Chapter 161 The Army Gathered

Huangfusong had only 15,000 troops under his command, so it was far from enough to deal with the Liangzhou rebellion. However, Emperor Ling also knew that Huangfusong was shouldering the important task of protecting the three assistants this time, so he ordered the defenders of Yongzhou to fully cooperate with Huangfusong. A total of 20,000 soldiers from the prefectures were consolidated and assigned to Huangfusong's dispatch. Although their combat effectiveness was far inferior to the elite of the Northern Army, they were still capable of fighting.

In fact, Emperor Ling usually felt that there was not enough money in the treasury, so he sold porridge for officials. Situ Cui Lie in the court spent tens of thousands of gold to get promoted. You must know that Situ is the highest among the three princes. It was bought for him, one can imagine the absurdity of Emperor Ling.

However, with the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling had to spread the money collected from the treasury through various channels. Huangfu Song Zhu Jun and others put down the rebellion in three ways, and it was the Emperor Ling who paid for it himself.

However, it can also be seen from this that Emperor Ling is indeed a wealthy landlord, and the three-way counter-insurgency army has a total of 40,000 to 50,000 people. But now that Huangfusong was ordered to go west, it was the money that Emperor Ling took from the treasury, which made Huangfusong quite satisfied.

"The Qiang people will cause chaos, and it will not last long. The governor Zuo Chang and the veteran Gai Xun stationed behind him, and our army and the Liangzhou army echoed each other from afar."

"It's just a group of Qiang people. Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou are nothing more than Huangzhongyi Conghu of my big man. Our army has a left cart riding on it. Liangzhou can be settled in a battle!"

The two platoons of officers and generals on the left and right were arguing endlessly, but there were mainly two opinions in the army. One was to advocate sticking to the Sanfu, and at the same time get in touch with the governor Zuo Chang who was sticking to Liangzhou, and the two armies echoed each other from afar.

The second is to think that the strength of the Qiang people is not enough, so they simply attack with all their strength and fanfare, and wipe out the Qiang rebels in one fell swoop, so as to reassure the court as soon as possible.

But Huangfusong just sat and watched the quarrel between the two rows of subordinates, unable to make a decision for a long time.

The reason was simple. He was waiting for intelligence. The formulation of any combat strategy could only be made after the front-line intelligence came in. Making a combat plan without intelligence would be tantamount to talking on paper.

The captain Sima, who held two views, was arguing endlessly. In the midst of the noise, there was a sudden sound of footsteps.

"Good News!"

A loud cry caused all the generals in the camp to look towards the door, and a soldier ran into the tent with a few steps, with a brocade box in his hand.

Get down on one knee.

"Let's report to the left chariot, Sima Liubu met Hu Qi two thousand in Xinping County, and defeated the bandit army in the first battle. In the box is the head of Hu Qi!"

A smile appeared on Huangfu Song Gujing's calm face: "Open it."

The soldiers who were half kneeling on the ground opened it, and with a click, the head in the box appeared in the eyes of the generals, only a head whose blood had already dried up in the lake, with dull eyes, but with clear facial features of a barbarian.

Sun Duo stood up abruptly, and said proudly: "Congratulations to Zuo Cheqi, Liu Hou defeated 2,000 Hu Qi in the first battle with a thousand troops in his headquarters, so it can be seen that Hu Qi is strong outside and middle-ranked, please send troops to Zuo Cheqi!"

"Please send troops on the left chariot!"

"Please send troops on the left chariot!"

Seven or eight officers in the camp immediately stood up, all of whom were staunch fighters before. Now that they heard that Liu Ye had won the first battle, they stood up one after another.

But Huangfusong asked: "There are only two thousand Huqi in Xinping County?"

"yes."

"good."

Huangfu Song stood up and drew his sword out of its sheath.

"I have made up my mind. The whole army will go straight to Anding County and order Liu Ye to lead the army to respond."

Anding County also belongs to Yongzhou, to the left of Xinping County.

Huangfusong actually made a correct judgment. At this time, the main rebel army of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou had not actually assembled, and Zuo Chang, Gai Xun and others in Liangzhou were holding on to the city, and they couldn't go down in a hurry.

Therefore, more than 100,000 rebels quickly rushed to the Yongzhou area, and the soldiers pointed directly at Sanfu. However, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and Bian Zhang divided their troops and fled in Longxi, Annan, Tianshui and Anding counties. join forces.

Huangfusong gathered all 35,000 troops and came to Xinping County.

"You have to think about it. Joining the army to fight a war is not a joke. This general is going to lead the army to fight Hu Qi, understand?"

Liu Ye looked at the thousands of Northwest Han people who bowed to him in front of him, and said with a serious expression.

The leader raised his head, his eyes were full of blood: "I have already thought about it, all relatives in my family died at the hands of the Qiang people, and I don't want to take revenge with my own hands every day, so I ask the general to do it!"

Bowing their heads in front of Liu Ye, there are more than a thousand Han people, all of whom had their relatives killed during the wars and invasions of the Qiang people.

And after Liu Ye entered the city that day, two thousand war horses also entered the city. One of the horses was walking, and the clothes on the horse's back were not tied firmly and shook off. The residents were stunned.

Therefore, these Han people worshiped here one after another, wanting to join Liu Ye's army and kill the Qiang people together.

"Okay, I will accept you, but don't run away when the time comes, you know?"

Hearing Liu Ye's words, more than a thousand Han people agreed one after another.

Of the more than 2,700 war horses, Liu Ye drew 700 horses and handed them over to Yu Jin's 700 infantry, and Zhang Jaw's more than 200 Hejian soldiers were also handed over to Commander Yu Jin.

And Zhang Jaw turned into a cavalry general. He was originally from Hebei and was proficient in riding. Up to now, Liu Ye has a total of 1,500 cavalry under his command. Liu Ye distributed 500 cavalry to Zhang Jaw, and another 500 cavalry to Guan Hai. There are more than 2,000 cavalry in the army.

In fact, according to Liu Ye's level, it is not enough to command two thousand people, unless he is promoted to a lieutenant, but now that the war is imminent, he can't care so much.

Anding County, Linjing City.

"Oh hoo!"

A team of hundreds of Hu Qi is driving more than a thousand Han people away.

A yellow-haired barbarian whipped down an old man in his fifties to the ground. There was a hideous bloodstain on his chest, but the yellow-haired barbarian didn't take it seriously. Take pleasure in it.

The barbarians around saw him go down with a whip, and they didn't think there was anything wrong, but laughed.

This is a common thing in Yongzhou and Liangzhou. In the eyes of this group of Hu people, the Han people are no different from the horses, cattle and sheep that they usually drive.

And in Linjing City.

"General, the food and grass in the city are only enough for three days."

"What?"

Li Wenhou, who was drinking and having fun, frowned and stood up: "Why didn't the grain and grass come from Pingxiang?"

The person in the hall said cautiously: "General, apart from the grain and grass, the troops sent by our army to pick up the grain and grass have not returned."

Li Wenhou suddenly felt that something was wrong, the food and grass did not come, why did people disappear?