Na Ke finished speaking in one breath, glared at the little leader, and said loudly: "Come here, this person has insulted my name as a Qiang warrior in green clothes. I will punish him by having my tongue pulled out, and I will collect all his troops."
"Chief, please have mercy." All the leaders immediately begged for mercy. The big leader, Gaota, stepped forward and said: "Dear Chief Nakoduo, Xiaohan was just out of anger and broke his promise. He has absolutely no qualms about Qingyi Qiang. Please take care of me, Qingyi."
The Qiang are in crisis and need to unite to spare Xiaohan."
"Please have mercy, chief." All the leaders bowed down together.
Na Keduo managed to calm down his anger and said bitterly: "Since you are begging for mercy, then you will be punished by pulling out your hair. There will be no real evidence in the future. Keep your mouth clean and don't harm others or yourself."
Two Qiang soldiers were about to step forward and drag Xiao Handang away, but at this moment Xiao Handang was stunned. The Qingyi Qiang had been the first Qiang tribe in more than ten years, and they never lacked warriors. Xiao Handang said loudly: "There are so many, I don't think so."
I need your forgiveness. Everyone knows right and wrong.
Even you, the leader, were supported by the Ma family and Xianling Qiang. You are their lackey, so of course you have to speak for them.
You said that Brother Xifengchi is not popular among the people. Humph, you are the biggest waste among the Tsing Yi Qiang. You are not even worthy of carrying shoes for Brother Xifengchi. The old leader has always wanted to pass the position of leader to Brother Xifengchi. All Qingyi Qiang people
Everyone knows it, but I never thought of passing it on to you.
Don’t you remember how many times you avoided battle, maliciously slandered Brother Xi Fengchi, and was reprimanded by the old leader? Don’t you remember that you were locked up in a dog house because of your cowardice, and you didn’t win in the end?
The dog was bitten and bruised all over his body?
You are the most coward among the Tsing Yi Qiang, you are a disgrace to our Qing Yi Qiang, and you are not worthy of being the leader."
Xiao Han looked at Na Ke Duo with an awe-inspiring face, Na Ke Duo's angry lips trembled, Xiao Han Dang said that he was in pain, not only was he a puppet as the leader, but he had been ridiculed by the tribe because of his lack of courage, and he had already become a puppet.
There are so many nightmares, so many nightmares that cannot be shaken off.
At this time, Xiao Han said it in public, revealing his bloody scars. Na Keduo could no longer control his anger, and pointed angrily at Xiao Han who rolled to the ground, and was speechless for a long time.
"You, you, you, you rebelled against you, someone came, dragged me down, stoning, stoning."
Na Ke Duo roared, and the leaders were about to persuade each other, but Na Ke Duo turned around and said sternly: "Whoever dares to persuade will suffer the same fate as him. Whoever dares to avoid fighting and retreat tomorrow will suffer the same fate, ah."
Nakoda roared and angrily stepped into the tent. All the leaders, big and small, were whispering to each other, all looking dissatisfied.
Gaota didn't speak and walked away. A little leader caught up and said: "Chief of Gaota, Na Keduo is so hateful. It's obviously him..."
"Be careful what you say." Gaota glanced at the Qiang soldiers standing guard on both sides and said without leaving any trace.
Stoning was to be beaten to death with stones, and Xiaohan's screams could be heard one after another.
The little leader lowered his voice and said, "What's wrong with what Xiaohan said? It was Xian Lingqiang who killed the old leader in the first place. He was so cowardly and incompetent that he was Xian Lingqiang's puppet. Now for his own power, he actually
I sold the entire Qingyi Qiang to Xianling Qiang and the Ma family, and also killed Xiao Handang, what should I do if this continues?"
"What should I do? Bear with it." Gaota said in a deep voice.
"What?" The little leader looked at Gaota in confusion. Gaota was one of the largest tribes among the Qingyi Qiang. If Gaota didn't stand up, there would really be no hope for them.
