"Yan Mingting, I wonder what happened?" Yang Qing saw a minor official coming up to report the situation to Yan Hong. Seeing that Yan Hong seemed to have something to say, Yang Qing immediately asked.

Yan Hong said: "Master Yang, there are barbarians making trouble and they are heading straight for this place. For the sake of everyone's safety, it is better to go down the mountain and return to the city quickly."

"This is actually happening." Yang Qing said in surprise: "What are the details? Please tell Yan Mingting in detail."

Although Yan Hong was impatient, he still briefly explained the situation. It turned out to be an urgent military message from Mianhui County, saying that the Qiang people in Baima County suddenly broke out and had bypassed Wenshan County and Wenjiang County and headed south.

The main force of the Qiang people was besieging Mianhui County, and a group of more than a thousand Qiang people was heading to Du'an County. Only then did the news come to Yan Hong to make preparations.

As for the Qiang people dividing their troops to attack Du'an County, Yan Hong can probably guess their intention. The barbarians in Wenshan County are mainly Qiang and Xiu people. They always come out to harass and plunder every time it gets cold. And these barbarians

Having lived in Wenshan County for a long time, he is well aware of the importance of Du'an Weir to farming in central Sichuan. He covets the weir for more than a day or two, and people often come to harass him. However, what puzzles Yan Hong is that usually, at most, small groups of barbarians come to harass him.

This time, for some reason, thousands of people came to attack in large numbers, as if they were attacking the city and occupying the weir. This would be difficult. He then thought about it, what if something happened to the Prime Minister's wife and her children?

This is the end of his career as an official.

Yan Hong's words were heard by Huang Yueying and everyone else. They did not expect that an ordinary exploration trip would encounter such a dangerous thing. However, Huang Yueying has seen big scenes, and the accompanying guards have also experienced life and death.

The elite sergeant did not panic at this time. He came to Yang Qing and said: "In that case, Mingzhi, Magistrate Yan, we should go down the mountain and return to the city quickly."

Everyone agreed and went down the mountain. When they reached the mountainside, they heard a burst of fighting. Soon they saw hundreds of Qiang people chasing dozens of officers and soldiers to the foot of Du'an City. Fortunately, these officers and soldiers were familiar with the path and ran quickly.

With the help of the defenders, they all entered the city smoothly. Upon seeing this, the Qiang army did not attack forcefully, but divided their forces to surround the city.

Du'an County is not big. The city wall is only about a foot high and there is no moat around it. After the Qiang army arrived, they surrounded the north and east gates of the county. They only had more than a thousand people and could only surround two people.

The main gate. The remaining west gate and south gate were leaning on the river and they could not besieged, but they still sent people to guard and monitor. Now Yan Hong led dozens of soldiers out of the city, and now there are only more than 200 people left under the command of the county captain.

Fortunately, the county captain reacted quickly and immediately ordered the young men in the city to help defend the city, and the situation was barely stabilized.

Seeing that the road back to the city had been blocked by the Qiang people, everyone in Yang Qing had no choice but to go back to the top of the mountain to make plans. Unexpectedly, there were many of them, and the weather was good today. After a while, the Qiang people found someone on the hillside, and they happened to be here.

In order to occupy Dayan, the Qiang leader asked people to build siege equipment, and at the same time divided his troops to capture the hilltop where Yang Qing was.

"No, the Qiang people have discovered us." Yan Hong saw more than 300 Qiang soldiers rushing towards us and shouted that something was wrong.

Yang Qing encountered war for the first time. Although he was extremely nervous, he still forced himself to calm down and quickly counted the number of people. The guards sent by Ma Zhong and the followers of the Zhuge family totaled more than 30 people, plus Yan Hong's men.

There are more than fifty county soldiers, and there are about a hundred sergeants on the mountain at the moment. Yang Qing estimates that the hillside terrain and a short wall halfway up the mountain should be able to withstand it. This low wall is about five feet high and one foot thick. An ordinary person standing high

The place is just right for you to stick out your upper body. This wall was built on the mountainside to guard against thieves. Therefore, the mountain is to the west of Du'an City, so the local people also call it Xiguan City Wall.

