It was a cold, dark morning in the first month, and the sun had not yet come out. In the sky behind the Dongfang Mountain, the thin edges of a few thick clouds were lined with a light red glow. After a while, the mountain peaks turned red.
After another pause, the fire-like round wheel slowly revealed its huge golden body, and the red flames illuminated the earth. The red light gradually turned into pure white light, and the day began.
Inside and outside the city of Daxia, arrows were drawn, and the black Qiang soldiers blocked the only two gates in the entire city of Daxia. The east and west gates were tightly closed, and there were many crossbowmen on the walls.
The banner of the Chinese army fluttered in the wind, ready to attack the Qiang people at any time.
Taishi Ci stood on the west gate tower, looking at the Qiang soldiers outside, with a slight smile on his lips, and immediately ordered: "Open the city gate!"
After the order was passed on, the east gate and west gate were completely opened. Straight streets in the city ran through the east and west gates. Soldiers of the Chinese Army stood on both sides of the street, with shield soldiers blocking the front line and spear soldiers.
The spear in his hand was placed on the shield, and there were many crossbowmen standing on the eaves on both sides of the street. Thirty thousand troops surrounded the city walls and the main roads in the city, all showing their bravery.
Hungry is at the west gate, Shao Ge is at the east gate. When the city gate opened, both of them were puzzled. They usually attack the city just to knock on the city gate, but today the Chinese army deliberately opened all the city gates.
When they opened it, it was beyond their expectations. It made them feel a little weird and they couldn't figure out the meaning.
Hungry He was riding on horseback, looking far away from the west gate. Through the inner streets of Daxia City, he could vaguely see Shao Ge and others in the east of the city.
"Commander! What do the Chinese troops want to do? It seems a bit abnormal..." A Qu commander rode his horse to Hungry He's side and reminded him.
Hungry He looked at the Chinese army and said: "The Chinese army created a suspicious formation, thinking that this would scare us away and not dare to attack. They wanted to delay the time and wait for reinforcements. In any case, the Chinese army only has 30,000 soldiers in Daxia City.
Ma, our army has 60,000, which is twice that of the Chinese army. How can two of them defeat one? Sound the horn, rush in, and kill the Chinese army without leaving a single piece of armor. I want to take off Taishi Ci's head.
Sit on the stool!”
Then the horn sounded. Shao Ge at the east gate always followed Hung He's lead. As soon as he heard Hung He blowing the horn, he also ordered the horn of charge to be blown. The horn sounds on both sides were intertwined, and they sang in harmony.
The beautiful music excited the 60,000 Qiang people.
"Charge!" Hung He held a scimitar in his hand, rode his horse to the edge of the road, waved the scimitar forward, and shouted loudly.
At the same time, Shao Ge also directed his men to charge forward. The Qiang cavalry all shouted, drew their long bows, loaded arrows, and galloped forward on horseback to shoot.
On the city wall of Daxia City, the archers released arrows, while the crossbowmen continued to hide behind the female wall, never letting go of arrows until the enemy came within shooting range.
Arrows rained down like rain for a while. Taishi Ci took his bow and shot five arrows in succession. He shot three times in a row without missing a single shot. Wherever the arrows hit, all the Qiang people fell off their horses.
Three thousand Qiang cavalry rushed over first. Under the strong bows and crossbows, they suffered many casualties. However, more than two thousand cavalry still rushed into the city gate. Who knew that as soon as they entered the city, crossbows and arrows were fired from both sides, and dense
The level was even more severe than on the city tower, and they shot down rows of cavalry. As a last resort, they had to quickly evacuate the city.
Hungry, Shao Ge couldn't help being surprised when they saw that the three thousand cavalry he sent could not resist the dense arrows. At this time, Shao Ge temporarily stopped the attack and led a group of cavalry to the west gate.
He said to Hungry He: "The enemy's arrow array is powerful, and there are crossbowmen everywhere in the city. Although our army has suffered more than a thousand casualties each, it will definitely not work if we attack by force. Is there anything you can do?"
Hungry He thought for a while and said: "The only way is to use a shield. Now go chop down the trees, then tie the trees into a large raft, set it up, and push it over with people. It can withstand the enemy's arrows and hide soldiers underneath. Then
, and make some small wooden shields for the warriors to hold and quickly rush into the city."
"Very good, I will go and give orders to my subordinates." After Shao Genuo said something, he immediately returned to the east gate and began to order the Qiang soldiers to go up the mountain and cut down trees.
Taishi Ci looked at it from a distance and said with a smile: "It's just as I expected..."
Putting down the telescope, Taishi Ci shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Go and prepare the explosives and wait for my general's orders at any time!"
"promise!"
Both armies were busy, but in comparison, the Qiang soldiers seemed even busier.
Two hours later, when it was almost noon, Taishi Ci saw that the Qiang people were still busy making rafts, wooden shields and other items, so he ordered his men to start eating in turns.
After noon, the Qiang people had been tired for a long time. They were making rice in pots and resting on the spot. Everyone gathered together in a group. They were tired and looked depressed.
