In the next two days, Guzang was very deserted and bleak. There were no other figures on the street except for the soldiers of the provincial governor's office who were patrolling public security, but outside Guzang City, there was a lively scene.

After Hao Zhao took over Guzang's city defense, he did not waste time in these few days.

Guzang two days ago looks like two completely different cities than Guzang two days later.

Two days ago, Guzang had only a shallow moat, wooden suspension bridge, a city wall of about meter thick, and two huge city gates. Such a defense is considered a solid city in Liangzhou. There is no ladder or ant attachment (siege equipment), so it is impossible to enter the city. Therefore, there is no need to build a moat city that is several meters deep and several meters high.

However, the city walls are tall and strong, and the moats are wide and deep, making it difficult for this city to break through.

Whether it is ancient history books or biography, there is often a word to describe a city’s defense measures, called: deep ditch and high towers!

But Guzang obviously did not reach this level at this time. Hao Zhao dug the moat three or four meters deep and four meters wide, and then installed under the moat with thorns and sharpened bamboo tubes. It would be impossible for Qiang and Hu to cross this moat without paying a price.

Hao Zhao is good at defending, so his defense is more than that.

For example, there are still many fortifications on the city wall, such as at the original city gate, Hao Zhao was strengthening his defense and building a urn city.

The so-called urn city is to strengthen the defense of castles or passes. A semicircular or square gate-protecting small city built outside the city gate (and inside the city gate) can lure the enemy into the first city gate, then close it or block the city gate, and then "catch turtles in the jar" against the enemy.

This project is the largest, so even if a large number of slaves are used, they have not been done well from morning to night.

Other fortifications are some completed. For example, at the gates of four city gates, there are four arrow towers, which can accommodate ten archers to attack in turn. Because the arrow tower only reveals the holes for archery, it is difficult for enemy archers to shoot in.

In addition to the arrow tower, there are also horse-faced pheasants, which have been cast one by one. With reinforced suspension bridges and deepened trenches, those who come to attack this city without any effort, should not touch the original Guzang city wall.

Moreover, this is just an open defense. In the dark, there are horse railings and hidden ditch traps to ensure that the invading enemy can have a good drink.

If the enemy is determined to conquer Guzang without considering life and death, the piles of rolling stones, rolling wood, tincture oil in the city wall will become their second nightmare, not to mention that at the end of the day, gunpowder is not a joke.

Hao Zhao looked at Guzang's fortifications, but his face did not relax his vigilance. Although the fortifications in front of him were as solid as a matter of solidity, there was no city in the world that could not be captured. Therefore, as long as there was time, Hao Zhao still ordered his servants to strengthen Guzang's defense bit by bit. If he did not turn Guzang into an iron city, Hao Zhao would not let go easily.

Cao Chong, who was in Guzangcheng Prefecture, naturally knew the changes in Guzangcheng City.

Some people also came to report to Cao Chong about the relevant matters.

When Cao Chong saw these reports, he knew that Hao Zhao was indeed a general who could defend the city. Ordinary generals often defended with their original fortifications. However, Hao Zhao was different. He would make relevant adjustments to the opponent's lineup, such as the horse-resisting junction, which was specially prepared for the Qiang and Hu cavalry.

Of course, Guzang's city defense only attracted Cao Chong for a moment. At this time, Cao Chong's full attention was no longer on Guzang City's defense, but on Guzang's small city in the north.

Cao Chong knew that the war there was getting more and more anxious.

The day before yesterday, Xiu was in a hurry to massacre, and tens of thousands of Xianbei people outside the city were about to attack the city. At the most critical moment, the prefect of Jiuquan Linghu Gang, Linghu Gong Fu and others led their troops to encircle and suppress the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people were no match for the Han army, not to mention that the Han army with a number far exceeds that of them.

Among these people who yearn for merit, the lively Xianbei people are not human beings at all, but walk one by one, so they are particularly excited when they kill.

On this day, 30,000 Xianbei people were basically killed. The blood of the Xianbei people spread from the Xiumao City to the grassland and then flowed into the Duye Lake. The entire grassland outside the Xiumao City turned into the color of blood.

After a day of fighting, the people of Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County were naturally exhausted. They went to the city to slaughter the city to rest, while the Xianbei people from afar did not dare to move forward any more.

Between starving and being killed, they choose to slow down before seeking death.

After all, people can still survive by eating people, and there are still many dead companions. There are no need to be enemies with the 60,000 well-equipped Han army. This is not for survival, but for death.

