I Am Going To Fight From West To East

In April, the land in the northwest became warmer, the land of Liang Province had already become thriving, the black liquid county town was lush and green, and the plain area was already a green land.

Li Xiang's army of nearly 600,000 troops is distributed around Zhangye County City, 350,000 horses guard the Qiang Fortress, Lingfeng County, Black Liquid County, and 250,000 troops guard Zhangye County City surrounding.

The huge amount of food consumed by the 600,000-strong army made Li Xiang a little worried. It has been two and a half months since the confrontation with Ma Family.

Navy troops kept transporting a large amount of food from the north to the south in order to maintain the consumption of the Xiliang army.

The Xiliang divisions need to store food for more than two months, so as to ensure that when the war begins, the Xiliang army will not have to worry about food for the next two months.

The Ma Family and the Han Family army blocked the road ahead of the Xiliang army, looking like they were about to launch an attack. The Heantian county town on the Northern Part of City side of Zhangye County had all retreated and headed west. The county seat close to Fufeng County City has now become the frontier fortress of the Ma Family army.

A whole 100,000 Ma Family army is stationed in this county, Heantian County has been abandoned by them. Although Heantian County has great rivers and natural dangers, once the Xiliang army kills Heantian County, no one will be able to do so. Go to support.

Hentian County has been abandoned by the Ma Family, and at the same time the 200,000 Ma Family troops stationed in Hentian County rushed to the new station.

This place is a city that the Qiang, Xianbei and other races have longed for. Once the Ma Family army retreats, those hungry dog-like races will definitely attack immediately southward.

Hentian County, because it is close to the Qiang and Xianbei grassland ethnic groups, the population of this county is not very large, only less than 500,000 people, which is even rarer than that of the county in the northwest.

The population is sparse. If it weren't for the fertile grassland from Hetian County to Zhangye County City, it is an important horse herding place for the Ma Family and one of the origins of Malaysia in Liang Province.

Xianbei, Qiang, two races, every once in a while, they would attack Heantian County, just to be able to bypass the county and go to this area to steal a few horses and go back to be stallions.

Now that the Ma Family army is retreating, how could the two races who have been staring at Heantian County miss this opportunity.

Zhangye County City

"My lord, there is a letter from the northern spies!"

Li Xiang picked up the letter and took a cursory look: "Giant tree, giant banyan, Come in!"

Cheng Jushu, who was outside, ran in immediately: "Master!"

"Jushu, you immediately cross the river with the Flying Bear Army to Heantian County!" Li Xiang quickly said: "Jurong, you are going to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry Camp now, and take them to Heantian County!

Let's go now, remember to bring enough rations for ten days per person!"

"Yes!" The two responded, turning to go out.

"Ma Family, you guys are really good!" Li Xiang's hand holding the letter turned blue. The Ma Family army at first might have the intention of fighting them, but when his army appeared in Liang When the province was on the land, Ma Family had no intention of continuing to fight him.

They placed the army in the north, west, the Qiang fortress and other places, just to consume his food, not really want to fight against them.

Now that the Ma Family has taken away everything in Heantian County, they will throw away this county at will. Once Heantian County is captured by the Xianbei and Qiang, the Xiliang army will not be able to stay here. A prairie stands firm.

That's why he hurriedly dispatched the Flying Bear Army and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to the north, hoping to take down Heantian County before the Xianbei and Qiang races.

Li Xiang summoned the Seventh Army generals in the city, Zhao Tiezhu, Luo Mu, Lou Fan, etc. They represented the Legion outside the Seventh Army.

"I called you all together because I have a task for you!" Li Xiang said straight to the point: "The Ma Family put us together, and now there is no Ma Family army in Xiantian County. , turned into an empty city, I have sent Cheng Jushu, Cheng Jurong with Fei Xiong, Xiliang Iron Cavalry to Heantian County first, but there are only 30,000 horses, I need more troops to go north.

So , I want to send you to Heantian County in the north, if the Xianbei and the Qiang have already taken the county, then you must bring this county back, and if the county is still there, then defend it for me!”

“At this time, apart from the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Flying Bear Army, there will be no other troops to support you!

Everything can only rely on you!”

