In Liangzhou, on April 21, the fourth year of Zhongping, an urgent report came from Zhangye County and Jiuquan County, saying that the Xianbei cavalry invaded the border areas and started plundering, causing serious losses in the area.
The governors of the two counties tried their best to resist, and the defense could only be maintained in a few key cities. They wept and begged for support.
Liu Bei was furious when he heard this and summoned his subordinates to discuss. Based on the information, it was judged that the invaders were Zhi Jianluo Luo, one of the Western Xianbei lords, and his subordinates.
He had invaded the border counties of Liangzhou many times in the past and had committed many crimes. When Liangzhou was in chaos this time, this guy did not move. After Liu Bei governed Liangzhou and Liangzhou was stable, he came.
Liu Bei has not yet started industrial layout in Jiuquan County and Zhangye County, and has not reached out yet, but as a Liangzhou herdsman, he has the responsibility to defend his territory. If these bastards dare to invade their territory, they will be slapping themselves in the face. If they clean it up, it will be a question mark whether his decree can be implemented in Liangzhou.
If he wanted to do big things in Liangzhou, he had to prove something.
He is the strongest!
He did not allow anyone or anything that challenged his authority to appear in Liangzhou.
"Since he dares to invade Liangzhou, he must be prepared to have his head chopped off by me to build a Jingguan. If so, then I will satisfy his request!"
Liu Bei's eyes were full of ferocity, and his whole body was full of murderous aura. Yan Wen, Yan Zhong and others around him felt uncomfortable.
But they all knew that Liu Bei was really angry.
If this master who was killed in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood gets angry, there's no guarantee they can do anything.
Liu Bei quickly made the decision to leave Yan Zhong to stay in Hanyang County and handle daily government affairs on his behalf. He would personally lead the army to attack.
After some mobilization, Liu Bei prepared to dispatch five battalions of cavalry to attack with him.
The chief secretary led the attack with him, the three generals Wu Jie, Liu Sheng, Wu Ping, Pang De, and Wu Rui, Xu Huang, followed him. Jia Xu, who joined the army and served as a secretary, followed him. Gai Xun, the prefect of Hanyang County, temporarily took charge of Wude, the prefecture. Engage and attack with him.
This is Liu Bei's second military operation since he took office as the Mu of Liangzhou. Everyone has a certain amount of experience and will not be in a hurry.
Zhen Yan, who is in charge of the Finance Department, and Yin Da, who is in charge of the Warehousing Department, was ordered to prepare for logistics affairs. He quickly allocated the military rations that Liu Bei had brought and stored them and handled them properly. So Liu Bei was ready to attack on the first day of May. After saying goodbye to his family, , led the army to attack.
At that time, the Xianbei cavalry raided Jiuquan and Zhangye counties respectively and committed many crimes. Because of their large numbers, many places in the two counties were destroyed, and some wealthy manors were also destroyed, causing heavy losses to the people.
Some of the survivors hid in the city and fought desperately to survive. Relying on their rich experience in borderland survival, the Xianbei cavalry was unable to break through the city for a while.
Some of the remaining survivors took refuge in the manor of a famous powerful man, and joined forces with the powerful to defend themselves and put up a certain degree of resistance, so that the Xianbei cavalry could not easily obtain a large amount of supplies.
At this time, Liangzhou's "advantage" as a border area is reflected.
These places are often invaded by tribes such as the Qiang and Xianbei, and there are also many Han bandits. The fierce bandits and thieves from all walks of life work intensively on this land. As Dong Huang said, the people living here sleep with their arms in their arms. knife.
Ordinary aggression does not really make it difficult for them to survive. On the contrary, there is a possibility that they will successfully counterattack. If there were not too many Xianbei people coming this time and there was no warning, the Jiuquan and Zhangye people would not have been beaten immediately. So he asked Liu Bei for help.
According to the reports from the two counties, the state government initially judged that the number of invading Xianbei cavalry was approximately more than 10,000, which was not a small number. It should be a large-scale robbery operation.
But when it comes down to it, it’s still the same sentence.
