My Three Kingdoms is a bit fierce

The 10,000 soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army immediately took action, like a perfect machine.

Three thousand halberds held their halberds to meet the Qiang cavalry. The two sides collided suddenly. The Qiang cavalry group was like a wave crashing against a rock, and the impact was immediately contained.

The halberd man roared and kept stabbing the halberd, and the Qiang cavalry was stabbed off their horses one by one. However, the Qiang people did not sit still, they urged the war horse monster to scream and arch forward, and under the swing of the scimitar again and again, the casualties of the halberd hand were not much less than that of the Qiang cavalry.

Although the halberders did not have much of an advantage, their purpose had been achieved, and the shock power of the Qiang cavalry was completely unloaded.

At this moment, Duan Lang roared again and ordered: "The two-winged sword and shield hand covers the kill!" "

Kill!! Five thousand sword and shield men then roared and pounced on both sides.

The Qiang cavalry was already very difficult in the battle with the halberders, but when they were suddenly killed by five thousand sword and shield men from both wings, the situation immediately took a sharp turn.

After a moment of stalemate, watching the comrades around them fall in a pool of blood one by one, and watching the other party's growing momentum, many Qiang people couldn't help but show fear on their faces, and they no longer had any hope of rushing out of this place.

As one Qiang cavalry fled, more cavalry turned their horses and fled backwards. After a few moments, the Qiang cavalry completely collapsed. I saw thousands of Qiang cavalry running backwards like lost dogs.

However, Duan Lang did not order the army to pursue. Chasing cavalry with infantry is something that an idiot can do, and he must hold on to this gap.

As soon as the Qiang people broke away from the northern army, Duan Lang immediately ordered the crossbowmen to shoot. At the same time, the crossbowmen on the heights on both sides began to shoot again.

In the rain of arrows flying in the sky, the Qiang people had no way to escape, and the Qiang people were completely chaotic, leaving only thousands of Qiang people running around in all directions.

Some ran towards Duan Langbu again, but most of them were shot off their horses before they could rush in front of them, and the rest ran to other places in a panic.

Some rushed up the gentle slopes on both sides, most of them were also knocked down by the rain of arrows halfway, and the few who rushed to them were also stabbed by the halberders.

After about half an hour, the fifteen thousand Qiang cavalry were basically settled, and only a few hundred people stood at the bottom and looked around tremblingly. Many of them have lost their horses, and even those who have them do not dare to ride on them. Hundreds of people huddled together, as if that would give them a sense of security.

The Northern Expeditionary Army had stopped firing, and the sword and shield men surrounded them from three sides. There was no more fighting, and the remaining hundreds of Qiang people did not dare to resist at all.

According to post-war statistics, in this battle, the Northern Army suffered more than 1,500 casualties, of which more than 800 were killed, and these casualties basically belonged to Duan Lang's troops. And the Qiang people were miserable, 15,000 people were basically all finished, even the leader Yan was killed by random arrows, the mountains were full of Qiang corpses, only more than 300 Qiang people were very lucky to escape this catastrophe and became happy captives.

On the same day, the news from Shangjun reached Chen Chu's hands.

Qiang and Zhang Ji were all arrested, and none of them escaped, which was the result of Chen Chu's request. Next, the plan can be calculated, so that Dong Zhuo's side can relax his vigilance, and then take Beidi County with a thunderous momentum and force Chang'an. Everything is ready for the Northern Army, just waiting for the movement of Xiliang.

However, in this whole matter, there was one thing that made Chen Chu and his advisers feel uneasy. Why did Dong Zhuo dare to act like this, even if he succeeded, wouldn't he be worried about attracting the retaliation of the Northern Army? Is he sure that he will resist the northern army? Or does he have reinforcements?

Through the analysis of the whole matter, Xu Shu and Lu Su concluded that it was very likely that someone among the Kwantung princes had communicated with Dong Zhuo, and the content of this news was very likely that some princes were about to launch an attack on Bingzhou, and at the same time invited Dong Zhuo to do it together.

Accordingly, Xu Shu and Lu Su strongly advised Chen Chu to abandon his original plan to go south, leaving enough forces to deal with the impending Eastern Princes.

Chen Chu listened to Lu Su and Xu Shu's analysis, and was shocked in his heart, but he understood that this possibility was very high. The so-called wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and if you are too conspicuous, it will definitely arouse the jealousy of the princes.

Although canceling the plan to go south to Guanzhong is the wisest decision at present, Chen Chu is not reconciled, he has been preparing for so long, can he just give up?

Chen Chu had a long talk with Lu Su and Xu Shu on this matter, and finally Chen Chu made a compromise decision, the timetable for the army to go south remains unchanged, but the Hexi Army will not participate in the southward war, and the total strength of the southward battle is the Bingzhou Army plus 50,000 Luoyang Legion, a total of 150,000 troops; In addition, the goal of the southward war has also changed from capturing the entire territory of Guanzhong to occupying a county in the north, the purpose of occupying the northern county is to prepare for the future occupation of the entire territory of Guanzhong, the northern county is located in the north of Chang'an, is the gateway to the north of Chang'an, as long as the northern army occupies the northern army, Chang'an will always be under the threat of the northern army.

The 50,000 Luoyang Army and the Bingzhou Army will participate in the southward war, while the Hexi Army will stay behind to deal with emergencies in the direction of Keiguan and Huguan.

In fact, Lu Su and Xu Shu did not agree with this plan, after all, it is still unknown how many people of the Eastern Princes will participate in the attack and annex the state. If the total strength of the eastern princes is beyond imagination, then this division of troops is undoubtedly very dangerous.

