Zhu Kui's cavalry has always been two hundred miles away, hanging far behind the opponent, and is not in a hurry to attack. He wants to see what Han Sui wants?
He actually refused to escape back to his old nest in Jincheng.
After running like this for two days, Han Sui didn't notice it.
On the third day, the army entered Chencang County.
After discovering this situation, Zhu Kui quickly took out the map and took a look. Han Sui wanted to plunder the Chencang granary so that he could retreat to the depths of Longxi. After Qiangyang and Yuzhong were defeated, their rebellion was over.
Thinking of retreat.
It is inevitable that the Han army will take back Jincheng. This is the Xiliang fortress of the Han Dynasty. The Qiang people will never be allowed to occupy it. Bei Gongyu and others will definitely not be able to defend Jincheng. How dare Han Sui join them.
It's just that Longxi County is too barren and there is usually not enough food and grass. This rebellion took away a large number of young Qiang people and missed the spring plowing. If you want to support the army and wait for a chance to revive in the future, you will naturally have to plunder a lot of food and grass to bring back, otherwise there will be a famine.
, it was enough to make Han Sui very anxious.
After receiving the summons, Wang, Zhou, Gan and Liao arrived immediately. Zhu Kui didn't waste any time and directly took up the general's order and said: "I have learned about Han Sui's intention. He is going to attack Chencang and then rob the grain and leave."
"Chencang is an important place for our Han army to store grain. We must not lose it. If we lose it, our soldiers in Yongliang and Liangzhou will be in a situation of low food supply, which will be very disadvantageous."
Although it is said that the Liangzhou cavalry is not good at attacking the city, it is not absolute. In order to encircle and suppress Qiangyang, Zhang Wen transferred many infantrymen from various counties. Currently, Chencang only has more than 8,000 defenders. Logically speaking, with the advantage of the city,
It's normal to wait for ten days and a half.
It's just that Zhu Kui didn't want to take this risk. If there was an accident, if he attacked the city in one battle and was captured, wouldn't it be unfair?
"Tonight, we are preparing to attack the Qiang village at night. In the past few days, Han Sui has not discovered the existence of our army at all. However, our army is well aware of the regular patterns of the opponent's sentry and cavalry reconnaissance. If we know ourselves and the enemy, we will win this battle."
After saying that, Zhu Kui stopped asking others for their opinions. As a coach, he should be bold and decisive, and called: "Wang Cheng, Liao Hua!"
"My subordinates are here!" The two of them stepped out across the street.
"You two will lead 3,000 cavalry and go out from the south first. You must break through the fence and rush into it."
"Got the order!" The two took the order and stepped back.
"Zhou Tai, Gan Ning!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"The two of you first detoured to the foot of Chencang City and notified the city guard to come out of the city to help in the battle. However, after hearing the sound of Wang Cheng and Liao Hua entering the camp, you attacked the gate of the Qiang Ni Village from the front and entered it."
"Got the order!"
After the two men received the general's order, they said: "I will lead the last four thousand cavalry to attack the rear stronghold. After entering the stronghold, everyone has sharp eyesight. Look for Han Sui and Bian Zhang first. Capture the thieves first and capture the king. As long as these
If the two of them take it down, these 30,000 Qiang cavalry won’t be anything to worry about!”
At the end, he added another instruction: "Remember, each tribe will tear off their sleeves and tie them to the horses' hooves. This way of marching will be silent and conducive to night attacks."
"promise!"
After the accounts were dismissed, everyone went to prepare one by one.
Han Sui marched very cautiously. After setting up camp every night, he divided his sentry cavalry into four groups, with twenty people per group, traveling back and forth within thirty miles. However, there was one shortcoming in it, which was that at each hour, he was just thirty miles away.
In addition, if they could seize the opportunity at this time and destroy them in one fell swoop, it would be more than an hour before Han Sui and the others would suspect why the sentry cavalry did not come back.
At midnight, around ten o'clock in the evening, future generations time, the night wind was blowing loudly, and the Qiang knights greedily absorbed the fresh spring air, riding their horses and talking to each other.
One of the Qiang riders suddenly shouted: "Silence! There seems to be movement in the distance!"
"There seems to be someone over there..." The Qiang cavalryman was not far away, looking like the shadow of a galloping war horse.
"Enemies, be careful..." Another Qiang rider raised his voice and shouted.
In the distance, Zhu Kui narrowed his eyes slightly. The twenty people facing him were all disheveled Qianghu knights. They were Han Sui's sentry riders. It seemed that they had discovered the situation here and gave them a chance to die.
Surprise, but no order was given, just a gesture, and the soldiers clearly conveyed the intention one by one...
"Plop!" the horse stampeded and killed him.
When the twenty Qiang sentry riders saw thousands of cavalry charging across the field, they were immediately frightened out of their wits. Their mounts screamed, turned around and fled towards the camp. There were only twenty of them, and they couldn't resist. They only looked at themselves.
