A shrill police whistle sounded in Qinghe City. The residents who walked out of the house because of Anmin's notice looked blankly at the serious Nanchuan soldiers running towards the city wall. What they didn't know was that the city would be trapped in the war again, and the brutal Rong people were approaching.

"All unrelated people go home immediately and the whole city will be martial law!"

The Nanchuan soldiers of the 6th thousand-man team quickly set up a horse resistance at the street entrance and began to set up martial law. Now that the enemy is approaching, the Nanchuan army has insufficient troops in Qinghe City, and they are worried that the enemy will be damaged, so they can only ensure the stability of the city with martial law.

The Nanchuan soldiers had strict military disciplines. After seizing Qinghe City from the Red Turban soldiers, they did not violate the people at all, which made the people feel good about this army. Seeing their serious faces at this moment, they also knew that something big was going to happen. They all hurriedly went home and began to close the doors and windows.

The sergeant Li Qing had already rushed to the top of the city at this moment. He looked into the distance and saw countless smoke and dust rising from the horizon. Looking at the city gate that had not been closed, he shouted to the guards: "Go and a few more people to help close the city gate."

"Contact officer, come here."

"What are the instructions of the Chief Sergeant-"

Li Qing pointed to countless rolling smoke and dust in the distance and said, "You personally took people out of the city from the east gate and delivered the news of the Rong tribe attacking Qinghe City to me as quickly as possible. Have you heard it clearly?"

The liaison officer repeated the order aloud and said, "The news of the arrival of the Rong tribe as quickly as possible will be delivered to the commander of the corps."

Li Qing added: "Tell the commander of the corps that I, Li Qing, will lead two flag battalions to stand firm until the reinforcements arrive."

Seeing Li Qing swallowing the words behind, the contact officer was stunned and said, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"

Li Qing patted the liaison officer on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, go."

"Yes!" The liaison officer immediately stepped forward, saluted Li Qing with a military salute, turned around and got off the city wall, and ran towards the stable.

Five thousand people who arrived in a hurry also gathered beside Li Qing, waiting for Li Qing's orders.

Li Qing's team waved to the five thousand-man chiefs, gathered them beside him and said, "It was beyond our expectations that the Rong people came to attack the five Qinghe City. The enemy situation is unknown now, and we have not yet established a stable foothold and insufficient troops, so we must make the worst plan."

The five thousand men all looked solemn. They had less than four hours to capture Qinghe City, and they had not yet established a stable foothold and had no detailed understanding of the situation in the city. Now that the Rong people attacked, it was undoubtedly a huge test for them, and everyone felt the pressure.

Perhaps feeling the heavy mood of the thousand-person captains, Li Qing reluctantly squeezed out a smile to comfort him and said, "Although we make the worst plan, we also have advantages. With the protection of the city wall, relying on the bravery of our Nanchuan soldiers, it should be no problem to hold on for a few days and wait for reinforcements."

"Sir Sergeant, just give me instructions on how to fight you. Since we have become the vanguard of the army, we will naturally not be afraid of any powerful enemies." The heads of thousands of people are not afraid of danger.

Li Qing nodded and ordered, "The first to the fourth thousand men guarded the four walls on the east, west, south and north respectively, and let me hold on for at least two days."

"As for order!" Four thousand men clasped their fists and took the order, then turned around and left to arrange defense.

Li Qing said solemnly to the 5th thousandth man leader: "You thousand-person team serves as the general reserve team, responsible for supporting tasks, and at the same time assisting the 6th thousandth man team in the city to stabilize the stability of the city. The most important thing is to give me the more than 3,000 recruits who were recruited today. If there is any abnormal movement, report it immediately."

They raided Qinghe City to capture more than 10,000 Red Turban soldiers. Due to the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, most of the Red Turban soldiers were let go by them. The three thousand Red Turban soldiers who were unwilling to leave were listed as their new recruits after preliminary assessment.

According to the general procedures, after the subsequent main forces arrive, these newly recruited recruits will return to the recruit training camp of the Nanchuan Army for several weeks of military training and ideological transformation, and then be assigned to various combat troops or to the logistics department.

But now the Rong people are coming suddenly, and these three thousand newly recruited recruits who have not had time to transform their thoughts have become a time bomb, which made Li Qing very worried that if they turn against the water at a critical moment, they will be attacked from both sides.

"Don't worry, Chief Sergeant, with our Thousand-People team here, those newly recruited new recruits can't make any big waves." Chief Fifth Thousand promised.

After Li Qing arranged all the tasks, the Rong cavalry had approached Qinghe City. They had learned that Qinghe City was captured by the Nanchuan Army several hours ago, so they wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Nanchuan Army had not yet established a stable foothold.

But when they arrived under Qinghe City and saw the solemn Nanchuan Army, they immediately changed to a raid.

"Tell the warriors, take Qinghe City, drink whatever wine and play with women!"

Looking at the solemn Nanchuan soldiers on the city, Wushu, the leader of the Rong tribe's ten thousand cavalry, conducted a simple pre-war mobilization of the Rong tribe's iron cavalry in animal skins.

Wushu's words were simple, but they were full of temptation. These Rong cavalry from the bitter and cold land were fierce like a group of wolves. Their favorites were the fine wine and women in the dynasty world. As soon as Wushu's words fell, they couldn't wait to pounce on Qinghe City.

"Prepare for the fight!"

Li Qing held up the infantry shield and ordered in a deep voice that all the Nanchuan soldiers guarding the west wall held their breath and were ready to face the attack of these beasts.

"Huh—drink—"

The Rong cavalry rode their war horses and rushed towards the Qinghe city wall. When they were about to approach the city wall, they suddenly made a 190-degree turn. The short bow in their hands pointed at the head of the city, and the arrow shot.

The Nanchuan army had never fought with these Rong people in animal skins, and naturally they didn't know how their cavalry attacked the city. Caught off guard, more than a dozen unlucky Nanchuan soldiers were shot by arrows and fell backwards to the ground. A painful scream sounded on the city wall.

The fallen Nanchuan soldiers were quickly carried down by the people behind, and their positions were quickly replenished. The second wave of arrow rains hit again. This time, the Nanchuan soldiers were prepared with their shields, and the killing effect was greatly reduced.

The Rong people rode their horses down the city and kept throwing arrows toward the city wall. The shield was jingled by arrows, and the powerful force from the shield made Li Qing's arm numb.

"The archer is ready and sees the freedom to shoot."

The 2000-man team guarding the west wall, one of which was equipped with a first-grade longbow built by the Nanchuan Arsenal. Although its power is not as powerful as the Rong short bow, its shooting range is far beyond that of the Rong people.

The Rong people once again threw arrows to the city wall, but this time they had just finished shooting and were about to open up their positions for the next wave of cavalry, the Nanchuan archers on the city wall seized the opportunity and gave a fierce counterattack.

The sharp wolf-toothed arrow roared through the bodies of the Rong cavalry, bringing bloody rain. The shouting Rong cavalry kept falling off the horse. The other Rong cavalry were also shocked and hurriedly urged the horse to run away, stepping their fallen companions under the horse's hooves from time to time, causing small-scale chaos.

The archers on the city walls shot and killed dozens of Rong cavalry, greatly bruising their arrogant arrogance. The two sides launched a shooting, causing damage to each other.

Seeing that their arrows were not effective, some Rong clan cavalry continued to shoot arrows towards the city wall at short bows, and some people rode their horses to the city and immediately threw the iron hook towards the city. The iron hook was firmly hooked against the battlements, and the Rong clan people climbed up to the city wall quickly along the rope. (To be continued)
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