Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

While Dong Huang was dealing with personnel matters, Zhang He, as the vanguard, had already completed the initial suppression of the Wudu Di people.

Wudu County is not a large county, and the population cannot be said to be small. It is just that there are not many Han people that the government can control. More of the population in Wudu County are Di people who are not convinced by the king.

Except for cities like Xiaben, the capital of Wudu County, which are dominated by Han people, the wider mountainous areas are occupied by Di people.

These Di people rebelled and surrendered at times, causing great trouble to the Han government.

In the original history, from the time Yang Fu defeated Ma Chao and was named the governor of Wudu to the time Cao Cao took control of Hanzhong, the number of Di people who moved away was one to two hundred thousand, but even so, the Di people in Wudu area still remained Not completely relocated.

After Liu Bei entered Shu, there were still activities of dissidents. Some were close to Shu and some to Wei, and they became a pot of porridge.

During the Five Hus rebellion in China, Li Te, a Di man, established the Chenghan regime.

However, unlike most of the Hu people, although the Di people were one of the main forces who invaded China in later generations, in terms of civilization level, they were relatively more Hanized, especially in terms of being good at farming. It is much stronger than the Huns, Xianbei and other barbarians. And due to their living environment and customs, they are more warlike than the Han people.

Zhang He's troops did not encounter any resistance when they handed over the cities of Xiaben and other cities, but the military operations outside the major cities were naturally resisted by the Di people.

Zhang He took the Qiang and Hu servants as the vanguard to find the weaknesses of the Di people while consuming both sides. He defeated several Di people leaders such as Yang Wanwan in succession. Another strong leader of the Di people took the initiative to rely on Zhang He. In just one During the month, Zhang He had opened a relatively safe passage in Wudu County, received 50,000 young immigrants, and made preparations for the army to enter Shu through Wudu.

In Dong Huang's plan, it is of course impossible for all the 700,000 young men to enter Shu. Instead, some of them will stay in Longxi, Wudu, and Hanzhong. Dong Huang will be responsible for plundering Qiang and Hu women or Han women for them. Marry them and give them Qiang and Hu slaves to serve in daily life and farming; and they are organized into professional armies on the spot.

With these people, Dong Huang will have a trustworthy local force whether he is suppressing local areas or conducting the Northern Expedition in the future.

At present, Dong Huang has arranged for 50,000 young men in each of Hanyang, Longxi and Jincheng counties, plus 50,000 in Wudu, for a total of 200,000.

No matter how heavy the losses are, when Dong Huang launches his Northern Expedition in a year or two, these 200,000 people will be able to pull out at least 100,000 elite troops!

The remaining 500,000 young men will continue to follow Dong Huang into Shu. According to Dong Huang's plan, 100,000 people may be left in Hanzhong, and the remaining 400,000 will all go to Shu.

These 700,000 people will be the core of Dong Huang's third echelon of soldiers.

In Dong Huang's plan, the first echelon is also Dong Huang's most elite unit. Naturally, it is the 100,000 elite soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. The second echelon is the 150,000 strong recruits who have some war experience and those along the way. The elite of the troops who surrendered, the third batch consisted of these young and strong recruits and the second-rate soldiers who surrendered.

If all goes well, when Dong Huang is dormant in Yizhou for a year or two, there will be at least 300,000 first-rate elites (third- and fourth-level soldiers) and 700,000 second-rate elites (at least second-level soldiers) and millions of people. Army.

As for whether Yizhou can afford to support so many people? Dong Huang has robbed several states and counties. Besides, there are many local wealthy families in Yizhou. Anyway, Dong Huang only has a little more than two years left in this world. The wealthy families in Yizhou are enough. .

In the last six months to a year of this world, Dong Huang will definitely want to go to war and plunder, and then it will not matter.

Millions of troops march out to see who can stop him!

Anyway, for Dong Huang, it is enough to obtain enough war points and defeat as many war agents as possible. As for whether these countries in this world will be destroyed, he doesn't care at all!

As a pioneer, Zhang He was certainly not just as simple as opening roads across mountains and building bridges over rivers to eliminate the dim-witted Di people on the road. He never forgot Dong Huang's main goal - to capture Yizhou!

Zhang He made clever changes with his troops. While he easily swept away the Di people in Wudu, he also found time to send troops to seize three important passes - Yangping Pass, Baishui Pass and Jiange!

