In the midst of the flying sand, the black, charred walls and corpses of each other have become the theme of this world. ?

In the woods on a hillside to the east of the ruined village, three knights were immediately looking this way, with solemn expressions.

This is a small village after being slaughtered by the war, winter is coming, in order to compete for food and grass, the Qiang people raided this village, even if many days have passed, the original flame and blood formed an indescribable smell, still hovering over this village, disgusting.

Wild dogs go back and forth between the broken walls, not knowing what they are tearing at. From time to time, a scavenging bird flutters up, circles for a circle, and then falls again.

"These damn Qiang dogs...... The village is finished...... It's a pity, I don't listen to persuasion......" The knight at the head took out a piece of wood from the bag on the side of the horse, then took a knife, carved a few words on the wooden slip, and then took the wooden slip into his arms and spat to the side.

A scout in the rear said, "The Qiang dog is short of food, otherwise he wouldn't have come so far......"

The cavalry led by him was silent for a moment, and then turned his horse's head, "Let's go!" We're going to get around, be careful! ”

Three horsemen descended from the dirt slope and headed west.

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Fei Qian pinched the latest information, handed it to Pang Tong, and said: "The boy of the Ma family led the first zero Qiang and zero Qiang, and some other small Qiang tribes, came to the sky. "Not long after Xu Shu set off for Hanzhong, before winter came, Fei Qian received the news that Ma Chao led the troops to attack.

Pang Tongyi shook his head and said, "This guy, do you think you are capable?" Tianshui Zuo has been waiting for the ...... for a long time, "Long before, Li Ru speculated that Ma Chao might come in the autumn, after all, at this time, the war horse is fat and fat, and there is a Han land to harvest wheat, which is the best time."

Fei Qian sighed and said, "I'm just worried, some people are reluctant to leave...... After all, the time left for them to harvest autumn wheat is not long...... "The warning is to be released, but it is inevitable that some people can't give it up, Ma Chao came this time, with a revenge posture, basically he didn't care about Longyou's life or death, and Tianshui must be the hardest hit area."

Tianshui is the hub of Longyou, whether it continues to Guanzhong in the east or goes south to Hanzhong, it must pass through this place, so Ma Chao's first goal is Tianshui. If you don't pull out the heavenly water, for Ma Chao, it is like having a nail in the back, and you must not be assured.

And if you want to pull out the water, you must first go to Ji County.

Pang Tong was silent for a moment and said, "There is no way to do this...... The number of lives is like this...... I hope Jiang Zhongyi can grasp it...... "At times like this, if you can act faster when the warning comes, you can still save the lives of many people outside the city, but if you are a little lucky, then the fate of death will be inevitable."

Fei Qian knocked lightly on the table and said, "There is one more thing ......"

"Where is Yan Xing and Yan Yanming?" Pang Tong looked at the intelligence and said without raising his head.

"Exactly." Fei Qian nodded. Because it is not said in the intelligence that the people who saw Yan Xing were either hidden from others, or there was no other purpose or reason.

"Do you suspect Yan Yanming of setting up an ambush?" Pang Tong put down the information and said, "There are many hills and ravines in the north of Tianshui Ji County, if it is hidden in it, it is really not easy to be detected, but the army is stationed in it, and water is necessary, if it is lurking in it, it will be exposed after all......

Fei Qian nodded and said, "Actually, Ma Meng got up late...... Hehe, I don't know why...... Wen You said that Tianshui should be worry-free, what do you think, Shiyuan? ”

"Since Wen You said it, it should be about the same...... Pang Tong said, "Anyway, isn't Wen He supporting the wind on the right, just let him look at it." ”

Fei Qian pondered for a moment and nodded: "Then that's it." ”

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In Tianshui Ji County, Jiang Zheng jumped to his feet, pointed at Yang Fu and said, "Why don't you let people into the city earlier!" For the sake of a little Zhuang He, is it worth losing these manpower? Ah, is it worth it! ”

Yang Fu sighed and shook his head without saying a word.

