Horse on the World

Chapter 925 Vibration
Under the attack of Liang Yi, the Zuoliang defenders of Niujiao Village only persisted for an hour, but they couldn't resist. The defenders were captured in Zhongliang and there was no hope of reinforcements, so they chose to surrender.The second battalion and the third battalion of Fengli Battalion at the foot of the mountain, Zhou Shuwen and other troops immediately approached the main village of Niujiao Village through Zuoliang. Village.
Hundreds of catapults were lined up under Niujiao Village. Between the catapults, eight-ox crossbows were stringed one after another. The crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm shone coldly in the sun, making people daunting.It was the first time for the Qiang soldiers to gather so many long-range strike weapons at one time. Due to the huge advantage of the terrain, although the main wall of Niujiao Village was made of stone, it was neither high nor thick enough. With so many heavy weapons gathered in the city, everyone's hearts are chilled.
"Let's retreat! Village Lord!" A Qiang general trembled in fear, "We can't hold it. We can't let the clansmen die in vain!"

Ma Hong stared at the Dingzhou army in the distance. His only son, Madu, was knocked off the cliff by the Dingzhou army under the city today. It was impossible to get even a whole body. Ma's eyes were burned red by hatred. Hong slowly turned his head and looked at the general of the Qiang soldiers who suggested retreating. His angry eyes made the general take two steps back.
With a choking sound, the knife came out and the head fell, and the general's headless corpse fell down with a thud. Holding his head, Ma Hong shouted hoarsely: "My Niujiao Village has never been breached by foreign invaders for thousands of years. No, there won’t be any today. Open the city gate, and I will fight them to the death!”
Frightened by Ma Hong's madness, all the generals of the Qiang soldiers obeyed their orders awe-inspiringly, and tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers quickly began to gather in the city.On the city, Zhu Yihang, the general of the southern army who was assisting in the defense of Niujiaozhai, stepped forward and said to Ma Hong: "The owner of the horse village is a hero, and Zhu admires him very much. The owner of the horse village is willing to go out of the city to fight, and Zhu is willing to defend the city for the village owner." , for the support of the village master."
Ma Hong squinted his eyes at Zhu Yihang, and suddenly laughed wildly: "There is no way to go out with me to a duel, and there is no need to say such nonsense, no wonder you were driven into Shiwanda Mountain by Li Qing, a group of eggless cowards, You stay in the city, no one is forcing you out."
Zhu Yihang blushed, took a step back, but remained silent, turned his head to look elsewhere, Ma Hong walked down the city amid wild laughter, and a general beside Zhu Yihang said angrily: "General Zhu, what are you doing?" Can you tolerate him insulting us like this?"
Zhu Yihang said in a dark tone: "A person who is about to die scolds you a few words, there is nothing to worry about, tell our brothers, once there is a fight, we will immediately withdraw from Niujiao Village."

"Ah, General, once we leave, isn't Ma Hong going to die?"
"We are here, he is dead, and we will be dead too." Zhu Yihang sneered and said, "It is rare that Ma Hong is willing to go out of the city to fight for us a chance to escape smoothly. If we don't seize this opportunity, wouldn't we be too sorry? Ma Zhaizhu's deep understanding and righteousness?"

"Understood!" The general nodded again and again, there is nothing to say about the death of a dead Taoist friend, tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers went out of the city to fight, no matter what, they can buy them a day and a half, with this time, it is enough for them to run It's far away.

Under the protection of layers of soldiers, Qingfeng, Tian Feng and others watched the upcoming siege battle in the army formation. Anyway, there were no less than 2 Qiang soldiers and the Southern Army in the city, although the opponent was gone. Geographical advantages, but the next battle will still not be easy.

But then Qiang Bing's reaction surprised Tian Feng and others. The opponent actually went out of the city to fight.Seeing the Qiang soldiers rushing up from several village gates in Niujiao Village, roaring wildly to meet the Dingzhou Army, Tian Feng and others were stunned, and Ma Hong went crazy.
"Let go!" With the order of a Xuanwei general, hundreds of trebuchets roared at the same time, and the stone bullets pierced the sky and fell among the rushing Qiang soldiers. Opening the crowd, the rain of arrows shot out all over the sky, ruthlessly taking away lives.

Qingfeng shook his head and turned the horse's head, "There's nothing to see!" Han Renjie also shook his head slightly. This way of fighting, let alone the Qiang soldiers, even the barbarians who were all cavalry back then, could not break through the Dingzhou Army's attack. The line of defense is completely dead.

Ma Lin rushed in like a gust of wind, looked at his father Ma Zhen and his cousin Ma Lanhua, and shouted: "The news just came that Niujiao Village was captured by the Dingzhou Army. Ma Du, his son, died in this battle, and Niujiao Village has already fallen into the hands of the Dingzhou Army."
Ma Zhen and Ma Lan hurriedly stood up, and said in a voiceless voice: "How is it possible? There are heavy troops stationed in Niujiao Village. Given the terrain there, how did the Dingzhou Army break through?"
"The news came that the Dingzhou army built a suspension bridge overnight on the left beam of Niujiao Village and the isolated peak a few miles away. Niujiao Village no longer has any geographical advantages."

