novelbest Chapter 331 Longqi City is destroyed
Chapter 331 Longqi City is destroyed
The Western Captain of Jincheng County is not only an official title, but also a code name for the local border troops stationed there.
Longqi City is located in the westernmost part of Jincheng County. It is also called Longzhi and Longyi. Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty built the city here. The captain of the western part of Jincheng stationed troops here to defend against the barbarians outside the wall.
This is the source of the Huangshui River. About a hundred miles east of Longqi City along the Huangshui River are Mucheng Valley and Shui Valley, which were formed by the long-term erosion of the Huangshui River.
Mucheng Valley and Shui Valley are adjacent to each other, with rolling mountains and ridges on both sides. The terrain is complex and changeable, and the Huangshui River flows quietly through them.
To pass through these two valleys, you can only walk along the banks of the Huangshui River or take a boat upstream.
Therefore, as long as there are ambushes on both sides of the valley, whoever comes will be a living target. There will be no place to hide. Rolling trees and rocks will fall from the sky. Even if you are armed to the teeth, they will be smashed by you.
Of course, if you don't mind the trouble, you can also try climbing over the mountains. However, these mountains belong to the Qilian Mountains, so the difficulty of climbing over them is not much easier.
Not only do you have to face the harsh natural environment, but you also have to be wary of the elusive and ferocious beasts. Most importantly, there is the risk of suffocation.
If Longqi City is the first line of defense of Jincheng County, then Mucheng Valley and Shui Valley are the second line of defense. It would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to break through two lines of defense in a row.
But for the Qiang people outside the Great Wall, is it difficult to cross mountains and ridges? This is just a daily activity, right?
Therefore, Chang Bing and other Qiang leaders were afraid that Longqi City would be captured due to supply problems, and then the Qiang people would march straight in outside the Great Wall.
When the time comes, Fengshen will know the reason and be able to peel off their skins.
Now all the chiefs just hope that they are overly worried and Longqi City is still safe and sound. Otherwise, even if their relationship with General Fengshen is so sweet, they will still have to shed their skins even if they don't die.
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150 miles west of Longqi City is the West Sea. It is said to be a sea, but it is actually a huge lake.
The grassland not far from the West Sea is lush and fertile, so many tribes have settled around the West Sea, herding horses and sheep.
However, the West Sea is a saltwater lake. Not to mention herdsmen, cattle, sheep and horses, even dogs don’t drink the water in it.
Therefore, the tribes around the West Sea are very greedy for the Huangshui River Basin. It has both fresh water and grassland, which is suitable for living and burial. It is simply a land given by God.
However, it is the territory of a big man, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you want to stretch your claws, you have to consider the consequences.
Therefore, the life of the Qiang people outside the Great Wall is unsustainable. When they want to go to the Han Dynasty to fight the autumn wind, they generally do not choose Jincheng County as the entry point. Instead, they go north to attack Zhangye County and Wuwei County, or go south to Longxi County.
However, everything has exceptions. In recent days, some keen herdsmen outside the Great Wall discovered that the defenders of Longqi City actually came to their territory to hunt.
Once or twice is fine, or three or five prey, but hundreds or even thousands of men and horses are sent out every now and then. You must be fucking crazy with hunger, and you don't care whose territory this is.
Although the other party was concealed, the passing geese left traces and the passing wind left a sound. How could so many people hide this from the eyes and ears of the Qiang people outside the Great Wall, and they did not even know who was the son and who was the father when it came to hunting.
This is a provocation, a naked provocation, and they must pay the price.
The Qiang people around the Xihai regard the Shaodang Qiang as their most respected people. The Shaodang Qiang in Liangzhou are just their offshoots, with Han men attached to them. Just like Chinatown, you and I have everything.
Shaodang Qiang chief Gushi was an experienced hunter, so he immediately laid a trap.
Using a group of wild antelopes as bait, it turned out that the defenders of Longqi City were really hungry and crazy. Without any suspicion, they chased the antelopes and entered their encirclement. The whole process was extremely smooth.
