Chapter 64: Temptation and Fellowship
In July, the worst plague ever broke out in the grasslands, which had been well controlled in the cold climate, but as the temperature rose to the highest, the latent disease began to ravage the entire grassland. In just one month, hundreds of thousands www.biquge.info of people have returned to Tengger's embrace.
At the same time, the Goliaths also attacked, and a pair of hundreds or thousands of Simbuyi cavalry as a unit, deep into the steppe, slaughtering tribes one tribe after another. They had accurate maps in their hands, and these maps drawn by merchants exposed everything in the steppe. It was not that he was reluctant to send more troops, but that he could not supply to that extent, at least 150,000 of his 200,000 troops could only stay where they were, and he sent 50,000 Simbuyi cavalry to the steppe region for a round of testing, followed by a total conquest.
After casually shooting the last herdsman of the tribe of thousands, Colonel Pennan and his 2,000 cavalry quickly searched for the next target, and soon he spotted a steppe cavalry of 10,000 men in the distance. After a little thought, he quickly rushed forward with his troops.
They had apparently been spotted by the steppe cavalry, and they quickly dispersed in all directions, and then charged at them from all sides, one of them rounding their right.
After Peinan saw it, he instantly understood in his heart that the other party was planning to annihilate them as much as possible, and the reason why he did this was because he was afraid that they would run away, it was really a ridiculous group of guys. Peinan immediately ordered the troops to rush forward at full speed, and at the place where they gathered about two hundred meters, a flash of excitement flashed in Peinan's eyes, he took out the heavy crossbow on his waist, and the other cavalrymen also took out the heavy crossbow on their waists and fired at the rushing steppe cavalry.
Nearly a thousand soldiers on the opposite side were killed by arrows in an instant, and their corpses fell off their horses, but their horses still rushed forward. The commander of the steppe was shocked, he originally thought it was a small group of horse thieves, who would have thought that nearly a thousand soldiers would be shot and killed on his side almost as soon as they fought. One of them was shot at him, but luckily he was wearing the heavy armor of the Seris, which had saved his life more than once. Although it affects the mobility, as long as you bring a few more horses with you, it will be nothing.
The cavalry in front of him had already exchanged hands with the other party, and although the other party had eliminated nearly a thousand of his subordinates as soon as he entered the field, there was no problem in close combat, and only then did he have the heart to observe what had just been pulled out of his armor.
Looking at the red spiral arrow in his hand, the man was shocked.
"What the hell is this, it can actually absorb human blood, is it a magic arrow cursed by wizards. He couldn't think otherwise, this weapon was so weird, he saw with his own eyes that he had been pierced by the arrows that had penetrated in, and some of the blood had been sucked straight into it, and the wound continued to bleed, but fortunately his armor was still wearing a layer of silk that had been snatched from Seris, and the silk kept his wound from bleeding. Those who were shot were not so lucky, they were directly penetrated through the body and died, and these spiral-shaped arrows were originally coated with the poison invented by the military laboratory, but the shot of the captain Penan was a person who greatly admired the spirit of the samurai and disdained to apply poison to the weapon.
Just as he began to observe the game, he realized that things were not as he thought. The other party was not submerged in his army, but continued to kill and injure his subordinates, watching his subordinates bravely impact, but in the end they were constantly cut off the horse, this captain couldn't wait, he had no doubts in his heart about who was coming, and he rushed directly to see his people being slashed and killed. It only took a few breaths to rush forward, casually looking at several black-armored cavalrymen around him, and then there was a look of consternation, his scimitar slashed at the opponent's armor, and there was no other effect than to stir up a burst of sparks.
"Patriarch, be careful. A steppe cavalryman rushed forward to block the captain's flank, and then the men and horses were split in half with a horizontal sword.
"Agri, no. The man was furious, and then he rushed forward directly, directly snatched the knife in the opponent's hand, and then slashed straight over, killing a black-armored cavalry in an instant, those steppe cavalry saw the patriarch's might, one by one rushed forward more desperately, they threw down the weapons in their hands, jumped forward directly, and threw the black-armored cavalry to the ground, and the battle lasted for an hour.
