The setting sun casts its afterglow on the top of Jinyong City, and the Jin flag still flutters high above the archery tower.
At the city gate, two rush cars collapsed to the ground. They were drenched by the hot oil poured on the city, and then ignited by fire arrows. The fire burned for half an hour, and the black smoke was still rising from the charred remains.
There are large and small holes on the city wall, which are the marks left by throwing stones and charging cars. The blood on the ground has penetrated into the sand, leaving patches of ugly brown spots. This is the fifteenth day that the Qin soldiers attacked the city. The imprint left behind.
The low horn wailed, and the Qin soldiers slowly retreated to the camp with heavy steps, and the day's attack came to an end.
Yao Chong stood in front of the village gate with a smile, waiting for the soldiers to return to the camp, exchanging greetings and comforting words from time to time.
At another village gate, there were Qin soldiers escorting Jin servants to clean the battlefield, collect scattered equipment, rescue the wounded, and bury corpses.
When the last soldier entered the camp, Yao Chong mounted his horse and galloped towards Jinyong City. The setting sun paints Jinyong City in gold, and with the eaves and ridges exposing the city wall, it can truly be called the Golden Platform and Jade Pavilion.
The strength of Jinyong City was beyond Yao Chong's expectation. Ten days of attacks only left some insignificant holes in the wall. It was simply a fantasy to penetrate a city wall several feet thick.
Every day, Qin soldiers would climb the city wall, and without exception they would all be killed or driven down. The city was well prepared with arrows, rolling logs, and hammered stones, and there was no shortage of them at all.
Reining his horse inside and outside, Yao Chong felt complicated. At the age of sixteen, he followed his father on expeditions and conquered many great passes.
This time, it was easy to attack Jin eastward and seize Hongnong and Shangluo. He believed that the Jin army was vulnerable, but he did not expect to encounter an iron plate in front of Jinyong Pass.
Forced attacks, night raids, digging holes, and piles of earth were all tried. As a result, nearly 2,000 people were killed or injured in front of this small town.
Yang Anxuan walked slowly on the city wall, stopping from time to time to say a few words to the soldiers. The soldiers saw him and stood up to pay tribute.
After fifteen days of life and death, the soldiers guarding the city saw the bravery of General Yang. Many dangers were resolved by General Yang. With such a brave general, everyone felt at ease.
The Jin army defending the city suffered more than 400 casualties, but after being forged in blood and fire, the Jin army was undergoing a transformation. From the panic of the enemy at the beginning, it became orderly and orderly. Under the command of the captain and commander, Cooperation is tacit.
Even Xiahou Prefect, who occasionally came to deliver meals, noticed that the morale of the soldiers was stable, and confidently preached everywhere: "Jin Yong is as strong as gold. There are enough grain, grass and baggage in the city, and we can hold on for at least half a year."
While patrolling the camp at night, Yao Chong heard whispers in the camp again, complaining that the war was difficult and the casualties were too high. Such complaints began to appear a few days ago, and Yao Chong still couldn't stop them even after severely punishing more than a dozen people.
The military commander beside him, Ma Muping, said softly: "Qi Gong, do you want to be severely punished?"
Unlike the Jin army, the Qin army led by Yao Chong included Di, Qiang, Xianbei and Han people. The war went smoothly and without incident. If it failed, it would most likely be like the Qin Empire that fell apart after the defeat of Qin Fu Jian. Yao Chong was worried. .
Waving his hand to stop Mu Ping, Yao Chong returned to the Chinese army camp. The guard whispered: "Long live someone to send a secret report."
Yao Chong was shocked and asked the person who sent the letter to enter the account. After receiving the secret report and reading it, Yao Chong frowned and handed the secret report to Mu Ping, saying: "Long live Yu Yu to end the war as soon as possible and return to Shangluo to station."
Mu Ping leaned close to the butter candle to read the letter, and secretly reported that the Di people Tu Fei, Tie Tie and others took advantage of the army's eastern expedition to occupy Fangshan to cause rebellion. Yao Xing wanted to lead the army back to quell the rebellion, and could not support Yao Chong's attack on Luoyang.