The Han army is not satisfied with its pay, but it is invincible if it is fully paid.
If the Han army is not full, it will be invincible if it is full.
With a full meal and a full stomach, the Han army is invincible.
The Xianbei people may be better than the Han cavalry in equestrian skills, but neither the weapons they use, the protective gear they wear, nor their techniques and tactics are as sophisticated as the Han army.
The weapon forging technology of the Han Empire was far superior to that of the northern nomads during this period. Since the rise of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the nomads have not posed any major threat to the Han Empire.
As long as the Han soldiers are well fed, clothed and equipped with weapons and equipment, they will basically win every battle against the nomadic cavalry.
Unless there is a big problem within the Han Empire itself, and the nomadic side has a talented leader who is very good at fighting, and has a numerical advantage.
Such as sandalwood locust.
At the peak of Tanshihuai, there were 200,000 people who controlled the strings, stretching thousands of miles from east to west, and they were arrogant. At that time, the Han Empire was really dreaming back to the Wenjing era, and was ridiculed by the arrogant Xiongnu Empire. It was very have no choice.
Even wanting to get married was rejected by Tan Shihuai.
But now Tan Shihuai is dead, and the unified Xianbei no longer exists. His son Helian was even shot to death by an arrow from a commoner on the Han border who was good at shooting. The Xianbei Empire that once posed a huge threat to the Han Empire has collapsed.
The Xianbei force threatening Liangzhou was the Western Xianbei during the Tanshihuai period. After Tanshihuai's death, the Western Xianbei rebelled against the Xianbei royal court in Danhanshan and developed independently. Although it still had a certain scale, its strength was far inferior to that of Tanshihuai. .
This time, 10,000 people were sent south to plunder, presumably to inflict a severe blow on the Autumn Wind, and had no intention of a full-scale war.
But this is something Liu Bei cannot tolerate.
When Liu Bei was fighting, he attached great importance to weapons and protective gear. Even if the current production capacity of armor and vests in Liangzhou was not high enough to fully cover the Han army's cavalry and war horses, he would concentrate all forging production capacity to give priority to providing protective gear to the army and soldiers. Prioritize protection of the vital points of the war horse.
Therefore, Liu Bei's soldiers are very willing to fight to the death for Liu Bei. They move forward indomitably, and their fighting will is often very firm, not to mention the elites who are protected by good armor all over their bodies.
That was the meat tank of the classical era.
After the Han cavalry entered Zhangye County, they quickly detected that the main force of the Xianbei people was in the area of Zhangye County. With Pound as the vanguard, he led the army to rush forward.
On the seventh day of the fifth lunar month, Pang De's vanguard met a group of Xianbei rangers and started a skirmish. Three thousand Han troops surrounded and annihilated the Xianbei rangers of more than 500 people. Only a few Xianbei cavalry saw that the situation was not good. Sneaking away early can be said to be a sharp thing.
In this small encounter, Cao Ren, who served under Pang De, made a great contribution. He defeated five or six Xianbei cavalry with his bravery and performed brilliantly.
On the eighth day of May, Pioneer discovered that the main force of the Xianbei army, about 5,000 men, was moving closer to the main force of the Han army. Apparently they got the news. Pang De immediately informed Liu Bei of the matter and led his army to move closer to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei found it funny that more than 5,000 people dared to fight against his 15,000 people. Did these Xianbei people not be beaten by the Han army for too long, so they were so arrogant?
This is true. Ever since Tanshihuai was defeated, the Xianbei people have been really arrogant. Although the Xianbei division and civil war continued after Tanshihuai died, the victory of tens of thousands of Han cavalry in the Northern Expedition was still an example. Make them proud to this day.
Jia Xu, who is responsible for consulting military aircraft, agrees with Liu Bei's view.
"I heard some businessmen talking in the past. In the eyes of many Xianbei people, maybe their failure was not because of the Han army. Their failure was because Tan Shihuai died. It was not because the Han army defeated Tan Shihuai. So They are not afraid of the Han army."
Liu Bei sneered.
"If this is the case, then I will make them fear the Han army again."
