Chapter 212: The Qiang Tribes Lose Ground and Enter the Mountains
After the Qiang son-in-law received the support of the Xiongnu leader, he first repaired the book and quickly sent it to the patriarch, so that he did not have to continue to hold the camp and just engage the Qin army head-on. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The patriarch may think twice about the book, but the letter was obtained by the Qiang people, and he handed it over to the Qiang patriarch, where is there room for redemption, and then sent troops across the Qilian Mountains to oppose the Qin army.
Yingbu wanted to deal with it for a few days, waiting for the Xiongnu to come, but Chen Ping's plan had been fully explained to Yingbu, and when the time came, the two armies would flank the Qiang soldiers and win a complete victory.
What Yingbu didn't expect was that the Qiang people actually sent troops first, which was really ridiculous, Yingbu immediately led his troops to meet the enemy, and the two armies happened to meet between Qilian Mountain and Yanzhi Mountain.
One team of 15,000, one team of 20,000, the two armies were opposed, Yingbu and the Qiang people looked at each other, not talking about strategy, only talking about bravery, the two armies did not understand the language, Yingbu did not order his subordinates to shout.
Instead, he waved the spear in his hand and rushed over first, and the subordinate soldiers saw that the general was so brave, and their morale naturally soared, and 20,000 soldiers followed.
The two armies fought, the trumpet shook the sky, the blood was in the sky, and the Qin army beat the drums to cheer, 10,000 Qin cavalry marched in front of the army, and the other 10,000 infantry fought in an orderly manner.
Although the Qiang soldiers are good at fighting, after all, they are suitable for the flat territory, but here the high mountains are continuous, and there are streams and hills, the two armies fight only in a small open land, among which the 10,000 cavalry of the Qin army also know that they circle around the position, and the cavalry led by the Qiang people is slightly three or four thousand, and the rest are infantry, and the armor they wear is not as hard as the Qin army, which is stronger and which is weaker at a glance.
The battle lasted for nearly half an hour, and there were many casualties in the two armies, but the Qiang accounted for the majority, and at this moment, the Qiang son-in-law and the Xiongnu leader also rushed to the boundary ten miles away.
The sentry reported to the Qiang people in a panic, and the Qiang people had come to the edge of the army and wanted to withdraw the army, but when they heard the sentry say this, they made up their minds again, and turned around and threw themselves into the war again.
Yingbu was a reckless man, with a little strategy, seeing that the Qiang people did not withdraw their troops first, they naturally did not retreat, the narrow open space was covered with corpses, swords and halberds were scattered everywhere, nearly half of the Qiang soldiers fell, and the cavalry of the Qin army was still trampling back and forth.
The Qin army, which seemed to have no regularity, just rode back and forth to fight, but they didn't know that they had dispersed the Qiang soldiers into multiple small groups, ready to be annihilated one by one, but the strength was equal, and the Qin army was a little difficult.
At this time, three miles away, the leader of the Xiongnu and the son-in-law of the Qiang nationality were parallel, and the sound of shouting and killing could be vaguely heard, and the leader of the Xiongnu immediately stood by the horse.
"Leader, there is a battlefield ahead, if we rush over now, the Qin army will definitely be defeated!" The Qiang son-in-law said anxiously.
How did he know in his heart what the Hun leader was thinking, the battlefield was in front of him at this moment, if the Hun leader attacked the Qiang people, it would still be difficult to win the trust of the Qin army, and now Chen Ping was in the Xiongnu tent, and the Huns and the Qin army were naturally good for Qin and Jin.
The leader already has a plan at this time, in the past, the general doesn't believe it, wouldn't I be speechless, it's better to kill the person in front of me, and then the Qin army will definitely believe in my sincerity, and there will be no worries this time.
The Xiongnu thought in his heart and looked at the elder behind him at the same time, the Qiang son-in-law didn't know what he meant, his brows were slightly furrowed, who knew that at this time, the elder behind suddenly held a scimitar and stabbed the back of the Qiang son-in-law.
