1,000 Qiang cavalry.
Zhang Chao felt a lot of pressure, and he looked at these people around him.
Xu Jingzong, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenwen, Li Shousu, Cui Shanfu, plus himself, there are five Hanlin scholars among the six chief officials, and three future prime ministers.
But none of them can fight However, the three battalion generals and the five regiment captains are considered serious soldiers, but looking at the beautiful armor on these people, Zhang Chao doesn't have much hope for them.
They turned out to be Li Shimin's guards, and they were all sons of nobles, and the young ones were not like talking.
Although they have experience in battle formations, they can always be Li Shimin's bodyguards, and it is too naïve to expect them to lead troops into battle.
As for the three armies under his command, there are more than 8,000 soldiers.
Zhang Chao directly ignored it, relying on these soldiers with a spear and a cloth coat, the cannon fodder was a little unqualified, so he could only go to Li Shimin as a supplementary soldier.
Facing a thousand Qiang cavalry alone, it is purely a food delivery.
"Wenyuan, Dang Xiang Qiang has appeared here, I'm afraid that the situation on King Qin's side is not very good, we have to rush to reinforcements" Li Shousu is still quite dutiful.
Zhang Chao also felt that Li Shimin should be quite dangerous now, Tuyuhun was already menacing this time, and the soldiers were strong.
At the same time, the soldiers and horses of Longxi had already been transferred to the front line of Xiaoguan to support Luo Yi, and they were already empty. and then there is the attached party Xiang Qiang who rebelled and returned to Tuguhun, maybe Li Shimin is now wrapped in dumplings.
King Qin is in danger However, Zhang Chao is also a mud bodhisattva now, and it is difficult to protect himself.
Zhang Chao made a choice without hesitation, "Order, retreat the same way, let's retreat to the riverside fort" The riverside fort is a castle that Zhang Chao and they passed by before, just by the Weishui River.
Weishui enters Cen Gorge from the east of Fuqiang City, both sides of Cen Gorge are stone cliffs, Weishui torrents down, about 16 miles or so start out of the gorge, flows south along the river, arrives at the Tai Mountain, folds and forms the elbow shape of the east flow, about eight li, the Wei River flows into the lower gorge again, that is, the cliff gorge by the river, this gorge is about 15 miles out of the gorge.
The fort along the river is actually a large river valley between Fuqiang City and Tai City, because it is on the main road and the terrain is open, so there is a fort city built here.
There are some soldiers stationed there, and there are many merchants who set up shops here to provide services to the merchants and people, and there are many villages in the vicinity, which cultivate a lot of land that is rare here.
Zhang Chao chose to retreat to Yanhe Fort because it was the closest city to Zhang Chao.
It is only sixty miles away from Fuqiang City and has a complete city wall.
At the same time, the mountain standing in the south is also a barrier along the river city.
Near the river city, there is actually a river valley basin formed by the impact and erosion of the Weishui.
"Withdraw to the riverside fort" Li Shousu was stunned.
"The enemy is strong and I am weak, so it's hard for us to take eggs to fight for stones" "But we have 8,000 soldiers and 8,000 people, and the enemy only has 1,000," Li Shousu was still struggling with the numbers.
Zhang Chao sneered, Li Shousu was born in the Kanto clan and has been famous for generations.
This old pedant is best at the pedigree, and he knows the genealogy inheritance of the world's famous scholars, known as the meat spectrum and the pedigree.
But now it's a war, and a war is not about putting the numbers of both sides on the table?
Although the Dangxiang Qiang cavalry is not a professional army, these people live as nomads, and they basically live immediately, and nomadic hunting is their strength.
Killing people is much easier than hunting.
Isn't it a brain break to let a group of farmers who are digging in the land fight against a group of Dangxiang Qiang people who hunt on horseback?
Anyway, Zhang Chao doesn't do anything like that.
It is useless to have a lot of people.
Especially in the field, it was rushed by the Qiang cavalry, and it was estimated that it would be scattered.
There had to be a city with tall walls to deal with the Qiang cavalry.
With the protection of the city wall, these recruits can really play the role of some soldiers.
"But the King of Qin needs us," Li Shousu still insisted.
"What the King of Qin needs is our people, not that we need to be a pile of corpses by the Wei River.
Protect yourself first before you have the opportunity to reinforce King Qin.
Otherwise, we will die in vain, and these grains, grasses, and ordnance will have to be financed by the enemy.
Don't talk nonsense, I am the commander of the three armies appointed by the King of Qin, and you all listen to my military orders and immediately withdraw to the riverside fort. ” Ma Zhou, Cen Wenwen, and Xu Jingzong did not object.
No wonder people can be prime ministers in the future, and they rush to this reaction, which shows that people know how to make trade-offs and know how to advance and retreat.
"San Lang is so decisive, admire, I thought you would panic and lose ground."
Xu Jingzong turned the horse's head on the one hand, and on the other hand, he did not forget to take a slap on the back.
"I'm not stupid, don't look at our more than 10,000 people, if you really want to fight with a thousand party items, you will definitely lose."
"It seems that Saburo not only has a great deal of research on history and exegesis, but also has a deep understanding of the art of war."
