Chapter 55: The City of the River

An army that had been trained by Huo Qubing for three years, and an army that had been trained by the Yulin Army for five years before that, encountered an army of shepherds who had rushed to the army, and the consequences were predictable.

This is also the biggest reason why the Han was able to face the powerful Xiongnu without changing his face.

Hang your hair into the barracks, and return to your hometown with white hair!

Even though there were only 800 people, in the face of the 3,000 people of the Qiang tribe, they were the first to attack.

There was no explanation, no scolding, no envoys to mingle, and the Han army, the first to appear in front of the Qiang army, had no fear, but just shouted and threw their first short spear.

The short spear fell into the dense military formation of the Qiang people, and a flower of blood appeared, and the military formation of the Qiang people was slightly confused, and more short spears fell on their bodies.

The Qiang generals did not understand why the patriarch, who was ready to agree to all the conditions of the Han people, would provoke such a fierce attack by these Han people.

The patriarch said that the clan needs time, as long as Baimaqiang is given another ten years, Baimaqiang can occupy this fertile land, as for now, even if he grits his teeth, he must hold on, and he cannot attract the attention of the Han people or the Huns.

The Huns came and took away the most beautiful maiden of the Qiang people, the fattest cattle and sheep, and the most beautiful blankets......

I heard that the Han people are coming, they are not as greedy as the Huns, as long as they pay tribute, they don't need Bai Maqiang to offer more things.

Unexpectedly, the Han people came...... They want their lives, they want everyone's lives!

The long knife of the leader of the Qiang people held up Xie Ning's long sword, and he couldn't help but say sadly: "We didn't resist!" ”

Xie Ning laughed and said: "I don't know, it's a military order from the general, hahaha, the strength is not small, come again!" ”

Xie Ning's long sword slashed at the scimitar of the leader of the Qiang people one after another, until the long knife of the Qiang people was cut off, and then he proudly beckoned the long sword to the body of the Qiang people.

Eight hundred men were divided into four parts, and each cavalry became a sharp dagger, shuttling back and forth in the Qiang army, which was like butter in a hot knife, and melted when it met heat.

Once interspersed, the Qiang army formation was divided into four parts, and the second intersperse, the Qiang army formation became sparse, and every Qiang person felt that he had to face a group of fierce and vicious Han troops.

When the idea of defeat rose from the bottom of his heart, some timid Qiang people turned their horses' heads and rushed to the depths of the grassland in panic.

When one person runs, the battle continues, and when a hundred and ten people run together, no one has the heart to fight, and everyone does not want to use their lives to create a chance for others to escape, so a very terrible scene appears.

An army of only 800 men was fighting against a much larger army, and there were a surplus of men who used crossbow arrows to shoot the Qiang who tried to escape.

In the center of the battle array, the most tyrannical Han army rushed left and right, and outside the battle array, there were roaring Han iron cavalry constantly throwing crossbow arrows into the crowd.

Even the most timid Han army understood that at this moment, the Han army had mastered the battlefield.

The leader of the Qiang people unwillingly pulled out the crossbow arrow on his arm and threw it on the ground, and shouted at the Qiang cavalry who were ready to flee at any time: "Don't run, don't run, the faster you run, the faster you die!" ”

However, no one was willing to listen to his orders anymore, and they used every opportunity to rush outward, believing that as long as they broke through the rangers on the outskirts of the Han army, they would be able to leave this flesh-and-blood battlefield alive.

The crossbow arrows of the Han people are not only shot far, but also sharp, within fifty paces, even light and thin iron armor can penetrate, as for the leather armor equipped by most Qiang people, it is like a thin silk in front of the Mitsubishi cone.

The Han rangers were composed of the strongest men in the army, and their best skills were guerrilla cavalry archery, and they carried the largest number of crossbow arrows.

Therefore, when the Qiang turned and fled, leaving the broad back to the ranger was to give his life to the butcher.

The leader of the Qiang people watched the Qiang warriors fall from their horses one after another, raised their heads to the sky and cried, and killed the black-armored general standing in the center of the army like a mad tiger.

Zhao Ponu, Xie Ning, and Li Dang, circled around Huo Quai's expanding battle circle, and Huo Qubing sat on the black horse and calmly watched around.

The horse's hooves deftly avoided the dead bodies on the ground, like a walk in a garden.

