Chapter 140: Alexander
Black Wind looked at the corpse in front of him and kicked it hard. The leather armor is embedded with iron plates, the standard Yun family battle armor. There is also the saber with lines, which can easily crush the sharp sword in the hands of the Hun warriors. Even a thick mace can sometimes be cut off.
"Do you know these people?" The man who spoke was called Luca, and he was a guy who could speak Hun dialect. He said he was from the Moon Clan, but the black wind could tell from his curly yellow hair. He is not from the Yueshi people, and the Yue's hair is black and his eyes are also black. And this guy is staring at himself with a pair of turquoise eyes at this time.
"Know, they belong to the Marquis of Great Qin in the previous territory. Their army is so powerful that our tribe is ruined at their hands. Over the years, they often plundered the Yueshi people, turning the Yueshi men into slaves and the Yue's women into singers. You don't know? Hei Feng deliberately asked rhetorically, Hei Hong had just shown his archery skills, which attracted the attention of these yellow-haired guys.
The condor shooter was not covered, and Hei Hong's arrow shot four Yun family knights one after another. Only then did the cavalry retreat, albeit just over two hundred. But after a round of shooting, he actually shot more than 20 of his own side. They rode as if they were on horseback, which made Black Wind a little suspicious. Is this still a Chinese who are used to fighting on their legs?
"Oh! Our Emperor wants to see you, and your brother. Lukka gestured to the black macro next to him.
For the first time, the Black brothers approached the huge domed tent in the center. The huge tents were made of white cowhide and trimmed with gold on all sides. Next to the tent was a log fence filled with guards armed with swords.
The guards were dressed in bronze armor and held a round shield in one hand and a bronze dagger in the other. They have deep eyes, high noses, and fair skin. The color of the eyes varies. There are aqua blue ones. There are also turquoise ones. Others are tawny-brown. The color of their hair is also different. There are yellow, black, and brown. The two standing at the door of the tent were actually red-haired.
Lukka walked into the super luxurious tent with the Black Brothers, at least that Black Wind and Black Macro thought. Compared to this tent, Da Danyu's tent is a pigsty.
There were a few people sitting inside the tent, and the seat in the middle was particularly tall. There was a young man sitting on it, who looked to be only about thirty years old. The people sitting around were all wearing armor. All of them are muscular and bearded. Apparently they are all generals in the army!
Lukka saluted the man in the middle with his hand on his chest, and said something that Black Wind and Black Macro couldn't understand. The Hei brothers, hurriedly followed Luka's example.
"Dear King Alexander, the two Huns say they have dealt with the people in front of them. They belonged to a race called Huaxia, and their city-state was said to be very wealthy. However, their army was a bit difficult to deal with, and we had twenty-three dead in the first contact. The enemy only suffered five deaths, four of which were caused by this sharpshooter. Lukka said in a fifteen-fifteen-ten voice, the hostile information he heard from Black Wind's mouth.
Sitting in the center was none other than King Alexander of Macedon. At the age of sixteen, he succeeded his father, Philip II, in the midst of many federal upheavals. Those who wanted to betray him and his father were ready to move, but the king of Macedonia only took two years. and swept away all the city-states that tried to betray him.
After that, he led his army to win the Battle of Chaeronea, which decided the fate of Greece, and conquered all of Greece in one fell swoop. Thereafter, he led 35,000 infantry. Seven thousand cavalry attacked the mighty Persians. In the battle of what is historically known as Gaugamela. In the face of the overwhelming army of the Persian emperor Darius, Alexander personally led the cavalry charge. The Persian Emperor Darius fled in terror, and the Persian Empire was devastated.
After conquering Persia, Alexander burned Babylon and then Egypt, establishing the fortified city of Alexandria in Egypt. After conquering Egypt, Alexander set his sights on the far east.
During the expedition he defeated the Indians who fought on elephants, learned from the mouths of his captives. They have not reached the end of the world, and there seems to be an even larger and richer country in the far east. So, Alexander the Great came.
"It turned out to be true that they said that there was a richer and more prosperous race in the East. I heard that they were all wearing shiny clothes, and they were very comfortable to wear. "Alexander was not impressed by the archers who appeared on the opposite side, in the campaign to conquer Asia. He had defeated the Scythians, who were good at mounted archery, and archery tactics were not a problem for him.
Lukka immediately asked the Black brothers in Hun language, and then replied respectfully, "They said yes, that kind of thing is called silk." It's comfortable to wear on the body and very beautiful to sparkle in the sun. ”
"Alright! Ask them where their city-state is. How many armies did they have, we used to conquer them. At this time, Alexander was very confident that the Macedonian warriors he led were certainly the core of this army. But along the way, he also organized an army of more than 100,000 client states. The plundering of India and Persia made him fanatical about war.
