Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Qiang Attack
Due to the war, residents of villages close to Chencang, such as Huangniupu Town, Honghuapu Town, have moved north into the Chencang area. Residents of Fengxian, Hekou and other towns near the county seat moved into the old county. Other residents, according to the county magistrate, have moved into the town of Liangdang. From Liangdang Town to here, there is also a distance of more than 70 miles!
At a glance, there is an area of more than a hundred kilometers in this county that is undefended! The Qiang people can drive all the way to the heart of two major towns.
If this is Chen Cang, then everything is easy to say, if you come with 100,000 soldiers and horses, it may not be able to do anything if you surround it for a year and a half! Nothing else, Chencang is a strong city, the city wall is high, and it is so rich that you don't have to worry about grain and grass! If it is the Sword Pavilion, it is a million army that is afraid of nothing, the Sword Pavilion is magnificent and Cui Wei, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open.
For cities with small populations and poor equipment, if you want to do a good job in defense, you can only use the topography.
There are two rivers that pass through Gudao County, one is the Jialing River and the other is its tributary Xiaoyu River. The alluvial plain at the confluence of the two rivers is where the county seat is located. The impact plains on the opposite bank are now vacated, and they are backed by the mountains.
This area is unique in that it is flanked by rivers on two sides, the confluence of two rivers on one side and mountains on the other. To put it simply, as long as the impact bank of the two rivers on the left and right is choked, the only way for foreign enemies to invade is to cross the river and storm it!
The Qiang people are all here to plunder, all of them are his mother's cavalry, coming and going like the wind! Two big rivers run through it, if nothing else, at least it is not afraid of surprise attacks!
Immediately decided, pointing to the other side, Guo Yi said: "County magistrate, move!" ”
"This ...... Never! The county magistrate hurriedly objected, saying: "Our ancestral graves are all on this bank, if we move to the other side, those Qiang people come, but the ancestral graves are not guaranteed!" ”
"Yes! Oh, yes! The people basically agreed with the county magistrate, "Our fields are also here, how can we let them out." ”
Guo Yi rode on his horse and swept past this group of people who had suffered from the war, but still relocated to their land. Just one sentence in my heart: fuck the national identity! "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great! I see that there are only hundreds of women in this county, and most of them are Dongshi people, but I am afraid that the handsome women have been robbed by the Qiang people! You want to have children, but you can't even keep women, and what is the use of having a grave if you cut off the incense of your ancestors? ”
Seeing that many young people had already shown indignant expressions, Guo Yi knew that he could handle this matter. A group of good young people, at this time there is no daughter-in-law, isn't this looking for trouble?
Towns and villages are not as good as cities, both men and women have to work in the fields, and everyone is clear about what the girls of which family look like. The beauty was robbed, and there was only this pile of dinosaurs left, and you are a young man of school age, and you are also in a hurry!
"Moving the dwellings to the other side of the bank will prevent the Qiang from looting. Where there is life, there is hope. Saved his life, his parents, wife and children, and several ancestral graves, and rebuilt them. ”
The most important thing for the Chinese is to "pass on the ancestry", and if this situation does not change, it will really be cut off. The people began to whisper to each other, and many of them had already begun to agree. After all, compared to the old ancestor coming to look for it in the middle of the night, the fast horse scimitar of the Qiang people during the day is the most important thing.
"Everyone!" Guo Yi saw that the public opinion was basically settled, so he made a final statement, "The Qiang people violated my borders and killed my clansmen, and this revenge is not avenged, how can the eldest husband stand in heaven and earth?" Since this official has arrived here, he should exterminate the Qiang people and regain the land. Those children who have been snatched away must be saved! Come with me, a hero saves the beauty, why can't you tie the knot? ”
The meaning is very simple, follow Lao Tzu to rob his daughter-in-law!
A group of hot-blooded young people shouted, "I am willing to follow Lord Thorn Shi!" ”
The county has almost been ransacked, and the people don't have much wealth and food, so there is not much to relocate. With 300 cavalry horses helping to haul the goods, the relocation went smoothly.
With the river as a barrier, the city wall can also be omitted, and it is enough to set up a card at the bridge, place a guard post at the narrow part of the river, place some wooden stakes along the river bank to prevent the cavalry from crossing the river, and hang some wooden shields to resist arrows.
The people's houses were made of wood, and the old houses were demolished and rebuilt on new land. Since the Qiang people will be killed at any time, they can only build some small bungalows for the time being, which are waterproof and moisture-proof, and can sleep peacefully.
"Crackle!" From the top of the mountain came the sound of gongs and drums, "Enemy attack!" ”
That's the biggest benefit of moving here. The mountain on it is oval-shaped, and although it is connected to the mountain range, it hangs alone, like a "water drop" left by the mountain. As long as a sentry is set up at the top of the mountain, no matter which direction the enemy attack is coming from, it can be detected as soon as possible.
However, the location of Gudao County determined that the enemy only had three routes to attack, and no matter how to hide the tracks, at least three miles away, there was a relatively vast alluvial plain, which was not covered by mountains and forests.
Three Mile Road is close! If it's a smooth road, it can only be reached in a few moments, and if you launch a surprise attack, the garrison will not be able to effectively organize resistance. But with a river as a barrier, three miles of land was enough for the people to respond.
And the never-ending wind between the rivers and valleys also hindered the use of bows and arrows to a certain extent. The new settlement, backed by a large mountain, is upwind, and has a better defensive advantage.
At this time, Guo Yi was assisting the people to move at the old site of the county seat, and when he heard the alarm, he quickly turned over and organized the soldiers. "The infantry escorted the people across the river and choked the crossing. Cavalry! Array! ”
Fan Xin mounted his horse and crossed the river with the people, taking charge of the city's defense. Guo Yi is responsible for facing the enemy's charge!
"Boom!" A dull drum beat, the enemy number is less than a hundred. Guo Yi immediately stood in the middle of the main road of the town, behind which were three hundred cavalry waiting in battle.
They all ate the "Medium Grade Dragon Bone Pill", this team followed them to fight several times, and their bravery and loyalty proved that Guo Yi could regard them as the most precious personal team! In addition to this reason, his current strength is small, and in addition to tactical strategy, improving individual soldier ability is the best way to increase the victory rate.
"Oooh!"
The Qiang people shouted a large number of incomprehensible trumpets, and rushed towards the town in a scattered formation. To deal with ordinary civilians, it is true that there is no need for formation. As long as the fast horse scimitar rushes over, the first reaction of the people is to flee, and the cavalry can fully enjoy the pleasure of "hunting" and slaughter wantonly.
Although the city wall is low and dilapidated, it still has a certain effect on blocking the cavalry, and normal people will choose to rush into the city from the city gate. Although the Qiang people are barbaric, as a warrior of a nation, they still have a little bit of IQ, and they all chose the city gate without exception!
Anyway, it is a group of unarmed civilians who can only maximize their own deterrence by killing directly from the main road. Let the civilians be afraid, and the next attack will be easier.