Chapter 64: The Fleeing Qiang Tribe
Hundreds of thousands of Qiang coalition forces were divided into three groups. For a while, they were unstoppable . Letters asking for help came to Guo Hao like snowflakes.
However, Guo Hao, who had received the news from Pang De early on, was as steady as a rock. Pang De and Ma Teng secretly contacted Guo Hao and even sent his own son Ma Tie to Beiliang City.
"I didn't expect that the lord is still in contact with Ma Teng. The lord really is... making friends all over the world!" Jia Xu sighed.
Man proposes, God disposes, and God disposes. We originally thought that we could only hold Beiliang City in the end, but we didn’t expect that there would be a light at the end of the tunnel, and the enemy commander turned out to be one of ours.
According to the plan of Ma Teng, Pang De and Guo Hao after they coordinated with each other, the Qiang troops were divided into three groups, first targeting the disobedient Qiang tribes, under the pretext that one must first stabilize the country before fighting against foreign enemies, and first deal with the scattered Qiang tribes, then unite all the tribes to further strengthen the power of the Qiang coalition.
Moreover, Pang De led his troops northward and only besieged the city to demand food and provide food support for the Qiang people, while the frontal attack was left to Ma Teng and Han Sui to deal with.
Ma Teng gathered the tribes that admired the Han Dynasty under his own command and reported all the troublemakers to Han Sui. Although Han Sui felt something was wrong, as he looked at his growing , he acquiesced in Ma Teng's actions. He was convinced that Ma Teng's wisdom was not enough to outwit him.
Poor Han Sui still thought that his opponent was Ma Teng, but he didn't know that his opponent had long been replaced by Jia Xu. Although Han Sui was a little clever, he could barely be considered a second-rate civil official.
However, just like Ma Chao who could defeat a second-rate general in one move, Jia Xu was simply a waste of talent when dealing with Han Sui. He was able to understand Han Sui thoroughly just through some little things in Han Sui's life provided by Ma Teng. He used a little trick to make Han Sui seem to have reaped a lot of rewards, but in fact, he already had one foot on the edge of a cliff.
The various counties that were originally somewhat dissatisfied with Guo Hao had to start to cling to Guo Hao's thighs in the face of the unstoppable Qiang rebels. After all, in a sense, Guo Hao was indeed the current highest wartime leader of Liangzhou.
Finally, the Qiang rebels arrived at the defense line temporarily formed by Guo Hao. Jia Xu's strategy of forming alliances not only brought together the defenders of various cities, but also completely sidelined the city lords.
There was only one voice left in the entire army, and that was Guo Hao's voice. It could be said that if it weren't for the pressure from the imperial court, Guo Hao would have taken over the entire Liangzhou for himself this time.
"Wenhe, you really have a deep understanding of human nature!" Looking at the hundreds of thousands of Qiang rebels marching like puppets according to Jia Xu's design, Guo Hao was impressed by Jia Xu's ability to understand human nature.
"Lord Miao Zan, just follow the trend."
"Give the order, don't say anything no matter what you see." Guo Hao gave the order to Di Qing and others while sitting on his horse.
"Yes!" Although they did not understand what Guo Hao meant, Di Qing and others bowed in response.
"Bo Yue and Han Chen, don't worry about anything else for now, go straight to Han Sui, and make sure to capture him!" Guo Hao arranged in front of the formation.
“Yes!”
"Military advisor, would you like to move to the rear? The battle will be over soon, and we will need to collect the prisoners. Please take care of that." Guo Hao signaled Jia Xu to retreat into the city to prepare logistics. Although Jia Xu was safe with the protection of him and his personal guards, there were still hidden dangers.
"Then I wish my lord a great victory!" Jia Xu chose to retreat according to his heart. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. He did not want to be hit by stray arrows.
At this time, a troop of Qiang people came up in a neat formation, carrying tattered weapons.
Guo Hao did not underestimate the Qiang army. The most bizarre thing in this world is that tattered weapons may be artifacts, and brand new equipment may be blank.
Without the nourishment of humanity and the warmth of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, even an iron sword could be cut by a wooden sword.
Before Guo Hao could react, three or five Qiang people on horseback jumped out from the opposite side, obviously intending to fight.
The commander of the Qiang tribe was Ma Teng, and those sent out were Han Sui's eight generals, Ma Chao, and four generals under Pang De.
Jiang Wei and Di Qing found this ridiculous. They knew that Pang De had gone to the Qiang tribe to cause trouble, but they didn't expect that he had directly become a high-ranking official of the Qiang tribe.
With such a big traitor in the team, they don’t know how the Qiang people can win.
The two smart people guessed from Guo Hao's orders that Ma Teng might be one of their own.
My goodness, there are three Qiang leaders, two of whom are our own people, so how could we lose the war?
"Bo Yue, you will go up and fight with Ma Chao later. Han Chen will join you after he defeats the eight generals. You must keep a close eye on Han Sui and don't let him run away." Guo Hao repeatedly reminded him.
Needless to say, Ma Chao and Jiang Wei fought against each other and it was evenly matched for a while.
"Meng Qi is really brave!" Han Sui praised, but the viciousness in his eyes could not be hidden.
First it was Pang De, then Ma Chao. The two of them forcibly pulled him down from his position as the leader of the Qiang rebels. From being the only one in power to having three people working together, how could he not hate them?
"The eight strong men under Wen Yue seem to be not very good!" Pang De was not afraid of Han Sui. What was there to be afraid of when a dying man was about to die?
It was seen that the four generals under Pang De and the four generals sent by Guo Hao were evenly matched, and Ma Chao and Jiang Wei were fighting to a standstill.
Only eight strong generals under Han Sui were pinned to the ground and beaten by Di Qing. It was embarrassing enough for eight people to beat one, let alone being pinned to the ground and beaten.
Di Qing didn't expect this either. He thought that the opponents had eight second-rate generals, but he didn't expect that there were actually two second-rate and six third-rate.
Di Qing, who originally planned to wait for Guo Hao's support, exposed a flaw and directly killed a second-rate general, then pretended to be exhausted and fought with the remaining seven.
There was a crackling sound of fighting on horseback. More than a dozen people in front of the two armies were evenly matched, and the battle ended in a draw. The soldiers on both sides were so excited that their blood boiled.
As for Guo Hao, he was secretly preparing his ultimate move, waiting for the arrival of noon. He was ready to throw a sun at Han Sui to teach him a lesson as both sides on the field retreated.
As expected, the two sides fought for nearly a hundred rounds, and Yan Xingdu was sent by Han Sui to protect the eight generals who were crippled. Now there are only five left, so perhaps it is possible to consider calling them the five generals.
"Do it!" Guo Hao roared , and in an instant a huge three-legged golden crow flew out and landed straight into the Qiang camp. Then the soldiers who had received the order long ago followed Guo Hao and rushed forward.
The huge three-legged golden crow fell into the Qiang camp. Although it was weakened a lot by the humanitarian energy above the Qiang troops' heads, the remaining power still blew a hole in the Qiang troops' defense line.
When the roar stopped, a deep pit nearly a thousand meters in size appeared in the Qiang camp.
The Qiang people were shocked. Before they could come to their senses, they heard the sounds of retreat one after another. These were the spies planted by Ma Teng and Pang De in various units of the army. Their purpose was to make the entire Qiang camp collapse.
