Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 258 As the enemy, only the dead can exterminate their species!
Daxia's envoy Yaqier led more than ten thousand allied troops from the Western Regions to attack and kill the Qiang tribes everywhere, but there was no news for several days in a row, as if they disappeared out of thin air.

This made the other allied forces of the Western Regions on the plateau realize that there might be changes in the war. In addition, the snow season was approaching and the snow was knee-deep, which also made it difficult to wipe out the Qiang tribe.

Therefore, the allied forces of the Western Regions, who were suffering from altitude sickness, decisively changed their strategy and switched from offense to defense, taking the looted cattle, sheep, livestock and food slaves, retreating into various strategic locations that had been seized for repairs!
As the Allied Forces of the Western Regions shrink their defenses and begin to digest the fruits of victory, the remaining Qiang tribes who fled can be regarded as a temporary respite.

As I said before, when the Qiang people quarreled with the Hexi army and civilians and competed for good pastures, they always followed the principle of "when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we advance, when the enemy camps, we harass, and finally, when the enemy is tired, we fight and take back everything..."

The Qiang people have already summed up a set of experience from the soldiers and civilians in Hexi in dealing with outsiders under the plateau.

Although this experience is very unreliable and can only deal with small-scale conflicts, the Qiang people regard it as a standard.

And when the Allied Forces of the Western Regions began to switch from offense to defense, in the eyes of the Qiang people, it was time for them to counterattack!
Therefore, they used the strategies and tactics they used to deal with the army and civilians in Hexi. The various Qiang tribes that escaped the suppression by chance, organized a force to fight, and quickly launched a harassment war against the nearest coalition forces in the Western Regions.

It was a coalition army of the Western Regions retreating in Chiyan Canyon, with about 8000 troops, not too many, but not too few.

It is enough to defend Chiyan Canyon!
The Chiyan Canyon is a place name and an adjective. Its precipitous appearance needs no further description, but it is the only way to enter the core area of ​​the plateau.

In the past, the Qiang people did not have the concept of building passes. After all, they were protected by altitude sickness and had sufficient strategic depth. In addition, the tribes of the Western Qiang were not monolithic, so why build passes?
Until they felt the pressure brought by the army and people in Hexi, the Qiang people paid more attention to this place, and all the tribes worked together to build a simple pass to guard against the Qin people...

Then the Allied Forces of the Western Regions came, and after seizing the pass, they used a large number of captured Qiang slaves to continue to heighten and reinforce it to make defensive equipment, making it a truly defensive and dangerous pass that no man can pass.

In this way, the difficulty for the Qiang people to take it back can be imagined!

They built the pass, but they still don't look like it. Expecting them to attack the pass is simply asking for death.

The raids they launched at night did not even touch the edge of the steep wall, so they fell into the trench trap under the wall, and hundreds of people died and evacuated in a hurry.

This is the Qiang people's first counterattack against the coalition forces of the Western Regions!
Even the defenders of the Western Regions didn't see that their family had already fled!

The Qiang people learned a lot from a fall, and they resolutely chose the daytime for their second counterattack, and built a few crude ladders.

Then, without waiting for the Qiang siege warriors, they carried their ladders and rushed to the ditch under the closed wall, but the closed door suspension bridge was lowered by itself.

A thousand well-equipped cavalry from the Allied Forces of the Western Regions rushed out of the pass, brandishing their weapons, and rushed all the way along the valley.

More than 2 strong Qiang men were hunted down like sheep by a thousand cavalry from the Western Region coalition army, blood staining the snow in Chiyan Canyon!
The Qiang people's experience in dealing with small-scale conflicts was severely smashed by the old cavalry soldiers of the Western Region coalition army, and they were rubbed against the snow.

Seeing that the Qiang people were so useless, the general of the Western Region coalition army at Guancheng was unwilling to let go of so many strong laborers, so he immediately dispatched two thousand light cavalry, a total of 2 cavalry, intending to send more than [-] strong Qiang people, All captured as slaves...

There is a saying that fools have fools, and fools are blessed!
The more than 2 strong Qiang men who were panicked like bereaved dogs met Qin Mo who also changed his strategy.

beep-

The horns of the Qin army sentry cavalry warned, resounding through the snow-covered plateau.

Qin Mo immediately took out the binoculars and looked in the direction of Chiyan Canyon.

He saw the [-] Qiang people rushing forward, and also saw the [-] Western Region cavalry chasing after them, forcing down batch after batch of slow-running Qiang infantry!
Swah——

Qin Mo closed the binoculars, and solemnly shouted: "The order is for the entire army to hide the flag, take out a sheepskin sleeping bag, and put it on to cover the armor..."

"In addition, the forward Liu Ji led five hundred troops and led one thousand auxiliary troops to bypass the rebellious Qiang army and the pursuing enemy, and block the entrance of Chiyan Canyon..."

"In addition, the central army, the rear army, the remaining auxiliary army, and the cavalry line up against the enemy, preparing for battle..."

