Chapter 435: The Ministers Die for the King, and the Army Dies
(There's another chapter in the evening.) )
After Yi Zhi left the mud city, he quickly whipped all the way to the northern border of Loulan.
Outside Sangnan Pass, there was an army of 30,000 assembled by Yi Zhixie. Because Yi Zhixian left Mud City to Sangnan in a hurry this time, he also avoided the messenger who reported the military order, and in Loulan, the messenger went to Sangnan with the military order, and it was still the order of the army to knock on the pass, which didn't seem like a safe thing no matter how you looked at it.
The reason why Yi Zhixian is so anxious is also worried about the oil on the soles of Qin Cheng's feet, if he runs away from Qin Cheng, no matter whether he can take the mud city and let Loulan surrender, it will not be a perfect thing after all.
Calculating the itinerary, if you don't stop all the way, the 30,000 Hun army will arrive at the mud city in three days. As for Sangnan, the border pass of Loulan, this is naturally not an obstacle in the eyes of the 30,000 elite horsemen of the Huns, and they can be stepped on at will.
Yi Zhixian knew that Qin Cheng had no way to stop him from leaving the city, but he was not sure whether Qin Cheng would escape, so he had to be faster, faster, in order to grasp the initiative on the battlefield.
Although the method of conquering Loulan and subjugating the countries of the Western Regions was rougher, it was more in line with the consistent style of the Huns. Once the mask of barbarian civilization is removed, the original face will be even more hideous. Yi Zhixian had secretly sworn in his heart that he would crush the mud city to the ground, so that he could relieve the hatred in his heart for this trip.
For Princess Yi Xue, Yi Zhixian was inevitably extremely indignant in addition to her pain. No one can tolerate betrayal, especially a king, and so does Ichi.
When we arrived at Sangnam at the border pass, it was noon. Yi Zhixian and others, who continued to gallop without sparing horsepower, showed the seal letter of the Hun envoy at the border pass, and the cross-eyed Loulan guard general just took the seal letter and glanced at it, and then waved his hand without saying a word, and did not forget to watch Yi Zhixian and others go out of the customs with a smile on his face.
These days, 30,000 Hun elite cavalry have been stationed outside Sangnan Pass, which has made these Loulan soldiers guarding the pass live in worry. Every day, watching the army outside the pass go out to exercise, the horses are flying, and the sound of thunder is rolling, these soldiers guarding the pass have not slept well for a day, and there is not a moment when their hearts are not in the seventh and eighth places.
Obediently, that's 30,000 Hun elite horsemen, if they are crushed, won't they all become meat pies? I'm afraid that they don't need to do it, and these people can be scared that they will become meatloaf, if they can, this is more direct.
Seeing Yi Zhixian and the others go away, an officer beside the cross-eyed guard was relieved for a while, touched his chest and rejoiced: "These plague gods are finally gone, but I'm worried about death." These days, looking at the 30,000 Hun army outside the pass, I can't even pull out the when I hold it back. If these Huns leave a few days later, I will have to suffocate myself to death! ”
"Look at your little bit of talent, can it be useless?" The cross-eyed guard said indignantly, "Everyone is a soldier, as for being like this? It's a big deal to fight to the death, they will have more people, and they will have a big scar when they lose their heads! ”
The officer nodded and said yes, or the general Shenwu.
The cross-eyed general snorted arrogantly, "This is because the king does not allow us to go out of the customs to face the battle, if it weren't for this, I would have led the army to attack their camp at night!" If this is the case, these Huns would have gotten out a long time ago, where would they be allowed to live today? ”
"The general is wise and brave, if the king allows it, these Huns will definitely be finished!" All the soldiers chimed in.
"A soldier should have the backbone of a soldier!" Yu Xuanang educated his subordinates, and then left satisfied.
"I'll tell you, don't look at what the general is saying now, but I heard that the general even sent Mei Ji's belongings back to Mud City, and he had already planned to run away!" The officer who spoke before lowered his voice and said to a few sergeants, and his expression did not hide his contempt for the cross-eyed general, "He also attacked the camp of the Hun army at night, what he said was better than what he sang, and he was like General Loulan, who would believe it!" Do you believe it? ”
"I don't believe it." The sergeants' heads shook like rattles.
"Isn't that right, afraid of something, afraid of being embarrassed? No shame! If our king wasn't afraid of the Huns, he would have let the Huns besiege the mud city and not send a large army to fight? The officer continued, as if talking about the cross-eyed general behind his back, which was very good at venting his inner dissatisfaction, "It's a shame to be afraid that you don't dare to admit it!" That's called hypocrisy, isn't it? ”
"Yes, yes." The sergeants nodded in unison.
The officer smiled with satisfaction when he saw that his wise opinion had been recognized by everyone. Unexpectedly, as soon as the body relaxed, all kinds of functions returned to normal, and before he could say a word, a loud "poof" sound was immediately heard, followed by a foul smell.
