Chapter 511 Hengdao immediately, I am the only general Qin
Qin Qiong did not abandon Songzhou.
Vassals have the responsibility of guarding the land, and abandoning the land is equivalent to abandoning the seal.
Qin Qiong stood at the top of Songzhou City, with firm eyes, he was wearing clothes all over and leaning against the city, not because he was reluctant to part with the fiefdom he had just acquired, but as a courtier of the Tang Dynasty, as a border land feudal lord, he had the responsibility of guarding the land.
After death, five hundred Qin family soldiers and horses also vowed to fight to the death.
Songzhou Sima and Jiaochuan county magistrate put Li Buli on the bright armor given by Qin Qiong and stood behind him, frowning. Five hundred Balibu Qiang soldiers also prepared for the battle and defended together.
In the city, there are about 3,000 Qiang people from the Bali tribe.
In addition, there were about 500 Han slaves who originally belonged to the Bailibu. Since the surrender of the Libu, these people were redeemed by Qin Qiong for their freedom and granted their household registration. They became the first batch of Han slaves in Songzhou. civil. These Han people who have just been freed are also undergoing training.
The young and strong men were assigned spears, shields, and horizontal knives, and they were practicing hard under the command of Qin Qiong's personal soldiers. Even if it is to practice guns in front of the battle, there will always be some effects. At least one must be able to understand commands, semaphores, etc.
Women, children, and the elderly take on tasks such as cooking and delivering water.
Women, children and children of the Qiang tribe obeyed Balibuli's order and started slaughtering some cattle in advance. Once the siege started, the livestock could not go out of the city to graze, and they would lose weight sooner or later.
Jiacheng was originally a small village, but now it has become the seat of Songzhou. Qin Qiong has no time to repair it. Fortunately, the location of this village is relatively dangerous. The village is divided into inner and outer villages. It is triangular, and the part of the river valley under the mountains in the east is rectangular.
The outer city is adjacent to the lower dam of the river valley to the south of the inner city, and there is a gate connected to the inner city.
The stockade is simple, but controlled and strategically located, with a large area.
It was built with rocks, logs, etc., and the wall was more than three feet high.
Although it is not as good as those in the Central Plains where the mortar made of glutinous rice, lime, tung oil, etc. is used to stick joints, and the walls are built with mountain stones or blue bricks, but the location of this seemingly simple stockade is good.
Near mountains and rivers, control river valleys.
The terrain on the mountain is dangerous, and the terrain in front of the mountain is narrow. It is a dangerous place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Qin Qiong previously relied entirely on surprise attacks, using the city gate that Libuli opened, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to take the stronghold by force. Later, he inspected the cottage, and felt that the terrain of the cottage was really good. When he came to the location of the cottage, the front river and the mountains behind were extremely dangerous, and the location of the cottage was a very good flat land, making the cottage a mountain city on the middle of the mountain. Not only is it dangerous and easy to defend, but it can also accommodate many people and livestock, and it can even be used for farming on the mountain.
The flat land with a radius of more than ten miles can last for a long time with the city gate closed.
Another advantage is that on both sides of the valley in the distance under the cottage, there is a large flat valley flat land, which can reclaim many fields to grow food, and the nearby valleys are also good for grazing livestock. It is a rare place in the mountains of the valley that can be self-sufficient, and control the dangers and block the passage.
Qin Qiong originally planned to start reclaiming wasteland and farming here, as well as grazing and breeding. By the way, it will benefit from this important transportation area and operate border market commerce. Who knows that the plan has not yet been finalized, and the Qiang people have already killed them.
In Songzhou City, small streams and clear rivers pass through the village from east to west, turn southward, and merge into the Minjiang River.
"Situ, the forward of the Tuoba tribe, has crossed Minshan Mountain and is coming to Songzhou."
"How far is it to Gansongling?" Qin Qiong asked Baliburi.
The Gansongling mentioned by Qin Qiong is the state boundary mountain in the west of Songzhou. Because of its high and continuous, it has become a natural geographical boundary. During the Sixteen Kingdoms, it was the boundary between Tuyuhun and Liangzhou.
Because the Bailong River Valley between Dieshan and Minshan is very narrow, the southern part of Dieshan is very limited, so most of Gansong Mountain belonged to Hechuan County in the south at that time.
Gansong Mountain is named after Gansong grass spread all over the mountain.
The Gansong Guard Army of Qianliang in the Sixteen Kingdoms, Gansong County in the Western Qin Dynasty, Gansong County in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty all got their names from this mountain.
Thirty miles north of Songzhou City, you can go northwest along the valley of the Yangdong River, a tributary of the Minjiang River. You can walk through the winding mountains for a hundred miles, pass Gansong Mountain, enter the west, and reach the bank of the Yellow River along the Baihe River.
Whether it is the Tuoba tribe, the Xifeng tribe, or other Qiang tribes, they all have to go this way when they come to Songzhou to plunder.
This road is located between Minshan Mountain and Gansong Mountain, along the valley channel, the terrain is relatively easy to walk, and it is precisely because of this road that Songzhou has a very important strategic position in history.
"It's almost here!" Baliburi replied, "Don't worry, Situ, our Songzhou village is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as we can't hold on and wait for reinforcements, we don't have to be afraid of them."