The secret report told Yao Chong that Jin's reinforcements had gathered in Xiangyang for training and might soon rescue Luoyang, allowing him to end the war and retreat to Shangluo as soon as possible to preserve his strength.
Mu Ping returned the secret report and sighed: "It is a pity that the troops came to Luoyang this time but returned without success."
Yao Chong raised the secret report to a candle and lit it. Seeing the secret report turned into ashes, he said bitterly: "Loss of soldiers and generals, how can I go back to see the emperor and give orders?"
Standing up and coming to the cowhide picture behind him, Yao Chong placed his finger on Yanshi City and said, "You told Yu a few days ago that there are tens of thousands of Jin people living here near Yanshi City."
Mu Ping smiled and said: "Qi Gong and your servant want to get together."
As a military commander, Mu Ping is in charge of military espionage, and he knows everything that is true and false within a hundred miles of Luoyang.
"After the Jin people crossed south, many Han people did not go south with them. Instead, they settled in various places and built forts to defend themselves." Mu Ping pointed to Yanshi City and said: "The land in Yanshi area is flat, fertile and has abundant water. Barn in Luoyang.”
Yao Chong's eyes lit up and he smiled: "That means the Jin people in the Yanshi area are very rich."
Mu Ping approached the map, first drew a circle around Yanshi City with his finger, and said, "According to the detective cavalry, there are dozens of large and small forts in the Yanshi City area."
He tapped his finger heavily in the southeast direction and continued: "This place is called Pingbai Valley. According to Tanma's report, more than 20,000 families from the Pei family in the east of the river and the Yan family in the west river live here."
There are 20,000 households, and the number is at least close to 100,000. Yao Chong's eyes became brighter, and he slapped Pingbai Valley with his palms, and said: "Tomorrow, ten thousand people will be left to guard Jin Yong, and I will personally lead the brigade to Pingbai Valley."
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In August, in Pingbai Valley, the sun is as scorching as fire.
The farmland outside Peijiabao is being plowed and fertilized. The appearance of Yangjia plow has increased the wheat harvest by 30%. In the past two years, hundreds of hectares of fertile land have been cultivated around Wubao, and the farmers have smiles on their faces.
The Pei family of Hedong has been rooted in Pingbai for a hundred years. According to the fact that the Pei family has more than 40,000 people, all the farmers and hunters in the mountain villages more than ten miles below responded to the order, and the government did not dare to bully him.
The imperial court sent many people to recruit him, but the head of the family, Pei Bo, declined the title of General Ying Yang. Before his death, his father told him that if he wanted to survive in Pingbai, he could not join any force.
There are many Wubao in Yanshi's radius of dozens of miles, headed by the Pei family and the Yan family. The Pei and Yan families have been married for generations and watch each other. Except for the government having the final say inside the city of Yanshi, outside the city it is decided by the two families.
After the Battle of Feishui, the Jin army regained the lost land in Henan. There was no war for more than ten years, and the people were able to survive. With the protection of the Pei and Yan families, the government taxes have been reduced a lot, and there are more children in the family. Although the life is poor, there is hope.
Ten days ago, He Jie, the magistrate of Yanshi County, sent an official document saying that Yao Qin Dongjin was attacking Luoyang City and asked Pei Bo and Yan An to take their tribesmen into Yanshi City to take shelter.
After receiving the official document, Pei Bo asked Yan An to come to discuss. The two of them had already known the news of the Qin soldiers coming east. Huashan and Hongnong surrendered, Shangluo was captured, and now Luoyang is besieged. It is not known how long it can last.
"Brother Pei, Magistrate He asked us to enter the city just to borrow the strength of two families to defend the city for him." Yan An frowned and said, "The city defense of Yanshi City is not as good as our Wubao."
