"Crossbowmen, prepare! Fire arrows!" The principal gave the order, and the archers of Zhu Jun's department began to set up their bows and shoot arrows.

This is in Nan'an County, Liangzhou. At this time, this place has been completely occupied by the Qiang rebels, led by the Shaodang tribe of the Qiang people.

After Zhang Chen solved the siege of Anding, he continued to march westward. Fan Chou, the prefect of Anding, began to clean up the mess. Zhang Chen led Guo Bang and Hu Zhen, a total of 36,000 troops, to Xiliang City, the main city of Liangzhou. Zhang Chen made other arrangements Huangfu's Song tribe and Zhu Jun's troops dispersed to support various parts of Liangzhou and recover the fallen counties.

Under the joint efforts of Guo Bang and Hu Zhen, those dozen Xiongnu troops were killed to pieces within half a month. Now the entire land of Liangzhou is almost covered with corpses. Most of the time, it is too late. After cleaning the battlefield, you have to rush to the next place.

The Han army generally defeated foreigners wherever it went. This was also because the Han army's equipment was more complete and its troops were more elite.

In order to regain Nan'an County, Zhu Jun's tribe had surrounded the Qiang people in the small town of Nan'an. What surprised and angered Zhu Jun was that Nan'an County originally had a population of more than 50,000, but it was captured by 2,000 Qiang people. Based on the statistics of the people who have been rescued so far, there are only more than 10,000 people left! Even including the people who are still besieged in the city, there is only less than half of the total population left at most!

Another round of arrows flew towards the city, carrying the Han army's strong anger and desire for revenge, and pierced the chests of the Qiang soldiers.

"Kill!" Zhu Jun personally led the soldiers to kill them. The low city wall could not even stop the cavalry jumping high, but the infantry could climb up the wall.

The spearmen and swordsmen of the Qiang people are all wearing simple animal clothes, which can't stop their terrifying muscles. The Qiang people live in the mountains of what is now the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where the harsh and difficult environment has also tempered their savagery. With their strong will and beast-like stature, they have an undoubted advantage over the Han people who are blessed by nature on the plains.

When the two Han soldiers climbed up to the top of the city on the shoulders of their comrades, before they had time to get up, they felt that the sunlight above their heads was blocked by a tall figure, a Qiang swordsman holding a weapon with all the fat squeezed out from his clothes. He picked up his sword and shouted, then chopped it down. When the Han soldier was closing his eyes and waiting for death, he found that the sun was shining on him again. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was General Zhu Jun who arrived in person and shot him. He stabbed the Qiang swordsman to death.

"Get up! Kill them all! Revenge for the fathers!" Zhu Jun pulled up the sergeant and rushed into the siege again. The Qiang soldiers also rushed to the top of the city with strange screams.

Although most of the Qiang soldiers have strong bodies and are simply born for war, their moves, weapons, etc. are far inferior to those of the Han army. The Han army itself has more troops than the Qiang soldiers, and they are often on the battlefield. It was two Han soldiers fighting against one person, and the Qiang soldiers fell down one by one amidst the shouts of killing.

At the same time as the battle to recapture Nan'an County began, Huangfu Song was rushing to Longxi County with his headquarters, but encountered an ambush on the way...

"Elder! Look, there is a group of Han troops there!" In the desolate land of Xiliang, earth slopes as high as a person can be seen everywhere. At this time, a Qiang army was hiding behind a huge earth slope.

"Let the warriors get ready! We will attack when the Han people come!" The elder whispered, nodded left and right, and went to pass the order carefully.

"General, it's too quiet around here, there's something strange about it." A deputy general reminded Huangfu Song.

"Look, the soil slope there is sunken and the surrounding area is so flat. It is obvious that a group of about a hundred people walked here. There is a shallow marching route leading to the back of the huge rock. There is probably an ambush."

Huangfu Song is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. Even the most basic details will be ignored. The opponent will look like a newcomer who has not fought many battles. Huangfu Song does not care about dealing with such a person.

"Oh! General, I will lead a group of cavalry to go around and force them out!" The deputy general immediately realized what to do. Huangfusong smiled and touched his white beard, acquiescing to the deputy general's request.

"Second team of cavalry! Follow me!" the deputy general shouted, and a small group of about 200 cavalrymen was separated from the more than 4,000 horsemen and ran to the other side of the rock with the deputy general.

"Elder! Something doesn't seem right." None of the hundreds of Qiang people in this group could speak Chinese. Naturally, they didn't know that the deputy general had led his troops to rush over. He just felt a little uneasy at the sound of cavalry coming.

"It's okay, it's okay. We are so careful, how could we be discovered? Naturally, there will be the sound of cavalry when they march." The elder trusted his own methods and comforted his men.

Just as the elder was hiding behind the huge rock, he suddenly heard noisy killing cries and screams behind him. He couldn't help but feel furious, thinking that his subordinates were taking action because of the dispute above. He was about to turn around to reprimand, but found a gun.

It flew over and stuck on the stone wall in front of him.

"Elder! Let's go quickly! There are Han troops! They have been discovered!" The men shouted and ran away. Of course, the two-legged Qiang people could not outrun the four-legged cavalry. The men were caught up by the cavalry before they could take a few steps.

