Chapter 523: Breaking the Xiongnu

Bai Lang swept through Xihe Commandery. Xihe Commandery was originally occupied by the Qiang, Hu, and Black Mountain bandits. Although the commandery city was still in the hands of the imperial court officials, it was also in danger. Bai Lang led four hundred troops to break many camps of the Black Mountain bandits and plundered tens of thousands of people. Although the Black Mountain bandits were called thieves, they were just people who couldn't survive in the Yellow Turban Rebellion and hid in the mountains.

If they occupied land without an owner, they would still work hard to farm—they absolutely couldn't survive by plundering alone. And now the north was suffering from severe drought and cold, and the weather was not right. Bai Lang vaguely remembered that this might be a Little Ice Age. After he broke the camps of the Black Mountain bandits, there were many old, weak, sick, and disabled people farming inside.

Bai Lang had no intention of killing indiscriminately. He recognized the land ownership of these people and planned the irrigation canals for them—Bai Lang was not a person who was good at water conservancy. There were quite a few capable people among the people in this regard, and he only needed to mediate in the middle. Bai Lang drove the Qiang and Hu to the west. Four hundred people first attacked Lishi, the seat of Xihe Commandery, and the local administrator ran away directly. It couldn't be said that he ran, he saw Bai Lang coming and sent someone to ask who was coming.

Bai Lang assassinated Dong and didn't want to be known to the world. What he sought was not fame in the world, but just felt that killing Dong Zhuo was what he should do. However, his surprise attack on Hangu Pass failed and he was repelled by Niu Fu. Niu Fu reported the victory to Chang'an, but was scolded by Dong Zhuo, "This is raising the ambition of others!" Bai Lang failed to take the pass alone and killed hundreds of people and could still retreat unscathed. Once this victory report came out, his bravery was known to the world...

Seeing that it was Bai Lang, the Xihe administrator who had been recommended by the late emperor and Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, directly gave the position of administrator to Bai Lang, wrote a table and asked someone to send it to Chang'an court, and he hung the seal and returned to his hometown. It turned out that he was from Yingchuan, and his future was great after returning home...

This table would probably be approved by Prime Minister Dong. Although Xihe hung above Luoyang, it didn't matter. Xihe faced the Xiongnu directly. It was a good thing for Dong Zhuo to let Bai Lang be the Xihe administrator, so that he wouldn't think about entering the pass to help the Han family all day long. Bai Lang entered Lishi, only to see that there were only ten thousand people in the commandery, and the grazing land of the Xiongnu was outside Lishi.

Bai Lang entered the city and settled the soldiers. The local commandery troops were only five hundred, and Bai Lang took his hundred cavalry and went out of the city to kill toward the Xiongnu. At least he had to drive the Xiongnu out of Xihe Commandery, and if possible, drive them to the west and north, and not let them come to the city of Lishi in a day.

The local civil officials were just like that, and Bai Lang followed the rules. There was no strategist around him. Bai Lang led a hundred cavalry to gallop in Xihe. The Xiongnu in front were not in formation, mostly ten or dozens of people grazing cattle and horses. It seemed that they were all grazing slaves. Wherever Bai Lang went, those grazing slaves fled or were caught. Bai Lang collected cattle, horses, and sheep and returned to Lishi triumphantly.

He went out of the city for a circle and collected dozens of horses, more than a hundred sheep, and more than ten cattle. It was considered a full load. Similarly, the escaped grazing slaves would attract the Xiongnu army. The Xiongnu at this time were completely different from the former Han period. It could be said that they were Sinicized Xiongnu, and their upper-class nobles had the same Han studies as the scholars of the Han family. But the backward tribal system would still make them plunder secretly.

The Xiongnu gathered an army of several thousand, and Bai Lang also heard the news, so he took the initiative to lead two hundred cavalry to attack—this was the result of his collecting cavalry and archers who could ride and shoot in Xihe Commandery and equipping them with horses. Although the armory of Xihe Commandery had long been empty, Bai Lang still tried his best to equip them with armor.

