In Liangzhou, Zhao Yun swept across Yongzhou, annihilated Ma Chao's 100,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry and Han Sui's 100,000 coalition forces. He surrendered wherever he went, successfully captured Chang'an, Tianshui, Longxi, Didao, Baohan, Shicheng, Anding, and even Han Sui's old nest Jincheng, the army conquered Longyou and approached Wuwei.

Xiliang is a place where Han and Qiang people gather. For many years, there have been constant wars and the people here are in dire straits. In addition, Liangzhou's economic development is very backward, and most of them rely on nomadic life to make a living, forming a strong internal meat and weak food among tribes, and constant wars.

For hundreds of years, Liangzhou has been in war and basically no unified situation has occurred. Everything in Liangzhou speaks with strength, and each tribe or leader has its own territory controlled by itself, and has united with each other to achieve the maximization of interests together. This has long been a consensus in Liangzhou.

After Zhao Yun's army annihilated the Qiang army led by Han Sui, Han Sui ran to Ma Teng to seek alliance and prepare to jointly deal with Zhao Yun's attack; at this time, Ma Teng had just lost 100,000 Western Liang Iron Cavalry, and his strength was further weakened. It was necessary to unite the forces of all parties in Xiliang to resist Zhao Yun's army.

After the leaders of Xiliang reached a consensus, they went to the Qiang tribes to persuade the troops and threatened that if the Qiang tribes did not send troops to resist Zhao Yun's army, once Zhao Yun's army invaded, the Qiang tribes would be in danger of extermination.

Regarding threats and inducements, the Qiang tribes still believe that Zhao Yun's army will bring disaster to the Qiang tribes after the invasion; after all, the Lu Ning army did destroy the Huns, Xianbei and other ethnic groups, and indeed adopted extremely cruel measures, which the Qiang tribes knew about this.

Ma Teng and Han Sui had a great influence among the Qiang tribes, especially among the Qiang tribes, they promoted the words of Zhao Yun's army to destroy the Qiang tribes, which was very inflammatory. The two actually brought up 100,000 Qiang cavalry in a short period of time.

After receiving the situation, Zhao Yun and Tian Feng also sent people to post various policies among the Qiang tribes. At the same time, Guo Jia and Tian Chou also issued instructions to the inquiries lurking in Liangzhou to implement anti-suppression among the Qiang tribes, and promote various laws under Lu Ning and policies and regulations on treating the Qiang tribes in various places.

The Qiang people and Lu Ning from the Western Regions were still preparing to take them into the jurisdiction of the nations, hoping to assimilate them through cultural invasion; after all, the Qiang and Uyghur people in later generations were inseparable nations of China and could be changed through assimilation.

Zhao Yun, Tian Feng and Lu Ning's men all understood that once the Qiang tribes in Xiliang resisted stubbornly, it would cause great trouble to Zhao Yun's conquest army, and even major casualties, which Lu Ning and others were unwilling to see. Lu Ning knew even more clearly that after Zhao Yun's army completed the conquest of Xiliang, it would then conquer the countries in the Western Regions; further west, there would be too many foreign barbarians who needed to conquer.

After Zhao Yun's army captured Longyou, it only forced Wuwei and was not in a hurry to attack. It wanted to do a good job in publicity and various preparations first. Zhao Yun was going to completely eliminate the 200,000 joint army of Ma Teng and Han Sui in one fell swoop, and in that case, the Xiliang problem would be successfully solved.

Ma Teng and Han Sui have a great influence in the Qianghu tribe. It is not something that ordinary people can do if they can pull up 200,000 Qianghu cavalry in a short period of time. Ma Teng and Han Sui have a 20-year-old army facing the oppression of Zhao Yun's 80,000 troops. The two no longer divide their troops against the enemy. The soldiers and horses under the two turned into a group and stationed in front of Wuwei City to resist the attack of Zhao Yun's army.

Although the 20-fold Qiang and Hu iron cavalry that Ma Teng and Han Sui were able to compare with Zhao Yun's army in combat power, the Qiang and Hu tribe belonged to the horse-backed nation on the grassland. The Qiang and Hu people have practiced riding and shooting since childhood, and their abilities cannot be ignored. Although they are temporarily pulled up and have poor equipment, their military strength is three times that of Zhao Yun's army.

Zhao Yun and Tian Feng also knew in their hearts that if they were fighting head-on, the 80,000 troops under their command could defeat Ma Teng and the 200,000 cavalry under Han Sui and his men, but their own casualties would be huge. Zhao Yun was unwilling to have major casualties from his subordinates. These 80,000 troops were all elite troops that had been on the battlefield. If the casualties were too large, where would you find such an elite army?

Zhao Yun said: "Yuan Hao, we have confronted Ma Teng and Han Sui's two armies for nearly half a month. Although there are constant small battles, we cannot achieve the effect of completely annihilation of the other side."

Tian Feng smiled slightly and said, "Zilong, Xiliang is poor, and the lives of the people have not been improved well, and the food and grass have always been very tense. The teams brought together by Ma Teng and Han Sui were temporarily pulled from the Qianghu area, and their food and grass were also forced to rob them from the large households in Liangzhou. The number of them will not be large, and it is impossible to guarantee the consumption of the 200,000 army. Our army is full of food and grass, so there is no need to worry about the length of time. As long as we put Ma Teng and Han Sui's army here, we will win. As long as the other party's food and grass cannot keep up, our opportunity will come."

On the issue of food and grass, the whole world is full of food under Lu Ning's rule. This is mainly because Lu Ning encouraged the development of industry and commerce. He had nearly 50 million people under his rule, especially the abolishment of agricultural tax, which created the conditions for food and grass production. In addition, Lu Ning spent a huge amount of money to support agricultural production, and the grain under Lu Ning's rule was not sold to the public. Over the past decade, although the war has continued, the food and grass have been full.

After hearing this, Zhao Yun felt helpless. It was not easy to find the defeated Ma Teng and Han Sui to defeat the 200,000 Qiang and Hu Iron Cavalry, unless he did not care about casualties and fought a head-on decisive battle; as Zhao Yun, of course, he was unwilling to have big casualties and wanted to find defeat at a small price.

Zhao Yun said: "Since that's the case, let's strengthen the fortifications in front of the camp, and look for opportunities when Ma Teng and Han Sui are short of food and grass."

Tian Feng thought for a while and said, "Zilong, is the 20,000 iron cavalry under Heizi's army in the far north subject to your restraint? That is also an elite army. Over the years, they have been fighting on the grassland and destroyed countless barbarian tribes. The current live powers in the tribes in the Qiang and Hu area have basically been drained. We can let Heizi lead his 20,000 Xiaoxiong Iron Cavalry into the Qiang and Hu tribes and launch a devastating attack on them. This will eliminate the live power of the Qiang and Hu tribes, and also make Ma Teng and Ma Teng and Han Sui's army unstable. This will accelerate the demise of Ma Teng and Han Sui's army."

When Zhao Dao heard this, he immediately understood. After all, 200,000 cavalry were drawn, and there were basically no soldiers to fight in the Qianghu tribe. Some of them were only the old, weak, sick and disabled, and they were not enough to attack the 20,000 army of blackspeople. This was a firefighting from the bottom of the pot!

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Then I will notify Heizi to send troops immediately."
Chapter completed!