Chapter 63: Qingqiang
Liu Yan finally sent A Qinggu's troops to the battlefield, there are fifteen thousand defenders in Ruxian County, which is already the limit of Liu Yan's current mobilization, but he still can't stop Ye Zhao, and if it drags on, once the defenders of Ruxian County are broken, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to resist Ye Zhao with a single Cheng/Du, and Zhang Lu's troops are slow to get on the road, which also makes Liu Yan very angry.
The time is too short, he has just gained a foothold in this Shu County, Ye Zhao led the army to kill, and fought silently until Mianzhu Pass, Liu Yan knew that if he was given a few more years, it would not take too much, only two or three years, so that he could stabilize the power in Shuzhong, and it would not be so easy for Ye Zhao to hit Mianzhu Pass.
The battle of Ruoxian is no longer a matter of belonging to Guanghan County, but the battle for the lord of the entire Yizhou, although Liu Yan is the pastor of Yizhou, but now is not the time when Liu Hong is alive, with Dong Zhuo since the establishment of Liangzhou Mu, the system of the Han Dynasty has begun to collapse, Ye Zhao will exterminate him, and he will lead the Yizhou pastor, whether it is the son of heaven in Chang'an or Dong Zhuo or even the princes, no one will have too radical reactions.
Because everyone wants to do this, Ye Zhaoruo took the Yizhou pastor by himself, which can be regarded as an example for them, and the princes of the Central Plains can also follow suit in the future, after all, there are already Dong Zhuo and Ye Zhao, and if others want to stand on their own, the resistance will not be too great.
This battle, no matter what, can't let Ye Zhao break through Ruoxian, fight to Cheng/Du, A Qinggu's Qingqiang warriors are the most hole cards in Liu Yan's hands now, once these people are sent, it also means that Liu Yan has no other forces to use, and Cheng/Du only has more than one school of troops stationed in it, which can be said to be Liu Yan's weakest strength.
Liu Yan still doesn't know what the war is in Ruoxian, but he knows that Pang Xi is dissatisfied with Ye Zhao, if it is not a last resort, Pang Xi will never ask for help, this is a move to show weakness to Ye Zhao, you must know that since the news of Ye Zhao's entry into Shu came, Pang Xi has said more than once in front of the ministers in Shuzhong that Ye Zhao is not worthy of his name, and he has a false statement that he is not worried.
Now asking for help is tantamount to slapping himself in the face, as a celebrity, Pang Xi doesn't even want face, but you can imagine how far the war in Ruo County has come.
The 36 Qingqiang have been gradually moved out of the mountains by Liu Yan, so this sign is very smooth, A Qinggu from the 36 Qingqiang, 6,000 warriors are drawn out with A Qinggu into the city/are all at the disposal of Liu Yan, and they are also used by Liu Yan as the last hole card.
"This Qingqiang people, living in the mountains for generations, very good at mountain warfare, when the emperor uncle befriended Qingqiang, got three thousand Qingqiang soldiers, and the wealthy families in Shu gathered tens of thousands of Shu troops, but were broken by these three thousand Qingqiang soldiers in a battle, Wang Xian, Li Quan and other more than a dozen wealthy families were killed by the emperor's uncle, only to lay the foundation today." In Ye Zhao's military camp, a middle-aged man talked eloquently and helped Ye Zhao explain the situation of Qingqiang.
"In this way, this Qingqiang is Liu Yan's last resort?" Ye Zhao leaned on the Hu bed, looked at this person and smiled.
"Not bad!" The middle-aged man nodded and said, "At this moment, as long as you can break through the county, then Shu will be decided!" ”
As soon as Qingqiang arrived, it meant that all of Liu Yan's troops were gathered here, and once the county was broken, there would be no soldiers available.
"Ji Ling!" After thinking for a moment, Ye Zhao looked at Ji Lingdao.
"The last general!" Ji Ling stepped forward and bowed.
"Tomorrow, you go and weigh this Qingqiang's catties." Ye Zhao pondered: "If it is really as you said, this Qingqiang department is all brave people, and some are reluctant to kill him, but since the Qingqiang leader A Qinggu is kind to Liu Yan, if he has the opportunity, he will behead him." ”
"Whoa!" Ji Ling nodded.
If you want to gain a foothold in Shuzhong, in addition to the intricate relationship between the Shuzhong family and the Dongzhou scholars that need to be dealt with, the issue of ethnic minorities is also a problem that Ye Zhao must consider.
