Liu Guang's body is very weak, because he has not eaten enough for two years.

His father was Jishan, the king of Hami Zhongshun, and he was a Zheng Bapin official who specialized in teaching Confucianism to King Hami. His grandfather is also Ji Shan, and if nothing else, his brother will also become Ji Shanguan in the future.

From the time he could remember, his grandfather told Liu Guang that they were all people of the Celestial Empire.

Celestial?

Liu Guang doesn't know very well, he was born in Hami. Except for the long history of the Zhongshun Palace, Ji Shanhe and the three Han official families, all the people he came into contact with were foreign races and spoke a different language from him.

Even, Liu Guang's mother is Mongolian!

As he grew older, Liu Guang read many books, including Zuo Chuan, Historical Records, and Zizhi Tongjian...... He finally understood the meaning of the Celestial Empire, and he also wanted to return to his hometown called Jiangxi.

At this moment, the damned Turpan came, and they killed Liu Guang's father and brother, abducted Liu Guang's mother, sister, brother and sister, and burned the Liu family's book collection.

Liu Guang didn't know where his family was, and he himself became a slave of the Turpan nobles. Because of his young age and weak physique, the nobles thought he was useless, so they resold him cheaply to a merchant, who in turn resold him to his current master.

"Smack!"

A whip came, and Liu Guang's vest was hot.

This is because he is too slow, but Liu Guang has tried his best, he has never learned to farm before, he can only read and make articles.

Wheat is planted in March and April, and cotton is planted in May, and when wheat and cotton are harvested, Liu Guang always feels that his back hurts, and he can't straighten his waist every day.

"Boom!"

The sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and the ground seemed to be shaking, and Liu Guang looked over there curiously.

This time the lazy did not get whipped again, and the guy who supervised everyone's work was running away in great terror. Soon thousands of cavalry poured in, and Liu Guang saw a big "Wang" character on the banner, what a familiar Chinese character, as if it had mysterious power, Liu Guang was moved to tears.

The cavalry went around the field, and all the young men who did not have straw ropes on their feet were hacked to death on the spot, and even if they surrendered on their knees, they could not escape the fate of death.

A troop of cavalry stopped at the edge of the wheat field and shouted in Mongolian: "You slaves, all gathered together, the king has come to liberate you!" ”

Liu Guang immediately shouted in Chinese, Mongolian, and Vultures: "The Ming Dynasty has come to save us, and they have all come to me!" ”

The slaves, who were at a loss and didn't know what to do, naturally moved closer to Liu Guang, who they were more familiar with, and soon there were more than a dozen slaves around them.

Although Liu Guang's feet were tied with straw ropes, he suddenly straightened his waist and said to the commander of the cavalry: "Liu Guang, the son of Ji Shan, the king of the Ming Dynasty, has seen the general!" ”

The Mongolian cavalry smiled: "Heh, I'm still a Han." Give him a horse, a knife, and let him collect the slaves with the army! ”

Thirteen-year-old Liu Guang took the scimitar, cut the ropes on his feet, and cut the ropes of the other slaves, mounted on horseback, and repeated in the language of the three tribes: "Take up arms, follow me to kill those Turpan dog thieves for revenge!" ”

Under the leadership of Liu Guang, more than a dozen slaves picked up farm tools, and those who did not have farm tools picked up stones and followed the Celestial Empire army to kill the slave owners.

From here to the outside of Chiting City, there were hundreds of slaves behind Liu Guang.

They also did not go to war, but specially helped the army of the Celestial Empire, escorted the captive Turpan women and children, and beat them with a revenge mentality.

"Kill, there's a Turpan dog thief over there!"

Many slaves threw down their captives and rushed towards the old men of Turpan on the side of the road.

Wang Yuan was too lazy to kidnap or kill these old people in Turpan, and let them fend for themselves hungry. It would be better if they could go to the city together, and if Turpan was relieved, it would be a waste of food. If there is no relief, it will more or less lose the support of the people.

But the slaves didn't care, but whenever they saw the old man alive, they rushed up and tortured him to death.

Liu Guangda shouted: "Come back quickly, don't leave your post without permission, our task is to escort women and children for the Celestial Empire army." ”

Some slaves obeyed orders, others ignored them.

The old man of Turpan, who fell on the side of the road, was instantly surrounded by dozens of slaves, and the body was divided into many pieces, and many slaves had flesh and blood in their mouths.

……

Looking at the stone city wall in front of her, Ya Mulan reminded: "President Wang, this is Chiting City." ”

A middle-aged Han man beside Wang Yuan suddenly chanted a poem: "There is a lot of wind in the Red Pavilion, and it is impossible to be angry." Sometimes there is no one walking, and the sand and gravel are fluttering. The night is quiet and the sky is depressed, and the ghost cries and cries. There are many skulls on the ground, all of which are ancient battlefields! I can't imagine that I, Zhang Zigao, will also have a day when I will follow the Great Tomorrow soldiers to conquer the ancient city of Chiting. Strong, strong! ”

This guy named Zhang Zigao had a previous position of Zhongshun Palace. His wife and children were taken captive, and he hid in the qanats to escape for his life, and later pretended to take refuge with the general Manchu Hasan.

Wang Yuan used the discord strategy to attack Hami, and Zhang Zigao immediately instigated the Manchu Assassin Hasan to open the city with fire, which can also be regarded as a contribution to the recovery of Hami.

As for Chiting City, it is an ancient city near Qiketai Town, Shanshan County in later generations.

