After Meng Huo heard about the defeat of Yong Kai's army, he immediately despised the head of the Yong family who he used to call his brother.
He was disgusted by the behavior of abandoning his soldiers in battle and escaping for his own life.
After Yong Kai heard about the situation at Meng Huo's side, he also looked down on the so-called barbarian king in his heart.
He didn't even know that the city was in the hands of others. He jumped into a trap set by others and was attacked by others while crossing the river. It was really a fool's errand...
The two family heads, who were originally only entangled by interests, became even more seemingly inseparable.
Then the two of them had differences with Qing Qiang over their whereabouts.
"The Han army is so powerful that they must return to Dianchi Lake first and wait until they join the Kunming clan before making plans." Yong Kai said while staring at the east road. As soon as he saw a figure, he would run away at full speed!
Meng Huo frowned and nodded: "Now heading east, we are bound to encounter the Han army, so we have to do this."
His younger brother Meng Yan is also leading the Meng family in the south at this time. He cannot command these Qingqiang soldiers, so he might as well return to Dianchi Lake first.
But after he translated his decision to those Qingqiang soldiers, they stopped.
"No! The king is still in the east, we must go east!"
Meng Huo patiently explained to the Qingqiang soldiers that going east at this time was no different from risking death.
However, the other party did not listen at all. After the negotiation reached no result, they categorically ignored Yongkai and Meng Huo and led the remaining two thousand or so Qingqiang soldiers to go eastward to search for fire in Bueri.
Yong Kai and Meng Huo had no troops under their command, and they were afraid that the Qing Qiang soldiers would be angered and even killed themselves, so they had no choice but to let them go.
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Wei County.
After a period of governance that paid equal attention to kindness and power, the bottom class in Wei County returned home, the middle class settled down, and the upper class... After the Huo family was eradicated by Liu Chan, there was no local upper class left.
As for the vacant positions, Liu Chan temporarily implemented "wartime management" of Wei County. Although these positions were vacant, they did not affect the overall situation and could be appointed after the situation stabilized.
Liu Chan was checking the treatment of injuries at this time.
"How are their injuries?" Liu Chan frowned and looked at a soldier who was shot by Qingqiang.
The wound quickly oozed pus and smelled much faster than normal. It was obvious that the arrows of the Qingqiang soldiers were poisoned.
Although Nanzhong is rich in all kinds of medicinal materials, it lacks famous doctors. Witchcraft and other methods are still used to treat diseases in various places. The treatment level of witchdoctors is uneven, and most of them rely on folk remedies and earth remedies.
A witch doctor with good medical skills in Wei County was summoned by Liu Chan, but after his military medical inspection, he basically could only make a start...
However, they were not completely useless. Although these people did not understand the poison used by the Qingqiang soldiers, they probably knew how to prepare it.
After talking to military doctor Liu Chan, he provided him with many detoxification ideas.
The military doctor was currently performing a minor debridement surgery on the soldier using a steamed knife.
In the medicine box on the side, Ma Fei Powder, Jin Chuang Powder... and other medicines commonly used in wartime have been prepared in advance and can be taken as needed.
Although Liu Chan did not personally learn medical skills, his many thousand-year experiences enabled him to quickly establish the prototype of an "emergency medical system."
"After debridement, you only need to drink Qudu Decoction for a few days." The military doctor said without raising his head, "If the condition worsens, drink penicillium essence again."
In the past, this kind of injury could basically be left to fend for itself.
But thanks to the good research environment Liu Chan gave them, the medical skills of these people are now different from what they used to be.
Liu Chan felt relieved after hearing this.
At the same time, I am very satisfied with the work of these battlefield medical staff. Every veteran saved on the battlefield will be an immeasurable wealth.
Walking out of the Huo family mansion that had been temporarily requisitioned as a "field hospital", Liu Chan said to Li Er: "Order the regular army to prepare to go out with me. Qian Duo will lead the reserve team and other soldiers to stay in Wei County."
"Yes!" Li Er cupped his fists and accepted the order.
Now that the Qingqiang soldiers were divided and driven back by themselves, the threat was temporarily lifted, and the prisoners of war were all disarmed and taken into custody.
Qingqiang is not good at attacking cities, so it is enough to leave these troops to guard Wei County.
