After Liu Jing, King of Liang of the Huns, laughed a few times, his face suddenly changed, and his round face turned black.
He said to Shi Hu in a gloomy voice.
"Don't say 10,000 thief soldiers, even if there are 20,000 thief soldiers, 30,000 thief soldiers, in such a huge Central Plains, can they still catch up with you?!"
"If the bandits invade Pingyang, it is the time when you are serving the emperor. If anyone dares to stay in fear of the enemy, he will be severely punished!"
After hearing what Liang Wang Liu Jing said, Shi Hu was furious.
Now the Han State in Qingzhou mobilized Youzhou cavalry to hoard them in Chenliu County, obviously to prevent them from invading Yuzhou and Yanzhou.
Although there are many Xiongnu soldiers and horses in Luoyang City, they are only used for plunder. They are still capable of fighting against ordinary people or small fortresses.
But if they were to face the Youzhou Cavalry, they would suffer casualties.
The Jie people in Shi Hu's hands are already considered the last Jie people on the Central Plains. Most of the Jie people who followed Shi Le and others to fight in the Central Plains have been killed or injured. By the time Shi Hu and his generals led the remaining tribe to Pingyang, they were no longer strong. A weak little tribe.
"Your Majesty, your words are serious. The general just wants to return the favor of the army and is not afraid of the enemy!"
Although Shi Hu was annoyed in his heart, he didn't show it at all on his face. Instead, he showed a flattering expression.
When Liang Wang Liu Jing saw this, he rolled his eyes with some disdain, and couldn't help but think in his heart that these despicable Jie people would forget their own identities if they didn't give them a bit of a fierce attitude.
You Jienu people have been the slaves of our Huns for life, how can we let you be lazy and slippery?
"It's good to know. I just got the news that the Qingzhou bandit army has organized a large-scale army in Hanoi County. It seems that they are about to invade Pingyang!"
Liang Wang Liu Jing turned around and sat back on his couch, and continued speaking calmly.
"So according to His Majesty's wishes, you go and discuss with Wang Zhang and send troops as soon as possible to turn the traitor's Yuzhou and Yanzhou upside down!"
After hearing this, Shi Hu immediately accepted the order respectfully.
After leaving Prince Liang's mansion, the expression on Shi Hu's face immediately fell.
As he walked back, he kept thinking in his mind.
Now there are only more than 20,000 Jie people in hand, which does not include some old and weak women. Although Jie people, young and old, are familiar with riding skills, if they encounter Han cavalry, in addition to running away, These people are of no use.
This time I go to Yuzhou to plunder, I'm afraid there will be a lot of casualties.
Shi Hu walked and soon arrived at Wang Zhang's camp.
As the main general who harassed the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou this time, Wang Zhang's actual situation was even more miserable than that of the young Shi Hu.
After all, Shi Hu still had more than 20,000 Jie people, but Wang Zhang was a completely polished general.
After entering Guanzhong, the tribes left by his brother Wang Mi were incorporated into the palace of General Zuo Twelve Guards by the Huns Emperor Liu Cong, but Wang Zhang didn't even catch a chicken feather.
In this way, the Huns were deprived of their military power without any reason.
What made Wang Zhang even more angry was that his tribe turned a deaf ear to this situation. They were all immersed in the joy of getting land, houses and women, and no one cared about his old master at all.
"What? Chenliu County sent more than 10,000 Han army cavalry?"
As soon as he met Wang Zhang, Shi Hu first told him about the Han army's mobilization of cavalry to reinforce Chenliu County.
Wang Zhang was immediately shocked after hearing this, and even automatically clarified the "thousands or more than ten thousand cavalry" in Shi Hu's words as more than ten thousand.
"Yes, uncle, it's absolutely true!" Shi Hu said.
Shi Le and Wang Mi were both generals under Liu Yuan, so they could be considered brothers.
Wang Zhang frowned and said immediately.
"Liu Jing is trying to drive us to death!"
When he heard that Liang Wang Liu Jing still asked them to attack Yuzhou, Wang Zhang immediately felt a chill in his heart.
Although the number of Xiongnu soldiers and horses in Luoyang City has increased greatly, most of them are Qianghu, Jiehu and other barbarians. For the Huns Emperor Liu Cong who is determined to stabilize the situation in Guanzhong, these savage and untamed miscellaneous barbarians are a burden.
Using these miscellaneous men to consume Qingzhou and the Han Dynasty can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
"It's not a dead end, but if our troops suffer too many casualties, it won't make any difference whether they die or not."
Shi Hu sighed.
