"Patriarch!" The patrolling soldier quickly ran to the patriarch: "The Qiang cavalry appears behind!"
"How many Qiang cavalry are there?" The clan leader's face was full of solemnity: "Are there any black cavalry?"
The black cavalry of the Qiang people is the most powerful cavalry of the Qiang people. Just like the Ma family's Liangzhou iron cavalry, they are the most powerful cavalry in Liangzhou and the surrounding grasslands. These two types of cavalry have fought with each other, and the wins and losses are always 50-50.
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Once the black cavalry is dispatched, it represents the dispatch of the Qiang king, and only the Qiang king is qualified to mobilize this troop.
The young man said: "I didn't see any black cavalry, just ordinary cavalry. There weren't many of them. They should be the forward troops of the Qiang people!"
Patriarch, do you want us to lead some people to kill these cavalry?"
The patriarch sitting on the bullock cart thought for a moment and said: "Get rid of them and try not to let them go!"
The Qiang cavalry has already caught up, which means that the other party has learned about the retreat of the Ma family army. They have only traveled four days and there are still more than ten days left.
The grassland along this road is fertile and is a good place for grazing. It is also a place that the Qiang people have watched for countless years. This time it may really fall into the hands of the Qiang people. Even if the Ma family drives out the Xiliang army in the future, they want to use this place
It's hard to get it back.
Hentian City is like a nail on the grassland. As long as the nail is there, the Qiang people will only dare to cross the nail and go south for a while, and they will not dare to stay in the south for too long.
If Hentian City falls into their hands, the city will become owned by the Qiang people, and the grassland here will also become a grazing land for the Qiang people.
What a pity for this piece of grass.
The head of the Zhang family couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about it. Now that the Zhang family is in trouble, he still thinks about this piece of grass. It's really funny.
He took out the map. They kept going south. It would take more than ten days to quickly reach the river. After crossing the river, they would reach the boundary of Zhangye County. Once there, they would be safe.
The governor Li Xiang fought with the Ma family and suffered heavy losses on both sides, but that was a conflict between him and the Ma family, and it had nothing to do with ordinary civilians like them. After all, they were still civilians under Li Xiang's rule. Do you want to send someone to talk to Li Xiang?
Asking for help?
Although the Zhang family is in Hentian City, they still have some intelligence system in Liangzhou. Knowing how powerful the Xiliang army is, the Xiliang cavalry can defeat the Liangzhou cavalry led by Ma Jin on the frontal battlefield. If the governor Li Xiang sends
The Xiliang cavalry protected them as they went south, so they could go south safely.
The difficulty is why Prime Minister Li sent a large army to protect them as they went south. It is true that they are civilians under Prime Minister Li's governance, but aren't there many civilians who died because of the war?
It’s difficult!
The head of the Zhang family looked at the map and was worried. On the other side, the leader of the young Zhang family, Zhang Wenyuan, led the Zhang family cavalry and rushed towards the cavalry sent by the Qiang people.
The Qiang cavalry immediately discovered the Zhang family cavalry. The first defensive reaction of these Qiang cavalry was to turn around and run away. But could they escape after entering the ambush circle?
Zhang Wenyuan and the young men of the Zhang family galloped their horses, taking out their long bows and shooting at the Qiang cavalry with great aim.
Not long after the Qiang cavalry ran away, they discovered that there were Zhang family cavalry everywhere. Those people were getting closer and closer, and soon the Qiang cavalry was surrounded in the middle.
Seeing that they were about to be surrounded and killed, the Qiang cavalry focused on one direction and sacrificed dozens of people to create a breach in the encirclement. The remaining ten people ran to the north as fast as possible.
The fighting between the two sides was short, but there were many casualties. The Zhang family did not die, but a dozen were injured. The other party only had fifty or sixty people. More than twenty of them were shot off their horses and fell to death. The remaining
They were all shot and killed, and no one died in a close fight between the two sides.
Looking at the retreating Qiang cavalry, Zhang Wenyuan felt very uneasy. These cavalry were just scouts and vanguard troops of the Qiang people, just to find their traces. If the opponent's main army was not needed, they would move south from the north.
The Qiang people have many war horses, and the cavalry can have three horses per person. If they go all out, it will only take two or three days to catch up with the Zhang family's large army.
They are still a long way from the river in the south, so they can only hope that there will be fewer troops from the Qiang tribe.
