Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 176 Datong
When the results of the palace examination were released, Jia Qiang was already on the road.

Daqian also appeared for the first time, and Tanhua from Yijia did not attend the Qionglin Banquet.

However, when everyone learned that this Tanhualang was still the first-grade ruler of the nine provinces and was patrolling the border under orders, and even took the time to attend the imperial examination while patrolling the border, they all understood why this was the case.

Jia Qiang's behavior was praised by all the civil servants.

A genuine first-class military attache, but he got third place in the first-class examination based on his knowledge. For the civil service system, this is a blessing.

In addition, Jia Qiang won the third flower, and Jia Qiang's teacher Lin Ruhai also won the third flower. As the Supreme Emperor said, this became a legend in the civil service system.

Jia Qiang's trip this time was a simple one. She only brought nearly 500 powerful generals and soldiers, as well as Jia Jingang and Jia Wei, all of whom were cavalry.

His two guards set off directly from Ji Town to Datong Town.

Although the strength of the nearly five hundred warriors and soldiers is very strong, they are still at the level of mortals and cannot be like Jia Qiang who can travel day and night.

So it took almost ten days to approach Datong Town. Since this place was close to the war zone, Jia Qiang asked the warriors to display their own "Jia" banner.

The four frontmost Tatar cavalry were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. Then their bodies were trampled by the horses behind them, and their flesh and blood flew away.

Because Jia Qiang did not intervene, a thousand Tatar cavalry reached within a hundred steps after losing dozens of cavalry.

But the Tatar Grand Master did not know that Wang Ziteng visited Datong Town years ago. Although Wang Ziteng did not make any achievements, he also caused some rectification in Datong Town.

The four warriors and archers had been waiting for the order for a long time. They released their bowstrings and four arrows flew out.

"There is an ambush ahead, be careful!" Jia Qiang, who has excellent eyesight, warned in a deep voice.

"Kill!" The Tatar cavalry yelled crazily after their speed increased.

Instead of doing this, it is better to fight with Dagan. In this way, at least the Tatars will be weak and the Dagan people will not feel better.

At this time, a thousand war horses have entered a full charge state. They can turn, but if they turn in front of four powerful archers, the loss will be too great.

The Tatar cavalry's horses entered a high-speed state, and Jia Qiang's horses also began to speed up. In this state, it was impossible for the Tatar cavalry to retreat.

Ambushing in front was a thousand-man Tatar cavalry team. Their task was to deal with the small reinforcements.

The Tatars cannot retreat. The reason why they found this war is to solve the problems of overpopulation and food shortage.

The only archers who can maintain accurate shooting skills at about two to three hundred steps are the powerful archers who use treasure bows.

Jia Qiang waved one hand above her head, and the warriors and soldiers changed into an arrow-shaped formation.

Thousands of Tatar cavalry were hiding in the woods. When they heard Qianhu's words, they all shouted excitedly.

The Tatar cavalry rushed out of the woods. The woods were only three hundred steps away from Jia Qiang's team, which was suitable for the cavalry to charge.

"Don't charge directly, prepare for fighting tactics!" Qianhu Tatar issued the order.

The Tatar cavalry fired arrows from their bows and flew towards Jia Qiang's team.

"He is a high-ranking official. Kill him and reward him with a hundred sheep. Capture him alive and make him an official!" Thousands of Tatar households saw the banner with the word "Jia", although they didn't know who this "Jia" represented. , but the person with such a guard of honor must be a high official.

"How is it possible? How is it possible that this team has four magic archers!" Qianhu Tatar exclaimed.

The four warriors and archers who followed him had a look of shame on their faces. This kind of dangerous reminder should have been what they did, not what Jia Qiang needed to remind them.

"Be careful to avoid arrows and get close to them!" Qianhu Tatar ordered loudly.

The shooting speed of the four powerful archers can be maintained at almost two arrows per second. The best time for them to show off their power is when the horses of both sides are approaching.

The arrow-shaped formation uses Jia Wei as the arrow. Jia Jingang does not have a handy weapon, so he holds a spear used by a warrior as a makeshift weapon.

Besides, the Tatar cavalry's fighting style means that at a distance of three hundred steps, they can still shoot four to five arrows before engaging in close combat.

Once the Tatar cavalry charged, even the armored sergeants would find it difficult to withstand the force of the charging troops.

Even though they knew that this war would not be able to break through the defense of Datong Town in a short period of time and would not have any good results, they still wanted to use this war to consume a certain amount of the population and at the same time weaken Daqian's effective strength. .

It was with this mentality that the Tatars started a long war of attrition outside Datong Town, and at the same time they were also trying their best to kill Daqian's effective forces.