Sitting In the wheelchair, Zhao Tiezhu, who could not stand up, said: "Don't worry, my lord, I hate Tian City, we will take it down!"

"Okay!" Li Xiang smiled and looked towards Zhao Tiezhu: "I am waiting for you. The news of the triumphant return!"

Li Xiang didn't want to send the main army, but the main army needed to defend the Ma Family army, after the Ma Family army withdrew from Heantian County.

There is no news on which direction to withdraw, but the other party will never give up the remaining county town, which is the last remaining city in Zhangye County City, and it is also the one leading to Fufeng County. one of the way.

The retreating Ma Family army is likely to be stationed there. Now he is not only facing the Ma Family, but also the Xianbei, Qiang, Liang Province Three Great Families in the north.

The 600,000 troops under his command sound like a lot, but they are actually distributed to various places, and these troops appear to be very few, especially the Eighth Legion has separated some troops and stationed them in various counties, towns, etc. etc., the troops and horses became scattered.

The pressure of the army of the headquarters increased. He needed to guard Zhangye County City, and waited for the various departments to consume the entire Zhangye County City before he could attack Fufeng and other places.

After the Guanwai troops dispersed, the 3rd day army set off towards the north, and there was only Xiliang headquarters left in Zhangye County City. After a long time, Li Xiang felt homesick.

North

Hentian County, as the northernmost county in Zhangye County City, borders Xianbei, Qiang and other ethnic groups, and wars often occur.

After the Ma Family army retreated, only the original residents remained in the city.

"Patriarch, the Ma Family army is retreating. The hungry wolves of the Qiang people will not miss this opportunity. We can only move 50,000 young and middle-aged people. To fight against the Xianbei and the Qiang people, this number of people is simply not enough!"

The number of 50,000 troops is huge, but for the Xianbei and Qiang people, these 50,000 people are simply not enough. Once these two races are dispatched, hundreds of thousands of troops will be dispatched.

There are only 50,000 people in the city, how could they be the opponents of hundreds of thousands of troops? They can defend for a period of time, but after that period of time?

Without reinforcements, they are just trapped beasts fighting!

The people in the city are a little desperate. They had a chance. The last retreat of the army was also the cavalry, and they also took away all the horses, cattle and sheep outside the city. Apart from the food and weapons and equipment in the city, they had nothing else.

It would take at least half a month to walk from here to the edge of the big river. There are many old and weak women and children among them.

The only thing that's good for them now is that it's not very cold and it's not raining. If it's winter, they probably won't be able to run.

"Have you found all the cows and horses in the hidden pasture outside?" Patriarch asked.

The youth said: "There are only eight pastures left, with 130,000 cattle, 40,000 horses, and about 210,000 sheep!"

"Okay. !" Patriarch's face showed a relaxed look: "Let's build a carriage immediately, let everyone clean up, we retreat, the sooner the better!" Patriarch Zhang Zhengwen looked at the empty City Lord's Mansion and said: "When leaving, put The city gate is down!"

"Yes!" Others don't know what patriarch means, but just listen.

The Zhang Family in Heantian County, a relatively well-known family in Liang Province, is a branch of the Dagan Central Plains, but it has been hundreds of years now.

After coming to Hate Tian City, the Zhang Family branched out here and became the most powerful family in Hate Tian City. Over the past few hundred years, the family has become a huge Great Family with a population of hundreds of thousands. , the whole hate Tian City can be called Zhang Family City.

Unfortunately, Ma Family was defeated by Ma Family when they were fighting for the ownership of the city, which was one of the reasons why Ma Family wanted to engage Zhang Family before leaving.

After receiving the news, the people in the city packed up the supplies as quickly as possible. If they couldn't take the big things, they threw them into the city, and found a place to bury the food they couldn't take away. , maybe they can come back again in the future.

I don't know how long it will be when I come back.

Young people put on leather armor, ride on war horses and become cavalry guards on both sides of the giant battallion. Walking at the back of the team is a flock of sheep. Those cows become vehicles, and two or three cows are pulling A long carriage, the old man and the child are on the carriage, and those who can walk are all walking on the grass.

patriarch is very glad that it is early summer, not hot summer, the weather is not too cold, green grass and breeze. In previous years, everyone was grazing on the grassland or planting crops in the field.

