As soon as the Qiang soldiers retreated, Zhao Yun came to the rear.

Li Meng and Wang Fang also rushed over one after another and gathered around to discuss.

At this time, it was already evening, the sun was about to set, and the sunset would dye half of the sky red.

"General Zhao Yun, it's time to barrage the river and gather water."

Li Meng said: "The two Qiang soldiers have been attacked by our army, and the Qiang soldiers should not dare to divide their troops to cross the river again." ”

Wang Fang also nodded hurriedly, "Yes, although the last general repelled the two waves of frontal attacks of the Qiang soldiers, after all, our army only has 8,000 foot soldiers, and the strength is far inferior to the Qiang soldiers, so it can't be stopped for long, and it can only be held for half a month at most." ”

Zhao Yun nodded, and said loudly: "Half a month is enough, although Huangshui has entered the dry period, no matter how small the amount of water is, it is far better than Zhishui, and half a month should be able to gather enough water to give Qiang soldiers an unforgettable lesson." ”

Wang Fang said excitedly: "The last general will arrange this." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Yun to nod, he walked away quickly.

Soon, a small colonel rushed to the lower reaches of the mountain pass with 500 foot soldiers.

If a Qiang soldier climbs the steep mountain wall, he will find that in the river below the mountain pass, a full ten rows of dense wooden stakes have been smashed into it, and each wooden village is as thick as a big arm, and the surface of the water is no less than two feet.

Between the outermost two rows of wooden stakes, there are more than two feet apart.

At the order of the little colonel, the five hundred foot soldiers threw off their arms, carried thousands of sandbags that had been stacked on both sides of the mountain pass and threw them into the water.

At the same time, near the mountain passes on both sides of the Huangshui, 500 soldiers were also raising the river embankment.

The favorable topography of the valley created very favorable conditions for the Xiliang army to build a dam on the river, especially the mountain walls on both sides below the mountain pass are almost vertical, as long as a dam less than 30 zhang long is built, the river can be blocked.

And because it's the dry season. The deepest part of the river below the pass is less than shoulder, so it is easy to build a dam.

Just smash down a few rows of wooden stakes and fill them with sandbags. A strong embankment can be built in the shortest possible time.

As for the sides of the pass, it is only necessary to raise and thicken the original embankment.

Just one night passed. A sand and gravel dam was built under the mountain pass, which was less than 30 zhang at its longest point, 5 zhang high, and more than 3 zhang thick, completely cutting off the river and raising the water level a lot overnight.

Yoongo, General Pingxi's Office.

Xun Yu's face was gloomy, and he kept pacing around the hall.

At present, the Qiang tribes of the West Sea have raised troops to enter the army, and the lord is not in Liangzhou. The situation can be described as very dangerous. However, it is only the Qiang soldiers who have entered the Kou, and the news came a few days ago that the army of Ma Teng in Longxian County is also gathering.

At this time, what Ma Teng wanted to do when he gathered the army, the purpose was naturally not difficult to guess.

Now Yunwu only has 4,000 cavalry left, and if Ma Teng raises a crowd to attack again, it will be really difficult to resist.

Although there were still 5,000 tuntian soldiers, they were embarrassed to be of great use.

These 5,000 Tuntian soldiers were recruited by Luo Zheng when he left Luoyang, although he also practiced the army during the slack time, but he never went to the battlefield. Moreover, there is a shortage of soldiers and armor, and they are mainly engaged in labor production.

Although the 8,000 foot soldiers that Zhao Yun took away were also Tuntian soldiers, they were all veterans. It was stored as a reserve force, and most of the time it had to drill the military formation, and it was necessary to go to the battlefield at any time, which was not the same as these peasants.

Xun Yu can't help but worry that when the lord leaves, he entrusts the military and political capital under his rule to himself, and he can't afford to lose. If Ma Teng really raised troops to attack, it would be difficult to hold Yunwu with only 4,000 cavalry and 5,000 Tuntian soldiers who had never been on the battlefield.

What's even worse is that once Ma Teng comes to commit it. It will inevitably affect the war in the rear.

If Zhao Yun learned that Yunwu's situation was in crisis, he would inevitably lead his army to withdraw to Yungo as soon as possible.

And so it goes. The situation will inevitably collapse to the point where it is out of control.

Just when Xun Yu was worried, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

Cheng Ying strode in. He arched his hand and said, "I've seen Lord Xun Yu." ”

Xun Yu returned the salute and asked, "Is there any news from Hanzhong?" ”

Cheng Ying said excitedly: "There is news, Zhang Lu has sent troops, and ordered his brother Zhang Wei to lead 20,000 troops out of the valley to Sanguan, and force Wudu, Ma Teng has ordered the general Pang De to lead 8,000 troops to Wudu, it seems that he does not plan to send troops." ”

"Okay, Zhang Lu is finally trustworthy and has not broken the covenant."

Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and a hanging heart was put back in his stomach.

As long as Hanzhong guards Zhang Luken and sends troops to respond, then Ma Teng doesn't have to worry anymore.

Unless Ma Teng dared to risk being copied by Zhang Lu, he would never raise troops to attack Jincheng.

Xun Yu asked again: "What is the movement of Lu Bu's army?" ”

Cheng Ying replied: "Since the imperial court cut off the military rations for Lu Bu a month ago, and Lu Bu's 20,000 Bingzhou troops did not mutiny, it is already a great luck, where is there still strength to attack Liangzhou." According to the information sent back by the detailed work, the state army has no intention of gathering. ”

Xun Yu nodded and said: "That's good, right now, the Qiang of the West Sea is in the Kou, and everything in Jincheng is chaotic, and it all depends on Mr. Bother." ”

Cheng Ying arched his hand and said: "In the next part, why should Lord Xun Yu be polite." ”

Xun Yu said: "That's it, let's go and see how the preparation of the military food and grass is, the soldiers of the three armies braved the cold to kill the enemy desperately in front, and they have to fill the stomachs of the soldiers in the next place, so that the soldiers are warm, so that they have the strength to kill the enemy." ”

Cheng Ying's face was solemn, his eyes showed respect, and he gave him away.

