Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

The low and dilapidated city walls, the shabby and thin city gates, the soldiers swarming on the walls and the uneasiness brought about by the night siege, Yinpan City was conquered without any difficulty, quickly and neatly!

As soon as the South Gate was breached, the 20,000 soldiers crowded in this small city were immediately in panic. Chased and slaughtered by Lu Bu's army, countless people scrambled to flee to the North Gate, but were then caught by Hua Xiong who was blocked outside.

Thanks to the high textile efficiency of the textile factory, all the soldiers in Lu Bu's army wore unified military uniforms, so even at night, even in the chaos, there was no need to worry about killing the wrong people. As long as they were not wearing Tang army uniforms, no one could escape the Tang army's butcher knife, whether they surrendered or resisted.

The flames shot up into the sky and illuminated the sky. The massacre continued until dawn, and the screams gradually subsided in the early morning of the next day. More than 31,000 people were killed that night, including 20,000 Qiang soldiers, 10,000 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 1,000 people from Yinpan County who were mistakenly killed.

After collecting the spoils, Lu Bu did not rush to send troops to Linjing, but stayed in Yinpan. In addition to giving Yang Qiu, who was stationed in Linjing, some time to think, it was also to rectify other counties and some Qiang tribes near Yinpan.

Lu Bu had limited military strength and was unable to deploy too many troops to various locations, so he could only spend more time cleaning up the forces that might threaten his retreat. Those who should be killed should be killed, and those who should be punished should be punished. Except for the Tang garrison, all the horses and weapons of the Qiang tribes were confiscated.

As for the local officials, they were originally local officials appointed by the Han court. Many of them were forced to surrender to Ma Teng. After Ma Teng's death, they followed Yang Qiu. Now that Lu Bu's army is coming, although they do not represent the Han court, compared with the Qiang people in Liangzhou, they are naturally more willing to serve Lu Bu.

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"General, general..."

In Linjing City, Ma Chao's cousin Ma Dai hurried to Yang Qiu's residence. He ignored the guards' obstruction and broke into the inner courtyard, where he found Yang Qiu having dinner with his family.

"You can still eat at this time, aren't you afraid that after this meal you won't have the next meal?"

"Zhonghua, why do you say that?" Yang Qiu swallowed a mouthful of rice and said with an unhappy look on his face.

Ma Dai said anxiously, "News just came from Yinpan that the King of Tang had already breached the city last night, and Jin Yanxin and his soldiers were all slaughtered."

With a thud, the bowl in Yang Qiu's hand fell to the ground. He was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses with a start. He said in disbelief, "This is impossible. How could it be so fast? According to his schedule, didn't he just arrive yesterday?"

"There's nothing strange about this. Don't you think about it? My uncle and General Han couldn't defeat him even with 100,000 troops. How could that idiot Jin Yanxin, occupying a small city, resist the elite troops of the Tang Kingdom?"

Yang Qiu still didn't quite believe it. "Yin Pan may be small, but he has 20,000 soldiers. The King of Tang only has 15,000. Moreover, half of the soldiers he brought this time are former subordinates of General Ma and General Han. The difference in strength is almost the same. How can they defeat him so quickly?"

Ma Dai reminded him, "General, don't forget that these people have been under the Tang King for two years. In two years, even a group of young and strong men who have never fought in a battle can be trained into elite troops under the command of a famous general. But Taishi Ci has led them to suppress bandits and fight against the Qiang and Di tribes in the past two years. They are no longer at the same level as before.

And Jin Yanxin, you told him to hold on, but that idiot crammed 20,000 people into the city. The defense they've built these past few days is just a trench, and there's not even a camp outside the city. You know what the Yinpan walls look like, so do you think he can hold on in this situation?"

"Well, well, what should I do now?" Yang Qiu was so nervous that he couldn't speak clearly.