The ancients valued the countryside, even if it was a broken bowl or a broken broom, it was good, if it wasn't for this time when they clearly knew that the Qiang people were coming, no one would be willing to leave home until the last resort, although Yang Fu made people talk badly and imposed a lot of means, but it was still inevitable that some people were unwilling to leave, and they were poisoned by Ma Chao.

"It is said that only Ma Mengqi ...... attacked," Yang Fu said in silence, "Could it be that Yan Yanming bypassed and attacked Xinyang?" ”

"Brother Zhao......" Jiang looked to the east, "Brother Zhao is located in Xinyang, you should keep Xinyang safe......"

Xinyang City is in the southeast of Ji County, along Weishui, are the two central cities of Tianshui County, if these two cities fall, it is equivalent to the door of Tianshui is wide open, and it can no longer stop Ma Chao's progress.

Originally, Tianshui and Han Sui, Ma Teng and others were just using each other, but with the rise of General Fei Qian, Tianshui gradually stood with General Zhengxi.

In these days, no one is born a friend or an enemy with anyone.

Maybe it's because there are many Hu Feng here in Longyou, people here pay more attention to strength, and whoever is stronger will stand by whom's side.

In Tianshui County, at the time of Ma Teng and Han Sui, there were no longer a few people who called these two people brothers, drank mare's milk wine together, and ate barbecue together, but now it is obvious that Ma Teng and Han Sui are at a disadvantage, and the interests of the vigorous rising general Fei Qian in Guanzhong are obviously greater, if there was some hesitation before, but now that the two Han and Ma families have been beaten twice in a row by Zhengxi, no one will be stupid enough to continue to stand on Han Ma's side, so the previous friendship with Han Ma and others has also turned into a bubble of urine with the wine, Except for a fishy smell that proves it once existed, there is no trace of it.

Ma Chao led the Qiang people here, one for revenge, and the other for the purpose of establishing his prestige in Longyou again, otherwise under the chain reaction, Ma Chao would no longer be able to continue to survive in Longyou.

Of course, in the eyes of Jiang and Yang Fu, General Zhengxi obviously has some better chances of winning, but the odds are the odds of winning, and if you really want to convert into victory, you still need to see the subsequent evolution.

"Brother Zhongyi," Yang Fu was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know how long Ma Mengqi will besiege the city...... There are more people in the city, after all, it is embarrassing......"

Jiang turned his head to look at the city, listened to the noisy voices in his ears, and said: "There is no way, it can only be like this, otherwise if these people are outside, Bacheng will be coerced to attack the city...... It's better to be in the city than to die outside, although it is a little more congested......"

Yang Fu hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, just sighed slightly.

Tianshui Ji County was originally a town that was erected because of the military, as the Han Dynasty and Xiqiang repeatedly tug-of-war area, the city defense is naturally the first, although the ups and downs of the war and rebellion in the past ten years are continuous, but there are still a lot of people attached to the surrounding area, and now after the large-scale population poured into Ji County, it suddenly became congested in the city.

After having to abandon their homes, many people have no suitable place to live, so they can only hide under the walls, or shrink in the corners of the eaves, if they enter the cold winter, without shelter and warmth, after a night, I don't know how many people will sleep, and never wake up again.

Even regardless of the weather problems after that, just talking about eating and drinking at the moment is a nightmare in the crowded situation.

The people of this year, there are really no hygienic habits, not to mention the men, if the little girl is still a little shy, the married woman is almost unable to manage a lot, people have three urgency, can not pay attention. It's only been a few days, and there is already a lot of commotion in Ji County.

The people who lived in the city naturally thought that it was these outsiders who disturbed their normal life, and for a while, there were many complaints.

Damn mud legs, damn hillbillies, damn outlanders......

If it weren't for the dispatch of a lot of patrolling soldiers in the city to maintain order, I'm afraid that there would have been a lot of conflicts by now, and the mood of the people has always been chaotic, even if they know that the murderous foreign enemy is outside the city, but the at the door of their own house is still unbearable!

Yang Fu was worried that if it deteriorated further, the suppressed emotions would explode sooner or later......