Looking at the slow corpse and the broken scimitar in his hand, the commander's heart was filled with grief, followed by anger and doubt, this is definitely not a force on the grassland. But he thought about these things at the moment, and then the two sides fought fiercely together, and after the steppe cavalry found that their arrows could not penetrate each other, they started a fierce hand-to-hand fight with those black-armored cavalry, and the cavalry just kept dodging at first, and then after the arrows on their bodies were consumed, they started hand-to-hand combat with the steppe cavalry. Almost every three steppe cavalry deaths can kill one black-armored cavalry, but no one escaped, looking at the corpses of the clansmen who had been trampled to minced flesh, the remaining less than five thousand steppe cavalry rushed forward even more frantically, each of them showing absolute anger on their faces.
How could they have been defeated so badly, they had defeated the Tang army several times their own, but now they were humiliated by the other party under the absolute superiority of forces, everyone's heart was holding a breath, they brandished scimitars, rushed forward, killed and killed, people kept falling off their horses, and then the corpses were trampled into minced meat, all kinds of body parts were all over the ground, all kinds of stumps and broken arms, the enemy and their own side were no longer distinguishable, but most of them were grassland cavalry.
Just after the captain activated the blood qi in his body, he burst out with huge power, he slashed around with a scimitar, each time he would slash at least two black-armored cavalrymen, and then the blood on his body became thicker and thicker, and the scimitar in his hand actually formed a ball of red blood like a substance, and then nearly ten black-armored cavalry were killed in a single slash, but the leader of the enemy army was also killing his people quickly.
A black-armored cavalryman suddenly took off the heavy bow on his back where he hadn't noticed, and then a whistling sound was heard and rushed towards the captain with a bloody light. Suddenly, the captain felt a tremor in his heart, and he fell to the ground without thinking.
However, at this moment, an ownerless war horse suddenly stepped over his body, and the captain only felt that his internal organs seemed to have been broken, and then he tried to get up and continue the fight. But as his mind drifted for a while, he felt his body getting lighter and lighter.
"Is this the end of it? Killed in battle·· Okay · He said something intermittently, and then he felt a darkness in front of him.
"The patriarch is dead, the patriarch is dead. A steppe cavalryman who saw all this rushed over with red eyes, and almost with incredible force, he split a black-armored cavalryman who was blocking him in half at the waist, and then quickly rushed over, but he was still a step too late, and then the body of the captain was trampled into mud.
"No!!, avenge the patriarch. He roared hysterically, and then rushed over. Then the rest of the steppe cavalry also rushed over.
"They went crazy and retreated. Looking at the ghost-like steppe cavalry in front of him, Peinan retreated. Although the rising Sinbuyi cavalry around them were very reluctant, they still chose to obey the order at the first time.
With a strange whistle, the Simbuyi cavalry, who had fallen into the frenzy of battle, stopped, and then retreated as they fought. Suddenly, a group of Simbuyi cavalry with ghost faces on their helmets rushed out of it, and then they took off the heavy bows on their backs and fired at the steppe cavalry in waves, each of which killed dozens of steppe cavalrymen, often shooting directly at the opponent's horses. With their cover, the remaining Sinbuyi cavalry quickly withdrew from the battlefield, and then the cavalry slowly withdrew from the battlefield. The steppe cavalry pursued them close to the steppe border, and the cunning Goliaths led them closer to the border of Seris, then suddenly accelerated, and soon disappeared into the vast expanse of the steppe.
In this battle, the Goliaths lost more than 900 soldiers, and the steppe cavalry also suffered nearly 7,000 casualties, and those who were wounded were also certain to die, that is, nearly 7,000 people were killed, although the casualties were almost 1 to 8, but no Goliath dared to underestimate those barbarians. If they were equipped, their casualties might be three to one, or even two to one, knowing that they were soldiers who had undergone the most brutal training and actual combat training, and their coordination and cooperation with each other and discipline were far superior to each other, but even then the other side fought the same way.