After Taishi Ci saw such a scene through the telescope, he laughed and said: "The opportunity has come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Taishi Ci immediately went down from the city tower and personally selected 4,000 cavalry. He took 2,000 cavalry at the west gate and assigned 2,000 cavalry to his generals to lead. He waited until the Qiang people had finished cooking.
, while everyone was eating around the pot, they immediately ordered an attack, brought explosive packs and fire sticks, and began to rush out from the city gate.
Hung He, Shao Ge is not an idiot. Naturally, there were soldiers left to guard the gates of Daxia City. As soon as they saw the Chinese army rushing out, five thousand cavalry immediately went to fight.
Taishi Ci and others were not afraid at all. This time, he carefully selected the 4,000 soldiers with the strongest arms. In order to maximize their power and speed, the soldiers this time were all covered with a thin layer of clothing.
He was wearing leather armor, holding the horse's rein with one hand, and carrying an explosive bag with the other hand. He braved the arrows and ignited the explosive bag in his hand, and then threw it forward forcefully into the Qiang camp.
The Qiang people's arrows were so dense that the two to three hundred cavalrymen who rushed at the front were shot through their bodies before they could throw the explosives out. However, the cavalrymen fought bravely and reluctantly threw the explosive bags out. Some
Without igniting the explosives, they simply rushed directly into the Qiang camp, then leaned on their horses, and only lit the explosives when they were about to arrive.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Countless huge explosions sounded in the Qiang cavalry team. Many Qiang people were blown to pieces before they could figure out what was going on. The horses under the seats were frightened and began to run around. For a moment, the Qiang people's camp
Suddenly collapsed. At this time, Taishi
Ci and others started to rush over slowly after several layers of echelons behind them. When the Qiang people who were responsible for resisting fled in all directions, they began to wield their weapons and cut off the heads of the Qiang people at will. While killing the Qiang people, they moved towards the hillside.
He ran to the Qiang camp.
The Qiang people went up the mountain to cut down trees, but most of their horses stayed at the bottom of the mountain. It is said that it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down. The mountain road is rugged and there are dangerous areas covered with snow. As soon as the Qiang people on the mountain were frightened, they all came down from the mountain immediately.
There was no time to eat either.
However, how could their two legs outrun the four-legged horses? The cavalry responsible for resisting the Chinese army failed to do their job and were scattered. The Chinese army marched straight in.
Taishi Ci divided out 500 people to leave explosives on the road down the mountain, and he took the remaining more than 1,000 people to drive the Qiang horses and drove them all into the city of Daxia.
When the Qiang people were about to go down the mountain, the Chinese military used explosives to block the road. The explosions made the road down the mountain a mess. The Qiang people on the mountain were afraid of the power of the explosives, so they stopped and stopped rushing down the mountain. At the same time, the Qiang people on the mountain stopped rushing down the mountain.
All the soldiers of the Chinese army in Xia City appeared and lined up outside the city. They were afraid that the wandering Qiang people would come and snatch the horses. Whenever they saw another Qiang people approaching, they would shoot with their crossbows and kill many Qiang people who tried to fight for them.
Human cavalry.
The whole operation was like a storm, but Taishi Ci commanded it with determination, driving tens of thousands of war horses to Daxia City with lightning speed, and even brought back his own soldiers who died in the battle. In a short time, the Qiang people brought
More than half of the nearly 100,000 war horses were driven into the city of Daxia by the Chinese army, while some were frightened and fled in all directions, scattered in the wilderness outside the city.
Daxia City was originally a large city on the Daxia River and an important place for garrisoning troops. The city was strong and the terrain was dangerous. If the Wei army had not had a small number of troops and the Daxia River was three feet frozen, Taishi Ci would never have been able to capture it so quickly.
The strength of this city, Daxia City, is comparable to that of Didao, the county town of Longxi. During the period of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, it even became the county town of Longxi County for a time, so it was very easy to accommodate tens of thousands of war horses.
As the army progressed, the gates of Daxia City were immediately closed. The Chinese army captured more than 60,000 war horses at the cost of minimal casualties. It was indeed a great victory.
"The Qiang people are a nation of horses. Losing their horses means losing their legs. I'll see what the Qiang people will do this time, hahahaha..." After Taishi Ci entered the city, he climbed up the tower again and saw Hungry He's face.
His eyes turned blue and red, and he laughed loudly.
Half an hour later, the Qiang people finally came down the hillside, but they had no intention of retreating. Instead, they formed their own formation. After a while, the Qiang people, who had lost their horses, gathered into a huge infantry square.
The soldiers who were sent out to find horses also brought back the horses one after another, reorganized the cavalry, and scattered them on both wings of the infantry.
After seeing this, Taishi Ci felt very curious. According to his understanding of the Qiang people, these people should retreat if they lost their horses. However, what he saw was that the Qiang people not only did not retreat, but instead gathered into infantry formations.
The formation looks quite interesting, and it is pushing forward the large wooden rafts made.
"Strange! How come the fighting methods of this group of Qiang people are similar to those of the Han people?" Taishi Ci frowned after looking at it, feeling vaguely that something was wrong. Maybe this would be a bad battle.