Chapter seven hundred and ninety second come to die again
Chapter 792: Coming to die again
"Your Majesty, is there any military situation in Xiping County?" Fazheng beside him asked suspiciously.
"See for yourself." Yan Liang casually handed the information to Fa Zheng.
Fazheng took it and looked at it for a few times, and frowned secretly: "I didn't expect that the Xiqiang people would take the initiative to attack."
The content of that message was that Cheliji, the leader of the Western Qiang chief, led 70,000 Qiang soldiers across the border of Xiping County and rushed towards Jincheng County.
Since the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people have been divided into two parts. One part moved inland to the border of the Han Dynasty and mixed with the local Han people. The other part of the Qiang people still lived in the Hexi area, nominally affiliated to the Han Dynasty, but sometimes invaded the border area.
The Cheliji in the intelligence is actually the chief of the Shaodang Qiang, the largest tribe among the Qiang people. In recent years, Cheliji has successively annexed several larger Qiang tribes, and his power has increased dramatically. He is said to have an army of one hundred thousand.
After Cheliji's power increased, he followed the example of the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself the King of Xiqiang. He also appointed the Prime Minister and the General, and lorded it over Hexi.
However, although Cheliji was powerful, he had not dared to invade Liangzhou in recent years. However, he did not expect that at this time, he would suddenly lead 70,000 Qiang soldiers into Xiping County.
Xiping County is a county to the west of Jincheng. This county was set up by the Han Dynasty specifically to guard against the Qiang people. It was from this county that Dong Zhuo started his career by fighting against the Qiang people's rebellion.
Yan Liang's main purpose of attacking Qin this time was to destroy Cao Pi, so he did not use troops against Xiping County to avoid unnecessary conflicts with the Qiang people.
In Yan Liang's plan, after destroying Cao Pi, he would send troops to the Western Qiang with lightning speed to wipe out the Qiang and Hu, and eliminate the border troubles in Liangzhou.
But what surprised Yan Liang was that Yan Liang did not go to trouble Cheliji, but Cheliji actually came to the door on his own initiative.
"The Xiqiang people are invading at this time. It seems they are coming for us." Fazheng was a little surprised.
Yan Liang snorted coldly: "This is nothing more than Cao Pi, a boy who is struggling to his death, using interests to lure this group of Qiang and Hu, and wants to delay our march to Guzang."
Fazheng suddenly woke up, nodded and said: "Your Majesty is right. If it weren't for Cao Pi's yin*, how could the Qiang people suddenly launch an invasion at such a critical time?"
"We can even destroy the Xiongnu, so why should we be afraid of the Qiang people? Your Majesty, I would like to lead an army to Xiping. We will capture Nacheriki alive and offer it to Your Majesty." Huang Zhong generously asked for a fight.
Although the Qiang and Hu were nothing to be afraid of, Yan Liang, who was familiar with history, knew that Cheliji's invasion of the country was not as easy to deal with as previous Qiang rebellions.
After pondering for a moment, Yan Liang raised his whip and said: "The Qiang and Hu people are not good and should not be underestimated. I have decided to personally lead the army to Xiping."
Yan Liang had made up his mind and immediately issued an imperial edict, ordering Wen Chou and Xu Shu to lead an army of 20,000 men and retreat to Lingwu City and not march to Guzang City for the time being.
Yan Liang himself led 80,000 infantry and cavalry, changed the route to the west, and went to meet the Western Qiang army.
The Chu army marched westward in a mighty manner. Along the way, all the county officials who originally belonged to the Qin State turned down in fear of the wind.
A few days later, Yan Liang arrived at Xidu City, the seat of Xiping County, with almost no bloodshed.
At this time, the scouts sent back intelligence that Cheliji had led an army to attack Linqiang City, an important town in the west, and an army of 70,000 was swarming towards the western capital.
In less than two days, Cheliji's 70,000 Qiang soldiers marched ten miles west of the Western Capital City and formed a frontal attack on the Western Capital City.
