N-A-A Chapter 204
Chapter 204
A few days passed quickly, and the military tent was filled with an indescribable depression.
Yan Liang, a veteran warrior, was upset at the moment, with deep sorrow between his brows. He had never expected that he had fought in armor and blood for countless days and nights, but now he was on equal footing with a newcomer.
He sat alone at the table, with a pot of strong liquor next to him. His fingers unconsciously played with the wine glass, and he drank it one mouthful after another, trying to use the wine to dispel the haze in his heart. Every drop of wine that went into his throat seemed to tell the glory of the past and the helplessness of today.
In his memory, the days of fighting side by side with Wen Chou were vivid. The two of them shone like twin stars in the journey of troubled times, pacifying the troubled times together, following Yuan Shao, and defeating every enemy.
Now, Wen Chou's figure has gone far away, and that tacit understanding and friendship have become the eternal comfort in his heart, but also a vacancy that is difficult to fill.
Now a man named Ju Yi has come and occupied Wen Chou's original position.
"Hey..."
Just when Yan Liang was thinking about a thousand things, a burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence in the military tent.
A personal guard, with a panicked look on his face, rushed in as if carrying an urgent message, breaking the heavy silence.
"General Yan Liang! It's not good! Han Fu just sent 50,000 troops. The lord said that after Han Fu was imprisoned, he would let Ju Yi come forward to control the 50,000 troops in Jizhou to prepare to resist Gongsun Zan!"
Yan Liang stood up immediately.
"What did you say!? The lord actually wants to give all 50,000 troops in Jizhou to Ju Yi to control?"
"He Ju Yi has just arrived! He controls such a large number of soldiers! Isn't the lord worried that Ju Yi will rebel?"
Yan Liang was just about to go out to ask Yuan Shao to revoke this order, but was stopped by the personal guards around him.
"General Yan! Military orders are like mountains, how can they be changed at will? Aren't you slapping the lord in the face?"
Yan Liang had no choice but to sit back down angrily.
"Hey...Ju Yi! Humph! The lord can have what he has now, all thanks to the desperate help of Wen Chou and me! Now you start to pick up ready-made things! No way!"
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On the other side, at this moment, the troops under Liu Yao's command have completely occupied most of Yongzhou.
Liu Yao has now moved his base camp to Chang'an City, and his army is stationed in Hongmen, which was once the place where Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, stationed his troops. Every brick and stone there seems to still echo the sound of war drums and horse hooves in the past.
But some people think that stationing in Hongmen is unlucky, because Xiang Yu was defeated and committed suicide in Wujiang River.
Some people even suggested that Liu Yao, as a descendant of the Liu family, should move the camp to Bashang, where the Han Dynasty's founding father Liu Bang laid the foundation for the Han Dynasty. It was the place where the spirits of the ancestors might protect him.
Liu Yao rolled his eyes at this statement. If his ancestors were really so powerful, the Han Dynasty would not have declined like this.
In his opinion, true victory never depends on the illusory blessing of ancestors, but comes from the generals who travel the battlefield, the counselors who decide the victory thousands of miles away, the superiors who guide the direction, and the soldiers who fight bloody battles, only then can they witness the victory.
Although Liu Bang was the winner, in terms of military ability, ten Liu Bangs were not as good as half of Xiang Yu. Hongmen was located at the throat of Chang'an. During this period, Liu Yao frequently mobilized troops to guard against the Western Qiang tribe.
The land of Western Qiang is vast and boundless, with more than 30 tribes scattered around. They gather and disperse irregularly based on their tribes. Although they are numerous, they are independent. However, when they work together, tens of thousands of cavalrymen gallop across the plateau, like a gust of wind. They should not be underestimated.
According to in-depth investigations by Luowang spies, this force has recently been secretly instigated by the remnants of the Western Liang forces, and has even had the idea of invading Guanzhong and plundering the rich land.
Those Qiang people have lived on the western plateau for generations, making a living by nomadism and following water and grass. Their living habits have made them as brave and unruly as wolves and tigers.
Their folk customs are like the gusts of wind on the plateau, both rough and fierce; their fighting power is like the wild horses galloping on the grassland, difficult to tame and extremely brave.
Although Liu Yao now has several corps under his command, his territory has expanded by several times, and the first and second corps were urgently transferred by Ju Su and Tian Feng to Bingzhou and some grasslands in the north.
Although Liu Yao's forces have now won an overwhelming victory on the grasslands, the areas they can actually control are very limited. There are still a lot of grasslands that are not actually under the actual control of the Bingzhou Army.
And those areas have also become the base camps of some grassland bandits. Most of these people come from the Xianbei and Xiongnu gangs who were defeated but refused to admit defeat.
They look down on those who have surrenderedLiu Yao's Xianbei, Xiongnu and Wuhuan people thought they were cowards, so the horse bandits often plundered their tribes.
The grassland horse bandits disturbed the entire grassland, and finally Hu Yanlian personally found Liu Yao. After two days and two nights, the two had a friendly heart-to-heart exchange.
Liu Yao decided to send the first and second corps to the grassland and the border of Bingzhou. The first corps was responsible for hunting the horse bandits on the grassland, while the second corps was stationed at the border of You and Bingzhou.
Because during this period, Gongsun Zan's ambition increased sharply and the friction between him and Liu Yu became greater and greater. Even repeatedly, Liu Yao personally wrote a letter to stop Gongsun Zan from using such a tough attitude to face Liu Yu, so as not to make too many enemies in the later period.
Liu Yu had a very good reputation among his subordinates. Once he died suddenly, his men would definitely find a way to avenge him. When Gongsun Zan was there, these people did not dare to act without authorization, but once Gongsun Zan left Youzhou, these people would definitely set fire to the backyard.
Therefore, the Second Legion must be stationed here to avoid any accidents.
Xu Huang and Xu Chu of the Third Legion are now conquering the remaining territory in Yongzhou, fighting with the local rebels and unable to escape.
Zhang He of the Fifth Legion is the most needed to stay in Hangu Pass, a natural barrier.
Now Liu Yao can only mobilize the Fourth Legion, which is the legion soldiers led by Le Jin and Li Si. This legion is almost mainly infantry, supplemented by a small number of cavalry, plus the 10,000 black armored heavy cavalry in Liu Yao's hands, a total of 60,000 people.
Infantry attacking cavalry is already at a disadvantage. The Qiang people can roam freely in their own territory and plunder their supply lines.
When he fought against the Huns, he could rely on Yanmen Pass and wait for the Huns and Wuhuan people to crash into it.
Now that both sides are fighting on the plains, it is indeed more difficult for ordinary infantry to fight cavalry.
But the most special thing about the Fourth Legion is Li Si and his Mo Dao Team. Now their number has expanded to nearly 7,000 people. Although other legions are also equipped with Mo Dao Teams, the Fourth Legion still has the largest number.
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