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Because the Chiyang Guard Guard Qianhu Station was located behind the Chiyang Guard, it originally had no city wall. However, after the Eryang Rebellion, the Chiyang Guard mobilized more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians and hastily built a city wall. However, the wall was not complete and was only a temporary wall.
The only official road leading to the guard Qianhu Station was to build a wall in the Pingxi Canyon section. Finally, the weakest point in Chiyang Guard's defense was filled.
The Chiyang Guards never thought that the Qianhu Guards would have to defend themselves, because their main task was to guard against attacks from the barbarians. But the entire Sichuan Mansion was in chaos, and even the city was crumbling. Maybe one day the rebels would come over.
Du Rong was urgently dispatched to the rear guard post by Du Changgeng. As Du Changgeng's eldest son, Du Rong inherited all the advantages of Du Changgeng. He was brave, good at leading troops in war, and had outstanding command skills. He was Du Changgeng's ideal successor. At a young age
, he has actually been awarded the rank of fifth-grade Qianhu. He has 1,200 regular troops and 2,000 militiamen, a total of more than 3,000 troops. Although the 2,000 militiamen are nominally a militia, in fact, their combat effectiveness is not much different from that of the regular army.
Privately recruiting an army is a big crime in Daqi, but in these days of war and chaos, everyone is selectively blind.
Du Rong has been under a lot of pressure recently. The rebel army is approaching Chiyang Guard with a sweeping force, and the rear guard Qianhu is bearing the brunt. According to the intelligence detected by the scouts, nearly 50,000 rebels are approaching Chiyang Guard. They will arrive in the near future.
In Pingxi Valley, a war may be inevitable.
The Guard Qianhu Station is the backbone of the Chiyang Guard. The Chiyang Guard has fought fierce battles with the barbarians for so many years. The Guard Qianhu Station is the hub of the Chiyang Guard’s logistics support. The Guard Qianhu Station is still the Chiyang Guard’s main military ration storage.
Point. If this place is captured by the rebel army, Chiyang Guards will face a huge crisis.
But it was precisely because of the granary at the rear guard Qianhu Station that the rebel army focused their attention here.
There are 50,000 rebels, among whom there are at least 30,000 young and strong men, and at least more than 10,000 who can fight. Many of them are the guards of various guards. Most of these guards are trash who are sparse in fighting and good at fighting for merit.
.Their soldiers will not have much combat effectiveness, but their numbers are really terrifying.
Du Rong was riding on the back of the dragon-scaled horse, holding the reins gently in his hands. The dragon-scaled horse was pacing unhurriedly on the spot, its hooves stepping on the ground, making a low clattering sound.
Li Fuyou, who was written by the guard Qianhu, rode a maroon horse, which was considered a first-class horse, but it naturally eclipsed the dragon-scaled horse Du Rong rode.
"My lord, do you want to ask General Du for help? I'm worried that I can't stop the 50,000 rebel army with this low wall." Li Fuyou looked a little worried at this time.
"A group of rabble, not to mention the city wall, even if there is no city wall, our rear guard can easily withstand it. The art of war says, if ten are to surround an enemy, if five are to attack, if the number is doubled, then fight it. If the enemy is divided, the enemy can be divided.
If you don't defend it, you can avoid it. The rebel army is said to be fifty thousand, and it is good to have ten thousand who can fight. If you want to capture the rear guard, you must have at least twenty thousand elite soldiers. How can these fifty thousand rebel army be shaken?
My guard station?" Du Rong was not very worried.
"But if the rebel army suddenly increases its troops, it will be too late for us to ask for help. Anyway, the barbarians have not attacked now, so the general should be able to send more troops." Seeing Du Rong's confidence, Li Fuyou became even more worried.
Du Rong smiled slightly: "I will not wait here stupidly for the rebels to attack. The third brother has already achieved results, how can I, the eldest brother, lag behind?"
"My eldest son, General Du has given orders that we are absolutely not allowed to leave the city to fight. Relying on the wall and the dangerous terrain, we can hold the guard post. If we go out of the city to confront the enemy head-on, the enemy will be outnumbered and it will be disadvantageous for us." Li Fuyou became anxious.
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Du Rong laughed loudly: "There is no need to worry about Li Qian. I will naturally not confront the rebels head-on."
That night, the city gate of Pingxi Valley opened, and a group of more than a thousand cavalry galloped out from the rear guard post. After the more than a thousand cavalry left, the city gate quickly closed.
As soon as the cavalry left, Li Fuyou, the official, hurriedly arrived.
"Where is the eldest son? Where is the eldest son?" Li Fuyou came over after hearing the news, but it was already a step too late.
"The eldest son has left the city." said the soldier guarding the city gate.
"Oh, we're in trouble now. Hurry up and send someone to report to General Du!" Li Fuyou suddenly became confused.
"Wait a minute." Baihu Zhoubang said quickly.
"Zhou Baihu, if you didn't report to General Du in time, can you bear the responsibility for what happened?" Li Fuyou said dissatisfied.
"Li Qian, of course I can't take the responsibility, but the eldest son has already gone out with his troops. Whether I can take the responsibility or not, it is impossible to bring the eldest son back. Although the eldest son is young, he is very capable of leading troops to fight.
There is a plan and there will never be any risk without certainty. The rebel army is marching very slowly and there are still several days to go from here. Why don't we wait for two days and maybe the eldest son will bring back good news?" Zhou Bang said.
Du Rong rushed to Chiyang Guard and stopped near Shiqiao Qianhu Station in Xining Guard overnight.
"My eldest son, the general of the rebel army is Yao Zhengyin of Qianhu, who was originally from Shiqiao Qianhu Station. Before the rebel army could attack, this bitch rebelled with his troops. He ran to the puppet emperor of Lantian and got a Zhenxi general.
Title. This bitch has been to our rear guard station and knew the situation of the rear guard station's granary, so he was the first to come up with the idea of the rear guard station. He had just divided tens of thousands of rebels from the puppet emperor Yang Qianying and raised a 50,000-strong army.
A team of people. The puppet emperor gave him a title and men, but did not give him enough food. The puppet emperor Yang Qianying himself did not have any. Now that Sichuan Mansion has been swept away by them, they will lead so many rioters wherever they go.
Just sweep everything away. This year's summer grain is still confiscated in the fields, and Eryang only plunders but does not produce it. Naturally, the food will become less and less." Liu Ming'an, the scout sent by Du Rong, rushed to the place where he met Du Rong.
"Where is the main force of the rebel army now? How far is it from Shiqiao Qianhu Residence?" Du Rong asked hurriedly.
"There is still almost a day's journey. The rebel army is marching in a mess and cannot move quickly at all. If it moves a little faster, a lot of people will fall behind. Yao Zhengyin initially brought more than 50,000 people, but now at least four or five people have been separated.
Thousands of people." Liu Mingan said.
"It's a day's journey, so we should be able to get there in an hour." Du Rong thought for a moment and looked up at Liu Mingan.
The torch illuminated Du Rong's face red.
"We should be able to make it in time. I rushed over there in less than an hour." Liu Mingan nodded.