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The people of Dangxiang Qiang rushed to the city on horseback and then shot arrows at the top of the city. Zhang Chao looked at their shields and looked disdainful of their tactics. If you rode a horse and ran down to shoot arrows, you might as well come over. You could shoot arrows on the ground more steadily, and you could not fly to the city if you rode a horse.

These stupid Qiang people!

It is no wonder that they have never read books. Unlike the Han people, they can write down valuable experiences summarized by generations in books, and then pass them on from generation to generation, and constantly update them, so that each generation of Han people can directly learn from the rich experiences summarized by their ancestors.

This is the benefit of reading.

Arrows roared, and the soldiers on the top of the city squatted down and raised their shields. Some even held the lid directly, but there were many different things anyway.

There is an additional layer of wooden roof on the top of the city.

Duoduo's voice kept ringing, and Zhang Chao felt several arrows on his Mengniu leather round shield, and the force of these arrows was quite strong.

"Big Niu, are you afraid?" Zhang Chao said to the four servants beside him.

The big bull was holding a large square shield, with a large shield and outer Mongolian cowhide. This was the square shield used by infantrymen. It was lined up in front of the battle formation and could withstand the impact of the cavalry.

Zhang Chao took four pieces to the big bulls, and the four of them stood beside Zhang Chao, holding up the shield with both hands, and Zhang Chao immediately put a layer of solid shell, just like an ankylosing dragon turtle. This kind of big shield is not afraid of arrows at all, and even if a javelin is thrown up, it can be blocked.

The big bull hid behind the shield honestly, trying not to tremble as much as possible, "Follow Saburo, don't be afraid."

"Let me tell you a story. During the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 to fight south. Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu and Liu Bei joined forces to fight... Zhuge Liang borrowed 100,000 arrows from Cao Cao with a straw boat. Isn't it amazing?"

"Cao Cao's subordinates are so stupid. Since Jiang Wu can't see clearly, why don't you use rockets directly? Zhuge Liang's ship is full of straw men. Once the rocket is shot, Zhuge Liang will be finished." Ke Xiaoba shrank down on his shield.

"Xiao Ba, you have friends like this, do you know? Don't deliberately make trouble! Rockets are not used casually. You see, the Qiang people have shot arrows for a long time, but do you think they have used rockets?"

Under the rain of arrows from the Qiang people, many Qiang people rushed out from behind, carrying simple ladders.

Use local materials and a new siege ladder.

"It seems that the Qiang people are not stupid either. They also know how to shoot arrows to suppress the city, and then come over to build ladders and climb the city."

Cui Yi asked Zhang Chao loudly, "Sanlang, what should we do now?"

"Of course I fought back, and the crossbow arrows were fired volleys, giving them some color!"

Cui Yi shouted loudly and shot arrows, and the flag on the top of the city shook.

The crossbowmen hid under the protection of the shield hands and began to shoot out from the battlements. The Qiang people below were very close and dense, and they were simply the good targets for the archers' dreams.

Zhang Chao held a single crossbow in his hand and also got close to the mercedes. He found the nearest target, aimed, and pulled the trigger. He shot an arrow, but unfortunately the arrow passed by the man.

"I shot!"

Ke Shisan shouted loudly, more excited than if he shot.

Zhang Chao did not hit his target with the arrow, but he hit a guy behind the target. The guy was quite unlucky. He shot his chest with an arrow, and he only had a leather robe on his body. He could not stop the powerful crossbow and was killed by an arrow.

Zhang Chao laughed a few times.

This was a coincidence, but he seemed to be aiming at that person.

The soldiers next to him shouted and their morale was high when they heard Zhang Chao shoot a thief with one arrow.

"Everyone has seen the shooting. Didn't you see the thousands of Qiang thieves below? Don't be afraid, these are all military merits sent. Every time you kill one, it's a military merit, and corn or copper coins!"

"Kill one thief and give one thousand dollars!"

Zhang Chao also gave up the reward without hesitation. Anyway, he is the general manager and has the power to fight.

Thousands of bows and crossbows on the top of the city were fired at the same time, which gave the Qiang thieves who were approaching the city.

Originally, they thought the city was just a group of civilians escorting supplies and food, but they knew that there were so many crossbows and thousands of crossbows. Wouldn't there be thousands of Tang troops?

If there were thousands of Tang troops in the city of Yanhe River, why didn’t they come out to fight? In the impression of many Qiang people, the Tang Dynasty’s military soldiers were very elite. If there were one thousand people, they would never be afraid of these three thousand Qiang people.

Shooting around, you come and I go.

The first offense and defense ended after about half an hour of shooting back and forth.

Dangxiang Qiang left about 200 bodies and retreated, retreating two miles away.

When the wind blew, Zhang Chao realized that he had already sweated all over his body.

The four big giants and Erniu were still very dedicated to holding big shields to protect Zhang Chao, and Zhang Chao pushed the four of them away.

"You can put down your shield, the Qiang people have retreated."

"Ah, we won?" The big bull's body was still trembling.

"I just won the first round." Zhang Chao replied.

Cheers rang out from the city. The soldiers who were farmers and workers half a month ago never expected that they would win the first battle like this, and it seemed that they would win quite easily.