Bai Lang took the initiative to attack. Seeing the Xiongnu Chanyu leading several thousand cavalry rolling over, he immediately shouted his official position as Xihe Administrator, "Today we should break the captives! You can follow me!" He took the lead and killed with a long spear. The Xiongnu warriors also rode their horses and came, drawing bows and shooting arrows at Bai Lang.

And Bai Lang's iron spear shook, deflecting the arrows shot from the front, and he stabbed a Xiongnu warrior off his horse with one thrust, then his arm grew longer, grabbed the long spear stabbed by another Xiongnu soldier, pulled it, and took the man off the saddle and threw him back. This man of more than a hundred catties was thrown out by Bai Lang with one hand like a lamp grass. When he fell to the ground, he was beheaded by the Han cavalry following Bai Lang.

Bai Lang charged directly into the Xiongnu cavalry coming from the opposite side. The long spear stabbed left and right and occasionally slashed in arcs. Only to see the Xiongnu cavalry falling off their horses one after another. Sometimes even man and horse were cut open by Bai Lang's blow. Bai Lang was in no man's land, killing a bloody path directly to the Xiongnu Chanyu. The nobleman turned his horse and ran, but Bai Lang threw his long spear directly and nailed him and his horse to a string.

Those cavalry didn't have time to see their Chanyu being killed. They saw Bai Lang empty-handed and felt that they had found an opportunity, so four or five long spears stabbed directly. Bai Lang grabbed with both hands and grabbed the spears directly. Bai Lang was strong, and with one grab and one pull, they couldn't hold it at all. After the long spear was out of hand, they were thrown by Bai Lang one by one, and several people were connected.

Bai Lang didn't even explode his Qi at this time. These Xiongnu soldiers were wearing leather robes, and their bravery was far inferior to the Xiliang soldiers. Bai Lang entered the flock of sheep like a tiger, ran directly to the Chanyu who fell on the ground, pulled out his bloody long spear, and cut down the big flag of the Chanyu with one spear.

Thousands of Xiongnu cavalry collapsed directly, fleeing for their lives one after another, and Bai Lang led his own cavalry to chase and kill them unhurriedly, specifically targeting large groups of cavalry and cavalry led by nobles. This pursuit lasted for three days and three nights. The Xiongnu soldiers tried to counterattack after gathering, but each time they were broken by Bai Lang. Finally, under the fierce pursuit, the Xiongnu army completely collapsed. Thousands or tens of thousands surrendered, and those killed were afraid that at least this number.

The Xiongnu in the river west were swept away, and they even retreated to the north, and they didn't even dare to want the Meiji city that was given to the Southern Xiongnu. Bai Lang returned to the army to calculate, but lost more than ten cavalry. What he brought back were tens of thousands of captured Xiongnu men, women, old and young, as well as tens of thousands of Qiang people and Han people plundered by the Xiongnu. At this point, Xihe was pacified.

He did not report to the imperial court. One was that Bai Lang did not take this as merit, and the other was that the imperial court seemed to be in chaos now.

From Bai Lang's arrival in Xihe to the attack on the Xiongnu, half a year had passed. He heard rumors that Yanzhou Inspector Liu Dai Liu Governor had died. It turned out that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban army entered Yanzhou, and Liu Dai did not listen to Bao Xin's advice and took the initiative to attack, and was defeated by the Yellow Turbans and died in the army with Bao Xin. Bai Lang heard this and was silent. Although Liu Dai was not a man of talent, and he fired at Qiao Mao during the crusade against Dong, he was ultimately Bai Lang's recommender. So Bai Lang also set up an incense table to worship.

The Xiongnu left, and Bai Lang occupied the whole territory of Xihe Commandery. The left and right parts of the Xiongnu had surrendered, and his sphere of influence directly included half of Taiyuan Commandery. The army could reach Jinyang directly. If he swallowed the middle part of the Xiongnu, then the Xiongnu Zhonglang General would be afraid to fall to him. Half of Bingzhou, especially the essence of Taiyuan Commandery, was afraid that it had already belonged to Bai Lang.

He guarded Lishi. His governance could be said to be extremely rough, but it was just the original commandery officials changing their faces to listen to his orders. Since Bai Lang occupied Xihe, naturally some people came to join him and some people came to find him. On this day, several envoys came from thousands of miles away... ===== CHAPTER 524 =====