At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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The second monk Zhang Feizhang couldn't touch the back of his head, his face was full of doubts, with question marks on his forehead.

"Why? Hasn't Fuyu Kingdom not fought yet? Let me go now? I... made a mistake?"

Zhang Fei looked at Yu Jin who was secretly happy.

"Ahem, Yide, His Majesty's order naturally has His Majesty's reason, so don't overthink it. Didn't Your Majesty say that you can lead troops to Liangzhou and cooperate with General Cao to attack the four counties in Hexi?"

"That's what I said, but..."

Zhang Fei rubbed his head: "Isn't the battle here not over yet? It's not too late to leave after the battle is over? Why do you want me to leave immediately? Can this still be fought?"

"Your Majesty's orders are orders, and you must obey them instead of overthinking them."

Yu Jin patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder: "Yide, get ready, since His Majesty let you go, then you have to go, is it possible that you still have to disobey His Majesty's order?"

Of course Zhang Fei didn't dare to disobey Guo Peng's order.

So with a depressed mood, Zhang Fei ordered his own bowl of elite cavalry and started the journey from Liaodong to Liangzhou.

In the middle, he had to go to Luoyang to meet Guo Peng, which was called a debriefing, but Zhang Fei always felt that every time he went to Luoyang, he would inevitably be reprimanded by Guo Peng.

Cao Ren couldn't understand Zhang Fei's uneasy mood, and Cao Ren's mood during this period can be said to be quite good.

Since the Liangzhou military group such as Ma Teng and Han Sui were wiped out, the entire Northwest Corps has entered a long grass period.

Training all day long, cultivating land, assisting in raising horses, exercising riding skills and increasing cavalry, etc., although it is true that the strength of the army is enhanced and the strength of the people is also cultivated, but one of them is not a big deal.

The lives of grassroots soldiers are full of military training, cultural education and other things, so naturally they will not feel bored.

Practice long-distance training every day, learn cultural knowledge, recognize characters, and then accept the influence of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and live a very fulfilling life.

Some generals at the top are relatively boring.

Apart from staring at the army, they don't have much other things to do. Of course it's good to charge themselves, but it will be boring after charging for a long time.

Just like Cao Ren, except for some large-scale military training and inspections that need to be attended in person, his business life is just studying, practicing martial arts, fighting for strength, or having children.

During his stay in Liangzhou, he had one more son and two daughters.

Before Guo Peng called Guan Yu and Cao Xiu to attack Yizhou, he was really envious.

I don't know when we will be able to fight another battle. It was so easy to wait until the battle of Liaodong was decided, and Guo Peng's order was finally conveyed.

Ask him to reorganize his armaments, report the number of various military supplies and the number of soldiers who can go to battle, and convey to him the news that Zhang Fei is about to lead [-] elite cavalry to arrive.

He is so excited!

With an order, the Northwest Corps, which had been silent for a long time, immediately began to act.

The generals of the Northwest Corps were also very excited about this.

Xia Houyuan, Cao Xiu, Gao Lan, Yan Liang, the generals of the Wei army from top to bottom immediately moved, jumping up and down to rectify their armaments, reported the specific news to Cao Ren, and then led the participating troops to Hanyang.

They all knew that the day to pacify Liangzhou and drive to the Western Regions was approaching.

They have been silent for a long time, accumulated for a long time, waiting for the moment of explosion, and now, this moment is finally coming.

After many years of raising horses and accumulating supplies, the military supplies of the Northwest Corps in Liangzhou are enough to support them to pacify the entire Liangzhou, and go further into the Western Regions to bring back the Western Regions lost by the Eastern Han Dynasty.

A large number of small countries in the Western Regions that once belonged to the Han Empire will once again belong to the Wei Empire under their iron hooves, and the Wei Empire will also become the central empire of all nations.

During this period of time, Cao Ren has basically figured out the situation of the four counties in Hexi, arranged a lot of informants, figured out the specific road, how to attack and occupy, etc. Anyway, Cao Ren is very confident in himself. The operation is absolutely as fierce as a tiger.

He is waiting for Zhang Fei now.

Zhang Fei didn't keep him waiting.

On April [-]th of the third year of Yande, Zhang Fei led troops from Luoyang to Hanyang County and met Cao Ren. Zhang Fei also came with the staff officer Zhao Yan and his team.

Zhao Yan brought Guo Peng's order to march and the Tiger Talisman to deploy troops, and will lead the team to join Cao Ren's army as a staff officer to cooperate with this battle.

Guo Peng ordered Cao Ren to serve as the general of Zhengxi, the general of the whole army, Zhang Fei as the general of Pingxi, Xia Houyuan as the general of Anxi, and both of them as Cao Ren's deputy generals. Cao Xiu, Gao Lan, and Yan Liang participated in the battle as generals respectively, following Cao Ren's orders .

