Chapter 883 Just a Little Bit of Action

The north wind rolled up the yellow sand and the sky was gloomy. This was the winter in Liangzhou.

The earth trembled inexplicably, stirring up wisps of dust, and the stones were also shaking slightly. People were inexplicably panicked, and cattle and sheep began to get anxious. Until they saw a piece of black shadow suddenly appear in the distance, rolling in the yellow sand. All the tremors, panic, and anxiety all had their origins.

They appeared suddenly, and it seemed that they had been there before.

The cavalry team from afar was very long. They were dressed in black iron fish scale armor and covered with ghost face armor. Only the eyes were exposed on the whole body, and even the back of the hand was embedded with iron leather armor. They were fully armed.

The panicked people finally understood why, it turned out that someone was coming to attack them.

Many people have not experienced this scene, but they have all heard that this style is only seen by the cavalry unit that terrifies people on the grassland. It is the devil that harvests lives on the grassland.

They hurriedly avoided and hurriedly organized a counterattack.

Then, those demons came and killed everyone who dared to take up arms.

Liao Hua got off his horse. He looked particularly heroic because he was wearing a warm cotton-padded fur coat and cold iron armor. He held the sword on his waist with one hand and strode into the best courtyard of the tribe.

In the courtyard, there were the last seven or eight men, struggling with weapons. Behind them were the women and children who were in a panic. The men looked angry, cursing and swearing, cursing the demons who took everything away from them.

Unlike their domineering and powerful past, when they swung their whips and fell on others, they were very weak now.

Liao Hua listened to the two curses quietly, raised his hand gently, and waved forward.

In an instant, the sound of armor leaves rustling from east to west was heard. The men behind him started to stab with standard spears. The four-meter-long spears were much longer than the weapons of these barbarians. They formed a small military formation, and more than ten spears were thrust together. These brave barbarians and leaders had no chance to resist at all. Each of them had at least two bullet holes.

That was not all. The women and children behind were not spared. They were all stabbed to death. These women might be innocent and were robbed, but that didn't matter. If the men didn't cooperate, the women and children would have no reason to live. Liao Hua didn't care to distinguish who was innocent. There are too many people who died unjustly in this world...

"Count the cattle, sheep and horses, keep the food for our army, and send the rest to the civilians to preach the policies under my rule."

After saying this, Liao Hua went into the leader's house to rest.

The soldiers outside were busy, the military commander was directing the actions, arranging cooking and other matters, and of course the most important thing was to preach the policy to the people who were too scared to come out. This was a mature model, and they had been doing it for many years.

Seeing the barbarians in the distance who couldn't believe it, the cook who was killing horses laughed out loud: "They can't enjoy happiness."

"We were the same before, and we never thought that the general would really share the playground and cattle and sheep with us." Another kitchen helper laughed, his face was slightly different, and he was the Wuhuan who was conquered in the early years.

"It's all thanks to the general's pity for us..."

People are always like this, always sighing how good life is now, how difficult life was in the past, sighing for a while, and then talking about the good of the general.

This is the characteristic of a generation.

When they get old, they will tell the younger generation about the hardships in the past and sigh about how good life is now. They will talk about their struggles, their wars, and tell young people to suffer. They always live in the past.

History cannot be forgotten. There are not many years left after eating, but we cannot live in the past. The Yangtze River is replaced by the new generation. It is the right thing to follow the development of the times and keep the original intention in mind.

The soldiers were busy and laughing, which was a change in boring life. Every winter operation, hundreds of people died. No one knew when they would die. The military discipline was so strict that they could not rob or rape. Wine was only available when they set out. There was a leather bag of strong wine, which was used for heating. They usually liked to drink a sip before the battle to activate the blood and qi. They usually did not move.

So they could only talk more to relieve the monotonous life.

Busy and busy, they cooked a hearty meal with the seasonings they brought, all meat. The soldiers ate meat and drank warm broth in big mouthfuls. After a short rest, they filled the kettle with hot water. The group actually marched away in the dark, killing in the darkness and waiting for dawn.

Liao Hua is no longer the silly boy who was carrying weapons for the general and was happy to fight the enemy. He is the captain of the cavalry under the general, commanding the most powerful light cavalry unit. He is a general who has led the army for nine years, traveled two thousand miles to the grassland, and stopped the children of the barbarians from crying at night...

The combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion is quite strong. They are really scattered like stars in the sky and gathered like a ball of fire. The army is scattered, led by a military marquis. A unit of more than 500 people can be transformed into twelve teams, enough to cover a distance of 300 miles, and keep in touch with each other. If one side is in trouble, several sides will come to help. And when they join forces, they are invincible and invincible.

Under the command of Liao Hua, the cavalry battalion quickly advanced from Anding to Hanyang. In just ten days, Hanyang was killed. Then they marched westward and besieged Jincheng at a lightning speed. There is a Jincheng (Lanzhou City) in Jincheng County, where Han Sui was stationed.

When Han Sui mobilized his troops to arrive, Liao Hua had already rushed straight into Jincheng County, walking around Han Sui's army, looking for opportunities to eat up the small troops that were alone, and causing casualties to Han Sui bit by bit. Killing 500 today, killing 300 tomorrow, the total is a terrifying number.

And more importantly, the survivability of the Cavalry Battalion is not comparable to other troops. They are alone and deep in the ground, and they are supplied on the spot. And Han Sui mobilized his army, but it would consume resources. Liao Hua can rob, and although Han Sui can also rob, they must not rob randomly. And Liao Hua's supplies are Han Sui's loss.

Such guerrilla warfare consumes not only the soldiers under Han Sui, but also the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and even more real war potential.

Of course, it is impossible to target only Han Sui. For Wang Yan, Han Sui is now a small character. Even if Liangzhou is more prosperous now, it does not mean that Han Sui is more powerful. Even now, he is not as stable as before, occupying Liangzhou for more than ten years, and even has the power to resist when Cao Cao comes.

Wang Yan's target is the entire Liangzhou. In addition to Han Sui, there are also the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang and Hu tribes. Han Sui took the lead. How dare these people chased by Liao Hua follow him? Who gave them the courage?

Liao Hua fought with Han Sui for more than a month. The map affected the four counties of Jincheng, Wuwei, Hanyang and Longxi. There are not only Han Sui's troops here, but also troops from other tribes. Because they are preparing to fight Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, they have begun to gather troops in winter, and they were all beaten by Liao Hua.

After more than a month, Liao Hua did not stop the attack. He led the team and rushed into Wuwei again, advancing deeper. Since the superior forces have begun to be concentrated, the rear defense is naturally empty. Only the heads of large tribes will go to the battlefield to command, and the small tribes will give their troops to others to command. Moreover, the fighting has not started yet. Although many tribes have transferred their troops, the leaders have not gone there.

So, taking advantage of the emptiness in the rear, Liao Hua went to kill the high-ranking officials of the various departments in the rear. Without the leaders here, how can we manage and fight?

The reason why barbarians are called barbarians must be that the Chinese people despise them, thinking that foreign races are uneducated, ignorant of etiquette, and shameless. There is no doubt that this was the fact in ancient times.

But on the other hand, the Chinese are educated, know etiquette, and have shame, but this did not prevent the ruling class from enslaving and exploiting the people, and violating human ethics in various ways. The barbarians are like brothers after their brothers die, and sons after their fathers die. Some Chinese people are the same, and there is no difference.

It's just that the Chinese are strong, have the right to speak, and have the power to define other races. If you say barbarians, you are barbarians, and you have to let other races think of themselves as barbarians and yearn for Shenzhou. This is advanced in force and culture. There is no doubt that this is very good for the Chinese nation, because it is strong, made of countless bones of foreign races, and invincible...

In any case, the social system of the barbarians and the overall environmental influence make the individual quality of the barbarians very worrying, and they lack a unified collective consciousness. Once the powerful tribal leaders are gone, they will become a mess. Until a strong man appears and once again integrates the power of the barbarians.

But now, there is no way to have such a strong man.

Han Sui finally had the same problem as Yuan Shao. The old guy kicked over the table in anger, his chest rose and fell rapidly, his neck and forehead had blue veins, his temples throbbed, his eyes bulged, full of bloodshot, as if he was going to have a cerebral hemorrhage and die.

"Wang Yan is really good at tricks."