The son-in-law of the Qiang tribe couldn't react, he rolled down directly from the horse, looked at the scimitar on his chest, and his eyes were very surprised, "Chief, why did you do this to me!" ”
"I have promised the Qin army to destroy the Qiang tribe together, and you will die, so it doesn't hurt to tell you about it." The leader of the Huns said very indifferently.
"In this way, the Qiang people are in danger of extinction, and the Xiongnu will take the road of the Qiang people sooner or later." The son-in-law of the Qiang tribe said with some unwillingness, he was conceited and a little talented in his life, but he was still calculated by the Qin army.
The leader of the Huns did not say much to him, and immediately ordered the soldiers to cut off their heads, and rushed to the front, Yingbu and the Qiang people were in a fierce battle, and heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, guessing that it should be the Hun soldiers and horses, and the two were overjoyed.
However, they couldn't see it on their faces at all, they all thought that the Xiongnu leader was here to help them, and after a while, the Xiongnu leader led a large army to arrive, and at the same time threw the head of the Qiang son-in-law on the ground to show his heart.
The Qiang son and Yingbu went to the Xiongnu leader at the same time, and when they saw the Qiang son-in-law on the ground, the two had different expressions, and the Qiang son did not answer, and immediately rode his horse back.
"Retreat! Fall back! The Qiang people shouted as they walked.
The soldiers were surprised in their hearts, and when they came, they said that the Xiongnu leaders helped themselves, why did they withdraw their troops, and when the Qiang soldiers were at a loss, the Xiongnu leaders and Yingbu soldiers joined the battlefield at the same time.
If it was said that the Qin army and the Qiang people were on a par just now, and they injured 1,000 enemies and lost 800 of themselves, now the situation is obviously one-sided, and when the Qiang soldiers saw this, how could they take care of others, so they had to flee towards the mountains.
The leader of the Xiongnu volunteered, signaled Yingbu to stay, and personally led the troops to chase, the Qin army injured four or five thousand people, and saw the leader of the Xiongnu go to chase the enemy soldiers, so he stayed to reorganize the army.
As for the Qiang tribe after a battle, more than 10,000 people were injured, and the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses all fled to the north of Qilian Mountain.
The patriarch of the Qiang clan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered the whole clan to evacuate, still returning to the original place, that is, the place where the Yue clan was attacked some time ago.
The Hun leaders chased all the way, killed countless deserters, and the soldiers who fled back to the tribe were less than 1,000 people.
Aside from the pursuit and killing of the remnants of the army here, Yingbu sorted out the army with more than 4,700 wounds, and immediately ordered people to return to the vicinity of Yanzhi Mountain to recuperate, and the wounded were sent back to the old city of Zhao, leaving more than 15,000 soldiers.
Yingbu was preparing to inquire about the news of the Xiongnu in the tent, who knew that at this time, Chen Ping sent a letter to arrive, the meaning was obvious, that is, when the Xiongnu withdrew their troops back to their own land, let Yingbu intercept them from the rear and kill the Xiongnu.
As for Lu Yan, when the Xiongnu were preparing to return to the territory, they attacked their camp, and Yingbu pursued the Xiongnu from the rear, so the Xiongnu were bound to go.
Yingbu naturally said that on the battlefield, today's friends are tomorrow's enemies, read Chen Ping's letter, pretend to be fine, and wait for the return of the Hun leader.
When the Qiang patriarch saw the soldiers who had fled, he was even more surprised, thinking that the Xiongnu were behind him, so he immediately ordered people to speed up and keep rushing in the east-west direction.
After the leader of the Xiongnu burned and looted the goods of the Qiang people north of Qilian Mountain, he ordered people to chase and kill for more than dozens of miles before withdrawing the troops.
As everyone knows, the Qin army has already set up a cage and is waiting for the Huns to get in.