In this battle, in addition to the main generals, middle-level officers also made considerable contributions.
Fanda's nephew Tuolida bumped into Cheng Pu while charging. Cheng Pu fought with him and finally killed him with a knife and cut off his head.
Another nephew of Fan Da, You Cheng, was spotted by Yan Xing when he was fleeing. Yan Xing rushed over with his own cavalry and stabbed him to death with a spear.
Xuheduo's son Gao Feng was very brave. During the battle, he accidentally faced Cao Ren and Cao Chun, but he fought with them for more than ten rounds without losing.
As a result, Cao Ren did not follow martial ethics, so he took out his hand crossbow and shot Gao Feng in the chest. Gao Feng was stunned. Cao Chun slashed with his sword and cut off one of his arms. Cao Ren slashed at his neck again, drawing blood. Sprayed in the face, Gao Feng died in battle.
Ta Xin, a brave general under Xuheduo, fought hard with Liu Yong, a close confidant of Liu Bei's clan. The two men and their cavalry fought bloody battles. In the end, Liu Yong injured his arm and beheaded Ta Xin under the cover of his guards.
In addition, Chige's eldest son and second son were surrounded and killed by ordinary soldiers of the Han army during the battle.
Chige's younger brother was shot to death by a Han cavalry hand crossbow.
An ordinary cavalryman of the Han army stabbed Xuheduo's cousin to death during the battle.
A large number of Qiang army generals and officers were killed in the battle, while Han army officers and soldiers gained many casualties.
In this battle, the main force of the Qiang army was wiped out. Nearly 4,000 people were killed by the Han army, and about 18,000 people were captured. More than 60,000 horses of various types were captured, and more than 150,000 sheep were captured. .
There were not many seizures. These invading Qiang people were not as poor as Liu Bei imagined before the war. From this, Liu Bei judged that the reason why they invaded Longxi County was not only the need to survive the cold winter, but also the selfish desires of the leader-level figures. important factors.
Qiang people, Xianbei people and other ethnic groups also have strong divisions between rich and poor and class consciousness. Leader-level figures can always own the largest number of cattle, sheep and horses, and they will not feel uncomfortable eating meat and drinking alcohol every day.
But for the lower-level herdsmen, it is not so easy for them to eat meat and drink alcohol. If they really want to kill the cattle, sheep and horses they raise to eat meat, they have no way to replace it.
The leaders would not be so merciful as to use their own cattle and sheep to relieve the herdsmen. They would definitely ask them to fight for more supplies with their lives, and the supplies they snatched would be divided between three and seven. Anyway, the leaders would not lose money with their blood.
But they didn't expect to hit the iron plate this time.
Liu Bei was not surprised by his relatively easy victory in this battle.
Jia Xu was not surprised because he was used to it.
But Xun You was more surprised.
"Although our army has a great advantage in equipment, I still did not expect that the Qiang people could be wiped out so quickly. The princes have only been guarding Liangzhou for a year and a half. If the Qiang people were so easy to defeat, why did they do it before? Will there be Qiang chaos that lasts for hundreds of years?"
Xun You expressed his feelings to Liu Bei in this way.
Liu Bei already had his own answer to this question.
"The answer is right in front of us, because the big man was seriously ill, a very serious illness. He never got better from the beginning. Today, he has even reached the point where he is critically ill and dying. Corrupt officials are rampant, levying excessive taxes on the people and surrendered foreigners. , the officials forced the people to rebel, which led to this disaster.
Still, did you notice? Gongda, these Qiang people do not have unified military uniforms, unified ordnance, or even decent military formations. If the Han army maintains standard military formations, even if there are millions of Qiang people, they are just chickens and dogs. How can they be dispersed? Soldiers versus military formations? "
"Is it the big man's own problem?"
Xun You took a deep breath and sighed repeatedly: "This... what on earth is going on?"
Liu Bei shook his head slowly.