"Hey~!"

The three personal guards responded loudly, holding the order flag and galloping out of the Chinese army, and sent orders to the front army.

thump—

dong dong——

dong dong dong-

The crisp and rhythmic reminder drum sounded again.

As soon as the drum was played, Liu Ji led more than [-] cavalry from the headquarters and [-] Qing cavalry from the auxiliary army, and the horseshoes rumbled out at a gallop, heading around the mouth of the Chiyan Canyon.

And behind them, the central army and the rear army have already lined up, and rockets, ballistas, and heartless cannons are ready to go out in front of the formation!

……

Three thousand western allied cavalrymen chased the Qiang people out of the Chiyan Canyon, and both sides naturally discovered the extremely eye-catching Qin army battle formation several miles away.

And the [-] cavalry that Liu Jina wanted to circle around.

However, Qin Mo ordered the whole army to hide their flags and cover their armor with sheepskin sleeping bags, which played a very good role in confusing.

The Qiang people who fled in embarrassment thought it was the one that had arrived late, but at this time they had become reinforcements. They were all overjoyed, either beating their horses desperately, or losing their weapons, rolling and crawling on their hands and feet, and sprinting across the snow. , Fleeing to the Qin army.

The three thousand cavalry of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions probably thought so too. The speed of the pursuing horses slowed down a little, and they seemed to be hesitating whether to pursue or not.

A moment later, the cavalry of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions sped up again, brandishing their weapons and roaring frighteningly, driving away the fleeing Qiang people, and swept towards the Qin army.

More than [-] Qiang people were defeated by them, so what are two or three thousand more Qiang people?
Hit right!

It's nothing more than taking more prisoners!

As for the [-] cavalry led by Liu Ji, the cavalry of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions sent out about [-] or [-] cavalry to intercept them obliquely.

This response is also methodical, showing the temperament of an old soldier who is good at fighting!

Wow--

Qin Mo smiled when he saw it from a distance, reached out and took off the halberd with the victory hook, and shouted: "Five hundred auxiliary troops will go out, divide them into groups, lead the rout troops to flee from both sides of the formation, and dare to enter within three miles of the front of the formation." Inside, the same argument as the enemy!"

The military order was passed on, and the remaining [-] Qiang people's auxiliary army in the big formation immediately galloped out of the battle, and then divided into groups or teams, facing the [-] Qiang people who were fleeing, and shouted loudly when they got close. Shout out.

"The Lord of Hexi has an order to flee from the army formations on both sides. Anyone who dares to rush into the front three miles of the army formation will be killed together with the enemy..."

"The general of the Qin State ordered to flee to both sides of the army formation, and to flee to the front within three miles of the army formation, on the same level as the enemy army..."

"Prime Minister Daqin has an order to flee to both sides of the army formation, not to flee to the front of the army formation, follow me..."

It's also strange that Qin Mo has too many names. The auxiliary soldiers now know Qin Mo's identity. They haven't been trained, and they don't know that in the army, they all use military titles. Therefore, the prefix name when conveying orders, There are also all kinds of names. I feel that the name is prestige, so I use that name.

But this also has an advantage. Those who don't know the way of it may have heard that the top civil servants and generals of the entire Great Qin Dynasty have come to rescue the Qiang people...

Shouts resounded through the snow field, and the Qiang people who were fleeing for their lives were routed. When they heard the bluffing names, their panic was greatly relieved.

Well, no wonder they lined up and didn't escape, it turned out that Qin Jun pretended to be it!
Aren't the [-] cavalry from the Western Regions in the back formidable? Let's see who is more powerful between them and the same number of cavalry from the Qin Army!
"Boys, run to both sides of the army formation..."

"Don't run towards the front, that's Qin Jun, who wants to kill..."

"Don't run straight ahead, rushing into the Qin army's formation, then the Qin army will not forgive anyone..."

The leaders of the big and small Qiang people in the defeated army, when they felt a little relieved, also greeted the people around them one after another, took the lead to avoid the front of the Qin army's battle formation, and fled to the snow on both sides.

The cavalry from the Western Regions who were chasing after them saw the five hundred auxiliary soldiers marching against the current, and vaguely heard their shouts.

However, they couldn't understand the Qiang people's language, and they were wondering in their hearts, but they saw the Qiang people fleeing in front of them broke down, suddenly split into two, and fled to the snow on both sides, and there was suddenly nothing in front of them.

This made all the cavalrymen of the Western Regions stunned, feeling a little bad...

boom boom-

At the same time, deafening explosions suddenly sounded from the side and rear of the cavalry in the Western Regions.

Then came the terrified and shrill screams, and the painful neighing of the war horse.

The Western Region cavalry turned their heads to watch in amazement, but they saw that five or six hundred cavalry companions who were going to intercept Liu Ji's troops had already stopped the way and made contact with Liu Ji's troops.

And Liu Ji's troops, at this time, had torn off the sheepskin sleeping bag disguise that got in the way, revealing the black and red Qin army's standard iron armor on their bodies, and were throwing individual thunderbolt bombs at the Western Region cavalry who intercepted them.

