Dao County, is the key point of Longxi County and Hanyang County, since ancient times it has been the main road of Liangzhou, the origin of its name, as the name suggests, is the place where Rong Di gathers.

According to ancient records, it is a ferocious porcupine-like animal, tigers and wolves cannot get close, and the reason why the people living in this generation are named Dao, as a symbol of their own nation, is majestic, powerful, and inviolable. In the Han Dynasty, "Dao" was similar to the autonomous counties of later generations, and it was the place where Hu and Han lived together, and like Qiang Dao and Di Dao in the Han Dynasty, Dao was a place where Han people and Rong Di lived together.

Later, during the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, came out of Qishan Mountain, which was the county seat of Nan'an County at the time of the Dao, and finally changed the name of Hanyang County and Anding County of Tianshui County when he finally took it directly, which made the Shu Han army rapid and rapid, approaching Chang'an, causing Emperor Wei to think about tea and rice, and it was difficult to sleep peacefully, which shows the importance of Dao County.

Just like now, outside the county seat of Daoxian County, there have been a lot of Liangzhou rebels with different clothes and armor, and there are the most Qiang people in its army, and there are fewer Han people.

Because there is no moat outside Daoxian County, the surrounding terrain is very open, and the city is not very high, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou are very arrogant, so they directly ordered the generals under their command to block the four gates with 10,000 cavalry, and ordered the soldiers to besiege them, and the two of them led the remaining rebels outside the Daodong Gate, ready to respond at any time.

According to their idea, they used this small Dao County as an appetizer for them to break through the county seat of Ji County, and they must sweep away the Han army in the county seat of Dao County with a thunderous force, so as to deter the rest of the defenders in Hanyang County.

It's just that the idea of the rebels is destined to be shattered, under the continuous assault, although the county seat of Daoxian is broken, but it is still standing, and the Han army flag on the head of the city, as if no one can pull it out, stands at the head of the city.

Looking at the corpses of his own army all over the ground, and after a rough estimate, Beigong Boyu knew that in the small Dao County, they had killed at least more than 2,000 people in these attacks, and almost 3,000 people were injured, and this kind of loss was something he had never expected.

Although the Han army condescendingly occupies a favorable position, but in terms of the combat strength of the Han army, which has been repeatedly defeated by them in the past, it is to withstand their several offensives and hold the small county town, and it should not cause them such a big loss.

This was Beigong Boyu's first reaction, and then he said to the people around him: "The road is so difficult to break, there is fraud in the city, and the Han army has reinforcements to deal with it?" ”

"Probably not." Li Wenhou had some doubts in his heart, but looking at the Daocheng Tower, he still shook his head and said, the number of Han troops on the city tower is not large, and there are no army flags that can be used, which does not look like there are reinforcements.

"Then why is it so difficult?" Beigong Boyu then asked, does he believe that the strength of the Han army has really increased greatly, and the strength of the rebels in Hanyang County is not something they can deal with in a day or two, and the Han army in this county should not have this kind of strength.

Seeing this, the side chapter on the side stroked his short beard and said: "The road has been gathered by Zhurong since ancient times, and now although it belongs to the Han land, the Han and Hu live together, and its people are fierce, and it is also the forefront of the choice in Liangzhou City." Now that our army is at the end, the soldiers and civilians in the city are fighting to the death, and there should be this reason for this combat power. ”

Hearing this, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou nodded, probably only this reason can be explained, they have attacked Ji County in the past, but they have not attacked the road, this first siege, suffered such a big loss, and they can only find this reason.

And at this moment, on the city tower, after the Han army repelled the rebel offensive again, while tidying up the mess of the city tower, it was waiting for the rebels outside the city.

In the corner of the city tower, Sun Jian, who took off his pocket and pretended to be an ordinary soldier, was carefully peeping at the rebels under the city, for fear that the reality in Dao County would be investigated by the rebels. Of course, not only him, but the other Han soldiers also changed their clothes, all of them became county soldiers, and even the generals of various departments were not allowed to play their own banners.

Since Fuquan led his troops to Luomenju, he thought that the Han army defenders in Daoxian County would not be able to withstand the rebel attack, so he transferred 2,000 Han soldiers in Jixian County, and sent Sun Jian to lead this infantry army and ordered it to defend the city.

For Fuquan, there will be no accidents in this operation, and this county is one of them, after all, the artificial sandbag embankments in the upper reaches of the tributaries of the Wei River are all recruited from the Dao, Ji and other places around the river, if the county town is broken, then it is very likely that the rebels will know the reality of the tributaries of the Wei River, so the county town must be defended.

As for the rebels who can't capture the county seat, will they stop the invasion because of the growth of the strength of the Han army, but Fuquan is not afraid, after all, the rebels sent troops to rob, if they withdraw directly, it will undoubtedly cause problems within the rebels.

