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The long sword is like a forest, and the snow-clear slashes with a gloomy cold light in the twilight. Behind the dense battle sword are heavy armored infantry like iron walls. They half-squatted down, the handle of the knife was inserted into the ground, and the sharp tip of the knife pierced the air in the air. They used the solid power of the earth to counterattack the cavalry's impact. This is the most effective move to deal with the cavalry's impact. The size of the counterattack power encountered by the cavalry is proportional to the strength of their impact.

The war horses of the Qiang and Hu cavalry rushed over, but they were facing a dense sword forest with a gloss of death. Amid the screams of despair, the Qiang and Hu cavalry crashed into the sword forest, their limbs shattered, and blood splashed everywhere. The bodies of people and horses instantly accumulated. The first wave of huge impact was blocked by the powerful sword forest. The cavalry behind them were unable to stop and collided one after another, and the Qiang and Hu cavalry were in chaos.

In the chaos, the heavily armored infantry suddenly stood up, waved their long swords, and advanced like a wall, intensively slashing the cavalry and slashing them with sabers.

This is a battle with almost no suspense. The heavy armored infantry has rich combat experience and has experienced the most stringent night battle training. They have not been at a disadvantage in dealing with the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Cao army, let alone dealing with the weak Qiang cavalry of the night battle.

The heavy armored infantry showed their power, killing the enemy wailed everywhere, and the ground was covered with a pungent smell of blood. In just half an hour, more than half of the eight thousand Qiang and Hu cavalry were killed and injured. The Qiang and Hu cavalry were killed and frightened, and the morale quickly collapsed.

Nangong Xin took the lead in turning around and fleeing the battlefield. Then thousands of cavalry fled desperately like an avalanche, colliding and trampling on each other in chaos. Soldiers kept falling off their war horses and being trampled into mud by the horses behind them.

The Qiang and Hu cavalry ran twenty miles in one breath, but were still in shock. Just as they passed by a forest, a sound of buzzing sounded in the woods. Then the arrows were scattered. The defeated Qiang and Hu army could not dodge at all, and were shot and turned over. Several people were shot to the ground. The Qiang and Hu cavalry who had just stopped were like a frightened bird, so scared that they fought desperately again.

Fires rose in the woods, and an army came out. It was the thousand troops led by Wang Ping. They intercepted the Qiang and Hu enemy from behind. Wang Ping rushed out with one horse and happened to meet Nangong Xin. He recognized this as the enemy's chief general and rushed up with a knife.

Wang Ping's horse was quick and shouted loudly, and had already rushed to Nangong Xin's eyes. The sword was sharp and he slashed towards Nangong Xin's neck. Nangong Xin was caught off guard and his head was slashed away by Wang Ping. The horse ran for more than ten steps before the headless corpse fell off the horse.

Seeing that the enemy army had no intention of fighting, Wang Ping turned around and shouted: "Kill me and judge the reward with the head."

The soldiers ran even harder, yelling and rushed up, and took the cavalry down, then chopped off the head with one knife, tied it around their waists and chased the next one.

In this day's battle, the Qiang and Hu cavalry suffered a tragic blow. In the end, less than a thousand cavalry left were left to flee back to Zhangye. Even the chief general Nangong Xin died at Wang Ping's hands.

When it was almost dawn, the Han army lined up to slowly enter Wuwei City. Looking at the familiar city, he felt infinite emotion in his heart. After years of separation, he was back.

Not far from "Governor Ma", someone was calling him.

When the horse turned around, it was Du Ji, the governor of Wuwei County. When he was immediately in the Western Liang Dynasty, Du Ji happened to take office from Hedong County. It has been four or five years since then.

The horse turned over and dismounted, and walked forward calmly, "Du Shou should not call me Governor Ma, I am now the General of the West of the Han Dynasty."

"Then call General Ma," Du Ji smiled and said, "I am very grateful to General Ma for coming to help in time and rescued Wuwei County. I represent 200,000 Wuwei County."

