Chapter 217: The Celestial Phenomenon of Huo Qubing, the bloody battle with the Western Rong!
In more than half a year, Li Changan's military strength increased from 20,000 to 120,000.

The news spread quickly, making the courts of Beiliang, Beimang and Liyang uneasy.

The Liyang court repeatedly hinted to Xu Xiao to send troops to deal with Li Changan.

However, Xu Xiao couldn't say that his son was in Li Changan's hands, so he could only delay it again and again.

[Consume 20000 Red Dust Points to exchange for 2 Tang Dynasty Iron Cavalry! ]

These Tang Dynasty Iron Cavalry, like the Tang Dynasty Guiyi Army, are all eighth-rank warrior troops.

Although they cannot be compared with the Black Armor Army, White Li Soldiers, Mo Dao Soldiers, and White Horse Volunteers of the fourth-rank warriors, they are much stronger than the Northern Liang Cavalry.

After several months of training, the refugee army has now grown into a combat-ready force of 100,000.

Among the 100,000 people, half were cavalry and half were infantry. Li Changan dispersed and integrated the 20,000 Tang cavalry into the 50,000 cavalry.

Among Li Changan's 120,000 troops, the elite troops who had integrated the template reached 35,000.

The combat effectiveness of such an army is comparable to that of Beiliang's 350,000 troops.

Li Changan exchanged the remaining 8,000 Red Dust Points for a cavalry general.

[Consume 6000 Red Dust Points to exchange for the general Huo Qubing! ]

Zhang Yichao led 10,000 Guiyi troops to be stationed in Yumen, specifically to intimidate and devour the foreign people.

Although Waleng is already in Li Changan's hands, Yalong and Shanshan still have some strength.

After the spring, the Guiyi Army will have enough strength to destroy the Shanshan tribe first.

Gu Dazu was the commander of the infantry, and under his command were Bai Li soldiers, Mo Dao soldiers and 50,000 Qing Cang infantry.

Li Changan planned that the Black Armor Army and 25,000 Tang cavalry would be led by Li Cunxiao.

Because Li Cunxiao was a fierce general, he was most suitable for carrying armor and weapons and rushing through everything.

Li Changan handed over the White Horse Volunteers and another 25,000 Tang cavalry to Huo Qubing.

Since Huo Qubing was best at making thousand-mile raids, it was most appropriate for him to lead light cavalry.

Name: Huo Qubing
Age: 21 years old

Realm: First-class warrior (early stage of celestial realm)
Talents: Commander (first rank), Military Strategy (first rank), Martial Arts (second rank)

Abilities: Commander (first rank), Military Strategy (first rank),

Sentiment: 100 (die-hard)
What is a genius? This is a genius!

After Huo Qubing took office, Li Changan immediately arranged for them to train their troops in preparation for a bloody battle with the Western Rong after the spring.

However, just after the cold winter, before Li Changan took any action, the Western Rong tribes showed up first.

In the lobby of Prince Li Changan's mansion, Zhao Ding's handsome face flushed red.

"Your Highness, I just restored a little vitality to Qingcang, but it was destroyed by Xirong!"

"Those Xirong people came and went like the wind. They might have been starving because of the snowstorm, so they directly robbed five counties in Qingcang this time!"

Zhuge Liang also said, "The three county towns of Kuitun County were also looted by the Xirong tribe, but it may not be the same group of people."

"This group of Western Rong barbarians were driven to the west by the Northern Mang. They are very barbaric and treat the people as animals."

Shazhou does not have a Great Wall to guard against foreign invaders, and Li Changan’s troops are all near Jinchang County, so there are not many garrisons in the county.

It turns out that when Huang Boyan was in office, he turned a blind eye to these things.

As long as the upper-class aristocratic families and officials are not in danger of their lives, the lives of ordinary people have never been taken into consideration.

This is also the reason why Yuan Benxi dared to exile Li Changan to Shazhou, because the iron hoofs of foreign races could come at any time.

And after so many years, they have become accustomed to this lifestyle and will come to rob when they are hungry.

After robbing the animals, they would let them free for a few years, and then rob them again when they were fat.

Therefore, the 200,000 people in Qingcang have always been refugees and are unable to change the status quo.

This time, just as Li Changan was about to manage Qingcang, he was targeted by the Xirong tribe.

Zhao Dingxiu originally served as a Grand Secretary in the central government of Western Chu, and Western Chu did not border any other ethnic groups.

Now he was so angry that he almost cried, "Your Highness, I am sorry for your trust!"

"The seeds and money and grain that were just sent to those counties were all looted."

Hearing this, Li Cunxiao and Huo Qubing's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The reason why Han people could survive in the sandbars was because these places had conditions for farming.

But it has remained barren for so many years, all because of the Xirong and Beimang.

The young Huo Qubing said angrily, "Your Highness, I will fight you!"