If this war was not fought, the Tatars would die in large numbers due to lack of food and cold weather.

This thousand-man cavalry is one of the troops sent to block and support Datong Town. They will not touch the teams of tens of thousands, but a small team will suffer heavy losses under the charge of the thousand-man cavalry.

"Keep them all!" Jia Qiang issued the order in a deep voice.

As Datong Town blocked the Tatar attacks again and again, the war that the Tatars wanted to fight in the autumn wind turned into a war of attrition.

They are Jia Qiang's personal soldiers and powerful archers, responsible for the team's remote monitoring and attack.

He left the battle to his soldiers and let them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield.

These fierce generals and soldiers will be divided into various armies by him in the future, and it is still very important for them to have combat experience.

This Tatar attack did not break through the defense of Datong Town at once.

As the main general, Jia Qiang is the center of the arrow-shaped formation, flanked by four powerful generals and archer soldiers, and the rest of the powerful generals and soldiers form the two wings of the arrow-shaped formation.

He saw that all the Daqian sergeants were wearing armor. This did not scare him, but made him more excited.

The person being guarded by hundreds of armored soldiers must be a high-ranking official of Da Gan. Killing or capturing a high-ranking official of Da Gan alive was enough for him to be promoted and make a fortune.

The four powerful archers and their own soldiers all took off their treasured bows and set up arrows.

The Tatar cavalry's bows and arrows were a bit close, and they could only attack Jia Qiang after they entered a hundred steps.

Originally, the Tatar Grand Master chose Datong Town because of its location and overall strength. He originally wanted to capture Datong Town in one fell swoop, thereby opening up a passage into the inner reaches of Daqian.

It is a pity that these arrows cannot break through the armor of the warriors. Even if there are arrows that endanger the horses, they will be easily deflected by the warriors riding on them.

These warriors and soldiers are not ordinary soldiers. What they have received is the inheritance of Jia Yan.

Probably only Jia Qiang is willing to pass on the Duke's general body training inheritance and military art inheritance to these ordinary soldiers.

Besides Jia Qiang, who can guarantee that none of the hundreds of soldiers will leak their family's inheritance?
In other words, Jia Qiang's nearly 500 soldiers are equivalent to 500 direct descendants of the generals.

It was too late for Qianhu Tatar to regret it now. After he discovered that the arrows could not cause damage to the enemy at all, he no longer wanted to enter the fighting state. If they really wanted to enter a state of fighting, they could not hurt Jia Qiang's team, but they were constantly shot and killed by the four fierce archers.

"Charge, attack the military formation, and seize their general!" Qianhu Tatar changed his tactics and ordered.

His order caused a thousand Tartar cavalry to put away their bows and draw their scimitars.

The sharpness of the scimitar combined with the speed of the war horse, if it is really rushed into the battle formation, the scimitar can cut through the armor.

Jia Qiang's team maintained an arrow-shaped formation, and the distance between them and a thousand Tatar cavalry was getting closer and closer.

Fifty steps, thirty steps, ten steps, finally the two teams collided.

The first person to come into contact with the Tatar cavalry was Jia Wei, who was wielding a seven-and-a-half-meter-long river-suppressing sword.

The river-suppressing sword was swept out, and the area in front was cleared.

The rest of the powerful generals and soldiers are not too weak. Their average strength far exceeds that of their opponents. The armor on their bodies and the weapons in their hands are all top-notch in Daqian.

Jia Wei was the arrowhead of the arrow-shaped formation. After breaking the formation of the Tatar cavalry, he penetrated into the Tatar cavalry with the arrow-shaped formation.

The screams, the sound of the horse falling, the cracking sound of the horse's hooves kicking on the bones, the sound of weapons cutting flesh, the sound of weapons contacting armor, all kinds of sounds formed a poignant music on the battlefield.

The arrow-shaped formation smashed through the formation of the Tatar cavalry, leaving only the corpses of the Tatars wherever they passed.

At the end of the charge, less than fifty of the one thousand Tatar cavalry remained.

They wanted to escape, but the arrow-shaped formation turned around. The horses of the warriors were faster than them. In addition, the four warriors of the warriors and archers kept shooting. After a while, there were no Tatars alive on the battlefield.

Jia Qiang asked the warriors and soldiers to put away the war horses. The war horses were put into his inventory and turned into horse cards.

The heads here will also be taken away. In the past, Jia Qiang may not have cared about this military exploit, but it is different now.

Jia Qiang needs to consider the military exploits of his generals and soldiers. Only after he has the military exploits can he reasonably arrange the generals and soldiers into various armies.