Stabbed to death with a random gun.

Hearing the killing cries coming from behind the giant rock, Huangfusong couldn't help but smile. Several other village chiefs came to ask if they wanted to stop and provide support, but Huangfusong waved his hand.

"Continue marching, don't worry about that." Huangfu Song knew that victory was inevitable there, so he did not let the main force stop and continued marching.

Xiliang, Wuwei City.

Ma Teng's general Pang De was responsible for guarding Wuwei City and led 5,000 Ma's troops to station in Wuwei. However, they were besieged by the rebels at the beginning of the war. Ma Teng led 40,000 Ma's troops to fight the main force of the rebels in Xiliang City and had no time to take care of Pang.

Dehe Wuwei City.

"General! The north road out of the city has been opened!" A knight covered in blood armor ran over from outside the city. Behind Pound, a thousand troops were ready to go. The people in the city were also mobilized by Pound.

Enter the city and help defend the city.

The cities and counties headed by Xiliang City are all the base areas of the Ma family. The Ma family has been operating here for generations and has obviously won the hearts of the people. The friendly Qiang and Han people have lived together in the city for generations, and there is almost no barrier between the ethnic groups.

Therefore, at this time, despite the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, the Ma's army only had 50,000 cavalry, and the garrison troops in each city were less than 80,000, but they were able to withstand the rebel attack of more than 100,000 troops and still have the power to counterattack.

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Wuwei City Wall is much higher than other cities in Liangzhou, more than three people high. The city is also very strong, but the food, grass and water sources in the city are limited. Pound had to personally open the way and lead troops to fight out from the north gate with the fewest enemies to deliver the message.

Make a breakthrough.

"Okay! So I will protect the messenger in the middle, and I will open the way. I will protect the messenger at all costs!" Pang De shouted in one fell swoop. The thousand troops behind him had already itched their hands and formed a strong iron barrel.

Drink in response.

"Kill!" Pound clamped his mount fiercely, and the Xiliang horse rushed out carrying Pound. Behind him, a thousand cavalrymen guarded the five messengers in the middle, just in case.

The troops rushed out of the city. At the north gate, Pound had sent a thousand cavalry to clear the way. Now the thousand cavalry were fighting with the rebels. Groups of four or five were charging back and forth on the battlefield. Many rebels were also taking advantage of the chaos.

Attack the city, but the defenders on the wall will not give them any chance.

"Stop them!" A rebel general saw Pound leading his troops to fight out. He thought they were going to abandon the city and flee. When he shouted, hundreds of soldiers had already rushed up, trying to stop Pound.

"Everyone, follow me closely! Don't let go!" Pang De waved his arms at the same time and hooked a sergeant's head respectively. After the horse dragged the corpse for two or three steps, the head and body of the corpse on the right were severed.

The red and white ones flew into the air, making the other rebels around them gag.

Pound swung hard and threw the body far away. He came back and continued to kill the other rebels, and continued to lead the way forward.

The thousand-horse army advancing at full speed had a tacit understanding. Even if the soldiers on the periphery were shot and fell down, they would struggle to fall to the flanks at the last moment of their lives, without affecting the march of the cavalry behind them.

The infantrymen who wanted to intercept the Ma Jiajun were knocked down and trampled to death by the horses before they could stand firm. The iron barrel-like formation had no power to stop them.

The resistance of hundreds of rebels was ineffective under the resistance of a thousand cavalry, and they were all knocked away and dispersed.

"Everyone disperse! Follow the plan!" Seeing that he had broken through the encirclement, Pang De ordered.

"Yes!" Hundreds of the more than nine hundred people shouted. Behind each messenger was a cavalry escort of twenty people, and Pang De led the remaining cavalry to fight back.

"Quick! Send me people to chase them!" Beigong Zhu, who had just led an army from the east gate to support them, saw that several groups of cavalry had successfully broken through and ran away, so he quickly sent his men to find some nomadic troops to pursue them.

"The enemy's army has returned to defense, everyone retreats to the city!" Pang De waved his arm and pointed at the city gate, and the Ma's troops scattered across the battlefield all pulled their horses back to the city.

"Everyone takes advantage of the chaos and catch up! Hurry! The one who rushes into the city gate first, I will make him the chief elder of the clan and reward him with rich gold and ten beauties!" Bei Gongzhu saw the Xiliang cavalry who finally rushed out and asked again.

After retreating into the city, he suddenly became anxious and shouted for his men to rush forward. This was a good opportunity to capture Wuwei City in one go.

The Qiang generals around Bei Gongzhu suddenly became red-eyed when they heard about such a generous reward. They rushed out of the formation with strange shouts. The cavalry also rushed over one by one, and the infantry also wished they had more parents.

Give them two legs, oh no, one leg.

"General! Leave quickly! If you don't leave, they will catch up!" The soldiers on Pound's left and right shouted, trying to get Pound to retreat into the city first.

"You go first!" Pang De did not agree, he just muttered and chopped down two more rebels.

The soldiers looked at each other, but didn't know what to do.

"Don't be stunned! I have a way to escape!" Pang De said anxiously.
Chapter completed!