Cao Ren took out half of the tiger talisman he had brought and put it together with the half of the tiger talisman brought by Zhao Yan. The order came into effect immediately, and the Northwest Corps officially dispatched.

On April 23rd of the third year of Yande, Cao Ren made full preparations, mobilized various armies, held a swearing-in meeting in Hanyang, and announced the official expedition.

Cao Ren ordered Cao Xiu to attack from Jincheng County, leading [-] troops to attack Zhangye County, and Zhang Fei as the main vanguard, leading [-] troops to attack Zuli County.

Cao Ren himself led the main force of [-] troops to attack, and the army will join forces in Guzang County, Wuwei County.

In this battle, the Wei army dispatched 5000 soldiers, 5000 civilian husbands and auxiliary soldiers, tens of thousands of mules, horses, and tens of thousands of carts to fully guarantee the logistical needs of the army.

The front-line food and grass are supplied by Liangzhou. Liangzhou governor Mao Jie led all the officials of the four counties to take charge of this matter. If Liangzhou is not useful enough, Yongzhou governor Chen Gong needs to fill it up and provide the food, grass, manpower and material resources that Liangzhou needs at any time. Fully serve the war.

This is how the war started with the confidence of one Yongzhou and half Liangzhou.

And the course of the war was as expected by Cao Ren, without any hindrance.

Liangzhou has been in chaos since the hundred-year Qiang rebellion, and it has become even more chaotic since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. It is difficult for officials to gain a foothold.

Before Guo Peng pacified Liangzhou, Wei Kang, the authentic governor of Liangzhou, had died in the war, and his family members were also killed. It happened that Liu Zhang’s northern expedition to Liangzhou happened at that time, so Liangzhou basically entered Han Sui and Ma within the joint control of Tencent.

But in fact, this kind of joint control still works for whoever has the biggest fist. Everyone has expanded their armaments, and arranged their cronies to be local officials to seize resources.

It is equivalent to a small warlord under a big warlord, and a small warlord under a small warlord.

The Qiang armed forces and other miscellaneous Hu armed forces who did not obey orders also widely existed in the four counties in Hexi. In name, each county was still a county of the Han Dynasty. In fact, the officials did not know who was who, and the management was extremely chaotic.

Chapter 937 .940 The Seven Wei Empire Refuses to Separatist

After the collapse of the Central Han Dynasty, Liangzhou lost its nominal jurisdiction over Liangzhou, and Liangzhou completely let itself go.

It wasn't until Guo Peng re-established the Han Central Committee that he established his rule over Liangzhou in name, but Guo Peng only captured four counties, and the four counties in Hexi had not yet been truly governed.

These four counties have been letting themselves go since the establishment of Wei State. Anyway, whoever has the biggest fist has the loudest voice, the real law of the jungle.

Everyone from the county magistrate to the county guard can fight for it. As long as the fist is big, there are several who claim to be the governor of Liangzhou.

A county has several county magistrates, fighting with each other, and a county also has several county guards, who are also fighting with each other. From top to bottom, they are fighting for power and profit, and for the pitiful resources.

There is no unified leader in the four counties of Hexi who can give orders to all of them.

The most powerful is in Zhangye County, but it only occupies a few counties and barely has influence on Zhangye County. The other three counties are miniature versions of warlord separatists.

The Han warlords, the Qiang warlords, and the miscellaneous Hu forces, the forces of all parties are intertwined, and no one can do anything to each other. During the few years when the Wei army did not intervene, they fought very happily.

Guo Peng imposed a certain sense of blockade on the four counties of Hexi, and did not let anyone get involved in his own chassis.

He only allowed a certain number of business travelers to go to a few designated locations in Hanyang County for transactions, and there were military guards around them, and no one was allowed to enter unauthorized areas, so the four counties in Hexi knew very little about Wei.

The news of the full-scale march was naturally blocked, so when Cao Xiu and Zhang Fei's armies began to wreak havoc in Wuwei County, all the warlords in Wuwei woke up like a dream.

But at this time, can they still unite against Wei Jun?

impossible.

Both Zhang Fei and Cao Xiu are fighters who like to fight. Relying on their superior strength and superior equipment, they can almost sweep away all the resistance they encounter.

The steps are still the old steps, first capture the county seat, and then use the county seat as the core, go out to attack Haoqiang Manor in all directions, demolish Wubao, kill Haoqiang, seize the population, and restore order.

Wei Jun's actions have their own set of rules and tactics, and they have their own tactics. It is simply a flat push against the armies of large and small powerful forces.

It cannot be said that the armies of big and small powerful forces are not aggressive. On the contrary, they are quite aggressive.

But no matter how fierce the mob is, it is still a mob.

There is no unified order to advance and retreat, no unified and mature military formation and tactics, strong individualism, and individual bravery is advocated.

As for the equipment, the levels are uneven, there are elites wearing fine armor and steel knives, and there are cannon fodder holding wooden sticks and pretending to be tigers.