When he was in Pingyang City, he almost tried his best to ingratiate himself with Liu Can, the Xiongnu chanyu who stayed behind, in order to protect his Jie people and prevent them from being completely annexed by the Huns.
Because if these Jie people can have tribal names, they can still maintain their situation. If they are completely dispersed by the Huns, they can only become slaves of the Huns' various ministries and guards.
After all, even in the eyes of the Huns, these Jie people with very different looks are some despicable aliens.
Wang Zhang and Shi Hu discussed for a long time, but they could not come up with any useful way to avoid encountering the terrifying Qingzhou Han army.
The two men were proficient in riding and shooting with swords and guns, but they had no clue about maneuvering.
In the end, the two of them could only follow the arrangements of Liang Wang Liu Jing, quickly gather their troops, and prepare to go east to loot and attack the Yuzhou area.
Even though the two knew that the road ahead was dangerous, the other Huns soldiers and horses in Luoyang City were not vegetarians, and they would not show mercy even if they killed their own people.
Especially those Qianghu in the north are more powerful existences than the Jiehu under Shi Hu.
If the Jie people who come with all their women and children are attacked by the Qiang and Hu people, all the Qiang and Hu people will definitely fight to be the first. After all, the Jie people have been plundering in the Central Plains for many years, and their tribe has a lot of money and women. The Qiang and Hu people have long been jealous.
The Huns cavalry coming out of Luoyang soon divided into two groups.
Led by Liu Jing, King of the Liang Dynasty of the Xiongnu, mainly Qiang Hu and Beidi Hu from Guanzhong, tens of thousands of cavalry went south. They first swept through Yingchuan County, and then continued east to attack Qingzhou, Han State, Yuzhou, Chen State and Qiao State. .
The other group, led by Wang Zhang and Shi Hu, mainly Jie people, and a small number of Wang Zhang's tribe, went all the way east into Chenliu County, and then continued to the southeast to plunder the essence of Yanzhou.
The two parties agreed to join forces in Chenjun, Yuzhou, and then move forward.
However, since Liang Wang Liu Jing led his troops to march south, the troops led by Wang Zhang and Shi Hu hesitated after entering Xingyang County, unwilling to go further east.
Because after coming to Xingyang County, further east is Chenliu County where Qingzhou cavalry is rumored to be hoarding.
Nowadays, most of the Xingyang County follows the Yingchuan County, respecting the Jin Dynasty in Jiangdong, and plundering them first, and then making plans.
Afterwards, Wang Zhang and Shi Hu completely let go of their hands and looted Xingyang County.
Although Xingyang County honors the Jin Dynasty in name, it actually does not even have a county governor. The original Xingyang County Sheriff had just died of illness, and the edict of the new Xingyang County Sheriff was still on the way from Jiangdong.
The men led by Wang Zhang and Shi Hu were all experienced and habitual bandits. Over the years, they were most familiar with looting. It only took half a month to destroy the weak Wubao in Xingyang County. Pull them all out.
Because it was just the beginning of autumn, many of the new grains in the forts were well stocked, which instantly made the two of them very happy.
As the war progressed more and more smoothly, Wang Zhang and Shi Hu became more and more courageous.
The two began to discuss whether they should go east again and loot Chenliu County to try?
Because although they made a lot of money from plundering in Xingyang County, according to some prisoners captured, the neighboring Chenliu County is now very wealthy.
Even a large number of residents of Xingyang County have moved to Chenliu County, and the population is even more prosperous. In addition, Chenliu also has the waterways and commercial roads of Cangyuan and Junyi, and the prosperity and wealth are definitely not available.
The two of them were greedy, but they were still a little afraid of the Qingzhou Han army.
Finally, Shi Hu sent his Qingqi to attack and went to Chenliu County to spy on the military situation.
Within a few days, these Jiehu Qingqi came back with good news.
"Reporting to the general, there are not many bandits in Chenliu County!" said Guo Tuli, a Jie man who came back from spying on the military situation.
Shi Hu and Wang Zhang were overjoyed when they heard this, and they asked more questions.
"Not many people?"
"How many are there?"
Guo Tuli slapped his chest confidently and said loudly.
"I led my men to investigate carefully and found that the total number of rebel cavalry does not exceed three to five thousand!"
"Five thousand?"
"Or three thousand?"
After hearing this statement, Wang Zhang immediately didn't frown and asked with some dissatisfaction.
These stupid Jiehu people are all vulgar people, and the numbers in their mouths are often vague.
When he was marching with the Jie people, Wang Zhang had already learned the lesson.
"Definitely not more than five thousand!" Guo Tuli thought for a moment and said.
"Moreover, these five thousand people are scattered in various cities in Chenliu County. There should be no more than a thousand people in the largest city!"