Xiaohan's flesh and blood were bruised and he was dying. After the last big rock hit him, he turned into a pile of rotten flesh and fell into the pile of rocks.
Gao Ta took a look, and walked with the little leader to a place with few people. Gao Ta turned to the little leader and said: "The old leader was killed, and now we, the Tsing Yi Qiang, are all alone. Not to mention that there are many minions.
, that is mostly due to the support of Xianling Qiang and Ma family.
If we take more action against that, will Xianling Qiang stand by and watch? Will Ma Chao stand by and watch? If Ma Chao doesn't stand by and watch, will other Xiliang warlords and Qiang Di tribes stand by and watch?
If we attack Na Ke too much, we will all be destroyed, and Xiaohan will be our fate.
And don’t forget, our territory is being divided and monitored by the Xianling Qiang. We cannot gather together. We are so old and weak. If we are destroyed here, the Xianling Qiang will completely annex us."
"But do we have to endure it forever?" The little leader said unconvinced. If this continues, the Tsing Yi Qiang, which has been strong for more than ten years, will completely decline.
"Are you afraid of Ma Chao?" Gao Ta asked, staring at the little leader.
"Afraid." The little leader hesitated for a long time and then told the truth weakly. When Ma Teng and Han Sui turned against each other, Ma Chao picked fifty-three Qiang villages in a row and shocked the Western Qiang. The terrifying scene was still fresh in the memory of the Qingyi Qiang.
"Then it won't end, I'm afraid too." Gao Ta said.
"But..." the little leader thought for a moment and said, "We can go to the Sichuan Army, yes, to Liu Zhang. As long as Liu Zhang is willing to help us, plus General Han Sui, we will definitely be able to defeat Ma Chao and the Xianling Qiang."
"Why does Liu Zhang help you fight?" Gao Ta looked at the little leader and asked: "Is it a matter of one day to deal with the Xianling Qiang and the Ma family? The Sichuan army is currently recuperating. This time it only sent 70,000 troops, which is less than the entire army.
With one-fifth of the Sichuan army, Liu Zhang would send a large army to conquer the Xianling Qiang and Ma clan?
If we don't send a large army, what's the use of the Sichuan army at Yangping Pass? If they fight on the plains, Ma Chao may be able to defeat them with 10,000 people.
What's more, on the surface, we Qingyi Qiang have a blood feud with the Sichuan army. At the same time, Han Sui, whom we are attached to, seriously injured Wu Ban. It is not necessarily that Liu Zhang hates us. If we go to find him, who will we send? Do you know Liu Zhang? We sent someone.
If you go there, you will definitely be treated as a false surrender by Butcher Liu Zhang."
The little leader was speechless and left angrily. Gaota took a deep look at the sky and shouted in a low voice: "Old leader, are we, the Qingyi Qiang, going to decline from now on?"
........."Woo~~~"
The sound of horns spread melodiously throughout the wilderness. The Xiliang Army cavalry once again appeared at various intersections in the hills and mountains. Following the sound of horse hooves, they gathered at Yangping Pass. This time, the Xiliang Army brought a large number of siege equipment, including
Cloud ladders, crude siege towers and large fluted shields.
Liu Zhang was also surprised when the detective horse reported the situation. He did not expect that such a strong cavalry branch as the Xiliang Army could use siege equipment, and could even build siege towers similar to manholes.
The Xiliang army dispatched 20,000 people to ride and shoot in circles for an hour. Tens of thousands of people dismounted and became infantry, holding siege equipment and rushing towards the city gate.
Under the majestic Yangping Pass, Xiliang soldiers pushed siege towers, city ramming vehicles, and carried cloud ladders to attack Yangping Pass. The cavalry on both wings guarded and suppressed the city wall. The cloud echelon team was in front, and the city ramming vehicles followed closely, charging into the city.
Behind the cart are four siege towers measuring two to three feet tall, and behind them are rows of giant shield soldiers, with hundreds of large grooved shields made.