The tragedy of yesterday is still vivid in the minds of these Xianbei people.

Today, the prefect of Jiuquan in the city, Linghu Gang, Linghu Gong Fu and others did not hold back. They rushed out of the city with a scream to harvest the Xianbei people wandering in the grassland. Not only did they leave the territory of Liangzhou, but also fought for dozens of miles.

The Xianbei people were really robbed in just a few days. They were first killed by Qiang and Hu people, and now they were massacred by Han people. The original more than 100,000 people are probably left now.

And these 10,000 people are still consuming.

Although the Han army is on the slaughter of this side, it is not easy.

First of all, rabbits will bite people if they are anxious. What's more, these Xianbei people are not rabbits, they are warriors. For a period of time, the Xianbei in Hexi also had glorious days, but now they are in decline.

In addition, the coalition forces were too radical and too deep, and casualties gradually appeared, and the numbers became larger and larger. So after going deeper for dozens of miles, although the people of Jiuquan Prefect Linghu Gangling Hun Beigongfu were greedy for meritorious deeds, they did not want to lose too much of their belongings here, so they retreated directly, but they had more ears from Xianbei people in their hands.

The two ears of Xianbei people are proof of military merit, and a pair of ears prove that they are merits of killing one person. In this regard, Cao Chong did not allow these aristocratic families to be scammers.

Cao Chong watched the sunset slowly falling, thinking to himself, if Miss Zhibai was really related to Cao Pi, when she had no restrictions on her movements, the King of Xiqiang should know that I was using troops in Xiu Massacre.

Here, Cao Chong chose to think from the perspective of others.

If he were the King of the Western Qiang, what would he do when he heard this news?

After thinking about it, Cao Chong found that he had only two choices.

First of all, they will never sit still and wait for death. The Xianbei people were pushed up by the King of the Western Qiang, which was originally a bait, a cannon fodder that consumed the Han army.

Since this is the case, the King of Xiqiang will not wait for the Xianbei people to die, and let the Han army recover and then attack. He will never give the Han army a chance to breathe.

If this is the case, Cao Chong felt that the King of Xi Qiang had at most two choices.

One is to encircle and suppress the troops in Xiu's massacre and eliminate all the troops in the city.

As long as all the warable troops in Liangzhou are eliminated, the three counties of Dunhuang and Jiuquan in Wuwei are like women taking off their clothes and being ravaged by others.

This is the first choice Cao Chong believed that the King of Xiqiang would have. The second choice was to bypass the small city of Xiutu and lead all the troops towards Guzang. At this time, all the big figures of the three counties of Liangzhou were gathered in Guzang. As long as Guzang was defeated, the coalition forces would inevitably fall apart. For the King of Xiqiang, the three counties of Liangzhou that split and do not cooperate with each other, it would undoubtedly be much easier to deal with than the three counties of Liangzhou that united.

However, Cao Chong was not sure which choice would the King of Xiqiang choose.

Because until now, Cao Chong has never seen his opponent, and he cannot know himself or her, so he naturally cannot predict his next action.

However, this did not prevent Cao Chong from planning secretly.

First of all, it is believed that the King of Xiqiang would encircle and suppress the Han army in Xiumao City. If this is the case, it is naturally the situation that Cao Chong is willing to see. Attack Xiumao, the King of Xiqiang would greatly weaken the power of the Dunhuang County family of Jiuquan County. Secondly, it would greatly deplete the vitality of the King of Xiqiang. The army held by Cao Chong can naturally be used as a surprise soldier and a sharp blade to give the King of Xiqiang an unforgettable lesson.

If the King of the Western Qiang abandoned Xiu and slaughtered the city and rushed to Guzang, then it would be good news for Cao Chong.

First, the King of the Western Qiang rushed directly to Guzang. Then, the 60,000 coalition forces in Xiumao could form a siege and destroy the main force of the King of the Western Qiang outside Guzang City.

After all, Cao Chong was quite relieved if Hao Zhao was guarding the city. It was hard to say for a long time, but there was no problem in staying for ten days.

The most important thing for the King of the Western Qiang to attack Guzang is to capture Guzang in a short period of time. According to common sense, more than 100,000 and 200,000 people attack Guzang, who had less than 10,000 people defending the city, would be destroyed in one or two days.

Of course there is no problem with taking this into consideration, but the key is that Cao Chong has Hao Zhao, a talented expert in the city guarding.