Then, several rounds of arrow rain passed, and hundreds of Han soldiers were killed and injured, and they were no longer able to resist.
After a lot of torture and interrogation, there was always a weak person who was afraid of death. He poured out beans through a bamboo tube and told everything that could be said but could not be said.
A few months ago, the Qiang people in Liangzhou rebelled with Jincheng County as their stronghold, and directly dealt a cruel blow to the Han.
In order to prevent the Longqi City defenders from supporting them, the Liangzhou Qiang people wanted to surrender. After the failed attempt to surrender, they immediately left an ambush in Mucheng Valley and Shui Valley, blocking the chokepoint and making it impossible for Cao Quan, the captain in the west of Jincheng, to advance or retreat. Even if you ask for help, you can't send it out.
At this time, Longqi City fell into a state of isolation and helplessness. To the west were the Qiang people outside the Great Wall, to the east were the Liangzhou Qiang people, to the north were the Qilian Mountains, and to the south were the Qiang people outside the Great Wall. If they wanted to bypass Mucheng Valley and Shui Valley and ask for help from the Han, that would be Thinking about shit.
But what should I do if there is not enough food and grass? Cao Quanchou, the five thousand defenders of Longqi City have to eat the food chewed by horses. The remaining food cannot last long.
There was no way, Cao Quan could only hope that the Han Dynasty could quickly put down the Liangzhou rebellion.
As a result, I waited and waited until I was lonely.
Cao Quan knew that he could not sit still and wait for death. On the one hand, he sent people to sneak out to hunt, and on the other hand, he sent people to negotiate with the Muchenggu garrison. As for crossing the Qilian Mountains to the north to ask for help, Cao Quan did not even think about how many people would go in without a guide who was familiar with the road conditions. None of them match up well enough.
As a result, the negotiations in Muchenggu failed, and one soldier and one thief made you paralyzed.
If you want to talk, you can, just change the layer of clothes you are wearing first.
Cao Quan had no choice but to send people to sneak out of the fortress to hunt. However, after many times, his mentality became wandering and he fell into a trap.
Knowing the specific situation of Longqicheng and Dahan, Gushi could not hold back.
It was hot up and down in the east, so we sneaked in through the back door, which was not too much.
So Gushi asked people to change into the clothes of the Han army, and under the leadership of the traitors, they knocked on the gate of Longqi City while it was dark.
Then, Longqi City was broken, and they were captured to death overnight, and Cao Quan, the western captain, was also captured.
Gushi sat arrogantly at the top, and below him were the captured Cao Quan and several other generals, who were tied tightly.
"General Cao, there is an old saying in the Han Dynasty, 'He who knows the current affairs is a hero.' I wonder if you are willing to surrender."
Gushi's Chinese is not very standard, but it does not affect communication.
"Bah!" Cao Quan spat out thick phlegm. Although he was a prisoner, his body was still upright.
I heard Cao Quan say disdainfully: "I, the Dunhuang Cao family, have been favored by the emperor. I would rather die standing than live on my knees. I will become a king and lose a bandit. There is nothing to say. Kill or scrape, it's up to you. If I scream , you are my grandson."
"Haha, yes, yes, if I scream, you will be my grandson." Several other captured generals laughed, without any fear of death.
Gushi's face was extremely ugly, and he immediately said with a ferocious smile: "In that case, then you all should die."
"Come here, kill these people and the prisoners!" Gushi waved his hand, and some personal guards came in and dragged Cao Quan and others down.
"Haha, Gushi, we are waiting for you below. I, the Four Gods of the Han Dynasty, will avenge us." Cao Quan and others looked up to the sky and laughed, and went to die with joy.
"Hmph, what nonsense are the Four Divine Generals? They are things I have never heard of. A mere mortal dares to claim to be a god. If they dare to come, they will never come back." Gushi snorted coldly, with a contemptuous sneer on his face.
"Haha, they are here, don't be so scared that you wet your pants." Cao Quan and others grinned brightly.
"Drag down and kill!" Gushi shouted, and Cao Quan and others were dragged down.
At this point, all five thousand soldiers in Longqi City were slaughtered.