Ma Chao was riding on a steed, carrying a silver gun, standing majestic. Looking at such a majestic battlefield, he snorted and said to Pang De: "General Pang, I, Ma Chao, have been running rampant in Xiliang and have never had to use so many siege equipment.
, If we cannot take Yangping Pass within three days, I, Ma Chao, will have no shame in returning to Xiliang."
Pang De looked at the city wall and said: "Young General, Liu Zhang is a turtle with a shrunken head. He can't even scold him. I, Pang De, have traveled all over Xiliang Pass, Zhonghe, and Donghei. I have never seen such a thick-skinned person. Yangping Pass is also a city with Gaochi."
Deep down, using siege equipment is really a last resort."
"Liu Zhang has humiliated me many times. In three days, I will go to Yangping Pass to capture Liu Zhang and see how his thick face grows."
"Hahahaha." Pound laughed loudly.
Xiliang soldiers began to attack the wall. The ladders were built up in the gaps in the wall one after another. With the support of the soldiers, the city assault vehicles crashed into the city gate that had withstood the fierce attack for several days. The battle heated up instantly.
Liu Zhang stepped onto the city wall. This time, the Xiliang army launched an all-out attack on the city wall, and fought on the wall. They could no longer focus on defending the top of the city gate, so they used bows and arrows. The Sichuan army began to engage the Xiliang army with swords and weapons.
"Kill." Xiliang soldiers rushed to the city like dense ants and climbed up from the siege ladder. The arrows fired by the Xiliang cavalry below the city were nailed to the top of the city. Hundreds of giant shields stood tightly with brackets.
Twenty meters outside the city wall, the Xiliang army hid behind and fired arrows at the top of the city.
"Kill the enemy, kill the enemy, and never let the Xiliang horse bandits attack the city wall."
"kill."
The Sichuan army braved the rain of arrows and smashed the rolling logs and boulders at the Xiliang soldiers who climbed up. The spearmen struggled to overturn the siege ladder. The Xiliang soldiers fell off the city wall and fell heavily to the ground, vomiting blood.
"What are you all doing? What are you doing? Charge, warriors don't care about life and death." Na Keduo shouted at the back of the siege team on his horse.
"Anyone who dares to take a step back will be a disgrace to me, Qingyi Qiang, and will be killed without mercy."
With so many shouts, the vanguard Qingyi Qiang soldiers had no choice but to rush towards the city wall. There were too many Xiliang soldiers, and they were not afraid of death. They rushed to kill them quickly. The pressure on the city head increased sharply, and Liu Zhang had to dispatch more soldiers.
More troops went to the city wall. As a result, the number of soldiers killed by Xiliang army's bows and arrows increased rapidly.
"Don't let them get closer than three feet to the top of the city." A sudden female voice sounded on the city wall. Guan Yinping shot down a Xiliang soldier who was about to climb to the top of the ladder with an arrow, and shouted sweetly to the surrounding Sichuan soldiers.
Before the Sichuan soldiers could react, a Xiliang soldier who was about to approach the city wall threw out an iron hook, hooked it on the city wall, jumped up on the ladder, and went directly to the city tower. Guan Yinping swept with his sword.
Slit the throat of the Xiliang army soldier.
"Sister Guan..." Xiliang Bing looked at Guan Yinping's face clearly, said three words with difficulty, and fell down on the city wall.
Guan Yinping was stunned and thought: "Why am I working so hard?" He thought of the scene last night. After many people recovered from their illnesses, the Sichuan army donated money and sent them out of Yangping Pass to help the old and the young rush to Nanzheng.
The Sichuan Army not only provided them with food and accommodation, but also gave them transportation to Nanzheng. I heard that the Sichuan Army had already prepared land for them to cultivate in Shu and helped them live and work in peace and contentment for up to half a year. When the harvest was harvested, they would be able to live a comfortable life.
The life of normal people.
This is impossible for the Xiliang army to do.
Not only that, Guan Yinping even knew clearly what the consequences would be if the Xiliang army and Qiang soldiers were allowed to enter Yangping Pass. Not only the refugees who had hope for the future, but also the Sichuan people would also be plundered.
