Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 1644 Iron Ore
"Look, the damned Qiang people are about to attack again, everyone get ready to fight!"

"Woo!...Woo!"

The loud sound of horns awakened Ma Cheng, and he hurriedly lay down on the crenel to watch the situation outside, only to see densely packed cavalry slowly approaching...

The Qiang people are very tough, wearing animal skin jackets, carrying ox horn bows, and riding strong horses on their crotches... Holding high a variety of flags, they are arranged in a charge formation!
This year's weather is abnormal, with continuous heavy rain in Hanzhong and Bashu, and some places even suffered floods, destroying a lot of rural areas.

Similarly, the northwest grasslands are not peaceful, but the situation is just the opposite-drought!
For more than three consecutive months, the northern part of the land controlled by the Qiang people has not received any rain, the rivers have dried up, the grass has withered, and the livestock have starved to death in groups. middle!

Just at this time, the princes of the Central Plains lured them with a lot of money, which made some Qiang people temporarily lose their fear of the Jin army, and several large and small tribes united to create chaos.Invaded Wudu, Jincheng, and Longxi counties, frantically looting food, people, and livestock to make up for their losses in the disaster.

And there are also many Qiang people who were afraid of being beaten by the Jin army, and would rather move south to the plateau than touch the tiger's whiskers of the Jin army.

Veteran hunters know that the hungrier the beast, the more ferocious and brutal it is. In less than a month, the Qiang conquered more than a dozen border towns, and blood flowed in the villages and towns along the way, killing 3 soldiers and civilians of the Han family. people, and looted a lot of supplies, but failed to satisfy their appetites!

In these years, in order to build Liangzhou and the part of the Qiang land that Su Dingfang had won, Li Xiang moved a large number of people.It's just that after this scene, it ruined the painstaking efforts of these years for no reason.

Dingyi City is an important town in the west, famous for its prosperity and wealth, and it is the only way to go deep into Wudu County. Therefore, the Qiang tribes gathered here, with tens of thousands of elite cavalry, wanting to open a breakthrough and plunder the Han territory. One time!
As for the Jin army, most of its forces are concentrated in the north and west of Liangzhou, and Yuanmeng is regarded as the main defensive target. Especially when the vanguard troops of Zhebie and Subotai have begun to attack the Western Regions, the Jin army will be more aggressive. Much energy is put on the north and west.

Because on the south side, the force is relatively weak. There are only a thousand soldiers and horses scattered here in Dingyi City.

Fortunately, among the Qiang people who had been subdued by the Jin army before, the most powerful part of them had been put into the battlefield as mercenaries of the Jin army since the Battle of Jingbei, and some of them are still fighting in Jingbei and Yue Fei fought.

At the same time, most of the Qiang women and children were sinicized.

Otherwise, because the Qiang people have the character of being unfamiliar wolf cubs, if they are really given some strength, they might collude with the Qiang people who came to commit crimes this time, and give Li Xiang a place to blossom.

Now, at least that worry is gone.

After seven days of fierce fighting, most of the defenders were killed or injured.But one thing is certain, the Qiang people suffered more casualties, at least three lives were needed to exchange for a Han warrior!
"It's wolf pack tactics again. Do you want to attack the east and the west? This general will use his tactics to gather ordinary people to the southeast, beat drums, and shout loudly. The strong and strong will follow me to the northwest to defend!"

"promise!"

Ma Cheng is a famous general in Yuntai, and the Qiang people's tricks are not enough in his eyes.

What's more, the Ma family was originally from Liangzhou, so they had a good understanding of the habits of the Qiang people.

If it wasn't for the fact that the power of the palm in his hand is too weak, and the people under his hand are all pawns, otherwise, why would he be afraid of these Qiang people.

"Kill!... Warriors from all parts of the grassland, go to the city, kill all the Han people, and take all their things!"

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As Ma Cheng expected, the horn sounded first in the southeast, and the Qiang cavalry rushed over with shouts. They were about two hundred steps away from the city wall, and suddenly scattered in all directions. They just galloped left and right and shot cold arrows to attract the attention of the defenders. force.

At the same time, a group of troops rushed out from the northwest, silently, without shouting, just rushing in silence, this is the main force to attack the city.

In all fairness, the Qiang people's tactics are good, they are as cunning as a pack of wolves, but their weapons and equipment can only be described in four words - horrible!
Only the small tribal leaders have armor and weapons made of wrought iron. Ordinary soldiers can only use sticks, wooden forks, and stone chains. is rich.

This is not surprising. Nomadic tribes are backward in civilization. They can do nothing but herd horses and sheep. They have no writing, no handicrafts, let alone high-tech smelting.

It's not that there are some powerful people implanted among the Qiang people, and Fu Jian is one of them, but he went to mix with the Han people.As a result, among the current Qiang people, there is no such long-sighted figure as Temujin, Tuoba Tao, and Huang Taiji.

Temujin, Tuobatao, and Huang Taiji are all actively learning about various aspects of the Han family. Every year, a large number of spies are dispatched to learn the techniques of the Han family. In addition, these people have used the sharp weapon of the merchants to conduct resource exchanges with Li Tang. Exchanges have achieved tremendous development in all aspects.

In order to support Tuoba Tao, Huang Taiji and Temujin, the Han princes imported a large number of eliminated soldiers to Tuoba Tao and Huang Taiji in exchange for their cattle and horses.

Temujin, on the other hand, took the initiative to open up resources under the advice of Kublai Khan and Yelu Chucai, and took the initiative to use the power of the Han people to explore the resources in their grasslands.

In the impression of the Central Plains people, the grassland has always been synonymous with barrenness, and various resources are extremely scarce.However, this does not mean that the grassland is really barren to the extent that there is nothing, but the backward production methods of the previous nomadic civilization cannot support their development.Moreover, they themselves did not pay attention to the development of resources before.

Kublai Khan advocated the use of the Han people, expelled the Han slaves from Yuan and Mongolia, improved their status, and selected some talented ones for reuse.That is, during this period of time, Yuanmeng unearthed an iron mine in the grassland, which is the very famous Mongolian iron mine in later generations.

In contrast, the Qiang people are still in the original backward mode of production.

It is precisely because the Qiang people are too backward in terms of weapons and equipment. Therefore, when nomadic cavalry entered the Han area, they liked to snatch iron weapons the most. Sometimes they could kill each other for an iron weapon or armor. Under the circumstances, human life is worthless.

(End of this chapter)