The Qiang people are a nomadic and farming people. Those who live with the Han people mostly settle down and farm. During the Han Dynasty, there were many Qiang tribes, including Xianling, Shaodang, Beihe, Beinan, Shenlang, Zhong, Nu, etc., while in Yizhou there were Yueqiang and Baima Qiang. The Yueqiang people are the Qiang people living in Yueqi County, while the Baima Qiang people live in Wenshan County. Since most of the Qiang people in Wenshan County live in Baima County, they are called Baima Qiang. This visit It was Baima Qiang who attacked.
Youjie is the leader of a small tribe in Baima Qiang. This time he led the young men of the tribe to follow the generals to start a rebellion. They looted along the way and gained a lot. He was extremely happy when he saw that his sons were finally able to get an iron weapon in their hands, not to mention that they also captured dozens of pairs of leather armors and several pairs of iron armors, which made him even more elated.
He secretly thought, in this way, the power of his tribe is number one among the entire Baima Qiang. The chief must have taken a fancy to the strength of his tribe, so he allowed himself to come and capture the hilltop on the right bank of Du'anyan. , once successful, you can get more wealth, equipment, food and grass among the public when you go back. Thinking of this, he looked at the Han army with only about a hundred people on the hillside and became even more eager to fight. He wished he could immediately order the soldiers to attack them.
However, Youjie was the leader after all, and he was certainly not stupid. When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he did not order a strong attack. Instead, he asked the Qiang soldiers to take up positions and wait for his orders. He felt relieved when he saw that the mountain was only more than thirty feet high and the mountain road was not too steep. Only the part of the city wall on the mountainside made him frown slightly, but it was not difficult at all. His sons and sons were all warriors who knew how to climb mountains and ridges. If the Han people wanted to stick to the mountains and refuse to defend, they might have made the wrong calculation.
After Yujie finished his calculations, he immediately ordered the sword and shield soldiers in front, followed by the archers, and the remaining warriors with various weapons to follow up, hoping to capture the mountain in one fell swoop.
When Huang Xing saw the Qiang soldiers starting to attack, he immediately ordered the crossbowmen to fire arrows. The mountain was not high and they were at a high place. The Qiang soldiers were within the range of the crossbowmen almost as soon as they climbed the mountain. Most of the more than two dozen elite guards carried six-stone crossbows. This kind of crossbow is strung with the arm. The bow power is about 42 kilograms, and the longest range can reach 185 steps. Several others held strong bows and were all skilled in archery. They hid in the dark and specialized in killing armored Qiang soldiers.
The Han army was condescending and fired with bows and crossbows, making it almost impossible to avoid them. Although the Qiang soldiers were blocked by rocks, trees and shields, there were still more than a dozen casualties under the first rapid fire. Seeing this, Youjie hurriedly ordered the sword and shield soldiers to raise their shields high. The Qiang soldiers behind them quickly ducked and hid behind them. The Qiang soldiers moved forward slowly, and only the archers took the opportunity to fight back.
Although most of the Qiang shields were made of wood, they still reduced casualties. When Huang Xing saw this, he did not panic. He smiled slightly and ordered the pikemen behind the city wall to throw out the stones collected before the battle to break the Qiang people's shields. Several large rocks were pushed down by the combined efforts of several people and rolled down the narrow mountain road quickly. At this time, the Qiang's sword and shield soldiers at the front were only seven or eight feet away from the city wall. The mountain road was narrow and they could not avoid it. When they saw this, they were so frightened that they retreated continuously. However, there were too many members of the family behind them, and they could not retreat anywhere, so they had to hold on to their shields to resist.
However, the huge stone rolled quickly, and the impact was so huge that only a few bang bang sounds were heard. The big stone hit the shield and knocked the Qiang soldiers behind them to the ground. The people screamed and their flesh and blood flew everywhere. All the Qiang soldiers How could they form a formation at this time? They quickly retreated and dispersed. However, the road was narrow, and there were still many people who could not avoid being hit and bruised. Several large rocks crushed a bloody path and went straight down the mountain.
Yujie dodged a huge boulder and secretly said that it was a dangerous situation. He looked up and saw that the soldiers were in a miserable state with many casualties. More than half of the dozen shields had been smashed. Now that morale had dropped, he had to order the troops to retreat. However, he knew that there would never be too many boulders on the mountain, and the Han people could roll them one more time at most. As long as they rested for a while at the foot of the mountain and regrouped, they could continue to attack.