At this time, Shanshan, named Bizhuan City, belonged to Liucheng (later Lukeqin Town) together with Chiting City.

Hundreds of years later, many wastelands are still green pastures. The herdsmen here are all half-cultivated and half-pastoral, not nomadic, and due to the terrain restrictions, they can only swim to the Gobi Desert if they want to be nomadic.

"What a pasture," Zhang Zigao smiled and arched his hand at Wang Yuan, "Mr. Wang, how about letting the contemptible person personally lead the team to set fire?" ”

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

Zhang Zigao immediately led hundreds of Han horsemen to collect dry grass to burn the pasture. This guy's wife and children are nowhere to be found, and he hates Turpan to the extreme, and he can't wait to burn the pastures in Turpan to the ground.

Although the area of Chiting Castle is not large, it is built on the spot and the city is extremely strong.

Wang Yuan didn't plan to attack the city, so he directly led his troops around the city and went straight to the ruined city (Shanshan). At the same time, 4,000 cavalry were left to guard outside Chiting City, and another thousand slaves helped to plunder the formation, and the defenders dared to go out of the city to besiege and kill them directly!

Due to geographical reasons, this place only needs to guard against Hami and Xiaolie bald.

However, Hami and Xiao Liebald were beaten by Turpan every time, how could Chiting City send heavy troops to guard it?

And it was still spring, and many soldiers had gone home. Their horses need to be multiplied, their land needs to be cultivated, and the Turpan army is in a scattered state, and it will take at least a month to gather it.

In the narrow area east of Chiting City, the pastures were burned by Wang Yuan, the cultivated land was trampled by Wang Yuan, and the villages, towns and tribes of Yanlu were all plundered by Wang Yuan.

Only a few hundred horsemen were scattered, and they successfully escaped into Chiting City. Combined with the number of defenders in the city, there are more than 1,000 cavalry, and there are 1,000 or 2,000 foot guards in the city.

With only two or three thousand people, how dare they go out of the city to meet the enemy?

Bypassing Chiting City, it is a narrow area, all of which are pastures and cultivated land.

The Han Dynasty's attack on the Xiongnu was particularly troublesome, but Wang Yuan's attack on Turpan was very convenient. Because the Xiongnu belonged to the nomadic herds, and Turpan belonged to the resident herdsmen, it was impossible to move the oasis there, and Wang Yuan would at least not get lost, or lead a large army but could not find the enemy.

Wang Yuan and Ya Mulan didn't have the heart to make a move, but Zhu Ying, Zhang Wei, and Zhu Dangjun led the Han cavalry and Mongolian cavalry, and they were busy rushing left and right.

It's a pity that it is estimated that the news has been obtained here, and many young men have ridden west, leaving only the old and weak women and children to Wang Yuan to plunder.

Burning and looting all the way, about twenty miles away from the city of Biyan (Shanshan), Wang Yuan finally ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Chiting Castle was largely destroyed, and although the city was not damaged at all, the surrounding area had become a blank slate. The cultivated land can also be replanted with grain, but the grassland does not want to be restored in the short term, and the most fatal thing is that the population will either be killed or taken away by Wang Yuan.

More than 1,000 women and more than 2,000 children were captured, and all the young men who were taller than the wheels were beheaded, and all the old men were abandoned on the side of the road. There were more than 6,000 head of livestock, countless grains and goods, and more than 2,100 slaves were freed.

The Turpan Oasis was so big, it was directly destroyed by Wang Yuan by one-tenth!

In addition, Wang Yuan received more than 80 newly attached Turpan cavalry, all of which were family members of the cavalry who surrendered with Ya Mulan.

Who has a family, explain in advance, and lead the way to plunder the hometown themselves......

"General Wang, the enemy cavalry is about to catch up, there are at least three thousand horsemen!" On the way to withdraw the troops, the rear sentry cavalry came to report it.

Wang Yuan ordered: "Leave him alone, strengthen vigilance, and retreat as planned." ”

Wang Yuan, with his captives, livestock, and money and food, safely bypassed Chiting City to converge, and then swaggered back to Hami.

Most of the cavalry that caught up were from the city of Biwan (Shanshan), and there were also some young men who fled from the west of Chiting City. They joined up with the cavalry in Chiting City, and their strength increased to more than 4,000 cavalry, and finally caught up with Wang Yuan's plundering troops eight miles east of Chiting City.

Wang Yuan had more than 8,000 cavalry, but if he had to allocate manpower to take care of the prisoners and livestock, about 7,500 cavalry could be put into battle.

More than 4,000 Turpan cavalry slowed down after chasing hundreds of paces away. Looking at it like that, it is estimated that he wants to recover a little horsepower, and then attack Wang Yuan's troops directly with fewer strikes.

My heart is so big!

After a long pursuit, the horse was already tired of running, and he dared to attack an enemy twice as large as himself.

This shows that Turpan is really a war machine, dare to fight tough battles and hard battles, no wonder it can rely on the Turpan Oasis to suppress Xiaolie in the north, attack the Guanxi Qiwei in the east, and the Yeerqiang Khanate in the south!

How could Wang Yuan possibly let them regain their horsepower?

He was escorting a large number of captives and goods, and the speed must have been very slow. The more time passes, the better the pursuers will recover, and the more difficult it will be to deal with them.

Separated 1,000 Han cavalry and 1,000 Mongolian cavalry, escorted the captives to continue their journey, and Wang Yuan immediately fought back with the remaining cavalry.

About 6,600 miscellaneous cavalry, against 4,200 Turpan elite cavalry.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out!