At the beginning, I gave up my military power with a cup of wine, and I ascended the throne

Chapter 233: Saving the Remaining Northern Army

The black mass of Xiliang cavalry galloped across the land, with the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry led by Yuwen Wu in the front, and the 20,000 Black Armor Army behind them.

Swords were sharp, flags were flying, cavalry were charging, and strong winds were blowing, accompanied by terrible murderous aura, roaring under the city of Shuoyin.

Both the Jizhou Army in Shuoyin and the Northern Wei Army that came in pursuit were intimidated by the fierce power of the Western Liang Cavalry.

Not daring to move rashly, Liao Huan took the lead, and the dark brown horse under his crotch leaped thirty to five feet high, like thunder and lightning.

"It's General Liao."

The Northern Army soldiers next to Guan Wen all burst into tears after hearing this long-lost and familiar voice.

"Commander Guan, General Liao is here to pick us up."

"The Marquis must have received our letter for help."

Twenty thousand Youzhou cavalry and twenty thousand Black Armor Army gathered together, followed Liao Huan, and rushed into the Northern Wei army in Jizhou.

"Rumble"

"Rumble"

The earth was shaking, sand and rocks were flying, and 40,000 cavalrymen stopped suddenly, formed a battle formation, strung their bows and crossbows, and drew their swords.

"I am following the orders of the Marquis of Xiliang and the General of Pingxi."

On horseback, Liao Huan took out his command arrow, looked at the sword-wielding general under Shuoyin City, and shouted, "Anyone who dares to stop us will be killed without mercy."

"Kill without mercy."

"Kill without mercy."

The forty thousand cavalrymen shouted loudly, holding their sabers in front of them with murderous intent.

"Yuwenwu, you traitor."

Under the city, the favorite general of the Zhenbei Marquis looked at the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry with a ferocious look and cursed, "What a wolf-hearted and dog-hearted person."

"Zhenbei Hou is unjust and unfair in rewarding and punishing. I will follow Xiliang Hou, which is the general trend."

Yuwen Wu raised his sword and rode his horse with his eyes wide open. "Xiliang and Jizhou are one. The Marquis of Zhenbei has taken the initiative to start a war. It is unkind and unjust. Brothers, if you have blood, you should join Xiliang and serve the Marquis of Xiliang and the general."

"Isn't it better than staying in Jizhou and being exposed to the birds' anger?"

"Don't try to shake my army's morale."

Xie Xuanli's favorite general wanted to eat Yuwen Wu alive. Looking at the 20,000 Youzhou cavalry, they should be as fierce as tigers and wolves.

There was a fierce look in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had completely surrendered to Xiliang.

"Here is the Xiliang Marquis's command."

Liao Huan raised his left hand high and looked at the fierce generals under the city, "Retreat quickly."

Forty thousand Xiliang cavalrymen were on full alert, and no matter how unwilling they were, the Jizhou cavalry general had no choice but to retreat back into the city.

As for the remaining tens of thousands of Northern Wei cavalry, the moment they saw the Xiliang cavalry, they already had the intention of retreating.

In recent years, the Xiliang cavalry has been invincible in Orange Island and Hexi Prefecture, and has long since frightened the Northern Wei people.

"Walk."

The Northern Wei commander spoke, turned his horse around, and headed back in the direction he came from without any delay.

"General Liao."

Guan Wen dismounted, knelt on the ground, and sobbed, "I am sorry to the general, and even more sorry to the marquis."

"The brothers who failed to take good care of the Northern Army all died in Jubei City."

"Get up and talk."

Liao Huan scolded: "You are crying like a little girl."

Liao Huan glanced at the two hundred riders. Everyone was injured, and he remembered many of their faces.

The eyes of this fierce general under the command of Marquis Xiliang unconsciously became red. Thirty thousand people, all of them were comrades who had been through life and death with him.

Now there are only two hundred people left.

"Just come back."

Liao Huan said in a deep voice: "If Xie Xuanli can't tolerate you, then don't follow him." "Xiliang can tolerate the Northern Army, so the Marquis can tolerate you too."

