The last three kingdoms

Chapter 345 Stick to Xiangwu City

After staying at Wucheng Mountain for a while, the cavalry of the Shu army began to rush towards Xiangwu again. Qianhong sent an urgent report again, saying that the Qiang people were in a hurry to besiege Xiangwu, and they were getting desperate. Send reinforcements to the rescue.

Once the city of Xiangwu is destroyed, it will be the people of Longxi who will suffer. Rescue is like putting out a fire. Liu Yin did not dare to delay at all, commanding the cavalry of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion to advance rapidly.

On the road leading to Longxi, the Shu army defeated two more Qiang soldiers who were looting everywhere. However, compared with the Beihe tribe in Boluokun, the number of these two Qiang soldiers was smaller, and they were obviously not called tribes. , it can only be called an ethnic group.These Qiang soldiers looted everywhere and ran amok, but they didn't expect to hit the iron plate this time
Undoubtedly, the Shu army achieved a crushing victory. The Qiang people were killed and injured countless times, and the rest fled in hopelessness.Liu Yin ordered the Shu army not to pursue. The situation in Xiangwu is critical and there is no room for delay on the road.

Xiangwu's defenders were only about [-] people, all of whom were formerly Qianhong's subordinates. As an important town in Longyou, Xiangwu was naturally favored by the invading Qiang people. Nearly [-] Qiang soldiers surrounded Xiangwu City.

Qianhong's soldiers dared not go out to fight, so they could only ask for help from Tianshui, while closing the city gates and guarding the city. The two thousand defenders had all entered the first-line defensive positions on the city wall, and even the common people in the city came forward. Come and help defend the city.After the fall of several county towns in the west of Jincheng, it is said that they were massacred by the Qiang people. The corpses piled up like mountains and the blood flowed like rivers.The people of Xiangwu City were terrified. Once Xiangwu City fell, they would inevitably suffer the same fate. Therefore, the young and strong among the people spontaneously climbed up the city wall. They had no weapons and replaced them with sticks. They moved their own houses and moved bricks and stones to use as weapons. The people of the whole Longxi shared the same hatred and united as one, vowing to defend Xiangwu City to the death.

The Qiang people are mainly cavalry, and attacking the city is not their strong point, but the ants kill elephants more often. After all, the Qiang people have dozens of times more troops than the Xiangwu defenders. No matter how strong the Xiangwu city is, it cannot hold tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers After a fierce attack for several days, Xiangwu City was already in danger.

Those who besieged Xiangwu were not only the Shaodang tribe under the command of the Xiqiang King, but also small and medium-sized tribes such as Beinan, Luo, Shenlang, and Zhong. After the defeat, they all belonged to the Shaodang tribe and became the vassal of the Shaodang tribe.This time, Yao Kehui, king of the Western Qiang, issued an emergency call-up order, requiring all the tribes of the Western Qiang to go to Longyou.

But for them, this is also beneficial. Yao Kehui, the king of Xiqiang, ordered that all the people, materials, fodder, and livestock looted belong to each tribe, and there is no need to make sacrifices. When the news came, Xiqiang All the tribes are as if they have been beaten with chicken blood. The so-called heavy rewards must have brave men, and the proceeds of robbery do not need to be handed over, and all belong to their own tribes. This is undoubtedly the same as a disguised heavy reward.These Qiang tribes have long been plundering. Even without the order of the Xiqiang king, they would harass the Han villages from time to time. Now all the tribes of the Xiqiang people have been mobilized, which undoubtedly gave them more opportunities. You can attack larger cities and seize greater benefits.

Longxi County City is right in front of you. In the eyes of the leaders of the various tribes of the Qiang people, gold, property, slaves and women are everywhere here. As long as Xiangwu City is captured, these things will all belong to them.

In the face of huge interests, these Qiang soldiers seemed to be crazy, using simple ladders and even ropes, they launched a fierce attack on Xiangwu City.The individual quality of the Qiang people is extremely strong, which is really incomparable to the Han soldiers. They abandoned their horses and fought on foot. These Qiang soldiers were not inferior to the infantry at all.

Qianhong personally stood on the tower to oversee the battle. This battle was about Xiangwu's life and death. Qianhong did not dare to be careless at all, and commanded the defenders and the people to repel the Qiang soldiers' offensives again and again.

But the attack of the Qiang soldiers was too fierce. Looking from the city, the Qiang soldiers swarmed in like locusts, covering the sky and covering the earth. Just after one wave retreated, another wave came up fiercely, killing Inexhaustible, inexhaustible.The defenders of Xiangwu City are too weak, and it feels really powerless to deal with such a large-scale Qiang offensive.

But Qianhong couldn't give up. He knew very well that these barbarians were inhumane. Once they broke through the city, no one in the city would be spared. You can neither surrender nor escape, but hold on desperately, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

Fortunately, all the soldiers and civilians in Longxi are very aware of the situation they are facing. No one wants to become a slave of the Qiang people or be slaughtered by the Qiang people. The will to survive is often the strongest when they are desperate. One person is afraid to retreat, although they don't know how far the hope is coming, but they try their best to keep this hope.

"My lord, here we come... here we come..." A soldier reported to Qianhong out of breath.

After fighting continuously for a whole day, Qianhong was almost exhausted. Taking advantage of the gap between the Qiang people's attack, he was about to sit down to take a breath, but a soldier shouted eagerly, Qianhong didn't understand that he was in the end What's the meaning.

"What's coming? Make it clear!"

"Reinforcements! Reinforcements are here!" the soldier said with a sigh of relief.

Qianhong's eyes were blazing brightly, and he jumped up from the ground, ignoring his exhaustion, and rushed to the crenel of the city wall, looking into the distance.

Sure enough, a wave of crimson swept across the land to the east, and on the big flags waving in the wind, the large Chinese character "Han" could be clearly seen. It was indeed the arrival of reinforcements from the Shu army.

The vanguard of the Shu army had already launched an impact on the Qiang people's positions, and it was obvious that the red torrent had rushed into the Qiang people's camp, attracting the Qiang soldiers' attention.Although the siege battle has not completely stopped, but the intensity has decreased significantly, and many Qiang soldiers have begun to retreat, and Xiangwu City has finally turned the corner.

For a moment, Qianhong was so excited that tears filled his eyes. After several days of perseverance, he finally succeeded. It was not easy!

The soldiers and civilians in Xiangwu City are already cheering. After experiencing the test of life and death, everyone feels that life is precious. The reinforcements came too timely. Xiangwu City was saved, and thousands of people in Longxi were spared. After suffering the catastrophe, many people wept with joy and tears flowed down their cheeks.

At this moment, the soldiers and civilians in Longxi are lucky, and the final victory belongs to them.

(End of this chapter)