Chapter 563: Xiliang

Kongming was just as Bai Lang expected, and Xuande was also a veteran who had fought many battles; he knew how to win after losing so much. Relying on Xiangyang and Fancheng and a transport line that could not be blocked, the Han River, LiuBei defended the city with tens of thousands of brave troops and really dared to fight CaoCao's five hundred thousand-strong army.

Gao Gan and Gao Shun stayed in Fancheng, with Xuande as the head facing CaoCao's five hundred thousand troops directly, ZhangFei led one thousand cavalry to roam outside, GuanYu led the Jingzhou naval force to block the river, and Kongming and others continuously replenished grain, military weapons, and soldiers from Xiangyang. Even with five hundred thousand troops, CaoCao was helpless.

And now news came that Bai Lang had taken Chang'an and Xiahou Yuan's one hundred thousand-strong army had collapsed and retreated from the Sili Department. This time it directly threatened the heart of CaoCao, and he had to retreat. CaoCao was also a master of military strategy in the world, and he retreated step by step without giving Xuande a chance to pursue.

Although ZhangFei led the elite cavalry to charge, he fell into an ambush and was defeated. Even with the bravery of Third Master Zhang, it was difficult to break through. Since CaoCao had returned to Xuchang, he naturally had to seriously consider the direction of using troops. He also had the ambition to unify the world.

As for what CaoCao thought, Bai Lang thought it was nothing more than strengthening his strength, because he now had to face two fronts in the south and west, but the advantage was that the four provinces he occupied were absolutely stronger than Liu Xuande and Jiangdong in terms of population and talent reserves. The only thing to worry about was that Liu Xuande occupied Jingzhou and Xiangyang City, which could directly threaten Xuchang.

Bai Lang's focus at this time was not on taking the opportunity to break through the pass into Bingzhou and Yanzhou, but on fighting against the Qiang people and Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west. Although Ma Teng and Han Sui were called Han officials, they were actually Han thieves. Don't look at Ma Teng entering the court and being listed on the edict of the clothes, in fact, this person was a rebel. And Bai Lang had always disliked the rebels in Xiliang, so he led his troops west to take the initiative to harass these guys.

The leaders of the Xiliang soldiers who caused chaos in the past, such as Li and Guo, had already been executed at this time, and Xiliang was now the world of Han and Ma. Bai Lang led eight hundred cavalry all the way west, and after traveling less than a hundred miles out of Chang'an, he saw the Xiliang army. Bai Lang didn't say much, directly urged his horse, raised his spear, and stabbed more than ten people off their horses. The other Xiliang soldiers shouted and all ran away.

Bai Lang pursued from behind, and the eight hundred cavalry pursued and killed along the way, directly chasing out hundreds of miles. At that time, there were already ten thousand Xiliang soldiers fleeing in front of him. There was no lack of brave generals who tried to turn around to fight Bai Lang, but they were killed in one bout, and after Bai Lang raised the White Tiger Flag, the Xiliang army fled even more at the sight of him.

Until Bai Lang chased to the front of Ma Teng and Han Sui's grand army.

"Both are thieves!" Bai Lang stood with his spear and looked at the army of tens of thousands in front of him. The Xiongnu and Qiang people in this army occupied more than half, and at a glance, one would think it was the Qiang army. A person ran toward Bai Lang from the opposite side, and it turned out to be Ma Teng, "Why did the Colonel come to invade my Xiliang?" Ma Teng was indeed a bit confused.

How could he say that he was also a Han official now? He hadn't raised the rebel flag. Bai Lang just gave a shout, "You are just thieves who stole Xiliang! Where do you get the Han official!" After saying this, he directly urged the Qingzhi horse, raised his long spear, and was about to stab Ma Teng off his horse. At that time, a cavalryman flew from behind Ma Teng, "Don't hurt my father!" The general in front of him was younger than Bai Lang, handsome in appearance, and wearing a brocade robe; it was Ma Teng's eldest son, Ma Chao.

Ma Chao used the horse's strength to block Bai Lang's long spear with a spear, and then fought with Bai Lang. The cavalry behind them both pressed up. The battle between Bai Lang and Ma Chao lasted only a dozen bouts, and Bai Lang picked Ma Chao off his horse with one spear. Ma Chao's personal guards killed their way out, and more than thirty cavalry died, half of whom snatched back the eldest son Ma, who was alive or dead.

