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Text Chapter 333: The Army Gathers (Third Update)

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    The main force of the army arrived three days later, following the troops of Ma Chao and Wen Chou who arrived early for reinforcements.  At present, after reuniting at Yehu Valley, the number of Han cavalrymen after deducting the original battle losses has reached more than 40,000; there are also nearly 30,000 infantry left.  On the opposite side, the Southern Huns who were camped nearly twenty miles away slaughtered the cavalry of various ethnic groups. Due to the "helping dogs to eat shit", the Xianbei Bald Tribe was completely defeated. Even the leader Bald Pigu was beheaded by Lu Buli. Now it is  Only the more than 50,000 cavalrymen of the Southern Xiongnu headquarters were left, and they were still exhausted after more than a month of fighting.  Therefore, the Southern Xiongnu cavalry were also in the stage of resting their troops and licking their wounds, and did not actively come to seek battle.

    In fact, Hu Chuquan and Mang Zhengji, the father and son who massacred the major and minor chanyus of various tribes in the Southern Huns, also knew in their hearts that their tribe had reached the most critical moment. If even one of them could not be handled well, they would be in danger of being exterminated!  The main force of the Han army was the King of Guanzhong of Xuzhou, who had consolidated the chaos in the Central Plains in just ten years and was almost invincible in the Central Plains. In the Han-Hu war in Longxi, he almost annihilated the Hu coalition forces. The strength of the Han army was definitely not that of his.  The power of the Southern Xiongnu clan can compete with it.  Therefore, Hu Chuquan and Mang Zhengji and their son wanted to use the "strike first to gain the upper hand" approach to defeat Lu Bu's and Le Jin's troops who had arrived early, in order to boost the morale of their headquarters and delay as much as possible.  The Han army who went on an expedition to the fortress even hoped to gain some "chips" for later negotiations.

    However, due to the proper use of the tactics of "avoiding the strong and attacking the weak" adopted by Lu Bu's and Yue Jin's troops in the early stage, they first defeated the Xianbei Bald Tribe who came for reinforcements. After a tough and tenacious resistance, they withstood the attack of the Southern Huns' cavalry.  Crazy attack, with the main force of the Han army arriving one after another, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. The Southern Xiongnu massacre of various ethnic groups is now on the verge of despair!  Being able to become the supreme 'head' of a nation is not given to anyone for free!  Now, Hu Chuquan and Mang Zhengji and his son have completely seen two points:

    First, the Xianbei people, who are now the largest force in the desert and have completed the integration of the whole clan, have produced a generation of Xianbei people who are far more powerful than Xianbei's "genius" Tan Shihuai.  The reason why Kebineng, the new leader, is currently sparing no effort to support the Southern Huns, and even Huchuquan and his son have received the news that Xu Sa of the Eastern Qiang tribe will arrive soon with their cavalry entrusted by their ancestors, is for no other reason than that.  It seems that they want the Southern Xiongnu to try their best to consume the strength of the Han army and delay the progress of the Han army, in order to have the effect of "aborting" the Han army's plan of a full-scale northern expedition; at least the Xianbei people must prepare all the preparations to meet the Han army.  Before preparation, the Han army was delayed in the Hetao area.

    Secondly, as the Han army gathered more and more, it was not that Huchuquan and Mang Zhengji did not understand that the Southern Xiongnu risked the destruction of their entire clan to resist, and they were indeed 'marrying' the Xianbei people.  !  However, Hu Chuquan and Mang Zhengji and his son were somewhat hesitant and had no choice but to act.  As the 'heads' of the clan, Hu Chuquan and Mang Zhengji, father and son, also paid great attention to the overall situation of the Central Plains in the past.  After the Longxi War, it can be seen that the Guanzhong King Pottery, who was known for his two completely opposite behaviors of "kindness" and "treachery" in the Central Plains, almost hated the Yi people and wanted to get rid of them!  Therefore, the father and son did not have much hope in achieving the purpose of a truce through 'summary'.

    This puts Huchuquan and Mang Zhengji and his son in an even more embarrassing situation.  "If you extend your head with a knife, if you shrink your head, it will be a knife with a knife", which is quite similar to Wu Dalang's feeling of "if you eat, you will die, if you don't eat, you will die".  no way!  Hu Chuquan and Mang Zhengji, the pottery merchants of the King of Guanzhong, who had been clamoring for "wiping out all the barbarians" since they were born, really had a feeling of being "at a loss as to what to do".  It seems like you are waiting for the day when you will be "killed at the neck"?  Trying to 'seek peace' is tantamount to 'washing your neck clean and waiting for the steel knife to come'!

    For the current Han army, although it now has a certain advantage in overall strength, it does not have an overwhelming advantage, and it is not absolutely sure that the Southern Xiongnu troops can "complete their efforts in one battle".  Since the other side has not taken the initiative to attack, let's wait until all the armies are reunited before engaging in a decisive battle!  Anyway, the Southern Xiongnu Massacre tribesmen currently have almost all their clan troops stationed on the opposite side. Being able to defeat most of the Southern Xiongnu Massacre tribesmen¡¯s effective forces in one battle will also be of great benefit to the next step of going deep into the desert!

