To tell the truth, Zhang Xi did not have much worry about the attack of these Qiang defeated troops.

Since the two Han Dynasty, the alien races around the Han Dynasty have basically been beaten up all over again, even the Qiang people who once wreaked havoc in the northwest for a while, but they just took advantage of the internal fighting in the Eastern Han Dynasty and had no time to take care of the kung fu in the northwest.

When the imperial court really freed up its hands to clean up this group of aliens, except for the Xianbei tribe, which had only migrated for a long time, there was no alien race that had not been beaten by the Han army.

Therefore, when the Qiang people were defeated and slaughtered to the west county, Zhang Xi was not worried at all.

No way, this time it's really "the advantage is mine"!!

In terms of combat power, Zhang Xi led the elite of the Northern Army, although the number was small, but it occupied Xixian County and had the advantage of defending the city. And these Qiang-Hu coalition forces, since ancient times, are not good at attacking cities.

Psychologically speaking, since the Han people fought Emperor Xiaowu, they were not afraid of the Qianghu alien race when they fought on the flat land, on the contrary, these alien Hu people were three points weaker when they saw the Han people.

One Han enemy Wuhu, this is not a joke, but a recognition of different races.

Not to mention that they are still a newly defeated army, and they can't even put out a decent military formation.

The last and most important - Tianshi is on Zhang Xi's side.

After four days of heavy snowfall, the wilderness outside Xixian County is now covered with snow, and it is very inconvenient for people to walk, do you still want to attack the city?!

Or a siege on horseback?!

I want you to do something beautiful.

Before your army could overcome the disadvantage of mobility and get close to the city wall, it was almost shot by the crossbows of the Han army defending the city!!

This group of Hu people was originally a newly defeated army, retreated to Xixian, and found that the back road was cut off, and they were already panicked.

Zhang Xi once led troops to pacify Nanzhong, and even if he had experience in dealing with the Yi people, he also knew that the Yi people's individual combat effectiveness was good, but the will to fight and discipline were really enough.

To put it simply, it is "going with the waves, going against the wind".

Obviously, the current situation is not a tailwind, if it weren't for the main force of the Qiang cavalry, it wouldn't be said that those ordinary Qiang people would have voted directly.

The current situation was something that the leaders of the five Qiang tribes did not expect when they formulated the attack plan.

Seeing that there are more and more Qiang-Hu coalition troops who have retreated from defeat, and Xixian is occupied by the Han army, if Xixian is not broken, even if it can withdraw to the grassland in such weather, the losses will inevitably be heavy.

Among other things, the looted goods and military rations, as well as the women, children, cattle and sheep carried by some tribes with the army, had to be transported through the road.

Walking on mountain paths, these things can't be taken away at all.

Therefore, the leaders of the five Qiang tribes finally chose to attack hard, hoping to use the advantage of the large number of people to consume the 5,000 Han defenders in the west county.

This strategy can't be miscalculated.

Now there are fifty or sixty thousand Qiang coalition troops gathered outside Xixian County, and the ratio of troops has reached the point of ten to one.

The only problem here is that even if you use human lives, it will take time.

And the Qiang simply don't have time.

Don't forget, Zhuge Liang of Ji County, who was defeated from Ji County to Xi County, could not watch this group of Qiang people lose away, and must have arranged for the Han army to follow and kill.

This is not only known to Zhang Xi, but also to the leaders of the five Qiang tribes.

Therefore, when the leaders of the five Qiang tribes launched the siege of the city in less than half a day, a large amount of smoke and dust appeared behind them.

In the snowy land, the movement caused by the cavalry running was particularly large, and when they ran, the snow was flying, as if there were thousands of horses.

At this time, the Qiang people were originally frightened birds, and when they saw the problems of organization and discipline of the Hu army chasing after the Han army, at this moment, it was vividly displayed.

Just four words - scatter and flee.

At first, some small tribes in the rear flank of the coalition army, seeing that the situation was not right, immediately abandoned their cattle and sheep and ran in all directions.

The leaders of the five tribes of Qianghu were still restraining at first, but later found that not only could they not restrain the people of these small and medium-sized tribes, but even their own people began to have chaos and commotion.

In this case, the leaders of the five Qiang tribes did not want to be restrained anymore, and if they were restrained, their own tribes would have to face the pursuit and siege of the Han people.

The Qiang-Hu coalition army had no intention of fighting at all, and seeing that the snowflakes and smoke behind him were getting bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer, the leader of the five Qiang tribes gritted his teeth and ordered the whole army to turn.

Abandon West County and break through from the wilderness path.

In a nutshell – run!!

And as soon as this military order was issued, the Qiang-Hu coalition army, which was originally a bit organized, was completely chaotic.

At this time, Zhang Xi in the city saw this situation, and he was not polite, and personally led the 3,000 northern army, opened the city gate, and launched a counterattack against the Qianghu coalition army in front.

