At the same time that Cheng Yu was fighting bloodily with the enemy in Shangqi, Xiangwu was also shrouded in a dark cloud.

Xiangwu City, located in the lower reaches of Weishui, north of Minshan, is the junction of Longxi County and Hanyang County. It is also an important waterway transportation town with important strategic depth significance.

After receiving the 800-li rush from Chen Palace, Zhang Liao did not hesitate and quickly led the army to evacuate Heguan and retreat to Xiangwu City. Not long after they withdrew from the boundary of Longxi, Didao, Shouyang, Angu and other counties revolted in response to Han Sui, if Zhang Liao was a day and a half late, I am afraid that at this time it has become a lone army. While he was angry, he couldn't help but sigh at Chen Gong's speculation, if there was no Chen Palace's 800-mile expeditious, he and the 10,000 Merge State Army would definitely fall into a place of no return.

"General Wenyuan, what are you looking at?" Chen Gong slowly ascended the city tower, and when he saw Zhang Liao standing on the edge of the city wall, he immediately stepped forward and stood side by side with Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao turned his head and looked at Chen Gong in a dry Confucian shirt, his cold face was a little dry and dark by the cold wind, and there was only a pair of eyes that flickered.

"Sir, according to Tanma's report, the enemy army is about to come to the city, the number is about 50,000, 30,000 Qiang soldiers, 20,000 Han troops, the commander is the leader of the Qiang tribe, He Yaoge, and the deputy general is Zhou Yi, the general under Han Sui's account!"

The morning sun was rising, the rain and dew shining on the green grass were shining, Chen Gong was as calm as water, and he couldn't see any emotion. ”

As soon as Chen Gong's words fell, there was a deafening sound of horses' hooves on the hill in the distance, and before the enemy army reached the city, Chen Gong and Zhang Liao felt that the entire Xiangwu City was trembling, the gravel on the ground was beating, and in the vast wilderness, the dew drops hanging on the grass were dripping and sinking into the soil. Without the refraction of the dew, the whole plain immediately appeared lifeless, like an uninhabited wasteland.

Chen Gong's sunken eyes flashed, he knew that the enemy was coming quickly, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and Zhang Liao beside him turned his body, opened his throat and shouted: "The enemy army is coming, go to the city to fight!" ”

"Huh!" With Zhang Liao's order, the archers, swordsmen and spearmen, and catapults gathered under the city tower poured up to the city tower, hiding behind the female wall step by step, the swords were unsheathed, and the sharp arrows were wound, just waiting for Zhang Liao's order, they would not hesitate to fight with the enemy.

The civilians in Xiangwu City heard the sound of palpitating horses in the sky, and rushed out of their homes one after another, looking in horror in the direction where the sound of horses' hooves came from. Looking at the trembling houses, the people rushed into their houses with screams, hurriedly packed up the gold and silver, and rushed in the opposite direction of the sound of horses' hooves, trying to escape from this place of right and wrong before the enemy army surrounded Xiangwu.

There were also some civilians who were reluctant to leave their hometowns, and spontaneously carried hoes, kitchen knives, and flat poles to the city tower, wanting to assist the state army to hold the city, including some private soldiers of landlords and strong people.

With the sound of horses' hooves rolling like thunder, a black curtain gradually emerged on the horizon, as the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, tens of thousands of troops swept in a mountain and sea, shaking Xiangwu City was trembling, and the soldiers of the state who stood densely on the city wall looked at the enemy army who was like a dark cloud, and their eyes burst out with unprecedented will to die.

And those county soldiers, civilians, and private soldiers who came to participate in the war felt the unbearable trembling of the ancient city wall under their feet, and their legs began to tremble, their eyes were full of despair, and their hearts couldn't help but feel lonely and desolate.

The Qiang army is like a mountain slowly pressed, close to the city wall, suddenly rushed to the army came a few sharp whistles, the whole army, like the sea was split by a giant sword waves, the whole army was quickly divided into two, began to gallop around the city, they galloped wildly on horseback, while dancing with a scimitar, the mouth also from time to time to let out a calm heart-palpitating howl, like a jackal, like a tiger and a leopard, more like a ghost crying wolf howl, a ghost roaring.