He became an ally with Leng Bozhong, Minister of the Ministry of War. As long as they had military exploits, Leng Shangshu could transfer his powerful generals and soldiers to other armies as mid-level and senior officers.

After cleaning the battlefield, each warrior's soldier had a human head hanging next to his horse, and they continued to march towards Datong Town.

Arriving at the south gate of Datong Town, after seeing the banner with the word 'Jia', a hanging basket was lowered from the city wall. Inside the hanging basket was a sergeant.

"Sir, we need to check your identity before we can let you into the city!" The sergeant came to Jia Qiang and saluted.

Jia Qiang took out her identity token, and after the sergeant checked it, she returned to the hanging basket. The hanging basket rose and took the sergeant up the city wall.

Jia Qiang nodded. Datong Town's inspection methods are quite good, and they can prevent enemies from pretending to be deceiving the city.

Not long after, the door slowly opened.

Jia Qiang waved her hand and led the team into Datong Town.

As soon as he entered Datong Town, he heard the cry of killing from the north, which was the sound of fighting on the northern city wall.

"Datong Commander-in-Chief Mu Zhong has seen Mr. Jia!" Jia Qiang was led by Datong Town sergeants and walked towards the Chinese army's tent. Before reaching the Chinese army's tent, she met Datong Town Commander-in-Chief Mu Zhong.

"General Mu, you're welcome. I didn't bother you to direct the battle, right?" Jia Qiang returned the salute with a smile.

"Master Jia, the Tatars are no longer attacking the city in the early days. Now they are attacking the city for the sake of attacking the city. Even if they leave some corpses every day, they can't get up the city wall!" Mu Zongbing replied with a smile.

He looked at the big banner with the word 'Jia' behind Jia Qiang, and a look of reminiscence flashed in his eyes.

Jia Qiang asked the warriors and soldiers to rest, and at the same time handed over the Tatar heads with meritorious service to Datong Town for military merit registration.

"Master Jia, is your great-grandfather Master Jia Daihua?" General Mu asked as he led Jia Qiang to the Chinese army's tent.

"Exactly, but I was expelled from the Jia clan in the capital a few years ago!" Jia Qiang did not hide anything, and there was nothing to keep secret about this matter.

If he doesn't get along well, maybe the fact that he was expelled from the Jia family in the capital will become a stain on him.

But with his current status, the fact that he was expelled from the Jia family in the capital made the Jia family in the capital a joke.

Outsiders would only say that the Jia family in the capital was blind, and they actually expelled talents like Jia Qiang from the family.

"Master Jia, I was a soldier beside my grandfather Ling back then. Everything I am today is due to the great kindness of my grandfather Ling!" General Mu turned around and bowed solemnly and said.

"I didn't expect that we have such a connection!" Jia Qiang quickly supported General Mu and said with emotion.

General Mu was very happy, and he became closer to Jia Qiang.

In fact, years ago, the reason why Wang Ziteng chose Datong Town as the first border patrol place was because of the relationship between the Mu Commander and the Jia family.

Wang Ziteng took over the Jia family's connections in the military, and General Mu was one of them.

Therefore, although Wang Ziteng did not catch any big fish in Datong Town, what he did was still cooperative, allowing him to achieve certain results in Datong Town.

Originally, General Mu would support Wang Ziteng, but after meeting Jia Qiang, General Mu's choice changed.

One is an agent promoted by the Jia family. Wang Ziteng can only be regarded as a relative of the Jia family. If the Jia family really has no available descendants, Wang Ziteng can really accept these relationships on behalf of the Jia family.

But compared with Jia Qiang, Wang Ziteng is much worse.

Although Jia Qiang was expelled from the Jia clan by the Jia family in the capital, he was a direct descendant of Jia Daihua, which no one could ignore.

The Jia family's relationship in the military was based on the face of several deceased Jia family ancestors.

In addition, and the most important point, Wang Ziteng is now regarded as an honorary supporter, while Jia Qiang is a first-grade military attaché, the commander of the nine provinces, and is responsible for supervising them.

It would be more beneficial for them to have an in-depth relationship with Jia Qiang.

Mu Zongbing would choose to befriend Jia Qiang because of his feelings and interests.

Jia Qiang is also very willing to make friends with a general soldier in Jiubian Army Town. In this way, he can even skip the military department and directly place some strong soldiers as officers in Datong Town.

General Mu led Jia Qiang into the Chinese army's tent. Almost all the senior officers in Datong Town were here. Seeing Jia Qiang in python uniform, they all came forward to salute.

(End of this chapter)