Chapter 415

Gao Shun, with a blank expression, raised the great sword in his hand and pointed it at the sparse Qiang cavalry rushing toward them.

The one thousand cavalrymen behind him, almost half Han and half Xiongnu, immediately split into two groups and charged toward the Qiang cavalry from the left and right.

The Xiongnu cavalry, who were good at riding and archery, unleashed a rain of arrows in the first round.

After switching to strong bows and iron arrows, the Xiongnu Righteous Followers instantly knocked down a large number of Qiang cavalry with their superb riding and archery skills.

Seeing this situation, most of the remaining Qiang cavalry had already begun to flee.

Fleeing was not shameful for the Qiang tribes.

The task of the Qiang cavalry rushing out of the fortress was to cover the escape of their families and the old and young of their tribes.

To deal with the surprise attacks of the Han army, the Qiang tribes already had a familiar way of responding.

If they could win, they would fight.

If they couldn't win, they would run.

Anyway, the Han army's surprise attack was only temporary.

As long as they fled into the mountains, they would return to live as usual once the Han army left.

This situation had been something the Qiang tribes had been accustomed to for over a hundred years.

And afterward, the Qiang tribes would also organize retaliation, attacking county towns to plunder.

Finally, after mediation, they would stop attacking each other.

However, this time, the Qiang tribes miscalculated.

It shouldn't be said that the Qiang tribes miscalculated.

It should be said that this time they were calculated.

Qu Yi seemed to have already calculated the direction of the Qiang tribes' escape.

In the mountain forest on both sides of the entrance to the mountain, Qu Yi watched the fleeing Qiang tribes getting closer and closer.

Accompanied by Qu Yi raising his arm.

The one thousand soldiers hidden in the forest, holding long bows, raised their bows and arrows.

As Qu Yi's arm fell, the bows and arrows soared into the sky.

They fired toward the fleeing Qiang tribes in front of them.

"Alternate front and back, within a hundred paces, volley fire!" Qu Yi roared.

It was almost an identical scene.

At Rongqiu outside Xi County.

It's just that this time there was no ambush or slaughter.

Lu Bu, wielding the Heavenly Halberd, rode the Jade Dragon warhorse, followed by one thousand cavalrymen.

Lu Bu, who seemed to be born for cavalry raids and charging into battle, tore open the gate of the Zhong Qiang fortress with his personal bravery alone.

The Heavenly Halberd in his hand rolled up waves of blood, cutting down the incoming Qiang cavalry one after another.

He alone, like entering a land with no one in it, rushed into the Qiang fortress.

And the one thousand Xiongnu Righteous Followers who followed behind Lu Bu relied on Lu Bu, this sharp spearhead, to break into the camp of the Zhong Qiang tribe and bloom everywhere.

On the outskirts of the Zhong Qiang camp, Zhang Liao, who was also leading the vanguard, split off five hundred cavalry to sweep the surroundings after Lu Bu broke into the main gate of the Qiang fortress, while he personally led five hundred cavalry to break in from the rear of the fortress.

Forming a pincer movement with Lu Bu inside the Qiang fortress, they trampled the camp.

The two joined forces, and in just over an hour, they turned the Zhong Qiang fortress into a river of blood.

Lu Bu, riding on the Jade Dragon warhorse, shook the minced meat from his Heavenly Halberd.

He scanned the four directions with an arrogant gaze.

"Cut off all the heads."

"Are you willing to kill some more with me, Wenyuan?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Liao not far away: "Although our tasks are similar this time, Wenyuan doesn't want to lose to them, right?"

"It's only been three days; why don't we sweep through some of the Qiang tribes nearby?"

Listening to Lu Bu's suggestion, Zhang Liao thought for a moment and nodded.

This place was only about a day's journey from Jixian.

And now it was only the third day of the ten days.

Sweeping through for a few more days was not a problem at all.

Since it was to establish prestige, it might as well be more thorough.

Seven days later.

Jixian.

It had been exactly seven days since Duan Yu's family arrived in Jixian.

These seven days, Liang Gu, as the Liangzhou Inspector, felt it was very difficult to endure.

The backstabbing by Gai Xun, Yang Fu, and the others made Liang Gu feel very troublesome.

Liang Gu was mainly worried that after Duan Yu arrived, he would blame him for not sending troops to help, and thus oppose him.

So Liang Gu prepared to have a good explanation with Duan Yu when he arrived, and it would be best to turn hostility into friendship.

It's just that he waited day after day, but he never waited for Duan Yu to take office.

Therefore, Liang Gu was in torment every day.

At this time, in Liang Gu's main hall.

Breakfast had just been placed on the table in front of Liang Gu when an attendant came to report that Duan Yu had arrived.

Liang Gu, who didn't even have time to eat, immediately ordered people to prepare the carriage to go out of the city to welcome him. ===== CHAPTER 417 =====