Cheng Gongying, who was sitting upright, was silent and had nothing to say.

They gathered their troops vigorously and prepared to drive out Lu Bu and Zhang Liao in the spring. If possible, they would approach Bingzhou. But what about Wang Yan? They only sent a guard with less than 7,000 soldiers, but they were beaten like dogs.

In order to avoid more casualties, they had to choose to take the initiative to lose, but even so, they still couldn't catch Liao Hua. Yes, it's not that they can't beat him, but that they can't catch him. Even if they have a large army, they are still locals, and they can't form a siege on Liao Hua. Otherwise, no matter how good the Xiaoqi Battalion is, facing ten times the number of troops, it will be annihilated.

They didn't dare to go all out against Liao Hua, because when they were fighting, Lu Bu led his army to Hanyang, which was only 200 miles away from Jincheng. Once they dared to encircle Liao Hua with all their strength, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao would go straight to Jincheng, and Zhao Yun and others were also in place, and they were divided.

It was because they couldn't catch him that Liao Hua was allowed to cause destruction everywhere, which broke up Han Sui's newly formed alliance, extinguished his ambition, and all the original plans failed.

After a long silence, Cheng Gongying finally spoke to comfort him: "My lord, we have gathered a large army and cannot hide it. It must be that Wang Yan knows my movements, so he sent Liao Hua to lead the cavalry battalion to destroy my vitality and make it difficult for me to gather a large army. Now the vitality is gone, the army can't rise again, and it's empty talk to attack Lu Bu in the spring. Lu Bu instead marched to Hanyang and threatened Jincheng.

And Wang Yan sent his generals Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and others to lead the army here, and Guo Jia is in charge. We have no chance of winning, and we can't even hold on. My lord, now we are exhausted and defeated without fighting.

Judging from Wang Yan's actions, he may not take Liangzhou quickly, but Liangzhou will fall within three to five years. We are unable to defend Jincheng tightly, and Wang Yan's generals will all go out, and we will definitely lose. For now, my lord should make a decision early, either go to the Western Regions or surrender to Yuan Shao. In the Western Regions, we can decide our own fate. If we surrender to Yuan Shao, we will be subordinates.

If your lord makes a decision as early as possible, we will retain more vitality. Whether we go to the Western Regions or surrender to Yuan Shao, we will have strong soldiers and horses under our men, so that we can stay safe and protect our lives. Lord, make a quick decision..."

Han Sui gasped and patted his chest to soothe himself. He is no longer young, he is nearly fifty years old. He has endured Liao Hua's blow for several months, and his ambition and vigor are gone.

The reason why I am so angry now is just because I took stock of my family fortune and found that there is absolutely no hope.

Although he was dizzy, Han Sui was not really dizzy yet. He said, "Does Meng Hui want to go to the Western Regions?"

"Of course."

Cheng Gongying nodded and stroked his beard, "The king said that he is powerful and will fight all over Hebei. Northeast and Hebei are both rich in grain, and Bingzhou already accounts for most of it. Now he plans to connect Liangzhou with me to connect the Western Regions and go to the two grasslands. Thousands of miles away. The army that attacked us this time was the Xiaoqi camp led by Liao Hua. We have seen with our own eyes how powerful it is. It only takes three or five years to occupy the grassland. Looking at all the heroes in the world, only Wang Yan has hope for the world.

If we surrender to Yuan Shao, he will definitely use our troops as the vanguard to conquer Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei, and rely on the power of the south to fight against Wang Yan and compete for the world. We live under others and find it difficult to be independent. Moreover, Yuan Shao has many wealthy families under his command, and it is difficult to distinguish them. In the eyes of other people, we, the people of Liangzhou, are no different from barbarians, which is very disadvantageous to us.

Moreover, when Yuan Shao was defeated in Hebei, he thought that Wang Yan had taken advantage of him, and all his vigor was lost. He must not be the enemy of Wang Yan. The whole world knows how Wang Yan treats wealthy families. At that time, we were defeated. Even if we were not captured by them, we still could not stop our subordinates from offering my body as a sacrifice for their own safety. In the end, my bones would be played with by others.