The reason why they finally agreed to this plan was because they believed that according to the current situation, the Northern Army had the ability to occupy Beidi County in a short period of time, and Dong Zhuo's main force was bound to be pinned down by Ma Teng, so the army that captured Beidi County could send the main force back to Merge Prefecture in a short time.

There seems to be nothing wrong with the whole plan. But the so-called unpredictable world, Chen Chu's behavior of dividing troops almost caused a catastrophe. But that's a later story, so I won't go into details here.

In this whole plan, there is actually a hidden danger. Now it is impossible for the Northern Army to divide the pass with Ma Teng according to the original plan, Ma Teng is bound to be used as a gun to contain Dong Zhuojun, if Ma Teng is not dead afterwards, Ma Teng will inevitably have a grudge with Chen Chu.

In fact, no matter what choice Chen Chu makes, Ma Teng is a chess piece that is used.

"Taishi, good news!" Li Ru ran into the Taishi Mansion with an excited face.

"Why is Zhong Jian so happy?" Dong Zhuo, who looked like a mountain of meat, sat on the top and asked with a smile.

Li Ru came to Dong Zhuo, saluted first, and then said, "Taishi, just now Zhang Ji sent news that Shangjun is already in our hands!" "

Oh!" Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up suddenly, and then he stood up with a few shots of excitement, "Okay!" That's great! Zhang Ji really lives up to my high expectations!

At this moment, Dong Zhuo noticed that there seemed to be a trace of worry on Li Ru's face, so he asked in surprise: "Zhang Ji successfully controlled Shangjun, why did Zhong Jian have a worried face?"

Li Ru then hugged his fist at Dong Zhuo and said, "I'm worried that if the eastern princes can't attack and merge states as promised, then our situation will be even worse!"

Dong Zhuo couldn't help frowning, what Li Ru said was indeed a problem. If the eastern princes did not send troops as agreed, then Dong Zhuofang would bear all the troops of the Northern Army. Although Dong Zhuo has always been arrogant, he is not sure at all in the face of the main force of the Northern Army.

After being silent for a long time, Dong Zhuocai said in a low voice: "It's too late to think about these at this time!" I think Cao ** should not break their promise, after all, if we are finished, there will only be harm to them, not good.

Li Ru nodded, and also thought that with Cao Cao's wisdom, he should not do anything to help the forces of the Northern Army of the Long March. However, at present, Dong Zhuofang's fate is completely out of their own hands, and Li Ru feels very awkward about this.

On August 8, a bad news from the west reached Chang'an, Ma Teng and Han Sui led 100,000 Xiliang troops to suddenly attack Longxi County, and the 50,000 Dong Zhuo troops stationed in Longxi suffered heavy losses under surprise, and tens of thousands of remnants had all been retreated to Longxi County.

If Longxi is not supported in time, it will only be a matter of time before Longxi is lost. Longxi County is located thousands of miles west of Chang'an, is the most critical barrier to the west of Chang'an, if Longxi is lost, it will be very unfavorable to Dong Zhuo's side entrenched in Chang'an.

"Zhong Jian, Ma Teng Han Sui suddenly attacked! What to do? Dong Zhuo asked, his tone looking anxious and angry.

Li Ru thought for a while, and then replied: "Taishi, for today's plan, we can only send the main force stationed in Beidi County to help Longxi!"

"Good! That's it! Zhong Jian, you go and give the order immediately! Dong Zhuo immediately ordered.

Li Ru respectfully agreed, but a trace of worry seemed to flash on his face, but he didn't say anything to Dong Zhuo.

On 9 August, Guo Yan and Li Wei, who were stationed in Beidi County, received an order. Dong Zhuo ordered Li Dao to lead an army of 150,000 to aid Longxi, and the order was carried out immediately.

On the same day, Li Dao led an army of 150,000 to leave Beidi County and march west to Longxi. Guo Yan led the remaining 50,000 troops to continue to garrison Beidi County.

Dong Zhuo currently has 260,000 troops, of which 50,000 are stationed in Longxi, 200,000 are stationed in Beidi County, and more than 10,000 are stationed in Chang'an and Meiwu.

At this moment, in order to save Longxi's urgency, Dong Zhuo transferred 150,000 troops from the 200,000 troops stationed in Beidi County, which was exactly what Chen Chu was happy to see.

However, Dong Zhuo was not worried about Northland County, because he believed that in addition to the 50,000 defenders of Northland County, there were more than 30,000 defenders of Upper County. It is impossible for the Northern Expeditionary Army to pose an actual threat to its own side in a hurry, not to mention that the Eastern Princes are about to launch an attack on the annexed states.

Almost at the same time that Dong Zhuo received an urgent report from the Western Front, Chen Chu, who was in Bingzhou, also received a message from the west. Unlike Dong Zhuo, this news is definitely good news for Chen Chu.

As soon as he received this news, Chen Chu sent an order to the Bingzhou Legion, which had been preparing for war. Zhang Jaw and Gao Shun immediately led an army of 100,000 to set out from Bingzhou and marched to Shangjun at the speed of a rapid march.

The reason why the Bingzhou Army marched to Bingzhou at this time was mainly to prevent Dong Zhuofang from discovering the purpose of the Northern Army, after all, there was no way to hide the actions of the 100,000 army from those who had a heart; And at this time, even if Dong Zhuofang found out, they had no way to make adjustments in a short period of time.