Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 223
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: "A wise general will feed on the enemy. If he eats the enemy for one minute, he will count for twenty minutes; for a stone on the stalk, he will count for twenty stones."

April, Liangzhou, Xiping County, by the Huangshui River.

The wind is hunting, and people are shouting and neighing.Wei Yan's army had already passed through the canyon passage to the vicinity of Poqiang County in Xiping County.

Huangshui is one of the three major tributaries of the Yellow River. Huangshui flows through valleys and basins, forming a beaded valley.Compared with the upstream valley, the downstream valley is wider and irrigation is more convenient.

Since Su Ze pacified Xiping County, the people in the county lived and worked in peace and contentment. The fertile fields and deserts on both sides of the Huangshui River were crisscrossed with canals, and Qiang and Han people lived on the banks.

It is now spring when the upper reaches of the ice and snow melt, causing the downstream rivers to rise suddenly and turbulent. This is called the "spring rising of Huangliu".

The rising river water passes through the canal and enters the farmland on both sides of the bank, nourishing ten thousand hectares of fertile land.

Xiping County, which owns the Huangzhong area, is an important grain-producing place in Liangzhou, and it is also an important grain supply base for the Wei army in Liangzhou, and an important guarantee for Guo Huai to go south.

The Liangzhou soldiers in Poqiang County never thought that the Han army would dare to go deep into the enemy's territory when the Wei army attacked.

After the Han army entered Poqiang County for a long time, the Wei army discovered the arrival of the Han army.But they didn't have time to leave, and they didn't dare to leave, because there was a large amount of food and grass hoarded by Xiping County for Wei Jun.

Xiping County is long and narrow, and the counties are distributed one by one from west to east, and Poqiang County is at the junction of Jincheng County in the east.

In Poqiang County with thousands of people, there are five to six hundred people in Tunza to guard the grain and grass.Standing on the slope and looking down, Wei Yan saw five to six hundred people near the granary slowly gathered under the call of the captain, forming an array to face the Han army.

It's just that the five or six hundred people are not elite, they don't have a uniform on their bodies, and their armor is even more pitiful.

Seeing that he wanted to resist, Wei Yan sneered and said, "Liang people attack the crowd with the few, and attack the strong with the weak, how stupid they are!"

Wei Yan waved his hand, and the flag on the slope waved, signaling the Han army to attack.

The cavalry pawns of the Han army were the first to go out, but they didn't charge directly.Although these Liangzhou soldiers are not many in number and their equipment is not good, it is still too dangerous for the cavalry to charge directly into the battle. If Wei Yan has heavy cavalry in hand, he can still consider it.

That's why the cavalry of the Han army only hunted and killed the enemy's only nearly [-] cavalry on the periphery, and then circled around to the back of the army formation.

The infantry of the Han army was in a strict formation, and they came straight to the soldiers of Liangzhou with a murderous look, and there were Han cavalry cruising behind them.The Liangzhou soldiers who were still surging with blood just now began to panic in an instant.

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

The desolate horn sounded through the banks of the Huangshui River and continued to spread across the vast fields.

The sound of the horn sounded, and thousands of Han infantry rushed towards the soldiers of Liangzhou like a fiery red wave.These Liangzhou soldiers who had not been trained in professional military formations were suddenly at a loss.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of piercing through the air, and arrows flew over, easily piercing through the thin winter clothes of Liangzhou soldiers.The Liangzhou soldiers are like the wheat in the autumn wheat field, constantly being harvested and fell to the ground.

At this time, the cavalry of the Han army led by Jiang Wei came from the back of the army formation, and easily waded through the thin army formation of Liangzhou soldiers.

The horse spears and ring swords in the hands of the Han cavalry slashed and killed the soldiers of Liangzhou wantonly. The soldiers of Liangzhou could hardly resist effectively, and they scattered for their lives or tried to escape to Huangshui.But they were all overtaken by Han Qi and then thrown to the ground.

A moment later, the field was covered with corpses, and the warm blood seeped into the field, nourishing the surrounding bushes.

