Soldiers come to the world

_up;

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a letter reporter presented the letter from Du Ji, the prefect of Wuwei, to Ma Chao. Ma Chao took the letter and read it again. After reading the letter, Ma Chao handed it to Pang Tong, and then asked the messenger, "Have the Qiang soldiers reached the city of Wuwei?"

"General Ma, when I left, I heard that the other side had already dispatched troops. It took me a day and a half to come here, and the Qiang soldiers should have entered Wuwei County."

"How many soldiers are there in Wuwei County?" Ma Chao asked again.

The messenger soldier sighed, "There are only a few hundred soldiers in the county, and the prefect Du recruited powerful servants from various families. There are about a thousand people, and at most a few thousand people will be mobilized to participate in the defense of the city. The problem is that the Qiang people have siege weapons. , we can't hold on for long."

Ma Chao nodded, "I see, I will send troops immediately!"

Ma Chao ordered someone to take the messenger soldiers down to rest, and then said to Pang Tong: "Our cavalry has all gone to the plateau, and the army is all infantry. Does the military adviser think it is too late?"

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Du Ji is very shrewd. I guess he saw Jiuquan County was occupied by the Qiang people, so he was prepared. There should be spies in Zhangye City. When the other party moved troops, the spies would release pigeon letters, and the Qiang people Although they are cavalry, if they carry siege weapons, their marching speed will never be fast. Judging from the distance, we should be closer to Wuwei City. I think the time for both sides to arrive in Wuwei County is about the same. As long as we dispatch troops in time, we can march quickly , we must be able to reach Wuwei County before the Qiang people break through the city."

Liu Hu next to him immediately said: "Our heavy armored infantry have horses to transport, marching fast, we would like to take a step first."

Ma Chao shook his head and smiled, "General Tiger can go first, but he can't be the vanguard. If the heavy armored infantry loses, I can't explain to His Highness. The vanguard will send someone else."

He immediately ordered: "Order General Wang Ping to come to the tent immediately."

Half an hour later, general Wang Ping led [-] barbarian troops as the vanguard, and marched day and night to Wuwei City. Ma Chao personally led [-] troops and Liu Hu's [-] heavy armored infantry as the main force. Yan Yan was the rear army, leading an army of [-], and escorted the luggage to go back.

Wuwei County is the largest county in Hexi, with a population of about 200 households. Most of them are Han people who moved to the Hexi Corridor to cultivate grain fields during the Han Dynasty. More importantly, Wuwei County was not affected by the chaos at the end of Han Dynasty, and the people's life was stable. Many people from Guanzhong fled, which also accelerated the prosperity of Wuwei County.

Although it is a border county in the Western Regions, the people here are martial arts, and there are many scholars. There are not only talented people like Jia Xu and Wang Su, but also great warlords like Dong Zhuo. At present, the prefect of Wuwei County is a famous official Du Ji. He is an extremely capable official who loves the people like a son. Under his governance, the people of Wuwei County live and work in peace and contentment, and the Han people and Qiangdihu people live in harmony.

Du Ji is the prefect appointed by the imperial court, and of course he is also a good minister selected by Cao Cao. Although he is not as loyal to Cao Cao as Guo Yuan and Cheng Yu are, he is not as loyal to the Han Dynasty as Xun Yu. He is not pedantic and good at judging the situation , now the whole of Guanlong has been assigned to the Han Dynasty. For the former court officials of Guanlong, they can abandon their official positions and return to Yedu, or they can continue to serve. Of course, Liu Jing's approval is required to stay in office.

At present, there are three types of officials in the Guanlong area. One is the officials of the six counties of Longxi, who basically expressed their allegiance to Liu Jing and were able to stay in office. The second is the officials of the three counties of Guanzhong. The other is officials who have not expressed their views. For example, Du Ji is the third category.

Even Du Ji himself didn't know where to go, but at this moment he didn't care about the future, he had to keep the people of Wuwei County, the four gates of Wuwei City opened, crowds of people flocked in, the gates were crowded The women and children who had fled from all over Wuwei were in a mess, crying for their parents and calling for their mothers.

"Prefect, will Zhangye's Qiang enemies enter the city amidst the crowd?" Li Ji, the prefect next to him, asked worriedly.

Du Ji sighed and said, "So what can we do? Do we have to verify our identities one by one before entering the city like Chang'an? Even if people from Nangong Suo sneaked into the city, there is no way. If we kill it, we can only do our best."

Li Ji, the prefect of the county, asked again: "Will the Han army really come to rescue us?"

"Will!"

Du Ji smiled confidently: "If you lose Wuwei County, you will also lose the Hexi Corridor. How can Liu Jing tolerate it? The reason why he arranged the army in Jincheng County is to guard against the Qiang people. The Han army will definitely come to help. My only concern is whether they can arrive before the Qiang people."

Li Ji nodded silently. He could understand Du Ji's self-confidence. After a moment of silence, he cautiously asked, "Prefect, I don't know if I should say something or not?"

Du Ji glanced at him, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Cishi, we have been together for four years! What else can we say?"

Li Ji smiled wryly and said, "I want to say whether the prefect will return to Yedu or stay in Wuwei County after this incident?"

