Zhao Ting'er returned to Shangyang Garden and saw Han Qian standing alone in the courtyard of the dormitory. There was no one waiting around in the courtyard. He came over and asked,
"Did Lu Qingxia, Yao Xishui and the others be escorted back to Luoyang?"
"I was escorted back. I saw them in Lingyun Pavilion before dusk. Their mouths were as hard as boiled ducks before they died. I wanted to see them begging for mercy with snot and tears, but they didn't. I was disappointed.
"Han Qian said with a smile.
"Do you really want to send them to Jinling?" Zhao Ting'er asked, "Send Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan to Jinling. The half-brothers and sisters of Yao Xishui and Li Zhigao will still be left to Li Zhigao to deal with."
"That was my original plan, but before noon Li Zhigao sent a secret letter, praising Feng Xuan for his general demeanor, and saying that when he led his troops into Chengzhou two years ago, he was hit by an enemy arrow in the left ankle, leaving behind a secret
He was ill and suffered unbearable pain every time it rained or snowed. He wanted to resign from his post as the Longyou Xuan Comfort Envoy. Feng Xuan would take over and lead the Longyou Army to attack Fengxiang from the west wing." Han Qian put his arm around Zhao Ting'er's shoulders and said, "He
He didn’t say it clearly in the letter, but he wanted to trade his fame and wealth for the lives of Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and the others..."
"Oh, I didn't expect that Li Zhigao would not forget his friendship with Lu Qingxia - yes, Lu Qingxia brought trouble to the world, but no matter what, he still kept the lineage of the previous dynasty intact." Zhao Ting'er was quite surprised and said with emotion.
At that time, a palace coup was launched to murder Emperor Yanyou Yang Yuanpu, Lu Qingxia, and Zhou Yuan were the chief culprits. In the eyes of the Chu court, what they committed was an unpardonable crime.
However, when it comes to the attitude of the people in Daliang towards Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others, they are somewhat dispensable.
The relationship between Han Qian and Emperor Yanyou Yang Yuanpu was already in name only from the moment he escaped from Fanchang City on the pretext of not discussing the marriage; Yang Yuanpu's death was even promoted by Han Qian behind the scenes.
And if Yang Yuanpu had not died and Han Qianchan succeeded to the throne of Daliang, Liang and Chu would not have been able to negotiate a peace agreement. Daliang would have faced dangers and difficulties that were many times more dangerous than imagined.
From this point of view, Lu Qingxia launched a palace coup and assassinated Emperor Yanyou Yang Yuanpu, which actually contributed to Daliang but had no fault.
As for Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan defected to the Mongol people and helped them deal with Daliang. Even in the past, they targeted Xuzhou and Tangyi everywhere, but they did not have any effect.
However, at this time, Daliang was still professing vassalage to the Chu court. After Zhao Mengji sent Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan to Luoyang, he should send them to Jinling for trial. This could also ease the tense relationship between Liang and Chu.
relation.
At present, the power of the Chu Ting's young war faction has been on the rise. If they detain Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan in Luoyang instead of taking them to Jinling, they will lose their pretext, and eventually the Chu Ting courtiers will become angry, and it is very likely that they will quickly
As a result, Chu Ting's attitude towards Daliang became tougher.
The problem now is that Li Zhigao must protect them, even at the cost of handing over military power, to save the lives of Lu Qingxia and Zhou Yuan, but they cannot ignore Li Zhigao's request.
However, by agreeing to Li Zhigao's request and leaving Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others in Luoyang without handing them over, it was not simply asking Li Zhigao to hand over his military power. Han Qian also wanted to use Li Zhigao to lead the army in battle, and he did not need him to hand over his military power.
However, as long as Li Zhigao is willing to cooperate, the General Staff Office can better transform and reorganize the Liangzhou Army, thus better solving the problem that Liangzhou is still half-established at this time, and making Liangzhou and its generals more capable.
Completely integrated into the beam.
Of course, this matter and Zhao Mengji's surrender will undoubtedly involve the sensitive nerves of the Shu Kingdom.
