"Journey to the West"

Author: Scarlet Polyp

Chapter 3: The Yellow Sand is Full of Bow and Knife

From Dunhuang west out of Yumen, Yangguan, Shanshan, to the north more than 1,000 miles, that is, Dayiwu. Yiwu should be five grains, mulberry hemp, grapes. In the north of it, there are willows, all of which are anointed places. When the Han Dynasty operated the Western Regions, it had been tuntian here several times, and after the decline of national strength, it retreated to Yumen Pass, and the rich Yiwu fell into the hands of the rear of the chariot division.

At that time, the Cheshi Camp built in the hinterland of the Yiwu Plain was no longer noisy during the day. Since Emperor Xiaowu managed the Western Regions, the Cheshi Kingdom has had close contacts with the Han Dynasty, and has been attached several times, and the customs and culture have all been affected. The campfires that stretched for miles showed the vast scale of the camp.

A bird flew over the camp and came to a small hill not far away, looking for a branch to rest. It was just about to fall, but it was surprised to find that what it was in front of it was not a forest, but a black oppressive field of men and horses, with swords and guns, solemn and silent. Apparently not understanding what was happening in front of it, it screamed a few times in frustration and flew away in circles.

"This thief bird, the call is ugly, and it doesn't look for a place to go in the middle of the night!" Pang Hui muttered, raised his head and drank a sip of soju to keep out the cold, and handed the skin to Li Xin on the side, Li Xin drank a small half, and saw that Zhao Guang beside him was already trembling, so he hurriedly stuffed the skin bag to him and ordered him to drink a few more sips. He turned his head to Pang Hui and said: "Galloping for two hours, people are tired, and they stay here to blow the cold wind, and if they continue to wait like this, the soldiers will freeze before the war." The hour has passed, why hasn't Tuoba Duhou come yet, could it be that something has happened? ”

"No, I know best what the madman (Tuobafon) is capable of. The wind was so strong tonight that it was a pity not to set fire to his grandmother. Lao Li, tell the brothers to take turns to dismount and move their hands and feet, don't really freeze. Wait a little longer。。。。。。 As soon as Li Xin was about to answer, the soldiers in front of him let out a small commotion, "It's coming!" "Quickly make way for Tuoba Duhou." Sure enough, not long after, Tuoba who was covered in bloodstained yellow sand and looked a little embarrassed came to him, and bowed when he fell off the horse, "The subordinates are late, and the adults forgive the sins." ”

"Good brother, please get up quickly." Pang Hui hurriedly dismounted and helped, and asked with concern, "Hanging the lottery?" Is it heavy or not? ”

"It's okay, it's all the driver's blood. The scout team came here and dropped two bright sentry and three dark sentry along the way, beheading thirty-five levels, leaving no one or animal! Only two people in this team were slightly injured" Tuoba Feng smiled proudly, seeing Pang Hui, Li Xin and the others with expectant looks, he hurriedly said: "My subordinates have been here for an hour, first went around the camp to investigate, and then sneaked in and caught a live mouth. The virtual reality has been explored clearly, this camp is a radius of several miles, there are 10,000 people, the door is open in all directions, and the layout is roughly the same as the Han system. As he spoke, he took out a roll of sheepskin and unfolded it, and the sketch on it had clearly outlined the general structure of the camp.

Pang Hui took a rough look, was very satisfied, and glanced at Li Xin, who took the map and went to arrange the specific arrangements for the surprise attack to the officers. Pang Hui patted Tuoba Feng's shoulder and hugged his shoulder affectionately, "Good boy, do a good job, haha, really give Lao Tzu a long face, this time I will take your first credit!" Where is the king's tent of the chariot master Xiao Wang? Have you found out where those Wusun nobles live? ”

"The king's tent of the charioteer Wang Nati is in the middle of the camp, where all the avenues in the camp meet. The nobleman of Wusun seems to have come very secretly, and the soldier arrested by his subordinates has no idea. Tuoba Feng pondered for a moment, "But his subordinates speculated that since the Cheshi King didn't want to make a noise, he would inevitably arrange for the distinguished guests to rest near his king's tent, so as not to leak the news!" ”

The camp of the charioteer, near the king's tent, in a comfortable small tent.