Pei Bo thought for a while and said: "Yanshi is only a hundred miles away from Luoyang, so we really need to guard against Qin soldiers coming. Since Brother Yan has decided not to enter Yanshi City, we should also strengthen our defense in Wubao."
Yan An nodded and said: "When I get back, I will let the tribes intensify their training and widen the moat outside the fort. Our two families will have four to five thousand people in one place, plus other tribes in Wubao will be in one place." Nearly ten thousand people can fight against Qin soldiers."
Pei Bo said with a sad face: "Don't be careless. I heard that the Qin army this time was led by Qi Gong Yao Chong. There were more than 20,000 people, and the light cavalry alone was no less than 5,000. Alas, sitting at home behind closed doors will bring disaster from the sky."
Yan An also grimaced and sighed: "I hope Luoyang City can be defended and the Qin soldiers have no time to advance eastward. We can avoid this disaster."
Yan An's son Yan Ke stood on the left side and couldn't help but interjected: "Dad, why not just strike first and raise an army to Luoyang to support the imperial court. If the Qin soldiers are defeated, the imperial court will definitely reward him."
Yan Ke had just passed away and was Pei Bo's fifth son-in-law. Pei Bo looked at his son-in-law and shook his head and said, "Ke'er, the Qin soldiers are so strong that if you can't avoid them, how can you get into trouble?"
Yan An glared and shouted: "Confused, you don't know how the court treats us refugees. No matter how much the court rewards us, it is just to make us work for him."
Yan Ke resisted and said: "Father-in-law and dad, as Jin people, how can we sit back and watch foreign enemies invade and remain indifferent. If we ignore it, when the Qin and Yan armies attack, who can we rely on?"
Pei Sheng pulled Yan Ke and said, "Brother-in-law, don't talk too much. Just listen to the arrangements of the two elders."
Pei Bo and Yan An agreed to organize the tribes of each Wubao to gather for training, strengthen the defense of Wubao, send out cavalry to pay attention to the movements of the Qin army, and notify the surrounding Wubao to be prepared and ready to fight at any time.
Tanqi shuttled back and forth every day to report intelligence. The imperial soldiers and horses retreated to Jinyong City. The Qin army attacked for many days and lost many troops. It was said that reinforcements from Xiangyang were gathering. Pei Bo felt a little more at ease. When the reinforcements from Luoyang arrived, the Qin army was about to retreat. .
He stroked his beard and took care of the scenery outside the fort. After more than a hundred years and generations of hard work, the Pei family fort had thousands of hectares of fertile land, more than 3,000 tribesmen, and tens of thousands of dependent people, even if it was ten thousand households, it could not compare.
If according to what Yan Ke said, being sheltered under the wings of the government, he would become a pig and a sheep to be slaughtered, how could he be as free and happy as he is now.
However, when the Yan and Qin armies arrived, Pei Bo was troubled by how he could defend himself with the strength of Wubao alone, worrying about gains and losses.
A horse was galloping over, and Pei Bo was standing on the dock wall, his heart tightening. The flying cavalry galloped into the dock and shouted loudly, "The Qin army is advancing eastward, thirty miles away from here."
Pei Bo felt dizzy and held onto the crenel with his hand, almost falling to the ground. This catastrophe was still not avoided, and the Qin soldiers actually bypassed Luoyang City and marched directly to Yanshi.
The horns of "Woo-Woo" resounded throughout the world, one after another, spreading all around. People living in the villages outside Wubao rushed towards Wubao with their families, cows and chickens.
Chickens were flying, dogs were barking, people were shouting and cows were braying, children were crying, and there was a huge commotion.
When the Qin people came, remembering the atrocities of the Hu people that their ancestors had said, the faces of men, women, old and young all turned pale with fear.
Pei Bo stood on the dock wall and stared closely to the west. The Pei family fort was in the southeast of Yanshi and not close to the official road. Pei Bo deceived himself and thought that he hoped that Qinshi would go to Yanshi and go to Yanshi. Didn't care about Wubao.
The dock door has been closed, and the wind blows across the empty wilderness, creating a chilling atmosphere.
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