Chapter 508: Emergency in Songzhou
Chapter 508 Songzhou is in a hurry
It was still late at night when Qin Qiong's rescue messenger arrived.
There was a sound of frogs chirping outside the house.
The sound of horseshoes alarmed the guard dogs in the manor. The dogs barked, and even the big geese dutifully barked.
Guardian Zhuang Ding stepped forward to check.
"It's me, take me to Saburo."
Qin Qiong's hometown jumped one-eyed Zhang Tieqiang off the horse, staggered a few steps, and almost lost his footing. He rushed to Chang'an before dark, but only after entering the city did he realize that Qin Lang was not in Beijing, so he rushed to Sanyuan overnight.
Zhang Chao hurriedly brought his father to Qin Lang's bedroom.
The old iron gun gently pushed Qin Lang awake from his dream, Qin Lang opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a tired old face, looking at the old iron gun wearing a blindfold, he was puzzled, "Uncle Zhang, aren't you in Songzhou? When did you come back?"
The old iron gun was full of travel and dust, and he didn't care about being tired. "I rushed back from Songzhou all the way. Saburo is here. Something happened in Songzhou. Alang needs your help."
"What happened?" Qin Lang sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"In that **** place in Songzhou, the Qiang people are very barbaric and rebelled." Zhang Tieqiang said angrily there, breathing heavily.
Qin Lang stood up and wiped his face, while listening to Lao Tieqiang's request for help.
Qin Qiong came with him from Luoyang last time. After staying in Chang'an for a few days, he went to Songzhou. He insisted on bringing Shiro Qin Li and several concubines with him. Originally, he wanted to bring Lao Wu and Cui Shi with him, but Cui Shi really didn't want to go to the wild land of Songzhou, so he asked Qin Lang for help and asked him to intercede. Qin Lang asked her to call her sick, and then asked the fifth child to stay with his mother, Cui Shi.
Calculating the time, Qin Qiong should have just arrived in Songzhou, and he should have walked fast, otherwise he would not have arrived yet.
How did the rebellion arise?
"It's a long story. Alang led us to seal, and there was no delay along the way. We were all in a hurry. We stopped in Lizhou for two days and were entertained by the military governor."
Old Tieqiang said that he was mentally prepared beforehand. He knew that Songzhou was a barbaric place, very remote and backward.
They went up the Minjiang River. Before they reached Songzhou, the mountain road ahead collapsed due to heavy rain, and the road was gone. In the end, they had to detour over the mountains and mountains, and many of the luggage they carried could only be stored temporarily.
After finally entering Songzhou, there is another big snow mountain ahead.
In summer, it is still covered with snow. A group of people are freezing to death when they cross the snow mountain.
Endless mountains, intertwined mountains.
There are ravines and valleys between the mountains, and people and horses can only walk in those narrow and steep valleys. All they walk are the paths of birds and animals, and there is often no way to go.
If that's all, it's okay.
But such a broken land was actually occupied by the Qiang people and the Di people. The Qiang people herded cattle and horses here, and the Di people sowed seeds in the valley to grow crops.
As for Songzhou Shifeng Inspector who came from afar, Tang Situ Qin Qiong didn't know who it was, so he ignored it.
Qin Qiong hadn't arrived at Jiaochuan City yet, but he found out from the local Qiang people that this area belonged to the Bali tribe of the Qiang people. The eight major tribes are now friends with Tuyuhun, and they are alliance allies with Tuyuhun.
For Datang, these Qiang people have an unfriendly attitude.
They are afraid that Datang will steal their territory.
The arrival of Qin Qiong undoubtedly confirmed their worries.
So on the ninth day after Qin Qiong entered Songzhou, they were attacked along the Minjiang River. In a dangerous valley, Libuli personally led a thousand Qiang soldiers, and suddenly rushed out of the mountain forest.
Fortunately, Qin Qiong had been on guard for a long time. After entering Songzhou, he found that the situation here was complicated, so he kept vigilant all the time, and asked to be fully armed when walking, and dared not be careless.
And there are always Qing cavalry in front to scout the road and be vigilant.
This kind of care saved Qin Qiong's life.
At that time, Qin Meng led ten riders to explore the road, and found that the woods in front of him were extremely quiet, and there were no birds singing or beasts roaring.
After Qin Qiong heard the report, he ordered people to stop moving forward, and retreated to the hillside by the roadside.
Seeing that Qin Qiong and his entourage suddenly stopped to rest, he didn't know that he had been spotted, but after waiting for a long time without seeing them on the road, he rushed out uncontrollably.
Qin Qiong had already prepared for the battle against the mountain.
And rushed to make some simple refusal horses, dug some holes.
Relying on horse-rejecting spears and trapping horse pits, and backing up the mountain to defend against the enemy with bows and crossbows, they fought steadily.
This guy doesn't know Qin Qiong's reputation, otherwise he should withdraw immediately and look for the next opportunity to ambush. But he wanted to fight hard, and in the end, the others who were killed by Qin Lang's family members were turned on their backs.
After more than a hundred people were killed and injured, the Libuli couldn't even touch Qin Qiong's side, and the spear formations couldn't break through. The Libuli is just a small tribe among the Qiang people. They usually make a living by grazing, and there are no elites The equipment is just more sturdy.
But in the face of the continuous and extremely precise bow and crossbow, there is no chance in front of the impenetrable defense, not to mention that Qin Qiong chose a good place, with his back on the hillside, not to mention being condescending, and letting him take advantage of it at all Unable to display the maneuverability of the Qingqi, unable to attack from the sides or behind, and can only attack from the front, even Qin Qiong did not dare to fight hard in such a formation, but forcibly folded Li Bu Li by a hundred After many people, I just woke up.
