The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 169 Volume Ma Teng
“There is no way out.”

“There is no way out.”

“There’s still no way out.”

The scattered Qiang people went around in circles and finally returned to their starting point.

The miraculous city wall completely blocked all the gaps in the Jincheng Valley overnight, and at the same time, the hearts of these Qiang people were filled with despair bit by bit.

"Maybe there is a way out. There is no news from Baolong Mountain yet. Maybe they have already escaped..."

Even Qiangduan himself didn't believe what he said.

No news might be a worse situation than bad news.

But there was nothing he could do.

Did he have to cruelly tell these tribesmen that they were completely locked in this valley?

The Qiang people are all born hunters.

When faced with some cunning large wild beasts, they would drive them away and trap them in traps that had been prepared in advance.

After that, it's time to wait.

Wait for the beast in the trap to gradually become weak and out of strength, then take out the blade and kill it.

This is the current situation of the Qiang people.

Due to lack of supplies, many Qiang people were staggering as they walked.

The strong man who used to walk very fast now needs to use a wooden stick to support himself before he can continue moving forward.

If they continue to rush around in the Jincheng Valley like headless flies, these Qiang people will starve to death without the Han army having to take any action.

Qiangduan knew that he couldn’t wait any longer!
At the same time, he no longer has the capital to trial and error!
When hunting, failure sometimes occurs.

The reasons for failure are similar.

It was all because the beast in the trap suddenly went crazy, and even rushed out regardless of life and death, using its momentum to stun the experienced hunter, and thus escaped.

As soon as he thought of this, Qiangduan already knew what he should do.

He took out a knife and cut a cut on his face along his eye socket.

Scarlet blood flowed out from the wound, instantly dyeing half of Qiangduan's face red.

"My fellow tribesmen! It is I who am sorry for all of you!"

"But right now, even if I were to imitate Ah Gui and kill myself by bumping into a wall, I still wouldn't be able to change the current situation!"

Qiangduan pointed in the direction of Jincheng: "The only thing we can do now is to rush over! Defeat the Han army! Escape from this desperate place from the east!"

"As long as I can return home, I will not complain even if you cut me into pieces!"

In despair, fear is not necessarily the only thing born.

Maybe there is still hope.

Qiangduan's words were like a lamp, gradually igniting the Qiang people's homesickness and their last fighting spirit.

The crying gradually died down.

More and more Qiang leaders came to Qiangduan's side, and even the Qiang leader from Agui's tribe came over and pressed down on Qiangduan's shoulders.

"Take us home."

Qiangduan also put his hands on these people's arms -

"it is good!"

The Qiang people gathered together.

There is still no neat queue, but the momentum is different from before.

When they appeared in front of the Han army, Lu Bu and Xun You, who were observing the battle, both looked a little solemn.

"There are heroes among the barbarians!"

The hero who can be my enemy is my enemy.

This kind of behavior of the other party made Xun You realize that he should not let these Qiang people go back to the mountains, otherwise it would leave endless disasters for future generations.

"General Lu, it's up to you from now on."

The trace of solemnity between Lu Bu's brows just now came and went quickly.

Although this group of Qiang soldiers has some of the spirit of "pitiful soldiers", they are ultimately just a group of guerrillas.

Without the protection of the mountains, do you think you can defeat the Han army with just your fighting spirit?
You know, in terms of courage, the Han army never loses to anyone!
Perhaps the Qiang people have legitimate reasons for wanting to return home.

But the Han army’s reason for protecting the Han people is more reasonable!
This is not a place where Qiang people can set foot!

"Beat the drums! Order the vanguard Zhang Xiu to charge first!"

Compared with the battle-hardened Lu Bu and the resourceful and resourceful Xun You, Zhang Xiu obviously did not have so many ideas.

Qiang people are Qiang people.

The Qiang people who bared their teeth at me are still Qiang people!

Zhang Xiu was born in the north, and the troubles he experienced at the hands of the Qiang people in his youth were numerous, if not numerous.

Holding the spear in his hand, Zhang Xiu licked his lips with his tongue——

"charge!"

The good families in the north have been the backbone of the Han Dynasty since the beginning of the Han Dynasty.

Living on the border for many years has made them thirst for the blood of foreigners in their bones.

The sound of horse hooves thundered.

The sun and the moon are dim, and the mountains and rivers are wailing!
The galloping of more than a thousand cavalrymen was heavier than the water of the river beside them! It was as if the lightning was stretching out its trunk and pressing towards the Qiang people.