The land in Greece is very barren, and much of it is saline. Olives do not fill the stomach, in order to get more land and loot. Alexander also had to go on a crusade, and robbery was indeed the easiest way to get rich. In order to have wealth to squander in the rear, Alexander considered it necessary to conquer the rich city-state of the East.
Luca's face turned a little pale after asking Black Wind and Black Macro. He stumbled and said, "Your Majesty Alexander, they say that there are many city-states on the other side. The army was as numerous as the stars in the sky, and let him name a number. He actually said that there were more than a million, I think it was because these Huns didn't know how to count. ”
"More than a million troops?" Alexander laughed, the whole Greek army added up to how much. It's just a barbarian city-state in the East, with an army of a million. The two Huns in front of them must be crazy or fools. Forget it, for the sake of their good archery, let's raise these two ignorant people!
"Hahaha! A million troops are a million slaves, and we are rich. Hahaha! Our mighty army only needs to capture the city-state in front. Their emperor will surely send a letter of peace as well, do you still think this is a good offer? A man sitting on Alexander's left chuckle. The entire tent burst into laughter. Black Wind and Black Macro looked at each other, not knowing what these weirdos were laughing at.
Parmanuel's face flushed as Alexander won the Battle of Issus, annihilating Darius' Persian army. Darius sent a letter asking for peace, and he wanted to cede half of Persia to Alexander. Parmeniuw said the proposal was very good. If he had been Alexander, he would have agreed to the proposal.
As a result, Alexander's army easily defeated the Persian army, which had lost its main force, and successfully captured the city of Tyre. He then marched into Asia Minor, eventually destroying the mighty Persian Empire. Now the whole Persian Empire is Alexander's domain, and now it is a joke to mention half of Persia. Parmanuel would have been so ashamed that he would kill himself.
"Well, don't laugh at poor Parmaneux. Let us march quickly and march eastward. When I heard about the wealth there, I couldn't wait. Alexander said confidently.
Qi Guoxing just came out for routine patrols, but he was unlucky to run into such a huge army. There were at least a thousand cavalry and five or six thousand infantry in front of him, and there was obviously a larger army marching in the smoke and dust billowed from behind. After suffering five casualties, Qi Guoxing decisively ordered a retreat. For he had seen that the enemy's cavalry had been dispatched to outflank him.
It is only less than 100 miles away from Jiguan Mountain, and it can be said that it has reached the sphere of influence of Pingliang. There had never been such a large army from the direction of the Hetao grassland, and Qi Guoxing had to figure out who these people were. Where did they come from and what were they going to do?
So, he only hastily wrote a letter and sent two cavalrymen to evacuate. And he himself, with two hundred cavalry, went into hiding. Observe this army coming from afar.
This army is peculiar and may be the reason for the hot weather. The infantrymen wore legless armor, and each had a round shield in his hand. But the most surprising thing is that the infantry are carrying a super long spear. Qi Guoxing looked at it, this spear was at least two zhang long.
Their cavalry also had no stirrups and sat bare-thighed on horseback. Looking as if he wasn't wearing pants, Qi Guoxing scratched his head. Such a cavalryman could not sit firmly on horseback at all. If you really want to fight, it's no problem to kill two or three hundred of them with cavalry under your command.
"Battalion commander, how can they carry such a long spear. It's longer than the cavalry guns of our heavy cavalry! "A company commander under his command said a little strangely.
"I don't know about this! a guy tonight and get some tongues. Let's see who these guys are and what they're here for. Qi Guoxing came up with a bold idea, it was impossible for him to defeat the huge army in front of him, but it was not difficult to catch a tongue or two and come back.
Qi Guoxing said that he would do it, and he led the cavalry to find a wooded ambush and ambush him. Just waiting for the three poles of the moon mountain, he launched a surprise attack on the other party in the hope of catching a few tongues.
Look at the sunset, it's only halfway through the afternoon. Qi Guoxing asked the brothers to dismount and rest, and the raid should be at night, at this time, after recuperating their physical strength, it is easy to do things at night.
Qi Guoxing got off the horse, ate two biscuits and drank the mountain spring water handed over by the soldiers. Just wanted to take a rest, suddenly the sentry ran over panting and said, "Battalion commander, a team of cavalry came from afar." It's coming for us. ”
"What? How many of them are there? Qi Guoxing got up from the ground and asked.
"Four or five hundred!" (To be continued.) )