When he blew blood and blew his horn to retreat, Qin Qiong didn't chase him at all.
This is Qin Qiong's first battle after entering Songzhou, and it is also the first battle of Songzhou Qiang people's dissatisfaction with Datang.
On that battlefield, Zhang Tieqiang and other generals believed that it would be impossible to go to Songzhou.
Food and grass logistics are difficult to supply, and there is no familiar guide, let alone the support of the local people, how to fight this battle?
Qin Qiong believes that since he is the governor of Songzhou Shisong conferred by the emperor, and the emperor granted this land to him, he should take him down and keep it for the court.
Now that the Libu Qiang people refuse to accept the kingship, they must conquer for the emperor.
Qin Qiong had only a few hundred men and horses, and a dozen were injured in one battle.
Normal people would choose to retreat in this situation, at least they have to add some troops before going forward. But Qin Qiong has been a soldier all his life and has rich experience in battle, but he told Lao Tieqiang and others that the Qiang people probably think the same as you now.
I think that our little team will never dare to advance again, so at this time, we should do the opposite, and catch them by surprise when we take advantage of the victory.
Controlling people but not controlling them is the essence of the art of war.
You have to take the initiative of the war in your own hands, let others follow you, you cannot follow others. Others think you dare not go, you go, this is the initiative.
As for the danger and difficulty, these are not problems.
Songzhou is remote and the transportation is inconvenient. The Bali tribe is only a small tribe with a small population, and nomadic tribes like the Qiang people do not have any standing soldiers. They just call in a corresponding number of people when there is a war Man.
Just like this time, Libu brought a thousand people, which should already be the number of people that can be mobilized in a short period of time, or all the fighters that can be brought from Jiaochuan City.
After analyzing the situation, Qin Qiong decided to move on and pursue the situation.
After everyone had a full meal and carried dry food for seven days, Qin Qiong left all the camp tents and other luggage where they were, and they traveled lightly.
Following the traces of Baliburi's retreat, Qin Qiong pursued him all the way, carefully hiding his whereabouts.
Qin Qiong is like a shrewd hunter stalking a wounded prey, calmly, coincidentally silent.
Several times, Qin Qiong actually had a chance to make a move, but he was not in a hurry, just lurking quietly.
Until they followed Bailibuli for ten days, and returned to Jiaochuanzhai, Bailibuli's old lair.
You will be able to return to the stockade soon, and you will completely relax Libuli and his group.
That night, they lit a bonfire in the valley, roasted beef and mutton, and even danced to distinguish the dead soldiers with singing.
It was midnight, when they had enjoyed singing and dancing and began to fall asleep, that Qin Qiong finally came out.
The horseshoes smashed through the simple tents, and the horizontal knife flashed across the necks of the Liqiang people.
In less than an hour, Qin Qiong led 500 troops to kill the Qiang people. Lao Tieqiang and Qin Meng led 100 cavalry to block the two ends, and Qin Qiong led 300 people to repeatedly attack the camp.
Finally, Libuli was captured alive.
Nearly 900 Qiang people were counted, more than 100 died, more than 700 were captured alive, more than a thousand horses, hundreds of cattle and sheep, and several knives and guns were captured.
In order to succeed in the first battle, Qin Qiong and the others followed for ten days and only brought dry food for seven days, so everyone only ate half a portion of dry food a day for the past few days. If they failed, they would not be able to go back.
After taking down Libuli, Qin Qiong escorted him to Jiaochuan Village before dawn, asked Baliburi to open the gate of the village, then rushed into the village and hacked again, successfully captured There are not many young and strong villages left behind.
So far, Qin Qiong's adventure has been successful.
Followed by 500 people sneakily, launched a fatal blow when the enemy was most relaxed, captured the enemy chieftain alive, struck while the iron was hot, attacked the thief's nest again, and captured Jiaochuan village in one fell swoop.
At dawn, Qin Qiong drove Libuli to Jiacheng Village upstream.
After dark, the old trick was repeated. Before the Qiang people in Jiacheng Village received the news of the fall of Jiaochuan Village, Qin Qiong asked Li Buli to open the gate of the village, and then rushed into the village to chop melons again. Cut vegetables, and also took down Jiacheng Village.
The two major cottages in Libu were captured, and Songzhou roughly fell into Qin Qiong's hands.
Immediately afterwards, Qin Qiong took out Libuli's arrows and sent prisoners to other places in Songzhou to call those leaders to Jiacheng Village to discuss matters.
Usually, Libuli also used the arrow with his mark as a credit to order all the tribes, and the leaders of the tribes came here one after another without doubting him.
As a result, Qin Qiong took the opportunity to catch them all and controlled them all.
I have to say that Qin Qiong's series of actions are still very decisive and clean, and the results are also very good.
The chiefs of the Ministry of Li, big and small, who are entrenched in Songzhou, have all become Qin Qiong's "sit-on guests".
Qin Qiong announced the will of the Tang Emperor, declared that he is the master of this place in the future, and then he was more polite to Bariburi and others.
He enfeoffed Libuli as Songzhou Sima, appointed those leaders as county magistrates and township heads, and asked them to send their nephews to Songzhou to study and attend, and also learned from Qin Lang's practice in Wu'an Prefecture, and asked these leaders to send their daughters The younger sister came to marry the generals of his family.
After some manipulations, Li Buli also surrendered.
On the surface, the crisis was resolved, and Qin Qiong successfully entered Songzhou.
But when each family sent their nephews as hostages, Qin Qiong released Libuli and other big and small leaders, and the war broke out again.
This time was more difficult than last time, and Zhang Tieqiang had to rush back to rescue soldiers.
(end of this chapter)