Three Kingdoms

Fangling.

Zhang Ze's army gathered outside Fangling City.

Looking back at the fluttering flags in his camp, watching the soldiers coming and going, Zhang Ze's nephew, Zhang Ran could not hide his excitement...

The general of an army, with one word, thousands of people will follow, etc. These thoughts stimulated Zhang Ran, causing him to secrete a lot more adrenaline than usual, his heartbeat accelerated, and the blood rushed to his head, which was faintly felt. Zhang Ran felt a little dizzy.

Of course, what made Zhang Ran feel even more happy was the capture of Fangling in front of him...

The sound of some footsteps was heard, and Zhang Ran looked back and saw that it was the Yiren general Jique.

"Thank you for your hard work, General..." Jique learned the etiquette of the Han people and greeted Zhang Ran with his hands raised, but the gesture of the salute was a bit awkward.

Jique is in his forties. He is shorter and has darker skin. He has a beard on his chin, which is messy and tangled together. His small eyes reveal a kind of fanaticism and greed, a fanaticism for war and wealth. and greed.

Zhang Ze still has some reputation among the Yi people, so this time he naturally encouraged some Yi people to join the rebellion. Generally speaking, these Yi people stay in the village and rarely go out of the mountains to see the outside world. After being encouraged by Zhang Ze, some people felt that they would just follow Zhang Ze anyway. If they win, everything will be fine. If they lose, It’s not necessarily a loss, but when the situation turns bad, they will retreat into the mountains. Is it possible that the Han people can still enter the mountains?

"Thank you for your hard work, the leader..." Zhang Ran also bowed his hand, and then said, "How is it? How are the wooden tools and other equipment for siege being prepared?" 』

Jique smiled proudly and said, "No problem!" The surrounding mountains are full of wood, and it takes some effort to cut them down and pull them over...but it only takes a day or two! 』

Zhang Ran nodded, then turned to look at Fangling City Wall and said, "If the siege equipment arrives, it will be the end of these guys!" Ha ha ha ha! 』

Jique also laughed.

The two laughed for a while, and Zhang Ran said to Jique: "There is still good news... No, there are three good news..."

"General, please tell me..." Jique said in slightly awkward Chinese, "Well, you want to give me some advice?" 』

"Hahaha, you and I don't have to be so polite..." Zhang Ran said with a smile, "The first good news is that Longyou is in chaos...Xiqiang has rebelled again. Qiaoqi, we have to deal with Longyou first before we can have free hands. Come and cause trouble for us... Hahaha, by then we may have already made Hanzhong a monolith, and it will be too late for the Qins to come again! 』

"Hahaha, it is indeed good news..." Jique also smiled, "So, what about the second good news?" 』

Zhang Ran was beaming and gesticulating and said, "The second good news is that our people have returned from Jingxiang. General Cao Mengde is gathering troops and will give us side support and response!" When the time comes, the hussars will be hard-pressed to take care of their left and right sides, and their east and west will be hard to defend, and their destruction may be just around the corner! 』

"oh oh! "Although Jique didn't know much about Cao Cao's specific reinforcements and what the so-called geographical location was, he still felt pretty good after hearing that it was beneficial to him. He was so happy that he showed his eight big teeth and looked up in laughter. The head laughs.

"The third good news! Zhang Ran stretched out his third finger, and then said in a very contemptuous tone, "Originally, Sichuan and Shu were also a threat to us, but now... Hahahaha, do you know that among Sichuan and Shu, It was Zhuge Liang who was sent! A junior in his twenties! Hahahahaha! He wants soldiers but has no soldiers, wants money but has no money, and has no courage. It is said that he cannot even defeat ordinary soldiers! Such a general wants to attack Yangping Pass, hahahahaha! This shows what? 』

"What does it mean?" ” Jique is obviously a very qualified admonisher, and he raised the question at the right time.