Du Ji smiled slightly, "I don't really care, the key depends on Liu Jing's attitude towards Hexi. If he is determined and must take back Hexi and restore the territory of Zhangye County and Jiuquan County, then I am willing to serve him, but If he is afraid of Nangong Suo and acquiesces to Nangong Suo's occupation of Zhangye and Jiuquan, then such a person will not be able to achieve great things, it is better to return to his hometown to farm."

Li Ji also smiled and said, "I also wanted to go with the prefect. Those of us who are officials in Hexi really have deep feelings for this land."

At this moment, a soldier shouted: "There is an army coming!"

Du Ji was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Where is it?"

"It's in the south, eunuch, please look!"

Du Ji breathed a sigh of relief, he put his hands on the curtain and looked into the distance, only to see a long thick black line appearing in the wilderness in the distance, with flags fluttering, it was an army, Du Ji stroked his beard and laughed, was it infantry or not? Cavalry, this can only be the Han army.

He was overjoyed and shouted to the soldiers: "Our reinforcements are here!"

There were thunderous cheers on the top of the city. The arrival of the Han army undoubtedly gave them great hope and made all the soldiers extremely excited.

A quarter of an hour later, the army gradually arrived at Wuwei City. It was the [-] vanguard army led by Wang Ping. When they arrived at Wuwei City, the soldiers were exhausted. Although they were extremely tired, they still maintained a neat formation, not wanting the Wuwei defenders to underestimate them.

At this time, Du Ji came up with a dozen officials on horseback and clasped his fists: "Excuse me, is this the King of Han's army?"

Wang Ping also replied: "That's right, I am Wang Ping, a general under the King of Han's command, and the envoy is Prefect Du."

Du Ji was overjoyed: "I am Du Ji, and I have finally expected you to come. Please enter the city."

Wang Ping nodded, turned around and ordered: "Go to the city!"

The team marched towards the city, when Wang Ping asked, "May I ask the prefect, is there any news about Qiang Hu?"

"Not yet, but they should have entered Wuwei County, and I'm afraid they arrived today. Your speed is really surprising."

Du Ji admired this Han army from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't imagine that the Han army was infantry, and they arrived before the Qiang cavalry. He could also see the exhaustion of the soldiers, and hurriedly said: "The barracks are ready, you go first." Go to rest, and then we will talk about defending against the Qiang enemy."

Wang Ping said with a smile: "Thank you, prefect. Also, I want to ask if there are armors in the city. In order to reduce the burden, the soldiers did not carry armor."

"There are soldiers. There are more than 1 deputy soldiers in the arsenal. They are still the soldiers left by Dong Zhuo. I checked them a few days ago and they are very well preserved. There is no problem at all. You can use them anyway."

Wang Ping let go of his heart, and said again: "Then take the armor first, then let the soldiers have a full meal, and start to enter the defense in the afternoon. Please understand the prefect. I will take over the defense with full authority."

Du Ji nodded, it was inevitable, he was mentally prepared.

........

In the afternoon, the Qiang and Hu cavalry arrived as scheduled, and the dust was flying in the distance. The overwhelming cavalry rushed towards Wuwei City, and a large white flag fluttered in the dust. This was a scale of 1 people. Horses supported hundreds of siege ladders several feet high. It was these heavy and huge siege ladders that slowed down the marching speed of the Qiang and Hu cavalry, preventing them from galloping in the wilderness like grazing.

The leading general was Nangong Xin, younger brother of Nangong Suo, King of Qiang. He reined in his horse and looked at the tall Wuwei City from a distance. There are many ordinary people holding wooden sticks and iron forks, the number of them is more than a thousand at most.

He couldn't help sneering in his heart, took out a letter and handed it to the soldiers: "Shove this letter into the city and order the Han officials to abandon the city!"

The soldiers received the letter and urged the horse to run forward, shouting to the top of the city: "My general has an order, please leave the city, otherwise the whole family will be executed after breaking the city!"

He shouted three times, put the letter on the arrow and shot it to the top of the city. Some soldiers had picked up the letter and handed it to the general Wang Ping. The top is still the original miscellaneous guards.

At this time, the prefect Du Ji also came after hearing the news, and Wang Ping handed him the letter, "It's a letter from Qiang King Nangong Suo, let us give up Wuwei."

Du Ji opened the letter and read it. The letter was quite polite. He asked the court officials to leave Wuwei and put them under the temporary management of the Qiang people. They will return them to the court after the world is stable, and they will ensure the safety of the Han people. Du Ji sneered and said: "At the beginning This is how Zhangye County and Jiuquan County were coerced by them, and now it's Wuwei County's turn, dreaming!"

But Wang Ping laughed and said: "These Qiang people are not resourceful enough, so they insist on marching together. If we send [-] cavalry as the vanguard, I'm afraid Wuwei City will not be able to keep it. We can just follow the plan and act according to the original plan."

Du Ji nodded and walked up to the top of the city. He supported the battlements and shouted to the messenger soldiers below the city: "I am Du Ji, the prefect. It's okay to leave the city. Please give me half an hour, and we will leave naturally."

The soldiers went back to report to Nangong Xin, Nangong Xin nodded, "Then give them half an hour!"

.........