After the Qiang people had settled down to the stronghold, Na Cheliji issued a letter of war, advising Yan Liang to withdraw from Longxi as soon as possible, otherwise his army would roll in and Yan Liang would die without a burial place.
Cheliji's declaration of war naturally made all the generals of the Chu state extremely angry. They all asked for war to destroy the Qiang people and kill the arrogant chief Cheliji.
However, Yan Liang was not angered and ordered the troops to stand still while he led more than a hundred elite cavalry out of the city to inspect the Xiqiang military situation.
At dusk that day, Yan Liang and his entourage took a small road and arrived at the hillside east of the Qiang army. They stationed their horses to observe the enemy's situation from a distance.
When they looked far into the distance, all the generals following him were secretly surprised.
But under the hillside, the 70,000 Qiang people did not cut down trees to build camps as usual, but connected iron carts end to end to form a village wall. The carts were lined with weapons, like a city. The 70,000 Qiang people lived here.
In the city surrounded by iron companies.
Looking at those iron chariots, most of them were wrapped with nails and iron leaves, loaded with grain, grass and weapons, and were driven by camels or mules and horses. They looked quite different from ordinary chariots.
"What kind of formation are the Qiang people putting up?" veteran Zhang Renqi asked.
The corner of Yan Liang's mouth was slightly raised, and a sneer flashed across his face, as if he had already anticipated the Qiang people's formation.
He did not say it clearly, but only turned his attention to Fazheng, "Xiaozhi, you are from Guanlong, and you are close to the Xiqiang. You should know what is going on with the Qiang and Hu."
Fazheng also had a strange expression on his face. He was surprised for a long time, and then his expression gradually calmed down.
He pondered for a moment and said: "When I was in Fufeng, I heard that among the Qiang and Hu outside Xiping, there was a group of soldiers and horses called iron chariot soldiers. They were very powerful. It is said that Dong Zhuo was also defeated by these iron chariot soldiers.
, I think the soldiers and horses in front of me must be the rumored iron chariot soldiers."
Sure enough, they are iron chariot soldiers.
After hearing what Fazheng said, Yan Liang was convinced of his guess.
Yan Liang vaguely remembered that in the past, when Zhuge Liang led the Shu army in the Northern Expedition, the Wei State borrowed troops from the Western Qiang. The leader of the Western Qiang State at that time was named Cheliji, and the troops he sent were iron chariot soldiers.
"Does Xiaozhi have any strategy to defeat this iron chariot army?" Yan Liang asked.
Fazheng frowned, thought deeply for a while, and sighed: "I see that the iron chariot of the Qiang people is very strong. No matter whether our army uses cavalry or infantry, they may not be able to break through the wall of this iron chariot. I can't think of breaking through the enemy for a moment."
policy."
Even the resourceful Fazheng can hardly find a plan to defeat the enemy at this time.
Yan Liang, who was familiar with history, already had an idea in his mind, and there was a hint of weirdness in the corner of his mouth.
"Zhang Gongyi, where is Zhu Xiumu?" Yan Liang shouted.
"I'm here." Zhang Ren and Zhu Huan responded in unison.
Yan Liang pointed his horse whip at the enemy camp and ordered: "I will give you ten thousand soldiers and horses each. Tomorrow, when the enemy is burying the pots and making rice, we will launch an assault on the enemy camp in two directions. If the attack is frustrated, we will withdraw our troops immediately and do not hesitate to fight."
"I obey the order." The two generals accepted the order with great enthusiasm.
Although Zhang Ren and Zhu Huan accepted the order, they felt a little unhappy because they heard the emperor's words and seemed to predict that their attack would be frustrated.
The two generals took the order and left, discussing privately that they would attack tomorrow and kill the Qiang people in one fell swoop, so as to give the emperor an unexpected surprise.
Before noon the next day, after the soldiers had a good meal, Zhang Ren and Zhu Huan each led 10,000 troops out of the city and galloped towards the Qiang camp.
At this time, in the Qiang camp, Qiang King Cheliji was drinking in the tent with his prime minister Yadan, general Yueji, and Qin envoy Yang Fu.