Now that he had his hands free, he was ready to go south to meet Zhang Yi. If Zhang Yi could quickly defeat Yong Kai, then the Qingqiang cavalry who had been repelled by him would certainly not dare to think anything about an army ten times his own.
But if the war between Zhang Yi and Yong Kai becomes tense, the remnants of the cavalry may become a variable.
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Variable - Huo Bu'uli was on his way to escape south at this time. King Qingqiang, who had always been known for his bravery, was extremely depressed.
Those big iron shells cannot be shot by the cavalry and archery tactics that I am proud of. I can't shoot them at all!
It’s not uncommon for the Han army to have mysterious armored soldiers, but it can’t be all of them, right? !
Even if they are not Xuanjia warriors, most of them are wearing well-made patent leather armor.
Only those who were shot by him in the end were partially without armor.
How could his opponent be so wealthy? You are already so rich, but you still have to travel long distances to exploit people like you. It is really hateful!
"Now we have to listen to what Meng Huo said and make plans after converging with the Kunming clan and the Yong family forces."
Huo Bu'uli led the Qingqiang cavalry all the way south along the river.
Zhang Yi, who had joined Li Hui and the Cuan family army, was escorting more than 3,000 surrendered soldiers of the Yong family back along Hebei...
They all chose the same route because they had to ensure water sources when marching. However, any general with common sense and experience would choose the same route under the same terrain.
What's more, they don't know each other's existence yet...
Then, a strange scene happened.
Scouts from both sides encountered each other during their exploration.
The information that Qingqiang King Huo Bu'uli received came from Menghuo - there were the main force of the Yong family and the Kunming tribe in the south, and the enemy troops were all in the north.
So when the scouts under his command discovered that the opponent was obviously a scout dressed as a Han, they did not launch an attack immediately, but screamed.
This reaction made Zhang Yijun's scout team confused. For a moment, they didn't know whether the opponent was an enemy or a friend. They didn't dare to launch an attack without authorization. However, they couldn't understand the words, so they had to shout: "What are you talking about? I don't understand." !”
Later, when he saw that the other party could not speak Chinese and did not attack, he had no choice but to send someone back to report.
After everyone listened to the scout's report, Li Hui and Cuan Xi immediately realized from the scout's description of each other's attire that those should be the Qing Qiang soldiers invited by Meng Huo.
Several people were worried about the safety of the prince, and subconsciously wanted to order the army to attack, but neither Li Hui nor Zhang Yi were stupid.
After thinking about it for a moment, I felt something was wrong. If Meng Huo had already won, why would he be here if he didn't hold Wei County and cut off his return and food routes?
Together, they all felt that the prince had defeated Meng Huo, and these might be the defeated troops who escaped.
Although he led the Red Star Army and a thousand ordinary soldiers to defeat as many as five to six thousand fierce and brave Qingqiang soldiers, it was outrageous.
But they all felt that as long as such an outrageous thing happened to Prince Liu Chan, everything would become reasonable...
It’s not like something even more outrageous has never happened before.
"In that case, why didn't they attack?" The suspicious attitude of the Qingqiang soldiers became another question that puzzled everyone.
Could it be that he has been recruited by the prince and surrendered to Liu, right?
It seems possible.
Li Hui muttered: "Let's not attack without authorization for the time being. The general ordered the army to be on alert, and I will wait for the advance guard to test it out."
There are people under Cuan Xi who understand the Qingqiang language, and sometimes they will buy some livestock, leather, etc. from the Qingqiang who are good at hunting.
When Huo Bu'uli heard the report from his scouts, his first reaction was that the main force of the Yong family was here.
"Did they attack you? What did they say?"
The cavalry spy shook his head: "No, but he kept speaking in Chinese and I couldn't understand him."
Huo Bu'uli pondered for a moment and said, "Get on the horse and be on guard. Let's go meet them."
As a result, Zhang Yi's army and the Qingqiang cavalry were on guard against each other, getting closer and closer, and started to come into contact strangely...
First, Huo Bu'uli rode out and shouted: "Are you the Yong family?"
His name is Black Bear, he is brave and good at fighting, but Huo Buuli, whose intelligence is worrisome, gave away his background at the beginning of the negotiation without even knowing it...
After Li Hui heard the translation, he couldn't help but feel happy. Another great achievement was delivered to his door.
(End of chapter)