The shields were put down, and many soldiers rushed to the battlements of the city wall to see the bodies below.

Then more than half of the people vomited, and they were so violent that Zhang Chao didn't vomit. When he was in Hebei, he had seen a more tragic scene than this.

"The battle losses are counted!" Zhang Chao called Xu Jingzong.

The damage of the war was quickly counted, and the situation was not bad. The recruits killed more than 200 enemies in the first battle, but in the end they died less than fifty of them.

Zhang Chao sighed these unlucky guys.

"The deceased registered their identities, collected and kept their relics, and then cremated them. Remember to put away their ashes and keep them home in the future."

There were also many injured people, all of whom were arrows in the gaps in the shield.

Zhang Chao had already set up a wounded barracks before the war, but it immediately became useful. The stretcher team came to carry the wounded soldiers. The only doctor in the city and his apprentice were recruited as military doctors, and his clinic also became a temporary field hospital.

Boil water, clean wounds, bandage...

The morale in the city was also quite good. I won the first battle. The soldiers were very excited and the people were also very excited.

Zhang Chao returned to the temporary general administration, and all the bachelor's and generals came.

"We won the first round, but that was because the Qiang thief did not prepare in advance and underestimated the enemy too much. Next, it probably won't be so easy. We have to be prepared. Rotate the soldiers to defend in time and be vigilant."

Zhang Chao was not as optimistic as Cui Shanfu. For him, the enemy was not just the three thousand Qiang people in front of him, nor how to defend Yanhebao.

He had a more important task, which was to rush to reinforce Li Shimin.

Although the task is a bit difficult, we have to go even if it is difficult. To rescue Li Shimin, we must first kill the three thousand Qiang people in front of us.

"Let's talk, is there any way to kill these three thousand Qiang soldiers?" Zhang Chao looked around and asked.

Ma Zhou admired Zhang Chao's idea very much. Not only did he want to defend Yanhe City, but he also wanted to kill these three thousand Qiang soldiers. How could this be done?

Ma Zhou couldn't think of any way to do it.

No one else could think of it. Even Cui Yi, who had rich experience in the battle formation, could not think of it. It would be great to be able to defend Yanhe City. As for killing the three thousand Qiang thieves, it was simply a dream.

Zhang Chao saw everyone's thoughts and smiled, "Don't look down on yourself too much. Before the war started, we wouldn't have thought that we could kill more than 200 Qiang thieves in one round, right? Now there are only more than 2,700 Qiang thieves left, and nearly 10% of them have lost. This is a very impressive record. As for us, we only lost fifty, and the battle loss is 5 to one."

"You can't think of this before? Therefore, you might as well start thinking about how to kill more Qiang thieves."

After thinking about it, Ma Zhou and others felt that only by inducing the Qiang people to attack the city would he have the opportunity to kill them more. Apart from that, there was no other way, and there was no chance of winning when he left the city to fight.

"Since you can't think of a better way for the time being, I have to do this first." Zhang Chao refused.

After the military discussion, Zhang Chao asked the soldiers and civilians to take the numbers to bring them to the carpenters.

"What kind of city guarding equipment is Sanlang going to do?"

"I plan to refuse horses."

Cen Wenben was stunned. What are you doing when defending the city and resisting horses?

"Do more horse-rejecting, and then place it near the city gate."

Xu Jingzong and others were confused, and the more they listened, the more they became confused. What kind of tactic is this?

Zhang Chao shook his head. These people are after all, future prime ministers, and their comprehension abilities are too low.

"I plan to lure the enemy into the city, and then gather and annihilate it!"

The few people understood this time, but their faces turned pale.

"Wenyuan, the Qiang people are very fierce. Today we have only won a while with the city wall, but it doesn't mean we are better than them. If the Qiang people are allowed to enter the city and we have no city wall protection, wouldn't this let the wolf enter the sheep pen?"

"That's why I asked someone to make a horse and refuse!"

Zhang Chao was also forced out. Although he could defend the city, Li Shimin was still waiting for them. And Zhang Chao could not lead his troops out to fight against the Qiang people, so he would definitely not be able to defeat him.

After thinking about it, I could only take risks and lure the Qiang people into the city.

Of course, it is still very dangerous to lure the Qiang people into the city, but at least the city is still at home and can be arranged. For example, relying on the streets and alleys to limit the mobility and impact of the Qiang cavalry. Use horse-rejecting and other things to block the streets and alleys. When the Qiang people enter the city, they use pre-prepared stones to block the city gate and lock the Qiang city in the city.

Then the Tang army besieged the Qiang cavalry on the roof, resisted the horses, and on the city walls.

"Win a street battle in the city, minimize the advantages of the Qiang cavalry, use the refusal of horses to divide the Qiang people and annihilate them."

Ma Zhou and others admired Zhang Chao's idea very much, but the new recruits in the city really could hold on to the Qiang people? They wouldn't let the Qiang people come in and be massacred by them.

Zhang Chao breathed a long sigh, clenched his fists and said, "We don't have time to delay here. If we don't solve these Qiang people, we will not be able to leave the city and will not be able to reinforce the Qin King. You should understand that if the Qin King is isolated and there is something wrong, what's the use of us even if we keep Yanhe City?"

"I know this is a risk, but we have to take this risk!"
Chapter completed!