Chapter 506

"Take out this money and grain to motivate the soldiers and boost morale."

"Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men; what you see now is just a tiny bit of profit."

"Jincheng is poor; Longxi and Hanyang Commandery are the wealthy ones."

"Only after taking Yunwu can we attack Longxi and Hanyang; then there will be plenty of money and grain."

Upon hearing that they were to take out the looted money and grain, the many Qiang tribal leaders in the room all had very ugly expressions.

They came precisely to loot wealth.

Now, to ask them to take out the wealth they had previously looted, wouldn't that mean they had worked for nothing for so long?

Looking at the reluctant crowd, Beigong Boyu suddenly felt an indescribable disappointment.

There were so many people sitting in this room, yet not one had any foresight.

The war between the Han and Qiang had lasted for more than two hundred years.

The Qiang population in Liangzhou was over two million, while the Han people were only five hundred thousand.

Even so, the Qiang tribe had always been in a state of being passively beaten.

If it were him, if he were the leader of the Qiang tribes, he would definitely be like Tanshihuai, like Modu of the Xiongnu, and drive the Han people out of Liangzhou completely.

The current Han Dynasty had weakened to this point; it was the best opportunity to seize Liangzhou.

Yet these people before him were only concerned with petty gains.

They had absolutely no foresight at all.

"Fine."

The old king of the Shaodang Qiang pondered for a moment and nodded: "We will do as you say, but if we cannot break Yunwu within three days, then..."

Before the old king of the Shaodang Qiang could finish his sentence, a soldier ran in hurriedly from outside.

"Old King, Old King, the city gate of Yunwu has opened!"

Hmm?

The old king of the Shaodang Qiang stood up from his seat abruptly: "What did you say?"

"Yunwu, the east gate of Yunwu City has opened, and that Han general has brought the soldiers of Yunwu out."

Now everyone in the tent heard clearly.

Duan Yu came out of the city?

Was he planning to fight them to the death outside the city?

"Good!"

The old king of the Shaodang Qiang clapped his hands excitedly: "Good, good, good; we couldn't do anything to him while he was in the city, but now he has come out himself!"

"Quick, pass the order, assemble the three armies; we must not let him go back!"

The old king of the Shaodang Qiang said urgently.

However, Beigong Boyu did not move.

Something is wrong!

This is wrong!

Why would Duan Yu suddenly come out of the city?

This does not make sense.

If Yunwu City really couldn't be held, Duan Yu might lead his subordinates to break out.

But now Yunwu City could clearly still be held.

Since that was the case, why did Duan Yu come out of the city?

Duan Yu would not be stupid enough to think that with one thousand cavalry, he could fight fifty thousand Qiang in the field.

Field warfare was what the Qiang were best at, not siege warfare!

Something is wrong!

Beigong Boyu's expression gradually became grave.

A very bad feeling welled up in his heart.

Through these few engagements, he couldn't say he knew Duan Yu very well, but at least he was familiar with him.

Although Duan Yu was young, he fought with great maturity.

Duan Yu's previous deeds, including the battles Duan Yu had fought since coming to Liangzhou.

Coupled with the recent defense and offense battles.

Duan Yu's performance was extremely remarkable.

Although Duan Yu was extremely fierce and brave, he was not stupid at all, nor was he impulsive.

And he was definitely not the kind of arrogant person.

One thousand against fifty thousand...

Unless...

Unless there were reinforcements!

Beigong Boyu's eyes lit up.

Right!

Unless Duan Yu's reinforcements had arrived, he would never do this.

Jincheng.

If Duan Yu's reinforcements had arrived, it meant Jincheng had already been broken.

Right, it was Jincheng!

For the past few days, there had been news from Jincheng.

But it seemed that there had been no news about Jincheng for many days.

Subconsciously, Beigong Boyu was about to speak.

But the words died on his lips; watching the old king of the Shaodang Qiang and others walking out of the tent and starting to order the assembly of troops, Beigong Boyu swallowed the words back.

After a moment of contemplation, Beigong Boyu also started walking, slowly following at the end of the crowd.

After walking out of the tent, Beigong Boyu glanced at the many Qiang leaders a few steps away from him, and then called over a subordinate.

Then he lowered his voice and said: "Go to the camp and pass the order, saying that I order all troops to assemble."

"In addition, notify the Xiutu leader to come see me."

"After the assembly of troops is completed, move toward the northwest of the camp; also, without my order, no troops are allowed to participate in the battle."

The subordinate heard Beigong Boyu's order and hurriedly went to convey it.

Under Yunwu City.

The east gate was wide open.

Duan Yu led his eight hundred Flying Bear Cavalry, and the two hundred cavalry of the Personal Guard Battalion had all come out of the city.

The thousand cavalry directly formed a huge cavalry formation.

Duan Yu wore black thorn armor, rode the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast, and held the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd.

Behind him were Tie Shitou and Wang Hunu, as well as the two hundred Personal Guards.

Further back were the eight hundred heavy-armored Flying Bear Cavalry, the most elite under Dong Zhuo.

The city gate behind them had already been closed.

County Lieutenant Guo Xian and the garrison soldiers stood ready.

The black battle flags on the city wall fluttered in the north wind.

In the distance, the Xiqiang camp had also started to mobilize troops.

Dozens of cavalry groups filed out along each camp gate, quickly assembling on the vast plain in front of Yunwu County.

Duan Yu looked at the distant Xiqiang camp with cold eyes and did not intend to give the Qiang cavalry time to assemble.

The Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd in his hand pointed diagonally toward the sky.

"Soldiers!"

"Before you are the enemies of your generations!"

"Their blades are stained with the blood of the Han people that has not yet congealed; they are eating the grain you planted with your hard work; and now they want to trample on your homeland!"

"Tell me, do you agree!" Duan Yu, holding the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, shouted.

"We do not agree!"

"We do not agree!"