"Yan Mingting, I wonder what happened?" Yang Qing saw a minor official coming up to report the situation to Yan Hong. Seeing that Yan Hong seemed to have something to say, Yang Qing immediately asked.
Yan Hong said: "Master Yang, there are barbarians making trouble and they are heading here. For the sake of everyone's safety, it is better to go down the mountain and return to the city quickly."
"This is happening." Yang Qing said in surprise: "What are the details? Please tell Yan Mingting in detail."
Although Yan Hong was impatient, he still briefly explained the situation. It turned out to be an urgent military message from Mianhui County. It was said that the Qiang people in Baima County suddenly broke out and had bypassed Wenshan County, Wenjiang County, and went south to plunder. The main force was besieging Mianhui County, and the Qiang people were divided. There were about a thousand people heading to Du'an County, and then news came that Yan Hong had to make preparations.
As for the Qiang people dividing their forces to attack Du'an County, Yan Hong could probably guess their intention. The barbarians in Wenshan County were mainly Qiang and Xiu people, and they would always come out to harass and plunder every time it was cold. These barbarians have lived in Wenshan County for a long time and are well aware of the importance of Du'an Weir to farming in central Sichuan. They covet the weir for more than a day or two and often come to harass it. However, what puzzles Yan Hong is that usually it is only a small group of barbarians who come here to harass. This time, for some reason, a thousand people came to attack in large numbers, as if they were planning to attack the city and occupy the weir. This would make things difficult. . He then thought that if anything happened to the Prime Minister's wife and their children, his career as an official would be over.
Huang Yueying and everyone else had heard Yan Hong's words. They didn't expect that an ordinary exploration trip would encounter such a dangerous thing. However, Huang Yueying was someone who had seen big scenes, and her escorts were also elite soldiers who had experienced life and death, so she did not panic at this time. She came to Yang Qing and said, "In that case, Mingzhi, Magistrate Yan, we'd better go down the mountain quickly. Go back to the city."
Everyone agreed and went down the mountain. When they reached the mountainside, they heard a burst of fighting. Soon they saw hundreds of Qiang people chasing dozens of soldiers to the foot of Du'an City. Fortunately, these soldiers were familiar with the path and ran quickly. With the support of the city guards, they all entered the city smoothly. Upon seeing this, the Qiang army did not attack forcefully, but divided their troops to surround the city.
Du'an County is not big. The city wall is only about one foot high and there is no moat around it. After the follow-up army arrived, the Qiang people surrounded the north and east gates of the county. They only had more than a thousand people and could only surround two people. main entrance. The remaining west gate and south gate were close to the river and they could not besiege them, but they still sent people to guard and monitor them. Now Yan Hong had led dozens of soldiers out of the city, and now there were only more than 200 people left to defend the city under the leadership of the county captain. Fortunately, the county captain responded quickly and immediately ordered the recruitment of young men in the city to help defend, and then barely stabilized the city. situation.
Seeing that the road back to the city had been blocked by the Qiang people, everyone in Yang Qing had no choice but to return to the top of the mountain to make further plans. Unexpectedly, there were quite a few of them, and the weather was good today. After a while, the Qiang people found someone on the hillside. It happened that they were here to occupy Dayan. The leader of the Qiang people had people build siege equipment, and at the same time he divided his troops to capture Yangqing. On the top of the mountain.
"No, the Qiang people discovered us." Yan Hong shouted that something was wrong when he saw more than 300 Qiang soldiers rushing towards us.
Yang Qing encountered war for the first time. Although he was extremely nervous, he still forced himself to calm down and quickly counted the number of people. There were more than thirty guards sent by Ma Zhong and the followers of the Zhuge family, plus Yan Hong's men. There are more than fifty county soldiers, and there are about a hundred sergeants on the mountain at the moment. Yang Qing estimated that the hillside terrain and a short wall halfway up the mountain should be able to withstand it. This low wall is about five feet high and one foot thick. When standing on a high place, an ordinary person can lean out his upper body. This wall was built on the mountainside to guard against thieves. Therefore, the mountain is to the west of Du'an City, so the local people also call it It is the Xiguan City Wall.
