The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 161: Soldiers Invade Jincheng
"The Han envoy is still so arrogant."

The Qiang people were filled with emotion, thinking that the Han envoys were still as domineering as before.

"What a pity! Although the Han Dynasty's royal court has declined, it is still much more powerful than Ma Teng. If Jincheng is occupied by the Han Dynasty's royal court in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to plunder this big city."

The internal strife among the Han people has nothing to do with them.

They didn't really want to avenge Han Sui. Whether Ma Teng stayed in Jincheng or went to Hexi, it had nothing to do with them.

The only regret is that the Han royal court is not weak enough to allow them to have their way with it. In the future, they will probably not be able to come and plunder in Jincheng and Yuzhong areas often.

Therefore, these Qiang people just felt a little regretful, but they did not have much feeling in their hearts.

"..."

Only Agui was pacing in the tent with his arms folded, and suddenly asked the scout: "Has Ma Teng withdrawn?"

"Already left."

"The Han royal court's army is still stranded in Shanggui, trying to block our retreat?"

"exactly."

"Does that mean that Jincheng has neither Ma Teng's power nor the Han royal court's power at the moment?"

"..."

There was a strange silence in the Qiang people's tent.

The next moment, the heavy breathing of several leaders sounded like thunder, directly blowing up the silence!

An undefended golden city!

What's the difference between this and a beautiful woman lying there naked and posing?
Qiangduan gathered all his strength and patted Mi Dang on the back: "Luckily I listened to you this time and walked out of the deep mountains and forests to get some fresh air, otherwise how could I have encountered such a good thing?"

"Not only did the Han people's cities open up to us, the Han women came to us, and now even the Golden City is right in front of us!"

"What's the difference between this opportunity and picking up a dead rabbit on the roadside? No, this time it's not a rabbit, it's probably a yak!"

Everyone in the tent had a rosy complexion.

Golden City! Golden City!
Countless money and food! Countless women!
If they could touch the walls of the Golden City, they would be willing to die on the spot!

Only confused.

He was a Qiang and knew all the details about the previous joint invasion of Guanzhong by Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Ma Teng clearly surrendered to the Han court at the last moment, and the Han court later forgave Ma Teng and appointed him as the governor of Liang Province... But why did they suddenly send Han envoys to force Ma Teng now?
He expressed his doubts in public, but Qiangduan and Agui obviously didn't care much about it.

"The Han people are insatiable and change their orders every day. What's so hard to understand about this?"

"The Han Dynasty's court promoted Ma Teng before, maybe it was just a means to confuse the enemy. Now it is said that the enemy to the east of the Han Dynasty's court has been repelled, so naturally they are going to come and settle accounts with Ma Teng!"

This kind of delaying tactic can be seen everywhere, not only among the Han people, but also among the Qiang people.

Leaders like Qiangduan and Agui, who are able to command a group, have done this kind of thing many times, so naturally they imposed their habits on the Han people.

"But……"

Seeing that Mi Dang still had doubts, Agui also felt a little annoyed.

"Now is not the time to hesitate! The Han royal court's army may go to Jincheng and occupy it at any time. If we don't go there quickly to seize it, we won't even be able to drink soup!"

“There is an old Chinese saying: If you don’t have the right time, you won’t succeed; if you don’t succeed, you won’t have the right time!”

"If we miss this opportunity, our descendants will probably laugh at us and say that we have lost the courage passed down by our ancestors!"

Agui was obviously very annoyed with Mi Dang at the moment. He wished he could grow a pair of wings immediately, fly to the empty Golden City, plunder the property and rape the women!
Mi Dang was also furious when he heard this: "But what if this is a trick of the Han people? If all the young and strong people in the tribe die in this battle, not only will our descendants laugh at us, but I'm afraid we won't have any descendants alive in this world!"

These words were a bit harsh, almost like cursing the Agui tribe to extinction!

Agui put his hand on the hilt of the knife: "What the hell do you mean?"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Qiangduan stepped forward to act as peacemaker.

He held their arms with both hands and consoled them kindly:

"Agui is right. Now that Jincheng's defenses are weak, this is a great opportunity for us! We should not give up easily."

Afterwards, Qiangduan said to Agui, "Mi Dang is also right. He is most familiar with the Han people in Longyou and knows how cunning they are, so he is unwilling to risk the lives of his tribesmen."

"In that case..."

The two looked at Qiangduan, wondering what Qiangduan’s opinion was.

"In that case, we might as well choose a more cautious approach and head carefully to Jincheng."

We must go to Jincheng.

But what the fans say should also be carefully considered.

Qiang Duan said: "In this case, how about we not go to Yuzhong, but take a detour to Fuhan?"

Are you surprised?

Midang and Agui seemed to be thinking about something.

The Qiang people don't need maps.

Because the Qiang people could not remember the map, they had no idea where they died.

Jincheng, with its narrow terrain, is a huge valley.