"Since the rise of Guangwu, the military of the Han Dynasty has not been as good as before. The establishment and training of the army have not been as good as before. Confucianism has emerged. Luoyang worshiped Confucianism and Yanwu cultivated literature. They all studied the Fourteenth School of Law, which repeatedly weakened the army. Don't care about training generals.
There is a lack of skilled soldiers and generals who can command large corps. In times of trouble, captains and lieutenants will be dispatched to become generals. The imperial court has almost lost the ability to command a large number of troops and coordinate the forces of the four parties to launch an overall war. It can only fight with small armies. Fighting in a small area and lacking a global vision! "
Xun You didn't quite understand some of the words Liu Bei said, but he could somewhat understand what Liu Bei meant.
"Junhou, you mean to say that since the rise of Guangwu, the imperial court has lacked talents who can decide the world in one battle, right?"
"You could say the same thing."
Liu Bei lamented: "After the Guangwu Zhongxing, especially after Emperor Xiaozhang, the Han Dynasty lacked the ability to carry out large-scale operations. Everything wanted to be carried out in a limited area with the minimum number of troops, and did not engage in overall operations or wars to destroy the country. , fighting only to restore public order. If we fight too many such public security wars, the martial virtue of the Han Dynasty will weaken."
"Security war..."
Xun You muttered a few words, then raised his head and looked at Liu Bei: "Junhou, do you think we can't always fight this kind of security war?"
"That's natural. For example, Duan Jiong, one of the Three Ming Dynasties in Liangzhou, fought at most one hundred and eighty battles in one year, one hundred and eighty battles! One battle every two days, what kind of war is this? ?”
Liu Bei sneered and said: "The ancients have always admired the ability to complete one battle, but I don't know since when. Our generals only thought about muddle along and destroy the enemies in front of them. They didn't care about the hidden dangers. The rebellion was extinguished here." , it’s up again over there, exhausted, but happy to do so!
How much of this is due to the desire to embezzle military expenditures and support the bandits for self-respect, I am afraid only the parties involved know clearly. In my opinion, once a war is launched, it must not stop until it achieves its goal, and must make a war Only in this way can war be meaningful in exchange for the greatest results! "
Xun You felt quite enlightened by what Liu Bei said, and he suddenly felt that some problems that he had not been able to figure out in the past had been solved.
At the same time, he also felt that Liu Bei's understanding of world affairs was really thorough and his perspective was very wonderful. It was no wonder that he was able to accomplish so many great things.
I heard that Liu Bei came from a humble background and even grew up weaving mats and selling shoes. He did not study with Lu Zhi until he was fifteen years old. However, it only took him eleven years to go from a humble person to the position of a very important figure in the Han Empire today. .
Some people always say that this is his fate, but Xun You feels that Liu Bei's intelligence and agility are also important.
Of course, this does not prevent Xun You from thinking that Liu Bei is a genius, a genius who can discern the world and find out the key to the problem.
With such a genius, what kind of things can be accomplished in the future?
Xun You couldn't predict, but for the first time, he felt that there was an existence called "hope" in his future.
The Battle of Lintao ended with the complete victory of the Han army. The Qiang coalition was completely wiped out by the Han army. All three leaders of the Qiang coalition were also killed. One of them died in the hands of Pang De, and the other two died in Zhang. Flying in hand.
When Zhang Fei knew that he had killed two Qiang leaders in one go, he was so happy that he could not restrain himself.
Then, he got the hug from Liu Bei that he had dreamed of.
"You are indeed the person I trust, Yide. You have grown up, and I am proud of you!"
Liu Bei's praise and recognition were like the sound of nature to Zhang Fei, and it was something that truly made him feel happy.
Zhang Fei was satisfied and said nothing, just waiting for Liu Bei's next arrangements.
There is no doubt about what will be done next.
There is no need to pay a price for the Qiang people to plunder Longxi County. Liangzhou is short of people and lacks many strong laborers. No matter how much human resources there are in this area, there will never be too much.
They need to pay for what they have done!
(End of chapter)