Zhao Ting'er asked: "What are you going to do? Are you going to give Li Zhigao's letter to Feng Liao and the others? Or are you going to imprison Lu Qingxia and the others first and wait until Guanzhong is recovered?"
"That's all we can do for now," Han Qian said, "I was planning to write a letter to Li Zhigao, telling him not to worry too much and to concentrate on fighting this battle first, and then talk about other things after Guanzhong is recovered..."
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Anji Xiang always felt that he was out of tune with the atmosphere in Luoyang. After staying in Dutingyi for a few days, he rushed to the You Neishi Prefecture's Li Division to find Feng Liao, and asked for a job as a councilor for the establishment of the Mengzhou Prefecture.
Before the end of the month, he took the official ship and rushed back to Mengzhou to take up his post.
Zhao Mengji imprisoned Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and others, and secretly infiltrated Luoyang. The Mongolian army and the Dongliang army had naturally noticed the abnormality long ago, and also began to strengthen the defense of Jincheng in the northern section of Taihang County and the walled city on the south bank of the Yu River. However, the Mongolian army at that time
And the Dongliang Army still more or less harbored the illusion that Zhao Mengji had turned around, or thought that Zhao Mengji only intended to occupy Mengzhou and preserve his strength.
Zhao Mengji led the Mengzhou garrison to formally raise the flag, and escorted Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and the Mongolian army officials stationed in Mengzhou to Luoyang. The Mongolian army and the Dongliang army were still greatly alarmed.
Anxiang stopped his boat at the Nanguan River Pier and landed. He could see that in Bianliang and Wuzhi territory, the Dongliang Army was driving tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to build strongholds on the south bank.
To the east of Mengzhou are Huaizhou and Weizhou, which are both former counties in Hanoi, and further east are Weibo and Weizhou, one of the three towns in Heshuo.
The old county of Hanoi and the town of Weibo are located north of the Yu River, south of the Taihang Mountains and in the southeastern area of the Taihang Mountains. The terrain is connected. If Liang Jun wants to attack Huaizhou, Weizhou and Weibo in the east, he must start from Mengzhou
It is most convenient to send troops.
However, even if Anji Xiang was not involved in the secret, he knew very well that it was unrealistic for the Mengzhou Army, whose military morale and morale had not yet truly stabilized, to attack the important town of Weibo guarded by the Dongliang Army; and the main force of the Liang Army
Elite, the focus of this year's operations is in Guanzhong.
When he returned to Mengzhou, when the official ship approached the Nanguan River dock, he saw that the dam that the Mongolian army had filled in to cut off the Yu River between the southeast of Mengzhou and Wuzhi was already filled with soldiers and civilians.
On the side of the dam approaching the south bank, I saw that hundreds of soldiers had built a simple defense barrier using obstacles such as horses and deer antlers. After the barrier, hundreds of soldiers gathered with shields and crossbows to guard against the enemy troops on the south bank from entering the dam.
dam.
On the water to the west of the dam, there are still several warships moored, jointly forming a blockade against the Dongliang Army on the south bank of the embankment.
On the north side of the fortification, a huge gap has been dug, and thousands of strong civilians, like a colony of ants, are constantly transporting the excavated soil back to the north bank.
At present, the gap has been dug to a depth of more than two feet, and the flood season of the Yu River has not yet arrived, so the water level of the Yu River is still more than ten feet from the bottom of the gap currently dug.
At that time, the Mongolian army forced tens of thousands of civilians to dig and build a dam to cut off the Yu River. After that, civilians were recruited to reinforce it every year, so that the current dam was formed, which is flush with the embankments on both sides of the bank and is more than 12 feet wide at the top.
In a short period of time, Mengzhou only used three to five thousand able-bodied civilians, and it was impossible to completely dig the dam. However, after the flood season of the Yu River came, it was still possible to pass through the gap and divert part of the flood from the upper reaches of the Yu River.
Import old ways.
Of course, seeing a newly built dredger docked at the dock, Anji Xiang thought that if Yique Shuiying Dazhai built more special dredgers, the dam might be dug faster.
Anji Xiang returned to Mengzhou and wanted to have some time off, but he couldn't.