Because the rebels need to attack, they need to capture the county seat, loot property, to maintain morale, if they don't get the benefits they want, this scattered rebel alliance will collapse.

"General Sun, with the current situation, if the rebels press in again, I am afraid that the Dao will be broken!" Sun Jian's side, the county commander of the Dao County was very panicked and said to Sun Jian, after all, everyone knows that the rebels are coming, if they surrender, it's okay, if they don't surrender, after the city is broken, maybe the rebels are not persecuted deeply for the people because of the relationship between Han generals, but a county commander like him, desperately resisted, and his family members must have died and suffered humiliation.

Since Sun Jian entered the city at the beginning, he told him that the rebels were going to attack in a big way, this Daoxian commander was very worried, if it wasn't for Sun Jian with 2,000 soldiers, there were 10,000 cavalry from Fuquan outside the city, he was ready to go out of the city and surrender once it was unfavorable to defend the city.

Anyway, there are Han people in the rebels, all of them are from Liangzhou, and the county town of Dao is also inhabited by Han and Hu, so it naturally has an advantage over other Liangzhou counties and counties in terms of the rebels, because there are also many naturalized Qianghu in the county, so the rebels must have a good impression of him, a county order that governs Dao County quite well. If he is very familiar with current affairs, he will generally not be embarrassed, on the contrary, if he leads people to resist, I am afraid that the city will be broken and he will have to suffer.

After hearing this, Sun Jian smiled and said: "Don't worry, the thieves have been attacking the city for half a day, and in my opinion, the thieves will definitely retreat." ”

"Why?"

"Time!"

"When?"

"Exactly!"

The county commander thought about it carefully, and also understood what Sun Jian meant, indeed, according to the news he received, the rebels invaded this time, but they wanted to attack Ji County like the previous invasion. And his Daoxian County is just a rebel army beating rabbits with grass and doing it easily.

Originally, I was afraid that in the eyes of the rebels, his county town should only need one or two hours to break through, and when the time comes, they will grab things and then attack Ji County, which will not waste time at all.

Now, the rebels have wasted almost half a day in Daoxian County, and if they drag on to attack, I am afraid that Ji County should also know the purpose of their march, and it will be obviously difficult to realize their combat intentions at that time, which the rebels do not want to see, so Sun Jian said that the rebels want to retreat, and this county order is also understood.

"The general is talented, and the subordinate admires it."

The county order immediately patted Sun Jian's ass slightly, but it was obvious that Sun Jian didn't eat this routine, but he saw that Sun Jian was still staring at the city, watching the rebels' every move, thoughtfully, as if he was planning something.

Outside Daoxian County, when the soldiers and horses under his command rested again, the rebel generals Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, and Han Sui, after discussing for a while, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to withdraw and directly attack Ji County.

For them, they must not abandon their roots, Ji County is the key to this battle, if it is because they waste too much time outside Daoxian County, and let Ji County, which is the governor of Liangzhou Prefecture and Hanyang County, be prepared and transfer elite soldiers to escort them, then the purpose of their invasion will obviously not be achieved.

Therefore, for the rebels now, they can only give up continuing to attack Daoxian County and go to Jizhou County, where both the difficulty of attacking and the things that can be looted in the city are far more than Daoxian County.

"Woo! Woo! Woo......"

The loud sound of the horn was mixed with the sound of countless Qiang flutes and the roars of the Qiang people, and with the hooves of the horses, tens of thousands of cavalry of the rebels suddenly walked away to the northwest of the county seat, leaving behind the corpses of the rebels.

"General Sun, General Sun, the rebels have retreated! The rebels have retreated! Seeing the rebels retreating, Daoxian Ling danced excitedly, and his hanging heart could finally be put down.

However, the retreat of the rebels obviously did not make Sun Jian happy, what he wanted was not just to complete the task given to him by Fuquan to defend the county seat, these tens of thousands of rebels in his eyes were war achievements, if he could not participate in the final battle, he would undoubtedly regret his death.

Looking at the direction of the rebels' retreat, Sun Jian asked coldly, "How many soldiers are there in the city?" "When Sun Jian fought before, he had been guarding the east gate, and the other three gates were guarded by other generals under his command, so he was not very clear about the number of defenders in the city.

When the county magistrate heard this, he said weakly: "There are less than two thousand, and most of them are injured." ”

Sun Jian was stunned after hearing this, and then he understood why this county order said that if the rebels attacked again, the county town would not be able to be saved, and he brought two thousand himself, and because the place in the county was also adjacent to Jincheng County, and there was a surprise attack on Ji County by the rebels before, there were also two thousand heavy soldiers in the county, counting the strength he had collected since entering the city, there were nearly five thousand people.

Now, there are less than 2,000 people left in Daoxian County, and all this happens in half a day, if the rebels are really given enough time, Sun Jian does not dare to think about what will happen later.