"We must not allow these barbarians to come and go as they please."

"I only have 3,000 white horse volunteers under my command, which is enough to wipe out the Western Rong!"

Seeing the new member Huo Qubing being so active, Li Cunxiao could no longer sit still.

Both of them are generals in the early stage of Tianxiang realm. Now this pretty boy is even more arrogant than him. How can he show weakness?

"Your Highness, I can defeat the Western Rong with just my Black Armor Army!"

This is the purpose of Li Changan summoning Huo Qubing. With two powerful generals under his command, there is both competition and motivation between them.

Li Changan turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang, "Military Advisor, what do you think?"

Zhuge Liang fanned himself with a feather fan and shook his head slowly.

Li Cunxiao asked anxiously, "Military Advisor, is it not okay for me to lead only 3,000 men?"

Huo Qubing was even more radical, "Military Advisor, I don't need any food or fodder!"

Seeing the two people fighting over it, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile.

"What I mean is that the two generals should bring all the troops from your army and make sure to scare the Xirong people."

"In the south of Shazhou, General Zhang is there to deter the barbarians, and in the north, General Gu is there to defend against the Northern Wilds."

"The Southern Guiyi Army has 10,000 elite soldiers, and Shazhou has left more than 50,000 infantrymen, which is enough to deal with any offensive."

The four thousand elite veterans of the Bai Li Army and the Mo Dao Army never left Li Changan's side.

In this way, Li Cunxiao and Huo Qubing could each lead 28,000 troops from their own army to attack the Western Rong tribe.

Li Cunxiao and Huo Qubing were so excited after hearing this that they looked at Li Changan eagerly.

Li Changan said calmly, "The military advisor is a kind person, but I am not."

"The Western Rong treat the Han people as animals, so we don't have to treat them as human beings."

"Since they were the ones who provoked us this time, I allow each of you to exterminate ten tribes!"

The two men answered loudly, "I obey your orders!"

Li Cunxiao's troops marched from Kuitun and penetrated the heart of the Western Rong. Huo Qubing's troops marched from Qingcang, and the White Horse Volunteers and the Tang cavalry passed through Qingcang County.

The purpose of doing this is to tell these refugees who have just settled down that the King of Tang is not just talking.

Huo Qubing took the lead and said to the onlookers, "Fellow villagers!"

"Your Majesty the Tang King is a man of his word. Since he said he would give you a home, he will definitely do it!"

The Tang Dynasty cavalry under his command were all refugees, and they became excited when they heard these words.

After so many years, they finally have a home. How can they not fight desperately to kill the enemy and defend their country?

The people were outraged, and countless people were talking excitedly.

But many people are also worried. After all, the Han people have not been able to gain a foothold in the northwest for hundreds of years.

Even Xu Xiao, who had made great military achievements, failed to recapture Shazhou, but instead used it as a buffer zone with the Western Rong. This shows how difficult the Western Rong tribe was.

Xirong grassland.

The so-called Western Rong, like the Northern Mang before its rise to power, was actually composed of tribes.

However, Beimang successfully got rid of the backward political organization and established a powerful Beimang Empire.

They also drove some of the more barbaric and backward tribes to the west, who are now the Western Rong people.

All the Xirong tribes, big and small, received the news that Shazhou was sending troops, but these people were not worried at all.

The Tuli tribe was the most barbaric tribe of the Western Rong.

The tribal leader Tulihe sneered, "What blind people!" "We have been eating Qingcang's two-legged sheep for many years, and these people are actually going to attack us."

He embraced a woman he had recently kidnapped and pressed her under him in public.

There was a burst of laughter in the tent, and the fierce-looking men laughed so hard that they fell down all over the place.

Each of these people was served by a woman who had been kidnapped.

"I heard that the King of Tang killed Huang Boren, so I think he can do it."

"If Huang Boren, that loser, hadn't paid tribute to us every year, I would have snatched his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law away with him long ago!"

"Since this Li Changan is so ignorant, why don't we just charge into Shazhou and kill him!"

"I heard that Tang Wang Li Changan is surrounded by many beautiful women, slurp!"

These big men swore obscenities and nibbled on the cooked meat in front of them.

The women who were abducted all retched after seeing the meat.

Seeing this scene, the big men of the Tuli tribe burst into laughter, and many of them stuffed meat into the mouths of these women.

Tulihe shouted, "Warriors!"

"We must fight this battle hard to let Li Changan know how powerful the grassland heroes are!"

"After killing the Shazhou soldiers, I will lead you to massacre the five counties of Shazhou!"

Tulihe's order quickly spread throughout the tribe, and the men of the Tuli tribe became excited.

There are many slaves in the tribe who were captured and some of them have even stayed in the tribe for several years.

Over the years, no one has ever gone deep into the grassland. Will it really be possible this time?