Zhang Xi has always been very sorry for his life, but in this case, the enemy's formation has been chaotic, and if such a good fighter is not grasped in the midst of scattering and collapsing, then Zhang Xi's battle over the years will be in vain.

As soon as the Qianghu coalition army saw it, the main force of the Han army behind them chased after them, and the Han army in front took the initiative to attack. Under the attack from both sides, the running is more active.

The defeat is like a mountain, no one will think calmly, and no one will think that with more than 50,000 Qiang people who have no desire to fight, they can defeat the 3,000 Han army in front of them.

But in fact, when the Qiang-Hu coalition army scattered and fled, Zhang Xi led the troops to chase and kill for a while, and after joining the Han army that came to the rear, he knew that in fact, it was only the 3,000 cavalry led by Pang De who really chased and killed.

The real main force of the Han army, which is still forty miles behind him, is uncertain whether it can catch up.

There was no way, the weather was really bad, and the snow seriously delayed the marching speed of the Han army, and if you wanted to pursue, you couldn't get up quickly.

As soon as Zhang Xi met with Pang De, after understanding the actual situation, he suddenly did not dare to lead the army to continue the pursuit, and immediately asked Pang De to collect troops into the city with him and defend Xixian.

At present, the Qiang-Hu coalition army that has appeared in Xixian County is only more than 50,000 people, and according to intelligence, the strength of the Qiang-Hu coalition army that invaded Ji County this time is about 150,000 or 60,000, even if some of the full number of Qianghu people are removed, then at least tens of thousands of troops have not come.

It's really hard to say when the next batch of Qiang-Hu coalition forces will attack, and it's better to hold the city first.

By the way, Zhang Xi also took the initiative to ask Pang De how he won the battle in Ji County.

Zhang Xi really couldn't figure this out.

The battle plan formulated by Zhuge Liang is really not very clever, it is just a block in front, a block in the back, and a flank attack.

Zhuge Liang can win, this Zhang Xi is not unexpected, but the Qiang-Hu coalition army lost so simply, it is indeed a little too unexpected for Zhang Xi.

Half a day later to capture Xixian, maybe Zhang Xi really can't stop this group of Qianghu defeated soldiers.

The Qiang-Hu coalition army was defeated a little too quickly.

As for Pound, in fact, he doesn't know much.

After all, Pang De, like Zhang Xi, has extra tasks on his body, and the two of them don't know too much about things in Ji County, Pang De just said that he saw that the Qiang-Hu coalition army began to retreat, so he began to follow the chase and kill the Qiang people in Ji County according to the predetermined plan, and Pang De really didn't know.

But it didn't matter, soon, Ma Dai led the elite of the 3,000 Northern Army to arrive in Xixian in the form of reinforcements.

This is because Zhuge Liang was worried that Xixian would lose, so he sent Ma Dai to lead 3,000 troops to march quickly to reinforce Xixian.

As for the rest of the troops . The wind and snow were too big, the snow was too deep, the march was unfavorable, and Zhuge Liang was worried that Ji County would lose, so he ordered to suspend the pursuit of the Qiang people, retreat to Ji County, and wait for the next spring to send troops.

To put it simply, Zhuge Liang chose a conservative strategy and only sent Ma Dai and 3,000 elite reinforcements to Xixian to ensure that Xixian would not be lost.

And with the 3,000 reinforcements brought by Ma Dai, plus Pang De's 3,000 Liangzhou cavalry, it shouldn't be a problem to hold Xixian.

At this time, Zhang Xi finally asked Ma Dai how he won the battle of Ji County.

Ma Dai personally experienced the entire battle of Ji County, so he naturally knew the details, so he also told Zhang Xi about it.

In fact, this time, the Qiang soldiers came to the city of Ji County, and before the large army could complete the assembly, Zhuge Liang seized the loophole in the loose formation, and ordered Ma Dai and Wu Yi to divide into two ways and attack interspersed, causing chaos in the Qiang formation, killing and wounding many Qiang-Hu allied soldiers.

Zhuge Liang's ability to grasp the fighter is indeed a must.

And the Qiang-Hu coalition army, although it experienced such a chaotic defeat, but in the end there were many people, and the leaders of the five Qiang tribes were not too anxious to attack, they gathered their troops and retreated twenty miles to regroup.

Although it lost some Qiang soldiers and morale, relying on the advantage of more people, as long as it recovers a little, it can still pose a big threat to Ji County.

These responses were also within Zhuge Liang's expectations, and Zhuge Liang didn't expect to rely on a harassment war to completely break the more than 100,000 Qiang-Hu coalition troops in front of him, and it was already very good to be able to hit the morale of the Qiang people.

Next, Zhuge Liang still planned to rely on the defense of Ji County, continue to weaken the combat power and morale of the Qiang people, and finally choose to attack at the right time to break the Qiang people besieging Ji County in one fell swoop.

But. God was so helpful.

On the night when the Qiang troops retreated and assembled, it began to snow in Qinzhou, and it was heavy snow.

(End of chapter)