The Qiang people are not a unified nation. They have no royal court and no sense of national identity. Each tribe has different customs, different social forms, and even different ways of living.
Some are already slave societies, and a large part of them are not so civilized and are still in a relatively primitive tribal form.
Whether the leaders of these tribes are called "kings" or "leaders", their nature is the same. They are elected by the tribesmen to lead them to survive. When he gets old, dies, and can no longer fight, the tribesmen will elect them again.
One, there is no concept of hereditary inheritance at all.
Such small tribes, either actively or passively, formed large tribal alliances, such as the Xianling Qiang, Baima Qiang, Shaodang Qiang, etc. Most of the Qiang people, but in fact they are also diverse internally, each playing their own role.
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The tribe of Shao Ge is this kind of primitive small tribe. The leader leads the tribe to fight for their lives with the sky. They hunt, fish, gather food, rob, and do anything to survive. They fight with wild beasts and the same kind. They are used to it.
A life of risk-taking. The Han people generally call this kind of tribe savages or Shengqiang.
Today, their king and them were buried outside the Han army's camp. Out of more than 2,000 people, only about 500 survived, and all of them were seriously injured.
The first time Liu Xiang came into contact with the Shengqiang, he was a little shocked. There were many cases of the entire army being annihilated, but all the troops died on the way to the charge. This cannot be achieved by relying on training. The most civilized and religious troops and
Even the most barbaric troops have done it. It feels like reincarnation, and the so-called civilization is like a joke.
"These Qiang people really don't want their lives. Let's give them a good time." Sun Jian followed him over to inspect the battlefield. He was also a little touched when he saw the corpses scattered on the ground to the north of the trench.
The soldiers began to clean the battlefield and execute the enemy's wounded soldiers. They were seriously injured and could not be saved. The civilians began to carry the corpses to be buried outside the mountain pass.
The military meritorious officer reported: "General, our army suffered 73 casualties, 204 minor and serious casualties, and annihilated more than 2,400 enemy troops."
The terrain, number of people, and weapons were all superior. One for ten, Liu Xiang was not satisfied. Shouldn't there be zero casualties in this kind of battle?
Is our army too useless or the enemy's army is too fierce? Looking at the ragged clothes, rudimentary fighting equipment, and many of them without shoes, he was really speechless.
But now is not the time to sigh. The scouts have already reported that Zhang He is attacking at the pass. They can't just watch.
Zhang Xiu's troops were ordered to continue to besiege the old county town.
Han Dang was ordered to clean up the battlefield and make repairs on the spot.
Cheng Pu's troops were ordered to bring siege equipment to attack Sanguan.
Liu Xiang and Sun Jian also followed them to the south entrance of Sanguan. The road to the south of Guan is much smoother than that of Guanbei, but the pass is just as narrow. This is the advantage of Sanguan defense, but also its biggest weakness: the city of Guan is small.
, unable to station a large army, and unable to store large amounts of supplies.
If you only attack one side, no matter north or south, there will be cities behind to provide supplies, but if you attack from both sides, you will hit its Achilles' heel.
To be honest, in terms of topography, Sanguan has advantages over Juyongguan, but Juyongguan is a defense system thirty-six miles deep, while Sanguan is an isolated pass, so Juyongguan has the reputation of being the best in the world.
Liu Xiang was observing the terrain. Sun Jian had already led his men to rush up to the wall. Zhang He was attacking fiercely in the north. The ladders had already reached the wall. The soldiers were rushing up to the wall in an endless stream. There were also flying ladders to assist, and Qiang
People are struggling to resist.
As soon as the soldiers and horses from the south arrived, the Qiang people panicked first and began to suppress Yazhai with crossbows. Sun Jian led his men and climbed up with the flying ladder. They didn't even push the chariot to the door, and the ladder could not keep up with their speed.
Looking at Shao Ge's head that he had brought specially, and then taking a look at Guancheng where the fierce fighting was going on, Liu Xiang curled his lips, now was indeed not a good time to persuade him to surrender.
Using a long pole to pick up the head, the soldiers shouted at the pass: "Shao Ge is dead, Shao Ge is dead."
The right should be used to interfere with the enemy's troops.
At this time, it is a decision that only a mentally retarded person can make to end the war and persuade them to surrender.