Ma Lanhua sat down slowly, but there was no joy on her face.

"What's the matter, Ma Lanhua, are you unhappy? The Dingzhou army broke through Niujiaozhai, King Ning is not far from failure, and the failure of Niujiaozhai will make more tribes lean towards us. Those who are still watching , I think in the next few days, someone will definitely be sent to Mangantudong to contact us." Ma Zhen looked at Malanhua and said.
Ma Lanhua raised her head and gave a wry smile, "Uncle, what's there to be happy about, Ma Hong, that's also from our Qiang clan. More than [-] Qiang soldiers just disappeared like this! Why can't it make people sad?"

"It's impossible." Marin said loudly, "But with Ma Hong's death, in exchange for other tribes to join us, his death is worth it. Without our Qiang people, King Ning is in the middle of the [-] mountains." You can still dance for a few days, Ma Lanhua, and soon we can go to Tarot Village, take off King Ning's head, dig out his heart, and pay homage in front of the uncle's grave."
Mangantu Cave is very far away from Niujiao Village, when the news of Niujiao Village's fall was received in Mangantu Cave, it was more than ten days later, but in Taluo Cave, it was already in chaos.

After learning that Niujiaozhai fell and Zhong Ziqi's whereabouts were unknown, King Ning fell down and became unconscious.

Now in Taluo Village, almost all the original Qiang people have been relocated, and the village including Wuzuo Xiaofeng has become the military village of the Southern Army, where the last elite troops of the Southern Army are stationed. After the news of the fall of the village, the generals stationed at Wufeng rushed to Taluo Village in panic, but what they saw was the unconscious King Ning and the panic-stricken eldest son Qin Kaiyuan.
Seeing the doctor coming out of the inner room with a dignified expression, a group of generals immediately surrounded him, "How is it, is your lord awake? Is there any serious problem with your lord?"
The doctor shook his head: "There is nothing serious for the time being, but when the prince was outside the mountain, he was seriously ill. After entering the mountain, the conditions were limited, and he has not recovered. This time he was hit so hard that the original The symptoms have recurred again, and although they are fine for now, they are heavier than before."

All the generals looked sad, King Ning was their backbone, once King Ning was not around, no one dared to think about it anymore.
"My lord, please wait for a while, the generals, he will come out to see you right away." The doctor cupped his hands, "I have to go to make medicine for my lord, so I won't accompany you, everyone, please do your own thing."
In the room, King Ning was lying on the bed with a pale face. Qin Kaiyuan knelt in front of the bed, tightly holding his father's cold hands, and looked at King Ning anxiously.

"Yuan'er, the time to be a father is running out." King Ning looked at the roof blankly and said in a low voice.

"Father, don't say that. Father is in the prime of his life, and he will live a long life." Qin Kaiyuan said: "Some minor illnesses can be cured after a few days of rest. Right now, the whole Southern Army is looking forward to my father coming out to preside over the overall situation. You It'll be all right."

King Ning laughed miserably: "I know my body. When I was outside the mountain, that illness seriously hurt my vitality, but this time I am doomed. I am not afraid of death, but Yuaner, you are not afraid of death." It's already so big, but I still can't make me feel at ease, if I go, whether you can support the overall situation, really makes me feel at ease!"

"Father!" Qin Kaiyuan lowered his head and cried.
"You are too indecisive, and it was fully reflected in the matter of the Malan flower. If you could have cut through the mess and killed the Malan flower at that time, then today, the [-] mountains will be more stable, instead of being torn apart as it is now." .”

"I was wrong, father." Qin Kaiyuan said shamelessly.
"Oh, it's really hard for you to let you kill your wife. I shouldn't have let you do this at the beginning. I wanted to take this opportunity to hone your resolve, but I didn't expect that you still couldn't be ruthless." ah."

"Yuan'er, the loss of Tarot Village has actually doomed our failure. Do you know what to do next?" King Ning asked.

"The boy will definitely lead all the soldiers and horses to fight the Dingzhou army to the end."

King Ning shook his head, "This is a matter for the future. The top priority is to stabilize the generals under your command, and to win over more Qiang tribes. No matter what method you use, you must tie them firmly to yourself." together, understand?"

"Steadying the generals of the southern army and wooing the Qiang tribe, although we cannot avoid the fate of failure in the end, it can greatly restrain Li Qing's troops, preventing him from going all out to fight Luoyang. The longer you delay Long, Luoyang has a greater chance of winning in the future, Shang Haibo is indeed a rare talent, given him time, with the vast territory of the Central Plains and more population advantages, my Qin family may still have a chance to protect the clan ."
"Yuan'er, although I have been fighting with Tianqi all my life, when the ancestral temple is in danger, we still have to stand together and fight against foreign enemies. Our surname is Qin."

"The child understands."

"If you can contain more soldiers and horses of Li Qing in the [-] mountains, then maybe one day, after Luoyang wins, for the sake of this contribution, you will be allowed to return to the clan and continue our tradition." Pulse."
"Yes, father, the child already knows, father, don't talk about it first, lie down and have a good rest, it won't be too late to talk about anything after you recover."
"No, help me up. Now the generals of the Southern Army and those Qiang elders must have come. I have to go see them. Help me up."
(End of this chapter)