Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 872 Qiang Invasion
The end of April in the lunar calendar.

Qingji and Wei Hua met in Anyi.

The two countries of Wu and Wei signed a letter of credence, Wei Guo recognized that the land of Hexi belonged to Wu Guo, and Wu Guo returned [-] cities including Pishi, Jiao, and Fenyang to Wei Guo.

The prerequisite is that Wei State must use language as its prime minister, merge into Wu and pay tribute every year, and reserve the king in Wu.

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

Such an approach of "gaining five cities and retreating three cities" has benefited Wu Guo infinitely.

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

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

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

Qingji admitted that Han, Zhao, and Wei Jin divided up the land that originally belonged to Zheng State, but they had to pay tribute to Wu State.

In this series of incidents, Wu Guo and the Three Jins took advantage of it. As for Zheng Guo and the Zhou royal family, they have already disappeared.

……

Didao, Longxi County, Wu State.

In the bustling market, there was a lot of people.

Merchants from various countries in China are doing business with the Xirong on the grassland, and even the Qiang people in the Hexi area.

Merchants brought a lot of silk, fine wine, salt, tea, corn, soap, scented soap and other things.

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

Copper and iron weapons are contraband in these border markets.

The state of Wu has always prohibited private businessmen from selling any copper and iron weapons to foreigners.

Anyone who violates it is regarded as treason and will be sentenced to death.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, from the distant wilderness, there was a sound of horseshoes like thunder and explosions, which was very chaotic.

what happened?

Hearing the unusual sound of horseshoes, everyone in the market was startled and had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Ready to fight!"

Looking around, I saw a large number of cavalry appeared on the horizon——

Alien cavalry!

It is impossible to tell whether it is the Qiang people or the Xirong people.

Having said that, the Qiang people and the Xirong people were originally from the same ancestor, and they belonged to the same family.

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

"Ow! Ow!"

A sound like howling ghosts and wolves came, accompanied by the chaotic sound of horseshoes.

Riding on horseback were all Rongdi wearing animal skin grass skirts, big felt hats, and holding bronze weapons in their hands.

Anyone with knowledge can recognize that this is the Qiang people from the Hexi area!

The Qiang invaded!

At the market, the merchants who were still trading, as well as the Qiang and Xirong people from different tribes, were all taken aback and were in a mess.

The soldiers of the Wu army who were responsible for maintaining the order of the border market hurriedly pulled the antlers, drew their bows and set up arrows, and put on a posture as if they were facing an enemy.

"Quick! Light the wolf smoke!"

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

"promise!"

The leading general of Wu Jun gave the order calmly.

The two scouts quickly got on their horses and galloped towards the east.

On the beacon tower, the beacon has already been lit.

Beacon towers, also known as beacon towers, are commonly known as beacon towers, Yandun, and piers.

This is a high platform used to ignite fireworks to deliver important messages, an important military defense facility, and was built to prevent enemy invasion.

In the event of an enemy situation, smoke will be used during the day and fires will be lit at night, and the platforms will be connected to transmit messages.

Arguably the oldest yet proven method of messaging.

After a beacon tower lights up the beacon, a series of beacon towers will quickly convey the enemy's information, allowing the army to quickly come to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

"Fire arrows!"

"Shhhhhh!"

The crossbowman, who had already drawn his bow and set his arrows, quickly threw a burst of arrows at the enemy rushing towards him.

"Pfft!"

"what!"

"Chirp—"

For a while, many Qiang people and horses were shot by crossbow arrows and fell to the ground. They were so badly thrown that they couldn't get up at all.

Some Qiang people who were unable to dodge in time were even trampled to death by the horseshoes behind them...

In just a few rounds of random arrows, hundreds of Qiang people were either killed or injured.

Wu Jun's bow and crossbow are extremely sharp.

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

"kill!"

After the Qiang people approached, all the crossbow arrows in the hands of the Wu army officers and soldiers were basically shot out, so they had to pick up weapons and fight hand-to-hand with the Qiang people.

Although it is said that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, there are too many Qiang people, there are as many as 2000 people.

And the officers and soldiers of the Wu army who are responsible for maintaining the order of the border market are only 100 people...

Even so, relying on their excellent military quality, soldiers of the Wu army could kill many Qiang people.

The weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness of the generals of the Wu army are far beyond what the Qiang people can match.

Therefore, after half an hour of bloody battle, the Qiang people still failed to capture the market and wiped out all the Wu troops here.

"kill!"

"Boom!"

At this time, Zhang Zizhang, the governor of Longxi County, personally led a thousand iron cavalry to rush to help.

The only thing waiting for these Qiang people is to be killed or to escape.

Even if they surrender, they will be ordered by Gong Zizhang to kill inhumanely...

"Report-"

After the battle was over, Gong Zizhang was still ordering the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

At this time, a scout flew to report and reported to Gongzi Zhang: "The county guard! Something is wrong!"

"To the northwest, Qiang cavalry appeared, no less than ten thousand!"

"..."

Gong Zizhang couldn't help frowning.

The person is not good!
"Give me an order to have all the soldiers and civilians in Longxi County retreat into the city, hurry up!"

"promise!"

So far, Gong Zizhang can only adopt this kind of tactics.

Because the frontier army stationed in Longxi County is not enough to withstand so many Qiang cavalry.

It is conceivable that there must be more than ten thousand Qiang people who invaded Longxi County this time.

Under the order of Gong Zizhang, the Li and Shu of Longxi County dragged their families, packed their bags and took refuge in nearby cities.

Gong Zizhang originally wanted to adopt the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the field, but it was too late in time.

Before finding out how many soldiers and horses the Qiang people had, the only thing Gong Zizhang could do was to protect the soldiers and civilians under his rule from any harm.

At the same time, Gong Zizhang also sent people to report the enemy's situation to Xianyang this time, and asked Qingji to send troops to reinforce as soon as possible.

……

The western capital of Wu State, Xianyang.

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

Is the situation at stake?
Not necessarily.

(End of this chapter)