Five or six hundred Western Region cavalry, in the flames and black smoke caused by the explosion, were already turned on their backs, and they were defeated almost instantly when they met each other!

Then, the Qin army, which was tripled in size, took advantage of the situation and plowed past, almost annihilating the entire army...

At this scene, the [-] cavalrymen from the Western Regions who were still chasing them opened their eyes wide in horror and almost fell off their horses.

"They are Qin Jun~!!!"

Shouts that changed into different tunes resounded among the cavalry from the Western Regions.

All the cavalry in the Western Regions have realized that they have been fooled.

But, it's too late...

"Rockets, three rapid fires, release~!"

Regardless of the frightened Qiang people's rout, Qin Mo ran in front of the army and brazenly gave the military order to fire rockets.

woohoo-

Fifty rockets, which had been ready to go before the battle, flew into the sky with a long tail of thick smoke, and fell into the front and side of the cavalry in the Western Regions under the horrified eyes of the Western Region cavalry.

Rumbling--

Rumbling--

Rumbling--

The explosion, which was several times more powerful than a single soldier's thunderbolt, resounded across the vast snowy area in an instant.

The snow on the snow-capped mountains on both sides of the Chiyan Canyon was collapsed by a huge sound wave, forming a huge avalanche!
The Western Region cavalry, who had been hit by fifty rockets, also collapsed like the snow on the snow-capped mountains. People screamed and neighed, turning their horses' heads and fleeing the way they came.

Fleeing against the avalanche!

They would rather be buried alive than bombed!
However, before they could run far, the second wave of rockets roared in.

The furthest range of the rocket is about five miles. Qin Mo asked the Qiang people to divert them three miles away. In fact, the escape distance of the cavalry from the Western Regions was included in the range.

When they escaped five miles away, three rapid-fire rockets were fired, and they just finished firing!

The 150 cavalry from the Western Regions suffered [-] rounds of rockets, and this was the first time they faced such a large-scale surface-destruction weapon, and they didn't know how to disperse to avoid it, and the casualties exceeded [-]% in an instant.

"Two wings of light cavalry, three hundred heavy cavalry of the Chinese army, attack~!"

Qin Mo waved the big iron halberd and shouted loudly.

The two-winged light cavalry rode out first, followed by the three hundred heavy cavalry of the Chinese army. With the sound of horseshoes trampling on the snow, they chased after the cavalry from the Western Regions who had just flaunted their might.

In front of the Western Region cavalry fleeing for their lives, Liu Ji led [-] cavalry to surround them.

There is no need for him to block the entrance of Chiyan Canyon. The avalanche caused by three rapid-fire rockets has blocked the road in the canyon.

Even if the defenders of the Western Regions in Chiyan Pass wanted to send troops to rescue them, it was impossible.

The cavalrymen from the Western Regions wanted to escape into the pass, but they were naturally delusional, and there were still two paths left for them.

surrender!

Or die!

At this time, the more than [-] Qiang people stopped running for their lives, and stood in the snow in a daze, watching the Qin army encircle the Western Region cavalry who had chased and killed them before.

The cavalry of the Western Regions like a bereaved dog!
Three thousand cavalrymen from the Western Regions chased them and killed more than [-] Qiang people in all directions. Facing the same number of cavalrymen from the Qin army, they didn't even survive a single encounter. More than half of them were killed or injured.

And the possibility of the rest escaping and ascending to heaven is zero!
The terrifying firearms of the Qin army not only scared the cavalrymen of the Western Regions crazy, but also scared the Qiang people like them.

They probably finally understood why those tribal leaders who had been envoys to Great Qin were all very inclined to join Great Qin.

Even, he strongly advocated belonging to Daqin!
It's not that their bones are weak, it's that Daqin equipped with such a magical weapon is simply invincible.

As an enemy, the only way to end is to exterminate the race!
……

"Surrender... We surrender... Willing to be slaves, just don't kill~!"

Surrounded by the Qin army on both sides, the remaining cavalry from the Western Regions decisively chose to kneel and crawled on the snow.

There are only hundreds of people with a strong desire to survive, who want to break out from the left and right sides.

But before breaking out of the encirclement and getting rid of the pursuit of the Qin army, he fell off the horse by himself.

They chased [-] Qiang people from the canyon, and they had already exhausted too much physical strength, and their spirits were even more tense during the escape. If they continued to fight with the Qin army, the plateau reaction would be enough to kill these cavalrymen from the Western Regions. Can't drop it!

The battle quickly came to an end, and none of the more than [-] cavalry from the Western Regions who pursued them out of the canyon slipped through the net, either died or surrendered.

[-] Qiang people served as auxiliary soldiers and took on the responsibility of cleaning the battlefield.

Qin Mo went to meet the leaders of the [-] Qiang people, and the first thing he said when they met was: "Would you like to join the Great Qin?"

(End of this chapter)