"Alas" Haiya has been in a very irritable mood lately, and often can't sleep through the night. I got up in the middle of the night, drank the delicious tea soup that I had traded with the Han Dynasty, and thought to myself: Now, my status in Wusun is still respected, and I am also widely respected among the people, but how long can this dignity be maintained? The once powerful Wusun Kingdom has been divided into large and small Kunmi more than 200 years ago, and its national strength has deteriorated. His own branch is called Da Kunmi (King Wusun is called Kunmi), but because the royal family is the princess of the Han Dynasty, it has not won the hearts of the people since the division of the country. After the Han forces withdrew from the Western Regions, they gradually declined. Over the years, the people of this branch have not been prosperous, and the people have been scattered, and they have gradually become the puppet of Xiao Kunmi. For example, this time he discussed with the Commanders Association to jointly resist the Han Dynasty, but he was also coerced by Xiao Kun Mile Guangmi, and he couldn't help himself. During today's daytime banquet, when Le Guangmi was talking with such a trivial Cheshi King, he frequently cast ambiguous eyes at himself - he didn't have the intention of taking this opportunity to use himself to make peace with the Cheshi and unify the Wusun Kingdom by the way. Haiya thought helplessly, she usually worked hard for the survival of the family, and she thought that she would not lose to a man in terms of literary talent and martial arts, but in the end, it ended like this. If she hadn't been born a daughter, would her fate have been very different?

When the girl was feeling sorry for herself, she suddenly heard a noisy sound outside, and she was even more unhappy, so she instructed the maid at the tent and said, "Ah Lu, go out and see, what are those drivers outside making trouble so late?" ”

"Oh." The little maid Ah Lu was sleeping in a daze, and she agreed half-asleep, and when she was groping for the door of the tent, a Wusun guard suddenly crawled into the tent and shouted with a crying voice; "Night Attack, Hurry 。。。。。。" Before he could finish speaking, the man fell limply with a feathered arrow stuck in his back. "Ahh The little girl was so frightened that she shrank into the corner and sobbed. "Ayu, don't be afraid." Haiya calmly walked to the guard's side, squatted down, and looked at the feather arrow carefully, "Well, that's right, this is the big man's arrow." ”

Zhao Guang felt that he had never been so tired.

He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he didn't feel tired; Practicing three dogs in winter and three nines in summer, he didn't feel tired; When he went out with the army and slept in the open, he never felt tired; Even after braving the wind and sand for nearly a hundred miles just now, he didn't feel tired.

But now, he was really tired—so tired that he could barely lift his arms. But his arms could not stop, nor could he stop, and his hands continued to swing the spear mechanically, piercing the throat of the enemy on the opposite side with great accuracy. From breaking into the enemy camp to now, how many are these? Twenty? Thirty? He could not calculate. He only remembered the first enemy he killed clearly: it was a round-faced, chubby, and even a few cute Che Master sentries, with a hazy and dazed face, looking at the enemy who rushed into the camp gate, and before he could react, he was picked up by Zhao Guang with a shot, and then trampled by iron hooves。。。。。。 The killing that followed seemed to be just the instinct of being a warrior.

"Forty-two!" Luo An slashed over a charioteer who had leaned out of the tent, and with his other hand continued to set the tent on fire with a torch. Luo An, who is usually a little lazy, is as energetic as another person when he arrives on the battlefield. There were two pots full of feather arrows hanging behind his back, and there were not a few left, he simply took the big bow on his back, and while shouting, he fought with a ring-headed knife, his clothes and hair had been stained red with blood, and the whole person was like a killing god. The soldiers also followed his example, setting fire to the tents while mercilessly slashing and slashing the fleeing charioteers.

Zhao Neng ran to Zhao Guang's side and reminded in a low voice, "My lord, the order of the cavalry captain (Pang Hui) is that there is no need to take more heads, as long as you set fire to the chariot master king's tent as soon as possible." Although the morale of our department is available now, the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted, and they can't delay here for longer! ”

Zhao Guang suddenly woke up and shouted loudly, "All the soldiers listen to the order!" There is no need to take more heads, and you can assault the king of the car division with this officer! Then he took the lead and rushed to the depths of the camp, and when the horsemen heard this, they no longer fought and followed.

Pang Hui and Li Xin set a strategy of "advancing in eight directions", more than 800 cavalry were divided into eight teams, two teams rushed to one door, and after entering the gate, they marched to the center in two ways, while assaulting, they set fire and shouted to kill, making a big fanfare, causing confusion, so that the enemy could not know the number of Han troops, let alone organize a counterattack. By the time they came to their senses, the whole camp had been set on fire, and if the tent of the Cheshi King was breached again, the whole camp would collapse.