"Ready, Arrows Ready!" Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the city wall, and the state army was well-trained to bend the bow and arrows, aiming at the Qiang soldiers galloping under the city, accompanied by a deafening shout, the carved arrows on the city tower carried the momentum of thunder, like a downpour, with a sharp whistling sound in the Qiang soldiers.

Many Qiang soldiers were caught off guard by the rebels and dismounted, and in a blink of an eye they were overwhelmed by the surging torrent of iron horses, and after a cloud of smoke and dust, in addition to leaving hundreds of war horses without their masters to ride, there was no intact piece of flesh and blood on the ground, and even more trampled to nothing.

"Stop firing arrows, who told you to release them?" Seeing that the Qiang soldiers had already begun to be shot over there, Chen Gong's face immediately showed anger.

"What's wrong, sir?" Zhang Liao saw the anger on Chen Gong's face, and immediately asked, he didn't understand what Chen Gong was angry about, could it be that he was wrong to kill.

Chen Gong turned his head to look at Zhang Liao and explained: "In the siege battles since ancient times, how could there be a reason to ride a war horse and gallop around the city as soon as you came up? If things go wrong, there must be demons, and if the expectations are correct, the enemy is just testing the defensive deployment of our army."

Zhang Liao glanced at Chen Gong with admiration, and then said: "A certain will immediately go to other city towers to come"

Chen Gong immediately drank Zhang Liao: "Wait, I'm afraid they have already come around at this moment, I didn't expect that Oh He Yao Ge would be so fierce, General Wenyuan, you quickly go to the north gate to support"

Zhang Liao looked at Chen Gong worriedly, he couldn't move, if he left, who would protect him?

As if knowing what Zhang Liao thought, Chen Gong smiled: "General Wenyuan, don't worry about me, remember, as long as the enemy army starts to attack the city, you will let the archers shoot their overseer captain, without a command staff, the enemy army will be in chaos." ”

Zhang Liao glanced at Chen Gong deeply and hugged his fists: "Sir, if the two of us don't die in a catastrophe, I would like to invite Mr. to drink three hundred cups with a certain pair."

After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he waved his white robe and walked towards the city without looking back.

In the Han Dynasty, there are more than 100 kinds of Qiang people, different tribes, different beliefs, some believe in cows, some believe in horses, some believe in birds and beasts in nature, such as goshawks, tigers, leopards, wolves, etc., and burn Dangqiang belief is known as the "king of the air" known as the eagle.

In the military department of the Qiang army, a member of the Qiang tribe wearing battle armor, Lema stood under the eagle flag, this person was the great governor of the Qiang Burning Qiang, Oh He Yao Ge, I saw that he was eight feet tall, with a clear face, and a half-foot short hair hanging under his chin, as he believed, he not only had an eagle-like nose, but also this pair of eagle-like sharp eyes, looking at the arrows that continued to shoot under the city tower, Oh He Yao Ge spear pointed to the north and said: "General Zhou, I will attack the north gate with all my might!" ”

Zhou Yi was originally dissatisfied with Oh He Yao Ge as the main general, and the Qiang people were only 10,000 more than his own side, why should he be the main general and himself as the deputy general, when he heard Oh He Yao Ge's words that seemed to have an ordered tone, he glanced at Oh He Yao Ge, and sneered: "Why? Why do you say that you will attack the north gate with all your might?"

Ignoring Zhou Yi's sneer, he continued: "Although there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Xiangwu City, compared with our army, it seems a little clumsy, just now I let the Qiang warriors gallop around Xiangwu City, only the defense of the north gate is slightly weak, and the Qiang warriors who died in their hands are only dozens of people, so I expect that the defense of the north gate is not strong!" ”

The muscles on Zhou Yi's face twitched, he didn't expect this to be so fierce, in order to find out the strength of the defenders, he actually let his soldiers go to death, took a deep breath, and raised the big knife in Zhou Yi's hand: "The war drums are sounding, attack the north gate with all your might, and strive to capture Xiangwu City within one day, and then the lord will not hesitate to reward him!" ”

Hearing Zhou Yi's military order, Oh He Yao Ge grinned, his sharp eyes flashed with cruel light, and after the city was broken, he indulged the Qiang warriors to loot, and then led the army back to the tribe.