Chapter 3: The Destruction of Dunhuang City
In the early morning of the second day, the sky had just revealed a glimmer of light, and the team was ready to go.
In ancient times, it was indeed good, there was no entertainment of all kinds, there was no noise of all kinds, going to bed early and getting up early, opening and closing your eyes all night and just like that.
Yang Shuang, who was a thief, found that the armor did not notice the abnormality of the carriage, and while breathing a sigh of relief, it was inevitable that he would have some regrets in his heart, he was busy all night, and still did not find a professional weapon!
Arrive at a valley in the afternoon and camp much earlier than usual.
There was a river in the valley, and the armor soldiers watched the guards to wash, and the black-armored knights went into the forest with a few of their men to hunt, and when they returned, a roar shook the entire military camp.
"Wocao Grandma begged, Shi Da, you are a special mother and steal Lao Tzu's wine to drink! I also changed Lao Tzu to urine! ”
"Lord, it's definitely not me!"
"the's gourd! Death to Lao Tzu! ”
"Bang Bang ·······"
Looking at the figure who was beaten to death by the horse lance, Yang Shuang couldn't help but shrink his neck, forget it, I won't trouble the poor baby today.
In the dust, most of the months have passed like this.
During the period, it passed through Xijun, Zhangye, Yumen, Jiuquan, along the Qilian Mountain, and finally came to the edge of Dunhuang County.
This route is the famous Silk Road artery, the Hexi Corridor.
Unfortunately, due to the turmoil in the Central Plains during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Hexi was divided, the Silk Road was blocked, the merchants of the Western Regions stopped outside the territory, and the Turks often plundered southward.
Yang Shuang did not see Jiayu Pass, nor did he find the majestic Great Wall in the propaganda albums of later generations, some were just a thick rammed earth wall from Yumen Pass through the Gobi Desert to Dunhuang, revealing the ancient and vicissitudes everywhere.
In the distance, the city of Dunhuang was in sight, but people's faces were gloomy.
Several thick clouds of smoke drifted in the air, the city gates were wide open, broken flags were everywhere, and many corpses were faintly hanging under the walls!
The city is broken!
"Prepare for battle!"
The black-armored knight let out a roar of rage, rode his horse and galloped wildly, and even rode alone towards Tucheng.
Wu Kun ignored the armor and climbed the nearby mound to observe for a while, and when he returned, his face was already pale, "It's broken!" Throw away Dunhuang, and we will all starve to death! ”
"Why?" Yang Shuang was a little puzzled.
"A few days of travel, a few days of rations, Dunhuang City has been looted, how can there be any supplies! Even if you rush to the nearest Woody County, it will take three days! And no one can guarantee that it has not been breached! ”
Niu Er, Zhou Lao Wu, and San Wazi next to him cried bitterly when they heard it, and the whole team was instantly enveloped in despair.
"Enemy Spotting! Turkic cavalry 10,000 troops!! ”
Suddenly, two sentry riders rushed from the west, waving flags in their hands, and shouting in bursts of voices.
"Five people in a team, ten people in a team! The team is set up as a captain, the team is set up, and the strong and experienced people are responsible for themselves! The armorers on both sides quickly began to run.
"Within a quarter of an hour, form a military formation, and those who violate the order will be killed!"
"Rear, distribute weapons!"
"Boom la la ·······"
Dozens of wagons that had been trailing at the end of the procession appeared beside them at some point, and in the process of driving at high speed, bundles of spears, giant bows, horizontal knives, and armor were evenly thrown along the way.
It is impossible for the garrisons to reorganize in the territory, because most of them are criminals, and when they are equipped with weapons, no one can guarantee that there will be no mutiny on the way.
There are pros, but there are also disadvantages. For example, now, in the face of emergencies, there is no preparation at all.
At the same time, the black-armored knight had already broken through the city, waving a lance in his right hand, flying arrows and feathers in the sky, and his left hand was carrying the barbecue meat and gnawing very vigorously, and there were even three human heads hanging on the victory hook.
Behind him, more than thirty brightly armored cavalrymen screamed loudly and desperately pursued.
"Hahaha...... Guys, are you ready? Lao Tzu came back with military merits for everyone!! ”
"Wocao, this guy is so hanging!"
A single raid on the city, the black-armored knight is indeed brave.
Normally, more than 30 Turks, in front of nearly a thousand soldiers, would definitely be crushed into pulp.
However, no one is happy about it.
Because on the horizon on the west side of Tucheng, a black torrent swept in, and the yellow dust behind it rose several feet high!
"Array !!"