There are Nanban in the south, living in the 100,000 mountains, Ye Zhao's hand is not even that long, but the surrounding Qiang people, to say that they are all killed, it is impossible, the consumption of grain and grass is new, the important thing is that these Qiang people are more difficult to clear than the bandits, they live in the mountains, mountain battles, almost all become instincts, into the mountains to encircle and suppress, there are more people they fight guerrilla with you, less people may not be the opponent of others, but provoke the hostility of these Qiang people, entanglement with you, from time to time out of the mountains to loot, I am afraid Ye Zhao can only hope to deal with.
It's better to want to do sail these Qiang people gradually naturalize, when he was in Macheng, Ye Zhao's idea actually has a certain tree, if you can give him more time, many people on the side say, at least the area of Danhan Mountain, will all belong to the Han family, become the Han ranch, but unfortunately, later Liu Yan intervened to let Liu Mao take over his position as Ma Cheng Ling, but was killed by He Lian, so that Ye Zhao's two years of hard work were wasted.
Now if he takes Shuzhong, after Shuzhong is more stable, Ye Zhao is ready to start this matter, Qingqiang is a Qiang people who are close to the Han people in terms of life form, and it is also Ye Zhao's primary goal, but the current Qingqiang leader is too close to Liu Yan, which is an unstable factor, and because of this, Ye Zhao is moved to kill.
Early the next morning, Pang Xi was surprised to find that Ye Zhao did not attack the city and did not appear, but Ji Ling and Guan Hai led the army to the city to fight.
But seeing the city, Ji Ling wore a helmet and armor, holding a three-pointed and two-pointed hand and wandering under the city.
"Who is this?" Beside Pang Xi, a nine-foot-tall man dressed in coarse cloth green clothes, holding a mountain opening knife, and a tower-like man looked at Ji Ling, who was showing off his martial arts under the city, and asked in broken Chinese.
This person is A Qinggu, the leader of Qingqiang.
"Ji Ling, the general under Ye Zhao, is quite brave, just like the warriors of the Qingqiang tribe." Pang Xi explained.
"What is he talking about?" Ah Qinggu looked puzzled as Ji Ling kept saying something under the city, Ji Ling spoke official dialect, with some Jianghuai accent, Ah Qinggu, who was fluent in Chinese, couldn't understand it, but he could hear it very arrogantly, which made him a little unhappy.
"Invite to fight!" Pang Xi sighed and said: "It's a one-on-one competition, but unfortunately there are no fierce generals in our army, so we can't fight!" ”
Ji Ling had personally rushed to the city wall before, with a three-pointed and two-pointed sword, and fought more than 20 people on the city wall, and finally retreated calmly when he collected the troops, which made Pang Xi's memory still fresh, Liu Yan commanded, but there was no such fierce general.
Pang Xi just sighed, he was not ready to fight, but this annoyed A Qinggu, Qingqiang has existed since the Yin Shang period, at that time, Mo said that the Qiang people, that is, the Yin Shang selection of monarchs, brave and martial arts are very important pluses, the Qingqiang clan is also affected, plus most of the Qingqiang are distributed between the mountains and mountains, the beasts are in the company, the selection of leaders, brave and martial arts are also the most important, how to hear this, when the mountain knife in his hand is about to be carried out, he went to the city.
"Where is A-Qing's bone leader?" Seeing this, Pang Xi hurriedly wanted to pull, but was taken by A Qinggu and almost fell.
"Open the city gate, I'll fight him!" Ah Qinggu snorted coldly.
"This" Pang Xi was a little hesitant when he heard this, now the city really needs a long profit to stimulate and encourage morale, if this A Qing bone can win, it will be of great help to morale, he has also heard that Liu Yan's Qingqiang leader is extremely brave, but when he voted for Liu Yan, Liu Yan has already pacified Shuzhong, he has never seen it, he is afraid that A Qing Gu will lose, and hurriedly persuaded: "A Qing bone leader, this person is extremely brave, may not be his opponent." ”
"You don't know until you've beaten it!" Ah Qinggu snorted, didn't say much, broke away from Pang Xi's arm and walked down the city, Pang Xi had no choice but to let people open the city gate, and at the same time ordered more than a dozen generals to go down to the city in one breath, once A Qinggu was in danger, immediately rescue, otherwise once the Qingqiang leader died in battle, these Qingqiang soldiers in the city may not listen to him.