At the end of the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

Qingji and Wei Hao met in Anyi.

Wu and Wei signed a letter of state, Wei recognized that all the land west of the river belonged to Wu, and Wu returned 16 cities including Pishi, Jiao, and Fenyang to Wei.

The precondition is that the state of Wei must be based on the type of literature, and be incorporated into Wu Nian Nian to pay tribute, and the prince must be in Wu.

In desperation, Wei Hao could only agree to all the conditions offered by Wu Guo.

Such a practice of "getting five cities and retreating three cities" has benefited Wu Guo immensely.

After all, the state of Wu will not be bogged down in endless wars.

Because there is no danger to defend, these cities that were originally returned to Wei can be recaptured by Wu at any time.

After the alliance of Anyi, Qingji made an alliance with the kings of Han, Zhao, and Wei in Chengzhou.

Qingji admitted that Han, Zhao, and Wei Sanjin had divided the land of the cities that originally belonged to Zheng, but they had to pay tribute to Wu.

In this series of events, it is none other than Wu and Sanjin, and as for Zheng Guo and the Zhou royal family, they have already disappeared.

……

Longxi County, Wu State, Di Dao.

In the bustling bazaar, there is a lot of people.

Merchants from the Chinese countries were trading with Xirong on the steppe, and even with the Qiang people in the Hexi area.

The merchants brought with them a large amount of silk, fine wine, salt, tea, corn, soap, soap, and all sorts of other things.

The Xirong and Qiang people used their cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, or leather and other things to trade with the merchants.

Copper and iron weapons, in these border markets, are contraband.

The state of Wu has always forbidden private merchants to sell any copper and iron weapons to foreign races.

Those who violate it are considered treason and are punished with death.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, from the far wilderness, there was a sound of horses' hooves like thunder, and it was very chaotic.

What's going on?

Hearing this unusual sound of horses' hooves, everyone in the bazaar was startled, and they had a bad premonition in their hearts.

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"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

"Prepare for battle!"

As far as the eye could see, I saw a large number of cavalry on the horizon -

Alien cavalry!

I can't tell whether it's the Qiang people or Xirong.

Having said that, the Qiang and Xirong were originally the same ancestor, of the same ancestry.

It's just that Xirong has been in contact with the Chinese people for a long time, and in terms of cultural customs, it has been biased towards the Chinese, so it is different from the original Qiang people.

"Woohoo! Whew! ”

The sound of a ghost crying wolf was accompanied by the chaotic sound of horses' hooves.

On horseback, Rong Di was wearing a fur and straw skirt, a large felt hat, and a bronze weapon in his hand.

Knowledgeable people can recognize that this is the Qiang people from the Hexi area!

The Qiang people attack!

In the bazaar, the merchants who were still trading, as well as the Qiang and Xirong people from different tribes, were all startled and chaotic.

The soldiers of Wu, who were responsible for maintaining the order of the border market, were busy pulling the antlers, stretching their bows and arrows, and putting on a posture as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Quick! Light the wolf smoke! ”

"Send an urgent report to the county government and the national capital!"

"No!"

The generals of the Wu army, led by him, calmly gave the order.

The two scouts quickly turned on their horses and galloped away in the direction of the east.

On the beacon tower, wolf smoke has been lit.

Beacon tower, also known as beacon, commonly known as beacon, chimney, pier.

It was used to light fireworks to convey important messages, an important military defense facility, and was built to prevent enemy invasion.

In the event of an enemy situation, smoke is applied during the day, fire is lit at night, and the stations are connected to transmit news.

Arguably the oldest but proven form of messaging.

When a beacon is lit with wolf smoke, a series of beacons will quickly convey the enemy's information, allowing the army to quickly come and defend against foreign invasions.

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Hugh Hugh!"

The crossbowmen, who had already drawn their bows and arrows, quickly threw a flurry of arrows at the enemy who rushed towards them.

"Poof!"

"Ahh

"Chirp—"

For a time, many Qiang people and horses were shot by crossbow arrows, fell to the ground, and were smashed to pieces, and they couldn't get up at all.

There are Qiang people who can't dodge, and they will even be trampled to death by the hooves of the horses behind them......

Just a few rounds of random arrows were fired, and hundreds of Qiang people were either killed or injured.

Wu Jun's bow and crossbow can be described as extremely sharp.

Seeing this, the embarrassed and angry Qiang people accelerated their horses and galloped towards the opposite market.

"Kill!"

After the Qiang people approached, the crossbow arrows in the hands of all the Wu soldiers were basically shot, and they could only pick up their weapons and connect with the Qiang people.

Although the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, the number of Qiang people who can't stand it is too large, with one or two thousand people.

The soldiers of the Wu Army, who were responsible for maintaining order in the border markets, were only 100 people......

Rao is like this, with his excellent military quality, Wu soldiers can also kill many Qiang people.

The weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Wu army are far from being comparable to those of the Qiang people.

Therefore, after half an hour of bloody battles, the Qiang people still failed to capture this bazaar and wiped out the Wu army here.

"Kill!"

"Boom!"

At this time, as the son of the county guard of Longxi County, he personally led a thousand iron cavalry and rushed to help.

The only thing that awaits these Qiang people is to be killed or escape.

Even if he surrenders, he will be ordered to be slaughtered by Gongzi Zhang......

"Newspaper—"

After the battle was over, Gongzizhang was still instructing the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

At this time, a scout flew to report and reported to Gongzi Zhang: "County guard! Big things are wrong! ”

"In the northwest direction, there are Qiang cavalry, no less than 10,000 people!"

“……”

Gongzi Zhang couldn't help frowning.

The comer is not good!

"Pass my order, let all the soldiers and civilians of Longxi County withdraw into the city, hurry!"

"No!"

So far, Gongzizhang can only adopt such a tactic.

Because the border army garrisoned in Longxi County was not enough to resist so many Qiang cavalry.

It is conceivable that there are definitely more than 10,000 Qiang people who invaded Longxi County this time.

Under the order of Gongzizhang, Li Shu of Longxi County dragged his family and took refuge in the nearby city.

Gongzizhang originally wanted to adopt the battle method of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, but it was too late in time.

Before it was clear how many soldiers and horses the Qiang people had, the only thing Gongzizhang could do was to protect the soldiers and civilians under his rule from any harm.

At the same time, Gongzizhang also sent people to hurry up and report the enemy situation to Xianyang this time, and asked Qingji to send troops over for reinforcements as soon as possible.

……

The western capital of Wu State, Xianyang.

At this time, in the huge Chongzheng Palace, Qingji was wearing a crown robe, holding the Longyuan sword in one hand, and listened to Wu Zixu's report to him on the battle report in Longxi County.

Is the situation so dangerous?

Not necessarily.