Chapter 152: The Battle of Pingxiang (1)

The army traveled, the people rushed to send each other, and the gifts to these soldiers were usually reluctant to eat at home, many soldiers had red eyes, and even many old people asked the young people in the family to join the army after practicing martial arts, in the face of such a scene, Xu Huang was moved again.

Jiang Yu led five hundred cavalry to gallop in the direction of Hanyang County, leaving only the smoke and dust rolling along the way.

Jia Rong led 2,000 cavalry in the center, 500 cavalry led by Ulan to the rear, and the remaining cavalry of more than 100 people were placed in Lingzhou City, keeping in touch with the army at any time.

Because it was all cavalry, the march speed of the Xiliang army was very fast, and the scouts were even more desperate to scatter in all directions, in ancient times when communication was extremely backward, scouts were the eyes and ears of an army.

The counties along the way are very cooperative, doing their best to support the food and grass supply of this Xiliang army, and even the source of troops is also open to Jia Rong, Jia Rong is also looting all the way, as long as he thinks it is useful to load it and take it away, it is inevitable to go to Pingxiang There will be a hard battle, as for the life and death of these counties, it is not Jia Rong worried, after all, he is not a saint.

In this regard, Jia Rong is not polite, since there is such cannon fodder, why let the soldiers who are loyal to him die, nearly 2,000 infantry were gathered along the way, all of which were handed over to Zhang Wei to manage, the infantry of the Xiliang Army was scattered in various counties, Zhang Wei's rights became much smaller, and the team of 2,000 people could just appease Zhang Wei by the way, even if Zhang Wei didn't value these, Jia Rong had to do it.

In fact, speaking of which, Jia Rong's army can be regarded as a wonderful flower in the Han army, in the era of infantry and cavalry, how difficult it is to form such a cavalry of more than 3,000 people, plus the war horses in the Central Plains are castrated, which is a one-time consumable, and the war horses are even more precious, three thousand war horses can be consumed more than three thousand, the war horses must be carefully fed, and the forage should be fine, a small part of the war horses in Jia Rong's army have not been castrated, and the Qiang people have superb riding skills, in their opinion, Only fierce horses can be matched with warriors, so that many war horses can be used as horse breeds, which solves some of the war horse problems of the Xiliang Army.

The situation along the way was quickly transmitted to Jia Rong through a scout, including some important information from the front was also transmitted to the army through the hand of the lone wolf, and it was estimated through the information obtained that Han Sui's Xiliang army was being rectified in Jincheng County, and it was completely possible to arrive before Han Sui arrived in Pingxiang City.

Seven days later, Jia Rong led the army to reach the outside of Pingxiang City, looking at the low city wall of Pingxiang City, Jia Rong smiled bitterly, can such a city wall withstand a charge from the enemy, even if the Qiang troops do not have siege weapons, but they have already broken through Jincheng County, what kind of siege tools can't be obtained, plus there are characters like Han Sui in the army, let alone be despised .

There is a Li Wenhou among the Qiang people, but this rebellion combines Xian Lingqiang and Han Sui Bianzhang, and he has to pay attention to it, if he is not careful, he will die and the country will not be destroyed, and Jia Rong will only be gradually forgotten.

Jia Rong had the intention to retreat, but Dong Zhuo was stationed in Longguan, which had the intention of supervising the teacher.

Jiang Yu had already arrived in Pingxiang City one step ahead, and the county commander and county officials did not dare to slack off and went out of the city to greet him.

Jia Rong's prestige had already spread throughout the government and the opposition when the Battle of Changshe broke the Yellow Turban, and coupled with last year's Battle of the Qiang People, no one dared to underestimate this young general.

After cordially greeting with the county commander, Jia Rong led the army into the city, and the streets were already full of people on both sides, and it seemed that there was a sense of welcome, whether these people were sincere or not.

From these people, Jia Rong did not experience the enthusiasm of the people of Beidi County and Lingzhou, the kind of welcome from the heart, which was a bit cold-eyed in comparison.

Under the command of the county order, the army was stationed in the city, and three hundred guards followed Jia Rong as follows, according to Li Li's training, no matter what the situation is, Jia Rong's absolute safety must be guaranteed, so that he is a qualified guard, even if he sacrifices his life.

Three hundred guards followed, Jia Rong also didn't care, during the war, anything can happen, and it is still very good to prevent trouble.

As soon as Jia Rong walked into the county office, three hundred guards surrounded the county office, if outsiders saw it, they thought that something big was going to happen to the county office.

Jia Rong smiled bitterly at the county order on the side: "There is no way, these are all personal guards, Liu County Ling understands." ”

Liu Xianling said that it was nothing, but in fact, he had already despised Jia Rong in his heart, he had never seen a general go out with so many soldiers, he was obviously afraid of death, and Jia Rong was nothing more than that.

According to Liu's county order, the people of Pingxiang heard that the Qiang army was coming, and they had almost fled, leaving behind some old people who were difficult to leave their homeland, and there were only a few young and middle-aged people.