He looked around at the equipment of the sergeants. Except for Yan Hong's county soldiers, half of whom were wearing leather armor, the rest of the sergeants were not wearing armor. In addition, in terms of weapons and equipment, in addition to swords, spears and shields, only Yang Qing and Huang Yueying had more than a dozen crossbows combined, and they didn't have many arrows. At this moment, there is no other way but to bite the bullet and fight.
Although Yang Qing thought so much in his heart, in fact, these thoughts were only completed in a few breaths. When he saw the Qiang people were about to rush, he immediately clasped his fists towards Yan Hong and said: "Yan Mingting, please let your people and mine Quickly go to the low wall on the mountainside to set up defenses." Yan Hong did not hesitate and immediately agreed. Then he thought of something again and said urgently: "Ma County Lieutenant is guarding the city in the city. I only have one team here. I may not be able to lead all the troops to meet the enemy. , The commander has elite men under his command, please choose a general to lead the troops and resist the defence."
Yang Qing didn't know who among the guards could lead the troops. While hesitating, Huang Yueying on the side said: "My guard Huang Xing has been fighting with the prime minister since the 13th year of Jian'an. He has been on the battlefield for many years, so let him command the sergeants."
Huang Xing is Huang Yueying's guard leader. Yang Qing has already known it. He never thought that this person has such rich combat experience. He immediately said happily: "In that case, please ask Huang Guard to lead the troops to set up defenses to meet the enemy." Yan Hong said to himself Yes, he agreed. The reason why he proposed to let Yang Qing's people lead the army was because he knew that the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was low, and he was afraid of missing important events. At this moment, he felt relieved to hear that there were veterans in the army here.
Yang Qing said to Shen Da again: "You must also obey the command of Huang Guard." Shen Da was a sergeant recruited by the late emperor after he entered Shu. He had participated in the Battle of Ping Shu and the Battle of Hanzhong. He thought that he was the most senior among them all. Unexpectedly, this Huang guard was better than him. He was actually a veteran of the late emperor's army when he was in Jingzhou. Therefore, he looked at Huang Xing with respect and expressed his willingness to accept Huang Xing's command. He then followed Huang Xing with his sergeants. Xing went to the mountainside to meet the enemy.
The top of the mountain is about ten feet away from the city wall on the mountainside. When Huang Xing ordered the deployment of defenses, Yang Qing had been watching intently. This was his first time experiencing a real battlefield. He would never miss such a good learning opportunity.
The mountainside city wall is only five or six feet long, so all the more than ninety soldiers cannot climb up. Most of the county soldiers were armed with spears, so Huang Xing asked the spearmen to stand in the first row. The guards from Chengdu all carried crossbows. He ordered more than twenty crossbowmen to scatter on the high rocks behind the spearmen. Behind the trees, wait until the Qiang people enter the shooting range before shooting. Other county soldiers holding swords and shields formed a formation behind the spearmen. They were between the spearmen and the crossbowmen. Once an enemy crossed the city wall, they would immediately step forward to block it. As for Yang Qing and others, only seven or eight people were left to guard them.
Yang Qing couldn't help but admire Huang Xingkou's well-organized military orders and well-organized formations. He sincerely praised Huang Yueying beside him: "Brother Huang is really a talented general." Huang Yueying sighed: "Huang Xing He was a bodyguard sent by my father after I got married. He was very skilled in martial arts and good at riding and shooting. After the Prime Minister joined the late Emperor's account, I was afraid that he would be in danger, so I sent Huang Xing to his side. Later, the Prime Minister saw that he was very capable and did a lot of work. When the guard was overqualified, he was sent to the army again, where he fought in more than a hundred battles. After the Battle of Hanzhong, he had already accumulated merit and was promoted to captain, but in order to abide by my father's mission, he returned from the front line and became a captain. He became a guard leader. If not, I’m afraid he would have been worshiped as a general by now.”
"So that's it, he is really a loyal person." Yan Hong couldn't help but sigh. Suddenly he stretched out his hand and said: "Madam, chief secretary, look quickly, the Qiang people have arrived at the foot of the mountain, and they are probably about to attack."
