On the mountainside, the soldiers distributed a small amount of dry food, and soon fell asleep leaning against the city wall and tree trunks. Huang Xing expected that the Qiang soldiers at the foot of the mountain would not be able to come for a sneak attack at night, but he still made careful arrangements. Sentries to ensure nothing goes wrong.
"Master, I wonder if someone has been arranged to watch the cliff behind the top of the mountain?" Huang Xing asked Yang Qing more thoughtfully. Yang Qing has not returned to the top of the mountain yet, and still stays here to discuss with Huang Xing and Shen Da how to fight tomorrow.
Yang Qing nodded and said: "Don't worry, there are people guarding there, and we will never let the enemy repeat their same tricks again." The surprise attack before evening left everyone with lingering fears. Although the chance of the enemy coming back from the cliff again was low, it was still best to be careful at all times. . The three of them talked about tomorrow's war for a while, but now they were trapped in the mountains, with few troops, little food, and a lack of medical care and medicine. The three of them had no good strategy. In the end, they still insisted on waiting for help.
In order not to disturb Huang Xing and Shen Da's rest, Yang Qing said goodbye and returned to the top of the mountain. Upon seeing this, Huang Yueying and others immediately asked him about the situation below. Yang Qing briefly explained, and everyone lamented after hearing this, feeling that tomorrow's war would probably be even more tragic. , so it will be a difficult question whether we can hold on tomorrow. If not, it will be difficult to talk about what happens next. Yang Qing saw that everyone was getting more and more frustrated as they talked, so he urged them to take a rest. Since he couldn't think of a way to defeat the enemy, conserving his physical strength was the most important thing at this moment.
As soon as it dawned, Yang Qing had already woken up. How could he sleep peacefully after experiencing the war for the first time? Regardless of whether he could save his life, the safety of Huang Yueying, mother and son was the top priority. If anything happened to them, what would happen to them? How did he explain to Zhuge Liang. At this moment, he felt a little regretful. He would not have agreed to come with them if he had known better. Then he thought about it, who could have predicted that the Qiang people would cause trouble?
Not thinking about these troublesome things, he saw that everyone was still awake, so he gently walked to the cliff behind to enjoy the wind. Guard Wu Que was hiding in the bushes on duty. When he saw Yang Qing coming, he quickly came out to greet him.
"Is there nothing abnormal?" Yang Qing tightened the robe of the sergeant who was younger than him. He was hiding in the dark and watching out and could not make a fire. He must have been frozen.
"Master, there is nothing unusual."
Yang Qing nodded and signaled him to return to his post. Yesterday, the Qiang people came up using ropes and bamboo poles with iron claws. After the fierce battle, these things were confiscated and piled on Huang Yueying's side. He had to admire these Qiang people. It was a blessing that they could climb up such a steep cliff. Not only climbing up, but also descending from it was difficult. Wait, go down? Yang Qing suddenly thought of a strategy that could turn the tide of the battle, and without hesitation, he ran back to wake everyone up.
"As the saying goes, if you shoot a man first, shoot a horse, and to capture a thief first, capture the king. Once we can kill the Qiang general, the enemy soldiers will be frightened. In this way, we can break the siege and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop." Yang Qing said excitedly
Huang Yueying said: "The sentence is a good sentence and the reason is correct, but Mingzhi you also said that the Qiang leader had neat armor, many guards, and many commanding from the rear. Therefore, although this man had led the charge once, he Huang Xing and the others still failed to find a good opportunity to shoot him, so how to get close to him is the key to killing this man."
Yang Qing said: "My lady has hit the mark. Qing has already thought of a plan, but he has unknowingly touched the enemy's rear formation. In this way, our army has the opportunity to shoot the Qiang general."
"What clever plan does Mr. Yang have? Tell me quickly." Yan Hong asked anxiously. Who is under the greatest pressure on the mountain? It must be Yan Mingting. Hearing that Yang Qing has a clever plan to defeat the enemy is really serious. Elated and impatient.
Yang Qing smiled and said: "Yan Mingting, please don't be impatient. I will explain it later when Huang Xing and Shen Da come up." After he came back with a plan, he immediately sent someone down to inform Huang and Shen to come up and discuss it together. Now The morning sun is shining and there is still time to arrange.
When Yang Qing saw that Huang Xing and Shen Da had arrived, he didn't say much. He immediately revealed his plan under the expectant eyes of everyone: "It's impossible to approach the enemy's formation from the front and shoot his heavily protected general. Therefore, there is only one way to take a roundabout way. But I am waiting on the mountain. There is only one main way down the mountain, and the roundabout way is the only path that Yan Mingting pointed out, which takes a long way down the mountain from the side peak, but this path takes too long to go around. Not to mention, it won’t help if we go around and are far away from the battlefield, so we have no choice but to think of another way. A certain person finally came up with a way after thinking hard. "
Huang Xing asked anxiously: "What can we do?" He had long wanted to get rid of the Qiang leader.
"If there is no other, just use the other's way to repay the other's body." Yang Qing looked at the cliff of the back mountain and said leisurely. What does it mean to repay another person with his own way? Everyone looked at him in confusion, waiting for his subsequent explanation.
"Mingzhi means that we can also sneak down from the cliff behind to attack?" Huang Yueying asked in surprise.
"Madam is wise." Yang Qing said with a smile: "Since the enemy can come up from there, why can't we go down from there? In this way, our army can get close to the enemy's rear flank and look for an opportunity to kill their general."
Yan Hong patted his thigh and exclaimed excitedly: "Look, this is a wonderful plan. No wonder you, Chief Secretary, said that you should repay the other person with the same method. This is really appropriate."