Dangxiang Qiang, also known as Miyao, nomadic in Jishi Mountain, Xiqing Mountain, south of Bailong River, north of Zi (Bayan Har Mountain) Mountain, upper reaches of Yellow River and Jinchuan.
The strength is relatively strong. The Dangxiang Qiang people headed by the eight major tribes have hundreds of thousands of people, and they are also close allies of Tuyuhun.
This time, the two top tribes of Dangxiang Qiang, Tuoba and Xifeng, called on all tribes to send troops to retake Songzhou together.
Qin Qiong asked his family to take Qin Meng out a map, which was redrawn after he came to Songzhou, combining the map of the Ministry of Li, and the terrain that Qin Meng and others went to investigate and found out.
Gansong Mountain is the barrier to the west of Songzhou, and Gansongling Pass is a narrow and dangerous pass. Party members must pass through this road when they come to the east.
"Qin Meng, you stay in Songzhou, I will go to Gansongling to welcome our guests!"
"Baili Sima, would you like to go with Qin?"
Bali Buli never expected that Qin Qiong would take the initiative to attack when the soldiers were overwhelming. Taking a deep breath of cold air, Liberi felt a toothache.
"Situ, we have few soldiers, why don't we stand firm and wait for help?"
"Are you afraid of Li Sima? If you are afraid, just stay and help Qin Meng defend Songzhou City together. I will go."
Ba Libuli felt Qin Meng's murderous eyes next to him, so he dared not say anything. After being captured at the beginning, I was deeply grateful to Qin Qiong for not killing him. Later, Qin Qiong was very polite to him and did not slaughter and bully his clan relatives. He was deeply shocked by Qin Qiong's personal charm and the strength of the Tang Dynasty. In the end, Libuli was determined to belong to the imperial court and pledge allegiance to Qin Qiong.
After all, Qin Qiong also asked the imperial court to confer a county viscount title and prefect Sima county magistrate for him, and sent several of his sons to study in Chang'an, and personally selected a few of his children to stay with him as bodyguards.
It's just that he didn't expect that Tuoba and the Xifeng Department reacted so strongly this time, and immediately ordered troops to seize Songzhou.
If Qin Qiong hadn't insisted on insisting, he would have wanted to run away.
The Qiang people show no mercy to traitors.
Especially the Tuoba Department, he has attached the Li Department to the Tuoba Department for so many years, and they will not show mercy.
"Situ, the troops of Tuoba and Xifeng are really strong." Ba Libuli persuaded again.
Qin Qiong just smiled.
"Barbarian." He pointed to the tunnel, "Although Songzhou City is dangerous, if we just sit and wait to die, we will be too passive." Although Qin Qiong had ordered all the tribesmen and horses to be moved to Songzhou City and In Jiaohe City, the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields was implemented, and the party's invading army was not given the slightest chance to supply livestock and food.
However, when the Qiang people fight, they are actually similar to the Turkic people. They drive cattle and sheep, and march with the tribe, young and old. They graze while walking. As long as the time is not too long, they don’t have to worry about supplies.
Qin Qiong knew this early on, and at the same time he was also very clear that the imperial court's reinforcements would never arrive soon, the road was long and remote, and the transportation of food and grass was not easy, so even if the imperial court sent troops immediately after receiving the request for aid, they would not be able to arrive for a while. When they come, they can only come with a small number of soldiers.
The Central Plains army marched and fought differently from the nomadic tribes. It was destined that Qin Qiong could not expect tens of thousands of troops to come soon.
There are really tens of thousands of troops coming, and the logistics can overwhelm them.
Everything has to rely on oneself.
"This Baili Gansong River Valley is an ideal ambush battlefield. This terrain is conducive to ambush the enemy on our side with few troops, and to attack the arrogance of the party members. And just like what Bali Sima said, we have few troops now. Weak, but the party has a large number of people, so they will inevitably underestimate the enemy, they will not think that we dare to take the initiative, so this is an opportunity!"
War is more than just a head-to-head competition of force. It involves many things, especially for the commander. In fact, the decisive victory is outside the battlefield.
It is more of a psychological contest. Whoever can predict the enemy's opportunity and who can catch him by surprise will win half of the battle before the battle begins.
Although the Qiang people are tough.
But Qin Qiong is a veteran of many battles.
Even if Li Jing is not old and shows his power again, Qin Qiong is still one of the most famous generals in the Tang Dynasty.
Facing a group of Dangxiang Qiang people, Qin Qiong can't lose in momentum.
Libuli thought about running and defending, but Qin Qiong was thinking about attacking.
"How can such a good opportunity be wasted?"
"Bailibuli is willing to obey Situ's command!" Seeing that Qin Qiong is determined, and that Qin Meng's bull eyes have been staring at him, Bailibuli can only bite the bullet.
"Very well, please transfer Li Sima to a thousand light cavalry to attack with me!"
Qin Qiong transferred 500 of his own troops, including 300 of the 500 people who took advantage last time, and the remaining 200 were 200 of the 500 people from the second batch, and a small number of people who were familiar with the terrain of Songzhou Some of the original Chinese slaves in Libu were used as guides.
1,500 people, all equipped with light knives and fast horses, only brought some dried meat and water, and traveled lightly.
Qin Meng was in charge of staying in Songzhou, and another general, Qin Dahai, was in charge of staying in Jiaohecheng. He divided Libuli's two sons into the Baili tribe and assisted the two generals in staying behind.
(end of this chapter)