The county government has naturally become the place where Jia Rong works, and Liu Xianling is waiting on the side, at this time, there is no such thing as respecting the old and loving the young, otherwise Liu Xianling can stand on the city wall to persuade the rebels to surrender.

On the day Jia Rong came, he immediately posted a notice in Pingxiang, saying that all young and middle-aged people who were 15 years older could spontaneously go to the county government to sign up for the militia, and they were paid ten yuan a day, and the 50,000 yuan brought by the Xiliang army was not intended to be brought back.

50,000 guan, in today's Han Dynasty is definitely a huge wealth, so big that people can't imagine, just imagine that money is equal to 1,000 yuan, and 50,000 guan, is 50 million yuan, 50 million five baht money, even if it counts for a long time.

No matter when, money is very easy to use, Jia Rong, as a future person, understands the meaning of this sentence better, while Liu County Ling disagreed with Jia Rong's notice, in his opinion, even if you don't have to spend this money, as long as the notice comes out, the people have to apply.

On the second day after the notice was posted, not to mention that there were many servants at the gate of the county government, there were no longer a few, the most were still some middle-aged and elderly people, and there were no longer a few young and middle-aged people.

Unless they are particularly old, Jia Rong has all of them, forming a team of more than 1,000 people, all of whom live in the city, and they don't have to pay for their meals, and this army also has a very good name, militia.

After receiving the news of the lone wolf, the vanguard army of the rebels (Han Sui Bianzhang and the Qiang people's team is called the rebels) could reach Pingxiang in three days, and the time was pressing, and Jia Rong immediately prepared a series of countermeasures.

The first thing to do is to close the city gate, and block all the back of the gate with large stones, leaving only the north gate, and if you come to help or something, you don't have to bother to move it open.

Blocking the city gate can save the army even more, the most important thing at present is to strengthen the city wall, now the small Pingxiang City has gathered a team of nearly 7,000 people, all on the field, Jia Rong personally commanded, looking at the gradually thickened city wall, Jia Rong's heart also relaxed a little.

In order to prevent Han Sui, the old fox, from digging tunnels to attack the city, a lot of urns have been buried in the city, as long as the Qiang people dare to do something on the ground, the city can get the news immediately.

If time permitted, Jia Rong would even dig deep trenches outside the city for his soldiers to engage the enemy inside.

Today's Pingxiang City is not said to be solid, nor is it comparable three days ago, the entire Pingxiang City is shrouded in intensive preparations, and the big stone and wood are not destined to be transported to the city.

When the vanguard army of the rebels arrived at the city of Pingxiang, the banners on the city wall were densely covered with swords and guns, which made all the rebel soldiers gasp, such a city, even tens of thousands of troops attacked together, and how long it would take to break through, unlike the Han army, this time the rebels were in a hurry to assemble, the grain and grass were insufficient, and they wanted to take advantage of the harvest season to make a fortune in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

The bravery of the Han soldiers made the rebel soldiers dare not despise it, and the majesty of the Han Dynasty for many years was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, which is also the reason why the Han people of Weishenme felt superior to others.

The big black characters embroidered on the banner made many rebels even more chilled.

In terms of momentum, Jia Rong's Xiliang army has won steadily, if you look closely, you will find that many of them are old and weak, but nearly 6,000 Han soldiers are not the vanguard of this rebel army can take, the reason why the rebels can hit Pingxiang City so quickly is because other counties are only temporarily recruited soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is not enough to mention, see some of the situation on the city wall, the rebel vanguard outside the city is also relieved, and the feeling that the city is a group of temporarily formed troops.

Jia Rong stood on Pingxiang City in full armor, his eyes were firmly fixed on the vanguard of the two thousand rebels outside the city, the rebels had come from afar, they were already slightly tired, and there were more than 1,000 infantry among the two thousand.

Deliberately weak, but also in order to paralyze the rebels from afar, the three thousand cavalry that had already been assembled in the city quietly waited for Jia Rong's order, and the eyes of the Qiang soldiers showed a bloodthirsty light, the Qiang people admired the most is force, and the best way to test the force is war, the Qiang soldiers are not fools, the warriors they advocate are not only skilled generals, the key is to be able to continue to lead them to win the battle.

The rebel team outside the city was also looking at the Han army in the city, and suddenly a general found something, and communicated with the general next to him, sometimes letting out bursts of arrogant laughter.

Seeing that the rebel vanguard outside the city lowered their vigilance, Jia Rong made a gesture at the three thousand cavalry who were already ready to attack under the city, and the city gate in the north, that is, the one facing the rebels, squeaked open, and the three thousand cavalry rushed out of the city and killed the rebel vanguard not far away.

Jia Rong walked down the city wall, turned over on the war horse, slapped the horse's back, the war horse ran out of the city like an arrow from the string, three hundred guards followed closely, and Xu Huang also joined the battlefield with a spear.

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