"die!"

Zhang Xiu took the lead and rushed into the enemy's center with dozens of personal soldiers beside him.

The Qiang people had no military formation.

But this did not prevent Zhang Xiu from seeing Qiangduan's location at a glance!
As long as they are killed, the Qiang people will surely be defeated!

Large groups of Han cavalry could often wipe out a small group of Qiang people in an instant with a single charge.

Every time a hurricane hits, only broken limbs are left.

The Han cavalry that once defeated the Huns once again galloped across this land.

Many Qiang people may not have realized it until this moment -

The Han Dynasty's royal court may indeed have become weak.

But this does not mean that the Han royal court is weaker than the Qiang people!
The cavalry's merciless strangulation was eroding the faith of the Qiang people time and time again.

Qiangduan's eyes were already dull at this time.

He was familiar with the Han people's organization and knew that the cavalry under Zhang Xiu's command was just the vanguard of the Han people.

The thousand-odd cavalrymen he led were only one-tenth of the Han army.

But even this one-tenth can easily turn the Qiang army upside down.

Today, before fighting to the death with our last members of our tribe, can we really break through this huge Han army?

The Qiang leader was already feeling terrified.

However, the Han commander was quite relaxed.

Zhang Liao even had time to comment on Zhang Xiu——

"They are young men after all. They may go too far in fighting!"

Pang De beside him looked at Zhang Liao speechlessly——

"How dare you talk about others?"

However, Pang De realized that Zhang Xiu had charged too deep, and was like a chisel deeply embedded in the Qiang army. He might be surrounded by the Qiang on both wings at any time and trapped in the center of the enemy's army. Although Pang De did not think that the Qiang generals on the opposite side had such command ability, he was afraid of the unexpected, so Pang De ordered his personal soldiers to ask Lu Bu for a fight, asking him to go forward to support Zhang Xiu.

"Don't even think about it, it's not your turn!"

Zhang Liao was also an old subordinate of Lu Bu and knew Lu Bu's temper well.

He motioned to Pang De to look at the general flag with the word "Lu" on it.

"General Lu promised to kill a few more foreign leaders for Your Majesty. Although this Qiang leader is not as good as the Xiongnu Chanyu, he is still a figure. I'm afraid General Lu can't wait any longer, so how can it be your turn to be a hero?"

Pang De took a look and found that the "Lü" flag that was in the center of the army had sneaked to the front line without him knowing when...

"General Lu is really..."

Pang De wanted to blame Lu Bu for his mischief, but he also felt a little envious of his recklessness.

But no matter what, when Lu Bu came to the front line in person, it meant one thing -

The war is over!

Lu Bu rode ahead and once again transformed into a ball of fire and smashed directly into the Qiang army's ranks, knocking them off their horses and men.

Today, Lu Bu finally took it a little more serious. He picked up his Fang Tian Hua Ji and rushed directly towards Qiang Duan.

Qiang people kept coming to block the way, but they could not resist Lu Bu, let alone hinder Red Hare's speed. They could only watch Lu Bu kill his way through the entire team and head towards Qiangduan.

Seeing that Lü Bu was catching up, Zhang Xiu became anxious: "General Lü! I am the vanguard! I am the vanguard!"

However, although Zhang Xiu was brave, he was not as good as Lu Bu after all. After fighting in the crowd for so long and working all night last night, his arms were extremely sore. He could only watch Lu Bu catch up with him, surpass him, and then be unable to catch up with him.

At this moment, Lu Bu was like a burning King Kong and a smoky Tai Sui! He was an army of one man! He killed his way through the ranks and rushed over to take the head of Qiang Duan.

The personal soldiers on both sides came forward to stop them, but the Red Hare under Lu Bu's crotch simply used its neck to charge forward, directly sweeping away a large number of enemy troops and revealing the strong ones among them.

Lu Bu raised his halberd and said, "Are you the leader of the Qiang people?"

"That's right, I am..."

Before Qiangduan could introduce himself, he found that his head seemed to have flown off.

As the scene before his eyes spun around, Qiangduan heard the last words he could hear:

"Your name is not worthy of being known by me, Lu Fengxian!"

Qiangduan's head, which had separated from his body, suddenly widened his eyes.

But after a moment, it slowly closed.

The Han people are, after all, still so arrogant and powerful.

This has been the case for the Han Chinese since thousands of years ago.

I'm afraid that in thousands of years, the Han people will still be like this?
With a final reluctance, Qiangduan finally died without a sound.

