"General, how should our army use its troops?"

"After Cheliji, the king of the Western Qiang, conquered the Huangzhong area and made Linqiang his capital, he followed the advice of Prime Minister Yadan and sent people to inspect the Western capital of Chang'an and other places, and then built a large city imitating the Han territory."

"It is said that the current scale of Linqiang City is not inferior to that of Chang'an City. It is about several feet tall and the city walls are strong."

"Our army is attacking with light cavalry this time. If the Qiang thieves are prepared, the situation may not be good for me!"

As Zhao Tong finished speaking, Pang De, who had always known the details of the west, was the first to stand up and talk about military intelligence.

After saying this, all the generals and commanders gathered around changed their expressions unconsciously, and each of them responded with worried expressions:

"As soon as General Pang said this, will the current situation become more and more unfavorable?"

"Although our army annihilated all the Qiang thieves who were ambushing around Shicheng and wanted to attack our army, it also exposed our whereabouts."

"If the Qiang thieves are defeated and flee back to Linqiang to report the truth, the Western Qiang thieves will close the city gate and occupy the city to defend it."

"This city is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and my subordinates are mainly knights, so how can I attack the city?"

Ma Zhong, who had followed Zhao Tong for many years and had grown rapidly, realized the seriousness of the matter after a moment's thought.

"What Dexin said is true. If the Western Qiang thieves defend themselves, the situation will be difficult."

"The cavalry has no means of attacking the city, but if the Qiang are not removed and the Qiang thieves are not eliminated and are allowed to lie across the rear, and our army continues to conquer the Hexi area, Cheliji and Cao's army will form a cornering force to attack our army.

"

After hearing this, Zhao Tong nodded and analyzed continuously, and then pondered: "How can we quickly destroy the Western Qiang Kingdom, catching it off guard and giving it no time to react?"

After the words were settled, all the generals under his command also became quiet, as if they were all thinking secretly.

After a long silence, Zhao Tong suddenly thought of something, and quickly looked at Pang Dexiang on one side and asked: "Ling Ming, did you say before that the most elite warriors in the Xiqiang Kingdom are the Iron Chariot Soldiers?"

"Yes, the Iron Chariot Soldiers are a powerful force founded by Cheriji. They followed him to fight from a small tribe and suffered many fierce battles."

Pound responded with his hands raised.

"What about the ordinary Qiang soldiers besides the iron chariot soldiers?"

After saying this, Zhao Tong's tense expression slowly relaxed for a few minutes, and he asked again.

"The fighting strength of ordinary Western Qiang soldiers is roughly the same as that of the enemy we were fighting just now."

Pound finished his sentence, then raised his hand and responded in a deep voice, "Although Cheriji is following Prime Minister Yadan's suggestion to follow the example of the Han Dynasty in building a country and a capital, and he also establishes various Han systems and builds cities."

"The military formation also learned from the Han army's military training methods."

"However, due to the loose nature of the Qiang people themselves, although they have military discipline restrictions, they have little effect. Except for the iron chariot soldiers who used the Han army's military training methods to create a unique military formation, their combat power is quite powerful."

"The combat capabilities of other troops are quite average!"

After Xixi's words were settled, Zhao Tong became more and more aware.

"The general has already understood what he said clearly."

Zhao Tong affirmed with a smile and said: "The iron chariot soldiers were wiped out by our army when they supported Cao's army earlier."

"If you want to take advantage of the Western Qiang Kingdom's unpreparedness now, destroy it in one fell swoop!"

"I'm afraid that only by imitating the former champion Hou Gujun's surprise attack can we succeed in the battle."

He spoke slowly, and his eyes gradually became firm.

"Ma Zhong, Liu Yin listens to the order."

"The end is here!"

"I order you two to assemble your troops immediately. The whole army will set off in half an hour. The whole army's target is Linqiang and they will attack at full speed!"

"only."

The second general quickly accepted the order and then retreated.

Seeing that their generals had made the decision, all the generals and commanders did not hesitate at all and went down one after another to prepare to move quickly.

Only Zhao Ying, who had been waiting for a long time on one side, saw the generals leaving one after another, and then he twisted his body and walked towards Zhao Tong with small steps, and said softly:

"General, do you want to rush to the Qiang city before the Qiang soldiers break up and flee back?"

In just one sentence, she revealed the reason why Zhao Tong led his army to attack this time.

After hearing this, Zhao Tong just smiled at her and was not surprised.

After spending these two or three years together, he had already seen Zhao Ying's intelligence.

Now she can point it out easily, so it’s not surprising!

"yes!"

"Our army can only catch the Qiang people by surprise by making a surprise attack at full speed before the Qiang thieves break and flee."

"Otherwise, once the opponent is on guard, my goal of sweeping across Hexi may be in vain."

A faint smile appeared on Zhao Tong's face and he responded.

…

The plan has been decided.

The Han army moved extremely quickly, and all the cavalry units were quickly assembled!

Later, under the leadership of Zhao's generals, he set off again and embarked on the journey to the west.

The road is long, and the iron cavalry is your companion.

The sky is filled with yellow sand, sweeping over.

Braving the thick yellow sand, thousands of iron cavalry stepped on the ground, raising bursts of smoke and dust, and the sound of hooves resounding, which was as powerful as iron hooves shattering the sky.

The army passed all the way, and except for a short rest in the middle, it almost ran all the way.

After a long journey of almost a thousand miles, Zhao's headquarters finally reached the front line of Huangzhong three days later.

The troops were directed towards Linqiang City, the capital of the Western Qiang Kingdom.

As the Han army's cavalry drew closer and closer, the city gates outside Linqiang City were still wide open at this moment, and Hu merchants were coming and going, going in and out of the city to do business in the market.

The sound of traffic is constant.

In this tranquility of singing and dancing, no one realized that there was already a crisis.

The battle will come here instantly!

It was not until Zhao Tong and his troops were about to rush into the outskirts of Linqiang City, with about twenty miles left to the city, that the Qiang soldiers' spies, who were responsible for snooping around, received information about the incoming Han army.

At this moment, all the spies looked as if they were facing an abyss!

They quickly galloped back into the city in the next second.

The fast rider rode quickly, passing through the crowded and lively market, and went straight to the palace.

Seeing this, Hu merchants who were traveling all over the country had already sensed that something big was coming, so they quickly stopped trading and quietly left the city.

The more astute businessmen left, and most people did not expect the change to come, and still shouted.

The urgent report of the Han army's attack soon appeared on the head of Cheliji, the king of Xiqiang.

Suddenly hearing that the Han army had already reached the outskirts of the city, even Cheriji looked a little confused for a moment. He didn't know why the enemy army came so quickly.

Why was he not discovered by his own eyes and ears along the way?

Can it still come in unimpeded?

However, when facing a life-and-death situation, he did not dare to show any signs of neglect and quickly summoned the always resourceful Prime Minister Yadan to discuss countermeasures.
Chapter completed!