"No one is allowed to look sad."

He said, "Isn't it just 30,000 people? It's like the sky is falling."

"In the future, the Marquis will give us 60,000 or 100,000 Northern Army soldiers. One day, our Northern Army brothers will fight back to Jizhou, chop off Xie Xuanli's head, and avenge the 30,000 brothers who died in Jubei City."

"Kill back."

A soldier of the Northern Army wiped the blood off his face and said fiercely: "If we don't avenge this, we will not be human beings."

After eating dry food and drinking water, 40,000 Xiliang cavalrymen, along with 200 elite cavalrymen of the Northern Army, retreated from Shuoyin to Changshan.

Although there were only two hundred people left in the Northern Army, the banner returned to Xiliang and into Xiao Han's hands.

With time, he was confident that he could once again build a Northern Army, and this Northern Army would be even better than the original one.

October.

The war between Jizhou and Northern Wei was still going on. Northern Wei gradually increased its troops, reaching 400,000, which was equal to Jizhou in terms of military strength.

The two sides engaged in a fierce fighting on the front line of Jubei City.

However, this war had nothing to do with Xiao Han. In early October, news of the great victory in Shangdang came.

Under Guo Tu's plan, he lured the enemy out of its hole and deliberately created the illusion that Shangdang was short of troops.

The grassland tribes were lured to attack Shangdang City, but they were swallowed up by the 40,000 Xiliang cavalry who turned back.

After beheading 100,000 people in one battle, Chen Gong took advantage of the situation and led his troops westward. In half a month, he wiped out all the grassland tribes within a thousand miles around Shangdang.

Countless cattle, sheep and other valuables were seized, and gold, silver and jewelry were piled up like mountains. Hundreds of thousands of captives from the miscellaneous Hu tribes were taken back to the territory of Xiliang.

The Battle of Shangdang shocked the whole world. When everyone thought that the Marquis of Xiliang was going to sit on the sidelines and watch, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry fought such a beautiful battle.

The grassland tribes around Shangdang were almost all wiped out, and the remaining small tribes were simply unable to harass Shangdang again.

This one battle brought a hundred years of peace to Xiliang. From then on, the miscellaneous Hu tribes no longer had the right to act rampantly.

While Jizhou in the east was fighting fiercely with Northern Wei, Xiliang in the west was receiving frequent news of victory.

Many people in this world have already seen the clues.

First take the five counties of Youzhou, and then pacify the mixed Hu. In this way, the entire Xiliang spans two thousand miles from east to west, although it is still nominally a state.

But in fact, the territory is comparable to Jizhou, which covers three states.

The five counties of Youzhou were sent to Xiliang for garrison, and the remaining two counties could be taken at any time. As for the three states of Jizhou, in addition to Jizhou, there was also a complete Shanzhou.

Even if they were strong enough to defeat Northern Wei, they would not be able to confront Western Liang head-on in the future.

The Marquis of Zhenbei has become a thing of the past. The most popular one right now is the Marquis of Xiliang, who owns eight counties, has two hundred thousand cavalrymen, and is very powerful.

Late October.

When the first snow fell in Shangdang, Xiao Han left Youzhou and returned to Xiliang City.

The matters concerning the five counties have been finalized, and the work-for-relief program has also begun in full swing.

Zhuge Shou led an army of 10,000 and stationed in Dai County, Liao Huan led 30,000 black-armored troops and stationed in Changshan, and Pucheng also had heavy troops stationed, making the five counties impregnable.

All that is left is to implement various government policies step by step.

"huhu"

On Shuiyun Mountain.

The cold wind was howling, blowing up the dead branches and leaves. The sky was gloomy and the dark clouds were lingering.

The sky was filled with drizzling rain, which fell into the Guanyu Lake, creating ripples.

Inside the Military and Political Department, people were hurrying around and cars were flowing in and out in an endless stream.

Official documents from the provincial government were brought in one cart after another, most of which were about the five counties of Youzhou and Shangdang.

Not only the Military Affairs Department, but even the provincial and county governments were extremely busy.

(End of this chapter)