In the seventh year of Taihe, the focus of Daliang's military affairs was on the battle to regain Guanzhong on the west wing, while the east wing and northern front were mainly on construction and consolidation of the existing defense lines.
Even though Huaizhou, which is adjacent to Mengzhou, has only four to five thousand defense troops in all counties, Han Qian also clearly requested Mengzhou not to rush to use troops against Huaizhou, but to focus on reorganizing military and political affairs in the early stage.
In order to allow the Shu soldiers to take root in Mengzhou with peace of mind, Usu Dashi forcibly recruited tens of thousands of unmarried or widowed women from Zelu and other places, and deported them to Mengzhou, where they married Shu soldiers and had children. In Mengzhou, Heqing
A total of 40,000 military households were organized in the land and other areas and ordered to cultivate and cultivate the land.
Although there are 40,000 military households in Mengzhou, there is a big difference from the military households compiled by Chu, Shu, Dongliang and Mengwu in Heshuo and Yanyun.
That is the military households (military households) in countries such as Chu and Shu. Each household has almost two or three adults. Usually, each household only needs to send one adult to perform four to six months of military service every year, which is the main rank.
, the other young men are called Yu Ding. Under normal circumstances, they do not need to perform military service and only need to participate in drills during leisure time.
In other words, even during the war, the military service of military households may be extended indefinitely, but military households can at least ensure that there are one or two young and strong laborers to maintain farming.
Each of the military households compiled by Mengzhou only had one young man, and they were all enlisted in the army. The children they gave birth to were still very young. The farming in the fields was all done by the women who were kidnapped into marriage. You can imagine the hardship of their lives.
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Thousands of people die from overwork or hunger every year.
In addition to being far away from home, this is also a major reason why the Mengzhou Army's combat effectiveness has always been unsatisfactory.
The most urgent thing now is not to clear the land, implement a new tax system, and take over local political affairs, but to convert all 40,000 military households into civilian households and dismantle most of the 10,000-strong garrison to make up for the needs of farming as much as possible.
labor force, allowing them to truly recuperate and recuperate.
As a reward for the generals who returned to Yiyi, even the generals who were dismissed this time will be allocated fifteen acres of paddy and dry land and some necessary relief materials at one time.
For those military attaches and generals who have retired from active service, the allotment of land will be increased to thirty acres. If they are educated, they are also recommended to participate in the official examination organized by the county and serve as county or township officials.
Some people even miss their homeland very much and want to return to Shu to reunite with their families. Luoyang is currently sending people to Chengdu to negotiate. As long as Wang Yong, the leader of Shu, agrees to accept it, they will be given travel expenses to help them return home.
Of course, considering that the Shu Kingdom is increasingly wary of Daliang, even if Wang Yong, the Lord of Shu, is willing to accept some Shu soldiers returning home, the number of places is estimated to be quite limited.
Anji Xiang guessed that only the aristocratic clans that continued to hold a certain amount of power after Wang Yong, the leader of Shu, seized the throne, would find a way to bring back their children who had been living abroad for so many years.
Generals and soldiers from the lower classes and ordinary military households have always had the fate of drifting with the tide. Perhaps staying in Mengzhou to settle down is the best destination for them.
Mengzhou will eventually select brave and strong soldiers, retain the recruiting staff of three integrated infantry brigades, be responsible for local defense, and organize them into the Xingyang Marching Army.
Zhao Mengji stayed in Mengzhou as the magistrate of Mengzhou Prefecture, the commander of the capital, and the deputy capital of the Xingyang Camp Army. He accepted the Xingyang Prefecture system for military defense and established the prefecture, and the Xingyang Camp Army was under the control of Han Donghu...
In addition to using military tactics and not encountering any opponents, Han Qian has been able to accept the Wen family and the Li family in recent years. He severely punished Chen Kun, an old Liang general who killed women and children in the Rongyang battle, and treated prisoners of war favorably.
He was able to integrate well into the old Tangyi military system and was given important tasks. He was also very patient in solving the Liangzhou problem. He even boldly used Li Zhigao and Chai Jian as the main generals in the west wing to attack Guanzhong, and even used Zhu Yu's son to lead the army.
Showing the true magnanimity and magnanimity of a hero.