The Xiliang soldiers are already bandits, and the Qiang soldiers have no surnames. If they wipe out the silver and kidnap people, Ma Chao's 80,000 troops will enter Hanzhong, the entire Hanzhong will be in ruins, and millions of people in Hanzhong will suffer hellish torture.
As soon as Guan Yinping thought of this, he was willing to fight hand in hand with the Sichuan army, just like resisting the invasion of bandits.
Compared with millions of people living and working in peace and contentment, I can only feel sorry for Ma Yunlu.
Guan Yinping no longer hesitated, squatted down and grabbed a handful of the blood of the dead Xiliang soldiers and smeared it on his face, picked up his bow and arrow and shot again at a Xiliang soldier who was about to climb up.
This scene happened to be seen by Liu Zhang, who was supervising the battle. Guan Yinping's shout attracted his attention, and Guan Yinping's next action was to kill the Xiliang soldiers. The Xiliang soldiers seemed to say something to Guan Yinping, with a surprised expression.
Guan Yinping was stunned for a few seconds, and then wiped his face with blood.
Liu Zhang's suspicions were even deeper.
When they approached the city wall, a large number of Xiliang soldiers threw out their climbing hooks and jumped up to the city wall. Only then did the Sichuan soldiers know the meaning of Guan Yinping's shout. After repelling the rushing Xiliang soldiers, they began to fight hard to block the enemy's attack.
The city no longer waited for the Xiliang army to climb up. Before the Xiliang army could get close to the wall stacks, they stabbed down with their spears. The giant wood and thunder stones rolled down, and the tung oil spread everywhere, causing a huge fire.
There was a fierce battle on and off the city wall, and both the Sichuan and Xiliang soldiers suffered heavy losses.
The city-climbing hook is a siege weapon carried by the Xiliang army. For example, the low city walls of Xiliang, which are one foot high, can be climbed directly with the city-climbing hook. Yangping Pass is four feet high, so ladders have to be used to attack the city.
Guan Yinping lived in Xiliang for a year and learned about the tactics used by the Xiliang army to attack the city.
But even if Yangpingguan City is high and the pond is deep, the Xiliang army has a city climbing hook, which greatly increases the efficiency of the siege. The Sichuan army at the head of the city is under great pressure. At this moment, the siege tower slowly moved towards the city wall.
The siege tower of the Xiliang Army was much shorter than the well railings used by the Han people, and could not reach the city wall at all. Because of this, Yang Ren, Huang Zhong and other Sichuan Army generals did not take it seriously at first. Then when they saw the power of the city climbing hook, they finally knew
Why didn't the Xiliang army make the siege tower high enough?
Yang Ren hurriedly mobilized his troops to focus on defending the direction in which the siege tower was moving. The Xiliang army in the siege tower fired arrows at the top of the city. The arrows were almost flat. The Xiliang army's shooting skills were generally better than those of the Sichuan army. The front defense
A large number of soldiers in the siege tower were killed and wounded, and then many climbing hooks were thrown onto the city wall.
Using cloud ladders and siege towers, the Xiliang soldiers continued to attack the city wall. Their combat power and morale were superior to that of the Sichuan army, and they continued to break through the Yangping Pass city defenses. Yang Ren had to mobilize a large number of reserve troops to guard the city.
Arrows crisscrossed, weapons struck each other, shouts of death, roars, and screams covered the head of Yangpingguan City.
An hour later, the Tsing Yi Qiang's vanguard attack ended with heavy casualties on both sides, and the Tsing Yi Qiang retreated like a tide.
"Trash, trash, a bunch of trash." Na Keduo looked at the Tsing Yi Qiang who retreated in embarrassment with almost everyone injured and roared loudly. He was so angry that he had humiliated himself. All the Tsing Yi Qiang soldiers looked angry, but they dared to be angry.
Dare not speak.