Lu Bu stepped forward, picked up Qiang Duan's head and held it high above his head.

The Qiang people in the surrounding areas, who had already been frightened, saw Qiang Duan being killed, and the courage they had finally mustered disappeared again.

From one or two people at the beginning to thousands or tens of thousands of people later.

A defeat in battle is like a mountain collapsing!
The sound of the Qiang people fleeing was even more frightening than the sound of Zhang Xiu's attack just now!
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Zhang Liao and Pang De in the rear also led their troops forward and charged forward, completely driving away the fleeing Qiang people.

This battle.

A total of more than 3,000 heads were beheaded and more than 15,000 Qiang soldiers were captured.

This result can be called a great victory even in the heyday of the Han Dynasty!

All the soldiers around began to congratulate Lu Bu and Xun You. Lu Bu was even more elated, as if he was going to get drunk the next moment.

After counting the number of Qiang people, Xun You fell into deep thought.

"What's your concern about joining the army?"

Lu Bu personally brought a cup of celebratory wine to toast: "If it weren't for the advice from the army, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to win so easily! Now that we have defeated the enemy, we should celebrate!"

Xun You took the wine from Lu Bu's hand, but did not put it down. Instead, he gently put it aside.

"General Lu, the number of people is wrong."

"What's the wrong number of people?"

"According to previous investigations, this group of Qiang people has at least 30,000 people."

"And now the number of those killed or captured on the battlefield is less than 20,000!"

Xun You remembered at this time.

Yesterday at the foot of Jincheng, it seemed that there was a group of Qiang people who ran faster than rabbits! They didn't even put up any resistance, they just ran away in a flash!
Xun You asked Pang De and Zhang Xiu whether they had seen the Qiang army in their deployment in the west.
Pang De and Zhang Xiu both shook their heads.

The Di tribe led by Qiang Duan were thinking of breaking out from the south, but did not go to the west, so there was no news from the west that the Qiang soldiers were being besieged.

"Could it be possible that this Qiang people escaped?"

Xun You’s words immediately alerted the generals in the tent!
An army of 10,000 Qiang people actually escaped!
That is one-third of the number that invaded Han territory this time!

If they escaped, how could we pacify the Qiang threat and bring peace to Liangzhou?

"We didn't even notice that a group of Qiang soldiers had left early!"

Zhang Xiu felt extremely regretful for a moment.

However, Xun You did not blame him: "Warfare is ever-changing, and no one can guarantee that it will proceed as expected."

"The reason why you didn't stop the Qiang people is probably because they didn't stop for a moment after escaping from Jincheng yesterday. They traveled day and night towards Lingju, trying to escape from this valley."

"It's not your fault that the other party is so vigilant and resolute."

Open the map.

"The most urgent task now is to send troops to chase them immediately! To prevent them from escaping!"

"I just hope that the troops that Ma Teng has deployed in the Lingju area are sufficient to stop the Qiang soldiers."

"Otherwise, not to mention whether we can stop the Qiang soldiers, I'm afraid that the army that Ma Teng has deployed there will be completely wiped out!"

……

The facts turned out to be just as Xun You had expected.

Ma Chao, Fa Zheng and Meng Da were originally very excited about commanding the cavalry to encircle and block the Qiang people who escaped from the Lingju exit.

But gradually...

Dozens of people came out, hundreds, thousands, and now nearly 10,000...

Ma Chao's Adam's apple trembled and he quietly swallowed his saliva.

"Xiaozhi, has the imperial court failed? Did they just release the main force of the Qiang people?"

"Why...are there so many Qiang people escaping?"

Fa Zheng doesn’t know either!

According to common sense, it is impossible for so many Qiang people to escape from the Jincheng Valley at once!

And not only are there a large number of them.

Each of these Qiang people had a determined look on their faces, as if there was a monster chasing them from behind!
When they saw that there were cavalry blocking them, these Qiang people rushed directly towards their camp, as if they would fight to the death!

After all, Fa Zheng and his companions are young people.

When the development of the war was completely different from their expectations, they fell into a brief state of confusion, not knowing how to respond.

Just as the Qiang people were about to charge towards them, a gong sounded suddenly from the back of the camp.

Countless cavalrymen carrying general flags with the word "马" on them came from afar.

Although Ma Teng, the leader, looked aggrieved, he still yelled -

"It's not your turn to discipline my bastards! Go ahead and kill these Qiang people for me!"

(End of this chapter)