It will be very different if we go to the Western Regions. The countries in the Western Regions are many and weak. With our army in hand, we can stand on our own. Moreover, although Wang Yan was planning for Liangzhou, his purpose was cotton and trade routes to the Western Regions. If I go to the Western Regions, Wang Yan will not seek any land in the Western Regions within twenty years. Even if the king plans to plot the Western Region, we can retreat to the west again. I heard that there is a big country outside the Western Regions. Its name is Guishuang and Wang Yan is strong. I don't believe that Guishuang can be stronger than Wang Yan.

We can unite various tribes, go to the Western Regions together, and establish a country outside the region. The king said that he values ​​commerce. If we don't do anything wrong and buy them at a high price, we will definitely get the weapons. Our glorious Chinese army, armed with the power of soldiers and armor, kills barbarians like pigs and dogs, so why worry about having no way forward? "

This was a very high-level speech, and Wang Yan had to applaud vigorously. After all, this is someone who is determined to explore outside the territory. Wang Yan admires such people very much, even though he is forcing him to have no choice but to look outside the territory. But no matter what, it is right to look outside the region. It is the orthodoxy of 'since ancient times', which is excellent for future generations.

Han Sui thought for a long time, sighed, and said, "If we seek peace, will Wang Yan spare our lives?"

Cheng Gongying stared deeply at his good friend and big boss whom he had known for many years. Han Sui subconsciously dodged his piercing gaze.

"I am old and I no longer have the courage to be weak..."

Han Sui was full of sadness, as if explaining to a good friend or comforting himself.

Cheng Gongying shook his head and sighed: "My lord, the purpose of Wang Yan's actions is to kill, bully, dominate and abuse the people. No need to say more about what we will do. Wang Yan will kill us. If Wang Yan hadn't been so decisive, my lord would have thought that Yuan Shao Can you escape Henan and survive?”

Han Sui also sighed. Of course he understood that what Cheng Gongying said was right, but he couldn't help but think better.

After another long silence, he took a sip of wine to soothe his mood, and said: "From now on, we will retreat from the military power. Meng Hui, if you send Wang Yan as envoy again, first ask if we can get along with each other. If not, then we can discuss how we can go to the Western Regions." Later trade matters."

"Yes, my lord."

"Bring more treasures to please Wang Yan." Han Sui specifically asked.

Cheng Gongying cupped his hands, stood up and left to prepare for the mission.

This is often the case, weakness is the biggest sin. Han Sui's dream of guarding Liangzhou was shattered by the iron hoof of Xiaoqi camp, and he was shocked to realize that he was old and no longer brave as before. When I woke up from the dream, all I said was cowardly talk and no ambition.

At this moment, they were completely defeated because they had no fighting spirit.

From the beginning to the end, neither of them talked about how to resist. Even if they really couldn't resist, they didn't talk about running to the Western Regions, gathering the armies of the thirty-six countries, and turning back to attack Wang Yan and take revenge. There is no talk of establishing a country outside the region in the future and then spying on China.

If you don't advance, you will retreat, and if you retreat, you will lose. It is such a simple truth.

In a possible war, General Wang only made a slight move, without even using his brain, and it was all over...

Han Sui wanted to stop his troops and seek peace, but also wanted to send an envoy to negotiate with Wang Yan, so he must first send a message through Guo Jia. Only if Wang Yan agrees can Cheng Gongying go.

So Guo Jia was the first to know the news, and at the same time he also knew that Han Sui had retreated to Wuwei. Immediately they occupied Jincheng, Longxi, and Wudu, and blocked Han Sui's road to the Central Plains. Of course, I didn't forget to write a letter to Wang Yan to explain the situation.

Wang Yan naturally did not refuse this. Liangzhou was very big and could not be occupied in a short while. It was natural to listen to what Han Sui had to say.

Now that the situation in Jizhou has been completely stabilized, everything is done as a matter of course. As long as we develop step by step, continue to build infrastructure, slowly cultivate talents, train militia, promote business development, and increase the survival rate of babies, then it will naturally snowball. Powerful, he is really idle now.

It's just a meeting, it won't take long, and it can also be entertaining. The envoy has to travel back and forth for three or four months, and he can receive a bunch of gifts that he normally carries with him on a mission. It's a good thing...

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