Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1340 Qing Ye

  Among the flying sand and dust, the black, charcoal-burned broken walls and corpses in disorder have become the theme of this world.

  In the woods on a small hill to the east of this dilapidated village, there were three knights, who were looking towards this side immediately, with solemn expressions.

This is a small village after being massacred by war. Winter is approaching. In order to compete for food and grass, the Qiang people attacked the village with horses. Even after many days, an indescribable smell formed by the original flames and blood still lingered. Over this village, it is disgusting to hear.

  The wild dogs went back and forth between the broken walls, not knowing what they were tearing at. From time to time, scavenging birds would flutter up, circle around for a circle, and then fall down again.

"These damned Qiang dogs... This village is also finished... It's a pity, I don't listen to persuasion..." The leading knight took out a wooden tablet from the horse's side pocket, then took a knife, and carved a few words on the wooden tablet , and then put the wooden tablet into his arms, and spit to the side.

  A scout behind said: "The Qiang dog is short of food, otherwise it wouldn't have come so far..."

  The cavalry leader was silent for a moment, then turned his horse's head, "Let's go! We have to go around, be careful!"

  Three cavalrymen circled down from the **** and ran westward.

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Fei Qian held the latest information, handed it to Pang Tong, and said: "The Ma family boy led Xianling Qiang and Lingzhong Qiang, and some other small Qiang tribes, and they came to Chaotianshui." Xu Shugang set off for Hanzhong Soon, before winter came, Fei Qian received the news that Ma Chao led the army to attack.

Pang Tong shook his head, and said, "This guy, does he think he's grown up? Tianshui Zuojin has long been fortified and cleared..." Long before, Li Ru speculated that Ma Chao might come in autumn. , and the harvest of wheat in the Han area is the best time.

However, Fei Qian sighed and said, "I'm just worried that some people are reluctant to leave... After all, there is not long time left for them to harvest the autumn wheat..." The warning has been released, but it is inevitable that some people will not let go. With a gesture of revenge, he basically didn't care about Longyou's life and death, and Tianshui must be the hardest hit area.

   Tianshui is the hub of Longyou. No matter whether he continues to the East Guanzhong or goes south to Hanzhong, he must pass through this place, so Ma Chao chose Tianshui as his first goal. To Ma Chao, if Tianshui is not pulled out, it is like a nail in the back, and he must not rest assured.

   But to pull out the Tianshui, you must first go to Ji County.

Pang Tong was silent for a moment, and said: "There is no way...the fate is so... I hope Jiang Zhongyi can grasp it..." At a time like this, if the early warning comes, if you can act faster, you can still save many people outside the city. Life, but if there is a little luck, then the fate of death is inevitable.

  Fei Qian tapped lightly on the table and said, "There is one more thing..."

   "Where is Yan Xing and Yan Yanming located?" Pang Tong looked at the information and said without raising his head.

   "Exactly." Fei Qian nodded. Because the information did not say that they saw Yan Xing's people, they either hid them in disguise, or they had no purpose or reason.

"Do you suspect that Yan Yanming set up an ambush?" Pang Tong put down the information and said, "There are many hills and ravines in the north of Jixian County in Tianshui. Showing off..."

   Feiqian nodded, and said: "Actually, Ma Meng got up late... Hehe, I don't know why... Wen You said that Tianshui should be worry-free, Shi Yuan, what do you think?"

   "Since Wen You said it, it should be about the same..." Pang Tong said, "Anyway, Wen He is right Fufeng, so let him watch it."

  Fei Qian pondered for a while, then nodded: "That's it."

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  In Ji County, Tianshui, Jiang Jiong was hopping, pointing at Yang Fu, and said, "Why don't you let people enter the city earlier! Is it worth losing these people for the sake of some Zhuanghe? Ah, is it worth it!"

  Yang Fu sighed, shook his head and remained silent.