"Everyone spread out. As soon as you find the Qiang cavalry, you will immediately sound the alarm. You must not let them get close to the large army!" Zhang Wenyuan summoned the cavalry commanders. These are the cavalry leaders patrolling the surrounding areas. Each of them has twenty men.
The main responsibility of the cavalry is to break up the rear and block the enemy from gathering information.
"Brother Wenyuan, we know!"
"Don't worry!"
These young people have grown up on horses just like the Qiang, Xianbei, and Cao Cao people. The cavalry is just like eating. They have better equipment than the Qiang cavalry. Their combat effectiveness on horses is much stronger than the ordinary Qiang cavalry.
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Zhang Wenyuan smiled and nodded as he listened to these people's words. There was no lightness in his eyes as he looked to the north. He could only hope that the Qiang people would arrive later.
Also ask the clan leader to be prepared. Their ox carts can create a wall to resist the impact of the cavalry. Unfortunately, there are not many crossbows. If there are enough crossbows, they can rely on crossbows to prevent the Qiang light cavalry from attacking.
Dare to get close.
The Zhang family's army continues to migrate. If you look down from the sky, you can see a black square moving on the green grassland. Where they pass, the grassland will become a little yellow, and the green grass will be covered by the sheep.
After eating, a large number of people and bullock carts walked up, and there was no trace of the grass on the ground.
This is the disadvantage of large-scale migration. It can easily cause grassland desertification. This also gives the Qiang army behind a tracking route. It can easily know the retreat route of the Zhang family army and pursue them.
The sky was slightly bright, and the Zhang family's vanguard cavalry who had been marching all night opened their hazy eyes. At night, they only needed one leading horse in front, and their horses followed the first horse, and they fell asleep on their horses.
But when he opened his eyes, he saw black armored cavalry all around him. Fifty of them had been surrounded. If they hadn't seen that all the black armor was in armor, they would have thought they were encountering black cavalry from the Qiang tribe.
The Qiang black riders wear black leather armor, and iron armor is rare on the grasslands.
Seeing these black-armored soldiers around them, their first feeling was fear, and their second feeling was that they seemed to have become shorter. It was as if they had entered the country of adults. Each of these people was so tall, and the weapons in their hands were very long.
, those cold eyes looked at them as if they were looking at prey.
This kind of look makes them feel scared, really scared, this kind of look is the master of killing people without blinking an eye!
Rumble!
There was a violent sound of horse hooves in the distance, because among these black knights, they could not see outside, but they knew that an adult must be coming from the other side. Didn't they see these black knights making a way around it?
Cheng Jushu rode his horse to arrive at these cavalrymen who were dressed somewhat like the Qiang people and looked indeed like the Dagan people. The faces of the Qiang people were quite different from those of the Dagan people, as well as the languages of the two sides.
Cheng Jushu walked up to these young people and said, "Are you Qiang people or Dagan people?"
The leader among the young people said: "We are from Hentian County!"
"Hendian County?" Cheng Jushu frowned: "It's five days' journey from Hentian County by horseback. You guys are riding all the way south?"
The leader said: "The Ma family's army retreated. There are only 50,000 young men left in the city, and there are no reinforcements. We have no choice but to go south. Behind us are 500,000 people who have retreated from Hentian City!"
As the leader spoke, he secretly glanced at the bloody wolf-headed knight behind Cheng Jushu: "Sir, you should be the Xiliang Army!"
The leader has read the information about the Xiliang army and knows that the Xiliang army flag has a bloody wolf-headed banner, which represents the Xiliang army. These black armored cavalry should be the Xiliang cavalry.
"Half a million people went south!" Cheng Jushu was frightened by the crazy actions of these people in Hentian County: "How can you control so many people!"
At the same time, he was a little worried. The Lord asked him to go to Hentian County. Now all the civilians in Hentian County have run out, which means that Hentian County is now an empty city. The Qiang people can conquer Hentian County without abolishing a single soldier. Take it.
Cheng Jushu has a headache!
The leader saw the tangled look on Cheng Jushu's face and didn't know what the general in front of him was thinking. He just remained silent and looked at the black armored cavalry around him with a little envy.
Xiliang is really rich. Look at these black-armored cavalry. The men and horses are all thickly armored. They have all kinds of weapons, including long-range bows, crossbows, long arrows, medium-range weapons, and melee hammers. , two knives in sheaths, such weapons and equipment made him drool.