The mace knocked a long knife away, and the iron fist of the leader of the Qiang warriors smashed into the face of the Han army who was wrong with him, and several teeth rose to the sky with a large puddle of blood, and the Han cavalry who had been hit hard fled with the saddle in their arms.

Huo Quzhi frowned, and was about to go into battle in person, but he saw Zhao Ponu, who was holding a long knife, rushing over from his left and fighting with the leader of the Qiang warriors.

Seeing that the battlefield had become extremely chaotic, Huo Quzhi yelled: "Disperse!" ”

The cavalry of the Han army, which had originally formed a large group, immediately dispersed and re-entered the battle situation in units of Wu and Shi, so the battlefield became even more chaotic.

Li Dang, whose face was stained with plasma, leaned in front of Huo Quzhi and shouted, "Do you want to pursue?" Quite a few people have already run away! ”

Huo Quzhi roared: "No need, end the battle quickly, let's go to the Qiang camp!" I'm going to see what they're hiding! ”

The more people involved in the escape, the greater the likelihood of success, which in turn encourages more people to participate in the escape.

When only Zhao Ponu and the leader of the Qiang warriors were still fighting on the battlefield of Nuoda, Huo Qubing finally issued a military order to clean up the battlefield.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows were stuck in the body of the leader of the Qiang warriors, and he could no longer hold the mace, blood was dripping from his mouth, and his hands weakly grabbed forward, and he rolled off his horse.

"Two more rounds, and I'll be able to kill him!" Zhao Ponu, who had been beaten by the leader of the Qiang warriors, roared in dissatisfaction.

No one paid any attention to him, and they quickly recovered their lost blades from the battlefield, quickly filled their quivers, and after stabbing all the corpses with a single shot, they changed their horses and marched with the general again towards the meander.

A low horn sound came from afar, and Huo Quzhi saw that the grassland was full of people.

"More than 30,000 people!"

Zhao Ponu muttered to himself.

The army followed the long river all the way to the north, and after walking less than thirty miles, they saw a large plain, where there was not much pasture, but instead a large field of barley, which had just matured, was hanging its head heavily, waiting for the final harvest to come.

"Not less than 5,000 acres ......"

Now Li Kang attaches great importance to the land, especially the land full of grain, just a general glance, and immediately reported an approximate figure.

"In another three to five years, this flat land will be turned into irrigated land, God, more than 50,000 acres of land, for 30,000 herdsmen, a year's output is enough to support their needs for three years."

What shocked Huo Qubing was not only this large area of farmland, but also a half-built city.

Just by looking at the wide city walls, once the city was built, it would be enough to accommodate 100,000 people!

The Han army moved forward, and the Qiang people fled to the other three sides, but a large group of people jumped and ran towards the Han army.

No looped legs, no leather jackets, this should be a group of Han people!

This group of Han people was very well-behaved, just seeing them rushing to the front of the army in a daze, but kneeling down on both sides of the road, Zhao Ponu knew that these people could not be homeless people at all, they should be some more knowledgeable people.

"Send five hundred people, quickly seize the city, and then clean up the people in the city, and no one of the aliens will remain!"

Zhao Ponu, Li dared to agree, and then led their respective teams to highlight the brigade, and accelerated their horses to rush towards the city.

Huo Quzhi stopped his horse's hooves and looked at the Han people kneeling on the side of the road: "Who is your leader, stand up and reply." ”

An older Han man quickly stood up, grinned, and before he could speak, he began to cry first.

Huo Quzhi waited for a moment and said gently: "Since we are from the Han Dynasty, since we are here, you should be fine."

Now back to me, how did you get here? ”

The older Han man screamed, and then jumped to his feet and shouted: "Hu Shang Wen Yupu, Hu Shang Wen Yupu, he lied to me that he was going to build a big manor on the borderland, and he gave us a lot of wages.

As a result, when we left Bingzhou, he chained us and escorted us here by the Hu people.

Not only to teach the Hu people to farm, but also to build cities for the Hu people, to build weapons, no black and white work, the slightest resentment, will be whipped to death, when they came, there were two hundred and eighty-seven people, and now there are less than two hundred people left. ”

Huo Quzhi took a breath and said, "How long have you been here?" ”

"Three years, general, it's been three years, it is said that Wen Yupu is still continuing to deceive me Han people to come to Hequ City, you must take this thief merchant to ask for the crime!"