Before he could finish his words, Ma waved his hand, "Du Shou may not know that Guanlong already belongs to the Han Dynasty. This is the decision of the court. There is no need to thank me for the 200,000 Wuwei people."

"I know, I'm just a habitual thank you."

Du Ji smiled and took out a letter and handed it to Ma, "This is the letter from His Highness the King of Han to the general. It was delivered last night. General Wang Ping happened to leave the city."

Ma was stunned. He quickly took the letter and asked in confusion: "Where did this letter be sent?"

"It was sent from Zhangye County, General Ma thought about why."

After thinking about it, Ma Liu suddenly realized that the messenger came from Dadoubagu. His Highness was now on the plateau. He opened the letter, read it roughly, nodded slowly, put it away, and asked Du Ji: "His Highness of the Han King said in the letter that if Du Shou was willing to stay, he could continue to serve as the magistrate of Wuwei County."

Du Ji smiled faintly, "I want to know what to do with Jiuquan County?"

The horse glanced at the county magistrate Li Jidao next to him: "His Highness the King of Han appointed the county magistrate of Jiuquan County."

Du Ji and Li Ji looked at each other, and the two were immediately overjoyed. This means that if Liu Jing recovered Jiuquan and Zhangye, he would salute him together. Du Jidao: "Please ask the horse to tell the governor of the state, Du Ji and Li Ji are willing to serve the Han Dynasty."

Ma quickly replied with a smile: "You don't have to be polite to you, your two guards. His Highness, the King of Han, said in his letter that he would regain Zhangye and Jiuquan and completely remove the power of Nangong from Zhangye. I will go to Zhangye soon, and Wuwei County will temporarily ask the two guards."

Du Ji was a little worried and said, "I'm afraid General Ma is not strong enough."

Ma smiled slightly, "There are 10,000 troops coming soon, so that we will have 10,000 troops, and we will have the sharpest mysterious army."

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Dadouba Valley is an oblique passage across the Qilian Mountains for thousands of miles. It starts from Zhangye County in the north and reaches the north of the Xihai Sea in the south. It is about more than a mile long. It has strategic value and is also a key channel for Silk to enter the Hexi Corridor from Hehuang.

Unlike the several Zhongnan passages connecting Hanzhong and Guanzhong, the inner valley road of Dadouba Valley is wide, several miles wide to more than ten miles, covered with various plateau plants, and there are thousands of wild animals living in it, especially the altitude is high and the climate changes are unpredictable, and this road is also full of dangers.

Especially the appearance of wild wolves posed a huge threat to past business trips, and the scattered white bones in the grass are the specific manifestation of this threat.

That morning, a cavalry team of 15,000 people were marching and trekking in Dadoubagu. They were the Han cavalry who had returned from Hequla. They did not go to Xiping County, but detoured the north bank of the Xihai Sea and went straight to the Hexi Corridor from Dadoubagu. Liu Jing also sent someone to inform the horse and ordered him to attack Zhangye in the north and cooperate with him from the south.

It can be said that Liu Jing led the cavalry to the plateau to train troops in some way to pass through the Dadou Valley and form a powerful force against the Qiang and Hu from the north. As early as the agreement to reach a Guanlong ownership agreement with Cao Cao, Liu Jing had decided to remove the Qiang and Hu forces in the Hexi Corridor. He could not accept Nangong's occupation of Zhangye and Jiuquan.

The reason why he still discussed with Nangong to deal with Dihu was just a slowdown. In order not to let the Qiang and Di join forces, the time to recover the Hexi Corridor gradually matured after completely destroying Yang Qianwan and Song Jian. This is also the reason why Liu Jing smiled at Jiang Wei's message. It was not that he did not pay attention to it, but that he had already made plans and deployments.

"Your Highness"

A team of scouts rushed to the front and interrupted Liu Jing's thoughts. He held the reins of the war horse and asked, "What happened?"