"Speed! The most important thing in this battle is speed! Zhao Guang's mind kept ringing Pang Hui's instructions, and as soon as he moved forward, the war horse under his crotch seemed to know the master's intentions, spread his four hooves, and galloped like the wind. After a short time, he entered an open field, and a gorgeous and huge camp tent appeared in front of him. At this time, half a moment has passed since the Han army entered the camp, and many chariot soldiers have been mobilized by the leaders and armed themselves - although they dare not directly stop the enemy, they dare not lag behind to protect the safety of the king. At this time, hundreds of people had gathered around the king's tent, listening to the commands of a few officers who looked like people, and they were lining up in a chaotic manner, and there were even people arranging simple rejection horses.

Zhao Guang knew that the situation was imminent: if these people lined up to resist the horses, and then refused to defend with spears and bows and arrows, the iron cavalry of his side had no way in a short time, and after a long time, when the enemy continued to gather over, several Han troops would have only one way to be completely destroyed. At the critical juncture, Zhao Guang's heart calmed down, the two armies met, like two rats fighting in the hole, the brave won, only by letting go of the fight, there is a way out! In the flash of light, Zhao Guang clamped the horse's belly and saw the hundreds of people rushing over as if they were nothing. The opponent was more than a few years old, but at the moment of chaos, he was unprepared for the Han general who rushed out of the oblique stab, and was rushed into the formation by Zhao Guang without any resistance. One of the most gorgeously dressed charioteers was just about to give the order to meet the enemy, but he was stabbed in the cross. The enemy general on the side screamed and raised his knife to slash, and with a "snap" sound, he was pierced through the skull by a feather arrow and fell to the ground. Zhao Guang drew his spear in a dashing manner, shook his hand to shake off the blood, and immediately shouted loudly: "You and others gather here to fight against Tianwei, and the Han already knows." Now order 100,000 iron horsemen to exterminate Er, if you don't surrender, those who continue to resist will be like this person! ”

Among the Che Shi soldiers, there are quite a few who know Chinese. These soldiers were attacked by night and fire tonight, and they were frightened by a lot, and they finally mustered up a little courage to protect the lord, and they were scattered by the threat of the Han generals kicking and killing, and then heard the words of "100,000 iron horsemen" and "the same as this person", and with a "whoosh", they all scattered as birds and beasts, and each fled for his life. A big stone fell to the ground in Zhao Guang's heart, and he felt relaxed all over his body, and when he turned his head, he saw that his cavalry behind him had already surrounded him, Luo An held the big bow and said with a smile; "My lord, you don't have to say anything about your spearmanship, and I'm okay with this arrow, right?" Zhao Guang smiled at him and arched his hand at Zhao Neng, "Uncle Neng, it seems that we are lucky, and we have won this great achievement, so please arrange for the soldiers to search the king's tent around, right?" ”

Zhao Neng glanced at Zhao Guang, his expression was complicated, containing gratification, reproach and love, and he didn't answer, and skillfully arranged the riders down. In a short time, all the horsemen reported that the king of the charioteers was very cunning, and when the sound of burning and killing was near, he fled from behind the tent with the escort of the guards, and left the soldiers there to set up defenses, and now he did not know how far he had gone. Everyone was in a state of deflection, and suddenly heard someone shouting not far away, "Everyone come quickly, the noble Wusun is here!" ”

Although she was surrounded by iron horses, the weak female stream in front of her was unmoved, and she gestured, as if she was strolling in her own home. A melon seed face that can be broken by blowing, a small cherry mouth, Saike's skin that deceives snow, a noble and elegant temperament, with the deep eyes, red hair, high nose, and a pair of blue eyes as clear as the sky in the Central Plains, give everyone an unprecedented visual impact, like a snow lotus in the cold wind, blooming gorgeously. Zhao Guang once read a book of customs, which wrote about the appearance of the Wusun people, "The daughter of the Wusun clan is dark and ugly, and has different desires." Now it seems that it is better to hear than to see.

Zhao Guangqiang suppressed the agitation in his heart, raised his spear halberd and pointed at the woman, and asked, "Are you from Wusun?" Can you understand Chinese? ”

The woman raised her noble and beautiful head, and everyone's eyes could not help but light up. I only heard a slightly jerky, but extremely pleasant Chinese dialect: "Don't be rude!" I am the daughter of Wusun Dakun Miluo Chuanmi, Princess Haiya. ”