The former is the only way from Wudu to Hanzhong, and the latter two are important passages from Wudu to Shu. Among them, the sword pavilion in history should have been built by Zhuge Liang, but because he felt the pressure from Dong Zhuo and in order to defend himself, Liu Yan in this time and space snatched Zhuge Liang's patent and built the sword pavilion there.

If these three passes are captured, then the capture of Hanzhong and Yizhou will be almost immediate.

The results of the battle were mixed. Xiahou Dun, who was responsible for capturing Yangping Pass, was shot and blinded in one eye by the guard Zhang Wei when he stepped under the pass.

Although it is said that Xiahou Dun pulled out the target and killed Zhang Wei who was overjoyed to go out to seek to expand his victory, he failed to capture Yangping Pass in the end.

Pang De, who was responsible for capturing Baishui Pass, took the unprepared Baishui Pass first, but suffered setbacks one after another when attacking Jiange.

The sword pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei, one man can guard the gate, but ten thousand men cannot open it!

Even Pound, who was brave enough to win the three armies, could not do anything. The sword pavilion was too dangerous. Facing the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, White Horse General Pound was helpless.

Dong Huang didn't care about the defeats at Jiange and Yangping Pass. He didn't choose to take Wudu and attack the two places by surprise. Instead, he waited for the foreigners around Wudu to be basically defeated before dispatching the army. Naturally, he had a back-up plan. .

In early June, Dong Huang's main force arrived at Yangping Pass.

At this time, Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu, the controllers of Hanzhong, were still discussing strategies to defend themselves against the enemy.

Coincidentally, when Xiahou Dun attacked Yangping Pass, it happened to be the time when Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu entered Hanzhong to fight with Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong.

Historically, Liu Yan also sent Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu to Hanzhong this year to achieve the purpose of isolating the imperial court in the name of rice thieves. But Zhang Lu unexpectedly killed Zhang Xiu and attacked Yizhou in turn.

It was precisely because Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu were fighting with Su Gu in the front, and in order to ensure the food route back, Zhang Wei was asked to guard Yangping Pass. As a result, Zhang Wei blocked Xiahou Dun's sneak attack by mistake, and eventually died in Xiahou Dun's hands.

Although Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong, not long after, the army outside Yangping Pass killed the two!

Even including the newly annexed Su Gu tribe, the two men only had 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers, half of whom were newly surrendered, and the rest belonged to Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu respectively. Under Liu Yan's deliberate actions, Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu seemed to be inseparable.

Under such circumstances, if they were to face the invincible Dong Huang army, it was no wonder that they felt unsure.

"We can only stick to Yangping Pass and wait for the lord's reinforcements!"

As Liu Yan's confidant and the chess piece sent to check and balance Zhang Lu, Zhang Xiu was still loyal and advocated refusing to defend the pass.

"Yang Ping Pass..."

Zhang Lu glanced at Zhang Xiu with some dissatisfaction: "Yangping Pass has been in disrepair for a long time. Can it really stop Dong Huang's army of tigers and wolves? What's more, will Liu Yan really send troops for reinforcements?"

"As far as I know, Liu Yan wanted to establish a powerful punishment to show his self-esteem, so he asked Tuo to kill more than ten powerful people in the state, which made the people resentful. Ren Qi, the prefect of Jianwei, called himself a general and raised his troops to attack Yan. This year, the Grand Master We also asked Situ Zhao Qian, who was born in Yizhou, to join forces with Jia Long and Ren Qi to attack Liu Yan. Liu Yan may not have enough time to take care of himself, right?"

There was no respect in Zhang Lu's tone.

The reason why he was seemingly reused by Liu Yan was because his mother had been submissive to Liu Yan in exchange for being a cow and a horse. I don’t know how many people in Yizhou saw his jokes and pointed at him!

Moreover, the reason why Liu Yan used him was because he was a rice thief, hoping to use him to isolate the court to prevent Zhao Qian's incident from happening again.

So Zhang Lu must have resentment in his heart!

"Don't forget how your brother died! Your mother and family are still in Yizhou!"

Zhang Xiu also sneered.

Of course Zhang Xiu also knows how terrifying Dong Huang is, but his family is also in Yizhou, so if he can, he still wants to defend him!

"snort!"

Zhang Xiu's words hit Zhang Lu's weakness, and Zhang Lu suddenly fell silent.

In any case, her mother allowed Liu Yan to push her because of him. He couldn't sell his old mother because of this!

What's more, his sisters, wife and children are still in Yizhou!