On this day, the Arden army did not launch an offensive again, but chose to press the main camp three miles outside the city.

From the head of the city, it can be clearly seen that the camp of the Qiang people is very simple, mainly in the direction of the direction of Luoyang City, a row of fences are roughly erected, and a ranger guard patrol is set outside.

Due to the hot weather, except for a large tent set up in the direction of the Chinese army, most of the camps were empty, and the Qiang soldiers simply leaned on the big trees and lived in the open air.

While setting up camp, Muba, who offered to destroy the fortifications under the city, was not idle, he shouted loudly and commanded hundreds of Qiang soldiers to transport sandbags filled with soil to the trenches for burial.

Because the two trenches on the outside are far away from the city wall, about a hundred steps apart, the defenders on the head of the city can't shoot arrows, so they can only watch the Qiang soldiers go back and forth.

The third trench was about eighty paces from the city wall, and the defenders were so high that bows and arrows could barely reach it. This led to a great slowdown in the speed of the Qiang soldiers' landfill, and many people fell from arrows, and they were not allowed to die suddenly for a while, and the wails were loud.

In response, Muba immediately sent people to cut down wood as a shield to cover the Qiang soldiers transporting soil.

This strategy was quite effective, and the casualties of the Qiang soldiers were greatly reduced, so they mustered up courage and finally filled in all three trenches before sunset, and the battle line advanced more than 40 steps in one go.

This result reversed the unfavorable decline of the Arden army in the first battle, and the morale of the Qiang army was restored.

On this day and night, the Qiang people lit countless bonfires in the camp, slaughtered cattle and sheep, as if celebrating a festival.

******

In the city of Luoyang, the generals of Yueji, Wei Rong, and Zhao Tong, who had been fighting fiercely during the day, had all gone to rest at this time.

Jiang Wei, Pang Hong, and Liu Yin, who were on duty, stepped on the city wall and carefully inspected the city defense materials.

The fortifications outside the city were set up by Zhao Tong, and the defense inside the city was responsible for Liu Yin.

The Qiang camp not far away was in flames, and after three miles of road, you could still feel the boiling sky in the camp.

Liu Yin paused, frowned, and said: "Look at the Qiang people are so debauched, if our army steals the camp at night, I don't know if there is a chance?" ”

Jiang Wei was interested in teaching, and asked sideways, "Giant Master, what do you think?" ”

Pang Hong said slowly: "The first battle is unfavorable, and if you dare to be so prodigal, there must be something strange in it, and it may not be a strategy for the Qiang people to lure the enemy." And after all, we have few soldiers, even if we rob the camp, we may not be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, so we need to be cautious. ”

Liu Yin said regretfully when he heard this: "It's a pity, after the first celebration, the Qiang people's popularity will inevitably recover, and the next battle will be very difficult." ”

Pang Hong stroked his smooth chin and chuckled: "Hong has a plan, but it can be a waste of Qiang's strength." ”

Liu Yin hurriedly asked: "Oh? I want to hear about it! ”

Pang Hong pointed ahead and said loudly: "The Qiang people have worked hard all day, and they are still so excited at the moment, I am afraid that they will be tired in the middle of the night." Our army is standing still at the moment, and when the Qiang people are about to rest, we can send a hundred soldiers who are familiar with the terrain, with more drums and horns, to beat along the forest to the front of the camp. ”

Jiang Weizan said: "This plan is wonderful! ”

As soon as this sentence was finished, Liu Yin on the side immediately asked:

"Before cleaning up the city defense, the last general has a lot of understanding of the terrain on the left and right, and he can advance and retreat freely. Please hand over this task to the last general, and you will be able to succeed immediately! ”

Jiang Wei held him up, bowed his head and said, "It's okay, this time will be handed over to Xiuran." Remember, don't be greedy! ”

******

The moon is like a hook on the horizon, and the shadow of the mountains is hazy.

The noise in the Qiang camp gradually dissipated, and the heaven and earth returned to tranquility.

At this time, but saw that the lantern at the head of Luoyang City shook three times, and soon the horn cannon outside Luoyang City broke out, and the sound shook the mountains and fields, and then the horn sounded in unison in the direction of the forest on the right side of the Qiang camp, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the war drums were like thunder, and its momentum was very fierce.

The Qiang camp was suddenly agitated, the Qiang soldiers were disheveled, shouting and rushing between the camps, making a mess, and the sound of drums and horns in the distance became more and more rapid.

"Raid the camp! The enemy is coming! ”

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"My knife...... Which bastard got my knife? ”

In the main tent, Arden stood barefoot on the edge of the couch with a pale-faced face, and a retinue of his side was scrambling to dress him.

Outside the tent door, Mu Ba held a knife in one hand and pulled a horse in the other, and anxiously poked his head in: "King, the enemy army has robbed the camp, please get on your horse quickly, there is a small guard here......"