Until now, Cao Chong was afraid that the King of the Western Qiang had a short vision and was a rough man. He only knew how to attack blindly, only saw a few benefits in front of him, and did not consider the long-term considerations.

If the King of the Western Qiang was rampant in the three counties of Liangzhou without taking action against Xiu Tu or Guzang, Cao Chong's strategy would have changed, and this change would be obviously unfavorable for Cao Chong.

Cao Chong sighed in his heart, hoping that the King of Xiqiang would be smart enough.

And if he was really a reckless man and didn't know how to use a trick, Cao Chong could use another method to deal with him.

However, those who can sit at the position of the King of the Western Qiang cannot do it.

Cao Chong was still a little confident in this regard.

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At this time, less than fifty miles away from the city of Retirement, a huge army was moving in an orderly manner. The army knew it was from Qianghu at first sight. Whether it was their clothes, hairstyles on their heads, or scimitars on their hands, they all showed their identity.

However, this army is still somewhat different from the ordinary Qiang and Hu army.

The ordinary Qiang and Hu army often have no armor on their bodies, and the swords on their hands are not too sharp, and there are no siege tools such as stone catapults and cloud ladders. However, although this army cannot have a set of armor, one of the three people will have a set of not very good armor on them.

The armor is old and looks like the one left before. Many of the armors have traces marked with the characters "Yuan" or "Dong", proving that the owner of the armor is loyal to Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo.

This army was able to obtain tens of thousands of sets of armor, naturally because of Cao Pi.

Using useless armor and old weapons to exchange for Qiang and Hu war horses can also cause some trouble for Cao Chong, so Cao Pi naturally felt it was worth it.

The King of the Western Qiang was willing to trade with Cao Pi, so he naturally felt that the transaction was worth it.

Using extra war horses to trade the armor and weapons that the tribe needs most, is there any better deals than this?

At this time, in the huge horse tent in the center of the army, the King of Xiqiang, with a red face, was lying on a white and tender woman, galloping on a horse.

This horse tent is pulled by more than a dozen horses, which shows that the area inside is also very large.

Finally, with a comfortable long roar, the King of Xiqiang thrust forward, and the essence rushed out like a long river. The beauty under him had long been lying on the wool blanket like mud, but the convulsions from time to time proved that this was a living person.

Staying away from his hometown, after destroying the Hexi Xianbei, the King of Xi Qiang naturally harvested a large amount of spoils, including cattle, sheep and horses, but the most common ones were naturally women.

In the past few days, although no one of the Qiang and Hu warriors has a woman, they can share a woman among two or three people, so what they should enjoy is naturally enjoyment.

After finishing, the King of Xi Qiang quickly put on his clothes, put on the unique crown of Qianghu, and walked out of the horse tent.

There were people waiting outside the horse tent, either. They were the high priest, the clan leader and the two sons of the King of Xiqiang.

One is the eldest son Prince Xiangli, and the other is Prince Tuoba, the beloved son of the King of the Western Qiang.

"My king, the guests from the east sent us a message saying it was about information about Liangzhou."

The King of Xiqiang nodded, and his majestic voice immediately rang.

"Let me show me."

The high priest naturally did not dare to go against the will of the King of Xiqiang, so he quickly handed the letter to the King of Xiqiang.

The King of Xiqiang skillfully opened the bamboo slips and looked at the dense words inside, but what was a little surprised was that the King of Xiqiang could actually understand Chinese characters.

After reading the contents of the bamboo slips, the King of Xiqiang burst into laughter.

"Hahahahahahaha!"

The clan leader was a rough man and could not hide his thoughts. When the King of Xiqiang started to laugh, he asked, "My king is so happy, is it the content of this bamboo slip?"

The King of Xiqiang nodded.

"This guest is even more anxious than us, hahaha!"

Seeing that the King of Xiqiang was so happy, the high priest stood up and said, "My king, this guest is also a Han Chinese, and he is also a brother of the Marquis of Luoyang. He cannot believe the letter he sent to us."

Unexpectedly, the King of Xiqiang shook his head.

"The High Priest is wrong. I understand the thoughts of this guest very well. If it were me, I would be like him. Sometimes my brothers want each other to die more than their enemies. Don't forget that when I ascended the throne, I killed my two brothers with my own hands."

Hearing this sentence, the high priest choked and did not dare to continue on this topic.
Chapter completed!