A large team came from the northwest of Hehui City, with a total of no less than ten thousand people. In the valley behind them, there were also many vehicles, cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock.
After seeing Hehui City, hundreds of riders in the van stopped at a distance.
After a while, more than a thousand more people rode up. The leader was named Bald Tuijin. He was a big man with a round waist and a fleshy face. After riding the horse in a circle, he jumped off the horse.
He first looked at the grass growing well by the river, and then at the newly planted corn this year near the city, and remained silent.
To be honest, the Huangshui River Basin where they grazed before was not much worse than here, but he just didn't think it would work.
Think hard and go east.
There are actually many people who think the same thing as him.
Even if some pastures in the west are flat and stretch as far as the eye can see, and the grass grows very well, they still want to move east.
First go to Jincheng, then to Guangwu, then to Wuwei.
This process may have to wait for an opportunity, or it may take decades, but they are happy with it.
After arriving in Wuwei, some people were satisfied and stopped leaving.
Some people are still not satisfied and want to continue walking eastward to Anding, Lueyang, Nan'an, Fufeng and other counties in Guanzhong.
There are actually tribes in the local area, and those tribes also want to go east. For example, Yao Yizhong led tens of thousands of people eastward, running all the way from Nan'an to Fufeng.
As for Fufeng's massacre of the Xiongnu? They went further east to Xinping, Beidi.
Going eastward is a trend. Everyone wants to contact more advanced civilizations and live a better life.
This process began in the Later Han Dynasty. One tribe after another gave up their pastureland and moved eastward. Then the territory they abandoned was occupied by tribes from the west. After a while, this tribe also left and continued to be given to the next family.
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The whole process continues until now, which is an important reason why the number of Hu people in the north is increasing year by year: not only do they reproduce themselves, but they also have fresh blood to supplement them.
The bald man even wants to move eastward.
They are now grazing on both sides of the Huangshui River and have vassalized many tribes in Xiping County. Their strength is considerable.
Bald Tuijin’s dream is to occupy the Hehui City of the Qiang Dou clan.
He once had a chance. At that time, Dou Tao was supported by Zhang Gui and became the prefect of Jincheng. He then continued to encroach on Youjia's power and gradually gained an advantage in the Nishui River Valley area.
Bald Tuijin thought that now that Dou Tao was living a good life, he would despise Hehuicheng and would give up this area.
But who could have imagined that Dou Tao occupied the Nishui River Valley and became the largest wealthy family in the three counties of Guangwu County. At the same time, he extended his power to Jincheng. After Yuzhong, he still did not abandon Hehuicheng, but vigorously operated and put the core tribe here.
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They grazed and cultivated, repeatedly driving away the bald Xianbei that penetrated here.
Thinking of this, Bald Hair Tuijin couldn't help but take a sip, and said to himself: "Dou Tao is so greedy, he just shuts down the door to live a good life, he deserves this end."
While they were talking, another group of people came from the southwest. The number was also very large and filled the entire valley. It was impossible to tell how many people there were.
Bald Hair pushed the weight and sent someone to ask. It turned out that it was someone from the Qifu Department who came over.
This is a big tribe.
Before the bald tree function rebelled, the begging tribe was not as good as the bald tribe.
After the Bald Tree Functional Rebellion was put down, the Qifu Tribe had surpassed them.
This unit grazes in the western part of Longxi County and Jinxing County. It is widely distributed and relatively loose. It is nominally under the management of Qianhanhujun Xin Yan.
This time to attack the Wuwei Zhang family, the Qifu tribe also received the order, but it took time to gather the manpower, so they set off ten days later.
When Bald Tuijin saw these people, his heart tightened.
Being both from Xianbei, how could he not know what the Qifu clan was thinking? Jinxing County is relatively poor, with few Han people.
The Qifu tribe could either go eastward to Longxi and then push toward Tianshui, or they could simply go north to Jincheng and head toward Wuwei.
To put it bluntly, they are competitors.
Now that Dou Tao is dead and his followers have fled, there is a question of who to hand over to Hehui City.
Bald Hair pushed his weight and snorted coldly, got on his horse and drove away.
He was going to meet the officials of the Dapu Dynasty and had no time to talk to the people of the Begging Department.
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On April 15, the day after Wen Jiao arrived at Hehuicheng, Jin Zheng came.
As soon as the commander-in-chief of the South Road arrived, it was logical that Wen Jiao should go back, but he couldn't leave yet and had to endure the toothache and continue working.
Kim Jong is in charge of the military war, and he is in charge of the political war, that's all.
However, sometimes he also provides Kim Jong with some advice.
"The defenders of Qingsai City were waiting and watching. When Xin Xuan was defeated, these thousand people went to Dong Guang." Wen Jiao pointed to the map on the desk and said, "Xin Yan led his troops northward and was defeated again, killing and wounding more than a thousand people.
.From this point of view, the combat strength of the troops south of the Lingzhou and north of the Lingzhou is different. The Wuwei troops may be stronger, while the rare troops are three points weaker."
After hearing this, Jin Zheng laughed and said: "You don't know how to fight, so don't talk nonsense. There are two armies. Today I beat you, and tomorrow you beat me. This is normal. A beats B, and B beats C. That's it."
If A is stronger than C, I think he will suffer a big loss. Morale, physical strength, terrain, and even disease and weather can all affect the outcome. If strong soldiers can definitely defeat weak soldiers, is there any need to fight that day? Compare.
Isn’t that all you need to know how to do it?”
Being scolded so mercilessly by Jin Zheng, Wen Jiao was not angry at all, she just smiled and said: "I didn't join the army.
You have the final say."
There are two kinds of commanders in the world.