Huang Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Qiang people retreating, and quickly ordered everyone to take a rest. In fact, there are no boulders on the mountain, only some stones. Therefore, the next time the Qiang people attack Huang Xing, it is expected to be a bloody hand-to-hand encounter after the arrows run out. Everyone didn't bring much dry food, but luckily there was water on the mountain to replenish water and clean wounds. Huang Xing quickly asked everyone to drink water and bandage everyone.
Everyone on the top of the mountain couldn't help but feel relieved when they saw that the enemy had temporarily retreated. Among the people, only Yang Qing had never experienced war. Even Huang Yueying and Zhuge Qiao, brothers and sisters, were used to killing in troubled times. Although Yang Qing looked from a distance, the killing sounds of the two armies were loud and endless, arrows were flying, flesh and blood were flying, and the casualties could still be vaguely seen. It was the first time he saw such a real and bloody ancient battlefield. He was stunned for a long time, and his body couldn't stop shaking. Fortunately, he was strong-willed and could not get down. When others saw him standing on the top of the mountain, watching the battlefield motionless, they all admired him for his calmness. How could they know that Yang Qing could not walk.
Fortunately, after the fighting stopped, he calmed down, moved his body, turned to Yan Hong and said: "Yan Mingting, although the soldiers have stabilized their position, we have neither food nor weapons supplies waiting on the mountain. If the Qiang people stay for a long time, If we can't retreat, we will inevitably be defeated." Yan Hong frowned upon hearing this, touched his beard, and said, "This is indeed a big problem. I wonder what the master's plan is?" Yang Qing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm trapped in this situation. At the top of the mountain, I don’t have any other clever ideas. The only way is to send people down the mountain to the city to get in touch. In this way, even if there are no reinforcements, it would be great to send some supplies up. "
"What Mingzhi said is absolutely true." Huang Yueying agreed: "Yan Mingting has been here for a long time, so he must know the way back to the city by detouring from other peaks." Yan Hong nodded and said: "You can indeed return to the city by detouring from other peaks, I'm afraid There will be no help to send up after we go back." Huang Yueying smiled bitterly and said: "That's better than me waiting for nothing." Yan Hong thought about this and immediately pointed out the way to one of Yang Qing's guards and asked him to go down the mountain. .
"Master Yang, have a drink of water."
Yang Qing was about to take advantage of this break to go down and check on Huang Xing and the others when he saw a green hand handing over a pot of water in a bamboo tube. He looked up and saw that it was Zhuge Guo and quickly took it. In fact, Zhuge Guo saw Yang Qingshi's sweating and trembling embarrassment. She was delicate and intelligent, and immediately understood that this resourceful Yang Langjun had never been on the battlefield, so she sent him water to relieve his fatigue.
Yang Qing thanked him and hurried to the mountainside city wall accompanied by a guard. The casualties of the Han army were not heavy, two were seriously injured, several were slightly injured, and one was killed. All of these casualties were county soldiers. Yang Qing and his escort were not injured, so the current morale of the soldiers was pretty good.
Yang Qing called Huang Xing aside and asked in a low voice: "Brother Huang, can we hold on to the next attack?" Huang Xing glanced at the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain and replied: "There is no problem today, but once it passes The enemy hasn't retreated by tomorrow, and the mountain lacks food and medicine, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to sustain." Yang Qing said: "Yan Mingting has sent people down the mountain to ask for help. We can only survive if we hold on." Huang Xing nodded, and he also thought Even if he contacted the defenders in the city, I'm afraid the city wouldn't be able to send reinforcements, but he was also a smart man, and he wouldn't say depressing words when Yang Qing was encouraging him, because it would be useless, so he might as well keep it private. Hold on to the belief that reinforcements will arrive.
Yang Qing also loudly told the soldiers that he had sent people to ask for help, and promised them that once the enemy troops retreated, he would personally ask for credit from the county and court for them, and also pointed out that the prime minister's wife was still there. Watching it. After hearing this, all the troops were in high morale and full of fighting spirit, and they were all determined to show off in front of the Prime Minister's wife and the Chief Secretary. Yang Qing felt a little relieved when he saw that the troops were ready. In order not to disturb Huang Xing's command, he immediately withdrew to the top of the mountain.