Zhang Ran put his hands on his hips and raised his chin, "This shows that Sichuan and Shu have no intention of attacking Hanzhong!" Xu Yuanzhi! Hahaha, this Xu Yuanzhi also has evil intentions! Otherwise, they wouldn't just send a weak scholar like Zhuge Liang as the commander-in-chief to lead the army to attack Yangping! People from Sichuan and Shu don’t want to come either! Isn't this good news? 』

"So, Faang Ling... hahaha, Faang Ling is hopeless!" Zhang Ran pointed to the city of Fangling in front, "Now only Huang Quan is left to resist... As long as Fangling is captured, great things will be accomplished!" 』

Zhang Ran looked up to the sky and laughed, Ji Que also showed his eyebrows. The two of them stood outside the city and pointed, as if they could defeat Fangling in one fell swoop in the next moment, and capture Huang Quan as if they were flipping their hands...

……(^.^)YYa……

A Qiang man hurriedly walked into the big tent of Beigong.

"My lord, the Han troops have not come to Daze..."

Beigong asked slowly: "Not coming?" So where are they now? 』

"Our people received news that the Han people are still near Guzang, but they have not come here or towards Jile..."

Beigong thought for a while and then said to his attendants: "Go and summon the heads of various departments to come to my place to discuss matters." 』

Not long after, the leaders of each department arrived, and a group of people suddenly gathered around the originally deserted tent.

Beigong suddenly seemed to have thought of something, but before he could think clearly, he was interrupted by a Qiang leader, "Noble Beigong, what on earth are these Han people doing?" Is it possible that Cheng Cheng is ready to shrink back to his home and stop moving? 』

"There are good fields all around Guzang, and of course these Han people would not want to part with it!" 』

"That's not right. After all, the Han people can only defend the city. If we go there during the wheat harvest, will they come out to fight, or will they watch us snatch the wheat?" 』

"That's true. So what do the Han people think?" 』

"How could I possibly know the Han people's intentions..."

Chattering, a group of people are talking randomly, neither taking responsibility for their words, nor really coming up with any ideas. Anyway, they are just purely expressing their opinions, just like squatting together in the village chatting. Middle-aged and elderly people with short-lived parents.

Because young people can't stand still and always have to do something.

Most of the people in the big tent are middle-aged and elderly. Even if you want to become the leader of a tribe, it is not an easy task. It requires a certain amount of experience and a certain accumulation of connections, and these are not what an ordinary Qiang young man can have.

But these Qiang-headed people who have reached a certain age are inevitably a bit cunning in some aspects. In the Central Plains of China, they are called peasant cunning, but in the nomadic Qiang people, they are herdsmen. Style of cunning.

"cough! 』

Beigong coughed, then looked at everyone with a sullen face.

Everyone stopped from the chaotic discussion, and then looked at Beigong.

"Han people... Han people have never seen us as human beings..." Beigong slowly looked at each person and said slowly one by one, "Call us cunning, lazy, stupid, and ask us to do this." , did that, wanted our cattle, sheep, skins, and even robbed our wives and daughters... We escaped, we hid in the mountains, and then the Han people chased us, we hid in the desert, and then the Han people chased us... …』

"We have no money, and the Han people want us to use cattle as payment, use sheep as payment, and use everything as payment... If you are happy, come to us to eat and drink our food. If you are not happy, come to us to chop us off." The heads are used as war merits..." Beigong said slowly, "We want to be reasonable, but there is no place to be reasonable. We also want to be a good person, live a good life, live under the sky, die under the sky, and live peacefully. Such a life... But who made us become like this, holding a knife, a bow, and a gun? It's Han Chinese! All Han people deserve to die! What should we do if they burn our pastures for war, ravage our people, humiliate and exploit them, deceive and massacre them at will? What should we do? ! 』

"Revenge when you have a grudge, and complain when you have a grudge!" 』

"The blood debt owed by the Han people must be repaid now!" 』

"eye for eye! 』

There was another chaotic roar.

Beigong nodded and waited for everyone's voices to slowly calm down before continuing: "Now the Han people don't dare to come out and don't dare to move in the village. It's for two reasons... First, the Han people are here Waiting for reinforcements...Secondly, what conspiracy are the Han people doing..."