The officer was not embarrassed, and Tian said shamelessly: "The Huns are about to retreat, and my body has returned to normal, it's good...... Ouch, no, I have to go to the toilet, I can't hold it back! ”
The sergeants opened their eyes and watched the officers rush to the toilet with joy, looked at each other, and the sycophancy on their faces gradually disappeared, replaced by more intense disdain, scolded twice, and then stood up again at their posts.
After a while, there was a commotion outside Sangnan, and it seemed that the Hun army should be pulling out the camp.
But only half a moment later, a terrible trumpet sounded at the top of the city, followed by one exclamation after another.
The cross-eyed general had just gone back to lie in bed, wanting to sleep a peaceful sleep that he had not experienced for a long time, but was woken up by his subordinates. When he jumped out of the room and was about to scold, he was immediately stunned when he heard the report from his subordinates.
"What, the Huns knocked on the gate!?"
The general was stunned for a while, suddenly screamed, and ran into the house.
"General, General!" The sergeant didn't know what the general's move meant, and thought that he had gone back to put on his armor, so he hurriedly said: "The generals are still waiting for the general's order, how should the subordinates pass the word?" ”
In the distance, the voice of the general came from the house, and there was only one word in a concise and concise manner: "Run!" ”
At the same time, in a certain corner of the latrine, the previous officer who slandered Shangfeng was rolling cannons, but when he heard the news of the Huns knocking on the pass, the latrine instantly became dumb, and no sound was heard.
At the gate, the sergeants who couldn't get the general's order were anxious one by one, not knowing what to do. Seeing that the Huns were getting closer and closer, these sergeants looked at each other.
"How? The Huns are coming, what should we do? ”
"You are the biggest, I'll listen to you!"
“...... Guarding the gates? ”
"Guard!"
"Okay, guard!"
The chaotic gate and the city gradually subsided, and the shouts of the guards gradually replaced the exclamations of the soldiers, and when the Huns arrived at the pass, the first round of arrow rain fell on the city as scheduled!
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The Hun army knocked on the pass, and it didn't take much time from the beginning of the battle to the break. Some of the soldiers defending the city were too weak in front of the 30,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry in front of the royal court, and these sergeants did not have the unified command of the generals, so they could not compete with the Xiongnu elite cavalry under the command of Yi Zhixian himself.
When the Xiongnu army entered the pass, eight or nine out of ten of the Loulan soldiers guarding the pass died here, and there were very few people who survived.
Crushing a small pass that has not entered his own eyes, Yi Zhixian naturally will not take it to heart. After Sangnan, Yi Zhixian, who had not closed his eyes for two days, immediately led the army south at full speed, and it was no accident that it only took a dozen hours for the army to reach the mud city.
Yi Zhi led a large single Yu Wang Ting's elite soldiers to go on the expedition, which was indispensable for one person and two horses, and the marching formation of the team was very huge.
After nightfall, Yi Zhixian did not let the army rest, and the most important thing in this attack on Mud City was speed.
The moon is low, and the stars are at what time.
About early in the morning, the Hun army was rushing at full speed, and suddenly the east shouted and killed, and countless torches lit up in an instant, like stars, lit up the night sky.
"Da Danyu, there are Loulan cavalry!" Subconsciously, a man next to Yi Zhixian shouted loudly.
"Loulan cavalry?" Yi Zhi tilted his head to look, and naturally he couldn't see the opponent's formation clearly in the dark, but just listening to the other party's shouts and the sound of the formation, Yi Zhi knew that this was an elite, "When will Loulan have cavalry ambushed here?" ”
"Maybe he was ordered to rush to the aid of Mud City, and he happened to meet us here!" Captain Wan speculated, "Da Dan Yu, General Rong Mo will lead people to crush these Loulan cavalry, so that they don't get in the way!" ”
"Okay, since it's the Loulan cavalry, I want you to take five thousand elite cavalry to it, quickly extinguish it, and the army will be in the back for you!" Yi Zhi obliquely ordered.
"Why do you need 5,000 fine riders, 3,000 is enough!" Captain Wan said loudly, "Da Shan Yu doesn't need to press the formation for the last general, just march, and the last general can catch up with Da Shan Yu when he is few!" ”
"Less nonsense, let you take three thousand fine horses, go quickly!" Yi Zhi snorted.
"Yes!" When the commander received the order, he divided three thousand cavalry from the army and slew them to the east.
Since the other party has no intention of calculating, it naturally does not take much time from the appearance to the contact between the two armies, and the captain has just walked on his front foot, and with only two blinks of an eye, the two sides are convenient to rush and kill together.
The battle began, and the cavalry army in the east suddenly rose in momentum, and there were many more torches.
"Not good!" Yi Zhixian was shocked, because he saw that as soon as his Captain and those men passed, they were overwhelmed by the opponent's military array!
Three thousand fine horses, just one shot was eaten, how many people came from the other party?
Where did Loulan get so many elite cavalry?
Yi Zhixian suddenly thought of something, his face changed drastically, and then he drew his knife and shouted: "It's the Han army!" Command the army, meet the battle! ”
However, at this time, the other party had already pounced like a huge wave in the sea.
The battle, in an unexpected place, unfolded without warning.