"I can't talk about opinions, but there is one thing that I believe all generals will agree on, and that is not to fight a battle that is sure to be lost."
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Fortunately, the riverside fort was not far from them, only half a day's journey.
The people also knew that there were party rebels in front of them, so they all took out their strength to make milk, and the speed was much faster than usual.
When the last mule cart entered the fort along the river, it was also nearly dusk.
More than 10,000 people poured into the fort along the river, and it became crowded.
"What should I do now" Li Shousu asked Zhang Chao, this Tiance Mansion Cangcao, the management of the account book is quite good, but when it comes to fighting, he also knows nothing.
Zhang Chao stood on the tower of the city gate, looking at a few bachelors and a few generals.
"I estimate that the party members will be here soon, and I don't know if Fuqiang City has fallen, and I don't know how the King of Qin is in Weizhou.
Now that we can't control everything, we must first ensure that the forts along the river are not lost, and that our batch of ordnance, grain and grass will not fall into the hands of the party members. ” "What if the party comes to attack the city," Cui Shanfu asked.
This guy who only knew how to eat and drink at Zhang Chao along the way, his face was pale at this time, and when he was young, he and Zheng Shanguo were also two people who dared to shoot robbers with arrows, but now he changed color when he heard the Qiang people.
"If the party members are really so stupid to attack the city, then we just give them a color to see.
Maybe we can make a military merit by the way," Zhang Chao said with a smile, in the field, he didn't dare to fight the Qiang people.
But with this riverside fort, Zhang Chao was really not afraid of the Qiang people attacking the city.
"There are two more things.
First, immediately go and inform the nearby villages, and tell all the villagers to evacuate to the fort immediately.
By the way, bring their grain and livestock, and if they can't take it away, they will bury it and burn it, but they can't be left to those Qiang people. ” "Also, send someone to the back immediately to inform the cities to take precautions, especially to report to Longguan."
Ma Zhou watched Zhang Chao issue orders one by one, in an orderly manner, and admired it very much.
"Generals, captains, you should also immediately draw up a plan to defend the city, divide the soldiers, people, and young people in the city into good classes, let them take turns to defend the city, make some equipment for defending the city, and make stones and rolling wood, gold juice, catapults, oil cans, etc., and get as many as you want."
Night.
Standing at the castle along the river and looking into the distance, flames began to rise in the dark night in the distance.
Dang Xiangqiang finally came over, but fortunately, they didn't find Zhang Chao's team before, so they came late.
Before nightfall, Zhang Chao had already sent troops to move all the people in the village into the city, and also brought all the grain and livestock into the city.
When Dang Xiangqiang came, he only found an empty village, not a single common man, and no food and livestock.
The enraged partisans began to set fires, and they burned the village.
Then we came towards the river fort.
The torches are like stars in the night sky, little by little.
These sparks form a sinuous fire dragon.
"Here they are" Zhang Chao said lightly, he had expected the party members to come, and when they really came, Zhang Chao found himself very calm.
Maybe he has experienced so much in Hebei, but now he is not as nervous and frightened as he imagined.
I have a fortified castle with eight thousand soldiers and five thousand men, and thousands of people and merchants in the city.
I am not short of food, grass, or ordnance, and I have no need to fear them.
The alarm bell rang at the head of the city, and all the soldiers on duty were cheered up by the officers' shouts.
"Look at this torch, can you judge how many party items are Qiang" Zhang Chao asked Cui Yi, the general of the Flying Bear Battalion next to him, this person turned out to be Li Shimin's personal guard, born in the Cui clan of Qinghe, the son of Cui Shanfu's brother, and the son of the fifth house of Zhengzhou Fang, Zhang Chao can also call him his wife and brother.
Because he is a concubine, Cui Yi, like Cui Yan, takes the military route.
At first, it was in Li Shimin's account, and later he was promoted to a personal guard because of his merits, and then he was a team leader.
I have a lot of experience in wars, but I have always played the role of a bodyguard in the past, so I just follow Li Shimin's side and fight without thinking.
"Look at the torches, there are about three thousand people."
Zhang Chao cursed in a low voice.
Three thousand, which is much more than the original estimate of 1,000. 3,000 party Xiang Qiang, this is a big threat.
"We can hold on," Cui Shanfu asked with a worried face.
He has a bronze helmet on his head and a set of bright light armor on his body, which looks quite powerful, but the upright belly has some impact on the image.
"Of course, keep it."
Although the fort along the river is not big, the city wall is more than a zhang high, and a moat is dug outside the city, and now in early summer, it is the time when there is a lot of rain, so the ditch is full of water.
The party seemed to have known that there was a Tang army baggage team that withdrew into the fort with a large amount of grain and grass, and they surrounded the castle, but they did not rush to attack.
It was too dark, and the party members were not in a hurry.
After a long night, the residents and soldiers in the fort along the river basically did not sleep.
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It was dawn, and the horns in the party camp were whining.
"They're coming," shouted the watchful soldier, nervous in his voice.
Zhang Chao pressed the horizontal knife on his waist and climbed to the top of the city step by step.
"Let the brothers at the head of the city raise their wooden shields, and the party members are going to shoot arrows," Zhang Chao said, while also lifting a shield in his right hand to his chest.
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