"No matter what the reason is, we can't wait here any longer..." Beigong stood up, "We have to take action first, pull the Han people out from under Guzang City, and then let them expose themselves The weakness is like letting the heart of cattle and sheep be exposed... and then a knife... fatal! 』

"Oh ho ho ho!" 』

"Yes, one knife kills!" 』

"Send the order and prepare to go to war!" Beigong shouted loudly, "Let the Han people know that this place belongs to us forever!" The Qiang people are victorious! 』

……(^o^)/(^o^)/(^o^)/……

On the other side, after Zhang Liao finished his patrol mission and walked into the Guzang lobby, he found that in addition to the original Jia Xu and Jiang Yin, he also saw a familiar face, Ma Heng.

Zhang Liao stepped forward, grabbed Ma Heng, and patted his arm twice, "Hahaha, I knew you were coming two days ago... but I was still thinking about when to send someone out to pick you up, but you arrived by yourself." ...Hahaha, how is it? How was it on the road? 』

Ma Heng first greeted Zhang Liao, then turned to Jia Xu and said, "I am explaining to the envoy..."

Jia Xu nodded, "Wen Yuan will sit down first and let's listen together." 』

"...It's as expected..." Ma Heng pointed on the map, "Beigong sent people to contact the Qiang people on the south side of the Qilian Mountains... According to our observation, some Qiang people have gradually They left their pasture and moved toward the Qilian Mountains..."

"Most of these people are the remnants of the Xianling Qiang and Baima Qiang, as well as some horse thieves who were in Liangzhou and the Western Regions... I also pretended to be a group of horse thieves. After spending a few days among them, I found that they actually had no subordinates. , and there is no fixed command..." Ma Heng said, "It cannot be ruled out that they are just the vanguard, and the people behind them have not yet appeared..."

"The specific location is probably here... According to my and Yang Changshi's inference, these people are Beigong's hidden methods..." Ma Heng clicked on the map, and then said, "Or maybe they are allies of the alliance..." 』

Jia Xu nodded and said: "It's a covenant, the old covenant...the Korean covenant, Ma Shoucheng's covenant...the Xiqiang League..."

"Western Qiang League?" ” asked Zhang Liao.

Jia Xu nodded, "The Qiang people divide things. The Eastern Qiang are close to the Han, and the Western Qiang... Most of them are in this area, and here... Very early on, these Qiang people had an agreement. If a family is in trouble, , support from all directions..."

"Don't think this sentence sounds empty... but it is a foundation that has supported the Xiqiang for so many years..." Jia Xu smiled, "Without this sentence, the Xiqiang would have been like the Huns a hundred years ago. They were driven away... It's a pity that the Qiang people didn't know it at all. They chose the wrong leader at the beginning, and the rest..."

Jia Xu sighed slightly, "Tell me about Yang Changshi's arrangements over there..."

"What Yang Changshi means..." Ma Heng pointed to the map, "These people should gather in the north of the West Sea, then leave Linqiang, go to Xiping, and circle Jincheng... As the saying goes, sinking sand and breaking water, attacking halfway across the river. ...When it is halfway through its march, send out troops to surround and annihilate it. It should be possible to defeat it! 』

"In addition..." Ma Heng said, "This time, on the south side of the Qilian Mountains, because the Lord sent Buddhist monks to preach, there were also differences... Some people thought that the previous covenant should be followed, while others felt that it should be ...How do you say that? Guarding their "karma"? That’s probably what I mean, I don’t want to get involved in this matter, so it might be a bit difficult to catch them all in one go…』

The southern part of the Qilian Mountains is the snowy area. The area is too huge. Up to now, the Qiang people control places such as Xiping Po Qiang and Tubo. However, in the northern part of the snowy area near the Qilian Mountains, There are also small tribes scattered here and there, only missionaries go there.

So this time is a crisis...

There are risks, but also opportunities.

"There are only two directions here in Beigong, one is to attack Zhangye, and the other is to attack here," Jia Xu finally concluded, "If they don't move, it will be difficult for us to deal with it... Therefore, as long as they move, their goal will be It will be exposed..."