Arden said angrily: "This king is not going anywhere, just sit here!" I want to see how many soldiers and horses he dares to send in Luoyang City! ”

After a pause, he suddenly shouted outward: "Someone is coming, order the guards to move closer to the main tent in turn!" ”

His orders were immediately passed on one by one.

After all, it was his personal guard, and the outside was chaotic, but after a hundred breaths, nearly a thousand people had gathered in the main tent, many of whom were fully armed and ready to fight at any time.

Seeing this, Arden and Muba were bold, and their complexions were slightly softened.

Just as the two of them were giving orders one by one, the sound of drums and horns in the distance suddenly stopped, and silence returned to the outside of the tent.

The frightened soldiers in the camp then settled down and began to whisper; After a while, the buzzing gradually became heavier, and then erupted into loud rebukes and invectives.

After waiting for a while, he reported to the account: "King! The drums have stopped, and no enemy is coming! ”

Hearing this, Arden said angrily: "It must be the enemy's carving insect trick, in vain trying to disturb the peace of our army, this time to retreat, after a while, I will definitely come again!" Hurry up and take your brothers to the right side of the forest to search, don't teach them to get away with a single person! ”

Mu Ba hurriedly said: "King! The forest is dark in the middle of the night, and it is difficult to guarantee that the enemy is not ambushed in the forest! ”

Arden couldn't eat for a while, pondered for a while, and had to be annoyed: "Order, brothers don't leave their swords, all their clothes rest!" ”

******

In the camp, the Qiang soldiers grabbed knives in their hands, and crowded on the covers in groups of three or five, with the previous disturbance, they did not dare to really sleep, some closed their eyes and pretended to sleep, and some talked in a low voice.

I just waited for a long time, but I still didn't see the sound of drums and horns again, thinking that the enemy army had seen no chance to take advantage of it and had retreated.

After waiting for a while, the doubts in Qiang Bing's heart gradually dissipated, and because he was really tired, fatigue finally overwhelmed the nervousness, and it didn't take long for them to fall asleep, and the snoring began one after another.

At this moment, the drums and horns outside the camp shook the sky, the sound of killing moved the ground, and the mountains and valleys responded, which suddenly provoked the people in the camp to shout and neigh, repeating a chaos.

In the main account, Arden stayed awake all night, and could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, pointing at Muba and shouting:

"Hurry up and take your brothers to see! It's almost dawn, don't talk nonsense like the dark forest in the middle of the night! ”

When the shadow of the mountains on the edge of the sky is green, the dawn has appeared.

Mu Ba's eyes were straight, and he was also angry, and he immediately nodded in response, and then ordered hundreds of strong warriors to dismount and enter the forest.

It took Kankan half an hour to search the forest, but he never saw a single enemy soldier.

There are old hunters under his command who are good at tracking, and after a round of exploration, he replied, bluntly saying that judging by the footprints, it is just a bluff of more than a hundred enemies, and now they have retreated to the city in the direction they came.

When Mu Ba heard this, he raised his hand and rubbed his sleepy eyes, feeling both frustrated and angry in his heart.

******

After a night of tossing, the Arden army could not sleep at all, and it was impossible to storm this day.

Muba knew that it was because of his unfavorable protection that the enemy army had an opportunity, so he asked Arden to guard the camp and rest in peace; He himself was in a strong spirit, and wanted to go to the outside of the city of Luoyang to destroy all the rejected horses, and clean up for tomorrow's all-out attack.

Arden knew that he had all the cavalry in the hands of the commander of Muba, and he himself led 5,000 foot soldiers in the camp to recuperate.

The horses were arranged outside the city at 30 to 80 paces, a total of three lanes, which were within the range of the defenders.

Wei Rong was refreshed, got up early in the morning, and waited at the head of the city early, his heart full of curiosity.

The trenches were far from the walls, and it was enough to let them break down; At this moment, he really wanted to see how this group of Qiang people broke through the horse rejection fortifications that were right under his nose!

Not far away, I saw dozens of Qiang riders lined up, holding a wooden stick in their hands, one end of the wooden stick was tied to a looper made of leather rope, and the rope was wrapped around the waist, and I didn't know how long it could be when all of them were unfolded.

With a shout, the Qiang quickly waved the lasso and slowly approached the outermost rejection horse.

Wei Rong's eyes straightened when he saw it, and he exclaimed, "This... What the fuck is this? ”

Bian Yueji kindly explained: "This is a horse pole, not only can it be used to set horses and sheep, but also to set wolves, which is the specialty of our Qiang warriors." ”

As he spoke, the Qiang riders had already thrown their lass out one after another, and most of them landed firmly on the tip of the rejection horse; There was another shout, and the Qiang soldiers turned around on their horses, pulling the rope and pulling it back.