Their tactics are simple.

The cannon fodder is in front, and the elite is behind. After the battle, the cannon fodder stepped forward and fought, and then the elite, under the leadership of the general, found the right time to charge and fight to the death with the opponent's elite to decide the winner. just lose.

If the elite lose, the cannon fodder will not keep up, and they will definitely turn around and run away.

He is not very active in fighting, but his legs and feet are very good at running.

Probably this is the process.

Some rich and powerful people have cavalry, so they are even more powerful when fighting.

The cannon fodder fights randomly, the elites fight duels, the cavalry icing on the cake fights duels with riding and shooting, or draws out steel knives to charge each other, fighting for several rounds until the winner is decided.

It is an indisputable fact that the people of Liangzhou are fierce and strong in individual combat.

But no matter how strong a single soldier encounters an army formation, it is a dead end.

So they die.

Cao Xiu and Zhang Fei marched all the way, sweeping all the big and small forces in Wuwei County all the way, without any taboos, without any worries, anyway, those who disobeyed would be killed.

Guo Peng's order was also very simple, called "Dangping".

What does Dangping mean, the generals of the Wei Empire army all understand.

That's literally flattening.

Destroy all the Wubao, kill all the tyrants, capture all the population, and lay the foundation for the Wei Empire to build and develop Liangzhou.

So wherever Cao Xiu and Zhang Fei went, the powerful, regardless of whether they were Han, Qiang, or miscellaneous, wiped out one after another, destroyed Wubao, seized the population, killed the powerful, and established a new order belonging to Wei.

The powerful Wei Empire began to extend his ruling area to the four counties in Hexi.

These miniature warlords in troubled times are not without effort to resist.

They tried hard to resist, relying on their respective Wubao to resist, and even united to form a Wubao community, trying to contain the Wei army's attack in this way.

The cavalry of the Wei army were fierce cavalry they had never seen before. Under the leadership of Zhang Fei and Cao Xiu, they each defeated countless separatists who were fighting with them head-on.

As a result, the remaining separatist warlords did not dare to leave their respective forts, and chose not to go out, and stayed at their respective forts, facing the cavalry of the Wei army in a defensive posture, and refused to fight.

They felt that this could contain the cavalry of the Wei army.

Indeed, in the face of such a situation, the cavalry of the Wei army has no good solution, but who told them that only the cavalry in the Wei army is strong?

The Northwest Corps has indeed achieved full cavalry motorization, but before they became cavalry, they were quite good and powerful infantry.

As vanguards, they did not carry heavy weapons, but the main force led by Cao Ren carried heavy weapons. The main force led by Cao Ren was also very good at attacking this type of fort.

The soldiers dismounted from their horses, assembled the trebuchets, and then faced the not-so-tall docks. With an order, huge boulders flew around and flames blazed. A large number of docks were broken and torn under the long-range attack of the Wei army Cracked, Wubao's defense came to an end.

On May [-]th of the third year of Yande, the main force of the Wei army advanced to the city of Guzang County, the prefecture of Wuwei County. There are not many weapons, and it is difficult to conquer Guzang County.

So simply surround and wait for work.

After Cao Ren's main force arrived, the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and within a day and a half, Guzang County was breached under the onslaught of the Wei army.

Then Cao Ren ordered the army to disperse in all directions to wipe out the densely packed fortresses of powerful fortresses, leveling them one by one, and erasing them one by one.

It has to be said that under the long-term unregulated state, there are really a lot of powerful Wubao on the boundaries of the four counties in Hexi.

And it is not only the powerful Han people who have Wubao, but even some Qiang tribes have followed the example of the Han people and set up Wubao together.

The reason is that there are too frequent killings and attacks between places. If you don't set up a dock to protect yourself, it's hard to say that one night your home will be stolen and taken away in waves.

The powerful Han people will use Wubao to protect themselves, and then attack other forces without the protection of Wubao.

After suffering the losses of the Han people many times, whether it is the Qiang people, the surviving Huns, or other miscellaneous people, as long as they scale up, they all learn to build Wubao to protect themselves, enclose the land for self-defense, and then go out attack other enemies.

The battles between cavalry have been greatly reduced, and infantry offensive and defensive warfare has become the mainstream.

Under the premise of the manor economy, everyone has achieved a certain sense of self-sufficiency, and the stragglers have gradually lost the basis for survival. Without building a dock, they really cannot survive.

So much so that the four counties in Hexi are full of Wubao.

Leaving the county town and walking around, you can see docks and simple walls connected together everywhere, and even small villages and towns with earthen walls outside, and the separation between them is already quite serious.

This is unforgivable for Wei Jun.

The Wei Empire refused to separate, and the Wei Empire chose to unify.

The separatist state of the four counties in Hexi was broken by the Wei army who intervened from outside.

Chapter 938. 940 Eight worlds are unified, these people haven't woken up yet