There is a lot of farmland on the edge of Tian City, which was developed by little by little from the Zhang Family.

North

In the huge white tent

The Qiang tent.

The Qiang people are nomads like the grassland people on the grasslands, but compared with the grassland tribes, they have a small number of races, and their battle strength is far lower than that of the grassland tribes.

The total clansman population of the Qiang people is about 30 million. Compared with the grassland people, they are not as good as a large tribe.

The Xianbei clansman is the same, the population is about 40 million, and there are seven or eight ethnic groups in the further west. The population of their ethnic group is about one million. After coming down, the king of this kind of clan has finished offering, and Dagan will leave them alone and let them live their old days.

When they are big and powerful, they will be very quiet and self-contained. Once they do something big, they will go south to capture materials, population, Liang Province, Bingzhou and other generals in the frontier land. It is relying on these Racial rebellion has been promoted. Sometimes these races don’t make trouble, they all have to force these races to make them make trouble.

Don't make trouble, how can these people get assistance from Imperial Capital, the mountains are far away, and it is difficult for soldiers and horses to reach them, so give money and food.

This is also the way for many Liang Provinces and Bingzhou families to make money, but they don't dare to go too far. If it goes too far, it will attract the attention of Imperial Capital, and what awaits them is death .

If the emperor really wants them to perish, he only needs to waste some means and energy.

"Your Majesty, I hate that the Ma Family army in Tian City retreated, and now there are only Zhang Family people left in the city!" A middle-aged man in dry clothes and a mustache. The smell of sheep mutton, the body is very burly, and the big man who is holding a huge leg of lamb is eating.

The big man put down the huge leg of lamb in his hand: "Don't they want to fight the Xiliang army for life and death when the Ma Family army retreats?"

The middle age person said: "Xiliang army One side dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to approach Fufeng County. The Ma Family did not dare to move and could only withdraw.

Your Majesty, now is the best time for us to take down Tian City, the entire north of Zhangye County. There is no place to block us. The most fertile land between Zhangye County City and Hate Tian City will become the territory of our Qiang people, and we can cultivate more and better war horses!”

The middle age person's voice was a little excited: "Maybe all of Malaysia in Liang Province can be cultivated. This piece of grassland will become the territory of our Qiang people, and the Xianbei people will definitely be annexed by our Qiang people. !"

The man who was called the king was not fascinated by what the middle age person said: "It's a good idea, will Xiliang let go of that place? ?

Ma Jin all died in the hands of the Xiliang iron cavalry, I don't think my warriors can meet those Xiliang iron cavalry who can kill Ma Jin and defeat the Ma Family cavalry!"

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It's not that the Qiang king is afraid, but the Qiang people can't afford to hurt them. There are Xianbei people next to the Qiang people, and Liang Province and Bingzhou in the south are not the main enemies of these two races. Their enemies are also the grassland army. Prairie race.

Because of the grassland, the two species often fight on a large scale. This is also a concern for the king of the Qiang people. If they send troops to the south on a large scale, the Xianbei people will not let them go.

Especially at this point in time, spring is a good time for grazing, and it is also the time when there is the most competition for grassland.

Most of the Qiang army was sent to the boundary between the Xianbei and the Qiang.

middle age person said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry!

The Xianbei people are also troubled by things. I heard that Lu Qingming, the flying general of the Lu Family in Bingzhou, is leading the way. The flying army is wreaking havoc on the grasslands, in revenge for the Xianbei people who went south to farm the grassy valley last year, and now the Xianbei tribes dare not approach the fertile grassland in Bingzhou.

They plan to mobilize a group of troops from the border to bring Lu Qingming back. Press it back.

We mobilize the troops to come back, maybe it is just what they want, the king don't let an opportunity slip by lose it or come back, as long as you take down the hate Tian City, no matter how strong the Xiliang iron cavalry is, they will It can defeat our army of hundreds of thousands"

The king of the Qiang tribe was very moved, looking towards middle age person: "Then try it"

Rumble

The Qiang cavalry rushed to Hate Tian City at the fastest speed, saw the city gate wide open, no one hated Tian City, separated some of their troops and continued south, and some entered the city