Chapter 209: It's Time to Settle the Score!
In addition to moving the command post of the Western Regions to Yiwu, Yang Shuang also arranged for nearly 100 sentry horses to wander on the edge of the Altai steppe.
Compared to the Styx and Yongfeng camps, which relied on the Great Wall, there were almost no fortifications on Yiwu's side.
In this regard, Yang Shuang had to endure the pain of consuming hundreds of soldier souls, exchanging them for ten castles, and relying on repeaters, bed crossbows, and trebuchets to form a special line of defense.
After doing all this, he did not appreciate the might of the hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry charging into battle, nor did he sit back and wait for the duel between Apo and Sha Boliu.
Instead, after integrating the 8,000 rebels, he replaced the 2,000 sword and shield soldiers, transferred Shi Da and Liu Ling, and stationed Yiwu with Zhong Kui, while he took Lu Xiaobu, Sanwazi, and Qi Guoyuan to go out of Yumen Pass, all the way south, crossed Yangguan, bypassed the sand sea, and went straight to Xihai City!
It's time to settle the score!
From the beginning of Tuyuhun's ambush in Yeniugou, Yang Shuang secretly decided that no matter how urgent the battle situation was in the future, he would resolutely give this Murong family a nest that came out from time to time!
There are Turks in the north and they in the south, and the feeling of being attacked on the back is too uncomfortable.
Moreover, the opening of the Silk Road, whether it is the Hexi Corridor or the Longmen Canyon, must be controlled in the Central Plains, or in his hands.
In this battle, Tuyuhun suffered heavy casualties, not only was he shot the boss to death, but also was shadowed by Apo behind his back, and the 25,000 army fled less than one-tenth of one-twelve, which shows the grim situation that Tuyuhun is facing now.
Take advantage of his illness to kill him.
For the enemy, Yang Shuang has never left the other party a chance to turn over!
At this stage, it is a bit wishful thinking to exterminate the Turks, but it is a matter of course to exterminate them!
The two thousand sword and shield soldiers were each equipped with war horses, and the speed of the march was very fast, and in just three days, they galloped along the Dang River for more than 1,000 miles.
The upper reaches of the Dang River, also known as the South Mountain of the Dang River, are located on the south side of the upper reaches of the Styx River.
The starting point of the two Dunhuang lifelines runs parallel here, and as it extends, the Dang River continues to the west, while the Styx River goes north.
Just like the Yellow River, these two rivers are not famous, but they are also the mother rivers of this region, giving birth to thousands of creatures and people.
However, due to the steep terrain here, some of the Tuyuhun people who live as nomads are mostly concentrated in the Qaidam Basin in the south, so Yang Shuang has rarely seen people along the way.
In a few days, along the canyon between the two rivers, the team entered the Datong Mountain area, and after another 300 miles, they arrived at Qinghai Lake, which was the West Sea of this era!
There is a city on the west side of the West Sea, called Xihai County, which is the old nest of Murong Fuyun, the king of the West Sea. As for the royal city where his Lao Tzu is located, it is Fu Qi City, which is the future Xining.
Early in the morning.
Autumn is crisp and the weather is getting cooler.
The Murong brothers, who returned to their hometown with the rout, were gathering together to drink with sad faces.
Since reporting their losses, they have been stripped of their military power and imprisoned in the Xihai County City Lord's Mansion.
"Report!"
There was a faint report from next door, but this was not to report to them, but to their Uncle Wang, Murong Xin!
"Why are you so flustered?" Murong Xin likes Han classics, and the army is very strict, but he does not know the art of war. There is only a small loss of power in his hands, and there are less than 1,000 soldiers and horses under his command. If the three Murong brothers hadn't gone through this change, it is estimated that he would still be reciting poems in Fuqi City.
To put it bluntly, it is an idle Tuyuhun royal family.
"Lord Qiqi, there is a group of bandits outside the city, the number is only three hundred, but they arrogantly want to attack the city!"
