Xuande

Chapter 570 The First Year of Jian'an
On the last day of the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei camped with his soldiers in the wilderness of Youzhou, drinking, eating barbecue, and ordered the captured Xianbei people to dance for them as a New Year's banquet.

Soldiers sang and danced, twisted their bodies around the campfire, danced demonic dances, sang songs that were completely out of tune with their throats tearing, or fought hand-to-hand with each other as a military game.

Liu Bei organized an arm-wrestling contest as a fun program, and also took out the jade pendant he carried with him as a prize, saying that whoever can beat everyone by arm-wrestling can get this jade pendant.

So the generals and soldiers in the army got excited, and one by one, they put all their energy into confrontation. Liu Bei didn't participate for the sake of fairness.

In the final decisive game, Zhao Yun confronted Zhang He.

The two of them wrestled their wrists, their faces turned red, their veins bulged, and beads of sweat dripped down drop by drop, it felt like they were about to explode.

In the end Zhang Yun lost, Zhao Yun had the last laugh and won the jade pendant that Liu Bei carried with him.

By this day, the Xianbei, Zhuhu, and Han robbers in the three counties of Guangyang, Yuyang, and Youbeiping have all been wiped out by them, and the large-scale armed forces in the three counties have almost disappeared. up.

On the same day, in Luoyang, after a lot of discussions among the ministers and various disputes, a consensus was finally reached to change the year name of next year to Jian'an.

The Jian'an year name came six years earlier than before, but it still came after all. It is said that this year name was strongly recommended by Cai Yong, a doctor of the Taizhong, and Cai Yong formed this idea after talking with Yin Caocao of Henan.

Let's just say the history is really interesting.

Liu Bei, who was far away in Youzhou, didn't hear the news immediately, but he knew that he would not even think about having a holiday this New Year.

On the first day of the new year, Liu Bei led his army to gallop forward, joined Lu Bu in Wuzhong County, and then continued to move forward, as did the two troops of Zhang Fei and Pang De.

They did not have stable logistical support for this battle, and they all adopted the mode of raising war by fighting, capturing the captives and sending them back, and then using the food they looted, the cattle, sheep and horses they carried with them as army rations, and using the nomadic army's marching way marching.

For this reason, the marching speed of these three troops is quite fast.

They quickly reached the border of Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County. Here, the three troops encountered a small number of Wuhuan cavalry at the same time. Liu Bei also received the news from Pang De and realized that the Wuhuan people had begun to move their hands here. The edge stretched out.

The part of the Xianbei people going south has been defeated, but the Wuhuan people have not yet, and the Wuhuan people still have sufficient main forces. According to limited information, Liu Bei deduces that the number of combat cavalry dispatched by the Wuhuan people must be about 5 to 20 , the number of its followers will not be less than [-].

This is also a challenge for the Han army, which currently has a total strength of 8000.

But so what?
One Han is five Hu, and the Han army of 8000 is equal to nearly 20 in terms of combat power, and 20 beats [-] to [-]. Who has the advantage?
This is a question that does not need to be discussed.

On the fifth day of the first month of the new year, Liu Bei led an army to Lingzhi County in Liaoxi County, which is the hometown of Gongsun Zan.

Here, Liu Bei encountered one of the Wuhuan cavalry led by the Wuhuan master Qiu Liju Congzi Tadun. After discovering that Liu Bei's troops were close to Lingzhi County, they took the initiative to challenge.

Without any hesitation, Liu Bei devoted his main force to fight against it, and the result was unquestionable. Tadun was defeated by Liu Bei, and he himself was beheaded by Liu Bei's young general Zhang He, so that Zhi County was recovered by Liu Bei, and the captured officials and civilians were rescued four times. More than ten thousand people.

After defeating Tadun, Liu Bei discovered that the fighting power of the Wuhuan people was the same, not better than the Xianbei people, and even weaker than the Xianbei people. Seeing that there are so many people, they are quite capable of fighting, but in fact there is nothing worthy of praise. place.

No matter how you play the classic riding and shooting tactics, in front of the advanced equipment of the Han army under Liu Bei's command, it is just hitting a stone with tofu.