The rejection of the horse is two feet in wood, the cross is chiseled, the vertical and horizontal security check, one zhang long, and weighs dozens of catties.

But he couldn't stand the strength of several Qiang riders at once, and in the blink of an eye, five or six of the rejected horses outside were pulled to the ground, and they lost their effectiveness.

The rest of the Qiang cavalry was overjoyed when they saw this, and they rode forward one after another, repeating Fang Cai's tactics. In just a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen rejections in the first row were all broken.

With the help of the length of the pole, they could avoid the range of the defenders far away, and there were no casualties in the whole process; And the defenders of the city can only cry out in vain about this.

The second row of horses stood fifty paces outside the city, and in any case was within the range of the defenders.

This time, Qiang rode well, holding a wooden shield in his left hand and throwing a horse pole in his right hand, controlling the horse with only two legs - this is already a very advanced horse control technique in Wei Rong's opinion.

With shields to protect them, they were not afraid of the threat of bows and arrows in the city, and although there were some casualties, after nearly an hour, they still destroyed all the horses in the second row.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and the sun was scorching, and everyone could not bear it.

Both sides died down, and the Qiang cavalry roared away, leaving only a mess.

At the end of the Shen period, the breeze gradually rose, the sunshine slowed slightly, and the Qiang cavalry divided into two groups and made a comeback.

But seeing that the first wave of Qiang cavalry was about hundreds of people, each of them had a hunting bow, and rushed straight to the bottom of the city forty paces, suddenly turned to change lanes, and looked at their course of action, as if they were drawing a big circle.

As soon as he approached the city wall, he raised his hunting bow and shot it towards the city; The circle is constantly circling, so that although the arrows are thin, they are also continuous, whistling back and forth.

The defenders of the city took advantage of the cover of the wall, dodged a round of fire, and then fired back at the city; However, after all, the defenders were few in number, and the Qiang cavalry was erratic and vertical and horizontal like the wind, so the counterattack had little effect.

The two sides fired three or five rounds at each other, and the defenders of the city finally relied on their condescending geographical advantages to gradually suppress the Qiang cavalry arrow array under the city.

Suddenly, there was a shout, and the Qiang cavalry circle formation seemed to have received some signal, and the knights also retreated like a tide, and the formation suddenly dispersed.

Seeing this, the defenders boldly leaned out and seized the opportunity to pour out a rain of arrows to chase and kill.

This round of damage was huge, and the Qiang riders were shot on their backs, screaming and practicing.

But just as this round of arrows was fired, smoke and dust billowed behind the Qiang array, and suddenly dozens of riders wielding lassos flashed, and they took advantage of this gap to throw out the lasso in their hands quickly, and then landed steadily on the rejection stake.

When they succeeded, they pulled back.

Everyone's attention was attracted by the Qiang Riding Arrow Array, and they didn't expect the Qiang people to have such a trick.

However, after ten breaths, the last obstacle of the arch guard in front of the gate of Luoyang City also collapsed.

Seeing this, the Qiang soldiers were even more uproaring, shouting excitedly as they swarmed back and retreated.

"Finally, I taught them to do it." Wei Rong slammed the wall battlement, gritting his teeth with hatred.

The battle lasted nearly an hour, and by the time the Qiang soldiers were gone, it was almost sunset.

"It's easy to get through another day." At the head of the city, Jiang Wei didn't care and let out a long breath.

At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and was quite amazed that Arden had such elite archers, who met the archers at the high level in a low position, and could not fall into the wind.

He thought of the Mangu tactics of the Mongols in later generations, that is, the cavalry archers fled while shooting arrows at the enemy in the rear, and the essence of this tactic was to attack the enemy from a long distance, second, to continuously attack the enemy, and third, not to give the enemy a chance to fight back.

Under such an attack, no matter how strong the enemy's spirit and armor were, it was only a matter of time before it completely collapsed, so the Mongols were able to sweep through Europe and Asia with this method of warfare, and the world was invincible.

"If you can hold this archer in your hand and train a little, I am afraid that the Mangu Gang Tactics can be launched in advance, and if you use it properly, you should be able to restrain the tiger and leopard riders of the Wei State......"

Just as he pondered, a rush of footsteps interrupted his train of thought.

Jiang Wei followed the prestige, and it turned out that Yue Ji and Yadan came together.

"General!" But seeing that the Yueji people had not yet arrived, the voice had already arrived: "I'm afraid there will be a hard battle tomorrow!" There are less than 1,000 soldiers in the city, so let's call General Ma Dai back! ”

Jiang Wei smiled and said in his heart: "Calculate that this is the third day of Arden's army, and General Ma Chao should have taken down the defense now!" Tomorrow will be news. ”

Since he had a plan in mind, he replied with a smile: "It is all right, I have made proper arrangements, and we will only have to wait for half a day, and there will be good news." We'll see! ”