And these are precisely the reasons why Zhao Mengji finally let down his guard.
Anji Xiang didn't know how much alarm Mengzhou's surrender to Daliang would cause to the Dongliang Army and the Mongolian Army, but the news must have reached Fengxiang, and the impact on Wang Xiaoxian and his troops would certainly be considerable.
Anji Xiang walked into Mengzhou Mansion and saw Zhao Mengji talking about his trip to Luoyang, meeting Han Qian's many experiences, and also noticed Gu Mingfu and some other old faces, and even protected Zhao Mengji's eldest son, Yuhou, the capital of Yuan Yajun
Zhao Shuo is missing.
He didn't need to ask in detail. Zhao Shuo, Gu Mingfu and others must have rushed to meet up with Chai Jian or Li Zhigao so that they could persuade Wang Xiaoxian and his generals to surrender...
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"Marquis Wei, if you put down your halberd and surrender now, you can still spend the rest of your years in peace. If you want to go to Jianghuai to reunite with your wife and children, your Majesty will do your best to facilitate it..."
After the Qizhou City was captured, tens of thousands of soldiers surrounded the inner city. Li Zhigao, wearing battle armor and surrounded by more than a hundred guards, walked slowly two hundred steps away from the south gate of the inner city of Qizhou, reined in the reins, and stopped at the Chang'an Gate.
On the street, he said in a vibrating voice.
Zhao Mengji's surrender greatly weakened Wang Xiaoxian's will to resist.
Chai Jian led his sons Chai Xun, Zhou Tong, and Hao Zixia to attack the city. Wang Fan, Xiang Zhen, Zhao Feixiong, and other defenders of Fengzhou, Meiwu, and Chencang Walled City successively led their troops to surrender. Li Zhigao, Feng Xuan,
Feng Yi led the Longyou Army to dispatch troops from Tianshui and marched eastward to seize Jiequan, Longshan Pass, Fengge, Qianyang and other city fortresses, almost without losing any blood.
Only when the two armies encircled Qizhou City and Wang Xiaoxian led more than 10,000 elite members of his direct lineage to die rather than surrender, was it considered a battle like this.
However, Wang Yuankui's troops were defeated by Jingzhen. Kong Xirong led 40,000 troops to surround Yongzhou City. Han Bao led his troops to seize Tongzhou in the north of the Wei River and blocked the small group of enemy troops heading south along the Yu River to the north of Heyang. Even if Wang Xiaoxian had
More than ten thousand direct descendants are still loyal to him, but they have become a lone army trapped in a tight siege.
Chai Jian led his troops to join Kong Xirong and Jing Zhen to participate in the encirclement of Yongzhou. Li Zhigao led the Longyou Army to join Zhou Tong and Hao Zixia's old troops, with a total of 30,000 infantry and cavalry, advancing towards the gates of Qizhou City.
Wang Xiaoxian would rather die than surrender, and he also had some generals who advanced and retreated with him, but how could his Shu soldiers have any morale to speak of?
Li Zhigao did not engage in any psychological warfare to encircle the three towers. He did not even wait for the heavy war equipment to be transported from the rear, so Zhang Song, Deng Tai, Zhou Tong, and Hao Zixia each led their own troops to build ladders, city climbing vehicles and other simple war equipment.
, surrounded by war crossbows, besieged Qizhou from all sides.
After killing more than a thousand enemies in three days, the outer city defenders collapsed. Finally, Zhang Song and Deng Tai led more than 10,000 troops to surround Wang Xiaoxian and 3,000 Ya troops in the inner city.
Even so, Han Qian still sent an edict to Li Zhigao to give Wang Xiaoxian the opportunity to lead his troops to surrender as much as possible.
Faced with Li Zhigao's persuasion to surrender, Wang Xiaoxian smiled ferociously, waved his hand, and shot dozens of arrows towards Li Zhigao.
Zhang Song hurriedly surrounded Li Zhigao with his cavalry and retreated. Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaoxian was still stubborn at the end of his rope. He said angrily: "Your Majesty and the commander-in-chief have exhausted their benevolence and righteousness towards Wang Xiaoxian. Let's order the attack on the city."