Write valley, mountain pass.

The sound of drums shook the sky, and the sound of killing was terrifying.

Two thousand Qiang soldiers held shields and braved the rain of arrows like flying locusts, risking death to rush forward.

Since the 3,000 cavalry rushed into the formation and the whole army was annihilated, Dian Ling changed his strategy, and no longer dared to send the only 5,000 cavalry in his hands to send him to death.

Although there were heavy casualties, these Qiang tribal leaders did not care.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the news from the rear that the cattle and sheep have been frozen a lot.

Many of the newlywed cows and sheep froze to death before they could survive three days.

If you don't break this damn Han army and go into Liangzhou to grab enough food for the winter, even if you return to the West Sea, you won't be able to feed the army waiting in the camp to bring the food. The old and weak women and children who drove the cattle and sheep home.

There is not enough food, and it is not known how many people in my tribe will starve to death after this winter.

Dian Ling and the other tribal heroes did not want their people to starve to death. The only way to grab food is to grab food.

There is no choice but to fight to the death.

The Qiang people are indeed brave and good at fighting. Even if he knows that he will die, he will charge fearlessly.

However, this fearless charge, while admirable, is undoubtedly stupid.

The Qiang people are ignorant, although they have learned a little bit of the Han people's art of war, but they are only the skin, not the essence, and the tactical coordination is still rough. In the face of the archers of the Xiliang Army, there was really a lack of effective tactical coordination and protection.

Except for letting the soldiers use their lives to block the rain of arrows like flying locusts, it was impossible to suppress the longbowmen of the Xiliang Army.

In just five days, there were no less than 8,000 Qiang soldiers who fell at the mountain pass, of which only a small number were really killed, most of them were wounded by shooting and were unable to fight again.

The remaining half. There will never be more than 20% of those who can still go to the battlefield in this life.

However, he can be a tribal leader. Not stupid after all.

After paying 8,000 casualties, the leader of the neighboring tribe, Litu, finally came up with a solution.

That is to mobilize all the sword and shield soldiers to charge into battle, so as to alleviate the casualties caused by the archers of the Xiliang Army to the Qiang soldiers.

The archers lacked the necessary protection, and they could only go up to deliver food to the Xiliang army.

Although the sword and shield soldiers cannot attack from a distance, their protection ability is much higher than that of the archers, and they can also effectively protect the archers of the Xiliang Army.

Without hindrance, the force of the force was unanimously agreed by all the heroes, and all the sword and shield soldiers were immediately summoned.

In the midst of the earth-shattering shouts of killing. The Qiang soldiers holding shields were not afraid of death and launched a charge against the Xiliang army.

Although there were shields to block the fierce arrows that came from them, there were still Qiang soldiers who continued to howl and fall.

However, compared to live rats that have no protective capabilities. The casualties of the 3,000 army, all made up of sword and shield soldiers, were much smaller.

After paying the price of hundreds of casualties, more than 2,000 sword and shield soldiers rushed to the front of the Xiliang army.

"Burn the warriors of the department. Kill with so-and-so! ”

"The warriors of the neighboring tribes, kill all these Han soldiers raised by bitches."

"Kill, kill, avenge the dead brothers......"

Suddenly, more than 2,000 Qiang soldiers erupted in a landslide-like shouting of killing.

The Qiang soldiers who rushed to the front of the Xiliang army were red-eyed, brandishing wooden knives and bamboo spears vigorously, and rushed towards the hoplites lined up behind the antlers on the fence, and the crazy killing intent confused all their eyes, almost destroying their sanity.

At this moment, all the Qiang soldiers forgot about death, put aside fear, and moved forward bravely.

In front of the Xiliang army.

"These idiots."

Wang Fang sneered and snorted, "The pikemen are out of battle!" ”

At the sound of uniform footsteps, a thousand pikemen immediately crossed the line and passed the hoplites in the front row.

The dense spears formed a forest of death, and the sharp blades reflected the cold light of the forest, shining on the faces of all the soldiers, and the faces of a thousand pikemen gradually became hideous, and their eyes quickly turned crimson.

"There is an order, kill!"

In front of the spearmen, the commander of the army raised his iron spear fiercely and broke out.

A thousand spearmen immediately stepped forward, raising their spears and stabbing flat.

"Ahhh......h

In the terrible howl, the Qiang soldiers who were huddled into a pile and slashed their knives, ready to cut off the fence antlers and rushed to kill, immediately fell in pieces, and under the stabbing of a cold gun, they were either dead or maimed.

The antlers that were fixed diagonally on the ground did not move at all, firmly holding the Qiang soldiers behind.

The thigh-thick wooden stake is difficult to break no matter how hard the Qiang soldiers try to chop it.

Even if a fierce Qiang soldier crawled through the gap or jumped over the fence, he would be pierced through the body by no less than ten spears and nailed to death in mid-air or on the ground in the first time.

And the archers on the wooden tower were not idle, and the rain of arrows like flying locusts poured down again, fiercely shooting on the heads of more than 2,000 Qiang soldiers who were gradually squeezed into a pile, and the Qiang soldiers continued to cry and fall miserably, letting the blood flow. (To be continued) R655