"King Qiang, what happened?"

After being summoned, Prime Minister Yadan quickly dressed up and rushed to the palace to bow to the King of Xiqiang who was sitting upright, and then asked.

Seeing the arrival of the prime minister whom he valued highly, Cheriji also knew that the enemy was in the suburbs, and the military situation was urgent, so he quickly told the truth.

"Prime Minister, how do you think we can defend ourselves against the enemy now?"

After finishing his words, Cheriji asked loudly.

Hearing this, Yadan looked thoughtful, as if he had been thinking for a long time and said:

"King Qiang, this time the Han army attacked our capital with fully armed cavalry, but our army's eyes and ears along the way did not return any news of the enemy's attack."

"Obviously, the Han cavalry relied on their fine cavalry to gallop at full speed, killing all our eyes and ears along the way. Otherwise, we would not have received the news in a hurry just when the enemy troops were approaching the city."

After the words fell, he seemed to pause again and said: "But the previous time we responded to the Cao family and sent elite iron chariot troops to support Longxi County, but the entire army was wiped out at the border."

"After that, under your personal planning, King Qiang, you arranged for a group of people to hide quietly at the border of Shicheng. I'm afraid they have also been annihilated by the Han army!"

"Ah? Then, Prime Minister, what do you think we should do to defend ourselves now?"

As the words fell, Cheriji became more and more anxious.

"Although the Han army came from afar, they still carried an invincible momentum that destroyed the ambush around our stone city."

"The enemy's morale is probably high now, and our army may have no chance of winning when we go out to fight in the city!"

As soon as these words came out, Cheliji instantly understood Yadan's intention and knew that he was planning to persuade him to close the city and defend it, relying on the built Linqiang city defense to resist the Han cavalry offensive.

He then smiled and was about to give the order when Yadan quickly said: "It's just that something happened suddenly. There are many trades in the outer area of ​​Linqiang, and Hu merchants gathered here."

"I'm afraid we don't have that much time to strengthen the walls, clear the fields, and close the city gates."

After saying this, Cheriji thought for a moment and nodded solemnly to express his agreement.

The Han army's uniform knight corps is approaching menacingly.

Linqiang City, as the capital of the Western Qiang Kingdom, is not a small city. It is unrealistic to secure the entire city in a short period of time.

"So what is the plan for now?"

As it was not appropriate to go out of the city to fight, and there was not enough time to prepare for the defense, Cheriji gradually became a little anxious, and asked for advice with a solemn face.

When Yadan saw this, his expression was indifferent, he raised his hands and said slowly: "We must strengthen the wall and clear the country. The current situation is that the enemy's light cavalry is attacking, and the morale is high."

"But the Han cavalry came from afar and must have wanted to fight quickly."

"And our army only needs to hold on for a while. After a long battle, the enemy's chivalry will surely dissipate."

"By then, won't the Han army that has penetrated deep into our hinterland be at our mercy?"

After saying this, Cheriji nodded frequently.

Having said that, Yadan did not pause at all and continued to hold his hands and said: "But Linqiang city is vast, and it will take time to strengthen the walls and clear the fields."

"We also ask King Qiang to immediately send an elite force out of the city to the outskirts to intercept the Han cavalry and slow down their attack."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheriji nodded in agreement one after another.

"What the Prime Minister said is true. I will personally summon my troops to defend against the enemy."

"As for the matter of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, I will leave it entirely to the Prime Minister."

King Cheriji's order had been issued, and Yadan quickly accepted it without any hesitation.

…

The words are divided into two parts.

Here, after Cheriji, Yadan and other monarchs and ministers discussed strategies to defend against the enemy, the cavalry led by Zhao Tong personally had already rushed to the outskirts of Linqiang City.

After a long journey and a day and night attack, both the soldiers and the horses were breathing heavily, and their faces showed a sense of exhaustion.

However, as the commander-in-chief, Zhao Tong had a very clear mind at this time. He knew very well that his own army was currently going deep alone, which was not conducive to a long battle. If the battle could not be decided quickly, defeat would be inevitable if it dragged on!

Therefore, he rode his horse and drew his gun, looking at the mighty outline of Linqiang City in the distance in front of him, and loudly encouraged the soldiers around him, shouting:

"Soldiers, right in front of you is the capital of the Western Qiang traitors."

"The thieves took advantage of the civil strife in our country to invade our prefectures and counties and plunder our Han people."

"Over the past many years, countless people have harmed our Han people, and their hands seem to be stained with blood."

"This is the time for us to avenge the Han people and destroy the Qiang thieves, today!"

After he finished speaking, Zhao Tong thrust his spear into the sky and shouted loudly.

The emotions of all the knights under his command were also ignited like a raging fire.

"Kill, kill!"

"With General Zhao's leadership, we will win this battle!"

In an instant, thousands of knights were undoubtedly waving their spears and shouting loudly.

This sound was so powerful that it seemed like it was shattering the heaven and the earth.

The momentum is quite magnificent.

"Soldiers, follow our lead and kill,"

"This time, whoever kills the Qiang thieves and beheads the most thieves, I will definitely ask the King of Hanzhong to show his merit, reward him with thousands of gold, and make him a marquis of ten thousand households!"

At the end of his words, Zhao Tong once again used the most primitive but most effective way of motivation and said sharply.

As soon as this promise was made, the voices of the cavalry became more and more intense.

It's a bit richer than just now.

This was the goal of soldiers in ancient times. What they wanted from joining the army was to be granted the title of general and be rich and powerful!

Now that Zhao Tong made a loud promise, all the elite knights naturally became excited, as if they had been pumped to death.

The next moment, all Han cavalry units were seen attacking on all fronts, heading straight for Linqiang City.

“Tap tap tap~~”

Along the way, war hooves stepped on the ground, the earth shattered, and the sound shook the surroundings.

Waves of dust were thrown up, as if exuding a strong aura of the Han knights.

When the Han army arrived outside the city gate, they saw that some of the Western Qiang thieves had already gathered outside the city and were waiting for the Han army to attack.

As for the city gate, the Xiqiang were vigorously clearing the country from the strong walls.

Watching all this from a distance, Zhao Tong knew that he must not let the enemy defend the city, otherwise his own attack would be meaningless.

Immediately, he waved his hand, and all the knights rushed past.

Halfway through the charge, Pound gave the order first, and saw the Xiliang cavalry under his command taking out sharp and strong javelins from their backs one after another, and passing by from a distance.

"Ah, ah!"

The next second, we saw waves of wailing sounds coming from the Qiang bandit formation.

The Xiliang cavalry's javelin tactics are very effective.

Especially when faced with the Qiang people who lack fine iron, they simply don't have the energy to build a shield that is too hard to compete.

An ordinary wooden shield cannot withstand the impact of a javelin at all.

As rounds of javelins came in, the Qiang soldiers were all pierced.

The battle was fierce!

After the javelin disrupted the formation, the Han cavalry also launched the final offensive.
Chapter completed!