From Didao County, Longxi County to the north, it has become a sea of ​​troops.

The banners of the Jinwu Guards on the left and the Yulin Guards on the left and right covered the sky and the sun, filling the mountains, rivers and valleys of Longxi and Jincheng.

Their formation was neat, their march was leisurely, and their morale was very high.

Occasionally, when resting on the roadside, you can still hear words such as "measure merit". Then look at the eager expressions on their faces, and you can understand everything: these warriors who came from the Central Plains thousands of miles away are very eager for military merit and fighting.

The desire is extremely strong.

What is this called? This is called joy after hearing the battle.

This kind of morale is different from that of temporarily assembled troops.

There are also a large number of horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts, and mule carts in the team, which are loaded with armor, spears, axes, wood and other equipment, as well as food and other military supplies, which shows that they are well prepared.

The country is high, there is no shortage of resources, and there are defectors in the enemy. This battle is too easy and comfortable to fight.

In front of them, Sangcheng soldiers also dispatched, a total of 5,000 people, including both infantry and cavalry.

There were not enough chariots and horses, and many people actually walked carrying spears.

The cavalrymen wore large sheepskin coats and were reluctant to ride horses, so they also walked on foot.

It can be seen from these small details that Sangcheng Town is really poor. At least for a while, it has not accumulated enough funds to fully arm itself.

The light cavalry of the right knight passed by them.

In the dense sagebrush, there are horse hooves everywhere.

The horses are tall, generally one to two palms taller than the horses of the Sangcheng soldiers. Even in spring, they look sleek and smooth. Apparently they have been well cared for and are just waiting to go to the battlefield.

The most important thing is that they have more than one horse, so they march very quickly and have already reached the front.

Kim Jong climbed to the top of a hill outside Sangcheng Town and overlooked the overall situation.

The terrain of Longxi and Jincheng consists of mountain peaks and river valleys, which are both simple and complex.

In terms of transportation, there are no surprises and no surprises.

Since the Qin Dynasty, easy-to-travel roads have long been explored, and relatively wide and straight post roads have been built.

When war breaks out in every dynasty, these post roads will be repaired. During the Han and Three Kingdoms years, countless wars were fought on this land. Zhao Chongguo, Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei, Guo Huai, etc. all stayed here.

He left his mark.

Now it's his turn, Kim Jong.

Jin Zheng's eyes were focused on the front.

On the right, General Lin Wei and veteran general Miao Yuan led 3,000 soldiers and 3,000 troops to turn west and head towards Han.

Han's surrender brought a very positive change to the entire war situation. Otherwise, the army would have had to march westward to besiege Han while guarding against the enemy troops coming down from Wogan Ridge.

If you can't attack for a long time, it will give the enemy the opportunity to gather troops and food, and the battle will be more difficult to fight.

Xin Yan had conflicts with Zhang Mao and Zhang Jun's uncle and nephew for a long time, but he did not surrender when the Huns attacked before.

Instead, they put aside their past grudges, tolerated each other for the sake of the country, and cooperated with the Liangzhou soldiers who marched south from Jincheng to fight.

Now that the Daliang Wangshi arrived, he surrendered after careful consideration. Such a comparison made Jin Zheng have a good impression of Xin Yan.

This is a person who sees the big picture.

He may be cruel and murderous, but these are small details. As far as big details are concerned, he is worthy of the family tradition of the Xin family in Longxi.

The army meandered forward. Miao Yuan's troops would supply supplies at Han, and at the same time shock the local Hu and Han people. Then they would follow the old route of Xinyan's troops, crossing the river from Zuonanjin, and going north through Guangwu County.

General Yao Yuan of Zuoyu Linwei also led 6,000 people, turned northeast, crossed the Wogan Mountains, entered the Agan Valley, and headed for Jincheng.

After Zhenjia cleans up the mess, they will cross the river from Jinchengjin and head towards Guangwu.

Tens of thousands of troops marched northward on the South Road. Not only did they shock some people in Lingnan counties who were still on both ends of the spectrum, but they also took the opportunity to clean up the place.——

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Although Huan Wen is only seventeen years old, he is really a sensible person, especially after Wen Jiao gave him the opportunity.

On the ninth day of April, a group of men and horses were besieged in the Yellow River Valley west of Jincheng County (now west of Lanzhou).

There were about a thousand people in this tribe, and they were besieged on the north bank of the river by soldiers from the clans such as the Shi, You, Zong, and Bian clans.

They put up the classic formation of Liangzhou soldiers using foot to resist cavalry, with their backs facing the Yellow River, their large shields in front, and their spears and hard bows behind them.

The wealthy soldiers knew that such a head-to-head confrontation would be difficult and would result in a large number of casualties, but they still launched the attack without hesitation. This shows that the superiors had given orders to destroy this elite Qiang soldier from Dou Tao's tribe.