    Similarly, I am not afraid that other tribes will come to support the Southern Xiongnu and massacre various tribes.  The more the better!  Why not wipe out more of the Yi tribe's effective forces just after leaving the fortress?  What's more, we have most of the main force in Shangtun, Youzhou, and reinforcements can be rushed to the Hetao area in more than ten days.  The bigger the battle, the better!  If most of the Yi people in the desert can be gathered in the Hetao area, I will naturally be "optimistic about the success" so as not to further "waste people and money" and go further into the desert!  If I can achieve the best effect of 'one battle to decide the world', then my next step can be to 'break into separate attacks and attack together' to manage the desert!  Instead of consuming a strong military force and a large amount of supplies to defeatIt¡¯s a war!  In fact, this is just a kind of wishful thinking on my part!  Kebineng, who can dominate the position of King of Xianbei at a young age, can he easily allow me to achieve my wish "once and for all"?

    After the Han and Hu armies spent a few days in a somewhat eerie silence, the 10,000-and-a-half-thousand-yuan cavalry troops from Xusa of the Eastern Qiang Dynasty arrived first to reinforce the Southern Xiongnu massacre. The number of Hu cavalry opposite the Han army had increased to seven.  Ten thousand.  As for the Han army, the reinforcements from the allied forces from Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Xiliang also arrived two days apart.  The three coalition forces that came to help had a total of nearly 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry.  After the combined forces arrived, the Han army had 60,000 infantry and cavalry each, and the total strength had reached 120,000.  At this time, I was preparing to test my combat power on the Hetao battlefield and practice it in actual combat. The three thousand Hengdao army led by Lu Meng, who was far behind the cavalry I led, had just arrived.

    The army gathered, and the war was about to break out.  It¡¯s time to make an overall deployment!  I originally valued Sun Ce very highly, but his "style" that was completely different from Lu Bu's has greatly changed my perception of him.  He who knows the current affairs is a hero!  And when the overall situation of the world has been decided, Sun Ce is still dreaming of "conquering the world"?  It also made me more wary of him!

    At the same time, since there are now several factions that have gathered under my command, we cannot appear to favor one over the other.  In particular, the overall power of the former 'Cao Clan' generals was originally only slightly less than that of Xuzhou.  Now that everyone is under my command, I naturally have to be extremely friendly and try my best to comfort them.  Otherwise, if we unite together and make waves again, then I will just wait for 'one head and two big ones'!  Therefore, after the various departments arrived, I could only gather them all together and make unified arrangements and arrangements regardless of the closeness.  Of course, I still need the majesty of the ¡®King of Guanzhong¡¯ who is in a transcendent position!  Giving both grace and power is the only way for a superior to control his subordinates!

    Considering that Xiliang is also a top priority!  And my old father-in-law Ma Teng was extremely 'selfless' in giving me his brave and invincible 'brother-in-law' Ma Chao and Xiliang's first brave general Pang Dejun. Naturally, I was the first to receive Pang De and show concern.  Let's see if there will be an 'empty' situation in Xiliang.  When it was my first time to see the strong and powerful Pang De, accompanied by his 'young master' Ma Chao, he came to see me. After I sat down with great enthusiasm and served tea to him, I first asked how I felt.  Xiliang is somewhat lacking in generals and has to face the problem of the two Qiang people scattered around Xiliang.

    The rough and arrogant Pound has completely entered the "role" of a "family".  Even the titles of "Prince" and "Sister-in-law" are confusing!  According to Pang De: According to the idea of ??my old father-in-law Ma Teng, since the Ma family and the Tao family are already one, and Ma Dai can now take charge of his own business, there is no war in Xiliang for the time being.  Something happened.  Therefore, Ma Teng sent Pang De, the "backbone" of Xiliang, to my "uncle" for deployment.  At the same time, Ma Teng also asked Pang De to bring me a message: Because he is getting older, he plans to leave office soon and go to Bashu, the ¡®Land of Abundance¡¯, to enjoy peace and happiness!  Therefore, I want to hand over the important task of Xiliang to Ma Chao or Ma Dai. After I discuss with Ma Chao and make a decision, I can send him a reply so that he can formally report it to the court.

    Because the situation in Xiliang is complicated, I originally planned to entrust Zhou Yu in Guanzhong to make unified arrangements after the war in Northern Xinjiang came to an end.  Therefore, I said to Ma Chao, who was shaking his head like a rattle and was unwilling to return to Xiliang: For the time being, it is just Meng Qi who wants to return to Xiliang, and Xiliang also needs to rely on his father-in-law's prestige to stabilize it for a while, and this matter will be over.  Let¡¯s discuss it again!

    Northern Xinjiang, Western Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang, Haijiang, etc. all need to be carefully considered.  But you still have to do it one by one, step by step!
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