"The enemy not only came up with a clever plan for us, but also prepared everything for us to go down the mountain." Yang Qing pointed to the ropes and bamboo poles not far away and smiled.
Everyone laughed happily when they heard this. At this time, a rescue plan was in place, and everyone was relieved. The rest depends on the performance of the sergeants. Once the enemy is surrounded and defeated, they will immediately go down the mountain to look for an opportunity to enter the city.
After everyone finished laughing, Yang Qing said again: "We have a plan to defeat the enemy. Let's see who among the sergeants has the best arrow skills."
"Secretary, please let me go. In yesterday's battle, I saw that Brother Huang and I had the best archery skills among all the troops. Brother Huang wanted to command the enemy from the front, so who else could we fight with? Da Bi would not If you disgrace your mission, you will definitely kill the enemy general." Shen Da stood up and said confidently.
"Okay. Since you have made such a strong statement, how can we not believe it? I will leave it to you, Shen Da, to execute this plan. You must find a way out for everyone." Yang Qing was also infected by Shen Da's bold words after hearing this. He stood up and patted his shoulder.
After a night of rest, Youjie felt that the morale of his men had recovered. He stood in front of the formation and made another promise: "My men, there are only thirty or forty remnants of the Han army on the mountain. Today we will definitely capture this place." Mountain, kill all the enemy troops. Today's battle is not only to avenge the tribesmen who died in yesterday's battle, but also to secure a future for the tribe." After that, he pulled out his saber, raised it above his head, and roared: "My sons, if there is any progress, there will be no progress. Retreat, charge forward and kill, kill, kill.”
Stimulated by hatred and reward, all the Qiang soldiers went crazy. They vigorously waved and beat the weapons in their hands and shouted in unison: "Kill, kill, kill."
As expected by Huang Xing, the Qiang people's offensive became more intense today. They put up simple wooden ladders on the low city wall and rushed in wave after wave without fear of death. The defense line was almost lost for a time. Fortunately, he led the troops to prepare. Ten elite guards from the team rushed over, and only then did the low wall remain intact.
"Shen Da, Shen Da, I'll leave this important matter to you." He cut down a Qiang soldier who jumped up on the low wall with a knife. Huang Xing looked towards the enemy's rear formation, and could vaguely see the figure of the Qiang general hiding behind.
Shen Da was hiding here in the bushes. Not long ago, he climbed down from the cliff using the Qiang people's ropes and bamboo poles. He had already arrived here before the Qiang people launched an attack. This place was only a few dozen steps away from the Qiang army. He had already seen the enemy general, but the man was very careful and kept walking back and forth. He was surrounded by personal guards and there were trees blocking the way, so he had not yet found a good opportunity. .
Hearing the fighting sounds of his brothers and seeing the sacrifice of Pao Ze in the distance, Shen Da felt that his days were like years. He kept praying to God in his heart to let the damn Qiang leader reveal his head. Perhaps his prayer was heard by heaven. The enemy general appeared in his field of vision. He turned his head and gave instructions to the soldiers beside him. In this way, the enemy general's face was revealed.
How could Shen Da let go of such a good opportunity? He stood up, stretched his bow, nocked the arrow, and pulled the string, all in one movement. He took a deep breath, aimed at the enemy general, and let go of his right hand. He saw the arrow heading straight for the enemy general. With a whoosh, he hit the enemy general in the head.
Yujie never imagined that just a moment ago, he was still looking forward to the rewards after the war, and was about to arrange a second round of charge, but he didn't know that the sudden hidden arrow had already killed him. Youjie fell to the ground with a look of reluctance. The Qiang soldiers around him suddenly became confused and kept looking to the right, trying to find the enemy who killed his leader. Unexpectedly, they were not found yet. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, three more sharp arrows came through the forest and shot three Qiang soldiers to death. Only then did the Qiang people know that there was a magic archer nearby, and there was even more chaos.
A loud arrow shot up into the sky, which was Shen Da's signal, indicating that he had succeeded. Huang Xing had actually seen the chaos in the Qiang rear formation. At this time, he got a sure signal and immediately shouted: "The enemy general is dead, brothers, follow me and rush out."
The Han army climbed over the low wall and killed them all. Shen Da also ran out from the flank and fired arrows constantly, harvesting the lives of the enemy troops. When the Qiang soldiers knew that their leader was dead, they immediately became frightened and fled down the mountain. The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted, and they pursued them one after another until they reached the foot of the mountain. Huang Xing saw that his army was outnumbered after all, so he immediately retreated and returned to the mountain.
When Yang Qing and others heard the sound of arrows, they knew that the plan was successful. They were all overjoyed and immediately went down the mountain to greet the soldiers. Seeing Huang Xing and Shen Da returning to the mountain with less than twenty soldiers left, everyone felt uncomfortable. Yang Qing went up and saluted them and said, "Soldiers, thank you for your hard work." Huang Xing's nose felt sore. , returned the greeting and said: "Madam, Chief Secretary, we have fulfilled our mission and have driven back the enemy." He has been out of the army for many years and has not experienced such a fierce battle for a long time. He thought that there were nearly a hundred soldiers yesterday and less than thirty soldiers were left today. He also felt sad. Bloody battles in which he lost two-thirds were rare in his military career.
Not only did the Qiang soldiers suffer half of their casualties, but even their general was shot to death. It can be said that they suffered heavy losses and suffered a great loss of morale. It stands to reason that the enemy army was unable to counterattack, but in order to prevent the enemy troops from jumping over the wall or recruiting reinforcements, Yang Qing still summoned everyone to quickly go down the mountain, hide his whereabouts, bypass the besieging enemy troops and rush towards Du'an City along the trail.
