Just when Shao Ge was still shouting freely, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the darkness. With a "swish" sound, it shot through the air and flew directly towards Shao Ge.
By the time Shao Ge realized the danger, it was already too late. A black feather arrow hit him directly in the forehead, knocking him off his horse and falling to the city wall, where he rolled again.
He fell down and merged with the mountain of corpses piled up around the city wall. His flesh and blood were blurred by being trampled by the Qiang cavalry from behind.
In the city, a cavalry galloped out, and the cavalry behind them galloped directly towards the east gate. In the dim night, there was a faint light of fire. Taishi Ci, who had become a bloody man, fired five arrows at the city.
He shot at the Qiang cavalry standing on the city wall.
The Qiang cavalry on the city wall all fell to the ground in response. When the surrounding Chinese troops saw the arrival of reinforcements led by Tai Shici, they all cheered, and the originally low morale suddenly rose.
Taishi Ci dropped his big bow, raised the Wind and Fire Hooking Halberd, and leaped up the stairs to the city wall. He opened the way with a halberd and immediately pierced the armor of the Qiang people wherever it went. The cavalry behind him rushed in one after another.
They came up, took over the Chinese army's defensive force, and drove back the Qiang people who had climbed onto the city wall.
At the same time, a large number of cavalry came from the darkness, bypassed the city wall, and appeared directly behind the Qiang people. The Chinese cavalry who were already red-eyed were all extremely brave and slaughtered this group of Qiang people at will.
Qiang commander Shao Ge was killed in battle, and several Qu commanders commanded their men to fight against him. However, the Chinese army suddenly came from behind and the shouts of killing were loud. In the darkness, it was unclear how many Chinese troops there were.
.It happened that at this time Taishi Ci on the city wall shouted loudly that reinforcements were coming. The Qiang people thought that another group of Chinese troops were coming to help, and everyone was frightened after hearing this.
At this point in the battle, the Qiang people were extremely exhausted and could not attack the city. Instead, they suffered countless casualties. Some people had long wanted to retreat. Suddenly, a Qu commander was unwilling to continue fighting. He realized that the situation was not good and took the initiative.
He led his troops to retreat, and the other Qu commanders followed suit.
For a time, the army was defeated like a mountain, and the Qiang people ran out as if they were lifeless. The Chinese cavalry chased them for more than ten miles, beheading more than 2,000 Qiang soldiers who had no horses.
Everyone has become a dead soul under the sword of the Chinese army, and corpses are everywhere along the way.
After the victory of the battle, Taishi Ci put people in charge of inventorying the battlefield. In this battle, the city of Daxia really became a purgatory. Sixty thousand Qiang people were killed, more than fifty thousand were killed, and only a few thousand cavalry escaped. It was a great victory. But
, the Chinese army also paid a heavy price. More than half of the 30,000-strong army was killed or injured, and the bodies of martyrs who died in the battle piled up like mountains. The Qiang people's stubborn resistance that refused to surrender really caused the Chinese army to suffer a heavy loss.
After dawn, Taishi Ci inspected the entire Daxia City and saw that within a radius of five miles, everything was blood red. The cold night had frozen the blood-colored swamp outside the west gate into ice. When the sun rose in the morning, the sunlight still shone on it.
The red light refracted onto Daxia City, making Daxia City look like a city of blood.
At noon, the Huaxia Army was able to finish the work of cleaning up the corpses. The huge workload made the Huaxia Army feel exhausted. Finally, all the Qiang corpses were stripped naked, gathered together, doused with fire oil, and burned.
For the soldiers who died in the Chinese army, Taishi Ci had a big pit dug on the spot and buried all the bodies in the mountains near Daxia City, naming it the Tomb of Heroes.
It is worth mentioning that the fire that burned the Qiang people had so many corpses that the fire burned for three days and three nights before finally burning all the corpses.
After that, Taishi Ci began to repair the city wall and asked Pound's army to join him, preparing to wait until Pound's army arrived before launching an attack on Didao City.
At the same time on Baishi Mountain, Ma Chao had just received information about the arrival of Wei troops. Hearing that Xia Houyuan and Xu Shu led 29,000 troops, they all came out and set up camp on a flat land between Baishi Mountain and Wushu Cave Mountain.
Zhongbian was very happy and immediately said to Jiang Shi: "I will take half of the troops and horses to attack the Wei army's camp now. When they are just unstable, they will kill the Wei army by surprise. I will leave half of the troops and horses for you. You have the power to be tight."
Guard this mountain."
After Jiang Shi heard this, he said: "General Tian, the Wei army is powerful. The general will only take five thousand people. I'm afraid..."
"No! Wang Shuang will also send troops from Wushu Cave Mountain at the same time. This is what I have planned with him a long time ago. Once an enemy army appears between the two mountains, we will attack the enemy at the same time. Now that the Wei army has arrived,
Just take advantage of them to attack them when they come from afar. You only need to defend this mountain, and when you get the credit, I will give you a share." Ma Chao interrupted Jiang Shi.
After hearing this, Jiang Shi hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, General Tian. I will definitely guard this mountain and wait for General Tian's triumphant return."
"Well, remember, I won't lead the troops back in person. Don't let anyone enter the mountain and seize the key roads in the mountain." Ma Chao said with a little worry. After all, Jiang Shi was Zhang Xiu's subordinate, not his. For
Jiang Shi's ability is not yet clear, but he thinks that guarding the mountain road should not be a problem, and if he goes to attack the Wei army, he will definitely take away all the elite soldiers. For a while, he can't find any generals to recruit, so he can only leave it to Jiang Shi.