In this battle, Sun Jian never thought about using any strategy to defend the city, there was too much disparity between the strength of the two armies, originally he thought that he could defend it for a few days, but he didn't expect that the city might be broken in half a day, and he couldn't help but have a new understanding of the strength of this rebel army.

However, what about the strength of the rebels, he Sun Jian was never afraid of the opponent's strength, at the moment, Sun Jian ordered: "Order, order Wu Jing, Cheng Pu, etc., to gather the soldiers under their command and assemble at the east gate!" ”

In the words, Sun Jian's tone was cold, so that the Dao County Orders around him did not dare to look directly.

"No!"

The county magistrate of Dao was amnesty, and after a salute, he left, and for Sun Jian, a higher official than him, this county magistrate really didn't want to have too much to do with him. After half a day of getting along, he understood that Sun Jian, the official, was not very good, and once he was provoked, no one would recognize him, so it was better to stay away.

Sun Jian's army is still very set, although he brought two thousand soldiers, most of them are not his own soldiers, but like his cronies and brother Wu Jing, veteran Cheng Pu and others, the ability is not bad, with the order, things are done smoothly, less than half an hour, outside the east gate, nearly 900 soldiers and generals were gathered. Counting the more than 200 people left in his east gate, he can still make up a good combat force.

Outside the east gate, Sun Jian led the remaining soldiers at the east gate to join the army, and then glanced at everyone and said loudly: "I want to chase the enemy, do you dare to go together?" ”

At that moment, Wu Jing and Cheng Pu shouted first: "Why don't you dare? ”

"May I serve the dead!" Afterwards, the other soldiers immediately responded, and everyone roared like thunder, soaring into the sky.

"Good." Sun Jian shouted arrogantly, and then jumped on the war horse prepared by the soldiers, and shouted at the same time: "Those who want to take revenge, get weapons in the arsenal, and come to the east gate quickly!" ”

"Those who want to take revenge on the haters, take the weapons in the arsenal, and quickly come to the east gate to assemble ......"

More than 1,000 people followed Sun Jian and shouted, and their roars instantly spread to every corner, and Dao City was boiling.

In front of a dilapidated house in the west corner of the city, a young man who looked sixteen or seventeen years old was looking at his father who was being dragged back, his body was covered with knife marks, and his bones were exposed, which was unbearable.

Why did Father die? Because the rebels are coming, those Qiang people are ferocious, and every family in the county must have a strong man to defend the city, and my father is nearly fifty years old, and he is already old, and he can't cut much with a knife, but in order to let him live, he locked him at home and went to defend the city by himself.

Originally...... Originally...... He should be the one who should die, not his father, damn rebels, live a good life with the big man, why rebel?

"Those who want to take revenge on the haters, take the weapons in the arsenal, and quickly come to the east gate to assemble ......"

The shouts in the city came again, and the young man, as if inspired by something, immediately put his father's body in the house, took a white cloth and covered it, and went to the county arsenal by himself.

The young man's stiff face was obviously not a pure Han man, but at this time, in his heart, there was only hatred in his heart for the rebels who might have the same blood as him.

In the east of the city, Wang Laohan was less than sixty years old, but his hair was all white, and his cloudy eyes were covered with dry tears. He was a member of the Han army, and later settled here and married a local naturalized Qiang girl who had saved him from being seriously injured after a major war.

The two were very affectionate, and later gave birth to two sons, and under his influence, the two sons successively became the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, but the eldest son died in the Xiqiang Rebellion in his early years, and now, the younger son also died because of defending the city, as for his wife, because he had gone out, he was killed by the rebels, and now, he has become a loner, and what does it mean for him to stay alone in the world?

Since the Centennial War of Han and Qiang, it was not only the Han Dynasty that was injured and suffered huge losses, and was therefore exhausted and weakened, not only the Han Dynasty, but also the people of Liangzhou under the rule of the Han Dynasty. In these battles, they lose not only their property, but also their loved ones, and when everything is lost with the war, they will only choose to take revenge in the end.

This is also why Sun Jian is not afraid of the rebels, in Dao County, there are many household registrations, and because of the mixed residence of Han and Hu, the people are fierce, and the people are strong, these are all excellent soldiers, and they are all soldiers who can fight indiscriminately when they are pulled to the battlefield.

Now that the rebels are attacking the city, it is not only Sun Jian's reinforcements who have died, but also the fathers, sons and brothers of the people in the city. As for these soldiers, when they go to the battlefield, can they march into a formation, but Sun Jian is not afraid, anyway, once the rebels are ambushed, it will be a chaotic battle at that time, what military formation is needed?

An hour later, Sun Jian led more than 5,000 people under his command, who were obviously uneven, to the Weishui tributary in the east of Daocheng, and each of them had anger written on their faces......