Ma Dai said, "Yinpan is only a day or two away, and the army will arrive soon. The Tang King has issued an order: no one will be pardoned if they surrender after being besieged. What do you think we should do? Should we continue to resist with those Qiang people?"

"I...I don't want to resist either..." Yang Qiu's face was pale and his hands and feet were shaking.

He originally wanted to let Jin Yanxin hold out for a while and see how the situation would develop. If the Tang army was stopped, he would join forces with Liang Xing, Agui, and the Liangzhou nobles in Jicheng to resist. After all, the Tang King had come from afar, and they were fighting on home turf with the advantage of terrain, so they might be able to fight. Moreover, according to the scouts, the Tang army did not carry much food and grass this time, so it was impossible for them to fight a protracted war. However, he did not expect that the enemy troops would capture Yin Pan on the day they arrived. Jin Yanxin was really a waste.

"Then hurry up! Before the Tang army arrives, either lead your troops to surrender, or kill those Qiang leaders who refuse to surrender, and present your surrender to the king."

"Yes, yes, yes, yes..." Yang Qiu stood up suddenly, saying yes with his mouth, but there was hesitation in his eyes.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and a soldier rushed in and shouted, "General, it's bad! They're mutinying!"

"What?" Yang Qiu's eyes suddenly widened. "Who mutinied?"

"Who else could it be? A Qiang general!" Ma Dai seemed to have anticipated this and calmly replied on behalf of the soldier, then asked, "What's going on?"

"When I came to report, the fighting had already broken out in the military camp outside the city, and some were even trying to seize the city gate."

"What, what is going on?" Yang Qiu looked at Ma Dai in confusion.

Ma Dai explained simply, "Ever since the day the Tang King's military order arrived, I anticipated the generals would revolt, so I prepared a plan. I didn't expect them to act so quickly. Right now, the people controlling the city gates are my men. General, quickly send someone to help me."

"Why did they mutiniate for no reason?"

Hearing his foolish question, Ma Dai couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. "My last name is Ma, and my brother serves the Tang King. Now that Yin Pan has been broken, how can those Qiang leaders trust me? And you, General? You offered to surrender to the Tang all morning. Aren't they going to act preemptively, waiting for us to chop off their heads in the middle of the night?"

If it weren't for that military order, these people might not have mutinied so early. At most, they would have kept Yang Qiu and Ma Dai in reserve when Lu Bu's army was at the gates of the city. However, after Yin Pan was slaughtered, the generals immediately realized that if they didn't defused the time bombs of Yang Qiu and Ma Dai in advance, they might be blown to pieces at any time.

Yang Qiu was originally hesitant about whether to kill his men to show his loyalty, but now that his men had mutinied, he no longer cared about their past friendship. He immediately sent troops to help Ma Dai's men guard the city gate, and at the same time prepared to go outside the city to clean up the traitors.

Yang Qiu and Ma Dai led their troops out of the city. After a fierce battle, the Qiang generals saw that they were in a desperate situation and had to abandon the city and flee. However, they did not garrison the Xiaoguan Road leading to Longyou, but led their people to flee to Xingguo City, which was built by Agui, a Di people in Hanyang County.

At the same time, Liang Xing of Beidi County, after learning that more than 30,000 people in Yinpan were massacred, was frightened and chose to kill the Qiang leader to show his loyalty to Lu Bu.

Beidi County is sandwiched between Anding County and Shang County of Bingzhou. The north side and the side adjacent to Wuwei County are almost entirely desert. Once Yang Qiu surrenders, Liang Xing will become an isolated army. After the defeat, he can only flee to the Hetao area along the Yellow River. The Hetao area is now also Lu Bu's territory, where Zhang Yang's 7,000 troops are stationed. So almost at the same time, Liang Xing immediately chose to kill his subordinates and surrender.

However, these generals were also wary of Liang Xing. In addition, Liang Xing's own troops were not large. After a fight, Liang Xing was defeated and led a group of remaining soldiers south along the Yellow River and Qingshui River to Anding County.