, it is all muddy.
Although the cavalry's marching speed has slowed down, it is still much faster than the infantry.
Along the way, Liu Chengdu ordered to hide his whereabouts as much as possible, but news of the arrival of the army still spread.
On the fourth day after getting supplies, Liu Cheng had led his army to a position less than a hundred miles northwest of the Jinyintan Prairie.
At this time, Na Buli, who was in Longqi City, had received the news.
He was shocked.
He immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters and sent someone to notify Han Sui, who had fled here, to attend.
Longqi City is also called Triangle City by the local Qiang people.
During Wang Mang's period, the Han Dynasty sent people to build a city here as the seat of Xihai County, and again during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the lobby, Na Buli was sitting on the main seat, several generals were sitting on the left side, and Han Sui and Zhang Heng were sitting on the right side.
With a gloomy face, Na Buli said to everyone: "According to the news from the herdsmen of the Tana Department, a cavalry group with a large number of people that can't be seen at a glance is approaching here.
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At present, they have arrived at the northwest of Jinyintan.
At a hundred miles away, how many cavalrymen are there?
There are countless people and herdsmen.
This king has sent people to find out where this army of soldiers and horses came from.
I don’t know yet, but no matter who they are, as long as they are coming towards Longqi City, This is not a good thing for us, so we must immediately gather troops to fight."
A general under Na Buli stood up and said: "Your Majesty, if this cavalry is brought together by the tribes in the northwest to deal with the King and want to oust the King, I guess other tribes will definitely not send troops to support us.
We will only have to rely on ourselves."
Han Sui immediately said: "Then King Buli, no matter who the enemy is, I will stand firmly on your side."
Nabuli asked: "Nothing" Han Sui hesitated and said, "But I'm worried that this cavalry is coming from Mighty City."
"Wuwei City" Na Buli was quite surprised, "You mean this troop may be Han Sui's people?
No, no, no, that's impossible.
How could Han Sui's troops come from the northwest?
Do they have Feitian?"
The art?"
At this time, a Qiang general stood up and said to Na Buli: "Your Majesty, as far as I know there is a gap valley in the Qilian Mountains.
Usually some businessmen from Liangzhou will take that road to bring some goods to trade with us Qiang people.
However, the terrain of this road is very difficult because it is located at a high altitude, and sometimes there are storms in June.
It's snowy, let alone winter.
No one dares to take that road.
That's asking for death.
And that road is not suitable for marching, unless they don't bring baggage, but how can they march without baggage, so I still I think this group of troops should be some tribes from the northwest united to deal with the king."
Na Buli nodded, only this explanation could make sense.
Han Sui frowned and said, "This doesn't make sense.
Even if the tribes in the northwest want to oppose the king and drive him off the throne, they shouldn't do it at this time.
It's difficult to march in this weather and it's hard to escape."
They didn’t even think of hiding their tracks.”
Suspicions were raised one after another from time to time, but without enough intelligence support, Nabuli and Han Sui were unable to judge.
Nabuli had no choice but to ask his generals to prepare for the battle while waiting for news from the spies.
Han Sui also began to prepare to gather troops and horses, intending to advance and retreat with Na Buli.
Zhang Heng looked around, took Han Sui aside and asked in a low voice: "General, do you really plan to participate in the internal fighting of the Qiang people?
This will not be good for us.
Even if we support Na Buli, we can help him win."
He killed the rebels, but what benefit can he give us?
Can he also give us a piece of territory?"
Han Sui sighed: "I know what you mean, but if we don't help Na BuLi, no matter which side wins, we will have no place here.
Only by helping Na BuLi can we live here and wait for the opportunity to counterattack Liangzhou."
Zhang Heng understood once he heard that they had no choice but to stand on the same side.
The spies quickly brought accurate news to Na Buli and Han Sui, reporting that a cavalry force of more than 20,000 people was coming from the northwest and had now arrived at the northwest edge of the Jinyintan Grassland.
"What do you mean, the soldiers and horses here are from the Liangzhou Army?"
Na Buli and Han Sui were shocked and pale.
This news was indeed too shocking.
How on earth did more than 20,000 cavalry pull out grain through the battle?
They relied on flying. ?
"Yes, Your Majesty" After getting the affirmative answer, Nabuli slowly looked at Han Sui.
Han Sui couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to look at me.
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Ma Teng has surrendered to the court.
His soldiers and horses must have come here for me.
I just didn't expect them to brave the heavy snow and cross the mountains to come here to pursue me."
Kill me.
It seems that I have underestimated Liu Cheng.
The 10,000 troops he left in Jincheng are just to confuse us.
The real intention is to let Ma Teng lead the troops to kill us from the northwest."
Having said this, Han Sui cupped his fists at Na Buli and said, "Your Majesty, since they are here for me, for the sake of the safety of our Qiang friends, Your Majesty, you should leave me to them."
It was a good move to retreat in order to advance.
Na Buli couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He knew he couldn't do this.
Once he did this, the Qiang people would inevitably become vassals of the Han Dynasty again, subject to the jurisdiction and various restrictions of the Han Dynasty.
From then on, the Qiang people He will lose his right to autonomy, and now all the tribes are dissatisfied with him and have long wanted to oust him.
If he does this, he will definitely lose the support of the tribes who were originally on his side.
Na Buli said: "General Han, do you think that my Na Buli is a traitor to his friends?
Since you are my guest here, I will never allow anyone to touch you.
But now Liangzhou Ma Teng's troops are coming to kill you.
I also want to ask General Han to send troops to fight against the enemy with me."
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty, I, Han Sui, have my duty to do so."
After receiving Han Sui's support, Nabuli immediately said: "Come here, tell me my order.
Liangzhou Ma has sent troops to attack us Qiang people.
If all the ministries do not want to be wiped out by him one by one, they should immediately send troops to Jinyintan Grassland to follow.
I will join together to deal with Ma Teng."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Liu Cheng's 30,000 cavalry were too close to Longqi City, with only the Jinyintan grassland between them.
Without enough troops, Na Buli had to rush to the northwest with his own more than 10,000 troops. direction to meet the enemy.
If Liu Cheng leads his troops to Longqi City, he will first lose in terms of momentum.
Moreover, the walls of Longqi City are broken and there is no danger to defend, so he can only take the initiative to attack.
When Na Buli and Han Sui arrived in the middle of the Jinyintan grassland with more than 15,000 people, cavalry from some small tribes gradually joined in, gradually gathering thousands of people, and the total force totaled more than 22,000. people.
"Report to your Majesty, the actual number of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou is 30,000.
The commander's flag is not Ma Teng.
Ma Teng's flag is just the deputy general.
The commander's flag has the character Liu written on it."
Na Buli and Han Sui's expressions changed at the same time, "Could it be that Liu Cheng is leading the army?"
Han Sui said solemnly: "Now we are in big trouble."
"Why, Liu Cheng is very good at leading troops in battles?"
Na Buli asked.
Han Sui said: "It's not that Liu Cheng is very powerful, it's that the soldiers and horses under his command are very powerful.
It is the most disciplined army I have ever seen.
They follow orders and prohibitions, give orders in the same order, command like an arm, and are not afraid of death.
What can your sons do?"
Are you there?"
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