Ten days later, Huo Qubing had reached the outskirts of the Tuli tribe.

The Jinyiwei who was gathering information reported, "Report to General Huo, this place is one hundred miles away from the Tuli tribe!"

Huo Qubing frowned and then cursed.

"The grassland people actually dared to station so close to us. The Liyang court is too cowardly."

Huo Qubing thought it would take several months of raiding before he could find a Western Rong tribe.

But he never expected to find one so easily.

His eyes were full of excitement. It was so easy to find grassland people. This world was so interesting.

"Pass the order down. I will lead the White Horse Army to charge from the front!"

"The rest of us will surround them from both sides. There are 30,000 people in the Tuli tribe. Except for the captured slaves, no one will be left alive!"

Speed ​​is of the essence in war, and Huo Qubing was best at raids.

He knew that although the Tuli tribe was backward, they were definitely not fools and would not wait for him to slaughter them.

What he had to do was to rush into the tribe as quickly as possible before the other party could react!
On the morning of the second day, Huo Qubing received a report from a scout, "We are still ten miles away from the Tuli tribe!"

Huo Qubing raised his spear and shouted angrily to the cavalry behind him, "Speed ​​up! Charge!"

"kill!"

In the Tuli tribe, the sun had just risen and wisps of white smoke were still coming out of last night’s bonfire.

The strong men of the grassland were still sleeping, and the patrolling soldiers didn't expect anyone to come.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
At this moment, the dull and loud sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out, and the earth was shaking!

On the distant horizon, a white line gradually appeared and in the blink of an eye it was dozens of feet closer!

On both sides of the white line, there are endless black cavalry!

cavalry!

The Baima Yicong, armed with white horses and silver spears, have already fired a rain of arrows into the sky!
After several rounds of arrow rain, they took out their spears and became light cavalry to kill the aliens!

The black cavalry split into two directions and rushed towards the tribe from different directions!
"Whoosh whoosh!"

Several rounds of arrows rained down on the tribe, and screams rang out.

"puff!"

Huo Qubing, who was rushing in the front, shot down a large tent and pierced the chests of several big men with one shot!

Kill!
Three thousand white horse volunteers successfully broke into the tribe, and their silver spears pierced through the chests of the Tuli men.

The Tuli strong men who were so confident a few days ago have become lambs to be slaughtered.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"It's the Sandbar Cavalry!"

One by one, the Tuli people woke up from their dreams and frantically looked for weapons.

These people finally formed a strong resistance, but their defense line was broken through by the Baima Yicong in an instant.

A strong man in the Vajra realm held a hammer and shouted, "I don't know how to do this, kid from Huangzhou..."

He had just opened his mouth when Huo Qubing's dragon-like spear pierced his throat.

The strong man fell off his horse and was trampled under the feet of other horses, turning into a puddle of mud.

"Capture Tulihe alive!"

Soon the encircling cavalry arrived, and the entire Tuli tribe became a large slaughterhouse.

Heads fell to the ground one after another, and nearly three thousand cavalrymen were already blood-thirsty.

The captured slaves were trembling with excitement.

"It's His Royal Highness the Tang King's army that's coming!"

"The prince is here to save us!"

The killing continued until noon, when it gradually stopped.

Tulihe was tied up and was completely stunned when he saw the corpses of his tribesmen lying on the ground.

"Please spare my life, please spare me..."

Huo Qubing said coldly, "Keep an eye on him, and wait for the leaders of other tribes to be sent to Jinchang to be executed by slow slicing."

In this battle, tens of thousands of people from the Tuli tribe were slaughtered, and more than ten thousand cattle and sheep were captured. All the things that were robbed by the Tuli tribe were also returned in full.

Huo Qubing said to the hundreds of looted slaves and women, "Go home!"

"From now on, with His Royal Highness the Tang King here, no one will bully you anymore!"

When these people heard the word "go home", they burst into tears and were filled with gratitude.

Then Huo Qubing said to those around him, "Send two thousand cavalry to escort the people and the spoils back home."

"The rest of you, rest here and prepare to attack the next tribe."

A month later, Li Cunxiao also penetrated hundreds of miles into the grassland.

Baye tribe.

"The Black Armor Army charges!"

"You don't want to be slower than the White Horse Volunteers, do you?"

Li Cunxiao has massacred nine tribes, and the current Baye tribe is the tenth.

The whole grassland was terrified by the news, knowing that there were two iron cavalrymen killing people indiscriminately on the grassland.

Although they were prepared, everyone was still in danger.

The Black Armor Army was like a black torrent, and the once powerful grassland cavalry was as fragile as tofu in front of them.

"kill!"

"Leave no one behind!"

The grassland people were frightened and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Please spare our lives. We are willing to return the people and money we robbed!"

"We don't dare anymore!"

"We are willing to surrender!"

(End of this chapter)