The faster the war horse is, the harder it will be to catch up with you, and you will be able to escape with your life.
Zhu Kui took out the crossbow and loaded the arrow, and motioned to the left and right. The soldiers who were close to him took out the crossbow machine one after another.
This time he brought two hundred crossbows and divided them equally with Wang Cheng and others, each getting forty.
Forty, with a range of 200 steps, facing the sentinels in front of them,
He was riding a horse in one hand and holding a crossbow in the other. The soldiers beside him were like this. They put their horses under the belly and rushed forward, pulling them a hundred steps closer. Twenty Qiang cavalry entered the shooting range one by one. The soldiers headed by Zhu Kui moved quickly and drew the hanging knife.
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"Whoosh!" The sound of arrows flying, like a black electric light, penetrated into the backs of the Qiang cavalry's heads and backs. They fell off their horses one after another. After shooting in the blink of an eye, all the Qiang cavalry were wiped out and no one survived.
Zhu Kui was not good at shooting, and neither were his soldiers, but with the power of the crossbow, he felt that his riding and shooting ability might be comparable to that of Huang Zhong and Lu Bu. Of course, this was just his imagination.
He put away his crossbow, rode his horse to the corpse of the Qiang cavalry, and ordered his soldiers to jump off their horses and look through the corpses one by one.
Suddenly a Qiang cavalry suddenly appeared. He had just been hit by an arrow and pretended to be dead. Unfortunately, he was far away from Zhu Kui. The soldiers had quick eyesight and quick hands, and quickly killed their opponent.
In fact, he was afraid that someone would pretend to be dead and sneak back a message after they left. If Han Sui was prepared, a night attack would be much more difficult.
"The army slows down and advances twenty miles!" Zhu Kui said expressionlessly.
I hope Wang Cheng and Zhou Tai can also go smoothly.
But it was said that Zhou Tai's side was much smoother than Zhu Kui's. The horses were rushing along the way, but they did not encounter any Xiqiang sentries, and they sneaked to the bottom of the city tower smoothly.
At this time, Chencang learned that the Qiang rebels and Han Sui's troops were approaching the city. They had already put the troops under martial law. The city towers were lit with torches, which were as bright as day. The captain who defended the city was also attentive when he arrived. Not only did he patrol all night, but at the same time, in order to prevent Han Sui from sneaking up at night, he set a large fire
Take it, expand your horizons.
Beside the city wall, the captain put one hand on the edge of the wall and looked into the distance, thinking to himself that he was really lucky that Han Ni did not attack immediately, so he had the opportunity to send a messenger to ask for reinforcements.
Suddenly, a dozen knights clung to the wall and slowly came to the bottom of the city tower. The captain took a closer look and thought it was a trick of the Qiang army. He was about to have someone draw his bow and kill them.
But he heard shouting from below the city tower: "I am the vanguard officer under General Weilu, and so is Zhou Tai! People on the city listen, the general will attack the Korean bandits at night later, and I want you to come out of the city to help in the battle!"
"By the order of General Weilu, I order you and others to come out of the city to help in the battle!"
Zhou Tai held Zhu Kui's general order and shouted back and forth three times. Without waiting for Captain Chencang's reply, he turned around and left.
This made the captain stunned for a while. He still doubted whether the other person's words were true or not. Why did this person leave?
General Weilu, whose name he knew was Zhu Kui, and who was stationed in Anding County, why did he suddenly come here? Could it be a new transfer order?
"Look, sir!" An adjutant beside the captain suddenly pointed to the Qiang army camp in the distance and said, "It's fire, there are shouts of killing, there are indeed cavalry charging into the formation!"
"Is what the young general said true? Is it true that General Weilu suddenly came here to kill him?" the captain asked in confusion.
"Sir, you must be right. Send troops to help. Otherwise, if General Weilu attacks the Qiang thieves and sues me, his position will not be guaranteed!" the adjutant repeatedly advised.
Among them, the captain still had some doubts in his heart. Why did General Weilu arrive so promptly? He only sent out a rescue messenger in the afternoon, and it was unreasonable for the reinforcements to arrive so quickly.
Now the soldiers around him have gathered together to ask for orders to go out of the city to help in the battle. It is a rare opportunity. He has seen the other side shouting all day long, and even vaguely saw the scene of people fighting. He no longer has any doubts and just wants to share the credit.
"Okay, just to be on the safe side, I'll send out four thousand people, led by you, Adjutant Chen."
The captain was still cautious and only deployed half of his troops.
Before Zhu Kui's army attacked the camp, Han Sui and Bian Zhang sat in the big tent distressed, discussing together whether there was any clever plan to break Chencang quickly. According to the routine, they were all cavalry, and they wanted to attack the city. They had to spend a few days to make some weapons.
Then the cavalry dismounted and climbed up the ladder to attack.
However, countless cases have proven that this is no longer possible, and attacking a city in this way will only cause heavy damage.