Yuzhong is located on the southeast side of Jincheng, and is the passage from the east to the west of Jincheng.

And Fuhan is located in the southwest of Jincheng.

By taking a detour through Fuhan, it was obvious that they would not enter Jincheng from the east, but from the west. If they entered from the east, they would enter Jincheng under the nose of the Han royal court, and there was a real possibility of being surrounded.

Entering from the west was a completely different direction. Even if the Han people had any plans, they were out of reach.

What's more...

"He Dang, have you forgotten our abilities?"

"What if we are trapped in the Golden City Valley?"

"That place may be a dead end for the Han people, but not for us!"

"The mountains that can block the Han people can be easily climbed over by us!"

"What's more, we live in Wudu and Yinping, and often go into Shu to the south to plunder. No matter how steep the mountains in Jincheng are, can they be compared to Shu?"

Mi Dang and A Gui looked at each other and decided to listen to Qiang Duan's strategy, to take a detour through Fuhan and enter Jincheng from the west to prevent being blocked by the Han people.

The Qiang people acted according to their hearts, and since they had decided to go to Jincheng, they did not make any further plans.

The army rose up in all directions, and a total of about 30,000 young and strong Qiang people moved like locusts, going north along the Tao River and marching towards Jincheng!
There were Han scouts on the road, who, after discovering the traces of the Qiang people, immediately informed Lü Bu who was staying in Shanggui.

When Lu Bu learned that the Qiang people were heading to Jincheng, he was overjoyed.

"It is just as the emperor and the Grand Master predicted!"

As long as they enter the Golden City Valley, it can be said without exaggeration that they are already halfway to victory!
"General, don't be careless."

Xun You, who had served as a military officer and followed Lu Bu to the expedition, noticed something strange.

He repeatedly asked the scouts: "Didn't the Qiang people take the Didao Road to Yuzhong?"

"That's not the case. The soldiers saw it right. The Qiang people did not go from Didao to Jincheng, but went to the direction of Fuhan."

"..."

Xun You came to the map and signaled Lu Bu to look carefully at the terrain near Jincheng.

"Nowadays, most of the Qiang people gather near Lintao. If you want to go to Jincheng, just follow the road, pass Didao, and you can pass Yuzhong and directly enter the Jincheng Valley."

"It's obviously unreasonable to go to Fuhan and take a detour."

Lu Bu stepped forward and carefully examined the map, and apparently found that what Xun You said was true.

"The Qiang people want to enter Jincheng from the other side of the valley?"

This was something that was not anticipated in the temple planning.

The Qiang people actually took a cautious detour, which was undoubtedly not what the court had predicted at the beginning.

Originally, if they entered from the east, according to the plan, Lu Bu would attack Yuzhong by force, and then use the method of building a city at the bottom of the valley to separate the Qiang people and defeat them one by one.

But now that they were entering from the west, they could no longer block the Qiang people in the valley as they had planned before.

Lu Bu obviously felt a little tricky at this moment.

"Any good ideas for joining the army?"

What Lu Bu is good at is charging into battle on the front line, rather than being able to keenly capture changes in the war and respond to changes accordingly.

Fortunately, Xun You was there, who had followed me this time.

Xun You looked at the map, especially at Fu Han, and after staring at him for a long time, he moved his gaze a few inches to the west.

Wuwei, Guzang.

The information revealed to the Qiang people was undoubtedly false.

As for the human heads hanging on the walls of Jincheng, they were nothing more than the heads of some captured Qiang people who were killed before and used as substitutes.

But Ma Teng’s withdrawal from Jincheng was not false.

Except for leaving some garrisons in Jincheng, Ma Teng's cavalry had actually withdrawn from Jincheng and headed to Wuwei, where they stationed.

Now that the Qiang people suddenly changed direction, it was obviously impossible for the imperial troops in the east to compete with the Qiang people in terms of speed in advancing through the mountains and fly over to block the exit in the west.

Only by letting Ma Teng send troops and use his own troops to block the opening in the west can the previous arrangement be completed.

It was already difficult to ask Ma Teng to give up Jincheng to lure the Qiang people, so how could he use his own troops to fight the Qiang people?
……

But now is obviously not the time to worry about these things.

Xun You immediately wrote a letter, asking Wei Kang to persuade Ma Teng to help the court cut off the western exit of the valley.

“I hope Wei Kang can succeed.”

War is unpredictable and no one can predict what will happen.

Although the Qiang people suddenly changed the direction of entering Jincheng, the Han army was somewhat caught off guard, but they still had remedial measures.

"I just hope that there won't be any more irreparable accidents. Otherwise, this battle will be really difficult to fight."

……

Qishan Road.

An army with a large banner with the word "Zhang" on it suddenly rushed out from the mountain path.

The leading general smiled.

"Master's guess is correct. Longyou has indeed become chaotic."

"Since this is the case, we should move the people of Longyou to Hanzhong to convert to the Heavenly Master and strengthen our Dao Sect!"

(End of this chapter)