"Major General, these bastards are not up to par today. Next time we go up, we Qingyi Qiang will definitely break through the city defense." Na Keduo swore to Ma Chao.
"Get out." Ma Chao didn't even look at Na Ke Duo, his eyes only stared at the city wall, Na Ke Duo retreated angrily.
Ma Chao said to Pang De: "The Sichuan army is determined to fight to the death. It can't survive with those rubbish. You will personally lead the siege below."
"Yes." Pang De promised loudly.
The Xiliang soldiers once again organized a siege formation. Pound leaped out on horseback with a long sword in his hand. With rams, ladders, siege towers, and large grooved shields, the Xiliang army rushed towards the city gate like a tide.
Liu Zhang looked at the aggressive Xiliang siege brigade and was a little worried. Fa Zheng said: "My lord, the Xiliang army is brave. The ladders and climbing hooks have put great pressure on us. In addition, the parallel arrows from the siege tower are shooting and passing through."
The Xiliang soldiers who climbed up the siege tower may be broken through by the Xiliang army, so the siege tower must be destroyed."
Huang Zhong said: "But the Xiliang cavalry is galloping under the city. If our army leaves the city, it will be annihilated."
"The Xiliang Army is not only the best cavalry in the world." Liu Zhang looked at the second batch of siege teams approaching in awe, and said solemnly: "After dismounting, they were just as brave. With the cooperation of the cavalry, they attacked the city better than us Han people.
It needs to be perfect, and it is the best battlefield blade in the world."
Liu Zhang called Yang Rendao: "Mobilize rockets and organize soldiers to shoot arrows at the siege tower. We must burn the siege tower."
"yes."
Under the command of Pang De, the Xiliang Army attacked the Sichuan Army's city. This time the Xiliang Army used a dense siege formation of 8,000 men. Ma Chao decided to exchange heavy casualties for a quick breakthrough.
With the increase in the number of Xiliang troops, more soldiers were added to each siege ladder and giant shield formation. Arrows rained down on the city head like a flood. At the same time, the number of Xiliang soldiers shot by the Sichuan army also increased sharply, and almost random arrows could hit them.
The enemy army, the Xiliang Army, refused to retreat despite heavy casualties, and attacked the city wall bravely without fear of death.
"Boom, boom." The ramming vehicle hit the city gate with the force of Mount Tai. The four siege towers slowly advanced towards the city tower. Under the cover of the siege soldiers using cloud ladders, the soldiers in the siege towers climbed towards the top of the city.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." Rows of rockets were fired at the four siege towers, converging into a beam of fire in front of the siege towers, and crashing into the siege towers with blazing fire.
However, all those rockets slid down and did not light the siege tower at all, and no sparks came out.
Another row of rockets was fired at the siege tower, with the same result. The rows of rockets had no effect at all, while the Xiliang army leapt up along the siege tower with iron hooks and wielded scimitars and axes to kill the upper city.
At the top of the city, rows of flat arrows emerged from the siege tower. The situation at the top of the city was critical.
Yang Ren jumped on the city wall anxiously. The pressure on the ladder was already high enough, but the siege tower that threatened the most was impervious to fire and water. Yang Ren didn't understand. The siege tower was also made of wood. Even if it was living wood, there were so many
How could the rocket not catch fire?
Seeing the Xiliang soldiers attacking everywhere on the city wall, each Sichuan army being killed, and having to mobilize more reserves to counterattack, Yang Ren was extremely anxious.
At this time, Guan Yinping suddenly walked up and said to Yang Ren urgently: "General Yang, the siege tower is covered with wet animal skins. Not only can it not catch fire, but rockets cannot stick to it. Rockets have no effect."
Yang Ren glanced at Guan Yinping in surprise. Xi Liang soldiers in the siege tower were not commonly used. Most people didn't know they used this. How did Guan Yinping know that it was wrapped in wet animal skins?
But the situation was critical at this time, and Yang Ren couldn't control that much. Knowing that Guan Yinping must have a way, he asked urgently: "Sanjie Guan, do you know how to break this siege tower?