He looked around at the equipment of the sergeants. Except for Yan Hong's county soldiers, half of whom were wearing leather armor, the rest of the sergeants were not wearing armor. In addition, in terms of weapons and equipment, in addition to swords, spears and shields, only Yang Qing and Huang Yueying's soldiers were added.

He had more than a dozen crossbows and not many arrows. At this moment, he had no other choice but to bite the bullet and accept the challenge.

Although Yang Qing thought so much in his mind, in fact these thoughts were only completed in a few breaths. When he saw the Qiang people were about to rush, he immediately clasped his fists towards Yan Hong and said: "Yan Mingting, please let your people and mine

Quickly go to the low wall on the mountainside to set up defenses." Yan Hong did not hesitate and immediately agreed. Then he thought of something again and said urgently: "Ma County Lieutenant is guarding the city in the city. I only have one team here. I may not be able to lead all the troops to meet the enemy.

, Your Majesty has all elite men under your command, please choose a general to come out and lead the troops to resist the defence."

Yang Qing didn't know who among the guards could lead the troops. While hesitating, Huang Yueying on the side said: "My guard Huang Xing has been fighting with the Prime Minister since the 13th year of Jian'an. He has been on the battlefield for many years, so let him command the sergeants."

Huang Xing was Huang Yueying's guard leader. Yang Qing had already known him. He never thought that this man had such rich combat experience. He immediately said happily: "In that case, please ask Huang Guard to lead the troops to set up defenses to meet the enemy." Yan Hong said to himself

Yes, he agreed. The reason why he proposed to let Yang Qing's people lead the army was because he knew very well that his soldiers' combat effectiveness was low, and he was afraid of missing important events. At this moment, he felt relieved to hear that there were veterans in the army here.

Yang Qing said to Shen Da again: "You must also obey the command of Huang Guard." Shen Da was a sergeant recruited by the late emperor after he entered Shu. He had participated in the Battle of Ping Shu and the Battle of Hanzhong. He thought that he was the most senior among them all.

Unexpectedly, this Huang guard was better than him. He was actually an old soldier who had joined the army when the late emperor was in Jingzhou. Therefore, he looked at Huang Xing with respect and expressed his willingness to accept Huang Xing's command. He then followed Huang Xing with his sergeants.

Xing went to the mountainside to meet the enemy.

The top of the mountain is about ten feet away from the city wall on the mountainside. When Huang Xing ordered the deployment of defenses, Yang Qing had been watching intently. This was his first time experiencing a real battlefield. He would never miss such a good learning opportunity.

The mountainside city wall was only five or six feet long, so all the more than ninety soldiers could not climb up. Most of the county soldiers were armed with spears, so Huang Xing asked the spearmen to stand in the first row. The guards from Chengdu all had bows.

He ordered more than twenty crossbowmen to scatter behind the rocks and trees at high places behind the spearmen, waiting for the Qiang people to enter the shooting range before shooting them. Other county soldiers holding swords and shields formed a formation behind the spearmen.

, they are between the spearmen and crossbowmen. Once an enemy crosses the city wall, they will immediately step forward to block it. As for Yang Qing and others, only seven or eight people are left to guard them.

Yang Qing could not help but admire Huang Xingkou's well-organized military orders and his well-organized formations. He sincerely praised Huang Yueying beside him: "Brother Huang is really a talented general." Huang Yueying sighed: "Huang Xing

He was a bodyguard sent by my father after I got married. He was very skilled in martial arts and good at riding and shooting. After the Prime Minister joined the late Emperor's account, I was afraid that he would be in danger, so I sent Huang Xing to his side. Later, the Prime Minister saw that he was very capable and did a lot of work.

When the guard was overqualified, he was sent to the army again, where he fought in more than a hundred battles. After the Battle of Hanzhong, he had already accumulated merit and was promoted to captain, but in order to abide by my father's mission, he retreated from the front line to do his job.

He became a guard leader. If not, I’m afraid he would have been worshiped as a general by now.”
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