After Lingzhi County was recovered, Liu Bei continued to cross the two big rivers eastward, and his soldiers pointed directly at Feiru County, where Liu Bei joined forces with Zhang Fei and Pang De.

Then in Feiru County, Liu Bei temporarily reorganized the army to let the army rest, and at the same time counted the results and losses.

According to a series of reports and statistics, since the start of the war to recover the lost land in Youzhou, Liu Bei and his subordinates have killed and captured more than 18 Xianbei cavalry and herdsmen, captured more than 80 grassland livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses, and rescued the captives. There are more than [-] people.

The 8000 people when Liu Bei dispatched troops left more than 3000 people after a series of wars and non-combat attrition.

In a few days, more than 5000 people left the army due to battle death, accidental death, or injury. Naturally, most of them were injured, and the possibility of being rescued was very high, but the number of people who died in battle did not account for the majority.

Liu Bei was very pleased with this.

Generally speaking, because of successive victories, Liu Bei's Han army has a strong will to fight and a strong willingness to continue fighting, so everyone is willing to follow Liu Bei to continue to attack westward and build more achievements.

Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, who are eager for credit and are about to go crazy, are vying to be the vanguard. The two seem to have nothing to do with each other, but they just don't like each other. I don't know why. If Zhang Fei wants to fight, Lu Bu will not let go. However, what Lu Bu wanted to fight for, Zhang Fei was not willing to let go.

Finally, Liu Bei arranged a double vanguard lineup. Zhang Fei and Lu Bu each led [-] cavalry. Go ahead with the cooked beef and mutton.

Because it is a cold season, food is also very easy to preserve. Even meat can be preserved for a long time. When there is a situation, I eat cooked frozen meat. When there is no situation, I kill cattle and sheep and eat fresh.

Anyway, there were enough cattle and sheep during the war, Liu Bei specially approved, everyone’s rations are all meat, eat with an open stomach, don’t be afraid if you run out of food, go to the grassland to grab his mother!

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, on the way to Liucheng led by Lu Bu, he encountered a detachment of Wuhuan cavalry.

He showed his prowess and led his troops to wipe out this small team, captured the tongue, forced them to ask where their main force was, and then got the news that a part of the main force of the Wuhuan people, led by Nanlou, was staying in Zhiyang, Liaoxi County In Le County, there are not only the main force of the tribe where Nanlou is located, but also many Han Chinese who were captured as slaves.

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard that, and realized that this was a huge military exploit.

Although he asked at the same time that the total number of people in the difficult building was 3000 to 5000, and there were more than [-] soldiers capable of fighting, but he only had [-] people, but he was not worried about it, but thought it was a way to show himself. Great opportunity for ability.

He summoned Zhang Liao, Li Su, Zhang Yang and other generals to explain the situation to them.

"The Wuhuan barbarians and others have more than [-] soldiers to fight, but our army is only [-]. We are short of men and horses. If we forcefully fight against them, we may not be able to win. But I want to gain military merit, and you are willing to go with me to achieve military merit. and wealth?"

Li Su and Zhang Yang, who had fought too many victories with Liu Bei before, didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed to Lu Bu's suggestion. Only Zhang Liao had a little worry, feeling that there were too many soldiers in the difficult building, waiting for work at leisure, and the cavalry in Bingzhou were tired and might not be able to win, which was dangerous very big.

Lu Bu scoffed at this.

"Wealth is sought in danger, without taking risks, how to obtain wealth? If Wen Yuan does not want to obtain wealth, he can supervise the army."

Faced with Lu Bu's contempt, Zhang Liao was helpless, but he could only keep up with his team.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Lu Bu led his troops to gallop forward for three days against the cold wind, and finally arrived near Liucheng. A charge defeated the few Wuhuan people who were resting in Liucheng, which increased his confidence, so he only let his troops Everyone rested for one day, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he ordered to send troops again.

According to the directions given by the captured Wuhuan people, Lu Bu led his troops to attack overnight and galloped forward. At noon on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, he led Bingzhou Tuqi to the vicinity of Yangxia County.

"This is the military merit bestowed on me by heaven! Brothers! Follow me to get rich!"

With an order, Lu Bu cheered up and led Bingzhou Tuqi to launch a surprise attack, catching the Wuhuan people under Nanlou's command by surprise.

(End of this chapter)