After this battle, Nishizawa Uza also knew the combat effectiveness of the Oghuz people, which was okay.
Later, many of the Simbuyi cavalry returned, and most of them also fought, but because they encountered a thousand-strong steppe cavalry, some of the casualties in each team did not exceed a hundred, and even so, this time there were more than 5,000 Goliaths sleeping forever in this vast grassland, and they killed more than 50,000 steppe cavalry and 'cleaned' more than 90,000 tribal herdsmen.
The response to the sudden attack of the Goliaths varied across the steppe, with some tribes fantasizing that they could use the power of the Goliaths to preserve themselves, while others who were sober turned to Sakchen or the alliance on the other side, and the Tatars became the public enemies of the steppe.
In the king's tent of Sackzhen.
Sakhan burst out laughing, and this time he received nearly 400,000 people with little effort. But then he felt a moment of confusion, and he thought about the Subutai beside him and asked, "How could that general of the Goliaths do such a stupid thing?"
Sakhan couldn't figure it out, and of course Subutai couldn't figure it out, only Nishizawa himself knew what was going on.
The woman in front of her had a delicate face, but she revealed a haughty temperament, which was innate. Looking at the woman in front of him, who could be described as a rose, Nishizawa showed a smile.
The person who came was Princess Jingru of the Tang Dynasty, and she was also a general of the Tang Dynasty, and she once formed a prestigious women's army.
No one knew that one of the purposes of this battle was to show the Seris, as early as the beginning, Cizer Urent sent an envoy to Seris, but the Seris were not enthusiastic about the affairs of the alliance, only a strange woman left the envoy, and then came to the Goliath legion station.
"Princess, you have also seen that this is the strength of the Republic, and I think we are qualified to cooperate with you, after all, we do not want the Oghuz to continue to exist, you must know that they are a group of dangerous elements, the destroyers of the civilized world. Nishizawa said as he looked at the pink-clad princess of Seris. Then the interpreter on the side relayed the words to the other party.
"Are you not more dangerous enemies? without the Mugul, you will not turn your gaze to us? after all, you are not much more merciful than those barbarians in this palace. Princess Jingru said calmly. She was secretly shocked by the strength of the other party in her heart, and at the same time, she began to notice for the first time that there were other countries in this world that were also not inferior to Datang, originally she thought that Datang was the only powerful country in this world, but now it seems that the other party easily defeated the grassland barbarians who could compete with Datang, and heard that those grassland people turned out to be the subject countries of this country, she really couldn't imagine how powerful the other party's country was, and their cruelty was not inferior to those grassland barbarians, those soldiers who were full of murderous aura, at first glance, they were extremely ruthless, and they would definitely not be much better than the grassland barbarians。
After hearing the words conveyed by the interpreter, his expression seemed to be very angry: "Princess, how can you say that, we Goliaths are a peace-loving people, and our cruelty is only due to the fact that those Oghuz demons once slaughtered our people like crazy, and we have always been peaceful with civilized people. Although even he didn't believe it, Princess Jingru obviously didn't believe it either, but on the one hand, there was a threat that existed now, and on the other hand, a threat that might exist in the future. Until it happens, no one can talk about that kind of future possibility.
Princess Jingru also knew that if the grassland barbarians did not exist, then the other party might become a new enemy, but could it be that because of this, she would give up this opportunity to eliminate the grassland barbarians, you must know how many Tang Erlang died tragically at the hands of the grassland barbarians, and the other party and the Tang Dynasty had no grievances.
In the end, the two sides reached a secret agreement.
No one knows what will happen in the future, but at least now they are allies, Princess Jingru stays here, and Nishizawa Uren has specially recruited chefs who can cook Seris, and he is also going to let Princess Jingru know more about the Goliaths, and also ask her about Seris. In fact, he has always planned to communicate more with these foreign forces, because in his opinion, only continuous exchange and learning will lead to continuous progress.
Later, Nishizawa Uyi conveyed to the Seris merchants a group of slaves captured by the steppe in exchange for the silk that he and his subordinates had longed for.
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