Murong Xin rolled his eyes, "Waste!" Where is the general defending the city, why don't you go out of the city to fight? Go quickly, not only to disperse them, but also to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, otherwise how will the people go out of the city to work?! ”
The herald hurried away.
The Murong brothers, who were drinking alcohol, glanced at each other, and sighed.
What a grievance!
If it was before, there were three heroes in the West Sea, who would dare to come here to provoke?
The two continued to drink.
However, before the second cup could be poured, a panicked footsteps quickly approached.
"Report!"
"What's the matter?!"
"Lord Qiqi, the city gate official Deng Bi led a hundred people out of the city, and was beheaded by a wicked man with such a big hammer in the enemy army in just a few breaths!" The herald clasped his hands together and looked terrified, which was a bit exaggerated.
Murong Xin's eyes widened, "What nonsense?!" How can a giant hammer kill a man? That's called hammer death! ”
"No, Lord Wang, it was indeed beheaded, because that evil man hung the giant hammer on his waist and drew his knife to kill General Deng!"
"Split? Not chopping? Do you know how to use words? ”
When the Murong brothers, who were drinking alcohol, heard this, they looked at each other again, and with a strong resentment, they roared in unison: "It's him?!" That ugly guy in Yang Shuang's army?! ”
Murong Xin in the City Lord's Mansion was still struggling with the heralds to revise the sentences, and another herald came running.
"Report!"
"Why are you so flustered?!"
"Lord Qiqi, the chief of Xicheng led five hundred soldiers and horses out of the city to face the battle, and the battle was only three rounds, and he was stabbed to death by the evil man with such a big hammer in the enemy army!"
"Stabbed to death? Can a giant hammer stab someone to death? Murong Xin's eyes widened.
"No, he didn't use a sledgehammer, but"
The Murong brothers, who were drinking sullenly in the distance, couldn't bear Uncle Wang's snort, and Murong Yong raised his foot and kicked on the door of the house reinforced with iron plates, "Let me out, Lao Tzu will go out of the city to fight!" That's Yang Shuang's soldiers and horses in the Western Regions, not bandits! ”
It's a pity that Murong Xin didn't pay attention to what they meant.
As an idle prince, and familiar with Han classics, people know what it means to protect oneself.
right, don't grab it.
Just hold the city!
Hearing that he had lost his troops twice, Murong Xin hurried to Xicheng and quickly climbed up to the city gate.
Outside the city, two teams are facing off.
One side was brightly dressed and armored, the military appearance was neat, and several fierce generals stood in front of the battle, and the number was about six or seven hundred.
On the other hand, they wore a variety of clothes, each with a scruffy beard, unkempt hair, and some only carried a wooden stick in their hands.
Can't even get all the weapons, and you still want to attack the city?
Murong Xin felt a little funny, and was about to speak, when he suddenly remembered the recent popular storytelling in the Central Plains.
For example, what is the Romance of the Gods, the Chu and Han Dynasty hegemony, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the legend of the Horse Thief and so on.
In order to get these magical 'villain books', he even paid most of his belongings to get some 'contraband' from the dart game.
It's so beautiful, it's addictive, it's like brainwashing!
So, he learned the tone of his favorite big Fei Ge, and roared in a low voice: "Bah! Who's under the city?! ”
"Your grandfather Qi Guoyuan!" The wicked man riding a donkey and holding a giant hammer turned his nostrils to the sky, and opened his mouth without hesitation to answer.
Murong Xin blinked, a little unable to catch the words, it seems that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is no such answer!
However, in the legend of One Piece, there is a guy named Luo Yan who can deal with these words.
But what do you say?
It seems that he is scratching his ears and pretending not to hear clearly, yelling at his grandson, what are you talking about?
Murong Xin was a little anxious, seeing that the audience was silent, they were all waiting to scold, and no matter what Luo Yan said, he opened his mouth and scolded.
"Grandpa, what are you talking about? The grandson didn't hear clearly! ”