Bai Lang swung his long spear and took advantage of the momentum to launch a charge. The eight hundred cavalry behind him took Bai Lang as the sharp blade, forming a spearhead formation and rushing straight toward the more than one hundred thousand troops of the Han and Ma families in front of him. Several generals flashed in front of him, the leader of whom was extremely majestic, holding a big sword, bursting with fighting spirit to block Bai Lang, but he was exhausted and fled after less than ten bouts, and the other warriors were all picked off their horses by Bai Lang.

Bai Lang took the lead. When his long spear pointed and stabbed, no arrow could hit his body or the warhorse under his crotch. At this time, the closer Bai Lang was to the finish line, the stronger he became. After breaking through the rain of arrows, Bai Lang crashed into the enemy's formation. The white tiger roared and roared in the enemy's formation, invincible, leaving only a bloody path behind him.

The eight hundred elite cavalry charged in and constantly expanded the wound. Bai Lang's footsteps never stopped, going straight for the main army. Before he arrived, the Xiliang army in front of him had already collapsed. "Han Sui and Ma Teng fled?" Bai Lang heard these Xiliang people shouting in their local accents and turned his head to ask the cavalry behind him. The other party replied that it was indeed so. Fearing Bai Lang's bravery, the entire Xiliang army collapsed after Han Sui and Ma Teng took the lead in running away.

The White Tiger Cavalry pursued for more than a hundred miles, and the Xiliang army threw away their helmets and armor, collapsing without a formation, and really didn't have the appearance of a strong Xiliang army. After catching a few prisoners, they knew why. Bai Lang had killed hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu, Qiang, and Xianbei outside the Great Wall when he was the Bingzhou Governor, and his prestige was known to the foreigners. Whether it was the Qiang, Xiongnu, Xianbei, or Wuhuan, hearing Bai Lang's name could stop children from crying at night.

Now that Bai Lang charged the formation, they naturally feared him. Once the formation was broken, they lost their courage and had no power to resist.

Along the way, the Xiliang army constantly fled and died on the road. Finally, in Jincheng County, Han Sui asked to surrender, with only dozens of cavalry left by his side, and the rest of the crowd fled. People like Yan Rou tried to counterattack Bai Lang, but they were all beheaded by Bai Lang. And Ma Teng, with the seriously injured Ma Chao and the rest of the Ma family's descendants, also surrendered a day later. If they continued to flee, I am afraid their personal guards would behead them and offer their heads to ask for Bai Lang's forgiveness.

Marching for ten days, defeating the enemy in one battle, pursuing and killing for ten days for thousands of miles, Bai Lang pacified Xiliang in less than a month, and his brave name spread throughout the world again. The jade fish became more and more lifelike, and Bai Lang also knew that his move was hard to say, "It seems that this move will charge the jade fish... But I have been in the late Han for more than ten years, which is much longer than before."

Seeing this, Bai Lang could only start to pretend to be sick. In these years, he had no descendants with the two women he snatched, so he had to let them choose two children from their own clans to act as adopted sons. Bai Lang had treated these two children, Bai Xing and Bai Shou, like his own children over the years. When teaching them martial arts, he also passed down his own martial arts, but it was a pity that the technique didn't seem to fit the temperament of these two boys. His direct transmission of the Southern Dipper White Tiger Fist was practiced by them in a stumbling way, and the Thirteen Tai Bao Golden Bell Shield was the same, but some martial arts evolved from the White Tiger Fist were practiced quite well.

"It's okay, anyway, it's just breathing. If you practice well in the future, you will naturally find a breathing method that suits you." As a master of the inner scene, Bai Lang was very open-minded about this, so the breathing method he let these two boys learn was also a breathing method he deduced from the Thirteen Tai Bao Golden Bell Shield.

The news of Bai Lang's illness spread, and it immediately focused the world's attention. Liu Xuande also put down the design of unifying the entire Jingzhou and began to plan to enter Shu, and directly came to Chang'an to visit Bai Lang. In the letter, Bai Lang had already told LiuBei to ask someone to replace his position... ===== CHAPTER 564 =====