Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Desperate Western Qiang People
Qingping Pass has completely changed its appearance. It was originally an important pass set up to prevent the party members from going south. Now it is in ruins. The fire has been burning for a long time. The fire and black smoke are soaring into the sky even as far away as Dingbian.
The army can also see it.
The most terrifying consequence of this fire was that it triggered a mountain fire. No one thought that the flames in the valley could actually burn the plants in the valley, and then trigger a fire in the entire valley.
The Xiqiang army fled northward crazily in the valley. At this time, Qingping Pass had turned into a huge oven. Even if they were not burned to death by the fire, they would be attacked by the heat wave. Many people were not burned to death by the fire, but because of the heat wave.
Death from lack of oxygen.
The thick smoke also killed many Xiqiang people. Even Weiming Boshan did not expect that the Xiqiang people who captured Qingping Pass would pay such a high price.
Seeing that there are only about a few thousand Xiqiang people left, the gap between this and the previous tens of thousands of troops is not even a tiny bit. Fortunately, these people are considered the elite of Xiqiang, and they are more than enough to chase down the Song army of 2,000 people.
The Xiqiang people escaped from the Qingping Pass they had fought so hard to win, and Boshan Weming's fear of Ye An once again rose to a new level. In his opinion, this young prince must be eliminated!
He acted so horribly at such a young age, not to mention his methods, but the most terrible thing was that he was decisive in killing without delay. In the eyes of Weiming Boshan, there was no need for the Song army to retreat. There might be a glimmer of hope for the Song army to defend Qingping Pass.
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But without the pass, the Song army was no match for the Xiqiang people in the ravines and mountains of Longxi. The only thing he didn't expect was that Ye An retreated so decisively, leaving the Xiqiang people behind when he left.
A "big gift" was given.
Such a mature scheming person, who could still think like this in such a tense situation, even though Boshan Weiming didn't want to admit it, he still couldn't help but admire this young man.
But when the Xiqiang people fled to the other end of the valley, they finally knew what despair meant.
A city made of rocks stood in front of them. After a long period of turmoil, the Xiqiang people fell into despair again.
Exhausted, they finally broke through the barrier of Qingping Pass, but there was still a barrier behind this barrier.
No one knows when this pass made of piled rocks was built. Although it is very rough in the eyes of Weiming Boshan, it is enough to deter the Xiqiang people who have lost their fighting spirit.
This was the last "gift" Ye An prepared for the Xiqiang people. It was a barrier for the narrowest exit in the valley. As early as he arrived at Qingping Pass, he mobilized all the people here to build a defense line using rocks.
Ye An's request is very simple. He just needs to build something that looks like a city wall with rocks. It doesn't need to be very strong, as long as it can't be knocked down by human power.
So the tough men from the northwest dug into the mountains, cut rocks, and piled up the stones day and night. Their tools were very simple, only hammers and chisels. Fortunately, Chen Lin was more powerful, and she continuously transported supplies and people from Tongyuan City.
The masons do not need to overly carve the stones. They only need to burn the stones with fire and then pour water from the Baima River. The stones will automatically crack. Large rocks were transported here and piled up.
It took more than a month of work to create this simple pass that seemed solid, but in fact could not withstand several impacts.
Before the Xiqiang people launched their attack, countless wooden spears were thrust out from the gaps in the rocks, instantly turning this ordinary pass into a giant hedgehog.
As a result, the Xiqiang people's plan to use cavalry to attack was completely defeated. As for the siege equipment such as car crashes, they had long been discarded in the fire at Qingping Pass.
It can be said that Ye An has applied battlefield psychology to the extreme. After a solid pass was breached, there was actually another pass behind it. It must be said that this caused a huge psychological deterrent to the enemy.
The Xiqiang people camped in the valley, but countless Xiqiang people fled after nightfall. They returned to Qingping Pass with limited belongings and chose to bypass this terrible "abyss" through the difficult Jiulian Mountain Trail.
On the other side, news about the reinforcements finally came. Zhou Wenzhi led the army to arrive belatedly, but Shan Si, a soldier of the imperial city, risked his life and fell down from the cliff, and truthfully reported what he saw and heard to Ye An.
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It turned out that the Dingbian army led by Zhou Wenzhi was attacked by the Dangxiang people after leaving Guidebao. Although they were small in number, they were powerful. The team of less than a thousand people held back thousands of Dingbian troops.
Zhou Wenzhi was too timid to fight, so he only sent out rangers to explore the situation. However, all the rangers he sent were killed by the party members, which immediately made him so nervous that he marched very slowly, for fear that he would be attacked by the Xiqiang and the Xiqiang people when he went deep alone.
The party members attacked from both sides.
Under normal circumstances, this method is the safest and is the consistent strategy of the Song Army. However, the three thousand Anhua Army led by Ye An blocked the enemy at Qingping Pass and waited for reinforcements. The earlier the Dingbian Army arrived, the earlier they would be able to avert danger.
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After Shan Sizhong finally arrived at Zhou Wenzhi's army, he came to his senses. The purpose of these party members was to delay his rush to help clear Pingguan.
Then he ordered the army to accelerate forward. Although there were attacks by Dangxiang warriors along the way, the scale was not large. The Song army even killed and harassed Dangxiang people.
Only then did Zhou Wenzhi realize the seriousness of the matter. He had always thought that Cao Yi's Zhenrong Army should have caught up with the Western Qiang people and supported Qingping Pass.
Speeding up at this time, all he saw was the Qingping Pass that had been reduced to ruins. Zhou Wenzhi, who was frightened, knew that he had made a big mistake. If Ye An died in the battle, he and Cao Yi would definitely be blamed.
A general who has a bigger business than his family will definitely become the ultimate "scapegoat".
Fortunately, Ye An was worried about making mistakes before leaving Shan Si Zhong and specifically told him about the fabrics he had made at the rear. This prevented Zhou Wenzhi from completely despairing.
After touching the Qingpingguan city wall that was still warm, Zhou Wenzhi immediately led the Dingbian army to advance quickly, and finally saw the Xiqiang people stationed in the valley, which could be regarded as blocking the Xiqiang people in this corner!
The arrival of the Dingbian Army once again dealt a fatal blow to the Xiqiang people, completely defeating the last trace of luck in their hearts. Under attack from both sides, the Xiqiang people who wanted to escape had no chance at all.
Zhou Wenzhi's 5,000 Dingbian troops and Ye An's remaining 2,000 Anhua troops combined were not as large as the Xiqiang army. However, after successive battles, the Xiqiang people no longer dared to attack Ye An's location.
Many deeds of Ye An have begun to spread among the Xiqiang army. Some say that he is a demon general, some say that he is the martial artist of the Song Dynasty who came to the world, and some say that he was ordered to break the army.
General!
Weiming Boshan had killed dozens of people who "increased the enemy's morale and destroyed his own prestige", but the more he did this, the more unstable his military morale became. Some people even begged the Song army to surrender overnight to avoid the danger of massacre.
Of course, these surrender troops were all directed at Zhou Wenzhi's Dingbian Army. They did not dare to surrender to Ye An, a "man-eating" demon general...