"Shi Yang, I have raised an army that will overwhelm the country. After defeating Yan Liang, will your emperor fulfill his promise?" Cheriji asked with a smile.
Yang Fu said seriously: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our Emperor is the king of a country, and he keeps his promise. As long as Your Majesty can help my lord repel the Yan bandits, our Emperor will definitely keep his promise and cede Xiping County and the western part of Longxi County."
Yu Dawang."
It turned out that the plan proposed by Yang Fu to Cao Pi that day was to use the troops of the Western Qiang to defeat the Chu army.
Xiqiang is adjacent to Liangzhou. After Yang Fu saw Cheliji, he claimed that Yan Liang was cruel and had always hated them, barbarians. He had brutally destroyed the five southern Xiongnu tribes in Hedong. If he annexed Da Qin now, he would definitely treat them badly.
The Qiang people killed them painfully.
Yang Fu's instigation soon aroused Cheliji's fear of Yan Liang. At the same time, Yang Fu offered a large amount of treasures, promised to cede land, and lured him with huge profits.
After all these considerations, Nacheliji decided to mobilize an overwhelming army to attack Yan Liang and relieve Cao Pi.
Now that he heard Yang Fu's promise again, Cheliji felt satisfied and couldn't help laughing and said: "Of course I believe in the credibility of Emperor Qin. Don't worry, my army will march eastward and will definitely drive Yan Liang out of Longxi."
"The Yan thief is very cunning, and his subordinates are all elite soldiers and fierce generals. Your Majesty, you should not underestimate him," Yang Fu reminded.
Cheriji sneered, rather disapproving of it.
But Prime Minister Yadan smiled and said: "Mr. Yang is overly worried. Our Xiqiang iron chariot soldiers are indestructible. Let alone defeat the Yan thief, even if my king wants to wipe out the world of your Han people, it will be no problem."
Seeing how proud the Xiqiang monarch and his ministers were, Yang Fu frowned slightly and felt secretly worried in his heart.
At this moment, loud shouts of killing were heard outside the tent, as if countless soldiers and horses suddenly came to kill him.
A Qiang soldier rushed in outside the tent, cupped his hands and said, "Report to your Majesty, tens of thousands of Chu soldiers suddenly attacked outside the camp."
When Yang Fu heard that Chu soldiers were coming, his nerves suddenly became tense.
However, Cheriji did not panic at all. He only waved his hand and said: "Send the order to General Yue Ji and order the rapid iron chariot troops to occupy the enemy. Don't let the Chu army approach."
After the order was passed, Cheriji smiled at Yang Fu again: "Since Ambassador Yang has doubts about my king's chariot soldiers, he might as well follow him out of the tent and see with his own eyes the power of my king's troops."
With that said, Cheriji put down his wine, came out of the camp, rode his horse, and led a group of people to leisurely go to the camp wall to watch the battle.
Yang Fu was also curious about how Cheriji could be so confident, so he also went to watch the battle.
But on the north and south flanks, tens of thousands of Chu troops on foot and cavalry surged in like a tidal wave, but they were blocked by the Qiang army's iron chariots and could not enter.
In the center of the chariot formation, tens of thousands of crossbows were fired, and countless arrows rained down on the ground, only to shoot down the Chu army that was rushing up.
After only a few rounds of volleys, the Chu army suffered heavy casualties.
At this time, Na Yueji gave an order, and the Qiang soldiers released countless iron chariots from the center, pouring out like a torrent of iron armor, rolling towards the Chu army.
Faced with such an indestructible and seamless iron chariot formation, the Chu army, whether infantry or cavalry, could not find a breakthrough and could only be driven back all the way by the Qiang soldiers' iron chariots.
In less than half an hour, the menacing Chu army was easily defeated by the Qiang people.
Natcheriki looked at the display of his own troops and horses, stroking his beard slightly, with a proud look on his face.
After watching the battle for a while, all Yang Fu's suspicions disappeared, and he was secretly surprised: "No wonder this Cheriji is so arrogant. It turns out that his chariot soldiers are so good. This time the Chu army has met its nemesis.
I see how arrogant that handsome thief is!" To be continued.