Wei Yan and Wu Yi walked down the high slope slowly under the protection of their personal guards.The auxiliary soldiers entered the battlefield, began to clean the battlefield, and sent the surviving Wei soldiers to the west.

The rest of the surviving people knelt on the ground tremblingly under the driving of the Han army.Ignorant, they already knew that the Han army they were facing was not something they could resist.

Sima Gaogang, the captain of the Qiang guard, took a few steps forward and said, "I don't know how the general will deal with these things?"

Wei Yan glanced at Gao Gang and said, "Ping Wei (Gao Gang's character), what do you think?"

Gao Gang looked grim, and said coldly: "General, when we go deep into the enemy's territory, it is difficult to carry the soldiers. If we let them go, they will go back to the mountain. It is better to execute all these soldiers."

Gao Gang was the general guarding Qishan Fort in Cao Wei. After the surrender, Zhuge Liang wanted to leave him idle. After all, his family members are far away in the Central Plains and may defect.

But he never thought that Cao Wei would execute Gao Gang's family after Gao Gang stood firm for a hundred days.This made Gao Gang deeply hate him, so he changed the name to Pingwei. In this life, he took the goal of pacifying Cao Wei and completely surrendered to the Han Dynasty.In this way, Zhuge Liang appointed him as Sima, the captain of Qiang, to assist Wei Yan.

Hearing this, Wei Yan waved his hand to signal him to back down. If it was in the past, Wei Yan would have accepted Gao Gang's opinion.

But Wei Yan thought that he was now the governor of Liangzhou, and before the expedition, the emperor led the horse for him, and persuaded him earnestly to win the hearts of the people of Liangzhou.

Wei Yan was also a little hesitant. Although beheading the execution and surrendering the soldiers once and for all, after the execution, it will definitely damage the people's hearts of the big man in Liangzhou.

Wei Yan couldn't help looking at Wu Yi, and asked, "I don't know how the former general thought he would deal with surrendering soldiers?"

Hearing this, Wu Yi pondered for a while, and said, "In my opinion, it's better to distribute the grain and grass to the soldiers and let them go back to their hometown."

Wei Yan frowned slightly, and said: "This move may let the tiger go back to the mountain!"

Wu Yi caressed his beard with a smile and said: "The soldiers guarding the grain are not elite, so what's the use of returning them. Besides, they were also forced by the situation, so they had to join the army. The distribution of money and grain to let them return to their hometown will help our big man regain Liangzhou the hearts of the people."

After a pause, Wu Yi continued: "I can tell you first, and the soldiers will help me carry the grain and grass for five days. After five days, I will distribute the money and grain, and then let them go back to their hometown. First, don't waste the grain in the granary." ; Second, it can win the hearts of the people of Liangzhou."

Wei Yan nodded and said, "Then follow what the former general said."

On the second day, after the Han army took the grain and grass from the granary in Qiang County, led by the guides of the Qiang people, they marched westward to Anyi.

When the Han army went deep into the enemy's territory, the most important thing was food and grass, "Eat the enemy for one minute, and be my twenty minutes."After all, it would be very inconvenient to transport food and grass from Longyou.This is why Wei Yan was the first to attack the granary.

A few days later, Wei Yan arrived in Anyi, attacked the local Wei army's small ranch, seized more than [-] horses and thousands of sheep, collected local grain and grass, and continued all the way west.

Guo Huai in Jincheng County also received news that more than [-] Han soldiers Wu Yi and Wei Yan had invaded Xiping County and attacked the Poqiang granary.

Guo Huai was so angry that his eyelids twitched. Xiping County is an important place for grain production in Liangzhou. If the spring plowing is delayed, what will happen to the army's grain and grass in the second half of the year.

And if the Han army is allowed to capture Xiping, several counties in Hexi will be in danger.If you can't protect yourself, how can you talk about going south to Longyou?

If you don't break the enemy first, then go south to Di Dao, and attack back and forth with Da Sima.

Guo Huai immediately gave up the strategy of going south to Di Dao, and wrote a letter to explain the situation to the great Sima Cao Zhen. After that, he gathered his troops and went west to find the main force of the Han army for a decisive battle.

(End of this chapter)