The ancients valued the country, and even a broken bowl or a broken broom in their own home was good. If they hadn’t clearly known the Qiang people’s attack this time, no one would leave home unless it was a last resort. Although Yang Fu made people talk about it , imposed a lot of means, but it was still inevitable that some people were unwilling to leave, and they were met with Ma Chao's poisonous hands.

   "It is said that Ma Mengqi is the only one who attacked..." Yang Fu said in silence for a while, "Could it be that Yan Yanming went around and attacked Xinyang?"

   "Brother Zhao..." Jiang Jiong looked towards the east, "Brother Zhao is located in Xinyang, so Xinyang should be safe..."

  Xinyang City is located in the southeast of Ji County, along the Weishui River, and is the two central cities of Tianshui County. If these two cities fall, it will be tantamount to opening the gate of Tianshui, and Ma Chao’s progress can no longer be stopped.

   Originally, Tianshui was here, and Han Suimateng and others were just using each other, but with the rise of Zhengxi General Fei Qian, Tianshui gradually stood together with Zhengxi General.

  In this day and age, no one is born to be friends, or born to be enemies.

  Perhaps because there are many Hu Fengs here in Longyou, people here pay more attention to strength, and whoever is stronger will stand by his side.

In Tianshui County, at the time of Ma Teng and Han Sui, there were not a few people who called them brothers, drank kumiss and ate barbecue together. Zhengxi General Fei Qian's interests are obviously greater. If he had hesitated before, but now that the Han and Ma families have been beaten twice by Zhengxi in a row, no one will be stupid enough to continue to stand on Hanma's side , so the previous friendship with Han Ma and others turned into urine along with the wine, and there was no trace except for some fishy smells that could prove its existence.

  Ma Chao brought the Qiang people here, one for revenge, and the other for establishing his reputation in Longyou again. Otherwise, under the chain reaction, Ma Chao would no longer be able to continue to survive in Longyou.

This is no longer a matter of one city and one place in Tianshui, but a game between General Zhengxi and Han Ma. Of course, in the eyes of Jiang Jiong and Yang Fu, General Zhengxi obviously has a better chance of winning, but the odds are the odds, and the real change To become a victory, you need to look at the subsequent evolution. It is not impossible in history that there is a lot of chance of winning, and then the horse stumbles in the end.

   "Brother Zhong Yi," Yang Fu said after a moment of silence, "I don't know how long Ma Mengqi will besiege the city...there are too many people in the city, after all it's embarrassing..."

Jiang Jiong turned his head and looked inside the city. Hearing the noisy voices, he said, "There is no other way but to do this. Otherwise, if these people are left outside, they will most likely be forced to attack the city... Although the city is more congested , is always better than sending your life away..."

  Yang Fu hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, just sighed slightly.

Jixian County in Tianshui was originally a town established by the military. As an area where the Han Dynasty and the Western Qiang repeatedly saw each other, the city defense naturally came first. A lot of people are attached, and now that a large-scale population has poured into Ji County, it suddenly becomes congested in the city.

Many people, after having to abandon their homes, have no suitable places to live. They can only hide under the walls, or hide in the corners of the eaves. In the case of things, after one night, I don't know how many people will fall asleep and never wake up again.

  Even if you don’t care about the weather in the future, it’s just like eating and drinking at the moment, in a crowded situation, it’s like a nightmare.

  People in this day and age really don't have any hygienic habits, not to mention men, if they are little girls, they are somewhat shy, and married women can hardly control a lot. It's only been a few days, and Ji County is already full of bad smells.

  People living in the city naturally think that these outsiders have disturbed their normal life, and for a while, complaints abound.

  Damn mudlegs, **** country bumpkins, **** outsiders...

If it hadn't been for the dispatch of many patrolling soldiers in the city to maintain order, I am afraid that many conflicts would have occurred by now. The mood of the people has always been chaotic. The pile of **** in front of my house is still unbearable!

  Yang Fu is worried that if it gets worse, the suppressed emotions will explode sooner or later...

   Once it really broke out, how long can Ji County hold on under internal and external pressure?

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  Fifty miles outside Ji County.

  The mighty Ma Chao Legion rushed here excitedly.