The black-armored knight's expression froze, roared angrily and slapped his horse and rushed to his own phalanx, holding the longbow in his left hand, grabbing the arrow feather in his right hand, the bowstring trembled again and again, and a series of black lines visible to the naked eye flew towards the more than thirty chasing Turks in the rear, and all of them died!
If it weren't for being on the battlefield, Yang Shuang would definitely run to hug his thighs, and this hand speed would definitely dominate a certain film industry in the future!
The idea of the black-armored knight asking for a formation is good, but there are too many Turkic iron cavalry rushing from the west, so many that the two forces of the soldiers and the armor are fighting, and they almost want to go first!
Moreover, no one tried to snatch the weapons that had been thrown on the ground to save their lives, and the eyes of the soldiers were full of fear, as if they wanted to flee in all directions, but because of the military orders, no one dared to move their legs. It wasn't until the three hundred armorers with horizontal swords and huge shields shouted loudly that they picked up their weapons and armor with apprehension.
"Woo woo woo ········"
When the Turkic horn sounded, Wu Kun suddenly pulled Yang Shuang up and quickly broke through the blockade of the armorers, and rushed out of the formation with the other three, "Quick, quick, avoid the Turkic cavalry charge, special mother, that group of soldiers has never fought!" ”
"What's going on?" has never experienced this kind of battle, and Yang Shuang is also very nervous.
Thousands of iron horsemen charged, the scene was too shocking, and the ground under their feet was shaking, as if the whole village was magnifying the horn cannon battle (thunder).
"The shield can't be built into a wall, and it can't be stopped! With only the three hundred armor soldiers erecting shields, and there are no guards behind them to help carry guns, they can't condense into a military formation at all and block the momentum of the Turkic iron cavalry! ”
There was no need for Wu Kun to explain again, the armorers desperately slapped their shields, trying to make the guards line up in formation, and even killed several people in a row, but they still did not receive any effect, and finally gave up and quickly ran towards Yang Shuang's side.
Shi Da, who was almost broken along the way, also ran for his life with four of his subordinates.
They weren't the only ones who knew the danger, and there were many smart people in the ranks of criminals, and soon the formation was completely dispersed.
Can a man outrun a warhorse? At least on this battlefield, the answer is no.
When the black-armored knight found this, he scolded all kinds of old ladies angrily, turned his horse's head, and actually rushed back to the Turkic army.
This guy is really fierce!
But he was alone, and it was useless at all.
The rumbling iron cavalry was like a bulldozer, instantly wiping out the scattered soldiers like sand.
To Yang Shuang's stunned, the black-armored knight actually broke out of the formation!
Although there is no war horse and no helmet, but the figure that is covered in blood and stands proudly with a horse lance in hand, against the backdrop of dozens of corpses and unmanned war horses, it is really not ordinary cool!
"What's his name?"
Wu Kun gasped, and said with palpitations: "I don't know, I was General Yokono before, I arrived in Dunhuang, and the official was promoted to one level, and now I am the lord of the next army!" ”
"Hengye, rampant in the wild, just by listening to the name, you know that the official is very big!"
"From the ninth grade, now it is the ninth grade, we should call him the lord of Dunhuang!"
“·······”
It turns out that this is the legendary Jiupin Sesame Official!
However, then again, just the nine-rank military attache is hanging like this, so how rebellious will the Lord of the Great Sui be? It's a pity that I haven't fought the Black Knight, so I don't know how powerful it is.
Thinking of his own situation, Yang Shuang hurriedly waved his hand, "Go, enter the city!" ”
"Boss, will you fall into the net?" The three babies were frightened and their faces were bloodless, and their trouser legs were even wet.
Yang Shuang held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and ran to the city gate, "If you enter the city, staying outside is definitely a dead end!" ”
The three hundred armor soldiers, who were lucky enough to escape the catastrophe and were still in good formation, seemed to have the same purpose, and they all raised their swords and shields, and quickly chased after them, followed by more than 20 soldiers.
I have seen Weiwu, Zhangye, Jiuquan and other earthen cities, and then look at Dunhuang, which makes people have the illusion of arriving at the state capital.
The south city wall is thousands of meters long, about ten meters high, and the corner towers at both ends have broken through to 20 meters!
It's big, but it's also broken!
Due to disrepair and long-term war, the moat has disappeared, and the rammed earth wall is missing a piece in the east and several sections in the west, so there is still the majesty of the northwest town!
"Boom ········"
Finding the fish that had slipped through the net, the Turkic cavalry group divided into a thousand cavalry and turned back, and hundreds of Turkic infantry rushed out of the city.
"If you want to survive, kill !! me"