"How did you know?" Wang Zhang still didn't believe it.
If this is the case, it would be extremely stupid for those Qingzhou and Han states to disperse their cavalry.
Once faced with tens of thousands of cavalry, can a mere thousand Han cavalry be equal to ten?
"The general will send people to disperse and ambush in the deserted beaches and rivers outside the city. As long as the rebels come out to release their horses, they can check clearly and make sure they are not wrong!" Guo Tuli's tone was already a little dissatisfied. .
If Shi Hu hadn't intended to win over Wang Zhang, Guo Tuli would have ignored Wang Zhang, who had only a few hundred people in his tribe.
After hearing what Guo Tuli said, Wang Zhang and Shi Hu also believed it.
After all, both of them knew that although they did not know the specific number of Youzhou cavalry, if they were distinguished based on their horses, it would often be more accurate than counting the number of people.
When these northern cavalry came to Yuzhou, they were not suitable to be trapped in the city every day. They needed to herd their horses outside the city frequently.
The most suitable places for horses are often relatively fixed.
For Jie people who are familiar with horses, it is very simple to find these places.
"So, the rebel cavalry are all stationed in scattered places?"
"Then once we encounter an enemy situation, wouldn't it mean that we have no advantage in joining forces?"
Shi Hu and Wang Zhang were both overjoyed.
If the Han cavalry gathered at key city passes, these Jie people's light cavalry would at most dare to plunder some of the surrounding areas, and would not dare to approach those wealthy places.
But now the cavalry of the Han army in Qingzhou are scattered in various cities. No matter which city it is, once it encounters a surprise attack by the Jie cavalry, it will not be able to form a counterattack at all, and can only watch the outside of the city being looted.
"If this is the case, we must seize the opportunity!" Wang Zhang said immediately.
He knew that Chenliu County had recovered a lot of its population. As long as he could lead these Jie people to loot, Wang Zhang had a hundred ways in his mind to turn those old people into refugees who followed him.
At that time, he will be able to restore his military strength.
As long as he has troops and horses in his hands, look at how the Hun Emperor Liu Cong dares to despise him again!
Wang Zhang just thought of this, but did not think about what he should do if the Huns robbed his tribe again.
'Okay, go and gather everyone! '
After Shi Hu heard this, he immediately ordered loudly.
"Let's go to Chenliu County and plunder it!"
"I also want to avenge the brothers who died in Xiang Kingdom!"
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Jizhou, Yecheng.
Although the expansion of Yecheng has not yet been completed, Liu Yu has already moved most of the officials from Taiwan Province to Yecheng because it is closer to the Bingzhou Xiongnu.
Nowadays, the two most important things for the Han Dynasty are coordinated and coordinated in Yecheng.
One is to expand Yecheng as the new Lindu.
The second is the north-south pincer attack on the Huns in Bingzhou.
The south road is the ancestor of Hanoi County. He leads mainly military soldiers and powerful tribes from Sizhou, Jizhou, totaling about 40,000 people.
Although this journey requires attacking the Huns who have the upper hand in Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain, the logistics supplies are sufficient. As long as they don't make the mistake of rushing forward and just use up their energy, Liu Yu's goal can be achieved.
As for the North Road, it was the Han army that marched south from Jinyang, Bingzhou. This part of the Han army was mainly the old troops of the uncles and nephews of Liu Kun and Liu Yan, as well as the original beggar army.
The soldiers and horses on the North Road had the advantages of both geographical location and human harmony. In addition, the Huns moved to Guanzhong at the right time. It can be said to be the main node in Liu Yu's plan.
Zu Ti's army on the south road actually went to support Liu Yan in Bingzhou.
However, even with the advantages of time, location, and people, Bingzhou Governor Liu Yan's offensive was ineffective.
It even just suffered a defeat.
"Liu Yan, the governor of Bingzhou, defeated Jinyuankou?"
After Liu Yu learned the news, he immediately felt depressed.
Xi Jian, who was in charge of military matters, returned immediately.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have just received military information. When Liu Yan led his army to march south, he was defeated at Jinyuankou and lost thousands of people. He also lost a lot of weapons and horses."
Liu Yu picked up the document and read it. According to Liu Yan's losses, the North Road Offensive would probably be greatly compromised. If it were more serious, it would be difficult for the Han army to recover in the next one or two years.
"Why is Liu Yan like this!" He said very dissatisfied.
When Xi Jian heard this, he shook his head.
"Your Majesty, this battle is not Liu Yan's fault!"
"Whose fault is that?" Liu Yu asked.
"How can we win if there is an internal conflict in the army?"
