I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 57 Sweeping Dingxiang
In order to ensure a hit, Zhang Liao took a few scouts to sneak up to the mountain north of Shahukou to investigate the enemy's situation.

Taking advantage of the dark sky in the afternoon, Zhang Liao and others sneaked past.

Looking from the bottom of the mountain to Shahukou, there are only about 3000 soldiers stationed in the pass, and the military camp is located in the middle of the city.The original private houses were gone, and the roofs were covered with weeds, making them look extremely desolate and desolate.

It may be because the Hu people are not good at building the city, and it has been in disrepair for a long time, the city wall is dilapidated, the rammed earth is exposed to the sun, and it is a little bit torn, the city gate is mottled, and the original vermilion lacquer is still faintly visible.

Perhaps it was because they hadn't been attacked by the Han army for many years, so the soldiers defending the pass lost their vigilance.The guards at each gate chatted listlessly.Most of the rest of the army were drinking and eating meat in the barracks, shouting and making noises, and it was very lively.

Zhang Liao saw that the situation of the barbarians was almost over, so he led his subordinates and sneaked back to the camp in the dark.

After returning, General Zhang Liao, lieutenant colonel and lieutenant general convened together to arrange for tomorrow's raid to kill Hukou.After a while of discussion, everyone received their military orders and went back to prepare to go.

In Saibei in Qingqiu, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the biting northwest wind howls past, and the biting chill erodes the soldiers' bodies.

Most of the Hu soldiers who killed Hukou were asleep, and the city was quiet. The soldiers guarding the gate were drowsy against the city wall wrapped in cold clothes, and did not notice a team quietly touching the city wall.

Just at dawn, under the command of Zhang Xi, the captains of the fourth team threw the zip line towards the city wall, firmly grasped the city wall, and then galloped up in three steps at a time, using the zip line to catch He climbed up the city wall with all his strength, and then fell into the city smoothly along the rope.

Several groups of soldiers, as light as swallows, walked in the city without making a sound.He took out a sharp knife from his pocket and went towards the gatekeepers.Immediately afterwards, it seemed that a few faint hoarse sounds of sharp knives cutting their throats could be heard, and these gatekeepers fell into a deep sleep forever, without waking up.

After a successful blow, the captains quickly opened the front and rear city gates. Zhang Liao and Zhang He, who were ambushing outside the city, saw that their own men had succeeded, and led the sturdy cavalry to rush into the city. These black armored knights brandished horizontal knives like two A black dragon rushed straight to the barracks in the city.

In this battle, the order received by the army is to kill without mercy!

The [-] black armored army, with a murderous aura, rushed into the city and chopped down the barbarians when they saw them, and soon entered the barracks.The Hu people were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and there was no time to react. Many Xianbei soldiers were beheaded in their sleep, and lost their lives in a daze.Wherever the Yanmen army went, heads rolled and blood flowed horizontally.

Finally some Xianbei soldiers came back to their senses and shouted: "It's the Han army raiding, get up and kill this group of Han dogs!"

The barbarian sergeants, who were awakened by the sound of hacking and shouting, rushed out of the military tent in twos and threes, took up weapons and started a desperate struggle with the Han army.It's just that this counterattack force is too weak, and it can't make any waves under the attack of the five thousand cavalry of the Han army, and soon they all went to see their dead companions.

Under Zhang Liao's careful arrangement, under the surprise attack of five thousand cavalry of the Han army, the Hu people finally couldn't bear the sudden blow, and fell down like a weak giant.

Although the Hu people were also brave and fearless, they just had no command and fought on their own. It didn't take long for them all to be divided and surrounded by the Han army, all of them were killed, and no one survived.

The task assigned by Li Shimin was successfully completed, and Zhang Liao was also very excited. Not only did the [-] barbarians be wiped out in this battle, but also [-] good horses and thousands of cattle and sheep were captured.

Zhang Liao passed on the situation of the battle to Li Shimin. He knew that his lord was also anxiously waiting for his news.

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Five days after Zhang Liao's surprise attack, Li Shimin counted the days and led his 4 cavalry to fight against Shanwu.

Occupying this place is Budugen's heart trouble, Qianshan. He is Helian's other son, and logically speaking, he also has the opportunity to inherit the throne, but after his elder brother died, the king's position was stolen by Budugen. He also snatched the daughter-in-law who was originally betrothed to him.

Budugen thought he was an eyesore, and at the same time worried that he was plotting something wrong, so he was driven away from the Yunzhong Grassland that belonged to their family, and rushed to the somewhat desolate Dingxiang area.

Therefore, Qianshan hated Budugen deeply, which is why Li Shimin wanted to force him to surrender.

It's just that this misfortune relies on blessings and disasters subdue them, far away from Budugen's sphere of influence in the cloud.Without the surveillance of Budugen, the tribe of Qianshan also ushered in a great development, and soon there were [-] people, and the control string also had [-].

Although it is not too difficult to eliminate this group of Xianbei people with Li Shimin's troops, Li Shimin does not intend to do so.

The Art of War says, "Heart warfare is the top priority, and military warfare is the bottom. If you don't fight and subdue the enemy's soldiers, you are good." He took great pains to let Zhang Liao rush thousands of miles to kill the tiger's mouth, not just to open Dingxiang to the cloud. At the gate, it was even more for the purpose of forcing him to surrender to Mount Qian and taking it for his own use, which was crucial to his own management of the grasslands in northern Saibei.

It's just that it's not easy to subdue a fierce horse, let alone subdue this hungry wolf on the grassland.

Relying on benevolence, righteousness and morality cannot influence these desperadoes. Only carrots and sticks can cure the disease.Therefore, the first thing Li Shimin had to do was to beat him up until he was desperate, until he bowed his head and proclaimed himself a vassal.

The army camped in a valley fifty miles south of Shanwu, and at the same time received a letter from Zhang Liao's flying pigeon.Li Shimin is naturally very happy, his key move has been formed, the next step is to see his performance.

He has [-] troops under his command, far exceeding the strength of the Hu people, so Li Shimin didn't want to use too many tricks in this battle. He used an upright army to defeat the Hu people head-on, and let them know the might of the Yanmen army's iron cavalry, so that they can easily surrender.

Li Shimin raised his sword, pointed it at the enemy camp, and shouted: "The Kou is going, and I can go too. Soldiers, today, we will dye our battle flag red with the blood of the barbarians, and tell them who is the real strong, go!" !"

The iron cavalry under his command charged, with swords and guns ringing like thunder, and a thunderous cry of killing erupted, and killed the Qianshan tribe.

Iron cavalry charged, tens of thousands of horses galloped, and Qianshan, which was more than ten miles away, seemed to feel the weak ground trembling, "No, it may be Han cavalry, gather the team quickly!" He took out his sword and rushed out of the big mountain tent, ready to fight the Han army to the death.

"Woo~" In the barbarian camp, the shrill horns resounded through the sky, and all the young and strong men in the tribe heard the signal of the approaching danger, took out their weapons one after another, and rode towards the square in front of the Chinese army's tent.

Seeing that the iron cavalry of the Han people had already rushed over, the ferocious and terrifying faces were also vaguely visible.It's just that the soldiers under Qianshan's command have not yet assembled, there are probably less than ten thousand troops, and now he doesn't care about so many, and leads the soldiers under his command to rush up.

In fact, the reason why Li Shimin attacked the enemy camp with such fanfare was because he wanted to give the barbarians a little time to react, but he couldn't make them fully prepared.In this way, the enemy can be defeated head-on without too much loss on one's own side.

(End of this chapter)