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"Let's attack the city!" Li Zhigao sighed and said.
In order to show that he would fight to the death, and to prevent other generals from refusing to fight to the death, Wang Xiaoxian had already ordered the three gates in the north, east and west to be blocked with earth and stones from the city, leaving only him.
The South City Gate, which he was personally in charge of, even opened directly, luring Liang Jun to rush in through the city gate hole.
As the siege general, Zhang Song also gathered elite soldiers, horses and war equipment at the south gate of the inner city to attack all the way.
When they entered the outer city, they captured more than 20 nest chariots. At this time, they all advanced to the south gate of the inner city. More than 300 crossbowmen stood on the chariots with their crossbows in hand. Waves of crossbow arrows were as dense as a swarm of locusts.
Shoot towards the high wall and force the defenders to retreat into the tower.
Even in order to avoid the obstruction of the stacked walls, Zhang Song merged several nest carts together to form a high platform slightly higher than the city wall. Two spring-arm bed crossbows were raised up to project onto the city tower.
The towers in the inner city of Qizhou are also made of bricks and stones. However, when the spring-arm crossbow was fired at a close range of 200 steps, the bricks and stones fell apart with one arrow.
A batch of fire oil cans were transported from Hanzhong via a detour. They had not played any role in the attack on the outer city. At this time, they did not care. They used spring-armed scorpion crossbows to throw them on the city wall. After a while, they were near the city tower.
The city walls were in flames.
Taking advantage of the fact that the defenders could not stand on both sides of the city tower, dozens of siege vehicles and ladders were set up on the top of the city. Groups of armored soldiers holding swords and shields swarmed up like tigers and wolves, killing the two wings and coming up from the city's entrance.
reinforcements and defenses built on the walls on both sides of the tower.
Although there was no heavy cyclone cannon that directly knocked down the tower, hundreds of kerosene cans were thrown onto the tower, and by noon, the pillars and beams inside the tower were finally ignited.
The Nancheng Tower where Wang Xiaoxian led his two hundred personal guards to personally guard the tower soon fell into a sea of fire...
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"Wang Xiaoxian, the Marquis of Wei, preferred to die rather than surrender. He guarded the south tower of the inner city of Qizhou. He failed to prevent Liang's army from attacking the city wall, poured oil and set fire to it. The Marquis of Wei and his two hundred personal guards were all killed in the sea of fire, with no remains of their bodies. The remaining troops soon gave up resistance...
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Wang Yuankui and his eldest son Wang Mao, who were conferred the title of Yongzhou Prefecture by the Mengwu people, were sitting in the royal palace, listening to the scouts' report on the fall of Qizhou. Their faces seemed to be covered with a thick layer of haze, and the atmosphere in the royal palace was so solemn that it seemed that there would be a sudden fall at any time.
It rained heavily.
It is only the tenth year since the Mongol army marched southward.
In the first four years, the Mongolian army marched southward based on the Yanyun Prefectures. Not only did they capture Hedong, Heshuo, the thirty-one prefectures in Guanzhong, and the twenty-four prefectures in Hehuai, they were also under the control of the Dongliang Army.
Shang, Hua, Luo, Ying, Xu, Chen, Ru, Cai and tens of thousands of wounded, sick and disabled soldiers.
Who would have thought that Zhu Yu would abdicate the position of leader of the Liang Kingdom to Han Qian, and Han Qian not only defended Heluo, but also reversed the situation in Heluo in such a short period of time?
Wang Yuankui was well aware of the heavy losses suffered by the Mongolian army in the battle of Zhiguanxing. He even knew that Zhao Mengji might not be tied to a tree and hanged with them, but anyone would take a chance.
When Han Qian took control of Heluo, the emperor and his ministers were suspicious of each other and faced enemies on three sides, but they managed to survive in such a bad situation. Wang Yuankui thought that even though the Mongolian army suffered heavy losses in the Fenshui River Valley, there were still hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Taiyuan and southern Shanxi.
The horses were available, and the Dongliang Army also had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, plus the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Guanzhong. Wang Yuankui thought that Zhao Mengji would not make up his mind to become a slave of the three surnames so easily.