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"Don't worry, General Tian. I will definitely guard the mountain road. If the general doesn't come back, I will never let my guard down." Jiang Shi promised.
Ma Chao nodded, immediately ordered all the best soldiers and generals, took away five thousand horse infantry, and headed towards the Wei army's camp.
Just as Ma Chao had estimated, after receiving the information, Wang Shuang, who was on Wushu Cave Mountain, immediately organized elite soldiers and generals to go down the mountain and attack the Wei army camp according to the pre-agreed method.
The Wei army was stationed between Wushu Cave Mountain and Baishi Mountain. The two mountains were more than fifty miles apart. The Wei army's camp was stationed between the two mountains. There was a flat land there that was suitable for camping.
In the Wei army camp, Xia Houyuan gathered the generals and was discussing how to deal with Ma Chao and Wang Shuang. Suddenly, a dark wind roared outside. The strong wind broke a flagpole. The flag fell and almost killed someone. The soldiers were cursing outside. Because
The sound was so loud that it actually attracted Xia Houyuan's questioning.
Xia Houyuan knew that the wind had broken the flagpole, so he turned to Xu Shu and said, "Military advisor, before our army even left the army, the strong wind broke the flagpole. It's an ominous sign..."
Xu Shu smiled and said: "The general is wrong, this is a good sign."
"good omen?"
"Exactly. I expected that when Ma Chao and Wang Shuang learned that our army was camping here, they would definitely think that our army was not stable and that it had come from a long distance. It must be that we were out of men and horses. They wanted to take advantage of our army's unpreparedness at night and attack the camp at night." Xu Shu.
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Xia Houyuan nodded and said: "What the military advisor said makes sense, but how can Ma Chao be so smart?"
"No one should be underestimated. Our army should be prepared for any danger."
"Want to hear the details."
"Haha, this is simple. Since he wants to rob the camp, let him rob it. Anyway, there is nothing useful in an empty camp. The focus is on Baishi Mountain and Wushu Cave Mountain. These two places are the most dangerous places. Tonight we will fight
The Chinese army will change positions. He will rob our camp, and we will outwit two dangerous mountains. Moreover, we will kill Ma Chao tonight and catch him off guard!"
So Xu Shu immediately told him how to arrange it. After hearing this, Xia Houyuan laughed and said: "It's really a clever plan. Ma Chao is brave but not clever. Even if he can't be captured tonight, he will be defeated."
After the discussion was decided, Xia Houyuan summoned two of his generals, Deng Bai and Wen Ji, and immediately assigned each of them five thousand soldiers and horses to head towards Baishi Mountain and Wushu Cave Mountain respectively. However, they did not take the main road, but instead
If you take the small road, you have to wait for Ma Chao and Wang Shuang to pass before you can take action.
Deng Bai and Wen Ji were both old subordinates of Xia Houyuan, and they were deeply trusted by Xia Houyuan, so after receiving the order, they immediately led the troops out.
In addition, Xia Houyuan called Cao Xiu and asked Cao Xiu to lead 10,000 troops to ambush ten miles north of the camp. Xia Houyuan and Xu Shu only left 9,000 troops to guard the camp. The two agreed to use fire as their signal.
After all the soldiers were sent out, Xia Houyuan and Xu Shu asked the soldiers to actively deploy defensive measures and spread suspicions, waiting for Ma Chao and Wang Shuang to attack.
After nightfall, Ma Chao quietly came over from the direction of Baishi Mountain, picked up his telescope and looked from a distance, but saw that the Wei army's camp was not very well guarded. He felt happy and secretly shouted: "The Wei army has come all the way.
, the soldiers and horses are exhausted, just as I expected, it seems that I will succeed tonight."
Ma Chao then ordered his men to rest where they were and wait until late at night before taking action.
At midnight, Ma Chao used his telescope to look again. He saw that all the soldiers guarding the camp were sleepy. Thinking that an opportunity had come, he immediately got on his horse and said to the men behind him: "Tonight, we will rob the camp, regardless of age or age.
We will slaughter them all, and we will not accept any surrender. Anyone who kills anyone named Cao will be rewarded heavily by me. Come on!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Chao immediately galloped on his horse, carrying the Earth Fire Xuanlu Spear, and rushed towards the Wei army's camp.
The 5,000-horse infantry were all elite soldiers. They had followed Ma Chao for many years and knew the hatred between Ma Chao and the Wei army. They were all as close as brothers, so they transferred the hatred to themselves. With red eyes, they all moved towards the Wei army camp and killed them.
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Here, Ma Chao's troops came together, and Wang Shuang, who had been waiting for a long time on the left, also responded. He attacked from left and right, shot and killed the soldiers guarding the camp, pushed aside the obstacles, opened the gate of the village, and two groups of people rushed in one after the other.
Camp, meet each other twice and start preparing immediately
They were preparing to massacre the Wei army, but they suddenly heard the sound of a cannon. The Wei army soldiers hiding in the camp appeared immediately and fired a burst of fierce fire at the Chinese army. Ma Chao, Wang Shuang and others were caught off guard first.
"Oops! We've fallen into a trap!" Wang Shuang saw this and shouted hurriedly, "Master, retreat quickly!"
"Where to go!" A shout came from outside the camp. Xia Houyuan held a broadsword and led a group of cavalry to block the exit of the camp. Many archers appeared outside, shooting fiercely at the Chinese army. At the same time, the Wei army raised fire as a signal.