Huan Wen led his five hundred cavalry across the battlefield, chasing another group of soldiers and horses fleeing westward.

The once powerful 5,000 Qiang soldiers were first attacked by the Qiang clan, and then intercepted by soldiers from various wealthy families in Jincheng. By the time they fled to the western border of Jincheng County, more than half of them had already been lost.

At this moment, more than a thousand people were surrounded, and only 1,200 or 300 riders followed Dou Tao to flee west.

When passing through Nishui and the junction of the Yellow River, Dou Tao hesitated briefly and did not go north. Instead, he continued westward to Hehui City, the place where he made his fortune in his early years. This city is located at the junction of Huangshui and the Yellow River, hence its name.

, was generally located in Dachuan Town, Lanzhou in later generations, and the foundation of the ancient city still exists.

But can others let him run back so easily?

As he galloped away, Dou Tao turned around and looked back. He saw smoke and dust filling the sky in the east, the sound of hoofbeats sounded like thunder, and he didn't know how many people were chasing him.

He couldn't figure it out. He only hesitated for a moment, but he didn't even have the chance to surrender. Even though he shouted to surrender to Emperor Liang in front of the battle, no one paid attention to him and he continued to fight.

I don’t know who the people who are pursuing the most closely are. Judging from their attire, they are obviously Shi Qiang. But judging from the horses and weapons, it is obvious that they are not. They are more like the imperial army.

Unfortunately, there is no chance to find out now. Dou Tao sighed and ordered an accelerated retreat.

Of course, even if he is retreating, he is not running around. At this moment, Huan Wen can feel the arrows coming and going in mid-air, and the sound of piercing the air is endless.

The nearest one even passed by his ear.

He felt trembling all over.

It was a feeling that he couldn't explain clearly. It was a feeling of fear that he was only one step away from death, but it also seemed to be a little exciting, and there was even a little bit of excitement.

He grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was usually very skilled in bowing and horseback riding. However, on this northwest battlefield, the skills of riding and fighting he learned seemed to be lost to everyone else.

You can kill others, and others can easily kill you. You have no advantage. If you are not careful, you will die on the spot.

But he had no retreat.

Can the Huan family survive without fighting? Is there a future for the Huan family?

Gritting his teeth, he put arrows on the bowstring one after another and shot away.

At the moment of Mercedes-Benz, he had already shot down two thieves. But it was not enough. No one would take this trivial military exploit seriously, and it might not even be recorded for you, making it even more difficult to convince people.

The retreating enemy troops launched a counterattack. Hundreds of horsemen rushed down from the slopes on both sides and moved back to surround them. There were still hundreds of people blocking the front, and they were fierce.

Huan Wen subconsciously wanted to gather his troops and retreat, waiting for the follow-up troops to catch up, but for a moment, he let out a hysterical roar from the bottom of his heart.

You Qiang thieves, can't you just dismount and be captured? Why do you still resist? Why can't you become my military exploit? Why do you want to embarrass me?

His eyes were red, and he fired arrows one after another, killing two more people.

He was blinded by fame and fortune.

He was controlled by vague self-destructive emotions.

He put his life on the gambling table to see who dared to gamble with him.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" A dense mass of arrows came.

The sound of breaking through the air filled his ears. He dismounted from his horse and whined. Huan Wen secretly thought something was wrong and immediately adjusted his body posture.

The charging horse collapsed to the ground.

Huan Wen fell off his horse. Because he had prepared in advance, he rolled over to relieve his strength, picked up the horse that someone had abandoned on the ground, and rushed forward with a roar.

Two cavalrymen rushed forward. After seeing Huan Wen fall from his horse, they rushed over to pick up something cheap. They were a little surprised when they saw that the enemy general not only did not run away, but picked up his long sword and prepared to fight on foot.

One of them immediately turned his horse's head and threw an arrow sideways.

"Whoosh!" The arrow flew past Huan Wen's head.

The other man hurriedly drew his knife, but Huan Wen took a few steps quickly and stabbed him.

Screams resounded across the field, and the enemy knight clutched his chest and fell to the ground.

The horse neighed and ran away in vain, and soon came back to smell and smell the body of its master.

Huan Wen was overjoyed, so he got on the horse with his long sword in hand, found the right person, and continued to fight.

The sergeants rushed over. Seeing how brave their leader was, their morale was greatly boosted. They didn't care about the enemy cavalry on both sides. They tightly surrounded Huan Wen and charged straight towards the enemy cavalry blocking the front.

The two sides passed by on the wrong horse, and countless people were killed and injured.

Dou Tao looked at the dwindling number of followers around him with heartache. Just when he was about to fight, he saw hundreds of steps away.

More cavalry rushed over.

Judging from the scale of the smoke, there are at least two thousand cavalry. No need to think about it, they must be soldiers of the Ju family and the You family.

He suddenly lost the courage to continue fighting.

Run! Run back to Hehui City!
To be continued...