Once it really breaks out, under internal and external pressure, how long can Ji County hold on?

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Fifty miles outside the city of Ji County.

The mighty Ma Chao Legion rushed here in a hurry.

Assembled from Jincheng, they crossed Yuzhong, crossed Didao, crossed Gaocheng Ridge, climbed Shouyang Mountain, crossed Luomen Shui, and arrived here in Ji County, countless people were already tired.

This time to the south, than Ma Chao originally expected, more people participated, many Qiang people who were far away in Zhangye, and even Jiuquan, after hearing the news, also raised troops to the south and joined Ma Chao in one place, which almost made Ma Chao feel that he was destined to be in his body.

Otherwise, how could they raise the flag and fire the arrow, and thousands of troops would come to meet each other?

At first, Ma Chao was excited, and these Qiang people were even more excited.

These Qiang people can't forget, when they swept Sanfu, it was like a rat falling into a rice bowl, happiness flooded the top of their heads, making them tremble for a while, that kind of food and drink everywhere, there are things everywhere, after eating one by one, after killing one wave and killing another, everything is good, even a crockpot is bigger and more exquisite than theirs.

The happiness of that year made these Qiang people never forget and spread it by word of mouth.

Although Tianshui is not as good as Sanfu, it is still a large area where Han people gather, so when these Qiang people came, almost all of them were full of longing and hope.

The heavens seem to be in love with them, and all the way here, it is a crisp autumn weather, although there is some wind, but there is no rain.

But the closer they got to Tianshui, the farther away they seemed from their dreams......

Although there are no people for thousands of miles, there were some small villages at first, but the closer you get to Ji County, the more you don't see people. The food and goods in those small villages are not enough at all, but they are like people who have been hungry and thirsty for a long time, just after eating a mouthful of food and drinking a mouthful of water, their dry stomachs and intestines wake up, crying for more food, more water, scratching their hearts and livers, making these Qiang people like hungry wolves, red eyes and bared teeth.

But this momentum has been held back to Ji County!

Although there are villages around Ji County, there are no people in the villages, smashing open the doors of uninhabited courtyards and priing open cellars, except for some rats and wild dogs scurrying around, basically no food has been found.

In a village, a granary was found, and there were still some traces of grain in it, but most of it had been burned to ashes, and it should have been too late to transport it, so a fire was set off, but I don't know if it was because the burning was incomplete, or because it rained halfway through, anyway, it survived in this dilapidated warehouse.

If it weren't for Ma Chao arriving and discussing the distribution with the heads of several Qiang tribes, maybe now these two Qiang tribes would have been in the shape of a dog.

The Qiang people like the rice grain of the Han people, as well as the wheat flour that is grinded, in the hearts of the Qiang people, these things are high-end food, compared to their hard and throat-cutting buckwheat barley I don't know how many times, only the head can eat some on weekdays.

The Qiang people like the clothes of the Han people, even if they are ordinary linen clothes or kudzu clothes, they are more comfortable than their leather robes, especially when summer comes, there is a Han clothes, which is simply able to live the days of the gods, otherwise the heavy leather robes are under the scorching sun, and the sour smell is unbearable, even if they themselves can't stand it.

To put it simply, the Qiang people like everything about the Han people, including **.

This way, for the convenience of the march, in addition to the necessary war horses and livestock, the Qiang people are lightly armed, just like a group of beggars, flocking to, if Tianshui here is the same as in the past, there is cooking smoke everywhere, there are people everywhere, these Qiang people can naturally sing and dance, sing a song of national integration, but now, even this pile of burned grain and grass, have caused disputes, and even almost caused bloodshed.

The more they went to Tianshui, the more cold the Qiang people became, it turned out that they thought it was just the Han people who found their traces and fled in advance, which naturally didn't matter, because they all had six legs, as long as they accelerated their speed, they could naturally catch up and block them, but they had already run to Ji County fifty miles here, and they found that no one had caught up with them......

What about people?

What about grain and grass?

What about Han Chinese clothes and all kinds of utensils?

The Qiang people glared at each other, and a word welled up in their hearts......