"We caught two Qianghu patrol patrols, they had important information."

The scout station chief waved his hand and the soldiers escorted two Qiang and Hu cavalrymen. Liu Jing glanced at them and asked, "What information is there?"

The two Qiang and Hu cavalry could not speak Chinese, and stammered, and a guard translated: "Your Highness, they said that a great war was born just a few days ago. Their cavalry encountered the Han army in Wuwei County, and they returned home in a very defeat."

Liu Jing suddenly became interested and said, "Let them say more details."

The two Qiang and Hu cavalry explained the information they knew in detail. Only then did Liu Jing learn about the war in Wuwei County. The main force of the Han army is now in Wuwei County, not Jincheng County. Liu Jing immediately turned around and ran towards Fazheng's car.

Fa Zheng was feeling a little uncomfortable because of his fatigue on the journey these days. He was sitting in a carriage and marched. When he heard that the King of Han came to find him, he quickly tried to get energetic, opened the window and smiled apologized, "It's causing trouble for Your Highness."

Seeing that he looked very bad, Liu Jing hurriedly said, "The military advisor doesn't have to get up, have a good rest. I just want to discuss with the military advisor if there is a little situation."

"Your Highness, but it's okay."

Liu Jing then told the confession of the Qiang and Hu cavalry and finally said: "From the current situation, the Qiang people were defeated in Wuwei. The military advisor believed that the next step for Nangong was to seek peace and avoid war, or would he fight with all his troops."

Fa Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "I think the key is to look at the pressure within the Qiang people. If the pressure on the anti-war within the Qiang people is high, the possibility of Nangong seeking peace will increase. Judging from the information currently known, Nangong used force to maintain his rule among the Qiang people and carried out cruel exploitation of the other Qiang tribes. His defeat in Wuwei should be shaken to his rule, so I think Nangong's possibility of seeking peace will be a little more."

Liu Jing nodded and asked again: "I also feel that he is more likely to seek peace. So the military advisor thinks we should accept the peace or continue to work hard to eradicate Nangong."

Fa Zheng laughed, "Didn't Your Highness do a good job before? First stabilize Nangong, deal with the Di people in Longxi, and then twisted them around Nangong's neck, tightened them a little bit, and bought time and fighter opportunities for the Han army. Why not continue now?"

Liu Jing laughed loudly. Fa Zheng's idea coincided with him. He is now going to complete the military advisor's encirclement and suppression deployment. Before that, he must first stabilize Nangong.

He bowed and bowed, "I understand what to do, please rest assured."

Liu Jing turned his horse's head and ran towards the front of the team.

The next afternoon, the Han cavalry walked out of Dadoubagu and entered Zhangye County. As the terrain decreased, the soldiers' minds suddenly became refreshed and more energetic.

They had entered the Hexi Corridor. At first glance, there were large grasslands everywhere, with no limits at first glance, and there were herds of cattle, sheep and horses everywhere. If there was still some farmland in Wuwei County, then Zhangye County was mainly a ranch. This was the most important pasture in the Han Dynasty and the main source of war horses in the Han Dynasty.

As the court weakened at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty's control over Hexi gradually weakened, and was occupied by separatist forces such as Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, and Han Sui. Five years ago, Cao Cao defeated Ma and Han Sui in Guanzhong and wiped out the Western Liang army. A blank in the Hexi Corridor appeared, and the Qiang and Hu took advantage of the situation and gradually occupied the two counties of Jiuquan and Zhangye.

However, due to the strategic importance of the Hexi Corridor, this kind of empty power situation is destined to not last long. Even if Liu Jing's army does not come, Cao's army will also enter Hexi and restore the Central Plains dynasty's rule over Hexi.

Seeing that it was dark, Liu Jing ordered: "Tell me my order and stay on the spot."

At this moment, a team of scouts brought several Qiang veterans to the Han army camp.
Chapter completed!