Even there are various signs that Zhao Mengji has imprisoned Lu Qingxia, Zhou Yuan and other officials sent by Mengwu to Mengzhou. Wang Yuankui is also imagining that the situation will not deteriorate to the point where it is beyond control.
Wang Yuankui had such an illusion. In the final analysis, he still did not want to give up the title of Prince of Yongzhou and Governor of Weinan, and he was reluctant to give up the Weinan Plain where his tribe had just moved two years ago.
He is already sixty-five years old. He has spent half his life on the battlefield. After serving as the military governor of the Chengdu Army and sitting in Dingzhou, he indulged in wine and sex, and no longer had the decisiveness to kill in his early years. For Wang Jingrong, Xiao Yiqing persuaded him to surrender to the Mongolian army. The root cause is
this.
After many wars, he captured the southern part of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Hezhong and even Guanzhong. He once had the illusion of conquering the world immediately and becoming heroic. But then he learned that King Weihou Wang Xiaoxian was caught in the sea of fire, and not even a whole body was left. In the end,
The trace of hallucination also disappeared completely, and in my heart I just regretted that I didn't cut off the strong man's wrist earlier and led his troops to withdraw from Yongzhou.
Wang Yuankui stood up slumped with his hands on the long case. Not daring to fill the palace with the generals, he signaled his son Wang Mao to follow him to the back house.
Entering the study room in the back house, Wang Yuankui signaled the maids on his left and right to leave, closed the door and window and asked his son Wang Mao: "Did you send people to Baqiao without leaking the news? What did Baqiao say?"
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Mu of Qin dominated Xirong, changed Zishui into Ba River, and built the Ba Bridge. Later, it was rebuilt and repaired by successive dynasties. The Ba Bridge, which is nearly 400 steps long, has a stone base and wooden beams and is an important transportation link on the south bank of the Wei River.
Kong Xirong led his troops out of Lantian Pass, down the Bahe River, and met with Jing Zhen at Baqiao. At this time, Baqiao was where the Liang Army's camp was located.
There are many Mongol people and the eyes and ears of Guanjiang Tower in Yongzhou City. Many of the generals have returned to the Mongolian army. Even their children are still staying in Taiyuan and Dingzhou. Not wanting to alert others, Wang Yuankui asked his son Wang Mao to make arrangements.
It has been several days since the confidant went to Baqiao to meet Liang Jun's general Jing Zhen to discuss peace, and he thought that Luoyang should also give a reply.
"Everything else is easy to talk about, but Han Qian wants us to hand over all our troops unconditionally and leave the city for reorganization..." Wang Mao said in a low voice, fearing that the walls had ears and the news would leak out.
"What, is it possible that our Wang family is worse than that guy Zhao Mengji?" Wang Yuankui gritted his teeth and asked with anger and annoyance. He spent half his life in the army and didn't understand other reasons. He only knew that the 40,000 German troops were his biggest support, and also
His last resort.
Han Qian actually asked him to hand over all his troops and horses unconditionally. How could he accept it?
"Liang Jun only has a few thousand soldiers and horses in Tongzhou, Weibei. His soldiers and horses in Pingyang and Jiangzhou can't get away. Dad made a decision that morning!" Wang Mao said through gritted teeth.
He was also categorically unwilling to accept the condition of surrendering all his troops.
At this time, they still controlled the Weihe River Floating Bridge and several fortresses on the north bank of the Weihe River. The entire army retreated to the north bank of the Weihe River, and there were no problems.
Even though Liang Jun had a navy and controlled the lower reaches of the Wei River and the Yu River channel in the east of Yanzhou, he believed that Yongzhou should be abandoned at this time, and 40,000 to 50,000 troops would cross to the north bank of the Wei River, evacuate northwest along the Jing River Valley, and then occupy the Loess Plateau.
The mountains and ravines guard each other, the north is surrounded by the desert wasteland where the Mongol people roam, and the west is connected to Yinxia and other prefectures controlled by the Qiang cavalry of the Pingxia tribe. With their 40,000 to 50,000 elite troops, they may not be able to defend Qingzhou to the east of Longshan.