On the wall, the soldiers of the two armies were killed in a mass, chopping with swords and axes, and flying halberds. Sun Jian held a shield in his left hand, swung away a spear aimed at him, jumped forward along the spear shaft, and held the long knife in his right hand. Having stabbed the enemy in the stomach, he turned his wrist and stirred it up. The enemy's internal organs were shattered and he screamed in pain. He kicked him away, and the sword was pulled out. The open belly and intestines were exposed, and blood gushed out.
He shouted loudly: "Shield formation, shield formation."
The soldiers who climbed the city were connected with iron shields and occupied a section of the city wall. Subsequently, people continued to climb the wall. The number of people was getting larger and larger, the formations were getting denser and denser, and the advantage was getting bigger and bigger. The Qiang people panicked and sent more troops to Nanguan. The pressure on Zhang He suddenly increased. The number of soldiers rushing to Beiguan was reduced, and the Qiang people were unable to see from head to tail, left and right.
The aerial ladder at Nanguan was finally set up, and there were two more passages. The aerial ladder was much easier to climb than the flying ladder. The soldiers held iron shields and swords in their mouths, and sprinted up the ladder.
The crossbowmen on Jinglan continued to fire arrows to support, and the Qiang people were finally pushed down the wall. The Han soldiers were not in a hurry to rush down the road to the city. They followed the mountain wall passage and climbed to the cliff to completely annihilate the enemy. The Han army's archers and crossbowmen climbed up to the city and fired their crossbows from a high position. The defenders who tried to resist were killed one by one.
The battle lasted for an hour and a half, and all remaining enemies in the pass were eliminated.
Disperse the pass and overcome it.
More than 600 of the 1,000 defenders were killed in the battle, and more than 300 were captured.
The troops attacking Guannan suffered few casualties, only about a hundred people. The battle at Beiguan took a long time and the pressure of the siege was also great, resulting in more than 1,400 casualties.
The soldiers began to clean the battlefield, and Liu Xiang entered the customs office to write a report of victory. He dictated, and Fan Xian wrote. He worked hard to practice calligraphy. It would be better to find someone who can write well. This method is too wonderful. Although Fan Xian was appointed as the official Dian Nong is engaged in farming, but there is no chance for them to farm in Liangzhou. Let’s do some secretarial work with him first.
Before the good news was sent out, Liu Xiang received two letters.
One letter was from Yuan Pang. It took a long circuit from Baoxie Road and took a long time. It was a reply to the matter of Zhang Xiu in Zhao'an. The letter said that the matter of the other commanders was a trivial matter and could be decided by oneself, but Zhang Xiu's identity was sensitive. , has been reported to Your Majesty, and needs to wait for the court's approval. He will temporarily join the army and be under the jurisdiction of Liu Xiang.
This attitude is because he doesn't want to take responsibility, so Gudao County will stay away from the war for now. The war is not over. If something really happens, he will have room for maneuver with a large army in hand.
The second letter was a letter from Dong Zhuo asking for help. Han Sui's army of 100,000 troops attacked Longguan, but he had less than 20,000 men. The situation was not good and he needed to send troops for support. He also specifically named him and asked for the help of Youzhou's sudden cavalry.
This damn fat guy is crazy, he wants to eat shit.
Originally, I wanted to send troops to support him, but now, just go away.
Dong Zhuo's letter asking for help was forwarded to Sanguan in Chencang, and the letter sent to Chang'an should be arriving soon. Yuan Pang's attitude could not be guessed. In order to be prepared, Liu Xiang wrote another letter of suggestions for rescuing Longguan, together with the good news. , and send to Chang'an quickly.
The suggestion was very simple: let Dong Zhuo attract Han Sui's army head-on. He would command 10,000 cavalry to take the Qishan Road and cut the enemy's retreat. As long as he was fast, he would be able to catch Han Sui by surprise.
I don't know if he can win, but he won't hand over the cavalry to Dong Zhuo anyway.
The army under Liu Xiang already had 38,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, and 6,000 friendly troops from Yizhou, making it the largest military force in Sanfu.
He, the rebel leader in Youzhou, is now going to lead Chang'an Sanfu's largest army to defeat the rebel leader in Liangzhou.