"We stationed troops here to tell them not to come here... so the most likely direction for their attack is here... to divert us away, and then make it difficult for us to start and end..."

……(` Dis’)……

On the horizon is the Qilian Mountains, shrouded in the night, like a giant sleeping, looking mysterious and solemn.

Beigong sat on the horseback, looking out, like a statue, motionless.

A Qiang cavalry galloped over, panting.

"My lord!" We have contacted the Xianling Qiang people... They said they have arrived at the West Sea and are gathering to prepare to cross the Qilian Mountains..."

Beigong opened his eyes suddenly, "Okay!" 』

"There are not many Han troops in Zhangye," Beigong said loudly, "and there are still our people in the city... So now, as long as Zhangye is captured... the ones who are anxious should be the Han people... They are coming from Guzang." Come out, and then attack from both sides... Hahaha... Pass the order, Tianming, attack! Capture Delandan City first! 』

……(*≧∪≦)……

Delete Dan City.

At the street entrance in the city, materials and baggage that could not be taken away were piled in one place.

"Has everyone left?" ” asked the military lord guarding the city, “Shout again in the alley!” 』

Xiedan is a small town. It is very small. From the east to the west, it is less than a mile. There is one street in the east and west and a few small alleys in the north and south. The city wall is also an earth wall of less than two feet. The blue bricks on the surface cannot be replenished, and yellow adobe is exposed in some places. There are no suspension bridges or moats, and the fortifications are very crude.

For a small city like this, it would not be difficult for the Qiang people to capture it even if they did not have siege equipment.

Therefore, abandoning the city and going to a larger city is naturally the best choice.

But not everyone is willing to leave.

After the soldiers dispersed again and went to the city to search, some more people were found sporadically...

"Third uncle..." Junhou was stunned, "Third uncle!" Didn't you leave yesterday? ! 』

The third uncle sighed, "His baby, I couldn't bear to let him go, he came back halfway..."

"no! Hi! ” Junhou slapped his thigh directly, “This is what you are doing! Hi! What are you doing back here? Hurry! Come and get some people! Where is the carriage? Let’s hitch another car..."

"He's wow..." The third uncle took a step forward, "No need!" There's really no need... I've been here since I was a child... This is my root. At this age, it's useless to leave... You can just go and leave us alone. Really, I'm serious... 』

"Third uncle!" ” The military lord became anxious, “No, you have to listen to me...”

The third uncle raised his eyebrows and said, "What?" Who do you listen to? Um? When your father comes, he calls me "big brother". How dare your grandson ask me to listen to you? Against you! What to do? Why are you staring? Get out of here! Is this going to be burned? Where's the fire? bring here! I'll help you burn it, you guys...get out of here, get out of here! 』

"Third uncle..."

The military prince was still waiting to persuade him, but he saw a scout rushing towards him. Before he arrived, the voice came first, "Here comes someone!" The Qiang people are coming! Fifty miles, fifty miles! 』

"quick! You go quickly! "The third uncle gave Junhou a shove and said, "Listen to me! Go quickly! Otherwise, these children will be killed by you! 』

The Junhou's eyes turned red. He lay on the ground and kowtowed to the third uncle. Then he stood up and shouted with the veins on his neck exposed: "Let's go!" 』

The third uncle stood at the intersection of the street, watching Junhou leading the people towards Jiuquan, smiling slightly, and waving his hands to rush out...

Beigong was on horseback. He looked up and saw the black smoke suddenly rising from the city of Xiedan. He was stunned for a moment and then understood. Suddenly, a surge of anger rose in his chest. Although he said that he had not yet conquered the city of Xiedan, Beigong had already subconsciously added everything in the city to his own account. Now he saw someone destroying "his" property. , how can you not be angry?

"Send the order!" Let me catch up with the first two tribes! Kill all the Han Chinese who escaped! Beigong shouted loudly, and then pointed at Jiedan City, "The rest of the people, hurry into the city and put out the fire!" 』