   Gathered from Jincheng, they crossed Yuzhong, crossed Didao, crossed Gaocheng Ridge, climbed Shouyang Mountain, crossed Luomen River, and arrived here in Jixian County. Countless people were exhausted.

This time going south, more people participated than Ma Chao had expected. Many Qiang people in Zhangye and even Jiuquan also moved south after hearing the news and joined Ma Chao in one place. This almost gave Ma Chao a chance The feeling of destiny.

   Otherwise, how could thousands of troops come to meet each other with the wave of the flag and the sound of the arrow?

   At first Ma Chao was very excited, and these Qiang people were even more excited.

These Qiang people can't forget that when they swept Sansuke back then, it felt like a mouse fell into a rice bowl. Happiness flooded their heads and made them tremble. There are all things, after eating one takes another, after killing one wave after another, everything is good, even a crock is bigger and more exquisite than theirs.

  The happiness of those years, let these Qiang people never forget, and spread word of mouth.

  Although Tianshui is not as good as Sansuke, it is still a relatively large area where Han people gather. Therefore, when these Qiang people came, almost all of them were full of longing and hope.

  God seems to be sentimentally attached to them too. The weather along the way has been crisp and clear in autumn. Although there is some wind, there is no rain.

  But the closer they are to Tianshui, the farther away they seem from their dreams...

  Although there are no people for thousands of miles, there are still some small villages at first, but the closer you get to Ji County, the less people there are. The food and goods in those small villages are not enough at all. On the contrary, it is like a person who has been hungry and thirsty for a long time. Just after eating a sip of food and drinking a sip of water, his dry stomach wakes up and cries for more. Too much food and more water scratched their hearts, making each of these Qiang people look like hungry wolves, with red eyes and bared teeth.

  But this energy has been held back to Ji County!

Although there are villages around Jixian County, there are no people in the villages. They smashed the doors of uninhabited courtyards and pried open the cellars. Except for some scurrying rats and wild dogs, basically there is no food at all. turn up.

In a village, a granary was found. There were still some traces of grain in it, but most of it had been burned to ashes. It should be too late to transport it away, so I set a fire, but I don’t know if it was because of the burning. Not completely, but because it rained halfway through the fire, it survived in this dilapidated warehouse anyway.

Ever since, this bit of food and grass almost caused the Qiang people of the two tribes who arrived first to draw their swords at each other. If Ma Chao hadn't arrived and discussed the distribution with the leaders of several big Qiang tribes, maybe the two tribes now The Qiang tribe already has a human head shaped like a dog.

The Qiang people like the rice grains of the Han people, as well as the ground wheat noodles. In the hearts of the Qiang people, these things are high-end foods, which are many times better than their hard and throat-cut buckwheat and highland barley. Only the head man might get some.

The Qiang people like the clothes of the Han people, even ordinary linen or kudzu clothes are more comfortable than their leather robes, especially when summer comes, with a piece of Han clothes, it is like living a fairy life. Otherwise, even they themselves would not be able to bear the sour taste of the heavy leather robe under the scorching sun.

   Simply put, the Qiang people like everything about the Han people, including the flesh.

On this road, for the convenience of marching, except for the necessary war horses and livestock, the Qiang people went into battle lightly, like a group of beggars, swarming here. If Tianshui is the same as in the past, there will be smoke everywhere, and there will be people everywhere. Of course, these Qiang people can sing and dance, and sing a song about national integration, but now, even this pile of burnt food and grass has caused disputes, and even almost caused bloodshed.

The more they went to Tianshui, the colder the Qiang people felt. It turned out that they thought it was just the Han people who had spotted them and fled ahead of time. Of course, it didn't matter, because they all had six legs. As long as they speeded up, they could naturally catch up and encircle them. Stop it, but they have already run to fifty miles in Ji County, and they realized that no one has been chased...

   people?

   What about grain and grass?

  What about the Han clothes and all kinds of utensils?

  The Qiang people stared at each other, with a word in their hearts...

  (end of this chapter)