And the war horse is also in armor!
Let’s look at the weapons and equipment they carry. One piece of leather armor, one long knife, one long bow, dry food and water bags every day, that’s all.
But if the opponent is so armed, can this war horse still run?
Cheng Jushu had a headache and didn't want to think about it anymore. He looked at the young man and said, "How far are you from the main force now?"
He felt that he should first gather with the people from Hentian County and wait for Jurong to arrive with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and then join forces with the troops from Hentian County to see if they could take Hentian County back.
Zhao Tiezhu has already set off with the Guanwai Army. The 150,000 Guanwai Army and Feixiong Army are more than enough for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to deal with the Qiang army!
The young leader heard Cheng Jushu's question and did not answer. They did not know the other party's intention yet and could not tell the other party the distance of the large army.
Cheng Jushu was a little impatient, but in order to know the specific information, he suppressed his impatience and said patiently: "I have been ordered by my lord, Li Xiang, the governor of the two weeks, to lead the Feixiong Army to Hentian County to help you defend Hentian County. Stay behind me. A day and a half's journey away, the Xiliang cavalry were coming, and behind them there were 150,000 troops crossing the river.
We are here to help you, and the Qiang army should have moved south at this time. If you continue to remain silent, it is very likely that your troops in Hentian County will be harmed in the end."
The young leader thought about it, but he was not sure that these people were the Xiliang Army. After all, military flags can be faked: "How do you prove that you are the Xiliang Army?"
"Don't you know how to look at their body shapes?" Cheng Jushu said angrily: "Most of the Xiliang soldiers are eight feet tall. Don't you feel it?"
Cheng Jushu's words made these young men's faces a bit dark. They were not short in height, most of them were seven feet tall, but in front of the Xiliang soldiers, they were really a bit short.
"This is my token, keep an eye on it!" Cheng Jushu threw a token over, and the young man caught it: "The left commander of the Xiliang Flying Bear Army, Cheng Jushu!"
"Report!" A voice came from behind. A Xiliang light cavalry came to a halt in front of Cheng Jushu and said quickly to Cheng Jushu: "General Cheng, the frontline scouts sent back news that the town of Hentian County has been completely deserted.
The gate disappeared, and Qiang cavalry was heading south from the north.
Message time, three days!”
"Go down and take a rest!" Cheng Jushu nodded to indicate that he had received the news, and the Xiliang light cavalry said with a tired face.
"No, I still need to continue going south to pass this news to other troops. According to the time, the Qiang army should have entered Hentian County at this time!" The scout finished his speculation and turned around to leave: "I'm resigning!
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The young man looked at the Xiliang scout who was wearing blue light armor and could come and go freely and said: "The rear troops are about a day away from us, and the direction is to the northeast. We plan to go from Liangye Grassland to the river!"
Liangye Grassland is the most fertile grassland around Hentian County and Zhangye County.
"There is ample water and abundant forage for those livestock."
"Map!" Cheng Jushu shouted, and two soldiers came out, hung the ropes on both sides of the map drawn on the animal skin on the long pole, and pulled it open. A huge map appeared in front of Cheng Jushu.
This is a map of this grassland. Cheng Jushu took a look at it, determined the approximate position of the opponent's army, and said to the soldiers on the side: "Immediately prepare to go and investigate. If you find the opponent, get in touch with him immediately!"
Cheng Jushu knew that if he wanted to take back Hentian County, he would need the help of these local snakes in Hentian County.
Cheng Jushu finished his instructions and said to the surrounding soldiers: "Okay, let's spread out, rest and eat!"
"yes!"
The black-armored soldiers turned their horses, and the soldiers from each team gathered aside, picked up the meat of the ferocious beasts and ate it with the water. They were not worried about Cheng Jushu being attacked. They could kill all the weaklings in front of them. As the protagonist's left guard, Cheng Jushu would
Injured by these people?
Seeing these black armors dispersed, the young men of the Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief. The leader approached Cheng Jushu. The Xiliang soldiers put their hands on the crossbows. It only took a second for them to pick up the crossbows, and then
Launch it and ensure the death of that young man.
The young man did not notice this. He said to Cheng Jushu curiously: "General Cheng, are the Flying Bear Army and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry two armies or one army? It's not that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the escort of the governor, but why?