One kind is Wen Jiao, who has studied both civil and military affairs, classics, and military books since elementary school. Once she becomes a commander, she will not start from the bottom, but will go directly to the parachute, and then rely on the talents and even strategists she has attracted to control the troops and direct the operations.
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The other is to start from a small soldier, which is the so-called "starting in the army", and climb to the top step by step. This is the case for Jin Zheng, Wang Que'er, Hou Feihu, Li Chong, Zhang Shuo and others.
There is no guarantee that one of the two commanders is stronger and the other is weaker. It mainly depends on the person. But one thing is that the former is definitely not as familiar with the army as the latter. This is what Kim Jong said.
Wen Jiao still admires Jin Zheng very much, even though he is older than him.
Jin Zheng is full of energy and has an arrogant and unruly personality. He is like an unsheathed sword. If he makes a mistake, he will cut himself.
If Jin was Wen Jiao's general, he felt that he would only use this person to a limited extent, and tried every possible means to guard against him. If it didn't work, he would simply kill him.
But this does not prevent him from admiring this person, so even if Jin Zheng repeatedly makes rude remarks, he will not be really angry.
"Jin Zhun, a military report has just been sent that he has defeated General Yang Lie Song Ji and captured and killed more than 3,000 people." Seeing Wen Jiao not quarreling with him, Jin Zheng felt that it was not interesting, so he talked about business: "
He has made a lot of money along the way, and I'm worried that he might be the first to take the lead."
"How many people are there in Song Ji? Where do they come from?" Wen Qiao asked keenly about the details.
"There are soldiers and horses sent by Guzang, and there are also people from Xianbei." After Jin Zheng finished speaking, the general handed the report to Wen Jiao.
Wen Jiao looked at it carefully and said: "He should have gathered them along the way. In the past, Zhang Gui defeated Xianbei. This was a battle to establish his power. More than 100,000 people were killed in Xianbei. Most of these Xianbei people were bald trees with the function of subduing the masses.
Descendants, there may be some tribes that attached themselves to the Qifu clan many years ago but did not follow them to move south to Longxi and Jinxing."
"It doesn't matter who he is from." Jin Zheng sneered and said, "I have also seen the people of the Qifu clan and the Tufa clan. Their weapons are not as good as those of Yao Yi Zhongbu, let alone the Xiongnu and Jie people. There are not many of this generation.
Loyalty, after suffering a defeat, I'm afraid you will be punished like a cloud."
After hearing this, Wen Qiao thought for a while and said, "Jin Zhun's victory is beneficial to the overall situation. His troops marched along the northern foot of Qilian, surrendering tribes along the way to Wubao, and soon they could reach Cangsong.
, Dong Guang will definitely not be able to stay for a long time between Hongchi."
Kim Jong did not refute.
Although Wuwei County is large, it actually has almost no counties and villages from Guzang eastward to the Yellow River. It is dominated by nomadic tribes, namely the pastures of Lushuihu, Xianbei and other unknown miscellaneous tribes.
At the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains, due to the melted mountain water and some seasonal rivers, there are some agricultural reclamation areas, with Wubao and manor as the main forms.
After Jin Zhun's troops crossed the river, they marched along the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains.
Theoretically, they can directly intercept the enemy's retreat in Hongchiling, it depends on whether Jin Zhun is willing.
"Jin Zhun came so quickly, but Wang Que'er's troops are still missing. I don't think he will be able to do anything in this battle." Jin Zheng suddenly sighed with emotion.
How many people envied Wang Queer when he became Shanyu's Protector-General? But in Pingcheng, it was difficult to display his skills. Now it seems that he is at a loss unless Master Shao makes other arrangements.
"Your Majesty, please stay here." Jin Zheng said again: "Your Majesty intends to set up a military town in Hehui. This place will not be handed over. You can gather more of Dou Tao's remaining troops to prevent them from being acquired by others. I will do it one by one."
After speaking, he looked at the map and said, "Let's go north now."
"Don't worry, General, I'll cover the way back." Wen Jiao cupped her hands and said.
Jin Zheng nodded and said no more.
On April 18, Jin Zheng went all the way north and arrived outside Qingsai City.
After Xin Yan, Xin Xuan and his son were defeated twice in a row, they realized their shame and became brave. They defeated Dong Guang in a field battle, besieged and cleared the fortress, and defeated it in two days.
The two sides faced off again along the Hongchi Ridge - this actually confirmed Kim Zheng's previous statement from the side: victory or defeat was determined, but it was not set in stone.
Jin Zheng asked someone to have a rough understanding of the war situation and learned that a young general named Huan Wen under Wen Jiao also participated in the war.
He was so careless and "mixed" with the army and achieved great success in peace.
However, its unit has rapidly expanded to more than a thousand horsemen.
Jin Zheng vaguely remembered that Wen Jiao once sent five hundred cavalry to serve as soldiers of Longxi County and served as the vanguard.
In the battle at Hehui, Huan Wen's formation killed Dou Tao, which was a good performance, but his troops must have suffered losses.
At this time, the number of cavalry increased by more than a thousand. Apparently he had not been idle along the way and had recruited surrenders and rebels.
This guy is quite interesting.
If he is a pure warrior who only knows how to fight and kill, then he will not do such a thing consciously.
Huan Wen is quite savvy and instinctively knows how to expand his troops and accumulate strength. If he is lucky, he will definitely be able to move up in the future. After all, he is Yu Liang's man.
"Send the order and send out all the light cavalry." After Jin Zheng arrived, his first order was directed at the various miscreants: "Go north around the Hongchi Ridge, bring more horses, and carry seven days of rations to harass Guzang."
The second order was directed at the soldiers: "The Jinwu guards on the left and right will march with me to invite the bandit army to fight. I will urge the Lin guards on the left and the guards on the left and the right camp on the black camp to arrive at the clearing fortress within two days."
Chapter completed!